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Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 No. 106 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was We pray this, having each been made Congratulations, Consul General called to order by the Speaker pro tem- free in Your name. Alicia Kerber, the first woman to head pore (Ms. DEGETTE). Amen. the consulate’s office in Houston. A f f good neighbor, we have worked together on food drives, COVID testing THE JOURNAL DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER and vaccines, trade, and immigration PRO TEMPORE The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- rights. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ant to section 11(a) of House Resolu- Tomorrow, June 18, the consulate fore the House the following commu- tion 188, the Journal of the last day’s will be opening its new headquarters. nication from the Speaker: proceedings is approved. Congratulations to the Mexican diplo- f WASHINGTON, DC, matic mission in Houston. May we con- June 17, 2021. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE tinue to work together the next 100 I hereby appoint the Honorable DIANA years. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the DEGETTE to act as Speaker pro tempore on Congratulations. Felicidades. gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. this day. f NANCY PELOSI, KELLER) come forward and lead the Speaker of the House of Representatives. House in the Pledge of Allegiance. HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE Mr. KELLER led the Pledge of Alle- f OF BARBARA MORRIS STAFFORD giance as follows: (Mr. GRIFFITH asked and was given PRAYER I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the permission to address the House for 1 The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret United States of America, and to the Repub- minute.) Grun Kibben, offered the following lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I prayer: rise today in great sadness. Last night, f O Lord, our God, speak into our lives at 6:16, my friend, a community leader as You have spoken throughout time. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER and a member of my district staff, On the day of historic jubilee, speak PRO TEMPORE passed away, Barbara Morris Stafford. good news to the poor that they would The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Barbara was born in 1953, and was have occasion to celebrate emanci- Chair will entertain up to five requests part of a political family. Her father, pation from chains that yet bind them. for 1-minute speeches on each side of Howard Morris, was chairman of the Proclaim liberty to those still held the aisle. Giles County Board of Supervisors. Her captive by injustice. Give sight to f husband was a 10-term member of the those blind to Your merciful love. Free Virginia House of Delegates, and when all who are oppressed and break every CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF he died young, she took over his seat. yoke of prejudice and hatred. HOUSTON’S MEXICAN CONSULATE Now a single mother to Chris, Eliza- Then call upon us to be the bearers of (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was beth, and Mary, she served her commu- these truths in both word and deed. given permission to address the House nity for many years as a member of the Cast our eyes on those around us that for 1 minute and to revise and extend Virginia House of Delegates; mayor of we would not see slave or free, but her remarks.) her hometown of Pearisburg, Virginia; brothers and sisters, children of Your Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speak- director of the chamber of commerce; creation. er, I rise today in celebration of 100 and then, for over 10 years and until That each person who calls the years of the Mexican Consulate’s pres- last night, as a constituent services United States home be allowed to de- ence in Houston. This is huge for the representative in my district office. light in the freedoms afforded them by diplomatic relationship between two Barbara was a great leader and she its democracy. neighbors. The consulate was first es- will be sorely missed by the commu- That liberty and justice would be tablished in 1920, and today it is the nity she loved and the community that woven inextricably into the fabric of largest diplomatic mission in the city, loved her. our Nation and defended on behalf of providing services to tens of thousands f all her people. of people a year. It is proof of the need And that henceforward, all may be to strengthen, now more than ever, our THANKING CAPITOL POLICE freed from hate and oppression to enjoy diplomatic ties and tackle our shared (Mr. MCNERNEY asked and was Your perfect design for this Republic. opportunities and challenges. given permission to address the House

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Madam basis, reflect collectively and, hope- the Capitol Police Officers for their he- Speaker, I am proud to cosponsor an fully, begin the process of truth and roic defense on January 6, and every amendment to H.R. 1187, a bill that collective healing as a nation. day that they protect the seat of this would increase transparency of pub- But I ask us that we must not stop Nation’s government. licly traded companies to disclose here. We must continue to go forward My problem is that 175 of my Repub- workplace harassment cases, and I am to fight for racial justice because in lican colleagues, many who still have pleased to see this amendment passed many parts of our country it still ex- this sign on their doors, voted against in the House yesterday. ists in the form of housing discrimina- an independent bipartisan commission Workplace harassment is far too tion and segregation, lack of access to to investigate the causes of the Janu- common, and the shareholders and cus- healthcare, and wealth inequality. ary 6 insurrection. tomers of a company should know It is so humbling to stand here as a Capitol Police Officers suffered de- Black man in America and take an- bilitating physical and mental trauma, whether that company fosters a healthy work culture and that it al- other step toward feeling whole in this and two lost their lives because of the country. But we must—we have to events of that day. Unless we under- lows its workers to thrive. come together across party lines to do stand how this act of terror was accom- Up to six in seven women in the much more. plished and hold those who are respon- workplace report having experienced sexual harassment. Seven of 10 people sible accountable for their actions, it f could happen again. of color report experiencing some form So why did so many Republicans vote of verbal, racial, or ethnic harassment, against the commission? and those who speak out usually face HONORING THE LIFE OF FOSTER Because they are afraid of what could retaliation. This amendment would FRIESS be found. They are afraid that it could bring to light these forms of mistreat- (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given affect their future elections. ment and incentivize companies to pre- permission to address the House for 1 This is hypocrisy at its ugliest. While vent harassment in the workplace. minute and to revise and extend his re- Republicans in Congress pay lip service I thank Ms. FRANKEL for her leader- marks.) to the Capitol Police and their her- ship on H.R. 1187, and I encourage my Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, it is oism, they are too cowardly to back a colleagues to support this workplace my privilege today to rise to honor the commission that would shed light on improvement bill, as well as improving life of Foster Friess, an American pa- the terrorist attack that put the brave the quality of life. triot who was a warrior for conserv- women’s and men’s lives in danger on f ative and Christian values. that terrible day. HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE Foster truly lived the American f MOTHER EMANUEL AFRICAN Dream. He started his own business that led to incredible success. But Fos- VETERANS DESERVE TIMELY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ter leaves behind a legacy that is far SERVICE SHOOTING greater than success, as his generosity (Mr. KELLER asked and was given (Ms. MACE asked and was given per- impacted the lives of countless people. permission to address the House for 1 mission to address the House for 1 His favorite Bible verse from Gala- minute.) minute and to revise and extend her re- tians: ‘‘Carry each other’s burdens, and Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, marks.) in this way you will fulfill the law of America’s veterans have served our Na- Ms. MACE. Madam Speaker, June 17, Christ.’’ tion honorably, and they deserve time- 2015, was one of the darkest days in To Foster and his wife, Lynnette, ly access to the benefits they have Charleston, South Carolina, history. that verse was more than words; it was earned through their service. Six years ago today, nine church mem- put into action daily. They were pas- The National Personnel Records Cen- bers were gunned down by a white su- sionate about charitable giving and alter was forced to scale down its oper- premacist at Mother Emanuel African ways looking for ways to lend their ations due to the COVID–19 pandemic Methodist Episcopal Church. support to people in need. and is currently staffed at 25 percent Today I rise to honor the lives of He will be missed by many, and my capacity, well below the staffing level those lost that day. South Carolina’s prayers are especially with his wife, needed to process the estimated 5,000 African-American community showed Lynnette, their 4 children and 15 records requests it receives on an aver- enormous restraint and an outpouring grandchildren. age day. These service records are re- of love during this time, even to the ir- Foster’s life glorified God, and his quired for veterans to access medical redeemable; and today we stand to- legacy will live on far beyond his years. benefits; adjudicate disability claims; gether, wrapped in the pride of Charles- We must all learn from his example. and request a commendation, award, or ton Strong. regalia, such as a Purple Heart or cam- So today I would like to recognize f paign service medal. Reverend and State Senator Clementa To date, there is a backlog of half a Pinckney, Cynthia Hurd, Reverend HONORING THE LIFE OF DAVID million veterans’ requests at the NPRC Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Tywanza SAUSSY and, in some cases, veterans have wait- Sanders, Ethel Lance, Susie Jackson, ed for over a year for documentation. Depayne Middleton Doctor, the Rev- (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and That is unacceptable. erend Daniel Simmons, and Myra was given permission to address the That is why I introduced the Records Thompson. House for 1 minute and to revise and Act, which would compel the NPRC to You will always be remembered, and extend his remarks.) fully reopen, address the backlog, and may you rest in peace. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam develop a plan to prevent this from f Speaker, I rise today to remember and ever happening again. honor former Chatham County Com- These men and women were willing CONTINUE THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL missioner David Saussy of Savannah, to lay down their lives in service to our JUSTICE Georgia, who passed away on May 19 at Nation, and we need to continue work- (Mr. BOWMAN asked and was given the age of 86. ing to ensure our veterans get the level permission to address the House for 1 Born the youngest of five children, of responsiveness from their govern- minute and to revise and extend his re- David moved to Savannah in 1964, and ment that they deserve. marks.) lived the next 57 years in Ardsley Park.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.003 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2899 All who knew David remember his ner, BARBARA LEE, the author of this AUMF was passed, Iran and Iraq were Savannah smile and his proud expres- bill. I am proud to stand with her in fighting each other in a vicious war sions whenever he talked about Savan- her unyielding quest to repeal the 2002 that lasted almost a decade. nah’s accomplishments. David’s count- AUMF, and I congratulate her early on If the President needs to strike these less friends and family members con- for working so hard for over 20 years to groups to defend our Nation, our diplo- sider him one of the most generous get this done. matic personnel, or our Armed Forces, people they knew. Nineteen years ago, as a junior Mem- he can do so under Article II of the He was on the boards of the Chat- ber of Congress, I faced one of the most Constitution. If any Armed Forces per- ham-Savannah Authority for the consequential decisions of my career as sonnel on the ground need to defend Homeless and the Coastal Center for an elected official with the United themselves, they have the inherent Development Services, was a founding States Congress. The drumbeats of war right under unit self-defense principles. member of the St. David’s Society of were reverberating throughout Capitol Today, Congress has a historic oppor- Savannah, and served two terms as a Hill as the Bush administration pre- tunity to repeal this outdated author- Republican County Commissioner. pared to invade Iraq. After carefully ization and reassert its proper author- I am thankful for the immense im- considering all the evidence before us, ity over the solemn matters of war and pact he had on the Savannah commu- including unanswered questions about peace. nity, and I know his legacy will re- post-Saddam Iraq, I cast my vote I urge all of my colleagues to vote main. against authorizing military force ‘‘yes’’ on this legislation, and I reserve My thoughts and prayers are with his against the Hussein regime. the balance of my time. family, friends, and all who knew him But our vote this morning to repeal Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I during this most difficult time. the 2002 AUMF is not about reliti- yield myself such time as I may con- f gating our past. Rather, repealing this sume. outdated authorization is about plan- Madam Speaker, I want to thank my b 0915 ning strategically for our future. It is good friend, Chairman MEEKS. We work REPEALING THE AUTHORIZATION about Congress reclaiming its constitu- well together. When we disagree, we do FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE tional obligation to weigh in on mat- it civilly, and I think that is the way AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF ters of war and peace. this body should operate. But I do dis- 2002 On substance, the case for repealing agree on this one. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, pursu- the 2002 AUMF is unassailable. The 2002 I have said many times before that ant to House Resolution 473, I call up AUMF would have no effect on any on- war should not be on autopilot. I do the bill (H.R. 256) to repeal the Author- going military operations in Iraq. The think this is an outdated AUMF, and I ization for Use of Military Force United States is not relying on the 2002 do believe that Congress needs to re- Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, and AUMF as the sole authority for any claim its war powers under Article I of ask for its immediate consideration in military operations. It has been used as the Constitution. the House. an additional legal justification for I also share the desire to repeal the The Clerk read the title of the bill. strikes by Presidents from both parties 2002 AUMF, as well as the 2001 AUMF, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- but not as the sole authority for any but that must be part of a serious proc- ant to House Resolution 473, the bill is strikes over the last decade. The Biden ess to provide clear, updated authori- considered read. administration, in an unprecedented ties against the terrorists who still The text of the bill is as follows: move, has announced support for the plot to kill Americans at home and abroad. I still hope to work toward H.R. 256 legislation we are moving today. Repeal is crucial because the execu- that end with my respected friend, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Chairman MEEKS, but a repeal and re- Representatives of the United States of America tive branch has a history of stretching in Congress assembled, the 2002 AUMF’s legal authority. It has placement should be simultaneous. It is confusing to me that we are SECTION 1. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR already been used as justification for USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST military actions against entities that jamming through a standalone repeal IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002. had nothing to do with Saddam Hus- without basic due diligence; without The Authorization for Use of Military sein’s Ba’athist dictatorship, simply consulting the State Department, the Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public because such entities were operating in Defense Department, or the intel- Law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby re- Iraq. ligence community; without consulting pealed. Given all of the countries active near the Government of Iraq and our coali- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill Iraq today, including Turkey and Rus- tion partners and allies. shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally sia, the 2002 AUMF is vulnerable to In the 3 months since I made that divided and controlled by the chair and being abused. complaint at our markup, the majority the ranking minority member of the I have heard from my friend, the still has not scheduled a single brief- Committee on Foreign Affairs or their ranking member, Mr. MCCAUL, as well ing. This, in my judgment, is not a se- respective designees. as other Members opposed to this legis- rious legislative process for the most The gentleman from New York (Mr. lation who expressed two concerns: one serious issues that we face, and that is MEEKS) and the gentleman from Texas on the process, about the need for fur- war and peace. (Mr. MCCAUL) each will control 30 min- ther briefings and conversations, and This feels like yet another political utes. another on substance, about Iran- effort to undo one of President Trump’s The Chair recognizes the gentleman backed groups in Iraq. boldest counterterrorism successes: from New York. On procedure, we should dispel our- using the 2002 AUMF to remove Qasem GENERAL LEAVE selves of the fiction that this is a new Soleimani from the battlefield. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I ask issue. Congress has been debating what Soleimani was Iran’s mastermind of unanimous consent that all Members to do in a post-Saddam Iraq for 18 terror for decades. He was responsible may have 5 legislative days in which to years, and our status of forces agree- for the death of more than 600 Ameri- revise and extend their remarks and in- ment expired in 2011. This has been a cans and wounded thousands more. He clude extraneous material on H.R. 256. frontline issue for nearly two decades, orchestrated the attack on our Bagh- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and the House Foreign Affairs Com- dad Embassy. He plotted to assassinate objection to the request of the gen- mittee moved this bill through regular the Saudi Ambassador on American tleman from New York? order. soil here in D.C. He oversaw Iran’s sup- There was no objection. Regarding the concern about Iran- port for Assad, who killed hundreds of Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield backed groups, let me once again reit- thousands in Syria. In short, America myself such time as I may consume. erate that the 2002 AUMF was about re- and the world are much safer with Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- moving the Hussein regime in Iraq. It Qasem Soleimani gone. port of H.R. 256. Let me start off by had absolutely nothing to do with Iran. While the 2002 AUMF was largely thanking my very good friend and part- A decade and a half before the 2002 about Saddam Hussein, it also clearly

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.005 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2900 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 addressed the terrorist threats in and trust him. We work well together, but thorough understanding of the effect of any emanating from Iraq. All prior admin- we have to do this, to work together such action and of the threats facing U.S. istrations, Republican and Democrat, with the administration to replace this forces, personnel, and interests around the have used it for that purpose. aging AUMF with updated authorities world. As the Administration works with the Congress to reform AUMFs, it will be critical Today, the biggest threat in Iraq is needed to keep Americans safe from to- to maintain the clear authority to address not Saddam Hussein. We can all recog- day’s terrorist threats, an updated threats to the United States’ national inter- nize that. But it is the Iran-sponsored AUMF that reflects the modern-day ests with appropriately decisive and effective terrorist groups attacking our dip- threats in the region. military action. lomats, our soldiers, our embassy, and Again, I look forward to working to- -- our citizens. They cannot be targeted gether with Chairman MEEKS and our [Press Release—June 14, 2021] using the 2001 AUMF because they are colleagues on this if we are going to be CVA URGES PASSAGE OF 2002 AUMF REPEAL not associated with the forces of al- serious about war powers reform. But GRASSROOTS VETERANS GROUP APPLAUDS REP. Qaida, the Taliban, or ISIS, but they this bill is not it. This bill is not re- LEE, BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP ON CRITICAL can be targeted using the 2002 AUMF, sponsible. We are not doing this the MEASURE TO RESTORE BALANCE OF POWER as the prior administration did to take right way. If we are going to repeal it, ARLINGTON, VA.—Concerned Veterans for out Soleimani, consistent with long- let’s update the AUMF to modern-day America (CVA) Executive Director Nate An- standing practice. needs and reform it. derson released the following statement urg- Last year, the Trump administration Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- ing the U.S. House to pass H.R. 256, Rep. Bar- ‘‘strongly opposed’’ repeal, saying it ance of my time. bara Lee’s bill to repeal the 2002 Authoriza- tion for the Use of Military Force (AUMF): would ‘‘terminate a critical legal au- b 0930 ‘‘Debating, authorizing, and exercising thority’’ and undermine our defense Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield oversight of American military action is one ‘‘against ongoing threats from Iran and of Congress’s most solemn duties. Unfortu- Iranian-sponsored proxies.’’ 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from nately, Congress has largely deferred to the The Biden administration now claims California (Ms. LEE), the sponsor of executive branch and neglected its role in that it does not need the 2002 AUMF for this bill. matters of war and peace over the last twen- current operations because it has Arti- Ms. LEE of California. Madam ty years. Repealing the 2002 AUMF would be cle II authority to use force without Speaker, let me first thank our chair- an important step toward Congress re- man, Mr. MEEKS, for moving this bill asserting its constitutional role in shaping congressional authorization. foreign policy and giving the American peo- Is that what we are going to do now, through committee. It wasn’t an easy lift, and his leadership was extremely ple a voice. We applaud Rep. Lee for her con- is yield to the President’s Article II au- tinued leadership on this issue along with thority without any congressional au- important in getting us to where we the broad coalition of bipartisan representa- thorization? are today. tives and organizations who have found com- Madam Speaker, that is precisely I also thank Leader HOYER, Speaker mon ground in this endeavor.’’ PELOSI, and let me take a minute to what this repeal does. It takes our au- BACKGROUND thank our staff: My chief of staff, Julie thority, our Article I authorities, Americans for Prosperity, a partner of away. We are repealing our Article I Nickson, who is here with us today; my CVA, issued a Key Vote Alert for this meas- authority and yielding it to the Presi- legislative director, Gregory Adams; ure, signaling it will take into account law- dent of the United States. Congressman MEEKS’ staff; and all of makers’ votes in its annual legislative score- Telling the President to rely solely the staff members who have worked for card. on Article II, in my judgment, is a big 20 years to get us to this point. CVA recently led a coalition in sending a I also want to thank our Democratic letter to members of Congress urging sup- step backward from the war powers report of a bipartisan resolution introduced by form and reasserting Congress’ Article and Republican cosponsors and our outside broad spectrum of groups, like Sens. Kaine and Young to repeal a pair of ob- I powers. solete AUMFs. The group was joined on the It is also inconsistent with the War the Friends Committee on National letter by Defense Priorities Initiative, Free- Powers Resolution. That law says that Legislation, Win Without War, the dom Works, and the R Street institute. the President’s Article II powers are American Legion, and Americans for CVA has been working to repeal the out- limited to responding to an attack on Prosperity that have fought alongside dated 2001 and 2002 AUMFs for years, making the territory or Armed Forces of the us. it a priority for its grassroots and advocacy United States. It does not cover Amer- Madam Speaker, I include in the efforts in its annual policy agendas (2019, RECORD the Statement of Administra- 2020, 2021). Notably, though less than a fifth ican civilians in a foreign country, of current members of Congress voted on the such as our contractors, our diplomats, tion Policy and letters of support from many of these groups. 2001 AUMF, it has been invoked to justify 41 and our embassy, who are under at- operations in 19 countries since passage. tack, as I speak, in Iraq. STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY In 2019, the group partnered with VoteVets, We should not encourage any Presi- H.R. 256—REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE a traditional rival, to urge lawmakers to re- dent to go it alone without Article I OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLU- claim their constitutional war powers duties. congressional authorization. TION OF 2002—REP. LEE, D–CA WITH 134 CO- The New York Times wrote about the un- SPONSORS Finally, today’s vote is not hap- likely partnership. Setting the example for lawmakers and the administration, the pening in a vacuum. This rushed, The Administration supports House passage of H.R. 256, to repeal the Authorization groups found common ground on this issue standalone repeal, without any con- for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Reso- and flew activists and volunteers in to DC to sultation with the Department of De- lution of 2002 (‘‘2002 AUMF’’). This bipartisan meet with their members of Congress to fense, the Secretary of State, or the in- legislation would terminate the October 16, bring lasting policy change in Washington. telligence community, as Mr. MAST has 2002, statutory authorization for the use of CVA has been staunch in its support of consistently talked about, sends a dan- military force against Iraq. lawmakers who have taken a principled gerous message of disengagement that The Administration supports the repeal of stand and worked to repeal these measures could destabilize Iraq, embolden Iran, the 2002 AUMF, as the United States has no in the past. In 2019, CVA welcomed the addition of the bipartisan War Powers Caucus to which it will, and strengthen al-Qaida ongoing military activities that rely solely on the 2002 AUMF as a domestic legal basis, Congress, applauding lawmakers for and ISIS in the region. and repeal of the 2002 AUMF would likely prioritizing the issue. CVA also launched a We would avoid such dangers by tak- have minimal impact on current military op- digital ad campaign thanking lawmakers for ing up a repeal and a replacement si- erations. Furthermore, the President is com- standing against endless war, praising law- multaneously. I think both sides of the mitted to working with the Congress to en- makers for voting to ensure proper Congres- aisle agree, we need to update this sure that outdated authorizations for the use sional input before any offensive military AUMF, and we need to reform it to the of military force are replaced with a narrow force against Iran. modern-day threats in the region. Sad- and specific framework appropriate to en- FEBRUARY 17, 2021. dam Hussein is no longer the threat. sure that we can continue to protect Ameri- DEAR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, As organiza- cans from terrorist threats. tions from across the ideological spectrum, Real AUMF reform requires Congress In working with the Congress on repealing we are committed to addressing one of our and the administration to work to- and replacing other existing authorizations country’s most critical national security gether. The chairman has committed of military force, the Administration seeks needs: ending our forever wars. We don’t al- to doing this, and I appreciate and to ensure that the Congress has a clear and ways agree on the reasons to do so, but we do

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The reorient U.S. foreign policy away from the Barbara Lee’s effort in turning the page on best way to do that is through bottom-up in- unaccountable, interventionist approach this unsuccessful chapter of U.S. foreign pol- novation, not top-down regulation such as we’ve seen for nearly two decades, Congress icy by sunsetting the 2001 AUMF and repeal- those mandated by this bill. must sunset the 2001 Authorization for the ing the 2002 Iraq AUMF. I urge you to vote ‘‘NO’’ on H.R. 1187. This Use of Military Force (AUMF) and repeal the Sincerely, vote will be recorded in our legislative score- 2002 Iraq AUMF. American Civil Liberties Union, Brennan card for the 117th Congress. Since its enactment on September 14, 2001, Center for Justice, Bridges Faith Ini- Sincerely, the 2001 AUMF has served as a blank check tiative, BringOurTroopsHome.US, Cen- BRENT GARDNER, for endless, global war under multiple presi- ter for International Policy, Concerned Chief Government Affairs Officer, dents. Despite congressional intent to only Veterans for America, Council for a Americans for Prosperity. give then-President George W. Bush the au- Livable World, Demand Progress, De- thority to use military force against those fense Priorities Initiative, THE AMERICAN LEGION, responsible for the 9/11 attacks and those FreedomWorks, Friends Committee on OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COMMANDER, who harbored them, the law failed to include National Legislation, Human Rights Washington, DC, April 7, 2021. any time limits, geographic constraints, spe- First, National Religious Campaign Hon. BARBARA LEE, cific objectives or an exit strategy. As a re- Against Torture, Pax Christi USA, House of Representatives, sult, three successive presidents have used Peace Action, Project On Government Washington, DC. the law to unilaterally expand the nation’s Oversight, Protect Democracy, Quincy DEAR REPRESENTATIVE LEE: On behalf of use of military force against individuals, Institute for Responsible Statecraft, R the nearly two million members of The groups, and even nation states never in- Street Institute, Secure Families Ini- American Legion, I am pleased to express tended by Congress. Presidents Bush, Obama, tiative, September 11th Families for support for H.R. 256, which would repeal the and Trump have used the 2001 AUMF to jus- Peaceful Tomorrows, The Center for Authorization for Use of Military Force tify U.S. military action in 19 countries at Victims of Torture, VoteVets, Win Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. Congress least 41 times. The expansive U.S. milita- Without War, Women’s Action for New passed the 2002 AUMF to authorize force rized counterterrorism footprint now extends Directions. against Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime in to at least 80 countries, costing an estimated order to defend the United States against the $6.4 trillion, as well as the lives of thousands AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY, threat posed by the regime’s alleged posses- of American soldiers, and hundreds of thou- June 15, 2021. sion of weapons of mass destruction. This sands of civilians abroad. DEAR REPRESENTATIVES, On behalf of threat proved unfounded and the mission un- Congress passed the 2002 Iraq AUMF to au- Americans for Prosperity’s activists in all 50 dertaken pursuant to the 2002 Iraq AUMF— thorize force against the Saddam Hussein re- states, I urge you to vote ‘‘NO’’ on H.R. 1187, designated ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’’—offi- gime. It is not required for any ongoing mili- the so-called ‘‘Corporate Governance Im- cially ended on December 11, 2011. tary activities, as the executive branch re- provement and Investor Protection Act.’’ Our servicemembers have accomplished lies on an overly broad interpretation of the Businesses can be a force for good when their original objectives in Iraq, a dangerous 2001 AUMF for operations against ISIS, al they serve customers, drive life-improving regime was removed, and the authorization Qaeda, and other groups. However, both the innovations, and enable employees to find for the war should end. With the under- Obama and Trump administrations expanded fulfillment in their work. But the best way standing that complex global threats cannot their interpretation of the scope of the 2002 to do that is through bottom-up approaches, be solved by military power alone, we value Iraq AUMF beyond congressional intent. not top-down regulation. Mobilizing the Se- the importance of sustaining a civilian-led Most recently, the Trump administration curities and Exchange Commission to force approach of elevating diplomacy and devel- cited it as a legal basis for the targeted kill- industry from all corners of the economy to opment alongside a strong defense. The ing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, an adhere to dubious, ambiguous, and one-size- American Legion stands ready to assist action clearly unrelated to the original fits all requirements—as this bill does—will members of Congress with strengthening our scope of the authorization. Retaining this only harm our ability to improve society and nation’s interests and ensuring that diplo- law renders it susceptible to further abuse. undermine America’s capacity to lead in the macy is the first instrument of national President Biden has stated a desire to end global economy. power considered at the highest level. the forever wars. With this in mind, Congress H.R. 1187 represents a sweeping expansion In accordance with American Legion Reso- should sunset the 2001 AUMF eight months of government overreach and dramatic mis- lution No. 22: Addressing the ‘Forever War’, after a law is enacted and immediately re- sion creep for the SEC, which has neither the passed unanimously by our National Execu- peal the 2002 Iraq AUMF. Rather than expe- authority, expertise, nor accountability to tive Committee in meetings held October 14– diting a new AUMF, Congress must first pub- evaluate the materiality of these disclosures 15, 2020, which urges a renewal of a proper licly debate whether military force is both to shareholders and potential shareholders. constitutional balance to American foreign necessary and appropriate for addressing Further, the standards these regulations set, policy decision-making by encouraging Con- current security challenges and what, if any, and the effectiveness of the methods to gress to repeal and replace outdated Author- new legal authority may be necessary. In the which those standards would be met, are un- izations for Use of Military Force, we strong- interim, Article II of the Constitution pro- clear. As an example, recent evidence has ly support this bill. vides the president with the legal authority shown there is virtually no relationship be- We applaud your leadership in addressing needed to defend our country against an ac- tween trends in energy-related carbon emis- this critical issue facing our nation’s tual or truly imminent armed attack. sions and top-down climate policies such as servicemembers, veterans, and their fami- With a new president who has signalled the implementation of international agree- lies. support for our government’s institutional ments, carbon pricing, cap-and-trade, or For God & Country, checks and balances and a U.S. public that command and control sectoral regulation. In JAMES W. ‘‘BILL’’ OXFORD, supports an end to endless war, it is time for fact, since the 2007 Massachusetts v. EPA de- National Commander. Congress seize the opportunity to reassert cision, countries as well as states that have its constitutional authority over war powers. not endorsed these policies have generally Ms. LEE of California. Let me just In fact, the U.S. Constitution places the reduced per capita energy-related carbon di- take a minute to honor my dear friend, power to declare war squarely in the hands oxide emissions at a far greater pace than the late Congressman Walter Jones, a of Congress for good reason. Our democracy those that have. Republican from North Carolina who relies on the foundational belief that it is Beyond this, the very act of forcing compa- was my partner for many years to the people to whom the U.S. government re- nies to meet preset, one-size-fits-all require- build bipartisan support to bring our mains accountable, not the president. By as- ments ultimately undermines the leaps in troops home. signing Congress the sole authority to de- innovation we need to actually achieve our clare war, our nation’s founders sought to shared goals for the environment and society I am proud to stand with everyone as ensure that a decision as momentous as the as a whole. Business leaders and consumers— we exercise our most important duty one to wage war was properly debated, scru- not politicians and appointed Washington of- assigned by the Constitution to decide tinized, and justified. Failing to sunset the ficials—are the driving force to innovate and when and how America goes to war. 2001 AUMF and repeal the 2002 Iraq AUMF deliver superior products and services that We cannot revise history as it relates now will continue to effectively cede Con- solve for the needs of today while also push- to why this authorization was put into gress’ power over war and peace to the exec- ing our country toward a better future that place. utive branch. benefits all. Eighteen years ago, in front of the In the past five years, the House of Rep- This bill would also impose new costly bur- resentatives or its committees have voted to dens on companies, open the floodgates to infamous ‘‘Mission Accomplished’’ ban- repeal both the 2001 AUMF and the 2002 Iraq cronyism, undermine businesses’ ability to ner backdrop, former President Bush AUMF, drawing both Democratic and Repub- create new value, and ultimately put a drag told the Nation that the major combat lican support. With a new administration on our recovering economy. operations in Iraq have ended.

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What I object to is that now we are long overdue for repeal, which is why The Bush administration, yes, misled abdicating our responsibility by giving we have voted multiple times to repeal the American people by saying there the President Article II authorities the 2002 AUMF with bipartisan support. were weapons of mass destruction in alone without any authorization of use Since coming to Congress, I have Iraq, that Iraq posed an imminent of military force from the Congress. been very clear, Congress must reassert threat by drawing a false connection They talk a lot about Article I on the congressional authority in decisions of between the tragic events of 9/11 and other side, but aren’t we abdicating our war and peace. The authority is re- Saddam Hussein. Those lies and misin- Article I responsibility? quired by our Constitution, and it is formation had deadly consequences. I am all for updating this thing, but fundamental to our representation of The mistakes continue to haunt us to completely do away with it and just our constituents, especially our serv- today. give this President Article II authori- icemembers. Once the war started, the Out of Iraq ties to do whatever he wants without Our men and women in uniform de- Caucus was founded by Congresswoman any congressional review, in my judg- serve to see a new era of congressional Lynn Woolsey, me, and led by Con- ment, is a wrong step forward. accountability, one where Members of gresswoman MAXINE WATERS. Over 80 Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Congress do not shirk their account- Members joined. Many of us took our ance of my time. ability when it comes to issues of war protests to the streets, joining hun- Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I will and peace. dreds of thousands protesting the unjust say really quickly: Before Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I con- necessary, immoral war of choice. Year Soleimani, we had passed a bill on the tinue to reserve the balance of my after year, we worked for the safe and AUMF in 2019, so it wasn’t in response time. Mr. MEEKS. Madam speaker, I now orderly withdrawal of our troops. to President Trump. So this was at- yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman I share all this history, not because tempted even before that. from California (Ms. JACOBS), the vice of nostalgia, but we have to remember I now yield 1 minute to the gen- chair of the subcommittee on Inter- why this authorization was passed, be- tleman from Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY), national Development, International cause 87 percent of current Members of head of the United States delegation to Organizations, and Global Corporate the House were not here to vote on this the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Social Impact. AUMF in 2002. The Constitution re- and a member of our Foreign Affairs quires that we cannot appropriate Ms. JACOBS of California. Madam Committee. Speaker, I rise today to support this funds for armies for more than 2 years, Mr. CONNOLLY. Madam Speaker, critical legislation to repeal the 2002 and yet for almost two decades we have Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Mem- Authorization For Use of Military failed to revisit these AUMFs. bers of the Bush administration seized Force. To this day, our endless wars con- on our fear at that time to persuade I want to thank Congresswoman BAR- tinue, costing trillions of dollars and Americans that Saddam Hussein posed BARA LEE and the chair of this com- thousands of lives in a war that goes a grave threat to the United States, way beyond any scope that Congress mittee for their enduring leadership on and Congress passed an Authorization this issue. conceived or intended. for Use of Military Force without any I want to salute our veterans, our I was in middle school when Congress limitation on how long it could be in young men and women in uniform. passed this authorization to use force effect. They did everything we have asked against Saddam Hussein’s regime in Nineteen years later, and ten years them to do. Many veterans support this Iraq. Today, as a Member of this body, after we formally ended ground oper- repeal. I am voting to repeal it. The outdated 2002 AUMF bears no ations, it is still law. This is an abroga- I make this point to remind my col- correlation to the threats we face tion of Article I responsibilities and leagues that the decisions around war today. duties of the Congress of the United and peace are some of the most con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The States. sequential ones we make here. My gen- time of the gentlewoman has expired. There is no more profound power eration has spent our entire adult lives Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield vested in us in the Constitution than to in the shadow of two long and pro- the gentlewoman an additional 10 sec- send our young men and women into tracted wars. onds. combat. It is long past time that we I am proud to represent San Diego, a Ms. LEE of California. Madam dealt with this AUMF and righted the military community that has made in- Speaker, the President earlier stated imbalance between the powers of Arti- credible sacrifices because of that vote his support for the bill, saying that the cle I, which are exclusively those of in 2002. Now it is time to take it off the 2002 AUMF will not impact current Congress, and the powers of Article II books. military operations, but repeal can pre- for a Commander in Chief only after Repealing this authorization would vent our country from entering an- Congress has acted. not impact any of our current military other protracted engagement under I am proud to support this measure operations, but repealing it will pre- this outdated authority. today. vent a future President from abusing it We can’t afford to leave this in place Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I con- and reclaim Congress’ rightful role in indefinitely. For two decades it has tinue to reserve the balance of my authorizing war, ensuring our service- been in place. This is our opportunity time. members know that they are not being to restore our constitutional role. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I now sent to harm’s way without a full de- Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman bate of this representative body. There yield myself such time as I may con- from Virginia (Ms. SPANBERGER), a is nothing rushed about something sume. member of our HFAC committee with that has taken 20 years. I would just like to comment that to strong foreign affairs credentials. Madam Speaker, I urge my col- me it is very interesting, the timing of Ms. SPANBERGER. Madam Speaker, leagues to support this repeal. the gentlewoman from California’s re- on October 16, 2002, the United States Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I peal. It happened after President Congress voted to authorize military yield myself such time as I may con- Trump had an air strike to take out action against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. sume. Soleimani in Iraq, at exactly the same The text of the authorization was Let me just clarify again. This bill time. He had authority to do so under clear. That was its purpose. Years was filed last Congress after President the 2002 AUMF and Article II under the later, Saddam Hussein is long dead, Trump took out the mastermind of ter- Constitution. and our military action has ended. ror for two decades in the Middle East, What is interesting about now, the The 2002 AUMF is separate and dis- Qasem Soleimani, to challenge his au- other side of the aisle was upset when tinct from the 2001 AUMF, which authority to take out one of the biggest

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If we do away with this without and we put aside these partisan stripes yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from replacing it, we abdicate our Article I for a moment, we can have an honest Florida (Mr. MAST), a combat veteran, authorities in an absolute manner to debate about what a replacement a distinguished servicemember, and a the executive branch under Article II. would look like. Short-term political member of the Foreign Affairs Com- I think that it is important for any- gain has no impact on what foreign ac- mittee. one watching this debate to understand tors make in terms of their policy deci- Mr. MAST. Madam Speaker, war what we are doing here today. sions. ISIS and terrorists don’t change powers and AUMF, it is a distant im- Madam Speaker, with that, I yield based on what we debate here, and they personal term to talk about the work such time as he may consume to the certainly didn’t give up yet. of the warfighter. And I think for peo- gentleman from Illinois (Mr. We made a decision; the President ple on both sides of the aisle, it is any- KINZINGER). made a decision to leave Afghanistan. thing but impersonal. Mr. KINZINGER. Madam Speaker, I While I disagree with that, I certainly Probably all of us in here know peo- remember over the period of the last hope he is successful and that my pre- ple who have passed in our wars, roads Presidency joining my colleagues on dictions are wrong, but I do know that named after them, schools named after both sides of the aisle at various times that sent a message. It sent a message them, VFWs, and other buildings when statements were made that we that America is disengaging in the war named after them. It is not impersonal are just going to leave Iraq or we are on terror. What would this send as to those of us in here and to those who going to leave the Kurds in Syria, and well, right on the heels of this? have been targeted by snipers, have I think that was shortsighted, those What message would this send to the had ordnance dropped on them, walked statements, so I joined my colleagues terrorists who are on the ropes, who across fields of improvised explosive on both sides. haven’t attacked in the United States, devices, were burned alive in Humvees But, yet, today, we are debating the not because they don’t want to, but be- and other pieces of equipment that repeal of the 2002 AUMF as if we all cause we haven’t let them because we they served their time in. somehow believe that we are going to have fought them on their territory, It is not impersonal to us. We all magically repeal this and then come up before they have the ability to organize know the stories. And I like to believe with some narrow replacement that is and attack us here? that we do take that very seriously. going to authorize, when we can’t real- What does that message send? Be- And there is broad-based consensus ly agree that the sky is blue in this cause to a terrorist, all they need is on the fact that these AUMFs need to group. the ability to go out and say, ‘‘We are be changed. But to do that and to have But I want to, for a second, look back winning,’’ to recruit somebody, to give and say what would have happened the appropriate responsibility to those their life for that terrorist cause. who go out there and fight the wars, we when this was introduced originally. Madam Speaker, I understand where So in January of 2014 this repeal was have to talk to the people who go out this is coming from. I deeply would there and command the battles, that introduced. Let’s say we passed it. love an AUMF that replaces this the What happened since January of 2014? sit in the JOC and sit in the TOC, and right way, but this is the wrong process Well, I will tell you. In June of 2014 we sit in the Pentagon. and the wrong order to do that. So I began airstrikes against ISIS. Because But, instead, what we did was we had urge my colleagues to join me in oppos- of the 2002 AUMF, we were able to as- professors from NYU and Harvard and ing this. sist our allies to defeat ISIS in their Yale come in and speak to us for a few capital of Raqqa, their stronghold in b 0945 minutes about their opinions. Mosul, and we even destroyed their ca- Mr. MEEKS. I want to remind the But what I can tell you is that a bat- liphate throughout the region. gentleman that the 2014 strike against tlefield looks nothing like a lecture I know my colleagues who support ISIS, the primary AUMF, where it was hall or a faculty lounge. They are not this legislation have the right inten- utilized in the 2001 AUMF, continues the same things. And their opinions are tions in mind, but even President and still is in existence. Also, when you not nearly as weighty as those of the Biden’s own Statement of Administra- talk about Soleimani, the primary uti- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff tion Policy admits that this repeal lization, still-President Trump talked or the Secretary of Defense or the Sec- would have an impact on our military about Article II. So those still are in retary of the Army or the Secretary of operations. That is why we don’t call existence to protect the American peo- the Navy or the Commandant of the for a blanket repeal, but a narrowly ple and at the President’s options. Marine Corps or one of our combatant crafted replacement. Let’s do that Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to commanders. first. the gentlewoman from Massachusetts If we take seriously this power that the 435 of us in this body have, not just The bleak reality is that without an (Ms. CLARK), the assistant Speaker. authorization to fight terror, more in- Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. to cast a vote, but to cast an informed nocent human beings will suffer. Let us Madam Speaker, 19 years ago, this vote to say that we went out there and not forget the horrors that ISIS per- body passed the 2002 Authorization for did every bit of diligence that we could, petrated on innocent men, women, and Use of Military Force based on lies and it means speaking to those individuals, children. Men were beheaded for prac- misinformation about Saddam Hus- asking those questions, and then com- ticing their faith, women were stoned sein’s weapons of mass destruction. ing to the conclusions that bring us to to death for trying to flee abusive rela- This authorization has entangled us the votes that we cast. tionships. Children were made foot sol- in a decades-long war, costing billions But without that, we are acting on diers and suicide bombers. Without this of dollars and tens of thousands of pure arrogance that we know better AUMF, this would still be happening. lives. without asking any questions, that we Today, we have militia groups at- Millions of young people in this coun- know what to do without going out tacking the American Embassy in try, including my three children, have there and seeking any facts, without Baghdad. We have malign forces trying never known an America that wasn’t at finding out how this will affect the de- to destabilize the democratically elect- war. fense of our homeland. And it is not ed Iraqi Government. We have dozens This repeal is long overdue and abso- what gives the honor and respect to of terror organizations, including ISIS, lutely vital to protecting the integrity those who go out there and defend this that want to revive the caliphate of our system of checks and balances country. It is not what gives the honor which brought so much pain and suf- and the security of our Nation and and respect to them that they deserve. fering to so many in the region. servicemembers. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I Before we hastily pass this ill- Today we stand up for Congress’ con- thank the gentleman for his service, thought-out and ill-timed political leg- stitutional war powers and the right to and I really respect him for what he

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Madam Speaker, I always do that. thank the gentleman for yielding. thank the gentleman for yielding and But I will also say that those individ- Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- for his leadership in bringing this im- uals who we did bring before the com- port of H.R. 256. portant and overdue legislation to the mittee, though they might be profes- Let me first recognize the tireless ef- floor. sors now, they either served in the forts of Representative BARBARA LEE, Congratulations to you, Mr. Chair- DOD or the White House, plus we had a who has spearheaded this issue for man, for being the chair of the com- classified briefing in the auditorium nearly two decades and has been the mittee and, as your ranking member with representatives from the Joint moral conscience in Congress against has said, striving to act in a very bi- Chiefs. So we were making sure that endless, unjust wars. partisan way. That doesn’t hold for we had to get all of the information The decision to go to war is one of today necessarily; but, nonetheless, that we could in regards to this issue. the most profound and consequential a where there is a will, there is a way. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to nation can make. This 2002 AUMF is Madam Speaker, nearly 20 years have the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. outdated, and its repeal will end its passed since the Congress passed the OMAR), the vice chair of the Sub- legal authority to justify U.S. inter- 2002 Authorization for Use of Military committee on Africa, Global Health vention in Iraq. Force, and 10 years have passed since and Global Human Rights and the Sub- Under the Constitution, Congress has the formal end of U.S. military oper- committee on International Develop- the sole duty to declare war. By repeal- ations: Operation Iraqi Freedom. ment, International Organizations, and ing this authorization today, we are Yet, today, 10 years later, our Nation Global Corporate Social Impact. working to return this power back to is still operating under an outdated Ms. OMAR. Madam Speaker, I thank the people’s House and the Senate. Authorization for Use of Military the chairman for yielding, and I thank That is how a checks and balances sys- Force, which risks being used, and in the distinguished author of this legisla- tem works. some cases has been used, as a blank tion, Congresswoman LEE, for bringing Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I check to conduct unrelated military forth this legislation. yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from operations. Madam Speaker, for the past 20 California (Mr. CALVERT), a member of Let me be clear. Repealing the 2002 years, the 2002 Authorization has been the Appropriations Committee. Authorization for Use of Military used to wage war and cause destruction Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I Force in no way precludes us, our coun- around the world. rise in opposition to H.R. 256. try, from defending our military and While many in this Congress have Though a combat-tested security diplomatic personnel in Iraq. Article II participated in war, I am someone who partner, Iraq continues to be a fragile of the Constitution, the 2001 AUMF, has endured war and understands the state. The 2002 Authorization for Use of and the bilateral agreements with Iraq impact it has on innocent lives. The Military Force allowed the United permit this. act of war does nothing to make us States to end Saddam Hussein’s reign But it will prevent a situation in safer. of terror. It also allowed us to return which U.S. military personnel are de- Engaging in endless wars has led us and assist the people of Iraq when deci- ployed or military operations are con- to undermining our most important sions made by the Obama-Biden admin- ducted, without the approval of Con- morals: peace, liberty, and justice. istration led to the formation of ISIS gress or the country, for purposes that Congress cannot sit idly by as we and enabled the terror group to estab- are unconnected to the AUMF’s origi- take more civilian lives and decrease lish a caliphate in northwestern Iraq in nal purpose. our ability to build prosperity at home. 2014. We are here because of the courage of The more we spend on endless wars, Now, that same Authorization for Congresswoman BARBARA LEE. No one the less we are able to invest in our Use of Military Force provides the has been fiercer or more relentless or own people with education, housing, United States with the legal authority more principled on this issue. I thank and employment opportunities. for military operations in support of Congresswoman BARBARA LEE and oth- I am pleased that Congress is finally our Iraqi partners, if needed, and ers who have worked with her over the working on restoring its authority over against terrorist threats in Iraq, in- years. matters of peace and war. cluding those from the Iran-backed mi- I thank also our Foreign Affairs Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I litia groups. chair, GREGORY MEEKS, who has moved yield an additional 2 minutes to the This critical piece of legislation pro- this bipartisan priority with both ur- gentleman from Florida (Mr. MAST). vided the authority for last year’s gency and unity through the com- Mr. MAST. Madam Speaker, I thank strike on Iran’s terror mastermind mittee. the chairman for his comments about Soleimani, whose IEDs, I might remind us seeking advice on Authorization for people, killed more than 600 American b 1000 Use of Military Force from academics soldiers and wounded thousands more. We are pleased that this legislation, from Harvard, Yale, and NYU. And The Authorization for Use of Mili- which has previously passed the House though they may have spent time serv- tary Force also provides authority to twice, has over 130 cosponsors. Thank ing in defense roles, I would remind the strike Iranian-backed Shia militia you, also, to Senator TIM KAINE, a chairman that in the hearings that groups that have and are currently at- longtime leader on AUMF repeal and these academics voiced their opinions tacking Americans in Iraq. reform in the Senate, who has intro- in, they expressed numerous times that This shortsighted and purely polit- duced a companion bill in the Senate. they didn’t even have the access to in- ical effort to repeal the authority with- Repealing the 2002 AUMF will defend formation that we had. They said it out a replacement sends the wrong Congress’ constitutional authorities over and over. They didn’t have the an- message and will embolden the Islamic and our American democracy’s system swers that we might have the answers terror groups and the world’s largest of separation of powers. to. state sponsor of terror, Iran. Under the Constitution, it is the Con- I would say it is incumbent upon this I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on gress that has the sole duty to declare body to seek answers not from those this bill until we have a viable replace- war. We must reassert that authority who say we have more information, but ment that addresses the threat of Iran to decide if and when our country goes to ask somebody who may potentially and its proxies. to war. have more information than us so that We have already turned our backs on This repeal is also possible because of we can make a more informed decision Afghanistan. We should not repeat this the leadership of President Joe Biden, about policy that we are tasked with error in Iraq. who understands and has respect for voting on that affects so many. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield Congress’ constitutional authorities. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from He understands the need for this action 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New California (Ms. PELOSI), our illustrious to keep our troops and the American York (Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ), the chair of the leader and Speaker of the United people safe. Again, that is our first re- Small Business Committee. States House of Representatives. sponsibility: to protect and defend.

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Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 we can continue to protect Americans lution to repeal the outdated 2002 minute to the gentlewoman from Cali- from terrorist threats.’’ AUMF, which was used to start the fornia (Ms. ESHOO). Why has that been elusive, for us to Iraq war, which killed more than 4,500 Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the come up with a better, more focused American soldiers and approximately chairman for recognizing me and yield- plan? 200,000 Iraqi civilians. ing time. Madam Speaker, just for public infor- As the chair of the Out of Iraq Cau- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution to repeal the AUMF resolu- mation, when we have tried to come up cus, I worked with Congresswoman LEE with a newer, fresher, more appropriate and our former colleague, Lynn Wool- tion of 2002. Here we are, in 2021. Mr. Speaker, I voted against that AUMF, we have three challenges. sey, to end the Iraq war and bring our AUMF, and to this day, I believe it pro- What is the scope? What is the Au- troops home. duced one of the worst foreign policy thorization for Use of Military Force The Iraq war finally ended in Decem- disasters in U.S. history. It was built for? Is it for boots on the ground? Is it ber 2011. We cannot allow this outdated on a lie; it claimed the lives of over for air? What is it for? What is the AUMF to be used as a blank check for 4,400 Americans and countless Iraqi ci- scope that we are giving the authority future wars. It is long past time for vilians; and it cost our Treasury tril- to the executive branch to use? Congress to reassert its constitutional What is the geography? How far does role in authorizing and providing over- lions of dollars. The Iraq war ended 10 years ago, but that extend? Is this global? Is it spe- sight over United States military ac- this AUMF is still on the books. It is a cific to a region? tion. blank check, and we need to get rid of These are important decisions be- Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my col- it. We run the risk that administra- cause some of the threats are, shall we leagues to support this bill. tions will misuse it to justify future say, unpredictable. But that doesn’t Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- military action and directly undermine mean what we do here should be unpre- tinue to reserve the balance of my Congress’ Article I war powers author- dictable. time. ity. The third is the timing. How long Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 The House has voted three times to does it last? What is it for? How far in minute to the gentleman from Cali- repeal this AUMF, and today, it is time geography does it extend? And how fornia (Mr. GARAMENDI). to pass it. Let us have a victory here long does that authority last? Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise on the floor—and celebrate another Over time, as we have tried to rein support of the resolution. victory that the Supreme Court has place this outdated Authorization for The United States Congress has the upheld the Affordable Care Act. Use of Military Force, we have run into sole constitutional power to declare Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- war and, therefore, a constitutional those disagreements internally as well tinue to reserve the balance of my duty to consider, debate, and, if nec- as with the White House. But the more time. the public knows about our commit- essary, repeal an Authorization for Use Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, it is now ment to honoring our constitutional of Military Force. my honor to recognize a gentleman responsibility—and we will work with a The very title of this AUMF shows who I want to thank for his service, for President who is not here to undermine how much it has strayed from its origi- he is a Marine combat veteran who that—hopefully, we will have that au- nal purpose. The 2002 Authorization for served in Iraq. thorization, as necessary, as we go for- Use of Military Force Against Iraq was Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the ward. designed to address the threat posed by gentleman from Arizona (Mr. As Members of Congress, the first an Iraq run by Saddam Hussein. He has GALLEGO). duty we have is to keep the American been dead for many years. Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise people safe. That includes our coura- We have the responsibility to mem- today in support of H.R. 256 to repeal geous men and women in uniform, who bers of the Armed Forces who risk the 2002 Authorization for Use of Mili- sacrifice every day for our freedoms. their lives, and the American public tary Force that sent me and thousands To do this, we must pursue a Na- who fund these seemingly endless con- of other young Americans into war in tional Security Strategy and a defense flicts, to terminate the current 2002 Iraq. policy that are smart, strong, and stra- Authorization for Use of Military Even though the mission in Iraq has tegic. And we look forward to working Force. Since 2009, I voted consistently been over for almost a decade, this au- with the administration on this vital to revoke this open-ended authoriza- thorization remains on the books. This mission. tion and to reassert Congress’ role. is not a mistake or an oversight. It is With that, I again salute our distin- For too long, we have failed this re- a dangerous abdication of Congress’ re- guished colleague from California, Con- sponsibility. Congress must act now to sponsibility. gresswoman BARBARA LEE, for her per- repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of The longer this AUMF is on the sistence and her leadership; our distin- Military Force Against Iraq. books, the more opportunity it has to guished chairman, Mr. GREGORY Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- be abused as a blank check for military MEEKS. tinue to reserve the balance of my action in the Middle East without the Again, I am grateful for the cour- time. input of the American people. teous consideration of this legislation Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 The longer this AUMF is on the today, although we may not be in com- minute to the gentleman from Texas books, the longer we in Congress are plete agreement. (Mr. GREEN), a distinguished Member. bending our own moral and constitu- Madam Speaker, I urge a strong vote Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, tional duty to debate and to decide for H.R. 256, to repeal the 2002 Author- we, who are honored to be Members of when to send American soldiers into ization for Use of Military Force, and Congress, are here to pass judgment on harm’s way and to look into the eyes of hope that we will have a strong bipar- the great issues of our time. There is servicemen and -women when we do. tisan vote. no greater issue of our time than the We cannot run from this incredible re- Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I con- issue of war and peace. It is about life sponsibility any longer. tinue to reserve the balance of my and death. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to time. We should not be allowed to escape join me in passing this bill and re- Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield our duty, responsibility, and obligation taking Congress’ constitutional role in 1 minute to the gentlewoman from to vote on issues of war and peace. exercising our war powers.

