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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2015 No. 47 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, called to order by the Speaker pro tem- the Journal. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, pore (Mr. TIPTON). The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Washington, DC, March 17, 2015. question is on the Speaker’s approval Hon. BRUCE V. RAUNER, f Governor, State of Illinois, of the Journal. DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER State House, Springfield, IL. The question was taken; and the PRO TEMPORE DEAR GOVERNOR RAUNER:I hereby resign as Speaker pro tempore announced that the representative of the 18th Congressional The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- the ayes appeared to have it. District of Illinois, effective March 31, 2015. fore the House the following commu- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I object to Respectfully, nication from the Speaker: the vote on the ground that a quorum AARON SCHOCK, Member of Congress. WASHINGTON, DC, is not present and make the point of March 19, 2015. order that a quorum is not present. f I hereby appoint the Honorable SCOTT R. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER TIPTON to act as Speaker pro tempore on this ant to clause 8, rule XX, further pro- day. PRO TEMPORE ceedings on this question will be post- JOHN A. BOEHNER, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Speaker of the House of Representatives. poned. Chair will entertain up to 5 requests The point of no quorum is considered f for 1-minute speeches on each side of withdrawn. PRAYER the aisle. f f The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THE CLEAN AIR, STRONG Eternal God, thank You for giving us ECONOMIES ACT The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the another day. gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. (Mr. OLSON asked and was given per- Send Your Spirit upon the Members mission to address the House for 1 THOMPSON) come forward and lead the of this people’s House to encourage House in the Pledge of Allegiance. minute and to revise and extend his re- them in their official tasks. Especially Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania led marks.) during this season of budget delibera- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, EPA has the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: tions, give them wisdom and an accu- proposed a new lower standard for rate understanding of the needs of the I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the ozone—smog—before America has fin- United States of America, and to the Repub- citizens of this country, most particu- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, ished her work on the current stand- larly those with narrow margins in indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ard. We have made important gains in their life options. air quality, but this latest draft is so Remind us all of the dignity of work, f low that most of America will be out of and teach us to use our talents and compliance. RESIGNATION FROM THE HOUSE abilities in ways that are honorable Under current law, EPA can’t even OF REPRESENTATIVES and just and are of benefit to those we consider whether we have the tech- serve. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- nology to achieve the new low stand- May all that is done this day be for fore the House the following resigna- ard. EPA says that half the work to Your greater honor and glory. tion from the House of Representa- meet this new rule will come from Amen. tives: technology that doesn’t yet exist. This f CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, rule will mean lost jobs and lost oppor- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, tunities. THE JOURNAL Washington, DC, March 17, 2015. This week, the gentleman from Ohio, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, BOB LATTA, and I reintroduced H.R. Chair has examined the Journal of the Speaker, House of Representatives, 1388, the Clean Air, Strong Economies last day’s proceedings and announces The Capitol, Washington, DC. Act. Our bill requires EPA to protect DEAR SPEAKER BOEHNER:I hereby resign as to the House his approval thereof. the representative of the 18th Congressional health and consider whether a rule can Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- District of Illinois, effective March 31, 2015. be met. nal stands approved. Respectfully, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, pursuant AARON SCHOCK, help us balance clean air with a strong to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on Member of Congress. economy by supporting H.R. 1388.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19MR7.000 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1774 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 HAPPY 105TH BIRTHDAY TO These brave men and women put climbing techniques, and proper BERTEL VAN EEK their lives on the line every day in the handline use, and important safety (Mr. KILMER asked and was given service of our Nation, and it is our duty practices. permission to address the House for 1 to offer everything in our power to Electricity is essential to the quality minute.) guarantee they return home safely, of life for those in Haiti’s rural commu- Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, 105 years both physically and mentally. nities. It assists in the provision of ago, in a small town in Germany, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to clean water, health care, education, Bertel Van Eek was born. support this commonsense, bipartisan and general economic opportunity. Her 105 years on this Earth have been legislation. Therefore, I salute my constituents for a testament to the greatness of the f contributing their time and efforts in Haiti on this critical project. United States. She has seen so much. TWO ISSUES OF JUSTICE Living in Holland during World War II, f she saw the capability and bravery of (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House GOP BUDGET MAKES IT HARDER our military and its members. FOR FAMILIES TO GET AHEAD She personally lived our Nation’s im- for 1 minute.) migrant story, coming to America Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, (Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- after the war with $20 and the clothes this morning, I speak on two issues of sylvania asked and was given permis- on her back and eventually becoming justice. One deals with my alma mater, sion to address the House for 1 minute an American citizen. the University of Virginia. And I would and to revise and extend his remarks.) As someone whose spouse died 34 like to thank the young man, the stu- Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- years ago, she has been able to live dent who experienced an unfortunate vania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to op- with dignity because of two of the incident that caused him to have 10 pose this irresponsible and dishonest greatest public policies in the history stitches and to bleed on the streets of budget recently proposed by the House of this country, Medicare and Social Charlottesville by the hands of those Budget Committee Republicans. Under Security. who were enforcing the law. I want to this budget’s grossly misguided prior- She has seen the power of the Amer- join him by saying that we all should ities, people at the top continue to get ican education system, watching her be treated with human dignity, and I richer while hardworking American daughter and son-in-law become teach- thank the Governor of the State of Vir- families fall further behind. ers and seeing three grandsons, who ginia for a full investigation. We have Last fall, at election time, congres- love her very much, also pursue edu- to find a way to balance law and order sional Republicans said they under- cational opportunities so they could with the dignity of the treatment of stood the pressures that American fam- follow their dreams. Mr. Speaker, she African Americans and all people. ilies were feeling, and they promised to even saw her youngest grandson get I will also say that the hostage-tak- help hardworking Americans. But this the honor of serving his community in ing of the Attorney General nominee Republican budget would squeeze hard- Congress. by those who will not push for her con- working Americans even harder in Mr. Speaker, let me close by saying firmation on the floor of the Senate, of countless ways, making it harder to to Bertel Van Eek, my grandma, happy the other body, is not the handling of pay for college, making it harder to 105th birthday, Oma. We love you very the Constitution and the advice and pay for their health care, making it much. consent that is necessary in the proc- harder to ensure a secure retirement. f ess of government. This budget would eliminate health She is qualified. She is ready to care coverage for tens of millions of THE MEDICAL EVALUATION PAR- serve. The Nation needs a chief law en- Americans, cut nondefense government ITY FOR SERVICEMEMBERS ACT forcement officer. We must come to- programs, from transportation to re- (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania gether and find that balance that the search to education, and make more asked and was given permission to ad- Constitution protects, and that is the than $1 trillion in unspecified cuts in dress the House for 1 minute and to re- right of all people to access and free- Federal entitlement programs. vise and extend his remarks.) dom of speech. But we must also re- This House Republican budget would Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. spect law and order. We have to find a make life a lot harder for hardworking Mr. Speaker, today, along with the way to walk that pathway together. American families like the ones I rep- gentleman from Ohio, Congressman f resent in western Pennsylvania. Mr. TIM RYAN, I am introducing the Med- Speaker, this is a budget that needs ELECTRICITY FOR RURAL HAITI ical Evaluation Parity for Service- not to pass. members Act. (Mr. MASSIE asked and was given f This legislation, which has strong bi- permission to address the House for 1 partisan support and the support of a minute and to revise and extend his re- REPUBLICAN BUDGET large number of military and mental marks.) (Mr. CA´ RDENAS asked and was health advocacy groups, will help the Mr. MASSIE. Mr. Speaker, I rise given permission to address the House military identify behavioral health today to recognize three of my con- for 1 minute.) issues and improve suicide prevention stituents from Owenton, Kentucky: Mr. CA´ RDENAS. Mr. Speaker, today by instituting a mental health assess- Matthew Everett Greenlee, Mark Allen we have the opportunity to speak ment for all incoming military re- Greene, and Robert Wayne VonBokern. about values, the values that we have cruits. These three outstanding power linemen as Americans, the values that we hold A recent Army study confirmed the from Owen Electric Cooperative re- dear. The fact that someone can work need to address mental health issues in cently volunteered for a project in their entire life and finally make it to a timely manner, finding that ‘‘nearly Haiti that, when completed, will pro- retirement and be able to live out their one in five Army soldiers enter the vide safe, affordable, and reliable power golden years with dignity is something service with a psychiatric disorder, and to 1,600 consumers. that this budget denies. nearly half of all soldiers who tried sui- The goal of the project is to build a The idea that an American child cide first attempted it before enlist- distribution system that will connect could be born in this great country and ing.’’ three towns in Haiti and establish its have an opportunity to go to a college Our military makes sure that every first electric cooperative, the Coopera- or university and become whatever servicemember is physically fit for tive Electrique de l’Arrondissement des they want to be—maybe an astronaut, duty, and this legislation will ensure Coteaux. maybe an engineer, maybe even a poli- that they are also mentally fit. Fur- My constituents upgraded and in- tician—but without an education, thermore, it will ensure that we have a stalled new lines and service drops in every single one of those dreams is better baseline against which to meas- the town of Roche-a-Bateaux. They tougher and harder than ever before. ure any potential mental harm that also trained locally hired linemen in The budget that has been proposed by may have occurred during their duty. proper construction methods, pole the Republicans in this House denies

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.003 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1775 dreams, denies food, denies health care from Colorado (Mr. POLIS), pending efit of national unions at the expense to seniors; and many more disasters which I yield myself such time as I of hardworking Americans. are in this budget. This budget denies may consume. H. Res. 152 also provides for consider- an opportunity for children to get an GENERAL LEAVE ation of H. Res. 132, the committee education. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- funding resolution for the 114th Con- If you were born with a silver spoon mous consent that all Members have 5 gress. Since taking the majority, in your mouth, this budget is for you— legislative days to revise and extend House Republicans have been careful extending tax loopholes into perpetuity their remarks. stewards of taxpayer dollars, stream- but denying and condemning children The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there lining House operations and saving away from education, seniors away objection to the request of the gentle- funds wherever possible. In fact, this from food and health care. woman from North Carolina? Congress, the House remains below the This budget doesn’t deserve one vote. There was no objection. amount authorized in 2008. This budget deserves to be reworked, to Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, House Reso- This bipartisan resolution will allow carry the values that we hold dear in lution 152 provides for a closed rule our committees to continue their vital this country. providing for consideration of S.J. Res. work on behalf of this institution, in- f 8, a joint resolution providing for con- cluding legislative reforms and over- gressional disapproval under chapter 8 sight with additional investigations b 0915 of title 5, United States Code, of the and field hearings. PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENSES rule submitted by the National Labor Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES OF Relations Board, and a closed rule for support this rule and the underlying THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- consideration of H. Res. 132, providing resolutions, and I reserve the balance TIVES IN THE 114TH CONGRESS, for the expenses of certain committees of my time. AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDER- of the House of Representatives in the Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ATION OF S.J. RES. 8, PROVIDING 114th Congress. gentlewoman for yielding me the cus- FOR CONGRESSIONAL DIS- Across the Capitol, the United States tomary 30 minutes, and I yield myself APPROVAL OF A RULE SUB- Senate took positive action on March 4 such time as I may consume. when it passed a resolution, S.J. Res. 8, MITTED BY THE NATIONAL Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to invoking the Congressional Review Act LABOR RELATIONS BOARD the rule and the underlying resolution, to overturn the National Labor Rela- Senate Joint Resolution 8, the resolu- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, by direction tions Board’s recent ambush election tion to overturn the National Labor of the Committee on Rules, I call up rule. On that same day, my colleagues Relations Board’s election rule. House Resolution 152 and ask for its and I at the Committee on Education The other bill I support, H. Res. 132, immediate consideration. and the Workforce Subcommittee on which provides for the expenses of the The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Health, Employment, Labor, and Pen- committees of the House. The House lows: sions held a hearing on legislation I Committee on