E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 117 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021 No. 66 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, April 19, 2021, at 3 p.m. House of Representatives FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021

The House met at 9 a.m. and was nal of the last day’s proceedings is ap- Stand Among Friends partnered with called to order by the Speaker. proved. Florida Atlantic University to open the f f Disability Center, which provides re- sources and career guidance to help in- PRAYER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE dividuals with disabilities find mean- The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman ingful employment. Shawn was a Grun Kibben, offered the following from Tennessee (Mr. FLEISCHMANN) founding member of the Boca Raton prayer: come forward and lead the House in the Advisory Board for People with Dis- Holy God, in You we live and breathe Pledge of Allegiance. abilities. He advocated for the disabled and have our being. We pause to ac- Mr. FLEISCHMANN led the Pledge of community and was appointed to the knowledge that nothing will take place Allegiance as follows: White House Healthcare Task Force. today that isn’t under Your authority, I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Shawn’s mission was to help people subject to Your decrees, or reliant on United States of America, and to the Repub- with disabilities embrace their dif- Your sustaining Word. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, ferences, realize their abilities, and Bless us, then, at the start of this indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. leave a positive impact on their com- legislative day. As we have made the f munity. And his positive impact leaves first item on the agenda to orient our- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER a lasting legacy through the lives of all selves to You, the giver of our lives, the people he helped personally, and the creator of the universe, the author The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- most of all through his loving family. of our faith, so may our priorities tain up to five requests for 1-minute All of us are privileged to call him a throughout this day and in our lives, be speeches on each side of the aisle. friend, thus aligned to Your will. f Above all, Shawn was devoted to his Call us to yield to Your leadership TRIBUTE TO SHAWN FRIEDKIN family and cherished spending time that You would direct our words and with his loving wife of 38 years, Lisa, (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given deeds. Censure us with Your loving and their incredible daughters, Bennett permission to address the House for 1 judgment and may we with humility and Sydney. We will all miss Shawn’s minute.) respond to Your divine guidance. Speak endless kindness, compassion, and gen- Mr. DEUTCH. Madam Speaker, I rise Your Word into our lives, that we erosity. Our lives are better for having today to pay tribute to my good friend, would find refreshment in its promises Shawn as part of them. Shawn Friedkin, who left this Earth on and wisdom in its precepts. Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues March 3 after a courageous battle with Remind us in this moment of prayer, to join me in recognizing Shawn cancer. that when we place You first, You will Friedkin’s life on the floor of the U.S. When Shawn was 27, he was trag- order our steps and crown our efforts House of Representatives. with success. In this is our hope and ically injured in a car accident. The ac- cident took away Shawn’s ability to salvation. In Your saving name we f pray. walk, but it also inspired him to dedi- Amen. cate his life to helping other excep- HONORING THE LIFE OF LINDSAY f tional people. He founded the nonprofit association, Stand Among Friends, OVERBAY THE JOURNAL whose mission followed Shawn’s, to (Mr. EMMER asked and was given The SPEAKER. Pursuant to section help people with disabilities to live a permission to address the House for 1 11(a) of House Resolution 188, the Jour- life without limits. minute.)

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Bill met his wife of 58 years, Beth New- Sergeant Coolidge’s place in Amer- We continue to pray for Lindsay and ton. ican history deserves the great acclaim her family and for the full and speedy Service to his community was an in- bestowed on him then with the Medal recovery of her coworkers. tegral part of Bill’s character. His of Honor, and now. He is truly an Lindsay was the best Minnesota has kindness and selflessness extended to American hero and will be greatly to offer. She devoted her life to family every area of his life, including his missed. and her community, and her career to time as president of the Golden Isles f Board of Realtors, chairman of the St. caring for people. She was only 37 years BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK old. She leaves behind her husband, Simons Island Chamber of Commerce, Donnie, and two young children, Gavin chairman of the Airport Commission, (Ms. UNDERWOOD asked and was and Ava. and chairman of the Board of Frederica given permission to address the House Special thanks to Wright County Academy. for 1 minute and to revise and extend Sheriff Sean Deringer and his deputies He was also a member of St. An- her remarks.) Ms. UNDERWOOD. Madam Speaker, and the city of Buffalo Police Depart- drew’s Episcopal Church, where he this week was Black Maternal Health ment for their immediate and profes- served as senior warden. Everyone who Week, an important opportunity to dis- sional response that ended the threat knew Bill recognized his giving heart cuss the disparities affecting Black and prevented further loss of life. and love for the outdoors. My thoughts mothers. Our community must heal, and we and prayers are with his family, friends, and all who knew him during Maternal mortality rates have will heal from this sad event, but we dropped around the world, but in the will always remember Lindsay, Donnie, this most difficult time. f U.S. they have risen, leaving behind Gavin, Ava, and the entire Allina fam- devastated families and children who ily. HOPE IN THE VACCINE will grow up never knowing their f (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given moms. And for Black moms and other VOTER SUPPRESSION permission to address the House for 1 women and birthing people of color, minute and to revise and extend his re- the crisis is even more severe. (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was marks.) Throughout Black Maternal Health given permission to address the House Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, the Week, I had deeply impactful conversa- for 1 minute.) COVID–19 pandemic has cast a dark tions with moms, healthcare profes- Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speak- cloud over the world. Many have lost sionals, Secretary Becerra, and activ- er, I rise today to sound the alarm family members, friends, and other ists who have poured their hearts into about the ongoing efforts to pass voter loved ones to the virus. And after many solving this crisis. I was also inspired suppression laws across our Nation and dark months, hope is here. by other conversations I saw across the in my home State of Texas. With the help of public health ex- country. Republicans have made it a priority perts and science, we have vaccines to The need to address our Nation’s ma- to pass so-called ‘‘election integrity protect us and save lives. Democrats ternal health crisis has never been bills.’’ These misnamed bills are solely fought hard for a robust $20 billion na- more urgent, especially as we continue aimed at limiting access to the ballot tional vaccination program in the to confront a pandemic that has exac- box, particularly in urban counties like American Rescue Plan. With these erbated existing health inequities, par- mine in Harris County. funds, we can ensure that everyone has ticularly for pregnant people. I am es- In the 2020 election, Harris County access to a vaccine. pecially excited to have the Biden/Har- saw record turnout despite the ongoing In my district, everyone 16 and older ris administration’s partnership in this COVID–19 pandemic. We implemented is eligible to get vaccinated. And as of critical work. drive-through voting, authorized vot- this week, Riverside County reported Madam Speaker, with the American ing sites to stay open until 10 p.m., and that at least 1.3 million doses have Rescue Plan and solutions like the several locations were open for 24 been administered and over 400,000 resi- Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act, hours. Hundreds of thousands of voters dents are fully vaccinated, but to reach we can save lives, end disparities, and used these options to exercise their herd immunity, everyone must get vac- achieve true equity for all of our constitutional right without endan- cinated. We are all in this together and moms. gering themselves or their loved ones. we can beat this virus together. f Now, Republicans in the State legis- f lature are trying to ban and limit these THE MASTERS 2021 OMS measures under the false premise of IN RECOGNITION OF CHARLES H. (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given ‘‘election integrity.’’ COOLIDGE permission to address the House for 1 Madam Speaker, I strongly urge the (Mr. FLEISCHMANN asked and was minute and to revise and extend his re- Senate to pass H.R. 1, which would ex- given permission to address the House marks.) pand access to the ballot box and pro- for 1 minute and to revise and extend Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, during hibit restrictions on drive-through vot- his remarks.) the first week of April, the world’s top ing for members of my community and Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Madam Speak- golfers are invited to my hometown of all the voters across Texas. er, I rise today to honor Technical Ser- Augusta, Georgia, as they compete in Voting is a right that should be en- geant Charles H. Coolidge of Signal the most prestigious tournament in the couraged, not restricted. Mountain, Tennessee, and recognize a world known as The Masters. As people f lifetime of service to our Nation. from around the world visit the Au- Sergeant Coolidge passed away on gusta National Golf Club or tune in REMEMBERING BILL DOWNEY III April 6, 2022. Sergeant Coolidge was the from the comfort of their homes, they (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and second-to-last surviving Congressional get to experience a tradition unlike was given permission to address the Medal of Honor recipient from World any other. House for 1 minute and to revise and War II and was the last surviving After the 2020 Masters Tournament extend his remarks.) Medal of Honor recipient from the Eu- was postponed to the fall with no spec- Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam ropean theater. tators due to the pandemic, there was Speaker, I rise today with a heavy Born on August 4, 1921, Sergeant Coo- a lot of excitement to be back this heart to remember and honor Mr. Bill lidge is a national hero. During the pe- year—even at limited capacity.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.002 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1849 Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman my first Sunday school teacher. All Sec. 103. Requirements for workplace violence Ridley and members of Augusta Na- these years later, Betty and I still at- prevention standard. tional for putting on a safe and memo- tended the same church together each Sec. 104. Rules of construction. Sec. 105. Other definitions. rable tournament this year. Sunday. And I want to extend my personal Just a few weeks ago, Betty even sur- TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT congratulations to the 2021 Masters prised me by asking a question on a Champion, Hideki Matsuyama. He is telephone townhall. She lived an in- Sec. 201. Application of the workplace violence prevention standard to certain fa- the first-ever Japanese professional credibly full life until the very end. cilities receiving Medicare funds. golfer to win a men’s major golf cham- Born in Newark and raised in Zanes- TITLE I—WORKPLACE VIOLENCE pionship, and he has made his nation of ville, Betty gave her entire life to her PREVENTION STANDARD Japan very proud. family and this community, teaching SEC. 101. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION Hideki is an inspiration to young not only Sunday school but also third STANDARD. golfers around the world, showing that and fifth grades. (a) INTERIM FINAL STANDARD.— you can reach the pinnacle of your pro- Her passing was preceded by her par- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after fession through dedication and hard ents, her husband of nearly 62 years, the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary work. Rudy, two grandchildren, two great- of Labor shall issue an interim final standard grandchildren, one great-great-grand- on workplace violence prevention— f (A) to require certain employers in the health child, a brother-in-law, and her father- HELPING YOUNG MOTHERS care and social service sectors, and certain em- in-law and mother-in-law. ployers in sectors that conduct activities similar (Mr. CASTEN asked and was given She is survived by six children, 16 to the activities in the health care and social permission to address the House for 1 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, service sectors, to develop and implement a com- minute.) 42 great-great-grandchildren, with prehensive workplace violence prevention plan Mr. CASTEN. Madam Speaker, ear- three more nephews, and extended fam- and carry out other activities or requirements lier this month I visited Teen Parent ily and friends. described in section 103 to protect health care Connection in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. It is Her faith and her positivity were Bet- workers, social service workers, and other per- sonnel from workplace violence; and an organization that serves young ty’s trademarks and are all the things (B) that shall, at a minimum, be based on the mothers, offering everything from dia- fellow Ohioans remember most about Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence pers and formula, to doulas, coun- her. for Healthcare and Social Service Workers pub- seling, and domestic abuse support I will miss seeing her each Sunday at lished by the Occupational Safety and Health services. church and will always admire her Administration of the Department of Labor in They were extremely grateful for the dedication to bettering the lives of 2015 and adhere to the requirements of this title. recent $1,400 economic impact pay- those around her each day. We will (2) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW AND EX- miss her dearly. ECUTIVE ORDER.—The following provisions of ments that, in many cases, helped law and Executive orders shall not apply to the these new moms cover critical ex- f issuance of the interim final standard under penses like housing, food, and WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVEN- this subsection: healthcare. But as we talked, it became (A) The requirements applicable to occupa- TION FOR HEALTH CARE AND apparent that they were not taking ad- tional safety and health standards under sec- SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS ACT vantage and didn’t even know about tion 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health the larger $3,600 per child Child Tax Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, as Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)). Credit. And why would they? These are the designee of the chairman of the (B) The requirements of chapters 5 and 6 of Committee on Education and Labor, title 5, United States Code. new moms that have never filed taxes (C) Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, before. They don’t follow the tax policy pursuant to House Resolution 303, I United States Code (commonly referred to as the changes nearly as closely as we do here call up the bill (H.R. 1195) to direct the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’). in the Capitol, but here is this fan- Secretary of Labor to issue an occupa- (D) Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; tastic need. tional safety and health standard that relating to regulatory planning and review), as Our office is now working to connect requires covered employers within the amended. them with free tax filing services, but health care and social service indus- (3) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—Notwithstanding tries to develop and implement a com- paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall, prior to to the rest of American parents—young issuing the interim final standard under this and old—please make sure to take ad- prehensive workplace violence preven- subsection, provide notice in the Federal Reg- vantage of this program. Even if you tion plan, and for other purposes, and ister of the interim final standard and a 30-day don’t have any taxes due, the credit is ask for its immediate consideration. period for public comment. fully refundable, and once you file, we The Clerk read the title of the bill. (4) EFFECTIVE DATE OF INTERIM STANDARD.— will start sending checks to 70 million The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. The interim final standard shall— American families on July 1. DEMINGS). Pursuant to House Resolu- (A) take effect on a date that is not later than 30 days after issuance, except that such interim This tax credit will cut child poverty tion 303, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the final standard may include a reasonable phase- in half, help close the racial wealth in period for the implementation of required en- gap, and help ensure more kids can live Committee on Education and Labor, gineering controls that take effect after such up to their full potential. In Illinois printed in the bill, is adopted and the date; alone, it will lift 153,000 children out of bill, as amended, is considered read. (B) be enforced in the same manner and to the poverty. It is, in short, a really big The text of the bill, as amended, is as same extent as any standard promulgated under deal. follows: section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and H.R. 1195 Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)); and f (C) be in effect until the final standard de- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- b 0915 scribed in subsection (b) becomes effective and resentatives of the United States of America in enforceable. HONORING BETTY WIECHERT Congress assembled, (5) FAILURE TO PROMULGATE.—If an interim SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. final standard described in paragraph (1) is not (Mr. BALDERSON asked and was This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Workplace Vio- issued not later than 1 year of the date of enact- given permission to address the House lence Prevention for Health Care and Social ment of this Act, the provisions of this title shall for 1 minute and to revise and extend Service Workers Act’’. be in effect and enforced in the same manner his remarks.) SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. and to the same extent as any standard promul- Mr. BALDERSON. Madam Speaker, I The table of contents for this Act is as follows: gated under section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 655(b)) until rise today to honor the life of a lifelong Sec. 1. Short title. such provisions are superseded in whole by an Ohioan who made a profound impact on Sec. 2. Table of contents. not only me but so many in the Zanes- interim final standard issued by the Secretary TITLE I—WORKPLACE VIOLENCE that meets the requirements of paragraph (1). ville area, my hometown, Betty PREVENTION STANDARD (b) FINAL STANDARD.— Wiechert. Sec. 101. Workplace violence prevention stand- (1) PROPOSED STANDARD.—Not later than 2 I first came to know Betty when I ard. years after the date of enactment of this Act, was just a young boy, when she became Sec. 102. Scope and application. the Secretary of Labor shall, pursuant to section

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6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 (3) COVERED EMPLOYER.— (III) for employers to perform a post-incident U.S.C. 655), promulgate a proposed standard on (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered em- investigation and debriefing of all reports of workplace violence prevention— ployer’’ includes a person (including a con- workplace violence with the participation of em- (A) for the purposes described in subsection tractor, subcontractor, a temporary service firm, ployees and their representatives; (a)(1)(A); and or an employee leasing entity) that employs an (IV) to provide medical care or first aid to af- (B) that shall include, at a minimum, require- individual to work at a covered facility or to fected employees; and ments contained in the interim final standard perform covered services. (V) to provide employees with information promulgated under subsection (a). (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered em- about available trauma and related counseling. (2) FINAL STANDARD.—Not later than 42 ployer’’ does not include an individual who pri- (v) Procedures for emergency response, includ- months after the date of enactment of this Act, vately employs, in the individual’s residence, a ing procedures for threats of mass casualties the Secretary shall issue a final standard on person to perform covered services for the indi- and procedures for incidents involving a firearm such proposed standard that shall— vidual or a family member of the individual. or a dangerous weapon. (A) provide no less protection than any work- (4) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered (vi) Procedures for communicating with and place violence standard adopted by a State plan employee’’ includes an individual employed by a training the covered employees on workplace vi- that has been approved by the Secretary under covered employer to work at a covered facility or olence hazards, threats, and work practice con- section 18 of the Occupational Safety and to perform covered services. trols, the employer’s plan, and procedures for Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 667), provided the SEC. 103. REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKPLACE VIO- confronting, responding to, and reporting work- Secretary finds that the final standard is fea- LENCE PREVENTION STANDARD. place violence threats, incidents, and concerns, sible on the basis of the best available evidence; Each standard described in section 101 shall and employee rights. and include, at a minimum, the following require- (vii) Procedures for— (B) be effective and enforceable in the same ments: (I) ensuring the coordination of risk assess- (1) WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN.— manner and to the same extent as any standard ment efforts, Plan development, and implemen- Not later than 6 months after the date of pro- promulgated under section 6(b) of the Occupa- tation of the Plan with other employers who mulgation of the interim final standard under tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. have employees who work at the covered facility section 101(a), a covered employer shall develop, 655(b)). or who are performing the covered service; and implement, and maintain an effective written SEC. 102. SCOPE AND APPLICATION. (II) determining which covered employer or workplace violence prevention plan (in this sec- In this title: covered employers shall be responsible for imple- tion referred to as the ‘‘Plan’’) for covered em- (1) COVERED FACILITY.— menting and complying with the provisions of ployees at each covered facility and for covered (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered facility’’ the standard applicable to the working condi- employees performing a covered service on be- includes the following: tions over which such employers have control. half of such employer, which meets the fol- (i) Any hospital, including any specialty hos- (viii) Procedures for conducting the annual lowing: pital, in-patient or outpatient setting, or clinic evaluation under paragraph (6). (A) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—Each Plan shall— operating within a hospital license, or any set- (C) AVAILABILITY OF PLAN.—Each Plan shall ting that provides outpatient services. (i) be developed and implemented with the meaningful participation of direct care employ- be made available at all times to the covered em- (ii) Any residential treatment facility, includ- ployees who are covered under such Plan. ing any nursing home, skilled nursing facility, ees, other employees, and employee representa- tives, for all aspects of the Plan; (2) VIOLENT INCIDENT INVESTIGATION.— hospice facility, and long-term care facility. (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after (iii) Any non-residential treatment or service (ii) be tailored and specific to conditions and hazards for the covered facility or the covered a workplace violence incident, risk, or hazard of setting. which a covered employer has knowledge, the (iv) Any medical treatment or social service service, including patient-specific risk factors and risk factors specific to each work area or employer shall conduct an investigation of such setting or clinic at a correctional or detention incident, risk, or hazard under which the em- facility. unit; and (iii) be suitable for the size, complexity, and ployer shall— (v) Any community care setting, including a (i) review the circumstances of the incident, community-based residential facility, group type of operations at the covered facility or for the covered service, and remain in effect at all risk, or hazard, and whether any controls or home, and mental health clinic. measures implemented pursuant to the Plan of (vi) Any psychiatric treatment facility. times. the employer were effective; and (vii) Any drug abuse or substance use disorder (B) PLAN CONTENT.—Each Plan shall include (ii) solicit input from involved employees, their treatment center. procedures and methods for the following: (i) Identification of the individual and the in- representatives, and supervisors about the cause (viii) Any independent freestanding emer- dividual’s position responsible for implementa- of the incident, risk, or hazard, and whether gency centers. (ix) Any facility described in clauses (i) tion of the Plan. further corrective measures (including system- (ii) With respect to each work area and unit through (viii) operated by a Federal Government level factors) could have prevented the incident, at the covered facility or while covered employ- agency and required to comply with occupa- risk, or hazard. ees are performing the covered service, risk as- tional safety and health standards pursuant to (B) DOCUMENTATION.—A covered employer sessment and identification of workplace vio- section 1960 of title 29, Code of Federal Regula- shall document the findings, recommendations, lence risks and hazards to employees exposed to tions (as such section is in effect on the date of and corrective measures taken for each inves- such risks and hazards (including environ- enactment of this Act). tigation conducted under this paragraph. mental risk factors and patient-specific risk fac- (x) Any other facility the Secretary determines (3) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—With respect to tors), which shall be— should be covered under the standards promul- the covered employees covered under a Plan of (I) informed by past violent incidents specific gated under section 101. a covered employer, the employer shall provide to such covered facility or such covered service; (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered facility’’ training and education to such employees who and may be exposed to workplace violence hazards does not include an office of a physician, den- (II) conducted with, at a minimum— tist, podiatrist, or any other health practitioner and risks, which meet the following require- (aa) direct care employees; ments: that is not physically located within a covered (bb) where applicable, the representatives of facility described in clauses (i) through (x) of (A) Annual training and education shall in- such employees; and clude information on the Plan, including identi- subparagraph (A). (cc) the employer. (2) COVERED SERVICES.— (iii) Hazard prevention, engineering controls, fied workplace violence hazards, work practice (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered service’’ or work practice controls to correct hazards, in control measures, reporting procedures, record includes the following services and operations: a timely manner, applying industrial hygiene keeping requirements, response procedures, anti- (i) Any services and operations provided in principles of the hierarchy of controls, which— retaliation policies, and employee rights. any field work setting, including home health (I) may include security and alarm systems, (B) Additional hazard recognition training care, home-based hospice, and home-based so- adequate exit routes, monitoring systems, barrier shall be provided for supervisors and managers cial work. protection, established areas for patients and to ensure they— (ii) Any emergency services and transport, in- clients, lighting, entry procedures, staffing and (i) can recognize high-risk situations; and cluding such services provided by firefighters working in teams, and systems to identify and (ii) do not assign employees to situations that and emergency responders. flag clients with a history of violence; and predictably compromise the safety of such em- (iii) Any services described in clauses (i) and (II) shall ensure that employers correct, in a ployees. (ii) performed by a Federal Government agency timely manner, hazards identified in any violent (C) Additional training shall be provided for and required to comply with occupational safety incident investigation described in paragraph each such covered employee whose job cir- and health standards pursuant to section 1960 (2) and any annual report described in para- cumstances have changed, within a reasonable of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as such graph (5). timeframe after such change. section is in effect on the date of enactment of (iv) Reporting, incident response, and post-in- (D) Applicable training shall be provided this Act). cident investigation procedures, including pro- under this paragraph for each new covered em- (iv) Any other services and operations the Sec- cedures— ployee prior to the employee’s job assignment. retary determines should be covered under the (I) for employees to report workplace violence (E) All training shall provide such employees standards promulgated under section 101. risks, hazards, and incidents; opportunities to ask questions, give feedback on (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered service’’ (II) for employers to respond to reports of training, and request additional instruction, does not include child day care services. workplace violence; clarification, or other followup.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.001 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1851 (F) All training shall be provided in-person violent incident, which is updated to ensure intervention with respect to such incident, and by an individual with knowledge of work- completeness of such record; threat, or concern from, the employer, law en- place violence prevention and of the Plan, ex- (v) be maintained for not less than 5 years; forcement, local emergency services, or a local, cept that any annual training described in sub- and State, or Federal government agency; or paragraph (A) provided to an employee after the (vi) in the case of a violent incident involving (ii) exercising any other rights under this first year such training is provided to such em- a privacy concern case, protect the identity of paragraph. ployee may be conducted by live video if in-per- employees in a manner consistent with section (C) ENFORCEMENT.—This paragraph shall be son training is impracticable. 1904.29(b) of title 29, Code of Federal Regula- enforced in the same manner and to the same (G) All training shall be appropriate in con- tions (as such section is in effect on the date of extent as any standard promulgated under sec- tent and vocabulary to the language, edu- enactment of this Act). tion 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health cational level, and literacy of such covered em- (C) ANNUAL SUMMARY.— Act (29 U.S.C. 655(b)). ployees. (i) COVERED EMPLOYERS.—Each covered em- SEC. 104. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. (4) RECORDKEEPING AND ACCESS TO PLAN ployer shall prepare and submit to the Secretary Notwithstanding section 18 of the Occupa- RECORDS.— an annual summary of each violent incident log tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. (A) IN GENERAL.—Each covered employer for the preceding calendar year that shall— 667)— shall— (I) with respect to each covered facility, and (1) nothing in this title shall be construed to (i) maintain for not less than 5 years— each covered service, for which such a log has curtail or limit authority of the Secretary under (I) records related to each Plan of the em- been maintained, include— any other provision of the law; ployer, including workplace violence risk and (aa) the total number of violent incidents; (2) the rights, privileges, or remedies of cov- (bb) the number of recordable injuries related hazard assessments, and identification, evalua- ered employees shall be in addition to the rights, to such incidents; and tion, correction, and training procedures; privileges, or remedies provided under any Fed- (cc) the total number of hours worked by the (II) a violent incident log described in sub- eral or State law, or any collective bargaining covered employees for such preceding year; paragraph (B) for recording all workplace vio- agreement; and (II) be completed on a form provided by the lence incidents; and (3) nothing in this Act shall be construed to Secretary; (III) records of all incident investigations as limit or prevent health care workers, social serv- (III) be posted for 3 months beginning Feb- required under paragraph (2)(B); and ice workers, and other personnel from reporting (ii)(I) make such records and logs available, ruary 1 of each year in a manner consistent violent incidents to appropriate law enforce- upon request, to covered employees and their with the requirements of section 1904 of title 29, ment. representatives for examination and copying in Code of Federal Regulations (as such section is accordance with section 1910.1020 of title 29, in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), SEC. 105. OTHER DEFINITIONS. Code of Federal Regulations (as such section is relating to the posting of summaries of injury In this title: in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), and illness logs; (1) WORKPLACE VIOLENCE.— and in a manner consistent with HIPAA privacy (IV) be located in a conspicuous place or (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘workplace vio- regulations (defined in section 1180(b)(3) of the places where notices to employees are custom- lence’’ means any act of violence or threat of vi- Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–9(b)(3))) arily posted; and olence, without regard to intent, that occurs at and part 2 of title 42, Code of Federal Regula- (V) not be altered, defaced, or covered by a covered facility or while a covered employee tions (as such part is in effect on the date of en- other material. performs a covered service. actment of this Act); and (ii) SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year after (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘workplace vio- (II) ensure that any such records and logs the promulgation of the interim final standard lence’’ does not include lawful acts of self-de- that may be copied, transmitted electronically, under section 101(a), the Secretary shall make fense or lawful acts of defense of others. or otherwise removed from the employer’s con- available a platform for the electronic submis- (C) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘workplace vio- trol for purposes of this clause omit any element sion of annual summaries required under this lence’’ includes— of personal identifying information sufficient to subparagraph. (i) the threat or use of physical force against allow identification of any patient, resident, cli- (5) ANNUAL REPORT.— a covered employee that results in or has a high ent, or other individual alleged to have com- (A) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Not later than likelihood of resulting in injury, psychological mitted a violent incident (including the individ- February 15 of each year, each covered em- trauma, or stress, without regard to whether the ual’s name, address, electronic mail address, ployer shall report to the Secretary, on a form covered employee sustains an injury, psycho- telephone number, or social security number, or provided by the Secretary, the frequency, quan- logical trauma, or stress; and other information that, alone or in combination tity, and severity of workplace violence, and (ii) an incident involving the threat or use of with other publicly available information, re- any incident response and post-incident inves- a firearm or a dangerous weapon, including the veals such individual’s identity). tigation (including abatement measures) for the use of common objects as weapons, without re- (B) VIOLENT INCIDENT LOG DESCRIPTION.— incidents set forth in the annual summary of the gard to whether the employee sustains an in- Each violent incident log shall— violent incident log described in paragraph jury, psychological trauma, or stress. (i) be maintained by a covered employer for (4)(C). The contents of the report of the Sec- (2) TYPE 1 VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘type 1 vio- each covered facility controlled by the employer retary to Congress shall not disclose any con- lence’’— and for each covered service being performed by fidential information. (A) means workplace violence directed at a a covered employee on behalf of such employer; (B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 covered employee at a covered facility or while (ii) be based on a template developed by the months after February 15 of each year, the Sec- performing a covered service by an individual Secretary not later than 1 year after the date of retary shall submit to Congress a summary of who has no legitimate business at the covered enactment of this Act; the reports received under subparagraph (A). facility or with respect to such covered service; (iii) include, at a minimum, a description of— (6) ANNUAL EVALUATION.—Each covered em- and (I) the violent incident (including environ- ployer shall conduct an annual written evalua- (B) includes violent acts by any individual mental risk factors present at the time of the in- tion, conducted with the full, active participa- who enters the covered facility or worksite cident); tion of covered employees and employee rep- where a covered service is being performed with (II) the date, time, and location of the inci- resentatives, of— the intent to commit a crime. dent, and the names and job titles of involved (A) the implementation and effectiveness of (3) TYPE 2 VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘type 2 vio- employees; the Plan, including a review of the violent inci- lence’’ means workplace violence directed at a (III) the nature and extent of injuries to cov- dent log; and covered employee by customers, clients, patients, ered employees; (B) compliance with training required by each students, inmates, or any individual for whom a (IV) a classification of the perpetrator who standard described in section 101, and specified covered facility provides services or for whom committed the violence, including whether the in the Plan. the employee performs covered services. perpetrator was— (7) PLAN UPDATES.—Each covered employer (4) TYPE 3 VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘type 3 vio- (aa) a patient, client, resident, or customer of shall incorporate changes to the Plan, in a man- lence’’ means workplace violence directed at a a covered employer; ner consistent with paragraph (1)(A)(i) and covered employee by a present or former em- (bb) a family or friend of a patient, client, based on findings from the most recent annual ployee, supervisor, or manager. resident, or customer of a covered employer; evaluation conducted under paragraph (6), as (5) TYPE 4 VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘type 4 vio- (cc) a stranger; appropriate. lence’’ means workplace violence directed at a (dd) a coworker, supervisor, or manager of a (8) ANTI-RETALIATION.— covered employee by an individual who is not covered employee; (A) POLICY.—Each covered employer shall an employee, but has or is known to have had (ee) a partner, spouse, parent, or relative of a adopt a policy prohibiting any person (includ- a personal relationship with such employee, or covered employee; or ing an agent of the employer) from the discrimi- with a customer, client, patient, student, in- (ff) any other appropriate classification; nation or retaliation described in subparagraph mate, or any individual for whom a covered fa- (V) the type of violent incident (such as type (B). cility provides services or for whom the employee 1 violence, type 2 violence, type 3 violence, or (B) PROHIBITION.—No covered employer shall performs covered services. type 4 violence); and discriminate or retaliate against any employee (6) THREAT OF VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘threat of (VI) how the incident was abated; for— violence’’ means a statement or conduct that— (iv) not later than 7 days after the employer (i) reporting a workplace violence incident, (A) causes an individual to fear for such indi- learns of such incident, contain a record of each threat, or concern to, or seeking assistance or vidual’s safety because there is a reasonable

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.001 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1852 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 possibility the individual might be physically in- (1) in subsection (a)(1)— But as all those brave workers can jured; and (A) in subparagraph (X), by striking ‘‘and’’ at attest, there is a second colliding epi- (B) serves no legitimate purpose. the end; demic that they continue to face, (B) in subparagraph (Y), by striking the pe- (7) ALARM.—The term ‘‘alarm’’ means a me- namely, frightening levels of violence chanical, electrical, or electronic device that riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and does not rely upon an employee’s vocalization in (C) by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the at rates that far exceed those faced by order to alert others. following new subparagraph: any other sector in our economy. (8) DANGEROUS WEAPON.—The term ‘‘dan- ‘‘(Z) in the case of hospitals that are not oth- The Bureau of Labor Statistics, gerous weapon’’ means an instrument capable erwise subject to the Occupational Safety and which has studied this alarming phe- of inflicting death or serious bodily injury, Health Act of 1970 (or a State occupational safe- nomenon, found that 73 percent of all without regard to whether such instrument was ty and health plan that is approved under 18(b) violent incidents that happen in Amer- designed for that purpose. of such Act) and skilled nursing facilities that ican workplaces happen to healthcare are not otherwise subject to such Act (or such a (9) ENGINEERING CONTROLS.— and social assistance employees. Year (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘engineering con- State occupational safety and health plan), to trols’’ means an aspect of the built space or a comply with the Workplace Violence Prevention after year, BLS tallies tens of thou- device that removes a hazard from the work- Standard (as promulgated under section 101 of sands of violent incidents which could place or creates a barrier between a covered em- the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health be prevented by the standard required ployee and the hazard. Care and Social Service Workers Act).’’; and by today’s legislation. (B) INCLUSIONS.—For purposes of reducing (2) in subsection (b)(4)— Today, we have the power right here workplace violence hazards, the term ‘‘engineer- (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and a in this Chamber to prevent this wave of ing controls’’ includes electronic access controls hospital or skilled nursing facility that fails to violence by passing H.R. 1195, the to employee occupied areas, weapon detectors comply with the requirement of subsection (a)(1)(Z) (relating to the Workplace Violence Workplace Violence Prevention for (installed or handheld), enclosed workstations Health Care and Social Service Work- with shatter-resistant glass, deep service Prevention Standard)’’ after ‘‘Bloodborne counters, separate rooms or areas for high-risk Pathogens standard)’’; and ers Act. patients, locks on doors, removing access to or (B) in subparagraph (B)— The primary source of this violence securing items that could be used as weapons, (i) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)(U)’’ and inserting comes in the form of assaults: kicking, furniture affixed to the floor, opaque glass in ‘‘(a)(1)(V)’’; and hitting, spitting, even the use of fire- patient rooms (which protects privacy, but al- (ii) by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of a failure arms and other weapons from patients lows the health care provider to see where the to comply with the requirement of subsection and those who accompany them. patient is before entering the room), closed-cir- (a)(1)(Z), for a violation of the Workplace Vio- lence Prevention standard referred to in such H.R. 1195 would require an enforce- cuit television monitoring and video recording, able workplace violence prevention sight-aids, and personal alarm devices. subsection by a hospital or skilled nursing facil- standard within 42 months after enact- (10) ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS.— ity, as applicable, that is subject to the provi- (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘environmental sions of such Act)’’ before the period at the end. ment at about 200,000 healthcare cen- risk factors’’ means factors in the covered facil- (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made ters, not small doctors’ offices or clin- ity or area in which a covered service is per- by subsection (a) shall apply beginning on the ics. The standard would require that formed that may contribute to the likelihood or date that is 1 year after the date of issuance of covered employers develop a workplace severity of a workplace violence incident. the interim final standard on workplace vio- violence prevention plan that is tai- lence prevention required under section 101. (B) CLARIFICATION.—Environmental risk fac- lored to the specific conditions and tors may be associated with the specific task The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, hazards present at each workplace, not being performed or the work area, such as work- as amended, shall be debatable for 1 ing in an isolated area, poor illumination or a one-size-fits-all mandate. hour equally divided and controlled by Since 1996, OSHA has published vol- blocked visibility, and lack of physical barriers the chair and ranking minority mem- between individuals and persons at risk of com- untary guidelines that recommended mitting workplace violence. ber on the Committee on Education many commonsense measures that em- (11) PATIENT-SPECIFIC RISK FACTORS.—The and Labor. ployers can take to reduce the risk and term ‘‘patient-specific risk factors’’ means fac- The gentleman from Connecticut severity of violent incidents. These tors specific to a patient that may increase the (Mr. COURTNEY) and the gentlewoman guidelines are an excellent resource, likelihood or severity of a workplace violence in- from North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) each but the fact that we continue to see an cident, including— will control 30 minutes. alarming growth in violence means (A) a patient’s treatment and medication sta- The Chair recognizes the gentleman that relying on ad hoc, voluntary adop- tus, and history of violence and use of drugs or from Connecticut. alcohol; and tion is failing to protect our healthcare (B) any conditions or disease processes of the GENERAL LEAVE heroes. We need an enforceable stand- patient that may cause the patient to experience Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I ard. confusion or disorientation, be non-responsive ask unanimous consent that all Mem- Over the last 5 years, in the last two to instruction, behave unpredictably, or engage bers have 5 legislative days in which to administrations, despite verbal support in disruptive, threatening, or violent behavior. revise and extend their remarks and in- for an enforceable OSHA rule, nothing (12) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means clude extraneous material on H.R. 1195, has moved in the rulemaking process. the Secretary of Labor. the Workplace Violence Prevention for History shows that with no deadlines (13) WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS.— Health Care and Social Service Work- (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘work practice in statute, OSHA takes 15 to 20 years controls’’ means procedures and rules that are ers Act. to issue a standard. used to effectively reduce workplace violence The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Indeed, in the last administration, hazards. objection to the request of the gen- despite giving lip service for 3 years (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘work practice tleman from Connecticut? that they were creating a new rule, not controls’’ includes— There was no objection. one administrative step was actually (i) assigning and placing sufficient numbers of Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I taken to protect healthcare and social staff to reduce patient-specific type 2 violence yield myself such time as I may con- assistance workers. hazards; sume. (ii) provision of dedicated and available safety I want to be very clear. Right now, personnel such as security guards; Madam Speaker, if there is one les- over at that agency, this issue is dead (iii) employee training on workplace violence son that all Americans have learned in in the water. prevention methods and techniques to de-esca- the last year from the shared experi- Every year we fail to address this sit- late and minimize violent behavior; and ence of the COVID pandemic, it is that uation, we are condemning thousands (iv) employee training on procedures for re- our Nation’s healthcare workers have of nurses, doctors, aides, EMTs, and so- sponse in the event of a workplace violence inci- truly been heroic, putting their lives cial workers to suffer preventable inju- dent and for post-incident response. and health at risk, treating and caring ries, sometimes fatal, on the job. TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL for millions of patients suffering from That is why a huge coalition of SECURITY ACT a scary deadly disease. I am sure that healthcare workers from the American SEC. 201. APPLICATION OF THE WORKPLACE VIO- every Member in this Chamber at some College of Emergency Physicians, Na- LENCE PREVENTION STANDARD TO point has tweeted, issued statements, tional Nurses United, American Nurses CERTAIN FACILITIES RECEIVING MEDICARE FUNDS. held up signs thanking nurses, EMTs, Association, EMTs, and many more (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1866 of the Social doctors, and many other caregivers for have come together, begging Congress Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc) is amended— their amazing work. to enact this bill.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.001 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1853 No more delays. It is time that Con- report for H.R. 1195 and in the Congressional The CBO recently estimated the cost gress puts a clock on this issue so that Record during floor consideration of the bill of this bill to private entities would be we can get the preventative measures to memorialize our joint understanding. at least $1.8 billion in the first 2 years in place nationwide that we know will Again, thank you for your assistance with these matters. that the rushed OSHA rule is in effect save lives. Very truly yours, and $750 million annually after that. Madam Speaker, I want to thank the ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, The cost to public facilities will be at chair of the committee, Mr. SCOTT, for Chairman. least $100 million in the first 2 years his great support on this measure, as Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield and $55 million annually after that. well as Chair ADAMS, the Sub- myself such time as I may consume. Financially struggling healthcare fa- committee on Workforce Protections Madam Speaker, I thank my col- cilities, such as rural hospitals that are chair, as well as my Republican col- league for yielding. already at risk of closure, cannot af- leagues, because there actually is some Madam Speaker, I rise today in oppo- ford a rushed and costly government- agreement on the basics on this issue. sition to H.R. 1195, the Workplace Vio- imposed mandate from Washington bu- Lastly, I want to thank our out- lence Prevention for Health Care and reaucrats. standing, stellar staff: Richard Miller; Social Service Workers Act. The House is considering H.R. 1195 at Jordan Barab, who is leaving us short- Ensuring workplace safety for all a time when the Biden administration ly, at the end of the month, for his in- American workers, especially our Na- is also considering a burdensome, over- credible institutional knowledge and tion’s caregivers, is an issue of the ut- reaching emergency temporary stand- work; and Maria Costigan, from my of- most importance and is deserving of a ard, ETS, on COVID–19. Though OSHA fice. serious and thorough solution. I agree Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- is weeks behind in deciding whether to with my colleague; we all appreciate ance of my time. issue the ETS, handing down two ex- what healthcare workers have done. I COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COM- pensive, punitive Federal mandates on MERCE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- do every day, but particularly since we an already burdened healthcare indus- TIVES, have had COVID. try could be the straw that breaks the Washington, DC, March 26, 2021. H.R. 1195 purports to take a respon- camel’s back. Hon. BOBBY SCOTT, sible approach to the issue of work- There may be a time and place where Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, place violence, but legislation that re- a workplace violence regulation is ap- Washington, DC. sults in a rushed and overly prescrip- propriate, but now is certainly not it. DEAR CHAIRMAN SCOTT: I write concerning tive rule that omits important input H.R. 1195, the ‘‘Workplace Violence Preven- While I cannot support H.R. 1195, I tion for Health Care and Social Service from stakeholders and experts, while want to be clear. The safety of our Na- Workers Act,’’ which was additionally re- driving up compliance costs for already tion’s healthcare and social service ferred to the Committee on Energy and Com- struggling industries, is far from a sen- workers is not a partisan issue. Repub- merce. sible solution. Yet, that is what we are licans offered a workable solution at a In recognition of the desire to expedite asked to consider today. consideration of H.R. 1195, the Committee on recent committee markup and were Workers in the healthcare and social willing to negotiate with our col- Energy and Commerce agrees to waive for- services industries are at an increased mal consideration of the bill as to provisions leagues across the aisle on a com- that fall within the rule X jurisdiction of the risk of workplace violence, with the promise, one that requires OSHA to Committee on Energy and Commerce. The Bureau of Labor Statistics finding they analyze a rule properly, heed appro- Committee takes this action with the mu- are five times more likely to experi- priate and necessary input from stake- tual understanding that we do not waive any ence violence in the workplace than holders, and launch an educational jurisdiction over the subject matter con- workers in other industries. campaign on workplace violence pre- tained in this or similar legislation, and that While the threat is real, the response vention. the Committee will be appropriately con- the Democrats are proposing to address Yet, here we are, considering another sulted and involved as this bill or similar the situation, to further their own par- legislation moves forward so that we may Democrat bill being pushed through tisan agenda, is not grounded in re- address any remaining issues within our ju- with no Republican input. risdiction. I also request that you support ality. Workplace violence is already a well- Healthcare workers are familiar with my request to name members of the Com- the Hippocratic oath: ‘‘First, do no mittee on Energy and Commerce to any con- recognized hazard by employers and ference committee to consider such provi- employees in the healthcare and social harm.’’ In its rush to judgment, H.R. sions. services industries. According to a 2018 1195 does great harm. By short- Finally, I would appreciate the inclusion of American Hospital Association survey, circuiting the public input process and this letter in the report on the bill and into prescribing a specific result from the the Congressional Record during floor con- 97 percent of respondents indicated they already have workplace violence beginning, this bill will not achieve sideration of H.R. 1195. what it aims to accomplish. Sincerely, policies in place. Our healthcare workers and care- FRANK PALLONE, Jr., In addition, the Occupational Safety Chairman. and Health Administration, OSHA, is givers deserve an evidence-based and -- already enforcing workplace violence effective solution that protects them in COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND prevention measures, issuing citations the workplace. H.R. 1195 fails to deliver LABOR, HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- to employers who fail to provide safe this result. TIVES, workplaces during both the Obama and Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Washington, DC, March 26, 2021. ance of my time. Hon. FRANK PALLONE, Jr., Trump administrations. Chairman, House Committee on Energy and The agency is also working on a rule Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I Commerce, Washington, DC. through the standard OSHA rule- yield myself such time as I may con- DEAR CHAIRMAN PALLONE: In reference to making process and has announced sume. Very briefly, again, I appreciate your letter of March 26, 2021, I write to con- plans to initiate a Small Business Reg- that Ms. FOXX acknowledges the sever- firm our mutual understanding regarding ulatory Enforcement Fairness Act ity of this issue, and I think that is im- H.R. 1195, the ‘‘Workplace Violence Preven- panel, a key part of the rulemaking portant. But I would note, if anyone tion for Health Care and Social Service checks with the House Clerk’s office, Workers Act.’’ process that allows the agency to gath- I appreciate the Committee on Energy and er valuable feedback from small busi- we actually have a solid number of Re- Commerce’s waiver of consideration of H.R. nesses before a regulation is written. publican cosponsors on this bill. I want 1195 as specified in your letter. I acknowl- H.R. 1195 is particularly ill-timed and to make that clear, for the record, and edge that the waiver was granted only to ex- ill-advised as it forces OSHA to issue I appreciate their support as well. pedite floor consideration of H.R. 1195 and an interim final rule on workplace vio- Madam Speaker, I yield 21⁄2 minutes does not in any way waive or diminish the lence within 1 year, which will signifi- to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Committee on Energy and Commerce’s juris- cantly strain healthcare facilities that SCOTT), the chair of the Committee on dictional interests over this or similar legis- lation. are heroically working on the front Education and Labor and an out- I would be pleased to include our exchange lines, responding to a once-in-a-cen- standing staunch supporter of this leg- of letters on this matter in the committee tury pandemic. islation.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.006 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1854 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 b 0930 Madam Speaker, I commend the gen- tions Subcommittee, I work every day Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam tleman from Connecticut (Mr. COURT- to ensure that all workers are treated Speaker, I thank the gentleman for NEY) for his leadership, and I urge my with dignity and respect because work- yielding. colleagues to join us in voting for this ers deserve nothing less. Our labor laws Madam Speaker, I rise in support of legislation. must be held to that same principle. H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Pre- Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 vention for Health Care and Social minutes to gentleman from Pennsyl- Unfortunately, our healthcare and Service Workers Act. vania (Mr. KELLER). social service workers face dispropor- Over the past year, we have voiced Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, my 25 tionately high rates of violence on the exceptional praise for healthcare and years in private industry taught me job. We must do something to address social service workers, who have risked many lessons. One which resonates that, and the Workplace Violence Pre- their lives to care for ourselves and our with me today is that sweeping indus- vention for Health Care and Social loved ones. Yet, for too long, we have try mandates with no input from those Service Workers Act does just that. failed to address the high and growing who will be impacted don’t work. No rates of workplace violence for these one knows better what the workforce This critical piece of legislation re- workers, who are regularly beaten, needs to be successful than the work- quires that OSHA issue a workplace vi- kicked, punched, and sometimes even force itself. olence protection standard for employ- killed on the job. It seems to me that my colleagues ers in these sectors in order to actively In 2018, healthcare workers ac- across the aisle have yet to learn this prevent, address, and track workplace counted for nearly three out of four of lesson and are rushing and pushing violence incidents. all nonfatal workplace injuries and ill- H.R. 1195, a bill that would institute a We have always relied heavily on the nesses caused by violence. Let me re- rushed, sweeping initiative that ig- peat that. In 2018, healthcare workers nores the data and, more importantly, selflessness of healthcare and social alone accounted for nearly three out of ignores the people it will effect. service workers, and that truth has four of all nonfatal workplace injuries Though H.R. 1195 is founded under been even clearer during the COVID and illnesses caused by violence. the premise of finding solutions for pandemic. We must ensure their well- Many of these incidents are foresee- workplace violence—especially for our being just as they work tirelessly every able and can be prevented by sound healthcare workers and social service day to ensure ours. workplace violence prevention plans. workers, who are most susceptible— Madam Speaker, I urge support of They work, and when they are imple- this bill clearly misses the mark. mented, they can reduce workers’ com- In tandem, the Occupational Safety H.R. 1195. pensation claims. and Health Administration also recog- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Yet the Occupational Safety and nizes the risks that our healthcare and time of the gentlewoman has expired. Health Administration, or OSHA, still social service workers face in the Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I has no enforceable workplace standard workplace. However, this rulemaking yield an additional 15 seconds to the that requires healthcare and social process should and must account for service employers to implement vio- the important views of impacted stake- gentlewoman from North Carolina. lence prevention programs. We have holders. Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, I in- tried voluntary guidance for the past 25 There is not a more notable red flag clude in the RECORD letters from the years, yet still too many employers to H.R. 1195 than the fact that the American Society of Safety Profes- choose not to follow the best evidence American Hospital Association came on what is well understood to be au- sionals, who actively support this bill. out to oppose it because it would insti- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF thoritative guidance issued by OSHA. tute additional restrictions to already To make matters worse, without ac- SAFETY PROFESSIONALS, struggling rural hospitals across the tion from Congress, protections for March 25, 2021. country. To ensure long-lasting policy To: Contacts, Stakeholders and Participants healthcare workers and social service that can address the complex problem Workplace Prevention Legislation [HR workers are nowhere in sight. OSHA of workplace violence, it is imperative 1195] typically takes 7 to 20 years to issue a From: Joseph Weiss, ASSP External Affairs new standard. The recent beryllium we develop a solution that seeks input from stakeholders and employers that Comments of the American Society of Safety standard that was adopted a couple of Professionals (ASSP)—The Workplace years ago was in the works for over 17 goes through the normal rulemaking Violence Prevention for Health Care and years. process. Social Service Workers Act (HR 1309 & S We cannot ask healthcare and social Our healthcare and social service 851)—Confirming ASSP’s Position on HR service workers to wait any longer, workers have given so much during 1195. particularly during this global pan- this pandemic, and we owe them a debt GREETINGS: The attached statement and demic when Congress has the ability to of gratitude for their work. Moreover, comments were originally submitted by the ensure that OSHA can act as quickly we owe them policy that will improve American Society of Safety Professionals as possible to protect workers’ lives. workplace safety without making it (ASSP) in support of The Workplace Vio- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The harder for them to do their jobs. We lence Prevention for Health Care and Social time of the gentleman has expired. owe it to them to seek their input. Service Workers Act (HR 1309 & S 851) in Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I April 2019. would just note that the bill language yield an additional 30 seconds to the We understand this legislation has been re- gentleman from Virginia. explicitly protects a comment period introduced as HR 1195. Our comments in the Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam for all stakeholders, including hos- April 2019 statement remain current and re- Speaker, to that end, H.R. 1195 directs pitals and every other institution af- flect our position on HR 1195. OSHA to issue an interim final stand- fected by it. ard within 1 year and a final standard Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to ASSP stands ready to assist with initia- within 42 months, requiring healthcare the gentlewoman from North Carolina tives and endeavors to help move occupa- tional safety and health forward. Please con- and social service employers to develop (Ms. ADAMS), who is the chairwoman of and implement a workplace violence the Subcommittee on Workforce Pro- tact us if you have any questions regarding prevention plan. It protects workers tections and a staunch advocate for our support of HR 1195. from retaliation for reporting assaults this bill. Thank you for your attention to this mat- to their employers or government au- Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, I ter. thorities. It also protects the employ- thank the gentleman from Connecticut Cordially, ees of healthcare facilities run by for all his great work on this bill. JOSEPH WEISS, ASSP External Affairs. State, county, or local governments in Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the 24 States that are not covered by H.R. 1195. either Federal OSHA or a State-run As chair of the Committee on Edu- OSHA plan. cation and Labor’s Workforce Protec-