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Constitution to the executive branch ing the diplomats, is highly irrespon- Mr. Speaker, I was a sophomore in and saying: Oh, Article II, the Presi- sible, it is reckless, and it is dangerous. high school when Congress gave the dent has unlimited discretion under Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of green light for war in Iraq. Nearly 20 Article II to do whatever the hell he my time. years later, I am here as a freshman wants to do. Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 Member of Congress, urging my col- That is not what this Congress minute to the gentlewoman from Illi- leagues to repeal that authorization. should be doing. We need to replace nois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY). For over half my life, Republican and this with an updated AUMF that re- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, Democratic Presidential administra- flects the threats in the region, the today, I will vote, once again, to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Mili- tions have used the 2002 Authorization current threats, which are Iran and the tary Force because we cannot continue for Use of Military Force as a blank proxies of Iran that have hit our em- check for war and the justification for endless wars. bassy, have killed our soldiers, and are Congress passed the 2002 AUMF au- aggressive military actions in the Mid- attacking our diplomats in the region. thorization for war again Saddam Hus- dle East. b 1015 sein’s regime. I voted against that res- Young people today have never olution. And, now, here we are nearly known a time when our country was Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I would 20 years later, and we have seen three not fighting overseas or conducting just say to my friend from Texas that successive administrations use the strikes on poor and Brown nations. It maybe we should do—if you think Iran AUMF to wage war in ways that were is time for that to stop. is a threat—an AUMF for Iran. This never intended, that were way beyond The American people are tired of end- AUMF was for Iraq. the scope of the congressional author- less wars. We need a more peaceful and Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. ization that was used. productive foreign policy grounded in Only Congress has the authority to JAYAPAL). diplomacy and human rights, and we, declare war. And it is time for us to re- finally, have an administration that Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution to reclaim that authority. We can’t let an- agrees. other day go by with this authorization peal an almost two decades-long Au- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to in place. We cannot support endless thorization for Use of Military Force support this bill. wars. against Iraq. Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 tinue to reserve the balance of my Mr. Speaker, I would like to start by minutes to the gentleman from Ala- saying thank you, thank you, thank time. bama (Mr. ROGERS), the lead Repub- Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 you to my colleague, Congresswoman lican on the House Armed Services minute to the gentleman from Michi- BARBARA LEE. Committee. gan (Mr. KILDEE). I was an activist back in 2001, leading Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speak- Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the largest immigrant advocacy orga- er, let me start by saying that this ar- the chairman for yielding and for his nization and the largest march at the gument that we have to get rid of the leadership. time against the war in Iraq, because AUMF is just ridiculous. We pass the Mr. Speaker, I stand in strong sup- we knew that what was happening was National Defense Authorization Act port of this resolution, Congresswoman wrong. And we were looking at Con- every year. We have passed it every LEE’s longtime effort to repeal the 2002 gress, and saying, Congress needs to year for 60 consecutive years. If we Authorization for Use of Military make sure they are taking action, and don’t want to authorize something we Force. BARBARA LEE stood up at that time on are doing militarily, we can stop it at The Constitution is clear: Only Con- her own. any time. So this is a false argument gress has the power to authorize war. The 2002 AUMF was based on a lie; a that we have to do this to be able to In 2002, this resolution was adopted lie that has resulted in hundreds of prevent what we are doing in Afghani- in order to address the ongoing threat thousands of lives lost, including civil- stan or Iraq or anyplace else. from Saddam Hussein and his regime in ians, U.S. servicemembers, journalists, But with regard to this specific bill, Iraq, the threat that it represented to humanitarian workers; a lie that was this is a bad deal for our national secu- America. Saddam Hussein is gone. A used as the legal basis for military hos- rity and the safety of American serv- new government has been established tilities beyond Iraq, hostilities that icemembers overseas. Since the libera- in Iraq, and this AUMF is obsolete. were never authorized by Congress. tion of Iraq, the murderous Iranian re- There are threats to the United Mr. Speaker, this must be the begin- gime has armed proxy organizations to States, and we have the authority to ning and not the end of our work to end kill Americans and innocent Iraqis. address those threats when they arise. endless wars. We must continue our Iran has armed proxy militias with There are ongoing threats that we work to forge a meaningful engage- small arms, mortars, rockets, and now ought to be able to debate here on the ment with the rest of the world toward sophisticated UAVs that can avoid base floor of the House of Representatives a lasting peace. Mr. Speaker, I also defenses. The Obama and Trump ad- and act upon when our security is thank the chairman for his tremendous ministrations both used the 2002 AUMF threatened. But no President of any leadership. to target terrorist threats originating party should ever be able to reach back Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield from Iraq. two decades when Congress, on a dif- myself such time as I may consume. Threats like ISIS and militias ferent fact situation, authorized the Just a point of clarification to the backed by Iran have killed and injured use of force in order to authorize any chairman. I am not talking about a American servicemembers and contrac- use of force that they deemed to be im- declaration of war against Iran. What tors. This bill would repeal the 2002 portant to them. we are talking about is what is the cur- AUMF and offer nothing in its place; Congress has this authority, and we rent threat in Iraq. Today, it is prox- no authorization to mop up ISIS forces need to assert it. That is what we do ies, the Shia proxies of Iran in Iraq. or whatever movement comes next; no today. The reason why President Biden hit authorization to target Iranian proxies Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield them in Syria, it is the authorities whose sole goal is to destabilize Iraq myself such time as I may consume. that President Trump used to take out and kill Americans. Mr. Speaker, just a brief comment, Soleimani in Iraq, not in Iran. This bill only offers the illusion of once again, that repealing this Author- Soleimani, ‘‘The Butcher’’, the master- withdrawal. Like President Biden’s

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I would argue that we are. had the day before. stan, but ever since, three President’s, Mr. Speaker, I want to close with the Repealing the 2002 AUMF without a both Republican and Democrat, have motion to recommit. replacement only undermines our na- used this permission to drag out con- If we adopt the motion to recommit, tional security. It offers no real solu- flicts and to get us into new ones. we will instruct the Committee on For- tion to the issues. Americans who weren’t even alive on eign Affairs to consider my amendment Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to 9/11 or during the invasion of Iraq are to H.R. 256. It responds to the serious vote ‘‘no.’’ still fighting and dying there, in Syria, escalation by Hamas against Israel Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I just want across Africa, and who knows where that we saw in May. to remind my friend that this 2002 else. Our Founders wisely gave Con- Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- AUMF has not been utilized as the sole gress the exclusive constitutional au- sent to insert the text of my amend- reason or the sole authority in over 10 thority over whether our Nation goes ment in the RECORD, along with extra- years. The 2001 AUMF is still in effect. to war. neous material, immediately prior to Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the Sadly, Congress has failed to perform the vote on the motion to recommit. gentleman from Maryland (Mr. this sacred duty for far too long. This The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. BROWN), who is a colonel, retired, and is about restoring the powers set forth CARBAJAL). Is there objection to the re- we thank him for his service in our in Article I. Congress can go to war quest of the gentleman from Texas? military. with anyone under Article I. When There was no objection. Mr. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I want to Washington drags us into a war, they b 1030 aren’t the ones who go do the fighting thank Congresswoman LEE for her Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, Hamas leadership on repealing the 2002 AUMF. and dying, our children are. The very least we can do is give their parents a launched over 4,000 rockets at our clos- That was the authorization that sent est allies in the Middle East. This was me and hundreds of thousands of serv- say in when and where and if their kids will fight and die thousands of miles a stark reminder of the dangerous icemen and -women to Iraq since the threats that Israel faces from Hamas, invasion in 2003. The justification for away. Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I reserve Hezbollah, Iran, and other terrorist or- that war was fundamentally flawed. the balance of my time. ganizations. But to be certain, the purpose of the Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I have no For this reason, our MTR makes sure 2002 AUMF established a broad mili- further speakers, and I reserve the bal- that the United States can quickly tary mission in Iraq. Yet, I have no ance of my time. react to Israel’s security needs in the doubt that that mission that we were Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield event of future attacks. given has been completed. And, sadly, myself such time as I may consume. If enacted, this language would es- the Nation has lost more than 4,400 Mr. Speaker, I think I laid out our tablish contingency plans to provide brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Ma- arguments, and I think it is irrespon- Israel with defense articles such as mu- rines who were engaged in Operation sible to repeal this authority, which nitions, ISR technology, aircraft, and Iraqi Freedom. still is used to protect our embassy dip- related services. It would also create a It is time for us, for Congress and the lomats and soldiers in Iraq against the waiver to expedite arms transfers if American people, to formally recognize Shia proxies of Iran. Israel is under threat of military at- the end of America’s 2002 mission in I am committed to work with the tack. Iraq. This is an important first step. As chairman to update this outdated This language passed the House last Congress, once again, reasserts its re- AUMF. And I think if there is any Congress with broad bipartisan sup- sponsibility in the use of our military agreement in this Chamber, and also port, and I encourage all of my col- forces by authorizing frameworks that on both sides of the aisle, it is that we leagues to support it today. address current threats to our Nation need to modernize it to the modern-day I fear that the 2002 AUMF repeal we and that we authorize the use of mili- threats. are considering today without a retary force only as the last resort. And as I read from the President’s placement may embolden our adver- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield Statement of Administration Policy, saries, especially Iran—the largest myself such time as I may consume. the President says: I am committed to state sponsor of terror in the world— Mr. Speaker, I agree with the gen- working with the Congress to ensure and its proxies by signaling that we are tleman. We need to exercise our Article that outdated authorizations for the retreating from the Middle East. I constitutional responsibilities and use of military force are replaced with Our MTR is intended to send a strong update this outdated AUMF. That is a framework appropriate to ensure message that this is absolutely false. It precisely what we are arguing today. that we can continue to protect Ameri- will also send a message that passage We are not saying that we should re- cans from terrorist threats. will demonstrate our ironclad support place this, but we shouldn’t repeal I agree with the President of the for Israel and all our allies in the re- without an updated AUMF that re- United States, and I think the chair- gion. flects the modern-day threats. man does as well. We have to do this, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to As I close later, I will talk about the and it is not going to be easy, but it is support the motion to recommit today, chairman and I working on that effort. time to update this outdated AUMF. and I yield back the balance of my That is what this body should be doing, I would prefer to have repealed and time. because otherwise, if we repeal this, we replaced it with our updated AUMF. Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- are again ceding our Article I respon- But as BRIAN MAST, a heroic veteran self the balance of my time. I thank sibilities to the executive, and just giv- who lost his legs in battle, said, We the gentleman from Texas for his hard ing him unlimited Article II powers. cannot just repeal this and talk about work. As he has indicated, it is a pleas- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of updating when we haven’t even talked ure working with him on this com- my time. to the Department of Defense, the Sec- mittee and working collectively and Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 retary of State, and the intelligence having open and honest dialog where minute to the gentlewoman from community about what is the modern- we agree and where we disagree. The South Carolina (Ms. MACE), and I day threat, and what we need to do in manner in which we do that, I think, thank the gentlewoman for her bipar- Congress to exercise our Article I re- serves this body in a very good way, tisan spirit in coming down to the floor sponsibilities that we have a responsi- and I look forward to continuing to today to speak on this AUMF. bility to do, and not just cede every- work with him in that regard. Ms. MACE. Mr. Speaker, I want to thing to the executive branch under Even though we see this a little dif- thank my colleagues on the other side Article II. ferently, I will say right now that I am

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Iraq.’’ More than 6,800 American service members Our duty and our responsibility in U.S. military deployments and operations gave the last full measure of devotion to their what took place is over. There comes a carried out pursuant to the 2002 AUMF— country on battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq, time when certain AUMFs simply be- dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom—officially with hundreds of thousands more returning come outdated and need to be repealed. concluded in 2011. with physical, emotional, or psychological We are going to do two others. We have Almost 18 years after the resolution’s pas- wounds that may never heal. an AUMF still on the books from 1957. sage, the United States recognizes the sov- The direct economic cost of the war in the We have another one that is on the ereignty of Iraq and considers Iraq a key ally. Persian Gulf exceeds $1.07 trillion, including books from 1991. There is no need to re- Under the Constitution, Congress has the $773 billion in Overseas Contingency Oper- peal and replace. They are outdated. sole duty to declare war and repealing obso- ations funds, an increase of $243 billion to the Once they become outdated, let’s just lete Authorizations for Use of Military Force Department of Defense base budget, and an remove them from the books. (AUMFs) is essential for Congress to fulfill its increase of $54.2 billion to the Veterans Ad- So let me again reiterate this: the re- constitutional responsibilities. ministration budget to address the human pealing of the 2002 AUMF would have Leaving the 2002 AUMF in place increases costs of the military involvement in Iraq. no effect on any outgoing military op- the likelihood that future presidents will use it We should not repeat the mistakes of the erations in Iraq. In fact, the only thing as a basis to start a new war, or expand a past and the legislation before us is directly leaving the AUMF on the books does is current one, without Congress’s explicit au- aligned with the will of the American people. risk inviting future administrations to thorization. I commend my colleague, Congresswoman try to stretch its legal authority and In July 2019, the House adopted a Lee BARBARA LEE for introducing this legislation bypass Congress’ constitutional obliga- amendment to NDAA virtually identical to H.R. and urge all Members to vote for H.R. 256 tion to make decisions on matters of 256, To Repeal the AUMF Against Iraq Reso- and repeal the misguided and certainly out- war and peace, thereby getting past lution of 2002, by a bipartisan vote of 242 to dated 2002 Authorization For Use of Military and abdicating our responsibilities 180. Force in Iraq. under Article I authority and allow the The overly broad 2002 AUMF represents Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I executive to interpret the AUMFs far deterioration of Congressional oversight. rise in support of H.R. 256, legislation to re- beyond their intent. As our brave service members are deployed peal the Authorization for Use of Military Force So the repeal of the 2002 AUMF is around the world in combat zones, Congress Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (‘‘2002 only one in a series of steps that Con- is missing in action. AUMF’’). gress must take to reclaim its Article Congress must repeal the 2002 AUMF im- This authorization has outlived its useful- I authority, but it is, indeed, an impor- mediately to fulfill its constitutional obligation ness, if it ever had one. My position on the tant step. Today’s historic vote is a to provide oversight and consent on matters of Iraq war has been clear: I opposed the occu- turning point to quickly bring an end war and peace. pation of Iraq and the damage it unleashed. to this outdated AUMF. I understand As provided under the War Powers Resolu- We were wise to exit this quagmire while re- from listening to the Senate that the tion of 1973, absent a Congressional declara- taining the ability to address any legitimate se- Senate’s intention also is to quickly tion of war or authorization for the use of mili- curity threats emanating from this region. bring the 2002 AUMF repeal for a vote. tary force, the President as Commander-in- But we left the 2002 AUMF in place, which So I look forward to Congress no Chief has constitutional power to engage the was a mistake. First the Obama Administration longer taking a backseat on some of U.S. armed forces in hostilities only in the and now the Biden Administration have made the most consequential decisions our case of a national emergency created by an clear it is no longer needed. As noted by the Nation can make. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance attack upon the United States, its territories or Biden Administration, ‘‘repeal of the 2002 of my time. possessions, or its armed forces. AUMF would likely have minimal impact on Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as a sen- Mr. Speaker, since the objectives which led current military operations.’’ ior member of the Homeland Security Com- Congress to pass the 2002 Authorization to Additionally, I share concerns that failure to mittee, the Out of Iraq Caucus, and a cospon- Use Military Force (AUMF) have been repeal the 2002 AUMF will allow it to continue sor, I rise in strong support of H.R. 256, which achieved, I believe the authorization to use to be misused to legitimize U.S. military ac- repeals the Authorization for Use of Military that military force expired automatically. tions that were never contemplated when it That is why thirteen years ago, on October Force Against Iraq passed by Congress nearly was passed, including in areas far outside of 31, 2007, I introduced H.R. 4020, the ‘‘Military twenty years ago on October 16, 2002 as Iraq. Success in Iraq Commemoration Act of 2007,’’ It’s time that Congress begins to reclaim its Pub. L. 107–243. I extend my thanks and deep appreciation which acknowledged and affirmed that the two war powers. Repealing this outdated 2002 to our colleague, the gentlewoman from Cali- objectives of the 2002 AUMF—(1) to defend AUMF will also allow our country to refocus fornia, Congresswoman BARBARA LEE, for her the national security of the United States and our military strategies and efforts towards de- tireless and unwavering devotion to repealing (2) to enforce all relevant United Nations Se- fending against legitimate national security this misguided AUMF and acknowledging the curity Council resolutions regarding Iraq—had threats facing our country. We will never stop grievous mistake history has shown it to be in fact been achieved and called upon the open ended war if we never reconsider the and as many of predicted at the time it would President to issue a proclamation calling upon open-ended authorizations that are feeding be. the people of the United States to observe a them. The Constitution is clear about Con- Congress never intended for the 2002 national day of celebration commemorating gress’ authority. These are difficult decisions AUMF to have such broad and extended military success in Iraq. but every time we punt on reasserting our au- reach. Mr. Speaker, where a Congressional author- thority regarding sending our men and women Over the last 18 years, we have seen 3 ization to use military force has expired, the in uniform to war, we weaken our institution Presidents use this legislation as a blank President must obtain a new authorization to and our democracy. check to engage in serious military action. continue the use of force. Today’s vote marks the fourth time in the The 2002 AUMF is an outdated piece of As a co-equal branch of government, it is past three years that the House has passed legislation and repealing it will not affect any Congress’s right and responsibility to be fully similar legislation in a bipartisan fashion. To- current military operations. consulted regarding any potential plans to ex- day’s action hopefully marks the last time we Moreover, the 2002 AUMF is unnecessary pand military operations in the region, to as- do so and that we will finally see this legisla- because everything the 2002 AUMF covers is sess whether such action is in the national se- tion enacted into law. already fully covered under the 2001 9/11 curity interest of the United States and our al- I support H.R. 256 and the termination of AUMF, except for attacks against Iran. lies, and to withhold or grant authorization for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Congress passed the 2002 AUMF to ad- the use of military force based on this assess- Against Iraq, and I urge my colleagues to sup- dress the perceived threat posed by the re- ment. port this measure.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.020 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2909 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- [Roll No. 171] Gonzalez, Maloney, Sa´ nchez ant to House Resolution 473, the pre- Vicente Carolyn B. Sarbanes YEAS—204 Gottheimer Maloney, Sean Scanlon vious question is ordered on the bill. Aderholt Gohmert Moore (AL) Green, Al (TX) Manning Schakowsky The question is on the engrossment Allen Gonzales, Tony Moore (UT) Grijalva Massie Schiff and third reading of the bill. Amodei Gonzalez (OH) Mullin Harder (CA) Matsui Schneider Armstrong Good (VA) Murphy (NC) Hayes McBath Schrader The bill was ordered to be engrossed Higgins (NY) McCollum Arrington Gooden (TX) Nehls Schrier and read a third time, and was read the Himes McEachin Babin Gosar Newhouse Scott (VA) Horsford McGovern third time. Bacon Granger Norman Scott, David Baird Graves (LA) Houlahan McNerney Sewell MOTION TO RECOMMIT Nunes Hoyer Meeks Balderson Graves (MO) Obernolte Sherman Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I have a Banks Greene (GA) Huffman Meng Sherrill Owens Jackson Lee Mfume motion to recommit at the desk. Barr Griffith Palazzo Sires Bentz Grothman Jacobs (CA) Moore (WI) Slotkin The Clerk will report the motion to Palmer Jayapal Morelle Bergman Guest Smith (WA) recommit. Pence Jeffries Moulton Bice (OK) Guthrie Soto Perry Johnson (GA) Mrvan The Clerk read as follows: Biggs Hagedorn Spanberger Pfluger Johnson (TX) Murphy (FL) Mr. McCaul moves to recommit the bill, Bilirakis Harris Speier Posey Jones Nadler Bishop (NC) Hartzler Stansbury H.R. 256, to the Committee on Foreign Af- Reed Kahele Napolitano fairs. Boebert Hern Stanton Bost Herrell Reschenthaler Kaptur Neal Rodgers (WA) Keating Neguse Stevens The material previously referred to Brady Herrera Beutler Strickland Brooks Hice (GA) Rogers (AL) Kelly (IL) Newman by Mr. MCCAUL is as follows: Rogers (KY) Khanna Norcross Suozzi Buchanan Higgins (LA) Swalwell At the end of the bill, add the following: Buck Hill Rose Kildee O’Halleran Rosendale Kilmer Ocasio-Cortez Takano SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. Bucshon Hinson Thompson (CA) Budd Hollingsworth Rouzer Kim (NJ) Omar It is the policy of the United States to pro- Thompson (MS) Burchett Hudson Roy Kind Pallone vide assistance to the Government of Israel Titus Burgess Huizenga Rutherford Kirkpatrick Panetta in order to help enable Israel to defend itself Tlaib Calvert Issa Salazar Krishnamoorthi Pappas Tonko by itself and develop long-term capacity, pri- Cammack Jackson Scalise Kuster Pascrell Torres (CA) marily through the acquisition of advanced Carl Jacobs (NY) Schweikert Lamb Payne Trahan capabilities that are available from the Carter (GA) Johnson (LA) Scott, Austin Langevin Perlmutter Trone Carter (TX) Johnson (OH) Sessions Larsen (WA) Peters United States. Underwood Cawthorn Johnson (SD) Simpson Larson (CT) Phillips SEC. 3. CONTINGENCY PLANS TO PROVIDE Vargas Chabot Jordan Smith (MO) Lawrence Pingree ISRAEL WITH NECESSARY DEFENSE Veasey Cheney Joyce (OH) Smith (NE) Lawson (FL) Pocan ARTICLES AND SERVICES. Vela Cline Joyce (PA) Smith (NJ) Lee (CA) Porter The President shall establish and update as Vela´ zquez Cloud Katko Smucker Lee (NV) Pressley Leger Fernandez Wasserman appropriate contingency plans to provide Clyde Keller Spartz Price (NC) Levin (CA) Quigley Schultz Israel with defense articles and defense serv- Cole Kelly (MS) Stauber Levin (MI) Raskin Waters ices that are determined by the President to Comer Kelly (PA) Steel Lieu Rice (NY) Watson Coleman be necessary for the defense of Israel. Crawford Kim (CA) Stefanik Crenshaw Kinzinger Lofgren Ross Welch SEC. 4. WAIVER FOR EXISTING OR IMMINENT Steil Curtis Kustoff Lowenthal Roybal-Allard Wexton MILITARY THREAT TO ISRAEL. Steube Davidson LaHood Luria Ruiz Wild Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act Stewart Lynch Ruppersberger Williams (GA) Davis, Rodney LaMalfa Taylor (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the DesJarlais Lamborn Mace Rush Wilson (FL) Tenney Malinowski Ryan Yarmuth end the following: Diaz-Balart Latta Thompson (PA) Donalds LaTurner ‘‘(l) WAIVER FOR EXISTING OR IMMINENT Tiffany NOT VOTING—7 Duncan Lesko MILITARY THREAT TO ISRAEL.— Timmons Dunn Letlow Doyle, Michael Green (TN) Rice (SC) ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon receiving informa- Turner Emmer Long F. Harshbarger Torres (NY) tion that Israel is under an existing or immi- Upton Estes Loudermilk Fallon McHenry Valadao nent threat of military attack, the President Feenstra Lucas Van Drew may waive the requirements of this Act and Ferguson Luetkemeyer b 1102 direct the immediate transfer to Israel of Fischbach Malliotakis Van Duyne such defense articles or defense services the Fitzgerald Mann Wagner Messrs. CASE, MRVAN, STANTON, Walberg President determines to be necessary to as- Fitzpatrick Mast Ms. TLAIB, Mr. PASCRELL, and Ms. Fleischmann McCarthy Walorski sist Israel in its defense against such threat. Waltz WASSERMAN SCHULTZ changed their Amounts obligated or expended to carry out Fortenberry McCaul Foxx McClain Weber (TX) vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ this paragraph shall not be subject to any Franklin, C. McClintock Webster (FL) Messrs. ZELDIN, DAVIDSON, HOL- limitation in law, or provision of any bilat- Scott McKinley Wenstrup LINGSWORTH, and BUDD changed eral agreement, relating to the amount of Fulcher Meijer Westerman United States assistance authorized to be Gaetz Meuser Williams (TX) their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ made available to Israel. Gallagher Miller (IL) Wilson (SC) So the motion to recommit was re- Wittman ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—As soon as Garbarino Miller (WV) jected. Womack practicable after a transfer of defense arti- Garcia (CA) Miller-Meeks Gibbs Moolenaar Young The result of the vote was announced cles or defense services pursuant to the au- Gimenez Mooney Zeldin as above recorded. thority provided by paragraph (1), the Presi- Stated for: dent shall provide a notification in writing NAYS—219 Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Madam Speak- to Congress of the details of such transfer, Adams Carson Dean er, due to a committee hearing with Treasury consistent with the requirements of section Aguilar Carter (LA) DeFazio 36 of this Act.’’. Allred Cartwright DeGette Secretary Janet Yellen, I was unable to make rollcall Vote 171 on the Motion to Recommit The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Auchincloss Case DeLauro Axne Casten DelBene offered by Mr. McCaul of Texas. I would like ant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the pre- Barraga´ n Castor (FL) Delgado the record to note that I would have supported vious question is ordered on the motion Bass Castro (TX) Demings the Motion to Recommit and have a long his- to recommit. Beatty Chu DeSaulnier Bera Cicilline Deutch tory of supporting our ally, Israel. The question is on the motion to re- Beyer Clark (MA) Dingell MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE commit. Bishop (GA) Clarke (NY) Doggett Blumenauer Cleaver RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS The question was taken; and the Escobar Blunt Rochester Clyburn Ca´ rdenas Gonzalez, Kim (NJ) Speaker pro tempore announced that Eshoo Bonamici Cohen (Gomez) Vicente (Pallone) Espaillat the noes appeared to have it. Bourdeaux Connolly Cicilline (Gomez) Kirkpatrick Evans Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, on that I Bowman Cooper (Pingree) Granger (Stanton) Fletcher Boyle, Brendan Correa Cleaver (Davids (Arrington) Langevin demand the yeas and nays. Foster F. Costa (KS)) Grijalva (Garcı´a (Courtney) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Frankel, Lois Brown Courtney DeSaulnier (IL)) Lawson (FL) ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Gallego Brownley Craig (Thompson Himes (Evans) Bush Crist Garamendi (Courtney) Lieu (Raskin) 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. (CA)) Bustos Crow Garcı´a (IL) Hoyer (Brown) Lowenthal The vote was taken by electronic de- Frankel, Lois Butterfield Cuellar Garcia (TX) Johnson (TX) (Beyer) (Clark (MA)) vice, and there were—yeas 204, nays Carbajal Davids (KS) Golden (Jeffries) Meng (Clark 219, not voting 7, as follows: Ca´ rdenas Davis, Danny K. Gomez Gimenez (Waltz) Kahele (Mrvan) (MA))

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.021 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2910 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 Mullin (Lucas) Ruiz (Aguilar) Swalwell Raskin Sewell Titus ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 171, and ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall Nadler (Jeffries) Rush (Gallego) Reed Sherman Tlaib No. 172. Napolitano (Underwood) Trahan (Lynch) Rice (NY) Sherrill Tonko (Correa) Sewell (DelBene) Wagner Rice (SC) Sires Torres (CA) MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Nehls (Fallon) Sherrill (Walorski) Rosendale Slotkin Torres (NY) RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Payne (Pallone) (Pallone) Ross Smith (WA) Trahan Wexton Ca´ rdenas Hoyer (Brown) Porter (Levin Porter (Levin Sires (Pallone) Roy Soto Trone (Connolly) (Gomez) Johnson (TX) (CA)) (CA)) Speier (Scanlon) Roybal-Allard Spanberger Underwood Wilson (FL) Cicilline (Jeffries) Roybal-Allard Roybal-Allard Strickland Ruiz Spartz Upton (Hayes) (Pingree) Kahele (Mrvan) (Escobar) (Escobar) (Kilmer) Ruppersberger Speier Vargas Cleaver (Davids Kim (NJ) Ruiz (Aguilar) Rush Stansbury Veasey (KS)) (Pallone) Rush The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Ryan Stanton Vela DeSaulnier Kirkpatrick (Underwood) BONAMICI). The question is on the pas- Sa´ nchez Steel Vela´ zquez (Thompson (Stanton) Sewell (DelBene) Sarbanes Steube Wasserman sage of the bill. (CA)) Langevin Sherrill Scanlon Stevens Schultz Frankel, Lois (Courtney) (Pallone) The question was taken; and the Schakowsky Stewart Waters (Clark (MA)) Lawson (FL) Sires (Pallone) Speaker pro tempore announced that Schiff Strickland Watson Coleman Gimenez (Waltz) (Evans) Speier (Scanlon) Schneider Suozzi Welch the ayes appeared to have it. Gonzalez, Lieu (Raskin) Strickland Schrader Swalwell Wexton Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, on Vicente Lowenthal (Kilmer) Schrier Takano Wild (Gomez) (Beyer) Swalwell that I demand the yeas and nays. Schweikert Thompson (CA) Williams (GA) Granger Meng (Clark (Gallego) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Scott (VA) Thompson (MS) Wilson (FL) (Arrington) (MA)) Trahan (Lynch) Scott, David Tiffany Yarmuth ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Grijalva (Garcı´a Mullin (Lucas) Wagner 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. NAYS—161 (IL)) Nadler (Jeffries) (Walorski) Harshbarger Napolitano Wexton The vote was taken by electronic de- Aderholt Granger Moore (UT) (Kustoff) (Correa) (Connolly) Allen Graves (LA) Mullin vice, and there were—yeas 268, nays Himes Nehls (Fallon) Wilson (FL) Amodei Graves (MO) Murphy (NC) 161, not voting 2, as follows: (Courtney) Payne (Pallone) (Hayes) Armstrong Grothman Nehls [Roll No. 172] Arrington Guest Newhouse f YEAS—268 Babin Guthrie Norman Bacon Hagedorn Nunes b 1130 Adams Delgado Lamb Baird Harris Owens Aguilar Demings Langevin Balderson Harshbarger Palazzo APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO Allred DeSaulnier Larsen (WA) Banks Hartzler Palmer SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECO- Auchincloss Deutch Larson (CT) Barr Hern Pence NOMIC DISPARITY AND FAIR- Axne Dingell Lawrence Bentz Hice (GA) Perry ´ Barragan Doggett Lawson (FL) Bergman Higgins (LA) Pfluger NESS IN GROWTH Bass Donalds Lee (CA) Bice (OK) Hill Reschenthaler The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Beatty Doyle, Michael Lee (NV) Bilirakis Hinson Rodgers (WA) Bera F. Leger Fernandez Bost Hollingsworth Rogers (AL) Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- Beyer Escobar Levin (CA) Brady Hudson Rogers (KY) pointment, pursuant to section 4(g)(1) Biggs Eshoo Levin (MI) Buchanan Huizenga Rose of House Resolution 8, 117th Congress, Bishop (GA) Espaillat Lieu Bucshon Jackson Rouzer and the order of the House of January Bishop (NC) Evans Lofgren Budd Jacobs (NY) Rutherford Blumenauer Feenstra Lowenthal Calvert Johnson (LA) Salazar 4, 2021, of the following Members to the Blunt Rochester Fletcher Lynch Carl Johnson (OH) Scalise Select Committee on Economic Dis- Boebert Foster Mace Carter (GA) Johnson (SD) Scott, Austin parity and Fairness in Growth: Bonamici Frankel, Lois Malinowski Carter (TX) Joyce (OH) Sessions IMES Bourdeaux Gaetz Maloney, Chabot Joyce (PA) Simpson Mr. H , Connecticut, Chair Bowman Gallagher Carolyn B. Cheney Katko Smith (MO) Ms. KAPTUR, Ohio Boyle, Brendan Gallego Maloney, Sean Cline Keller Smith (NE) Ms. MOORE, Wisconsin F. Garamendi Mann Clyde Kelly (MS) Smith (NJ) Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ, Texas Brooks Garcia (CA) Manning Crawford Kelly (PA) Smucker ´ Brown Garcıa (IL) Massie Crenshaw Kim (CA) Stauber Ms. JAYAPAL, Washington Brownley Garcia (TX) Matsui Curtis Kinzinger Stefanik Ms. CRAIG, Minnesota Buck Gohmert McBath Davis, Rodney Kustoff Steil Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, New York Burchett Golden McClintock DesJarlais LaHood Taylor ACOBS Burgess Gomez McCollum Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Tenney Ms. J , California Bush Gonzalez, McEachin Duncan Lamborn Thompson (PA) f Bustos Vicente McGovern Dunn Latta Timmons Butterfield Good (VA) McNerney Emmer LaTurner Turner LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM Cammack Gooden (TX) Meeks Estes Lesko Valadao Carbajal Gosar Meijer Fallon Letlow Van Drew (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given ´ Cardenas Gottheimer Meng Ferguson Long Van Duyne permission to address the House for 1 Carson Green, Al (TX) Mfume Fischbach Loudermilk Wagner Carter (LA) Greene (GA) Miller (IL) minute and to revise and extend his re- Fitzgerald Lucas Walberg marks.) Cartwright Griffith Mooney Fitzpatrick Luetkemeyer Walorski Case Grijalva Moore (AL) Fleischmann Luria Waltz Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise for Casten Harder (CA) Moore (WI) Fortenberry Malliotakis Weber (TX) the purpose of inquiring of the House Castor (FL) Hayes Morelle Foxx Mast Webster (FL) majority whip the schedule for next Castro (TX) Herrell Moulton Franklin, C. McCarthy Wenstrup Cawthorn Herrera Beutler Mrvan Scott McCaul Westerman week. Chu Higgins (NY) Murphy (FL) Fulcher McClain Williams (TX) Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to Cicilline Himes Nadler Garbarino McKinley Wilson (SC) yield to my friend from South Carolina Clark (MA) Horsford Napolitano Gibbs Meuser Wittman (Mr. CLYBURN), the majority whip of Clarke (NY) Houlahan Neal Gimenez Miller (WV) Womack Cleaver Hoyer Neguse Gonzales, Tony Miller-Meeks Young the House. Cloud Huffman Newman Gonzalez (OH) Moolenaar Zeldin Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I Clyburn Issa Norcross Cohen Jackson Lee O’Halleran NOT VOTING—2 appreciate the gentleman letting me Cole Jacobs (CA) Obernolte Green (TN) McHenry stand in today for the majority leader. Comer Jayapal Ocasio-Cortez Next week, on Tuesday, the House Connolly Jeffries Omar b 1127 Cooper Johnson (GA) Pallone will meet at 12 p.m. for morning-hour Correa Johnson (TX) Panetta Mr. ISSA changed his vote from debate and 2 p.m. for legislative busi- Costa Jones Pappas ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ ness, with votes expected no earlier Courtney Jordan Pascrell So the bill was passed. than 6:30 p.m. Craig Kahele Payne Crist Kaptur Pelosi The result of the vote was announced On Wednesday and Thursday, the Crow Keating Perlmutter as above recorded. House will meet at 10 a.m. for morning- Cuellar Kelly (IL) Peters A motion to reconsider was laid on hour debate and 12 p.m. for legislative Davids (KS) Khanna Phillips the table. Davidson Kildee Pingree business. Davis, Danny K. Kilmer Pocan PERSONAL EXPLANATION On Friday, the House will meet at 9 Dean Kim (NJ) Porter Mr. MCHENRY. Madam Speaker, due to an a.m. for legislative business, with last DeFazio Kind Posey unavoidable conflict, I was forced to miss votes no later than 3 p.m. DeGette Kirkpatrick Pressley DeLauro Krishnamoorthi Price (NC) votes on June 17, 2021. Had I been present, We will consider several bills under DelBene Kuster Quigley I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 170, suspension of the rules. The complete

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17JN7.016 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2911 list of suspension bills will be an- on the Coronavirus, but we also look thing we should do and we should do nounced by the close of business to- forward to seeing him back in the mid- now, and this would get more informa- morrow. dle of this fray soon, too. tion out to the public, as well as to our In addition, we will consider: If I may, I did want to ask. There Members. H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Work- were a couple of bills that deal with I would also ask if the majority ers Against Discrimination Act, which the origin of the coronavirus, and I would look at H. Res. 90, which is a res- would make it easier for those who know we have been having those con- olution that supports the international have suffered age discrimination in the versations about trying to get a deeper investigation into the origin of COVID– workplace to file a complaint and seek investigation into the origin of the 19. redress; coronavirus. But the Senate had passed There are many countries. We have H.R. 1443, the LGBTQ Business Equal over a few weeks ago a bill, S. 1867, heard a lot of European countries have Credit Enforcement and Investment that came out of the Senate unani- expressed interest in having an inter- Act, which would ensure that the Con- mously back in May, which requires national commission to look into this. sumer Financial Protection Bureau the Director of National Intelligence to I don’t know why the United States keep statistics on credit reporting for declassify information that relates to would be reluctant to be a part of that LGBTQ-owned businesses in the same the origin of COVID–19. investigation. way as it does for women- and minor- I am not sure if this is a bill that you But, again, in light of all of the new ity-owned companies and small busi- all were looking at bringing up, but we information that has come out, some nesses; and wanted to just ask if we could have S. emails recently since our committee H.R. 239, Equal Access to Contracep- 1867 brought to the House floor. It was has met, show more and more that tion for Veterans Act, which would a bill that passed unanimously out of there is a high likelihood that COVID– allow women receiving healthcare serv- the Senate, which does indicate that 19 started in the Wuhan lab. Whether it ices from the VA system to access there was strong interest on both sides was intentional or not, there is strong basic contraceptive care without pay- to get that information declassified so evidence pointing to the fact that it ing copays similar to coverage pro- we can get more information about the likely started there. vided under the Affordable Care Act. origin of COVID for all of our Members We have not had a single hearing, not We will consider three resolutions of to be able to see, not just those Mem- any of the standing committees, and disapproval to reverse regulatory ac- bers that have access to that informa- here we have a committee that, by its tions made under the prior administration. name, the Select Subcommittee on the tion, which have all been passed by the I am not sure, again, if the gen- Coronavirus was established for the Senate: tleman was looking at that, but if that purpose of investigating COVID–19, all S.J. Res. 13 would reverse the Equal is something you all could look at, I elements of it, not just what is hap- Employment Opportunity Commis- think it would be well received by both pening here in America. sion’s rule that had obscured informa- sides, and then would help us quickly We just recognized over 600,000 deaths tion about the factual and legal basis get that information available for all from COVID–19 on the steps of the Cap- the Commission used to make deter- to see. itol just a few days ago. So, clearly, it minations on discriminatory practices; Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- has hit our country hard, but it has hit S.J. Res. 14 would overturn the prior tleman. the whole world hard. Millions of peo- administration’s Environmental Pro- Mr. CLYBURN. You and I have been ple have died. And now there is real tection Agency rule that removed pro- having this discussion for quite a while evidence that has come out, including tections from dangerous methane emis- with our select subcommittee activi- from some of our own scientists here in sions that exacerbate the climate cri- ties. I have not seen the legislation America, that they may have been sis; and that you make reference to, but I am aware over a year ago that COVID–19 S.J. Res. 15 would overturn a rule by sure that the majority leader has. And, originated in the lab as opposed to the Office of the Comptroller of the like you, I am looking forward to his what the original projections were that Currency and allow States once again speedy recovery so he can get back into it was a bat-to-human transmission. to regulate these lenders and protect this spot. I am a little more familiar Now there is a lot of evidence pointing consumers in order to rein in predatory with sparring with you in our select to the opposite of that. lenders and rent-a-bank schemes. subcommittee than on this floor. In fact, many of us were calling for Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I But having said that, I think you are that investigation over a year ago, and thank the gentleman from South Caro- aware that the Biden administration some were called conspiracy theorists, lina for walking us through those. Of has already directed the United States yet now the hard scientific data shows course, I would first like to, as we note intelligence community to examine that it may have been, in fact, started that the majority leader is not here, this issue, calling on the intelligence in that lab. wish Mr. HOYER a speedy recovery. I community to redouble their efforts to Why are we not having those hear- got to speak with him yesterday, and report their findings by August 24 and ings now in our committee, other com- he is doing better and appreciates the to keep Congress fully apprised of their mittees, again, not months from now? prayers and thoughts from our col- work. But if China knew of this, there may leagues. We have confidence in their ability not be scientists that we can get access And I told him: You don’t have to to conduct a robust evidence-based in- to, but we have American scientists rush back. You want to make sure you quiry into the origin of the coronavirus who were in communication with those get better before you come back. and will not allow House Republicans scientists. Whether it is directly or in- And I know from experience to take to irresponsibly hijack this issue for directly, there may have been taxpayer the time and get better. And I offered, partisan purposes. We want to see this funds that were involved in that. We by the way, use of my physical thera- thing happen, and you and I have had should be trying to find that out now. pist, and maybe he and I will do some this discussion. And because they have And China may be trying to cover some joint physical therapy when he returns. got until August 24—that is, what, 3 of that up. But he was in good spirits and is look- months from now, or less—I think we The quicker we can get those hearing forward to coming back. I know the will be in a good place to let the Intel- ings and those investigations, the more gentleman from South Carolina shares ligence Committee do its work. we can find out while it is still possible that as well. Mr. SCALISE. There is an old adage: to find it out. I think it would help a MR. CLYBURN. Absolutely. ‘‘Why put off tomorrow what you can lot of us to understand what really Mr. SCALISE. I am sure the gen- do today?’’ happened, what went wrong. tleman from Maryland is watching There is unanimous support for S. Because if it was started in that lab, right now as he is recovering, but I 1867 to not wait until August. And, in this would be a disaster dramatically said, we are used to sparring and hav- fact, it was May when Senators—all greater than Chernobyl in terms of ing some fun conversations back and Republicans and all Democrat Sen- devastation to the world, loss of human forth through the Select Subcommittee ators—recognized that this is some- life. We should all want to be finding

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.027 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2912 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 out. There were a lot of investigations b 1145 I wanted to ask because we are hear- into Chernobyl. This is dramatically That was not shared with us in pre- ing different reports on what may or worse than Chernobyl. And if it was vious hearings. I think a lot of our may not come to the House floor. self-made, that is something we should Members on both sides would like to Budget reconciliation, possibly, and be investigating now. I am not sure find that information out as much as tax increases, unfortunately, are still why there is a reluctance to do it. we can. And the more we are asking being floated out there, which is dif- But I would ask the gentleman, if I questions, the more I think we will get ferent from what we are hearing right could just reiterate, I know we sent a answers that everybody in the country now with the bipartisan Senate plan. letter—over 200 of our colleagues and around the world wants to know. Can the gentleman shed light on signed on—asking that we investigate So, we will continue to press for that. what is anticipated on the floor, it, all the committees of jurisdiction, I also want to ask about the appro- whether it would be a budget reconcili- including ours. priations process. I understand the ation bill in the weeks or months Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- Committee on Appropriations is start- ahead or maybe a bipartisan plan, tleman. ing to do some work to start bringing which we would surely encourage, lay- Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I up the bills in committee so that we ing out some ideas of infrastructure want to assure the gentleman that I can, hopefully, have an appropriations that would be bipartisan that we would am as anxious to know exactly what process move forward. We would be support? happened as he is. And the American strongly encouraging a bipartisan ap- Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman could people want to know exactly what hap- propriations process but also an open answer that, I would be happy to yield. pened. The fact of the matter is, appropriations process. Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I thank though, we have several committees So, as we look to the floor schedule, the gentleman for yielding. I think the that are investigating, including the we are hearing that maybe in July gentleman is aware that I am very anx- House Committee on Science, Space, some of these bills would come to the ious about doing things in a bipartisan and Technology have indicated that floor. As the gentleman knows, when way when that can be achieved. they intend to look into the matter. we bring appropriations bills to the Now, the majority leader has an- Now, like you, I am from the South, floor, whether it is a fully open process nounced that during the week of June and you can get too many cooks in the or even a modified process, you typi- 28, the House will take up the INVEST kitchen. And I am fully aware that to cally have well over 100 amendments in America Act, a 5-year surface trans- have a plethora of committees stum- that come to the floor on these appro- portation reauthorization bill that was bling over each other trying to get to priations bills. approved by the Committee on Trans- the bottom of this will serve no useful Does the gentleman anticipate that portation and Infrastructure by a bi- purpose. we would start, around July, seeing partisan vote. So I want to see things done here as some of those bills come to the floor? I think the gentleman is aware of the close to regular order as we possibly And will we have that ability on the pretty long session, all-night session, can have them done, and to let the floor to have those kinds of amend- that both parties in that committee committees of jurisdiction conduct ments brought forward in a process undertook. I think that they have pro- their investigation, this administra- that we have seen in the past? duced a product that will make these tion working through its intelligence Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gen- key investments in smart, safe, sus- department doing the investigations, tleman. tainable, and resilient transportation and I am sure they will come up with Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I thank infrastructure that is needed by the the kind of information that would do the gentleman for yielding. American people to move goods and us as citizens and as Members of this The Committee on Appropriations services throughout our country effi- great body justice. has announced that it will start its ciently, effectively, and equitably. I Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, we process next week with four sub- could not go through this colloquy will continue to press for that inves- committee markups. Over the next 2 with the gentleman and not invoke tigation. weeks, and then the week of July 12, those three words that he is so familiar And, you know, I am from New Orle- the committee will complete sub- with. ans, and I know what it is like to have committee and full committee mark- Now, at the same time, we must re- cooks in the kitchen, but I also know ups on all 12 of the annual appropria- member that our Nation’s infrastruc- how important it is to have a lot of tions bills. eyes looking at the same thing. And We plan to consider the bills on the ture is comprised of far more than the more eyes looking into something floor the final 2 weeks of July, when we roads and bridges. I often talk about where there is mystery, where there is are in session. That will be the week of the advent of the internet. I could re- uncertainty, where there is specula- July 19 and July 26. member when it first came on the tion, I think the more people looking Now, I suspect that we will be close scene, everybody referred to the inter- at this, the better. to what the gentleman just indicated net as the ‘‘information super- Again, our committee is uniquely set he would like to see with the schedule. highway.’’ I have always advocated up. There are other committees that I am certain that the Committee on that it is time for us to start treating are set up to look at different aspects Appropriations will do everything it the information highway the same way of it. We should all be looking at it be- possibly can to keep that schedule so we treat the interstate highways. cause the more questions we ask—it that we will complete all of our work So, I agree with the gentleman that seems like right now more questions before the August break. we should move with an infrastructure are raised. We need to get answers to Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank bill, but I want him to know that I those questions, and we get those an- the gentleman, and we look forward to think it is important that the Acces- swers by having that oversight hear- that robust process through both com- sible, Affordable Internet for All Act is ing. We don’t want some kind of So- mittee and, ultimately, on the floor. a part of that. viet-style coverup. We want to be look- The last point, I wanted to ask about I know this debate has been going on ing at those questions and having peo- deals with infrastructure. We are see- as to whether or not we ought to move ple brought in. ing a lot of different groups both in the on a bipartisan bill that focuses on tra- There are American scientists, some House and Senate that are working on ditional infrastructure. For anything people who work for this United States various infrastructure plans. I know we to be traditional, it has to be in our Government, who could help us answer had Members on our side, Ranking past, but I think it is time for us to be those questions, and they haven’t been Member GRAVES and others, who rolled looking to the future when we talk brought forward. We can compel them out a plan recently that covers tradi- about infrastructure and to have an in- to come forward, especially in light of tional infrastructure, which would be frastructure bill come through this these emails that have come out re- roads and bridges—even broadband, wa- body that focuses on the future of cently, which show that some of those terways—paid for along the way, not healthcare, which cannot be efficient, scientists were aware over a year ago with tax increases but with responsible effective, or equitable without that it may have started in the lab. budgeting. broadband.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise to not in my lifetime but maybe in yours. freedom finally came for the last honor the life of Anita Ehlers, a con- We must be prepared. enslaved African Americans in the stituent member of the Barrington, Il- So, I am hopeful that this infrastruc- United States when Union soldiers ar- linois, community I represent and, ture bill that we move through this rived in Galveston, Texas, more than 2 more importantly, a friend. body will not just be traditional but years after President Lincoln issued I never knew Anita when she didn’t will be looking to the future so we can the Emancipation Proclamation. have cancer. But for a long time, I have the kind of legislation that will Today, 156 years later, President didn’t know that she did. She just prepare our children and grandchildren Biden will be signing a law to make never let it define who she was. for a world that we hope they will be Juneteenth a new Federal holiday. It is I knew her as a wonderfully kind, competitive in. a cause for celebration. It should also hardworking woman who was com- Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank serve as an occasion for learning and mitted to making the world a better the gentleman. Hopefully, we can have for this country to reflect on our his- place. that debate and work together to tory and recommit to doing the vital Our Speaker often reminds us: ‘‘We achieve that vision for the future as we work to ensure that the lasting effects don’t agonize. We organize.’’ Every are dealing with the problems of today of slavery, bigotry, and racism are re- time she says it, I see Anita’s face in and our infrastructure needs for today, placed with hope, dignity, and equality my head. but also do it in a fiscally responsible for all. I never saw her feel sorry for herself. way. I think that is what the two sides, We can start with the Senate passing Every time I was with her, it seemed especially in the Senate, are looking the George Floyd Justice in Policing like all the thoughts in her head were at. Act, legislation to reform policing and on how to make the world a little bet- I still haven’t gotten an indication, address systemic racism and bias with- ter for everybody else: her husband, specifically, as it deals with some kind in law enforcement, and finally making Gregg; her daughters, Julia and Lind- of reconciliation bill that may or may the John Lewis Voting Rights Act a say; her friends and neighbors; me and not come to the floor. Hopefully, it is law, passing it. all the folks she was motivating. not some attempt to raise taxes and do Today, we celebrate this historic des- As a women’s marcher, a climate pro- things that would undermine our econ- ignation of Juneteenth as a Federal tector, an ally for the LBGT commu- omy, our competitiveness, and our holiday. Tomorrow, we get back to nity, a universal health coverage ability to create more opportunities for work. champion, a union member, a teacher, people to achieve the American Dream and a lung cancer support advocate, by entering into the workforce and ul- f she never agonized. She organized. timately moving their way up and hav- The world, and our district, is a sad- ing their own opportunities as well, BIDEN INFLATION der place without her. But I take inspi- which would be undermined with high- (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania ration because she always made our er taxes. community a better place. If that part of the equation gets asked and was given permission to ad- May we all find the strength to fol- brought in, clearly, that changes the dress the House for 1 minute and to re- low her example, to make the world dynamic. But, hopefully, we stick to vise and extend his remarks.) around us a little easier for everybody the traditional infrastructure needs Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. else, no matter the adversity that we that you and I would both agree need Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the hid- may personally face. to be met. Hopefully, we can find a den tax that is plaguing hardworking path to get there together. That is Americans. This hidden tax is infla- f what we will be working toward in the tion. 1200 week ahead. Under President Biden, we have seen the largest spike in 13 years, with con- PREPARATIONS TO EVACUATE Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman has AFGHAN INTERPRETERS nothing else, I am prepared to yield sumer prices surging 5 percent in May. back. Core inflation rose at its fastest pace (Mr. MEIJER asked and was given Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I don’t since 1992. permission to address the House for 1 have anything else. I thank the gen- American families are being forced to minute.) tleman for allowing me to stand in pay more for the products that they Mr. MEIJER. Mr. Speaker, I rise here today. need. Gasoline is 56.2 percent more ex- today to address the dire situation of I say to him that I would hope that pensive today than 12 months ago. our interpreters in Afghanistan, where as we go forward with this discussion, Transportation services have increased we are over halfway through our we will look at this whole issue as the 11.2 percent. Together, food and energy planned withdrawal. Meanwhile, al- title of the bill indicates: Invest in prices have increased 3.8 percent. Even most 20,000 Afghans who worked with America. When we make investments, used cars and truck prices have in- U.S. forces are anxiously awaiting spe- financial investments, the money may creased 29.7 percent. cial immigrant visa approval, a process leave our coffers, but it comes back Yet, Democrats rammed through a that can take years. Making matters sometimes tenfold. trillion-dollar package that is crushing worse, our Kabul Embassy suspended So there is a big difference between small businesses and hurting hard- visa operations last week due to a raising taxes and making investments. working American families by surge in COVID cases. Mr. SCALISE. Hopefully, we can incentivizing Americans to stay at Mr. Speaker, President Biden must keep that difference in mind. home and not get back to work. We are immediately start preparations to I appreciate the gentleman filling in, currently down 7.6 million jobs from evacuate those Afghans to Guam to and we will see the gentleman from our pre-pandemic levels. Our inflation safely await visa approval. My col- Maryland back soon enough and maybe is rising because of President Biden’s leagues and I on the Honoring our even moving a little faster than before. far-left tax-and-spend proposals. Promises Working Group urged the ad- I am not going to challenge him to a Americans cannot afford the Biden ministration to do so 2 weeks ago, but race because he would defeat me in inflation tax. We know wasteful gov- we have yet to hear back. This is unac- that. ernment spending will not solve this ceptable. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from crisis, no matter how many times President Biden ended the remain in South Carolina, and I yield back the President Biden and the Democrats Mexico for economic migrants but in- balance of my time. propose it. sists on a remain in Afghanistan policy

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.030 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2914 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 for Afghans who risked their lives to itor the areas around them. People who have down and increases the length of time it help American forces. While they wait, dropped out of groups crossing have stopped takes to get tasks down. the Taliban are hunting them down. at my house wanting to use the phone, WiFi, On June 4, 2021, my father and I encoun- Dozens have already been killed while and call their smuggler. This is very con- tered four groups of illegal immigrants on cerning, as often my wife is at home alone our ranch totaling well over 30 individuals. bureaucrats dither. with our children, and I am hours away Border Patrol was able to apprehend all four We cannot abandon our Afghan allies working on the ranch. These people are des- groups, but they told me something that I to die. We must get them to Guam. perate. And it is only a matter of time before found very troubling. They said that there f someone gets hurt. were only eight agents in the field that Now, Mr. Speaker, the border in New evening. Deming Border Patrol Station is re- ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE Mexico is not like the other borders in sponsible for the area we live in. The sta- AND CLEAN ENERGY cities around El Paso or the ports of tion’s area of responsibility includes well (Mr. TONKO asked and was given entry, here there is a huge difference. over 60 miles of border. Eight agents were ex- permission to address the House for 1 pected to cover all of that during their shift. JUNE 13, 2021. This does not make for a very secure border. minute and to revise and extend his re- REPRESENTATIVE HERRELL, My name is Encountering groups crossing and a lack of marks.) Russell Johnson. I am a fourth-generation manpower in the field is becoming the norm. Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, we cannot cattle rancher in southern Luna County. I The Patrol Agent in Charge at the Deming unravel infrastructure from climate. ranch along side my wife, two children, my Border Patrol Station told us that they are As we consider bold new investments in father, and my mother. Our ranch borders averaging 650 apprehensions a week. These America’s infrastructure, our choices the international boundary with Mexico for are apprehensions, they do not include the a little over 8 miles. My family has ranched will shape our climate future for better people that are successfully making their il- on this same piece of land since 1918. What legal entry. or worse. we are experiencing on the border today is Failing to address climate pollution It is important to note that we do not have not only a risk to my family, but our state unaccompanied minors or family groups and clean energy in our infrastructure and this nation. crossing through our area. They are all work will force future generations of When President Biden signed the procla- young, adult males in good physical shape. Americans to cover a blank check. And mation ending border wall construction, we All the people I have encountered are wear- we are already passing on grave and saw a dramatic increase in illegal foot traffic ing full camouflage, to include face cov- through our ranch. There now exists a gap in erings and carpet or sponge booties on their growing costs for our past failures to the wall that separates the United States act. feet. These people are not turning them- from Mexico on our ranch. It is approxi- selves in, they do not want to be caught. But let me put this another way: mately 3/4-mile wide along with a border seizing opportunities to tackle climate Unfortunately, this is not the first time we monument access gate that was not installed have experienced issues regarding the bor- change in our infrastructure work will leaving a gap about 12 feet wide. Not only did der. What differs this time from others is help us build legislation that makes President Biden’s proclamation end the con- that our government is not trying to do any- America cleaner, safer, and more com- struction of the physical barrier, but it also thing to resolve the issue. I feel like as a cit- petitive as a Nation. It will save count- stopped all other infrastructure and tech- izen of this country, I do not matter in the nology that was to go with it. Improved ac- eyes of our government. The State of Texas less lives and create millions of good cess roads for Border Patrol, lighting, sensor American jobs. has declared a state of emergency in many if technology and camera systems were all part not all its counties that border Mexico. If we make climate a priority, our of the project that was abruptly ended. The workers will miss fewer days on the Texas is doing this because the Federal Gov- situation at the border has progressively ernment is not addressing the issue. Enough job, and our kids will miss fewer days worsened because of this decision. Talking pressure will be put on the Texas border that at school. Our local budgets will suffer with local Border Patrol Agents, group size New Mexico will see an even larger increase less strain. Our infrastructure dollars in our area has gone from four to six people in illegal traffic as it will be pushed west. will go farther. The things we build in a group, to now being upwards of twenty. This bothers me greatly. This is all crossing and passing through not I am writing you today to make you aware will last longer. only my property, but our homes and busi- Climate is a growing threat that de- of the situation on the border in our area and ness. to ask for help. Border Patrol manpower is mands urgent, bold action. And doing I can no longer allow my children to play strained, and our local law enforcement is nothing about it is doing something, it outside unless an adult is with them to mon- stretched thin. Ideally, the border wall and itor the areas around them. People who have is condemning the United States to be- all infrastructure and technology need com- dropped out of groups crossing have stopped come a weaker, sicker, and poorer Na- pleted. In the meantime, we desperately need at my house wanting to use the phone or tion. This is our path to choose. Do we more boots on the ground to help with this have access to my Wi-Fi to call their smug- allow America to further decline or surge in illegal traffic. We also need better gler. This is very concerning as often my cellphone coverage in these remote areas. choose a more sustainable, prosperous, wife is at home alone with our children and Not being able to call for law enforcement or and just future? To me, the decision is I am hours away working on the ranch. emergency service is a huge safety concern. clear: Let’s move forward. These people are desperate. It’s only a mat- Last, but certainly not least, we need help f ter of time before our home is broken into. The increase in traffic is also affecting our getting this administration to address the CRISIS AT THE BORDER business. Much of southern New Mexico is border crisis. Thank you for your attention suffering a D4 drought. We are having to sup- to these matters. (Ms. HERRELL asked and was given Respectfully, permission to address the House for 1 plement our cattle to get to the monsoon season. This hardship is being compounded RUSSELL JOHNSON. minute and to revise and extend her re- by the people crossing the border illegally. f marks.) Currently, we have decent natural grasses in HONORING WILLIAM ALLEN Ms. HERRELL. Mr. Speaker, this the pasture bordering Mexico. Our cattle are week I received a letter and these not utilizing this rangeland properly because PULLUM photos, in fact, more photos than just they are constantly getting spooked by the (Mr. GAETZ asked and was given per- this, from a constituent. The photos people crossing. This is pushing them into mission to address the House for 1 were taken on his ranch at 5 a.m. ear- drier areas with not enough suitable feed for minute and to revise and extend his re- lier this week from a game camera them to consume. The cattle are also suscep- marks.) tible to contracting stress induced illnesses about 15 miles north of the border. like Pasteurella Pneumonia from constantly Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, today I Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD being run off. We have experienced this be- rise to honor the life of William Allen a letter from Russell Johnson dated fore under similar border conditions. If not Pullum. June 13, 2021, and I would like to read treated quickly, cattle can die within 48 Navarre is a community in my dis- a few excerpts from the letter. hours. We are experiencing this not only on trict in Florida that is one of the fast- ‘‘When President Biden signed the parts of the ranch that border Mexico, but est growing. It is vibrant, full of proclamation ending border wall con- further north as well. warfighters, workers, and lovely peo- struction, we saw a dramatic increase Our day-to-day operations have been nega- ple. Bill Pullum is the father of tively impacted. We now try to work in pairs in illegal foot traffic through our at a minimum. With no cellphone service in Navarre. ranch.’’ our area, it is safer to work with someone He was born in 1947 and lived most of I can no longer allow my children to play with you, so you have somebody to watch his life in this community. He joined outside unless an adult is with them to mon- your back. This slows our work progress the Army in 1967 as an Army helicopter

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.033 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2915 pilot and earned the Silver and Bronze During his time at OMRF, Dr. Pres- As the Representative of Florida’s Stars, as well as two Distinguished cott oversaw the largest campus expan- 19th Congressional District, it is an Flying Crosses in Vietnam before being sion in the foundation’s history, mak- honor to stand here today celebrating honorably discharged in 1970. ing the facility one of only 11 the life of an American patriot who He was involved in every aspect of Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence dedicated his life to a simple, yet so life from real estate to business devel- in the United States. often forgotten creed: Service above opment, chambers of commerce, Throughout his career, he received Self. Kiwanis Clubs. There was hardly a numerous awards, authored more than f cause in Navarre that Bill Pullum and 250 scientific articles, served on the his family did not support. NIH, and even founded a biotech com- REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF OTTO He was dedicated as a family mem- pany. As a direct result of his many WARMBIER ber, a husband, a father, and was in- years of hard work and accomplish- (Mrs. KIM of California asked and strumental in mission work in Hon- ments, he was inducted into the Okla- was given permission to address the duras throughout his life. homa Hall of Fame in 2020. House for 1 minute and to revise and Mr. Speaker, please join me in hon- Mr. Speaker, Dr. Prescott made an extend her remarks.) oring the late Bill Pullum for his life of immense impact on OMRF, and as a re- Mrs. KIM of California. Mr. Speaker, service to our country and to the com- sult, the lives of thousands of Oklaho- I rise today to honor the life of Otto munity in my district. mans. As a leading facility for health Frederick Warmbier as we approach f research, I want Americans to know the fourth anniversary of his tragic how instrumental his role was in cre- death on June 19, 2017. RECOGNIZING DICKINSON HIGH ating a facility where researchers are SCHOOL SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS Otto was a kind and studious young working hard to understand and de- man, raised in Ohio, was salutatorian (Mr. ARMSTRONG asked and was velop new treatments for diseases like of his high school and attended the given permission to address the House cancer, heart disease, and aging. University of Virginia. At the age of 22, I am honored to recognize Dr. Pres- for 1 minute and to revise and extend he was imprisoned and tortured by the cott, and I am grateful for the profound his remarks.) North Korean regime following a Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Speaker, on impact he has had on my district and school tour in 2015 and died a few days Saturday, June 5, the Dickinson High far beyond. He will be greatly missed. after he was released. School girls softball team capped off an f Mr. Warmbier experienced what no extraordinary season by winning the HONORING THE LIFE OF RAYMOND American or human being should ever North Dakota Class A State Champion- TRUJILLO have to go through. The United States ship. Dickinson had 13 hits, and Mataya (Mr. DONALDS asked and was given will not back down from holding the Mortensen’s dominant pitching per- permission to address the House for 1 North Korean regime accountable for formance led to the team’s first-ever minute and to revise and extend his re- human rights abuses. As one of the first Korean-American State title. Dickinson’s 10–0 win was marks.) women to serve in Congress and a their 30th in 33 games. Mortensen sur- Mr. DONALDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise member of the House Foreign Affairs rendered only two hits in the shutout. today to honor the life of Raymond Committee, I will continue to do my And senior Paige Balliet ended the Trujillo, a patriotic American, a part to advocate for global human game with a walk-off double to trigger United States marine, and a dutiful officer in Collier County, Florida. He rights and hold violators accountable. the 10-run rule. Dickinson finished the season with 30 tragically passed away in May at the We remember and honor Otto, al- and 3. They had 487 hits, 110 doubles, 19 age of 56 years old. ways. Raymond dedicated his life to giving triples, and 51 home runs. Their team f back through service. He joined the batting average was .464, and they United States Marine Corps as a teen- RECENT UPTICK IN INFLATION IN averaged 14.5 runs a game, contrasted ager. Devoted to the Marine Corps OUR COUNTRY with a team ERA of 1.42 and 250 strike- creed, semper fidelis, Raymond spent 17 (Mr. OBERNOLTE asked and was outs in 196 innings. years in the military proudly serving Both Taya Hopfauf and Jenna Decker given permission to address the House our Nation. for 1 minute.) were named to the all-State team, and Upon his exit from the military, Ray- Coach Amanda Mickey was named Mr. OBERNOLTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise mond continued his service in his com- to note with great alarm the recent up- coach of the year. munity by becoming a police officer Congratulations to the entire team tick in inflation in our country. with the Collier County Sheriff’s office, Last month, the Consumer Price on a great year, especially Paige to which he would serve the Collier Balliet and Madison McChesney. Index rose over 5 percent, which is over County community for more than 20 21⁄2 times the Fed’s target rate for in- f years. flation in our country. HONORING DR. STEPHEN Alongside his brothers and sisters in The price of lumber—although, PRESCOTT blue, Raymond protected the Collier thankfully, it has declined the last County community for more than 20 week—is still over three times what it (Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma asked and years. For years, he worked in the was just a few months ago. The price of was given permission to address the Youth Relations Bureau helping to fuel is over 50 percent higher. And that House for 1 minute and to revise and mold and shape the children of today mirrors the price of many commodities extend her remarks.) and the future leaders of tomorrow. Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, Growing up in California, Raymond from corn to soybeans. I rise today to honor the life and leg- was a lifelong Oakland Raiders fan and This is alarming, not just from a acy of the late Dr. Stephen Prescott, loved the game of football, so much so macroeconomic standpoint, but most former Oklahoma Medical Research he spent his spare time coaching youth importantly, from the standpoint of Foundation president. football. the constituents we represent. The Dr. Prescott served OMRF with out- In a moment of history where police Members of this Chamber might be standing leadership for 15 years, build- officers are vilified, hated, and looked able to afford to spend 50 percent more ing the institution into what it is down upon, Raymond Trujillo wore the to fill the tank of their car, but unfor- today. He dedicated his life to a sci- badge with honor, dignity, and respect. tunately, many of the people we rep- entific career, immersed in medical re- Raymond was a proud father to three resent cannot. And that burden of in- search, and loved traveling the world, sons, Raymond III, Alexander, and flation is an unseen tax on the least ad- often in conjunction with his profes- Jason, and a loving grandfather of vantaged members of our society, the sional commitments. But what he three, who were his pride and joy. members of the lower class, and the loved more than anything was his wife My prayers are with his fellow ma- working poor. of 52 years, Susan, his two children and rines, his brothers and sisters in blue, Economists tell us that this uptick grandchildren. and his family. in inflation is directly related to the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.034 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2916 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 spending policies of our government, I am proud to announce that, in 2020, I really want to help the Democrats and we need to get our fiscal house in 176 Iowa schools participated in the keep their promise that their new $4 order to prevent this in the future. college application campaign, and all trillion proposed spending will be cov- f together, 504 students completed 1,578 ered by their new receipts, their new college applications. Of the 176 schools revenues. They have a really inter- ISSUES OF THE DAY that participated, Muscatine High esting math problem. Either they are The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. School in my district was awarded the going to have to cut their spending AUCHINCLOSS). Under the Speaker’s an- 2020 School of Excellence Award for substantially in half or dramatically nounced policy of January 4, 2021, the Iowa from ACT. Muscatine was se- raise taxes on the American people. gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) lected for this great award based on We asked Secretary Yellen: Should is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- their commitment to student success we expect a value-added tax? Is a VAT ignee of the minority leader. and for serving as an exemplary model in our future? Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield for Iowa’s college application cam- The math is really ugly—we are to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. paign. going to talk about that in a second GAETZ). Congratulations to the students and here—to cover all these new spending b 1215 faculty at Muscatine for being leaders initiatives plus just the demographic in academic achievement and for serv- curve that is already about to crush us, REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF LIEUTENANT ing as a great role model for student COLONEL SAMUEL LOMBARDO debtwise. success in Iowa and the entire Nation. The answer was an interesting one. It Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, today I Mr. GOHMERT. It is wonderful to rise to commemorate the life of Lieu- is: Well, that is not part of our current hear that about Iowa. proposal. tenant Colonel Samuel Lombardo. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman Sam and his family legally immi- For everyone who is interested in tax from Arizona (Mr. SCHWEIKERT). grated to the United States from Italy. policy—and I accept that maybe some NEW SPENDING INITIATIVES of us are a little bit on the geek side— He enlisted to serve in the Army Na- Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I tional Guard’s 28th Infantry Division I am fascinated with the tax on Medi- thank Congressman GOHMERT for yield- care financing. Keep an ear out because just 1 month following the start of ing to me. World War II. the only way I think the left is going For anyone who is not particularly to get these types of revenues is to ac- After training, he was deployed to familiar, we have sort of mechanisms. Europe where he would serve as pla- tually go to completely new revenue- Last night, we were running late, and raising, new tax regimes. toon leader and executive officer of I once we hit 10 o’clock, we were shut Company, 394th Infantry Regiment, Let’s talk about what I consider is off. And trying to do 21 boards in 8 the greatest fragility of our Nation’s 99th Division, and he would always re- minutes, I apologize to those who have mind constituents in northwest Florida future. It turns out it is not Republican to try to take our words down. or Democrat policy. It is demographics. that he fought in the Battle of the But I wanted to just touch on a cou- What is the fastest growing demo- Bulge. ple of things. One really quickly, we graphic in the United States? It is get- During this time, Lieutenant Colonel were just blessed to have Secretary ting old. We are graying very, very Lombardo and his platoon created Yellen in front of Ways and Means. I fast. It is baby boomers. their own makeshift flag out of scraps have tremendous respect for and have When you look at this chart—and we of red and blue cloth. For the white, built a relationship with her when she did this last night, but we did it sort of they used German surrender flags. was Federal Reserve Chair. They used this as their battle flag in I want us all to pay attention to a caffeinated, very fast—take the next 30 victorious campaigns across the Rhine promise that the Secretary and the years. This is without all the new and Danube Rivers. President have made, and that is the spending that has been proposed this Following World War II, Lieutenant new spending initiatives will be cov- year by the new administration. This is Colonel Lombardo continued his serv- ered by the new taxes, the new reve- our baseline, $101 trillion of debt in 30 ice to our country in Korea and Viet- nues. I assume that is an honorable years at today’s dollars. This is infla- nam. way to do it. We will fight over what tion-adjusted dollars, 67 percent. Throughout his service, Lieutenant the spending priorities are, and none of Functionally, $68 trillion of debt is Colonel Lombardo earned the Silver these games where we are going to do just Medicare. Only about $3 trillion is Star, the Bronze Star with ‘‘V’’ for 15 years of tax hikes to cover 10 years the rest of government, so it is Medi- Valor, as well as an Oak Leaf Cluster of spending because, let’s be honest, care, then Social Security. with Meritorious Achievement among that is a complete fraud on the Amer- If you believe, Mr. Speaker, like I do, 10 other medals. ican people. that we have an absolute moral obliga- Mr. Speaker, please join me in hon- But the best math that is coming out tion to keep our promises to those oring the late Lieutenant Colonel Sam- from a number of groups right now is folks who have paid into Social Secu- uel Lombardo. the tax hikes that are being proposed, rity and Medicare, then what are we I asked Sam how he was able to be so the revenues, are only going to cover going to do to keep that promise? healthy after more than 100 years liv- maybe, if you are being optimistic, Mr. The reality of it is that this is what ing on the planet Earth. He said that Speaker, on the receipts, 50 percent of buries us as a country. It is our demo- his secret was red wine and almonds at the new spending. graphics and the promises that are dra- night. I think I will have a little of Yesterday, I think it is Penn Whar- matically unfunded. Remember, Mr. both in his honor this evening. ton that put out their model, I guess Speaker, it is only maybe 4 years or so Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield last week, that the capital gains tax that the Medicare trust fund—which is to the gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. itself loses $33 billion over the first 10 only part A, which is the hospital por- MILLER-MEEKS). years. So, it is not scored to 15 years; tion—that trust fund is gone. RECOGNIZING MUSCATINE HIGH SCHOOL it is 10. Part B is actually seeing a doctor. Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, But, Mr. Speaker, if you do what is Part C is managed care. That has its I rise today to recognize a high school called the basis, which is how much is own little, in some ways, financial ben- in my district that was recently recog- subject to the capital gains tax even efits. And D is drugs. Parts B and D are nized for their commitment to student though the perversity of it is that a 100 percent out of the general fund. success. huge portion of that is actually infla- They don’t have trust funds. For over 15 years, Iowa has partnered tion we are going to tax, it would raise, This is absolutely critical. This will with the ACT’s college application in their model, $133 billion. The admin- drive all government policy. If you are campaign to increase the number of istration, the Democrats, have said someone who wants money for edu- first-generation college students and this will be 330. So, they are only hit- cation, if you are someone who wants students from low-income households ting about one-third of the revenues money for the environment or our mili- in applying for and pursuing higher that have been promised from the cap- tary, then the fact of the matter is it is education. ital gains tax. Medicare that consumes us.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.036 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2917 One of my great frustrations is when you are going to have tomorrow, Mr. give speeches about how minority com- you look at the math of how much is Speaker, because we are going to shut munities and my Native American spending, Mr. Speaker, and then the fi- down the disruption. We are going to communities from Arizona had such nancing of that spending, you get a protect—here is the sinister thing that horrible outcomes during COVID, are sense that, as Republicans, we have healthcare economists talk about. The you willing to look at the this bad habit. We will go and say: Democrats’ H.R. 3 actually protects comorbidities that were there before Well, we will balance the budget Big Pharma because the industry now COVID? It is diabetes. becomes you just adjust your current through waste and fraud. b 1230 Democrats will go and say: Well, we patent, and that is how you make a liv- are going to balance it by nationalizing ing, Mr. Speaker. And it turns out, spending money on healthcare, Medicare for All. But the ones that nip their heels that this management curative—and I real- None of those are real. We are not cure things, it is like the hepatitis C ly want curative—turns out to be one telling the truth. we cure now. Those cures don’t come of the most powerful things you and I Let’s walk through just a couple of because we have just wiped out the in- could ever do for U.S. sovereign debt things that are in my craw right now. come stream. going forward. It is 31 percent of just This is just one portion of the left’s bill We need to rethink. If Republicans Medicare spending, and the numbers we called H.R. 3. From a conceptual stand- and Democrats have a common goal are still working on for Medicaid and point, it is an honest debate of what that we need to look at pharmaceutical other things. are we going to do about prescription costs, then destroying the pipeline that So part of my other proposal is there drug costs. cures people and that ends the misery are things we could do almost over- The methodology, though, Mr. is really dark. night that have incredible impacts on Speaker, if you actually read the re- Mr. Speaker, we Republicans have the cost of healthcare in this country; search, in a decade, it is killing people our sins. How many of us will get be- and here is one that I beg of us to start and costing more because we are on the hind a microphone and talk about price getting in our lexicon. cusp of a time of miracles. transparency? Price transparency is a Sixteen percent of the healthcare This is really important to get our really good thing, but it has almost no spending this year, over half a trillion heads around. We have all heard about real effect on the price of healthcare. dollars, just this year, will be people this concept of mRNA. We have talked The best academic studies we have not taking their meds or taking them about it for 20-plus years. Years ago, I been able to find in our office is 0.1 to incorrectly. You have hypertension, used to come to this mike and talk 0.7 percent. you don’t take your meds, you have a about this concept of bio-foundry. My point is really simple here. The stroke. You have high cholesterol, you Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter ACA, ObamaCare, was a financing bill. don’t take your meds—and those is, we can take a snippet of your DNA It was who got subsidized and who had things are cheap and inexpensive. and a snippet of your cancer, your dis- to pay. Our Republican alternative was Grandma is forgetful, or we get busy in ease, or your virus, and it would take a financing bill. It was who had to pay our lives. weeks. And for the CAR-T therapy for and who got subsidized. Medicare for And it turns out there are things cancer, it was $350,000 just to get you All is a financing bill. where the pill top talks to your phone. When are we going to have the really your shot, but it was curing people. We It talks to you. There are other ones tougher discussion of what we pay? just moved up 10 years in technology. where it dispenses the pharmaceuticals Let’s disrupt the price of healthcare That is one of the amazing things Op- to you. through technology. It turns out the technology of get- eration Warp Speed. It is actually one How many of us went to Blockbuster ting people to take their pharma- of the few positive things I can say Video last weekend? We don’t because ceuticals properly, if we would under- that came out of this pandemic is it is now we hit a button called Netflix and stand its impact, that is 16 percent of here. all sorts of other things. We allow dis- U.S. healthcare spending is just not Look up Tesla and mRNA, Mr. ruption to happen in other parts of our Speaker. You find out that all sorts of healthcare, but we have built so many taking our pharmaceuticals properly. very disruptive companies are invest- regulatory barriers and so many licens- That is a half a trillion dollars. ing in these little bio-foundries. ing barriers, crazy things that would Think about what you could do with We are on the edge of curing HIV, disrupt healthcare. a half a trillion dollars a year—not sickle cell anemia. We now have a cure One of my grand proposals—and this over 10, not over 15; a year—and how for hemophilia. And we are also going one needs to be Republicans and Demo- much less misery you would have in to cure all sorts of cancers. There are crats coming together—that $68 tril- this country by people having strokes, some amazing things happening. The lion over the next 30 years in just getting sick. problem is they are expensive, Mr. Medicare spending, that is a substan- This is not a revolution of trying to Speaker. But they cure you. tial driver for U.S. sovereign debt. crush pharma or go after drug prices. It H.R. 3 does something that I think is Thirty-one percent of it is just diabe- is actually taking a look and using this fairly dark and fairly sinister, and we tes. crazy thing we call, oh, yeah, math, need our brothers and sisters on the It turns out, Mr. Speaker, if you and and a calculator, and also technology. Democrat side to be honest with con- I can have a revolution in ending the And, yes, it doesn’t work necessarily stituents, and that is something called misery of diabetes, it is also the single in our political lexicon. It is a little reference pricing. If a quality year is biggest initiative you can have to U.S. harder to campaign on, but it happens bought through a drug, but it costs sovereign debt. to be factual. more than, in this case, $37,000 in Great It is time Republicans and Democrats The other thing I am going to beg of Britain, Mr. Speaker, you don’t get it. come together and do an Operation us—and Congressman GOHMERT, I ap- H.R. 3 does this where they take a Warp Speed on diabetes. Yes, there is preciate him yielding to me. So I prom- basket of some of these countries and really neat research that is on the cusp ise I will only do one or two more say that we are going to use their cap. of almost curatives for type 1, the boards. So, you are prepared to turn to your autoimmune pancreatic cells. But the I need us to think revolutionary. Be- constituent and say: Oh, that drug is political side is going to be really fore the pandemic, a Democratic col- $40,000. Yes, it gives you that quality tough for all of us because we are going league, MIKE THOMPSON, from Cali- year, but it is over our cap, so we are to have to talk about type 2, which has fornia, a good guy, has worked with me not going to provide you that pharma- a substantial lifestyle component in it. on telemedicine. It was a piece of legis- ceutical. It needs a discussion of what we do in lation that substantially was going to By doing that, we just destroyed nutrition support as a country and go nowhere because there were lots and small, disruptive bio-foundry pharma what we do in our farm bill as a coun- lots and lots and lots of lobbyists who that is curing people. We are going to try. hated it because it disrupts the money. subject our population to say that the Mr. Speaker, if we care about people, But when the pandemic hit, our tele- misery you have today is the misery if we really are going to come here and medicine bill became law. It expires