Administration’s bipar- H. RES. 152 strongly supported and cosponsored, tisan work should be commended be- Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- H.J. Res. 29, which is identical legisla- cause, as we all know, committees that lution it shall be in order without interven- tion to that which will come before the we individual Members of the House tion of any point of order to consider in the House today. House the resolution (H. Res. 132) providing The National Labor Relations are members of play a very important for the expenses of certain committees of the role in the work we do every day. House of Representatives in the One Hundred Board’s ambush election rule is just the latest of its outrageous actions Now, I think it is unfortunate that Fourteenth Congress. The amendment print- this bipartisan bill has been packaged ed in the report of the Committee on Rules taken in defiance of longstanding accompanying this resolution shall be con- precedent, jeopardizing employee free with a partisan bill to repeal impor- sidered as adopted. The resolution, as choice and privacy and employer free tant, commonsense reforms that were amended, shall be considered as read. The speech. This rule would give workers as done at the National Labor Relations previous question shall be considered as or- few as 11 days to consider a consequen- Board, and they have been wrapped up dered on the resolution, as amended, to adop- tial decision before voting for or with a controversial bill. tion without intervening motion or demand The NLRB’s function, as you know, is for division of the question except: (1) one against joining a union, prevent em- ployers from having adequate time to both to investigate and prosecute un- hour of debate equally divided and controlled fair labor practices and to provide a by the chair and ranking minority member prepare for union elections, and post- of the Committee on House Administration; pone critical questions over the elec- legal framework for employees and em- and (2) one motion to recommit which may tion, such as voter eligibility, until ployers where employees may be seek- not contain instructions. after the election. ing to organize in their workplaces for SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it While providing little consideration better wages and working conditions. shall be in order to consider in the House the of the longstanding rights of employees Both of those functions are required of joint resolution (S.J. Res. 8) providing for and employers, the rule further vio- them by the National Labor Relations congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of Act, which has been in place since 1935. title 5, United States Code, of the rule sub- lates their privacy by ensuring that mitted by the National Labor Relations workers’ personal information such as The work that the NLRB is doing is Board relating to representation case proce- email addresses, work schedules, phone important. It is precisely what is re- dures. All points of order against consider- numbers, and home addresses are pro- quired by the National Labor Relations ation of the joint resolution are waived. The vided to union leaders. Act. Holding a vote on this resolution joint resolution shall be considered as read. There is a myriad of consequences to will get in the way of the NLRB’s pur- All points of order against provisions in the this harmful regulation, including con- suing its mandate successfully. Instead joint resolution are waived. The previous straining the rights of workers to of focusing on important issues like question shall be considered as ordered on shrinking the wage gap and growing the joint resolution and on any amendment make informed decisions, severely thereto to final passage without intervening hampering employers’ rights to speak the middle class, instead, the Repub- motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally to their employees during union orga- licans are spinning their wheels to divided and controlled by the chair and rank- nizing campaigns, and weakening pri- score points by going after the Na- ing minority member of the Committee on vacy rights of workers. tional Labor Relations Board and com- Education and the Workforce; and (2) one These consequences will seriously monsense reforms to make it function motion to commit. impact the relationship of workers and more effectively. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- employers and upend a carefully craft- The President has already released a tlewoman from North Carolina is rec- ed process for organizing elections. statement vowing to veto this resolu- ognized for 1 hour. These precedents have arisen over dec- tion, so it is another example of spin- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, for the pur- ades of practice within existing rules ning our wheels. It is obvious that nei- pose of debate only, I yield the cus- and should not be upended by ther the Senate nor the House will tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman hyperpartisan bureaucrats to the ben- have enough votes to override this

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.004 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1776 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 veto, so I ask simply: Why are we wast- more than a year before a vote was fi- this election will impact. The other 90 ing our time on this misguided legisla- nally held. Oftentimes, if a year or 2 or percent work well. The current NLRB tion when there are plenty of chal- 3 go by, there might be different em- processes work well. We don’t need to lenges that our country faces, whether ployees, people come and go, the change their methods. it is balancing the budget, growing the groups of employees change, and often I keep hearing arguments that em- middle class, or dealing with use of some of these involved in the orga- ployees are losing the rights to pri- force abroad? Instead, we are dis- nizing are subsequently fired. Employ- vacy, but I want to address these cussing legislation which won’t become ers are able to do this by appealing points because they are completely law. While we are 3 months into this time and time again on issues that false. Congress, I can’t even count the have no bearing on the election simply The companies have work schedules, amount of hours we have spent on the to delay, delay, delay. email addresses, and phone numbers. floor discussing legislation that, as ev- The modest, commonsense reforms of They often use these to threaten and erybody knows, won’t become law be- the election rules truly go a long way coerce employees at all hours of the cause we have a President in the White in balancing the system and making it day and night. Those who are orga- House who said he will veto it. work more efficiently. They are stand- nizing already have access to home ad- Mr. Speaker, this piece of legislation ardized practices that are already com- dresses, but that is all they have. With- uses the Congressional Review Act, mon through many parts of the coun- out work schedules, they might show which is a rare legislative tool that al- try to allow workers to make their own up when an employee is sleeping or lows the majority to rush through leg- decisions without manipulations, when they are not home. This new rule islation with little debate. In the Sen- threats, or intimidation from either provides the same information to em- ate, normal rules of debate and cloture party. ployers and organizers. If you ask me, are not even required, but it does re- Under current rules, what happens a home address—which they already quire the President’s signature. all too often is employers continuously have—is far more intrusive than an Now, keep in mind, the Congressional appeal an election with unwarranted email or phone number, and I think Review Act is used to undo rules that litigation so they have time to threat- that these reforms will, therefore, fur- have been promulgated by the execu- en, coerce, and, far too often, fire ther the privacy of workers. tive branch through the Executive Of- workers. By the time the election oc- The rules simply modernize the dis- fice. So why would a President sign curs, workers have moved on, volun- closure requirements, because the last something that undoes his own rules? tarily or involuntarily, to other jobs or time they were updated people didn’t He simply wouldn’t have made those have been threatened so many times have cell phones and emails. All they rules in the first place if he didn’t want they feel they have been forced to vote had were home addresses, which is why them done. ‘‘no.’’ the union organizers currently have ac- So here we are, without two-thirds of There is a proven direct and causal cess to home addresses. this body, going through these motions relationship between the length of time Employers also indicate that they on something that we know isn’t going it takes to hold an election and illegal might be surprised by an election. The to become law. The Congressional Re- employer conduct. In other words, bad timeline the employers are referring to view Act has only been used once to actors stall the election process and of 11 days is essentially impossible in overturn a rule in the entire history of use the system they have to do what- the real world. Moreover, in essentially the United States and is there for ever it takes to win the election. There every case, the employer is fully aware emergencies. This bill is far from an are hundreds of examples of unscrupu- that organizing is occurring long be- emergency. Instead, it is packaged lous actors using the current system in fore the petition is filed. Under the new with a closed rule—an extreme and un- this way. rule, employers will have plenty of necessary procedural action—rather The nurse that I mentioned earlier time to make their cases, and employ- than allowing for amendment and dis- decided that she and her coworkers ees will have plenty of time to make an cussion of ideas from both sides of the wanted a better workplace environ- informed decision. aisle. ment and began to organize, but the It is important to note that if the This resolution would overturn the employer delayed the action multiple resolution were to actually pass and new and improved election rules at the times so they had time to threaten the somehow be signed by the President— NLRB which are simply modernizing workers via text and email. They even which it won’t be—it would forever an antiquated system. The current held mandatory meetings with employ- prohibit the NLRB or any agency from rules were done before email existed, as ees to threaten and coerce them into enacting a substantially similar rule. an example. And we talk about how im- voting against organizing. They even b 0930 portant privacy is; we are only talking did this under the guise of education. That means the simple moderniza- about email addresses that the em- In the end, the nurses were too scared tion efforts that I hope we could all ployer has. So if employers can use to form a union. agree upon, such as allowing parties to them to lobby their employees one way Another unfortunate, but telling, ex- file election documents electronically, or the other in a vote, the organizing ample we talked about in committee is as this rule does, will be forever off the campaign should also be able to use a Mercedes-Benz dealership that de- table, forcing both businesses and those same email addresses. If neither layed and stalled an election at every workers to use an antiquated and cost- side has access to them, that is fine; opportunity. The entire process wound ly system. but if one side has access to them in an up lasting 428 days. With the new rule, Mr. Speaker, for these reasons, I op- election, the other side needs to have the process would have taken 141 days. pose the rule and the underlying bill. access under similar terms. What I can’t understand is how some I reserve the balance of my time. We in this body have a responsibility people think that 428 days is reason- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- to protect workers’ rights and to pro- able and that somehow 141 days is an self such time as I may consume. vide employers with predictability and ambush election. I think 428 days for a My colleague from Colorado knows an expeditious processing of organizing union election is inexcusable. It is very well that the House is doing its requests in the workplace. Under the harmful to our families and the econ- work and focusing on the things that current archaic rules prior to this omy and harmful to the businesses, the are important to hardworking Ameri- change, it was far too easy for bad ac- lack of predictability that that brings. cans. Just this week, we are holding 81 tors to endlessly delay workplace elec- The average resolution for an elec- hearings here in the House in various tions. tion is 38 days. And we are not dealing committees. That is definitely doing In our committee that Dr. FOXX and with the average here; we are dealing our work. We are here on the floor I serve on, we got to hear the testi- with the outliers. One in 10 election today looking at a very important mony of a nurse from California who cases are still unresolved after 100 piece of work and overriding this oner- had engaged in an effort in her work- days. There is no excuse for that. It is ous rule. That is not a waste of time. place to organize the nurses that had unthinkable. It is these 10 percent of Mr. Speaker, the National Labor Re- been delayed time and time again, employers and organizing efforts that lations Board has been attempting for

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.006 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1777 years to tip the scales toward union or- as well, with the U.S. Chamber of Com- business from one-third based on ex- ganizers, and last December, it was fi- merce and other trade associations fil- ports to two-thirds based on exports as nally able to accomplish one of its ing a lawsuit to block its implementa- a consequence of their relationship major goals with approval of this am- tion as a violation of the National with the Export-Import Bank. I don’t bush election rule. Labor Relations Act, Administrative know what I would say to Terry and The two Board members who de- Procedure Act, and employers’ rights. Stacie if this cloud of uncertainty con- scended from the decision were clear I urge my colleagues to support the tinues to hang and the Bank goes about the rule’s primary purpose: ena- rule and the underlying resolution. away. bling initial union representation elec- I reserve the balance of my time. I don’t know what to say to STAC, a tions to occur as soon as possible. This Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- business located in my district in Sum- rule will shorten the length of time in self such time as I may consume. ner, Washington, an idea in a gentle- which such an election is held from the The Export-Import Bank ensures man’s head—also, by the way, a vet- current median of 38 days to as little as that American businesses remain com- eran—who formed a business to sell ad- 11 days. petitive in foreign markets, and reau- hesives into the marketplace that now The Board’s decision was broad and thorizing it would create certainty for employs 8 or 10 people with a signifi- unprecedented, overturning decades of business across this country and is cant export business. Why? Because of practice in labor laws and skewing fully permissible under WTO rules. the Export-Import Bank. elections in favor of unions. One of its Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the pre- I don’t know what to say to most outrageous provisions is post- vious question, I will offer an amend- Manhasset, of all places in Yakima, poning decisions about who is eligible ment to the rule to allow for consider- Washington, one of the world’s leading to participate in an election to after ation of legislation which would reau- music stand manufacturers. Indeed, 90 the election. thorize the Export-Import Bank for 7 percent of the transactions, approxi- One of the most fundamental prin- years. mately, of the Export-Import Bank are ciples of a fair election is ensuring only Mr. Speaker, to discuss our proposal, for small businesses. those eligible to vote to have the abil- I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished The damage is being done now