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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF our ‘‘HealthBeat’’ publication, Preventing workplace violence injury rates for this sec- SAFETY PROFESSIONALS, Workplace Violence, A Systematic & Sys- tor at 8.2 per 10,000 full-time workers, more April 22, 2019. temic Approach, which was also submitted than four times higher than the overall pri- Comments of the American Society of Safety to the OSHA docket. We ask that these ma- vate sector incidence rate for such injuries. Professionals (ASSP)—The Workplace terials be formally included in the record on This is simply unacceptable when interven- Violence Prevention for Health Care and this legislation. tions are available to mitigate risk. As noted Social Service Workers Act (HR 1309 & S OSHA’s November 2018 regulatory agenda in ASSP’s 2016 comments to OSHA, we be- 851). included ‘‘Prevention of Workplace Violence lieve that a workplace violence prevention Hon. ALMA ADAMS, in Health Care and Social Assistance’’ as a standard is feasible and that there are meas- House of Representatives: Committee on Edu- future item with a small business panel (pur- ures that employers can use to reduce a sig- cation and Labor, Chair, Subcommittee on suant to the Small Business Regulatory En- nificant risk of material harm. Workforce Protections, U.S. Congresswoman forcement Fairness Act) slated for March Finally, ASSP observes that many of the for the 12th District, Washington, DC. 2019. However, that date is now past with no at-risk workers in the healthcare and social Hon. BRADLEY BYRNE, action indicated any time in the foreseeable service sectors are employed in the public U.S. Congressman for the 1st District, House of future. The next regulatory agenda will re- sector, by state or local government facili- Representative: Subcommittee on Workforce veal whether any further action is antici- ties or agencies. Currently, they have no pro- Protections, Washington, DC. pated by the agency within the next 12 tections under the federal Occupational Hon. JOE COURTNEY, months to move toward promulgation of a Safety and Health Act. The states that oper- U.S. Congressman for the 2nd District, workplace violence standard. ate their own OSHA agencies must cover Barring any movement from the agency in Washington, DC. their public sector workers (and several this regard, it is appropriate for Congress—in The American Society of Safety Profes- state governmental agencies in federal its oversight role—to signal to OSHA that sionals (ASSP) is pleased to submit the fol- OSHA states also cover the safety of their this is a priority rulemaking area, and for lowing comments to the House Education public sector workers), but most workers go your committees to take the lead on helping and Labor Committee and the Senate Health without OSHA protection. We urge you to to fill the gaps in protections for the many Education Labor and Pensions Committee in consider including public sector coverage of vulnerable workers in this highrisk area. support of HR 1309 and S. 851, legislation to healthcare and social service workers in this Currently, OSHA can take enforcement ac- help protect workers in the healthcare and legislation to the extent possible. tions against employers under its General social service sectors from the threat of CONCLUSION Duty Clause (GDC) [Section 5(a)(1) of the Oc- workplace violence. ASSP condemns all forms of violence in cupational Safety and Health Act of 1970] ASSP notes that this legislation has al- the workplace and is particularly concerned and can issue penalties of up to $132,598 per ready secured nearly 60 co-sponsors in the with the rise of injuries associated with vio- willful or repeated violation. However, OSHA House of Representatives and 8 cosponsors in lence in the healthcare and social service in- has the burden of providing that the cited the U.S. Senate. Because we believe that dustry sectors, targeted by the pending fed- employer was aware of a recognized hazard, safety is a nonpartisan issue and that all of eral legislation. ASSP supports congres- that employees were actually exposed to the us benefit from the services the workers in sional efforts to eliminate workplace vio- hazard within the previous six months and these sectors deliver, we encourage bipar- lence and encourages OSHA to continue with that there is a feasible method of abatement. tisan support of the legislation and addi- GDC citations are often difficult for the its rulemaking to promulgate an enforceable tional public hearings on this critical issue. agency to sustain, they cannot trigger crimi- and effective standard, accompanied by com- ASSP is the oldest society of safety profes- nal prosecution even in the case of a fatality, prehensive education and outreach. Thank you for consideration of ASSP’s sionals in the world. Founded in 1911, ASSP and there is no coverage for third-party comments. We look forward to working with represents more than 38,000 dedicated occu- workers such as contractors or temporary Congress in a proactive manner to address pation safety and health (OSH) professionals. staffers. This is one exception to OSHA’s the critical issues affecting the health and Our members are experts in managing work- multiemployer worksite enforcement policy. safety of all Americans in the workplace. place safety and health issues in every indus- In 2015, OSHA issued ‘‘Guidelines for Pre- Respectfully Submitted, try, in every state and across the globe. venting Workplace Violence for Healthcare RIXIO MEDINA, CSP, CPP, ASSP is also the Secretariat for various vol- and Social Service Workers,’’ but the guid- 2018–19 ASSP President. untary consensus standards related to best ance did not go through formal rulemaking practices in occupational safety and health so it is advisory and not enforceable at the Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 management and training. present time. minutes to the gentleman from Geor- In late October 2018, ASSP hosted the Another problem with using the GDC as gia (Mr. ALLEN). Women’s Workplace Safety Summit, and the main enforcement tool to address work- Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, I rise workplace violence involving women was one place violence issues is simply that it is re- in opposition to H.R. 1195. of three focus topics of the event. Workplace active in virtually every situation. While violence has a disproportionate impact on Madam Speaker, our healthcare and OSHA investigates fatalities and cases with social service workers deserve tremen- women and is the leading cause of fatalities severe injuries that must be reported by law, for workers who are women. ASSP’s Women it is virtually unheard of for OSHA to inves- dous praise for their work over the past in Safety Excellence (WISE) Common Inter- tigate an employer concerning workplace vi- year, as they have faced unprecedented est Group is also deeply engaged on the issue olence prevention before a tragic incident challenges during the COVID–19 pan- of workplace violence prevention. occurs, unless triggered by a publicized demic. They also deserve protections, ASSP commends your committees for ad- ‘‘near miss’’ or due to an employee hazard as they face a significant risk of work- dressing this issue through legislation that complaint. place violence. directs the Secretary of Labor to issue an While the federal Occupational Safety and This complex issue deserves an evi- OSH standard that requires covered employ- Health Review Commission recently af- dence-based solution, not a rushed and ers within the healthcare and social service firmed a GDC workplace violence violation industries to develop and implement a com- issued against Integra Health Management costly top-down government mandate. prehensive workplace violence prevention (March 4, 2019, OSHRC), the action was taken Unfortunately, H.R. 1195 would pre- plan. If enacted, the legislation would ensure only after the death of a healthcare worker vent workers and stakeholders from that enforceable and effective workplace vio- at the hands of a patient, and the ultimate giving meaningful input based on expe- lence prevention programs would be required OSHA civil penalty was $7,000. The case is rience regarding how to address this within two years of enactment. still subject to appeal in the U.S. Court of highly technical issue. It forces the Oc- The Occupational Safety and Health Ad- Appeals and amici curiae in the case include cupational Safety and Health Adminis- ministration (OSHA) commenced a rule- the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (opposing the making by initiating a request for informa- tration, or OSHA, to issue an interim enforcement action) and the AFL–CIO (in final workplace violence prevention tion (RFI) in December 2016: OSHA Request support of the OSHA citation). ASSP is not for Information Concerning Prevention of a party to this action. rule within 1 year, significantly im- Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social A Government Accountability Office study pacting the healthcare industry as Assistance, OSHA Docket 2016–0014, Regu- reported that there were 730,000 cases of they remain on the front lines of com- latory Information Number (RIN) 1218–AD 08. healthcare workplace assaults over the bating this pandemic. The comment period closed April 6, 2017. No 5-year span from 2009 through 2013. The Bu- I have heard firsthand from our further action has occurred since that date, reau of Labor Statistics reports that healthcare facilities—especially our despite workplace violence becoming an healthcare and social service sector employ- rural hospitals—that the pandemic has ever-more recognized hazard in the U.S. ees suffered 69 percent of all workplace vio- caused serious financial struggles, and ASSP submitted comments to OSHA on lence injuries caused by persons in 2016 and that RFI (at the time, the organization’s are nearly 5 times as likely to suffer a work- many are already at risk of closure. name was American Society of Safety Engi- place violence injury than workers overall. The CBO estimates that the rushed neers), and those comments are attached to The healthcare and social service indus- rule will cost private entities at least this submission, along with an article from tries experience the highest rates, with $1.8 billion in the first 2 years that the

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This important and timely legisla- actually want to protect police from tion will ensure that health care and social ties need right now is another costly service employers undertake steps to protect workplace violence, too? top-down mandate from Washington. their employees and patients from violence Or do we want to continue to in- Our Founders envisioned a govern- in the workplace. crease it with a dishonest narrative ment by the people. I am always As you know, workplace violence against that makes it more difficult for them amazed that the intellectuals in this health care workers, including emergency to do their jobs and keep us all safe? town know more about solving prob- nurses, has become a national crisis. Accord- But here we find ourselves again lems than the great people on the front ing to the Occupational Safety and Health today with our daily portion of pro- lines. My colleagues are approaching Administration (OSHA), workers in the posed unnecessary workplace regula- this issue the wrong way. We must ad- health care sector accounted for only 20% of tions intended to punish law-abiding dress this from the bottom up by em- workplace injuries yet comprised approxi- mately 50% of all victims of workplace as- American employers, making their powering healthcare workers, hospital sault. The same study found that between lives more costly and more difficult. leadership, the scientific community, 2002 and 2013, serious incidents of workplace Specific to those who would be most and the public to have a say in the de- violence were four times more common for negatively impacted by this bill, in a velopment of a new comprehensive workers in the health care sector versus all 2018 American Hospital Association standard. workers in the U.S. survey, 97 percent reported that they That is why I oppose this bill today Unfortunately, assaults and batteries di- already have workplace violence pre- and I urge my colleagues to ensure our rected at workers occur at especially high vention policies in place. healthcare workers and caregivers are rates in emergency departments (EDs), which are open 24 hours a day, seven days a In addition, OSHA, of course, is al- protected in the workplace by allowing ready enforcing workplace violence them to give their input directly. week and are required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act prevention policies. Mr. COURTNEY. Just to be clear, (EMTALA) to stabilize and treat all pa- So why are we trying to saddle em- Madam Speaker, that CBO score is not tients. Often, health care professionals in the ployers with new regulations estimated per facility. That score is spread out ED interact with members of the public by the CBO to cost private entities at over 200,000 healthcare centers. If you when emotions run high and their behavior least $1.8 billion—that is $1,800 million, do the math, it is actually $9,000 per can sometimes become violent. Research has for my friends across the aisle—in just year per facility. found that emergency nurses and other per- the first 2 years of mandated imple- sonnel in the ED experience a violent event Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to mentation, and then $750 million annu- the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. about once every two months. Further, a 2011 study reported that one-third of emergency ally going forward? BONAMICI), who is the chair of the Sub- Where does this money come from for committee on Civil Rights and Human nurses had considered leaving the profession due to workplace violence. these unnecessary mandates? Services. The Workplace Violence Prevention for From consumers in higher prices. Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Speaker, I Health Care and Social Service Workers Act You might call this hidden tax in- rise in support of the Workplace Vio- will ensure that health care employers, in- creases. This is how all regulations are lence Prevention for Health Care and cluding hospitals, take specific steps to pre- paid for, unless they actually force the Social Service Workers Act. vent workplace violence and ensure the safe- organization to go out of business be- The coronavirus pandemic has ex- ty of patients and workers. This bill will re- quire health care and social service employ- cause they can’t deal with the cost. posed the increasingly harsh workplace The CBO estimates that the cost to conditions that nurses, doctors, social ers to develop and implement a comprehen- sive violence prevention plan which must in- public healthcare facilities will be $100 workers, and other healthcare workers million in the first 2 years. The last have endured to keep our communities clude procedures to identify and respond to risks that make workplaces vulnerable to thing that financially struggling rural going. But even before the pandemic, violent incidents. In addition, the legislation hospitals, like those in my district, healthcare and social service workers will help ensure that employees are appro- need are more unfunded mandates from faced a disproportionate risk of on-the- priately trained in mitigating hazards. Washington. job violence and injuries. Emergency nurses are disproportionately While we seem to be far off course A few year ago, two workers in Or- victims of assaults in the workplace. We today, Congress, in the past, has actu- egon were tragically wounded in a would like to thank you for introducing this ally passed statutes that make regula- workplace stabbing at an organization important legislation and your leadership on tions more accountable, requiring that that provides essential services to this critical issue. Sincerely, bureaucrats give public notice regard- youth who are facing addiction, home- RON KRAUS, MSN, RN, EMT, ing new rules and mandates, and solicit lessness, and behavioral health issues. CEN, ACNS-BC, TCRN, feedback before implementation. Following the incident, Oregon 2021 ENA President. But, today, House Democrats want to AFSCME members organized to im- Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Speaker, I make it easier for OSHA to issue one- prove working conditions that were thank Congressman COURTNEY for his size-fits-all regulations without having compromising the quality of services leadership on this bill, and I urge my to receive any feedback from the pub- for vulnerable clients and the safety of colleagues to support it. lic. the employees. Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 Article I of the Constitution man- Workers across the country, like the minutes to the gentleman from Vir- dates that Congress make our Federal workers at Outside In, in Portland, ginia (Mr. GOOD). laws, not Federal agencies and their need an evidence-based workplace vio- Mr. GOOD of Virginia. Madam Speak- unelected bureaucrats. lence prevention plan tailored to the er, memo to my friends across the Congress should make the regulatory needs of the vulnerable populations aisle: violence, including workplace vi- process more accountable to the tax- they serve. Today, we have a chance to olence, is already illegal; and it should payer. That is why I introduced a bill support their safety and well-being in always be prosecuted, regardless of called Article I Regulatory Budget Act the workplace. whether it happens in the name of Madam Speaker, I include in the that would require agencies to account Antifa or BLM, or even if it is directed for the cost of regulation. RECORD a letter in support of the legis- at those police officers working to keep The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lation from the Emergency Nurses As- us safe. time of the gentleman has expired. sociation. Again, violence in the workplace is Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION, already illegal, and you certainly won’t an additional 15 seconds to the gen- February 23, 2021. decrease it, Madam Speaker, with calls tleman from Virginia. Hon. JOE COURTNEY, Mr. GOOD of Virginia. In that spirit, House of Representatives, to defund or even eliminate law en- Washington, DC. forcement and correctional facilities. Madam Speaker, I thank Ranking DEAR REPRESENTATIVE COURTNEY: On be- Talk about increasing workplace vio- Member FOXX for her leadership on reg- half of the Emergency Nurses Association lence, Madam Speaker, and you wonder ulatory reform with her Unfunded

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So I op- others, and who, at the same time, ex- refuse to enact a bill that will allow for pose this bill. perience rates of violence 12 times workplace safety prevention plans to higher than other workers. be put into place, you are simply ac- b 0945 The United Steelworkers letter just cepting the status quo of the perpetua- Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I inserted into the RECORD importantly tion of violence in our workplaces. yield 1 minute to the gentleman from noted that violent, serious, and life-al- We are at a moment of crisis in this Indiana (Mr. MRVAN), an outstanding tering incidents should never be a part country when it pertains to gun vio- new member of the Committee on Edu- of the job, and that in order to begin lence. We have the testimonies of the cation and Labor. curbing this epidemic of workplace vio- doctors and the nurses. This has been Mr. MRVAN. Madam Speaker, I lence, our healthcare and social service extremely well-vetted. thank Mr. COURTNEY for the time. workers need an enforceable OSHA Madam Speaker, I include in the First, I include in the RECORD this standard that addresses violence in the RECORD a letter from National Nurses letter of support for H.R. 1195, the workplace in a comprehensive manner. United in support of this legislation. Workplace Violence Prevention for There is a difference between punish- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED, Health Care and Social Service Work- ment and safety, and I urge my col- February 23, 2021. ers Act, written by Thomas Conway, leagues to join me in supporting this DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the 170,000 registered nurses represented by Na- the International President for the critically important legislation for these invaluable workers. tional Nurses United, we write to urge you to United Steelworkers. cosponsor the Workplace Violence Preven- UNITED STEELWORKERS, Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. tion for Health Care and Social Service March 24, 2021. Workers Act, introduced by Representative Re United Steelworkers supports H.R. 1195, H.R. 1195 does not allow for a solid, Joe Courtney. the Workplace Violence Prevention for well-researched foundation for a na- Across the country, registered nurses and Health Care and Social Service Workers tional workplace violence prevention other health care workers are put at risk Act. standard. Input from experts and every day when providing quality care for HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, stakeholders is vital as OSHA under- patients in need. Over the course of the past Washington, DC. takes rulemaking on this issue. year, the dangerous working conditions in DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the In February 2019, the Centers for Dis- our nation’s hospitals and health care facili- 850,000 members of the United Steelworkers ease Control and Prevention, CDC, pub- ties have been exposed due the Covid–19 pan- (USW), I am urging you to support the Work- demic. But these hazardous working condi- lished its research agenda for tions pre-date Covid–19. place Violence Prevention for Health Care healthcare and social assistance. The and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1195). The danger of violence in the workplace Even before the COVID–19 pandemic, work- research agenda identifies the informa- has become its own epidemic in our nation’s place violence in health care and social serv- tion and actions most urgently needed health care and social service workplaces. In ice settings was a growing and ever-present to improve safety in the industry. 2019, nurses reported more than three times threat to workers. While helping patients The CDC identified the following con- the rate of injuries due to workplace vio- fight against the virus, these workers, who cerns regarding the current state of re- lence than workers overall. Nurses report repeatedly put their lives on the line to en- search on the issue of healthcare work- being punched, kicked, bitten, beaten, and sure the health and wellbeing of others, have place violence: threatened with violence as they provide had to face a continued rash of assaults and care to others—and far too many have expe- Many existing studies have evaluated rienced stabbings and shootings. violent attacks. workplace violence risk factors and preven- According to data from the Department of Violence on the job has increased for tion measures, but most lack the comprehen- nurses during the Covid–19 pandemic. Ac- Labor, healthcare employees are four times sive, facility- and work area-specific perspec- more likely to experience workplace violence cording to a recent survey conducted by Na- tive that is needed to effectively prevent tional Nurses United, twenty percent of than others in the private sector. And those workplace violence. Additionally, many of in a hospital setting are nearly six times as nurses report facing increased workplace vi- these studies examine the effects of training olence on the job over the course of the pan- likely as other workers to be the victim of programs, showing little impact on work- an intentional injury. It is clear that these demic, which they attribute to decreasing place violence incident and injury rates. staffing levels, changes in the patient popu- essential workers need protection against vi- We should heed the words of caution olence on the job. They need an enforceable lation, and visitor restrictions. There are practical steps that healthcare OSHA standard to prevent workplace vio- from CDC regarding our current knowl- and social service employers can take to ful- lence and ensure the safe working environ- edge base, and we should make sure fill their obligations to protect their employ- ment that they all deserve. OSHA receives input from all perspec- H.R. 1195 would compel OSHA to issue a tives, including smaller healthcare pro- ees from these serious occupational hazards. workplace violence prevention standard that We know that violence can be prevented viders, before it enacts a national through the development and implementa- requires health care and social services em- standard. ployers to develop and implement com- tion of plans that are tailored to specific pa- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- tient care units and facilities. These plans prehensive plans to protect workers from vi- ance of my time. olence in the workplace. The requirements must assess and address the range of risks Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I for violence—from the sufficiency of staffing are based on existing guidelines and rec- yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman ommendations from OSHA, the National In- and security systems to environmental and stitute for Occupational Safety and Health from Michigan (Ms. STEVENS), an out- patient-specific risk factors. The Workplace Violence Prevention for (NIOSH), industry associations, and state standing member of the Committee on Health Care and Social Service Workers Act measures and ensure that there are work- Education and Labor who worked very mandates that the Occupational Safety and place-specific plans in place to protect work- diligently to protect the comment Health Administration promulgate a work- ers. process called for in this bill. place violence prevention standard that Violent, serious, and life-altering incidents Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, as I would require healthcare and social service should never be part of the job. In order to rise in support of the Workplace Vio- employers to develop and enforce plans to begin curbing this epidemic of preventable lence Prevention for Health Care and protect their employees from violence on the workplace violence, our health care and so- Social Service Workers Act, I pose the job. To ensure that workplace violence pre- cial service workers need an enforceable vention plans are effective, workers (includ- OSHA standard that addresses violence in question: Where were you, Madam ing nurses, other direct care employees, and the workplace in a comprehensive manner. Speaker, at 2 a.m. last night when a security personnel) must be involved Our union urges you to support the Work- gunman stormed into a FedEx facility throughout all stages of plan development, place Violence Prevention for Health Care in Indianapolis killing eight colleagues implementation, and review, which go hand- and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1195). who did not have a workplace safety in-hand with the standard’s comprehensive Sincerely, plan because their phones were in their training requirements. The enforceable occu- THOMAS CONWAY, lockers, unable to text their loved ones pational health and safety standard estab- International President. that they were alive? lished in this legislation is necessary to cre- Mr. MRVAN. Madam Speaker, I ap- This is what we are asking our col- ate and maintain protections against work- preciate that we are taking action leagues on the other side of the Cham- place violence that our members, other

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As pliment Ms. FOXX about her very portant provisions of this legislation are im- nurses and other health care and social serv- thoughtful remarks about what is driv- plemented in the most appropriate manner. ice workers continue to put their lives at ing this crisis out there for healthcare As you are aware, emergency physicians may risk to do their jobs, it is imperative that workers. There is no question that be- be employed in an ED in a variety of ways, Congress pass this legislation and ensure it havioral health and the heroin and whether directly employed through the hos- is signed into law. opioid addiction—and we heard this pital in an academic setting, or contracted Sincerely, from witnesses who testified before our as a member of a small democratic practice BONNIE CASTILLO, RN, committee. or a larger, national physician group. Given Executive Director, But I would respectfully suggest that that emergency physicians and these groups National Nurses do not control the resources of an individual United. the people who are actually out there facility that they staff, it would be neither ZENEI CORTEZ, RN, on the front lines, the EMTs—their as- practical nor effective to require contracted President, National sociation has endorsed this bill—and groups themselves to be responsible for im- Nurses United. the American College of Emergency plementing, tracking and reporting of vio- DEBORAH BURGER, RN, Room Physicians—they are the ones lent incidents. ACEP believes that emer- President, National right there taking in these very sort of gency physicians that contract with hos- Nurses United. high-risk, intense cases—have issued a pitals or facilities should not be held respon- JEAN ROSS, RN, letter of support for H.R. 1195 because sible for situations or hazards outside of President, National their direct control; however, they can and Nurses United. they realize that what this bill will, in should serve an integral role in developing fact, create, is a safer system for better Ms. STEVENS. Workplaces need vio- effective violence prevention strategies. We communication, better lighting, not appreciate your efforts to date to provide ad- lence protection. Vote to pass H.R. leaving people alone with patients, who ditional clarity on what a ‘‘covered em- 1195. have been identified as high-risk. ployer’’ is ultimately responsible for, and Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield Really, all you have to do is talk to ask Congress to ensure that any new federal myself such time as I may consume. any ER doc. They will tell you it is requirements do not create any uninten- As we have discussed today, work- tough out there, and we need to tional or undue burdens for entities that do place violence is a very real and per- not control the health care workplace. change. We need to have systems in Once again, thank you for your leadership sistent issue for healthcare and social place to better protect them. service workers. on this important issue. ACEP looks forward Madam Speaker, I include in the to working with you to ensure patients, The Democrat title of H.R. 1195, the RECORD a letter of support from the health care workers, and all others in the Workplace Violence Prevention for American College of Emergency Physi- emergency department (ED) are prepared for Health Care and Social Service Work- cians. and protected against violent acts occurring ers Act, presupposes that the rushed, in the department. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF Sincerely, overly prescriptive, and complex Fed- EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, MARK ROSENBERG, DO, MBA, FACEP, eral regulation required by this bill March 23, 2021. ACEP President. will somehow prevent workplace vio- Hon. JOE COURTNEY, lence. Washington, DC. Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I However, a true solution to violence DEAR REPRESENTATIVE COURTNEY: On be- yield 1 minute to the gentleman from in the workplace will not be in the half of the American College of Emergency Texas (Mr. GREEN), another out- form of a Federal regulation. Rather, a Physicians (ACEP) and our 40,000 members, standing supporter of this legislation. thank you for introducing for H.R. 1195, the broader, bipartisan approach is needed Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speak- Workplace Violence Prevention for Health er, whatever employers are doing in to address the root causes of this seri- Care and Social Service Workers Act. ACEP ous and complicated issue. appreciates your leadership to help establish the main is not enough. Workplace vio- According to the American Hospital procedures to ensure that emergency physi- lence is the third leading cause of job Association, increases in assaults in cians, health care workers, social workers, death. Whatever they are doing is not healthcare facilities are being driven, and patients, are protected from violence in enough. in part, by growing numbers of behav- the workplace, and we urge Congress to Twenty percent of registered nurses ioral healthcare patients being treated swiftly consider and pass this important leg- in one survey reported an increase in islation. workplace violence. Whatever they are in emergency departments and other Violence in the emergency department is a acute-care settings. serious and growing concern, causing signifi- doing is not enough. The opioid and drug abuse epidemic cant stress to emergency department staff It is not unreasonable to ask people is another major contributing factor to and to patients who seek treatment in the to have a plan to protect employees. It workplace violence, as healthcare emergency department (ED). According to a is not unreasonable to ask them to en- workers are often tasked with treating survey conducted by ACEP in 2018, nearly force that plan. And it is not unreason- patients that may be under the influ- half of emergency physicians polled reported able to provide cover for those who re- being physically assaulted, with more than port these workplace violence inci- ence of potent drugs or experiencing 60 percent of those occurring within the past their painful side effects. dents in the form of protection from re- year. Nearly 7 in 10 emergency physicians taliation from reporting. It is just not Unfortunately, H.R. 1195 does nothing say ED violence has increased within the to address these realities. past 5 years. Beyond the immediate physical enough. Ultimately, an OSHA workplace vio- impacts, the risk of violence increases the Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I reserve lence regulation that is written under difficulty of recruiting and retaining quali- the balance of my time. the standard rulemaking process will fied health care professionals and contrib- Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I be much more informed and effective utes to greater levels of physician burnout. include in the RECORD a letter of sup- Most importantly, patients with medical port from AFT, which is a union that because it will require evidence-based emergencies deserve high-quality care in a input related to behavioral health and represents hundreds of thousands of place free of physical dangers from other pa- frontline workers, including nurses, opioid abuse that are responsible for tients or individuals, and care from staff many workplace violence incidents. that is not distracted by individuals with be- across the country in support of H.R. But as I said earlier, we need to roll havioral or substance-induced violent behav- 1195. up our sleeves and develop a com- ior. AFT, prehensive, bipartisan response to ad- There are many factors contributing to the March 23, 2021. dress the root causes of this serious increase in ED and hospital violence, and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, like you, we recognize there is no one-size- Committee on Education and Labor, and complicated issue. fits-all solution. Employers and hospitals Washington, DC. Again, I urge my colleagues to op- should develop workplace violence preven- DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the 1.7 pose H.R. 1195, and I reserve the bal- tion and response procedures that address million members of the American Federation ance of my time. the needs of their particular facilities, staff, of Teachers, including nearly 200,000

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Madam Speaker, the American Hos- needed, requiring employers to develop vio- That is why I am proud to cosponsor lence prevention plans and establishing whis- pital Association, AHA, is opposed to tleblower protections so that healthcare and H.R. 1195. I want to acknowledge the H.R. 1195. social service workers don’t fear retaliation principled, compassionate, committed In a letter to Education and Labor for speaking out against what they see in the and effective leadership of Congress- Committee members prior to the com- workplace. man COURTNEY for shepherding this bill mittee markup last month, AHA stat- This is not an abstract issue for me. I hear to the floor. ed: ‘‘However, because hospitals have from AFT healthcare members about vio- already implemented specifically tai- lence all the time: a nurse choked to the This legislation would direct OSHA point of unconsciousness, a nurse stabbed, to quickly issue an interim final stand- lored policies and programs to address members who have suffered bone fractures ard mandating healthcare and social workplace violence, we do not believe and brain injuries from being thrown against service employers implement work- that the OSHA standards required by walls and floors. Subcommittee Chairwoman place prevention plans. H.R. 1195 are warranted, nor do we sup- Alma Adams held an important hearing on This is not a partisan issue. I hope we port an expedited approach that would workplace violence last Congress, where an can all agree that everyone deserves to deny the public the opportunity to re- AFT member shared the following: view and comment on proposed regula- He then spun around on his back and feel safe at work. I urge my colleagues kicked his leg high into the air striking me to vote ‘‘yes.’’ tions.’’ Further, AHA explained: in the neck, hitting with such force to my Madam Speaker, I include in the throat that my head snapped backward; I The prohibitive costs that the mandates in RECORD a letter from the American heard this ‘‘bang’’ and ‘‘pop,’’ and all the air H.R. 1195 would impose on America’s hos- just rushed out of me. . . . Since June 2015, Public Health Association in support of pitals, particularly on those that provide I have been diagnosed with moderate to se- the legislation. care in rural and underserved areas, could vere post-traumatic stress disorder, mod- AMERICAN PUBLIC strain scarce resources and jeopardize pa- erate anxiety, insomnia, depressive disorder HEALTH ASSOCIATION, tient care. and social phobia related to this incident. Washington, DC, March 23, 2021. These mandates would burden healthcare providers that are struggling to maintain . . . I LOVED being a nurse. I have a huge HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, problem still calling myself a nurse. I do not Washington, DC. services during the most deadly public health emergency in 100 years. know what to call myself now. There is a DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the deep loss when you used to make a difference American Public Health Association, a di- Madam Speaker, I include in the in the lives of people, in your true calling verse community of public health profes- RECORD the letter from the American and with passion. Now, that space is filled sionals that champions the health of all peo- Hospital Association. with extreme sadness and fear. . . . I lost my ple and communities, I write in strong sup- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, career. port of H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Violence is not just ‘‘part of the job.’’ No Washington, DC, March 23, 2021. Prevention for Health Care and Social Serv- one should face violence, intimidation or Hon. JOE COURTNEY, ices Workers Act. This important bipartisan fear for their safety while working to heal House of Representatives, legislation would require the Occupational others and save lives. Sadly, healthcare and Washington, DC. Safety and Health Administration to develop DEAR REPRESENTATIVE COURTNEY: On be- social service workers are nearly five times a workplace violence prevention standard to half of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, more likely to be assaulted while on the job health systems and other health care organi- than the rest of our workforce. The costs of protect workers who are at the greatest risk zations, and our clinician partners—includ- this violence are high: in injury rates, in pro- from violence on the job. ing more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 fessionals being driven from doing the work Workplace violence is a serious problem million nurses and other caregivers—and the they love, and in workers’ compensation that has increased substantially in the last 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our claims and staff shortages. decade. Every day, nurses, psychiatric aides, Our nurses, health techs, social service social workers and other caretakers are as- professional membership groups, the Amer- workers and other health professionals need saulted on the job. The Bureau of Labor Sta- ican Hospital Association (AHA) writes re- more than nightly applause; they need en- tistics reports that in 2019 health care and garding the Workplace Violence Prevention forceable federal protections to keep them social service workers experienced the high- for Health Care and Social Service Workers safe from the epidemic of workplace violence est rate of workplace violence injuries at 14.7 Act (H.R. 1195). Your bill would direct the Secretary of and other serious hazards they face at work. per 10,000 workers, compared to a national Labor to issue—on an expedited timetable— These are the people who take care of us average of 4.4 for all workers. In the same and Occupational Safety and Health Admin- when we need them, who have devoted their year, psychiatric hospitals had a recorded istration (OSHA) standard requiring employ- careers to looking after the aging, the sick rate of serious injury due to workplace vio- ers in health care and social services to de- and the injured, but are forced to beg Con- lence at 152.4 per 10,000 workers. Since 2010, velop and implement a comprehensive work- gress for basic workplace rights. the rate of serious workplace violence inju- place violence prevention plan. America’s I urge you to support the nurses, social ries has increased by 52% in health care and hospitals and health systems are committed workers and other healthcare professionals social assistance jobs. Health care and social to a culture of safety for every worker, pa- in your district by voting for committee ap- service workers are at greatest risk because tient and family member who enters our fa- proval of the Workplace Violence Prevention they are on the frontlines of patient and cli- cilities. However, because hospitals have al- for Health Care and Social Service Workers ent care, often working with high-risk popu- ready implemented specifically tailored poli- Act. lations who need specialized care and atten- cies and programs to address workplace vio- Sincerely, tion. This type of violence has a significant lence, we do not believe that the OSHA RANDI WEINGARTEN, and long-lasting impact on individual work- standards required by H.R. 1195 are war- President. ers and on the public’s health. Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I ranted, nor do we support an expedited ap- Assaults and other violence experienced by proach that would deny the public the oppor- yield 1 minute to the gentleman from health care and social assistance workers is tunity to review and comment on proposed Rhode Island (Mr. CICILLINE), my a preventable problem that requires a public regulations. neighbor and good friend. health approach. This legislation would re- Further, the prohibitive costs that the Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, our quire employers who operate health care fa- mandates in your bill would impose on Nation owes a great debt to the cilities, mental health clinics, emergency America’s hospitals, particularly on those healthcare and social service workers services and home care to develop a work- that provide care in rural and underserved fighting on the frontlines of the place violence prevention plan. These plans areas, could strain scarce resources and jeop- have shown to be effective and the tools for COVID–19 pandemic. These essential ardize patient care. These mandates would preventing violence in these workplaces are burden health care providers that are strug- workers treat the ill, administer vac- available, such as emergency response gling to maintain services during the most cines, care for the elderly, and respond alarms, improved lighting and safe staffing deadly public health emergency in 100 years. to emergencies across the country. levels. For these reasons, we must oppose H.R. 1195 Their efforts are critical to our Na- We strongly urge your support for this im- and urge the Committee on Education and tion’s response to the pandemic. portant legislation which is a critical step in Labor not to report it favorably.