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.038 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2918 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 when they declare the pandemic over. around Washington, D.C. And I was And the rich got richer, but not as The expansion of reimbursement and reading about proposals to go after the fast as the poor got less poor. And that access to telemedicine goes away. We billionaires, the mega-rich, and I recall is back to, in a weird way, a long an- need to fix that. what Ronald Reagan’s economist, eco- swer to your question. But we also now need to understand nomic adviser, Arthur Laffer, had said. We need to have an honest debate of what is telemedicine. Telemedicine is Dr. Laffer said—he told a small group what maximizes revenues while mini- the thing you can wear on your wrist; of us years ago—if you want to produce mizing economic damage. And right the thing you can wear on your chest; money—of course, I am asking you this now, just throwing out numbers, and the thing you blow into. because I have such great respect for then throwing out fake—and I am The technology is here to crash the your monetary analyses. being a little brutal on that—fake mod- price of healthcare. And all the skep- If you want to go after money, you els from the administration saying we tics who attacked telemedicine before want to produce tax revenue, the one are going to raise $4 trillion, we are the pandemic, oh Grandma’s not going place you will never get it is going going to cover all of our new spending, to be able to use; they don’t know how after the super-rich because they are when all of the other models—and very to work FaceTime; no one is going to the only people in America who have soon joint tax will score it and we will want to make a phone call to a doctor the wherewithal to avoid whatever tax see what the reality is. or a healthcare professional. you put on them. But everyone it is scoring right now, Turns out they were wrong. We have What is your thought about that the Dems are only getting about half the last 18 months of proof. The satis- analysis? the revenues. And we have already seen the first analysis of the corporate tax faction rates are off the chart. A, we Mr. SCHWEIKERT. I have actually hike. It unemploys 1 million Ameri- need to continue it, but we need to ex- been blessed to spend lots of time with cans in the first 24 months. pand the definition. Professor Laffer and, actually, a couple of other folks who also have Nobel Mr. GOHMERT. That would be people And then the other things the pan- who would pay income tax if they demic has brought us is things we Prizes in economics. They tolerate me. Gilder, I consider a personal friend, if didn’t lose their jobs. never thought of. Mr. SCHWEIKERT. That didn’t lose How about a little home kit? you really want to geek out. First off, you have a conceptual prob- their jobs. And the harder part of the These are available today. Actually, scoring is—and this was one of the mir- you can get them sent to your house in lem and the left doesn’t—we have got to work with them to first admit we acles of 2018 and 2019—the Democrats a day. Blow into it. It tells you if you repeatedly attacked the tax reforms have COVID–19. tax income. Property taxes are really the only things we tax wealth. We tax from the end of 2017 and the regulatory Well, if that exists for COVID, what reforms. would happen if I turned to you and your real estate wealth. So the leaked IRS data, which is a But there were so many people work- said, turns out we have the technology ing, and there was such vitality in the today where you can have a medical real problem if you want confidence in a tax system that, once again, the IRS economy that Medicare part A, the lab in your medicine cabinet. You blow trust fund, grew in years. Social Secu- is back to being weaponized. If you into it, it tells you if you even have rity grew in years because there were want to tax wealth, that is a different cancer cells or a virus or bacteria. It so many people paying their payroll tax system, and there are all sorts of exists today. tax. We, as a body, need to legalize the games you can play with that. They didn’t really pay income tax be- You could take your wealth and say, disruptive technologies that allow us cause they were part of the population all right, here is what I am going to do. to disrupt the price of healthcare if we that had been removed from having to I am not going to take an income. I am are going to save Medicare, save the pay income tax because we changed— going to borrow from it. but it turns out, if you actually, truly country from the crushing debt. And, So how do you tax it? believe we have a societal obligation to yes, we are going to annoy a lot of in- You have to conceptualize very, very keep our promises, to keep Social Se- cumbent investors and a lot of incum- different. bent businesses, but it is the right and We also—we actually have the math, curity, to keep Medicare vibrant, it moral thing to do. even though it may not happen in the turns out you need an incredibly vibrant economy for people to be work- We have a society that has become a fiscal year you want it to. The ing. You can do that also by a rational country of oligopolies, and Congress ultrawealthy give away most of their has become a protection racket. We tax policy instead of a punishing one. wealth. That has been a tradition in Mr. GOHMERT. I know you would protect incumbents; not incumbent this country, particularly for about a elected officials, incumbent business have—— century and a half. Mr. SCHWEIKERT. I am sorry; it is a models. A tax system to work—and the gen- Yet the disruption of the technology long answer, but it actually has—— tleman and I have actually had a side Mr. GOHMERT. No, no. I appreciate that is here today crushes the misery conversation about this. You have to my friend from Arizona, Mr. of so many of our brothers and sisters find what is the most—or the least dis- SCHWEIKERT’s excellent analysis, be- out there who have chronic conditions, ruptive tax that maximizes revenue, cause we do want to have a vibrant that get sick. but also maximizes economic expan- economy. As the saying goes, it lifts all We can crash the price of healthcare. sion. So we are already seeing some boats. And I really appreciate the anal- We can make us healthier as a society. data that the Democrats’ proposal on ysis on where the Medicare spending is We can take on, in that same breath, capital gains tax, actually, without going. That is something we need to the crushing debt that is here. And it is changing the basis, actually raises sub- deal with. demographic. It is coming. No matter stantially less revenues. I hear solutions of throwing money how many speeches we give pretending Now how is that possible? at the problem, but the real problem is we have a way around it, the only way It is because you stop engaging in we don’t have the proper money to around it is we have got to change the those economic activities. throw at it because the economy is not actual price of healthcare. So somewhere there is a sweet spot doing as it should. I beg of us, we need to think dif- that maximizes revenues, but also then And then I still hear our friends talk ferently because this place, often our maximizes economic activity. And I about the need to stop climate change. policy sets, sort of sounds like it is have an absolute fixation that 2018, Unfortunately, the climate has been still the 1990s. 2019 were miracle years economically changing since the Earth ever ap- Mr. GOHMERT. Would the gentleman for the working poor in this country. It peared. And I have got a lot of friends yield for a question? is 2 years where, actually, income in- out there. And I say friends face- Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Oh, I would love equality genuinely shrank; the broad tiously. People on the left—I am begin- to yield. based nature of the working poor get- ning to understand that sarcasm is a Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I appre- ting dramatically less poor. tool that is appreciated by the intel- ciate Mr. SCHWEIKERT’s ongoing anal- That shouldn’t be a partisan fight. It ligent. So the left, the alt-left, they yses of the way we mismanage money should be the bipartisan goal. don’t get it.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.040 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2919 But this is an article from Ethan really intriguing. The author does an There was a time in Mexico when Hunt back in August of 2019. It says: amazing job of pulling these things to- people who were wealthy knew the NASA admits that climate change oc- gether. drug cartels would normally leave curs because of changes in Earth’s It is interesting. The drug cartels them alone. There was a time in Mex- solar orbit; not because of SUVs and south of our border, apparently, we are ico when the drug cartels basically had fossil fuel. informed, have workers in every city in a wink-and-nod agreement: Look, we Well, it really can be a combination America. Of course, we have heard be- won’t have attacks in tourist attrac- of things. But having found out from fore that the Border Patrol, ICE, the tions because we know how important the former NASA Director that the U.S. Government is considered to be that money is. Moon’s orbit is slightly changing and the logistics for the multibillion-dollar Well, all of those days are gone. If we the Earth’s orbit is slightly changing drug cartels in Mexico because the were really a compassionate neighbor, and, as the term was, it is becoming drug cartels get them across illegally we would secure our border. We would more squashed, well, that would mean into the United States. And I have seen stop drawing off people with the poten- there are times when we are closer to people in the middle of the night, as tial to be the best citizens that Guate- the Sun and we are further away from they are being processed by the Border mala, Mexico, other countries have, the Sun. Patrol, long lines of people. I have drawing them up here because of the And I know there are some leftists at watched them comparing addresses and corruption below our border that we in NASA that said: Oh, no, changing sometimes switching addresses. the U.S. Government are helping fund. Earth’s orbit doesn’t affect our climate They are the addresses that the drug It really needs to stop. But it is get- at all. cartels have given them as to where ting worse, much, much worse, as we And I would humbly submit that you the drug cartels want them to go work are seeing numbers that no one has don’t have to be a rocket scientist to in order to earn enough money, either seen in many, many years. understand that if you get closer to the drug trafficking, sex trafficking, or There has been so much appropriate Sun, or if you get further away from human trafficking, to pay off the rest concern about January 6 and what hap- the Sun, it is absolutely going to affect of their debt to the drug cartels for pened that day. Unfortunately, we don’t know all that happened that day. your climate; just as more solar activ- getting them into the United States il- There are some major questions that ity, more solar flares, they are going to legally. Many times, it is the U.S. Gov- need to be answered. affect our climate. And there is not a ernment, which means U.S. taxpayers, that end up paying to send the drug We know that the former chief of the lot that we can do about more solar Capitol Police testified that they got flares, solar activities, solar hot spots. cartels’ employees, or indentured servants, to the cities where the drug car- no intelligence from the FBI about po- And I would sarcastically ask a ques- tential violence on January 6. There tion regarding the Bureau of Land tels want them. It is incredible that we, as a U.S. were lots of stories about people who Management and National Forest Serv- were here at the Capitol on January 6 ice, since they were going to be spend- Government, are helping the drug cartels in Mexico make the tens of billions that may have carried a Confederate ing so much time on climate change, flag, may have had red on and MAGA and we had heard the Earth’s orbit was of dollars that they use to keep different levels of government corrupt in or Trump. changing slightly and the Moon’s orbit But the Capitol Police had told me Mexico, that keep the Mexican people was changing slightly. the day before: Hey, we have heard from having the economy that would Could they do anything about that? there are going to be people who hate allow them to have across-the-board Trump that are going to be trying to b 1245 wonderful homes, have wonderful jobs, blend in, and there is going to be vio- For those who thought I was really and be one of the top economies in the lence, and we are concerned about it. challenging BLM, the Bureau of Land world. The corruption of the drug car- But the chief of the Capitol Police Management and the National Forest tels keeps Mexico from having their said they got no intel like that from Service, like they were going to do true place in the top economies in the the FBI. something about the Earth’s orbit, the world. An article a few days ago from Re- National Forest Service and Bureau of They have some of the hardest-work- volver says: ‘‘Unindicted Co-Conspira- Land Management, they are not going ing people in the world. They have in- tors in the January 6 Cases Raise Dis- to do anything about the Earth’s orbit credible natural resources, a fantastic turbing Questions of Federal Fore- because they can’t. That is not their location—actually, better than the knowledge.’’ That is June 14. I saw my job. U.S. because they are between North friend Tucker Carlson covered this last Although there is some professor and South America, and they are be- night. that thinks we might could adjust our tween the Pacific and the Atlantic. In- But this is really disturbing, and this orbit, I think that is still yet to be ar- credible location, hardworking people, is something that I know from my time rived at scientifically. It is an inter- great natural resources, good ports, here in Congress has disturbed Demo- esting concept, but I had no belief that but the corruption that the American crats and Republicans alike across the it was about to happen by the Bureau people are funding through their U.S. aisle because we don’t like to see gov- of Land Management and National For- Government and through the purchase ernment agents stirring up trouble or est Service. of drugs that are massively coming find that there are criminal acts that It is interesting to look back. I into this country—if somebody truly would not likely have occurred had not missed this article back in 2019. It goes has compassion for the people of Mex- the Federal Government been partici- into much more detail about not only ico and Central America, they would pating, whether they were actual the changing orbit but the changing demand that our southern border be se- agents or undercover agents or inform- tilt from time to time. cured, that we continue to provide ants that were working for the Federal Then if you do more digging, you find visas in greater numbers than any Government. out that actually, going back mil- country in the world, but we secure the But this is scary stuff. This is kind of lions—some say 56 million; some say border so that we cut the tens of bil- third-world stuff. This is not only billions—that the planet was much lions of dollars from flowing to the third-world stuff, but this is like Putin hotter, and the planet’s orbit was clos- drug cartels that then corrupt and de- kind of activity. er to the Sun. It has moved back some, stroy lives, kill Americans with If there were Federal agents that according to some, over the millions or fentanyl and other drugs that are pour- were involved on January 6, we really billions, whatever you believe, number ing into our country. And the Mexican need to know what the FBI knew and of years. people would come to the United when they knew it. Not only that, we I also want to mention this article States on vacation to spend the signifi- need to know how much participation from The Washington Times, June 16, cant, wonderful money they had earned did any of our Federal friends, either at 2021, Stephen Dinan, about without fear of the drug cartels and DOJ, FBI, or any of the intel commu- ‘‘Smartphone smugglers: How social what they will do to them if they are nity, what kind of role were they play- media is reshaping border crime.’’ It is not subservient. ing.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.042 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2920 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 There is information that came out ing short of seismic. Especially if such spiracy, serving as the basis for charg- about the effort to kidnap the Michi- agents or informants enjoyed ex- ing those indicted. The question imme- gan Governor, and it has been said that tremely senior-level positions within diately arises as to why this is the case there were Federal agents that were in- such groups.’’ and forces us to consider whether cer- volved in that. It would seem, if you And the thing is, like I said, they tain individuals are being protected have 14 people that are involved in a have got documentation, the Federal from indictment because they were in- conspiracy to commit a crime, and pleadings that the United States Gov- volved in January 6 as undercover over a third of them, including people ernment has filed in some of these operatives or confidential informants in leadership, are Federal agents, un- cases, that really raised serious issues. for a Federal agency. dercover agents, or people that are Yeah, there is no question, there were So another place further on in the ar- working for a Federal entity, that we radical groups there, and those three ticle it points out: ‘‘This would be far have got some serious problems, and seem to be the most prominent. But worse than the already bad situation of we have not done adequate oversight. from the pleadings from the Depart- the government knowing about the It disturbs me greatly that there was ment of Justice itself, it appears that possibility of violence and doing noth- not more information forthcoming they had significant presence and par- ing. Instead, this would imply that ele- from our Federal law enforcement in- ticipation in what went on. ments of the federal government were telligence, DOJ, than was received here We do need to see the 14,000 hours of active instigators in the most egre- on Capitol Hill because, surely, if they security video, seeing Ashli Babbitt gious and spectacular aspects of Janu- had known the level of planning by a killed by an officer standing off to the ary 6, amounting to a monumental en- small group to actually commit vio- side. There were officers in front of the trapment scheme used as a pretext to lence and break into our U.S. Capitol, window, but then there were officers on imprison otherwise harmless protesters they would have been better prepared. the other side where Ashli was; and it at the Capitol—and in a much larger I know some of us have had extreme appeared it was John Sullivan, a sense used to frame the entire MAGA differences with the Speaker, but I just Trump hater, that told them if they movement as potential domestic ter- feel sure if she had known the level of will move out of the way they won’t rorists.’’ violence that was being talked about get hurt, and the officers appeared. There is so much more. Let’s see, fur- and planned and monitored by DOJ and Well, they moved out of the way, and ther on, I guess this is page 8/26. ‘‘In FBI, surely she would not have allowed these guys broke through the glass. one of the plot’s climactic scenes, in the Sergeant at Arms to turn down Na- And yet with all of the people that the main van driving up to look at tional Guard support on January 6. the FBI has sought information on and Governor Whitmer’s vacation home’’— This article pulls from documents, put up pictures—and it appears they and that is of course the plot to kidnap legal documents, that have been filed were probably wearing masks, but the Governor—‘‘three out of the five by the Federal Government in some of there is another 14,000 hours of video. people in the van—60 percent of the these different cases. This article says: These guys were around in the Capitol, plot’s senior leaders—were Federal ‘‘To address the matter directly in the around the Capitol. They didn’t have agents and informants.’’ following three questions: In the year their masks up at all times. But it ‘‘FBI infiltrators comprised, at the leading up to January 6 and during doesn’t appear that the FBI has asked very least’’—talking about overall in January 6 itself, to what extent were for assistance in identifying those peo- that plot—‘‘26 percent of the plotters. the three primary militia groups—the ple that broke through the glass or That is, at least five FBI operatives Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, and the that were right there, at least when have been disclosed, against just 14 sus- Three Percenters—that the FBI, DOJ, Ashli was shot in the neck and killed. pects indicted.’’ Pentagon, and network news have la- And that normally means if they are So looking at some of the pleadings beled most responsible for planning and not asking for help in identifying by the DOJ themselves, but just to give executing a Capitol attack on January somebody that they know who they an idea of what we are dealing with, it 6 infiltrated by agencies of the Federal are—and maybe they are person 1, per- says, ‘‘On December 30, 2020, Watkins Government, or informants of said son 2, person 3, person 15—that are re- and Caldwell exchanged the following agencies?’’ ferred to in the pleadings of people that text messages: Question 2: ‘‘Exactly how many Fed- were working with the FBI or Federal ‘‘Watkins: Looks like we are green eral undercover agents or confidential authorities of some kind. light to come to D.C. on the 6th. The informants were present at the Capitol But this is very unsettling stuff. It rally point still at your place? or in the Capitol during the infamous was bad enough to have our Capitol at- ‘‘Caldwell: Not that I am aware. Have ‘siege,’ and what roles did they play— tacked. As a former felony judge, I been contacted by no one. Typical (Per- merely passive informants or active in- would have no problem sending people son one). Here’s the rub: (Person two) stigators?’’ to prison that broke into this Capitol, and I will be in a hotel within striking And, third: ‘‘Finally, of all of the that literally broke in or that did dam- distance of the city starting on the 4th, unindicted co-conspirators referenced age or that stole things here. There is so we won’t even be here. There will be in the charging documents,’’ the offi- no place for that, and they do need to some stuff going on during the 5th, and cial Federal pleadings, ‘‘of those in- be severely punished. we want to be a part of that whenever dicted for crimes on January 6, how But were some of those people doing it shakes out.’’ many worked as a confidential inform- those things working for the FBI? Were Person one and person two were ap- ant or as an undercover operative for they egged on by Federal authorities? parently working for the Federal au- the Federal Government—FBI, Army Because it sure looks like from some of thorities, some Federal agency. Counterintelligence, et cetera?’’ these legal documents they filed and Another place it references person the masking of names and referring to two, person three, person one, and they b 1300 them as something other than their seem to be significant leaders in what ‘‘If the narrative about January 6 real names that we have a serious prob- is going on. does not conform to the questions lem with some of the people that were Another place: Person three—emailed above, the American people will never involved that day that it appears were person three several maps along with learn the most important truth about either working for Federal authorities the message. These maps will get you what January 6 is, and what kind of or were informants for Federal authori- from the hotel into D.C. country they’re really living in. ties and had leadership positions in I mean, person 10 checked into the ‘‘If it turns out the Federal Govern- those groups and quite possibly, in Hilton Garden Inn in Vienna. ment did in fact have undercover some cases probably, helped to egg Person three, another reference. agents or confidential informants em- them on. Person 15 and person 20 are ref- bedded within the so-called militia This article says in many cases the erenced. groups indicted for conspiring to ob- unindicted co-conspirators appear to be These are people that they are cov- struct the Senate certification on Jan- much more aggressive and egregious ering up their names because they are uary 6, the implications would be noth- participants in the very so-called con- working for the Federal authorities.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.044 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2921 If you look at some of the video on first in Peru, then in Grand Rapids, and that pain, she found purpose. Over the January 6, there were a lot of people then Lansing, where he has worked course of the last year, she has devoted walking around. They had no business tirelessly for the past 50 years to im- her time to the New Day Foundation being in the Capitol. But it is quite prove the lives of children through edu- for Families, a local nonprofit that concerning that people that were ex- cation. His career has taken him from supports those fighting cancer and tremely active at all should have been being a counselor at C.W. Otto Junior their loved ones. or were working for Federal entities High, an assistant principal at Gardner The financial cost of a cancer diag- such that they have to cover up their Junior High and Eastern High School, nosis goes beyond just medical care, as names because of their complicity with principal at Pattengill Middle School, I know well. Beyond the loss of income, the Federal authorities during that and finally as deputy superintendent of the increase in expenses, and emotional day. the entire school district. distress, it is a diagnosis that can con- So that is United States versus He was an innovator in the class- sume us entirely. And that is where the Caldwell, Crowl, and then there is one room, developing a clustered teaching New Day Foundation for Families Government’s Opposition to Defend- approach that is still being used today. comes in. With an army of local volun- ant’s Motion for Reconsideration of De- In addition, he led the adoption of teers like Ms. Brinker, they provide re- tention. guidelines proposed by the Youth Vio- sources to give cancer patients hope They are holding some of these peo- lence Prevention Coalition, which through financial assistance and emo- ple still. Some with 23 hours, 24 hours brought about significant positive tional support. When her husband was in the hos- a day in solitary. Some were just walk- changes in student and community re- pital, Ms. Brinker was surrounded by ing around, they did no damage. They lations. family, friends, and churchgoers who should not have come into the Capitol, Since 2009, he has been an elected helped lighten the load. For her, she but it remains to be seen why the gov- member of the Lansing District Board wouldn’t have known what to do with- ernment has their stinger out so much of Education, a role that he carries out out that help. And it is why she works for people no matter how mild their with joy because it allows him to con- so hard to make someone else’s load a participation on January 6. tinue his service to Lansing students. little lighter. During the pandemic, And yet the biggest damage done to Dr. Rodriguez’ passions extend be- when family members of the United States in protests was last yond education. He is an officer with immunocompromised patients saw a summer, and those folks aren’t being the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce treated the same way that others are. trip to the grocery store as a fraught and a member of the Ingham County So there are some very serious ques- experience, Ms. Brinker was there to Health Department’s Board of Health. tions that need to be answered. We do provide for their essential needs. need the answers. We need to know But to really know Dr. Rodriguez, you Since the program began last spring, how many Federal agents; how many only need to read his monthly maga- volunteers like Lisa made more than informants had given information to zine Adelante Forward. 300 deliveries helping 125 families in Federal agencies and why in the world Published in both English and Span- total. They were a godsend during all of that information was not pro- ish, Adelante Forward has been an in- COVID, and not just for their food de- vided to people that needed to protect strumental source of information for liveries. By demonstrating that service Capitol Hill. the Lansing community, advertising doesn’t stop, not even during a once-in- So we need an investigation. We new businesses and spreading word a-generation pandemic, Ms. Brinker don’t need one that has an entire Dem- about resources from Head Start class- was a source of inspiration and ocrat staff. It needs to be truly bipar- es to COVID vaccine clinics. It has strength. With an infectious attitude tisan to get to the bottom of just what been a key way to reach Latino and that brightens the days of all she happened that day and who caused it to Hispanic residents, bridging the lan- serves, we are lucky to have her in our happen. guage gap in order to improve commu- community. With that, I yield back the balance of nity relations. And, as I am sure Dr. Ms. Brinker has persevered through my time. Rodriguez is proud to know, it is even adversity and loss, and it has mag- f being used by some Spanish language nified her service. With the powerful teachers as part of their lesson plans. perspective that comes with experi- SERVICE BEFORE SELF The publication wouldn’t be possible ence, she has used it to better her Lake The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under without the special partners that work Orion community. As a humble spirit, the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- to put it together: Danny Layne, she prefers that any recognition focus uary 4, 2021, the gentlewoman from Allena Tapia, Patricia Briones, and Dr. on making a difference. An article in Michigan (Ms. SLOTKIN) is recognized George Mansour. In addition, no trib- the local paper ended with her asking for 60 minutes as the designee of the ute to Dr. Rodriguez would be complete readers to get themselves involved. majority leader. without mention of his wife of 30 years, And true to form, for this recognition, (Ms. SLOTKIN asked and was given Margarita, as well as their two daugh- she indicated that credit should go to permission to revise and extend her re- ters and two grandchildren. the good people of the New Day Foun- marks.) It is my privilege to represent Dr. dation for Families. Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Rodriguez in Washington. I am grateful It is a rare soul who can reduce pain today to talk about service by recog- for his willingness to always speak to and hardship in others, especially when nizing individuals and organizations me about Lansing’s needs. Every time they themselves have been in that posi- who have stepped up when their fellow we are able to connect, it is a pleasure tion. For her work to honor the loving citizens needed them most. Through to hear about the good work being done memory of her husband and her tireless their actions, they have shown what it to improve the lives of others. I am ap- service to community, it is my privi- means to put others before self. preciative of his commitment to serv- lege to recognize Lisa Brinker on the DR. SATURNINO RODRIGUEZ ing others, and it is my honor to recog- House floor today. Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I begin nize him today in the permanent HONORING LISA KOCAB by rising today to honor Dr. Saturnino RECORD of the people’s House. Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Rodriguez, a good friend and devoted b 1315 today to recognize another Lisa, the servant of the Latino community in ultimate champion and advocate for Lansing. HONORING LISA BRINKER the disability community in Brighton, Over the years, Dr. Rodriguez, or Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Michigan, Ms. Lisa Kocab. Nino as he is known around town, has today to honor Ms. Lisa Brinker, a Put simply, Lisa is a powerhouse. As had many titles. In each role, he has resident of Lake Orion, who has been a teacher and a mother of five, includ- left a profound impact on the students, there for her community when it need- ing an incredible 10-year-old boy, PJ, faculty, parents, and community resi- ed her most. who has Down syndrome, she has built dents that call greater Lansing home. Ms. Brinker has faced adversity in and created an incredible circle of sup- Dr. Rodriguez has spent his entire her life. Three years ago, her husband port since moving back to Michigan in professional life working in schools— passed away from brain cancer. Out of 2016.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.046 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2922 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 At first, when she was scouting They immigrated to the U.S. in 1991, their unique abilities by learning new schools for PJ, she had to push through moving to Brighton 10 years later, skills and enjoying the rewards of an being told ‘‘no.’’ The family wanted to where they have built a successful honest day’s works. From career plan- move back to be nearer to the kids’ business with a loyal following for the ning to vocational training, to em- grandparents, but the first school dis- last two decades. Mr. Wong, known as ployer services, Peckham offers more trict that they called referred to stu- Ed around town, is known for his work than 30 different programs that create dents with special needs as ‘‘those ethic and attention to detail. His em- opportunities for every single indi- kids.’’ Other schools gave similar re- ployees rave about the culture he vidual they work with. sponses when asked if PJ could be brings to the team. ‘‘Extremely flexi- Named after the former rehabilita- placed in general education. ble and supportive,’’ ‘‘Very welcoming tion services director of the State of That is, until she called Brighton’s and inspiring,’’ ‘‘I feel honored to work Michigan, Ralf Peckham, they began special education director, who told with such excellent people’’ is some of serving the greater Lansing region in Lisa that PJ could absolutely go to what they have said. 1976. Today, they have grown into one school with the other students; that if Mr. Wong’s character truly came of the largest community rehabilita- they moved to Brighton, she would through in his devotion to keeping his tion programs in the entire State. work with them. So that is what Lisa customers and employees safe during With core values of compassion, com- and her husband did. COVID–19. At a time when restaurants munity, and collaboration as a founda- Now, Lisa will be the first to tell you and dining establishments were par- tion, Peckham has broken the mold of that it wasn’t always smooth sailing. ticularly hard hit by the public health what a human services agency can be. She has had to overcome plenty of restrictions, Mr. Wong put a plan in They go beyond just matching skills to challenges from PJ’s struggles with de- place to allow Wong Express House to places of employment. They treat each velopment to the hurt of hearing intol- stay afloat. person, no matter their ability, with erant words and from other families. After closing for 9 weeks, they re- respect and dignity. Their holistic ap- Lisa has been tested in too many opened on May 29, 2020, as a model for proach to each situation allows them ways to count, but she has turned her safe service. With a separate enclosed to build an environment of trust, where pain into purpose by deciding to open area inside the restaurant, the dining each person they work with can thrive. Gigi’s Playhouse in Southfield, Michi- area was transformed into a A physical, cognitive, behavioral, or gan. With more than 45 locations na- contactless pickup window for cus- socioeconomic challenge should never tionwide, Gigi’s Playhouses are now tomer convenience. Instead of dine-in, get in the way of someone realizing ‘‘achievement centers’’ for individuals the restaurant trained staff to fully their full potential. To that end, with Down syndrome. They are spaces transition into drive-thru and carry- Peckham makes our district and our that are specifically designed for kids out only. State a better place to live. At a funda- to interact and play with each other The changes were not easy, but the mental level, they help folks to earn while offering free programs to learn space was turned into a safe, simple, economic and personal independence how to read, improve their health, de- and effective process that limited cus- by creating, sustaining, and improving velop career skills, and reach their tomer-to-staff interaction, keeping ev- employment opportunities in our com- greatest potential. eryone safe from infection. That abil- Lisa was the driving force behind munity. ity to adapt, to work through the chal- Peckham is a leader of workplace fundraising, searching for a location, lenges in order to keep customers sat- culture, from how employers view men- and pulling resources together. Now, isfied, is why I am proud to recognize tal health to how to safely reopen as with her dream a reality, she strives every day to realize the vision of Gigi’s Mr. Wong; his wife, Mei; their son, Jian we see a light at the end of the tunnel Playhouses, to see a world where indi- on the floor of the House today. in COVID–19. For their efforts, they Their pride in their restaurant is evi- viduals with Down syndrome are ac- have been featured in Fortune Maga- dent as soon as you walk in the door, cepted and embraced in their families, zine’s Great Places to Work List, and and their resilience can be found in schools, and communities. recognized by the U.S. Department of In its first year of operation, Gigi’s their dedication to each other and our Labor with the Gold Hire Vets Medal- served 383 people with Down syndrome, community. During the shutdown, lion Award. more than half of whom were adults. when Jian had to travel back to Brook- Mr. Speaker, accessibility and diver- Since then, they have expanded their lyn to support his wife and two kids, sity are cornerstones of a modern offerings and, in order to help more Mr. and Mrs. Wong stayed in Brighton workplace. They make our economy residents, even adapting during the holding down the fort to make sure stronger, bring our communities clos- pandemic by switching to virtual pro- that their staff would be taken care of. er, and demonstrate what our country grams. It is no surprise that on their first is all about: Equality of opportunity. Mr. Speaker, I am a firm believer in day back in business they were so over- Today, I am proud to congratulate finding your people, those who will whelmed with support to the point that Peckham on 45 successful years har- have your back and stay by your side they completely sold out of food. Now, nessing the power of acceptance. They through ups and downs, failures and as they chart a course for the weeks develop potential, work with purpose, successes. Without a doubt, Lisa Kocab and months ahead, I know that the and deliver results. With these remarks has found her people in Brighton and at Wong family will continue to dem- on the House floor, may their contribu- Gigi’s Playhouse; and the disability onstrate the toughness and grit that tions to our Nation live on in the CON- community in Michigan has found its Michiganians are known for during un- GRESSIONAL RECORD. person in Lisa. certain times. RECOGNIZING LIVINGSTON COUNTY MEDICAL She is an inspiration to us all, and I On behalf of a grateful community, it RESERVE CORPS am so proud to represent her here in is my honor to recognize the leadership Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise the Halls of Congress. It is my honor to and staff at Wong Express House by in- today because, in Livingston County, speak these words into the CONGRES- serting their story of resilience into there is a group of retired medical pro- SIONAL RECORD so that her story can the permanent RECORD so that it may fessionals and volunteers that answer inspire all who read it. last for years to come. the call to serve by staying in action RECOGNIZING THE WONG FAMILY RECOGNIZING PECKHAM, INCORPORATED and continuing to train in the event of Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise emergencies. today to recognize a staple of the com- today to recognize an organization in In 2006, the Livingston County Med- munity, the Wong family of Wong Ex- my district that goes above and beyond ical Reserve Corps was founded as a press House in Brighton. by providing job training opportunities public health volunteer team. Today, I Before moving to Michigan, Xueqi for folks with significant disabilities am proud to honor them on the House Wong worked as a fisherman and a se- and other barriers to employment. floor during their work during the curity officer for his town while raising A nonprofit based in Lansing, COVID–19 pandemic. his family with his wife, Mei, in Fujian Peckham, Incorporated, provides a As one of the 762 Medical Reserve province, China. platform for people to demonstrate Corps units in the Nation, they are

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.047 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2923 part of a network of locally organized In 2018 alone, Cristo Rey served over opened up their own homes so that sur- groups that strive to improve the 56,000 members of their community. vivors of domestic violence could find health and safety of our communities. They distributed over 357,000 pounds of refuge. In Livingston County, our reserve food, and provided more than 21,000 Later on, as it grew, LACASA was corps is composed of 194 members, with meals to the hungry. Their family able to rent, then buy, and finally ex- an extra 80 volunteers, dedicating their health center cared for nearly 2,800 pand to a permanent shelter where time at the clinic. These folks are reg- unique patients, empowered 1,500 indi- women and children can access coun- istered nurses, pharmacists, physi- viduals to manage their finances, and seling services, legal advocacy, and cian’s assistants, nurse practitioners, helped families save over $700,000 in wraparound support. paramedics, licensed professional prescription drug costs. In addition to sanctuary, LACASA nurses, EMTs, firefighters, veterinar- b 1330 offers 24-hour crisis response with ians, chiropractors, social workers, trained staff who are able to intake teachers, public health professionals, In addition to these programs, Cristo and serve the diverse needs of survivors and others with nonmedical Rey served as an essential warming of child abuse, domestic abuse, and sex- backgrounds. center during harsh winters and as a ual assault. For so many in our com- They come from all walks of life, but cooling center during sweltering sum- munity, the folks at LACASA are di- they are motivated to their cause, mers for the roughly 5,000 individuals rectly responsible for giving them the which is a healthier Livingston Coun- who are homeless in the Lansing area. tools and strength to begin the road to- ty. And their work during the pan- Every day, Cristo Rey staff live up to ward a better future. demic is nothing short of heroic. They their motto: ‘‘Serving individuals, However, pandemics don’t stop abus- helped with mask packaging and dis- serving families, serving communities. ers. In fact, when outside stressors tribution, staffing a COVID hotline, Always with compassion. Always with occur, abuse historically tends to esca- contact tracing, and vaccine support. respect.’’ late. So when shelter-in-place orders Without the reserve corps, the county Wherever there is a need, whether it took effect last year, closing LACASA would not have been able to respond as is a basic need, a spiritual need, or a and its around-the-clock facility was effectively. societal need, Cristo Rey is there. Yes, not an option. Record numbers of vic- Since the beginning of last year, tem- they offer support and care, but they tims seeking help and refuge contacted porary staff have logged almost 7,000 also focus on self-sufficiency and hon- them, and their ability to adapt is hours on duty, with volunteers adding oring the dignity of every person who nothing short of heroic. another 5,000 hours. These hours rep- walks through their doors. In 2020 alone, LACASA provided 1,170 resent shots in arms, questions an- For the poor and vulnerable, immi- overnight stays in hotel rooms and swered, fears put at ease, and more. grants and migrants, and all people in over 3,500 off-site meals for victims and When our people need it the most, need, regardless of language or culture, their families. They expanded capacity the Medical Reserve Corps stepped up. Cristo Rey is instrumental in the work to handle a 230-percent increase in Their training designed for full-scale to break the cycle of poverty and lift child forensic interviews. emergencies meant the difference when the community up. As a trusted orga- LACASA saw the number of calls to Livingston County was tested like nization, they are crucial to building their 24/7 helpline nearly double when never before. bridges between different parts of the the number of individuals seeking per- I am so grateful for each and every city. sonal protection orders more than tri- member who has proudly worn the yel- In 2019, during the search for a new pled compared to an average year. low vest of the Medical Reserve Corps. police chief, Cristo Rey hosted the first Mr. Speaker, I have had the chance Mr. Speaker, I especially want to rec- community meet-and-greet for Daryl to personally visit LACASA, touring ognize Jennifer Kramer, the Medical Green, who became Lansing’s chief of their shelter and working with their Reserve Corps coordinator, who has police. When our community was president, CEO, and badass, Bobette certainly personally put in incredibly rocked by COVID, Cristo Rey was one Schrandt, on several occasions. I am so long hours in service to others. of the first to retool its programs and thankful for her leadership and for the With their motto of Partner, Provide, offerings in order to start adapting to entire organization’s tireless support Prepare, and Protect, the Medical Re- changing times. and work to provide a port in the serve Corps makes the extraordinary These days, with a grant from the storm for local residents. seem ordinary. I have seen them in ac- Dart Foundation, the center has been They are a model for similar non- tion myself when I visited a vaccina- able to offer vaccinations to residents, profits, earning national accreditation tion clinic in January. They are orga- particularly in underserved and hard- from the National Children’s Alliance nized, efficient, and wholly devoted to to-reach communities, which is essen- as a children’s advocacy center just the cause. tial for bringing down the rates of in- last week. Bobette told me herself. It is It is my great honor to speak these fection and reopening Michigan’s econ- their highest level of membership, an words into the official RECORD so that omy. honor that says everything about future generations can read about For their 50 years of service to Lan- LACASA’s dedication to addressing these heroes who were there when we sing, it is my great honor to recognize childhood abuse in southeast Michigan. needed them most. the men and women who truly do God’s Today, I am proud to lift up their RECOGNIZING CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER work at Cristo Rey Community Center. trauma-informed procedures and prac- Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise May they continue to live out their tices as a shining beacon of hope in today to recognize Cristo Rey Commu- mission for the next 50 years and for as Michigan’s Eighth District. nity Center, a nonprofit organization long as these words remain in the On behalf of a grateful community, that has been meeting the needs of the RECORD of the people’s House. thank you for the work that you do, Lansing community since 1968. RECOGNIZING LACASA and may you continue to lead the way. As a comprehensive, basic-needs Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, it is my Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance service center, Cristo Rey is an invalu- honor to recognize LACASA, a non- of my time. able source for residents, no matter profit in my community that has stood f their station in life. The center’s out as a beacon of hope for thousands health clinic serves the uninsured and of vulnerable women and children in ENROLLED BILL SIGNED underinsured while offering counseling mid-Michigan. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the to those struggling with substance In 1979, LACASA was founded as the House, reported and found truly en- abuse and addiction. Their financial Livingston Area Council Against rolled a bill of the House of the fol- counselors help folks develop healthy Spousal Abuse. With just $40 in dona- lowing title, which was thereupon spending and saving habits, and their tions and a part-time director at a desk signed by the Speaker: community kitchen serves free hot in a borrowed office space, the organi- H.R. 711. An act to amend the West Los An- breakfast and lunch Monday through zation first relied entirely on volun- geles Leasing Act of 2016 to authorize the use Friday. teers, selfless local residents who of certain funds received pursuant to leases

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.048 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 entered into under such Act, and for other Plan for the Tioga County Area [EPA-R03- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- purposes. OAR-2020-0321; FRL-10023-81-Region 3] re- mittee on Energy and Commerce. ceived June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. EC–1406. A letter from the Director, Regu- f 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 latory Management Division, Environmental SENATE ENROLLED BlLL SIGNED Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Commerce. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Florida; The Speaker announced her signa- EC–1398. A letter from the Director, Regu- Maintenance Plan Update for the ture to an enrolled bill of the Senate of latory Management Division, Environmental Hillsborough County Lead Area [EPA-R04- the following title. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- OAR-2020-0185; FRL-10024-49 Region 4] re- S.475.—An act to amend title 5, United cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Maine; ceived June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. States Code, to designate Juneteenth Na- Infrastructure State Implementation Plan 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 tional Independence Day as a legal public Requirements for the 2015 Ozone Standard Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and holiday. and Negative Declaration for the Oil and Gas Commerce. Industry for the 2008 and 2015 Ozone Stand- EC–1407. A letter from the Director, Regu- f ards; Correction [EPA-R01-OAR-2020-0327; latory Management Division, Environmental ADJOURNMENT FRL-10024-76-Region 1] received June 8, 2021, Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Indiana; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Two Revised Sulfur Dioxide Rules for Lake ant to section 11(b) of House Resolu- mittee on Energy and Commerce. County [EPA-R05-OAR-2020-0369; FRL-10024- tion 188, the House stands adjourned EC–1399. A letter from the Director, Regu- 65-Region 5] received June 8, 2021, pursuant until 9 a.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021. latory Management Division, Environmental to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Thereupon (at 1 o’clock and 34 min- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on cy’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules Energy and Commerce. utes p.m.), under its previous order, the on Certain Chemical Substances (20-7.B) EC–1408. A letter from the Chief of Staff, House adjourned until Monday, June [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0303; FRL-10021-85] Media Bureau, Federal Communications 21, 2021, at 9 a.m. (RIN: 2070-AB27) received June 8, 2021, pursu- Commission, transmitting the Commission’s f ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- final rule — Sponsorship Identification Re- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee quirements for Foreign Government-Pro- OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED on Energy and Commerce. vided Programming [MB Docket No.: 20-299] INFORMATION) EC–1400. A letter from the Director, Regu- received June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. latory Management Division, Environmental 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Under clause 13 of rule XXIII, the fol- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and lowing Member executed the oath for cy’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules Commerce. access to classified information: on Certain Chemical Substances (20-6.B) EC–1409. A letter from the Deputy Chief, Melanie A. Stansbury [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0251; FRL-10021-77] Auctions Division, Office of Economic and (RIN: 2070-AB27) received June 8, 2021, pursu- Analytics, Federal Communications Com- f ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- mission, transmitting the Commission’s EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee final rule — Certification adopted for auc- on Energy and Commerce. tion of flexible-use service licenses in the ETC. EC–1401. A letter from the Director, Regu- 3.45-3.55 GHz band for next-generation wire- Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive latory Management Division, Environmental less services (Auction 10) [AU Docket No.: 21- communications were taken from the Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 62] received June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: cy’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 on Certain Chemical Substances (20-5.B) Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and EC–1393. A letter from the General Coun- [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0222; FRL-10018-77] Commerce. sel, Farm Credit Administration, transmit- (RIN: 2070-AB27) received June 8, 2021, pursu- EC–1410. A letter from the Deputy Chief, ting the Administration’s direct final rule — ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Policy and Rules Division, Office of Engi- Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee neering and Technology, Federal Commu- Disclosure and Reporting (RIN: 3052-AD47) on Energy and Commerce. nications Commission, transmitting the received June 14, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. EC–1402. A letter from the Director, Regu- Commission’s final rule — Allocation of 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 latory Management Division, Environmental Spectrum for Non-Federal Space Launch Op- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- erations; Amendment of Part 2 of the Com- EC–1394. A letter from the Attorney, Office cy’s final rule — Revised Cross-State Air mission’s Rules for Federal Earth Stations of the General Counsel, Consumer Product Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone Communicating with Non-Federal Fixed Sat- Safety Commission, transmitting the Com- NAAQS; Correction [EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0272; ellite Service Space Stations; and Federal mission’s direct final rule — Safety Standard FRL-10024-45-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU84) received Space Station Use of the 399.9-400.05 MHz for High Chairs [Docket No.: CPSC-2015-0031] June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Band [ET Docket No.: 13-115] (RM-11341) re- received May 25, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to ceived May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and EC–1403. A letter from the Director, Regu- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental Commerce. EC–1395. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- EC–1411. A letter from the Deputy Bureau latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — Modification of Significant Chief, Policy Division, Public Safety and Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- New Uses of Certain Chemical Substances Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Commu- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation (20-2.M) [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0302; FRL-10022- nications Commission, transmitting the of Implementation Plans; North Dakota; Re- 76] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received June 8, 2021, Commission’s final rule — Improving Public visions to Air Pollution Control Rules; Re- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Safety Communications in the 800MHZ Band gional Haze [EPA-R08-OAR-2021-0002; FRL- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- [WT Docket: 02-55] (Proceeding Terminated) 10024-54-Region 8] received June 8, 2021, pur- mittee on Energy and Commerce. received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- EC–1404. A letter from the Director, Regu- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee latory Management Division, Environmental Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and on Energy and Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Commerce. EC–1396. A letter from the Director, Regu- cy’s final rule — Difenoconazole; Pesticide EC–1412. A letter from the Managing Direc- latory Management Division, Environmental Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0626; EPA-HQ- tor, Office of the Managing Director, Finan- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- OPP-2020-0082; and EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0345; cial Operations, Federal Communications cy’s final rule — Cellulose, ethyl ether; Ex- FRL-10022-28] received June 8, 2021, pursuant Commission, transmitting the Commission’s emption from the Requirement of a Toler- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, final rule — Assessment and Collection of ance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0138; FRL-10023-34] Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2021; Assess- received June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Energy and Commerce. ment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 EC–1405. A letter from the Director, Regu- Fiscal Year 2020 [MD Docket No.: 21-190] [MD Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and latory Management Division, Environmental Docket No.: 20-105] received May 19, 2021, Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law EC–1397. A letter from the Director, Regu- cy’s final rule — Designation of Areas for Air 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- latory Management Division, Environmental Quality Planning Purposes; California; East- mittee on Energy and Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ern Kern Ozone Nonattainment Area; Reclas- EC–1413. A letter from the Executive Direc- cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Pennsyl- sification to Severe [EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0340; tor, Council of the Inspectors General on In- vania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient FRL-10024-58-Region 9] received June 8, 2021, tegrity and Efficiency, transmitting the Air Quality Standards Second Maintenance pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Council’s interim final rule — Privacy Act

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17JN7.019 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2925 Regulations (RIN: 3219-AA03) received June ment Administration, transmitting the Ad- titles were introduced and severally re- 11, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); ministration’s interim final rule — Sched- ferred, as follows: Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to ules of Controlled Substances: Placement of By Mrs. GREENE of Georgia (for her- the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Remimazolam in Schedule IV [Docket No.: self, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. GAETZ, and Mr. EC–1414. A letter from the Biologist, Spe- DEA-658] received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 GOSAR): cial Assistant, Office of Protected Resources, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Department of Commerce, transmitting the 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees H.R. 3960. A bill to eliminate the Bureau of Department’s final rule — Endangered and on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Designating EC–1422. A letter from the Section Chief, remove firearm restrictions on lawful gun Critical Habitat for the Central America, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforce- owners, and provide funds to surviving fami- Mexico, and Western North Pacific Distinct ment Administration, transmitting the Ad- lies of border patrol agents killed as a result Population Segments of Humpback Whales ministration’s final rule — Schedules of Con- of Operation Fast and Furious; to the Com- [Docket No.: 210415-0080] (RIN: 0648-BI06) re- trolled Substances: Placement of mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to ceived June 1, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Lemborexant in Schedule IV [Docket No.: the Committees on Ways and Means, and 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 DEA-600] received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 Homeland Security, for a period to be subse- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Re- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. quently determined by the Speaker, in each sources. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees case for consideration of such provisions as EC–1415. A letter from the Agency Rep- on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee resentative, United States Patent and Trade- EC–1423. A letter from the Deputy Director concerned. mark Office, Department of Commerce, and Acting Director of Privacy and Open By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Ms. transmitting the Department’s final rule — Government, Office of the Secretary, Depart- ADAMS, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. BISHOP of Changes to Representation of Others before ment of Commerce, transmitting the Depart- Georgia, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Ms. BUSH, the United States Patent and Trademark Of- ment’s final rule — Social Security Number Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. CASTOR of fice [Docket No.: PTO-C-2013-0042] (RIN: 0651- Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 Implementa- Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. AC91) received June 1, 2021, pursuant to 5 tion [Docket No.: 210329-0073] (RIN: 0605- CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. AA49) received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 Mr. COOPER, Mr. CRIST, Mr. CUELLAR, 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. Judiciary. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees ESCOBAR, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. LOIS EC–1416. A letter from the Senior Attor- on Oversight and Reform and Ways and FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. GARCIA of ney, Office of Aviation Consumer Protection, Means. Texas, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Office of the Secretary, Department of Texas, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. JACK- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- f SON LEE, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ment’s final rule — Tarmac Delay Rule REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LAWSON of [Docket No.: DOT-OST-2019-0144] (RIN: 2105- Florida, Ms. MANNING, Mrs. MCBATH, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AE47) received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. POCAN, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on committees were delivered to the Clerk ROSS, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. DAVID SCOTT Transportation and Infrastructure. for printing and reference to the proper of Georgia, Mr. SOTO, Mr. THOMPSON EC–1417. A letter from the Regulation De- calendar, as follows: of Mississippi, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. VELA, velopment Coordinator, Office of Regulation Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WIL- Policy and Management, Office of General Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Committee on Edu- LIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Flor- Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, cation and Labor. H.R. 2062. A bill to amend ida, and Mr. CONNOLLY): transmitting the Department’s interim final the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriated H.R. 3961. A bill to amend title XIX of the rule — Extension of Veterans’ Group Life In- Social Security Act to provide for a dem- surance (VGLI) Application Periods in Re- standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims, and for other onstration project under the Medicaid pro- sponse to the COVID-19 Public Health Emer- gram for political subdivisions of States to gency (RIN: 2900-AR24) received June 14, 2021, purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117–63). Referred to the Committee of the Whole provide medical assistance for the expansion pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law population under such program, and for 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- House on the state of the Union. Mr. PALLONE: Committee on Energy and other purposes; to the Committee on Energy mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. and Commerce. EC–1418. A letter from the Chief, Legal Commerce. House Joint Resolution 34. Reso- By Ms. DEAN (for herself, Mr. ARM- Processing Division, Internal Revenue Serv- lution providing for congressional dis- STRONG, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, ice, transmitting the Service’s IRB only rule approval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, — Safe harbor for taxpayers who relied on States Code, of a rule submitted by the Envi- Mr. NORCROSS, Mrs. KIM of California, IRC Notice 2020-32 and/or Revenue Ruling ronmental Protection Agency relating to Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mrs. 2020-27 [Revenue Procedure 2021-20] received ‘‘Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission AXNE, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. May 25, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modi- PERLMUTTER, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 fied Sources Review’’ (Rept. 117–64). Referred KHANNA, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and to the Committee of the Whole House on the GOODEN of Texas, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. Means. state of the Union. ´ EC–1419. A letter from the Regulations Co- Ms. WATERS: Committee on Financial VELAZQUEZ, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, ordinator, Centers for Medicare and Med- Services. H.R. 1443. A bill to amend the Mr. BANKS, Mr. BUDD, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. icaid Services, Department of Health and Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the DELBENE, Mr. MOONEY, Mrs. WAGNER, Human Services, transmitting the Depart- collection of small business loan data related Mr. BARR, Mr. STEIL, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. ment’s interim final rule — Medicare Pro- to LGBTQ-owned businesses; with an amend- GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. gram; Modification of Limitations on Redes- ment (Rept. 117–65). Referred to the Com- RESCHENTHALER, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. ignation by the Medicare Geographic Classi- mittee of the Whole House on the state of WEXTON, and Mr. GUEST): fication Review Board (MGCRB) [CMS-1762- the Union. H.R. 3962. A bill to authorize notaries pub- IFC] (RIN: 0938-AU56) received May 19, 2021, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New lic to perform, and to establish minimum pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law York: Committee on Oversight and Reform. standards for, electronic notarizations and 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the H.R. 2662. A bill to amend the Inspector Gen- remote notarizations that occur in or affect Committees on Energy and Commerce and eral Act of 1978, and for other purposes; with interstate commerce, to require any Federal Ways and Means. an amendment (Rept. 117–66, Pt. 1). Referred court to recognize notarizations performed EC–1420. A letter from the Regulations Co- to the Committee of the Whole House on the by a notarial officer of any State, to require ordinator, Center for Clinical Standards and state of the Union. any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other Quality, Department of Health and Human DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE Services, transmitting the Department’s State when the notarization was performed final rule — Medicare Program; Medicare Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the under or relates to a public Act, record, or Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) Committee on the Budget discharged judicial proceeding of the notarial officer’s and Definition of ‘‘Reasonable and Nec- from further consideration. H.R. 2662 State or when the notarization occurs in or essary’’; Delay in Effective Date [CMS-3372- referred to the Committee of the Whole affects interstate commerce, and for other F2] (RIN: 0938-AT88) received June 1, 2021, House on the state of the Union. purposes; to the Committee on Energy and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Commerce, and in addition to the Committee f 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse- Committees on Energy and Commerce and PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS quently determined by the Speaker, in each Ways and Means. case for consideration of such provisions as EC–1421. A letter from the Section Chief, Under clause 2 of rule XII, public fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforce- bills and resolutions of the following concerned.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L17JN7.000 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 By Ms. DEAN: the Treasury to update guidance on cus- H.R. 3976. A bill to provide defense and se- H.R. 3963. A bill to expand compassionate tomer identification regulations with re- curity assistance to ensure the survival of release authority and elderly home confine- spect to the use of identification cards issued Israel and its people from an existing or im- ment access for offenders with heightened by a municipality, and for other purposes; to minent military threat, and for other pur- coronavirus risk; to the Committee on the the Committee on Financial Services. poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees By Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Mr. By Mr. BUDD: on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, CA´ RDENAS): H.R. 3977. A bill to amend the Foreign As- for a period to be subsequently determined H.R. 3969. A bill to amend title XXVII of sistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the by the Speaker, in each case for consider- the Public Health Service Act to include ac- Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Lib- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- tivities to address social determinants of eration Organization, and for other purposes; risdiction of the committee concerned. health in the calculation of medical loss ra- to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Ms. SALAZAR (for herself, Mr. tios; to the Committee on Energy and Com- By Mr. BURGESS: MALINOWSKI, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. COHEN, merce. H.R. 3978. A bill to make it unlawful to Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. DIAZ- By Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Mr. send a demand letter in bad faith for a pat- BALART, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. GIMENEZ, MOULTON): ent relating to COVID-19 related products, Miss GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N, Mr. MAST, Mr. H.R. 3970. A bill to require Federal agen- and for other purposes; to the Committee on CAWTHORN, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. CRIST, cies to timely respond to right-of-way re- Energy and Commerce. Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. GREEN of Ten- quests for the build out of broadband service, By Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself nessee, Mrs. STEEL, Ms. TENNEY, and and for other purposes; to the Committee on and Mr. LONG): Ms. MALLIOTAKIS): Transportation and Infrastructure, and in H.R. 3979. A bill to establish a refund effec- H.R. 3964. A bill to require the United addition to the Committee on Natural Re- tive date for rates and charges under the States Trade Representative to submit a resources, for a period to be subsequently de- Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes; to port on the manner and extent to which termined by the Speaker, in each case for the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Nicaragua is in compliance with the Domini- consideration of such provisions as fall with- By Mr. CARTER of Georgia: can Republic-Central America-United States in the jurisdiction of the committee con- H.R. 3980. A bill to require the Secretary of Free Trade Agreement; to the Committee on cerned. Commerce and the Federal Trade Commis- Ways and Means. By Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. sion to conduct a study on facial recognition By Mr. CLYDE (for himself, Mr. MAST, HERN, and Mr. RICE of South Caro- technology, and for other purposes; to the Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. CRENSHAW, and lina): Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in H.R. 3971. A bill to amend title II of the So- Mr. PERRY): addition to the Committees on Science, H.R. 3965. A bill to designate Ansarallah as cial Security Act to prevent concurrent re- Space, and Technology, and Foreign Affairs, a foreign terrorist organization and impose ceipt of unemployment benefits and Social for a period to be subsequently determined Security disability insurance, and for other certain sanctions on Ansarallah, and for by the Speaker, in each case for consider- purposes; to the Committee on Ways and other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- Means. diciary, and in addition to the Committee on risdiction of the committee concerned. By Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse- By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. Mr. KAHELE, Mr. BACON, Mr. CASE, quently determined by the Speaker, in each FITZPATRICK, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mrs. and Mr. WOMACK): case for consideration of such provisions as H.R. 3972. A bill to support the diplomatic, HAYES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee economic, and physical space of Taiwan, and LYNCH, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCHA- concerned. for other purposes; to the Committee on For- KOWSKY, and Ms. WILD): By Mr. CLYDE (for himself, Mr. BABIN, eign Affairs, and in addition to the Com- H.R. 3981. A bill to amend the Older Ameri- Mr. MANN, Mr. EMMER, Mr. VAN mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be cans Act of 1965 to authorize a national net- DREW, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. MAST, Mr. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in work of Statewide senior legal hotlines, and DESJARLAIS, Mr. BISHOP of North each case for consideration of such provi- for other purposes; to the Committee on Carolina, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CARTER sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor. of Texas, and Mr. BOST): committee concerned. By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself H.R. 3966. A bill to prohibit the United By Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. PERRY, and Mr. POSEY): H.R. 3982. A bill to amend the Federal States from rejoining the Joint Comprehen- Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. STEWART, Mr. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the sive Plan of Action (JCPOA) until the Presi- MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MANN, Mrs. Food and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction dent makes certain certifications, and for BOEBERT, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, over certain tobacco products, and to protect other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign and Ms. CHENEY): Affairs. H.R. 3973. A bill to amend the Endangered jobs and small businesses involved in the By Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mrs. Species Act of 1973 to provide for improved sale, manufacturing, and distribution of tra- LURIA, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. precision in the listing, delisting, and ditional and premium cigars; to the Com- TRONE, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. LEVIN of downlisting of endangered species and poten- mittee on Energy and Commerce. California, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. LAMB, tially endangered species; to the Committee By Mr. CAWTHORN (for himself, Mr. Mr. BROWN, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. UNDER- on Natural Resources. TIFFANY, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. HERRELL, WOOD, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, and Mr. WEBER of Texas): ALLRED, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LOIS Mr. KILDEE, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. MOORE H.R. 3983. A bill to direct the Secretary of FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. RYAN, Mr. of Wisconsin, Mr. KIND, Mr. Homeland Security to issue regulations with MCGOVERN, Mr. HARDER of California, HORSFORD, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SCHNEI- respect to the optional practical training Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KILMER, Mr. DER, Mr. BEYER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. program, and for other purposes; to the Com- SOTO, Ms. MENG, Ms. STRICKLAND, SUOZZI, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. CHU, Mr. mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to and Ms. SPANBERGER): EVANS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- the Committee on Education and Labor, for H.R. 3967. A bill to improve health care and nois, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. a period to be subsequently determined by benefits for veterans exposed to toxic sub- SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of the Speaker, in each case for consideration stances, and for other purposes; to the Com- Pennsylvania, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HIG- of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition GINS of New York, Mr. LARSON of tion of the committee concerned. to the Committee on Armed Services, for a Connecticut, and Mr. THOMPSON of By Mr. CRENSHAW: period to be subsequently determined by the California): H.R. 3984. A bill to amend title 28, United Speaker, in each case for consideration of H.R. 3974. A bill to extend the trade adjust- States Code, to provide a civil action against such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- ment assistance program, and for other pur- a foreign state for deliberate concealment or tion of the committee concerned. poses; to the Committee on Ways and Means. distortion of information with respect to an By Mr. TORRES of New York (for him- By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, international public health emergency, and self, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. BEYER, Ms. CHU, Mr. DANNY K. for other purposes; to the Committee on the Mr. MEEKS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO- DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. Judiciary. NEY of New York, Ms. CLARKE of New DOGGETT, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Ms. By Mr. CROW (for himself, Mrs. MUR- York, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, PHY of Florida, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. and Ms. SEWELL): GALLEGO, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. WALTZ, MENG, Mr. JEFFRIES, and Mr. BOW- H.R. 3975. A bill to amend the Trade Act of Mr. BACON, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. KIM MAN): 1974 to modify and extend the Generalized of New Jersey, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, H.R. 3968. A bill to require the Board of System of Preferences, to amend the Har- Mr. STANTON, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. BERA, Governors of the Federal Reserve System, monized Tariff Schedule of the United States Mr. WELCH, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. JACOBS of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and for other purposes; to the Committee on DUNN, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. LAMB, the National Credit Union Administration, Ways and Means. Ms. DEAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- the Office of the Comptroller of the Cur- By Mr. BUDD (for himself and Mr. fornia, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. TAYLOR, and rency, and the United States Department of MURPHY of North Carolina): Mr. WENSTRUP):