in the ity to vote, maintaining the value of gentleman from Washington (Mr. absence of action and the failure of this each voter’s individual vote. That basic HECK). House to take up this issue. The real democratic protection would be shat- Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Speak- damage is long term, and it is signifi- tered by this rule. It may also lead to er, I, indeed, rise to oppose the request cant, and it is material. more union representation elections for a previous question in order that we I talked the other day on the floor being set aside and new elections being might get on with the task of delib- about the fact that commercial air- ordered. erating on reauthorization of the Ex- lines is basically a manufacturing du- Glenn Taubman characterized the port-Import Bank. opoly. We all know that. One is based consequences of this ambush election Just to remind people, the Export- in France. It is Airbus. rule very fittingly in testimony before Import Bank provides loans or loan The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. JEN- our Subcommittee on Health, Employ- guarantees to the foreign purchasers of KINS of West Virginia). The time of the ment, Labor, and Pensions, saying: American-made goods and services— gentleman has expired. It is akin to a mayoral election in which it American-made goods and services. Mr. POLIS. I yield the gentleman an is unknown, either before or after the elec- tion, whether up to 20 percent of the poten- This venerated institution has been additional 2 minutes. tial voters are inside or outside the city lim- around for 80-some years, it has been Mr. HECK of Washington. I thank the its. enthusiastically supported by every gentleman from Colorado. The rule will also require a new man- single President since; Democratic and Airplane manufacturing currently is datory poster be placed in the work- Republican, liberal and conservative, a duopoly, a French-based business and place within 2 business days of receiv- all have supported reauthorization of an American-based business, which I ing a petition for election, the content the Export-Import Bank. want to remind people is the heart and of which will be determined by the Na- This federally chartered Bank dis- soul of engineering manufacturing in tional Labor Relations Board. appears in 103 days if we do not act. If this country, it is the heart and soul of Employers are also provided only 8 the House continues to refuse to place it. days to find experienced representation it before the committee of jurisdiction It is not going to remain the case, in before facing a hearing and must file for a hearing, refuses to place it before any event, because, as we all know— an in-depth statement of position with- the committee of jurisdiction for a and if we don’t, we should—China is in only 7 days of receiving a petition markup, refuses to consider it on this right now in the process of developing for election. floor, the Bank will disappear in 103 a wide-body commercial aircraft for Companies of any size—and, in par- days. entry into the world marketplace. I ticular, small businesses—frequently The problem is that is not when the think it is tentatively named the C919. do not have in-house counsel and are damage is done. The damage is already China’s export credit authority, not prepared at the drop of a hat to re- beginning because of the cloud of un- which I remind the Chamber every spond to complex, consequential legal certainty that hangs over the Export- other developed nation on the Earth situations. Import Bank. Air Tractor, a company has, is multiple in size of America’s ex- A provision with a serious impact on in Texas, which manufactures air- port credit authority, the Export-Im- employee privacy is the access pro- planes for use in firefighting and agri- port Bank. They are literally—not vided to unions of additional contact culture, lost a multimillion dollar figuratively—they are literally sitting information, including every employ- order to Africa because they were told: over there, rubbing their hands in glee, ee’s name, address, personal phone We don’t know if the Bank will be waiting for this Chamber to refuse to number, and personal email address, around. act because when their airplane comes which must be provided within 2 days Last year, FirmGreen, a California- online in 2 to 8 years, they are going to of an election order without any option based firm that was founded by a jump into this market like there is no to opt out. wounded Vietnam veteran, lost a mul- tomorrow. Important review procedures would timillion dollar deal overseas because The damage to the heart and soul of be set aside by this rule as well, includ- they were told there is too much uncer- our manufacturing sector cannot be ex- ing the opportunity for review of deci- tainty, there is too big a cloud of un- aggerated; indeed, to remind you, every sions made prior to the election by the certainty hanging over the Export-Im- advanced economy on the face of the Board itself. The Board’s requirement port Bank. planet has an export credit authority, for review of postelection disputes Ladies and gentlemen in the House, I and if we allow ours to expire, it is tan- would be made discretionary for the don’t know what to say, I don’t know tamount to unilateral disarmament. first time as well, limiting oversight. what to say to Terry and Stacie Coch- An amazing array of groups support This flawed decision is currently fac- ran, the owners of a business in eastern this. Everybody from—yes, believe it or ing litigation from the private sector Washington that have grown their not—the Sierra Club, to the Chamber

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.008 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1778 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 of Commerce, to the International As- within 56 days. The median is 38 days One of the ways that we can elimi- sociation of Machinists, to the Na- from a petition’s being filed. Further- nate things here in Congress is by not tional Association of Manufacturers. more, unions won 60 percent of those acting on them at all. It appears that Everyone supports our bill; yet we elections, so they win more than half— this piece of legislation is destined not dither. or two-thirds, I should say. Given the to be acted upon; thereby, the elimi- In summary, to repeat, the Export- importance and consequences of the de- nation of the Export-Import Bank will Import Bank is a job-creating machine, cisionmaking being made by workers, take place. This is unfortunate. 1.2 million jobs in the last 5 years. The this is an entirely reasonable period of I believe that, when there are things Export-Import Bank is a deficit-reduc- time. that you would like to say that are ing machine, $6.9 billion to reduce our Under the NLRB’s radical new policy, being said better by others, it is better deficit. It doesn’t cost us anything. union elections could be held, Mr. to let them say them. I would like to There are no Federal taxpayer dollars Speaker, in as little as 11 days after a just quote a few things from the U.S. involved. It is a superperforming agen- petition is filed. As an employer myself Chamber of Commerce with reference cy. It creates jobs; it reduces our def- of not a large business, I don’t know if to the Ex-Im Bank. icit—and significantly—and it goes I could find a labor attorney in 11 days The Chamber indicates: ‘‘Failure to away in 103 days if this Chamber fails to go through this very complicated reauthorize Ex-Im would put at risk to act. legal issue. This is not nearly enough more than 150,000 American jobs at I oppose the demand for the previous time for employers to present their 3,000 companies.’’ That is significant. question so that we might get on with side to employees or for those employ- The Chamber goes on to talk about the business of strengthening Amer- ees to make an informed decision. Un- the spinoffs—the other jobs—that will ica’s economy. fortunately, for workers, the NLRB be impacted by virtue of the 150,000 Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- rule doesn’t stop here. jobs that will be put at risk: ‘‘Tens of self such time as I may consume. Of grave concern to me is the threat thousands of smaller companies that The word ‘‘venerated’’ is usually re- posed to workers’ privacy. Currently, supply goods and services to large ex- served for clerics and not government employers are required to turn over a porters also benefit from Ex-Im’s ac- agencies. Such an attitude borders on list of employees and their home ad- tivities,’’ meaning that these compa- worship of government agencies, and I dresses to union organizers within 7 nies too will suffer, and these are addi- doubt very seriously that the majority days after an election is ordered. So tional workers who will suffer. of hardworking Americans agree with you have a week. The ambush election The Chamber indicates: ‘‘Other coun- that attitude. rule, instead, would open the door for tries are providing approximately 18 I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman greater harassment and intimidation times more export credit assistance to from Tennessee (Mr. ROE), my distin- by requiring employers to turn over their exporters than Ex-Im did to U.S. guished colleague. each employee’s name, address, phone exporters last year.’’ Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I number, email address—all within 2 It goes on to read: ‘‘If Congress fails thank the gentlewoman for yielding, days of an election order. to reauthorize Ex-Im, the United and I hope you are feeling better soon, It is for this reason that I introduced States would become the only major also. the Employee Privacy Protection Act trading nation without such a bank, Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support in the last Congress. This bill would putting American exporters at a of both the rule and Senate Joint Reso- have required only the names of the unique disadvantage in tough global lution 8, which would overturn the Na- employees and one piece of contact in- markets.’’ tional Labor Relations Board’s ambush formation of the employee’s choosing. Now, that is the United States Cham- elections rule. I was proud to join my The employee gets to decide how he is ber of Commerce. I think this is a friend, Chairman JOHN KLINE, in intro- contacted and to have that be provided source that many of my colleagues on ducing the House version of this resolu- to union organizers. I think that is the other side would rely upon. tion. We are here today because the Obama very reasonable. This will allow com- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The administration is trying to fix a prob- munications to happen but on the time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. POLIS. I yield the gentleman an lem that does not exist, claiming that workers’ terms. additional 30 seconds. expediting elections on whether to Choosing whether to be represented Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- form a union is needed because of by a union is a big decision with rami- er, I am also here to say that the State delays in the process and supposed un- fications in the workplace and at of Texas, which is the largest State fair advantages to employers. home. Instead of ensuring a fair proc- Mr. Speaker, let me say that I grew ess for unions, employers, and workers, that deals in exports—the top export- up in a union household. My father this NLRB is trying to rig the game in ing State, accounting for approxi- worked for B.F. Goodrich Company. He favor of union bosses, and that is not mately 18 percent of the national ex- was a longtime union member after fair to workers or to employees. ports—would be hurt. In Texas, we World War II. I have seen many things I urge my colleagues to support the have approximately 1,630 exporters that the unions have done that have rule and the resolution. that utilize the Export-Import Bank. been good. Unions are legal in America. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 In my district, 46 small businesses are Employees have a right to hear all the minutes to the distinguished gen- using the Export-Import Bank, and 14 information. They can decide whether tleman from Texas (Mr. AL GREEN). of these are minority-owned while five Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Thank you, they want to be in a union or not be in are owned by women. The bank is mak- Mr. POLIS. a union. ing a difference. There is no big hurry. Look, the Na- Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to In Texas, we have a saying: ‘‘If it tional Labor Relations Board—and this the previous question because I believe ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’’ It ain’t is March Madness, so I will use a bas- that it is imperative that we have an broke. We are trying to fix it, and we ketball metaphor. I played basketball, opportunity to present a piece of legis- are doing it by eliminating an entity and other people do; you expect the ref- lation that will have a tremendous im- that is making a difference for our erees to just be a fair arbiter of the pact on our economy. economy. I believe that H.R. 1031, Promoting game. When you go in someone else’s Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- U.S. Jobs through Exports Act, is an home court, you expect to get a fair self such time as I may consume. important piece of legislation, and I call. The history of this regulation is as am in complete agreement with my sordid as most of the NLRB’s actions b 0945 colleagues who have indicated that this have been over the past few years. That is all we expect the NLRB to do, piece of legislation has not received a The Board initially attempted to pro- and that is not what is happening now. fair hearing. It has not received a mulgate this regulation in 2011 without Here are the facts. markup in the Financial Services Com- a legitimate quorum and saw its deci- In reality, under the current proce- mittee, and it has not been afforded an sion struck down by the U.S. District dures, 94 percent of elections are held opportunity to come to the floor. Court for the District of Columbia.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.009 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1779 That court decision was upheld by the it assistance to their exporters than If we fail to reauthorize the Export- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Ex-Im did to U.S. exporters last year.’’ Import Bank, we are, effectively, stab- of Columbia. Further, the ‘‘reauthorization of Ex- bing ourselves in the foot. We are hurt- After rescinding its initial attempt Im would benefit taxpayers by reducing ing our own export economy. Do we at imposing an ambush election rule, the deficit by hundreds of millions of think for 1 minute that other countries the Board, now back to its full dollars. Far from being a subsidy, Ex- are going to stop engaging in similar strength after threats by Senate Demo- Im has generated $2.7 billion for tax- allowable trade practices that benefit crats to exercise the nuclear option to payers in the last six years, mostly their own manufacturing industries? spark filibuster reform, reintroduced through fees collected from foreign No, of course not. People across the the ambush election rule in February customers. Eliminating Ex-Im would world are going to scratch their heads of last year. Today, we face the con- increase the U.S. budget deficit.’’ just as they do when our own Congress sequences of that effort. I am going to repeat that. ‘‘Elimi- shuts down our government, just as Those efforts are not the only objec- nating Ex-Im would increase the U.S. they do when Members of our own Con- tionable actions of the National Labor budget deficit.’’ gress undermine our own President dip- Relations Board in recent years. Last ‘‘Ex-Im’s overall active default rate lomatically. They ask: What are the year, I sent a letter, with several of my hovers below one-quarter of one per- Americans doing? They are doing this colleagues, opposing the NLRB general cent, a default rate lower than com- to themselves. They are hurting their counsel’s efforts to deem franchisers mercial banks. own exports, and they are hurting their joint employers with their franchisees. ‘‘The U.S. Chamber, the world’s larg- own manufacturing. That determination could have pro- est business federation representing That is exactly why I hope that we do found consequences for the over 8 mil- the interests of more than three mil- defeat the previous question and come lion Americans who go to work at our lion businesses of all sizes, sectors, and forward with a clean Export-Import country’s over 750,000 franchise busi- regions, as well as state and local Bank reauthorization, which I am con- nesses. chambers and industry associations, fident would overwhelmingly pass here The NLRB also purported to be able and dedicated to promoting, pro- on the floor of the House. to instruct private businesses as to tecting, and defending America’s free Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- where they could invest, telling The enterprise system, urges the House to sent to insert the text of the amend- Boeing Company in 2011 that it could pass long-term Ex-Im reauthorization ment in the RECORD, along with extra- not operate a factory in South Carolina as expeditiously as possible.’’ neous material, immediately prior to it had already built. Our Federal Gov- Those are verbatim words from the the vote on the previous question. ernment has far too much power, but, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s position The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there thankfully, it does not yet have the on the long-term reauthorization of the objection to the request of the gen- power to tell businesses where they can Export-Import Bank. Why? Because tleman from Colorado? There was no objection. and can’t expand. The Board was forced they know that the failure to do so 103 Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, what this to withdraw its complaint in that in- days from now will materially damage discussion really comes down to with stance. the U.S. economy and will reduce the regard to the NLRB is whether or not The NLRB regulation that we will numbers of jobs. I urge you to support bad actors should continue to get away address today on the floor is just an- the long-term reauthorization of the with abusing an antiquated system for other in a long line of objectionable ac- Ex-Im. their own advantage. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I am pre- tions that the Board has taken since I truly believe—and I hope my col- pared to close if my colleague from President Obama’s appointees have leagues do, too—that employers and Colorado is also prepared. taken office. There is no reason to be- employees should have a level playing Mr. POLIS. If somebody else shows lieve that their approach to the law field with an updated and expeditious up, I might yield to him; but with that will change, but our step today to in- processing mechanism. Employers understanding, I yield myself the bal- voke the Congressional Review Act is should not be able to endlessly delay ance of my time. merely another sign of our willingness and appeal elections and abuse a proc- Mr. Speaker, I want to talk a little to exercise oversight tirelessly into the ess that was put in place just as much bit about the Export-Import Bank and Board’s actions. We will continue to be for them as it was for employees. what they do and why it is so impor- vigilant on behalf of workers and their Organizing has a long and important tant. employers. history in America. Unions and collec- First of all, there are a lot of forms Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of tive bargaining have made sure we of subsidization that are not permitted my time. have a weekend to spend with our fami- under trade rules or the WTO. How- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 lies, a 40-hour workweek, and made ever, there are certain safe harbors for minutes to the gentleman from Wash- sure women are paid fair wages. ington (Mr. HECK). things that are allowed, and all of our Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Speak- major trading partners have something b 1000 er, Mr. GREEN’s repeated reference to like an Export-Import Bank. Organizing has made sure workers the United States Chamber of Com- What it does is it helps to effectively are safe from all types and forms of merce’s point of view prompted me to finance our exports. When we have workplace dangers. Countless studies believe that entering their actual somebody who wants to buy products show that the proportion of workers in words, that of the Chamber’s, into the from an American company in another labor organizations tracks very closely RECORD would be a constructive addi- country, rather than have that com- with income for middle class Ameri- tion to this debate. So I read from pany, itself, have to collect that over- cans. their letter: seas debt, effectively, that debt is Critics of this rule don’t want a level ‘‘Failure to reauthorize Ex-Im would transferred to this pseudopublic entity, playing field for labor organizations to put at risk more than 150,000 American the Export-Import Bank, and that, ef- fight for the middle class. They want a jobs at 3,000 companies that depend on fectively, becomes the collection agent process that is open to delay and ma- the Bank to be able to compete in glob- overseas for that debt. It, effectively, nipulation. Rather than letting work- al markets. Ex-Im is especially impor- allows our exporters to get their pay- ers choose for themselves whether or tant to small- and medium-size busi- ments up front to outsource any risk of not they want to join a union, bad ac- nesses, which account for more than 85 no payment occurring. In fact, the U.S. tors would prefer to delay or prevent percent of Ex-Im’s transactions. Tens Export Agency is in a better position the choice from ever being made at all. of thousands of smaller companies that to collect those debts because people This new rule reduces the opportunity supply goods and services to large ex- will see them abroad as an entity of for bad actors to play games with the porters also benefit from Ex-Im’s ac- the U.S. Government. It works out process and applies new technological tivities. well, as it is profitable; it is supported updates to the process as well. ‘‘Other countries are providing ap- by the business community; and it is The Republicans, time and time proximately 18 times more export cred- fully permissible under trade rules. again, seem to want to waste time on

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.010 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 grandstanding instead of legislating. the committee funding resolution this bate shall be confined to the bill and shall This is a perfect example of another rule will provide for consideration of. not exceed one hour equally divided and con- bill that won’t become law. The Repub- Our record of careful stewardship of trolled by the chair and ranking minority licans want to tilt the economy toward taxpayer dollars continues with the member of the Committee on Financial Services. After general debate the bill shall the wealthy, toward big business, to- House authorized funds for the 114th be considered for amendment under the five- ward CEOs. Congress below those in 2008. The fund- minute rule. All points of order against pro- We were sent here to do the people’s ing resolution was favorably reported visions in the bill are waived. At the conclu- work. The new rule for the NLRB is en- out of committee by unanimous voice sion of consideration of the bill for amend- tirely consistent with the legislative vote. The chair and ranking member of ment the Committee shall rise and report intent of the creation of that agency, each committee worked together to de- the bill to the House with such amendments and it is for the advantage of people velop their individual budget prior- as may have been adopted. The previous who live in our towns and cities. It im- ities, and each committee also re- question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final proves the economy, raises up the mid- affirmed its commitment to uphold the passage without intervening motion except dle class, helps give everybody a fair equitable two-thirds/one-third alloca- one motion to recommit with or without in- shot at the American Dream. tion between the majority and minor- structions. If the Committee of the Whole When we talk about the pathway to ity sides. rises and reports that it has come to no reso- the American Dream, the pathway to Our record of careful stewardship of lution on the bill, then on the next legisla- success in our country, the organized taxpayer dollars continues, with the tive day the House shall, immediately after labor movement has and continues to House authorized funds for the 114th the third daily order of business under clause make enormous contributions toward Congress below those in 2008. 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of making sure that Americans are earn- Returning to the ambush elections the Whole for further consideration of the- bill. ing livable wages, that they can sup- rule, which was, sadly, not crafted in SEC. 4. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not port their families and live the Amer- the same bipartisan fashion as our apply to the consideration of H.R. 1031. ican Dream. It is not only the week- committee funding resolution, Mr. ends and 40-hour workweeks that they Speaker, we must remember that pro- THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT have given us. The organized labor viding for free and fair elections is one IT REALLY MEANS movement continues to fight for the of the most fundamental principles of This vote, the vote on whether to order the middle class and to fight to grow the our democracy. previous question on a special rule, is not middle class and to address some of the The National Labor Relations merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- increasing trend of income disparities Board’s ambush elections rule is an af- dering the previous question is a vote that are threatening our country. front to that principle. Without a against the Republican majority agenda and a vote to allow the Democratic minority to Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to chance to opt out, it provides the per- offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about vote ‘‘no’’ and defeat the previous ques- sonal contact information of every em- what the House should be debating. tion, and then we will bring forward ployee to organizers who may have had Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the the Export-Import Bank clean reau- no previous interactions with those House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- thorization that does create jobs for employees. The rule could lead to scribes the vote on the previous question on middle class Americans and in manu- union representation elections being the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the facturing. Some of those plants will be held within only 11 days without any consideration of the subject before the House union and some won’t be. That is the certainty over who should be partici- being made by the Member in charge.’’ To defeat the previous question is to give the choice of the workers. The NLRB bill pating in the election or adequate time opposition a chance to decide the subject be- facilitates that choice. It doesn’t pre- to consult with legal counsel. fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s suppose that every workplace will want It is not as if existing rules favor one ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that to organize nor that no workplaces will party over another. If anything, they ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- want to organize. It simply has a fair favor unions. Currently, 95 percent of mand for the previous question passes the set of rules in place—fair to businesses, elections occur within 2 months, and control of the resolution to the opposition’’ fair to employees, fair to labor, fair to unions win more than 60 percent of in order to offer an amendment. On March everybody—that allows a decision to be them. The National Labor Relations 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- Board should be focused on maintain- fered a rule resolution. The House defeated made regarding organizing in the work- the previous question and a member of the place. ing fair union representation elections opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, What is even more important about backed by longstanding precedent, not asking who was entitled to recognition. the effort Mr. HECK talked about is it upending a longstanding, carefully tai- Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: will allow workers and business owners lored process for elections that pro- ‘‘The previous question having been refused, to participate in a bigger pie. That is vided fundamental protections to all the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- what we all want. By reauthorizing the stakeholders: workers, unions, and em- gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Export-Import Bank, we are creating ployers. yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to jobs in our country and the export sec- This Congressional Review Act joint the first recognition.’’ The Republican majority may say ‘‘the tor; and that means that the owners of resolution is an important step in Con- vote on the previous question is simply a the companies will do well; it means gress exercising its oversight role to vote on whether to proceed to an immediate the employees of the companies will do ensure that independent agencies and vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] well; it means the management will do the executive branch do not step on has no substantive legislative or policy im- well; it means the line workers will do vital protections for hardworking plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what well. Americans. they have always said. Listen to the Repub- So let’s participate in a growing pie I strongly commend this rule and the lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative by passing a clean reauthorization of underlying resolutions to my col- Process in the United States House of Rep- leagues for their support. resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s the Export-Import Bank rather than how the Republicans describe the previous trying to divide the pie to take more The material previously referred to question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- away from working families and the by Mr. POLIS is as follows: though it is generally not possible to amend middle class and give more to big busi- AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 152 OFFERED BY the rule because the majority Member con- nesses. MR. POLIS OF COLORADO trolling the time will not yield for the pur- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to At the end of the resolution, add the fol- pose of offering an amendment, the same re- vote ‘‘no’’ and defeat the previous ques- lowing new sections: sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- tion. I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the rule, SEC. 3. Immediately upon adoption of this vious question on the rule.... When the and I yield back the balance of my resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to motion for the previous question is defeated, clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House control of the time passes to the Member time. resolved into the Committee of the Whole who led the opposition to ordering the pre- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- House on the state of the Union for consider- vious question. That Member, because he self such time as I may consume. ation of the bill (H.R. 1031) to reauthorize then controls the time, may offer an amend- The proud traditions of this House the Export-Import Bank of the United ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of and its committees are continued by States, and for other purposes. General de- amendment.’’