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H.R. 1195 WOULD IMPOSE BURDENSOME UN- escalation and physical restraint skills. All Integrating mental health, substance use FUNDED MANDATES AND PROHIBITIVE COSTS frontline staff-unit clerk nurses, intensive disorder, and primary care services has prov- ON HOSPITALS care unit staff, social workers, etc.,—along en to produce the best outcomes and to be According to the Congressional Budget Of- with security staff receive ongoing training the most effective approach to caring for fice’s (CBO) estimate of your bill in 2019, in at BMC. Scenario training uses videos that people with multiple health care needs. But the first two years in which the OSHA final re-enact possible active-shooter security in- at the same time, funding for behavioral rule would be in effect, the cost to private cidents; these BMC videos are available for health treatment for such patients is being entities would be at least $2.7 billion and at other hospitals to access as training tools. stripped, and it can be difficult for health least $1.3 billion each year thereafter. Another example is that of Atrium Health, care organizations to find the financial, CBO concluded that ‘‘substantial personnel which has created its in-house training pro- staffing, and other resources needed to fully and capital costs would be imposed by the re- gram. Staff members certified in workplace address issues associated with caring for quirements for training, investigation, engi- violence prevention train other staff mem- them. neering, and infrastructure changes.’’ Such bers, including home health workers, using a For these reasons, we believe there are pro- costs are unsustainable. A recent report by multi-tiered program. ductive actions Congress can take to help Kaufman-Hall forecasts that total hospital As the association representing hospitals stem workplace violence in hospitals and revenue in 2021 could be down between $53 and health systems nationwide, the AHA is health systems. We urge Congress to signifi- billion and $122 billion from pre-pandemic committed to helping our members prevent cantly increase funding for expanded and im- levels. In addition to lost revenue, hospitals and reduce violence. We have established a proved delivery of behavioral health care, must absorb increases in many expenses due specific initiative focused on combatting vio- and to support the hospital field’s efforts to to COVID–19. These losses come on top of the lence in all its forms. A critical component secure necessary funds to share best prac- historic financial crisis that hit the hospital of this initiative includes developing tools tices and approaches, expand educational and resources to highlight and share with field last year, with an AHA report esti- programs, and make other investments in the hospital field programs, initiatives and mating total losses for the nation’s hospitals safety. We must address the root causes of other efforts to help combat violence at hos- and health systems to be at least $323 billion the negative workplace safety issues that pital facilities as well as in the communities through 2020. have arisen as a result of continued under- served by the hospital. We have developed a funding of treatment and service delivery for HOSPITALS ALREADY STRIVE TO PREVENT dedicated webpage to share information and growing numbers of behavioral health care VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE resources that address everything from con- and opioid-dependent patients in emergency Hospitals and health systems depend on ducting a risk assessment to emergency re- departments and other acute care hospital compassionate, skilled, trained, and dedi- sponse best practices, and we encourage all settings. cated men and women to support and carry hospitals to use these resources to expand out their core mission of caring for people. and strengthen their own violence preven- We believe that these approaches would As a result, they view the safety and well- tion efforts. help mitigate workplace violence and aid being of employees as a top priority and take On the website, hospitals can find the hospitals and health systems in further ad- seriously their responsibilities to ensure a Healthcare Facility Workplace Violence dressing these incidents through policies and safe workplace free of all forms of violence— Risk Assessment Tool developed by the strategies that are best suited to their needs whether such violence results from encoun- AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Risk and the needs of the communities they serve. ters between staff and patients and/or their Management to offer practical guidance for We stand ready to work with you to explore families, staff-to-staff aggression and harass- those charged with overseeing hospital secu- an appropriate congressional response that ment, or the intrusion of community condi- rity and facilities management. Also on the would improve hospitals’ ability to address tions and community violence into the work- website is Guiding Principles for Mitigating workplace violence. place. Hospitals are focused on violence pre- Violence in the Workplace, a resource cre- Sincerely, vention within their facilities and in the ated jointly by the American Organization THOMAS P. NICKELS, communities they serve. for Nursing Leadership (an AHA-affiliated Executive Vice President. To support hospitals’ efforts, the AHA has organization) and the Emergency Nurses As- Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, we are implemented a cross-association effort to de- sociation. The resource outlines guiding hearing from the people who are on the principles and priorities to systematically velop tools and resources to highlight and front lines, and we have said we want share with the field numerous programs and reduce lateral as well as patient and family resources to combat violence within the hos- violence in the workplace. In addition, an ar- to protect the people on the front lines. pital and the community. We have encour- ticle from Health Facilities Management en- Well, let’s listen to the people on the aged OSHA to support hospitals’ efforts by courages and guides health care organiza- front lines. sponsoring research to identify best prac- tions in consulting with security personnel I reserve the balance of my time. tices for various workplace settings and cir- during design of new facilities to incorporate Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, cumstances and widely disseminating infor- workplace safety considerations as a funda- mental component of these construction really quick, on page 11 of the bill it mation about these proven best practices to specifically states that the plans pro- the health care field. projects. Hospitals have established organization- FEDERAL POLICYMAKERS SHOULD FOCUS ON DIS- posed to be adopted by OSHA would wide initiatives to address workplace vio- SEMINATION OF BEST PRACTICES TO THE ‘‘be tailored and specific to conditions lence. As the most recent Hospital Security FIELD AND SUPPORT INCREASED FUNDING FOR and hazards for the covered facility or Survey conducted in 2018 by AHA’s Society BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE the covered service, including patient- for Healthcare Engineering and Health Fa- Hospitals’ efforts to curb workplace vio- specific risk factors and risk factors cilities Management reveals, workplace vio- lence would be bolstered by robust federal specific to each work area or unit.’’ lence policies are in place for 97% of respond- initiatives that would disseminate health That is not one size fits all. ent facilities and 95% have active-shooter care and social assistance sectors best prac- Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to policies. Further, nearly three-quarters of tices that have demonstrated effectiveness hospitals responding (72%) conduct security in violence prevention. Federal support of re- the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. GAR- risk assessments at least annually, with al- search to identify the effectiveness of best CIA), a Member who can really bring a most half using a combination of in-house practices for different workplace settings very powerful personal experience to and outside security experts to conduct and circumstances and disseminating infor- this issue. these assessments. Moreover, in response to mation about such best practices would do the increasing challenges of maintaining se- more to advance and promote workplace cure environments, a majority of hospitals safety than the adoption of a ‘‘one-size-fits- b 1000 are using aggressive management training as all’’ standard for compliance and enforce- Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speak- a proactive way to prevent the occurrence of ment. The establishment of a uniform work- er, I am here today to express my sup- security incidents and to be better prepared place violence standard for the field may port for this very important piece of to respond effectively when incidents arise. lead to organizations using a narrowly fo- legislation. This is simple; it is much A majority of hospitals, working in tan- cused and thereby less effective compliance dem with security officers and front-line strategy in addressing the problem of work- needed; and it is just a commonsense staff, have adopted programs to train all place violence. bill. clinical staff to de-escalate security situa- We note evidence suggesting that increases For my friends across the aisle who tions before they erupt. Hospitals have cre- in assaults in the health care workplace are think that this is some intellectual ex- ated these programs in-house and tailored being driven, in part, by growing numbers of ercise, that we are trying to find some them to their particular needs. For example, behavioral health care patients reporting to mandate, or that we need to listen to Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 500-bed, 41- and being treated in emergency departments building hospital located close to a county and other settings in acute care, general hos- the front lines, well, I am here to tell jail, a homeless shelter and a methadone pitals. Another security challenge is the you what happens on the front lines. clinic, developed its own de-escalation pro- opioid epidemic, which continues to affect It was not yesterday; it was when I gram. BMC’s training focuses on verbal de- communities nationwide. was a geriatric social worker. We had

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I knocked on the door, and I was been assaulted in just a few months. vention for Health Care and Social Service greeted by a Saturday night special Tragically, Herr’s story is all too common. Workers Act without delay. right in my face, as a social worker According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, -- just trying to do my job. She kept say- health care and social service workers have a AFL–CIO, ing: ‘‘You ain’t gonna take my baby. five times greater likelihood of experiencing Washington, DC, April 13, 2021. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: I am writing on be- You ain’t gonna take my baby.’’ I was a workplace violence-related injury than workers overall. This extremely high rate of half of the AFL–CIO to urge you to vote for scared, scared, and scared, never hav- violence is unacceptable, a fact driven home the Workplace Violence Prevention for ing had a gun to my face. by the pandemic. We cannot let nurses and Health Care and Social Services Workers Act Madam Speaker, I am sure you know other health care workers go one more day (H.R. 1195) when it is brought to the floor what I am talking about because you fighting for optimal COVID protections this week. This bill would direct the Occupa- have probably had similar experiences. while also wondering whether they will be tional Safety and Health Administration I was a social worker just trying to assaulted at work. (OSHA) to issue a federal workplace violence make an assessment to see if this sen- That’s why National Nurses United (NNU), prevention standard to protect workers in ior needed help at home. I had nothing the largest union of registered nurses in the health care and social services from injury United States, is fighting to get a critical and death. We also urge you to oppose Keller to do with trying to take her child bill across the finish line. The Workplace Vi- #6. away, but she confused me for a child olence Prevention for Health Care and Social Workplace violence is a serious and grow- welfare worker. Service Workers Act (H.R. 1195) would man- ing safety and health problem that has This is what can happen. It has hap- date that federal OSHA hold health care and reached epidemic levels. Workplace violence pened to me. It happens today. As Rep- social service employers accountable for de- is the third leading cause of job death, and resentative STEVENS pointed out, it veloping and implementing a comprehensive results in more than 30,000 serious lost-time happened at 2 a.m. this morning, not to workplace violence prevention plan, publicly injuries each year. Nurses, medical assist- ants, emergency responders and social work- a social worker but to a FedEx worker. reporting incidents of violence, and not re- taliating against workers who report vio- ers face some of the greatest threats, suf- We must do something to make sure lence. fering more than 72% of all workplace as- that we can protect workers and that The legislation passed the U.S. House in saults. Women workers particularly are at we end workplace violence. the 116th Congress and was reintroduced this risk, suffering two out of every three serious This is a small step. It is not an in- session by U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (D–Conn.). workplace violence injuries. tellectual exercise. It is real. I am It will come up for a floor vote soon in the An OSHA standard under H.R. 1195 would speaking personally, and I am here to House, and nurses across the country urge protect these workers by requiring employ- stand with social workers across Amer- congressmembers to vote yes. ers in the health care and social service sec- Planning to prevent violence means every- tors to develop and implement a workplace ica to make sure that we do everything thing because once violence happens, it’s al- violence prevention plan, tailored to specific we can to make their workplace safe ready too late. This truth really hit home workplaces and worker populations. As part and that everyone is protected. when our beloved NNU member Cynthia of the plan, employers would be required to Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I reserve Palomata, a registered nurse in California, work with employees to identify and correct the balance of my time. was killed by her patient in 2010. Countless hazards, develop systems for reporting Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I nurses across the country are attacked phys- threats of violence and injuries, provide yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman ically and verbally each year, and the vio- training for workers and management and protect workers from retaliation for report- from Illinois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY). lence may be growing. A November 2020 Na- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, tional Nurses United survey of 15,000 reg- ing workplace violence incidents. Common istered nurses across the country found that sense prevention measures include alarm de- workplace violence has reached epi- 20 percent of respondents reported an in- vices, lighting, security, and surveillance demic levels and is the third greatest crease in workplace violence during the pan- and monitoring systems to reduce the risk of cause of job death right now. demic. violent assaults and injuries. Nurses, medical assistants, emer- It’s important to remember that when The requirements for a workplace violence gency responders, and social workers nurses aren’t safe, patients, visitors, and prevention plan are based upon existing rec- face some of the greatest threats, suf- family members are also not safe. Violence ommendations from OSHA, NIOSH and pro- fering more than 72 percent of all can harm anyone in the vicinity. fessional associations, and scientific studies According to Herr, staffing at an optimal have found these guidelines to significantly workplace assaults. Women suffer two level, adding security, and making sure pa- reduce the incidence of workplace violence. out of every three serious workplace tients are assessed and placed where they are Similar measures have been adopted in a violence incidents. best served are examples of actions her em- number of states and implemented by some This is unacceptable. We need to pro- ployer could take to curb violence before it employers. Currently, however, there is no tect workers and require employers to happens. But there is no federal mandate for federal OSHA workplace standard, which put in place effective workplace vio- health care and social service employers to would ensure these measures are in place. lence prevention plans. It is simple. have a comprehensive, unit-specific preven- The majority of healthcare and social serv- Make a plan. tion plan. This bill will establish one. In our ice workers lack effective protection and re- We need to protect our healthcare profit-driven health care system, employers main at serious risk while OSHA has been will never invest in prevention unless they slow to act. and social service workers who have are held accountable. The AFL–CIO opposes Keller # 6, the done so much for us during the pan- ‘‘All I got was an ‘I am sorry that hap- Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, as demic to care for us. Now, we need to pened to you,’ ’’ said Melanie Autrey, a gen- it will continue to delay protections for care for them. eral surgery registered nurse at Mission Hos- workers and will weaken the underlying pro- We need H.R. 1195 now. Let’s come pital in Asheville, N.C., who—along with her tections of H.R. 1195. Working people need together and get it done. co-worker—was attacked in January by a pa- protection from workplace violence now, and Madam Speaker, I include in the tient with dementia. ‘‘It made me feel like I should not have to wait seven years or more, was not safe working here. It made me feel the average time it takes for OSHA to issue RECORD an editorial column from like ‘What does it take?’ ’’ a safety and health standard. It has been Bonnie Castillo and a letter from the In Autrey’s case, simple things may have over four years since OSHA issued a Request AFL–CIO. helped, like the hospital investing in ‘‘sit- for Information on workplace violence. Since [From The Hill, Apr. 9, 2021] ters,’’ staff who can watch over patients in this initial step, the agency has not taken need of supervision and notice changes in be- additional action. WE CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE ONE MORE havior before a patient grows violent. There In recognition of the urgency to protect NURSE—PASSING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE are so many clear actions that health care these workers from dangerous assaults, we PREVENTION BILL WOULD HELP employers can take to prevent violence from support the underlying bill, which requires (By Bonnie Castillo, Opinion Contributor) happening and to ensure nurses can focus on OSHA to develop an interim standard within ‘‘My children were very distraught to see caring for patients, not on wondering wheth- one year and a final standard within 42 their mom with a black eye,’’ said Luciana er they will be hurt or killed on the job. But months. OSHA issued its first guidance to Herr, a registered nurse in the inpatient psy- if we don’t hold profit-driven employers ac- employers on protecting health care and so- chiatry unit at Abbott Northwest Hospital in countable, they will never change. cial service workers from workplace violence

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.019 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1862 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 25 years ago in 1996. These frontline workers Madam Speaker, the healthcare in- nursing assistant. I want to bring her cannot wait any longer; their lives are in dustry is currently in the midst of re- words here in the Congress to under- danger. sponding to a once-in-a-century pan- stand what we are trying to do, who we The underlying bill has broad support from are trying to protect. health care professionals, safety and health demic and has rightly prioritized sig- professionals and healthcare unions includ- nificant resources to caring for pa- She said: ‘‘You don’t know if you are ing the National Association of Social Work- tients and keeping its employees safe going to take the virus home to your ers, American Public Health Association, from COVID–19. family or not. I have two children, 16 American Industrial Hygiene Association Forcing OSHA to issue an interim and 18, and a 1-year-old grandbaby that and American Society of Safety Profes- final standard on workplace violence I worry about all the time. sionals. Also, this important legislation within 1 year, as H.R. 1195 requires, ‘‘I have a designated place where I passed the House during the 116th Congress will have a devastating impact on the take my uniform off and my shoes off with 251 votes and continues to have strong healthcare industry during the COVID– to keep my family safe. I come in, go bipartisan support. directly to the basement, where I al- We urge you to support H.R. 1195 to help 19 pandemic. protect health care and social service work- The last thing our healthcare pro- ready have a change of clothes, strip ers from the growing threat of workplace vi- viders need during this unprecedented all my clothes off, put all of my clothes olence and unnecessary injury and death. We public health crisis is more costly directly into the washing machine. also urge you to oppose any Motion to Re- mandates from Washington that will ‘‘Then there is my mom. I am her commit, which would have the effect of kill- strain resources and personnel and only child now, so that is a big scare ing the bill. jeopardize patient care. because who is going to take care of Sincerely, Moreover, the Biden administration her? WILLIAM SAMUEL, ‘‘It is very scary for my family. They Director, Government Affairs. is expected to soon impose new em- ployer mandates in the form of an don’t want me to go back to work. But Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, may I OSHA emergency temporary standard I have to go to work because I have to inquire as to how much time is remain- be able to take care of my family, and for COVID–19 and, eventually, a perma- ing. I tell them that my residents need nent infectious disease rule, which will The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- me.’’ have a significant impact on the tlewoman from North Carolina has 113⁄4 These are the human stories behind minutes remaining. The gentleman healthcare industry. the fact that people right now are ask- At a time when healthcare facilities from Connecticut has 111⁄4 minutes re- ing us, the United States Congress, to maining. are experiencing massive revenue pass legislation that is long overdue to Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I reserve losses and have invested significant re- protect workers in some of the most the balance of my time. sources into responding to COVID–19, high-stress, least-appreciated positions Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I the issuance of two new regulations in our communities. yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington, potentially within These workers are on the front lines, from Minnesota (Ms. CRAIG). months of each other, will be dev- day in and day out, serving vulnerable Ms. CRAIG. Madam Speaker, just astating. groups and facing rates of workplace over 2 months ago, a man walked into Our Nation’s healthcare providers violence at five times the rate of work- an Allina Health clinic in Buffalo, Min- have responded admirably to the pan- ers in other communities. nesota, and opened fire, killing one em- demic and are doing heroic work to She is expressing in here just the ployee and injuring four others. keep Americans safe and healthy. The stress of it and, on top of that, work- On that tragic day, nurses, doctors, House should reject this ill-timed and place violence. social workers, and others were report- ill-advised legislation that will inhibit Madam Speaker, I include in the edly targeted because of their profes- work and burden the healthcare indus- RECORD a letter of support from SEIU sions. try at exactly the wrong time. on behalf of the over 1 million Tragically, this senseless and horrific Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- healthcare and social service workers act of violence is representative of a ance of my time. across our country. broader trend in our society. Today, Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I SERVICE EMPLOYEES members of the healthcare workforce yield myself such time as I may con- INTERNATIONAL UNION, are five times as likely to suffer a sume. Washington, DC, March 25, 2021. workplace injury than Americans in Madam Speaker, just to clarify, the DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the over 1 million healthcare and social services other professions. April 9 CBO report that came out, which, again, cited the numbers which workers of the Service Employees Inter- Madam Speaker, what in the hell are national Union and the 80,000 nurses of the we doing in Congress if we are not were cited accurately by the opposi- National Nurse Alliance of SEIU Healthcare going to stand up and do anything for tion, is a number that is spread out whom have been on the frontlines of the our healthcare heroes and those work- over 200,000 facilities across the coun- COVID–19 pandemic, I urge you to support ers? try. H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Preven- My colleagues who vote against this If you do the math, we are talking tion for Health Care and Social Service bill are ignoring the pleas of the EMTs, about $9,000 per facility per year. Ask Workers Act. yourself whether or not that figure, Nurses are on the front lines of care, and the emergency workers, and all of workplace violence against healthcare work- those folks who have been on the front weighing the balance of what we are ers, especially nurses, is an enormous and lines of this healthcare pandemic. trying to protect here, which is peo- underreported problem. Almost three quar- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ple’s health and lives, is worth it. ters of workplace violence injuries are suf- time of the gentlewoman has expired. I think most people would apply com- fered by healthcare and social service work- Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I mon sense to that and realize that it is ers and these workers are nearly 5 times yield an additional 15 seconds to the not going to drive healthcare costs more likely to experience violence on the job gentlewoman from Minnesota. through the roof. In fact, it is going to than any other worker in the US. As nurses, Ms. CRAIG. Madam Speaker, it is our protect workers and protect them from we know that threats and violence are a absenteeism. It is going to protect major impediment to the essential care we responsibility to step forward and help provide. protect our workers. It is beyond the these institutions from high workers’ H.R. 1195 would direct the Occupational pale to put our heads in the sand, as compensation costs. It is just common Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to Members of Congress, and say there is sense. issue a federal workplace violence standard. nothing that we can do. What the hell Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to This specific standard would require employ- are we doing here if we do that? the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. ers in health care and social service assist- Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield TLAIB). ance sectors to develop and implement a myself such time as I may consume. Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, every- plan to protect workers from workplace vio- lence. Madam Speaker, we grieve for any- one should feel safe at work, and they The legislation requires that employer pre- one who is killed violently in this should be safe at work. vention plans be tailored to a specific work- country under any circumstances. I want to give testimony about place and employee population. This is im- Again, that is not a partisan issue. Kenya, who is a 49-year-old certified portant to overcome the very dangerous

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When we That agency was created back in the consistently, can significantly reduce inci- started this journey on this legislation Nixon administration to protect Amer- dents of workplace violence. back in 2013, a number of us requested ica’s workers, and as the branch of gov- We cannot expect nurses, who spend more a GAO report because we had heard an- ernment that created them, we want time with patients than any other health ecdotal evidence about the fact that them to develop a standard in a reason- care providers and have been at the forefront healthcare workers were experiencing able amount of time. of providing care during the pandemic, to be this really disturbing level of violence Madam Speaker, this is not unprece- able to deliver the high-quality care we were dented. Congresses, in the past, have trained to provide under threat of violence that was something that people had really never seen before. done this. During the last pandemic, and assault. A safe and violence-free work- during AIDS, we saw a blood-borne place is essential to good patient outcomes GAO took 3 years, very methodically, and an exceptional healthcare system. as only they do. They are the gold pathogen that was just totally sweep- Essential workers have put their lives on standard, in terms of research. They ing hospitals and healthcare institu- tions all across the country, and we in- the line throughout the pandemic and now brought in all the studies and all the tervened and put a clock on OSHA to elected leaders must meet their demands to evaluations. They verified, sadly, all be respected, protected and paid. We ask that develop a blood-borne pathogen work- the statistics that we have talked you support H.R. 1195 and send a clear mes- force standard. sage that message that Congress will not ig- about here on the floor today. Seventy- That is why, today, when you go to nore the harm and suffering caused to health three percent of incidents happen in the hospitals, people are wearing care, behavioral health and social assistance these two sectors. The fact is that they gloves and using disposable needles. All workers by workplace violence. not only verified that, but they showed that stuff that we take for granted Sincerely, that those numbers are actually under- now, that was OSHA. Actually, it was MARTHA BAKER, RN, reported. Congress who told OSHA to develop President SEIU 1991, What is happening out there is be- Chair, National that standard. So we are in a situation Nurse Alliance of cause we don’t have any system that here today in 2021 where, again, we are SEIU Healthcare. people can turn to when they are expe- seeing something out there. Ms. TLAIB. These are protections riencing this kind of unacceptable be- I thank Ms. FOXX because she is not that should have long been in place and havior. They basically are in a situa- in denial, that is for sure. She really enforced. I urge my colleagues to sup- tion where, most of the time, they just thoughtfully talked about what is driv- port this legislation. are saying suck it up, shake it off, that ing some of this, but the fact is now it When passed and signed into law, I is part of the job, just move on, don’t is time to act. I thank some of the Re- urge OSHA to immediately work to spend any time on that. publican Members who came forward issue the standards necessary to pro- In fact, what GAO told us is that the because it is hard right now, but they tect these workers. numbers that we are seeing in other came forward and cosponsored this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The sorts of reports underreport what is I hope, Madam Speaker, that the time of the gentlewoman has expired. going on out there. shared experience of the last year that Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I We took that report, and we crafted this country went through is some- yield an additional 30 seconds to the legislation. We really did accommodate thing people will think about when gentlewoman from Michigan. some of the issues that we have heard they vote later today and support this Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I gave talked about on the floor here today, legislation. that story of Kenya, who lives in about ensuring that there is going to Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- Livonia, Michigan, because, on top of be an adequate comment period for all ance of my time. all of that, she was dealing with the stakeholders. We want that. We under- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, as number of protections that were lack- stand that the hospital association, senior member of the Committees on the Judi- ing in the workplace. just like the emergency room doctors, ciary, on Homeland Security, and on the Again, these are people who take just like the nurses, should all have Budget, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1195, care of our loved ones, take care of our their opportunity to weigh in, in terms the ‘‘Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act,’’ which sick, take care of those who are men- of what is a viable, workable standard. tally ill, who need assistance, whose would establish within one year an Occupa- b 1015 tional Safety and Health Administration family members are not equipped for (‘‘OSHA’’) interim workplace standard requiring what they are trying to do. The least But what we don’t need is to have health care and social service providers to im- we can do, especially during this pan- OSHA just sort of lapse into its noto- plement workplace violence prevention plans, demic, is to offer them more protection rious dysfunctional delays in terms of developing a workforce standard. and which would establish a permanent OSHA and safety in the workplace. standard within 42 months. Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield Mr. SCOTT ticked off, again, some of the most recent examples: 2017 beryl- Currently, there is no OSHA standard that myself the balance of my time. requires employers to implement violence pre- Madam Speaker, overbearing regula- lium took 18 years, silica dust took 17 vention plans that would help reduce work- tions burden workers and stifle the years. Again, when the last administration place violence injuries among health care and economy. Preventing workplace vio- social service workers. came to the committee, they said, ‘‘We lence in healthcare and social service The lack of an enforceable standard means settings is crucial, and we should get are going to start the process. We are that OSHA, the federal agency created to pro- this done by allowing OSHA to issue going to begin a docket in terms of get- tect workers’ safety, has few meaningful tools standards through the normal rule- ting a rulemaking.’’ to protect health care workers from the threat making process, which brings all ex- And then the first scheduled date was of workplace violence. perts and parties, including small busi- delayed, and then the second scheduled The Government Accountability Office has nesses, to the table. date was delayed again, and on and on estimated, conservatively, that it takes OSHA Short-circuiting the process and and on. Right now, today, as we stand at least 7 years to issue a standard. rushing to a conclusion eliminates val- here in this Chamber, there is nothing Seven years; Our healthcare workers have uable technical and scientific input scheduled. worked too hard and sacrificed too much for and will lead to unintended con- When you really boil it down, where them to wait a minimum of seven more years sequences, which could have a detri- I think the disagreement exists—and I before measures are in place to secure their mental impact on workplace safety am happy to acknowledge that, but I basic physical safety. outcomes. think it is a meaningful distinction—is H.R. 1195 would provide health and social A bipartisan solution was possible that we are going to put this agency on service workers the protection they deserve here, but once again, Democrats have the clock. We are telling them that, by:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.023 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1864 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 Compelling OSHA to issue an interim final Workplace violence against healthcare tween 2011 and 2018, and the Occupational standard in one year and a final standard with- workers is so ubiquitous that more than a third Safety and Health Administration has found in 42 months requiring employers within the of Texas nurses surveyed who did not report the rate of serious violent incidents in health care is more than four times greater health care and social service sectors to de- a recent violent incident said they did so be- than for those in other industries. velop and implement a workplace violence cause it was ‘‘an accepted/expected part of ‘‘It is presumed to be a part of the job,’’ prevention plan. the job’’ or because they did ‘‘not expect any- Howard, D-Austin, said of the violence. Identifying risks, specify solutions, and re- thing to change.’’ ‘‘That’s not OK.’’ quire training, reporting, and incident inves- One stark example of this is Kimberly There are no federal laws that specifically tigations. It would also provide protections Curtin, a nurse for nearly 28 years in Houston, target violence in nurses’ workplaces. OSHA from retaliation for reporting violent incidents. does not require health care facilities to who was punched in the side of the head by have violence prevention plans, though Protecting health care and social service a patient as a young nurse. states like California and Washington have workers in the public sector in the 24 states Her colleague who witnessed the attack passed laws to do so. Howard has filed simi- not covered by OSHA protections. said to her, ‘‘Welcome to ER.’’ lar legislation in Texas that if passed this Our nation’s caregivers—including nurses, As of 2019, according to the Texas Health year, would place Texas in a vanguard of social workers, and many others who dedicate and Human Services Commission, Harris states that have backed similar protections their lives to caring for those in need—suffer County has 4,303 registered physicians and for nurses. workplace violence injuries at far higher rates 45,946 registered nurses. It would require health care providers to than any other profession. create committees to prevent workplace vio- That is over 50,000 individuals in my district lence and to offer medical treatment and While the previous administration relegated that have been on the front lines of the fight other services after a violent incident. It the OSHA standard protecting healthcare and against the pandemic, where in addition to would also bar facilities from penalizing social workers to the back burner, making no facing a historically deadly virus they have nurses who report abuse. progress for 4 years, we will not do the same. been spit on, cursed out, sexually harassed, ‘‘They are there to take care of us. And I Study after study has confirmed that and physically assaulted. think we have a responsibility to take care healthcare workers are not adequately pro- I cannot stand by while knowing that these of them,’’ Howard said, adding that this year especially, lawmakers have a moral obliga- tected in the workplace. people I represent, who give so much to oth- In 2014, OSHA reported that there are near- tion to take care of health care workers who ers, who have a personal and professional ob- have been risking their lives throughout the ly as many serious violent injuries in ligation to ‘‘do no harm,’’ and who have a pandemic. healthcare as there are in all other industries steadfast focus on helping patients, must re- State lawmakers have for years heard ex- combined. main constantly vigilant at their place of work amples of the violence nurses face. In 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics due to potential threats to their physical safety. Rep. Stephanie Klick, R–Fort Worth, who (BLS) reported that the rate of violence has worked as a nurse, said in a committee Madam Speaker, throughout this deadly hearing that her wrist was broken by an el- against health care workers increased more COVID–19 pandemic, we have called our than 60 percent between 2011 and 2018. derly patient and that she had to have sur- healthcare workers heroes, and we have gery to repair it. Just last year, the BLS reported that health lauded them for being the front line defense Cindy Zolnierek, head of the Texas Nurses care and social service workers were nearly against this deadly violence. Association, said a patient tried to punch five times as likely to suffer a serious work- But words are only the first step towards ac- her in the face on her first day as a graduate place violence injury than workers in other tion, and action is what is needed here today. nurse. She quickly stepped back to avoid sectors. Although it is not enough, the very least we being struck. And this problem has been exacerbated by And in 2013, an emergency room nurse can do to repay their sacrifice and heroism is named Norma Broadhurst told a panel of the influx of patients and stressors during the make sure healthcare workers everywhere are COVID–19 pandemic—according to National lawmakers she’d had a ‘‘traumatic amputa- secure against violence from within their work- tion’’ of her right ring finger after it was bit- Nurses United, 20 percent of registered place. ten off by an ‘‘intoxicated spring break pa- nurses across the U.S. reported increased I urge all members to join me in voting to tient’’ who she was trying to help. workplace violence due to the pandemic. pass H.R. 1195, the ‘‘Workplace Violence Pre- ‘‘I will never have my finger back to wear This is not a new problem; this is an old vention for Health Care and Social Service the ring my grandmother gave me,’’ she said. problem that has found fertile ground to grow ‘‘Is this going to interfere with my wanting Workers Act,’’ to reduce workplace violence to help the next patient? . . . I am right- during the COVID–19 pandemic due to an in- injuries among health care and social service flux of patients and increasing demands on handed, everything I do involves this hand.’’ workers. That year, the Legislature strengthened our healthcare workers. [The Texas Tribune, Feb. 9, 2021] the penalties for assaulting emergency room In my home state of Texas, over 50 percent workers, putting the offense on par with of nurses in Texas have reported being sub- HALF OF TEXAS’ NURSES EXPERIENCE WORK- PLACE VIOLENCE. A TEXAS LAWMAKER SAYS harming first responders. Lawmakers later ject to workplace violence during the course of IT’S TIME TO PROTECT THEM. signed off on creating a grant program to their career. find creative ways to lower the number of (By Shannon Najmabadi and Neelam Bohra) A 2016 study by the Texas State Health verbal and physical attacks against nurses. Services found that in any given year: Steven D. Powell is a nurse with Texas Those efforts have been focused on training, 6 percent of Texas nurses experience sex- Medical Center in Houston. Powell said vio- trying to quickly identify patients at high lent patients have left him covered in risk of lashing out, or raising public aware- ual harassment; bruises, but he more regularly faces verbal 12 percent of Texas nurses experience ness about the rate of violence, Zolnierek assaults. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The said. physical violence; Texas Tribune Nurse advocates say that a proactive ap- Nearly half of all Texas nurses experience State Rep. Donna Howard was working as proach is essential to stop assaults before verbal abuse. an intensive care unit nurse in the 1970s they happen and leave health care workers The injuries healthcare workers take from when a patient pulled an intravenous drip and patients traumatized by the experience. workplace violence are not only physical; vic- out of his arm and walked toward her. She ‘‘Many members of the general public, tims of workplace violence often suffer mental rushed to help him—but didn’t see the metal they’re like, ’Are you kidding me? People as- trauma that they will carry with them for the urinal he was clutching behind his back until sault nurses?’ They don’t understand that rest of their lives. it was too late. He smacked her in the jaw it’s a problem,’’ Zolnierek said. with it, knocking her across the room. ‘‘I One example is Bridgette Jenkins, a nurse In Texas, more than a third of nurses sur- was briefly stunned by the hit,’’ said Howard, veyed for a 2016 report who did not report a for 20 years in Houston and professor at then working at the Brackenridge hospital recent violent incident said it was because it Houston Baptist University’s School of Nurs- in Austin. ‘‘But I continued working.’’ was ‘‘anaccepted/ expected part of the job’’ ing, who will not work in a psychiatric ward be- For decades, health care workers have or because they did ‘‘not expect anything to cause 19 years ago a psychiatric patient hit faced rampant violence in the workplace. change.’’ About a quarter of nurses—and her so hard that half her face became swollen Now praised as heroes of the pandemic, those nearly a third of those in freestanding emer- and doctors encouraged her to get an x-ray to front-line medical workers have been rou- gency centers—said their employer was not ensure her jaw wasn’t broken. tinely scratched, bitten or verbally abused at all or only ‘‘slightly effective’’ at man- Another is Norma Broadhurst, who testified by patients. Well over half of Texas’ nurses aging workplace violence. reported being subject to workplace violence It’s not just nurses. Respiratory therapists, before the Texas House of Representatives in their career, according to a 2016 state dietary aides and other health care workers that she experienced a ‘‘traumatic amputation’’ study. all face violence. Nearly half of emergency of her right ring finger due to an intoxicated Nationwide, the rate of violence for health physicians have reported being physically as- spring break patient biting off her finger. care workers increased more than 60% be- saulted at work.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.022 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1865 Dr. Theresa Tran, an assistant professor of leave the profession—while Texas faces a ‘‘I think health care workers, especially emergency medicine at the Baylor College of shortage of nurses. physicians and nurses in the ER, tolerate vi- Medicine, said violence is an ‘‘unfortunate ‘‘One abusive patient can negate 25 lovely olence more than other industries because commonality’’ in emergency rooms every- patients, and it just hurts you on so many we see ourselves in a position where we’re where and something workers there have to levels, more than just the physical,’’ said supposed to help patients and look past any always be ‘‘vigilant’’ about. Mary Ball, a registered nurse at Parkland aggressions on ourselves,’’ she said. An OSHA webpage says people who work in Health & Hospital System. Ball said a co- The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time hospitals, nursing homes and other health worker was recently bitten by a patient who for debate has expired. care facilities face ‘‘significant risks’’ of vio- drew blood, and that the hospital doesn’t lence, in part because they may work closely provide enough information to staff or the Each further amendment printed in with people who have a history of violence or public about safety issues. part C of House Report 117–15 not ear- are under the influence of drugs. A state re- Ball, who is still in therapy after being lier considered as part of amendments port said nurses have the ‘‘highest risk’’ robbed at gunpoint in an employee parking en bloc pursuant to section 6 of House among health professionals because of how lot almost two years ago, said she wishes Resolution 303, shall be considered only often they interact with patients. more armed officers were present in and out- in the order printed in the report, may Zolnierek said nurses may be viewed as side the hospital and said that restraints be offered only by a Member designated should be more frequently used to protect ‘‘non threatening’’ and may be vulnerable to in the report, shall be considered as being struck because they work in close them from potentially violent patients. proximity to patients. There can also be out- A Parkland spokesperson said the hospital read, shall be debatable for the time dated sex-based stereotypes of nurses—about ‘‘puts out a great deal of information about specified in the report equally divided 88% of whom are women—as being passive or safety and discusses these matters regularly and controlled by the proponent and an doctors’ ‘‘handmaids,’’ said Zolnierek, in our system-wide town halls, which is open opponent, may be withdrawn by the though both male and female nurses experi- to all employees.’’ Police officers are also proponent at any time before the ques- ence sexual harassment from patients. present to protect patients and employees. tion is put thereon, shall not be subject The Dallas-based hospital has used other Daniel Funtong, a nurse who works in to amendment, and shall not be subject North Texas, said older patients sometimes initiatives to try to reduce workplace vio- react poorly to pain medication, in some lence. It created a free course a few years to a demand for division of the ques- cases threatening nurses with knives or ago to raise awareness about the prevalence tion. spoons that are served with meals. of workplace violence and to teach employ- It shall be in order at any time for ‘‘I don’t think they understand the mag- ees and nursing students how to protect the chair of the Committee on Edu- nitude, because after going through . . . themselves. It also purchased wearable cation and Labor or his designee to trauma or injury and then the recovery proc- alarm systems for employees that can emit a offer amendments en bloc consisting of ess, and sometimes that brain doesn’t func- piercing noise if they need help and are not further amendments printed in part C tion as normal,’’ Funtong said. near a panic button, said Karen Garvey, of House Report 117–15 not earlier dis- A variety of factors can spark aggression Parkland’s vice president of safety and clin- or a violent outburst from patients. The ical risk management. posed of. Amendments en bloc shall be presence of needles can trigger violence, and Ball said the wearable alarm wouldn’t have considered as read, shall be debatable patients who want to leave the hospital or helped her when she was being robbed. for 20 minutes equally divided and con- who are frustrated with waiting could be Workplace violence is thought to be vastly trolled by the chair and ranking minor- more prone to erupt, according to research- underreported among health care workers, in ity member of the Committee on Edu- ers who analyzed a year of incident reports part because of a professional obligation to cation and Labor or their respective ‘‘do no harm,’’ and a steadfast focus on help- at a hospital system in the midwest. designees, shall not be subject to In other cases, patients’ family members ing patients, even those who hurt them, ac- have lashed out if they think the health care cording to experts. Some health care work- amendment, and shall not be subject to worker isn’t doing enough to care for their ers who experience violence may not want to a demand for division of the question. loved one. blame or shame violent patients who are ill AMENDMENTS EN BLOC OFFERED BY MR. Nurses and physicians ‘‘constantly’’ feel or affected by medication. Others may be re- COURTNEY OF CONNECTICUT threatened by patients and family members, luctant to report violence because they view Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, as Funtong said, and have been trained to iden- it as part of their job, fear retaliation from the designee of the chairman of the tify crisis-type situations and alert building their employer or are deterred by the time Education and Labor Committee, and security if needed. He wishes police would and administrative hassle of going through work closely with health care facilities’ pri- the process, experts say. pursuant to section 6 of House Resolu- vate security to more promptly intervene They may think, ‘‘‘Nothing ever happens tion 303, I rise to offer amendments en with violent patients. when I report so why should I bother?’’’ said bloc. Registered nurse Steven Powell said vio- Judy Arnetz, a professor at Michigan State The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lent patients have left him covered in University who for decades has studied work- Clerk will designate the amendments bruises, but he more regularly faces verbal place violence in the health care sector. en bloc. assaults. Recently, a patient called him a ra- Some health care workers may also sym- Amendments en bloc consisting of cial slur—an occurrence that’s not uncom- pathize with the patient and think they amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, print- mon for nurses, according to experts. ‘‘didn’t mean to hurt me, that patient . . . ‘‘When you look at the workforce for suffers from dementia or was under the influ- ed in part C of House Report 117–15, of- nurses, it’s a very diverse landscape,’’ he ence,’’ she said. fered by Mr. COURTNEY of Connecticut: said. ‘‘The violence that they can experience Though awareness about workplace vio- AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. BROWN OF from a verbal nature, threats due to their lence has grown, there’s still a dearth of in- MARYLAND culture—they may keep it to themselves or formation about how frequently it erupts On page 17, after line 21, insert the fol- not respond in the same manner that every- and affects health care workers, largely be- lowing: one would, having a plan like this that en- cause of a lack of reporting, said Arnetz, one (D) Additional training shall be provided courages reporting.’’ of the researchers who analyzed incidents at for each such covered employee whose job Powell, who also works as a traveling the Midwestern hospital system. circumstances require working with victims nurse, said health care facilities he worked Health care workers and experts have said of torture, trafficking, or domestic violence. at in the Houston and Dallas areas were un- hospitals can add more security guards or Beginning on page 17, line 22, and ending prepared for the pandemic—and that lack of metal detectors and instill a culture of vio- on page 18, line 13, redesignate subpara- readiness extends to how they plan for vio- lence prevention to help deter workplace vio- graphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (E) lence. lence. They should also better understand through (H). ‘‘Not all facilities are taking the steps nec- where violence is occurring and why. Violent AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. COHEN OF essary to protect their staff,’’ Powell said. outbursts have been reported more fre- TENNESSEE Some 82% of Texas nurses report being ver- quently in emergency rooms or psychiatric bally abused, which can include yelling, facilities, where people may be anxious, Page 8, line 3, strike ‘‘and’’ and insert swearing and the use of hurtful words, ac- stressed, in pain or under other kinds of psy- ‘‘Alzheimer’s and memory care facility, and’’ cording to the 2016 state report. Nearly half chological strain, experts have said. But it AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. DELGADO OF also reported physical violence like being can still happen in other health care set- NEW YORK hit, slapped or choked. tings, and workers there may be less pre- Page 4, line 6, strike ‘‘and’’. The threat of violence or abuse can take a pared to deal with the violence. Page 4, line 12, strike the period and insert heavy toll, leaving health care workers with Tran, the emergency room physician, said ‘‘; and’’. injuries, psychological trauma or decreased health care workers’ role in stabilizing pa- Page 4, after line 12, insert the following: morale. Nurseswho face violence may trust tients and trying to find physical or mental (C) that provides for a period determined their employers or coworkers less, become issues that they cari address can add a com- appropriate by the Secretary, not to exceed more guarded when treating patients or even plicated layer to the violence. 1 year, during which the Secretary shall

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Unfortunately, the quire employers within these sectors to Democrat amendments only reinforce Page 11, line 18, strike ‘‘shall’’. develop and implement a workplace vi- Page 11, line 19, insert ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘be’’. that H.R. 1195 is the wrong approach to Page 11, line 23, insert ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘be’’. olence prevention plan to reduce the addressing this important issue. Page 12, line 2, strike ‘‘and’’ at the end. incidence of injuries and create safer Representative BROWN’s amendment, Page 12, line 3, insert ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘be’’. working conditions for their workers. while well-intentioned, ignores the fact In order to ensure that covered em- Page 12, line 6, strike the period at the end that there are Federal agencies other and insert ‘‘; and’’. ployers in the healthcare and social than OSHA that would be better Page 12, after line 6, insert the following: service industries develop thoughtful equipped to handle a regulatory re- (iv) may be in consultation with stake- and comprehensive workplace violence quirement for the education of holders or experts who specialize in work- prevention plans, my amendment clari- place violence prevention, emergency re- healthcare and social service workers fies that employers are able to out- sponse, or other related areas of expertise for who work with the victims of torture, reach to experts and specialists who all relevant aspects of the Plan. trafficking, or domestic violence. lead in the issue of workplace violence. AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MS. OCASIO- Healthcare and social service work- The question of whether employer CORTEZ OF NEW YORK ers have unique needs and face many education programs governed by Page 26, line 25, strike ‘‘and’’. difficult challenges in the workplace. OSHA, the Federal Government’s Page 27, line 4, strike the period and insert workplace safety agency, are appro- ‘‘; and’’. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Page 27, after line 4, insert the following: time of the gentleman has expired. priate to address the objectives of this (4) nothing in this Act shall be construed Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I amendment should be thoroughly vet- to limit or diminish any protections in rel- yield an additional 15 seconds to the ted and discussed during the rule- evant Federal, State, or local law related gentleman from New York. making process before decisions im- to— Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, I in- pacting healthcare facilities and their (A) domestic violence; clude in the RECORD a letter of support patients are made. H.R. 1195 does not (B) stalking; for H.R. 1195 from the CEO of AIHA, allow for this to occur. (C) dating violence; and Mr. Sloan. Representative COHEN’s amendment (D) sexual assault. AIHA. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- is also well-intentioned, but will uni- SUPPORT FOR H.R. 1195, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE ant to House Resolution 303, the gen- laterally expand the reach of a flawed PREVENTION FOR HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL regulation to include numerous small tleman from Connecticut (Mr. COURT- SERVICE WORKERS ACT facilities. NEY) and the gentlewoman from North Rep. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Carolina (Ms. FOXX) each will control This is particularly problematic be- Chair, Education and Labor Committee, cause H.R. 1195 precludes the oppor- 10 minutes. House of Representatives. The Chair recognizes the gentleman Rep. VIRGINIA FOXX, tunity for OSHA to conduct a Small from Connecticut. Ranking Member, Education and Labor Com- Business Regulatory Enforcement and Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I mittee, House of Representatives. Fairness Act panel prior to a regula- yield myself such time as I may con- DEAR CHAIRMAN SCOTT, RANKING MEMBER tion being written, a key element in FOXX, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE: On sume. the process which considers the impact behalf of AIHA, which represents scientists of proposed regulatory changes on Madam Speaker, I rise in support of and professionals committed to preserving the amendments en bloc. and ensuring occupational and environ- small businesses. The implications of These five amendments will: one, di- mental health and safety in the workplace such a proposal should be carefully rect OSHA to prioritize providing tech- and community, I urge you to quickly ap- evaluated through the established nical assistance and advice to employ- prove H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Pre- OSHA rulemaking process before a de- ers to promote compliance during the vention for Health Care and Social Service cision is made regarding expansion to Workers Act. additional facilities. first year; two, clarify that nothing in AIHA supports this bipartisan bill, which this act will limit existing protections has 120 cosponsors and would address work- With regard to Representative against domestic violence, stalking, or place violence in health care and social serv- DELGADO’s amendment, I agree with his sexual violence; three, clarify that em- ice settings. Violence in these industries re- assessment that employers will need ployers can consult experts when devel- mains a leading cause of traumatic work- compliance assistance and technical oping their workplace violence preven- place injury and death in the US. The bill help from OSHA in order to understand tion plans; four, provide additional would help solve this problem by requiring the complex and burdensome new rule covered employers to develop and implement training to workers who interact with mandated by this bill. comprehensive workplace violence preven- However, this amendment is little survivors of torture, trafficking, and tion plans that are tailored to meet their in- domestic violence; and, five, adds Alz- dividual needs. more than window dressing. While heimer’s and memory care facilities as AIHA looks forward to our continued work technical assistance is always welcome facilities covered by this legislation. together on workplace violence and other oc- and appropriate for a rule of this com- These amendments make meaningful cupational and environmental health and plexity, this amendment places an ar- improvements to the bill, and I urge a safety issues. bitrary time limit that is woefully in- ‘‘yes’’ vote on the amendments en bloc. Sincerely, sufficient to cope with a rushed and LAWRENCE D. SLOAN, flawed rule. Moreover, technical assist- Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to Chief Executive Officer, the gentleman from New York (Mr. AIHA. ance after employers are subject to a JONES). Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield rule in which they had no input is too Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, my myself such time as I may consume. little, too late. amendment makes a simple change We all agree American workers Rather than amend a flawed bill by that would help improve the develop- should be kept out of harm’s way on allowing the Department of Labor to ment of workplace violence prevention the job so they can safely and healthily help businesses after the fact, we plans required under H.R. 1195, the return home to their families. These should reject this bill and instead allow Workplace Violence Prevention for caregivers deserve protections, but OSHA to pursue its established rule- Health Care and Social Service Work- H.R. 1195 is the wrong approach to ad- making process that provides ample ers Act. dress the important issue of workplace opportunity for feedback from stake- As you know, our Nation’s nurses, so- violence. holders and the public, which will en- cial workers, and other caregivers suf- I am disappointed by the lack of ef- sure a better product and eliminate the fer from workplace violence injuries at fort to develop a workable bipartisan need for this type of amendment.