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A bill to expand access to grad- (for himself, Mr. HIGGINS of New GHER, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. uate education by amending the Federal Pell York, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. BALDERSON, Mr. GOHMERT, Mrs. Grant program to include postbaccalaureate SEWELL, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, HARSHBARGER, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GON- study; to the Committee on Education and and Mr. KILDEE): ZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsyl- Labor. H.R. 3986. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- vania, Mr. CARL, Mrs. RODGERS of By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for enue Code of 1986 to improve the work oppor- Washington, Mr. WENSTRUP, and Mr. himself, Mr. REED, Mr. BLUMENAUER, tunity tax credit with respect to workforce STEIL): Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. development and foster care transition H.R. 3994. A bill to amend title 38, United HIGGINS of New York, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. youth, and for other purposes; to the Com- States Code, to extend the authorization pe- MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. FERGUSON, mittee on Ways and Means. riod for emergency treatment in non-Depart- Mr. ESTES, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mrs. MIL- By Ms. DELAURO: ment of Veterans Affairs medical facilities LER of West Virginia, Mr. HERN, Mr. H.R. 3987. A bill to prohibit the award of under the Veterans Community Care Pro- KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. RICE of Federal Government contracts to inverted gram; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- South Carolina, and Mr. WENSTRUP): domestic corporations, and for other pur- fairs. H.R. 4003. A bill to amend title II of the So- poses; to the Committee on Oversight and By Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio (for himself cial Security Act to eliminate work dis- Reform, and in addition to the Committee on and Mrs. LURIA): incentives for childhood disability bene- Armed Services, for a period to be subse- H.R. 3995. A bill to direct the Secretary of ficiaries; to the Committee on Ways and quently determined by the Speaker, in each Energy to submit to Congress a report on the Means. case for consideration of such provisions as global nuclear leadership of the United By Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mr. BABIN, fall within the jurisdiction of the committee States; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. LAMALFA, and concerned. and in addition to the Committee on Energy Mr. ROSE): By Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Mr. WIL- and Commerce, for a period to be subse- H.R. 4004. A bill to prohibit Federal fund- SON of South Carolina, Ms. TITUS, Mr. quently determined by the Speaker, in each ing for institutions of higher education that MCGOVERN, Ms. JACOBS of California, case for consideration of such provisions as have partnerships with schools or other or- Mr. SIRES, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee ganizations funded by North Korea, and for MOULTON, Ms. BASS, and Mr. concerned. other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign FITZPATRICK): Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on By Mrs. HARTZLER (for herself, Ms. H.R. 3988. A bill to enhance mental health Education and Labor, for a period to be sub- BASS, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. and psychosocial support within United sequently determined by the Speaker, in GROTHMAN, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. States foreign assistance programs; to the each case for consideration of such provi- BACON, Ms. SALAZAR, Mrs. WAGNER, Committee on Foreign Affairs. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mrs. DINGELL: Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. committee concerned. H.R. 3989. A bill to amend the consumer STAUBER, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. product safety laws to repeal of exclusion of KATKO, Mr. LANGEVIN, and Mr. OWENS, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Mrs. pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from GARBARINO): the definition of consumer product under AXNE): H.R. 4005. A bill to direct the Director of such laws; to the Committee on Energy and H.R. 3996. A bill to amend the Omnibus the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu- Commerce. Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to rity Agency to establish a School Cybersecu- By Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Ms. include an additional permissible use of rity Improvement Program, and for other KUSTER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. amounts provided as grants under the Byrne purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Se- KATKO): JAG program, and for other purposes; to the curity, and in addition to the Committee on H.R. 3990. A bill to ban the use of inten- Committee on the Judiciary. Education and Labor, for a period to be sub- tionally added perfluoroalkyl or By Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Mr. sequently determined by the Speaker, in polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics; to BACON, and Ms. ROSS): each case for consideration of such provi- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 3997. A bill to amend the Richard B. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. Russell National School Lunch Act to en- committee concerned. PERRY, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. hance direct certification under the school By Mr. MORELLE: BABIN, Mrs. GREENE of Georgia, Mrs. lunch program; to the Committee on Edu- H.R. 4006. A bill to require original equip- MCCLAIN, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. cation and Labor. ment manufacturers of digital electronic CAWTHORN): By Mr. HICE of Georgia (for himself, equipment to make available certain docu- H.R. 3991. A bill to require that any person Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, mentation, diagnostic, and repair informa- that maintains an internet website or that and Mr. JACKSON): tion to independent repair providers, and for sells or distributes a mobile application that H.R. 3998. A bill to require the Bureau of other purposes; to the Committee on Energy maintains and stores information collected Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and Commerce. from such website or application in China to to make video recordings of the examination By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina (for disclose that such information is stored and and testing of firearms and ammunition, and himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. STEUBE, maintained in the People’s Republic of China for other purposes; to the Committee on the Mr. BABIN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. C. SCOTT and whether the Chinese Communist Party Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee FRANKLIN of Florida, Ms. TENNEY, or a Chinese state-owned entity has access to on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. JOYCE of Penn- such information; to the Committee on En- quently determined by the Speaker, in each sylvania, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. ergy and Commerce. case for consideration of such provisions as GROTHMAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FITZ- By Ms. GARCIA of Texas: fall within the jurisdiction of the committee GERALD, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. MILLER- H.R. 3992. A bill to amend the Age Dis- concerned. MEEKS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. TIF- crimination in Employment Act of 1967 pro- By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for FANY, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. JACKSON, hibit employers from limiting, segregating, himself and Mr. O’HALLERAN): Mr. BUDD, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. MANN, or classifying applicants for employment; to H.R. 3999. A bill to appropriately limit the and Mr. JORDAN): the Committee on Education and Labor. size of the population required for urban H.R. 4007. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- By Ms. GARCIA of Texas (for herself, areas of metropolitan statistical areas; to cation Act of 1965 to ensure that public insti- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New the Committee on Oversight and Reform. tutions of higher education eschew policies York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ESPAILLAT, By Mr. KINZINGER: that improperly constrain the expressive Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. JOHNSON of H.R. 4000. A bill to require any person that rights of students, and to ensure that private Georgia, Mr. RUSH, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. maintains an internet website or that sells institutions of higher education are trans- MENG, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. or distributes a mobile application that is parent about, and responsible for, their cho- MCGOVERN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. POCAN, owned, wholly or partially, by the Chinese sen speech policies; to the Committee on Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. Communist Party or by a non-state owned Education and Labor. PETERS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. DEMINGS, entity located in the People’s Republic of By Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself and Mr. RASKIN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. China, to disclose that fact to any individual Mr. O’HALLERAN): NEGUSE, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. JACOBS of who downloads or otherwise uses such appli- H.R. 4008. A bill to amend the Public California, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SIRES, cation; to the Committee on Energy and Health Service Act to provide for the estab- Ms. LEE of California, and Mr. Commerce. lishment of a virtual health pilot program to CA´ RDENAS): By Mr. KINZINGER: facilitate utilization of remote patient moni- H.R. 3993. A bill to ensure the humane H.R. 4001. A bill to require online retailers toring technology to maintain or expand ac- treatment of pregnant women by reinstating to prominently disclose product country-of- cess to health care services for individuals in

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rural areas, and for other purposes; to the By Mrs. TORRES of California (for her- NORMAN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. VAN DREW, Committee on Energy and Commerce. self, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. By Ms. NORTON: and Mr. COHEN): GREEN of Tennessee, Mrs. HINSON, H.R. 4009. A bill to authorize the George- H.R. 4017. A bill to authorize appropria- Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. town African American Historic Landmark tions for the Department of State for fiscal MACE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. C. Project and Tour to establish a commemora- years 2021 through 2023 to provide assistance SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. tive work in the District of Columbia and its to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras BURCHETT, Mr. HUDSON, Ms. environs, and for other purposes; to the Com- through bilateral compacts to increase pro- MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. EMMER, and Ms. mittee on Natural Resources. tection of women and children in their CHENEY): By Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mrs. homes and communities and reduce female H. Res. 484. A resolution expressing the WALORSKI, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. WENSTRUP, homicides, domestic violence, and sexual as- sense of the House of Representatives that and Ms. SPEIER): sault; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. the United States should not waive intellec- H.R. 4010. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. VALADAO (for himself, Mr. tual property rights relating to COVID-19 enue Code of 1986 to include fuel cells using MCCARTHY, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. GARCIA vaccines or treatments; to the Committee on electromechanical processes for purposes of of California, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. KIM of the Judiciary. California, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. the energy tax credit; to the Committee on MCCLINTOCK, Mr. NUNES, and Mrs. f Ways and Means. STEEL): By Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY H.R. 4018. A bill to provide drought relief STATEMENT OMAR, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. BUSH, Mr. in the State of California, and for other pur- JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LEE of Cali- poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of fornia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-COR- sources. the Rules of the House of Representa- TEZ, and Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois): By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. tives, the following statements are sub- H.R. 4011. A bill to divert Federal funding TAKANO, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- away from supporting the presence of police mitted regarding the specific powers nois, Mr. JONES, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. LEE granted to Congress in the Constitu- in schools and toward evidence-based and of California, Ms. NORTON, Ms. tion to enact the accompanying bill or trauma informed services that address the PRESSLEY, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Ms. WILSON needs of marginalized students and improve of Florida, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, joint resolution. academic outcomes, and for other purposes; Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. JACKSON By Mrs. GREENE of Georgia: to the Committee on Education and Labor, LEE, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. CARSON): H.R. 3960. and in addition to the Committee on the Ju- H.R. 4019. A bill to amend title 28, United Congress has the power to enact this legis- diciary, for a period to be subsequently de- States Code, to adjust the penalty for unjust lation pursuant to the following: termined by the Speaker, in each case for conviction and imprisonment, and for other Article I, Section 8 of the United States consideration of such provisions as fall with- purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- Constitution. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- ary. By Mr. DOGGETT: cerned. By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for her- H.R. 3961. By Mr. ROSENDALE: self, Ms. BUSH, Ms. MOORE of Wis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4012. A bill to amend title XVIII of the consin, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, lation pursuant to the following: Social Security Act to permanently include Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the certain HCPCS codes as telehealth services Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. LEE of California, United States Constitution. under such title, and for other purposes; to Ms. OMAR, Mr. BOWMAN, and Ms. By Ms. DEAN: the Committee on Energy and Commerce, TLAIB): H.R. 3962. and in addition to the Committee on Ways H.R. 4020. A bill to reform United States Congress has the power to enact this legis- and Means, for a period to be subsequently drug policy, and for other purposes; to the lation pursuant to the following: determined by the Speaker, in each case for Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition Section I, Article 8 consideration of such provisions as fall with- to the Committees on Energy and Com- By Ms. DEAN: in the jurisdiction of the committee con- merce, Oversight and Reform, Financial H.R. 3963. cerned. Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. PERRY, House Administration, Armed Services, and lation pursuant to the following: Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. POSEY, Mr. the Budget, for a period to be subsequently Article I, Section 8 HARRIS, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. determined by the Speaker, in each case for By Ms. SALAZAR: GOOD of Virginia, Mr. CLOUD, Mrs. consideration of such provisions as fall with- H.R. 3964. BOEBERT, and Mr. GREEN of Ten- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- nessee): cerned. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4013. A bill to end the emergency in- By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for Article 1 Section 8 crease in unemployment compensation bene- himself and Mrs. LURIA): By Mr. CLYDE: fits, and for other purposes; to the Com- H.R. 4021. A bill to amend title 10, United H.R. 3965. mittee on Ways and Means. States Code, to establish the Exceptional Congress has the power to enact this legis- Family Member Program Advisory Council By Mr. RUIZ (for himself, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: of the Department of Defense, and for other Article I, Section 8 BUCSHON, Ms. SEWELL, and Mr. purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- By Mr. CLYDE: WENSTRUP): ices. H.R. 3966. H.R. 4014. A bill to provide for a new build- By Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for her- Congress has the power to enact this legis- ing period with respect to the cap on full- self, Ms. BUSH, Ms. BASS, Ms. NOR- lation pursuant to the following: time equivalent residents for purposes of TON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. Article I, Section 8 payment for graduate medical education DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. By Mr. TAKANO: costs under the Medicare program for certain HUFFMAN, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CARSON, H.R. 3967. hospitals that have established a shortage Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- specialty program; to the Committee on CLEAVER, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, lation pursuant to the following: Ways and Means, and in addition to the Com- Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GREEN of This bill is enacted pursuant to the power mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a pe- Texas, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. granted to Congress under Article I; Section riod to be subsequently determined by the HAYES, and Mr. TORRES of New 8, Claus 18 of the United States Constitution. Speaker, in each case for consideration of York): By Mr. TORRES of New York: such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- H.J. Res. 53. A joint resolution proposing H.R. 3968. tion of the committee concerned. an amendment to the Constitution of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Mr. United States to prohibit the use of slavery lation pursuant to the following: MEIJER, and Ms. SPANBERGER): and involuntary servitude as a punishment Article I, section 8; H.R. 4015. A bill to amend subtitle A of for a crime; to the Committee on the Judici- By Mr. CURTIS: title II of division A of the CARES Act to ary. H.R. 3969. support workers as they re-enter the labor By Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mrs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- force by providing a newly employed worker WALORSKI, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. SPARTZ, lation pursuant to the following: allowance, and for other purposes; to the Mr. PENCE, Mr. CARSON, and Mr. HOL- Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Committee on Ways and Means. LINGSWORTH): Constitution By Mr. SMUCKER: H. Res. 483. A resolution recognizing the By Mr. CURTIS: H.R. 4016. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- 125th Anniversary of the Indiana Veterans’ H.R. 3970. enue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the use Home; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- Congress has the power to enact this legis- of certain electric highway vehicles to fund fairs. lation pursuant to the following: the Highway Trust Fund; to the Committee By Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself, Article 1, Section 8 of the United States on Ways and Means. Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. Constitution.

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I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Con- By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws gress with the power to ‘‘lay and collect H.R. 3981. which shall be necessary and proper for car- Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises to pay Congress has the power to enact this legis- rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, the Debts and provide for the common lation pursuant to the following: and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- Defence and general Welfare of the United Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to tion in the Government of the United States, States.’’ the power of Congress to regulate Commerce or in any Department or Officer thereof. By Mr. BERA: with foreign Nations, and among the several By Ms. GARCIA of Texas: H.R. 3972. States, and with the Indian Tribes.) H.R. 3993. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. CASTOR of Florida: Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3982. lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8: Powers of the Congress Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. By Mr. BIGGS: lation pursuant to the following: Constitution H.R. 3973. Article 1, Section 8 of the United States By Mr. GIBBS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution H.R. 3994. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. CAWTHORN: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1. H.R. 3983. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. BLUMENAUER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 3974. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8 H.R. 3995. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. CRENSHAW: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 H.R. 3984. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. BLUMENAUER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- To make all Laws which shall be necessary H.R. 3975. and proper for carrying into Execution the Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8: foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- lation pursuant to the following: ‘‘Provide for the common Defence and gen- ed by this Constitution in the Government of Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 the United States, or in any Department of By Mr. BUDD: eral Welfare of the United States’’ ‘‘To make all Laws which shall be nec- Officer thereof. H.R. 3976. By Mrs. HARTZLER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- essary and proper for carrying into Execu- tion the foregoing Powers.’’ H.R. 3996. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause II. ‘‘The Con- By Mr. CROW: H.R. 3985. lation pursuant to the following: gress shall have power to declar War’’ Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14 . ‘‘The Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mrs. HAYES: gress shall have power to make rules for the lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, United States Con- H.R. 3997. government and regulation of the land and Congress has the power to enact this legis- naval Forces.’’ stitution. By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois: lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. ‘‘The Con- Article 1 Section 8 gress shall have power to make all laws H.R. 3986. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. HICE of Georgia: which shall be necessary and proper for car- H.R. 3998. lation pursuant to the following: rying into execution the foregoing powers, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I of the Constitution and its subse- and all other powers vested by this Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: quent amendments and further clarified and tion in the Government of the United States, Actricle 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- interpreted by the Supreme Court of the or in any department or dfficer thereof.’’ stitution states that Congress shall have the United States. By Mr. BUDD: Power ‘‘To regulate Commerce with foreign By Ms. DeLAURO: H.R. 3977. Nations, and among the several States . . .’’ H.R. 3987. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota: Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3999. Article I section I, which includes an im- lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8 of the United States plied power for the Congress to regulate the lation pursuant to the following: conduct of the United States with respect to Constitution. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power foreign affairs. By Mr. DEUTCH: granted to Congress under Article I, Section By Mr. BURGESS: H.R. 3988. 8 of the United States Consitution. H.R. 3978. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. KINZINGER: Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4000. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Congress has the power to enact this legis- The authority granted to Congress to regu- Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution. lation pursuant to the following: late patent and intellectual property law is By Mrs. DINGELL: Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3 (Commerce derived from Article I, Section 8, clause 8 of H.R. 3989. Clause); and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 the Constitution, providing the legislature Congress has the power to enact this legis- (Necessary and Proper Clause). with the power to ‘‘promote the progress of lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. KINZINGER: science and useful arts, by securing for lim- The constitutional authority of Congress H.R. 4001. ited times to authors and inventors the ex- to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- Congress has the power to enact this legis- clusive right to their respective writings and cle I, section 8 of the United States Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: discoveries,’’ Further, the Necessary and tion. Article I, Sec, 8; Clause 3 (Commerce Proper Clause found in Article I, Section 8, By Mrs. DINGELL: Clause); and Article I; Section 8, Clause 18 clause 18, provides Congress with the power H.R. 3990. (Necessary and Proper Clause) to ‘‘make all laws which shall be necessary Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. KUSTER: and proper for carrying into execution the lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4002. foregoing powers, and all other powers vest- The Constitutional authority of Congress Congress has the power to enact this legis- ed by this Constitution in the government of to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- lation pursuant to the following: the United States, or in any department or cle I, Section 8 of the United States Con- Article I, Section 8, Clause I officer thereof;’’ stitution. By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut: By Mr. BUTTERFIELD: By Mr. DUNCAN: H.R. 4003. H.R. 3979. H.R. 3991. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Con- Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 gives Con- stitution: To make all laws which shall be Constitution, Congress has the power to col- gress the specific power to regulate com- necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- lect taxes and expend funds to provide for merce with other nations. This bill seeks to cution the powers enumerated under section the general welfare of the United States. regulate one small portion of commerce, 8 and all other Powers vested by the Con- Congress may also make laws that are nec- namely protecting the data of American citi- stitution in the Government of the United essary and proper for carrying into execution zens from companies who might store that States, or in any Department or Officer their powers enumerated under Article I. data in China or allow the government of the thereof. By Mr. CARTER of Georgia: Chinese Communist Party to have access to By Mrs. LESKO: H.R. 3980. that data. H.R. 4004.

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mrs. TORRES of California: H.R. 852: Mr. PAPPAS. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4017. H.R. 884: Mr. CASE. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1—The Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 890: Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. HERN, and Mr. gress shall have Power to lay and collect lation pursuant to the following: GARBARINO. Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause H.R. 933: Mr. GOOD of Virginia. the Debts and provide for the common 18: of the United States Constitution, seen H.R. 1011: Mr. LATURNER, Mr. NUNES, and Defence and general Welfare of the United below, this bill falls within the Constitu- Mr. YOUNG. States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises tional Authority of the United States Con- H.R. 1012: Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. OMAR, and Mr. shall be uniform throughout the United gress. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. States. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all H.R. 1016: Miss RICE of New York. By Ms. MATSUI: Laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 1117: Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 4005. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- H.R. 1131: Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. STEWART, Congress has the power to enact this legis- ers; and all other Powers vested by this Con- and Mr. HICE of Georgia. lation pursuant to the following: stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 1145: Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. GARBARINO, Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution States, or in any Department or Officer and Mr. PERLMUTTER. By Mr. MORELLE: thereof. H.R. 1179: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of H.R. 4006. By Mr. VALADAO: New York. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4018. H.R. 1182: Ms. MCCOLLUM. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1183: Ms. MCCOLLUM. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1240: Ms. SPANBERGER. granted to Congress under Article I, Section Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all H.R. 1283: Ms. CRAIG. 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 1297: Mr. VALADAO. By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina: carrying out into Execution the foregoing H.R. 1368: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 4007. Powers, and all other Powers vested by this H.R. 1394: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. MATSUI, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution in the Government of the Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. THOMPSON of lation pursuant to the following: United States, or in any Department or of- California, and Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States fice thereof. Pennsylvania. Constitution By Ms. WATERS: H.R. 1456: Ms. STRICKLAND. By Mr. NEWHOUSE: H.R. 4019. H.R. 1474: Mr. DELGADO. H.R. 4008. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1577: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. COLE, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: CA´ RDENAS, Mr. CURTIS, and Mr. PAPPAS. lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. H.R. 1581: Ms. BUSH, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Article 1, Section 9, United States Con- Constitution and Article 1, Section 9, clause Mr. LAMB, Ms. STRICKLAND, and Mr. stitution 7 of the U.S. Constitution. GARAMENDI. By Ms. NORTON: By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN: H.R. 1582: Mrs. DEMINGS. H.R. 4009. H.R. 4020. H.R. 1596: Mr. CASE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1630: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1661: Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. NORTON, clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Mr. KATKO, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. CASE, Mr. Constitution. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for HARDER of California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, By Mr. PANETTA: carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Mr. ALLRED, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, H.R. 4010. Miss GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N, and Mr. PHILLIPS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 1749: Mr. BOST. lation pursuant to the following: stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 1800: Ms. PINGREE. Artic1e I, Section 8, clause 18 States, or in any Department or Officer H.R. 1815: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HORSFORD, By Ms. PRESSLEY: thereof. and Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 4011. By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4021. H.R. 1829: Mrs. AXNE. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1915: Ms. SCANLON. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1957: Ms. WILD. States Constitution. Article 1, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 1977: Mr. BROOKS and Mr. ARMSTRONG. By Mr. ROSENDALE: Constitution. H.R. 2011: Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 4012. By Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia: H.R. 2012: Ms. BONAMICI. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.J. Res. 53. H.R. 2062: Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. KEATING, lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. PETERS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. Article 1, Section 8 of the United States lation pursuant to the following: PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. PHILLIPS. Constitution. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 2094: Mr. TRONE and Mr. TIMMONS. By Mr. ROY: granted to Congress under Article I, Section H.R. 2108: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. H.R. 4013. 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- H.R. 2119: Ms. ROSS, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion. SARBANES, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: f NEGUSE, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. CICILLINE. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United H.R. 2126: Mr. UPTON. States Constitution—to make all Laws ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 2144: Mr. SWALWELL. which shall be necessary and proper for car- Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 2154: Ms. MANNING and Mr. SUOZZI. rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, H.R. 2184: Mr. DESAULNIER. were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 2238: Mr. RUSH. and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- tions, as follows: tion in the Government of the United States, H.R. 2249: Mr. HORSFORD and Mr. or any Department or Officer thereof. H.R. 18: Mr. HILL. GARBARINO. By Mr. RUIZ: H.R. 263: Mrs. TRAHAN. H.R. 2255: Mr. WELCH and Ms. SLOTKIN. H.R. 4014. H.R. 426: Mr. JACKSON. H.R. 2258: Mrs. MCCLAIN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 503: Ms. BASS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. DIN- H.R. 2269: Mr. ZELDIN. lation pursuant to the following: GELL, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. H.R. 2307: Mr. LAWSON of Florida and Mr. Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAP- HUFFMAN. United States Constitution, to provide for TUR, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY H.R. 2325: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. NORTON, the general welfare and make all laws nec- of New York, Ms. MENG, Ms. NORTON, Ms. and Mr. RESCHENTHALER. essary and proper to carry out the powers of SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, H.R. 2328: Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. Congress. Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. UNDERWOOD, CARBAJAL, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. By Ms. SHERRILL: and Ms. WILSON of Florida. HIGGINS of New York, Mrs. MURPHY of Flor- H.R. 4015. H.R. 605: Mr. LUETKEMEYER. ida, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 653: Mr. LIEU. VARGAS, and Ms. Vela´ zquez. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 735: Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. H.R. 2362: Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. KILMER, Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the NUNES, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. Mr. CRENSHAW, and Mr. KIM of New Jersey. Constitution of the United States of America AGUILAR, Mr. RUIZ, Mrs. STEEL, and Mr. H.R. 2372: Mr. EMMER. By Mr. SMUCKER: LEVIN of California. H.R. 2374: Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. BACON, Mr. H.R. 4016. H.R. 761: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER and Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- STAUBER. VAN DREW, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. MANN, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 818: Mr. SMUCKER. COLE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. KELLER, Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of H.R. 825: Mrs. NAPOLITANO and Mr. Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. MOORE of the United States. KHANNA. Utah, and Mr. NORMAN.

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H.R. 2385: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 3165: Ms. PORTER. H.R. 3630: Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. H.R. 2399: Mrs. AXNE. H.R. 3187: Mr. LOWENTHAL. MACE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. H.R. 2447: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. H.R. 3222: Ms. NORTON, Mr. CLEAVER, and LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. LARSON of Ms. KUSTER. LOUDERMILK, Mr. CRIST, Mr. WELCH, Mr. LAN- Connecticut, Ms. HOULAHAN, and Mr. H.R. 3246: Ms. MCCOLLUM. GEVIN, Mr. GALLAGHER, and Ms. SPANBERGER. HAGEDORN. H.R. 3247: Ms. SCANLON. H.R. 3648: Mrs. HAYES. H.R. 3256: Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. GAETZ, and H.R. 2467: Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. DEGETTE, and H.R. 3703: Mr. CASE. Mr. KELLER. Mr. COOPER. H.R. 3732: Mr. KAHELE. H.R. 3294: Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. H.R. 2486: Mrs. HARTZLER. H.R. 3778: Mr. POCAN and Ms. JACOBS of OMAR, Ms. WATERS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALO- H.R. 2502: Mr. CARSON, Mr. LARSEN of California. NEY of New York, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Washington, and Mrs. AXNE. H.R. 3780: Mr. TONKO, Ms. SCHRIER, and Mr. Mr. EVANS, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and H.R. 2503: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CLEAVER. Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. SUOZZI, and Mr. KILDEE. H.R. 3790: Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 3335: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 2517: Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. H.R. 3791: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- H.R. 3341: Mr. BUCHANAN. BACON, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BOST, and Mr. H.R. 3355: Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. HIGGINS of sylvania. EMMER. New York, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. H.R. 3796: Mr. STEUBE. H.R. 2549: Mr. BROWN. HORSFORD, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. H.R. 3800: Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. LEGER H.R. 2573: Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WIL- FERNANDEZ, and Mr. AGUILAR. EMMER, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. KUSTOFF, Ms. SON of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. H.R. 3807: Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CLARKE of New TENNEY, Mr. ROSE, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. COSTA, ALLRED, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. York, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. LIEU, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. ESCOBAR, LOWENTHAL, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. JACOBS of Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. PALLONE, and Ms. Mr. CASE, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mrs. WATERS. DESAULNIER. HAYES, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. H.R. 3811: Mr. VAN DREW. H.R. 2585: Ms. CHENEY. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. CARTER of H.R. 3820: Mr. GIBBS and Mr. HIGGINS of H.R. 2586: Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. Louisiana, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. GONZALEZ of Louisiana. NORCROSS, Mr. LAMB, Mr. SUOZZI, and Mr. Ohio, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. H.R. 3823: Mr. WITTMAN. NADLER. BUDD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VEASEY, H.R. 3829: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. H.R. 2648: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. H.R. 3834: Ms. JAYAPAL and Mr. MORELLE. H.R. 2654: Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. EVANS, Ms. AXNE, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. SIRES, Miss RICE of H.R. 3843: Mr. AMODEI. LETLOW, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. New York, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. SMITH of Wash- H.R. 3867: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 2724: Mr. BOWMAN. TRICKLAND ASSERMAN H.R. 3875: Mrs. KIM of California. H.R. 2734: Ms. WILD and Mr. SWALWELL. ington, Ms. S , Ms. W SCHULTZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. TRONE, Ms. H.R. 3901: Mr. STEUBE. H.R. 2748: Ms. CRAIG, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mrs. H.R. 3926: Mr. TIMMONS. TORRES of California, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. WILD, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KILMER, Mr. H.R. 3959: Ms. NORTON. FEENSTRA, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. STEIL, Mrs. H.J. Res. 29: Mr. KHANNA. HINSON, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. COHEN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MACE, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- H.J. Res. 50: Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. LUETKE- JONES, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. BOST. MEYER, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, and Mrs. H.R. 2759: Mr. MOORE of Utah. vania, and Ms. WATERS. H.R. 3369: Mr. EMMER. LESKO. H.R. 2774: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H.R. 3377: Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. H. Con. Res. 19: Mrs. TRAHAN. H.R. 2840: Mrs. DEMINGS. H.R. 3408: Mr. SIRES. H. Con. Res. 31: Mr. SAN NICOLAS. H.R. 2859: Ms. WILSON of Florida. H.R. 3435: Mrs. MCCLAIN. H. Res. 47: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. H.R. 2900: Mr. CARSON, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, H.R. 3440: Mr. PAYNE and Ms. STRICKLAND. H. Res. 117: Mr. ALLRED. AN REW and Mr. V D . H.R. 3443: Mrs. AXNE, Mr. THOMPSON of H. Res. 118: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2901: Mr. CASE and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Pennsylvania, and Mr. CARBAJAL. H. Res. 121: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER and Mr. H.R. 2903: Mr. EVANS, Ms. MOORE of Wis- H.R. 3446: Mr. SUOZZI and Mr. GREEN of BROWN. consin, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. Texas. H. Res. 225: Ms. SLOTKIN. HERRERA BEUTLER, and Mr. MOOLENAAR. H.R. 3488: Ms. WILD and Ms. BASS. H. Res. 413: Mr. RASKIN. H.R. 2931: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- H.R. 3491: Mr. COOPER. H. Res. 469: Mr. BILIRAKIS. sylvania and Mr. SOTO. H.R. 3515: Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mrs. H. Res. 471: Ms. STEFANIK. H.R. 2974: Ms. STRICKLAND and Ms. MENG. HARTZLER, and Mr. PENCE. H.R. 2991: Mr. JONES, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- H.R. 3537: Mr. STAUBER, Mr. f gia, and Ms. STRICKLAND. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SLOTKIN, H.R. 3044: Mrs. LURIA. Mr. SARBANES, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. DISCHARGE PETITIONS— H.R. 3046: Mr. WITTMAN. SPANBERGER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KHANNA, ADDITIONS AND WITHDRAWALS H.R. 3048: Mr. BLUMENAUER and Mr. CASE. Mr. MANN, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK The following Members added their H.R. 3054: Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. TORRES of MALONEY of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of names to the following discharge peti- New York, Mr. DESAULNIER, and Mr. CARSON. Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. NADLER, tions: H.R. 3076: Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. BACON, Mr. Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. MCNERNEY, and Mrs. WAT- HORSFORD, and Mr. VALADAO. SON COLEMAN. Petition 1 by Mrs. CAMMACK on House H.R. 3104: Ms. LETLOW and Mr. TIFFANY. H.R. 3541: Mr. CARBAJAL. Resolution 274: Mr. Crenshaw. H.R. 3109: Mr. TIMMONS. H.R. 3554: Mr. COMER. Petition 2 by Mr. ROY on House Resolution H.R. 3134: Mr. MOOLENAAR and Mr. WITT- H.R. 3622: Ms. STRICKLAND and Mr. BLU- 216: Mr. Rouzer, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. MAN. MENAUER. Guthrie.

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Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 No. 106 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was appoint the Honorable JACKY ROSEN, a Sen- INFRASTRUCTURE called to order by the Honorable JACKY ator from the State of Nevada, to perform the duties of the Chair. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, on ROSEN, a Senator from the State of Ne- another issue, infrastructure, despite a vada. PATRICK J. LEAHY, President pro tempore. consensus in Washington that America f needs more investment in our infra- Ms. ROSEN thereupon assumed the PRAYER structure, it has been decades since Chair as Acting President pro tempore. Congress passed a stand-alone bill to The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f address the issue. This Congress is fered the following prayer: RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME working hard to remedy that fact. Let us pray. As I have repeated, discussions about Eternal God, although we cannot see The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- infrastructure are moving forward You with our eyes or touch You with pore. Under the previous order, the along two tracks. One is bipartisan, our hands, we have experienced the re- leadership time is reserved. and the second deals with components ality of Your might and majesty. Every f of the American jobs and families plan, time we hear a newborn baby cry or which we will consider even if it lacks touch a leaf or see the sky, we know RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER bipartisan support—though, I would why we believe. note that a recent poll showed that Lord, send Your spirit to fill the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- President Biden’s infrastructure and hearts of our Senators. As they journey pore. The majority leader is recog- family plan is broadly popular. Nearly toward eternity, may they walk, Lord, nized. 70 percent of Americans support Presi- this day on the path You have pro- f dent Biden’s infrastructure plan. More vided. Give them a passion to glorify AFFORDABLE CARE ACT than 60 percent support additional sup- You in their thoughts, words, and port for American families. deeds. Provide them with the wisdom Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, Now, despite some overdramatized to embrace truth, honor, gentleness, ever since Democrats passed the Af- punditry, the truth is both tracks are and humility. fordable Care Act, expanding health moving forward very well, and both We pray in Your righteous Name. coverage and access to tens of millions tracks need each other. So we want to Amen. of Americans, we have had to fight work with our Republican colleagues f tooth and nail to preserve the law from on infrastructure where we have com- partisan Republican attacks. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE mon ground, and Democrats believe we For more than a decade, the assault have other priorities that the Senate The Presiding Officer led the Pledge on our healthcare law was relentless must consider above and beyond a bi- of Allegiance, as follows: from Republicans in Congress, from the partisan infrastructure bill, not the I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the executive branch itself and from Re- least of which is addressing the urgent United States of America, and to the Repub- publican attorneys general in the challenge of climate change. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, courts. In a landmark vote, we in the indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Yesterday, I convened all 11 Members Senate prevented the Republicans from of the Senate Budget Committee to dis- f repealing the ACA in 2017. cuss the reconciliation track. And APPOINTMENT OF ACTING Each time, in each arena, the Afford- today, I will convene the group of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE able Care Act has prevailed, and once Democrats negotiating with Repub- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The again today, the U.S. Supreme Court, licans to discuss the bipartisan track. clerk will please read a communication in a 7-to-2 ruling, upheld the Affordable We set up the two tracks about a to the Senate from the President pro Care Act in the face of another legal month ago. Each is proceeding along, challenge. So let me say definitively: tempore (Mr. LEAHY). and the two tracks are parallel, work- The senior assistant legislative clerk The Affordable Care Act has won. The ing in concert, progressing well. read the following letter: Supreme Court has just ruled. The ACA f is here to stay. U.S. SENATE, And now we are going to try to make VOTING RIGHTS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, DC, June 17, 2021. it bigger and better—establish once Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, on To the Senate: and for all affordable healthcare as a voting rights, now we are here on the Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, basic right of every American citizen. precipice of a momentous debate here of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby What a day. in the Senate. Last night, I began the

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Senate Republican saying that it really the right to vote, strengthen our de- Now, I know what the Republicans wasn’t a violent insurrection. We have mocracy, and put a stop to the tide of are saying. They are saying: Oh, well, Senate Republicans refusing to include voter suppression flooding across our we are making it easier to vote but any mention of the causes for January country. We will not consider legisla- harder to cheat. 6 in committee reports, and the Repub- tion that does not achieve those objec- But when you look at what they are lican minority mounted a partisan fili- tives. The issue is too important. actually doing, it is perfectly clear buster against an independent, bipar- Republican State legislatures are that Republicans across the country tisan Commission. conducting the most sweeping attack are making it harder to vote and mak- That is what is happening in the on the right to vote since the begin- ing it easier to steal an election. They present-day Republican Party: a hor- ning of Jim Crow. What is their stated are targeting all the ways that poorer, net’s nest of conspiracy theories and reason for vicious assaults on voting younger, non-White and typically voter suppression in the States and a rights? They say it is election integ- Democratic voters access the ballot, Washington Republican establishment rity. and they are giving new tools to par- that is too afraid of Donald Trump to But listen to these policies and tell tisan election boards and unelected stand up for our democracy with con- me if you think they are about election judges to interfere with the results of a viction. integrity: democratic election—interfere with the So look, we Democrats wish the vot- Reducing polling hours and polling results of a democratic election. Does ing bill would be bipartisan. By all places. What does that have to do with that sound like a democracy? No, it rights, it should be. But the actions in election integrity? sounds like an autocracy, a dictator- State legislatures like Georgia, Iowa, Mandating that every precinct, no ship. and Florida were totally partisan. matter how large or how small, have When you lose an election, you are None of these voter suppression laws the same number of ballot drop boxes. supposed try to win over more voters, were passed with bipartisan support— What does that have to do with elec- not try to stop the other side from vot- not one. Washington Republicans seem tion integrity? ing. These laws are un-American, auto- dead set against all remedies, whether It is saying urban areas should have cratic, and against the very, very grain it is S. 1, some modified version, or the less ability to vote than rural areas. of our grand democracy, which, for im- John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which No after-hours voting, no 24-hours mediate partisan advantage, our Re- Senator MCCONNELL has recently op- voting, no drive-through voting. publican friends are trying to under- posed. So the idea that we can have Requiring absentee ballots to be ap- mine. some kind of bipartisan solution to proved by a notary public. So the Senate is going to debate this partisan attack on democracy be- Making it a crime to give food and what to do about these laws at the Fed- fuddles me. Regrettably, the Demo- water to voters waiting in long lines at eral level next week. In an ideal world, cratic Party is the only party standing the polls. this debate would be bipartisan. Voting up for democracy right now. Allowing a judge or panel of judges to rights shouldn’t be a Democratic issue Next week, the Senate will have this overturn an election. or a Republican issue, and in the early debate. Democrats will bring forward Allowing a partisan State election days of the second-half of the last cen- legislation to protect voting rights and board to replace a duly elected county tury, that is just what it was—bipar- safeguard our democracy, and we are election board if they are ‘‘underper- tisan. But, unfortunately, now it has going to see where everyone stands— forming.’’ become totally partisan. everyone. Removing student IDs from the list Donald Trump and his Big Lie have I yield the floor. of valid forms of ID. enveloped the Republican Party, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. Moving the hours of Sunday voting they run away from truth and honesty The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- into the evening—which, coinciden- and fairness to just appease someone pore. The clerk will call the roll. tally, makes it harder for Black with authoritarian instincts, Donald J. The senior assistant legislative clerk churches to sponsor voter drives after Trump. proceeded to call the roll. services. And for all the shame that Repub- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I Are any of these policies—I would lican State legislators have brought ask unanimous consent that the order ask a single Republican on this Senate upon themselves, Washington Repub- for the quorum call be rescinded. floor to get up and say any of these licans have not covered themselves in The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- policies are dealing with election in- glory either. Here in Washington, Re- pore. Without objection, it is so or- tegrity. publicans have failed to forcefully and dered. We know what they are doing. They repeatedly stand up to the Big Lie that f are making it harder for people to vote. the last election was stolen from Don- MEASURE PLACED ON THE And if this so-called voter fraud—elec- ald Trump. That same Big Lie is fuel- CALENDAR—S. 2093 tion fraud—which we have seen none of ing these voter suppression laws from Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I in 2020, if they cared about that across one end of the country to the other. understand that there is a bill at the the board, why did they aim almost all House Republicans are comparing Jan- desk due for a second reading. of their proposals at people of color, at uary 6 to a tourist visit. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- poor people, at young people, at urban I was within 20 feet of these awful in- pore. The clerk will read the bill by people? surrectionists. They were not tourists. title for the second time. We know why. This is not about They were brandishing sticks and guns The senior assistant legislative clerk voter fraud. It is about suppressing the and this and that. read as follows: vote, particularly of Democratic-lean- House Republicans also fired Con- A bill (S. 2093) to expand Americans’ access ing voters. It is despicable. It is anti- gresswoman CHENEY. For what? Telling to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big democratic. It is what they do in dicta- the truth that Joe Biden is President. money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for torships—manipulate the vote, instead Just yesterday, 21 House Republicans public servants, and implement other anti- of counting it accurately. voted against awarding the Congres- corruption measures for the purpose of for- Georgia, Iowa, Montana, Florida, sional Gold Medal to the police officers tifying our democracy, and for other pur- Alabama, Utah, Arizona, Nebraska, who withstood the attack on the 6th. poses. Oklahoma, Indiana, Kentucky, Arkan- Are Republicans becoming antipolice? Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, in sas—this is where some of these poli- Some of the same Republicans who order to place the bill on the calendar

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Do supporters of this repeal fully un- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- One liberal expert went further, saying derstand the ways it might limit coun- pore. The clerk will call the roll. that if Democrats think their bill is terterrorism missions? How about The senior assistant legislative clerk ‘‘essential to secure democracy, they cyber ops? How about support for Kurd- proceeded to call the roll. are self-deceived or deceitful.’’ And ish and Arab forces in Syria? How do Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, voters themselves are hardly con- they propose we respond to growing at- I ask unanimous consent that the order vinced. When asked about election tacks against our forces and interests for the quorum call be rescinded. policies like voter ID, large—large— in Iraq? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- majorities consistently come down on What about the prospects for robust pore. Without objection, it is so or- the opposite side of Washington Demo- congressional oversight if the Presi- dered. crats. The bill is so transparently op- dent is left to rely on unilateral article f portunistic, the Democrats’ spin has II authorities or even less transparent failed to even unite their own party ones? We are learning a lesson in real RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY here in the Senate. It is a massive time about withdrawing from Afghani- LEADER takeover of our election system with a stan without a plan. We shouldn’t The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- fill-in-the-blank rationale. Nobody is make the same mistake here. So I sus- pore. The Republican leader is recog- fooled, and next week, the Senate will pect this isn’t really about reasserting nized. reject it. congressional oversight. After all, f f when the last administration announced plans to withdraw from Syria ELECTION SECURITY THE MIDDLE EAST and Afghanistan in 2019, two dozen Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, Democrats joined my amendment op- next week, as the Democratic leader now on another matter entirely, the posing the decision and reasserting our has indicated, the Senate will finally House of Representatives will vote role in foreign policy. But now, many get the opportunity to vote on the bill today on a bill from Representative of our colleagues no longer want to that House and Senate Democrats have BARBARA LEE to repeal one of the key talk about what we should be doing to both made their No. 1 priority for the authorities behind nearly two decades confront these ongoing threats. entire Congress. S. 1 is a bad bill filled of U.S. efforts to fight terrorism: the A lot can happen in 2 years, I guess. with bad ideas, and I have been crystal 2002 authorization for the use of mili- The political winds have certainly clear about opposing it from the very tary force. House Democrats claim this changed. But one thing hasn’t changed: beginning. vote is an urgent act of congressional The grave threats posed by ISIS, al- But for Democrats themselves, com- oversight, and the Democratic leader Qaida, and other terrorist groups are as ing up with a compelling rationale for has indicated the Senate will take it up real as they have ever been, and repeal- this unprecedented political power with similar zeal. ing AUMFs without agreeing on a set grab has been a long and winding road. The right way to address ongoing ter- of new authorities up front will only It started back in 2019. Then, our rorist threats is a debate certainly lead to more uncertainty about what friends on the left were still trying to worth having. I would have welcomed we are going to do about them. wrap their heads around a stunning de- that debate before the Biden adminis- For years, U.S. forces have been care- feat in the 2016 Presidential election, tration began its hasty retreat from fully handing more of the primary reso the Speaker of the House billed H.R. Afghanistan without a plan to sustain sponsibilities for counterterrorism to 1 as a major overhaul for what her counterterror missions or support our brave local partners. Under the last ad- party concluded was a profoundly bro- friends. It is one we should have before ministration, this allowed our military ken democracy. we vote to repeal these authorities. Re- footprint in Iraq and Syria to shrink Then, 2020 changed everything. A ality is more complicated, more dan- dramatically. But the only reason that Democrat actually won the White gerous, and less politically convenient worked is because our partners have House. I guess our democracy wasn’t than its supporters actually believe. been able to trust that the U.S. mili- broken after all. This time, apparently, The fact is, the legal and practical tary is still authorized to back them Federal authorities just needed urgent application of the 2002 AUMF extends up. Today, House Democrats intend to protection from State legislatures run- far beyond the defeat of Saddam Hus- rip out one of the key authorities un- ning their own elections. sein’s regime, and tossing it aside with- derpinning that trust. So we are talking about fundamen- out answering real questions about our As I understand it, Democrats don’t tally the very same bill. And one thing ongoing efforts in the region is reck- even intend to stop there. They are is for certain: Major overhaul doesn’t less. also planning to take aim at the 2001 even begin—begin—to describe it. The So let’s clear up some facts. The 2002 authorities that allow us to keep some awful guts are all in there. AUMF has been understood for years— of the most dangerous terrorists alive There is the plan to forcibly rewrite years—to apply to a variety of threats from taking more innocent American large portions of the 50 States’ respec- emanating from Iraq. Administrations lives. The administration says it is tive election laws and the plan to cre- of both parties have cited it as an im- looking into how best to close the de- ate new, publicly funded accounts not portant legal foundation of our fight tention facility at Guantanamo Bay, for building roads or bridges, expanding against ISIS. It has been used precisely Cuba, that houses the absolute—abso- rural broadband, or fighting the opioid because the ISIS caliphate that lute—worst of the worst, including epidemic, but just piles of Federal dol- stretched into Syria emanated from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the master- lars going to yard signs, balloons, and Iraq after President Obama’s with- mind of the September 11 attack. But TV ads for candidates at least half of drawal in 2011. thus far, the administration is rather Americans disagree with. The 2002 AUMF is important in Iraq short on details. How does the Presi- There is the plan to trash a decades- today because it provides authority for dent plan to do this? Does he intend to old, bipartisan consensus on the right U.S. forces there to defend themselves break the law and bring terrorists to way to call balls and strikes on elec- from a variety of real, exigent threats. the United States? Give them expanded tions and turn the even split of the It is arguably even more important in legal rights? Further radicalize our Federal Election Commission into a Syria, where our personnel are present prison population? Talk about domes- partisan majority and the one to give against the wishes of the brutal Assad tic violent extremism. Or does the that majority new and broader tools regime, supporting local Kurdish and President intend to send KSM and his

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Without objection, it is so or- cyber attacks on our critical infra- AUMFs will end their war against us. dered. structure, to helping distribute relief (Moment of silence.) f and assistance in the face of natural NOMINATION OF JOHN K. TIEN disasters, there is no shortage of work CONCLUSION OF MORNING Madam President, as many of our to be done by that Agency and the men BUSINESS colleagues know, the Department of and women who work there every sin- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Homeland Security is still a fairly gle day. pore. Morning business is closed. young Agency, created in response to I often say that leadership is the the attacks on September 11, 2001. most important ingredient to the suc- f I vividly remember the tragic events cess of almost any organization on this EXECUTIVE SESSION of that day, a day as beautiful as planet. In sports, in business, in gov- today—sunshine, blue skies—and then ernment, our leaders set the tone at --- the whole world changed, literally, the top. They lead by their example, EXECUTIVE CALENDAR while I was riding the train from Wil- and they are the ones who guide their The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- mington to Washington, DC. I recall team to accomplish its mission, or, in pore. Under the previous order, the also, vividly, how the Members of this the case of the Department of Home- Senate will proceed to executive ses- body pulled together that day and our land Security, its many missions. That sion to resume consideration of the fol- country pulled together that day. We, is why it is crucial that the Depart- lowing nomination, which the clerk with the U.S. House of Representa- ment of Homeland Security have Sen- will report. tives, we, with the President George W. ate-confirmed, qualified leadership at The senior assistant legislative clerk Bush, set aside partisan politics, and its helm. read the nomination of Tommy P. we created the 9/11 Commission and After years in multiple administra- Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy adopted the great majority of its rec- tions leaving key Senate-confirmed Secretary of the Interior. ommendations. posts vacant or held on an ‘‘Acting’’ Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, My recollection was the cochairs of capacity for far too long, this Depart- I suggest the absence of a quorum. the 9/11 Commission, former Governor ment needs qualified leaders now more The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- of New Jersey, Tom Kean, a Repub- than ever. pore. The clerk will call the roll. lican, highly regarded, my neighbor It has been without a Senate-con- The senior assistant legislative clerk across the river, and Lee Hamilton, firmed Deputy Secretary for over 3 proceeded to call the roll. Congressman from Indiana, who was years. Let me repeat that. This vital Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I chairman of the House Foreign Rela- Agency has been without a Senate-con- ask unanimous consent that the order tions Committee, one of my mentors— firmed Deputy Secretary for more than for the quorum call be rescinded. he was a Congressman years ago—they 3 years. That has to change. With the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- led a group, the 9/11 Commission. I confirmation of COL John Tien to pore. Without objection, it is so or- think they came to agreement unani- serve, this body can do something dered. mously on 42 recommendations, passed about it, and we can do it today. them off to what would become the The responsibilities of the Deputy NOMINATION OF JOHN K. TIEN Committee on Homeland Security and Secretary are daunting. Serving as a Mr. CARPER. Thank you, Madam Governmental Affairs. We adopted al- chief operating officer, the Deputy Sec- President. I hope you are well today. most every one of them unanimously, retary of Homeland Security is respon- Good to see you and our staff. and it did a lot of good for our country sible for the day-to-day business of the I rise this morning to applaud the and provided a lot of protection for our Agency and the management of its op- nomination of COL John Tien. He has country, for our homeland. erations and 250,000 men and women. been selected by our President to serve Among the recommendations that he Colonel Tien is a proven leader and as the Deputy Secretary of the Depart- made was the creation of the Depart- dedicated public servant. He is a re- ment of Homeland Security, a very big ment of Homeland Security and the ex- tired U.S. Army colonel, whose 24-year job and an important job. pansion of our committee’s jurisdiction career includes three combat tours in I have the honor of currently serving to include homeland security. Before Iraq and national security roles in the as the senior member and former chair- that, we were the Committee on Gov- Clinton, the George W. Bush, and the man of the Senate Committee on ernmental Affairs, which is important. Obama White Houses. He has worked Homeland Security and Governmental It was an oversight committee. But hand in glove with people from dif- Affairs, which is responsible for, among with the addition of the Department of ferent perspectives and commands the other things, overseeing the operations Homeland Security, that responsibility respect of Republicans and Democrats of the Department of Homeland Secu- grew enormously. alike. rity. But since then, our committee has For the past decade, COL Tien has REMEMBERING MADELEINE A. PETERS taken on a very different purpose. I am been a leader in the private sector, Madam President, very sadly, my proud of the work that we have done where he has held senior executive colleague GARY PETERS, who is the that has made Americans safer today. roles in our Nation’s financial sector chairman of the Homeland Security As someone who was very much in- and managed complex organizations Committee, lost his mom this week, volved in helping to stand up and as- and operations. and he cannot be with us today. Nor- semble the Department of Homeland His nomination has drawn bipartisan mally, he would be here speaking on Security, I am proud of the way it has support. Dozens of national security behalf of the nomination of Colonel grown and matured over the last 20 leaders and experts, including several Tien. years. I remain convinced that it is, in former military and civilian govern- His mother, whom I know and per- large part, the leadership provided by ment officials who served under Demo- sonally and dearly—I have known her the nominees we confirm in this Cham- cratic and Republican Presidents, have ever since Gary first joined us—she is a ber that enables the Department of expressed their strong support for Colo- huge Detroit Tigers baseball fan, as am Homeland Security to carry out suc- nel Tien’s nomination. I. I had the pleasure of going with her cessfully as its many missions. Just a week ago, the Committee on to baseball games and considered her a The Department of Homeland Secu- Homeland Security and Governmental kindred spirit. rity is an Agency with a budget of over Affairs, on which I serve, advanced his

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There is no free The American people are counting on some of them openly admitted what society without the free exchange of seasoned leadership at the Department had been obvious: that they rejected ideas. Freedom of speech, freedom of of Homeland Security after too many the theory not because of flaws in the the press, freedom of religion, freedom years of vacancies. I describe those va- theory itself but because of those who to speak in the public square—all of cancies as Swiss cheese, executive had advanced this hypothesis. these are essential elements of a free branch Swiss cheese, and that needs to We don’t know what these revived in- society. The more a government or end. vestigations will ultimately show, but other entities crack down on freedom I applaud President Biden for nomi- the Wuhan reversal illustrates multiple of speech and the free exchange of nating Colonel Tien. I encourage my issues. One, of course, is the need to re- ideas, the more we move away from a colleagues to confirm him. member that our social media experi- free society and toward tyranny. Let me say on a personal note to ence is heavily curated. The posts and I say ‘‘or other entities’’ because the Colonel Tien and his wife Tracy—and ads we see are selected for us by com- responsibility for protecting the free they have a couple of daughters, Aman- plex algorithms that analyze the data exchange of ideas extends beyond the da and Rebecca—when you serve, as he social media companies have collected government. Government, of course, did in the military for 24 years, rising on each of us and curate our experience has an absolute obligation to defend to the rank of colonel, you don’t just accordingly. our fundamental freedoms, but other serve that as an individual. It is not On top of that, as the past year or institutions in society also have a role. just the officer or enlisted person who two has illustrated, social media com- You can’t have a free society without is serving. If they have a family—and panies actively censor certain mate- free institutions. I am thinking here we almost all do—the family serves as rial, meaning that there are posts we particularly of the press, universities, will never see. well. If they have a spouse, they have and in this day and age, social media As chairman and now ranking mem- children, they serve as well. And we companies. ber of the Senate Commerce Commit- don’t often acknowledge that, not If the press or social media compa- tee’s Communications and Tech Sub- often enough, at least. nies only sanction one narrative—the committee, I have pushed for trans- I just want to take a moment to say narrative preferred by the government parency requirements for social media to Colonel Tien’s wife Tracy, to their or by social elites or by any other companies, and I have introduced two daughters, Amanda and Rebecca, we group—the marketplace of ideas bipartisan bills that would increase are grateful for your service as well. shrinks substantially. If multiple internet transparency while preserving And we are honored and privileged that groups that should be fostering the free the light-touch approach to regulation you would share a good man in this exchange of ideas combine to limit or that has allowed the internet to flour- new role for our country. ish. advance a particular narrative, they And to Colonel Tien, whose mother My Filter Bubble Transparency Act start to control public opinion instead recently passed away, I understand, would allow social media users to opt of allowing individuals to form their just a few months ago, from COVID–19, out of the filter bubble—in other own opinions based on a free flow of in- let me say that I know your mom must words, to opt out of the filtered experi- formation. be looking down from on high today ence tailored for them by opaque algo- Unfortunately, as the Wuhan story and feeling very proud of her son on rithms—and instead see an unfiltered illustrates, today we are seeing a real this day and every day. social media feed or search results. movement to restrict the free flow of With that, I suggest the absence of a The Platform Accountability and ideas. Whether we are talking about quorum. Transparency Act, which I introduced speech codes or social media censor- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. with Senator SCHATZ, would increase ship, more and more, we are seeing a WHITEHOUSE). The clerk will call the transparency and accountability preferred narrative being advanced and roll. around content moderation. Sites opinions outside of that preferred nar- The senior assistant legislative clerk would be required to provide an easily rative being censored or marginalized. proceeded to call the roll. digestible disclosure of their content We see it in government with bills Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask moderation practices for users, and, like S. 1, which would, among other unanimous consent that the order for importantly, they would be required to things, allow the IRS to consider an or- the quorum call be rescinded. explain their decisions to remove ma- ganization’s views before deciding The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without terial to consumers. whether or not to grant it tax-exempt objection, it is so ordered. Under the PACT Act, if a site chose status, or the Equality Act, which CENSORSHIP to remove your post, it would have to would crack down on freedom of speech Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, at the tell you why it decided to remove your and freedom of religion in unprece- end of May, Facebook announced that post. The PACT Act would also require dented ways. We see it outside govern- it would no longer censor claims that sites to have an appeals process. So if ment when media outlets engage in se- the coronavirus was man-made. The Facebook, for example, removed one of lective reporting to highlight an ac- mainstream media, which had savaged your posts, it would not only have to cepted narrative instead of reporting the story during the previous adminis- tell you why, but it would have to pro- the news and the facts, whatever they tration, suddenly started backpedaling, vide a way for you to appeal that deci- are, or when social media censors le- and the Biden White House, which had sion. gitimate theories or stories or when reportedly canceled the previous ad- Let me be clear. Private entities are universities crack down on free speech. ministration’s investigation into free to have their own opinions and In the wake of the Wuhan lab story, whether the novel coronavirus origi- viewpoints and should not be compelled we saw widespread censorship across nated in a Wuhan lab, announced a 90- by the government to publish alter- government, social media, and the day inquiry into the virus’s origins. native views, but that is not what we press for political reasons. President The occasion for all this back- are talking about with these large so- Biden seemingly shut down the former pedaling was apparently a report in the cial media platforms. Most strongly President’s investigation into the Wall Street Journal that three re- deny that they are publishers and in- virus’s origin because it was the former searchers who worked at Wuhan Insti- stead hold themselves forth as neutral President’s investigation. Democrats tute of Virology ‘‘sought hospital care’’ platforms for the free exchange of ideas in Congress pressured social media in late 2019 for symptoms consistent from all corners. That is the promise companies to censor information that with the coronavirus. In the wake of they make to consumers. contradicted the narrative that they