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RUSH and BUTTERFIELD ber leading the opposition to the previous Mullin Rooney (FL) Wagner Mulvaney Ros-Lehtinen Walberg changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to question, who may offer a proper amendment ‘‘nay.’’ or motion and who controls the time for de- Murphy (PA) Ross Walden Neugebauer Rothfus Walker bate thereon.’’ Messrs. MICA, BURGESS, and Mrs. Newhouse Rouzer Walorski HARTZLER changed their vote from Clearly, the vote on the previous question Noem Royce Walters, Mimi on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Nugent Russell Weber (TX) ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ cations. It is one of the only available tools Nunes Ryan (WI) Webster (FL) So the previous question was ordered. for those who oppose the Republican major- Olson Salmon Wenstrup The result of the vote was announced ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- Palazzo Sanford Westerman as above recorded. native views the opportunity to offer an al- Palmer Scalise Westmoreland The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ternative plan. Paulsen Schweikert Whitfield Pearce Sensenbrenner Wilson (SC) question is on the resolution. Ms. FOXX. I yield back the balance Perry Sessions Wittman The question was taken; and the of my time, and I move the previous Pittenger Shimkus Womack Speaker pro tempore announced that question on the resolution. Pitts Shuster Woodall Poe (TX) Simpson Yoder the ayes appeared to have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Poliquin Smith (MO) Yoho RECORDED VOTE question is on ordering the previous Pompeo Smith (NE) Young (IA) Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I demand a question. Posey Smith (NJ) Zeldin Price, Tom Smith (TX) Zinke recorded vote. The question was taken; and the A recorded vote was ordered. Speaker pro tempore announced that NAYS—181 The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a the ayes appeared to have it. Adams Frankel (FL) Neal 5-minute vote. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I Aguilar Fudge Nolan The vote was taken by electronic de- demand the yeas and nays. Ashford Gabbard Norcross vice, and there were—ayes 233, noes 181, Bass Gallego The yeas and nays were ordered. O’Rourke not voting 18, as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Beatty Graham Pallone Becerra Green, Al Pascrell [Roll No. 127] ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Bera Green, Gene Pelosi AYES—233 will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Beyer Grijalva Perlmutter time for any electronic vote on the Bishop (GA) Gutie´rrez Peters Abraham Duncan (TN) King (IA) Blumenauer Hahn Aderholt Ellmers (NC) King (NY) question of adoption of the resolution. Peterson Bonamici Hastings Pingree Allen Emmer (MN) Kinzinger (IL) The vote was taken by electronic de- Boyle, Brendan Heck (WA) Pocan Amash Farenthold Kline vice, and there were—yeas 233, nays F. Higgins Polis Amodei Fincher Knight 181, not voting 18, as follows: Brady (PA) Himes Price (NC) Babin Fitzpatrick LaMalfa Brown (FL) Honda Quigley Barletta Fleischmann Lamborn [Roll No. 126] Brownley (CA) Hoyer Rangel Barr Fleming Lance Bustos Huffman Barton Flores Latta YEAS—233 Rice (NY) Butterfield Israel Richmond Benishek Forbes LoBiondo Abraham Culberson Herrera Beutler Capps Jackson Lee Roybal-Allard Bilirakis Fortenberry Long Aderholt Curbelo (FL) Hice, Jody B. Capuano Jeffries Bishop (MI) Foxx Ruiz Loudermilk Allen Davis, Rodney Hill Ca´ rdenas Johnson, E. B. Bishop (UT) Franks (AZ) Love Ruppersberger Amash Denham Holding Carney Kaptur Black Frelinghuysen Lucas Rush Amodei Dent Hudson Carson (IN) Keating Blackburn Garrett Luetkemeyer Ryan (OH) Babin DeSantis Huelskamp Cartwright Kelly (IL) Blum Gibbs Lummis Sa´ nchez, Linda Barletta DesJarlais Huizenga (MI) Castor (FL) Kennedy Bost Gibson MacArthur T. Barr Diaz-Balart Hultgren Castro (TX) Kildee Boustany Gohmert Marchant Sanchez, Loretta Barton Dold Hunter Chu, Judy Kilmer Brady (TX) Goodlatte Marino Sarbanes Benishek Duffy Hurd (TX) Cicilline Kind Brat Gowdy Massie Schakowsky Bilirakis Duncan (SC) Hurt (VA) Clark (MA) Kirkpatrick Bridenstine Granger McCarthy Schiff Bishop (MI) Duncan (TN) Issa Clarke (NY) Kuster Brooks (AL) Graves (GA) McCaul Schrader Bishop (UT) Ellmers (NC) Jenkins (KS) Clay Langevin Brooks (IN) Graves (LA) McClintock Scott (VA) Black Emmer (MN) Jenkins (WV) Cleaver Larsen (WA) Buchanan Griffith McHenry Blackburn Farenthold Johnson (OH) Clyburn Larson (CT) Scott, David Buck Grothman McKinley Blum Fincher Johnson, Sam Cohen Lawrence Serrano Burgess Guinta McMorris Bost Fitzpatrick Jolly Connolly Lee Sewell (AL) Byrne Guthrie Rodgers Boustany Fleischmann Jones Conyers Levin Sherman Calvert Hanna McNerney Brady (TX) Fleming Joyce Cooper Lewis Sinema Carter (GA) Hardy McSally Brat Flores Katko Costa Lieu, Ted Sires Carter (TX) Harper Meadows Bridenstine Forbes Kelly (PA) Courtney Lipinski Slaughter Chabot Harris Meehan Brooks (AL) Fortenberry King (IA) Crowley Loebsack Speier Chaffetz Hartzler Messer Brooks (IN) Foxx King (NY) Cuellar Lofgren Swalwell (CA) Clawson (FL) Heck (NV) Mica Buchanan Franks (AZ) Kinzinger (IL) Cummings Lowenthal Takai Coffman Hensarling Miller (FL) Buck Frelinghuysen Kline Davis (CA) Lowey Takano Cole Herrera Beutler Miller (MI) Bucshon Garrett Knight Davis, Danny Lujan Grisham Thompson (CA) Collins (GA) Hice, Jody B. Moolenaar Burgess Gibbs LaMalfa DeFazio (NM) Thompson (MS) Collins (NY) Hill Mooney (WV) Byrne Gibson Lamborn DeGette Luja´ n, Ben Ray Titus Comstock Holding Mullin Calvert Gohmert Lance Delaney (NM) Tonko Conaway Hudson Mulvaney Carter (GA) Goodlatte Latta DeLauro Lynch Torres Cook Huelskamp Murphy (PA) Carter (TX) Gowdy LoBiondo DelBene Maloney, Tsongas Costello (PA) Huizenga (MI) Neugebauer Chabot Granger Long DeSaulnier Carolyn Van Hollen Cramer Hultgren Newhouse Chaffetz Graves (GA) Loudermilk Deutch Maloney, Sean Vargas Crawford Hunter Noem Clawson (FL) Graves (LA) Love Dingell Matsui Veasey Crenshaw Hurd (TX) Nugent Coffman Griffith Lucas Doggett McCollum Vela Culberson Hurt (VA) Nunes Cole Grothman Luetkemeyer Doyle, Michael McDermott Vela´ zquez Curbelo (FL) Issa Olson Collins (GA) Guinta Lummis F. McGovern Visclosky Davis, Rodney Jenkins (KS) Palazzo Collins (NY) Guthrie MacArthur Duckworth McNerney Walz Denham Jenkins (WV) Palmer Comstock Hanna Marchant Edwards Meeks Wasserman Dent Johnson (OH) Paulsen Conaway Hardy Marino Engel Meng Schultz DeSantis Johnson, Sam Pearce Cook Harper Massie Eshoo Moore Waters, Maxine DesJarlais Jolly Perry Costello (PA) Harris McCarthy Esty Moulton Watson Coleman Diaz-Balart Jones Pittenger Cramer Hartzler McCaul Farr Murphy (FL) Welch Dold Joyce Pitts Crawford Heck (NV) McClintock Fattah Nadler Wilson (FL) Duffy Katko Poe (TX) Crenshaw Hensarling McHenry Foster Napolitano Yarmuth Duncan (SC) Kelly (PA) Poliquin

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19MR7.005 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1782 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 Pompeo Salmon Upton The result of the vote was announced In just a few short weeks, a regu- Posey Sanford Valadao Price, Tom Scalise Wagner as above recorded. latory scheme that many Americans Ratcliffe Schweikert Walberg A motion to reconsider was laid on never heard of will become a reality in Reed Sensenbrenner Walden the table. almost every private workplace across Reichert Sessions Walker Stated for: the country. Renacci Shimkus Walorski Ribble Shuster Walters, Mimi Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, on Today, workers and employers rely Rice (SC) Simpson Weber (TX) rollcall No. 127 I was unavoidably detained. on a fair process for union elections. Rigell Smith (MO) Webster (FL) Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ Under the current process, employers Roby Smith (NE) Wenstrup have time to raise concerns and, more Roe (TN) Smith (NJ) Westerman Stated against: Rogers (AL) Smith (TX) Westmoreland Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall importantly, time to speak with their Rogers (KY) Stefanik Whitfield No. 127 I was unavoidably detained and employees about union representation. Rohrabacher Stewart Wilson (SC) missed voting of rollcall No. 127. Had I been Under the current system, workers Rokita Stivers Wittman Rooney (FL) Stutzman Womack present, when the vote was called, I would have an opportunity to gather the in- Ros-Lehtinen Thompson (PA) Woodall have voted ‘‘no.’’ formation they need to make the best Ross Thornberry Yoder Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, on March 19, decision for their families. But unless Rothfus Tiberi Yoho Congress acts, Mr. Speaker, that will Rouzer Tipton Young (IA) 2015, the House voted on H. Res. 152, to pro- Royce Trott Zeldin vide consideration of H. Res. 132. I acciden- all change. Russell Turner Zinke tally voted ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote No. 127; I do Under the guise of streamlining NOES—181 not support H. Res. 152 or H. Res. 132; I in- union elections, the National Labor Relations Board is imposing draconian Adams Foster Napolitano tended to vote ‘‘no’’ on rollcall vote No. 127. Aguilar Frankel (FL) Neal I would like the record to accurately reflect my changes that will undermine the rights Ashford Fudge Nolan stance on this issue. workers, employers, and unions have Bass Gabbard Norcross f long enjoyed. Beatty Gallego O’Rourke The Board’s rule arbitrarily limits Becerra Graham Pallone PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL Bera Green, Al Pascrell the amount of time employers have to Beyer Green, Gene Pelosi DISAPPROVAL OF A RULE SUB- legally prepare for the election, and it Bishop (GA) Grijalva Peters MITTED BY THE NATIONAL denies workers a reasonable oppor- ´ Blumenauer Gutierrez Peterson LABOR RELATIONS BOARD tunity to make informed decisions Bonamici Hahn Pingree Boyle, Brendan Hastings Pocan Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to about joining a union. F. Heck (WA) Polis House Resolution 152, I call up the The rule also delays answers to im- Brady (PA) Higgins Price (NC) portant questions—including voter eli- Brown (FL) Himes joint resolution (S.J. Res. 8) providing Quigley gibility—until after the election, which Brownley (CA) Honda Rangel for congressional disapproval under Bustos Hoyer Rice (NY) chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, means the integrity of the election re- Butterfield Huffman Richmond of the rule submitted by the National sults will be compromised before a sin- Capps Israel Roybal-Allard Capuano Jackson Lee Labor Relations Board relating to rep- gle ballot is cast. Ruiz Ca´ rdenas Jeffries To add insult to injury, the Board’s Ruppersberger resentation case procedures, and ask Carney Johnson (GA) Rush for its immediate consideration in the rule will also force employers to pro- Carson (IN) Johnson, E. B. Ryan (OH) vide union organizers with their em- Cartwright Kaptur House. Sa´ nchez, Linda Castor (FL) Keating ployees’ personal information, includ- T. The Clerk read the title of the joint Castro (TX) Kelly (IL) ing email addresses, phone numbers, Sanchez, Loretta resolution. Chu, Judy Kennedy Sarbanes work schedules, and home addresses. Cicilline Kildee The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. POE Schakowsky Clark (MA) Kilmer of Texas). Pursuant to House Resolu- Instead of advancing a plan to help Schiff Clarke (NY) Kind stop union intimidation and coercion, Schrader tion 152, the joint resolution is consid- Clay Kirkpatrick Scott (VA) ered read. the Board is actually making it easier Cleaver Kuster for labor bosses to harass employees Clyburn Langevin Scott, David The text of the joint resolution is as Cohen Larsen (WA) Serrano follows: and their families. Connolly Larson (CT) Sewell (AL) Are there times when delays occur S.J. RES. 8 Conyers Lawrence Sherman Sinema under the current system? Of course. Cooper Lee Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- But delay is the exception, not the Costa Levin Sires resentatives of the United States of America in Courtney Lewis Slaughter Congress assembled, That Congress dis- rule. In fact, right now, the median Crowley Lieu, Ted Speier time between the filing of an election Swalwell (CA) approves the rule submitted by the National Cuellar Lipinski Labor Relations Board relating to represen- petition and the election is 38 days. Yet Cummings Loebsack Takai Davis (CA) Lofgren Takano tation case procedures (published at 79 Fed. under the Board’s new rule, a union Davis, Danny Lowenthal Thompson (CA) Reg. 74308 (December 15, 2014)), and such rule election could take place in as little as DeFazio Lowey Thompson (MS) shall have no force or effect. 11 days. Eleven days. Titus DeGette Lujan Grisham The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- This is a radical rewrite of labor poli- Delaney (NM) Tonko DeLauro Luja´ n, Ben Ray Torres tleman from Minnesota (Mr. KLINE) cies that have served our Nation’s best DelBene (NM) Tsongas and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. interests for decades. Unfortunately, DeSaulnier Lynch Van Hollen SCOTT) each will control 30 minutes. this is what we have come to expect Deutch Maloney, Vargas Dingell Carolyn Veasey The Chair recognizes the gentleman from the National Labor Relations Doggett Maloney, Sean Vela from Minnesota. Board. Doyle, Michael Matsui Vela´ zquez Let’s not forget, this is the same b 1045 F. McCollum Visclosky Federal agency that tried dictating Duckworth McDermott Walz GENERAL LEAVE Edwards McGovern Wasserman where a private employer had to run Ellison Meeks Schultz Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- its business. This is the same agency Engel Meng Waters, Maxine imous consent that all Members may restricting workers’ rights to secret Eshoo Moore Watson Coleman have 5 legislative days in which to re- ballot elections. This is the same agen- Esty Moulton Welch Farr Murphy (FL) Wilson (FL) vise and extend their remarks and in- cy ignoring the law by asserting its ju- Fattah Nadler Yarmuth clude extraneous material on S.J. Res. risdiction over religious institutions. NOT VOTING—18 8. This is the same agency tying employ- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Bucshon Jordan Schock ers in union red tape and empowering Garamendi Labrador Scott, Austin objection to the request of the gen- labor leaders to gerrymander our Na- Gosar Payne Smith (WA) tleman from Minnesota? tion’s workplaces. This is a Federal Graves (MO) Perlmutter Williams There was no objection. agency that is simply out of control, Grayson Roskam Young (AK) Hinojosa Ryan (WI) Young (IN) Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- and it is our responsibility to do some- self such time as I may consume. thing about it. b 1040 I rise today in strong support of S.J. This resolution, which I am proud to So the resolution was agreed to. Res. 8. sponsor along with Senator LAMAR