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This in- The question is on the amendments ing compliance should occur while a crease in Alzheimer’s diagnoses means en bloc. regulation is being written by OSHA more healthcare workers and social The en bloc amendments were agreed and before it is issued so the final prod- workers will be needed to help patients to. uct takes this expertise into account. and their families to try to manage A motion to reconsider was laid on This amendment simply adds yet an- this disease and cope with the effects. the table. other costly mandate on employers. This bill doesn’t only help the work- AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. KELLER H.R. 1195, which requires OSHA to ers, but it helps the victims of these The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now issue an interim final rule within 1 diseases that put them in the institu- in order to consider amendment No. 5 year, short-circuits the opportunity for tions by making it more likely that printed in part C of House Report 117– the agency to hear from experts before people will want to go into those pro- 15. a rushed rule is issued. This amend- fessions and not fear for their health. Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I ment is a feeble attempt to correct this As anyone who has or had a loved one have an amendment at the desk. critical flaw. with Alzheimer’s knows that Alz- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The I believe, Madam Speaker, that every heimer’s patients can become aggres- Clerk will designate the amendment. Member of this Chamber is committed sive for many reasons. Sometimes it is The text of the amendment is as fol- to ensuring American workers are safe just the inability to grasp a subject or lows: in the workplace. I appreciate Mr. to remember something or they are Strike all after the enacting clause and in- COURTNEY’s very kind comments about hungry or whatever, and they get vio- sert the following: my concern for this personally, but I lent. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. can say every Republican feels this This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Workplace b 1030 Violence Prevention for Health Care and So- way. cial Service Workers Act’’. Our Nation’s caregivers, who have That is the reason oftentimes they are put into long-term facilities caring SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. been on the front lines of responding to The table of contents for this Act is as fol- the COVID–19 pandemic, are deserving for Alzheimer’s patients, and that is lows: going to continue to grow. They have of a responsible, workable, and thor- Sec. 1. Short title. ough response to the serious issue of these outbursts of aggression. Sec. 2. Table of contents. violence in the workplace. However, Healthcare professionals and social TITLE I—WORKPLACE VIOLENCE this legislation is a far cry from a sen- service workers need to be protected PREVENTION STANDARD sible or workable solution. similar to their colleagues that work Sec. 101. Final standard. H.R. 1195 is overly prescriptive and in residential treatment facilities. Sec. 102. Scope and application. heavy-handed and takes the wrong ap- I appreciate your consideration. I ap- Sec. 103. Requirements for workplace vio- proach, prejudging and imposing a preciate this amendment being put in lence prevention standard. the en bloc. Hopefully, we pass it and Sec. 104. Rules of construction. rushed regulation without allowing for Sec. 105. Other definitions. pass the bill and we look out for necessary stakeholder input. Unfortu- TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL nately, the Democrat amendments do healthcare workers and the people who SECURITY ACT are the beneficiaries of their work. And nothing to change this fact. Sec. 201. Application of the workplace vio- Madam Speaker, I urge my col- they will need more and more service lence prevention standard to leagues to oppose the Democrat amend- providers as the years go on. certain facilities receiving ments en bloc and the underlying bill, Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I believe Medicare funds. and I reserve the balance of my time. I have the right to close, and I apolo- TITLE I—WORKPLACE VIOLENCE Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I gize for neglecting to say I oppose the PREVENTION STANDARD yield 21⁄2 minutes to the gentleman amendment at the beginning. SEC. 101. FINAL STANDARD. from Tennessee (Mr. COHEN). I believe I have the right to close, (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I ap- therefore, I will reserve the balance of shall promulgate a final standard on work- preciate Mr. COURTNEY for yielding to my time. place violence prevention— me, and I appreciate him for bringing Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, (1) to require certain employers in the this bill. He has a long history of now again, I support the en bloc as stated healthcare and social service sectors, and certain employers in sectors that conduct 15 years of looking out for workers, la- earlier, and I yield back the balance of activities similar to the activities in the borers, and their fair place in our coun- my time. healthcare and social service sectors, to de- try, and I thank him for that. Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, again, I velop and implement a comprehensive work- Over the past 13 months, our want to thank Mr. COURTNEY for the place violence prevention plan to protect healthcare and social service workers comments he has made during this de- health care workers, social service workers, have gone over and beyond in their ef- bate today. He has been a very kind and other personnel from workplace vio- forts to keep us healthy and free dur- colleague. lence; and ing this COVID–19 pandemic. This bill, However, what we should be doing is (2) that may be based on the Guidelines for more debating of some of the under- Preventing Workplace Violence for the Workplace Violence Prevention for Healthcare and Social Service Workers pub- Health Care and Social Service Work- lying issues that are creating this in- lished by the Occupational Safety and ers Act, is one way Congress can help creased workplace violence, and we are Health Administration of the Department of keep them healthy and look out for not doing that as a Congress. Labor in 2015 and adhere to the requirements their safety. We need to be looking at why these of this title. This amendment is a simple one. It things that are happening are hap- (b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF STANDARD.—The simply says that Alzheimer’s and mem- pening. And I am sorry that we are not final standard shall— ory care facilities are added to the type doing that. And I am sorry we are (1) take effect on a date that is not later than 60 days after promulgation, except that of residential treatment facilities cov- doing a rushed product here when we such final standard may include a reasonable ered by this bill. Alzheimer’s and mem- could be working together. phase-in period for the implementation of re- ory care facilities are sometimes over- Madam Speaker, I urge my col- quired engineering controls that take effect looked in the definition and should not leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the en bloc after such date; and be. amendments and ‘‘no’’ on the under- (2) be enforced in the same manner and to With our aging population, Alz- lying bill, and I yield back the balance the same extent as any standard promul- heimer’s and dementia is growing in of my time. gated under section 6(b) of the Occupational prevalence. In the United States, more The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)). than 5.5 million people now are living ant to House Resolution 303, the pre- (c) EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH.— with Alzheimer’s. The number is ex- vious question is ordered on the (1) DURING RULEMAKING.—During the period pected to increase to 14 million people amendments en bloc printed in part C beginning on the date the Secretary com- by 2060. Alzheimer’s is the sixth lead- of House Report 117–15 offered by the mences rulemaking under this section and

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(v) Procedures for emergency response, in- cational campaign for covered employees (4) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘cov- cluding procedures for threats of mass cas- and covered employers regarding workplace ered employee’’ includes an individual em- ualties and procedures for incidents involv- violence prevention in health care and social ployed by a covered employer to work at a ing a firearm or a dangerous weapon. service industries on the materials of the Oc- covered facility or to perform covered serv- (vi) Procedures for communicating with cupational Safety and Health Administra- ices. and educating of covered employees on work- tion on workplace violence prevention for SEC. 103. REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKPLACE VIO- place violence hazards, threats, and work such industries. LENCE PREVENTION STANDARD. practice controls, the employer’s plan, and (2) REQUIREMENTS OF FINAL STANDARD.—Be- Each standard described in section 101 may procedures for confronting, responding to, ginning on the date on which the final stand- include the following requirements: and reporting workplace violence threats, in- ard is promulgated under this section, the (1) WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION cidents, and concerns, and employee rights. Secretary shall engage in an educational PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after the (vii) Procedures for ensuring the coordina- campaign for covered employees and covered date of promulgation of the final standard tion of risk assessment efforts, Plan develop- employers on the requirements of such final under section 101(a), a covered employer ment, and implementation of the Plan with standard. shall develop, implement, and maintain a other employers who have employees who SEC. 102. SCOPE AND APPLICATION. written workplace violence prevention plan work at the covered facility or who are per- In this title: for covered employees at each covered facil- forming the covered service. (1) COVERED FACILITY.— ity and for covered employees performing a (viii) Procedures for conducting the annual (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered facil- covered service on behalf of such employer, evaluation under paragraph (6). ity’’ means a facility with respect to which which meets the following: (C) AVAILABILITY OF PLAN.—Each Plan the Secretary determines that requirements (A) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—Each Plan shall— shall be made available at all times to the of the final standard promulgated under sec- (i) subject to subparagraph (D), be devel- covered employees who are covered under tion 101(a) would be reasonably necessary or oped and implemented with the meaningful such Plan. appropriate, and which may include the fol- participation of direct care employees and, (D) CLARIFICATION.—The requirement lowing: where applicable, employee representatives, under subparagraph (A)(i) shall not be con- (i) Any hospital, including any specialty for all aspects of the Plan; strued to require that all direct care employ- hospital. (ii) be applicable to conditions and hazards ees and employee representatives participate (ii) Any residential treatment facility, in- for the covered facility or the covered serv- in the development and implementation of cluding any nursing home, skilled nursing ice, including patient-specific risk factors the Plan. facility, hospice facility, and long-term care and risk factors specific to each work area or (2) VIOLENT INCIDENT INVESTIGATION.— facility. unit; and (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable (iii) Any medical treatment or social serv- (iii) be suitable for the size, complexity, after a workplace violence incident, of which ice setting or clinic at a correctional or de- and type of operations at the covered facility a covered employer has knowledge, the em- tention facility. or for the covered service, and remain in ef- ployer shall conduct an investigation of such (iv) Any community-based residential fa- fect at all times. incident, under which the employer shall— cility, group home, and mental health clinic. (B) PLAN CONTENT.—Each Plan shall in- (i) review the circumstances of the inci- (v) Any psychiatric treatment facility. clude procedures and methods for the fol- dent and whether any controls or measures (vi) Any drug abuse or substance use dis- lowing: implemented pursuant to the Plan of the em- order treatment center. (i) Identification of each individual or the ployer were effective; and (vii) Any independent freestanding emer- job title of each individual responsible for (ii) solicit input from involved employees, gency centers. implementation of the Plan. their representatives, and supervisors, about (viii) Any facility described in subpara- (ii) With respect to each work area and the cause of the incident, and whether fur- graphs (A) through (G) operated by a Federal unit at the covered facility or while covered ther corrective measures (including system- Government agency and required to comply employees are performing the covered serv- level factors) could have prevented the inci- with occupational safety and health stand- ice, risk assessment and identification of dent, risk, or hazard. ards pursuant to section 1960 of title 29, Code workplace violence risks and hazards to em- (B) DOCUMENTATION.—A covered employer of Federal Regulations (as such section is in ployees exposed to such risks and hazards shall document the findings, recommenda- effect on the date of enactment of this Act). (including environmental risk factors and tions, and corrective measures taken for (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered facil- patient-specific risk factors), which may each investigation conducted under this ity’’ does not include an office of a physi- be— paragraph. cian, dentist, podiatrist, or any other health (I) informed by past violent incidents spe- (3) EDUCATION.—With respect to the cov- practitioner that is not physically located cific to such covered facility or such covered ered employees covered under a Plan of a within a covered facility described in sub- service; and covered employer, the employer shall pro- paragraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1). (II) conducted with— vide education to such employees who may (2) COVERED SERVICES.—The term ‘‘covered (aa) representative direct care employees; be exposed to workplace violence hazards service’’— (bb) where applicable, the representatives and risks, which meet the following require- (A) includes— of such employees; and ments: (i) any services and operations provided in (cc) the employer. (A) Annual education includes information home health care, home-based hospice, and (iii) Hazard prevention, engineering con- on the Plan, including identified workplace home-based social work; trols, or work practice controls to correct, in violence hazards, work practice control (ii) any emergency medical services and a timely manner, hazards that the employer measures, reporting procedures, record keep- transport, including such services when pro- creates or controls which— ing requirements, response procedures, and vided by firefighters and emergency respond- (I) may include security and alarm sys- employee rights. ers; tems, adequate exit routes, monitoring sys- (B) Additional hazard recognition edu- (iii) any services described in clauses (i) tems, barrier protection, established areas cation for supervisors and managers to en- and (ii) performed by a Federal Government for patients and clients, lighting, entry pro- sure they can recognize high-risk situations agency and required to comply with occupa- cedures, staffing and working in teams, and and do not assign employees to situations tional safety and health standards pursuant systems to identify and flag clients with a that predictably compromise their safety. to section 1960 of title 29, Code of Federal history of violence; and (C) Additional education for each such cov- Regulations (as such section is in effect on (II) shall ensure that employers correct, in ered employee whose job circumstances has the date of enactment of this Act); and a timely manner, hazards identified in the changed, within a reasonable timeframe (iv) any other services and operations the annual report described in paragraph (5) that after such change. Secretary determines should be covered the employer creates or controls. (D) Applicable new employee education under the standards promulgated under sec- (iv) Reporting, incident response, and post- prior to employee’s job assignment. tion 101; and incident investigation procedures, including (E) All education provides such employees (B) does not include child day care serv- procedures— opportunities to ask questions, give feedback ices. (I) for employees to report to the employer on such education, and request additional in- (3) COVERED EMPLOYER.— workplace violence risks, hazards, and inci- struction, clarification, or other followup. (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered em- dents; (F) All education is provided in-person or ployer’’ includes a person (including a con- (II) for employers to respond to reports of online and by an individual with knowledge tractor, subcontractor, or a temporary serv- workplace violence; of workplace violence prevention and of the ice firm) that employs an individual to work (III) for employers to perform a post-inci- Plan. at a covered facility or to perform covered dent investigation and debriefing of all re- (G) All education is appropriate in content services. ports of workplace violence with the partici- and vocabulary to the language, educational (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered em- pation of employees and their representa- level, and literacy of such covered employ- ployer’’ does not include an individual who tives; and ees.

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(4) RECORDKEEPING AND ACCESS TO PLAN the date of enactment of this Act), shall pro- as weapons, without regard to whether the RECORDS.— tect the identity of employees in a manner employee sustains an injury. (A) IN GENERAL.—Each covered employer consistent with that section. (2) TYPE 1 VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘type 1 vio- shall— (C) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—Each covered em- lence’’— (i) maintain at all times records related to ployer shall prepare an annual summary of (A) means workplace violence directed at a each Plan of the employer, including work- each violent incident log for the preceding covered employee at a covered facility or place violence risk and hazard assessments, calendar year that shall— while performing a covered service by an in- and identification, evaluation, correction, (i) with respect to each covered facility, dividual who has no legitimate business at and education procedures; and each covered service, for which such a the covered facility or with respect to such (ii) maintain for a minimum of 5 years— log has been maintained, include the total covered service; and (I) a violent incident log described in sub- number of violent incidents, the number of (B) includes violent acts by any individual paragraph (B) for recording all workplace vi- recordable injuries related to such incidents, who enters the covered facility or worksite olence incidents; and and the total number of hours worked by the where a covered service is being performed (II) records of all incident investigations as covered employees for such preceding year; with the intent to commit a crime. required under paragraph (2)(B); and (ii) be completed on a form provided by the (3) TYPE 2 VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘type 2 vio- (iii) make such records and logs available, Secretary; lence’’ means workplace violence directed at upon request, to covered employees and their (iii) be posted for three months beginning a covered employee by customers, clients, representatives for examination and copying February 1 of each year in a manner con- patients, students, inmates, or any indi- in accordance with section 1910.1020 of title sistent with the requirements of section 1904 vidual for whom a covered facility provides 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as such sec- of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as services or for whom the employee performs tion is in effect on the date of enactment of such section is in effect on the date of enact- covered services. this Act), and in a manner consistent with ment of this Act), relating to the posting of (4) TYPE 3 VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘type 3 vio- HIPAA privacy regulations (defined in sec- summaries of injury and illness logs; lence’’ means workplace violence directed at tion 1180(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 (iv) be located in a conspicuous place or a covered employee by a present or former U.S.C. 1320d–9(b)(3))) and part 2 of title 42, places where notices to employees are cus- employee, supervisor, or manager. Code of Federal Regulations (as such part is tomarily posted; and in effect on the date of enactment of this (5) TYPE 4 VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘type 4 vio- (v) not be altered, defaced, or covered by lence’’ means workplace violence directed at part), and ensure that any such records and other material by the employer. logs removed from the employer’s control for a covered employee by an individual who is (5) ANNUAL EVALUATION.—Each covered em- not an employee, but has or is known to have purposes of this clause omit any element of ployer shall conduct an annual written eval- personal identifying information sufficient had a personal relationship with such em- uation, conducted with the full, active par- ployee. to allow identification of any patient, resi- ticipation of covered employees and em- dent, client, or other individual alleged to (6) ALARM.—The term ‘‘alarm’’ means a ployee representatives, of— mechanical, electrical, or electronic device have committed a violent incident (including (A) the implementation and effectiveness the person’s name, address, electronic mail that can alert others but does not rely upon of the Plan, including a review of the violent an employee’s vocalization in order to alert address, telephone number, or social security incident log; and number, or other information that, alone or others. (B) compliance with education required by in combination with other publicly available (7) ENGINEERING CONTROLS.— each standard described in section 101, and information, reveals such person’s identity). (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘engineering specified in the Plan. (B) VIOLENT INCIDENT LOG DESCRIPTION.— controls’’ means an aspect of the built space (6) ANTI-RETALIATION.— Each violent incident log— or a device that removes or minimizes a haz- (A) POLICY.—Each covered employer shall (i) shall be maintained by a covered em- ard from the workplace or creates a barrier adopt a policy prohibiting any person (in- ployer for each covered facility controlled by between a covered employee and the hazard. cluding an agent of the employer) from dis- the employer and for each covered service (B) INCLUSIONS.—For purposes of reducing criminating or retaliating against any em- being performed by a covered employee on workplace violence hazards, the term ‘‘engi- ployee for reporting, or seeking assistance or behalf of such employer; neering controls’’ includes electronic access (ii) may be based on a template developed intervention from, a workplace violence inci- controls to employee occupied areas, weapon by the Secretary not later than 1 year after dent, threat, or concern to the employer, law detectors (installed or handheld), enclosed the date of promulgation of the standards enforcement, local emergency services, or a workstations with shatter-resistant glass, under section 101(a); government agency, or participating in an deep service counters, separate rooms or (iii) may include a description of— incident investigation. areas for high-risk patients, locks on doors, (I) the violent incident (including environ- (B) ENFORCEMENT.—Each violation of the removing access to or securing items that mental risk factors present at the time of policy shall be enforced in the same manner could be used as weapons, furniture affixed the incident); and to the same extent as a violation of sec- to the floor, opaque glass in patient rooms (II) the date, time, and location of the inci- tion 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and (which protects privacy, but allows the dent, names and job titles of involved em- Health Act (29 U.S.C. 660(c)) is enforced. health care provider to see where the patient ployees; SEC. 104. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. is before entering the room), closed-circuit (III) the nature and extent of injuries to Notwithstanding section 18 of the Occupa- television monitoring and video recording, covered employees; tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 sight-aids, and personal alarm devices. (IV) a classification of the perpetrator who U.S.C. 667)— (8) ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS.— committed the violence, including whether (1) nothing in this title shall be construed (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘environmental the perpetrator was— to curtail or limit authority of the Secretary risk factors’’ means factors in the covered (aa) a patient, client, resident, or customer under any other provision of the law; facility or area in which a covered service is of a covered employer; (2) the rights, privileges, or remedies of performed that may contribute to the likeli- (bb) a family or friend of a patient, client, covered employees shall be in addition to the hood or severity of a workplace violence in- resident, or customer of a covered employer; rights, privileges, or remedies provided cident. (cc) a stranger; under any Federal or State law, or any col- (B) CLARIFICATION.—Environmental risk (dd) a coworker, supervisor, or manager of lective bargaining agreement; and factors may be associated with the specific a covered employee; (3) nothing in this Act shall be construed task being performed or the work area, such (ee) a partner, spouse, parent, or relative of to limit or prevent health care workers, so- as working in an isolated area, poor illu- a covered employee; or cial service workers, or other personnel from mination or blocked visibility, and lack of (ff) any other appropriate classification; reporting violent incidents to appropriate physical barriers between individuals and (V) the type of violent incident (such as law enforcement. persons at risk of committing workplace vio- type 1 violence, type 2 violence, type 3 vio- SEC. 105. OTHER DEFINITIONS. lence. lence, or type 4 violence); and In this title: (9) PATIENT-SPECIFIC RISK FACTORS.—The (VI) how the incident was addressed; (1) WORKPLACE VIOLENCE.— term ‘‘patient-specific risk factors’’ means (iv) not later than 7 days, depending on the (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘workplace vio- factors specific to a patient that may in- availability or condition of the witness, after lence’’ means any act of violence or threat of crease the likelihood or severity of a work- the employer learns of such incident, shall violence, that occurs at a covered facility or place violence incident, including— contain a record of each violent incident, while a covered employee performs a covered (A) a patient’s psychiatric condition, treat- which is updated to ensure completeness of service. ment and medication status, history of vio- such record; (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘workplace vi- lence, and known or recorded use of drugs or (v) shall be maintained for not less than 5 olence’’ does not include lawful acts of self- alcohol; and years; and defense or lawful acts of defense of others. (B) any conditions or disease processes of (vi) in the case of a violent incident involv- (C) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘workplace vio- the patient that may cause the patient to ex- ing a privacy concern case as defined in sec- lence’’ includes an incident involving the perience confusion or disorientation, to be tion 1904.29(b)(7) of title 29, Code of Federal threat or use of a firearm or a dangerous non-responsive to instruction, or to behave Regulations (as such section is in effect on weapon, including the use of common objects unpredictably.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.004 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1870 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 (10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ Healthcare and social service work- input. This amendment does just that, means the Secretary of Labor. ers face real safety risks in the work- and I urge my colleagues to support it. (11) WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS.— place. This issue demands our atten- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘work practice tion and thoughtful consideration. ance of my time. controls’’ means procedures and rules that Unfortunately, H.R. 1195 will result are used to effectively reduce workplace vio- Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I lence hazards. in a rushed and flawed OSHA rule that rise in opposition to the amendment. (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘work practice will not effectively address workplace The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- controls’’ includes assigning and placing suf- violence. This bill is excessively pre- tleman from Connecticut is recognized ficient numbers of staff to reduce patient- scriptive and heavy-handed, prejudging for 5 minutes. specific Type 2 workplace violence hazards, and imposing a regulation without al- Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I provision of dedicated and available safety lowing for necessary stakeholder input again want to clarify for the record personnel such as security guards, employee and expert review. that Congress in the past has required training on workplace violence prevention Just as Members of Congress should interim standards in situations where method and techniques to de-escalate and be working together to develop ade- there have been real acute problems in minimize violent behavior, and employee quate solutions to these pressing education on procedures for response in the America’s workforce. We did it for event of a workplace violence incident and issues, OSHA should be working with workers who were working in haz- for post-incident response. and listening to industry experts and ardous waste and hazardous disposal TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL stakeholders closest to the problem. sites, and we did it for workers who SECURITY ACT That is why this amendment requires were exposed to lead. OSHA to follow proper procedures in SEC. 201. APPLICATION OF THE WORKPLACE VIO- So, again, there is precedent for this. LENCE PREVENTION STANDARD TO their rulemaking process, including in- This is not having an interim standard CERTAIN FACILITIES RECEIVING viting meaningful stakeholder partici- where there is an urgent need to have MEDICARE FUNDS. pation, and responding to comments some action for just a program stand- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1866 of the Social from the public. ard for workers out there. We have Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc) is amended— The amendment also calls on OSHA (1) in subsection (a)(1)— done it in the past. And I think we to convene the already planned Small have certainly heard enough from the (A) in subparagraph (X), by striking ‘‘and’’ Business Regulatory Enforcement at the end; other side that they acknowledge the Fairness Act panel before proceeding (B) in subparagraph (Y), by striking at the severity of the problem and the incred- with the rulemaking process. end the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and ible people that would benefit from This will ensure that small employ- (C) by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the having a standard out there that we ers directly impacted by the rule have following new subparagraph: should apply the interim rule in this ‘‘(Z) in the case of hospitals that are not the chance to speak on it, allowing for case, which would take place a year otherwise subject to the Occupational Safety a more informed solution that empow- and Health Act of 1970 (or a State occupa- ers workers and employers, not one from enactment and then the final 1 tional safety and health plan that is ap- that cripples them with overbearing standard 3 ⁄2 years from enactment. I want to be clear. When we drafted proved under 18(b) of such Act) and skilled Federal mandates nursing facilities that are not otherwise sub- This amendment would also require the bill, we put in language that re- ject to such Act (or such a State occupa- OSHA to conduct an educational cam- quires a notice and comment section tional safety and health plan), to comply for both the interim standard and the with the Workplace Violence Prevention paign on workplace violence preven- tion in healthcare and social services final standard. Nobody is being fore- Standard (as promulgated under section 101 closed in terms of having an oppor- of the Workplace Violence Prevention for industries. Health Care and Social Service Workers This initiative would target the regu- tunity to weigh in. Act).’’; and lated community and raise awareness Since 1996, OSHA has had voluntary (2) in subsection (b)(4)— of the issue while also increasing com- recommendations and guidelines for (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and pliance with the eventual final rule. workplace safety in healthcare set- a hospital or skilled nursing facility that Finally, despite the heavy burdens tings. This thing has been knocking fails to comply with the requirement of sub- placed on our healthcare system re- around for 25 years, and that is no se- section (a)(1)(Z) (relating to the Workplace sponding to the pandemic, the Biden cret here. We are not starting from a Violence Prevention Standard)’’ after administration is considering a job- blank sheet of paper. ‘‘Bloodborne Pathogens Standard)’’; and So, again, all the stakeholders know (B) in subparagraph (B)— killing emergency, temporary standard (i) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)(U)’’ and inserting on COVID–19 that will further bog what some of the strategies are that ‘‘(a)(1)(V)’’; and down already overwhelmed businesses could be employed to protect workers (ii) by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of a fail- with sweeping and costly mandates at better, and what we are doing in the ure to comply with the requirement of sub- the very time that vaccines are widely baseline of the bill is basically saying section (a)(1)(Z), for a violation of the Work- available and the economy is recov- we are not going to sit back and let the place Violence Prevention standard referred ering at a record pace. dysfunctional history of OSHA domi- to in such subsection by a hospital or skilled As such, this amendment removes nate and really expose people need- nursing facility, as applicable, that is sub- lessly to workplace violence. ject to the provisions of such Act)’’ before the unnecessary and problematic re- the period at the end. quirement that OSHA issue an interim Again, Mr. SCOTT went through the (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments final standard on workplace violence sad history over OSHA: 18 years for be- made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning within 1 year, enabling these facilities ryllium; 17 years for silica dust; 16 or 17 on the date that is 1 year after the date of to continue fighting COVID–19 and al- years for working in enclosed construc- issuance of the final standard on workplace lowing our entire economy to continue tion site spaces. OSHA is just noto- violence prevention required under section recovering from economic peril. rious in terms of going slow, and, in 101. We all agree that our frontline work- fact, the last administration, which did The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ers have shown incredible courage in try to convene the Small Business ant to House Resolution 303, the gen- responding to this global health crisis panel, postponed it five separate times, tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. KEL- and their efforts continue to be an in- and today there is nothing scheduled. I LER) and a Member opposed each will valuable part of our Nation’s recovery. mean, zero. control 5 minutes. We owe it to these heroes to provide So, again, I appreciate the fact that The Chair recognizes the gentleman a solution that keeps them safe at the other side acknowledges the seri- from Pennsylvania. work without drowning employers in ousness of the problem. Again, I think Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I compliance costs or implementing the bill acts on that by actually put- yield myself such time as I may con- overbearing rules and rushed regula- ting a clock on OSHA to move forward. sume. tions from Washington that do not I will close by saying that the admin- Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- take into account their meaningful istration has weighed in, who actually port of this amendment, which I am of- input. is the executive branch that has con- fering with my colleague, Representa- We owe these frontline workers the trol of OSHA, and, again, they sub- tive WALBERG. opportunity to have their say and their mitted a letter titled: ‘‘Statement of

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Connolly Keating Quigley Correa Kelly (IL) Raskin FOR HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE WORK- The question was taken; and the Costa Khanna Rice (NY) ERS ACT—REP. COURTNEY, D–CT, AND 145 CO- Speaker pro tempore announced that Courtney Kildee Rosendale SPONSORS the noes appear to have it. Craig Kilmer Ross The Administration strongly supports pas- Crist Kim (NJ) Roy sage of H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, on Crow Kind Roybal-Allard Prevention for Health Care and Social Serv- that I demand the yeas and nays. Cuellar Kirkpatrick Ruiz ice Workers Act. This bipartisan legislation The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Davids (KS) Krishnamoorthi Ruppersberger will lead to the development of Federal Davidson Kuster Rush ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Davis, Danny K. Lamb Ryan standards to ensure that health care and so- 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Dean Langevin Sa´ nchez cial service employers develop and imple- The vote was taken by electronic de- DeFazio Larsen (WA) Sarbanes ment plans to protect their staff, prevent DeGette Larson (CT) Scanlon and improve the response to workplace vio- vice, and there were—yeas 168, nays DeLauro Lawrence Schakowsky lence, and address existing barriers to re- 256, not voting 5, as follows: DelBene Lawson (FL) Schiff porting. [Roll No. 117] Delgado Lee (CA) Schneider Even before the COVID–19 pandemic, inci- Demings Lee (NV) Schrader dents of violence against health care and so- YEAS—168 DeSaulnier Leger Fernandez Schrier Deutch Levin (CA) Scott (VA) Aderholt Grothman Mullin cial service workers have been on the rise. A Dingell Levin (MI) Scott, David Allen Guest Murphy (NC) 2016 Government Accountability Office study Doggett Lieu Sewell Amodei Guthrie Nehls reported that rates of violence against Donalds Lofgren Sherman Armstrong Hagedorn Newhouse Doyle, Michael Lowenthal Sherrill health care workers are up to 12 times higher Babin Harris Norman F. Luria Sires than rates for the overall workforce. In 2018, Baird Harshbarger Nunes Escobar Lynch Slotkin the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Balderson Hartzler Obernolte Eshoo Mace Smith (NJ) health care and social service workers were Banks Hern Owens Espaillat Malinowski Smith (WA) Barr Herrera Beutler Palazzo nearly five times as likely to suffer a serious Evans Maloney, Soto Bentz Higgins (LA) Palmer workplace violence injury than workers in Fitzpatrick Carolyn B. Spanberger Bergman Hill Pence other sectors, and that healthcare workers Fletcher Maloney, Sean Speier Bice (OK) Hinson Pfluger Fortenberry Manning Stanton accounted for 73 percent of such injuries. In Bilirakis Hollingsworth Reed Foster Massie Stauber 2017, state government health care and social Bishop (NC) Hudson Reschenthaler Frankel, Lois Mast Stevens service workers were almost nine times more Bost Huizenga Rice (SC) Gaetz Matsui Strickland likely to be injured by an assault than pri- Brady Issa Rodgers (WA) Gallego McBath Suozzi Buchanan Jackson Rogers (AL) vate-sector health care workers. Front line Garamendi McClintock Swalwell Bucshon Jacobs (NY) Rogers (KY) employees in these settings interact with a Garcia (CA) McCollum Takano Burgess Johnson (LA) Rose range of patients, clients, and their families, Garcı´a (IL) McEachin Thompson (CA) Calvert Johnson (OH) Rouzer Garcia (TX) McGovern Thompson (MS) often with little training or direction for Carl Johnson (SD) Rutherford Gibbs McNerney Tiffany how to handle interactions that may become Carter (GA) Jordan Salazar Gohmert Meeks Titus violent. Workplace violence often causes Carter (TX) Joyce (OH) Scalise Golden Meng Tlaib both physical and emotional harm. Victims Chabot Joyce (PA) Schweikert Gomez Mfume Tonko Cheney Keller Scott, Austin of these incidents often suffer post-trau- Gonzalez, Miller (IL) Torres (CA) Cline Kelly (MS) Sessions matic stress that undermines their ability to Vicente Moore (WI) Torres (NY) Cloud Kelly (PA) Simpson continue their employment in that sector. Good (VA) Morelle Trahan Cole Kim (CA) Smith (MO) Gooden (TX) Moulton Trone This burdens a stretched health care work- Comer Kinzinger Smith (NE) Gosar Mrvan Underwood force that has been severely impacted by the Crawford Kustoff Smucker Gottheimer Murphy (FL) Van Drew COVID–19 pandemic. There is currently no Crenshaw LaHood Spartz Green (TN) Nadler Vargas Occupational Safety and Health Administra- Curtis LaMalfa Steel Green, Al (TX) Napolitano Veasey Davis, Rodney Lamborn Stefanik tion (OSHA) standard that requires employ- Greene (GA) Neal Vela DesJarlais Latta Steil ers to implement violence prevention plans Grijalva Neguse Vela´ zquez Diaz-Balart LaTurner Steube that would help reduce workplace violence Harder (CA) Newman Wasserman Duncan Lesko Stewart Hayes Norcross Schultz injuries among health care and social service Dunn Letlow Taylor Herrell O’Halleran Waters workers. Emmer Long Tenney Hice (GA) Ocasio-Cortez Watson Coleman Under the Workplace Violence Prevention Estes Loudermilk Thompson (PA) Higgins (NY) Omar Welch for Health Care and Social Service Workers Fallon Lucas Timmons Himes Pallone Westerman Act, OSHA must issue an interim final Feenstra Luetkemeyer Turner Horsford Panetta Wexton Ferguson Malliotakis Upton standard in one year and a final standard Houlahan Pappas Wild Fischbach Mann Valadao within 42 months requiring employers in the Hoyer Pascrell Williams (GA) Fitzgerald McCarthy Van Duyne health care and social service sectors to de- Huffman Payne Wilson (FL) Fleischmann McCaul Wagner Jackson Lee Perlmutter Yarmuth velop and implement a workplace violence Foxx McClain Walberg prevention plan. Under such a standard, em- Fulcher McHenry Walorski NOT VOTING—5 ployers would need to ensure that health Gallagher McKinley Waltz care and social service workers are directly Garbarino Meijer Weber (TX) Cawthorn Franklin, C. Stivers involved in the development, implementa- Gimenez Meuser Wenstrup Cooper Scott Webster (FL) tion, and assessment of these plans. This will Gonzales, Tony Miller (WV) Williams (TX) b 1116 include identifying risks, specifying solu- Gonzalez (OH) Miller-Meeks Wilson (SC) Granger Moolenaar Wittman tions, and requiring training, reporting, and Messrs. KIND, WESTERMAN, Graves (LA) Mooney Womack DeSAULNIER, Mrs. TORRES of Cali- incident investigations. It would also provide Graves (MO) Moore (AL) Young protections from retaliation for reporting Griffith Moore (UT) Zeldin fornia, Messrs. GIBBS, GOODEN of violent incidents. Additionally, this legisla- Texas, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, tion will protect health care and social serv- NAYS—256 Messrs. COSTA, CLYDE, GOHMERT, ice workers in the public sector in 24 states Adams Bishop (GA) Budd and MAST changed their vote from Aguilar Blumenauer Burchett where those employees are not covered by ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ OSHA protections. Allred Blunt Rochester Bush The Administration commends the bipar- Arrington Boebert Bustos Mr. OWENS, Ms. CHENEY, and Mr. tisan support for the Workplace Violence Auchincloss Bonamici Butterfield BANKS changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ Axne Bourdeaux Cammack Prevention for Health Care and Social Serv- Bacon Bowman Carbajal to ‘‘yea.’’ ice Workers Act and urges swift passage of Barraga´ n Boyle, Brendan Ca´ rdenas So the amendment was rejected. this legislation. Bass F. Carson The result of the vote was announced Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, re- Beatty Brooks Cartwright as above recorded. Bera Brown Case spectfully I rise in opposition and rec- Beyer Brownley Casten A motion to reconsider was laid on ommend a ‘‘no’’ vote on Mr. KELLER’s Biggs Buck Castor (FL) the table.