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South Dakota, who will speak on the efficiently deploy infrastructure are es- You can only have a marketplace of challenges of deploying reliable and re- sential for building out strong U.S. 5G ideas if ideas actually get out there, silient broadband in rural areas. networks. But there is another key which is why censorship, as I have said, The pandemic provided the most sig- part of the equation, and that is having is antithetical to a free society. It is nificant test to date of the resiliency of a sufficient workforce to meet the de- also important to note—and this is a our broadband networks. Overnight, mands of 5G deployment and, later, 5G critical, critical point—that having a quite literally, our networks faced maintenance. That is why I have intro- free marketplace of ideas means allow- huge new demands. As the Nation duced the Telecommunications Skilled ing some ideas that might be wrong, locked down, demand for broadband Workforce Act. My bill would help in- that might seem offensive, that might shot up. Our phones and tablets and crease the number of workers enrolled seem silly. We are not talking about laptops became our main way of com- in 5G training programs and identify content that, for example, promotes vi- municating with friends and family ways to grow the telecommunications olence but ideas that are provocative, and, for many of us, our main way of workforce to meet the demands of 5G. debatable, or out of the mainstream. doing our jobs. Video conferencing ex- As the resident of a rural State, ex- The alternative is allowing the govern- ploded—staff meetings, strategy meet- panding broadband access in rural ment or some other entity to decide ings, virtual happy hours, telemedi- areas has long been a priority of mine what information we see and what we cine. here in the U.S. Senate. We have made believe. How did our networks stand up to the a lot of progress in recent years, but It is important to remember that demand? Well, they exceeded expecta- there is more work to be done. sometimes ideas that seem silly or tions and vindicated the light-touch I recently introduced the Rural wrong initially turn out to be right. regulatory approach of the United Connectivity Advancement Program More than one widely accepted sci- States to broadband policy. While net- Act, along with Senators HASSAN, entific theory started out as a fringe works in Europe and elsewhere slowed MORAN, and CORTEZ MASTO. Our legis- position. A prevailing opinion may streaming speeds in order to keep their lation would set aside proceeds from turn out to be wrong, and political or networks up and running, U.S. net- spectrum auctions conducted by the social power doesn’t necessarily equal works maintained both their speed and FCC to build out broadband in truth. quality. It was a real American success unserved areas. It is essential that we I hope that their abrupt reversal on story. expedite the deployment of fixed COVID’s possible origins makes media The success of American networks broadband in rural areas because this organizations and social media plat- during the pandemic was the result of technology is necessary groundwork forms think twice the next time they sustained investment by U.S. tele- for 5G deployment. Without reliable consider censoring a story. I hope it re- communications companies, which broadband, rural areas will be excluded minds them of the dangers of restrict- have made network reliability a pri- from access to 5G. ing the free flow of ideas and of their ority. Congress should continue to en- Reliable, fast internet is an essential obligation to separate their politics courage this kind of private invest- element of our Nation’s infrastructure. from their jobs. ment and maintain a regulatory re- Like roads and bridges and railways In a speech he delivered in 1967, Ron- gime that allows companies to make and airports, strong internet networks ald Reagan, marveling at our govern- the kinds of choices and investments keep our economy strong, and any in- ment by the people, said this: that have resulted in strong and resil- frastructure package should make an Perhaps you and I have lived too long with ient U.S. networks. investment in broadband and 5G, as this miracle to properly be appreciative. Going forward, one of our priorities well as including regulatory relief, like Freedom is a fragile thing, and it’s never here in Congress has to be supporting that in my STREAMLINE Act, to expe- more than one generation away from extinc- the continued development of 5G. U.S. dite 5G deployment. However, we need tion. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it companies are already building out 5G to make sure that any Federal money must be fought for and defended constantly networks, but there is more work to be is allocated in the most efficient man- by each generation, for it comes only once to done. We need to remove regulatory ner possible and distributed respon- a people. and permitting hurdles to deployment sibly, with coordination by expert I fear that long acquaintance with and ensure that companies have access Agencies like the Federal Communica- the blessings of liberty—with the bless- to the spectrum they need to build tions Commission, to prevent waste. ings of a free press and freedom of strong networks. We don’t want another situation like speech and freedom of religion—has Increasing spectrum availability will what happened in the wake of the 2009 sometimes made us careless about the spur 5G deployments, and we need to American Recovery and Reinvestment preservation of these freedoms. We are build on previous efforts to make spec- Act, which provided more than $7 bil- used to them, and we assume that they trum available, like my MOBILE NOW lion to multiple Agencies for rural will always be with us. But, as Ronald Act, legislation that we passed a few broadband deployment, a majority of Reagan pointed out, freedom has to be years ago. I have also repeatedly intro- which was wasted, resulting in just a actively safeguarded, or it will be lost. duced legislation called the STREAM- fraction of the access that was prom- I have seen too many instances lately LINE Small Cell Deployment Act to ised. where our cherished First Amendment address another key part of the 5G I am looking forward to Tuesday’s freedoms are subordinated to a polit- equation, and that is infrastructure. hearing, and I will continue to work to ical and social agenda, and I hope, I Mr. President, 5G technology re- advance nationwide 5G deployment and hope that the Wuhan story reminds us quires not just traditional cell phone ensure that our rural communities re- of the responsibility that each one of towers but small antennas called ceive the full benefits of the 5G revolu- us has to safeguard these freedoms, lest ‘‘small cells’’ that can often be at- tion. they slip away from us. tached to existing infrastructure, like I yield the floor. BROADBAND utility poles or buildings. The Federal The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Mr. President, on Tuesday, the Com- Communications Commission, under jority whip. merce subcommittee of which I am the Chairman Pai, modernized its regula- UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 1652 ranking member, the Subcommittee on tions for the approval of small cells, Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, in the Communications, Media, and but more work can be done to expedite city of Chicago, which I am proud to Broadband, will hold a hearing on small cell deployment. represent, there is an organization building resilient broadband networks. The STREAMLINE Act focuses on called Life Span. This is an incredible My hope is that this hearing will help updating current law to better reflect group of people who dedicate their

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G17JN6.009 S17JNPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4605 lives to providing comprehensive serv- worked with the advocacy organiza- maintain these critical services. Don’t ices for the survivors of domestic vio- tions on a fix to the VOCA law to sus- we owe it to them after the promise of lence and sexual assault. tain the Crime Victims Fund. help to come through? Every day they respond to horrifying Our bill would stabilize the depleted At this point, I would like to turn to cases of abuse. They help thousands of fund by redirecting monetary penalties my colleague Senator MURKOWSKI. women and children access the support from deferred prosecutions and non- And I ask unanimous consent that they need to address trauma and to re- prosecution agreements to the victims Senators MURKOWSKI, TOOMEY, and I be build their lives. and service providers that desperately able to complete our remarks prior to For example, Life Span recently as- need help. the vote. sisted a woman after her teenage The reduced deposits into the fund The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without daughter was sexually assaulted by the have already had a devastating impact. objection, it is so ordered. woman’s husband. Life Span was able Victim assistance grants have been re- The Senator from Alaska. to help the mother and daughter navi- duced by more than $600 million in Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I gate the overwhelming challenges of 2021, and more cuts are looming if we want to acknowledge and thank my pursuing justice against the abuser and don’t do something. colleague and friend from Illinois for offer support to the daughter through- The executive director of Life Span his leadership on this issue. He has out- out this horrible process. in Chicago told me that VOCA funds 44 lined well the situation in front of us When the mother pursued a divorce percent of the agency’s services—about with regard to the status of the Crime from the abuser, Life Span filed a peti- $1.6 million annually. A substantial Victims Fund. tion and is representing the mother as loss in VOCA funds would mean that Again, this is a nontaxpayer source she navigates issues of child support they would have to cut back staff who of funding, which is designed to help and allocation of custody. provide legal services, affecting an es- the millions of victims of crimes— The three Life Span staffers that the timated 880 clients. those who have been violated, those mother and daughter have interacted Life Span is not alone. Advocates who are extraordinarily vulnerable. with all provided critical bilingual and across the State of Illinois and across And we are at a place where, as he has bicultural support. They have provided the country have reached out and indicated, we have a proposal here that this crucial service for this family dur- shared what these cuts would mean for could help address how this fund is re- ing an incredibly traumatic experience. their agencies and the victims they plenished to, again, ensure that those And all three of these staffers are fund- serve. who have been made victims can reed by assistance provided through the The Center for Prevention of Abuse ceive some level of compensation. Victims of Crime Act, or VOCA. Life in Peoria, IL, noted: We are kind of stuck here this morn- Span told me that without VOCA fund- We never want to be in a position where we ing, which is extraordinarily unfortu- ing, ‘‘none of these personnel . . . are made to turn away people who need [our] nate. Folks back home in Alaska are would be able to have done this job.’’ specialized services and whole-hearted, dedi- just starting their day, and they are Congress passed the Victims of Crime cated care. Our teams are already stretched looking with anticipation and hope Act in 1984 to establish the Crime Vic- thin as they live the promise of our mission and, quite honestly, prayers that today tims Fund. This fund provides grants day in and day out. Fewer VOCA dollars might be the day that they get good to State victim compensation and as- means less staff and a lessened ability to news on this. sistance programs, which assist vic- help those who need to find safety, food, Right now, I have about 30 organiza- tims with expenses like medical bills, shelter, empowerment, freedom, and peace. tions in Alaska, including our domestic funeral expenses, and the loss of wages There is no time to waste. Every day violence shelters, our child advocacy during recovery. that goes by, we miss an opportunity How often I have heard Members of to help replenish this fund. In 2021, the centers, our victim advocacy organiza- Congress come to the floor and in com- fund has already missed out on ap- tions—they have all been notified that mittee speak about the plight of the proximately $400 million in deposits. they are going to expect a 35-percent victims of crime. This is an effort—an We are not even halfway through the cut to their funding, effective the 1st of overt effort by Congress—to make sure year. Imagine how much more money July, so just in a couple of weeks here. that we are there when they des- the fund may lose if we don’t do some- And because of this broken VOCA de- perately need us. thing. posit issue, this cut is set to affect The fund also provides funds to thou- That is why it is imperative that the their funds for not only this year but sands of victims service providers, like Senate immediately pass this bill. The for next year going forward. Life Span, across the Nation. These House already did it in March, with So think about it. You are the shel- providers offer programs serving vic- broad bipartisan support, and here in ter in Kodiak, where I was just 6, 8 tims of domestic violence, sexual as- the Senate we have a bipartisan coali- weeks or so ago. When you are told you sault, child abuse, trafficking, and tion of 56 Senators—36 Democrats and have a 35-percent cut to your budget drunk driving. 20 Republicans—cosponsoring the legis- coming and you have a small commu- The Crime Victims Fund doesn’t relation. We could send this bill to the nity, where are you going to find those ceive a dime of taxpayer dollars. How President’s desk today. We should have resources? Because, believe you, me, about that? It is funded through crimi- sent it to him weeks ago. Unfortu- the individuals who still require those nal fines, penalties, forfeited bail nately, there is an objection that has services are not staying at home and bonds, and special assessments col- prevented us from moving forward. saying: Well, I guess we didn’t have the lected by the Federal Government. In a recent letter to Leader SCHUMER, services here on this big island of Ko- Historically, most of the money in victims’ rights and law enforcement or- diak; so I am just going to stay put. the fund comes from those criminal ganizations said that, ‘‘The objectors The need is still there. In fact, the fines. But in recent years, deposits into are, in effect, holding victim services need is more enhanced or exacerbated the fund have dropped significantly, as hostage in an ideological quest to over- than ever before. We have seen this as the Justice Department began relying haul the Appropriations process by a follow-on from COVID. We have seen more on deferred prosecutions and non- eliminating budgetary offsets.’’ those aftereffects, that aftershock, prosecution agreements. What a target to choose if you want when you have been in an isolated situ- Monetary penalties from these de- to change the procedure of the com- ation where you have been forced to ferred prosecutions and nonprosecution mittee—crime victims? kind of shelter in place, if you will, but agreements are currently deposited I agree with the National Coalition your home is not a safe shelter. It is into the general Treasury instead of Against Domestic Violence and so not a shelter in that sense of the word. this fund, and, as a result, this shift many other groups. More than 1,700 But you don’t have services. And so has had a devastating impact on the that are begging us to do something where do you go? You stay with your fund and the services available to and stop holding this critical legisla- abuser. You stay in the situation that crime victims in America. tion. is unsound, unsafe, because you don’t That is why a bipartisan, bicameral The passage of this legislation today have anyplace to turn. So the need out coalition of Members of Congress would ensure that victims are able to there is considerable.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G17JN6.011 S17JNPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S4606 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 17, 2021 We had a situation last summer of to reconcile this on a rational basis We have a very perverse budgetary devastating loss, with five village resi- without jeopardizing them. rule, and that rule says that, in any dents in different villages who had died As if in legislative session, I ask given year, if there is money in this in domestic violence murders over a unanimous consent that the Senate Crime Victims Fund—mind you, not course of 10 days. These are small vil- proceed to the immediate consider- tax dollars, but if there is money in lages where everybody knows every- ation of H.R. 1652, which was received it—and Congress doesn’t give it to the body, and the loss of one person—an from the House and is at the desk; fur- crime victims as it is supposed to, you elder, a child, or a victim—is extraor- ther, that the bill be considered read a can pretend that it is a savings, and it dinary. And so we looked at that, and third time and passed and that the mo- allows you to spend more than you we said: Well, that is exacerbated by tion to reconsider be considered made would otherwise be able to spend on COVID and what has happened. and laid upon the table. any number of other things, on any- But, no, this has been a situation for The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. thing—tanks, buildings, roads, what- us long prior to COVID, in terms of, un- OSSOFF). Is there objection? ever. That is the dynamic. That is fortunately, the levels that we see of The Senator from Pennsylvania. what happens here. It actually creates Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, in re- domestic violence, sexual assault, the an incentive, however perverse this is, serving the right to object, let me say victimization that we see—so being for Congress not to allocate this money I think I agree with 98, 99 percent of there to provide funding for services to to the victims of crime and to their ad- help prevent these deaths, the trauma what I just heard from my colleagues. In the 11 years I have been in the vocates. By not doing so, they get to that children experience when they are Senate, I have lost track of how many claim a savings which isn’t real—but in the room, the murders that affect rape crisis centers and how many child that is the way the budget rules work— families for generations. There is a advocacy centers I have visited. They and spend that money elsewhere. story in the news just today—a domes- have expanded the number, fortu- Now, you might say: Well, who would tic situation, the husband and the wife. nately, because they have gotten addi- do a thing like that? Oh. Ha. Well, it The husband took the wife’s life and tional resources from Congress. They used to happen all the time. In 2014, then took his own, and it was a 6-year- do some of the most important work I there was $9 billion available in the old with an iPad who notified the au- know of—incredibly painful work—in Crime Victims Fund, but in order to thorities. helping a child through an appalling, spend more money elsewhere, less than I think about the reality of what a traumatic experience when there is a $1 billion was actually allocated to vic- 35-percent cut means, what it means law enforcement need to get informa- tims of crime and their advocates, so when you say your service providers tion that can further traumatize a they got $8 billion of difference that are faced with $6 million less in fund- child. I mean, the work these folks do they could spend on whatever else they ing for victims services. The shelters is amazing, it is essential, and the Sen- wanted, and they did. In 2013, it was are calling out to us for help. One do- ator from Alaska is exactly right in the same story. mestic violence shelter in the State is that there is a real need here. This was going on routinely until facing the reality of laying off six full- The good news is that there is a real, 2015 when I and some of my colleagues time jobs within their organization. very clear, and easy path forward here. said: Wait a minute. This isn’t right. This is unacceptable. The legislation that the Senator from This money is supposed to be going to I understand that there are concerns. Illinois is proposing creates a new crime victims, and it is not. Senator TOOMEY is going to speak to source of money for the Crime Victims That is the first and most objection- them. But this legislation doesn’t Fund. It is a new category, it is sub- able problem. It is also dishonest be- change how Federal tax money is stantial, and it is going to be new re- cause there is no savings of taxpayer spent. It provides a technical fix by di- sources for the advocates for crime vic- money here; this is just not giving recting additional nontaxpayer dollars tims to better be able to continue to do crime victims the money from crimi- from criminal monetary penalties into their very, very important work, and I nals that they are supposed to get. It is this fund. So we are sitting at a point fully support that. outrageous. where the longer that Congress delays So where do we disagree? Here is For a while, we got some coopera- this fix, the larger the cuts that vic- where we disagree: The legislation does tion, and they did less of this. In other tims services in my State and all require a lot of money—new money—to words, more of the money that was around the country will face. go into the Crime Victims Fund. The supposed to go to crime victims for a This has been a hard time for us, and Senator from Illinois is exactly correct while did, in fact, go there. But I am I think we recognize it, but for those in that it is not taxpayer money; it is very concerned—and I have been con- who are trying to serve victims, for money from the settlements for crimi- cerned since 2015—that, at any point in those who are trying to serve the most nal and civil penalties. I fully support time, we will go back to this process. vulnerable at an exceptionally vulner- that. What their legislation doesn’t do, So I introduced legislation called the able time in their lives, it makes it 10 however, is require a dime of that Fairness for Crime Victims Act. I in- times harder. Our providers are ex- money to actually get to the advocates troduced it in 2015. What it does is it hausted, they are burned out, and now of crime. It is very nice to put a lot of just requires that the money going into they are faced with massive cuts. We money into an account that has a the fund actually go to the victims of simply cannot fail them. name on it that is the Crime Victims crime and their advocates, and there I would urge us to look past the poli- Fund. That is very nice, and I support are various mechanisms for doing it. tics on this. This is what these victims’ that, but I would like to take one more The bill was reported out of the Senate advocates are saying: Please don’t use step and make sure the money actually Budget Committee in 2015, and it was us as the political lever here. So I join gets to the victims of crime and their unanimously adopted by the Bipartisan not only with Senator DURBIN but with advocates. Budget Act of 2019. the many in this body who would urge Now, there is a little bit of budgetary I have been working as closely as I that we pass this technical fix to information that explains why, if we can with the appropriators to address VOCA. don’t adopt my approach here, this this so that we will actually send to Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I want money will not get to the victims of crime victims the money that is sup- to thank the Senator from Alaska for crime and their advocates. You see, the posed to go to them. Since 2000, over her heartfelt remarks. appropriations process, the spending $82 billion of money has not been allo- There are innocent people who are process around here, always operates cated to crime victims, as it should victims of domestic violence whose under some limit. It could be a statu- have been, precisely because of this fate depends on what we do right here tory limit or a limit passed by a budget mechanism. and now. This is an important budg- resolution, but there is a limit. There Some might say: Well, hasn’t it got- etary debate that the Senator from is no limit as to how much people want ten better? Yes. The answer is that it Pennsylvania is raising. I ask, please to spend around here, but there is a has. But how do I know it is going to don’t use these people in this desperate limit as to how much they actually get worse? How do I know we are going situation as a pressure point. Let’s try can. to go right back to this? I will tell you

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That is necessarily absent: the Senator from Children’s Health Insurance Program thoughtful, and that is what we like to North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER). so as to spend more money in other hear, but we are in a desperate moment The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. areas. It is right here: ‘‘changes in now wherein we need the money and SCHATZ). Are there any other Senators mandatory program offsets: $26 bil- need it at this moment. in the Chamber desiring to vote? lion.’’ It says the limitation enacted I understand my colleague’s concern The result was announced—yeas 88, will come from the Crime Victims about the scorekeeping in the budget. nays 9, as follows: Fund program and cancelations in the It is an important issue, even though it [Rollcall Vote No. 239 Ex.] Children’s Health Insurance Program. is esoteric. But to do it in relation to YEAS—88 This is not like wild speculation; this the Crime Victims Fund seems entirely Baldwin Grassley Portman is President Biden’s budget, saying: Oh, misplaced. While this adjustment does Barrasso Hagerty Reed Bennet Hassan Risch here is what I want to spend, and part not, in fact, transfer money from the Blackburn Heinrich Romney of how I will spend it—part of how we fund to other priorities, it is just a Blumenthal Hickenlooper Rosen will get there—is by withholding budgeting gimmick that he is sug- Blunt Hirono Rounds Boozman Hoeven money that should be going to victims gesting. Rubio Braun Hyde-Smith Sasse This is not the right place or time to Brown Inhofe of crime. Schatz Burr Johnson So I am fully in support of this new do this when thousands of people Schumer allocation of money into the account, across the United States are in des- Cantwell Kaine Capito Kelly Scott (FL) but money in the account doesn’t solve perate need of shelter to get out of an Cardin King Scott (SC) the problem. We need one more step, abusive home; of help for their children Carper Klobuchar Shaheen that is all—the step that says we are who have witnessed murders; and of Casey Lankford Sinema Cassidy Leahy Smith actually going to send it to victims of dealing with court proceedings that Collins Luja´ n Stabenow crime instead of whatever spending may be unintelligible to the average Coons Lummis Tester people in this town decide they prefer. person to try to protect their families Cornyn Manchin Thune That is what this is about. That is and themselves. To think that we are Cortez Masto Markey Tillis Cotton Marshall Toomey what the difference is. engaged in this high-level budget de- Crapo McConnell Van Hollen We have developed a process. We bate at this moment at their expense is Daines Menendez Warner have worked with people on both sides just not right. Duckworth Merkley Warnock of the aisle, and we have passed legisla- I urge my colleague to withdraw his Durbin Moran Warren Ernst Murkowski Whitehouse tion in committee to do it. We want to amendment and allow the legislation Feinstein Murphy Wicker Fischer Murray simply require the money that is to proceed. We can debate the budget Wyden Gillibrand Ossoff meant for victims of crime and their within the budget resolution and the Young Graham Padilla advocates to get to them, and we are appropriations process but not at the being told it won’t all get to them expense of crime victims across Amer- NAYS—9 under the status quo. ica. If he will not withdraw his amend- Cruz Lee Shelby There is a simple solution here. Hawley Paul Sullivan ment, I must object. Kennedy Sanders Tuberville There is a simple path forward. I think The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- there is a genuine, sincere agreement, tion is heard to the modification. NOT VOTING—3 among everybody who has spoken, Is there an objection to the original Booker Cramer Peters about the need for this service. All I request? The nomination was confirmed. am asking is that we actually have a Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, in re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under mechanism to get them the money serving the right to object, I will just the previous order, the motion to re- rather than to do what we all know is say briefly that, clearly and certainly, consider is considered made and laid coming: Pretend they are going to get this is not a scorekeeping debate, and upon the table, and the President will all of this money when, in fact, it is this is not about budgets. This is about be immediately notified of the Senate’s going to be diverted to other purposes. whether victims of crime and their ad- action. Therefore, I ask that the Senator vocates will actually get the money f that we say they are going to get. It is modify his request to include my CLOTURE MOTION amendment, which is at the desk; that not about what could be; it is about it be considered and agreed to; that the what has been. This money was rou- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant bill, as amended, be considered read a tinely raided for other purposes until to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the third time and passed; and that the we brought a stop to it recently, and it Senate the pending cloture motion, motion to reconsider be considered is about what will be because the Biden which the clerk will state. made and laid upon the table with no administration is telling us it intends The legislative clerk read as follows: intervening action or debate. to do this. CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there In order to ensure that crime victims We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- an objection to the modification? and their advocates actually get the ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, in re- money that we say they are going to move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- serving the right to object, I am dis- get, I object. nation of Executive Calendar No. 157, John appointed that the Senator from Penn- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- K. Tien, of Georgia, to be Deputy Secretary sylvania is adamant in his position, tion is heard. of Homeland Security. even though we are dealing with vic- VOTE ON BEAUDREAU NOMINATION Charles E. Schumer, Jack Reed, Ben Ray tims of crime, victims of domestic vio- Under the previous order, the ques- Luja´ n, Michael F. Bennet, Jeanne Sha- lence, and victims of child abuse. Like tion is, Will the Senate advise and con- heen, Alex Padilla, Chris Van Hollen, Illinois, Pennsylvania has experienced Debbie Stabenow, Christopher A. sent to the Beaudreau nomination? Coons, Mark R. Warner, Robert P. a nearly 70-percent cut in VOCA fund- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask for Casey, Jr., Margaret Wood Hassan, ing since 2018, and more cuts are on the the yeas and nays. Brian Schatz, Tammy Baldwin, Mark horizon because of his strategy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Kelly, Benjamin L. Cardin, Jeff Here is what it boils down to: If you sufficient second? Merkley. listen carefully to what the Senator There appears to be a sufficient sec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- from Pennsylvania has said, he is not ond. imous consent, the mandatory quorum suggesting that the money is being The clerk will call the roll. call has been waived.

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The The clerk will call the roll. ago. Since then, an estimated 1,344 committee has been looking at this for The senior assistant legislative clerk servicemembers will have been raped 8 years. We have had multiple hearings called the roll. or sexually assaulted. Two in three of on this topic. We have had the data. We Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the those survivors will not even report it have talked about it with every service Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER) because they know that they are more Secretary for the last decade I have and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. likely to face retaliation than receive been on the committee. We have talked PETERS) are necessarily absent. justice. about it with each of the services for Mr. THUNE. The following Senators This is a scourge that we have been the last decade that I have been on the are necessarily absent: the Senator looking at for over 8 years. We have committee, and we have tried to get a from North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) and passed nearly 250 measures to address vote on this measure, unsuccessfully, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN). sexual assault in the military, to ad- for the past 5 years. We have been de- The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 63, dress retaliation, to address preven- nied a vote every time in the last 5 nays 33, as follows: tion, and none of them have dented the years. So to say now that only the com- [Rollcall Vote No. 240 Ex.] numbers. In fact, our estimated cases mittee can have jurisdiction is not YEAS—63 are at about 20,000 cases, and among those, only about 200 have gone to true. They have had their chance, and Baldwin Heinrich Romney they have passed close to 250 measures. Bennet Hickenlooper Rosen courts-martial and ended in conviction. Blumenthal Hirono Rounds It is not enough. We aren’t moving the Those measures have not moved the Blunt Johnson Rubio numbers in the right direction. They needle. Those measures are ones that Brown Kaine Sanders are, in fact, going in the wrong direc- the DOD was comfortable with. They Cantwell Kelly Schatz have never wanted this measure. Now Capito King Schumer tion. Cardin Klobuchar Scott (SC) We also have a reform that we have we have agreement by the chairman, Carper Leahy Shaheen looked at for 8 years. It creates a by this panel, by many of the service Casey Luja´ n Sinema bright line at all serious crimes to han- Secretaries that, OK, fine, we are with Collins Manchin Smith you; we will take sexual assault out of Coons Markey Stabenow dle two issues: one, the bias we see in Cornyn Menendez Tester sexual assault in the military; that if the chain of command. Cortez Masto While that is good, it is not enough Merkley Tillis you are a servicemember who reports Duckworth Murkowski Van Hollen because it will create two systems of sexual assault, it is unlikely that you Durbin Murphy Warner justice, and you should not privilege Feinstein Murray Warnock will get justice, and it is likely that just one set of plaintiffs to have a posi- Fischer Ossoff Warren you will be retaliated against. Gillibrand Padilla Whitehouse tive, professional, unbiased system. Graham Portman Wyden And after we have made retaliation a And given all of the data we have Hassan Reed Young crime three times in a row, we have about race and bias against Black serv- NAYS—33 only seen one court-martial for retalia- icemembers and Brown servicemem- tion. That is outrageous. bers being punished up to 2.5 times Barrasso Grassley McConnell And so now is the time that we bring Blackburn Hagerty Paul more than White servicemembers, you Boozman Hawley Risch this measure to the floor. It does not need to fix the system for everybody. Braun Hoeven Sasse cost a lot of money. It is something So back to the argument of our al- Burr Hyde-Smith Scott (FL) that uses the existing infrastructure, Cassidy Inhofe Shelby lies, that is why they did their bright Cotton Kennedy Sullivan the existing lawyers, the existing infra- line at serious crimes—the equivalent Crapo Lankford Thune structure around the lawyers. of felonies—so that they could have a Cruz Lee Toomey Two, it does not take a long time to Daines Lummis Tuberville justice system that is worthy of the Ernst Marshall Wicker implement because, in fact, after the sacrifices that the men and women in military police complete their inves- NOT VOTING—4 our armed services make. tigation and have their recommenda- So I ask once again that we can have Booker Moran tion, basically, they send that rec- Cramer Peters a vote on this floor. We now have 66 co- ommendation to the prosecutor, as op- sponsors of this legislation, widely bi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this posed to the commander. So after the partisan. How many bills in this Cham- vote, the yeas are 63, the nays are 33. review by the prosecutor, it goes right ber are supported by LIZ WARREN and The motion is agreed to. back to the commander if that pros- TED CRUZ at the same time? How many f ecutor declines to prosecute. pieces of legislation have been voted on So, ultimately, it changes the system EXECUTIVE CALENDAR by both CHUCK SCHUMER and MITCH in a very small but powerful way, and MCCONNELL? Very few. But the reason The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the reason why this change is rec- we have such bipartisan support is we clerk will report the nomination. ommended by all military experts is have two female command veterans in The senior assistant legislative clerk three reasons: One, the bright line cre- this body. One is a Republican, JONI read the nomination of John K. Tien, ates a justice system for all plaintiffs ERNST. One is a Democrat, TAMMY of Georgia, to be Deputy Secretary of and all defendants. And since we have DUCKWORTH. They are both on this leg- Homeland Security. bias with regard to women in the mili- islation. They have served as com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tary and we have bias with regard to manders, and they understand the im- ator from New York. Black and Brown servicemembers, this portance of the commander’s roles. But Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I change will remove bias and profes- they also have seen that nothing has ask unanimous consent that I be al- sionalize the system for everyone. gotten better. They saw the report lowed to complete my remarks prior to Second, our allies have done this. Our from Fort Hood that said the command the recess. allies have done it—UK, Israel, Ger- climate was so toxic that it was per- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without many, Australia, Netherlands. They missible for sexual assault and sexual objection, it is so ordered. have done it over the last 40 years for harassment. And so they have said UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 1520 defendants’ rights, to make sure we enough is enough. Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I have a system that is fair to everyone. And so when you have so many rise again to call for this entire body to When they put this change in place, former commanders and sexual assault vote and consider the Military Justice they reported to our panel that, No. 1, survivors from this Chamber sup- Improvement and Increasing Preven- they saw no diminution in command porting this legislation, it is time that

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Few others in Congress today could have assembled such a issues like this to the committee, they that there be 2 hours of debate, equally broad bipartisan coalition of 64 co-sponsors have been taken out in conference. divided in the usual form; and that behind such an important, substantive piece Despite winning the vote in the Sen- upon the use or yielding back of time, of legislation, while moving (or, to put it ate, despite winning the vote in the the Senate vote on the bill with no in- more appropriately, dragging) the top brass House, our bill in 2019 to make sure tervening action or debate. at the Pentagon to the same place. From my that a servicemember could come for- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. experience 10 years ago preparing the mili- ward and not be prosecuted for minor KING). Is there objection? tary for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, related offenses, like drinking or being The Senator from Rhode Island. I know how resistant to change that community can be. off base—that bill passed in the Senate, Mr. REED. Mr. President, once again, I support Senator Gillibrand’s effort to passed in the House, and was taken out I object to the request from the Sen- move charging decisions for sex offenses in in conference because the DOD didn’t ator from New York for the reasons I the military to an independent, trained like it. previously stated. I will repeat again: I group of military lawyers. I said as much So I promise you, if we pass this bill support removing prosecution of sexual publicly in 2013. Likewise, almost all retired in our committee, in the House and the assault and related crimes from the general and flag officers I speak with today Senate—I promise you—it would be chain of command, but we must take agree that the male-dominated chain of com- care that we do it thoughtfully, in a mand has failed the victims of sexual assault narrowed just down to sexual assault in the military. They accept the need for because that is what the DOD will manner that does not stress the mili- change. agree to. tary justice system or distort it in a But, in its current form, the changes con- I am tired of doing only what the way that would affect the efficiency templated by S. 1520 are not limited to sex- DOD will agree to. It is not our job to and operation of the military. The best related offenses. The bill would create an defer to the DOD. It is our job as U.S. way to do that, in my view, is to con- independent body of lawyers, outside the Senators to provide oversight and ac- sider these matters in the context of chain of command, to make charging deci- countability over the administration the annual Defense bill, which we will sions for a broad range of offenses punishable by more than a year’s confinement. These in- and over the entire Department of De- be marking up in a month. clude murder, manslaughter, child fense. Mr. President, I would also point out endangerment, larceny, robbery, fraudulent When we abdicate that responsi- that this week, Jeh Johnson, who use of a credit card, kidnapping, arson, bility, what we have is what we had for served under President Obama as the housebreaking, extortion, bribery, perjury, the last 10 years, failure—failure in the Department of Defense general counsel, subornation of perjury and obstruction of committee because we only put for- and then Secretary of Homeland Secu- justice. (Notably, other offenses such as re- ward items the DOD was comfortable rity, wrote an article addressing the ceipt of stolen property, forgery and conduct unbecoming an officer are excluded from the with. scope of Senator GILLIBRAND’s bill, urg- I just don’t know how much longer ing caution that we focus on legislative bill’s reach, but the logic for the distinction is unclear.) In all, if enacted, the legislation we want survivors to have to wait. We solutions tailored to address the prob- would constitute the largest change to mili- have considered this legislation to- lem we are trying to solve. And to retary justice since the enactment of the Uni- gether. We have, every year, sat down, mind my colleagues, as the DOD gen- form Code of Military Justice in 1950. discussed it—pros, cons. Are other re- eral counsel, Secretary Johnson Why are offenses ranging from murder, forms working? oversaw all legal services performed arson to perjury included in the bill’s reach? I have done that with every one of within the Department of Defense. He What is the justification for so large an over- the 100 Senators in this Chamber every advised the Secretary and all govern- haul? Where is the congressional finding that, when it comes to the broader range of year for the last 10 years. It has been ment officials on military justice mat- offenses, the chain of command in the U.S. intensely considered, and I spend an ters and oversaw the annual review of military has failed in its duty to carry out extra amount of time with committee the Manual for Courts-Martial. He is military justice? members because they are interested. an informed and expert voice on these Supporters of the bill argue that, once So this is not new. It doesn’t need to matters. Congress goes down the road of creating an go through the committee. We have During his tenure as DOD general independent body to make charging deci- been denied a vote and filibustered a counsel, he was no stranger to momen- sions for sex crimes, it cannot stop; that to vote for 8 years and denied a vote for limit the creation of an independent body for tous change, leading the implementa- sex crimes would also create the stigma of the last 5 years. So I don’t know why tion of the repeal of don’t ask, don’t ‘‘pink courts’’ that appear to exist for the the committee gets sole jurisdiction. I tell. As he states in his article, he has benefit of women. In my view, the exception don’t understand. long supported moving charging deci- is warranted, perceptions can be addressed, And, again, how many measures does sions over sex offenses out of the chain and the exception should not swallow the this Chamber have that have 66 cospon- of command. rule. In both civilian and military life, the sors? Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- reality is the sex offenses are different, in It is also a generational shift. And sent to have printed in the RECORD this the manner in which they are reported, in- when you have something of such im- article. vestigated, and prosecuted. It should also be port, it comes to the floor. We repealed noted that victims of sexual assault are both There being no objection, the mate- men and women. don’t ask, don’t tell on the floor. We rial was ordered to be printed in the Here are several other considerations: had two floor votes. The majority lead- RECORD, as follows: First, as written the bill appears to require a whole new bureaucracy to implement and er at the time gave us those votes, and [From LAWFARE, June 16, 2021] it passed on the floor. It did not go execute the changes contemplated. No one THE MILITARY JUSTICE IMPROVEMENT AND IN- should be under the illusion that the broad through the committee. CREASING PREVENTION ACT: ARE THE SOLU- It is time to bring a justice system mission contemplated by the bill can be car- TIONS COMMENSURATE WITH THE PROBLEM? ried by a small band of elite JAGs in a suite that is worthy of the sacrifice that the (By Jeh Johnson) someplace in northern Virginia. The bill men and women make every day. And The Military Justice Improvement and In- would require that an independent group of you need to have that bright line so it creasing Prevention Act of 2021 is legislation lawyers make charging decisions for a vast is a justice system that works for pending in Congress to reshape the manner range women and servicemembers of color be- in which the U.S. military prosecutes sexual Mr. REED. I think given the wise cause right now we have data and evi- assault within its ranks. This is reform that comments of not only Mr. JOHNSON but dence that there is bias against those is much needed and long overdue. Notably, also the pending recommendations by individuals. however, the bill in its current form reshapes the Department of Defense concerning Mr. President, as if in legislative ses- military justice far beyond the context of this issue, again, the best place to have sexual assault. Congress should take care to sion, I ask unanimous consent that at fashion a solution commensurate with the a thorough, lively debate and amend- a time to be determined by the major- problem at hand, and not go too far. ments, by the way, which are precluded ity leader in consultation with the Re- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–NY), the in this unanimous consent, would be in publican leader, the Senate Committee principal sponsor of the bill, S. 1520, deserves the Armed Services Committee in the

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Mr. President, this is a unique body tion is heard. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Sen- in that it represents both the executive Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, ators are necessarily absent: the Sen- and legislative branches of govern- two issues: First, the op-ed by Jeh ator from North Carolina (Mr. BURR), ment. The executive branch has rep- Johnson was not in reference to my the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. resentatives on the Helsinki Commis- legislation. In fact, he conflated my CRAMER), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. sion, and both the House and Senate legislation with recommendations from MORAN), and the Senator from South have Senators and Representatives the IRC. He mentioned lawyers in Vir- Dakota (Mr. THUNE.) that serve on the Helsinki Commission. ginia having to make the decisions. The result was announced—yeas 60, I am very pleased to have as my co- That is not what my bill says. It has nays 34, as follows: leader Senator WICKER from Mis- never said that, and it is not how it is [Rollcall Vote No. 241 Ex.] sissippi as the Republican leader in the organized. In fact, my bill is organized YEAS—60 Senate on the Helsinki Commission. The Helsinki Commission has been by services to adjudicate these cases, Baldwin Heinrich Reed as they are doing today. Bennet Hickenlooper Romney responsible for elevating our moral di- Right now, prosecutors prosecute Blumenthal Hirono Rosen mension to U.S. foreign policy. Its Blunt Johnson Rounds these cases, and the decision making of principles point out very clearly that Brown Kaine Sanders you cannot have security without deal- whether to proceed to trial would be Cantwell Kelly Schatz given to them in the first instance. If Capito King Schumer ing with good governance and human Cardin they decline to prosecute, it goes right Klobuchar Scott (SC) rights; you cannot have economic Carper Leahy Shaheen progress unless you have governance back to the commander. So, for exam- Casey ´ Lujan Sinema that respects the rights of all its citi- ple, if there wasn’t enough evidence to Collins Manchin Smith zens. prosecute the case, it would go back to Coons Markey Stabenow Cortez Masto Menendez Tester That is why I was so pleased when the commander, who could then use a Duckworth Merkley Van Hollen President Biden announced that his special court-martial or he could use Durbin Murkowski Warner foreign policy would be value-based, nonjudicial punishment for related or Feinstein Murphy Warnock Fischer Murray Warren that as we participate in our foreign lesser offenses. That is typically what Gillibrand Ossoff Whitehouse policy challenges, it will always be the commanders do in these cases. Graham Padilla Wyden wrapped in our values, and his recent Hassan Portman Young So very little changes. But what does trip to Europe underscored that impor- change is the perception of the victim NAYS—34 tant lesson. And then he issued, not 2 who is asking for unbiased review by Barrasso Hagerty Risch weeks ago, the statement that corrup- someone who is highly trained to do Blackburn Hawley Rubio tion is a core national security threat Boozman Hoeven that review. It also gives assurance to Sasse and that we have a responsibility to defendants’ rights that the person Braun Hyde-Smith Scott (FL) Cassidy Inhofe Shelby fight corruption in order to protect our making the decision is unbiased and is Cornyn Kennedy Sullivan national security. highly and professionally trained. Cotton Lankford Tillis I am so pleased of the accomplish- Those changes change everything. It Crapo Lee Toomey Cruz Lummis ments of the Helsinki Commission, Tuberville changes the perception that our mili- Daines Marshall Wicker particularly from the human rights tary justice is blind, fair, and profes- Ernst McConnell and human dimension. I go back to my sional. And that is not the impression Grassley Paul early days in the House of Representa- of servicemembers today. Both women NOT VOTING—6 tives, when the Soviet Union still ex- and men and survivors of sexual as- Booker Cramer Peters isted and the challenges of Soviet Jews sault do not believe that justice is pos- Burr Moran Thune trying to emigrate from the Soviet sible for them, and Black and Brown The nomination was confirmed. Union. It was the Helsinki Commission servicemembers do not believe the jus- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. VAN that was one of the leading voices to tice system is fair to them either. HOLLEN). Under the previous order, the help deal with Soviet Jews. This solution makes sense, and I do motion to reconsider is considered I think about trafficking in persons, not think that we should defer again made and laid upon the table, and the modern-day slavery, and the efforts our responsibility to one op-ed by one President will be immediately notified that the United States did in leading former SecDef. That is not our job, and of the Senate’s actions. that effort, including passing landmark that is not how we should be respond- The Senator from Maryland. legislation in trafficking in persons ing. f and establishing a rating system where f every country in the world is rated on MORNING BUSINESS how well they are dealing with fighting RECESS Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask trafficking. Now this has become the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under unanimous consent that the Senate be model, and so many countries have the previous order, the Senate stands in a period of morning business, with acted. It was the U.S. Helsinki Com- in recess until 1:45 p.m. Senators permitted to speak therein mission that led the effort for what Thereupon, the Senate, at 1:15 p.m., for up to 10 minutes each. Congress was able to pass and the recessed until 1:45 p.m. and reassem- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without international effort in order to fight bled when called to order by the Pre- objection, it is so ordered. trafficking in persons. siding Officer (Mr. KING). f I think about the perpetrators of war f crimes and crimes against humanity HELSINKI COMMISSION and genocide, and recognize that it was EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I take the Helsinki Commission that pushed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The this time as the Chair of the Commis- to hold those who were responsible for question is, Will the Senate advise and sion on Security and Cooperation in these atrocities accountable, particu- consent to the Tien nomination? Europe, better known as the Helsinki larly as it related to the Balkan con- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask Commission, as we celebrate our 45th flict. for the yeas and nays. anniversary. Then I think about the landmark leg- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a The Helsinki Commission is the vehi- islation that was passed in the Con- sufficient second? cle for U.S. participation in the Organi- gress that deals with sanctions against

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It has been adopt- united country and see what a demo- Congress, the Department of State and ed as the standard in Europe, in Can- cratic Germany means and the work of the OSCE to address issues ranging ada, and in other countries, to make it our Commission to bring down the Iron from the enslavement and sterilization clear that human rights violators will Curtain. Germany is now a leading of Roma to a permanent memorial in not be able to hide their illicit funds in democratic state and a great ally of Berlin dedicated to the Sinti and Roma our banking system or visit our coun- the United States. victims of the Nazi regime, to annual try. I have been to Kiev, Ukraine, on sev- recognition of International Roma Perhaps our strongest contribution is eral occasions. I was there during the Day. the oversight hearings that we hold. Maidan protests, where the people de- She has brought to my attention the We also passed the Elie Wiesel Atroc- manded democracy. And then I had a candidacy of Ethel Brooks to be the ities Prevention Act. But just last chance to return and monitor the elec- first Roma board member of the U.S. week we had a hearing in the Helsinki tions in Ukraine with Senator Holocaust Memorial Museum. I know Commission on how we can prevent PORTMAN—again, a country that has that Erika will continue to bring Roma atrocities from occurring in the first been able to rid itself of the oppression perspective and history on the Holo- place. So I am very proud of the accom- of the Soviet Union. caust to further the tolerance, edu- plishments of the Commission. I have been very active in the Hel- cation, and human rights work of the Part of the responsibilities of every sinki Commission in regards to the museum. member state of the OSCE is that we Parliamentary Assembly. I chaired one I have the honor of representing the have the right to challenge any state’s of their three standing committees. I Senate on the Holocaust Memorial Mu- compliance with the Helsinki Final had a chance to become vice president seum board, and I can tell you that Act Accords. So it is our responsibility at the Parliamentary Assembly. Erika is so deeply respected by the pro- to challenge when Russia violates Today, I acknowledge Senator fessionals at that museum for the work those provisions or we see violations in WICKER, who is vice president. It points she has done in furthering the goal of Turkey—any member state you can out the bipartisan nature of the Hel- that institution to prevent atrocities challenge. sinki Commission and our work on the against any groups of people. But we also have to do our own self- international platform. Erika has long been one of my top evaluation. As chairman of the Com- f advisers on the Holocaust restitution mission, I have been using that oppor- and Europe’s Jewish community. She tunity to question conduct in our own TRIBUTE TO ERIKA SCHLAGER has worked closely with me over the country when it does not match the re- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, we could years to raise concerns about the rise sponsibilities that we should have. We not have accomplished any of these of Holocaust revisionism in countries saw that in the past in regard to the achievements without an incredible like Hungary and Poland; to foster im- torture issues in Guantanamo Bay. dedicated staff to the mission of the plementation of the Terezin Declara- My participation in the Helsinki Helsinki Commission, and I want to Commission goes back to my early tion on Holocaust Era Assets measures just acknowledge one individual who days in the House of Representatives to right the economic wrongs that ac- recently announced that she is retir- and some of my proudest moments of companied the Holocaust; and to hold ing, Erika Schlager, after 34 years of representing our country on the inter- accountable a French railway that service to the Commission and to the national stage. Let me just give you a transported thousands of Holocaust global community. few examples. victims to their deaths. She worked on In February 1991, I joined a fact-find- Erika received her bachelor’s degree all of these issues and made significant ing mission to Latvia, Lithuania, and from the University of North Carolina progress. Estonia. That is when the Soviet tanks in Greensboro, where she graduated Erika has been instrumental in en- were in Vilnius. That is when the So- magna cum laude and was elected to suring that the Helsinki Commission viet Union was demonstrating oppres- Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her A.M. works to hold the United States ac- sion against the people of the Baltic degree from Harvard University in So- countable for our own human rights States. It was a very sad moment of op- viet Union studies and her juris doctor record, examining U.S. policies and pression, and we went there to stand up degree with honors from the George conduct concerning Guantanamo Bay for the people of the region, to let them Washington University Law School. detention camps and U.S. policy re- know that the United States never rec- She studied at Warsaw University as a garding torture. ognized the Soviet’s occupation of the Fulbright fellow and received a di- Erika’s counsel greatly assisted me Baltic States, and that we stood with ploma from the International Institute in my role as the Parliamentary As- the people and their independence. of Human Rights in Strasbourg, sembly of the OSCE’s Special Rep- It was very interesting. We went France. Quite a record. resentative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, from there to Moscow, and Mikhail She used that academic preparation and Intolerance, where I was focused Gorbachev didn’t want to have any- to make a difference in the world—and on human rights and justice here at thing to do with us. He wouldn’t have what a difference she made. Erika has home and across the expanse of the 57 a meeting with us, and he wouldn’t ac- been an unfailing professional in her participating states of the OSCE. knowledge that we were there. But we dedication to doing whatever is nec- From the plight of African Ameri- had a meeting with Boris Yeltsin, who essary to ensure that the Commission cans and Muslims to migrants and ref- at that time was the chair of the par- meets its mandate and defends human ugees, Erika has been integral to the liament, and we got great visibility. rights abroad. Her deep expertise, Helsinki Commission’s mandate of up- And Yeltsin supported our efforts to which she has honed over decades of holding the myriad of human rights condemn the Russian use of force. work, is renowned both among policy commitments defined in the Helsinki I have been to Germany several professionals in the United States and Final Act and subsequent OSCE agree- times. My first trip on behalf of the in the countries of Central Europe that ments. Helsinki Commission was when it was she followed for the Commission. In addition to her many professional a divided country, and we went to East Erika is one of our Nation’s top ex- milestones and achievements, Erika re- Berlin. We were the voices for those op- perts on Europe’s most vulnerable com- tires from the Commission having left pressed people whose voices could not munities. She is a leading voice on a deeply personal mark on those she otherwise be heard, and we gave them Roma rights—Europe’s largest minor- worked with, from diplomats and civil hope that one day they would see free- ity, with significant populations also servants to the staff of the Helsinki dom. in the United States. Commission. She is a natural teacher

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She displayed her ex- ago. that we could hopefully have some re- ceptional teaching ability at the De- I took to the Senate floor last month lief. We need programs like community partment of State’s annual training stressing the need for disaster supple- development block grants, disaster re- program on Roma rights, and she has mental while Lake Charles and Baton covery, mitigation funding, and U.S. ensured that Roma civil society groups Rouge at that time were getting hit by Army Corps of Engineer funding for could also participate. heavy rains and severe flooding. At the southwest coastal Louisiana hurricane She has actively sought out dialogue time, Lake Charles ended up with 8 to and storm damage risk reduction. We and collaboration with new colleagues 15 inches of rain in less than 12 hours. need emergency solutions grants and to help deepen their understanding of It is heartbreaking to see them af- social services block grants to provide the Helsinki Commission’s role, of the fected once more by a natural disaster. assistance to the thousands of families challenges the Commission could use- Baton Rouge got more than 13 inches who have lost their homes due to hurri- fully seek to address abroad, and of the of rain overnight, with 15,000 homes canes like those I have been describing. unique tools at its disposal to do just and businesses without power the next We are past due moving quickly. If it that. Erika is always quick to ask about a morning. All this comes on the heels of happened tomorrow, it still would have colleague’s well-being or inquire after Hurricanes Laura and Delta and winter not happened quickly, and we have a family member’s well-being. She has storms which had catastrophic damage gone into another year which could fostered collegiality among the Com- to livestock, crops, and structures for have similar storms. We need to help mission’s staff through her unfailing Louisiana farmers. the people of Southwest Louisiana. The kindness and good nature. In so doing, For those who need a refresher, 2020 region has been pounded. My job is to she has repeatedly demonstrated how set a record for the most named do all I can to help them get back on deeply she cares, not just for the work storms—30 in 1 season and 5 of those their feet. she has dedicated her career to but also named storms hitting Louisiana, which Once more, I call on my colleagues in for the people whose great privilege it is also a record. Hurricane Laura, a the House and the Senate with a simple is to call her a colleague and a friend. category 4 hurricane, hit Lake Charles, message: Let’s get a disaster supple- I will say on a personal basis that I devastated it, and then almost the mental done. have benefited so much from her exact same place that Laura hit, Delta With that, I yield the floor. friendship, from her understanding, hit—category 2—6 weeks later. It is un- I suggest the absence of a quorum. from her strategic thinking, from precedented to have one hurricane fol- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The where we can make a difference. We lowed by another. clerk will call the roll. know there are a lot of problems NOAA calculates the damage from The senior assistant legislative clerk around the world. We know we can’t Hurricane Laura at about $19 billion proceeded to call the roll. settle all the issues. But Erika helped and Delta at $2.9 billion. Laura Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I ask us focus on areas where we can make a wreaked havoc through devastating unanimous consent that the order for difference, and thanks to her input, we winds, which reached 150 miles per the quorum call be rescinded. have made a difference. hour at landfall—the strongest hurri- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I know I speak on behalf of all Hel- cane to hit my State since 1856. Delta objection, it is so ordered. sinki Commission members and staff was just rain. In LeBleu Settlement, The Senator from Michigan. and scores of other individuals—many just northeast of Lake Charles, they f who may not know her name—and received almost 18 inches. EXCELLENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH groups concerned about advancing I may sound like a broken record, but AND ADDICTION TREATMENT human rights around the globe and I need to just play this broken record ACT OF 2021 here at home when I say how we will once more. We cannot allow the impact miss Erika. of an entire year’s worth of natural dis- Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I am Henry David Thoreau said: ‘‘Aim asters to go unaddressed. here today and soon on the floor my above morality. Be not simply good; be Just a few weeks ago, I was in Lake good friend Senator ROY BLUNT of Mis- good for something.’’ Erika has em- Charles, and I heard incredible frustra- souri will be here as well to talk about bodied that maxim in her professional tion about rebuilding in the aftermath an issue that we both care very, very career and in her life. She has made an of these storms—a church still with its passionately about. In fact, on October enormous difference, and she will con- roof ripped off; homes, as I mentioned, 31, 2013, which I guess it is amazing tinue to do so. covered with tarps—and stories from how time flies, but in 2013, Senator I wish her all the best with respect to members of the community who are BLUNT and I stood here on the Senate her future endeavors. I know we will not back in their homes and, frankly, floor together to mark a very impor- continue to hear from her. may not even be back in their city be- tant anniversary. It was 50 years to the Thank you, Erika, for the way you cause there are no homes and there is day after President Kennedy signed served the Commission, our country, no housing for them to return to. into law the Community Mental Health and the global community. The people in Lake Charles have an Act—50 years to the day. And, trag- With that, I suggest the absence of a incredible resilience and an incredible ically, it was the last piece of legisla- quorum. we-can-do spirit. So you go there, and tion he ever signed, and it was one of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The people are laughing and they are smil- the most important. clerk will call the roll. The Community Mental Health Act The senior assistant legislative clerk ing, but then you see that blue tarp, proceeded to call the roll. and you know that this community was groundbreaking; its goal, to pro- Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I ask will not recover at the way things are vide full funding for comprehensive unanimous consent that the order for going. I would argue that the weather mental health services in the commu- the quorum call be rescinded. events were tragic, but the lack of ac- nity. How important. Unfortunately, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion upon recovery is making a tragedy that has yet to fully happen. Instead, objection, it is so ordered. worse. behavioral health is funded primarily f In March, my colleague from Oregon, through grants that start and then the Senator JEFF MERKLEY, and I urged the grant stops. You would never say to LOUISIANA Biden administration to support a sup- someone who is having a heart attack: Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, June plemental disaster appropriation to ur- We would love to help you, but we are marks the start of the Atlantic hurri- gently address and direct Federal reso sorry the grant ran out. Can you

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So with the cer- and brothers and sisters and sons and ganizations. tified behavioral health centers, we daughters and friends and, in fact, us. I Ten States, including Missouri and have 63 percent fewer visits to emer- am so grateful to Members who have Michigan, have been selected for full gency rooms for people who have a sub- shared their own mental health stories; participation in the program. And stance abuse problem or mental illness. that includes my friend, Senator TINA startup grants have been extended now Sixty percent less time in jail. We SMITH, who bravely shared her own to a number of clinics across the coun- are debating a lot these days about the struggle with depression that so, so try—40 States, plus the District of Co- role of law enforcement and more calls, many of us have had throughout our lumbia, 300 community clinics being as we definitely need, to have support lives. funded to get things started so far, and services in the community. Through We know that with the right support, we have more coming because of the the work of certified community be- people who live with some kind of a American Rescue Plan. These clinics havioral health clinics in the commu- mental health challenge can thrive. are already making a huge difference. nities where they exist, there has been They do. I have often told the story of We just had a hearing in the Finance a 60-percent reduction in folks going to growing up in Clare, MI, a little rural Committee this week from those jail. Instead, they are getting the help town, where my dad had struggles and speaking strongly about this model, they need. was misdiagnosed for years and finally, this being the model for care in the And we have seen almost a 41-percent finally, finally, correctly diagnosed as community. Just as community health decrease in homelessness—another being bipolar and getting the support centers are the model of care for phys- major way that people end up on the and help with medication he needed, ical healthcare, certified community street or in a shelter when what they and he was able to thrive after that. behavioral health clinics are now the need is help. And that is what I want to have for model for mental health and addiction Currently, about 1.5 million people are accessing these services, and it is a every person in Michigan, every family services. start. We did it originally as a dem- in Michigan, every family across the More than half of these clinics pro- onstration to show that this could ac- country. vide same-day services. Now, that may Unfortunately, far too many people not seem like much, but the truth of tually work and make a significant dif- still struggle to get the support that the matter is—and this has been true ference and actually save community they need. We certainly have seen that for years in Michigan because of lack resources, in addiction to providing people the help that they need and de- during the COVID–19 pandemic, and it of funding—they only are able to help serve. But we need to do more, and has gotten much, much worse, unfortu- people with the most severe problems. So if you want to walk in and connect that is why we are speaking today. nately, with everything everybody has President Kennedy believed that with somebody and express a concern, had to go through. these services should be available to One CDC report found that last June, you are probably not going to get any everyone who needs them, and Senator twice as many people as usual said services—certainly, not that day— BLUNT and I agree. That is why this they were experiencing symptoms of under the old system. Now, more than week we introduced our Excellence in anxiety and depression—not sur- half of these clinics provide same-day Mental Health and Addiction Treat- prising—and 11 percent of Americans services. Nearly all of them offer treatment Act of 2021. This legislation will have reported having serious thoughts ment within a week. Think about expand these high-quality mental of suicide in the past 30 days—in the someone with a substance abuse issue, health and addiction treatment serv- past 30 days. And, tragically, 200 Amer- as well as a mental illness. Time is ev- ices across the country. This is the icans are dying every day due to opioid erything. And if someone is reaching next step for States and communities overdoses, according to the CDC. And out for help, they need to get that help across the country to be able to have that is up 34 percent since the pan- right away. the healthcare funding to provide high- Ninety-five percent of these clinics demic started—34 percent. Clearly, we quality services that we know work. need to do more to get people the men- have been engaged in one or more inno- This is going to give every State the tal health care and the substance abuse vative practices with law enforcement. opportunity to create certified commu- treatment that they need and that It has actually been incredible to hear nity behavioral health clinics in their they deserve. what is being done with local law en- communities. Just imagine what that The good news is, we are well on our forcement. So when the police officers could mean for a veteran who is living way to ensuring that healthcare above are called to the scene, and it is clearly with post-traumatic stress or a young the neck will be treated like an issue that may involve mental ill- mom who recently had a baby and is healthcare below the neck. This is an ness or substance abuse, they are able struggling with postpartum depression effort that Senator BLUNT and I have to immediately connect up with those or a college student who is working to now been working on since that day we who can provide those services instead overcome his substance use disorder, came to the floor in 2013. We are well of having to take somebody to jail stay in school, and earn a degree but on the way to finally seeing President when they shouldn’t be in jail. And we just needs some help and support to be Kennedy’s vision become a reality. know that many, many people in many able to make that happen. Not long ago, Senator BLUNT and I, cases around the country, the majority Right now, only about 11 percent of as I mentioned before, after that floor of people who are in the jail are people people with substance use disorders get speech, introduced something called who actually need mental health help help in any given year. Think about the Excellence in Mental Health Act. It or substance abuse help. And so there that, 11 percent; about 11 percent of was signed into law in 2014. It created is wonderful collaboration now through those struggling with an addiction are certified community behavioral health these clinics going on. able to get help in any given year. clinics, which are funded just like fed- Statistics from the Department of Well, Senator BLUNT and I aren’t going erally qualified health centers. You Health and Human Services show that to stop until 100 percent of people with have high standards, the clinic meets people who have received services at substance abuse disorders and other the standards, and then they get fully clinics—it is amazing numbers. I will mental illnesses are able to access the funded through the healthcare system. just mention three: sixty-three percent care that they need to thrive. It requires these clinics to provide a fewer emergency rooms visits. I have This is really an important moment comprehensive set of services to every- heard from so many police officers because we, over the last several years, one who walks through the door, in- talking about they are called to the have designed working with various ad- cluding 24/7, 365 days a year crisis serv- scene, they take someone into custody ministrations now, designed quality