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19MR7.006 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1783 ALEXANDER of Tennessee, invokes Con- rights by fairly, accurately, and quick- nizing campaign. It cripples—it crip- gress’ authority under the Congres- ly resolving issues of representation. ples—the rights of workers to make an sional Review Act to block the NLRB’s In many cases, the rule just sim- informed decision. It denies all stake- ambush election rule and anything sub- plifies and standardizes practices that holders access to a fair process. And stantially like it. have been common in regions all over isn’t that what we are about? If the Board or my Democrat col- the country already, or reflects exist- This change is meant to weaken em- leagues want to pursue responsible re- ing practices used in civil actions. The ployers and employees who simply forms to improve the union election rule does not change substantive law want a fair and just process that gives process, then I stand ready to work to- involving elections. It just makes sure ample time for a deliberative review, gether on that effort. that you can have a timely election. discussion, and decisionmaking. Fur- But if you believe employers should These modest updates provide work- thermore, the ambush election rule be free to speak to their employees ers and employees with reasonable completely disregards the promise of during a union organizing campaign, time to consider unionization while neutrality that NLRB is mandated to then support this resolution. If you be- preventing unreasonable delay by bad uphold. lieve workers should be free to make actors. The NLRB should serve as an impar- an informed decision about whether to Now, Mr. Speaker, this resolution tial arbiter of labor disputes, and I join a union, then support this resolu- isn’t going to go very far. The adminis- urge my colleagues to join the Senate tion. If you believe we should protect— tration has already issued a Statement in passing S.J. Res. 8, which will stop rather than threaten—employee pri- of Administration Policy that I would these harmful and unjust actions com- vacy, then support this resolution. Fi- like to quote from. It says that: mitted by the NLRB and preserve fair nally, if you believe workers, employ- ‘‘The Board’s modest reforms will election policies which have been in ers, and union leaders deserve a fair help simplify and streamline private place for decades. election process, then reject the sector union elections, thereby reduc- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Board’s ambush election rule by sup- ing delays before workers can have a I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman porting this resolution. free and fair vote on whether or not to from Maryland (Mr. HOYER), the Demo- I encourage my colleagues to stand form or join a union.’’ cratic whip. with America’s workers and job cre- It goes on to say that: Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman ators by voting ‘‘yes’’ on S.J. Res. 8. ‘‘Giving workers greater voice can from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT). I reserve the balance of my time. help ensure that the link is restored Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen of Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, between hard work and opportunity the House, I rise in very strong opposi- I yield myself such time as I may con- and that the benefits of the current tion to this resolution, and I urge sume. economic recovery are more broadly every one of my Members to oppose Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to shared. this resolution. S.J. Res. 8. ‘‘The National Labor Relations We considered a Paycheck Fairness The Congressional Review Act reso- Board’s representation case procedures Act, a card check bill which said that lution of disapproval that we are con- rule helps to level the playing field for if the unions got the signatures of a sidering today would undo the NLRB’s workers so they can more freely choose certain percentage, that they could election rule. The National Labor Rela- to make their voice heard. In doing so, move ahead and be organized, subject tions Board election rule was promul- it will help us build an economy that to an election. gated to make the election process gives greater economic opportunities There was a hue and cry about, that more efficient and fair. and security for middle-class families was undemocratic, that there ought to The current process to hold an elec- and those working to join the middle be a requirement for an election. A tion on whether to form a union is class.’’ number of people came into my office, badly broken. After workers have filed It concludes, Mr. Speaker, that: and I said, Well, I think we can accom- a petition to hold an election, bad ac- ‘‘If the President were presented with modate that. We will make sure there tors can use frivolous litigation to stall S.J. Res. 8, his senior advisors would is a requirement that—as every one of an election for months, even years. recommend that he veto the Resolu- us can do—you can get the names of Election delays can provide opportuni- tion.’’ the voters, you can get their addresses, ties for unscrupulous employers to en- Mr. Speaker, instead of wasting time you can even get their history of vot- gage in threats, coercion, and intimida- on this resolution, we should be ad- ing, and you can perhaps call them on tion of workers. These delays can be dressing job creation, stagnating the phone. We can all do that in elec- exploited to violate workers’ rights, in- wages, economic inequality, and work- tions. cluding firing pro-union workers or ing to improve opportunities for Amer- But the fact of the matter is—and ev- threatening to close the plant if the icans, rather than considering this res- erybody on this House floor knows it— workers choose to vote a certain way. olution. procedurally, so many employers who We all know that the sanctions Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of do not believe that they are going to against violations are insufficient to my time. prevail take the steps of delaying and deter the unscrupulous activities, in- Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, somehow I delaying and delaying. They want elec- cluding firing pro-union employees. am not surprised that the Obama ad- tions tomorrow and tomorrow and to- Researchers from the Center for ministration supports the administra- morrow. Labor Research and Education at tion’s National Labor Relations Mr. Speaker, what the NLRB is try- Berkeley found that the longer the Board’s actions. ing to do with this rule is to make sure delay before the union election, the At this time, I am very pleased to that there is an election, that it is fair, more likely the employer was to en- yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from and that it will be held in a timely gage in illegal conduct that violates its Michigan (Mr. WALBERG), the chairman fashion. employees’ rights. The NLRB election of the Subcommittee on Workforce I hope this House defeats this resolu- rule would help prevent the illegal in- Protections. tion. timidation and coercion of workers. Mr. WALBERG. I thank the chair- This resolution would prevent the Mr. Speaker, this regulation provides man. National Labor Relations Board from targeted solutions to discrete, specifi- Mr. Speaker, I hate to say it this implementing the rule it promulgated cally identifiable problems. The rule way, but the fact of the matter is that in December to modernize worker rep- brings into the 21st century the updat- the NLRB is creating a solution to a resentation elections. ing of rules involving the transmission problem that does not exist by wholly But there is a fear of elections, and of documents and communications, al- changing the union election process the fear of elections is that the major- lowing you to use email and electronic through their new ambush election ity of employees will say, yes, I want communication rather than paper. It rule. This rule, if left unchecked, re- to have a better voice. will enable the Board to better fulfill stricts the right of employers to speak This is a case, once again, of the Re- its responsibility to protect employees’ to their employees during their orga- publican majority seeking to roll back

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.020 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 the hard-earned rights of workers to about what the NLRB is doing, would same standards they are trying to hold organize and bargain collectively for he apply those exact same rules to his every other worker to in this Nation. better wages and benefits. And that is own election? Would he care to not Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, not an assertion. That is demonstrably know when it is going to be and then I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman proved in State after State after State when it gets called he has 11 days to from Colorado (Mr. POLIS), the ranking over the last few years in which Repub- campaign? I think his speech would be member of the Subcommittee on licans have taken control, and their different. So why are we asking the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pen- first item of the agenda has been to un- rules for us to be different from every sions. dermine workers’ rights. other worker across this country? Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, where to When workers organize for higher The root of representation is to work begin? In hearing the majority leader’s wages and benefits—like health insur- for the interests of those you rep- remarks and in talking about fair elec- ance, retirement savings, and afford- resent. Everyone in the House knows tions, how is it fair if only one side has able child care—it opens the doors of that. And unions, as representative access to the phone numbers and email opportunity for workers and their fam- bodies, should exist for the benefit of addresses and not the other side? Can ilies to secure a place in our middle the workers. But I don’t think anyone any of us imagine running in our cam- class. We know our middle class is disagrees that it is the workers, not paigns where only we or only our oppo- shrinking. We know the middle class is the unions, who know what is best for nent can call or write emails to the having a very tough time. themselves. Workers are the best voters? That doesn’t make any sense. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The judges of whether they want to support Talking about 11 days, again, that is time of the gentleman has expired. union political activity or even if they fictitious. This rule is about the 1 in 10 Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I yield the want to join a union at all. Joining a cases that take over 100 days. Mr. gentleman an additional 1 minute. union is a big choice. To make an in- Speaker, we heard testimony in com- Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman. formed decision, workers need time to mittee about organizing that lingered According to a 2013 report by the decide what is best for them and their on hundreds and hundreds of days. And Center for American Progress, the de- families, and they shouldn’t be pres- as our ranking member pointed out, cline of union membership between the sured or rushed. the longer it takes, there is a direct and causal relationship to illegal be- 1960s and today correlates to a decline So if unions really care about work- havior. of the middle class. ers, and if they are confident that the The election rules that the NLRB has When we have strong unions and benefits of their union outweigh the implemented will help expedite this costs, they will give the workers as workers’ rights protections, the middle process to be sure it is done in accord- much time as they need. That is the class does better. And workers who are ance with the law. It modernizes our irony of the recent decision by the Na- not unionized benefit from the ripple antiquated system to level the playing tional Labor Relations Board, to allow effect of rising wages. field for workers. These rules set up a unions to call rush elections, to am- Let’s defeat this bill. fair system so that bad actors that I think the gentleman from Min- bush employees and employers. Am- needlessly delay and abuse the elec- nesota (Mr. KLINE), the chairman of bush elections don’t help workers; in- toral system for the sole purpose of this committee, has said that he would stead, they bully workers to accept having time to coerce employees sit down with the gentleman from Vir- unionization as fast as possible. That is through mandatory meetings, threats, ginia (Mr. SCOTT) to come up with a bi- not pro-worker; that is pro-union—and and even firings won’t be rewarded for partisan bill—which this is not—which there is a big difference. their bad behavior. This coercion is not will do what all of us say we think is What makes the situation worse is just some far-fetched idea. One in 10 fair, to have elections, to have elec- that ambush elections will soon be cases take over 100 days. tions where both sides—and of course forced on workers not by an act of Con- Now, why would delaying a union the employer always has access to the gress, but by unelected bureaucrats in election be a bad thing for union work- voter in this case—and do something the NLRB. That is an affront to the ers? Because during that delay, these for the American worker and for busi- separation of powers that this country workers are forced into rooms, receive ness which will put us on a steady path was based upon. threats, are bombarded with texts and to growing the middle class and mak- So here in Congress, Mr. Speaker, we emails from the employer—again, from ing sure that workers are treated as are taking action. As our Senate col- one side in the election—but the other they ought to be, with the dignity and leagues have already voted to do, we side in the election, absent these rules, respect and the ability to support their are going to use the Congressional Re- doesn’t even have access to text or families that they need. view Act to send a resolution straight phone. to the President’s desk that blocks this b 1100 Mr. Speaker, we should be focused on antiworker and antibusiness rule. creating new jobs, not destroying Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I am Now, I know the President has al- them, and growing the middle class, pleased to yield 1 minute to the gen- ready threatened to veto this resolu- not shrinking it. I urge my colleagues tleman from California (Mr. MCCAR- tion, but I actually hope he will change to vote ‘‘no.’’ THY), the distinguished majority lead- his mind, because what does the Presi- Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 er. dent want to fight for? Does he want to minutes to the gentleman from South Mr. MCCARTHY. I thank the gen- fight for the workers? Does he want to Carolina (Mr. WILSON), a member of the tleman for yielding. fight for small businesses and jobs? committee. Mr. Speaker, I always find it to be of Ambush elections don’t help workers. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. interest listening to this debate. Do They don’t help employers. They only Thank you, Chairman KLINE, for yield- you know what is most ironic about help unions. And no public official, not ing. this bill? It is about elections. Every- any Member of this House, and espe- Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the chair- body in this body has an election. But cially not the President, should ever man’s leadership on this important do you know what is different? Every- support rules that allow special inter- issue, and I am grateful to be a cospon- one in this body knows when their next ests to strong-arm the hardworking sor of this legislation. election is going to be held and knows American people. As a member of the House Education how much time they have to campaign, Mr. Speaker, nobody in this House and the Workforce Subcommittee on so much so that we have rules on this should support a rule about an election Health, Employment, Labor, and Pen- floor when we cut off communication they wouldn’t put upon themselves, sions, I am concerned with the Na- months in advance so you can cam- and I don’t know one Member of this tional Labor Relations Board’s latest paign. House that would sit back and say rule, which is referred to as the am- I listened with interest to the minor- somebody can call an election and you bush election rule, and I stand in ity whip speak on this floor his support only have 11 days to campaign. I would strong support of S.J. Res. 8. for something different from what this like to hear somebody vote for that on The ambush election rule is a tool to bill does. I wonder, if he cared so much this floor and ask to be held to the force union elections, not to protect