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MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Krishnamoorthi Newhouse Sires Walberg Wenstrup Wittman RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Kuster Newman Slotkin Walorski Westerman Womack Lamb Norcross Smith (NJ) Waltz Williams (TX) Allred (Wexton) Keating (Clark Omar (Pressley) Langevin O’Halleran Smith (WA) Weber (TX) Wilson (SC) Babin (Fallon) (MA)) Payne (Pallone) Larsen (WA) Ocasio-Cortez Soto Barraga´ n (Beyer) Lawrence Porter (Wexton) NOT VOTING—9 Larson (CT) Omar Spanberger Buchanan (Kildee) Rush Lawrence Pallone Speier Boebert Franklin, C. Mrvan (LaHood) Lawson (FL) (Underwood) Lawson (FL) Panetta Stanton Burgess Scott Stivers Ca´ rdenas (Evans) Sewell (DelBene) Lee (CA) Pappas Stauber Cawthorn Huizenga Webster (FL) (Gonzalez, Lieu (Beyer) Sires (Pallone) Lee (NV) Pascrell Stefanik Miller (IL) Vicente) Lowenthal Stefanik Leger Fernandez Payne (Beyer) Stevens Crenshaw (Tenney) Lesko Perlmutter b 1148 McHenry (Banks) Strickland (Fallon) Steube Levin (CA) Peters Meng (Clark Suozzi Gomez (Pressley) (Timmons) Levin (MI) Phillips Mr. COMER changed his vote from (MA)) Swalwell Gottheimer Trahan (Lynch) Lieu Pingree ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Mfume (Wexton) Takano (Panetta) Walorski Lofgren Pocan Moore (WI) Thompson (CA) Messrs. RICE of South Carolina and Graves (MO) (Wagner) Lowenthal Porter (Beyer) Thompson (MS) KIM of New Jersey changed their vote (Wagner) Wasserman Luria Pressley Moulton Titus Greene (GA) Schultz (Soto) Lynch Price (NC) from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ (Underwood) Malinowski Quigley Tlaib (Gosar) Watson Coleman So the bill was passed. Napolitano Malliotakis Raskin Tonko Grijalva (Garcı´a (Correa) (Pallone) The result of the vote was announced Maloney, Reed Torres (CA) (IL)) Neal (Lynch) Wilson (FL) Carolyn B. Rice (NY) Torres (NY) as above recorded. Jayapal (Pocan) Nehls (Fallon) (Hayes) Maloney, Sean Rice (SC) Trahan A motion to reconsider was laid on Johnson (TX) Norcross Wilson (SC) Manning Rodgers (WA) Trone the table. (Jeffries) (Pallone) (Timmons) Matsui Ross Underwood Stated for: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pre- McBath Roybal-Allard Upton McCollum Ruiz Mr. MRVAN. Mr. Speaker, had I been vious question is ordered on the bill, as Van Drew McEachin Ruppersberger Vargas present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall amended. McGovern Rush Veasey McKinley Ryan No. 118. The question is on the engrossment Vela McNerney Salazar MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE and third reading of the bill. Vela´ zquez Meeks Sa´ nchez RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS The bill was ordered to be engrossed Meijer Sarbanes Wasserman Allred (Wexton) Keating (Clark Omar (Pressley) and read a third time, and was read the Meng Scanlon Schultz (MA)) Mfume Schakowsky Waters Babin (Fallon) Payne (Pallone) third time. Lawrence Moore (WI) Schiff Watson Coleman Barraga´ n (Beyer) Porter (Wexton) (Kildee) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Morelle Schneider Welch Buchanan Rush Lawson (FL) question is on the passage of the bill. Moulton Schrader Wexton (LaHood) (Underwood) (Evans) Murphy (FL) Schrier Wild Ca´ rdenas Sewell (DelBene) The question was taken; and the Lieu (Beyer) Murphy (NC) Scott (VA) Williams (GA) (Gonzalez, Sires (Pallone) Speaker pro tempore announced that Lowenthal Nadler Scott, David Wilson (FL) Vicente) Stefanik (Beyer) the noes appeared to have it. Napolitano Sewell Yarmuth Crenshaw (Tenney) McHenry (Banks) Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Neal Sherman Young (Fallon) Steube Meng (Clark Neguse Sherrill Zeldin Gomez (Pressley) (Timmons) Speaker, on that I demand the yeas (MA)) Gottheimer and nays. Mfume (Wexton) Trahan (Lynch) NAYS—166 (Panetta) Moore (WI) Walorski The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Graves (MO) (Wagner) Aderholt Gallagher McClain (Beyer) ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Allen Gibbs McClintock (Wagner) Moulton Wasserman 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Amodei Gohmert McHenry Greene (GA) (Underwood) Schultz (Soto) The vote was taken by electronic de- Armstrong Gonzales, Tony Meuser (Gosar) Napolitano Watson Coleman Grijalva (Garcı´a (Pallone) vice, and there were—yeas 254, nays Arrington Good (VA) Miller (WV) (Correa) Babin Gooden (TX) Miller-Meeks (IL)) Neal (Lynch) Wilson (FL) 166, not voting 9, as follows: Baird Gosar Moolenaar Jayapal (Pocan) Nehls (Fallon) (Hayes) [Roll No. 118] Balderson Granger Mooney Johnson (TX) Norcross Wilson (SC) Banks Graves (MO) Moore (AL) (Jeffries) (Pallone) (Timmons) YEAS—254 Barr Green (TN) Moore (UT) Adams Cole Golden Bentz Greene (GA) Mullin f Aguilar Connolly Gomez Bergman Grothman Nehls Allred Cooper Gonzalez (OH) Bice (OK) Guest Norman 504 CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT Auchincloss Correa Gonzalez, Biggs Guthrie Nunes IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2021 Axne Costa Vicente Bilirakis Hagedorn Obernolte Bacon Courtney Gottheimer Bishop (NC) Harris Owens The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Barraga´ n Craig Graves (LA) Brooks Harshbarger Palazzo CUELLAR). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule Bass Crist Green, Al (TX) Buchanan Hern Palmer XX, the unfinished business is the vote Beatty Crow Griffith Buck Herrell Pence Bera Cuellar Grijalva Budd Hice (GA) Perry on the motion to suspend the rules and Beyer Davids (KS) Harder (CA) Burchett Higgins (LA) Pfluger pass the bill (H.R. 1482) to amend the Bishop (GA) Davis, Danny K. Hartzler Calvert Hill Posey Small Business Act to enhance the Of- Blumenauer Davis, Rodney Hayes Cammack Hinson Reschenthaler fice of Credit Risk Management, to re- Blunt Rochester Dean Herrera Beutler Carl Hollingsworth Rogers (AL) Bonamici DeFazio Higgins (NY) Carter (GA) Hudson Rogers (KY) quire the Administrator of the Small Bost DeGette Himes Carter (TX) Issa Rose Business Administration to issue rules Bourdeaux DeLauro Horsford Chabot Jackson Rosendale relating to environmental obligations Bowman DelBene Houlahan Cheney Johnson (LA) Rouzer Boyle, Brendan Delgado Hoyer Cline Johnson (OH) Roy of certified development companies, F. Demings Huffman Cloud Johnson (SD) Rutherford and for other purposes, on which the Brady DeSaulnier Jackson Lee Clyde Jordan Scalise yeas and nays were ordered. Brown Deutch Jacobs (CA) Comer Joyce (PA) Schweikert The Clerk read the title of the bill. Brownley Dingell Jacobs (NY) Crawford Keller Scott, Austin Bucshon Doggett Jayapal Crenshaw Kelly (MS) Sessions The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bush Doyle, Michael Jeffries Curtis Kelly (PA) Simpson question is on the motion offered by Bustos F. Johnson (GA) Davidson Kustoff Smith (MO) the gentlewoman from Kansas (Ms. DA- Butterfield Escobar Johnson (TX) DesJarlais LaHood Smith (NE) Carbajal Eshoo Jones Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Smucker VIDS) that the House suspend the rules Ca´ rdenas Espaillat Joyce (OH) Donalds Lamborn Spartz and pass the bill. Carson Evans Kahele Duncan Latta Steel The vote was taken by electronic de- Cartwright Fitzpatrick Kaptur Dunn LaTurner Steil vice, and there were—yeas 411, nays 8, Case Fletcher Katko Emmer Letlow Steube Casten Fortenberry Keating Estes Long Stewart not voting 10, as follows: Castor (FL) Foster Kelly (IL) Fallon Loudermilk Taylor [Roll No. 119] Castro (TX) Frankel, Lois Khanna Feenstra Lucas Tenney Chu Gallego Kildee Ferguson Luetkemeyer Thompson (PA) YEAS—411 Cicilline Garamendi Kilmer Fischbach Mace Tiffany Adams Armstrong Baird Clark (MA) Garbarino Kim (CA) Fitzgerald Mann Timmons Aderholt Arrington Balderson Clarke (NY) Garcia (CA) Kim (NJ) Fleischmann Massie Turner Aguilar Auchincloss Banks Cleaver Garcı´a (IL) Kind Foxx Mast Valadao Allen Axne Barr Clyburn Garcia (TX) Kinzinger Fulcher McCarthy Van Duyne Allred Babin Barraga´ n Cohen Gimenez Kirkpatrick Gaetz McCaul Wagner Amodei Bacon Bass

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.033 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1873 Beatty Fitzpatrick Larsen (WA) Rice (SC) Smith (MO) Underwood Napolitano Rush Wasserman Bentz Fleischmann Larson (CT) Rodgers (WA) Smith (NE) Upton (Correa) (Underwood) Schultz (Soto) Bera Fletcher Latta Rogers (AL) Smith (NJ) Valadao Neal (Lynch) Sewell (DelBene) Watson Coleman Bergman Fortenberry LaTurner Rogers (KY) Smith (WA) Van Drew Nehls (Fallon) Sires (Pallone) (Pallone) Beyer Foster Lawrence Rose Smucker Van Duyne Norcross Steube Wilson (FL) Bice (OK) Foxx Lawson (FL) Rosendale Soto Vargas (Pallone) (Timmons) (Hayes) Biggs Frankel, Lois Lee (CA) Ross Spanberger Veasey Omar (Pressley) Trahan (Lynch) Wilson (SC) Bilirakis Fulcher Lee (NV) Rouzer Spartz Vela Payne (Pallone) Walorski (Timmons) Ruiz Speier Porter (Wexton) (Wagner) Bishop (GA) Gallagher Leger Fernandez Vela´ zquez Ruppersberger Stanton Bishop (NC) Gallego Lesko Wagner f Blumenauer Garamendi Letlow Rush Stauber Walberg Blunt Rochester Garbarino Levin (CA) Rutherford Steel Walorski ELECTING MEMBERS TO THE Boebert Garcia (CA) Levin (MI) Ryan Steil Waltz Bonamici Garcı´a (IL) Lieu Salazar Steube JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS Wasserman Bost Gibbs Lofgren Sa´ nchez Stevens ON THE LIBRARY AND THE Bourdeaux Gimenez Loudermilk Sarbanes Stewart Schultz JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING Bowman Gohmert Lowenthal Scalise Strickland Waters Boyle, Brendan Golden Lucas Scanlon Suozzi Watson Coleman Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I F. Gomez Luetkemeyer Schakowsky Swalwell Weber (TX) send to the desk a resolution and ask Brady Gonzales, Tony Luria Schiff Takano Welch unanimous consent for its immediate Brown Gonzalez (OH) Lynch Schneider Taylor Wenstrup Brownley Gonzalez, Mace Schrader Thompson (CA) Westerman consideration in the House. Buchanan Vicente Malinowski Schrier Thompson (MS) Wexton The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Buck Good (VA) Malliotakis Schweikert Thompson (PA) Wild tion. Scott (VA) Tiffany Bucshon Gooden (TX) Maloney, Williams (GA) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. JA- Budd Gosar Carolyn B. Scott, Austin Timmons Williams (TX) Scott, David Burchett Gottheimer Maloney, Sean Titus Wilson (FL) COBS of California). Is there objection Sessions Tlaib Burgess Granger Mann Wilson (SC) to the request of the gentlewoman Sewell Tonko Bush Graves (LA) Manning Wittman from Pennsylvania? Bustos Graves (MO) Mast Sherman Torres (CA) Sherrill Torres (NY) Womack There was no objection. Butterfield Green (TN) Matsui Yarmuth Calvert Green, Al (TX) McBath Simpson Trahan The text of the resolution is as fol- Sires Trone Young Cammack Greene (GA) McCarthy lows: Slotkin Turner Zeldin Carbajal Griffith McCaul H. RES. 321 Ca´ rdenas Grijalva McClain NAYS—8 Carl Grothman McClintock Resolved, Carson Guest McCollum Brooks Gaetz Posey SECTION 1. ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO JOINT Carter (GA) Guthrie McEachin Casten Garcia (TX) Roy COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON THE Carter (TX) Hagedorn McGovern Escobar Massie LIBRARY AND JOINT COMMITTEE ON Cartwright Harder (CA) McHenry NOT VOTING—10 PRINTING. Case Harris McKinley (a) JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON THE Castor (FL) Harshbarger McNerney Cawthorn Huizenga Tenney LIBRARY.—The following Members are here- Castro (TX) Hartzler Meeks Doyle, Michael Long Webster (FL) by elected to the Joint Committee of Con- Chabot Hayes Meijer F. Roybal-Allard Cheney Hern Meng Franklin, C. Stefanik gress on the Library, to serve with the chair Chu Herrell Meuser Scott Stivers of the Committee on House Administration Cicilline Herrera Beutler Mfume and the chair of the Subcommittee on the Clark (MA) Hice (GA) Miller (IL) Legislative Branch of the Committee on Ap- Clarke (NY) Higgins (LA) Miller (WV) b 1219 propriations: Cleaver Higgins (NY) Miller-Meeks So (two-thirds being in the affirma- (1) Mr. Butterfield. Cline Hill Moolenaar (2) Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois. Cloud Himes Mooney tive) the rules were suspended and the Clyburn Hinson Moore (AL) bill was passed. (3) Mr. Loudermilk. Clyde Hollingsworth Moore (UT) The result of the vote was announced (b) JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.—The Cohen Horsford Moore (WI) following Members are hereby elected to the Cole Houlahan Morelle as above recorded. Joint Committee on Printing, to serve with Comer Hoyer Moulton A motion to reconsider was laid on the chair of the Committee on House Admin- Connolly Hudson Mrvan the table. istration: Cooper Huffman Mullin (1) Mr. Raskin. Correa Issa Murphy (FL) Stated for: Costa Jackson Murphy (NC) Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Speaker, had I been (2) Ms. Leger Fernandez. Courtney Jackson Lee Nadler present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall (3) Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois. (4) Mr. Loudermilk. Craig Jacobs (CA) Napolitano No. 119. Crawford Jacobs (NY) Neal The resolution was agreed to. Crenshaw Jayapal Neguse Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Speaker, I would have Crist Jeffries Nehls voted by proxy today for Ms. STEFANIK of New A motion to reconsider was laid on Crow Johnson (GA) Newhouse York District 21. Had I been present, she the table. Cuellar Johnson (LA) Newman Curtis Johnson (OH) Norcross would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 119. f Davids (KS) Johnson (SD) Norman Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, on SENATE SHARED EMPLOYEE ACT Davidson Johnson (TX) Nunes April 16, 2021, I was unavoidably detained by Davis, Danny K. Jones O’Halleran a meeting with the U.S. Small Business Ad- Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I Davis, Rodney Jordan Obernolte ask unanimous consent to take from Dean Joyce (OH) Ocasio-Cortez ministration Administrator, and was not DeFazio Joyce (PA) Omar present for one roll call vote on a bill consid- the Speaker’s table the bill (S. 422) to DeGette Kahele Owens ered under suspension of the House rules. allow Senators, Senators-elect, com- DeLauro Kaptur Palazzo mittees of the Senate, leadership of- Had I been present, I would have voted: DelBene Katko Pallone fices, and other offices of the Senate to Delgado Keating Palmer Aye on Roll Call 119, on the motion to sus- share employees, and for other pur- Demings Keller Panetta pend the rules and pass H.R. 1482, the 504 DeSaulnier Kelly (IL) Pappas poses, and ask for its immediate con- credit Risk Management Improvement Act of DesJarlais Kelly (MS) Pascrell sideration in the House. Deutch Kelly (PA) Payne 2021. Diaz-Balart Khanna Pence The Clerk read the title of the bill. MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Dingell Kildee Perlmutter The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Doggett Kilmer Perry objection to the request of the gentle- Donalds Kim (CA) Peters Allred (Wexton) Graves (MO) Lawson (FL) Duncan Kim (NJ) Pfluger Babin (Fallon) (Wagner) (Evans) woman from Pennsylvania? Dunn Kind Phillips Barraga´ n (Beyer) Greene (GA) Lieu (Beyer) There was no objection. Emmer Kinzinger Pingree Buchanan (Gosar) Lowenthal The text of the bill is as follows: Eshoo Kirkpatrick Pocan (LaHood) Grijalva (Garcı´a (Beyer) Espaillat Krishnamoorthi Porter Ca´ rdenas (IL)) McHenry (Banks) S. 422 Estes Kuster Pressley (Gonzalez, Jayapal (Pocan) Meng (Clark Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Evans Kustoff Price (NC) Vicente) Johnson (TX) (MA)) resentatives of the United States of America in Fallon LaHood Quigley Crenshaw (Jeffries) Mfume (Wexton) Congress assembled, Feenstra LaMalfa Raskin (Fallon) Keating (Clark Moore (WI) Ferguson Lamb Reed Gomez (Pressley) (MA)) (Beyer) SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Fischbach Lamborn Reschenthaler Gottheimer Lawrence Moulton This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senate Fitzgerald Langevin Rice (NY) (Panetta) (Kildee) (Underwood) Shared Employee Act’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.010 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 SEC. 2. ALLOWING SENATORS, COMMITTEES, ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the H.R. 51, standing for the 51st State. LEADERSHIP OFFICES, AND OTHER Secretary of the Senate. H.R. 51 is the Washington, D.C. Admis- OFFICES OF THE SENATE TO SHARE ‘‘(B) A position— EMPLOYEES. sion Act, to admit the District of Co- ‘‘(i) that is in any committee of the Senate lumbia as a State and provide equal (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114 of the Legis- (including a select or special committee) or lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 a joint committee of Congress; and representation in Congress for its resi- U.S.C. 4576) is amended— ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the dents. (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Notwith- Secretary of the Senate out of an appropria- That will be our schedule for the standing’’; tion under the heading ‘INQUIRIES AND INVES- week to come. The following 2 weeks in (2) by striking ‘‘position, each of’’ and all TIGATIONS’ or ‘JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE’, April will be our committee workweeks that follows through the period at the end or a heading relating to a Joint Congres- so that the committees can produce ad- and inserting the following: ‘‘qualifying posi- sional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. tion if the aggregate gross pay from those ditional product for consideration on ‘‘(C) A position— the floor of the House of Representa- positions does not exceed— ‘‘(i) that is in another office (excluding the ‘‘(1) the maximum rate specified in section Office of the Vice President and the Office of tives. 105(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appro- the Chaplain of the Senate); and Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I priation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(2)), as ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the know, just yesterday, one of the Mem- amended and modified; or Secretary of the Senate out of an appropria- bers of the House Democrat leadership ‘‘(2) in a case where 1 or more of the indi- tion under the heading ‘SALARIES, OFFICERS team, Chairman NADLER, introduced a vidual’s qualifying positions are positions AND EMPLOYEES’. described in subsection (d)(2)(B), the max- bill to pack the Supreme Court. ‘‘(D) A position— This is a proposal that we have seen imum rate specified in section 105(e)(3) of the ‘‘(i) that is filled pursuant to section 105 of Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 in other countries. Unfortunately, it is the Second Supplemental Appropriations in mostly socialist countries. If you U.S.C. 4575(e)(3)), as amended and modified.’’; Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 6311); and and ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the look at some of the examples, in 2004, (3) by adding at the end the following: Secretary of the Senate out of an appropria- Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez ‘‘(b)(1) For an individual serving in more tion under the heading ‘MISCELLANEOUS packed his court, and the result was to- than 1 qualifying position under subsection ITEMS’.’’. talitarian dominance for his socialist (a), the cost of any travel for official busi- (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments ness shall be paid by the office authorizing regime. Congressman GIMENEZ, who made by subsection (a) shall take effect be- the travel. himself fled Cuba, fled a communist re- ginning on the day that is 6 months after the ‘‘(2) Messages for each electronic mail ac- gime, said just recently on court-pack- date of enactment of this Act. count used in connection with carrying out ing: the official duties of an individual serving in The bill was ordered to be read a Packing the courts is a tactic used by bru- more than 1 qualifying position under sub- third time, was read the third time, tal dictatorships to consolidate the socialist section (a) may be delivered to and sent from and passed, and a motion to reconsider power, which resulted in tens of thousands of a single handheld communications device was laid on the table. court rulings in its favor, basically destroy- provided to the individual for purposes of of- ing the country. ficial business. f I wanted to ask the gentleman, is ‘‘(3)(A) For purposes of the Ethics in Gov- LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the rate that court-packing bill a bill that the of basic pay for an individual serving in more (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given majority is going to be bringing to the than 1 qualifying position under subsection permission to address the House for 1 floor or even marking up in com- (a) shall be the total basic pay received by minute and to revise and extend his re- mittee? I yield to the gentleman from the individual from all such positions. marks.) Maryland. ‘‘(B) For an individual serving in more Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I rise Mr. HOYER. I have not had a discus- than one qualifying position under sub- for the purpose of inquiring of the ma- sion with Mr. NADLER, but as the gen- section (a), for purposes of the rights and ob- jority leader the schedule for next ligations described in, or described in the tleman knows, we have a lot of work to provisions applied under, title II of the Con- week. I yield to the gentleman from do on the floor of the House of Rep- gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 Maryland (Mr. HOYER). resentatives, and we intend to get that U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) related to practices used Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I work done. We have not considered at a time when the individual is serving in thank the gentleman for yielding. bringing to the floor the bill to which such a qualifying position with an employing Madam Speaker, on Monday, the the gentleman refers. office, the rate of pay for the individual shall House will meet at noon for morning- Did the gentleman in his research be the individual rate of pay received from hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative find any instances in any authoritarian the employing office. ‘‘(c)(1) If the duties of a qualifying position business, with votes expected no earlier country where they refused to consider under subsection (a) include information than 6:30 p.m. a constitutional appointee to their Su- technology services and support, an indi- On Tuesday, the House will meet at preme Court that the President, with vidual may only serve in the qualifying posi- 10 a.m. for morning-hour debate and 12 10 months on his term, sent down to tion and 1 or more additional qualifying po- p.m. for legislative business. the United States Senate or some other sitions under such subsection if the indi- On Wednesday, the House will meet body in those countries? vidual is in compliance with each informa- at 12 p.m. for legislative business. Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I tion technology standard and policy estab- On Thursday, the House will meet at haven’t read the Constitution of Ven- lished for Senate offices by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 9 a.m. for legislative business, with last ezuela, but I know in the Constitution Senate. votes no later than 3 p.m. of the United States, it actually gives ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an We will consider several bills under the Senate the advise-and-consent role, employee serving in a qualifying position in suspension of the rules. The complete the responsibility, as it relates to Su- the Office of the Secretary of the Senate or list of suspension bills will be an- preme Court picks. Obviously, that has the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door- nounced by the close of business today. been kept. keeper of the Senate may serve in an addi- In addition, Madam Speaker, we will The borking incident was probably tional qualifying position only if— consider bills relating to justice and the most embarrassing, egregious ‘‘(A) the other qualifying position is with the other Office; or civil rights: H.R. 1333, the NO BAN Act, abuse that started this back-and-forth, ‘‘(B) the Committee on Rules and Adminis- which prevents origin-based discrimi- where individual Supreme Court picks tration of the Senate has approved the ar- nation against those seeking to visit became more personally scrutinized. rangement. our country to do business, see family, That process has been abused in cases ‘‘(d) In this section, the term ‘qualifying or engage in tourism, rejecting the pre- like Bork. position’ means a position that— vious administration’s policy of ban- Even the Kavanaugh hearing got out ‘‘(1) is designated as a shared position for ning arrivals from predominantly Mus- of control, where disgraceful false alle- purposes of this section by the Senator or lim countries; H.R. 1573, the Access to gations were made. other head of the office in which the position is located; and Counsel Act, which reaffirms key But in the end, the Senate’s advise- ‘‘(2) is one of the following: American principles of justice with re- and-consent role is part of the United ‘‘(A) A position— gard to immigrants’ rights to counsel States Constitution. I don’t know if ‘‘(i) that is in the office of a Senator; and during status hearings; and then lastly, the gentleman is suggesting that that

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.031 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1875 should be changed. I don’t see it. Even and a half, but the real change in law said, there are clearly Members on with a Democratic majority right now, by the Member of House Democratic both sides that want to agree on an in- I wouldn’t suggest changing that proc- leadership Chairman NADLER, says, ‘‘A frastructure bill and have lots of areas ess that is in our Constitution. Chief Justice of the United States and of agreement if we are talking about Mr. HOYER. Will the gentleman 12 Associate Justices, any eight of infrastructure. And by infrastructure, I yield? whom shall constitute a quorum.’’ So think most Americans—if you asked Mr. SCALISE. I yield to the gen- in essence, a hostile takeover of the them what they thought was infra- tleman from Maryland. United States Supreme Court, not structure, they would say roads, Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I don’t going through the traditional process bridges, ports, waterways, and know about the Nadler bill, but I do that has been in place for over 100 broadband. know that the Constitution says noth- years. Once you get into social policy and ing about the Senate’s ability to sim- And I think the gentleman knows, if Green New Deal-type policies or tax ply refuse to consider an appointee of you go back historically, the President hikes that would make America the the President of the United States. I in power when the Senate was led by a highest rate above Communist China in don’t think the Founders had any con- different party—I can’t recall a case in terms of tax policy—the National Asso- cept that that would be the case when generations where if in the election ciation of Manufacturers said that the they gave the power of appointment to year there was a vacancy in the Su- kind of proposal that is being floated in the President of the United States. preme Court it was filled. the partisan approach would kill over 1 And everybody in the country knew b 1230 million American jobs. that that was an issue in the election So I appreciate the gentleman from And then when that occurred, when of 2016. In fact, it was probably one of Maryland talking about jobs. Why the present Attorney General was ap- the deciding issues that helped elect would we want to approach this in such pointed to the Supreme Court, MITCH President Trump, was that there was a partisan way that we would threaten MCCONNELL said, We are not going to that vacancy and the public wanted to millions of jobs, that we would make consider it, ten months before the end be engaged in the direction of the coun- America uncompetitive again, and of the term of a President of the United try, as well as the direction of the Communist China would have a lower States. And then they said the reason court. It was absolutely a heavily de- tax rate than America? Hopefully, we being is because we have an election bated item in the 2016 Presidential do the bipartisan approach and not a coming up in just a few months—in election and President Trump won that partisan approach. that case, it was 8 months—and the election. And I yield to the gentleman to en- next President ought to appoint. But, again, I have never heard any- lighten us on what direction is being Madam Speaker, that deep principle body suggesting changing the Constitu- approached right now. enunciated by Mr. MCCONNELL, by Mr. tion to take away the Senate’s advise Mr. HOYER. The gentleman refers to GRAHAM, and others—who was the and consent role. But we do see here a Communist China, apparently wants to chairman of the Committee on the Ju- bill that was filed just this week by a follow that example. A communist au- diciary, that deep principle was aban- leader in the Democratic Party to have thoritarian government that owns doned immediately when it became po- a hostile takeover of the Supreme most of the manufacturing capability litically pragmatic for the Republican Court, similar to what has been done in in China—not all of it. It is ironic that Party to do so and steal a Supreme socialist countries. And I think it is in two different debates in less than 5 Court justice. important to point to who has proposed minutes that the gentleman would So he can talk about socialism all he those kinds of changes in the past, and point to China as the example of what wants. What a distraction that is. A what it has led to. And I know Presi- perhaps we ought to do, when their tax failure to want to discuss on the merits dent Biden himself is on the record policy is approximately 100 percent, ex- of the issues. many times criticizing heavily the idea cept what they want to allow their So what do they do, Madam Speaker? of packing the Supreme Court. citizens to have. They talk about socialism or com- Now, that was before he was Presi- Madam Speaker, let me just close on munism or dictatorship, none of which dent. Now that it would be him that that point with: The Supreme Court we have in the United States of Amer- would be able to appoint these extra has been packed. ica. judges, I don’t know if his position has Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I Now, we just lost a President of the changed. But it is a dangerous prece- thank the gentleman. United States that, in my experience— dent. It is the kind of precedent that Finally, I want to bring up the crisis and I have served with many Presi- exists in Soviet-style nations. I sure that our Nation is facing at our south- dents of the United States—was the hope it is not here. ern border. And this has been a crisis most authoritarian-seeking President But Mr. NADLER did just say yester- that has been brewing for months. It is with whom I have served. day when asked about Speaker not an overnight problem, but it is an Madam Speaker, so I tell my friend PELOSI’s position, he said, ‘‘Speaker executive order-created problem when that we are going to focus on issues im- PELOSI and others will come along.’’ So President Biden on day one got rid of portant to the American people. We I was just wondering if that was some- some policies that were working in- want to pass a jobs bill to make sure thing that the gentleman was planning credibly well. that America is competitive in the 21st on bringing to the floor that would be And every border patrol agent that I century. We want to pass a jobs bill to a divisive issue as opposed to things have talked—and I was on the border make sure that families have good-pay- that we could work together on, like last week, Thursday and Friday, in ing jobs that they can support them- infrastructure, that would be unifying. McCollum, Texas, and in Donna, Texas, selves and their families. We want to And obviously, there is a lot of talk at the Donna processing facility—every support bills that build America back about infrastructure. This is something border agent said the same thing. They better. I want an America that makes that there is tremendous interest in on said getting rid of the remain in Mex- sure that everybody can ‘‘make it in both sides of the aisle. I know Chair- ico policy, that one action alone America,’’ not only manufacture it in man DEFAZIO, as well as Ranking Mem- opened up the floodgates to a surge, America but make it in America. That ber SAM GRAVES, have had a lot of con- thousands of people a day crossing our is what we are going to be focused on. versations about things that we could border illegally. Madam Speaker, we hope that the de- agree on. And I would hope that would Then you couple that with the dete- bate is on the merits of those pro- be the approach that we take, unlike rioration of the Northern Triangle posals, not some aspersion of some ide- the bill that over 90 percent of which agreements. And, yes, it was President ological tinge that they may think had nothing to do with the COVID—the Trump who negotiated those agree- their supporters regale at. $1.9 trillion spending bill, which was ments with Mexico, with Honduras, Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I hyper-partisan. with El Salvador, with Guatemala. And thank the gentleman for yielding back. Madam Speaker, I hope we approach maybe President Biden just doesn’t This is the bill. It is not even a page this in a bipartisan way. Because as I like the fact that President Trump did

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.038 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1876 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 something that was working well. Why So I asked Dr. Walensky and I asked able for the safety of not only those doesn’t he renegotiate those agree- Dr. Fauci: Does that process by the people that are in that picture, but for ments and call them his own? But they Biden administration violate CDC’s American citizens as well. were working. guidance on travel from Mexico? And Madam Speaker, now it is my under- Madam Speaker, now today, it is so they both testified that, yes, in fact, it standing that the CDC’s existing pan- out of control that we have, for exam- does. That if they are getting on an demic public health order for closed ple, at the Donna processing facility, a airplane, they should be testing nega- borders is, in fact, being followed. In facility designed for about a 250-person tive for COVID. None of them are, and Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Cali- capacity—when I was visiting that fa- in fact, some of them are known to be fornia, unaccompanied children cross- cility last Friday, there was over 4,000 COVID-positive, being put on airplanes, ing the border are tested—are tested— people—young kids, primarily— flying to cities all across this country. by the Department of Health and crammed into that facility, in those It is going on right now. It was going Human Services. The migrants enter- holding cells like sardines. on Friday. About half the plane that I ing ICE facilities are tested, and they In fact, yesterday, we had a com- was on when I flew from McAllen back are quarantined if they test positive. mittee hearing with Dr. Fauci and CDC home had people with folders that said: So protections are trying to be effec- Director Walensky. And I asked them I do not speak English, and it had a tive, and this administration is work- specifically about what is going on city on it. And it was multiple cities. ing very hard to ensure the safety of down at our southern border; showed But this is what the Biden adminis- Americans and the safety of these them some of the pictures that have tration is doing in violation of CDC many children who have come across been taken. guidance that you and I have to follow, the border. And if you look at the CDC guidance that our constituents who are seeing b 1245 that is out there on how we, as Amer- their livelihoods crushed, their res- ican citizens, have to conduct our- taurants closed down—many that None of them have been taken out of selves—if you own a restaurant, for ex- won’t open again ever—because they the arms of their parents. None of ample, whether it is in Baltimore, New have to play by the rules that CDC and them have been made orphans by this Orleans, or anywhere else, if there is a their States issue. And yet, the Biden administration. capacity limit, and if that limit was 250 administration is exempting them- I didn’t hear the gentleman lament- people, if there were 4,000 people in selves from this. ing the fact that we had hundreds of that restaurant, it would be shut down Madam Speaker, now we have legis- children who had been taken out of the today. And I asked both Dr. Fauci and lation, I would like to bring up to the arms of their parents, and then they Dr. Walensky: Would that facility be in majority leader, that would fix this: could not be found—that is, their par- violation of CDC guidelines? And both My colleague, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, ents. They could not be reunited with of them said, Yes, in testimony under requires that a COVID test be done be- their parents. oath. fore someone is released from CPB cus- This is a challenge. It is not a par- And then I talked to them about tody. tisan challenge. It is a challenge for what is happening at our southern bor- Ms. HERRELL wants to prohibit DHS America. It is a challenge for us all. der. And I asked them: Are these condi- from ceasing title 42. This administration is working to tions in compliance with CDC guid- There is a bipartisan bill by Mr. try to come to a solution that is both ance? Both Dr. Fauci and Dr. Walensky KATKO and Mr. CUELLAR, which estab- humanitarian and effective. I am hope- said: No, this is not. lishes a regular migration surge border ful that they will proceed in accom- We talked about the Donna detention response fund. plishing that objective. facility and the inhumane treatment of Madam Speaker, I would like to ask The gentleman mentions the policies these young children by the Biden ad- the gentleman if he would bring those of the Trump administration, which ministration in that facility. And I bills to the floor to address this crisis substantially underfunded its own poli- asked Dr. Fauci: Is that facility, the at the border that is not only a human- cies of trying to help the Northern Tri- conditions in which they are treating itarian crisis and a national security angle countries. When I say help the those young kids by the Biden adminis- crisis, but it is a Biden-created crisis triangle countries, unfortunately, the tration in compliance with the CDC that is violating the very CDC guid- leadership of those countries, in too guidance? And Dr. Fauci said: No. And ance, according to Dr. Fauci, that many instances, is not trying to help Dr. Walensky, the CDC director, testi- American citizens have to follow. itself. So, we see panicked people flee- fied the exact same way, that: No, Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- ing. those are not in compliance. And in tleman. Madam Speaker, I don’t know wheth- fact, as we know, they are coming Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, we er the gentleman from Louisiana, my across from Mexico. have a situation that is heart-wrench- friend, Mr. SCALISE, saw the pictures of Do you know that the CDC guidance ing and unacceptable. And it must be two children being dropped over the designates Mexico as the most dan- dealt with. In part, this situation fence—by the way, that very large gerous nation right now? Along with comes because of the draconian poli- fence, billions of dollars of fence. probably a few others, but they are the cies of the previous administration. Smugglers dropped two children over most dangerous in terms of COVID It comes also because Republicans the fence. That is how secure it was. transmission. have refused, in both Houses, to come The tragedy of those children being So CDC guidance encourages Amer- to agreement on a comprehensive im- dropped over that fence alone, I don’t ican citizens not to go to Mexico, but migration reform bill. So we have care where they are from or who they they say if you do come back from chaos as a result because our immigra- are, but my faith teaches me that they Mexico, you are mandated by the CDC tion system, as I believe almost every may be strangers, but they are broth- to show a COVID-negative test before Member of your side of the aisle and ers and sisters. you, as an American citizen, can come every Member of my side of the aisle In that context, we need to come to back into the United States. believes, is broken. grips, and I am hopeful that the gen- Do you know that not one of these Now, unfortunately, what we see in tleman will support the administra- people are being tested for COVID when that picture is broken systems causing tion’s desire to get a comprehensive they come in illegally across the Rio great danger, apprehension, and fear immigration bill adopted in this Con- Grande from Mexico? And then many among many people who are fleeing to gress. of them are being put on airplanes, America for refuge. It has, of course, In 2013, the Senate passed, Madam without ID, being paid for mostly by Lady Liberty at the head of the harbor, Speaker, a bill which was supported by the taxpayers—put on airplanes to fly the Hudson River, raises her torch and Democrats and Republicans, 14 Repub- off into cities all across the country. says, ‘‘That is what America is for.’’ lican Members of the United States Border patrol agents have told us at Now, having said that, this situation Senate. We pleaded with the Repub- least 15 percent of these people that is unacceptable. It is unacceptable for lican leadership to bring that bill to crossed illegally are COVID-positive. humanitarian reasons. It is unaccept- the floor. They will say they brought a

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We ought to urge all of are doing now at much higher levels, Again, President Trump went and ne- our colleagues to cooperate and work killing Americans all across the coun- gotiated with Mexico, went and nego- toward making sure that we don’t have try. tiated with those Northern Triangle scenes like that and that we have the Forty percent of them pulled away countries to resolve the surge. This ability to deal with this surge at the because they are going to be changing could be resolved as well, and you don’t border in a humane way. diapers in the Donna detention facility need to reinvent the wheel because But no one in the previous adminis- tonight because that is what they are there was a method for how to resolve tration can wash their hands of the re- being tasked to do by the Biden admin- it legally, using the legal system that sponsibility of creating a situation istration. That is not their job. It is America has. which—the gentleman says Mexico is not why they signed up. Their morale Sure, I would agree it needs reforms, adjudged to be one of the most dan- is incredibly low. not an amnesty reform, where you send gerous nations on Earth for COVID–19. Well over roughly 90 percent of peo- a magnet not only across South and The previous administration said to ple who say they are coming here to Central America but around the world people trying to seek solace and health seek asylum, those cases are rejected that America’s borders are open, be- and safety: Stay. Stay in the most dan- by the courts. Rejected. In fact, it is cause that is the message today. As the gerous nation on Earth for COVID–19. kind of hard to make an asylum claim gentleman knows, there are at least six I don’t know whether that is a very here when the parents of many of these people on the terrorist watch list who humane policy. That is not a sanctuary kids you are seeing here paid thou- have come across America’s southern for people who are in dire straits. sands of dollars to the drug cartels to border. I am not talking about from We said ‘‘no’’ to some people who smuggle their kids and themselves into South and Central American countries, came here from Germany. We said, no, the United States. It is hard to claim but from Middle Eastern countries, you can’t come in. Many of them re- economic asylum, which is the case from Eastern European countries. turned in the 1930s and early 1940s and many of them plead, when you paid Those are just the ones we know of were slaughtered. They came here for $4,000 to try to come here illegally that we have caught, and the Biden ad- sanctuary and found none. when there is a legal process to come ministration won’t share that data That doesn’t mean we can take ev- here, not just the normal legal process with the media. The Biden administra- erybody, but it does mean that we need where you can wait to come into Amer- tion wouldn’t even let the press into to deal with it in a humanitarian way, ica legally, where we let a million peo- this facility, which is a national dis- in a way that honors our values and ple into our country every year, the grace. honors these people as our fellow most generous nation in the world, I could imagine what the press would human beings. America. But when they go around have said if the Trump administration So, I tell the gentleman, in conclu- that system, that is where it over- was housing kids in a 33-person facil- sion, that these are sad scenes, and we whelms our system. That is what is ity. There are over 400 crammed into a need to respond to them in a humani- going on right now. 33-person cell in the middle of a pan- tarian way, but also a smart way. We President Trump confronted it, not demic. need to respond to the cause as well as by saying no one can come in, but by Again, Dr. Fauci said this violates the effect. saying you have to follow our laws if every protocol there is when we are Mr. SCALISE. As we talk about asy- you want to come here. If you want to trying to get our economy reopened. lum, let’s be clear, America has laws seek asylum, you have to request it Other countries have to control on how someone can seek asylum. I like everyone else. They allowed them COVID, too, but in America, we are haven’t seen anybody suggest that to even come through South and Cen- trying to control it. those laws are just repealed, and you tral American countries but stay in Here is where the double standard just take somebody’s word that if they Mexico. Mexico agreed with this, and and hypocrisy are driving people nuts. say they want to come to America to there was an orderly system. You got If any American citizen ran their busi- seek asylum, to come in today and to hear your claim in a very expedient ness in America like this, they would jump ahead of everyone else. way. be shut down by the Federal Govern- Mr. HOYER. Will the gentleman Today, they are given a piece of ment today. Yet, people can come here yield on the asylum issue? paper when they come across the bor- illegally, and the Biden administration Mr. SCALISE. I yield to the gen- der illegally, saying: Come show up is running this facility in violation of tleman from Maryland. maybe 5 years from now. those very same guidances. Mr. HOYER. Does the gentleman be- Good luck with that. Then, they are Do you know what happened to lieve we ought to obey America’s laws given a free plane ticket, without an them? They are given a free airplane on asylum? ID, to just be sent off to some other ticket, put on an airplane, possibly Mr. SCALISE. I think we ought to State. I saw manila envelopes, and with COVID, and sent into some inte- obey America’s laws on immigration once you got below the ‘‘I do not speak rior State of America. We don’t even across the board. If you look at the English,’’ Dallas was on one, Philadel- know where they are going. The Biden asylum laws, there is a process to seek phia was on one, New Jersey was on administration won’t share that. asylum. one. We have asked for a meeting, by the In fact, every year, people are grant- I don’t know what is going to happen way. Our leadership team, Leader ed that asylum if they prove their case. to them when they land in New Jersey MCCARTHY and I, have asked for a That is where the law comes into play, if they can’t speak English. What meeting with President Biden to talk which is being ignored right here. school system are they going to be about this crisis, and he refuses to What President Trump did when placed in? Who is then going to be re- meet with us about it. Just ignoring a there was a surge in 2019, he confronted sponsible for this breakdown at our problem will not make it go away. If it, as a leader should do. He talked to southern border, which was created by we are going to find a solution to this— people on the ground. He talked to our President Biden, which he could fix again, I listed a number of bills, includ- Border Patrol agents, who are the ones today? ing some that are bipartisan, that who have to deal with this crisis on a I have urged President Biden to go would start solving this problem. daily basis. down to the border and see this for President Biden doesn’t even want to In fact, 40 percent of our Border Pa- himself, to see how inhumane he is go. He put Vice President HARRIS in trol agents tonight at midnight, like treating kids, in violation of his own charge of this mess, and she won’t even