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If you from the mental health and substance versary of President Kennedy’s signing have got a behavioral health issue, abuse community in a broad way. his last bill. that is not normally going to be helped It is exciting to see this be something And I am pleased we have been able by isolation, by worrying about that really is bipartisan. I am so to pick up the torch, and we are going healthcare for yourself or somebody thrilled we have colleagues on both to get it over the finish line and make you care about, wondering whether you sides of the aisle who are supporting sure these wonderful services are avail- are going to lose your job or someone this effort signing on. We have more able across the country. in your family is going to lose their people signing on every day. That is be- Mr. BLUNT. Thank you. Madam job. None of those things are going to cause we believe in these clinics. We President. be helpful. believe in the services and this way of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The other area that comes into play providing services. We have seen it for ator from Missouri. there is an addiction issue of any kind. ourselves, how it can change people’s f If you don’t have a behavioral health lives and give people the opportunity issue before you have an opioid depend- EXCELLENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH to be able to thrive. ency or some other addiction issue, you AND ADDICTION TREATMENT ACT When we introduced our original leg- certainly have one after that addiction islation, I spoke with Malkia Newman, Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, let takes over. whom I have known for many years. me say, our times got changed today a So all of those things were exacer- She lived for over 30 years with little bit, and I was trying to finish an- bated by the pandemic. The percentage undiagnosed and untreated bipolar dis- other thing to get over here and hear of Americans with symptoms of anx- order. She finally got the treatment in person what Senator STABENOW had iety or depression grew by more than she needed through the community to say. She has been an incredible lead- 40 percent. Drug overdose deaths in- mental health system. And what she er in this effort, a great partner. creased by 20 percent between October has done is truly amazing. We had As she mentioned, we came to the of 2019 and 2020. It was 30 percent. I Malkia come and speak as a witness for floor the last day of October 2013, think I may have said 20—30 percent. our healthcare subcommittee hearing which was the 50th anniversary of That was after 3 years of having drug in Finance that Senator DAINES and I President Kennedy’s signing the Com- overdose deaths headed in a dramati- did a few weeks ago, and she was amaz- munity Mental Health Act. Well-in- cally different direction, but suddenly ing. tended, but an awful lot of it just 2020 was the highest year ever for drug Malkia is team supervisor for the didn’t get done. Facilities were closed overdose deaths. CNS Healthcare Anti-Stigma Program that maybe were well overdue to be So the challenges of that are great. in Waterford, MI. She is a peer educa- closed, but the opportunities weren’t We now have 10 States, including both tor. She is developing and leading pro- put in place to replace them as that act Missouri and Michigan, that went gramming in Michigan and sharing her had hoped they would be. through a competitive process and be- expertise all across the country. She is I think we have been in the process of came part of the original Excellence in an ordained minister, and she is a making big strides toward doing that. Mental Health States. board member of the Oakland Commu- That was 2013. In 2014, we were able to In all of those States, we have cer- nity Health Network, where she has get the first pilot project for Excel- tified community behavioral health served several terms as board chair and lence in Mental Health put into place, clinics that have to meet standards. vice chair. an eight-State pilot project, where we They have to meet standards of who Last month, when she testified at our were looking not only at the impact on staffs that clinic; they have to be avail- Senate Finance Health Subcommittee those individuals and families who able 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with hearing, she said: I am living proof. I needed to have their behavioral health crisis management as a possibility. am living proof. I am an advocate, and issue treated like all other health They can do preventive screenings. I am proud to speak on behalf of those issues but also, frankly, looking to see They can determine appropriate care who have not yet found their voice. Malkia found her voice. It is time to what impact it had on all their other coordination with other providers, like make sure that everyone in our com- health issues when your behavioral emergency room departments or vet- munities has the support they need to health issue is being treated as it erans services. do the same. should be. All of those things make a dramatic I am looking forward to working One of the great costs in healthcare difference in people’s lives. People get- with my friend Senator BLUNT and all is missed appointments. You have got ting help through the clinics often of our colleagues who have already to believe that almost 20 percent of the have access to primary care treatment signed on as original cosponsors, and population that has a behavioral as well. I have visited a lot of those we welcome everyone in this body to health issue is more likely to miss an clinics in our State. I have seen what join us in moving forward legislation appointment than everybody else, and, happens with these demonstration that we have demonstrated makes a of course, that costs the whole system, projects. They are enabling more peo- difference—saving money, saving lives. but it particularly costs them. ple to get the complete healthcare they It is now time to make these services If you are going to the doctor when need—and, again, including mental available across the country. you need to, taking the medicine you healthcare and addictive treatment— I yield the floor. are supposed to take for any kind of quicker, closer to home. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. COR- health issue, eating better, sleeping In new data from the National Coun- TEZ MASTO). The Senator from Michi- better, feeling better about yourself, cil for Mental Wellbeing, 84 percent of gan. your health issues are dealt with in a those clinics, the CCBHCs they are Ms. STABENOW. I just wanted to let different way. calling them—84 percent of them were my friend Senator BLUNT, whom I have Nearly one in five Americans, accord- able to see clients within the first been talking about now on the floor—I ing to the NIH, has a behavioral health week. I think 100 percent of them were just wanted to say, with him here—and problem, but only a fraction of those able to see a client who needed to be I knew he was going to be here shortly, Americans get the care they need. The seen that day, that day. I certainly but I just want to say again what a real NIH says they have a diagnosable—al- hope that is the goal. I hope nobody pleasure and honor it has been to part- most one out of five Americans has a goes to a clinic, if professionals believe ner with my friend Senator BLUNT in diagnosable and almost always treat- you need help right now, who doesn’t this really major movement to trans- able behavioral health problem. But, get help right now. form the way we fund community men- certainly, one out of five Americans But 84 percent of the people who tal health and addiction services. who have that problem don’t get the show up get an appointment within the

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In my hometown of f Oklahoma will we know the winner of Springfield, MO, every patrol officer FOR THE PEOPLE ACT OF 2021 our election at 10:30 on election night. who has been trained in crisis interven- S. 1 changes that and said that ballots Mr. LANKFORD. Madam President, tion has an iPad with them that they have to be able to be allowed to trickle next week looks like a busy week. That can connect anybody they are talking in for 10 more days after the election is is fine. We have a lot of things we need to with a 24/7 Burrell community over. So we won’t know at 10:30 at to be able to cover and to be able to health center. night on election night; we will know 2 walk through as the Senate. And they do. I have seen that happen. weeks later who actually won the elec- I have traveled with officers who have Next week will be particularly divisive, though, in some of the issues that tions. done that. And, by the way, I am sure As far as a reliable system that we are coming up. Let me give you two ex- they didn’t have me with an officer can all verify and check—oh, no, it amples that I hear are on the docket who wasn’t really good, but you could changes that dramatically. It now for next week. One of them deals with see, no matter how good that officer opens up what is called ballot har- how we vote in America. was, the individual, when they were vesting. Ballot harvesting would allow talking to somebody at the clinic who In Oklahoma, we know how we vote. Each State determines its own struc- political operatives to go door-to-door was a professional dealing with this all to be able to engage with people who the time, you could see that conversa- ture of how they vote. In Oklahoma, you can do absentee mail-in voting, had mail-in ballots and to say to them tion took on a totally different tone. ‘‘Have you mailed your ballot in?’’ If We have seen more and more efforts with no excuses. If for any reason you want to be able to mail in a ballot, you they say ‘‘No,’’ they can say ‘‘Well, to try to help with substance abuse. We let’s just fill it out right here on the have been able to fund the federally can do that. You can do in-person vot- porch, and then you can hand it to me, qualifying clinics in new ways because ing early. In fact, this year, our State legislature met, and they added an- and I will take it in.’’ of that. So on election day, what happens is, So 10 States are totally in this pro- other day of in-person voting. So there political operatives show up with boxes gram. Forty States, under an amend- are lots of days of in-person voting in full of ballots and turn in boxes full of ment we made a couple of years after Oklahoma. You could actually go to ballots with the words ‘‘Trust me; we got started, have been able to take the poll the day of the election and be these are all good.’’ county units or other units that they able to vote then. It is up to you. We have very straightforward voter I would tell you, in Oklahoma, we can qualify into the Excellence in Men- like it better when the postman carries tal Health Program. ID laws. We have a system set up that that ballot or when you actually turn So what we are working on now with if you do early voting or absentee vot- it in to that county or precinct official our colleagues is an effort to, once ing, all the disputes on those are han- again, make this available to the en- dled before election day itself, so that so we know where it has been, that tire country. I think we have had on election day, when the polls close at there has been an accurate chain of enough proof in the last 7 years or so to 7 p.m., we then finish all the voting—or custody, not someone showing up with show it makes a big difference. the counting, I should say, on early ab- a box full of ballots saying ‘‘Trust me; Again, let me say, everybody has al- sentee, on early in-person, and then we I collected all of these’’ because when ways known that this is the right thing are counting the day of. Usually by that happens and someone is just col- to do, and they have always known it is about 10:30 at night on election day, we lecting ballots, you have no idea if the the thing that even was financially are done voting and everyone is watch- person voting voted for one person and smart in the long run. I think we are ing all the final results in from the en- left the rest of them blank and the per- also showing here how, in the imme- tire State. son carrying them just filled out the diate healthcare context, it makes a fi- It is a pretty straightforward, clean rest of the ballot for them. You have nancially smart investment to help process that we have seen that is ex- no chain of custody at all on it. That is somebody with their behavioral health ceptionally reliable. In fact, it is so why I say S. 1 makes voting easy, challenges as you are working with all tough, in 2016, when the Russians were cheating easy, and verifying elections of their other health challenges. probing different systems to try to get impossible. Behavioral health, mental health into it, our State was one of the States This is not the direction we should needs to be treated like all other the Russians tried to get into, couldn’t go. If we want to build trust in our health. This Congress, this year, hope- get into our system, and they moved election system in America, let’s let fully starting in this Senate, has the on to other States to try to get into each State build trust in their election ability to say: OK. We are ready to those. system for each State, like we do in open the door now to every State that We have a secure system. We have a Oklahoma, where we work together to wants to participate in a program that reliable system. But that is apparently make sure we can make it as easy as would treat mental health like all not enough because S. 1 that is coming possible for every person to be able to other health. to the floor next week would say: Okla- vote and to encourage every person to I know Senator STABENOW and I are homa, we are going to completely vote, but when it is over, to verify that going to be working hard together, and change your system. People in Wash- election and to be able to know that we you are going to be helping us as we ington, DC, don’t like how you vote, can check it all off and to go, regard- work to get this done. don’t like your clean, reliable effi- less of the outcome, we can trust the Thank you for the time today. I look ciency. Regardless of complaints, we outcome because we know we can forward to the further debate of these think we want to change it here in verify it. issues. I think we have come a long Washington, DC. Let’s make it easy to vote, hard to way within the last 8 years. We can see Interestingly enough, we have a sys- cheat, and easy to verify—not having the full opportunity here right on the tem that can also verify if someone Washington, DC, folks here say DC is horizon. voted twice. In fact, in this past elec- righteous and States are wrong. I think The Congressional Budget Office, tion, 57 people in Oklahoma voted there are lots of great people all over every time they look at this, thinks it twice. We could verify that after the the country who want to do their elec- costs less than they thought the time fact based on all the records, and we tions right and who aren’t Republicans before because they are seeing the can go back and be able to actually or Democrats; they are just people pro- overall impact in ways that we thought prosecute those individuals who chose tecting democracies in the States. these pilots would prove. to vote twice because that is not legal. Let’s keep that system.

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There is a sec- Even the Supreme Court stated unconstitutional,’’ the response I got ond bill that I understand is coming up today, in its opinion, that there was no from a member of the Judiciary Com- next week, as well, and it is called the work from Catholic Social Services to mittee was, This reminds me of the Ku Equality Act. stop gay marriages in Philadelphia or Klux Klan, who burned crosses and Now, I will tell you that it is a great to stop couples from fostering children used religious symbols to hide behind name, and I don’t know of anyone on who are gay couples there. They just their bigotry. my side of the aisle or on the other side chose not to do it based on their faith. The Supreme Court disagreed with of the aisle who opposes equality. I will So they were not working against indi- that today and said: We are the United state frankly that no person should be viduals. They were practicing their States of America. We honor people of discriminated against in America—no faith. faith to be able to live their faiths. We person. It is a basic constitutional Now comes the Equality Act vote honor people who don’t have faith or principle: We are all equal under the next week. The Equality Act would, for have differences in their faiths and law—all of us. We have different ideas the first time ever in this Congress, choose to be able to live that out. This about music and food. We have dif- take away the Religious Freedom Res- body should not try to cancel out every ferent ideas about sexuality. We have toration Act in statute—it would re- group of faith in the country that dis- different ideas about occupations. We move it—and say there could be no pro- agrees with people in this body who have different skin colors. We have dif- tection for religious institutions. This say: You cannot practice your faith if ferent faiths. We are a tapestry, and is a direct shot against the Supreme we tell you no. That is not who we are. that is one of the things that makes us Court, in its 9 to 0 decision today, The Equality Act is not about equal- strong in such a perfect way as to build which said: No, religious institutions ity. It is about imposing and prohib- a more perfect Union. I believe that have to be protected in their decisions. iting disagreements. We are Ameri- every person should be protected from Why can’t both exist? Why do we cans. We can respect each other and discrimination in America, but that have to get into a situation, as the disagree. We can live next-door to each does mean every person. Equality Act does, that says, if you other and disagree. Let’s prove it in Today, the Supreme Court ruled 9 to don’t agree with one particular expres- this body by not passing the poorly 0—9 to 0 in the Supreme Court—that sion, then you have to be canceled? named Equality Act but by actually Catholic Social Services in Philadel- that you have to be silenced? Why has demonstrating what this act says it phia was being discriminated against it come to this in America? wants to demonstrate. Let’s treat each by the city of Philadelphia because the The way the Equality Act is written other with respect in our differences city of Philadelphia said to Catholic is, with regard to any faith-based insti- and honor us in that. Social Services: You cannot practice tution, if they did any public, outward- I yield the floor. your Catholic faith in foster services. facing work at all—if they fed the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Now, what is the story? homeless, which many do; if they pro- jority leader. There have been Catholic services in vided clothing; if they took care of in- f Philadelphia since the 1700s. For the dividuals with food who needed it—that last 50 years, Catholic Social Services was considered to be of public accom- EXECUTIVE SESSION in Philadelphia, this particular organi- modation, their labor laws, even if they --- zation, has served the neediest children were religious institutions, had to be EXECUTIVE CALENDAR in that area by providing foster serv- exactly like large corporate labor rules Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ices and placement for them. They are as well. It literally imposes on reli- move to proceed to executive session to a religious organization, a faith-based gious institutions that you can be a consider Calendar No. 149. organization—a Catholic organiza- private entity and be inward facing, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tion—and they believe that God cre- but if you are going to do your mission question is on agreeing to the motion. ated man and woman and that this is to actually serve the needy, then you The motion was agreed to. God’s design for marriage. So, in their have to actually shift to be like cor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The placement of foster children, they porate America. That is not providing clerk will report the nomination. place children in homes where there is opportunities for people of faith to live The legislative clerk read the nomi- a man and a woman who are present in their faiths. nation of Christopher Charles Fonzone, marriage because of their profound be- I have to tell you that I honor people of Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel lief. of faith—people of different faiths, peo- of the Office of the Director of National There are 20 other foster services in ple of faiths that I disagree with. The Intelligence. Philadelphia that place foster children nature of religious liberty in our coun- CLOTURE MOTION in any family situation: husband and try is to be able to honor people of dif- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I wife or two men or two women. There ferent faiths. That is also what the Su- send a cloture motion to the desk. are 20 of those services in Philadelphia, preme Court reaffirmed today directly The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- but the city of Philadelphia went to in contradiction to the Equality Act. ture motion having been presented Catholic Social Services and said: You Clearly, if this were to pass—and I do under rule XXII, the Chair directs the have to be like the other 20. You cannot believe it will—the Supreme Court clerk to read the motion. not practice your faith. would hear it immediately, would align The legislative clerk read as follows: Even though, literally, Catholic So- with this case from today, and would CLOTURE MOTION cial Services had never had a gay fam- say: We have already ruled on these ily reach out to them for an adoption issues 9 to 0—that is, against not allow- We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the placement—they had gone to other ing people to be able to live their Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby places—the city of Philadelphia said: faiths. move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- No, you have to change your practice. Unfortunately, there are some in this nation of Executive Calendar No. 149, Chris- Unfortunately, Catholic Social Serv- body who not only vehemently disagree topher Charles Fonzone, of Pennsylvania, to ices had to argue for their religious with the Supreme Court and with the be General Counsel of the Office of the Direc- freedom all the way to the Supreme opportunity for people to be able to tor of National Intelligence. Court, and, today, they ruled 9 to 0 live their faiths, but they are willing to Charles E. Schumer, Robert Menendez, that a faith-based institution cannot do it in the most pejorative of terms. Tina Smith, Martin Heinrich, Jacky be discriminated against because of When I spoke against the Equality Rosen, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard J. Durbin, Tammy Baldwin, Debbie Sta- their faith. They should be able to live Act in the Judiciary Committee, just benow, Sherrod Brown, Edward J. Mar- out the tenets of their faith and be able weeks ago, and shared the issues that I key, Brian Schatz, Ron Wyden, Eliza- to practice them. To me, that is a had that were pragmatic labor issues beth Warren, Mark R. Warner, Raphael great decision to make—to say: Why and set those in front of it and also did Warnock, Benjamin L. Cardin.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G17JN6.038 S17JNPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4617 LEGISLATIVE SESSION corruption measures for the purpose of for- related to the nominations be printed tifying our democracy, and for other pur- in the RECORD; and that the President Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I poses. move to proceed to legislative session. be immediately notified of the Senate’s CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The action. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there question is on agreeing to the motion. send a cloture motion to the desk. objection? The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Without objection, it is so ordered. f ture motion having been presented The question is, Will the Senate ad- EXECUTIVE SESSION under rule XXII, the Chair directs the vise and consent to the Melroy, clerk to read the motion. Spinrad, Quinn, Trujillo, and Inglis The legislative clerk read as follows: nominations en bloc? The nominations were confirmed en EXECUTIVE CALENDAR CLOTURE MOTION bloc. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- f move to proceed to executive session to ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby EXECUTIVE CALENDAR consider Calendar No. 107. move to bring to a close debate on the mo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tion to proceed to Calendar No. 77, S. 2093, a Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I question is on agreeing to the motion. bill to expand Americans’ access to the bal- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- The motion was agreed to. lot box, reduce the influence of big money in ate proceed to consider the following The PRESIDING OFFICER. The politics, strengthen ethics rules for public nominations: Calendar Nos. 178, 179, clerk will report the nomination. servants, and implement other anti-corrup- 181, 184, and 185; that the nominations The legislative clerk read the nomi- tion measures for the purpose of fortifying be confirmed en bloc; that the motions nation of Kiran Arjandas Ahuja, of our democracy, and for other purposes. to reconsider be considered made and Charles E. Schumer, Jeff Merkley, Amy laid upon the table with no intervening Massachusetts, to be Director of the Klobuchar, Jacky Rosen, Sheldon Office of Personnel Management for a Whitehouse, Richard J. Durbin, Jon action or debate; that no further mo- term of four years. Ossoff, Tammy Baldwin, Debbie Stabe- tions be in order to any of the nomina- CLOTURE MOTION now, Brian Schatz, Sherrod Brown, Ron tions; and that the President be imme- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, Raphael diately notified of the Senate’s actions send a cloture motion to the desk. Warnock, Benjamin L. Cardin, Edward and the Senate then resume legislative J. Markey, Bernard Sanders. session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, fi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ture motion having been presented objection, it is so ordered. under rule XXII, the Chair directs the nally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the The nominations considered and con- clerk to read the motion. firmed are as follows: The legislative clerk read as follows: cloture motions filed today, June 17, be waived. IN THE COAST GUARD CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The following named officer for appoint- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- objection, it is so ordered. ment to a position of importance and respon- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the sibility in the United States Coast Guard, Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby f and to the grade indicated under title 14, move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- EXECUTIVE SESSION U.S.C., section 305: nation of Executive Calendar No. 107, Kiran To be vice admiral Arjandas Ahuja, of Massachusetts, to be Di- Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister rector of the Office of Personnel Manage- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The following named officer for appointment for a term of four years. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ment to a position of importance and respon- Charles E. Schumer, Tammy Baldwin, sibility in the United States Coast Guard, Tina Smith, Jack Reed, Kirsten E. ask unanimous consent that the Sen- and to the grade indicated under title 14, Gillibrand, Sheldon Whitehouse, Rich- ate proceed to executive session to con- U.S.C., section 305: ard J. Durbin, Angus S. King, Jr., Eliz- sider the following nominations en To be vice admiral abeth Warren, John Hickenlooper, bloc: Calendar Nos. 180, 183, 153, 155, Thomas R. Carper, Patrick J. Leahy, Rear Adm. Paul F. Thomas and 177. Christopher Murphy, Jacky Rosen, IN THE COAST GUARD Robert Menendez, Martin Heinrich, Ed- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The following named officer for appoint- ward J. Markey. objection, it is so ordered. ment as Vice Commandant in the United The clerk will report the nomina- f States Coast Guard and to the grade indi- tions en bloc. cated pursuant to the authority of title 14, LEGISLATIVE SESSION The legislative clerk read the nomi- U.S.C., section 304: Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I nations of Pamela A. Melroy, of New To be admiral move to proceed to legislative session. York, to be Deputy Administrator of Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the National Aeronautics and Space IN THE COAST GUARD question is on agreeing to the motion. Administration; Richard W. Spinrad, of The following named officers for appoint- The motion was agreed to. Oregon, to be Under Secretary of Com- ment in the United States Coast Guard to merce for Oceans and Atmosphere; the grade indicated under title 14, U.S.C., f Matthew T. Quinn, of Montana, to be section 2101(A)(2): FOR THE PEOPLE ACT OF 2021— Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for To be lieutenant commander MOTION TO PROCEED Memorial Affairs; Tanya Marie Tru- Charles J. Clark Nicholas G. Derenzo Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I jillo, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; and Chris Katherine R. Peet ask unanimous consent that it be in Luke P. Strittmatter Inglis, of Maryland, to be National order to proceed to Calendar No. 77, S. The following named officers for appoint- 2093. Cyber Director (New Position). ment in the grade indicated in the United The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to States Coast Guard as a member of the Coast objection, it is so ordered. consider the nominations en bloc. Guard permanent commissioned teaching Mr. SCHUMER. I move to proceed to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Madam staff under title 14, U.S.C., section 1943: Calendar No. 77, S. 2093. President, I ask unanimous consent To be lieutenant commander The PRESIDING OFFICER. The that the Senate vote en bloc on the Lisa M. Thompson clerk will report the motion. nominations without intervening ac- To be lieutenant The legislative clerk read as follows: tion or debate and that if confirmed, Tara E. Larkin the motions to reconsider be consid- Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 77, S. f ered made and laid upon the table, all 2093, a bill to expand Americans’ access to LEGISLATIVE SESSION the ballot box, reduce the influence of big without intervening action or debate; money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for that no further motions be in order to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- public servants, and implement other anti- the nominations; that any statements ate will now resume legislative session.

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Res. 276) congratulating erans, and providing support and informa- mittee on the Judiciary be discharged the University of Florida Gators for winning tion to their loved ones, care providers, and from further consideration of S. 1340 the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Asso- personal support networks. and the Senate proceed to its imme- ciation Division I Men’s Tennis Champion- There being no objection, the Senate ship. diate consideration. proceeded to consider the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without There being no objection, the Senate Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I objection, it is so ordered. proceeded to consider the resolution. know of no further debate on the meas- The clerk will report the bill by title. Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous con- ure. The legislative clerk read as follows: sent that the resolution be agreed to, The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there A bill (S. 1340) to amend title 28, United the preamble be agreed to, and that the is no further debate, the question is on States Code, to redefine the eastern and mid- motions to reconsider be considered adoption of the resolution. dle judicial districts of North Carolina. made and laid upon the table with no The resolution (S. Res. 278) was There being no objection, the com- intervening action or debate. agreed to. mittee was discharged and the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I proceeded to consider the bill. objection, it is so ordered. ask unanimous consent that the pre- Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous con- The resolution (S. Res. 276) was amble be agreed to and that the mo- sent that the bill be considered read a agreed to. tions to reconsider be considered made third time and passed and that the mo- The preamble was agreed to. and laid upon the table with no inter- tion to reconsider be considered made (The resolution, with its preamble, is vening action or debate. and laid upon the table. printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mitted Resolutions.’’) objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. The preamble was agreed to. The bill (S. 1340) was ordered to be f (The resolution, with its preamble, is engrossed for a third reading, was read CONGRATULATING THE UNIVER- printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- the third time, and passed, as follows: SITY OF MISSISSIPPI REBELS mitted Resolutions.’’) S. 1340 WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM ON WIN- f Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- NING THE 2021 NATIONAL COLLE- resentatives of the United States of America in GIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEASURE READ THE FIRST Congress assembled, DIVISION I WOMEN’S GOLF TIME—S. 2118 SECTION 1. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH CHAMPIONSHIP CAROLINA. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of title 28, Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, United States Code, is amended— ask unanimous consent that the Sen- and I ask for its first reading. (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and Wil- ate proceed to the consideration of S. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The son and’’ and inserting ‘‘Wilson, those por- Res. 277, submitted earlier today. clerk will read the title of the bill for tions of Hoke, Moore, Scotland, and Rich- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the first time. mond counties encompassing the Fort Bragg The legislative clerk read as follows: Military Reservation and Camp Mackall, clerk will report the resolution by and’’; and title. A bill (S. 2118) to amend the Internal Rev- (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting The legislative clerk read as follows: enue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives the following: A resolution (S. Res. 277) congratulating for increased investment in clean energy, ‘‘(b) MIDDLE DISTRICT.—The Middle Dis- the University of Mississippi Rebels women’s and for other purposes. trict comprises the counties of Alamance, golf team on winning the 2021 National Colle- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, giate Athletic Association Division I wom- now ask for a second reading, and in Davie, Durham (excluding that portion of en’s golf championship. order to place the bill on the calendar Durham County encompassing the Federal There being no objection, the Senate Correctional Institution, Butner, North under the provisions of rule XIV, I ob- Carolina), Forsyth, Guilford, Hoke (exclud- proceeded to consider the resolution. ject to my own request. ing that portion of Hoke County encom- Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- passing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation sent that the resolution be agreed to, tion having been heard, the bill will be and Camp Mackall), Lee, Montgomery, the preamble be agreed to, and that the read for the second time on the next Moore (excluding that portion of Moore motions to reconsider be considered legislative day. County encompassing the Fort Bragg Mili- made and laid upon the table with no (At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the tary Reservation and Camp Mackall), Or- intervening action or debate. following statement was ordered to be ange, Person, Randolph, Richmond (exclud- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ing that portion of Richmond County encom- printed in the RECORD.) passing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation objection, it is so ordered. f The resolution (S. Res. 277) was and Camp Mackall), Rockingham, Rowan, VOTE EXPLANATION Scotland (excluding that portion of Scotland agreed to. County encompassing the Fort Bragg Mili- The preamble was agreed to. ∑ Mr. PETERS. Madam President, due tary Reservation and Camp Mackall), (The resolution, with its preamble, is to a family medical emergency, I was Stanly, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin.’’. printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- unable to attend today’s vote on Exec- (b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made mitted Resolutions.’’) utive Calendar #123—Tommy P. by subsection (a) shall not apply to any ac- Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy tion commenced or pending in any judicial f district of North Carolina before the date of Secretary of the Interior. Had I been RECOGNIZING THE 75TH ANNIVER- able to attend, I would have voted enactment of this Act. SARY OF UNITED SPINAL ASSO- f ‘‘aye’’ on confirmation. CIATION Madam President, due to a family CONGRATULATING THE UNIVER- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I medical emergency, I was unable to at- SITY OF FLORIDA GATORS FOR ask unanimous consent that the Sen- tend today’s votes on motion to invoke WINNING THE 2021 NATIONAL ate proceed to the consideration of S. cloture and confirmation of Executive COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIA- Res. 278 submitted earlier today. Calendar #157, John K. Tien, of Geor- TION DIVISION I MEN’S TENNIS The PRESIDING OFFICER. The gia, to be Deputy Secretary of Home- CHAMPIONSHIP clerk will report the resolution by land Security. Had I been able to at- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I title. tend, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on the ask unanimous consent that the Sen- The legislative clerk read as follows: motion and ‘‘aye’’ on confirmation.∑

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MG Gordon Granger and Union soldiers uals and as many as one in five African This lightweight cotton fabric, communicated the news of liberation Americans in some States were disen- known for its signature pucker, has to one of the last remaining confed- franchised because of voter suppression been worn and enjoyed by Americans erate outposts in Galveston, TX. Over 2 laws. across the country during the hot sum- years after President Abraham Lincoln Many voter disenfranchisement laws mer months. Mr. Haspel said it best: issued the Emancipation Proclama- today come from post-Civil War efforts ‘‘Hot is hot, no matter what you do for tion, the enslaved individuals there had to stifle the 14th and 15th Amend- a living.’’ yet to hear the good news. ments. Between 1865 and 1880, at least In the 1990s, Seersucker Day was es- Over the years, African-American 13 States enacted or expanded their fel- tablished by Members of this Chamber communities nationwide and in Mary- ony disenfranchisement laws. One of to honor this unique American fashion. land have developed rich traditions the primary goals of these laws was to I proudly resumed this tradition in 2014 around this historically significant prevent Black Americans from voting. in the U.S. House of Representatives date. For all Americans, Juneteenth of- At least 11 of those States still bar in- and continued this tradition in the fers an opportunity to reflect upon and dividuals on felony probation or parole U.S. Senate. This year, I wish to des- to educate ourselves further about the from voting. Under our Constitution, ignate Thursday, June 17, as the eighth terrible history of slavery and its en- there is no legitimate justification for annual National Seersucker Day. I enduring legacy. The story of Juneteenth denying people from having a voice in courage everyone to wear seersucker also reminds me of the gap between the our democracy. Disenfranchising citi- on this day to commemorate this tradi- values and principles that we espouse zens who are living and working in the tionally American clothing. and the realities of life for everyday community serves no compelling State Americans, in particular the most vul- interest and hinders their rehabilita- f nerable. tion and reintegration into society. My I have long supported legislation to Democracy Restoration Act, S. 481, add Juneteenth National Independence would restore Federal voting rights for TRIBUTE TO MAX ENGLISH Day to the list of legal Federal public all individuals immediately upon re- Mr. COTTON. Madam President, holidays. After many years, I am lease from incarceration. SGM Max English served the Nation pleased that the Senate has finally I am proud that both my Deceptive honorably for over 28 years in the U.S. passed it and hope that the House will Practices and Voter Intimidation Act Army. He fought in combat operations act swiftly to send this bill to Presi- and my Democracy Restoration Act throughout World War II and bravely dent Biden’s desk. are included within the For the People led 36 men as a platoon sergeant in the In commemoration of this year’s hol- Act. Battle of the Bulge. His extraordinary iday, I want to take the opportunity to Finally, I want to end by com- service continued to the Pacific the- reflect in more depth on a couple of mending my home State of Maryland ater in the waning months of the war. ways that we continue to see the clear for bipartisan restorative justice work Only a few years later, he returned to impact of slavery today. One of the over the past several years. The Mary- the Pacific to fight in the Korean war. most apparent legacies is access—or land General Assembly voted nearly During his service in the Second should I say lack of access—to the bal- unanimously in 2019 to investigate the World War, Sergeant Major English lot box. Study after study and the lived more than 40 documented racial terror was injured in Germany and was experiences of so many individuals tell lynchings that took place in Maryland awarded the Purple Heart. During the us that Black Americans still experi- between 1854 and 1933, to hold public Battle of Bulge, Sergeant Major ence greater barriers to voting than hearings in communities where racial English fought and repelled repeated White Americans. One of the most im- terror lynchings occurred, and to de- Nazi attacks and ultimately helped portant tenets of our comprehensive velop recommendations that are rooted break the back of Hitler’s forces. After legislation to protect democracy, the in restorative justice for addressing, sustained combat operations in Europe, For the People Act, S. 1, is enacting a engaging, and reconciling those com- Sergeant Major English served in the Federal floor when it comes to voting munities. The commission the State Southern Pacific theater and pursued rights standards. established has received supplemental the treacherous mission of rooting out Spreading false or misleading infor- funding from the U.S. Department of irreconciled Japanese Imperial Army mation intended to suppress voting and Justice’s Emmett Till Cold Case Inves- forces after their country’s uncondi- intimidate the electorate remains one tigations Program for its efforts. Be- tional surrender. of the most effective methods used to cause of this work, Governor Hogan keep individuals, particularly Black issued posthumous pardons last month A member of ‘‘the greatest genera- Americans and other racial minorities, for 34 victims of racial lynchings in tion’’, Sergeant Major English again from voting. Advancements in our Maryland. answered the call of duty when he was means of communication, including This Juneteenth, I encourage all deployed to the Korean war. There, his the rise of social media platforms, have Americans to recognize Juneteenth as unit was tasked with repatriating made it easier for bad actors to use an opportunity to reflect upon our Na- Americans formerly held as prisoners these strategies. During the 2020 election’s shared history, to recognize the of war during the conflict. The heroic tion cycle, robocalls targeting commu- enduring effects of slavery on our soci- actions of Sergeant Major English’s nities of color in Michigan, Pennsyl- ety, and to commit to being involved in unit directly contributed to the imple- vania, Ohio, Illinois, and New York the redemptive work toward a more mentation of an armistice to stop the contained false information about how just and perfect Union. fighting on the Korean Peninsula. the recipients’ data would be shared if f Sergeant Major English is a man of they voted by mail. I have introduced exceptional character and commitment legislation, along with Senator KLO- NATIONAL SEERSUCKER DAY to the United States who embodies the BUCHAR, to address these problems by Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, American spirit and serves as an inspi- prohibiting individuals from knowingly today I rise in recognition of seer- ration for today’s fighting men and deceiving others about the time, place, sucker manufacturers and enthusiasts women. I join all grateful Americans in eligibility, or procedures of partici- across the United States. I wish every- congratulating him for his outstanding pating in a Federal election. Our bill to one a happy National Seersucker Day. service and patriotism and thank him ban deceptive practices, S. 1840, would This uniquely American fashion has a for a job well done.

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Trotter was selected to reer dedicated to serving Wisconsin- fellow alumnus of the Iowa State Uni- serve as the deputy commander for ites. A graduate of the University of versity Cyclone Battalion and a dear Joint Base San Antonio and the vice Wisconsin—Madison, Janet forged a friend of mine. commander of the 502d Air Base Wing. path in public service early in her ca- Colonel Trotter will retire on Novem- A highly decorated officer, Dave reer. Her first job was as a field orga- ber 30, 2021, after a successful 30-year earned several service awards, includ- nizer for a race for Wisconsin Gov- military career as an accomplished ing the Legion of Merit with oak leaf ernor, followed by nearly 10 years as a leader, infantry, and intelligence offi- cluster and the Bronze Star with oak legislative policy advisor to Wisconsin cer. Dave’s leadership abilities were leaf cluster, for his service. He also legislators in the State capitol. evident early on. I met Dave early in earned the Ranger Tab, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Pathfinder Janet quickly earned recognition as my days at Iowa State, where he served as a personal mentor and driving factor Badge, and the Air Assault Badge. a valued staff member and committed Dave has deployed in support of com- leader. Her experiences working with to my own service to this great Nation. From those early days, he grew even bat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, both legislators and constituents led to and Syria. He has served at every level her assuming positions in a variety of more as a leader and soldier, ultimately completing a storied career at and commanded with distinction at the roles, both at the local and Federal company through brigade levels within government level. home and abroad, in peace and in war. It is fitting that we recognize his serv- the conventional force and within the Over the past 30-plus years, Janet has ice to this great Nation. Army’s premier Special Operations served in a variety of capacities with Colonel Trotter was commissioned in Command. He and his family have sac- many Wisconsin elected officials, in- 1992 upon graduating from Iowa State rificed so much to ensure America can cluding 7 years as State director for University as a distinguished military be what it is today. U.S. Senator Russ Feingold; 2 years as graduate with a bachelor in business. David, congratulations on your suc- chief of staff for Congressman Tom Dave served as an infantry platoon cessful career and well-deserved retire- Barrett; 8 years as chief of staff for leader in Korea and a company execu- ment. I want to thank you and your Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz; and 2 tive officer at Fort Carson, CO. He then family for the sacrifices you have made years as district director for U.S. Con- was selected as a company commander over the past 30 years. I join my col- gressman MARK POCAN. Outside of her for 18 months with Headquarters and leagues in Congress and all Americans roles in government, Janet has also Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, as we express our deepest appreciation worked as a special assistant for State 20th Infantry Regiment in Fort Lewis, for your service, acknowledge you and relations at the University of Wis- WA. After command, he served as an your family’s many accomplishments consin System and as vice president for operations officer for the Des Moines, and sacrifices, and wish the very best advancement at the Overture Center IA, Recruiting Battalion before being for you, your wife Tami, and your son Foundation in Madison, where she led selected for the prestigious 75th Ranger Ty in the future. the charge to help transition this leg- Regiment. f acy performing arts venue from a city- Upon arrival at the 75th Ranger Regi- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS run venue to a privately owned facil- ment in Fort Benning, GA, Dave served ity. as an assistant intelligence officer. He --- Janet is also an active member of then was selected again for command, TRIBUTE TO NADIA HEDAYAT many community organizations, in- where he served as the military intel- ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I cluding Madison’s Downtown Rotary. ligence detachment commander. would like to take the opportunity to She spends considerable time engaged Throughout his time in the 75th Rang- express my appreciation to Nadia for in meeting with others interested in er Regiment, Dave deployed in support her hard work as an intern in the Sen- pursuing a career in public service and of Operations Enduring Freedom and ate Republican Conference. I recognize has mentored countless Wisconsinites Iraqi Freedom. her efforts and contributions to my of- over these many years. As a field-grade officer, Dave served fice, as well as to the State of Wyo- as an operations officer in the XVIII ming. Outside of the office, Janet enjoys Airborne Corps, G2 section at Fort spending time with her partner of 20 Nadia is a native of Maryland. She is Bragg, NC. He then served as an oper- a student at American University, years, J.R. Sims, their grandbaby, ations officer and executive officer Titan Cairo Sims, and their enthusi- where she studies psychology and com- within the 525th Battlefield Surveil- munication: film and media arts. She astic pandemic puppy, Sadie. Janet lance Brigade, where he also deployed also enjoys traveling and participating has demonstrated a strong work ethic, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. which has made her an invaluable asset in organized bike rides, including the He then served again as an operations Door County Century and the Best to our office. The quality of her work is officer for the Intelligence and Secu- reflected in her great efforts over the Dam Bike Tour on her Wisconsin made rity Command at Fort Belvoir, VA, be- Trek Madone. She is a devoted fan of last several months. fore being selected for command of the I want to thank Nadia for the dedica- the Milwaukee Bucks, especially Army Geospatial Intelligence Bat- tion she has shown while working for Giannis Antetokounmpo, and is always talion at Springfield, VA. me and my staff. It was a pleasure to eager to host friends and colleagues on After various staff positions, Dave have her as part of our team. I know her roof deck overlooking the Madison served as the chief of staff, Afghanistan she will have continued success with skyline. Ministry of Interior Advisory Group, all of her future endeavors. I wish her I knew of Janet’s can-do reputation where he deployed again to Afghani- all my best on her next journey.∑ and energetic commitment to public stan in support of Operations Enduring f service long before she joined my Sen- Freedom and Freedom Sentinel. After ate office in 2015, and I am delighted a brief year on staff at Fort Huachuca, TRIBUTE TO DR. SOPHIA L. that she has become a valued member AZ, Dave deployed again in support of THOMAS of our team. Along with my entire U.S. Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq, ∑ Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, it Senate staff, I wish her all the best as where he served as the III Corps G2. is with great pride that I recognize a she begins a new chapter with her well- After redeployment, he was chosen to constituent of mine, Sophia L. Thom- deserved retirement. serve as the Army North senior intel- as, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC,

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A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Dr. Thomas has an exemplary career retary of the Senate, on June 16, 2021, enue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives of service as a certified family and pe- during the adjournment of the Senate, for increased investment in clean energy, diatric nurse practitioner and has been received a message from the House of and for other purposes. providing health care for over 25 years Representatives announcing that the f to medically underserved populations House has passed the following bill, ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED in the greater New Orleans, LA, region. without amendment: The Secretary of the Senate reported Dr. Thomas practices at a federally S. 475. An act to amend title 5, United qualified health center in New Orleans States Code, to designate Juneteenth Na- that on today, June 17, 2021, she had and is a clinical preceptor. As a pri- tional Independence Day as a legal public presented to the President of the mary care provider, Dr. Thomas pro- holiday. United States the following enrolled vides her patients with access to cost- f bill: effective, patient-centered healthcare. S. 475. An act to amend title 5, United Dr. Thomas has continued to work on MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE States Code, to designate Juneteenth Na- the frontlines throughout the COVID– ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED tional Independence Day as a legal public 19 pandemic, including educating the At 10:03 a.m., a message from the holiday. public, diagnosing and treating pa- House of Representatives, delivered by f tients, and going door to door to vac- Mrs. Alli, one of its reading clerks, an- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER cinate residents in New Orleans. nounced that the Speaker has signed COMMUNICATIONS She holds a doctoral degree in nurs- the following enrolled bills: The following communication was ing practice from Loyola University S. 475. An act to amend title 5, United laid before the Senate, together with New Orleans, where she was honored States Code, to designate Juneteenth Na- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- with the Post-Master’s DNP Nightin- tional Independence Day as a legal public uments, and was referred as indicated: gale Award, and she has a master’s in holiday. nursing from Louisiana Sate Univer- H.R. 711. An act to amend the West Los An- EC–1224. A communication from the Presi- geles Leasing Act of 2016 to authorize the use dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- sity Health Sciences Center. She was of certain funds received pursuant to leases suant to law, a report relative to the inducted as fellow of the American entered into under such Act, and for other issuance of an Executive Order that elabo- Academy of Nurse Practitioners in purposes. rates upon measures to address the national 2012. In 2020, Dr. Thomas was chosen as The enrolled bill, S. 475, was subse- emergency with respect to the information one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most quently signed by the Vice President. and communications technology and services supply chain that was declared in Executive Influential People in Healthcare. The enrolled bill, H.R. 711, was subse- The American Association of Nurse Order 13873 of May 15, 2019; to the Committee quently signed by the President pro on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Practitioners is the largest national tempore (Mr. LEAHY). professional membership organization -- f for nurse practitioners. Under Dr. At 12:11 p.m., a message from the PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS Thomas’s tenure, AANP membership House of Representatives, delivered by The following petitions and memo- has grown to more than 118,000 mem- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- rials were laid before the Senate and bers. Dr. Thomas has helped lead nurse nounced that the House has passed the were referred or ordered to lie on the practitioners in transforming patient- following bills, in which it requests the table as indicated: centered healthcare and has made tre- concurrence of the Senate: mendous strides in ensuring that pol- POM–20. A concurrent resolution adopted H.R. 256. An act to repeal the Authoriza- by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana icymakers and the public understand tion for Use of Military Force Against Iraq urging the United States Congress and the the care that nurse practitioners pro- Resolution of 2002. Louisiana congressional delegation to take vide to millions of Americans each H.R. 1187. An act to provide for disclosure such actions as are necessary to rename the year. of additional material information about Department of Veterans Affairs’ Lafayette I urge my colleagues to join me in public companies and establish a Sustainable Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Finance Advisory Committee, and for other honor of Rodney C. Hamilton Sr.; to the congratulating Dr. Sophia L. Thomas purposes. on a successful term as president of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. American Association of Nurse Practi- f SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 46 tioners and in thanking her for the ex- MEASURES REFERRED Whereas, Rodney Carroll Hamilton Sr. was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 24, 1932, cellent health care she has and con- The following bills were read the first tinues to provide to her patients as and his family moved to Lafayette, Lou- and the second times by unanimous isiana, in the summer of 1948; and well as her leadership to the nurse consent, and referred as indicated: Whereas, God, family, country, and com- ∑ practitioner profession. H.R. 256. An act to repeal the Authoriza- munity were his strong interests; and tion for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Whereas, in 1949, he joined the Marine Re- f Resolution of 2002; to the Committee on For- serve at age seventeen while attending La- eign Relations. fayette High School at the urging of his foot- MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT H.R. 1187. An act to provide for disclosure ball coach, Lou Campbell; and Messages from the President of the of additional material information about Whereas, Rodney served our country dur- United States were communicated to public companies and establish a Sustainable ing the Korean War, was wounded in combat the Senate by Ms. Ridgway, one of his Finance Advisory Committee, and for other in September 1951, and was awarded the Pur- secretaries. purposes; to the Committee on Banking, ple Heart; and Housing, and Urban Affairs. Whereas, he loved the United States Ma- f f rine Corps and was proud of all Marines who served their country; and EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED MEASURES PLACED ON THE Whereas, his military involvement in- CALENDAR cluded being a member of the Marine Corps As in executive session the Presiding League, the Military Order of the Purple Officer laid before the Senate messages The following bill was read the sec- Heart, and the Veteran’s Action Coalition of from the President of the United ond time, and placed on the calendar: Southwest Louisiana where he served as States submitting sundry nominations S. 2093. A bill to expand Americans’ access Founder and Chairman Emeritus; and which were referred to the appropriate to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big Whereas, he served as a full-time elected money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for official in the Lafayette city government committees. public servants, and implement other anti- from 1968 through 1972 as a Trustee of Public (The messages received today are corruption measures for the purpose of for- Property; and printed at the end of the Senate pro- tifying our democracy, and for other pur- Whereas, Rodney made numerous contribu- ceedings.) poses. tions to help make Lafayette a better place

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A bill to amend the Internal Rev- street there was named in his honor and now Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of enue Code of 1986 to allow for contributions bears signs saying, ‘‘Veterans Way, Honorary Delegates is hereby directed to forward a to the Alzheimer’s Research and Caregiving Rodney Hamilton’’; and copy of this resolution, along with a copy of Trust Fund, and for other purposes; to the Whereas, Rodney Carroll Hamilton Sr. the Jumpstart Savings Act, to the President Committee on Finance. passed away at the age of eighty-eight on and Secretary of the United States Senate, By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. November 30, 2020. Therefore, be it to the Speaker and Clerk of the United WYDEN): Resolved that the Legislature of Louisiana States House of Representatives, and to S. 2102. A bill to amend title 38, United hereby memorializes the Louisiana congres- members of West Virginia’s congressional States Code, to direct the Under Secretary sional delegation and the United States Con- delegation. for Health of the Department of Veterans Af- gress to take such actions as are necessary f fairs to provide mammography screening for to rename the United States Department of veterans who served in locations associated Veterans Affairs’ Lafayette Community EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF with toxic exposure; to the Committee on Based Outpatient Clinic in honor of Rodney COMMITTEE Veterans’ Affairs. C. Hamilton Sr., and be it further The following executive reports of By Mr. PADILLA: Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution S. 2103. A bill to amend the Revised Stat- shall be transmitted to the secretary of the nominations were submitted: utes of the United States to hold certain United States Senate, the clerk of the By Mr. DURBIN for the Committee on the public employers liable in civil actions for United States House of Representatives, and Judiciary. Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illi- deprivation of rights, and for other purposes; to each member of the Louisiana delegation nois, to be United States Circuit Judge for to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the United States Congress. the Federal Circuit. Anne Milgram, of New By Mr. MENENDEZ: -- Jersey, to be Administrator of Drug Enforce- S. 2104. A bill to support global labor POM–21. A concurrent resolution adopted ment. Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., of Lou- rights, and for other purposes; to the Com- by the Legislature of the State of West Vir- isiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General. mittee on Foreign Relations. ginia urging the United States Congress to (Nominations without an asterisk By Mr. CASEY: extend federal tax incentives to participants were reported with the recommenda- S. 2105. A bill to enhance mental health and psychological support within United in Jumpstart Savings programs that are tion that they be confirmed.) similar to those that are currently provided States foreign assistance programs; to the to participants in College Savings plans; to f Committee on Foreign Relations. the Committee on Finance. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. TILLIS): HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 24 JOINT RESOLUTIONS S. 2106. A bill to amend the Older Ameri- Whereas, The economy of the United The following bills and joint resolu- cans Act of 1965 to authorize a national net- States is experiencing increased demands for tions were introduced, read the first work of Statewide senior legal hotlines, and highly trained, skilled tradespeople to fill for other purposes; to the Committee on jobs in the construction, welding, and other and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. vocational sectors; and By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Whereas, In the United States, there are By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and CRAPO, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. nearly half a million more jobs available in Ms. CORTEZ MASTO): STABENOW, and Mr. DAINES): the skilled trades than workers with the S. 2094. A bill to provide for a new building S. 2107. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- skills to fill them; and period with respect to the cap on full-time enue Code of 1986 to establish the semicon- Whereas, The number of available jobs in equivalent residents for purposes of payment ductor manufacturing investment credit; to the skilled trades is anticipated to rise to for graduate medical education costs under the Committee on Finance. two million over the next decade; and the Medicare program for certain hospitals By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. CAS- Whereas, A traditional college education is that have established a shortage specialty SIDY, Mr. BROWN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. one path to success, but not the only path, program; to the Committee on Finance. SANDERS, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MERKLEY, especially in light of the increasing costs of By Mr. SCHATZ: and Mr. CASEY): a traditional four-year college degree and S. 2095. A bill to expand compassionate re- S. 2108. A bill to amend title II of the So- the growing demand for skilled labor; and lease authority and elderly home confine- cial Security Act to eliminate work dis- Whereas, Encouraging students and their ment access for offenders with heightened incentives for childhood disability bene- families to invest in alternative forms of coronavirus risk; to the Committee on the ficiaries; to the Committee on Finance. postsecondary skills could help reshape our Judiciary. By Mr. KENNEDY: nation’s future workforce; and By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. S. 2109. A bill to prohibit allocations of Whereas, Providing the next generation SCOTT of Florida): Special Drawing Rights at the International the ability to save money for the future S. 2096. A bill to amend the Immigration Monetary Fund for perpetrators of genocide costs of tools, equipment, and business ex- and Nationality Act to authorize admission and state sponsors of terrorism without con- penses will make it easier to enter a voca- of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for gressional authorization; to the Committee tion, trade, or start a small business in the pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of on Foreign Relations. skilled trades industry; and such Act, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. KENNEDY: Whereas, The West Virginia Legislature mittee on Finance. S. 2110. A bill to amend the Public Health has adopted legislation authorizing the West By Mr. KENNEDY: Service Act to provide for the establishment Virginia Jumpstart Savings Program, which S. 2097. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- of a virtual health pilot program to facili- creates several tax incentives to help pro- enue Code of 1986 to make permanent the tate utilization of remote patient moni- gram participants save money, by allowing permissible first-dollar coverage of tele- toring technology to maintain or expand ac- an income tax deduction for contributions to health services for purposes of health savings cess to health care services for individuals in a Jumpstart Savings account, by providing accounts; to the Committee on Finance. rural areas, and for other purposes; to the businesses with a non-refundable state tax By Mr. SASSE: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and credit for matching an employee’s own con- S. 2098. A bill to prevent States from using Pensions . tribution to his or her account each year; or distributing resources during the COVID– By Mr. KENNEDY: and 19 national emergency in accordance with a S. 2111. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Whereas, The Jumpstart Savings Program State policy that discriminates on the basis Social Security Act to provide for the waiver will allow individuals to roll 529 College Sav- of disability, and for other purposes; to the of certain telehealth requirements to permit ings plan funds over to a Jumpstart Savings Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and reimbursement for audio-only telehealth account without facing state income tax Pensions. services under the Medicare program during penalties; and By Mr. SASSE: emergency declarations; to the Committee Whereas, West Virginia’s Jumpstart Sav- S. 2099. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- on Finance. ings Program could be a model for other enue Code of 1986 to allow individuals who By Mr. KENNEDY: states to invest in the future entrepreneur- are not enrolled in a high deductible health S. 2112. A bill to amend title XVIII of the ship and small business trade industries in plan to have access to health savings ac- Social Security Act and the SUPPORT for our nation, and Congress should extend fed- counts, and for other purposes; to the Com- Patients and Communities Act to provide for eral tax benefits to such programs; therefore, mittee on Finance. Medicare and Medicaid mental and behav- be it By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and ioral health treatment through telehealth; Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: Ms. COLLINS): to the Committee on Finance.