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She should have gone there to provide the judges on the theory Because of his efforts to protect human weeks ago, but she still hasn’t been. that if we don’t provide the judges, rights, he is often referred to as Srishti Maybe if they saw that, if they then we won’t be able to approve asy- Chadar, protector of humanity. looked into the eyes of these young lum and people won’t be able to get in. Madam Speaker, Master Guru Tegh kids—one of the first girls we ran into Madam Speaker, I am at the end of Bahadur’s memory inspires us to work might have been 10 years old, a girl in this circuitous argument. even harder to support religious free- one of these cells, and she was crying. doms for everyone everywhere. b 1300 We asked her: Why are you crying? And f she said: I don’t want to be here. Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, these She is an orphan. The gentleman are children being thrown to the RECOGNIZING OFFICERS JEFFREY talked about orphans. All of these kids, wolves, and it is not President Trump JOHNSON AND MICHAEL POLLACK there are no parents with them. They who is doing it. It could end, and I hope (Mr. MALINOWSKI asked and was don’t want to be here. Many were cry- we can work together to solve this given permission to address the House ing because they are jammed into these problem. for 1 minute.) cells for 20 hours a day, at least 15 per- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, cent with COVID, 6 inches apart, not 6 ance of my time. as we mourn the victims of another feet apart. That is what the Biden ad- f senseless mass shooting in America, I ministration is doing right now. rise to recognize two police officers in President Trump fixed this problem. UNIONIZATION my district: Jeffrey Johnson and Mi- Again, if President Biden just doesn’t (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and chael Pollack of the Westfield Police like President Trump, call it his own was given permission to address the Department, who prevented a potential name. We don’t care. The template, if House for 1 minute and to revise and mass shooting in my district in 2019. he doesn’t want to do what actually extend his remarks.) On June 13 of that year, Officers worked, then do something else that Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Johnson and Pollack responded to a works. But just doing this, it is not Speaker, I rise in support of the Pro- call at Tamaques Elementary School only a national disgrace, Dr. Fauci and tecting the Right to Organize, or PRO, in Westfield, where they were met with Dr. Walensky said it is a violation of Act. a man armed with a .45-caliber gun, the CDC protocols that every American In 1987, I was arrested for standing on hollow-point bullets, and 130 rounds of taxpayer has to follow. And they don’t. a public sidewalk. ammunition; an arsenal much of which Exempting themselves from a problem, My crime? is not legal in New Jersey, but which but making everybody else comply I was seeking to help hospital work- he had obtained legally in another with it, is no way to instill confidence ers organize with SEIU. That was one State. in the American people. of many experiences I had dem- The officers disarmed and arrested I hope the President goes down there. onstrating how American elections for the man, potentially saving the lives of I hope the President resolves this issue. workers to form a union are more like teachers, staff, and kids. The officers He should meet with us. He said he political elections in a dictatorship recently received the Hero Award from wanted to unify the country. He said he than in a democracy. our Union County Prosecutor’s Office, wanted to work with everybody. It is The recent union election at an Ama- and I continue to honor their heroism time he starts following through on zon warehouse in Alabama shows just here on the House floor today. those promises. how stacked the deck is against work- This incident is another reminder Mr. HOYER. Donald Trump didn’t fix ers. It shows the power wielded by com- that while we have strong gun laws in the problem; he delayed the problem. panies large and small and the lengths New Jersey and one of the lowest rates That is what happened. That is what they will go to keep owners and execu- of gun violence fatalities in the coun- those pictures reflect. tives reaping the benefits of growing try, as a result, many of our neigh- He didn’t fix the problem. He would productivity, even at the expense of boring States do not. As long as our say to those kids: Get out of here. Go their workers’ very dignity. gun laws are inconsistent across State back to Mexico. Maybe you have a par- It shows the urgent need for change. lines, those who wish to commit mass ent there, maybe you have somebody The Senate must send the PRO Act to murder will find the means to do so. who will take care of you, but get out the President’s desk. f of here. f That was one way to ‘‘solve’’ the AMERICAN STEEL FOR AMERICAN RECOGNIZING SIKH MASTER GURU problem, I presume. Those kids didn’t INFRASTRUCTURE TEGH BAHADUR go away. The fear that they have for (Mr. FORTENBERRY asked and was being home didn’t go away. (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania given permission to address the House Now, I have said, Madam Speaker, asked and was given permission to ad- for 1 minute and to revise and extend this is something that we all need to dress the House for 1 minute and to re- his remarks.) deal with from a compassionate stand- vise and extend his remarks.) Mr. FORTENBERRY. Madam Speak- point, from a legal standpoint, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. er, a long time ago, I made the decision from a human standpoint, which I Madam Speaker, I rise today to recog- to stand by the people who grow our guess is redundant to ‘‘compas- nize and congratulate the American food, protect our country, and make sionate.’’ But the fact of the matter is and global Sikh community as they our stuff. Now, for a moment, if we that President Trump did not solve celebrate the 400th birth anniversary of could put aside the ever-expanding def- this problem; he simply delayed it. their ninth Sikh Master Guru Tegh inition of infrastructure, I think we When he left, the pressure was so Bahadur. could agree on a basic principle: if we great because they did not believe that Master Guru Tegh Bahadur lived a are going to ask American taxpayers to this President would simply throw very meaningful life. He was one of the fund new American infrastructure, them to the wolves, take them from 10 gurus who founded Sikhism. then we need to use American compa- their parents, treat them as refuse. Islam was imposed during the reign nies, American steel, and American We need to deal with this, and, hope- of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Hindu labor. fully, we will. Hopefully we will get temples were destroyed and turned into It is especially important that Amer- comprehensive immigration reform. mosques, and the emperor persecuted ican-made steel not be outsourced for I will say again that one of the rea- those who would not convert to Islamic fabrication to nations with lax envi- sons that we have the problem of not law. ronmental standards and lax labor

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On that, perhaps, Each of these Americans has their women scientists who are working to- we can agree. own story and faces unique challenges. wards building a better future for gen- f Many amputations result from some erations to come. preventable disease and have prevent- HOUSE DEMOCRATS’ FIRST 100 f able issues, such as diabetes and pe- DAYS AMERICA’S OPIOID EPIDEMIC ripheral vascular disease. This is an- (Mr. AGUILAR asked and was given other reason to raise awareness of limb (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of permission to address the House for 1 loss and educate ourselves and others New York asked and was given permis- minute.) about what it is like to live with limb sion to address the House for 1 minute Mr. AGUILAR. Madam Speaker, ear- loss and limb difference. and to revise and extend her remarks.) lier this week, we marked the 100th day f Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New of the 117th Congress, and I rise today York. Madam Speaker, I rise to speak to reflect on some of the progress we END U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE on a commonsense bill I introduced to have made in the House. WAR IN AFGHANISTAN promote accountability for America’s In our first 100 days, we passed the (Ms. JACOBS of California asked and opioid crisis. The opioid epidemic has Equality Act to ensure full equality was given permission to address the taken almost as many lives as the under the law for our LGBT commu- House for 1 minute.) COVID–19 crisis. nity. Ms. JACOBS of California. Mr. The Sackler family has amassed bil- We removed the ratification deadline Speaker, I rise today to express my lions of dollars, in large part, through from the ERA to extend that same support for ending U.S. involvement in the sales of Purdue Pharma’s equality to all American women. the war in Afghanistan. OxyContin. Members of the Sackler We passed the Dream and Promise Mr. Speaker, wars are supposed to family have been directly involved in Act, giving young immigrants who call end. In the time that we have been in the company’s efforts to flood our com- this country home a chance to build Afghanistan, I have graduated from munities with this dangerous pain- their lives here. middle school, I have graduated from killer and to mislead the public on the We passed the George Floyd Justice high school, I have graduated from col- danger it poses to their health. Purdue in Policing Act to reform our broken lege and grad school, worked at the has declared bankruptcy, and members system of policing. U.N. and the State Department, started of the Sackler family are seeking legal We took meaningful, lifesaving ac- two organizations, and was elected to releases from individual lawsuits tion to prevent gun violence and stop Congress. brought against them by government further tragedies. I represent San Diego, a proud mili- entities. The recent tragedies our country has tary community, and one that knows My bill, H.R. 2096, the SACKLER Act, endured have further highlighted the better than most the human cost of ensures that individuals accused of need for the Senate to take action war. Ending this war does not invali- wrongdoing by government actors, like quickly on these bills. date those sacrifices. It recognizes the Sacklers, are prevented from evad- We passed the American Rescue Plan, them. We are indebted to the thou- ing responsibility through bankruptcy the most important and ambitious in- sands of servicemembers who answered proceedings. vestment in the American people into the call to serve, and we remember I ask my colleagues for their support nearly a century. This bold legislation those who never came home. It is in in this crucial effort to ensure account- gives us a roadmap to help us build their honor that we look to the next ability for the harm the Sacklers have back better and to emerge from this challenge. inflicted on our communities, and to pandemic stronger than ever. It has Now it is time to prioritize diplo- promote justice for lives lost to the helped 50 percent of Americans receive matic and humanitarian work in Af- opioid epidemic. a lifesaving vaccine and put money in ghanistan, to reassert Congress’ au- f the pockets of people. thority on war powers, and to focus our CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN I am so proud of all we have efforts on the security needs of the fu- BORDER achieved, and I know our work is just ture, not the past. getting started. f (Ms. TENNEY asked and was given f permission to address the House for 1 RECOGNIZING DASIA TAYLOR OF minute and to revise and extend her re- LIMB LOSS AND LIMB IOWA CITY marks.) DIFFERENCE AWARENESS MONTH (Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS asked and Ms. TENNEY. Madam Speaker, there (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given was given permission to address the is a crisis at our Nation’s southern bor- permission to address the House for 1 House for 1 minute and to revise and der, as you heard when our minority minute.) extend her remarks.) whip STEVE SCALISE outlined it earlier. Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, Last month, more than 170,000 illegal April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference I rise today to recognize a young immigrants were encountered and res- Awareness Month. More than 2 million woman in my district who is making cued by border agents at our southern Americans live with limb loss or limb strides in the field of medical science. border, and almost 19,000 of them were difference, and an additional 28 million Mr. Speaker, 17-year-old Dasia Tay- children, the most ever in a single are at risk of amputation surgery. It is lor of Iowa City is currently in the re- month. estimated that more than 500 Ameri- search phase for her groundbreaking This is a humanitarian catastrophe, cans lose a limb each day. With great invention: surgical sutures that change as cartels are profiting at record levels advances in prosthetics, sometimes we color when a wound becomes infected. from this egregious human trafficking may not even know that those around These sutures will be an asset to both scheme. us may be missing a limb. doctors and patients to catch post-sur- I visited the border, including a child There are many causes of limb loss, gical infections early on when they can processing center at the El Paso Sec- some not immediately apparent to us, be treated more easily with antibiotics. tor, and witnessed this firsthand. I left including, number one, vascular dis- This, in turn, will save lives. with an even deeper sense of respect ease, 54 percent of which includes dia- For her intellect, research, and inge- and admiration for the men and women betes. nuity, Dasia was recently recognized of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.046 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1880 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 agency and those other agencies tasked Mrs. KIM of California. Madam GOHMERT) is recognized for 60 minutes to assist them. Speaker, I rise today to offer some as the designee of the minority leader. Chief Gloria Chavez leads her force words of appreciation to someone in Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I along the El Paso Sector with incred- my 39th Congressional District in Cali- saw one study that indicated that ible tenacity, courage, compassion, and fornia who deserves special Congres- these masks are very helpful; that, by great energy. The team of agents under sional recognition. wearing a mask, you have two-tenths her command are doing an excellent For 30 years, La Habra Chief of Po- of 1 percent less chance of getting job in a nearly impossible situation. lice Jerry Price has unselfishly served COVID. So hurray for that two-tenths These terrific people are overwhelmed and protected our community in the La of 1 percent, especially for those of us because of the dangerous and inhumane Habra Police Department. who have had it or have had vaccina- policies now coming from Washington. Chief Price joined the La Habra Po- tions. But I look forward to getting our I am grateful to Chief Chavez and her lice Department in 1991 and quickly freedom back at some point. team for their insights. rose through the ranks across multiple But you can’t have a free society if Human trafficking is a nonpartisan bureaus, most recently serving as chief the media is dishonest. When the issue. We must come together to stop of police for the past 8 years. Founders fought for the right to have it. We must finish the border wall, im- Chief Price always set an example for free media, they anticipated that there prove barrier technology around the other officers and the community, al- should always be a majority of the wall, and we must reform this disas- ways having a positive attitude and media who would be willing to expose trous immigration policy. serving with pride. He also has actively media who were dishonest. f mentored and prepared others for suc- But we are living in a dangerous time, when what used to be called the b 1315 cess in law enforcement. It is because of these admirable mainstream media is anything but HONORING THE LIFE OF DENNIS qualities that Chief Price has earned honest; and that was played out before CAPRARA many awards and accolades, not only our very eyes and ears as Project (Mr. PANETTA asked and was given from the La Habra community, but Veritas had a CNN—well, as this arti- permission to address the House for 1 also from other outside law enforce- cle says—a CNN head, but he had lead- ership, and he admitted quite a great minute and to revise and extend his re- ment agencies. deal about the abuses of CNN, the marks.) I thank Chief Jerry Price for his 30 manipulativeness of CNN. Mr. PANETTA. Madam Speaker, the years of service and the past 8 years as Salad Bowl of the world lost a key in- This article from The Epoch Times— chief of police, and I offer my sincere which, by the way, is under fire from gredient this week with the sudden congratulations on his retirement. passing of Dennis Caprara. In his 74 the Chinese Communist Party, so since f years, Dennis contributed so much to this administration seems to side with our leading industry of agriculture and HONORING THE SERVICE OF MRS. the Chinese Communist Party a great our fundamental identity in the Sali- FRANCES PERCIVAL deal, they may be coming after The Epoch Times the way the Chinese Com- nas Valley. (Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma asked and munist Party is. But we will wait and A true local boy, Dennis grew up in was given permission to address the Gonzales, grew fond of farming, and see if that happens. House for 1 minute and to revise and But this story, dated April 14, says a grew to appreciate the hard work and extend her remarks.) sound judgment necessary to succeed CNN head has personally intervened to Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma. Madam order the cable network staff to display in agriculture. Speaker, I rise today to honor the work Starting RC Farms and RC Packing, the number of people who have died of Mrs. Frances Percival, who has dedi- from COVID–19 in the broadcast, ac- Dennis and his family became the defi- cated 63 years of her life to the stu- nition of what it means to be a success- cording to a CNN technical director dents of Millwood School District. who was caught on hidden camera ful family farm. Mrs. Percival began her service in But Dennis was not just a farmer, he making the comments. The goal was to 1958 as a volunteer with the Millwood was a leader; chairman of the Grower- boost ratings, the director said, ex- School District, and then served in the Shipper Association, director of the Sa- plaining fear really drives numbers and Parent Teacher Association for several linas Valley River Coalition, and a dis- is the thing that keeps you tuned in. years. She was affectionately known as tinguished fellow at a local college. That is rather tragic. Dennis also gave back to the commu- ‘‘Mrs. P’’ and a ‘‘homeroom mother’’. A former segregationist President, nity that gave him so much; as a mem- Fifty-one years ago, Mrs. P made the Democrat, named Franklin D. Roo- ber of the Swiss Rifle Club, and always decision to run for the school board sevelt, had said, quite eloquently: ‘‘The attending the local livestock auctions and was successful. In her five decades only thing we have to fear is fear where he and his wife, Janice, were ac- on the board, she was the recipient of itself.’’ And he was right that that tive bidders, supporting the kids of 4H many awards, including the National should be a big concern. and FFA. School Boards Association Award for But what we are hearing from the un- Dennis was a friend and a mentor to Distinguished Service. dercover tape is that CNN sees fear as many, including myself. And although In addition to being a strong leader, the best way to increase ratings. he often fondly called me a donkey, not Mrs. Percival said her mission was to So another article from The Gateway necessarily referring to my political teach Millwood students to appreciate Pundit: ‘‘CNN director caught on hid- party, he offered so much more to life and show respect for humanity. den camera saying the network is ‘try- those who knew him, who worked with Madam Speaker, we should let Mrs. ing to help’ BLM by only pushing sto- him, who listened to him, and who Percival’s story be an inspiration for ries that implicate White people.’’ loved him. us all to focus on improving the lives of Well, that is unfortunate. What that Madam Speaker, today we mourn the our children, our communities, and our shows is that CNN doesn’t mind being loss of Dennis Caprara. But because of schools. racist. It is very unfortunate that we Dennis, every day we realize that the Individuals like Mrs. Percival hold would stir up that kind of animosity; Salad Bowl of life tastes so good, not together schools and communities have a major news network, or what just because of its products, but also across this Nation. I thank Mrs. P for used to be a major news network, CNN, because of its people. her years of service, and I wish her the pushing racist divides. f best in her well-deserved retirement. Madam Speaker, I have been joined f by a friend—hopefully, she doesn’t HONORING THE SERVICE OF LA mind me calling her a friend because HABRA CHIEF OF POLICE JERRY ISSUES OF THE DAY that is the way I see her—from New PRICE The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. JA- York, an extraordinary Member of Con- (Mrs. KIM of California asked and COBS of California.) Under the Speak- gress. I am thrilled she is back. was given permission to address the er’s announced policy of January 4, I yield to the gentlewoman from New House for 1 minute.) 2021, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. York (Ms. TENNEY).

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.047 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1881 Ms. TENNEY. Madam Speaker, I ap- and encourage people to register to b 1330 preciate the gentleman yielding. vote, and to vote. It is an honor to be elected to this I just wanted a moment to take the And I will add, I just visited the bor- great body, with so many good Mem- opportunity to share something that I der. And we have a great community of bers on both sides of the aisle, and to launched this week with Representa- refugees where my district is up in New be able to do the business here for the tive GARCI´A from California, and that York’s 22nd District, and I can’t tell people of our country in such a tough is the Election Integrity Caucus. you how excited so many of these peo- time, in so many ways, as we are In that caucus, our mission is to ple are when they finally get to be citi- emerging, hopefully, from the pan- make sure that we have and preserve zens, and when they have a chance to demic. integrity in our election process, and vote, and when they have a chance to I am grateful that you take this time that we have people understand just vote privately without somebody look- and talk about the news and events of how important the right to vote is and ing over their shoulder or knowing how the day that may sometimes get why it is such a sacred act and a cor- they voted. missed in the mainstream media. I am nerstone of our constitutional Republic We just want to make that act sa- grateful to you, and I want to wish you and the democratic principles that we cred, and we want to make everyone the best and everyone a great weekend. hold dear. aware that they have the opportunity Let’s talk about election integrity. A lot of people don’t realize how im- to vote, and their vote is secure, and no Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, it portant their right to vote is, and we one is going to take their vote or dilute brings to mind being in Iraq back in just want to make sure that people un- their vote. We need to make sure that 2005. Iraq had just had its first true fair derstand that. We don’t want it to be we preserve the integrity of our voter election, and people stood in line for undermined. rolls. hours and hours. We think that the Speaker’s signa- It is interesting; I come from New In talking to a police chief, he point- ture legislation, H.R. 1, undermines the York, and people think of New York as ed out one place where there was a integrity of the right to vote. We think being this liberal bastion, which it is. very long line. We knew that radical every person who has a legal right to But Article II of New York’s Constitu- Islamists were going to try to disrupt vote should vote in every election, but tion talks about the right of suffrage. the election. There was a suicide bomb- just once, not multiple times. In my own district, the first women er who was found in the line, and a po- One of the things I wanted to men- to vote in New York State voted in liceman grabbed him, threw himself on tion because I just have a few minutes Lisle, New York, in my district of New top of the suicide bomber. The bomb here, is that we would love to have all York. So we know how sacred that was set off, and the policeman and the the Members join the caucus. Obvi- right is for women to have the right to radical Islamist were both killed. ously, we would love to have a bipar- vote. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth I said: Wow. Did the voters come tisan caucus, but I am reaching out to Cady Stanton all hailed from New York back? everyone across the Nation to support State, so we have a great tradition of He looked a little surprised and said: our efforts to try to bring integrity to voting, and we want to lead the way to- They never left the line. They knew if our election process and to understand ward that. they got out of the line and did not how sacred the right to vote is. I know that we would love to have vote, that the policeman would have given his life for nothing. They wanted I think it is really great that MIKE the gentleman join if he is interested the policeman’s life to count, and they GARCIA, the Representative from Cali- in joining our caucus. fornia, who won by 333 votes, is joining Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I were not going to be intimidated by a me. I won by 109 votes in upstate New appreciate the gentlewoman’s efforts, suicide bomber trying to prevent them York in one of the longest election cy- and I would be thrilled to join that from voting, so they stayed in line to cles in the Nation and did not even get caucus. That is absolutely meritorious, vote. Too many Americans have come to sworn in until February 11. and it should be something that all of think of voting as too onerous, that So we just wanted to make sure ev- us work to support together. they don’t really have time to do it, eryone understands that we want to ex- Yet, we get cast, as Republicans, as that it doesn’t really matter, when, ac- pand the number of people that vote. wanting to limit the number of voters, tually, as we hear and find over and You know, you hear all the time that when actually, we want more voters; over, elections do have consequences. the Republicans want to suppress the but we need to have people vote le- It is important that if you are legally vote. Nothing could be further from the gally, not multiple times, not voting allowed to vote, you should vote. It is truth. after you no longer have a pulse, but unfortunate that there is a push to We know so many great Americans voting as citizens. So I am thrilled. I have people who don’t understand— through our Nation’s history that have yield to the gentlewoman from New they are not citizens. They haven’t lost life and limb for this sacred right York. been educated yet to understand what to vote privately, and we want those Ms. TENNEY. And we have many it takes to preserve a republic, which people to exercise that right and feel safeguards in place to reserve that has allowed us to drift toward a more that their vote actually counts. right to vote, but also to encourage Orwellian-style government, a totali- I think one thing that my race and people to go out and realize that their tarian, more socialist government. Representative GARCI´A’s—also our col- vote does count. And wouldn’t it be Yes, you have to have a totalitarian league, MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS, great if every legal citizen voted in government in order for socialism to who recently was confirmed the winner every election? That would be a true succeed. Khrushchev finally came to again in Iowa’s Second District—shows self-governing Republic that we all as- grips with that. True communism is is that every vote does count. And it pire to maintain and preserve. where everybody shares and shares should be something that people joy- Once again, I cannot emphasize alike, and there is no government. fully do, is to exercise that right to enough, we urge everyone to join the I remember doing a report in college vote because I think a lot of people caucus, including our Democratic about a commission that Khrushchev don’t realize, we have a self-governing friends. I think they would like what set up to figure out a plan to move to constitutional Republic; it is by and we are going to be standing for. We are where there was no government and for the people. going to be preserving and protecting just pure communism, pure sharing. I think one of the enduring themes, the votes in all districts across the en- Ultimately, they disbanded the com- one of the reasons I love our former tire Nation, and I think it is going to mission because they realized there is President Lincoln was that he used to be an exciting initiative. no way to have no totalitarian govern- talk about: Can we save the Republic? I thank the gentleman for being will- ment. Can we be self-governing? And we want ing to join. I know my time is limited If you are going to have communism to be sure that we preserve all of that today, but I wanted to take advantage or socialism, the government has to be and how great this country is by actu- of this. And I want to also thank the big, powerful, and totalitarian enough ally forming this Election Integrity gentleman for taking this opportunity to take from those who earn and give Caucus to travel around the country to be in this amazing place. to those who don’t.

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That is a comment supporting the Democratic Party than businesses. from Robby Starbuck on Twitter. they are in reporting the news. It real- It is okay to help the Chinese Com- My friend MATT GAETZ says: ly makes it difficult to have free and munist Party, which is trying to de- ‘‘O’Keefe exposes CNN for lying about fair elections when people are being de- stroy America. They are trying to get me and Donald Trump for propaganda. ceived. to a place where the American econ- Then Twitter suspends him.’’ It was also interesting that since omy could collapse, and China would Conservative commentator John James O’Keefe, who founded Project survive that economically. If they get Cardillo says: ‘‘If the left weren’t terri- Veritas, getting the truth out, he had to that place, then you will see them fied, they wouldn’t be banning people.’’ the video of a leader at CNN exposing taking additional actions, rather pro- b 1345 exactly what CNN was about: helping foundly, to bring down our economy the Democratic Party and scaring and leave them remaining as the only, So, anyway, it is rather tragic that Americans. at that point, superpower. Twitter has joined in to become a part Twitter, being part of the high-tech We have to be more wise than we of, figuratively, the ministry of truth oligarchy, has banned Project Veritas. have been. We need to call out corpora- that Orwell talked about in his novel O’Keefe, the founder, was first banned, tions or entities in the United States ‘‘1984.’’ I mean, Orwell was apparently and then, later, it was indicated he was that are out to help the enemies of the in a great deal of pain, dying of cancer, banned permanently for violating the United States and stir up divisiveness had been through brutal cancer treat- Twitter rules on platform manipula- within the United States if they think ments. Some think that is where he tion and spam. it creates a profit. came up with the idea of some of the So, according to Twitter, if you ex- We are seeing that with CNN. We are torture that was utilized by the min- pose the truth about somebody or some seeing that with Major League Base- istry of love, which would arrest people entity that Twitter is figuratively in ball. It is just a sad time in America. with whom they disagreed and would bed with, then Twitter will ban you be- This article from Epoch Times says: torture them for hours, days, weeks, cause they don’t want the truth out ‘‘Twitter pointed to a section in the months, or many years, whatever was there. They don’t want the truth about company’s rules, which states: ‘You necessary to finally get them to change Americans being manipulated by enti- can’t mislead others on Twitter by op- their story. ties like CNN, Twitter, Facebook, or erating fake accounts,’ and ‘you can’t But the ministry of truth were the Google. They don’t want the American artificially amplify or disrupt con- ones that were constantly rewriting people finding that out, so they will versations through the use of multiple history to serve the interests of this ban you. totalitarian government, and that ap- When any entity is powerful enough accounts.’ ’’ Well, Twitter really has to stretch in pears to be exactly what we are begin- that it can prevent people from, say, ning to see from many in our own learning about the Vice President’s order to come up with a basis for ban- ning someone who is promoting truth media in the United States. family member, who may have engaged I was struck the summer that I was in an impropriety, or from finding out and is exposing truth that CNN did not want exposed and, obviously, Twitter an exchange student to the Soviet that, actually, when the current Presi- Union, how Pravda always—it was like dent, at that time a candidate for did not want exposed. This is a story by Allum Bokhari, the ministry of truth that Orwell wrote President, was saying that Russia was about. They would change any story in paying bounties to kill American sol- ‘‘Twitter Permanently Blacklists order to make the Soviet Government diers, which people promoting the James O’Keefe After CNN Expose.’’ the prime player, the prime interested story, at least some of them, knew was This article also mentions: ‘‘In the party. They would lie about anything. not true, knew was not likely true, first video, Chester admits that CNN’s In the summer of 1973, I was in- that they want that falsity out there. negative coverage of unproven allega- trigued by what they were saying They want to hurt a candidate with tions against Representative MATT about this Watergate thing, that that false news. GAETZ is ‘propaganda’ because GAETZ is I don’t know what the Supreme Court a ‘problem for the Democrats.’ ’’ was clearly stirred up by the Demo- will end up doing, but the Sullivan case Yes, I am told, he is nice-looking. I crats against Richard Nixon because is there, requiring malice to be shown don’t see it, but I am told he is nice- Nixon had had the courage to be the by a public figure in order to prevail in looking. He comes across well. I do first U.S. President to go to the Soviet a lawsuit. But it ought to be clear, es- hear that. I see him come across well. Union and to reach out to create a via- pecially with things like this video ex- He is quite smart, quite clever, and in- ble relationship with the Soviet Union. posing that CNN is out to destroy sightful. So the Democrats were totally manu- MATT GAETZ, out to deceive the Amer- The CNN leader says: ‘‘It would be facturing Watergate just because Nixon ican public, out to fearmonger to in- great for the Democratic Party to get had dared to be friendly toward the So- crease ratings even though it hurts him out. So we are going to keep run- viet Union. America. They don’t care. It is okay, in ning those stories to keep hurting Well, we know that was not the case, CNN’s leadership mind, to harm Amer- him.’’ but that is the way the Soviet Union ica if it helps their ratings. ‘‘In further undercover footage post- would use the media, Pravda, to lie We have seen the same thing from ed today, Chester can be heard admit- about what was going on to make them Major League Baseball and some inter- ting that CNN is unlikely to give a the central players in everything. national corporations. They are okay great deal of attention to the race of a Obviously, Watergate was real. There with doing business with the Chinese mass shooter in its coverage if they was a manipulation of the law. If you Communist Party and benefiting them, ‘aren’t White.’ ’’ listen to some of the tapes or read helping them, making money for them, ‘‘Chester also admits that ‘a bunch of some of the transcripts of the Nixon if it makes money for the corporation Black men’ have been responsible for tapes, you are struck by the inconsist- or the sport, even though it is greatly recent violent attacks against Asian ency and the ability of a President of to the detriment of millions or, in the Americans and that this is a problem the United States to be two-faced in case of the Chinese Communist Party, because ‘the optics of that are not talking to different people and the ma- hundreds of millions or a billion peo- good’ and CNN is ‘trying to help nipulative approach to being President. ple. BLM.’ ’’ So, hopefully, the truth will all come It is okay, in the minds of some of BLM, let’s be fair, they are trying to out. Apparently, unless Twitter and these people. It is okay to be totally establish socialism and get rid of the CNN change their approach to news,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.051 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1883 the truth will not come from Twitter, to spend, but we don’t have access to take my money away from me, from will not come from CNN. But, hope- the things that they do. those according to their ability, and fully, emerging news sources will take So in a true Socialist country, people give it to those according to their the place of the once great CNN, unless that want power, if you have a shoe needs. CNN begins to report more truthfully. store, then we saw it back then, they So she has got a ways to go before That would be a welcome change. would take the best shoes and save she understands the socialism that she And we can all hold onto that hope them for people in political positions of is trying to force on the United States. that springs eternal in the human power. So when those power brokers The article goes on to read: ‘‘The breast, that maybe someday somebody come in, then they get to pick from the point of the criticisms, she said, was will take over at CNN that will see best shoes while all the rest are told, ‘to discredit me, but also to discredit CNN’s viewership surge because they well, you either take these or you don’t the movement.’ She added: ‘We have to have decided finally to be going after get any; there just are no others. stay focused on white supremacy.’’’ real news and truth instead of manipu- If you were a power broker, yeah, you Yeah, don’t look behind the curtains lating things for the Democratic Na- had about the same amount to spend as at the guy that is manipulating things, tional Committee or an entity like everybody else. But everybody else was as we saw in the ‘‘Wizard of Oz.’’ No, Black Lives Matter. told there is no toilet paper, whereas no, keep looking over here at what we Of course, they matter. But that is the power brokers would be taken to will call white supremacy. not what BLM is about. They are about the back and allowed to buy toilet Anyway, ‘‘She responded to claims moving America toward socialism. paper. Those were the days, and that is that Black Lives Matter should dis- They are about destroying the nuclear normally the way it works. tribute funds to the Black community family, which the War on Poverty On one occasion I was surprised be- by noting that while she was sympa- helped do for Black families, and now cause a cleaning lady appeared that she thetic, the organization was not a it is all families. We have seen that was going to be running and telling on ‘charity’ and was not the government.’’ happen, and Thomas Sowell and this Soviet citizen. So she has got a ways to go before Candace Owens have both covered that And I said: Why would she go tell on she really understands the socialism very effectively in their recent books. you? she is trying to force on everybody This article from Joel Pollak, April And he said: Look, in your country, else. 16: ‘‘Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of you can get ahead by working harder Black Lives Matter, told interviewer and making more money. In our coun- She says: ‘‘Our target should be call- Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday that try, we all make about the same. So ing on Congress to pass reparations.’’ there is no contradiction between her the only way you can get ahead is if Well, she doesn’t understand that radical left-wing politics and owning you step on other people. So, yes, she true reparations in a Socialist society four homes because she is providing for will go tell on me, and she will go up a would take from somebody that had extended family. little bit in power because that is how $1.4 million to spend on a home and ‘‘In the interview on ‘Black News To- you get ahead here in the Soviet spread it out to everybody else. So she night,’ Hill asked Cullors, also known Union. You step on other people, and could never own a $1.4 million home. as Khan-Cullors after spouse Janaya that elevates you. But, anyway, hopefully others will help Khan, about the truth of reports that So that is where some are wanting to her and any other leaders with Black she had bought four homes since 2016— take the United States, where every- Lives Matter who don’t understand including a $1.4 million compound in body is getting about the same amount what they are trying to force on Amer- the remote Topanga Canyon neighbor- of money, except that, apparently, we ica, and we will see if that actually hood of L.A. and a vacation home with have leaders like this in the BLM happens. an airplane hangar in Georgia—and movement who think—and she said she Now, I heard our majority leader in that she and her spouse had considered is ‘‘a trained Marxist’’—‘‘and your what some call a colloquy or soliloquy, buying exclusive property in the Baha- lived practice.’’ whatever you want to call it, talking mas also. Those are her words. But she is not— about compassion for those who are ‘‘The reports prompted criticism well, she says: ‘‘The way that I live my foreigners. It strikes me, there are so from within the Black Lives Matter life is a direct support to Black people, many people across America in the movement’’—and I would hope that it including my Black family members, lamestream media and even on this would—‘‘and questions about her first and foremost. . . . I see my money floor who think it is compassionate to source of funds. as not my own. I see it as my family’s lure people across miles, hundreds or ‘‘She replied that ‘never taken a sal- money as well.’’ thousands of miles even, across horren- ary from Black Lives Matter Global But a true Socialist would not say dous terrain; have them pay drug car- Network Foundation,’ and that she had that because a true Socialist says ev- tels, which thoroughly oppress a coun- other sources of income from her work erybody shares and shares alike, from try like Mexico; have as much, maybe, as a college professor, as a TV pro- those according to their ability to as 25, 30 percent of young women raped, ducer, an author, and a YouTube con- those according to their needs. So your we are told, often repeatedly on that tent creator. family can’t be foremost if you are a journey; have many girls subjected to a ‘‘In a statement, the Black Lives true Socialist. So there is some confu- life of sex trafficking in order to pay Matter Global Network Foundation sion here on what is true socialism, back the money they owe to the drug said she had not received any com- and Ms. Cullors does not have that cartels. Others subjected to human pensation from the group since 2019, down very well. trafficking and drug trafficking in though she had received $120,000 from According to the article, she is buy- order to pay back the money they owe the group since 2013 for performing spe- ing a $1.4 million compound in an ex- to the drug cartels. Creating a life as a cific duties. clusive part of Los Angeles and a vaca- servant, as a bondsman to the drug car- ‘‘She added: ‘Organizers should get tion home with an airplane hangar in tels, where people have no hesitation paid for the work that they do.’ ’’ Georgia. to cut off fingers, hands, arms, or heads But, now, having spent a summer in No, no, no, that is not supposed to and put on pikes, like some honest po- the Soviet Union, I know how social- happen. If you are a true Socialist, you licemen have had happen, as a message ism is supposed to go, and there were share and share alike. You may think from the drug cartels that: You don’t Soviet friends that were somewhat dis- you have earned all this money, as she mess with us. enfranchised with the Socialist way of said she had, doing all these different Somehow that is compassionate to doing things. They said, yeah, we all things, but a true Socialist would say: add to the billions of dollars the drug receive about the same amount of No, but we are going to share that with cartels have to terrorize a country or money, but those who have leadership everybody. hemisphere. But if you really look positions or political power, they get Apparently she would appropriately closely enough at this problem on our to buy things the rest of us don’t buy. think: I have all this additional ability southern border, you will find that is We have all got about the same money that others don’t have, so you should not compassionate at all.

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So the drug cartels totally con- And I said: Of course they are going for the people of Mexico would be to se- trol who comes across, when they come to happen. cure our southern border, cut the bil- across, and in what numbers they come And he said: No, because we have the lions of dollars going to the drug car- across. super committee that will reach an tels that they use to terrorize a con- And as the Border Patrol, when they agreement; because, if they don’t, cuts tinent, just cut that down to a trickle. are down there and they don’t have su- to Medicare will happen. They may always make some, but you pervisors watching over them every I forget if it was $200 billion or $300 moment, they will tell you, we know can cut it to a trickle if we secure our billion. when we have a big group come across southern border. And I said: Of course there will be no And then Mexico, because of the in- and we are all having to come together agreement, because ObamaCare cut credible people in Mexico, some of the to get them in process, that that is $716 billion from Medicare, from our when they are bringing in large hardest workers in the world and with seniors’ coverage for healthcare. And amounts of drugs or some high-value natural resources in excess of most of they did it without a single Republican customer perhaps from a Middle East- the countries in the world—and actu- House vote. So the only way in 2012 the ern country; a place like Yemen, where ally a better location between the At- Democrats will be able to run a com- two terrorists were picked up on the lantic and Pacific; yes, we are between mercial that says Republicans cut terrorist watch list. But, of course, if Medicare is for the Democrats to pre- the Atlantic and Pacific in the United they are not going to be able to get States, but it is closer across Mexico vent an agreement by the super com- through customs because they are on mittee. So the cuts will take place to from one ocean to the other. They are the terrorist watch list, well, for good- in a prime location. They ought to be a Medicare, and the defense and the ness’ sake, all they have to do is come Democrats will get a twofer, I ex- top economy in the world. And the to Mexico. The drug cartels will charge only thing that appears to be holding plained to Speaker Boehner. They will them extra money, somewhere north of be able to cut the defense, which they them back, the one thing is the corrup- $35,000 or so, maybe much more than tion from the drug cartels that has have been wanting to do, and there will that, but they make a lot of money if be a cut to Medicare that they will greatly increased under this new ad- somebody wants to come and is on the ministration. It is a boon to the drug blame on Republicans’ unwillingness to terrorist watch list. compromise. cartels that President Biden is helping I was told down there, if you are As I recall, there were a couple of their human trafficking business as he coming from China, you are probably Senators that even proposed a way to is. going to pay $35,000 or more; but some raise fees that wouldn’t be called taxes, Now, he doesn’t look at it, I am sure, of the Middle Easterners, they will pay and there was an article that said as helping the drug cartels. He is look- a lot more than that to avoid being de- Democrats thought that was going to ing at it as helping the Democratic Na- tected coming in. tional Committee down the road when So let’s be compassionate. Let’s get a deal worked out. Then they met they can give amnesty and make them allow countries south of our border to with Democratic leaders and they had voters, but that is so hurtful to Mex- keep their citizens and grow a vibrant to come back and say: You really made ico. economy where people won’t have to a good-faith offer, but we are told there How about cutting the power of the come begging to the United States. won’t be a deal. drug cartels and allowing Mexico to They will have their own vibrant econ- Well, I tried to explain that that is keep its own citizens and central omy, and they will be blessed immeas- what would be coming just as it hap- American countries that are being de- urably because of it. pened, but as the Speaker has now ad- mitted, I didn’t make sense to him be- pleted of good, hardworking people, A TRIBUTE TO FORMER SPEAKER BOEHNER letting them keep their citizens, get- Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I do cause he had said those sequesters will ting rid of the corruption. We are the want to say a special word of tribute. I never happen. That was in July. Before main source of the funding for the cor- know our former Speaker Boehner has the end of the year, he had to come be- ruption south of our border. been in the media recently, and I have fore the Republican conference and ex- Compassion would dictate that we been asked about comments he has plain why the sequesters were going to stop funding the corruption instead of made about some of us. happen, but we are going try to mini- turning a blind eye to that corruption Speaker Boehner was an interesting mize the damage. that we are funding through the drugs, Speaker. I don’t know if he knows who I also remember another summer sex trafficking, human trafficking, cut Machiavelli was, but he employed some when there was a short, funds were that down to nothing or very little and of those tactics. I remember July, I be- running out for a particular area of our watch how our good neighbors will ex- lieve it was, of 2011, when he was push- budget of our appropriations, and we plode with a vibrant economy, not with ing a big sequester deal. I got up at were going to have to do something be- terrorism the drug cartels use. conference and said—I haven’t seen it, fore we went out on August break. I CHIP ROY has a bill to name the two but I read that he apparently said that asked my dear friend THOMAS MASSIE: main drug cartels as terrorist organiza- I didn’t make sense. But I stood up at Have you talked to MCCONNELL? Are tions, and I think that is exactly what conference. And I can understand we going to get a deal on this? we should do. That would allow more sometimes his mind was a little And he said: Yes, I was at breakfast resources to go towards stopping the clouded. I might not seem to make with him this morning, and he said he terrorism and the corruption within sense, but I pointed out this sequester and Boehner had an agreement, and we Mexico and within Central America. deal is a mistake. It is a terrible mis- are going to extend the funds for a cou- That is what a good neighbor would do. take because you are going to cost bil- ple of months, and they are going to That is what real compassion is. Com- lions of dollars for the military, to our throw in some additional money to passion is not luring people to situa- own defense. That is our own security. help veterans. They have got it all tions that destroy their lives. I actually said in front of the whole worked out. The indentured servitude that the conference, when I was in high school, So we are listening as Speaker Boeh- drug cartels subject these people to is a friend’s father was in a poker game, ner gets up, and he says: ‘‘You know, just unfathomable, and it is and he thought he had a hand that no- what often happens is the Senate unfathomable that educated people, in- body could beat. He was out of money, passes something and leaves town and cluding here in Washington, D.C., so he put his home on the table, and they jam us, and then we have to pass would say, oh, yes, that is a good thing somebody had a hand that beat him, what the Senate passed. But here is that we lure people here, even though and he lost his home in a card game. what we are going to do’’—he even put they become indentured to the drug And I have known since that time that his finger in the air—‘‘we are going to cartels. you never gamble with your own secu- pass a bill, and we are going to extend I have mentioned before, I have been rity, your family’s security, your coun- this a couple months’’—the funding— there all hours of the day and night, try’s security. ‘‘we are going put some money in there

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It was done jam the Senate, even though, according building with the name of a person who because he had the power and he had a to what Senator MCCONNELL told an- should not be honored in such a way. It racist mentality, Democrat Senator other Kentuckian, he and Boehner had reads—and for our purposes today, I Richard Russell. a deal worked out. But it got Speaker will simply say, ‘‘Dear Colleague.’’ That same year, Russell and 17 fellow Boehner a standing ovation and big It is with love of country above poli- Democrats—all senators—along with loud cheers, not from my friend, Rep- tics that I send this request to remove one Republican—let me pause for just a resentative MASSIE, and myself because the name of the racist Democrat—com- moment. Some things will bear repeat- we knew what the truth was. mentary: I will be saying some things ing. I will repeat that. But I know that But, anyway, some people, I hear, about Democrats today because this in- there seems to be this unwritten rule miss those days where he was Speaker volves Democrats—remove the name of that you don’t say negative things and did things like that, or totally the racist Democrat, Richard Russell, about Democrats if you are a Demo- missed an opportunity on Cut, Cap, and from the Senate office building named crat. But there is a higher calling, and Balance Act. Speaker Boehner said in his honor and revert to using the we all have to speak the truth about that could never pass the House of Rep- building’s original name, the Old Sen- injustice and that trumps any of these resentatives. We assured him it could, ate Office Building until the Senate se- rules related to politics. You have to and it would if he would just bring it to lects another nominee who will be hon- put country above politics, and the the floor. ored. people within the country should be al- So Speaker Boehner finally agreed, The letter goes on to say: ways placed in a position such that jus- and he brought it to the floor, and it In 1972, the Old Senate Office was re- tice will prevail. passed and it was a huge victory, a named the Russell Senate Office Build- So I will read again: That same year, huge day. But by that very afternoon, ing, hence for 49 years, the Old Senate Russell and 17 fellow Democratic sen- ators, along with one Republican, led he was already talking about scrapping Office Building has been a symbol of the 60-day filibuster against the Civil that and working a deal with the Sen- national shame bearing the name of an Rights Act of 1964. I don’t care what ate. In other words, he had no inten- unapologetic white supremacist. party they were in; it was wrong. tion of carrying out the will of the Richard Brevard Russell, Jr., was a segregationist who worked throughout When this filibuster failed and Presi- House as we had just passed it, which dent Lyndon B. Johnson signed the would have been great for lowering the his career to disenfranchise and dehu- manize people of color in our country, Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, Rus- indebtedness and getting America on a sell, a Democrat, led a southern boy- financially secure path. He was already especially Black Americans. He participated in his first filibuster cott of the 1964 Democratic National scrapping the big victory we had before Convention as an act of rebellion. He it even had a chance to be discussed in of a civil rights bill in 1935. And in 1937, he was a part of the filibuster against was wrong then and it is wrong now. the Senate. Regrettably, dear friends, our Na- antilynching legislation. In his 1936 re- tion’s history is stained with the big- b 1415 election campaign, Russell committed otry of men like Russell. And although So I know there is some that miss himself to preserving and ensuring racism still dwells in our country, we those days, but if God grants us the white supremacy in the social and eco- do not have to honor it, and that is chance to be in the majority again, we nomic, as well as the political life of what we are doing with the Russell can’t go back to those days of manipu- our Nation. He also blocked the pas- Senate Office Building. We are hon- lation. We have got to be straight- sage of a 1942 bill to eliminate poll oring bigotry and racism. We are hon- forward with the American people. We taxes, and stated: oring, in a sense, the anti-Semitism have got to have leaders that will do If progressives want to force social equal- and the hate and the bigotry that he that. And we have got to be about the ity and commingling of races in the South, I espoused and was proud to do so. He business of turning this country back can tell you now that you are doomed to fail- ure. never repented. He never atoned. And to where freedom is the watchword for taxpayer dollars are being used to In 1956, Russell coauthored the the day, not government oppression, maintain this facility, the Russell Sen- ‘‘Southern Manifesto’’ with Senator not government putting businesses out ate Office Building. of business, but letting freedom reign Strom Thurmond in opposition to inte- Friends, by reverting the name of the for real once again. gration of public schools after the Su- Russell Senate Office Building back to Madam Speaker, with that, I yield preme Court unanimously ordered it in the Old Senate Office Building, we are back the balance of my time. Brown v. The Board of Education. given the opportunity to atone for hon- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- In 1964, during a civil rights move- oring this bigotry for 49 years, as well bers are reminded to refrain from en- ment, he proposed a voluntary reloca- as we are given the opportunity to gaging in personalities toward the tion program, a racial relocation pro- honor someone worthy of having a Sen- President. gram to adjust the imbalance of the Af- ate office building named in their f rican-American population between honor. This would be the appropriate the 11 States of the old Confederacy A SYMBOL OF NATIONAL CHANGE thing to do. and the rest of the Union. And by the way, I, in no way, advise The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under My dear friends, this causes me to re- that a certain name should be utilized. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- flect upon the Trail of Tears. The Trail I simply say remove the name of Rus- uary 4, 2021, the gentleman from Texas of Tears, quite similar but not nearly sell, and after removing the name of (Mr. GREEN) is recognized for 60 min- the same as what happened. The Trail Russell, let it revert to the name that utes as the designee of the majority of Tears was from 1938 to 1939, when the it had, the Old Senate Office Building. leader. Cherokee Nation was forced to give up And in so doing, the Senate has time to Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speak- its land east of the Mississippi and to select a new nominee, another person er, and still I rise. move to an area that we now know as to be honored. I rise to call to the attention of our Oklahoma. Thousands died. Thousands. No building maintained with tax- Nation a symbol of national shame. Many others suffered; they cried. It payer dollars should bear the name of And I rise to give commentary as I was a trail of tears. Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. read a letter that I intend to send to I suppose this was then-Senator Rus- To this end—and it actually reads certain colleagues. This is not a letter sell’s contemporary version of what ‘‘therefore’’—I will introduce a resolu- that I enjoyed producing, that I en- could have been a Trail of Tears for Af- tion calling on the Senate to remove

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I shall not go into great detail about the change to take place, but they It was painful not only to hear about the rest of what I intend to do, but I don’t want it to appear as though the numbers but to see row after row of will say this: When I go over next to someone has called this change to the young children on mats just waiting the building, I will go over there to attention of people and that they for something to happen. stand in the area where there is a stat- somehow will feel that it was done be- Now, what has happened? What hap- ue of Richard Russell, Senator Richard cause it was called to the attention of pened at the border to get a fivefold in- Russell, a statue. There is a rotunda. the public. crease in 1 year, as well as seeing all He is the prominent figure; there are Friends, when others speak out about these children in almost inhumane con- no other statues in that rotunda. If you injustices against other subsets of soci- ditions waiting to be taken away to traverse the Capitol, you will find ety, I have always been there to fight somebody who they hope will take care many statues but none, in my opinion, for that change, and I will continue to of them? honored to the extent that Richard be there to fight for that change. It First of all, this administration got Russell is being honored. He has an doesn’t have to originate with me. If it rid of the migrant protection protocol. area unto himself. is something that requires a righteous Donald Trump, I am sure in very dif- I am going to go there, and I am movement to make a positive change, I ficult negotiations, had Mexico agree going to point out that this is the stat- am going to be a part of that. to hold people south of the border I am going to continue to support ue that we have to move. I am going to pending hearings for asylum. That was and fight for the rights of persons in all talk about it from the statue itself, a huge benefit. the various subsets of society who have and I am going to point out some Secondly, we had agreements with been discriminated against. Just today, things about the statue, because we Central American countries so that I was on the floor to fight for the rights can’t tolerate this kind of legacy being when people came here from other Cen- of people who work in certain venues, perpetuated. It is time to end it. It is tral American countries or South who are being hurt, harmed, and some time to stop glorifying bigotry and America, they would be held south of even die. That is my calling. That is hate with taxpayer dollars. the Mexican border. why I was sent to Congress. I wasn’t How can we insist on renaming mili- Third, we changed things to the old- sent here to go along by trying to get tary bases that bear the names of rac- fashioned catch and release, where we along, not calling to the attention of ist Confederate generals and others, or touched people, but then when we are my constituents and this country the military people, and then have an of- dealing with families, we let them in changes that have to be made. the United States pending a hearing on fice building that we traverse on a This is where I stand. This is where I immigration. We changed title 42 to daily basis that we are in and out of will not retreat from. This is a position allow more people to come into this that is named after a racist and a that means something to me and my country, whether or not they have bigot? How do we justify this? constituents, and it ought to mean COVID. We have the power—not the House— something to every person in this but the Senate has the power to change Finally, we have a President who, country. during the campaign, made many dif- this. I will ask that the Senate change Madam Speaker, I thank you for the ferent statements indicating that ille- it, but I will also go over to the Senate. time. I thank the leadership for the gal immigration was not going to be a And I want to let the world see what’s time. And I thank the people who have problem during his administration, going on in that hallowed facility taken the time to hear these words. whether he was promising free medical wherein we allow to occur what we de- But there is much more to be said and care, supporting sanctuary cities, end- sire to change—and what we are chang- much more to be done about a symbol ing the public charge rule. And Presi- ing, in fact, in other facilities. It is of national shame. time to change it. Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- dent Trump had said: Immigrants com- Madam Speaker, I believe that this ance of my time. ing here, we don’t want you here if you are going to wind up on welfare. change should take place immediately. f It has been 49 years. We have had It is no wonder they were wearing enough time to consider it. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FAIL- Biden T-shirts. We make stimulus pay- Madam Speaker, 49 years under var- URES CREATING BORDER CRISIS ments to people who are here illegally. ious Presidents; 49 years Democrats in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Given all these changes, is it a sur- control, Republicans in control. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- prise that so many people want to come here? In addition to the fact that b 1430 uary 4, 2021, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. the changes in the laws themselves Some would say that we are just re- GROTHMAN) for 30 minutes. cause people to get to the Mexican bor- alizing how insidious this invidious be- Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, der to come here, it is advertising to havior has been. Well, now that we just prior to coming to Washington the world that the United States does know, we ought to move posthaste to this week, I spent a couple of days not care about immigration laws. change that which we could have down at the Mexican border to see for Now, we have to do something. We changed many years ago. myself exactly what was going on down have dug ourselves a deeper hole in our I love my country. I have great re- there. relations with both El Salvador and spect for people who hold public trust. I visited the El Paso sector. I would Mexico. It is important to treat our But I do believe that when we hold pub- like to thank the Border Patrol, ICE, Latin American cousins with respect. lic trust, it is important for us to point the ranchers, and local law enforce- But in February, the President of El out these kinds of circumstances that ment for being so helpful and inform- Salvador, President Bukele, was not demean the reputation of the United ative to the nine Congressmen who given an audience when he showed up States of America. were in the El Paso sector over the in this country in February. Is that the This symbol of national shame puts a weekend. type of way we should treat our Cen- stain on the notion that we believe in Our goal was to see over the last few tral American allies when we want peo- liberty and justice for all. It puts a months how things have changed, and ple held south of the border? stain on the notion that all persons are in the last 5 months, things have The Mexican President feels that created equal, endowed by their creator changed dramatically at the border. President Biden has made himself out with certain inalienable rights, among For one thing, illegal apprehensions to be the migrant President. Mexico them, life, liberty, and the pursuit of are way up. In March, we had 172,000 il- does not like this free-for-all at our

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Here at the southern border, we are Another thing that I think is causing I want to point out, by the way, with co-conspirators on these dangerous this problem is the actions of the regard to the wall, because some people trips for the children, some of which President and Vice President. Three think it cost money, compared to the wind up dying, and many of them wind weeks ago now, our Vice President was alternative, not only people coming in up being sexually assaulted, which is appointed to be in charge for the ad- this country using the services we pro- just a horrible thing. ministration on what goes on at the vide, but we were told at the southern Another thing that we found out at southern border. She hasn’t been there border that when you have the old- the border is that the amount of hard- yet. This has to raise red flags all over fashioned barbed wire, you maybe core illegal drugs is rocketing up. I the world. should have two or three Border Patrol know some people may say that is an Do the Vice President and the Presi- agents per mile. But when you have the old story. The week before I went to dent get along? Right now, it is not wall, you need one agent for every 2 the border, I happened to visit with the hard to find articles by talking heads. miles. There is a tremendous savings in DEA in Milwaukee. Last year alone, in Did the Vice President want this posi- the number of people you need in Bor- Milwaukee County, 540 people died of tion? Has she accepted the position der Patrol at the border if you had the illegal drug overdoses. When I talked with any enthusiasm? Why, for 3 wall. to the people at the DEA in Milwaukee, weeks, in what to me is probably the The idea of stopping it mid-construc- they felt it was entirely possible that second biggest crisis, maybe the big- tion, where you have all these metal all 540 people were poisoned to death gest, at least the second biggest crisis beams spread out just lying in the with drugs either brought across the the United States has undergone in the southern sun, is very frustrating. southern border or ingredients for last 6 years, why do we have a person Another thing to point out is that we drugs brought across the southern bor- in charge of the crisis who has not gone met with ranchers down there. How dif- der. Madam Speaker, look at the sky- down to the border? Does she consider ficult it must be for ranchers to see rocketing number of people who are this a serious problem or not? members of drug cartels walking across I would love it if she gave a speech, a dying of hardcore drugs. their land. Wouldn’t that just scare Why is that? wholehearted speech, saying that she you to death? A horrible thing. We should have anticipated it. does believe we have a problem on the We look at the human toll of people The powerful Mexican drug cartels border, and she is going to do some- sneaking into this country because are going to make money. There was a thing. they are escorted into the country by time, maybe 10 years ago, when mari- I am going to divert a little bit from the drug cartels. A lot of people don’t juana coming across the southern bor- my discussion on what is going on at realize this. Another reason so many der was common. But now as more the border. I want the Biden adminis- people are pushed across the border, American States legalize marijuana— tration to also give a little thought to and another organization that will edu- Washington, Colorado, and what have how this looks to other countries cate people around the world that you you—there is so much marijuana being around the world. I don’t like the ought to come to the United States, is produced in the United States that United States to have enemies—and I the Mexican drug cartels. there is no money to be made by im- don’t consider these countries nec- Why do they do that? They do that porting marijuana from Mexico. essarily enemies—but there are times because they are charging 3,000 bucks a I heard an anecdote of marijuana when, clearly, we are being challenged head for every Mexican person who being brought here from Mexico, and it by Russia, China, Iran, and other coun- comes across the border. They are was being carted around the Southern tries around the world. charging $5,000 a head for every Central United States, looking for somebody to How does the United States look to American. They are charging $8,000 to take it. Nobody would take it because other countries when we can’t even se- $10,000 a head for every Brazilian. you can have higher quality marijuana cure our southern border, when it looks As long as the drug cartels are mak- growing legally here in the United like we are not even trying to secure ing money at the border, is it any sur- States. our southern border? I want the Biden prise that we have such a surge here, as So what are the Mexican drug cartels administration to think that the com- they attract people or encourage peo- going to do? plete inaction at the southern border, ple to come to the United States? They are going to import in this allowing tens of thousands of people to I want to make another point about country more heroin, more meth, and cross every month, sends a message these poor children at the border. What especially more fentanyl. That is what around the world that this administra- goes on right now is that the children we are seeing at the border. tion is not yet fully engaged. come to the border. If they are unac- So rather than being a time to cut The Vice President has said she companied, we hold them, looking for back and saying that we don’t care as wants to deal with root causes. If root somewhere to put them in the United much about the border, now is the time causes mean people making less money States. It is very heart-rending to see with the increasing number of fentanyl than in the United States, I mean, we all these kids without anybody there. deaths—540 in Milwaukee County alone are going to have open borders forever. But right now, under the current pro- last year from fentanyl and the other We have something great here in the tocols, if you have a child who has par- drugs, which is a shocking number— United States, and if we feel that some ents in Honduras, but you give them a now is the time to dial up enforcement people would rather live here, or they piece of paper saying that he has an at the border. But instead, it seems, we are not materially as well off as in the aunt and uncle in New York, rather are going the opposite way. United States, I will tell you, if we are than send that child back to his par- I don’t know what is going on that not going to secure the border until ents, they send them to the aunt and you want to let more fentanyl in the that is solved, we are not going to uncle in New York, who are here ille- country, Madam Speaker. I know there solve this problem until we have over a gally. are some people who say that it is a billion new people in this country. Does that make any sense? That is victimless crime or what have you, but We noticed other things on the bor- what is going on. you tell that to the families of the 540 der. We noticed the stopping of build- people who died last year in Milwaukee ing the wall. It is not until you are b 1445 County. That is another result of this down there that you see all the planks One thing that really irritates the lax, devil-may-care attitude, as far as that are supposed to be put together on Border Patrol down there is they know what is going on down there.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.060 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1888 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 So the question is: What to do? now imply that maybe she didn’t even the Department’s final rule — Admission to Maybe Mexico will not go back to the want the job. the United States Military Academy [Docket old agreement, but I think the Presi- So, please, President Biden, show you ID: USA-2020-HQ-0008] (RIN: 0702-AB09) re- dent should beg Mexico to go back to ceived April 12, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. care before we have 200,000 people a 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 the migrant protection protocol where month coming in the country. Show Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Serv- one more time we are allowed to hold you care a little about the fentanyl cri- ices. people on the Mexican side of the bor- sis, as we are approaching 90,000 people EC–827. A letter from the Secretary, Divi- der pending hearings as to whether a year dying in this country of illegal sion of Corporation Finance and Investment they are eligible for asylum. drugs, most of which come across the Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Secondly, we have to hire more Bor- southern border. Show you care about Commission, transmitting the Commission’s der Patrol. interim final rule — Holding Foreign Compa- those little children sitting in row nies Accountable Act Disclosure [Release I want to go back and explain some- after row of mattresses on our southern No.: 34-91364; IC-34227; File No.: S7-03-21] thing. I talked about the 170,000 people border. Show you care about the drug (RIN: 3235-AM84) received April 12, 2021, pur- in March who are touched by the Bor- cartels and the way they are cor- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- der Patrol. That doesn’t include people rupting the Mexican Government and 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee whom they don’t catch. The more the beginning to corrupt the United States. on Financial Services. Border Patrol has to deal with the chil- Say you want to stop the system in EC–828. A letter from the Associate Gen- dren on the southern border, the less eral Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, which they are able to make so much Office of Housing-Federal Housing Commis- time they have to guard the border. So money sneaking people in this country. sioner, Department of Housing and Urban there is clearly a significant increase Show you care about the poor ranchers Development, transmitting the Depart- in people crossing the border because on the southern border, who have been ment’s final rule — Manufactured Home Con- they know the Border Patrol is no there for generations and now have to struction and Safety Standards; Delay of Ef- longer there. They are dealing with pa- be scared to death to go out late at fective Date [Docket No.: FR-6149-F-04] (RIN: perwork for the children that they night and can’t let their children ride 2502-AJ49) received March 16, 2021, pursuant have to process, and that has to be the to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, their horses on their land for fear of Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on priority. what will happen to them. Financial Services. If you are going to go down this path, If you won’t do it, we have to call EC–829. A letter from the Assistant Gen- President Biden, and not care about upon the public and other Members of eral Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension the southern border or not reinstate Congress to let the Biden administra- Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the migrant protection protocol with tion know that the current situation is the Corporation’s final rule — Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Mexico, at least hire more Border Pa- completely untenable. You have to step trol agents so we can process the peo- Assumptions for Valuing Benefits received up to the plate and do something. April 1, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); ple you are letting in this country; and Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to don’t leave these huge swaths of the ance of my time. the Committee on Education and Labor. southern border wide open. EC–830. A letter from the Regulations Co- f Because of that, people I have talked ordinator, Health Resources and Services to guess—this is a guess—that whereas, BILL PRESENTED TO THE Administration, Department of Health and last year, maybe 10,000 people a month PRESIDENT Human Services, transmitting the Depart- were crossing the southern border ment’s final rule — Implementation of Exec- Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the utive Order on Access to Affordable Life- without the Border Patrol touching House, reported that on April 14, 2021, Saving Medications, Delay of Effective Date them, now it is more like 30,000 people she presented to the President of the (RIN: 0906-AB25) received April 12, 2021, pur- a month. What a disaster. United States, for his approval, the fol- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- We should amend the Flores agree- lowing bill: 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee ment, which is what is requiring us to on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 1868. To prevent across-the-board di- EC–831. A letter from the Director, Office take so many of these children and rect spending cuts, and for other purposes. ship them around the United States. of Congressional Affairs, U.S. Nuclear Regu- f latory Commission, transmitting the Com- We should be able to send them back to mission’s issuance of regulatory guide — their native country. ADJOURNMENT Setpoints for Safety-Related Instrumenta- We should try to undo the damage we tion (RG 1.105, Revision 4) received April 15, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- have done with the way we have treat- 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public ed the El Salvadorean President and ant to section 11(b) of House Resolu- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the see if he can, one more time, assist us tion 188, the House stands adjourned Committee on Energy and Commerce. in preventing people from all around until noon on Monday next for morn- EC–832. A letter from the Director, Office ing-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legisla- of Congressional Affairs, U.S. Nuclear Regu- the world coming up from south of latory Commission, transmitting the Com- Mexico. tive business. Thereupon (at 2 o’clock and 52 min- mission’s issuance of regulatory guide — Since the metal beams used to put Training and Qualification of Security Per- together a wall are just sitting there in utes p.m.), under its previous order, the sonnel at Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities the hot sun, we should at least, at a House adjourned until Monday, April (RG 5.75, Revision 1) received April 15, 2021, minimum—it would be great to build a 19, 2021, at noon for morning-hour de- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law whole wall—use up the raw materials bate. 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce. for the wall that are sitting down f EC–833. A letter from the Director, Office there. Actually, it is more than a wall; OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government- it is a whole wall system. Just don’t INFORMATION wide Policy, General Services Administra- have those metal beams just sitting tion, transmitting the Administration’s final there in the desert forever. Under clause 13 of rule XXIII, the fol- rule — Federal Acquisition Regulation; Above all, President Biden and Vice lowing Member executed the oath for Technical Amendment [FAC 2021-05; Docket President Harris, show you care. Show access to classified information; No.: FAR-2021-0052, Sequence No. 1] received March 16, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Julia Letlow you care. Let the world know that the 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 United States does not have an open f Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight border for anybody to come across the and Reform. border, be they criminal, especially EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, EC–834. A letter from the Director, Office people coming across with that ETC. of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government- fentanyl. Show that you care. Hold a Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive wide Policy, General Services Administra- tion, transmitting the Administration’s press conference. communications were taken from the Small Entity Compliance Guide — Federal It would be nice if Vice President Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Harris would show that she accepted EC–826. A letter from the Army Federal Circular 2021-05 [Docket No.: FAR-2021-0051, her new job with some enthusiasm. Register Liaison Officer, Department of the Sequence No. 2] received March 16, 2021, pur- Again, the talking heads I read right Army, Department of Defense, transmitting suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16AP7.062 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1889 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee the Judiciary, and Energy and Com- H.R. 2616. A bill to amend the Omnibus on Oversight and Reform. merce discharged from further consid- Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to EC–835. A letter from the Yeoman Petty eration. H.R. 51 referred to the Com- provide for the eligibility of Transportation Officer First Class, U.S. Coast Guard, De- mittee of the Whole House on the state Security Administration employees to re- partment of Homeland Security, transmit- ceive public safety officers death benefits, ting the Department’s temporary final rule of the Union. and for other purposes; to the Committee on — Safety Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the the Judiciary. Mile Marker 368 through 370, Natchez, MS Committees on Foreign Affairs, Home- By Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and [Docket Number: USCG-2021-0071] (RIN: 1625- land Security, and Intelligence (Per- Mr. HICE of Georgia): AA00) received April 1, 2021, pursuant to 5 manent Select) discharged from fur- H.R. 2617. A bill to amend section 1115 of U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. ther consideration. H.R. 1333 referred title 31, United States Code, to amend the 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on to the Committee of the Whole House description of how performance goals are Transportation and Infrastructure. on the state of the Union. achieved, and for other purposes; to the Com- EC–836. A letter from the Yeoman Petty mittee on Oversight and Reform. Officer First Class, U.S. Coast Guard, De- f By Mr. DAVIDSON (for himself, Mr. partment of Homeland Security, transmit- BUDD, Mr. PALMER, Mr. GIBBS, and ting the Department’s temporary interim PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Mr. GUEST): rule — Safety Zone; Arkansas River, Mile Under clause 2 of rule XII, public H.R. 2618. A bill to provide for congres- Marker 126.6, Little Rock, AR [Docket Num- bills and resolutions of the following sional review of the imposition of duties and ber: USCG-2021-0123] (RIN: 1625-AA00) re- titles were introduced and severally re- other trade measures by the executive ceived April 12, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ferred, as follows: branch, and for other purposes; to the Com- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina: to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 2610. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- EC–837. A letter from the Director, Legal cation Act of 1965 to require institutions of subsequently determined by the Speaker, in Processing Division, Internal Revenue Serv- higher education to report revenue generated each case for consideration of such provi- ice, transmitting the Service’s IRB only rule by each sports team, and for other purposes; sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the — Personal Protective Equipment Treated as to the Committee on Education and Labor. committee concerned. Deductible or Reimbursable Medical Care By Mrs. NAPOLITANO: By Mrs. FISCHBACH (for herself, Mrs. Expense (Announcement 2021-7) received H.R. 2611. A bill to amend title XIX of the HARTZLER, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. ADER- April 12, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Social Security Act to remove the exclusion HOLT, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. BIGGS, 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 from medical assistance under the Medicaid Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MANN, Mr. ALLEN, Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Program of items and services for patients in Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. DIAZ- Means. an institution for mental diseases, and for BALART, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. HUDSON, EC–838. A letter from the Regulations Co- other purposes; to the Committee on Energy Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. BILI- ordinator, Centers for Medicare and Med- and Commerce. RAKIS, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. icaid Services, Department of Health and By Mr. LAMALFA (for himself, Mr. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. Human Services, transmitting the Depart- NEWHOUSE, Mr. JOHNSON of South Da- WALTZ, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. ment’s interim final rule — Medicare Pro- kota, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. EMMER, Mrs. gram; Medicare Coverage of Innovative WESTERMAN, and Mr. CRAWFORD): MCCLAIN, Mr. ROSE, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. Technology (MCIT) and Definition of ‘‘Rea- H.R. 2612. A bill to provide for forest land- LESKO, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. sonable and Necessary’’, Delay of Effective scape projects, and for other purposes; to the OWENS, and Mr. STAUBER): Date [CMS-3372-IFC] (RIN: 0938-AT88) re- Committee on Agriculture, and in addition H.R. 2619. A bill to prohibit Federal fund- ceived April 1, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. to the Committees on Natural Resources, ing to entities that do not certify the enti- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 and the Judiciary, for a period to be subse- ties will not perform, or provide any funding Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on En- quently determined by the Speaker, in each to any other entity that performs, an abor- ergy and Commerce and Ways and Means. case for consideration of such provisions as tion; to the Committee on Energy and Com- f fall within the jurisdiction of the committee merce. concerned. By Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mrs. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON By Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Ms. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS SPANBERGER, and Ms. PINGREE): Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of H.R. 2613. A bill to amend the Food, Agri- VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 committees were delivered to the Clerk Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Ms. DEAN): to establish a competitive grant program H.R. 2620. A bill to amend the Securities for printing and reference to the proper under which the Secretary of Agriculture Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit mandatory calendar, as follows: provides grants to land-grant colleges and pre-dispute arbitration agreements, and for Ms. LOFGREN: Committee on House Ad- universities to support agricultural pro- other purposes; to the Committee on Finan- ministration. House Resolution 316. Resolu- ducers in adopting conservation and innova- cial Services. tion providing for the expenses of certain tive climate practices, and for other pur- By Mr. FULCHER: committees of the House of Representatives poses; to the Committee on Agriculture. H.R. 2621. A bill to direct the Secretary of in the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress By Mr. GRIFFITH: Agriculture to carry out a forestry education (Rept. 117–18). Referred to the House Cal- H.R. 2614. A bill to provide for the retroces- and workforce development grant program, endar. sion of the District of Columbia to Maryland, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the York: Committee on Oversight and Reform. the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com- Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be H.R. 51. A bill to provide for the admission of mittees on Oversight and Reform, and Armed subsequently determined by the Speaker, in the State of Washington, D.C. into the Services, for a period to be subsequently de- each case for consideration of such provi- Union; with an amendment (Rept. 117–19, Pt. termined by the Speaker, in each case for sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole consideration of such provisions as fall with- committee concerned. House on the state of the Union. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- By Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio (for him- Mr. NADLER: Committee on the Judici- cerned. self, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ary. H.R. 1333. A bill to transfer and limit By Mr. BALDERSON (for himself and BALDERSON, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, and Executive Branch authority to suspend or re- Ms. CRAIG): Mr. DIAZ-BALART): strict the entry of a class of aliens; with an H.R. 2615. A bill to amend the Small Busi- H.R. 2622. A bill to establish limitations re- amendment (Rept. 117–20, Pt. 1). Referred to ness Act to allow certain applicants for pay- garding Confucius Institutes, and for other the Committee of the Whole House on the check protection program second draw loans purposes; to the Committee on Education state of the Union. to select a 90-day period to demonstrate eli- and Labor. Mr. NADLER: Committee on the Judici- gibility, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and ary. H.R. 1573. A bill to clarify the rights of mittee on Small Business. Mr. UPTON): all persons who are held or detained at a port By Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Mr. H.R. 2623. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- of entry or at any detention facility overseen MOULTON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. FOSTER, enue Code of 1986 to restore the amount of by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. the orphan drug tax credit, and for other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; NAPOLITANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. BASS, purposes; to the Committee on Ways and with amendments (Rept. 117–21). Referred to Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Committee of the Whole House on the GARAMENDI, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Energy and Commerce, for a period to be state of the Union. Mr. VELA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CROW, Ms. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE NEWMAN, Mr. CRIST, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. each case for consideration of such provi- Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the RYAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, New York, and Ms. OMAR): committee concerned.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:04 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L16AP7.000 H16APPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H1890 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2021 By Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for him- coverage to provide coverage for such screen- By Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI: self and Mr. LARSEN of Washington): ing tests furnished to at-risk enrollees of H. Res. 322. A resolution expressing the H.R. 2624. A bill to amend title 49, United group health plans and group or individual Sense of Congress that the Eagle Staff shall States Code, to establish a program to track health insurance coverage without the impo- be recognized as the first flag of the sov- potential sources of airborne debris to pre- sition of cost sharing requirements, and for ereign Native American Tribal nations and vent the collision of aircraft with such de- other purposes; to the Committee on Energy the first flag of the Americas, and to encour- bris, and for other purposes; to the Com- and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- age programs promoting the cultural signifi- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be cance of the Eagle Staff; to the Committee ture. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in on Natural Resources. By Mr. JACOBS of New York: each case for consideration of such provi- By Ms. NORTON: H.R. 2625. A bill to amend title 40, United sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the H. Res. 323. A resolution recognizing the States Code, to include Wyoming County in committee concerned. enduring cultural and historical significance the region covered by the Northern Border By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. of emancipation in the Nation’s capital on Regional Commission, and for other pur- BARR): the anniversary of President Abraham Lin- poses; to the Committee on Transportation H.R. 2632. A bill to eliminate any subsidies coln’s signing of the District of Columbia and Infrastructure, and in addition to the for flood insurance coverage under the Na- Compensated Emancipation Act, which es- Committee on Financial Services, for a pe- tional Flood Insurance Program for new con- tablished the ‘‘first freed’’ on April 16, 1862, riod to be subsequently determined by the struction, and for other purposes; to the and calling upon the House of Representa- Speaker, in each case for consideration of Committee on Financial Services. tives and Senate to pass the Washington, such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- By Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself, Mr. D.C. Admission Act; to the Committee on tion of the committee concerned. WENSTRUP, and Mrs. MILLER of West Oversight and Reform. By Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Virginia): By Ms. NORTON: H.R. 2633. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. H. Res. 324. A resolution recognizing the enue Code of 1986 to increase and expand the QUIGLEY, Mr. CASTEN, Mrs. BUSTOS, historic abolitionist events surrounding the credit for carbon oxide sequestration; to the Mr. RUSH, and Ms. NEWMAN): Pearl, and honoring its legacy in American Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 2626. A bill to redesignate the Pull- history; to the Committee on Oversight and By Ms. SEWELL: man National Monument in the State of Illi- Reform. nois as the Pullman National Historical H.R. 2634. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- enue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for By Mr. ROUZER: Park, and for other purposes; to the Com- H. Res. 325. A resolution recognizing line- mittee on Natural Resources. American infrastructure bonds, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and men, the profession of linemen, the contribu- By Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself, Mr. Means. tions of these brave men and women who GOMEZ, and Ms. DEAN): By Mr. TONKO (for himself and Ms. protect public safety, and expressing support H.R. 2627. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- for the designation of April 18, 2021, as Na- cation Act of 1965 to increase the period of ROSS): H.R. 2635. A bill to reauthorize certain tional Lineman Appreciation Day; to the eligibility for Federal Pell Grants, and for leasing on the Outer Continental shelf, and Committee on Energy and Commerce. other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- By Mrs. TORRES of California (for her- cation and Labor. ural Resources. self, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. NORTON, By Mr. MEEKS: By Mr. TRONE (for himself and Mr. Mr. RUSH, and Ms. ESHOO): H.R. 2628. A bill to amend the Fair Debt H. Res. 326. A resolution supporting the Collection Practices Act to extend the provi- JOYCE of Pennsylvania): H.R. 2636. A bill to direct the Secretary of goals and ideals of National Public Safety sions of that Act to cover a debt collector Health and Human Services to submit to Telecommunicators Week; to the Committee who is collecting debt owed to a State or Congress a report on the security and resil- on Energy and Commerce. local government, to index award amounts ience of the United States medical supply f under such Act for inflation, to provide for chains, and for other purposes; to the Com- civil injunctive relief for violations of such mittee on Energy and Commerce. MEMORIALS Act, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. WALTZ (for himself, Mr. mittee on Financial Services. Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials GOSAR, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. LUCAS, By Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Ms. CAS- were presented and referred as follows: Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. STAUBER, TOR of Florida, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. ML-8. The SPEAKER presented a memo- Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. SESSIONS, SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KILMER, Ms. LEE of rial of the Legislature of the State of Maine, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. relative to Resolution S.P. 312, memori- NEWHOUSE, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. alizing the United States Department of Ag- RESCHENTHALER): riculture, Food and Nutrition Service to in- ESHOO, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. H.R. 2637. A bill to promote the domestic clude certain nonfood essentials in the Sup- CRIST, Mr. CARSON, Mr. DESAULNIER, exploration, research, development, and plemental Nutrition Assistance Program; to Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. STRICK- processing of critical minerals to ensure the the Committee on Agriculture. LAND, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. economic and national security of the United ML-9. Also, a memorial of the Legislature BASS, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. COSTA): States, and for other purposes; to the Com- of the State of Maine, relative to Resolution H.R. 2629. A bill to amend title 18, United mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition S.P. 297, memorializing the President of the States Code, to prohibit gay and trans panic to the Committees on Science, Space, and United States and the United States Con- defenses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Technology, Small Business, the Judiciary, gress to establish a National Infrastructure By Mr. PAPPAS (for himself and Mr. and Education and Labor, for a period to be PALLONE): subsequently determined by the Speaker, in Bank; to the Committee on Energy and Com- H.R. 2630. A bill to amend the Temporary each case for consideration of such provi- merce. Reauthorization and Study of the Emer- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the ML-10. Also, a memorial of the Legislature gency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act committee concerned. of the State of North Dakota, relative to to extend until September 2021, a temporary By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for her- Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4010, clari- fying the 1975 ratification by the 44th Legis- order for fentanyl-related substances; to the self, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Ms. OMAR, Mr. lative Assembly of the proposed 1972 Equal Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. BOWMAN, Rights Amendment to the Constitution of addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, Ms. BUSH, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. the United States only was valid through for a period to be subsequently determined CA´ RDENAS, and Mr. CARSON): by the Speaker, in each case for consider- H.R. 2638. A bill to establish a grant pro- March 22, 1979; to the Committee on the Ju- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- gram to provide amounts to public housing diciary. risdiction of the committee concerned. agencies to install automatic sprinkler sys- ML-11. Also, a memorial of the Legislature By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. tems in public housing, and for other pur- of the State of North Dakota, relative to GALLEGO, Mr. RUSH, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Financial Serv- House Concurrent Resolution No. 3001, urg- GRIJALVA, Ms. PORTER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. ices. ing Congress to temporarily amend cargo BUTTERFIELD, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. By Mr. KINZINGER (for himself and carrying truck length and weight restric- PRESSLEY, and Mr. SIRES): Mr. PHILLIPS): tions on state highways and interstates that H.R. 2631. A bill to amend titles XVIII and H.J. Res. 41. A joint resolution to establish are a part of the National Network to allow XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a National Committee on Fiscal Responsi- North Dakota and surrounding states to con- coverage of peripheral artery disease screen- bility and Reform; to the Committee on duct a road train pilot program and to per- ing tests furnished to at-risk beneficiaries Rules. manently amend the restrictions to allow under the Medicare and Medicaid programs By Ms. SCANLON (for herself and Mr. road trains on the National Network high- without the imposition of cost-sharing re- RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois): ways and interstates if the pilot program is quirements, to amend title XXVII of the H. Res. 321. A resolution electing Members successful; to the Committee on Transpor- Public Health Service Act to require group to the Joint Committee of Congress on the tation and Infrastructure. health plans and health insurance issuers of- Library and the Joint Committee on Print- ML-12. Also, a memorial of the Legislature fering group or individual health insurance ing; considered and agreed to. of the State of Maine, relative to Resolution

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By Mr. FOSTER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY H.R. 2620. lation pursuant to the following: STATEMENT Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. lation pursuant to the following: Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of Constitution: The Congress shall have Power This bill is enacted pursuant to the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary the Rules of the House of Representa- granted to Congress under Article I, Section and proper for carrying into Execution the tives, the following statements are sub- 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Con- foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- mitted regarding the specific powers stitution. ed by this Constitution in the Government of granted to Congress in the Constitu- By Mr. FULCHER: the United States, or in any Department or tion to enact the accompanying bill or H.R. 2621. Officer thereof. joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. SEWELL: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2634. By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2610. By Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2622. lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution As described in Article 1, Section 1, ‘‘all lation pursuant to the following: legislative powers herein granted shall be By Mr. TONKO: Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United H.R. 2635. vested in a Congress of the United States, States Constitution. which shall consist of a Senate and House of Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. GOTTHEIMER: lation pursuant to the following: Representatives.’’ H.R. 2623. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- This bill is enactd pursuant to the power Congress has the power to enact this legis- granted to Congress under Article I, Section stitution provides Congress with the author- lation pursuant to the following: ity to ‘‘provide for the common Defense and 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 By Mr. TRONE: general Welfare’’ of Americans. By Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana: In the Department of Education Organiza- H.R. 2636. H.R. 2624. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion Act (P.L. 96–88), Congress declared that Congress has the power to enact this legis- ‘‘the establishment of a Department of Edu- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of cation is in the public interest, will promote Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the the United States. the general welfare of the United States, will United States Constitution By Mr. WALTZ: help ensure that education issues receive By Mr. JACOBS of New York: H.R. 2637. proper treatment at the Federal level, and H.R. 2625. Congress has the power to enact this legis- will enable the Federal Government to co- Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: ordinate its education activities more effec- lation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 and Article tively.’’ The Department of Education’s mis- Article 1, Section 8 of the United States 1, Section 8, clause 18 sion is to ‘‘promote student achievement and Constitution. By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN: preparation for global competitiveness by By Ms. KELLY of Illinois: H.R. 2638. fostering educational excellence and ensur- H.R. 2626. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ing equal access.’’ Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. NAPOLITANO: lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all H.R. 2611. Clause 18 of section 8 of Article 1 of the Laws which shall be necessary and proper for Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. LAWRENCE: ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 H.R. 2627. stitution in the Government of the United By Mr. LAMALFA: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2612. lation pursuant to the following: States, or in any Department or Officer Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article l Section 8, Clause l of the Con- thereof. lation pursuant to the following: stitution of the United States. By Mr. KINZINGER: Article I, Section 8, clause 18 By Mr. MEEKS: H.J. Res. 41. By Mr. NEWHOUSE: H.R. 2628. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2613. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary lation pursuant to the following: Article 1. and Proper Clause). Article I, Section 8 By Mr. PAPPAS: f By Mr. GRIFFITH: H.R. 2629. H.R. 2614. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United were added to public bills and resolu- Article I Section 8 Clause 17 States Constitution states that ‘‘Congress By Mr. BALDERSON: shall have the authority to make all Laws tions, as follows: H.R. 2615. which shall be necessary and proper for car- H.R. 40: Mr. HOYER and Ms. LOIS FRANKEL Congress has the power to enact this legis- rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, of Florida. lation pursuant to the following: and all other Powers vested by the Constitu- H.R. 82: Mrs. BUSTOS and Ms. KUSTER. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- tion in the Government of the United States, H.R. 151: Mr. ALLRED and Ms. KAPTUR. tion or in any Department or Officer thereof.’’ H.R. 240: Ms. STRICKLAND, Mrs. AXNE, and By Ms. BROWNLEY: By Mr. PAPPAS: Ms. TITUS. H.R. 2616. H.R. 2630. H.R. 263: Mr. RUTHERFORD. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 310: Mr. GROTHMAN. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 350: Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. WILLIAMS of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Georgia, and Mr. DESAULNIER. tion Congress shall have Power] To regulate Com- H.R. 379: Mr. LAWSON of Florida. By Mr. CONNOLLY: merce with foreign Nations, and among the H.R. 471: Mr. HERN. H.R. 2617. several States, and with the Indian Tribes H.R. 540: Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. PAYNE: H.R. 571: Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mrs. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2631. NAPOLITANO, and Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Congress has the power to enact this legis- of New York. Constitution. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 695: Ms. SALAZAR. By Mr. DAVIDSON: Article I, Section 8: ‘‘The Congress shall H.R. 708: Mr. LAWSON of Florida. H.R. 2618. have Power To . . . regulate Commerce with H.R. 725: Mr. WITTMAN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- foreign Nations, and among the several H.R. 751: Mr. WALBERG and Mrs. LESKO. lation pursuant to the following: States, and with the Indian Tribes’’ H.R. 790: Mr. HAGEDORN. U.S. Constitution Article I Section 8, By Mr. PETERS: H.R. 793: Mr. VALADAO. clause 3 H.R. 2632. H.R. 804: Ms. KELLY of Illinois.