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A bill to prohibit the award of Fed- Mr. BROWN): By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. eral Government contracts to inverted do- S. 2134. A bill to establish the Data Protec- COLLINS): mestic corporations, and for other purposes; tion Agency; to the Committee on Com- S. 2114. A bill to expand the definition of to the Committee on Homeland Security and merce, Science, and Transportation. qualified persons for purposes of the Public Governmental Affairs. By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Ms. BRAUN): to include health professional students; to WARREN, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. VAN S. 2135. A bill to amend title 31, United the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, HOLLEN): States Code, to require the Chief Operating and Pensions. S. 2125. A bill to divert Federal funding Officer of each agency to compile a list of By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. away from supporting the presence of police unnecessary programs, and for other pur- COLLINS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. WHITE- in schools and toward evidence-based and poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- HOUSE, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. BALDWIN, trauma informed services that address the rity and Governmental Affairs. Mr. MARKEY, and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO): needs of marginalized students and improve By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and S. 2115. A bill to amend title 28, United academic outcomes, and for other purposes; Ms. SMITH): States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of in- to the Committee on Health, Education, S. 2136. A bill to amend the Public Health dividuals from service on a Federal jury on Labor, and Pensions. Service Act to provide for the implementa- account of sexual orientation or gender iden- By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. tion of curricula for training students, tity; to the Committee on the Judiciary. VAN HOLLEN): teachers, parents, and school and youth de- By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and S. 2126. A bill to designate the Federal Of- velopment personnel to understand, recog- Ms. COLLINS): fice Building located at 308 W. 21st Street in nize, prevent, and respond to signs of human S. 2116. A bill to prevent mail, tele- Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the ‘‘Louisa Swain trafficking and exploitation in children and marketing, and internet fraud targeting sen- Federal Office Building’’ ; to the Committee youth, and for other purposes; to the Com- iors in the United States, to promote efforts on Environment and Public Works. mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and to increase public awareness of the enormous By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Pensions. impact that mail, telemarketing, and inter- VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. CASEY): By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. net fraud have on seniors, to educate the S. 2127. A bill to amend title 31, United BRAUN): public, seniors, their families, and their States Code, to require that Federal chil- S. 2137. A bill to amend title 49, United caregivers about how to identify and combat dren’s programs be separately displayed and States Code, to establish an Office of Rural fraudulent activity, and for other purposes; analyzed in the President’s budget, and for Investment, to ensure that rural commu- to the Committee on Commerce, Science, other purposes; to the Committee on the nities and regions are equitably represented and Transportation. Budget. in Federal decision-making for transpor- By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. tation policy, and for other purposes; to the MERKLEY): BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. REED, Committee on Commerce, Science, and S. 2117. A bill to amend the Help America Mr. COONS, Ms. WARREN, Ms. KLO- Transportation. Vote Act of 2002 to ensure that voters in BUCHAR, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. SMITH, By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and elections for Federal office do not wait in Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. Mr. RUBIO): long lines in order to vote; to the Committee DUCKWORTH, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. S. 2138. A bill to respond to international on Rules and Administration. LEAHY, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, trafficking of Cuban medical professionals By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. STA- Mr. WYDEN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, and by the Government of Cuba, and for other BENOW, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. PADILLA): purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- S. 2128. A bill to ensure the humane treat- Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BENNET, ary. ment of pregnant women by reinstating the Mr. CASEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Ms. By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. CORTEZ MASTO): presumption of release and prohibiting VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. S. 2118. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- shackling, restraining, and other inhumane WYDEN, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives treatment of pregnant detainees, and for SANDERS, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr. DUR- for increased investment in clean energy, other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- BIN): and for other purposes; read the first time. diciary. S.J. Res. 21. A joint resolution proposing By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. an amendment to the Constitution of the ANCHIN): ROWN, and Mr. COONS): M B United States to prohibit the use of slavery S. 2119. A bill to provide for nonpreemption S. 2129. A bill to promote freedom of infor- and involuntary servitude as a punishment of measures by State and local governments mation and counter censorship and surveil- for a crime; to the Committee on the Judici- to divest from entities that engage in certain lance in North Korea, and for other purposes; ary. boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities to the Committee on Foreign Relations. targeting Israel or persons doing business in By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. f Israel or Israeli-controlled territories, and CASSIDY, Mr. COONS, Mrs. HYDE- for other purposes; to the Committee on SMITH, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Mr. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. SCHATZ, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. VAN HOL- SENATE RESOLUTIONS By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Ms. CANT- LEN, and Mr. WICKER): The following concurrent resolutions WELL, Ms. ROSEN, and Mrs. BLACK- S. 2130. A bill to modify the disposition of and Senate resolutions were read, and BURN): certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and S. 2120. A bill to establish the United to open Federal financial sharing to heighten referred (or acted upon), as indicated: States-Israel Artificial Intelligence Center opportunities for renewable energy, and for By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. to improve artificial intelligence research other purposes; to the Committee on Energy TESTER, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. HOEVEN, and development cooperation; to the Com- and Natural Resources. Mr. CRAMER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. ROUNDS, mittee on Foreign Relations. By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Ms. Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. INHOFE, By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. LUMMIS): and Mr. MARSHALL): FEINSTEIN): S. 2131. A bill to require a review of the ef- S. Res. 274. A resolution designating July S. 2121. A bill to develop best practice fects of FHA mortgage insurance policies, 24, 2021, as ‘‘National Day of the American guidelines for the use of dogs in Federal practices, and products on small-dollar Cowboy’’; to the Committee on the Judici- courts, and for other purposes; to the Com- mortgage lending, and for other purposes; to ary. mittee on the Judiciary. the Committee on Banking, Housing, and By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. BALD- By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Urban Affairs. WIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, DAINES): By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. BOOZ- Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. VAN S. 2122. A bill to amend title 18, United MAN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. HOLLEN, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. States Code, to regulate the use of cell-site SCOTT of Florida, and Mr. INHOFE): WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. DUR- simulators, and for other purposes; to the S. 2132. A bill to amend title 5, United BIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. Committee on the Judiciary. States Code, to limit the use of taxpayer COONS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MERKLEY, By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. funded union time for employees of the In- and Mr. CARDIN): HASSAN): ternal Revenue Service, and for other pur- S. Res. 275. A resolution acknowledging S. 2123. A bill to establish the Federal poses; to the Committee on Finance. and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and Clearinghouse on Safety and Security Best By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisex- Practices for Faith-Based Organizations and CASEY, and Mr. MENENDEZ): ual, and transgender individuals who served

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A resolution congratulating the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) and the Senator University of Florida Gators for winning the Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. from West Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO) were 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association S. 611 added as cosponsors of S. 1596, a bill to Division I Men’s Tennis Championship; con- At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the require the Secretary of the Treasury sidered and agreed to. By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. name of the Senator from Wyoming to mint coins in commemoration of the HYDE-SMITH): (Ms. LUMMIS) was added as a cosponsor National World War II Memorial in S. Res. 277. A resolution congratulating the of S. 611, a bill to deposit certain funds Washington, DC, and for other pur- University of Mississippi Rebels women’s into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive poses. golf team on winning the 2021 National Colle- matching requirements, and for other S. 1848 giate Athletic Association Division I wom- purposes. en’s golf championship; considered and At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, S. 613 agreed to. the name of the Senator from Virginia By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. At the request of Mr. TILLIS, the (Mr. WARNER) was added as a cosponsor MORAN): name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. of S. 1848, a bill to prohibit discrimina- S. Res. 278. A resolution recognizing the WARNOCK) was added as a cosponsor of tion on the basis of religion, sex (in- 75th anniversary of United Spinal Associa- S. 613, a bill to direct the Secretary of cluding sexual orientation and gender tion, a leading national advocacy organiza- Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot identity), and marital status in the ad- tion that is dedicated to promoting the inde- program on dog training therapy and pendence and enhancing the quality of life of ministration and provision of child all people living with spinal cord injuries to amend title 38, United States Code, welfare services, to improve safety, and neurological disorders, including vet- to authorize the Secretary to provide well-being, and permanency for les- erans, and providing support and informa- service dogs to veterans with mental bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and tion to their loved ones, care providers, and illnesses who do not have mobility im- queer or questioning foster youth, and personal support networks; considered and pairments. for other purposes. agreed to. S. 697 S. 1872 By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. At the request of Ms. ROSEN, the CASSIDY): At the request of Ms. ERNST, the S. Res. 279. A resolution designating June names of the Senator from Massachu- names of the Senator from Arkansas 21, 2021 through June 25, 2021, as ‘‘National setts (Ms. WARREN) and the Senator (Mr. COTTON), the Senator from Texas Cybersecurity Education Week’’; to the Com- from Washington (Ms. CANTWELL) were (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator from Pennsyl- mittee on the Judiciary. added as cosponsors of S. 697, a bill to vania (Mr. CASEY) and the Senator By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself require the Secretary of the Treasury from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) were and Mr. CRUZ): S. Res. 280. A resolution supporting a sta- to mint commemorative coins in rec- added as cosponsors of S. 1872, a bill to ble Colombia and opposing any threat to de- ognition of the Bicentennial of Harriet award a Congressional Gold Medal, col- mocracy in Colombia; to the Committee on Tubman’s birth. lectively, to the United States Army Foreign Relations. S. 1368 Rangers Veterans of World War II in f At the request of Ms. WARREN, the recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS name of the Senator from California (Mr. PADILLA) was added as a cosponsor S. 1891 S. 75 of S. 1368, a bill to make housing more At the request of Mr. COONS, the At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the affordable, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. name of the Senator from Mississippi S. 1488 WARNOCK) was added as a cosponsor of (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH, S. 1891, a bill to transfer and limit Ex- of S. 75, a bill to amend title 18, United the name of the Senator from Georgia ecutive Branch authority to suspend or States Code, to prohibit discrimination (Mr. WARNOCK) was added as a cospon- restrict the entry of a class of aliens. by abortion against an unborn child on sor of S. 1488, a bill to amend title 37, the basis of Down syndrome. S. 1909 United States Code, to establish a basic ESTER S. 204 At the request of Mr. T , the needs allowance for low-income regular At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the names of the Senator from South Da- members of the Armed Forces. name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. kota (Mr. THUNE) and the Senator from S. 1544 BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) were added 204, a bill to establish the Office of At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the as cosponsors of S. 1909, a bill to amend Press Freedom, to create press freedom name of the Senator from Mississippi title XVIII of the Social Security Act curriculum at the National Foreign Af- (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor to reform requirements with respect to fairs Training Center, and for other of S. 1544, a bill to amend title XIX of direct and indirect remuneration under purposes. the Social Security Act to streamline Medicare part D, and for other purposes. S. 267 enrollment under the Medicaid pro- At the request of Ms. SMITH, the gram of certain providers across State S. 1945 name of the Senator from Wyoming lines, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. COONS, the (Ms. LUMMIS) was added as a cosponsor S. 1548 names of the Senator from Georgia of S. 267, a bill to increase the Federal At the request of Mr. LUJA´ N, the (Mr. WARNOCK), the Senator from Ar- share of operating costs for certain name of the Senator from Pennsyl- kansas (Mr. BOOZMAN), the Senator projects that receive grants under the vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- from Maryland (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and Formula Grants to Rural Areas Pro- sponsor of S. 1548, a bill to amend the the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. gram of the Federal Transit Adminis- Public Health Service Act to improve TILLIS) were added as cosponsors of S. tration. the diversity of participants in re- 1945, a bill to provide for the long-term S. 346 search on Alzheimer’s disease, and for improvement of Historically Black Col- At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the other purposes. leges and Universities, and for other name of the Senator from New York S. 1591 purposes. (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mr. WICKER, the S. 1986 sor of S. 346, a bill to end preventable name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the maternal mortality and severe mater- CORNYN) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from Mississippi nal morbidity in the United States and 1591, a bill to counter efforts by foreign (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) was added as a co- close disparities in maternal health governments to pursue, harass, or oth- sponsor of S. 1986, a bill to amend title outcomes, and for other purposes. erwise persecute individuals for polit- XVIII of the Social Security Act and

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Companies would also be re- rehabilitation programs under the proving access to quality, inclusive quired to disclose their list of ingredi- Medicare program, and for other pur- public education and improved learn- ents, attest that they have safety poses. ing outcomes for children and adoles- records for their products, and report S. 1997 cents, particularly for girls, in the serious adverse events, such as infec- At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the poorest countries through the Global tions that required medical treatment, names of the Senator from Maine (Mr. Partnership for Education. to FDA within 15 days after being noti- KING) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. f fied that one occurred. COLLINS) were added as cosponsors of S. This bill would also require the FDA 1997, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED to evaluate at least five ingredients per enue Code of 1986 to provide that cer- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION year for safety and whether they tain contributions by government enti- By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself should be used in personal care prod- ties are treated as contributions to and Ms. COLLINS): ucts. There would be opportunities for capital. S. 2100. A bill to amend the Federal companies, scientists, consumer S. 2058 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to en- groups, medical professionals, and At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the sure the safety of cosmetics; to the other members of the public to weigh name of the Senator from North Caro- Committee on Health, Education, in not only on the safety of particular lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co- Labor, and Pensions. ingredients but also which ingredients sponsor of S. 2058, a bill to improve the Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I should be a priority for review. safety and security of members of the am pleased to introduce bipartisan leg- As I’ve said before, the ‘‘Personal Armed Forces, and for other purposes. islation with Senator COLLINS today to Care Products Safety Act’’ is the result S. 2085 improve safety standards on products of many diverse groups working to- At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, that affect every single American gether to ensure businesses are able to the names of the Senator from Cali- household. Most people assume that provide the safest products possible to fornia (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) and the Sen- the personal care products they use consumers. As such, this legislation ator from Connecticut (Mr. every day are safe, whether it is sham- also recognizes the needs of small busi- BLUMENTHAL) were added as cosponsors poo or shaving cream, lotion or make- nesses and provides flexibility to en- of S. 2085, a bill to amend the Internal up, hair dye or deodorant. sure they are able to comply with these Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for car- In reality, however, these products new regulations while also upholding bon dioxide and other greenhouse gas are not approved by the Food and Drug strong safety standards that protect and criteria air pollutant emission Administration for safety before being consumers. fees, provide rebates to low and middle sold, and the FDA’s authority to regu- I am pleased that this legislation has income Americans, invest in fossil fuel late these products are sorely out- the support of a broad coalition, in- communities and workers, invest in en- dated. In fact, it’s been more than cluding the Environmental Working vironmental justice communities, and eighty years since the law has changed Group, Beautycounter, Estee Lauder, for other purposes. on how oversight is conducted for these Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Revlon, S. 2087 products. It is time to finally bring the L’Oreal USA, American Academy of At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the FDA into the 21st century. Pediatrics, American Cancer Society name of the Senator from Vermont For the better part of a decade, Sen- Cancer Action Network, the Associa- (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor ator COLLINS and I have worked with a tion of Maternal & Child Health Pro- of S. 2087, a bill to amend title 38, wide variety of stakeholders that rep- grams, the Endocrine Society, March United States Code, to expand the resent industry, consumers, and health of Dimes, National Alliance for His- membership of the Advisory Com- groups. Together, we introduce this panic Health, the National Women’s mittee on Minority Veterans to include Personal Care Products Safety bill Health Network, Au Naturale Cos- veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, with the support and input of these metics, Burt’s Bees Company, The Clo- transgender, gender diverse, gender groups to implement commonsense and rox Company, the Handcrafted Soap non-conforming, intersex, or queer. feasible measures. and Cosmetic Guild, and Procter & S. 2088 One of the most critical components Gamble. At the request of Mr. KELLY, the of this legislation is providing FDA I want to thank Senator COLLINS for name of the Senator from New York with mandatory recall authority over her support as well as her staff for (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- these products. Without this authority, their hard work on this important leg- sponsor of S. 2088, a bill to amend title the agency has few options to ensure islation. I urge my colleagues to join 10, United States Code, to improve the consumer safety. us in modernizing our outdated regu- process by which a member of the For example, in 2019, the FDA discov- latory system for personal care prod- Armed Forces may be referred for a ered asbestos in make-up marketed to ucts, and I hope the Senate will finally mental health evaluation. children and teens at a popular chain pass this long overdue legislation this S.J. RES. 10 store. After the FDA requested that year. At the request of Mr. KAINE, the these products stop being sold, the Thank you Madam President. I yield name of the Senator from California company refused to comply with the the Floor. (Mr. PADILLA) was added as a cosponsor request. Lacking the authority to man- --- of S.J. Res. 10, a joint resolution to re- date a recall, FDA was left with the By Mr. PADILLA: peal the authorizations for use of mili- only option of warning consumers not S. 2103. A bill to amend the Revised tary force against Iraq, and for other to use these products. This is simply Statutes of the United States to hold purposes. unacceptable. certain public employers liable in civil S. RES. 67 Under our bill, the FDA could remove actions for deprivation of rights, and At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the these harmful products from the mar- for other purposes; to the Committee name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. ketplace—whether at your local phar- on the Judiciary. RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. macy or mall, or online. Perhaps even Mr. PADILLA. Mr. President, I rise Res. 67, a resolution calling for the im- more importantly, our bill would set to introduce the ‘‘Accountability for mediate release of Trevor Reed, a forth regulations to outline good man- Federal Law Enforcement Act.’’ United States citizen who was unjustly ufacturing practices for personal care This legislation recognizes the need found guilty and sentenced to 9 years products and prevent harmful products to hold bad actors accountable—period. in a Russian prison. from ever being sold. In order to build trust in our system S. RES. 240 Our bill would also require companies of justice, we must allow individuals At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the to register with the FDA so that the the right to sue Federal law enforce- name of the Senator from Maryland agency knows who is manufacturing ment agencies when the actions of

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SHORT TITLE. right of action for state and local law that began before age 22 may receive a This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Work With- Social Security benefit based on the out Worry Act’’. enforcement officers who violate a per- SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF WORK DISINCENTIVE son’s rights. However, there is cur- work of a disabled, retired or deceased FOR CHILDHOOD DISABILITY BENE- rently no statutory equivalent that ex- parent. Often the child receives this FICIARIES. tends this right to incidents involving benefit for the rest of their life. Social (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(d) of the So- federal law enforcement officers and Security provides the benefit because cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)) is amended— agencies. the child is usually dependent on their parents for financial support. The prob- (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘is Because Americans lack this right, under a disability (as defined in section there is a gap in accountability that lem is that the law regards earnings by the child above $1,310 a month as end- 223(d)) which began before he attained the urgently needs to be filled. This legis- age of 22, and’’ and inserting the following: lation fills that gap by allowing indi- ing that dependency—even if the child ‘‘is under a disability (as defined in section viduals to sue federal officers, just as is no longer able to maintain that level 223(d)), and— of work in the future. When that de- they can sue state and local officers. It ‘‘(I) the physical or mental impairment (or pendency ends, the child ceases to be would also allow individuals to sue fed- combination of impairments) that is the eligible for the benefit from the parent. basis for the finding of disability began be- eral law enforcement agencies. The Instead, the child would receive a ben- fore the child attained the age of 22 (or is of United States Supreme Court has rec- efit based on their work. The benefit such a type that can reasonably be presumed ognized that the federal government from the parent’s work is often signifi- to have begun before the child attained the will not be liable in suit unless it cantly larger than the child’s own ben- age of 22, as determined by the Commis- waives its immunity and consents. efit. Because of this policy, parents of sioner), and ‘‘(II) the impairment or combination of im- This legislation recognizes the need for children with disabilities may prevent such a waiver. pairments could have been the basis for a their child from working at their full finding of disability (without regard to While extending this right will not potential, fearing that the work will automatically end all cases of abuse by whether the child was actually engaged in cause the child to lose out on the larg- substantial gainful activity) before the child certain law enforcement officers, it er benefit. We need to change Social attained age 22, and’’; and will give the American people an im- Security to ensure parents and their (2) by adding at the end the following new portant tool to fight against injustice children that working will not cause paragraphs: while also demonstrating that the time them to be worse off in the future. ‘‘(11)(A) In the case of a child described in is now to address police brutality. To provide that assurance, I am in- subparagraph (B)(ii) of paragraph (1) who— While the United States Supreme troducing the Work Without Worry ‘‘(i) has not attained early retirement age (as defined in section 216(l)(2)); Court has addressed the absence of a Act. The bill ensures that any indi- right of action against Federal officers ‘‘(ii) has filed an application for child’s in- vidual with a disability that began be- surance benefits; and before, the scope of the provided ‘‘rem- fore age 22 will receive the larger of the ‘‘(iii) is insured for disability benefits (as edy’’ has been kept extremely narrow. benefit from either their parent’s work determined under section 223(c)(1)) at the Without a statute in place, this right or the benefit from their own work. time of such filing; will continue to be under-utilized and Any earnings from work—no matter such application shall be deemed to be an ap- could disappear whenever the Court how much—will not prevent the child plication for both child’s insurance benefits sees fit. from receiving a Social Security ben- under this subsection and disability insur- Americans deserve better. We all de- efit from their parent’s work as long as ance benefits under section 223. serve to have our constitutional rights ‘‘(B) In the case of a child described in sub- the child is eligible for disability insur- paragraph (B)(ii) of paragraph (1) who— respected, and we deserve a system ance by the same impairment from be- ‘‘(i) has attained early retirement age (as that will hold bad actors accountable. fore age 22. This legislation would give defined in section 216(l)(2)); This is too urgent a need to go parents the assurance that their child ‘‘(ii) has filed an application for child’s in- unaddressed. with a disability can work without surance benefits; and Public safety is a two-way street. We, having to worry that the child will lose ‘‘(iii) is a fully insured individual (as de- as citizens, honor our officers and trust out on the full protections that Social fined in section 214(a)) at the time of such law enforcement to keep our streets Security provides. filing; safe and peaceful. In return, we expect I want to thank Kathy Holmquist, such application shall be deemed to be an ap- President of Pathways to Independ- plication for both child’s insurance benefits officers to be held to account for bad under this subsection and old-age insurance behavior. Anything less undermines ence, Inc. in Portland, Oregon, who has benefits under section 202(a). public safety. been a leader in my state helping peo- ‘‘(C) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the I look forward to working with my ple with disabilities live and work with case of a child described in subparagraph (A) colleagues to pass the ‘‘Accountability dignity. Kathy contacted me about the or (B), if, at the time of filing an application for Federal Law Enforcement Act’’ as need for this legislation and I appre- for child’s insurance benefits, the amount of quickly as possible. ciate her advocacy and support. Addi- the monthly old-age or disability insurance Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the tional thanks to The Arc for the tech- benefit to which the child would be entitled floor. nical assistance and endorsement of is greater than the amount of the monthly child’s insurance benefit to which the child --- the bill. The bill is also endorsed by the By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. would be entitled, the child shall not be enti- American Network of Community Op- tled to a child’s insurance benefit based on CASSIDY, Mr. BROWN, Ms. KLO- tions and Resources (ANCOR), Consor- such application. BUCHAR, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. tium for Citizens with Disabilities ‘‘(D) For purposes of subparagraph (C), the LEAHY, Mr. MERKLEY, and Mr. (CCD) Social Security Task Force, Na- amount of the monthly old-age or disability CASEY): tional Down Syndrome Congress, and benefit to which the child would be entitled S. 2108. A bill to amend title II of the The Association of University Centers shall be determined— Social Security Act to eliminate work on Disabilities. I am grateful that So- ‘‘(i) without regard to the primary insur- disincentives for childhood disability cial Security Subcommittee Chairman ance amount calculation described section 215(a)(7); and beneficiaries; to the Committee on Fi- JOHN LARSON is introducing the com- ‘‘(ii) before application of section 224. nance. panion bill in the House of Representa- ‘‘(12) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(ii), a Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, one tives. The Senate bill is cosponsored by child shall not be required to be continu- topic there is much agreement on is Senators CASSIDY, BROWN, KLOBUCHAR, ously under a disability during the period be- the benefits of work, and our laws SANDERS, LEAHY, MERKLEY and CASEY. tween the date that the disability began and

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the date that the application for child’s in- ‘‘(b) INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATION.— may issue regulations decreasing the thresh- surance benefits is filed.’’. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec- old percent in any of the tests under such (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments tion, a foreign incorporated entity shall be regulations for determining if business ac- made by this section shall apply to applica- treated as an inverted domestic corporation tivities constitute significant domestic busi- tions filed on or after the date that is 24 if, pursuant to a plan (or a series of related ness activities for purposes of this para- months after the date of the enactment of transactions)— graph. this section. ‘‘(A) the entity completes on or after May ‘‘(c) WAIVER.— --- 8, 2014, the direct or indirect acquisition of— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an executive By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. ‘‘(i) substantially all of the properties held agency may waive subsection (a) with re- REED, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. directly or indirectly by a domestic corpora- spect to any Federal Government contract WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. SANDERS): tion; or under the authority of such head if the head S. 2124. A bill to prohibit the award ‘‘(ii) substantially all of the assets of, or determines that the waiver is— of Federal Government contracts to in- substantially all of the properties consti- ‘‘(A) required in the interest of national se- tuting a trade or business of, a domestic curity; or verted domestic corporations, and for partnership; and ‘‘(B) necessary for the efficient or effective other purposes; to the Committee on ‘‘(B) after the acquisition, either— administration of Federal or federally fund- Homeland Security and Governmental ‘‘(i) more than 50 percent of the stock (by ed— Affairs. vote or value) of the entity is held— ‘‘(i) programs that provide health benefits Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask ‘‘(I) in the case of an acquisition with re- to individuals; or unanimous consent that the text of the spect to a domestic corporation, by former ‘‘(ii) public health programs. shareholders of the domestic corporation by bill be printed in the RECORD. ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The head of an There being no objection, the text of reason of holding stock in the domestic cor- executive agency issuing a waiver under poration; or the bill was ordered to be printed in paragraph (1) shall, not later than 14 days ‘‘(II) in the case of an acquisition with re- after issuing such waiver, submit a written the RECORD, as follows: spect to a domestic partnership, by former notification of the waiver to the relevant au- S. 2124 partners of the domestic partnership by rea- thorizing committees of Congress and the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- son of holding a capital or profits interest in Committees on Appropriations of the Senate resentatives of the United States of America in the domestic partnership; or and the House of Representatives. Congress assembled, ‘‘(ii) the management and control of the ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.— SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. expanded affiliated group which includes the ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American entity occurs, directly or indirectly, pri- paragraph (2), this section shall not apply to Business for American Companies Act of marily within the United States, as deter- any contract entered into before the date of 2021’’. mined pursuant to regulations prescribed by the enactment of this section. the Secretary of the Treasury, and such ex- SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AWARDING CONTRACTS ‘‘(2) TASK AND DELIVERY ORDERS.—This sec- TO INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORA- panded affiliated group has significant do- tion shall apply to any task or delivery order TIONS. mestic business activities. issued after the date of the enactment of this (a) CIVILIAN CONTRACTS.— ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CORPORATIONS WITH section pursuant to a contract entered into (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 41, SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN FOREIGN before, on, or after such date of enactment. United States Code, is amended by adding at COUNTRY OF ORGANIZATION.— ‘‘(3) SCOPE.—This section applies only to the end the following new section: ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A foreign incorporated contracts subject to regulation under the entity described in paragraph (1) shall not be Federal Acquisition Regulation. ‘‘§ 4715. Prohibition on awarding contracts to treated as an inverted domestic corporation inverted domestic corporations ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.— if after the acquisition the expanded affili- ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— ated group which includes the entity has terms ‘expanded affiliated group’, ‘foreign ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an executive substantial business activities in the foreign incorporated entity’, ‘person’, ‘domestic’, agency may not award a contract for the country in which or under the law of which and ‘foreign’ have the meaning given those procurement of property or services to— the entity is created or organized when com- terms in section 835(c) of the Homeland Se- ‘‘(A) any foreign incorporated entity that pared to the total business activities of such curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(c)). such head has determined is an inverted do- expanded affiliated group. ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES.—In applying sub- mestic corporation or any subsidiary of such ‘‘(B) SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.— section (b) of this section for purposes of sub- entity; or The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec- section (a) of this section, the rules described ‘‘(B) any joint venture if more than 10 per- retary’s delegate) shall establish regulations under 835(c)(1) of the Homeland Security Act cent of the joint venture (by vote or value) is for determining whether an affiliated group of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(c)(1)) shall apply.’’. held by a foreign incorporated entity that has substantial business activities for pur- (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of such head has determined is an inverted do- poses of subparagraph (A), except that such sections at the beginning of chapter 47 of mestic corporation or any subsidiary of such regulations may not treat any group as hav- title 41, United States Code, is amended by entity. ing substantial business activities if such inserting after the item relating to section ‘‘(2) SUBCONTRACTS.— group would not be considered to have sub- 4714 the following new item: ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of an execu- stantial business activities under the regula- tive agency shall include in each contract for tions prescribed under section 7874 of the In- ‘‘4715. Prohibition on awarding contracts to the procurement of property or services ternal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on inverted domestic corpora- awarded by the executive agency with a January 18, 2017. tions.’’. (b) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.— value in excess of $10,000,000, other than a ‘‘(3) SIGNIFICANT DOMESTIC BUSINESS ACTIVI- (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 137 of title 10, contract for exclusively commercial items, a TIES.— United States Code, is amended by adding at clause that prohibits the prime contractor ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para- on such contract from— graph (1)(B)(ii), an expanded affiliated group the end the following new section: ‘‘(i) awarding a first-tier subcontract with has significant domestic business activities ‘‘§ 2339d. Prohibition on awarding contracts a value greater than 10 percent of the total if at least 25 percent of— to inverted domestic corporations value of the prime contract to an entity or ‘‘(i) the employees of the group are based ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— joint venture described in paragraph (1); or in the United States; ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an agency ‘‘(ii) structuring subcontract tiers in a ‘‘(ii) the employee compensation incurred may not award a contract for the procure- manner designed to avoid the limitation in by the group is incurred with respect to em- ment of property or services to— paragraph (1) by enabling an entity or joint ployees based in the United States; ‘‘(A) any foreign incorporated entity that venture described in paragraph (1) to perform ‘‘(iii) the assets of the group are located in such head has determined is an inverted do- more than 10 percent of the total value of the United States; or mestic corporation or any subsidiary of such the prime contract as a lower-tier subcon- ‘‘(iv) the income of the group is derived in entity; or tractor. the United States. ‘‘(B) any joint venture if more than 10 per- ‘‘(B) PENALTIES.—The contract clause in- ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—Determinations pur- cent of the joint venture (by vote or value) is cluded in contracts pursuant to subpara- suant to subparagraph (A) shall be made in owned by a foreign incorporated entity that graph (A) shall provide that, in the event the same manner as such determinations are such head has determined is an inverted do- that the prime contractor violates the con- made for purposes of determining substantial mestic corporation or any subsidiary of such tract clause— business activities under regulations re- entity. ‘‘(i) the prime contract may be terminated ferred to in paragraph (2) as in effect on Jan- ‘‘(2) SUBCONTRACTS.— for default; and uary 18, 2017, but applied by treating all ref- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of an execu- ‘‘(ii) the matter may be referred to the sus- erences in such regulations to ‘foreign coun- tive agency shall include in each contract for pension or debarment official for the appro- try’ and ‘relevant foreign country’ as ref- the procurement of property or services priate agency and may be a basis for suspen- erences to ‘the United States’. The Secretary awarded by the executive agency with a sion or debarment of the prime contractor. of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) value in excess of $10,000,000, other than a

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contract for exclusively commercial items, a ‘‘(3) SIGNIFICANT DOMESTIC BUSINESS ACTIVI- chapter 364 of such title, inserted after sec- clause that prohibits the prime contractor TIES.— tion 4660, as added by section 1862(b) of the on such contract from— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De- ‘‘(i) awarding a first-tier subcontract with graph (1)(B)(ii), an expanded affiliated group fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 a value greater than 10 percent of the total has significant domestic business activities (Public Law 116–283), and redesignated as sec- value of the prime contract to an entity or if at least 25 percent of— tion 4661. joint venture described in paragraph (1); or ‘‘(i) the employees of the group are based (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— ‘‘(ii) structuring subcontract tiers in a in the United States; (i) TARGET CHAPTER TABLE OF SECTIONS.— manner designed to avoid the limitation in ‘‘(ii) the employee compensation incurred The table of sections at the beginning of paragraph (1) by enabling an entity or joint by the group is incurred with respect to em- chapter 364 of title 10, United States Code, as venture described in paragraph (1) to perform ployees based in the United States; added by section 1862(a) of the William M. more than 10 percent of the total value of ‘‘(iii) the assets of the group are located in (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author- the prime contract as a lower-tier subcon- the United States; or ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law tractor. ‘‘(iv) the income of the group is derived in 116–283), is amended by inserting after the ‘‘(B) PENALTIES.—The contract clause in- the United States. item relating to section 4660 the following cluded in contracts pursuant to subpara- ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—Determinations pur- new item: graph (A) shall provide that, in the event suant to subparagraph (A) shall be made in ‘‘Sec. 4661. Prohibition on awarding con- that the prime contractor violates the con- the same manner as such determinations are tracts to inverted domestic cor- tract clause— made for purposes of determining substantial porations.’’. ‘‘(i) the prime contract may be terminated business activities under regulations re- (ii) ORIGIN CHAPTER TABLE OF SECTIONS.— for default; and ferred to in paragraph (2) as in effect on Jan- The table of sections at the beginning of ‘‘(ii) the matter may be referred to the sus- uary 18, 2017, but applied by treating all ref- chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, as pension or debarment official for the appro- erences in such regulations to ‘foreign coun- amended by paragraph (2), is amended by priate agency and may be a basis for suspen- try’ and ‘relevant foreign country’ as ref- striking the item relating to section 2339d. sion or debarment of the prime contractor. erences to ‘the United States’. The Secretary (C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments ‘‘(b) INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATION.— of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) made by this paragraph shall take effect on ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec- may issue regulations decreasing the thresh- January 1, 2022. tion, a foreign incorporated entity shall be old percent in any of the tests under such (D) REFERENCES; SAVINGS PROVISIONS; RULE treated as an inverted domestic corporation regulations for determining if business ac- OF CONSTRUCTION.—Sections 1883 through 1885 if, pursuant to a plan (or a series of related tivities constitute significant domestic busi- of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National transactions)— ness activities for purposes of this para- Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year ‘‘(A) the entity completes on or after May graph. 2021 (Public Law 116–283) shall apply with re- 8, 2014, the direct or indirect acquisition of— ‘‘(c) WAIVER.— spect to the amendments made under this ‘‘(i) substantially all of the properties held ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an agency paragraph as if such amendments were made directly or indirectly by a domestic corpora- may waive subsection (a) with respect to any under title XVIII of such Act. tion; or Federal Government contract under the au- (c) REGULATIONS REGARDING MANAGEMENT ‘‘(ii) substantially all of the assets of, or thority of such head if the head determines AND CONTROL.— substantially all of the properties consti- that the waiver is required in the interest of (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the tuting a trade or business of, a domestic national security or is necessary for the effi- Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall, partnership; and cient or effective administration of Federal for purposes of section 4714(b)(1)(B)(ii) of ‘‘(B) after the acquisition, either— or federally funded programs that provide title 41, United States Code, and section ‘‘(i) more than 50 percent of the stock (by health benefits to individuals. 2339d(b)(1)(B)(ii) of title 10, United States vote or value) of the entity is held— ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The head of an Code, as added by subsections (a) and (b), re- ‘‘(I) in the case of an acquisition with re- agency issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) spectively, prescribe regulations for purposes spect to a domestic corporation, by former shall, not later than 14 days after issuing of determining cases in which the manage- shareholders of the domestic corporation by such waiver, submit a written notification of ment and control of an expanded affiliated reason of holding stock in the domestic cor- the waiver to the congressional defense com- group is to be treated as occurring, directly poration; or mittees. or indirectly, primarily within the United ‘‘(II) in the case of an acquisition with re- ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.— States. The regulations prescribed under the spect to a domestic partnership, by former ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in preceding sentence shall apply to periods partners of the domestic partnership by rea- paragraph (2), this section shall not apply to after May 8, 2014. son of holding a capital or profits interest in any contract entered into before the date of (2) EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SENIOR MAN- the domestic partnership; or the enactment of this section. AGEMENT.—The regulations prescribed under ‘‘(ii) the management and control of the ‘‘(2) TASK AND DELIVERY ORDERS.—This sec- paragraph (1) shall provide that the manage- expanded affiliated group which includes the tion shall apply to any task or delivery order ment and control of an expanded affiliated entity occurs, directly or indirectly, pri- issued after the date of the enactment of this group shall be treated as occurring, directly marily within the United States, as deter- section pursuant to a contract entered into or indirectly, primarily within the United mined pursuant to regulations prescribed by before, on, or after such date of enactment. States if substantially all of the executive the Secretary of the Treasury, and such ex- ‘‘(3) SCOPE.—This section applies only to officers and senior management of the expanded affiliated group has significant do- contracts subject to regulation under the panded affiliated group who exercise day-to- mestic business activities. Federal Acquisition Regulation and the De- day responsibility for making decisions in- ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CORPORATIONS WITH fense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition volving strategic, financial, and operational SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN FOREIGN Regulation. policies of the expanded affiliated group are COUNTRY OF ORGANIZATION.— ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.— based or primarily located within the United ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A foreign incorporated ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the States. Individuals who in fact exercise such entity described in paragraph (1) shall not be terms ‘expanded affiliated group’, ‘foreign day-to-day responsibilities shall be treated treated as an inverted domestic corporation incorporated entity’, ‘person’, ‘domestic’, as executive officers and senior management if after the acquisition the expanded affili- and ‘foreign’ have the meaning given those regardless of their title. ated group which includes the entity has terms in section 835(c) of the Homeland Se- --- substantial business activities in the foreign curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(c)). By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and country in which or under the law of which ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES.—In applying sub- Mr. BRAUN): the entity is created or organized when com- section (b) of this section for purposes of sub- S. 2137. A bill to amend title 49, pared to the total business activities of such section (a) of this section, the rules described United States Code, to establish an Of- expanded affiliated group. under 835(c)(1) of the Homeland Security Act fice of Rural Investment, to ensure ‘‘(B) SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.— of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(c)(1)) shall apply.’’. that rural communities and regions are The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec- (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of equitably represented in Federal deci- retary’s delegate) shall establish regulations sections at the beginning of chapter 137 of sion-making for transportation policy, for determining whether an affiliated group title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section and for other purposes; to the Com- has substantial business activities for pur- mittee on Commerce, Science, and poses of subparagraph (A), except that such 2339c the following new item: regulations may not treat any group as hav- ‘‘2339d. Prohibition on awarding contracts to Transportation. ing substantial business activities if such inverted domestic corpora- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask group would not be considered to have sub- tions.’’. unanimous consent that the text of the stantial business activities under the regula- (3) FUTURE TRANSFER.— bill be printed in the RECORD. tions prescribed under section 7874 of the In- (A) TRANSFER AND REDESIGNATION.—Sec- There being no objection, the text of ternal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on tion 2339d of title 10, United States Code, as the bill was ordered to be printed in January 18, 2017. added by paragraph (1), is transferred to the RECORD, as follows:

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S. 2137 quality of life in rural communities and re- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall des- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- gions; ignate not fewer than 1 representative from resentatives of the United States of America in ‘‘(C) provide information and outreach to each office or agency of the Department de- Congress assembled, rural communities and regions concerning scribed in subparagraph (B) who shall be re- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. the availability and eligibility requirements sponsible for leading the efforts within that This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Trans- of participating in programs of the Depart- office or agency to further the goals and ob- portation Equity Act of 2021’’. ment; jectives described in subparagraph (B) of ‘‘(D) help rural communities and regions— paragraph (3). SEC. 2. RURAL INVESTMENT. ‘‘(i) identify competitive economic advan- ‘‘(B) OFFICES AND AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— (a) OFFICE OF RURAL INVESTMENT.— tages and transportation investments that The offices and agencies of the Department (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 102 of title 49, ensure continued economic growth; and referred to in subparagraph (A) are each of United States Code, is amended— ‘‘(ii) avoid duplicative transportation in- the following: (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(re- vestments; ‘‘(i) The Office of the Under Secretary of ferred to in this section as the ‘Depart- ‘‘(E) serve as a resource for assisting rural Transportation for Policy. ment’)’’ after ‘‘Department of Transpor- communities and regions with respect to ‘‘(ii) The Office of the General Counsel. tation’’; Federal transportation programs; ‘‘(iii) The Office of the Chief Financial Offi- (B) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, ‘‘(F) identify— cer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this section as ‘‘(i) Federal statutes, regulations, and po- Programs. the ‘Secretary’)’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Trans- lices that may impede the Department from ‘‘(iv) The Federal Aviation Administration. portation’’; supporting effective rural infrastructure ‘‘(v) The Federal Highway Administration. (C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘De- projects that address national transpor- ‘‘(vi) The Federal Railroad Administration. partment of Transportation’’ each place it tation goals; and ‘‘(vii) The Federal Transit Administration. appears and inserting ‘‘Department’’; ‘‘(ii) potential measures to solve or miti- ‘‘(viii) The Office of the Assistant Sec- (D) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub- gate those issues; retary for Governmental Affairs. section (i); and ‘‘(G) identify improved, simplified, and ‘‘(ix) The Office of Public Affairs. (E) by inserting after subsection (g) the streamlined internal processes to help lim- ‘‘(x) Any other office or agency of the De- following: ited-resource rural communities and regions partment that the Secretary determines to ‘‘(h) OFFICE OF RURAL INVESTMENT.— access transportation investments; be appropriate. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in ‘‘(H) recommend changes and initiatives ‘‘(C) DUTIES.—The Chief Infrastructure the Department, within the Office of the Sec- for the Secretary to consider; Funding Officer of the Department and the retary, an Office of Rural Investment (re- ‘‘(I) ensure and coordinate a routine rural representatives designated under subpara- ferred to in this subsection as the ‘Office’). consultation on the development of policies, graph (A)— ‘‘(2) LEADERSHIP.—The Office shall be head- programs, and activities of the Department; ‘‘(i) shall— ed by a Director for Rural Investment (re- ‘‘(J) serve as an advocate within the De- ‘‘(I) meet bimonthly; and ferred to in this subsection as the ‘Director’) partment on behalf of rural communities and ‘‘(II) recommend initiatives to the Office; who shall be appointed by, and report di- regions; and and rectly to, the Secretary. ‘‘(K) work in coordination with the Depart- ‘‘(ii) may participate in all meetings and ‘‘(3) MISSION.— ment of Agriculture, the Department of relevant activities of the Office to provide ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The mission of the Of- Health and Human Services, the Department input and guidance relevant to rural trans- fice shall be to coordinate with other offices of Commerce, the Federal Communications portation infrastructure projects and issues. and agencies within the Department and Commission, and other Federal agencies, as ‘‘(9) ADDITIONAL INPUT.— with other Federal agencies to further the the Secretary determines to be appropriate, ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall goals and objectives described in subpara- in carrying out the duties described in sub- seek input from the offices and agencies of graph (B). paragraphs (A) through (J). the Department described in subparagraph ‘‘(B) GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DESCRIBED.— ‘‘(5) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.—For the (B) to further the goals and objectives de- The goals and objectives referred to in sub- purpose of carrying out the mission of the scribed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3). paragraph (A) are— Office under paragraph (3), the Secretary ‘‘(B) OFFICES AND AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— ‘‘(i) to ensure that the unique needs and at- may enter into contracts, cooperative agree- The offices and agencies of the Department tributes of rural transportation, involving ments, and other agreements as necessary, referred to in subparagraph (A) are each of all modes, are fully addressed and prioritized including with research centers, institutions the following: during the development and implementation of higher education, States, units of local ‘‘(i) The Maritime Administration. of transportation policies, programs, and ac- government, nonprofit organizations, or a ‘‘(ii) The Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop- tivities within the Department; combination of any of those entities— ment Corporation. ‘‘(ii) to improve coordination of Federal ‘‘(A) to conduct research on transportation ‘‘(iii) The National Highway Traffic Safety transportation policies, programs, and ac- investments that promote rural economic Administration. tivities within the Department in a manner development; ‘‘(10) REPORT.—Each year, the Office shall that expands economic development in rural ‘‘(B) to solicit information in the develop- submit to the Secretary a report describ- communities and regions, and to provide rec- ment of policy, programs, and activities of ing— ommendations for improvement, including the Department that can improve infrastruc- ‘‘(A) the objectives of the Office for the additional internal realignments; ture investment and economic development coming year; and ‘‘(iii) to expand Federal transportation in- in rural communities and regions; ‘‘(B) how the objectives of the Office were frastructure investment in rural commu- ‘‘(C) to develop educational and outreach accomplished in the previous year. nities and regions, including by providing materials, including the conduct of work- ‘‘(11) APPLICABILITY.—In carrying out the recommendations for changes in existing shops, courses, and certified training for mission of the Office under paragraph (3), the funding distribution patterns; rural communities and regions that can fur- Secretary shall consider as rural any area ‘‘(iv) to use innovation to resolve local and ther the mission and goals of the Office and considered to be a rural area under a Federal regional transportation challenges faced by the Department; and transportation program of the Depart- rural communities and regions; ‘‘(D) to carry out any other activities, as ment.’’. ‘‘(v) to promote and improve planning and determined by the Secretary to be appro- (2) COUNCIL ON CREDIT AND FINANCE.—Sec- coordination among rural communities and priate. tion 117(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, regions to maximize the unique competitive ‘‘(6) GRANTS.— is amended by adding at the end the fol- advantage in those locations while avoiding ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may award lowing: duplicative Federal, State and local invest- competitive grants to an entity described in ‘‘(I) The Director for Rural Investment.’’. ments; and subparagraph (B) to support expanded edu- (b) RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY ‘‘(vi) to ensure that all rural communities cation, outreach, and technical assistance to COUNCIL.— and regions lacking resources receive rural communities and regions. (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: proactive outreach, education, and technical ‘‘(B) ENTITY DESCRIBED.—An entity referred (A) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘advi- assistance to improve access to Federal to in subparagraph (A) is a nonprofit organi- sory council’’ means the rural transpor- transportation programs. zation or an institution of higher education tation advisory council established under ‘‘(4) DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.—The Direc- that has not less than 3 years of experience paragraph (2). tor shall— providing meaningful transportation tech- (B) RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— ‘‘(A) be responsible for engaging in activi- nical assistance or advocacy services to rural The term ‘‘relevant committees of Congress’’ ties to carry out the mission described in communities and regions. means— paragraph (3); ‘‘(7) EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary shall en- (i) the Committee on Transportation and ‘‘(B) organize, guide, and lead activities sure that not more than 4 full-time equiva- Infrastructure of the House of Representa- within the Department to address disparities lent employees are assigned to the Office. tives; in rural transportation infrastructure to im- ‘‘(8) COORDINATION WITHIN AND AMONG OTHER (ii) the Committee on Energy and Com- prove safety, economic development, and OFFICES AND AGENCIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.— merce of the House of Representatives;

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Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Related Agencies of the Committee on Ap- (B) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 180 TESTER, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. propriations of the House of Representatives; days after the date on which the initial and members of the advisory council are ap- CRAMER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. (vii) the Subcommittee on Transportation, pointed under paragraph (3)(C), the advisory RISCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. INHOFE, and Mr. Housing and Urban Development, and Re- council shall hold the first meeting of the MARSHALL) submitted the following lated Agencies of the Committee on Appro- advisory council. resolution; which was referred to the priations of the Senate. (5) DUTIES.— Committee on the Judiciary: (C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ (A) IN GENERAL.—The advisory council S. RES. 274 means the Secretary of Transportation. shall— (2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall Whereas pioneering men and women, rec- establish a rural transportation advisory (i) advise the Office of Rural Investment on ognized as ‘‘cowboys’’, helped to establish council to consult with and advise the Office issues related to rural needs relating to Fed- the American West; of Rural Investment. eral transportation programs; Whereas the cowboy embodies honesty, integrity, courage, compassion, respect, a (3) MEMBERSHIP.— (ii) evaluate and review ongoing research strong work ethic, and patriotism; (A) IN GENERAL.—The advisory council activities relating to rural transportation Whereas the cowboy spirit exemplifies shall be composed of 15 members, appointed networks, including new and emerging bar- strength of character, sound family values, by the Secretary, of whom— riers to economic development and access to and good common sense; (i) not fewer than 1 shall be a representa- investments; Whereas the cowboy archetype transcends tive from an institution of higher education (iii) develop recommendations for any ethnicity, gender, geographic boundaries, or extension program; changes to Federal law, regulations, internal and political affiliations; (ii) not fewer than 1 shall be a representa- Department of Transportation policies or Whereas the cowboy, who lives off the land tive from an organization promoting busi- guidance, or other measures that would and works to protect and enhance the envi- ness and economic development, such as a eliminate barriers for rural access or im- ronment, is an excellent steward of the land chamber of commerce, a local government prove rural equity in transportation invest- and its creatures; institution, or a planning organization; ments; Whereas cowboy traditions have been a (iii) not fewer than 1 shall be a representa- (iv) examine methods of maximizing the part of American culture for generations; tive from a financing entity; number of opportunities for assistance for Whereas the cowboy continues to be an im- (iv) not fewer than 1 shall have experience rural communities and regions under Federal portant part of the economy through the in health, mobility, or emergency services; transportation programs, including expanded work of many thousands of ranchers across (v) not fewer than 1 shall have experience outreach and technical assistance; the United States who contribute to the eco- in transportation safety; (v) examine methods of encouraging inter- nomic well-being of every State; (vi) not fewer than 1 shall have experience Whereas millions of fans watch profes- with workforce access; governmental and local resource cooperation to mitigate duplicative investments in key sional and working ranch rodeo events annu- (vii) not fewer than 1 shall have experience ally, making rodeo one of the most-watched with tourism and recreational activities; rural communities and regions and improve the efficiencies in the delivery of Federal sports in the United States; (viii) not fewer than 1 shall have— Whereas membership and participation in transportation programs; (I) experience with rural supply chains, rodeo and other organizations that promote (vi) evaluate other methods of creating such as direct-to-consumer supply chains; and encompass the livelihood of cowboys new opportunities for rural communities and and span every generation and transcend race (II) wholesale distribution experience; regions; and and gender; (ix) not fewer than 1 shall have experience (vii) address any other relevant issues as Whereas the cowboy is a central figure in in emerging or innovative technologies re- the Secretary determines to be appropriate. literature, film, and music and occupies a lating to rural transportation networks; (B) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after central place in the public imagination; (x) not fewer than 1 shall have experience the date on which the initial members of the Whereas the cowboy is an American icon; in food, nutrition, and grocery access; advisory council are appointed under para- and (xi) not fewer than 1 shall represent agri- graph (3)(C), and every 2 years thereafter Whereas the ongoing contributions made culture, nutrition, or forestry; and through 2026, the advisory council shall sub- by cowboys and cowgirls to their commu- (xii) not fewer than 1 shall have experience mit to the Secretary and the relevant com- nities should be recognized and encouraged: with historically underserved regions, as de- mittees of Congress a report describing the Now, therefore, be it termined by the Secretary. recommendations developed under subpara- Resolved, That the Senate— (B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall ap- graph (A)(iii). (1) designates July 24, 2021, as ‘‘National point members to the advisory council in a (6) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— Day of the American Cowboy’’; and manner that ensures, to the maximum ex- (2) encourages the people of the United tent practicable, that the geographic and (A) COMPENSATION.—A member of the advisory council shall serve without compensa- States to observe the day with appropriate economic diversity of rural communities and ceremonies and activities. regions of the United States are represented. tion. (C) TIMING OF INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Not (B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the later than 180 days after the date of enact- advisory council shall be allowed travel ex- SENATE RESOLUTION 275—AC- ment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint penses, including per diem in lieu of subsist- KNOWLEDGING AND APOLO- the initial members of the advisory council. ence, in accordance with section 5703 of title GIZING FOR THE MISTREATMENT (D) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENTS.— 5, United States Code. OF, AND DISCRIMINATION (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in (7) TERMINATION.— AGAINST, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEX- clause (ii), a member of the advisory council (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph UAL, AND TRANSGENDER INDI- shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. (B), the advisory council shall terminate on VIDUALS WHO SERVED THE (ii) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Of the mem- the date that is 5 years after the date on UNITED STATES IN THE ARMED bers first appointed to the advisory council— which the initial members are appointed FORCES, THE FOREIGN SERVICE, (I) 5, as determined by the Secretary, shall under paragraph (3)(C). be appointed for a term of 3 years; AND THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERV- (B) EXTENSION.—Before the date on which ICE (II) 5, as determined by the Secretary, the advisory council terminates, the Sec- shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and retary may renew the advisory council for 1 Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. BALD- (III) 5, as determined by the Secretary, or more 2-year periods. WIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, shall be appointed for a term of 1 year. Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. VAN HOL- (E) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy on the advi- (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— LEN, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. sory council— There is authorized to be appropriated to WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. DUR- (i) shall not affect the power of the advi- carry out this section and the amendments BIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. sory council; and made by this section $7,000,000 for each of fis- COONS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MERKLEY, (ii) shall be filled as soon as practicable cal years 2022 through 2026. and in the same manner as the original ap- and Mr. CARDIN) submitted the fol- pointment. lowing resolution; which was referred

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RES. 275 Whereas many Federal Government agen- anti-LGBT policies, which resulted in tens of cies, including the National Security Agen- Whereas the Federal Government discrimi- thousands of LGBT civilian employees being cy, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the nated against and terminated hundreds of terminated; Department of State, none of which were thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and Whereas the Department of State began in- subject to the rules of the CSC, continued to transgender (referred to in this preamble as vestigations into employees for alleged ho- harass and seek to exclude lesbian, gay, and ‘‘LGBT’’) individuals who served the United mosexual activity as early as the 1940s; bisexual individuals from their ranks until States in the Armed Forces, the Foreign Whereas following Senator Joseph 1995, when President Bill Clinton issued Ex- Service, and the Federal civil service (re- McCarthy’s targeting of gay employees in ecutive Order 12968 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relat- ferred to in this preamble as ‘‘civilian em- the Department of State in 1950, the Senate ing to access to classified information), ployees’’) for decades, causing untold harm held hearings on ‘‘The Employment of Homo- which barred the practice of denying a Fed- to those individuals professionally, finan- sexuals and other Sex Perverts in the Gov- eral Government security clearance solely cially, socially, and medically, among other ernment’’, which— on the basis of sexual orientation; harms; (1) led to the issuance of a widely read re- Whereas transgender military service Whereas Congress enacted legislation, led port that falsely asserted that gay people members, Foreign Service members, and ci- oversight hearings, and issued reports and posed a security risk because they could be vilian employees continued to be harassed public pronouncements against LGBT mili- easily blackmailed; and tary service members, Foreign Service mem- and excluded from Federal civil service until (2) found that gay people were unsuitable 2014, when President Barack Obama issued bers, and civilian employees; employees because ‘‘one homosexual can pol- Whereas the policy that led to the dis- Executive Order 13672 (79 Fed. Reg. 42971; re- lute a Government office’’; lating to further amendments to Executive charge and systematic screening of gay, les- Whereas, in response to Senator bian, and bisexual military service members Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity McCarthy’s allegations against gay people, in the Federal Government, and Executive was codified in a 1949 decree by the newly- the Department of State increased its perse- consolidated Department of Defense, which Order 11246, Equal Employment Oppor- cution of lesbian, gay, and bisexual employ- tunity), which prohibited the Federal Gov- mandated that ‘‘homosexual personnel, irre- ees; spective of sex, should not be permitted to ernment and Federal contractors from dis- Whereas more than 1,000 Department of criminating on the basis of sexual orienta- serve in any branch of the Armed Forces in State employees were dismissed due to their any capacity and prompt separation of tion or gender identity; sexual orientation, and many more individ- known homosexuals from the Armed Forces Whereas, on January 9, 2017, Secretary of uals were prevented from joining the Depart- is mandatory’’; State John Kerry issued a formal apology for ment of State due to discriminatory hiring Whereas the Federal Government main- the pattern of discrimination against LGBT practices; tained policies to drive hundreds of thou- Foreign Service members and civilian em- Whereas thousands of lesbian, gay, and bi- sands of LGBT military service members, ployees at the Department of State; sexual individuals served honorably in the who honorably served the United States in Whereas, despite persecution and system- Department of State as Foreign Service offi- uniform, including many who were fighting atic mistreatment by the Federal Govern- cers, Foreign Service specialists, civil serv- in wars around the world, from its military ment beginning in the early 1940s though the ants, and contractors, upholding the values, ranks; 1990s, including what historians have labeled and advancing the interests, of the United Whereas, in 1993, Congress enacted the Na- as the ‘‘Lavender Scare’’, LGBT individuals States even as the country discriminated tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal have never stopped honorably serving the against them; Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 107 Stat. 1547), United States; Whereas the effort to purge gay and les- which contained the so-called ‘‘Don’t Ask, Whereas LGBT individuals continued to bian employees from the Federal Govern- Don’t Tell’’ policy that prohibited lesbian, make significant contributions to the United ment was codified in 1953 when President gay, and bisexual military service members States through their work as clerks and law- Dwight D. Eisenhower issued Executive from disclosing their sexual orientation yers, surgeons and nurses, Purple Heart re- Order 10450 (18 Fed. Reg. 2489; relating to se- while they served in the Armed Forces; cipients and Navy Seals, translators and air curity requirements for Government employ- Whereas, despite the ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t traffic controllers, engineers and astrono- ment), which— mers, teachers and diplomats, rangers and Tell’’ policy, LGBT military service mem- (1) defined ‘‘perversion’’ as a security bers continued to be investigated and dis- Postal Service workers, and advisors and threat; and policy makers; charged solely on the basis of the sexual ori- (2) mandated that every civilian employee Whereas other countries throughout the entation of those military service members; and contractor pass a security clearance; world, including some of the closest allies of Whereas historians have estimated that at Whereas, over many decades, the Federal the United States, have apologized for simi- least 100,000 military service members were Government, led by security officials in the larly discriminating against LGBT military forced out of the Armed Forces between Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Civil service members, Foreign Service members, World War II and 2011 simply for being Service Commission (referred to in this pre- and civilian employees; and LGBT, while countless others were forced to amble as the ‘‘CSC’’), and nearly every other Whereas, in order for the United States to hide their identities and live in fear while agency of the Federal Government, inves- heal and move forward, the Federal Govern- serving; tigated, harassed, interrogated, and termi- ment must accord all LGBT individuals who Whereas, although the ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t nated thousands of lesbian, gay, and bisexual were discriminated against by, wrongfully Tell’’ policy was intended to allow qualified civilian employees for no other reason than terminated by, and excluded from serving in citizens to serve in the Armed Forced regard- the sexual orientation of those employees; the Armed Forces, the Foreign Service, and less of their sexual orientation, the policy Whereas these discriminatory policies by the Federal civil service the same acknowl- was inherently discriminatory against LGBT the Federal Government, the largest em- edgment and apology: Now, therefore, be it military service members because it prohib- ployer in the United States, encouraged Resolved, ited those service members from disclosing similar efforts at the State and local level, their sexual orientation; particularly in higher education and the pri- SECTION 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Whereas, with the enactment of the Don’t vate sector; The Senate— Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 (10 U.S.C. Whereas, in 1969, the United States Court (1) acknowledges and condemns the dis- 654 note; Public Law 111–321), Congress joined of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir- crimination against, wrongful termination military leaders in acknowledging that les- cuit ruled in Norton v. Macy, 417 F.2d 1161 of, and exclusion from the Federal civil serv- bian, gay, and bisexual military service (1969) that— ice, the Foreign Service, and the Armed members serve the United States just as (1) ‘‘homosexual conduct’’ may never be Forces of the thousands of lesbian, gay, bi- bravely and well as other military service the sole cause for dismissal of a protected ci- sexual, and transgender (referred to in this members; vilian employee; and section as ‘‘LGBT’’) individuals who were af- Whereas the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal (2) the potential embarrassment stemming fected by the anti-LGBT policies of the Fed- Act of 2010 (10 U.S.C. 654 note; Public Law from the private conduct of a civilian em- eral Government; 111–321) and the 2016 policy shift of the De- ployee may not affect the efficiency of the (2) on behalf of the United States, apolo- partment of Defense, which permitted Federal civil service; gizes to— transgender individuals to enlist and openly Whereas, despite the decision in Norton v. (A) the affected LGBT military service serve in the Armed Forces, has made the Macy, the CSC continued its efforts to rid members, Foreign Service members, vet- Armed Forces stronger and more effective; the Federal Government of gay, lesbian, and erans, and Federal civil service employees; Whereas military leaders have likewise ac- bisexual employees until 1973, when the and knowledged that, in addition to lesbian, gay, United States District Court for the North- (B) the families of those service members, and bisexual military service members, ern District of California ruled in Society for veterans, and Federal civil service employ- transgender service members also serve the Individual Rights, Inc. v. Hampton, 63 F.R.D. ees; and United States just as bravely and well as 399 (1973) that the exclusion or discharge (3) reaffirms the commitment of the Fed- other service members; from Federal civil service of any lesbian, eral Government to treat all military service

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17JN6.040 S17JNPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S4632 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 17, 2021 members, Foreign Service members, vet- toward advancing equality for all SENATE RESOLUTION 277—CON- erans, and Federal civil service employees LGBT people in Virginia and across our GRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY and retirees, including LGBT individuals, nation. OF MISSISSIPPI REBELS WOM- with equal respect and fairness. Thank you, Mr. President. EN’S GOLF TEAM ON WINNING SEC. 2. DISCLAIMER. Nothing in this resolution— --- THE 2021 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE (1) authorizes or supports any claim ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DIVI- against the United States; or SENATE RESOLUTION 276—CON- SION I WOMEN’S GOLF CHAM- (2) serves as a settlement of any claim GRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY PIONSHIP against the United States. OF FLORIDA GATORS FOR WIN- Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. Mr. KAINE. Mr. President. Senator NING THE 2021 NATIONAL COLLE- HYDE-SMITH) submitted the following BALDWIN and I are pleased to introduce GIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION resolution; which was considered and a resolution that acknowledges and DIVISION I MEN’S TENNIS CHAM- agreed to: apologizes for the mistreatment of and PIONSHIP S. RES. 277 discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT) indi- Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Whereas, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, the SCOTT of Florida) submitted the fol- University of Mississippi Rebels Women’s viduals who have served our nation as golf team won the 2021 National Collegiate civil servants or members of the Armed lowing resolution; which was considered and agreed to: Athletic Association (referred to in this pre- Forces and Foreign Service. This sys- amble as the ‘‘NCAA’’) Division I women’s temic mistreatment and discrimina- S. RES. 276 golf championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in tion of members of the LGBT commu- Whereas, on May 22, 2021, the University of Scottsdale, Arizona; nity began as early as the 1940s and Florida Gators Men’s Tennis Team (referred Whereas, on winning the 2021 NCAA Divi- continued well into the 1990s and is to in this preamble as the ‘‘Gators’’) won the sion I women’s golf championship, the Uni- often termed as the Lavender Scare by 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association versity of Mississippi women’s golf team be- (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘NCAA’’) came the first women’s team in University historians. During this time, it is esti- Division I Men’s Tennis Championship; history to win an NCAA national champion- mated that 100,000 service members Whereas the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s ship; were forced out of the Armed Forces Tennis Championship is the first NCAA Divi- Whereas the University of Mississippi between World War II and 2011. In addi- sion I Men’s Tennis Championship the women’s golf team claimed the first NCAA tion, more than 1,000 State Department Gators have won; national championship in a team sport for employees were dismissed due to their Whereas the Gators defeated Baylor Uni- the University since the football team won alleged sexual orientation, and many versity’s Men’s Tennis Team in the NCAA the 1962 NCAA Division I football championship; more were prevented from serving due Division I Men’s Tennis Championship; Whereas this marks the 42nd national title Whereas the appearance of the University to discriminatory hiring practices. for the University of Florida Gators Ath- of Mississippi women’s golf team in the Policies such as the 1949 decree by letics programs; NCAA Division I women’s golf championship the Department of Defense mandating Whereas men’s tennis is the 15th sport in was the first appearance in an NCAA na- that ‘‘homosexual personnel, irrespec- which the University of Florida has won a tional championship game for an athletics tive of sex, should not be permitted to national title; team of the University since 1995; serve in any branch of the Armed Whereas the University of Florida is 1 of 2 Whereas the University of Mississippi Forces’’ led to the mass discharge and programs in the Nation to win at least 1 na- women’s golf team defeated the second place tional championship in every fully contested Oklahoma State University Cowgirls 4–1 in systemic screening of gay, lesbian, and match play; bisexual military service members. season since the 2008–2009 season; Whereas the championship victory clinch- Whereas Chiarra Tamburlini secured a 6- Similar policies within the State De- ing match was won by Ben Shelton, son of and-5 win, the largest margin of victory in partment followed led to mass dismis- Gators Head Coach Bryan Shelton; NCAA championship match history; sals and terminations of Foreign Serv- Whereas Gators player Blaise Bicknell— Whereas the University of Mississippi ice and civil service employees. Subse- (1) holds a perfect record in dual matches women’s golf team was under the leadership quently, policies were enacted across in his career; and of 2020 Southeastern Conference (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘SEC’’) Coach of the (2) is the fourth player in Gators history to the Federal government targeting Year Kory Henkes and Assistant Coach Zack go undefeated in dual matches; members of the LGBT community. To Byrd; Whereas Gators Head Coach Bryan this day, historians do not know the Whereas Coach Kory Henkes has led the Shelton— University of Mississippi women’s golf team exact number of people impacted. How- (1) is the fifth coach across all NCAA to incredible success during her 6 seasons at ever, despite these harmful and dis- sports to coach a men’s and women’s na- the helm, including last season, when she led criminatory policies, LGBT people con- tional championship winning team; and the program to 4 team tournament titles and tinued to faithfully serve and make (2) the first coach in NCAA history to lead set the record for most wins in a single sea- a men’s program and women’s program to a significant contributions to the United son; States, many of whom became clerks NCAA Division I Tennis Championship; and Whereas Julia Johnson was named a first- and lawyers, surgeons and nurses, Pur- Whereas the following entire Gator roster team All-American and first-team All-SEC; ple Heart recipients and Navy Seals, and coaching staff contributed to the NCAA Whereas Kennedy Swann was named sec- translators and air traffic controllers, Division I Men’s Tennis Championship vic- ond-team All-SEC, with the national cham- tory: Associate Head Coach Tanner Stump, pionship bringing her career record in match engineers and astronomers, teachers Volunteer Assistant Coach Scott Perelman, and diplomats, and rangers and postal play to 10–2; and student athletes Andy Andrade, Brian Whereas members of the University of Mis- workers. Berdusco, Blaise Bicknell, Josh Goodger, sissippi women’s golf team have been hon- It is time to acknowledge the harm Will Grant, Lukas Greif, Johannes Ingildsen, ored by various awards throughout the 2020– caused to these Americans, their fami- Sam Riffice, Ben Shelton, and Duarte Vale: 2021 season, including the selection of Julia lies, and our country by depriving Now, therefore, be it Johnson to represent the United States in LGBT people of the right to serve as Resolved, That the Senate— the Arnold Palmer Cup; federal civil servants, diplomats, or in (1) congratulates the University of Florida Whereas the University of Mississippi now the Armed Services. This Senate reso- Gators Men’s Tennis Team and the students, boasts 26 total NCAA national champion- alumni, faculty, staff, and trustees of the ships; lution takes a stand on the side of re- University of Florida, for winning the 2021 Whereas the University of Mississippi spect for LBGT Americans who have National Collegiate Athletic Association Di- women’s golf team was ranked 5th in the served our nation and reaffirms our vision I Men’s Tennis Championship; and United States by Golfweek and the Golfstat commitment to treat all public serv- (2) respectfully directs the Secretary of the Team Rankings; ants with fairness and equality, regard- Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this Whereas the University of Mississippi less of their sexual orientation or gen- resolution to— women’s golf team, composed of Julia John- der identity. I’m proud to introduce (A) the President of the University of Flor- son, Kennedy Swann, Chiarra Tamburlini, this Senate resolution during Pride ida, Kent Fuchs; and teammates McKinley Cunningham, (B) the Athletic Director of the University Ellen Hume, Ellen Hutchinson-Kay, Andrea Month to reaffirm our nation’s com- of Florida, Scott Stricklin; and Lignell, Macy Somoskey, and Smilla mitment to treat everyone, including (C) the Head Coach of the University of Sonderby displayed outstanding dedication, LGBT Americans, with equal respect Florida Gators Men’s Tennis Team, Bryan teamwork, and sportsmanship throughout and fairness. I will continue working Shelton. the 2020–2021 season; and

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Peters, stitutions to increase the understanding and VETERANS, AND PROVIDING who once described the straightforward awareness of cybersecurity education at such strategy in advocating for people in the SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO institutions; and United States with disabilities as simply re- THEIR LOVED ONES, CARE PRO- (4) commits to— fusing to accept no for an answer, is alive VIDERS, AND PERSONAL SUP- (A) raising awareness about cybersecurity and well throughout United Spinal Associa- PORT NETWORKS education; and tion: Now, therefore, be it (B) taking legislative actions to address Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Resolved, That the Senate— cybersecurity education expansion and ad- (1) recognizes that throughout 75 years of MORAN) submitted the following reso- dress the cybersecurity workforce shortage. lution; which was considered and service, United Spinal Association has made f agreed to.: significant contributions to the lives of people in the United States with disabilities, in- S. RES. 278 SENATE RESOLUTION 280—SUP- cluding veterans; PORTING A STABLE COLOMBIA Whereas, in 1946, a group of returning vet- (2) honors United Spinal Association for its erans from World War II in New York, New continued role in supporting and advocating AND OPPOSING ANY THREAT TO York, formed the organization now known as for people with spinal cord injuries and neu- DEMOCRACY IN COLOMBIA United Spinal Association to address the rological disorders, as well as all veterans; Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself needs of paralyzed veterans; and and Mr. CRUZ) submitted the following Whereas, in 1948, members of this organiza- (3) commemorates 2021 as the 75th anniver- resolution; which was referred to the tion advocated for and secured the first ac- sary of the founding of United Spinal Asso- Committee on Foreign Relations : cessible housing bill in the United States ciation. (the Act of June 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 500; Public S. RES. 280 Law 80–702)), which provided Federal funds SENATE RESOLUTION 279—DESIG- Whereas Colombia is among the oldest for the building of accessible homes for para- standing democracies in Latin America; lyzed veterans; NATING JUNE 21, 2021 THROUGH Whereas the United States established dip- Whereas, in 1968, members of this organiza- JUNE 25, 2021, AS ‘‘NATIONAL CY- lomatic relations with Colombia in 1822; tion advocated for the passage of the Archi- BERSECURITY EDUCATION Whereas Colombia is a constitutional re- tectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151 et WEEK’’ public where the people of Colombia hold the seq.), which guarantees equal access to feder- Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. CAS- power and elect representatives to exercise ally-funded buildings and facilities for that power; SIDY) submitted the following resolu- wheelchair users and all people of the United Whereas, after many years of violence and States with disabilities; tion; which was referred to the Com- armed conflict, in 2021 Colombia is the Whereas, in 1970, James J. Peters, who mittee on the Judiciary.: strongest ally to the United States in Latin would later lead United Spinal Association, S. RES. 279 America; exposed the deplorable conditions that para- Whereas, according to a 2017 projection, Whereas, with the support of the United lyzed Vietnam veterans faced at the Bronx the United States will face a shortage of States, Colombia has transformed itself be- Veterans Administration Hospital with an 1,800,000 cybersecurity workers by 2022; tween 2001 and 2021 from a volatile and near- article in LIFE magazine, leading the Vet- Whereas recent cyberattacks on the United failed state into a rich democracy with a erans Administration to establish a national States have highlighted the cybersecurity growing free market economy; spinal cord injury service office to address workforce shortage in the United States Whereas May 15, 2022, will mark the 10- the needs of paralyzed veterans and the ren- that— year anniversary of the entry into force of ovation of the Bronx Veterans Administra- (1) poses a threat to the national security the United States-Colombia Trade Pro- tion Hospital, which was later named for of the United States; motion Agreement, which has supported eco- Peters; (2) jeopardizes the economy of the United nomic growth and employment opportunities Whereas, in 1985, New York City settled a States; in both Colombia and the United States; lawsuit initiated by United Spinal Associa- (3) puts the digital privacy of the United Whereas the United States maintains sup- tion, agreeing to make all city buses, key States at risk; and port for Colombia in response to the COVID–

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PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR and indirect support to peace implementation in Colombia; f Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Parker Loy, Whereas Colombia is an essential partner AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO of the United States in continuing efforts to an intern in my office, be granted floor MEET support the courageous people of Venezuela privileges for today, June 17, 2021. in their fight for freedom, democracy, and Mr. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without economic prosperity against the dictatorship have 9 requests for committees to meet objection, it is so ordered. of Nicola´ s Maduro by generously hosting and during today’s session of the Senate. f providing aid to nearly 1,800,000 citizens of They have the approval of the Majority Venezuela as of June 2021 and by providing them essential services such as healthcare and Minority leaders. ORDERS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 21, and education; Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2021 Whereas, in February 2021, President 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, fi- Duque issued temporary protective status ate, the following committees are au- nally, I ask unanimous consent that with work authorization to citizens of Ven- thorized to meet during today’s session when the Senate completes its business ezuela living in Colombia; of the Senate: Whereas the leadership of the Government today, it adjourn until 3 p.m., Monday, of Colombia during the humanitarian crisis COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES June 21; that following the prayer and in Venezuela has been critical in organizing The Committee on Armed Services is pledge, the morning hour be deemed regional support for Interim President Juan authorized to meet during the session expired, the Journal of proceedings be Guaido´ , as well as in denouncing the dicta- of the Senate on Thursday, June 17, approved to date, the time for the two torship of Maduro and helping implement 2021, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing. leaders be reserved for their use later policies to isolate his narcoterrorist regime, COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN in the day, and morning business be specifically through the Lima Group and the AFFAIRS Organization of American States; closed; further, that upon the conclu- Whereas the security situation in Colom- The Committee on Banking, Housing, sion of morning business, the Senate bia has improved significantly between 2000 and Urban Affairs is authorized to proceed to executive session to resume and 2021, but the migrant influx from Ven- meet during the session of the Senate consideration of the Fonzone nomina- ezuela and the economic effects of the on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 10 a.m., tion; finally, that the cloture motions COVID–19 pandemic have hurt the economy to conduct a hearing. filed during today’s session of the Sen- of Colombia, creating unique challenges for COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND ate ripen at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Colombia that demand action and support TRANSPORTATION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without from strong democratic allies like the United States; The Committee on Commerce, objection, it is so ordered. Whereas freedom of speech, freedom to Science, and Transportation is author- f peacefully assemble, and other human rights ized to meet during the session of the are inalienable, and any acts of excess force Senate on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 10 ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, against peaceful protesters should be con- a.m., to conduct a hearing. JUNE 21, 2021, AT 3 P.M. demned and investigated; and COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, if Whereas enemies of freedom, such as the RESOURCES communist regime of Raul Castro in Cuba there is no further business to come be- and the Maduro regime in Venezuela, exploit The Committee on Energy and Nat- fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- and abuse the vulnerable and individuals ural Resources is authorized to meet sent that it stand adjourned under the simply asking for their voices to be heard by during the session of the Senate on previous order.

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HONORING REN HARRIS Herb was a cherished member of the Miami When asked about her motivation to challenge community. One of the last living survivors of the system, Mills would later say ‘‘Our instruc- HON. MIKE THOMPSON Kristallnacht and the SS St. Louis, Herb was tors were just as good, but some of my son’s OF CALIFORNIA widely known and respected for his decades textbooks would go to page 3 and then skip to of engagement with community groups, page 35. You can’t learn like that.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES schools, churches, and synagogues. He was a Ms. Mills also was the first black career em- Thursday, June 17, 2021 ubiquitous presence as a teacher and docent ployee of the United States Postal Service in Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam at the Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach, Winter Haven and eventually became man- Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ren Harris, where he spent every Saturday leading tours ager of the Florence Villa Post Office. But as the 2021 Napa Valley Grape Grower of the and educating generations of visitors about the first Black postal worker, her career was Year, for his accomplishments and contribu- the Holocaust. not easy. At one point, Ms. Mills was trans- tions toward our community. Born in Germany, Herb was just 12 when ferred to another post office, in an area known Born in 1941 in San Francisco, Harris is a he and his family fled the Nazi regime on ‘‘the to be unwelcoming to Black people, in an ef- sixth generation Californian. After attending Voyage of the Damned,’’ the tragic ocean liner fort to get her to quit. While the move was in- Napa Valley College, the University of San which was forced to return to Europe in 1939 timidating, she once recalled that her worst Francisco, the University of California Davis after being turned away from the United day was when a Black patron refused to buy and the University of Bordeaux, Mr. Harris States, Cuba, and Canada. When the ship re- stamps from her because she was Black. began his career in the wine community in turned to Europe, about 250 of the pas- Although Ms. Mills passed away in 2008, 1967 as a grape grower and vintner. In the sengers were killed in the Holocaust, including her legacy lives on. C.A. Boswell, Jr., the late 1960’s, Mr. Harris and his wife Marilyn Herb’s parents and two sisters. ‘‘We were so longtime attorney for the Polk County School moved from San Francisco to Oakville and close to Miami Beach, I could see it,’’ Herb Board, said of his former opponent, ‘‘She was began planting grapes on what was once a told the Miami Herald in 1997. ‘‘I said to my a good lady and had the best interests of the prune orchard. By 1975, they had successfully parents, ‘Someday, I’ll come back here.’ ’’ kids at heart, it was a different time. It took created the Paradigm brand, which is known Despite the odds, Herb survived the Nazi in- some brave people to hold that thing (the law- and loved by residents throughout Napa Val- vasion of France by hiding in the woods and suit) up.’’ ley today. working under false papers. In 1949 he immi- The recognition of Ms. Althea Margaret Mr. Harris’s contributions to the wine com- grated to Miami and would go on to serve ad- Daily Mills is all the more special as we do it munity extend far beyond Paradigm Winery. mirably in the Korean War, open a bakery, on June 17, 2021, on the first recognition of His leadership within the industry is exem- marry the love of his life, and raise a wonder- Juneteenth as a National Holiday. This plary, having served as the President of the ful family. Juneteenth is the 155th anniversary of the old- Napa County Farm Bureau, Council Member Herb dedicated much of the latter part of his est nationally celebrated commemoration of of the California Growers Board, Director of life to advocating for the rights, interests, and the ending of slavery in the United States. the Napa Valley CoOp Winery, and both needs of Holocaust survivors, especially those General Gordon Granger read General President and Director of the Oakville living in poverty. As a member of the Holo- Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas which an- Winegrowers. Additionally, he was the founder caust Survivors Foundation USA Executive nounced the freedom of the last American of both the Napa Valley Grape Growers and Committee, he often met with elected national slaves. the California Grower Foundation. political and communal leaders, even testifying GENERAL ORDER NO. 3 Perhaps the best testament to Mr. Harris’s before Congress to ensure the rights of Holo- The people of Texas are informed that, in caust survivors to live in dignity. Despite the accordance with a proclamation from the dedication to Napa Valley and his fellow viti- Executive of the United States, all slaves are culturists is his extensive work throughout his tragedy he endured, Herb never let his com- free. This involves an absolute equality of career advocating for the protection of Napa mitment to justice waiver and is an enduring personal rights and rights of property, be- Valley’s land, workforce, and community. example of commitment, leadership, and serv- tween former masters and slaves and the Through the California Grower Foundation, he ice. He will be deeply missed. connection heretofore existing between was able to help improve the working condi- Herb is survived by his wife of almost 60 them, becomes that between employer and tions of viticulturalists as well as establish af- years, Vera; his daughters Debbie and hired labor. The Freedmen are advised to re- fordable healthcare access for farmworkers. Michelle; son-in-law Amir; and three grand- main at their present homes and work for wages . . . These contributions have made a lasting im- children, Jessica, Zachary, and Jonah. By the reading of this order two-hundred pact on Napa Valley and beyond. f Madam Speaker, Mr. Harris is a community and fifty thousand slaves were freed nearly member we should all strive to be. His pas- RECOGNITION OF MS. ALTHEA two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln’s sion for viticulture and dedication to his grape MARGARET DAILY MILLS Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. growing community make him deserving of the We thank Ms. Althea Margaret Daily Mills Napa Valley Grower of the Year. It is therefore HON. DARREN SOTO on this special day and appreciate her efforts to make our community a better place. fitting and proper that we honor Ren Harris OF FLORIDA f here today. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Thursday, June 17, 2021 IN RECOGNITION OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH HONORING THE LIFE OF HERBERT Mr. SOTO. Madam Speaker, Ms. Althea KALINER Margaret Daily Mills is an unsung hero in the HON. SHARICE DAVIDS fight for desegregation in Florida. Ms. Mills OF KANSAS began her education in Pughsville, Winter Ha- HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FLORIDA ven’s first Black community. When she was Thursday, June 17, 2021 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 13, she moved to Pennsylvania to live with her aunt. There, she was able to attend integrated Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas. Madam Speaker, in Thursday, June 17, 2021 schools. In 1963, Mills filed a lawsuit against honor of Building Safety Month, I am pleased Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam the Polk County Board of Public Instruction to to recognize the importance of safety in the Speaker, it is with a heavy heart and solemn end the ‘‘dual school system’’ and allow her built environment and the dedication of the remembrance that I rise to pay tribute to a son to attend the then, all-white, Winter Haven members of the International Code Council great man, Herbert Kaliner, who passed away High School. This lawsuit eventually led to the (ICC) to their roles in protecting our commu- on June 1st at the age of 94. integration of all Polk County public schools. nities.

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The East Madam Speaker, please join me in thanking Med Act authorized appropriations of $3 mil- crease in frequency and severity, building International Code Council Board President lion for FMF assistance in FY2020. codes include important safeguards to protect Greg Wheeler, as well as ICC’s Chief Execu- U.S. Interests in Southeast Europe and the the public from tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, tive Officer Dominic Sims, the International Eastern Mediterranean. The U.S. has impor- ice and snowstorms, wildland fires, and earth- Code Council leadership, and ICC’s Members tant interests in southeast Europe and the quakes. Last November, FEMA released, and staff for recognizing Building Safety eastern Mediterranean. It is in the United ‘‘Building Codes Save: A Nationwide Study’’ Month. States’ best interest for the region to be politically, economically, and socially stable, and found that implementing modern building f and for democratic principles to flourish, in- codes could save $600 billion in disaster AMERICAN HELLENIC INSTITUTE cluding adherence to the rule of law. Signifi- spending by 2060. This further confirmed find- cant commerce and energy sources pass ings from the National Institute of Building (AHI) TESTIMONY ON FISCAL through the region. With Greece’s centuries Sciences (NIBS) that show adopting modern YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS of enduring presence, its close cultural, po- model building codes save $11 for every $1 BILL litical, and economic ties to the Mediterra- invested through earthquake, flood, and wind --- nean countries, including Israel; Western Eu- mitigation benefits, with a $4 to $1 wildfire rope, the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the HON. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS Middle East, Greece is strategically situated mitigation benefit. These benefits represent OF NEW YORK in a vital region to be an ideal strategic avoided casualties, property damage, busi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES partner for the U.S. ness interruptions, and insurance costs, and America Values Its Alliance with Greece. Thursday, June 17, 2021 are enjoyed by all building stakeholders—from Greece is an immensely valuable link as ‘‘a developers, titleholders, and lenders, to ten- Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, I in- pillar of stability’’ in the region as several ants and communities. clude in the RECORD remarks from the Amer- high-level U.S. government officials have Vulnerable and underserved populations are ican Hellenic Institute on the Administration’s noted. The U.S.-Greece relationship has most affected by increases in utility costs, and proposed FY2022 foreign aid budget and U.S. reached new heights by virtue of an ongoing Strategic Dialogue, where avenues for co- they often have the most to lose in the event interests in the Eastern Mediterranean. In pro- operation among many sectors, including: of a disaster or health emergency. Building moting peace and stability in this critical re- regional cooperation, defense and security, codes establish minimum requirements that gion, Congress must authorize robust, Amer- and trade and investment, among others, are ensure safe, resilient, and energy efficient ica-first security assistance to our democratic plotted for implementation. Greece is a piv- schools, childcare and healthcare facilities, allies in the Eastern Mediterranean—Greece otal and dependable NATO ally to advance housing, and places of employment. and Cyprus. Any security assistance which U.S. interests and is a frontline state against Year round, building safety and fire preven- counters U.S. interests, to Turkey and UN terrorism. The Mutual Defense Cooperation tion officials, architects, engineers, plumbers, ‘‘Peacekeeping’’ efforts in Cyprus, namely, will Agreement between the United Stales and Greece illustrates the two allies’ commit- builders, tradespeople, laborers, and others in only serve to advance instability and ideolog- ment to address over a longer term the secu- the construction industry work to ensure the ical expansionism in this region. Greece and rity challenges in the region. The Agreement safe construction of buildings though the use Cyprus are key allies of our Nation, and we currently is under revision. After it is up- of model building codes. The dedicated mem- must continue to support their security for graded, it will offer more flexibility to deep- bers of the International Code Council, a na- years to come. en cooperation in the defense sector, accord- tional standards developing organization, TESTIMONY OF NICK LARIGAKIS, PRESIDENT, ing to Greece’s Minister of Defense Nikos come together with local, state and federal of- AMERICAN HELLENIC INSTITUTE (AHI), FIS- Panagiotopoulos. For its part, Greece fur- ficials to develop voluntary consensus codes CAL YEAR 2022 APPROPRIATIONS BILL, SUB- ther demonstrates its commitment to the Alliance as a top contributor to the defense that protect us in the buildings where we wor- MITTED TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES efforts of NATO. Greece is estimated to ship, live, work, learn, and play. The Inter- spend 2.68% of its GDP on defense expendi- (By Nick Larigakis) national Codes, the most widely adopted tures in 2020 in accordance with NATO stand- building safety and fire prevention codes in the I am pleased to submit testimony to the ards despite battling economic challenges. nation, are used by most U.S. cities and coun- House on behalf of the nationwide member- By percentage of GDP, Greece is second to ties and in all 50 states, including the State of ship of the American Hellenic Institute the U.S. (AHI) on the Administration’s proposed Greece is also important for the projection Kansas. I commend Johnson County, which FY2022 foreign aid budget. makes up a large portion of my district, for re- of U.S. strategic interests by being home to The Administration’s budget aims to con- the most important U.S. military facility in cently adopting the 2018 International Codes. front 21st century security challenges. The the Mediterranean Sea, Souda Bay, Crete. It During the pandemic, building and fire pre- budget’s vision for the United States is to is a base from where joint USN/USAF recon- vention departments’ essential work has en- ensure it ‘‘. . . plays a lead role in defending naissance missions and air refueling support sured that healthcare centers are structurally democracy, freedom, and the rule of law’’ by for U.S. and NATO operations were imple- sound and capable of withstanding natural dis- recommending a significant increase in re- mented successfully, and it continues to be asters, and that temporary healthcare facilities sources to: ‘‘strengthen and defend democ- immensely important. In 2020, the United providing medical surge capacity are built and racies throughout the world; advance human States homeported the Expeditionary Sea rights; fight corruption; and counter maintained to protect occupant safety. These Base ship, the USS Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Wil- authoritarianism.’’ liams, at Souda Bay, assisting the U.S. officials enforce state, local, and federal regu- In keeping with the best interests of the armed forces in maritime missions and spe- lations that require adequate ventilation and United States, AHI opposes: (1) any proposed cial operations in both Europe and North Af- sanitization. More broadly, code officials pro- foreign aid and assistance to Turkey from rica. Military installations located at Souda tect the health and welfare of building occu- the United States; (2) any proposed reduction Bay include the NATO Maritime Interdiction pants to prevent dangerous sanitary, air qual- in the aid levels for the UN Peacekeeping Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC) and ity, structural, or electrical hazards. Force in Cyprus. the NATO Missile Firing Installation In a Presidential Proclamation designating Further, AHI recommends an FY2022 fund- (NAMFI). To illustrate Souda Bay’s impor- May 2021 as Building Safety Month, President ing level of $1.5 million for NATO ally tance, these figures show the volume of oper- Greece’s International Military Education ations conducted there: Biden stated, ‘‘Investing in our infrastructure and Training (IMET) program as authorized In 2020, at least 90 U.S. and 40 NATO (total and adopting and implementing modem build- for appropriation in The Eastern Mediterra- 130) ships made a port visit at Souda Bay. ing codes are the most effective mitigation nean Security and Energy Partnership Act. It also has been noted by U.S. government measures communities can undertake.’’ Build- The Act also authorized $500,000 for the Re- officials how Souda Bay allows United States ing Safety Month was sponsored by the Inter- public of Cyprus’ IMET program for FY2022, Navy vessels—especially aircraft carriers— national Code Council to remind the public which AHI recommends. In 2020, the U.S. De- the ability to dock, make needed repairs and about the critical role of our communities’ code partment of State provided, for the first maintenance, and resupply, all within a cou- officials in assuring us safe, efficient, and liv- time, IMET program funding for the Repub- ple of weeks and without having to return to lic of Cyprus. AHI welcomed this policy de- Naval Station Norfolk. According to U.S. able buildings. This year’s Building Safety velopment, and urges that this policy be con- Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, in a Month theme was, ‘‘Prevent, Prepare, Protect. tinued. March, 20, 2021 statement: ‘‘Souda Bay is the Building Codes Save’’ and it encouraged all of Finally, AHI recommends robust invest- jewel in the crown of US-Greece defense co- us to raise awareness of the importance of ment for Foreign Military Financing (FMF) operation . . . the unique capacities the

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In doing so, Turkey is in well beyond Souda Bay: tive role in terror financing. contravention of the Arms Export Control NATO Joint-Command HQ: Thessaloniki Turkey’s exacerbation of the Nagorno- Act, which requires that the United States hosts a NATO Rapid Deployment Corps com- Karabakh conflict by encouraging Azer- cannot supply arms to nations that support bined with its Third Army Corps for two baijan’s aggression against Armenia, includ- international terrorism. Hamas’ recent at- years. ing transiting Syrian mercenaries with ties tack against U.S. ally Israel only further Operation Atlantic Resolve: Greece enables to jihadist groups to fight on behalf of Azer- highlights Turkey’s role as a malign regional a substantial portion of the U.S. Army’s 10th baijan. The threat by Turkey of casus belli influence. Combat Aviation Brigade to enter the Euro- still stands, and Greece continues to register We oppose any foreign aid for Turkey and pean theater through the port of a considerable number of formal complaints any other assistance programs from the Thessaloniki and to depart through over continued violations of the Greek air- United State. This includes most favored na- Alexandropoulis. Alexandroupolis is being space and territorial waters by Turkey. In tion trade benefits including textile quotas recognized as a city with increased fact, Greece’s Chief of the Hellenic National and the transfer of any nuclear related as- geostrategic importance, which can also con- Defense General Staff, General Konstantinos sistance which we oppose as not in the best tribute to economic development and energy Floros, called out Turkey’s provocative be- interests of the U.S. AHI applauded the security. havior, stating to an AHI audience on April United States’ decision to terminate Tur- The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade of the 1, 2021, that Turkey threatens ‘‘Greece’s sov- key’s designation as a beneficiary developing U.S. Army, from October–November 20, 2020, ereign rights.’’ In addition, Ambassador country under the Generalized System of and from February–Mar 21, 2021, stationed Pyatt has called the maritime border MoU Preferences (GSP) program, which became and trained at Volos and Stefanovikeio. between Turkey and Libya MoU ‘‘unhelpful’’ effective May 17. 2019. AHI has long argued The U.S. and Greece held a joint military and ‘‘escalatory’’ in nature in previous pub- for this type of action by the U.S. govern- exercise in May 2021 as part of a larger lic statements. He also affirmed the inter- ment, especially in testimony presented to ‘‘DEFENDEREurope’’ program, which, ac- nationally recognized legal concept that ‘‘in- this House, until the following actions are cording to the U.S. Army, is ‘‘an annual habited islands as a matter of customary taken: (1) the immediate withdrawal of all large-scale U.S. Army-led, multinational, international law are entitled to the same Turkish troops from Cyprus; (2) the prompt joint exercise designed to build readiness and treatment as continental territory.’’ These return to Turkey of the over 180,000 illegal interoperability between U.S., NATO and reoccurring acts by Turkey are egregious, Turkish settlers in Cyprus; (3) the Turkish partner militaries.’’ Greece was one of only must cease, and unnecessarily cost the government’s safeguarding the Ecumenical four participating countries whose port was Greek government millions of dollars a year Patriarchate, its status, personnel and prop- used to deploy equipment into Europe and to deal with the provocative actions of a NATO erty, reopening the Halki Patriarchal School host a ‘‘DEFENDER-Europe 21’’ logistical member country. of Theology, returning church properties il- center. Further, Turkey’s continuing occupation legally seized, and the reversal of Hagia USAF temporarily operated MQ–9 Reaper of Cyprus, its intransigence in solving the Sophia’s status, returning it to a UNESCO- Drones from Greece’s Larisa Air Force Base. Cyprus problem, and its refusal to recognize designated museum; (4) the cessation of vio- Increased aircraft and soldier involvement the Republic of Cyprus (a prerequisite to lations against Greece’s territorial integrity at Stefanovikio Hellenic Army airbase im- Turkey’s E.U. accession process), which is a in the Aegean and of its airspace; (5) the ces- proves NATO transit capability. member of the European Union; are detri- sation of illegal interference in the exclusive The trilateral naval exercise ‘‘Noble Dina’’ mental to U.S. interests and contributes to economic zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cy- between the U.S., Greece, and Israel is held regional instability. To illustrate, Turkey prus; (6) Turkey must cease its support and annually off of the coast of Souda Bay. insists on maintaining troop levels illegally promotion of a ‘‘two-state’’ solution regard- Greece is also an active participant in on Cyprus, and President Erdogan’s pro- ing Cyprus, in violation of United Nations peacekeeping and peace-building operations motion of a two-state solution for Cyprus resolutions and the position of the U.S. gov- conducted by international organizations, and support for illegally re-opening the ernment; (7) Turkey must cease its egregious including the UN, NATO, EU, and OSCE. In beach in Varosha inflame tensions and are in violations of important United States laws, sum, it is evident Greece contributes signifi- violation of international law and United in particular the Arms Export Control Act & cantly to U.S. interests. AHI strongly con- Nations Resolutions. the Countering America’s Adversaries tends these actions justify a robust invest- In addition, Turkey’s actions regarding oc- Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Of ment by the U.S. in Foreign Military Fi- cupied Cyprus are deeply troubling. Turkey course, Turkey’s ongoing human rights, free- nancing assistance to Greece. is transforming the former Lefkoniko Air- Regional Instability. The successful pro- port, located in occupied Cyprus, into a dom of speech, and religious freedom viola- jection of U.S. interests in the Eastern Medi- drone base, moving Bayraktar-TB2 drones tions are problematic. Cyprus. The illegal military occupation of terranean depends heavily on the region’s onto the complex. From occupied Cyprus, the Republic of Cyprus by 40,000 Turkish stability. A key to peace and stability in the these advanced drones are in range of Eu- troops continues. As long as the Republic of region is for good neighborly relations rope, North Africa, and the Middle East, pos- Cyprus remains under Turkish military oc- among NATO members and respect for the ing a threat to regional security. cupation, a strong UN peacekeeping force rule of law. Therefore, the U.S. has a stake Secretary Antony Blinken, during a Janu- must be maintained on the island. Congress in focusing on the problems that are detri- ary 19, 2021 hearing in front of the Senate can assist the Republic of Cyprus by re- mental to U.S. interests and to call out Foreign Relations Committee, stated: ‘‘Tur- affirming the United States’ position that those who cause instability in the region. key is an ally, that in many ways . . . is not assistance appropriated for Cyprus should Turkey is the fundamental cause of insta- acting as an ally should and this is a very, support measures aimed at solidifying the bility in the eastern Mediterranean and very significant challenge for us and we’re reunification of Cyprus and the unified gov- broader region: very clear-eyed about it.’’ Turkey’s unilateral claims against sov- Turkey. Turkey continues to demonstrate ernment in Cyprus. It would provide a settle- ereign Greek territory in the Aegean which it is not a true and dependable U.S. and ment, should it be achieved, with a chance to are in violation of international law, and NATO ally. The U.S. government, both exec- succeed. Therefore, AHI recommends the fol- Turkey’s refusal to refer its unilateral utive and legislative branches, rightly sanc- lowing language from Title III of the Con- claims to binding international arbitration. tioned Turkey for its procurement of the solidated Appropriations Act of 2012 be in- Turkey’s aggression against Cyprus which Russian-made S–400 missile defense system cluded in the FY2022 State, Foreign Oper- includes its continuing illegal occupation of under Countering America’s Adversaries ations, and Related Programs Appropria- 37.3 percent of Cyprus. Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) in Decem- tions bill: Turkey’s numerous incursions into Cyprus’ ber 2020. Those penalties should be expanded. Assistance provided to Cyprus under this Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), illegal AHI calls for the continued inclusion of ap- Act should foremost ensure that the United drilling in Cyprus’ EEZ that were supported propriations language that direct the suspen- Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus by Turkish warships and drones, and dem- sion of delivery or transfer of F–35 aircraft to (UNFICYP) can fully implement its man- onstrated ‘‘gunboat diplomacy.’’ Turkey until reports detailing the impact of date, while remaining available to also con- Turkey’s continuing violations of Greece’s Turkey’s purchase of the S–400 missile sys- tribute to the creation of a conducive envi- territorial waters and airspace, numbering tem from Russia on U.S. weapon systems ronment for the settlement talks under the over 7,000 violations in 2020, which are in vio- such as the F–35s are provided to Congress. auspices of the UN Secretary General’s Good lation of international and U.S. law, includ- Further, Turkey’s invasion of northeast Offices. Furthermore, in the event of reunifi- ing the Arms Export Control Act (AECA). Syria and attack upon U.S.-allied Kurds was cation, further assistance should be used to There were 4,605 airspace and 3,215 maritime not in the United States’ best interests and contribute towards the cost of reunification, incidents. rightfully resulted in the passage by an over- including towards monitoring provisions, fa- Illegal immigration via Turkey that whelming vote in the U.S. House of Protect cilitation for settlement of the property threatens Greece’s economic development Against Conflict by Turkey (PACT) Act to issue, supporting and underpinning the new and the peace and stability of Europe. sanction Turkey for its actions. In addition, federal structures of a reunified island and The Turkey-Libya Memorandum of Under- Turkey’s support for Hamas has been evi- assisting with the construction of a strong standing (MoU) on maritime borders, which dent. unified Cypriot economy able to cope with

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Although severely just and viable solution to the near 47-year Washington, the Cyprus Center for Land, injured, he was still able to command his com- division of the Republic of Cyprus, ended Open-Seas, and Port Security (CYCLOPS), pany and call on artillery to avert enemy at- without reaching an agreement because of an innovative security site that has been tacks, before being carried to safety by two of Turkish intransigence. Instead of helping to partially funded by the U.S., is scheduled to his troops. provide stability by promoting a just settle- begin operations in January 2022; and the Colonel Puckett was originally awarded the ment supported by both Greek Cypriot and U.S. implemented a partial lifting of an arms Distinguished Service Cross for his actions at Turkish Cypriot communities, Turkey con- prohibition on Cyprus. The U.S. must fully tinued to insist on antiquated and obstruc- Hill 205, but John Lock, a retired U.S. Army and permanently lift its arms prohibition on officer, and assistant professor at the U.S. tive stances, such as its insistence to main- Cyprus and remove Cyprus from the list of tain the Treaty of Guarantee with a right of countries to which arms sales are prohibited Military Academy, discovered Colonel future unilateral Turkish military interven- under International Traffic in Arms Regula- Puckett’s story and believed it met the criteria tion. tions (ITAR) and calls for appropriations to be awarded our nation’s most prestigious More recently, during the latest 5+1 infor- language to direct this of the U.S. Depart- military award, the Medal of Honor. In 2003, mal meeting in Geneva at the end of April ment of State. Mr. Lock began the strenuous process to have 2021, aiming to assess whether there was suf- The IMET program advances the profes- Colonel Puckett’s initial award upgraded to the ficient common ground for the resumption of sional military education of the Greek and Medal of Honor. After being met with unfore- the negotiations, Turkey fundamentally Cypriot Armed Forces. It enhances inter- changed its official position on the form of seen opposition, Lock submitted a petition for operability with U.S. forces, and in Greece’s an upgrade to the Army Award Corrections settlement of the Cyprus problem, insisting case, NATO forces. Through the training of on a ‘‘two-state-solution’’ to solidify its oc- Greek and Cypriot military and noncommis- Board. In 2020, the petition for Colonel cupation of the island, contrary to UN Secu- sioned officers in a multitude of professional Puckett was approved, and on Friday, May 21, rity Council resolutions and the stated posi- military education and technical courses in 2021, Colonel Puckett was awarded the Medal tion of the United States government. the U.S., IMET offers strong U.S.-Greece and of Honor by President Joseph R. Biden for his Furthermore, Turkey hinders the humani- U.S.-Republic of Cyprus mil-to-mil relations. valiant and commendable service to his Na- tarian work of the Committee on Missing It is an effective and wise investment toward Persons (a previous recipient of USAID sup- tion. a key component of U.S. security assistance. port) by denying access to areas under its oc- During his 22-year career, Colonel Puckett It also helps the U.S. because it contributes cupation, including Turkish military zones, received several illustrious awards and com- toward the strengthening of U.S. security in- in order to excavate for the remains of 996 mendations for his outstanding leadership and terests in an important part of the world by Cypriots still missing (including four U.S. training and promoting the heroic actions in the line of duty and on behalf citizens) following the Turkish invasion of professionalization of the Greek and Cypriot of his fellow servicemen. To date, he has re- Cyprus in 1974. Armed Forces. ceived the Distinguished Service Cross twice, Congress should call on Ankara to con- Thank you for the opportunity to present along with two Silver Stars for valor, two structively support the reunification efforts, them in our written testimony to the House. in accordance with the UN Security Council Bronze Star Medals, and five Purple Hearts. Resolutions calling for a bizonal, f Similarly, in 1992, he became one of the first bicommunal federation, as well as for a solu- people to be inducted into the U.S. Army tion that embodies the full respect of the IN HONOR OF COLONEL RALPH Ranger Hall of Fame. principles and laws of the European Union, PUCKETT, JR., USA (RET.) Former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm of which Cyprus is a member state. The new once said that ‘‘Service is the rent that we pay state of affairs ought lo safeguard that a re- for the space that we occupy here on this unified Cyprus would have a single inter- HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. OF GEORGIA earth.’’ As one of our nation’s most decorated national legal personality, a single sov- military heroes, Colonel Puckett has paid his ereignty and a single citizenship. Finally, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rent many times over and continued to give a AHI welcomed Secretary of State Antony Thursday, June 17, 2021 Blinken’s testimony to the House Committee prodigious amount of love and service back to on Foreign Affairs on March 10, 2021, where Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I his community following his military service. he stated ‘‘American diplomacy will be fully rise today to extend my personal congratula- As a retiree, Colonel Puckett has remained engaged’’ on the issue of a Cyprus settle- tions to an extraordinary man, leader, soldier, actively involved with military affairs, including ment. veteran, and true national treasure, Colonel as a volunteer with the Ranger Brigade as AHI is also concerned with energy secu- well as serving as an executive with Outward rity. AHI contends the U.S. must continue to Ralph Puckett, Jr. USA (ret.). On Friday, May support the sovereign rights of the Republic 21, 2021, Colonel Puckett was awarded the Bound, a nonprofit educational organization of Cyprus to explore and develop the re- Medal of Honor, our Nation’s most prestigious that exposes students, especially those from sources within its EEZ free of any third- military award, by President Joseph R. Biden cities, to wilderness settings. party interference and to underscore the im- for his valiant and commendable service to his Colonel Puckett has accomplished many portance of avoiding any actions that esca- nation. A dinner congratulating him on this things in his life, but none of these would have late tension. As mentioned, Turkey’s threats momentous achievement will be held at The been possible without the grace of God, and in Cyprus’ EEZ endanger U.S. companies. In National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Geor- the enduring love and support of his wife, addition, Turkey’s illegal actions in Cyprus’ gia on Friday, June 18, 2021 at 6pm. Jean; and their children, Martha and Thomas. EEZ raise tensions and security concerns, Madam Speaker, today I ask my colleagues hindering any real chance for the resumption Before receiving this momentous honor, the of settlement talks. Tifton, Georgia native had already established to join my wife, Vivian, and me, along with the International Military Education & Train- an impressive career in the U.S. military. Colo- more than 730,000 residents of Georgia’s ing (IMET)—Greece and Cyprus. AHI rec- nel Ralph Puckett, Jr. graduated from the U.S. Second Congressional District, in recognizing ommends FY2022 funding for Greece’s IMET Military Academy at West Point in 1949. As- and commending Colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr. program at $1.5 million and the Republic of signed as an Infantry Lieutenant to occupation USA (ret.) on receiving the prestigious Medal Cyprus’s IMET program at $500,000. The rec- duty in Japan, he volunteered for the Eighth of Honor and his lifetime of service to his com- ommended funding levels are in line with the munity and his nation. authorization of appropriations passed in U.S. Army Ranger Company when the Korean The Eastern Mediterranean Security and En- War began. On November 25, 1950, the then- f ergy Partnership Act. For Greece, the coun- First Lieutenant began a multiday operation REMEMBERING REVEREND try experienced 11 fiscal years (FY2006– with the Eighth Army Ranger Company, a DOCTOR MARCUS GARVEY WOOD FY2017) of a steady decline of its IMET fund- company of 51 U.S. and nine South Korean ing levels. It resulted in the drastic decrease soldiers, against a plethora of Chinese troops in the number of Greek military students on Hill 205. During the initial daylight assault, HON. KWEISI MFUME participating in the program. An investment OF MARYLAND Colonel Puckett exposed himself to enemy of $1.5 million in FY22 will help address that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fire, rallying pinned down U.S. troops to ad- 11-year decline in funding, but more invest- Thursday, June 17, 2021 ment is needed to make up for ‘‘lost time.’’ vance and take the hill from its defenders. In For the Republic of Cyprus, which received the following hours, temperatures dropped, Mr. MFUME. Madam Speaker, I rise this its first IMET program funding in FY21, it is and the Chinese attempted to retake the hill morning to commemorate the life of a gentle

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With nothing more than 25 cents and a Thursday, June 17, 2021 than death or night, and a debt unpaid that commitment to serve, Reverend Wood entered Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I rise must still be made right. adulthood at the age of 17. It did not take him today to recognize Mrs. Josefa ‘‘Josie’’ Flores On this Juneteenth, I encourage all Ameri- long to begin his spiritual journey. He who is celebrating 14 years of service to the cans to reflect on the long walk to freedom, preached his first sermon as a senior in high people of Texas Congressional District 12 on that took Union soldiers from sea to shining school and shortly thereafter, became licensed June 22, 2021. sea. Though we’ve travelled a long way, that by the church to preach in 1937. By the Grace Josie was born a first generation American walk continues today. of God, Dr. Wood was ordained as a Baptist in Grand Prairie, Texas. She has a servant’s And while I am overjoyed to send this legis- minister only 3 years later. heart and a strong commitment to her faith lation to the President’s desk and make it the and family. She is never flustered and has law of the land, the work continues. Reverend Wood devoted most of his life to been a beacon of hope in my office and my When Congress made MLK Day a federal serving the community around him. An inspir- district for the last 14 years. holiday in the 1980s, it didn’t end the eco- ing leader, he was pivotal in community serv- At 17, Josie joined the United States Army. nomic injustice that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther ice and played a key role in the 1960’s Civil Her 11 years of military service included a tour King, Jr. fought against his entire life. Rights Movement in Baltimore, marching of duty in Bosnia, which she describes as one In fact, the gap between rich and poor has alongside his noteworthy former classmate of her fondest memories. Upon returning to only widened since then. and lifelong friend, Reverend Doctor Martin her husband, Jose, and firstborn son, Dee, So as we celebrate this victory for our his- Luther King Jr. Josie continued serving members of the tory, we must remember that while Juneteenth armed forces in the fleet and family support marked a victory over slavery, it was only the Reverend Wood and I share the same un- center. Shortly after her second son, Leo, was start of our fight for voting rights and equal dergraduate alma mater, Morgan State Univer- born, Josie came to my office as a bilingual justice under the law. sity. By the end of his academic journey, Rev- caseworker where she has been assisting That fight, that long march to justice and erend Wood had obtained two bachelor’s de- constituents ever since. equality and equity will not be over until we grees, a master’s degree in divinity, and was Josie is not just good at her job; she is the have fully protected the right to vote for all bestowed the high honor of receiving a ‘‘Dis- best at her job. People from all over the world Americans, guaranteed equal justice under tinguished Alumni Award’’ from Crozer Theo- contact my office in hopes of having Josie pick law, and achieved equitable treatment that re- logical Seminary. He was the last surviving up their case because they know that if there pays the debts of past wrongs. Madam Speaker, thank you for joining me in member of his class at Crozer Theological is a way to do it, Josie will get the job done. Josie often says her job is to help people and celebrating Juneteenth, thanks to everyone Seminary—where he met Dr. King—to begin helping people is what she loves to do. No who worked so hard to make it a federal holi- what was to be a personal connection to both matter the stresses involved, she does all in day . . . and never giving up the faith. Dr. King and his legacy. her power to help every individual or family God bless. Reverend Wood carried what he learned that reaches out. Her passion for others has f from his academic pursuits and his peers into carried her on to be a successful caseworker with a wealth of knowledge that few, if any, IN RECOGNITION OF THE CAREER a career of visionary leadership and public OF JEFF VANDELEEST service. From launching innovative techniques can match. In addition to helping constituents, like opening solar-heated and ADA accessible Josie is a resource for others in the congressional casework community. She mentors’ HON. MIKE GALLAGHER church facilities, to developing the Providence caseworkers from all over the nation, sharing OF WISCONSIN Adult Day Care Center, no stone could be left her experience and passion. The respect she IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES unturned. He spread his love around the world has earned is a direct reflection of the work Thursday, June 17, 2021 and traveled to countries like England, Scot- and dedication she has demonstrated to my land, Russia, and Ireland to attend religious office for the last 14 years, and during her en- Mr. GALLAGHER. Madam Speaker, today I conferences. He made room to dedicate time tire 25 years of public service. rise to honor the career of retiring President to developing food programs, an AIDS min- Josie will always provide an ear to listen or and CEO of Family Services of Northeast Wis- istry, prison outreach, and a committee for the a shoulder to lean on. She is a sounding consin, Jeff VandeLeest. During his 25 years at Family Services of homeless. He maintained memberships to dif- board for my staff and a lighthouse for my constituents. I have been beyond blessed to Northeast Wisconsin, Jeff VandeLeest served ferent organizations, boards, and agencies as Executive Vice President, Senior Vice such as the Baltimore Urban League, the work with this incredible woman during my time in Congress, and I am forever grateful for President, and finally President and CEO of Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, the her service to our nation. May her light never the organization. Mr. VandeLeest’s dedication NAACP, and many more. extinguish. and commitment to Family Services of North- Reverend Wood’s wife of 69 years, the On behalf of Texas’ 12th Congressional Dis- east Wisconsin and the people it serves is former Bessie Pendleton, died in 2017. He trict, I offer my congratulations and best wish- truly remarkable. leaves to mourn his passing a brother, Dr. es on this special occasion. Throughout his tenure, Mr. VandeLeest’s leadership and knowledge lead to the expan- Garnett Wood; daughter, Jeanetta James; f sion and long-term success of the organiza- son, Marcus G. Wood; and grandchildren JUNETEENTH NATIONAL tion. Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin Kevin Brown, Darrell Brown-Bey, Monica G. INDEPENDENCE DAY ACT is a non-profit, human services agency that of- Wood and Melissa G. Wood Bartholomew; as fers more than 35 programs to people within well as two great grandchildren and a number SPEECH OF Northeast Wisconsin during challenging peri- of nieces, nephews and cousins. HON. ALMA S. ADAMS ods in their lives. In 2019 alone, under the Madam Speaker, in closing, Reverend OF NORTH CAROLINA leadership of Mr. VandeLeest, Family Services Wood disavowed any trappings or pretensions IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was able to assist over 18,000 children, families, and individuals through some of life’s and lived his faith in God. He did not suffer Wednesday, June 16, 2021 most challenging transitions. fools lightly and was one of a kind. He was, Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, as one of For 25 years, Mr. VandeLeest has upheld as they say, ‘‘the Real McCoy.’’ Reverend the original sponsors of Juneteenth legislation the mission of Family Services; to protect, Doctor Marcus Garvey Wood left a memory in the House, I am proud to stand with my col- heal, and care. Throughout his 25 years with with every person he interacted with, including leagues in voting to make Juneteenth a na- Family Services, the organization has grown myself. May his soul forever rest in peace. tional holiday. exponentially. Mr. VandeLeest has been an

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Prior to Jeff’s career at Family Services of Since the onset of the COVID–19 pandemic Northeast Wisconsin he spent nearly 20 years HON. ELAINE G. LURIA last year, Anna has served her community as delivering and managing juvenile justice serv- OF VIRGINIA the co-leader of the Manchester Emergency ices. Jeff has dedicated his entire career to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Operations Center, which coordinates munic- giving back to those in our community who are Thursday, June 17, 2021 ipal first responder agencies and resources. most in need. Equipped with a background in emergency re- Madam Speaker, please join me in recog- Mrs. LURIA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to sponse and health promotion, Anna took swift nizing Mr. Jeff VandeLeest’s 25-year career honor Cathy Lewis upon the culmination of her action when the COVID–19 pandemic threat- with Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin time as host of WHRO’s HearSay. ened the health and well-being of Manchester and wish him and his wife, Mary, all the best Twenty-five years ago, Cathy became the and its surrounding communities. Alongside in retirement. His service and commitment to founding host of HearSay, WRHO’s flagship the dedicated public servants at the Man- Northeast Wisconsin is deserving of the high- public affairs program. During her time with chester Health Department, which is only one est degree of recognition. HearSay, Cathy has connected listeners with of two standalone health departments in our f a variety of guests, from political candidates, state, Anna and her many partners have done to business owners, and civics leaders, includ- a remarkable job managing the most severe CONGRATULATING THE BARBERS ing President Barack Obama. Cathy has used public health crisis of our time. Now, as the HILL HIGH SCHOOL EAGLES ON her exceptional ability to lead civil discussion Granite State continues its crucial vaccination THEIR FIRST BASEBALL STATE to educate audiences about governance and effort, Anna has been an outspoken advocate CHAMPIONSHIP inform them about important issues in their for equity and expanding access to reach our communities. Her work has made Cathy a most vulnerable residents. HON. BRIAN BABIN prominent voice in Coastal Virginia, and she In addition to aiding public health efforts, OF TEXAS has routinely made lists of the most influential Anna is also a proud veteran and active com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES individuals in the region. munity member involved in a host of local or- Thursday, June 17, 2021 I am grateful for Cathy’s service and for the ganizations, including Veterans Count, Granite outstanding contributions that she has made United Way, Mary Gale Foundation, and Bean Mr. BABIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to to our community and beyond. Again, it is an Foundation. Anna works tirelessly to realize a congratulate the Barbers Hill High School Ea- honor to congratulate Cathy for her 25 years brighter, healthier future for the greater Man- gles Baseball team for winning the 2021 with HearSay, and I wish her the best as she chester area. Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) moves on to the next chapter of her career. During an unprecedented year of loss, Anna 5A High School Baseball State Championship. f has embodied smart, compassionate leader- The Eagles Baseball team joins the Lady Ea- ship benefitting our entire community. On be- PERSONAL EXPLANATION gles Softball team in clinching their first State half of my constituents in New Hampshire’s Championship in school history. Barbers Hill is First Congressional District, I congratulate the first 5A High School, and only the seventh HON. PETER A. DeFAZIO Anna Thomas for being named Citizen of the overall, in Texas history to win both State titles OF OREGON Year by the Greater Manchester Chamber of in the same season. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Commerce and thank her again for her lifetime The Eagles finished the 2020–2021 season, of public service. with a record of 35 wins and eight losses. In Thursday, June 17, 2021 f the playoffs, Barbers Hill faced Manvel, Fos- Mr. DEFAZIO. Madam Speaker, on Tues- ter, Santa Fe, Lake Creek, Friendswood, and day, June 15, 2021, I was unable to vote due IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF THE Amarillo before facing Hallsville for the State to a medical procedure. Had I been present, UNITED STATES MILITARY Championship. On June 12, 2021, the Eagles I would have voted: Yea on Roll Call Vote ACADEMY AT WEST POINT beat the Hallsville Bobcats by a score of two 159, On Motion to Suspend the Rules and CLASS OF 2021 GRADUATES to one winning their first state title. Pass Certain Bills; Yea on Roll Call Vote 160. FROM MICHIGAN Raithen Malone, a senior pitcher, was On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, named the State Tournament Most Valuable the Equal Access to Contraception for Vet- HON. JOHN R. MOOLENAAR Player. Six Eagles were selected by the Texas erans Act; Yea on Roll Call Vote 161, On the OF MICHIGAN High School Baseball Coaches Association to Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES play on the Conference 5A All-Tournament Amended, H.R. 3325, To award four congres- Thursday, June 17, 2021 Team: Raithen Malone, Brodey Williams, sional gold medals to the United States Cap- Simon Larranaga, Braden Jacobs, Jace Mar- itol Police and those who protected the U.S. Mr. MOOLENAAR. Madam Speaker, it is my tinez, and Carson Garrett. Capitol on January 6, 2021; and Yea on Roll great pleasure to recognize the Class of 2021 I would like to personally recognize each in- Call Vote 162, On the Motion to Suspend the graduates from the United States Military dividual that contributed to this team’s winning Rules and Pass, as Amended, The LGBTQ Academy at West Point and twenty-seven ex- season. Players: Luke Sims, Carson Garrett, Business Equal Credit Enforcement and In- emplary graduates from the state of Michigan. Trevor Bates, Cameron Cauley, Jace Mar- vestment Act. From Plebes to Firsties, and now Second tinez, Raithen Malone, Braden Jacobs, Will f Lieutenants in the United States Army, the Buntin, Brent Holdren, Colin Schmadl, Class of 2021 has come through one of the McKade Massengale, Kyle Isaacks, Kasyn IN HONOR OF ANNA THOMAS most challenging and rewarding experiences Franco, Ernest Sanders, Josh Campbell, of their lives to join ‘‘The Long Gray Line.’’ I Brodey Williams, Logan Knichel, Hunter Mer- HON. CHRIS PAPPAS commend the graduates for their dedication to cer, Blaine Huntley, Colt Erickson, Alden OF NEW HAMPSHIRE support and defend the American Constitution Brookshire, Maddox Malone, Carson Dunham, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and uphold the ethical standards of the United Simon Larranaga, and Kaden Garcia. Head States Army and United States of America. Coach: David Denny. Assistant Coaches: Thursday, June 17, 2021 While their career of professional excellence Darren Seymour, Chris Cauley, Josh Presnall, Mr. PAPPAS. Madam Speaker, I rise today and service to our Nation has just begun, I am and Noel Garcia. Athletic Trainers: Gina Pace, to recognize Anna Thomas as the Greater confident these new officers embody the val- Adam Carroll, and Ha Nguyen. Manager: Manchester Chamber of Commerce Citizen of ues of ‘‘Duty, Honor, Country’’ and will be Brennan McDonald. Statistician: Maddi Clary. the Year. Anna has worked in the Manchester steadfast leaders Until the Battle Is Won. Superintendent: Dr. Greg Poole. Athletic Di- Health Department since 1994 and currently Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join rector: Tom Westerberg. Principal: Rick Kana. serves as its Director. me in congratulating Olivia Bennett, Tully

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Let us honor the Manore, Connor McQueen, AnnMarie OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA personhood of these individuals, who were re- Moolenaar, Dylan Moser, Shreyans Munot, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES peatedly assumed to have none, so that they Isabel Olds, Gavin Poulin, Joseph Price, Jes- will never be forgotten. Thursday, June 17, 2021 sica Reimchen, Sarah Richardson, David I urge my colleagues to support this bill. Rose, Gerrrit Rummel, and Nathan Schubring; Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise to in- f the United States Military Academy at West troduce the Georgetown Waterfront Enslaved Point Class of 2021 graduates from Michigan. Voyages Memorial Act. This bill would author- PERSONAL EXPLANATION I am positive the Class of 2021 will excel in ize the establishment of a memorial on federal their future endeavors, and I ask my col- land in the District of Columbia commemo- HON. RON ESTES leagues to join me in extending their best rating the enslaved individuals who dis- OF KANSAS wishes as they begin their service to our Na- embarked at the Georgetown waterfront after IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion. forced migration to the United States by way of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The com- Thursday, June 17, 2021 f memorative work, to be established by the Mr. ESTES. Madam Speaker, I was not Georgetown African American Historic Land- present for Roll Call vote No. 167 on Agreeing RECOGNIZING FUNERAL DIRECTOR mark Project and Tour, would honor the to the Amendment. Had I been present, I AND EMBALMER RAUL enslaved individuals’ presence, celebrate their would have voted Yea. VILLEGAS, JR. contributions to history, recognize their resil- f ience and fortitude and acknowledge their HON. HENRY CUELLAR deeds and feats. PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF TEXAS This week, we recognize Juneteenth (June IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 19), which marks the arrival of the news of HON. GWEN MOORE Thursday, June 17, 2021 emancipation to enslaved African Americans OF WISCONSIN in Confederate-controlled Texas—two years IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. CUELLAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today after the Emancipation Proclamation was Thursday, June 17, 2021 to honor the life of Funeral Director and Em- issued—the final end of slavery in the United balmer Raul Villegas, Jr. (May 15, 1962—Jan- States. Juneteenth celebrates the culmination Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Madam Speak- uary 20, 2021). Mr. Villegas demonstrated of the long struggle for freedom from bondage er, on June 16, 2021, I missed Roll Call vote never-ending patience and compassion to the in the United States. This monumental event 163. Had I been present, I would have voted families in his community during his life. prompts us to reflect on the past and look to YEA on H. Res. 479. Mr. Villegas was born in Laredo, TX and at- the future. f tended J.W. Nixon High School. He then at- For four centuries, enslavers packed 12.5 tended the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral million captive Africans into their ships to sell CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE Service and graduated in 1986. After that, he as chattel in the Americas. The vestiges of ANN ARBOR PEACE NEIGHBOR- served his 35-year career as a Texas Li- this history are everywhere yet scarcely HOOD CENTER censed Funeral Director and Embalmer dedi- marked, including here in the District. The cated to the families of Laredo and Webb Georgetown waterfront had an extensive and HON. DEBBIE DINGELL County, Texas. During this time, he was a long-neglected history of involvement in the OF MICHIGAN great team leader and community member. As slave trade. Due to its location at the northern- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a funeral service professional, he met and ex- most navigable point on the Potomac River, Thursday, June 17, 2021 ceeded expectations by having ceaseless pa- North Potomac, as it was then known, the tience and sympathy. Mr. Villegas had the Georgetown waterfront was a busy commer- Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise right words for every situation and was reliable cial port that operated as a mid-Atlantic trad- today to recognize the anniversary of the and strong even when those around him were ing center of enslaved people. Peace Neighborhood Center in Ann Arbor, undergoing difficult times. The first Africans were brought as slaves Michigan. Their 50 years of service to our Mr. Villegas will have an enduring impact on through the Georgetown port in 1732. Though community and its families is worthy of com- his family, team members, and all of the fami- records are incomplete, scholars have deter- mendation. lies in the community he served. He lived and mined that between that year and 1761, seven In Ann Arbor, the Peace Neighborhood Cen- worked his entire life by the principles of end- ships carrying an estimated 1,475 enslaved ter has served children, families, and individ- less patience and kindness. I want to com- people arrived there. Those who survived the uals affected by social and economic chal- memorate the life of Raul Villegas, Jr. and his traumatic ‘‘Middle Passage’’ voyage were lenges since 1971. The center seeks to foster numerous contributions to his community. As marched through tunnels that led from the a community of personal growth and oppor- we move forward, let us take the time to ap- C&O Canal, through the sewage system, to a tunity to break the cycle of poverty and social preciate Mr. Villegas and his notable life and slave auction block on M Street, now George- inequality. career. However, in the words of President town’s main commercial thoroughfare. In the past 50 years, more than 16,000 John F. Kennedy, ‘‘As we express our grati- Commodities to be sold for profit, these members of the Ann Arbor community have tude, we must never forget that the highest people were assigned no more value in Amer- participated in programs that enhance skills, appreciation is not to utter words, but to live ica than that paid for them by enslavers. Slav- promote education, and teach fiscal independ- by them.’’ ery and the slave trade remained for genera- ence. Starting off as a place for community Mr. Villegas is survived by his beloved wife tions an integral part of the United States. members to meet and discuss their concerns, Maricela G. Villegas; children, Raul Villegas III While the entire contribution of enslaved Afri- the work of the Peace Neighborhood Center (Melissa Guerrero), Marlene (Fernando Garza, can Americans in the District and region can- has expanded to after-school programs, jobs Jr.) Villegas, David (Anabel) Villegas, Danny not be determined, we know with certainty that programs, substance abuse prevention pro- (Michelle) Villegas, Ricardo (Jessica) Ramirez, white citizens and the federal government both grams, and so much more. Jr., Melissa (Salvador) Silva, Roberto C. Ra- relied heavily on enslaved labor to build the A half-century after its founding, the Peace mirez (Vivian); parents, Raul and Hortencia Nation’s capital. Neighborhood Center is a pillar of the Ann Villegas; siblings, Irma (Wayo) Butron, Jerry We must not hide from this history. The Arbor community. At the onset of the Corona (Lily) Villegas, Eddie (Juanita) Villegas, Javier enslaved individuals, known and unknown, virus pandemic, the organization shifted gears Villegas, and Sammy (Anna) Villegas; 20 who disembarked at the Georgetown water- by expanding their food distribution program grandchildren; as well as other family and front after forced migration, rest at the core of and later spearheaded the effort to vaccinate friends. our Nation’s shared history. The atrocities of community members by setting up a vaccine Madam Speaker, again I rise to recognize the system of chattel slavery shed light on our clinic. With the help of their dedicated leader- the life and career of Raul Villegas, Jr. Nation’s central struggle between slavery and ship and their many enthusiastic volunteers,

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Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Office of Gabrielle M. Dudley, of Georgia, to be a Member the Director of National Intelligence. Page S4617 of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Sen- Board. ate took the following action: Henry Klibanoff, of Georgia, to be a Member of Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legisla- the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board. tive Session. Page S4617 1 Army nomination in the rank of general. Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Execu- Page S4635 tive Session to consider the nomination. Page S4617 Messages from the House: Page S4621 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Measures Referred: Page S4621 lowing nominations: Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S4621 By 88 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. EX. 239), Tommy P. Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy Sec- Measures Read the First Time: Page S4621 retary of the Interior. Pages S4602–07 Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S4621 By 60 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 241), John Executive Communications: Page S4621 K. Tien, of Georgia, to be Deputy Secretary of Petitions and Memorials: Pages S4621–22 Homeland Security. Pages S4608–10 During consideration of this nomination today, Executive Reports of Committees: Page S4622 Senate also took the following action: Additional Cosponsors: Pages S4624–25 By 63 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. EX. 240), Senate Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: agreed to the motion to close further debate on the Pages S4625–34 nomination. Pages S4607–08 Additional Statements: Pages S4620–21 Tanya Marie Trujillo, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S4634 Matthew T. Quinn, of Montana, to be Under Sec- Privileges of the Floor: Page S4634 retary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs. Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. Pamela A. Melroy, of New York, to be Deputy (Total—241) Pages S4607–08, S4610 Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- Administration. journed at 3:48 p.m., until 3 p.m. on Monday, June Richard W. Spinrad, of Oregon, to be Under Sec- 21, 2021. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of retary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. the Majority Leader in today’s Record on page Chris Inglis, of Maryland, to be National Cyber S4634.) Director. 3 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral. Committee Meetings Routine lists in the Coast Guard. Page S4617 (Committees not listed did not meet) Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Carlos Del Toro, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy. Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a Damon Y. Smith, of Maryland, to be General hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department Development. of Defense, after receiving testimony from Lloyd J. Michael D. Smith, of Virginia, to be Chief Execu- Austin III, Secretary, and General Mark A. Milley, tive Officer of the Corporation for National and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense. Community Service. Sandra D. Bruce, of Delaware, to be Inspector DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND General, Department of Education. FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Margaret A. Burnham, of Massachusetts, to be a Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a Member of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Re- hearing to examine the posture of the Department of view Board. the Air Force in review of the Defense Authorization Clayborne Carson, of California, to be a Member Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Board. John P. Roth, Acting Secretary of the Air Force,

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General Charles Q. Brown, USAF, Chief of Staff of Spending Oversight concluded a hearing to examine the Air Force, and General John W. Raymond, addressing emerging cybersecurity threats to state USSF, Chief of Space Operations, all of the Depart- and local government, after receiving testimony from ment of Defense. Karen Huey, Ohio Department of Public Safety As- NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM sistant Director, Columbus; B. Glen Whitley, Tarrant County Judge, Fort Worth, Texas, on behalf Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reauthor- of the National Association of Counties; Mayor Ste- ization of the National Flood Insurance Program, phen Schewel, Durham, North Carolina, on behalf of after receiving testimony from David Maurstad, Dep- the National League of Cities; Russell E. Holden, uty Associate Administrator for Insurance and Miti- Sunapee School District, Sunapee, New Hampshire; gation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Adminis- and Dan Lips, Lincoln Network, Washington, D.C. tration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. HIGHER EDUCATION AND COVID–19 RECOVERY NCAA STUDENT ATHLETES AND NIL RIGHTS Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine National COVID–19 response and recovery, focusing on sup- Collegiate Athletic Association student athletes and porting the needs of students in higher education name, image, and likeness rights, after receiving tes- and lessons on safely returning to campus, after re- timony from Christina Chenault, University of Cali- ceiving testimony from Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, fornia, Los Angeles; Kaira Brown, Vanderbilt Uni- University of California, Los Angeles; Reynold versity, Nashville, Tennessee; Martin McNair, The Verret, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans; Jordan McNair Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland; Anthony Harris, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, and Sari Cureton, Georgetown University, Wash- Ohio; and Madeline Pumariega, Miami Dade Col- ington, D.C. lege, Miami, Florida. USFS BUDGET BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor- concluded a hearing to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the ably reported the nominations of Tiffany P. U.S. Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Victoria Christiansen, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, De- Judge for the Federal Circuit, and Anne Milgram, of partment of Agriculture. New Jersey, to be Administrator of Drug Enforce- ment, and Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the De- Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East partment of Justice. Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine building the 21ST CENTURY CAREGIVING U.S.-Taiwan relationship, focusing on strength Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a through partnership, after receiving testimony from hearing to examine 21st century caregiving, focusing Erica J. Barks-Ruggles, Senior Bureau Official, Bu- on supporting workers, family caregivers, seniors, reau of International Organization Affairs, and Jona- than Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of and people with disabilities, after receiving testi- East Asian and Pacific Affairs, both of the Depart- mony from Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers ment of State. Alliance, Chicago, Illinois; Stephanie Blunt, Trident Area Agency on Aging, North Charleston, South CYBERSECURITY THREATS Carolina; Brittany Williams, SEIU Local 775, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Burien, Washington; and Theo Braddy, Harrisburg, fairs: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Pennsylvania.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3 p.m., Monday, June 21 9 a.m., Monday, June 21

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration Program for Monday: House will meet in Pro Forma of the nomination of Christopher Charles Fonzone, of session at 9 a.m. Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 5:30 p.m.

Extension of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E667 Moore, Gwen, Wisc., E667 Estes, Ron, Kans., E667 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, Adams, Alma S., N.C., E665 Gallagher, Mike, Wisc., E665 E667 Babin, Brian, Tex., E666 Granger, Kay, Tex., E665 Pappas, Chris, N.H., E666 Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E664 Luria, Elaine G., Va., E666 Soto, Darren, Fla., E661 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E667 Mallioakis, Nicole, N.Y., E662 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E661 Davids, Sharice, Kans., E661 Mfume, Kweisi, Md., E664 DeFazio, Peter A., Ore., E666 Moolenaar, John R., Mich., E666 Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, Fla., E661

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