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H.R. 816: Mr. NEAL. H.R. 2251: Mr. PERRY. Tenney, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. H.R. 825: Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- H.R. 2283: Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ. Hagedorn, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, sylvania. H.R. 2294: Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma and Mrs. Mr. Harris, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Barr, Mr. Da- H.R. 833: Mr. FITZPATRICK. MILLER of West Virginia. vidson, Mr. Steil, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Arm- H.R. 843: Mr. BACON, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, H.R. 2307: Ms. JACOBS of California, Mrs. strong, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Massie, and Mr. EMMER. BEATTY, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. H.R. 852: Mrs. BUSTOS. and Mr. LEVIN of California. Buchanan, Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma, Mr. H.R. 962: Ms. BROWNLEY and Mr. PALLONE. H.R. 2343: Mr. PERRY, Mrs. MILLER of Illi- Donalds, Mr. Fallon, Mrs. Steel, Mr. H.R. 988: Mr. BROOKS. nois, and Mrs. LESKO. Rosendale, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Fleischmann, H.R. 993: Mr. ROSENDALE. H.R. 2347: Mr. MORELLE, Ms. MACE, Ms. Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. H.R. 1006: Mr. DESAULNIER. BONAMICI, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. Womack, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Fischbach, H.R. 1011: Mrs. STEEL. RUSH, Ms. WILD, and Mr. SUOZZI. H.R. 1057: Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. Mr. Burchett, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Austin H.R. 2372: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of North Caro- DUNN, and Mr. O’HALLERAN. H.R. 2373: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. H.R. 1132: Mr. ROSENDALE. lina, Mr. Banks, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Hudson, H.R. 2399: Ms. BONAMICI. H.R. 1155: Mr. ALLRED and Mr. GREEN of Mr. McKinley, Mr. Baird, Mr. Weber of H.R. 2441: Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. Tennessee. Texas, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Duncan, RICE of South Carolina. H.R. 1179: Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Flor- Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Miller of Illi- H.R. 2445: Mr. BIGGS. ida. nois, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. H.R. 2451: Mr. SIRES. H.R. 1285: Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Griffith, Mr. H.R. 2462: Mr. MOONEY. H.R. 1297: Mr. TAKANO. Smucker, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Garcia of Cali- H.R. 2466: Mr. HIGGINS of New York. H.R. 1333: Mr. SCHNEIDER and Mr. CART- fornia, Mr. Bost, Ms. Granger, Mr. Emmer, H.R. 2484: Mr. LEVIN of California. WRIGHT. Mr. Bentz, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Rogers H.R. 2515: Mr. GUEST, Mr. BURCHETT, Mrs. H.R. 1349: Ms. PINGREE. of Kentucky, Mr. Hern, Mr. Ferguson, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. ROSENDALE, Ms. HERRELL, and H.R. 1362: Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. GOSAR. McClain, Ms. Cheney, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. H.R. 1364: Mrs. MCBATH and Mr. CASTRO of H.R. 2520: Ms. HERRELL. Amodei, Mr. Owens, Mr. Chabot, Ms. Van Texas. Duyne, Mr. Issa, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Hill, Mr. H.R. 1368: Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. H.R. 2582: Mr. MEUSER. H.R. 2583: Mrs. AXNE and Mr. BALDERSON. Webster of Florida, Mr. Carl, Mrs. Miller of ESCOBAR, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. TAKANO. West Virginia, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. H.R. 1387: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 2586: Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Rouzer, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Mullin, H.R. 1447: Mr. SIRES. H.R. 2590: Ms. JOHNSON of Texas and Ms. Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Kelly of Pennsyl- H.R. 1483: Mr. KILDEE. JAYAPAL. vania, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Carter H.R. 1582: Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 2600: Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. AUS- of Georgia, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Thompson H.R. 1625: Mr. MANN and Mr. MOORE of Ala- TIN SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. BABIN. bama. H.R. 2604: Mr. GOOD of Virginia. of Pennsylvania, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Keller, Mr. H.R. 1627: Mr. CASE. H.J. Res. 1: Mr. MOULTON. Tiffany, Mr. Budd, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Forten- H.R. 1631: Ms. STRICKLAND. H.J. Res. 11: Mr. WOMACK. berry, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Walberg, Mr. H.R. 1690: Mr. JACOBS of New York. H.J. Res. 40: Ms. HERRELL, Mr. BISHOP of Bergman, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. H.R. 1770: Mrs. LESKO. North Carolina, and Mr. BROOKS. Moolenaar, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Palmer, Mr. H.R. 1812: Mr. MAST and Mr. BARR. H. Res. 47: Mr. STAUBER and Ms. CLARKE of Bilirakis, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mrs. H.R. 1884: Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. New York. Harshbarger, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Diaz- JAYAPAL, and Ms. CHU. H. Res. 114: Mr. STAUBER and Ms. SALAZAR. Balart, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Jordan, H.R. 1888: Mr. SOTO. H. Res. 118: Mr. SIMPSON and Mr. MULLIN. Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Timmons, Mr. H.R. 1996: Ms. NEWMAN, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. H. Res. 131: Ms. WEXTON. Valadao, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Bacon, Mr. ESHOO, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of H. Res. 157: Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Zeldin, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Wenstrup, Mrs. Illinois, Ms. PORTER, Mr. DELGADO, Mrs. LEE H. Res. 240: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of Hartzler, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Ruther- of Nevada, Mr. COSTA, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, New York. ford, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Reed, Mr. Mr. TRONE, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. H. Res. 299: Mr. DESJARLAIS. Buck. Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Posey, LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. H. Res. 305: Mr. NUNES. Mr. Rose, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Long, PINGREE, Mr. BOWMAN, and Ms. BUSH. H. Res. 317: Mrs. KIM of California. Mr. Turner, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Young, Mr. H.R. 2014: Mr. WELCH. H. Res. 318: Mr. GUEST. Gibbs, Mr. Grothman, Mr. DesJarlais, Ms. H.R. 2023: Mrs. MURPHY of Florida. f Foxx, Mr. Cline, Mr. Allen, Mr. Mast, Mr. H.R. 2054: Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. DISCHARGE PETITIONS Moore of Utah, Mr. Comer, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. H.R. 2096: Mr. TONKO and Mr. DANNY K. Simpson, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Under clause 2 of rule XV, the fol- Fitzpatrick, Mr. Perry, Ms. Herrell, Mr. H.R. 2100: Mr. JACKSON. lowing discharge petition was filed: Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez of H.R. 2126: Mrs. MCBATH. Ohio, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Upton, Mr. H.R. 2127: Mr. WENSTRUP and Mr. MCKIN- Petition 1, April 14, 2021, by Mrs. Curtis, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. LEY. CAMMACK on House Resolution 274, was H.R. 2163: Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PALAZZO, Ms. signed by the following Members: Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Estes, Mr. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. MANNING, Mr. Cammack, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Scalise, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Hol- FITZPATRICK, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. Cloud, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mrs. Kim of Cali- lingsworth, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Brooks, Mr. WALORSKI, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. fornia, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Higgins of Lou- Pfluger, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. McCaul, Mr. SUOZZI, and Ms. DEGETTE. isiana, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Johnson of Lou- Mann, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Lucas, H.R. 2184: Mr. KILDEE. isiana, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Cole, Mr. Guest, Ms. H.R. 2191: Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida and Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Murphy of Mace, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Katko, Mr. Mr. COHEN. North Carolina, Mr. Waltz, Mrs. Rodgers of Graves of Missouri, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Roy, Mr. H.R. 2226: Mr. BLUMENAUER. Washington, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. H.R. 2244: Mr. HUDSON, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. Latta, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Taylor, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Norman, Mr. Nunes, Mr. LATTA, and Mrs. WAGNER. Meijer, Mr. Kustoff, Mrs. Walorski, Ms. Brady.

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RECOGNIZING DANIEL CROWLEY fantryman Badge, a Prisoner of War Medal, cially and numerically, causing Dr. Smith and OF SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT and his previously unknown 1945 promotion to his wife to realize the need for a larger facility Sergeant in a ceremony held at the Air Na- that would accommodate the needs of a grow- HON. JAHANA HAYES tional Guard Base outside Hartford, Con- ing church. They purchased the old Liberty OF CONNECTICUT necticut. Theater building, the church’s current location, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join which became the Apostolic Revival Center, me in honoring now Sergeant Daniel Crowley better known as the Shack, which has now Friday, April 16, 2021 for his extraordinary service to our country been named a historical landmark. Mrs. HAYES. Madam Speaker, I rise today fighting tyranny and oppression. His and the In 1974, Dr. Smith and his wife began sup- to call your attention to National Former Pris- more than 200 American Prisoners of War of porting a Pastor in Haiti. God blessed them to oner of War Recognition Day, which takes Japan from Connecticut have a history we purchase land in Leogan and build their first place annually on April 9th. This day honors must never forget. mission church. Later a school was added the men and women who fought two battles, f onto the property. one in combat and another in enduring untold In 1978, through Dr. Smith, the prison min- brutality by our enemies. RECOGNIZING THE LIFE AND LEG- istry to the incarcerated men of Miami-Dade April 9th is also the 79th anniversary of the ACY OF DR. GILBERT SINCLAIR and Broward counties was formed. This min- start of the infamous 1942 Bataan Death SMITH istry covered the state of Florida and the en- March in the Philippines. Invading Imperial tire east coast with annual campaigns in Attica Japanese forces forced more than 80,000 HON. FREDERICA S. WILSON Prison in New York. The prison ministry ex- American and Filipino soldiers, sailors, airmen, OF FLORIDA panded to the women prisons and aftercare and Marines to walk 65 miles up the Bataan IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES services to men scheduled for release from Peninsula in the tropical heat without food, the Miami-Dade County jail system. Friday, April 16, 2021 water, or medical care while subjecting them In 1981, as Dr. Smith and his wife continued to beatings, bayonetting, and beheading. Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Speaker, I their commitment to foreign missions, the Lord Thousands died. rise today to recognize the life and legacy of blessed the Apostolic Revival Center in Miami. One of my constituents, Daniel Crowley of Dr. Gilbert Sinclair Smith. The church purchased the adjacent properties Simsbury, Connecticut, is a survivor of the Gilbert Sinclair Smith was born July 25, across the street which covered the entire Battle of Bataan. A member of the U.S. Army 1931, to the late Mr. Albert and Mrs. Gertrude block of northwest 15th Avenue. The newly Air Corps, he was sent to Bataan in December Smith. He was raised in Miami, Florida in the acquired property became the home of the 1941 after Japan destroyed the military air- community of Liberty City. Revival Center Child Care Center for children fields in the Philippines. He was part of the After graduating high school, he joined the 6 weeks to 5 years old. United States Army’s Provisional Air Corps In- United States Air Force. During his time in the Dr. Smith supported a Bible Ministry in fantry Regiment and fought in the historic Bat- service, he began to have a deep hunger and Israel which led to his dream of a minister in tle of the Points on the Peninsula. desire to whole-heartedly serve the Lord. It Nairobi, Kenya. Subsequently, he began a Daniel avoided the Bataan Death March by was then that he had a dream that led him to ministry in Kenya. Today, there are over 150 swimming from Mariveles on Bataan through the book of Acts 1:7–8. He realized that he Revival Centers in Kenya from the plains, three miles of shark-infested and mined needed the power of the Holy Ghost and one mountains and coast. Many years later, the waters to the fortress island of Corregidor. week later at a revival, he received the gift of call of God came for Dr. Smith to journey to There, he became part of the 4th Marines the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking Tanzania to establish a church in Dar Es Regimental Reserve who fought a dangerous tongues. The following Sunday morning, Feb- Saalam. As a result, there are seven Revival and desperate shore defense until Corregidor ruary 8, 1954, he preached his first sermon ti- Centers, a childcare center, and an orphanage fell to Japan on May 6, 1942. tled, ‘‘You Must Be Born Again.’’ Once he left in Tanzania. He was one of 300 Prisoners of War sent to the Air Force, he traveled around the United In 1983, Dr. Smith and his wife opened the build an airstrip on Palawan Island for the Jap- States of America evangelizing and preaching Distribution Center to help the needy with anese Army. Today this site serves as the the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As a National clothing and food with the help of the Amer- Philippine Air Force’s Antonio Bautista Air Evangelist, he conducted tent revivals ican Red Cross. This 501c3 program supplied Base. Daniel was fortunate to be transferred throughout America, Jamaica, Belize, and thousands of families per month with food and off the island before the December 14, 1944 Honduras. In 1965, Dr. Smith went to Selma, food vouchers. Palawan Massacre where the 150 Prisoners of Alabama to run a revival after Dr. Martin Lu- In 1986, the Apostolic Revival Center taped War remaining on the island were doused with ther King Jr.’s march. This march was later its first television broadcast. This is reported to aircraft fuel, set afire, and machine gunned to called Bloody Sunday. be the longest-running African American TV death. In 1970 the Lord led Dr. Smith and his wife, ministry in South Florida. Dr. Smith and his Instead, Daniel was shipped to Japan Mrs. Geneva O. Smith, to begin the Apostolic wife purchased their own television equipment aboard a ‘‘hellship’’ to be a laborer in two cop- Revival Center. The ministry started in a store- and began broadcasting from directly at the per mines: one owned by Hitachi Ltd. and the front church on 62nd Street and 14th Avenue Apostolic Revival Center. In 1988, the ‘‘Hope other, Ashio, owned by the Furukawa Com- in Miami, Florida. The ministry began with 7 For Today’’ television broadcast was formed pany Group. He labored alongside Japanese adult members and a group of kids out of the and televised every Sunday on cable networks and conscripted Korean miners as well as Al- projects of the Liberty City community in and satellites. ‘‘Hope For Today’’ broadcast lied and American Prisoners of War from the Miami, Florida. On May 31, 1971, the church expanded nationally. United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, was registered with the State of Florida an In the early 1990’s, the ministry expanded to Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Norway, Aus- independent organization, ‘‘Apostolic Evan- the Caribbean Islands, Belize, Central Amer- tralia, and China. gelistic Association, Inc. Dr. Smith and his ican, and Georgetown Guyana. The Revival After liberation in September 1945, Daniel beautiful wife began supporting World Mis- Center purchased and dedicated a church and returned home to Connecticut. He raised a sionary Evangelism. They also assumed the school in St. Anns, Jamaica. Bibles were dis- family and became a storied salesman for responsibility of monthly support for three na- tributed to Russia through mission possible in Northwestern Mutual. tive missionaries working in Africa, India, and Dallas. In 1998, Dr. Smith and his wife sup- On January 4, 2021, Connecticut Governor the Philippine Islands. Dr. Smith began an ag- ported the work in Belize. There are 8 Revival Ned Lamont proclaimed ‘‘Pacific War Heroes gressive radio ministry, broadcasting on eight Center churches in Nicaragua, 16 in Guyana, Day’’ in Daniel’s honor. After 76 years, Daniel, stations throughout Florida. The church experi- 2 in Haiti, 1 in Grenada and 2 in Trinidad with 98, finally received his long-denied Combat In- enced tremendous growth spiritually, finan- 2 schools.

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The center assisted ship in 25 years, finishing 37 points ahead of It’s my honor to wish Edith a happy 100th students with standardized testing and other the second-place team. birthday and, on behalf of Tennessee’s Sec- tutoring needs. On October 27, 2009, City and The Roosters had nine individuals receive ond Congressional District, congratulate her County Commissioners honored Dr. Gilbert S. medals at the tournament: Sam Ewing, who on becoming a centenarian. Smith with a street naming ceremony to co- won his 2nd state title, and Garret Lyons, f Ryan Volland, Lane Snyder, Brayden Bush, designate a portion of Northwest 15th Avenue IN RECOGNITION OF LUNEATA Zach Redwine, Lane Brattin, Jacob Hanes, from 62nd Street to 79th Street, as ‘‘Rev. Dr. HITE Gilbert S. Smith Ave’’. and Dalton Cole, who also placed. Each of Dr. Gilbert S. Smith is a true visionary and these young men have made their school and has been a pillar of the Miami ‘‘Liberty City’’ their state proud. HON. RASHIDA TLAIB Community for more than 50 years. His home I congratulate these hard-working athletes OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mission efforts have included helping to im- and the Pleasant Hill High School wrestling prove conditions of his local community such team on their impressive accomplishment. I Friday, April 16, 2021 as, the ARC Street Ministry, Enrichment Cen- am honored to represent them, and I wish Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ter, Prison Ministry, and Distribution Center. them the best of luck in their future endeavors. recognize and celebrate Ms. Luneata Hite, a His foreign mission continues to span over f long-time resident of Detroit in Michigan’s 13th several different continents. Over 250 church- BONNIE ZEE DAY Congressional District as she celebrates her es in Africa, 16 churches in Nicaragua, 13 105th birthday. Truly an amazing milestone to churches in Guyana, 1 church in Grenada, 3 reach in life. churches in Trinidad with schools. HON. MARK POCAN Born in New York in 1916, Ms. Hite spent Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues and OF WISCONSIN part of her childhood in Texas before settling all Americans to please join me in recognizing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in Detroit, Michigan. She went on to attend Dr. Gilbert Smith for his contributions and for Friday, April 16, 2021 The University of Michigan and pursued a ca- his commitment to our community, state and Mr. POCAN. Madam Speaker, I rise to rec- reer in social work. Ms. Hite takes pride in one country. ognize Bonnie Zee with the following Procla- of her most interesting and powerful work pur- f mation: suits—helping to investigate restaurants ac- Whereas, Bonnie Zee began her career as cused of discriminating against African Amer- RECOGNIZING BAYLOR UNIVER- ican patrons. This work should inspire us all in SITY MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM the elected Town of Albany Clerk in April of 1975 and has continued to serve as a valu- this Chamber as we continue to rid society of able, and trusted asset to her community to all forms of discrimination. In 1941 Ms. Hite HON. PETE SESSIONS this day; and married Sherman Johnson and was a devoted OF TEXAS Whereas, Bonnie Zee’s vast knowledge, wife. Together they nurtured and raised three IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dedication, and outstanding performance of children in their home in Detroit. Ms. Luneata Hite is cherished by her family, Friday, April 16, 2021 her duties throughout her tenure has earned her the respect, and admiration of her commu- friends, and neighbors. Please join me in Mr. SESSIONS. Madam Speaker, I rise nity; and wishing her a very happy birthday, surrounded today to recognize Baylor University’s men’s Whereas, Bonnie Zee’s service as Town of by love and light. basketball team as the 2021 NCAA National Albany Clerk resulted in efficient and effective f Champions. Eighteen years ago, Coach Scott Town government for nearly five decades; PERSONAL EXPLANATION Drew talked about coming to Baylor ‘‘for a Now, therefore, I hereby proclaim April 20, chance to win a national championship,’’ A 2021 as Bonnie Zee Day in honor of her 46 HON. TOM COLE dream vocalized by one man turned reality by years of public service to her community, the OF OKLAHOMA a team of men with great faith. A team that Town of Albany, and the State of Wisconsin. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES played as one. Oh yes, they had individuals I join her friends, family, and colleagues in of- and they were outstanding. But it was their fering her best wishes on her much-deserved Friday, April 16, 2021 teamwork mindset that achieved this victory. retirement. Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, for a vote on This season, Baylor defeated more top-25 f April 15, 2021. Had I been present, I would teams than the three other Final Four teams have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 114. combined. These results prove that hard work, IN HONOR OF EDITH BETTIS ON f a determined mind, and a willing spirit can HER 100TH BIRTHDAY conquer any challenge. To say I am proud is PERSONAL EXPLANATION an understatement. My hometown Baylor HON. TIM BURCHETT Bears have proved their abilities and I believe OF TENNESSEE HON. JARED HUFFMAN this is just the beginning of much more great- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA ness to come. I wish these men as much suc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, April 16, 2021 cess in future endeavors as they earned this Friday, April 16, 2021 season. Mr. BURCHETT. Madam Speaker, today, I Congratulations men. recognize longtime East Tennessee resident Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I regret Sic ‘em. Edith Bettis as she celebrates her 100th birth- that I was unable to cast the following vote. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA f day. Edith was born in Oconaluftee, North Caro- on Roll Call 108. IN RECOGNITION OF THE PLEAS- lina to Arthur and Ellen Chambers on April 16, f ANT HILL HIGH SCHOOL WRES- 1921. She lived in Smokemont, North Carolina LARA LARSON TLING TEAM until age 11 when her family’s land was made part of the Great Smoky Mountains National HON. JENNIFER WEXTON Park. She then moved to Sweetwater, Ten- HON. VICKY HARTZLER OF VIRGINIA nessee where she attended high school. OF MISSOURI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES After briefly attending school in Oak Ridge, she moved to Detroit, Michigan to help with Friday, April 16, 2021 Friday, April 16, 2021 the war effort. During World War II, Edith Ms. WEXTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, I rise worked on airplanes as a riveter, and after the to congratulate Ms. Lara Larson on her retire- today to recognize the Pleasant Hill High war, she returned to East Tennessee to work ment and to thank her for over 30 years of School wrestling team on winning the State in a Lenoir City hosiery mill. dedicated public service with Fairfax County.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:25 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16AP8.002 E16APPT1 ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with REMARKS April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E409 Lara dedicated her career to supporting the the stories of our nation’s veterans was evi- HONORING THE LATE STAFF SER- Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services dent from every interaction and event held by GEANT SPECIALIST JOE HENRY Board (CSB), which provides services for peo- the VHP over the years. MOORE ple of all ages who have mental illnesses, Karen leaves the Library well positioned to substance use disorders, or developmental help usher in a new realm of collections stew- HON. FREDERICA S. WILSON disabilities. She contributed her wisdom and ardship and digital discovery. I wish Karen all OF FLORIDA guidance to the staff agency-wide, and espe- the best in her next endeavors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cially with the CSB Communications Team. f Friday, April 16, 2021 Her career is exemplary of her commitment to RECOGNIZING HARRIET SALARNO the many residents of Fairfax County, and the Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Speaker, I FOR HER WORK WITH CRIME Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church. rise today to recognize and honor the late VICTIMS UNITED I thank Lara for all the years of faithful serv- Staff Sergeant Specialist Joe Henry Moore, a ice to her community and wish her all the best faithful servant of God, a veteran, beloved fa- in her future endeavors. HON. DOUG LaMALFA ther and friend. OF CALIFORNIA Whereas, Joe Henry Moore was born on f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 1922, on the clay hills of Greenville, DEPARTURE OF KAREN LLOYD, DI- Friday, April 16, 2021 Mississippi to the late Annie Edwards and RECTOR OF THE VETERANS HIS- George Henry Moore; and TORY PROJECT Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, Harriet Whereas, Staff Sergeant Specialist Joe Salarno is a remarkable woman who went Henry Moore, or ‘‘Pops’’, ‘‘Poppa Joe’’ and through the greatest tragedy a parent can suf- ‘‘Whytaski’’, as he was affectionately called HON. RON KIND fer, inspiring her to change the lives of families was raised in Mississippi where he received OF WISCONSIN across the nation. his primary and secondary education at the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On September 3, 1979 her eldest daughter Dry Bend School, a one-room classroom Friday, April 16, 2021 Catina was murdered execution style on her where he was taught by Mrs. Harvey. At an first day of college. After being thrust into the early age, ‘‘Poppa Joe’’ attended church with Mr. KIND. Madam Speaker, on April 10, criminal justice system Harriet soon learned 2021, after sixteen years with the Library of his family, at Union Chapel Missionary Baptist that crime victims had no voice or rights in the Church where he began his Christian journey Congress, including four and a half years as system. She mustered a strong resolve that the director of the Veterans History Project with God. He was baptized in a creek called only a remarkable woman can, and she began Deer Creek by Pastor G. H. Hankins on Sep- (VHP), Karen Lloyd retired from public service. the fight for a voice for crime victims and sur- I want her to know that her many years of tember 13, 1936; and vivors as well as for public safety in California Whereas, Mr. Moore had a sincere desire to dedicated work at both the Library and Vet- and throughout the nation. become a soldier to serve his country and erans History Project are very much appre- To accomplish her mission, she founded joined the United States Army Air Corps De- ciated. Crime Victims United, the only political action cember 2, 1942 at the tender age of 19 years Since the VHP was created following the group of its kind in the nation dedicated to ad- old. While enlisted, he served during the Post passage of my bipartisan legislation in 2000, vocating for survivors of crime and for public Pearl Harbor, World War II, Normandy and the the program has had five Directors and devel- safety. Starting in 1982, she began her work Korean Peacetime era. He held multiple posi- oped a repository of over 111,000 individual by successfully getting the legislature to tions to include Special Services in Le Harve, collections in the Library’s American Folklife amend the California constitution to include France. In this role, he was a Certified Sharp- Center—highlighting the experiences of Amer- crime victims’ rights (the first one in the history shooter and Marksman. Other assignments in- ican veterans from every major military conflict of the nation). Nearly forty years later, she en- cluded: Projectionists/Librarian and became a since World War I. Karen ably guided the Li- deavors daily to ensure the victims of crime, Certified Master Chef. ‘‘Poppa Joe’’ became brary’s effort to collect, preserve, and make survivors, and first responders are not forgot- such an accomplished chef that he prepared accessible these personal remembrances for ten. Her efforts have led to state and national meals for General George S. Patton. Staff use by future scholars, journalists, and histo- reforms including constitutional amendments, Sergeant Specialist Moore was wounded while rians. It’s an important job and one that Karen legislative and regulatory changes. fighting for our freedom during the Pearl Har- clearly enjoyed doing. Her vision, passion, and mission is clear in bor/World War II—Normandy era earning a Karen led efforts to increase the develop- her formidable resolve to educate those that number of distinguished honors and awards to ment of women veterans collections, and ex- are often the most forgotten in our society. To include the following: The Silver Star Medal— panded outreach to Native/Indigenous vet- this day she can be found at the legislature or for Gallantry in Action; the Bronze Battle Star erans, working to ensure that the Library’s col- in communities educating and advocating for of Normandy, France—25 July–September lection reflected the broad diversity of Amer- others about crime victims and public safety. 1944; the Army Good Conduct Medal; The ica’s military forces. She also devoted consid- Her commitment to never have another family EAMETO Medal—Europe-African Middle East- erable resources to working personally with feel the pain and isolation she has felt, re- ern Campaign Service Medal—issued by Members of the House to raise awareness mains clear and strong to this day. President Franklin D. Roosevelt; the Post about the program and grow the collection of Harriet has never forgotten what victims Pearl Harbor Service Medal; the Carbine SS, veterans histories from every state. She can need most; someone to listen, someone to GCM 5th Award and the Occupational Medal- be proud of her efforts to increase the acces- grieve with, and someone to support them in German; and sibility of the Veterans History Project as a their darkest of times. At the age of 88, she Whereas, after serving his country for more constituent resource. still goes to her office daily answering phone than twenty years and returning the United Before coming to the Library, Karen served calls and emailing letters to assist victims. She States, Mr. Moore was employed as a Police fourteen years as a U.S. Army Aviator, six of sends cards to families on the days of remem- Officer at the New Orleans Harbor Police De- them as a dustoff pilot, and was the first fe- brance; and she strives to allow families not partment and a Foreman at Pan American Life male Medical Service Corp Officer to receive only to grieve but gather the strength to move Insurance. Mr. Moore became a Mason and Aviator Wings. She served another fourteen forward. achieved the highest level as a 33rd degree years as an Army comptroller in a variety of Truly she has changed the lives of those in Mason; and positions. She retired as a Colonel after twen- despair. Whereas, Staff Sergeant Specialist Moore ty-eight years of military service. Before joining While creating this unique organization, she continued serving God and later become an the Veterans History Project, Karen served in raised two daughters and grandchildren who ordained Deacon. He joined the membership several positions at the Library—including the also share the same aspirations for assisting of Mt. Airy Baptist Church where he served Offices of the Librarian and Strategic Planning, victims, ensuring public safety, and she has faithfully on the Deacon ministry for many where she coordinated special projects and served as their role model to inspire commu- years. In 2009, after relocating to Miami, Flor- assessed Library program performance and nity service. ida, he joined the membership of New Birth risk management. Harriet has given our world multiple genera- Cathedral of Faith International under the Sen- I have known and worked with Karen tions of those who are the helpers of those ior, pastoral teachings of Bishop Victor T. throughout her time as VHP director, and I who most need it in their darkest time. It has Curry. He was a faithful member and Deacon. can attest to the dedication and care that she been my privilege to work with Harriet over the Whereas, Staff Sergeant Specialist Moore brought to the job. Her passion for highlighting years and a true honor to call her my friend. leaves to cherish his memories and moments

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:25 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16AP8.010 E16APPT1 ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with REMARKS E410 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 16, 2021 of his love, life, and legacy: his six children: IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL HONORING MORGAN MASSEY Elder JoeAnn (Lucious, Jr.) Moore Taylor, INFERTILITY AWARENESS WEEK Deacon Steven (Deborah) Moore, of Houston, HON. H. MORGAN GRIFFITH TX, SSgt. George (Melonie) Henry Moore OF VIRGINIA (USAF) of Orangeburg, SC, Psalmist Kimbur HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lee Moore Santacruze of La Place, LA, Sgt. OF TEXAS Felix Swanson (USAF) of Dallas, TX, Petty Of- Friday, April 16, 2021 ficer 3rd Karl Moore (USAF) of Houston, TX; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I rise in along with their mothers: Mrs. Alma L. Hen- Friday, April 16, 2021 honor of Evan Morgan Massey of Richmond, derson and Ms. Minnie Moore; nine grand- Virginia, who passed away on March 10, 2021 children: Dr. Jessica Diana Jones, Dr. Vincent Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, at the age of 94. Morgan Massey was a busi- Johnathan Jones II, Enisha (Galen) I rise today to commemorate National Infertility ness leader and philanthropist whose visionary Santacruze-Joseph, Sophia Santacruze, Awareness Week and to salute the wonderful leadership in the coal industry made an impact Simeka Lou Taylor, Lucious Taylor III, and progress that has been made over the last across the globe and certainly in the Ninth Tarilyn Taylor, Tatiana Taylor; three great- four decades to help individuals have families Congressional District of Virginia I represent. grands, Luke Daniel Bailey Jones, Farrah, who otherwise could not. It would shock most Mr. Massey was born on December 29, Kayden Swanson and one soon-to-be great Americans to know that according to the Cen- 1926. He trained for service as an aviator dur- granddaughter whose name will be Princess ters for Disease Control and Prevention, the ing World War II and later graduated from the Zoe¨; and disease of Infertility affects one in eight, or ap- University of Virginia. He joined his family’s Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, FRED- proximately 7.4 million, American women of firm, A.T. Massey Coal Company, in 1949. Mr. ERICA S. WILSON, a member of the United reproductive age. The disease affects both Massey helped drive the company from a States House of Representatives representing men and women and it knows no barriers—it midsize operation to one of the largest coal the 24th Congressional District of Florida, am affects individuals of all races, religious back- companies in the United States. The family honored to recognize the late Staff Sergeant grounds, and economic status. The good sold the company to St. Joe Minerals in 1973, Specialist Joe Henry Moore for his commit- news is that since 1978, as a result of extraor- and Mr. Massey continued to run the company ment, dedication and service to our country. dinary medical advancements, millions of cou- until he retired in 1991. ples have been able to receive life affirming Following retirement, Mr. Massey extended f treatments that have resulted in the delivery of his endeavors across the globe, developing babies. While this is something that most of us operations abroad and championing new uses CELEBRATING LEADERSHIP AR- take for granted, it is a painful and devastating for coal. He expanded mining into China and KANSAS’ XV GRADUATING CLASS struggle for millions of couples throughout the Venezuela and founded the Evan Energy world. Company to improve coal mining safety in South America and China. Mr. Massey sup- As a nurse who has fought for medical ad- ported research such as that at Virginia Tech HON. BRUCE WESTERMAN vancements in cancer treatment and care, in which generates rare earth minerals from coal OF ARKANSAS Diabetes care, and in dozens of health and coal byproducts. A tireless innovator and screenings that bring hope of saving lives, I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES entrepreneur, Mr. Massey remained active in must admit to absolute amazement at the con- his office daily even late in life. Friday, April 16, 2021 tributions that research scientists and Repro- Beyond his role in business, Mr. Massey ductive Endocrinologists have made in the ad- Mr. WESTERMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise served Richmond’s philanthropic community vancement of Infertility treatments—including a today to extend my sincere congratulations to through the Massey Foundation, founded by procedure that allows young cancer patients to a new crop of emerging leaders from the Nat- his uncle and father, and the Joan and Mor- preserve their fertility prior to undergoing life ural State. gan Massey Foundation. His interests included saving chemotherapy treatments. Organiza- higher education, medical research, and the Leadership Arkansas is a unique program tions like RESOLVE, the National Infertility As- development of new technologies, and his grounded in the belief that real progress is sociation, and the Alliance for Fertility Preser- philanthropic support of these causes have im- achieved by bringing a diverse set of interests vation advocate for the millions of individuals proved the lives of many. and backgrounds together. First introduced in and couples in this country who need the help Mr. Massey’s survivors include his daugh- 2005 by the Arkansas State Chamber of Com- to have a family. Ms. Barb Collura, the CEO ters, Elizabeth Anne Massey, Susan Chapman merce and Associated Industries of Arkansas, of RESOLVE, recently testified before Con- Massey and Nancy Lee Massey; sons, Evan Leadership Arkansas recruits highly motivated gress in support of fertility services for the Morgan Massey, Jr. and his wife, Robin, John individuals to experience first-hand the dy- countless military veterans whose service re- William Massey and his wife, Kelli, Charles namic interactions between cities, industries, lated injuries have rendered them infertile. I Taylor Massey and his wife, Sarah and Craig governmental units and the people they serve. am pleased that these organizations, these In- Lewis Massey and his wife, Sky; 15 grand- This year’s graduating class includes: Alli- fertility warriors, are active in my own state of children and four great-grandchildren. I offer son Bermudez, Jill Bobo, Kent Bridger, Danna Texas as well as throughout the nation. them my condolences on this loss of the great Caldwell, Nate Caldwell, John Cantabery, Jen- As a grandmother and great grandmother, business leader and philanthropist. nifer Christman Cia, Sammie Cribbs, Jake and with Mother’s Day around the corner, I sa- f Fair, Jill Floyd, Jay Geaney, Jeremiah Gentry, lute Infertility warriors throughout the country Maggie Jo Hansen, Nathan Harris, Jeff Hatley, and the world, who advocate on behalf of that FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR EX- Allison Hestand, Aaron Huntley, Chad Kinsley, most precious of gifts, that of family. TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- Courtney Little, Rusty Meeks, Jennifer Mo- POTENTIARY OF ROMANIA, rales, Joey Msall, David Orr, Ryan Pettigrew, f GEORGE CRISTIAN MAIOR Grace Rains, Brandon Resecker, Karen Shaw, Hunter Stuckey, Ventrell Thompson, Amy Wil- PERSONAL EXPLANATION HON. DEVIN NUNES liams, and Drew Williams. OF CALIFORNIA More than 800 Leadership Arkansas alumni IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have gone on to accept roles of great respon- HON. HALEY M. STEVENS Friday, April 16, 2021 sibility in both the public and private sectors. OF MICHIGAN I rise today to congratulate these graduates on Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, I rise today this high honor and to thank them for their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to bid farewell to Ambassador George C. commitment to serving our home. I am en- Friday, April 16, 2021 Maior, who will be ending his posting as Ro- couraged by the example of leadership, excel- mania’s Ambassador to the United States at lence, and professionalism demonstrated by Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, on April the end of May. After serving as Ambassador this year’s class, and I look forward to seeing 15, 2021, I missed Roll Call Vote 112 on the to the United States since 2015, he will be how these exceptional individuals will shape Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Reg- greatly missed by all who have had the pleas- the future growth of the State of Arkansas and istrants Act. Had I been present, I would have ure of working with him. He has consistently our Nation. voted YEA on Roll Call No. 112. devoted his impressive reserves of energy,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:25 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16AP8.013 E16APPT1 ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with REMARKS April 16, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E411 enthusiasm, and wisdom in representing Ro- PERSONAL EXPLANATION of Haitian heritage. It was her Haitian roots mania, while working to develop the bilateral and strong cultural beliefs in the importance of relationship between Romania and the United HON. ANNA G. ESHOO faith, family, and friends instilled in her by her States. OF CALIFORNIA mother, Eugenie Moreau, that made her such Ambassador Maior’s diplomatic career IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a dogged advocate for others. spans three decades. He joined the Romanian Shirlee was an outstanding student at North Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992 and served Friday, April 16, 2021 Miami High School. Although she was quiet, in the Department of Treaties and later the Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I was unable she was well liked for her friendly nature and Department of Strategic Affairs. From 1997 to to be present during roll call vote number 106. helpful attitude that would become the trade- 1999, he served as the Charge´ D’affaires at Had I been present I would have voted YES. mark of her life. As a flagette of the North the Romanian Embassy in Dublin, Ireland and f Miami marching band, she began to blossom in 2004, he was conferred the rank of Ambas- into the social butterfly that she would later sador. PERSONAL EXPLANATION become. Throughout his career, he has served in top After graduating from high school, Shirlee positions dedicated to public service, including HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER continued to excel academically earning a de- as State Secretary and head of the Depart- OF MISSOURI gree in business administration from Florida ment for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defense IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES International University. Even more impres- Policy within the Romanian Ministry of Na- sive, Shirlee worked while in college to sup- tional Defense. Friday, April 16, 2021 port herself, which is indicative of her inde- In November 2004, Ambassador Maior was Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speaker, I pendent spirit. Upon graduation, she devel- elected as Senator in the Romanian Par- was unable to be present for a recorded vote oped what initially began as an internship into liament, where he served as Chairman of the on April 15, 2021 during a period of time for a permanent supervisory position with Dade’s Committee for Defense, Public Order and Na- H.R. 1502, the Microloan Improvement Act. Team Metro. She was a natural for the posi- tional Security; member of the Joint Com- Had I been present, I would have voted YEA mittee for the Parliamentary Oversight on the tion which required her to help Miami Dade Foreign Intelligence Service Activity; and on Roll Call No. 114. residents resolve often complex issues with member of the Senate Committee for Human f county services. Rights, Cults and Minorities. In 1998, she elevated her burgeoning career RECOGNIZING THE LIFE AND in public service by accepting a position as a In 2006, he was nominated to serve as the LEGACY OF SHIRLEE LAFLEUR Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service legislative assistant in the office of then-Flor- (SRI). During his eight years as Director, the ida State Senator Kendrick B. Meek. Shirlee’s SRI bolstered its bilateral and multilateral part- HON. FREDERICA S. WILSON commitment to helping her community shone nerships with intelligence services around the OF FLORIDA even brighter as a member of Senator Meek’s world. Ambassador Maior was consistently IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES staff and she continued to be one of his most trusted staff members when he ascended to recognized by the United States Government Friday, April 16, 2021 for his outstanding partnership and exceptional the United States House of Representatives. leadership in that position. Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Speaker, I Shirlee played a prominent role in several I wish Ambassador Maior and his wife rise today to recognize the life and legacy of incidents that made national and international Anamaria the greatest success and happiness Shirlee Lafleur a beloved mother, wife, daugh- headlines. She was the central cog to many of as he moves to his next assignment as Roma- ter, sister, friend, a community leader in South the life-changing efforts that the congressional nia’s Ambassador to Jordan. While he will be Florida, and a longtime member of my staff. office undertook during her tenure. She was missed in the United States, I am confident he Shirlee Moreau was born on November 10, integral in helping to facilitate the efforts to lib- will continue to emphasize the strategic impor- 1969, in Miami Beach, Florida to Eugenie V. erate the nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls, tance of the bilateral relationship between our Moreau and Avenant Moreau, Sr. She was the known as the Chibok Girls, kidnapped by two nations. second of three children born to this union. Boko Haram as part of the international f Shirlee found her true purpose in life on #BringBackOurGirls campaign that I had January 26, 2002, when she laid the founda- pledged to wage until all of the girls are re- IN RECOGNITION OF CONNIE DORL tion for one of the most beautiful and God- turned home. Shirlee helped coordinate docu- blessed families by marrying Pierre Paul La- mentation and travel for several of the girls HON. VICKY HARTZLER fleur. Their love produced two talented and who escaped their captors to find safe havens OF MISSOURI amazing daughters, Amanda and Samantha and a brighter future in the United States. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES around whom they centered their lives, and This effort was not the exception, but the Friday, April 16, 2021 who like their parents excel in the classroom norm. She worked through the night many and in the many activities in which they take Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, I rise times to stave off a deportation of parents who part. While Shirlee was dedicated to helping today to acknowledge the service of Con- were casualties of a sometimes-harsh immi- others, she was even more devoted to her two stance (Connie) Dorl, and to congratulate her gration system. Families were reunited and blessings from God, always glowing and ex- on her March 26th retirement. their stories made headlines, but Shirlee, a Connie has served at the USDA in Johnson cited when talking about them. central figure in turning miraculous efforts into and Henry counties for the last 31 years. She God touched Shirlee in a very special way reality, was soon on to the next challenge has helped many farmers, producers, and and she, in turn, touched the lives of so many within only a few minutes. Without exaggera- ranchers within these counties of Missouri’s others. A faithful member of Antioch Mis- tion, her work has saved the lives of thou- 4th District over those three decades. Connie sionary Baptist Church, led by Reverend Ar- sands who have sought refuge in our great has been with the USDA through all the years’ thur Jackson, III., she was very proud of her nation. changes and has never failed to help others membership and was not shy about inviting In one of the rare times she was unable to through her work. It is dedicated professionals others to find solace in the bosom of Christ. avoid the spotlight, she was recognized in a like Connie who enable our farmers to suc- Shirlee had a very close and personal relation- May 2013 Miami Herald article for organizing ceed and feed the world. ship with Christ. Her faith was grounded in be- an eleventh-hour effort to prevent a father In addition to helping agricultural commu- lief in Psalm 18:2, ‘‘The LORD is my rock, and from being ripped from his family and de- nities, Connie has also been a dedicated mili- my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my ported to Mexico. When an 18-year-old asked tary spouse and mother. She has been able to strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and at a town hall meeting if there was anything balance these three elements of her life in the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.’’ that could be done to save his father who was such a successful way that she has been Shirlee was especially proud of her Amer- set to be deported at 4 a.m. the following there for anyone in need. Those who know ican and Haitian heritage. She fought tirelessly morning, I was initially stunned by the short Connie can attest to her untiring support of for the rights and well-being of Haitians window within which there was to work, but her family and Missouri’s agricultural commu- throughout the diaspora and was an unparal- knew that if anyone could keep this family to- nities. leled leader in the Haitian community and at gether, Shirlee could. Needless to say, she did I would like to recognize Connie’s dedication the forefront of immigration issues, given Mi- and as the article noted as a true testament to and 31 years of service and congratulate her ami’s unofficial status as the second capital of her commitment, ‘‘Shirlee Lafleur called every- on her retirement. Haiti due to its large concentration of people one.’’

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:25 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16AP8.018 E16APPT1 ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with REMARKS E412 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 16, 2021 Beyond immigration, Shirlee helped save sonality. Shirlee was a champion for teachers, done for our community and the lives of the the homes of countless families in South Flor- seniors, workers, and the most vulnerable many she has touched. ida and staved off evictions and foreclosures members of our community. by connecting families with services that were Shirlee transitioned into the presence of f able to provide the help they needed. Most God on March 22, 2021. She leaves to cher- telling of Shirlee’s ability, is that many of the ish her fond memories, her devoted husband, PERSONAL EXPLANATION resources that she connected families with Pierre Lafleur, beautiful daughters, Amanda --- were not on the federal level. She was so well and Samantha, father, Avenant Moreau, Sr., HON. ELISSA SLOTKIN respected and her assistance so trusted and mother, Eugenie Moreau, brother, Avenant valued that many people turned to her first to Moreau, Jr., sister, Mirlanda M. Russ OF MICHIGAN connect them with the appropriate local agen- (Travelis), sister-in-law, Marie J. Pyram, neph- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cy, knowing she would follow up to make sure ews, Christien A. Moreau and Gabriel R. Friday, April 16, 2021 their issue had been resolved. Allende, nieces, Nathalie and Justina Pyram, Shirlee was a congressional staffer for more and great-niece, Skylyn G. Allende, countless Ms. SLOTKIN. Madam Speaker, I strongly than two decades and her loss has created a extended family and friends, and thousands of support our bipartisan efforts to combat the major void. The thousands of lives that she others upon whose lives she made a positive opioid epidemic. On April 15, 2021, I missed has touched and the even more connections impact. Roll Call No. 112 on the DEBAR Act. Had I she has made will remain a testament to the Madam Speaker, please join me in honoring been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll erstwhile presence of a one-in-a-million per- Ms. Shirlee Moreau Lafleur for all that she has Call No. 112.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3 p.m., Monday, April 19 12 p.m., Monday, April 19

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration Program for Monday: Consideration of measures under of S. 937, COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act. suspension of the Rules. At 5:30 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Lisa O. Monaco, of the District of Colum- bia, to be Deputy Attorney General, and vote on the mo- tion to invoke cloture thereon.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Huffman, Jared, Calif., E408 Slotkin, Elissa, Mich., E412 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E410 Stevens, Haley M., Mich., E410 Burchett, Tim, Tenn., E408 Kind, Ron, Wisc., E409 Tlaib, Rashida, Mich., E408 Cole, Tom, Okla., E408 LaMalfa, Doug, Calif., E409 Westerman, Bruce, Ark., E410 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E411 Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Mo., E411 Wexton, Jennifer, Va., E408 Griffith, H. Morgan, Va., E410 Nunes, Devin, Calif., E410 Wilson, Frederica S., Fla., E407, E409, E411 Hartzler, Vicky, Mo., E408, E411 Pocan, Mark, Wisc., E408 Hayes, Jahana, Conn., E407 Sessions, Pete, Tex., E408

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