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.021 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1785 workers. Revisions of the list require- In fact, the National Labor Relations Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in ments under the rule will compel em- Board is the last line of defense for opposition to Senate Joint Resolution ployers to provide very personal infor- workers. 8, an unnecessary partisan attack on mation about their employees, such as We shouldn’t be attacking our Na- hardworking Americans that will names, address, telephone numbers, tion’s employees; we should be sup- interfere with the rights of workers to and email addresses. This will violate porting them, investing in them, and an expeditious election on union rep- the privacy of workers while reducing protecting them. Let’s come together resentation. the informed decision period. To add to create jobs, protect the middle class, America’s middle class workers insult to injury, the rule does not limit and make the investments we need to should be free to decide if they want an or dictate what unions can do with this grow our economy. election. Unfortunately, the current sensitive information. Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I now yield process can be mired in litigation, and I am pleased that South Carolina is a 3 minutes to the gentleman from Okla- in some cases, workers waiting for an right-to-work State. Union member- homa (Mr. RUSSELL), a new member of election have faced interference or in- ship is not a requirement of employ- the committee and someone who has timidation from outside groups. The ment in our State. It is based on free- been actively engaged in the major de- NLRB’s rule safeguards the ability of dom of choice. I am grateful we have bates since he has walked into this workers to choose whether to be rep- fought as a State to give our employees body. resented by a union without con- and job creators the flexibility to Mr. RUSSELL. I thank the gen- fronting unnecessary delays. choose what is best for them. tleman for yielding. It makes little sense why Congress South Carolina has successfully op- Mr. Speaker, labor relations are vital would want to get in the way of middle to the smooth operation of business posed the rogue NLRB when the NLRB class Americans—factory line workers, and commerce. In the culture of our tried to block 1,000 jobs at the Boeing health care workers, and utility work- Republic, Americans are raised to ex- facility in Charleston. With the leader- ers—who ask for an election on union pect to have their say in everything ship of Governor Nikki Haley, Attor- representation. It is also unreasonable from schoolroom elections to choosing ney General Alan Wilson, and Senators to assume that employers, many of the President of the United States. It LINDSEY GRAHAM and TIM SCOTT, we which have sophisticated legal teams, is in our DNA to have a choice. To in- stopped the NLRB, and now over 7,000 are going to be caught flat-footed. form that choice, we expect free speech jobs have been created. There is no ambush here. so we can ask questions, gain informa- S.J. Res. 8 will express our strong Mr. Speaker, the NLRB had a tion, and make wise decisions. This is disapproval of the National Labor Re- lengthy rulemaking proceeding with why the recently finalized rule by the lations Board rule and ensure a fair thousands of comments. It is unfair National Labor Relations Board is so and, in fact, draconian to now use the elections process. egregious. It is against that American Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Congressional Review Act to try to un- spirit. I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the dermine the rights of workers by get- Under this rule, longstanding policies ting rid of this rule. The resolution is gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. WIL- that allow employers and employees to an ill-advised attempt to silence the SON), the ranking member of the Sub- guide how they relate through unions voice of American workers, and I urge committee on Workforce Protections. has been deeply damaged. Companies my colleagues to vote ‘‘no.’’ Ms. WILSON of Florida. Thank you, could have as little as 11 days, or em- Ranking Member SCOTT. ployees in relating to the companies, b 1115 Mr. Speaker, the Congressional Re- as little as 11 days to make a choice Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 view Act is yet another attack on em- that could drastically affect their ca- minutes to the gentleman from Geor- ployees’ rights to organize and to limit reer and the health of the business that gia (Mr. ALLEN), another new member the National Labor Relations Board. they rely on to put bread on the table. of the committee and someone who has The NLRB should have the ability to Employers would only have a 7-day also been engaged since the day he safeguard those rights and protect our period to obtain counsel, set param- walked in. Nation’s workers from unfair labor eters, and are even restricted in con- Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I am al- practices. tacting and discussing issues with their ways interested when we are talking It is outrageous that the rights of employees. They are prohibited from about workers and I hear that people employees are attacked, particularly making any changes after that 7-day want to talk about what is best for at a time when we have a jobs deficit, period based on new information that workers. a shrinking middle class, and are still they may acquire. I will tell you that I am a new Mem- struggling to recover from the Great Further, the privacy and safety of ber of Congress, and I have had the Recession. workers is placed in jeopardy by a swift privilege the past 30 years of my life to The NLRB has made modest at- ambush election process imposed by give people the privilege to have a good tempts to modernize its election proce- these rules that could put their em- job. That is one of the greatest privi- dures and reduce unnecessary litiga- ployment in jeopardy. leges of my life. tion and delay in the election process. This resolution stops this. It restores We all want to do what is best for These are commonsense fixes that policies that have guided labor rela- those folks who are sacrificing for us. should not be controversial. tions for decades. It upholds the right We appreciate them; we appreciate The CRA would freeze in place the for American workers to gain informa- their efforts. That is why I rise to sup- Board’s current flawed election proce- tion to make choices without draco- port Senate Joint Resolution 8, to dem- dure. The Board would be prohibited nian, strong-arm pressure tactics that onstrate the disapproval of Congress of from adopting rules to utilize new harm the worker and stifle American the National Labor Relations Board’s technology or modernize its proce- free enterprise. ‘‘ambush election’’ rule to protect our dures. The NLRB is an expert agency This body was founded, Mr. Speaker, workers. and should be trusted to determine the on the spirit of promoting the general A few weeks ago, the Subcommittee appropriate use of electronic voting or welfare and ensuring domestic tran- on Health, Employment, Labor, and rules to safeguard ballot secrecy. quility for our Nation. Passage of S.J. Pensions, of which I am a member, held Furthermore, I am not aware of any Res. 8 aids this by stopping and block- a hearing on this very issue. We other government agency that has to ing the strong-arm tactics of the Na- learned that this NLRB is not only un- seek Congress’ permission before mod- tional Labor Relations Board, and the precedented, it undermines the rights ernizing its rules for voting that takes American people are counting on us to of both workers and employees and cre- place under its jurisdiction. do that job. ates for challenges for businesses when Dismantling the NLRB would only Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, our economy can least afford it. serve to weaken, undermine, and jeop- I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the The expert testimony was from those ardize the economic security of the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. who have been engaged in labor rela- middle class. It is bad for business, bad BONAMICI), a member of the Committee tions for quite a long time with tre- for families, and bad for our economy. on Education and the Workforce. mendous experience. Their testimony

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Workers covered by a col- employers whether or not they have a of workers and their families as em- lective bargaining agreement are paid lawyer on staff because I think the ployers would be required to disclose more on average than those not cov- vast majority of businesses in this the names, addresses, phone numbers, ered and are more likely to have health country don’t have a lawyer on staff; and emails of employees to the NLRB, care, retirement, and paid leave bene- and, secondly, whether they do or don’t then to the union. fits than nonunion workers. have a lawyer on staff, if they have to This rule is misguided, and NLRB has I would strongly urge us to vote go run to a lawyer, whether they think no business in rushing to advance its against this political maneuvering its no big deal, because I think it is an own agenda. We need to protect fair- message. awfully big deal. ness in the work place. That is why I Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, call on my colleagues to support Sen- minutes to the gentleman from my I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the ate Joint Resolution 8. neighboring State of Wisconsin (Mr. gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. ELLI- I am proud to say that I am from the GROTHMAN), another new member of SON). State of Georgia, a right-to-work the committee. We have got an almost Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, I thank State. embarrassment of riches of hard- the gentleman for the time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The working new Members. I would like to point out that I think time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am the people who promote this piece of Mr. KLINE. I yield the gentleman an glad to be here to speak one more time legislation and the people who oppose additional 1 minute. on Senate Joint Resolution 8. it basically take their positions for the Mr. ALLEN. In the State of Georgia, I will make two points again. One of same reason, and that is that labor we have created almost 300,000 jobs the things we see here is we have new unions improve wages, make better since 2006. I am proud to say we have rules which continue a trend, and that working conditions, promote job secu- got the finest workers in America, and is you are fundamentally changing the rity, and give strength in numbers. I want those workers to have the free- way things have been for 70 years. In We oppose and support this bill for dom to make their decisions and not the past, unions have done a good job the same reason. Some people want to the NLRB. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, of organizing. see workers get more pay—we have I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the We have added union representation seen stagnant wages—and some people gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. to things, but one of the things that think that when workers make more businesses want and that America money, it just hurts corporate profit- POCAN), a member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. wants is consistency. One more time, ability—which, by the way, is up and Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the after having no big problems for 70 has been increasing. ranking member, BOBBY SCOTT, for years, we are turning things fundamen- The point is simply this: The NLRB yielding me time. tally around. Now, why is that bad? does its job and modernizes union elec- I am a small business owner, and I The gentlewoman from Oregon just tions and proposes a rule. The Repub- am a union member, and I have a union said this is no big deal because busi- lican majority comes in and says, We business. The disapproval of the NLRB nesses all have lawyers on staff or don’t like that because that might lead rule under the Congressional Review whatever. to more union elections, and it may Act is an extreme move that would roll Two comments on that: First of all, lead to more unionized workers, and we back hardworking Americans’ rights to businesses don’t all have lawyers on like it how it is, we like flat and de- a fair and timely election on union rep- staff; and, secondly, I think it shows a clining wages, we want the employers resentation. fundamental misunderstanding of how to have all of the power, we want the Let us look at what this rule does, business works and why it is so dif- workers to be alone and on their own two things: One, it modernizes commu- ficult to go into business today and and without the strength that the nications; and, two, it protects workers why it particularly targets small busi- numbers that a union provides. It is from dishonest employers. nesses when you come up with new reg- just as simple as that. When this law was written, emails ulations. Americans watching this debate and iPhones didn’t exist, so it simply This would be a problem even for a today have yet another opportunity to adds them to the list of what is avail- big company that did have a lawyer on see who is on their side and who is not. able to contact people about joining a staff and say it is no big deal; but, of American workers get more money and union. course, who is less likely to have a law- get paid better when they are in Second, it creates a fair, modern yer on staff? A small business who unions. workplace election process that elec- doesn’t have full-time HR representa- Collective bargaining strengthens tions can be done in a timely manner. tives and that sort of thing. This is tar- family budgets because it means that The current process has long been vul- geting those small businesses. workers can say, Do you know what, nerable to manipulation, delay, and Again and again and again in this that is unsafe; do you know what, you drawn out legal maneuvering by some country, one thing that bothers me is are making plenty of money, so should unscrupulous employers. the degree to which people don’t have we; do you know what, we need to get The reality of today’s workplace is sympathy for small businesses. When some job security in a union contract employers still hold all the cards. The you change things, they are the ones around here—and that is exactly why few bad actor employers can delay a who have to go out, hire an outside we see the opposition to this NLRB union vote by intimidating or threat- lawyer, get up to speed on things, pay rule. ening employees. They already have the big legal bills, and pay the price. So it is disappointing. I think Presi- the phone numbers, the emails, and the That is one reason why, in certain in- dent Obama was right when he said the home addresses. Let’s face it: What is dustries, you do see, over time, big number one problem facing the United more intimidating, getting an email or businesses continuing to grow because States today is income inequality. saying you know where someone lives? little businesses can’t keep up with all That is the concentration of riches at The bottom line is this isn’t about the little rules. the top and the stagnation for wages the NLRB rule; this is about a process I will remind people one more time for everybody else. that we see across the country attack- that this invades employee privacy. It If that is the problem, then we need ing hardworking Americans. Whether is something they are not asking for. to do something about it. That means it is through so-called right-to-work There is no reason for outside groups modernizing the right to collectively laws or preventing the NLRB from up- to be able to get somebody’s home ad- bargain. dating the union election process, this dress or that sort of thing. I will say modernizing union elec- is more evidence that the majority In any event, I will ask the other tions is the thing that will help us party is out to hurt the very hard- people present in the room to go back achieve that equality. working Americans who want the abil- home and ask, particularly their small Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve ity to form a union. employers, when they have to run to a the balance of my time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.024 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1787 Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, sixties, in the seventies, you saw aver- turn the National Labor Relations Board’s I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the age incomes rise for workers, sure recently issued ‘‘representation case proce- gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. NOR- enough, you saw the percentage of the dures’’ rule. The Board’s modest reforms will help simplify and streamline private sector CROSS). American workforce unionized also in- crease. union elections, thereby reducing delays be- Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I fore workers can have a free and fair vote on thank the ranking member. b 1130 whether or not to form or join a union. The It is incredible. We are in this great It is also no accident that, as the per- rule allows for electronic filing and trans- Hall of democracy. The world looks to mission of documents, ensures that all par- this very building, for what it seeks is centage of the American unionized ties receive timely information necessary to to give people a voice, what our coun- workforce declined, so, too, did the av- participate in the election process, reduces erage wages to the point at which we try was founded on. What we are hav- delays caused by frivolous litigation, unifies are today, where we have had a 20-year ing a vote on today is to clamp down procedures across the country, requires addi- period in which middle class wages are tional contact information be included in and shut the mouths of those who are stagnant, in which the working class voter lists, and consolidates appeals to the seeking to have a voice. has actually fallen behind, and in Board into a single process. Very recently, there was a poll con- which—no surprise—we actually have Instead of seeking to undermine a stream- ducted that said, if given the oppor- the lowest percentage of the workforce lined democratic process for American work- tunity, 73 percent of American workers ers to vote on whether or not they want to unionized today in over 70 years. want to have a voice and would vote be represented, the Congress should join the Mr. Speaker, let’s stand up for the President in strengthening protections for for a union, but what we are hearing middle class. Let’s stand up for our today is shutting down the voice and American workers and giving them more of a workers. Let us reject this antilabor, voice in the workplace and the economy. creating predictability. This is about anti-union, antiworker measure, and Growing and sustaining the middle class re- democracy; this is about what we in let’s start fighting and working for quires strong and vital labor unions, which America believe in: giving everybody those who are working for America. helped to build this Nation’s middle class an equal opportunity for a voice. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Is the chair- and have been critical to raising workers’ What the NLRB—and I have dealt man prepared to close? wages and putting in place worker protec- with them for over 30 years. We have Mr. KLINE. I am. tions that we enjoy today. Giving workers won some; we have lost some. They Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, greater voice can help ensure that the link is have been independent. Sometimes, I I yield myself such time as I may con- restored between hard work and opportunity and that the benefits of the current eco- haven’t been happy with their deci- sume. nomic recovery are more broadly shared. sions, but I have always felt they have The rule that is subject to this reso- The National Labor Relations Board’s rep- been fair. lution creates no substantive change in resentation case procedures rule helps to What we are talking about is bring- the law. It just requires that an elec- level the playing field for workers so they ing them into the 21st century, making tion be timely. We have heard this 11- can more freely choose to make their voice a voting date that is agreeable to what day myth. Let me just go through a lit- heard. In doing so, it will help us build an real people think. You shouldn’t have tle about that myth and how you get to economy that gives greater economic oppor- to wait 6 months, 9 months, go through the 11 days. tunities and security for middle-class fami- First of all, the regional office would lies and those working to join the middle the appeal process. class. Let’s have a vote because, remember, have to issue a notice of a hearing on If the President were presented with S.J. the employer has had access—unfet- the same day that the union would Res. 8, his senior advisors would recommend tered access—to all these employees, have filed the election petition. The that he veto the Resolution. and all we are saying is let’s make sure hearing would have to be held as soon Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, that workers have a voice. If they say as possible and last only one day, and I yield back the balance of my time. ‘‘no,’’ no harm, no foul, and go home. the regional director would have to Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- This is about creating an equal playing issue an opinion on the same day. self the balance of my time. field, which certainly isn’t there. Right now, it currently takes a me- It is always interesting—isn’t it, Mr. That is why I am urging my col- dian of 20 days for the regional director Speaker?—to listen to the debate and leagues to vote against this anti-Amer- to issue a decision on the hearing, and to the claims that are made and to the ican, antidemocracy, antiworker reso- there is no reason to believe that it claims that are refuted. I found it a lit- lution. would be any shorter under this rule. tle bit interesting in listening to some Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I continue The union would have to waive all of of the comments on the other side of to reserve the balance of my time. its rights to get information in terms the aisle that, apparently, this Con- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, of contact lists and things like that, gressional Review Act S.J. Res. 8 ac- I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman and the region would have to schedule tion and all of those who support it are the election on the very first day pos- from Pennsylvania (Mr. BRENDAN F. anti-union, antilabor, antiworker, sible. The chance that all of that is BOYLE). and—I was a little shocked to hear— Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl- going to happen to get you down to 11 even anti-American. vania. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. SCOTT. days is just very improbable. I am not called ‘‘anti-American’’ The administration has already indi- One of the things that made the 20th very often, Mr. Speaker, and I do re- cated that its senior advisers would century known as the American cen- sent it a little bit, but that is the way recommend a veto of this legislation, tury was that the United States had this debate kind of goes. Let’s get a the largest middle class in the history so it is not going anywhere. I look forward to working with the couple of things, I think, straight. I of the world—the idea that if you chair of the committee to do what we know that everybody can have his worked hard and played by the rules, can to create jobs and to increase opinion and not the facts, but there are you would get a fair wage and good wages and to create safe workplaces. I some things that, I think, are pretty benefits and that your children would would hope that the chair and I will clear. be even able to do a little bit better get together on that rather than waste According to the National Labor Re- than you have been able to do. time on this resolution. lations Board, itself, more than 94 per- It wasn’t always that way, though, in Mr. Speaker, I include for the cent of elections occur in less than 56 the United States. We can thank to a RECORD the Statement of Administra- days, which is less than 2 months, Mr. great extent some of the great ad- tion Policy. Speaker, and the median time is only vances that we had in the 20th century, STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY 38 days. Unions, Mr. Speaker, win over as far as workers’ rights, to that of or- S.J. RES. 8—CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF 60 percent of those elections, so there ganized labor. Without labor unions, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD REP- is a voice for union organizers, for we would not have the strength of the RESENTATION CASE PROCEDURES RULE workers, and for employers, because middle class today. (Sen. Alexander, R–TN and 51 cosponsors, there is time. There is not a rush. It is no accident that in the post- Mar. 3, 2015) Now, we just heard some discussion World War II period, when you saw av- The Administration strongly opposes Sen- about whether 11 days is probable—we erage incomes rise in the fifties, in the ate passage of S.J. Res. 8, which would over- all agree, I think, it is possible—or

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.025 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1788 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 maybe it would be 12 or 13 or some- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Westerman Wittman Young (AK) thing like that, but it is not in ques- question is on the passage of the joint Westmoreland Womack Young (IA) Whitfield Woodall Zeldin tion that you only have 7 days under resolution. Williams Yoder Zinke this rule. This is the rule, by the way. The question was taken; and the Wilson (SC) Yoho This is the rule that we are talking Speaker pro tempore announced that NAYS—186 about. The law that is affected is many the ayes appeared to have it. Adams Fudge Neal times thicker than this. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Aguilar Gabbard Nolan My colleague from Wisconsin talked on that I demand the yeas and nays. Ashford Gallego Norcross about whether or not you have a labor The yeas and nays were ordered. Bass Graham O’Rourke lawyer on staff. Certainly, if you are a Beatty Green, Al Pallone The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Becerra Green, Gene Pascrell small- or middle-sized company, you ant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- Bera Grijalva Pelosi don’t. You can’t afford that. So you minute vote on passage of the joint res- Beyer Gutie´rrez Perlmutter Bishop (GA) Hahn have 7 days to go out and find a lawyer olution will be followed by a 5-minute Peters Blumenauer Hastings Peterson who can help you comply with this rule Bonamici Heck (WA) vote on agreeing to the Speaker’s ap- Pingree Boyle, Brendan Higgins and with the law, the much thicker proval of the Journal, if ordered. Pocan F. Himes law. You have 7 days to get your posi- Polis The vote was taken by electronic de- Brady (PA) Honda Price (NC) tion down in writing, and then you are vice, and there were—yeas 232, nays Brown (FL) Hoyer stuck with it. Then you could have the 186, not voting 14, as follows: Brownley (CA) Huffman Quigley Bustos Israel Rangel election 4 days later. That is not an op- [Roll No. 128] Rice (NY) portunity for informed discussion, de- Butterfield Jackson Lee YEAS—232 Capps Jeffries Richmond bate for either the workers or for the Capuano Johnson (GA) Roybal-Allard Abraham Gohmert employers. Murphy (PA) Ca´ rdenas Johnson, E. B. Ruiz Aderholt Goodlatte Neugebauer Carney Kaptur Ruppersberger This is called an ‘‘ambush’’ election Allen Gowdy Newhouse Carson (IN) Keating Rush Amash Graves (GA) because it is, indeed, an ambush. We Noem Cartwright Kelly (IL) Ryan (OH) Amodei Graves (LA) heard one of the speakers talk about: Nugent Castor (FL) Kennedy Sa´ nchez, Linda Babin Griffith Nunes Castro (TX) Kildee T. Would you rather have somebody have Barletta Grothman Olson Chu, Judy Kilmer Sanchez, Loretta your email address or your home ad- Barr Guinta Palazzo Cicilline Kind Sarbanes Barton Guthrie Palmer dress? Under this rule, you get it all. Clark (MA) King (NY) Schakowsky Benishek Hanna Paulsen Mr. Speaker, clearly, there are many Clarke (NY) Kirkpatrick Schiff Bilirakis Hardy Pearce Clay Kuster Schrader instances of intimidation during these Bishop (MI) Harper Perry Cleaver Langevin Scott (VA) Bishop (UT) Harris exercises, and often that intimidation Pittenger Clyburn Larsen (WA) Black Hartzler Scott, David comes from union organizers, not from Pitts Cohen Larson (CT) Blackburn Heck (NV) Serrano Poe (TX) Connolly Lawrence your fellow workers usually but from Blum Hensarling Sewell (AL) Poliquin Conyers Lee outside union organizers, who are try- Bost Herrera Beutler Sherman Pompeo Cooper Levin Boustany Hice, Jody B. Sinema ing to push this onto the workforce. Posey Costa Lewis Brady (TX) Hill Sires So I am very pleased to be supporting Price, Tom Courtney Lieu, Ted Brat Holding Slaughter Ratcliffe Crowley Lipinski S.J. Res. 8, which is to provide congres- Bridenstine Hudson Smith (NJ) Reed Cuellar LoBiondo Brooks (AL) Huelskamp Speier sional disapproval. I am not surprised, Reichert Cummings Loebsack Brooks (IN) Huizenga (MI) Swalwell (CA) as I mentioned earlier, that the Obama Renacci Davis (CA) Lofgren Buchanan Hultgren Takai Ribble Davis, Danny Lowenthal administration supports the Obama Buck Hunter Takano Rice (SC) DeFazio Lowey National Labor Relations Board’s posi- Bucshon Hurd (TX) Thompson (CA) Rigell DeGette Lujan Grisham Burgess Hurt (VA) Thompson (MS) tion here, but it doesn’t mean it is Roby Delaney (NM) Byrne Issa Titus right, and it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t Roe (TN) DeLauro Luja´ n, Ben Ray Calvert Jenkins (KS) Rogers (AL) DelBene (NM) Tonko be standing up for the voices that we Carter (GA) Jenkins (WV) Rogers (KY) DeSaulnier Lynch Torres Carter (TX) Johnson (OH) have heard about—for employers and Rohrabacher Deutch Maloney, Tsongas Chabot Johnson, Sam employees—so that they can make in- Rokita Dingell Carolyn Van Hollen Chaffetz Jolly Rooney (FL) Doggett Maloney, Sean Vargas formed decisions. Clawson (FL) Jones Ros-Lehtinen Doyle, Michael Matsui Veasey The NLRB’s rule, Mr. Speaker, stifles Coffman Joyce Ross F. McCollum Vela Cole Katko the right of employers to speak to Rothfus Duckworth McDermott Vela´ zquez Collins (GA) Kelly (PA) their employees during an organizing Rouzer Edwards McGovern Visclosky Collins (NY) King (IA) Royce Ellison McNerney Walz campaign. It also cripples the right of Comstock Kinzinger (IL) Russell Engel Meeks Wasserman workers to have the information they Conaway Kline Ryan (WI) Eshoo Meng Schultz Cook Knight need to make a very important deci- Salmon Esty Moore Waters, Maxine Costello (PA) LaMalfa sion about whether or not to join a Sanford Farr Moulton Watson Coleman Cramer Lamborn Scalise Fattah Murphy (FL) Welch union or even that union. That is a big Crawford Lance Schweikert Foster Nadler Wilson (FL) Crenshaw Latta decision, and it shouldn’t be jammed Sensenbrenner Frankel (FL) Napolitano Yarmuth into 11 days or 2 weeks. You need the Culberson Long Sessions Curbelo (FL) Loudermilk Shimkus NOT VOTING—14 time to be informed in order to make Davis, Rodney Love Shuster Garamendi Hinojosa Schock such a decision. Denham Lucas Simpson Gosar Jordan Dent Luetkemeyer Smith (MO) Scott, Austin A ‘‘yes’’ vote on the resolution will Granger Labrador DeSantis Lummis Smith (NE) Smith (WA) help rein in this activist National Graves (MO) Payne DesJarlais MacArthur Smith (TX) Young (IN) Grayson Roskam Labor Relations Board, and it will en- Diaz-Balart Marchant Stefanik sure workers, employers, and unions Dold Marino Stewart b 1208 can participate in a fair union election Duffy Massie Stivers process. I urge my colleagues to sup- Duncan (SC) McCarthy Stutzman Mr. CLYBURN changed his vote from Duncan (TN) McCaul Thompson (PA) ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ port S.J. Res. 8. Ellmers (NC) McClintock Thornberry Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Emmer (MN) McHenry Tiberi Mr. STUTZMAN changed his vote of my time. Farenthold McKinley Tipton from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Fincher McMorris Trott So the joint resolution was passed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time Fitzpatrick Rodgers Turner for debate has expired. Fleischmann McSally Upton The result of the vote was announced Pursuant to House Resolution 152, Fleming Meadows Valadao as above recorded. the previous question is ordered on the Flores Meehan Wagner A motion to reconsider was laid on Forbes Messer Walberg the table. joint resolution. Fortenberry Mica Walden The question is on the third reading Foxx Miller (FL) Walker f of the joint resolution. Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) Walorski The joint resolution was ordered to Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Walters, Mimi THE JOURNAL Garrett Mooney (WV) Weber (TX) be read a third time, and was read the Gibbs Mullin Webster (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- third time. Gibson Mulvaney Wenstrup finished business is the question on

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.027 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1789 agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of Walters, Mimi Westerman Yoho There was no objection. the Journal, which the Chair will put Walz Westmoreland Young (AK) Wasserman Whitfield Young (IA) f de novo. Schultz Williams Zeldin AUTHORIZING THE SPEAKER TO The question is on the Speaker’s ap- Webster (FL) Wilson (SC) Zinke proval of the Journal. Welch Womack DECLARE A RECESS ON WEDNES- Wenstrup Yarmuth The question was taken; and the DAY, MARCH 25, 2015, FOR THE Speaker pro tempore announced that NOES—159 PURPOSE OF RECEIVING IN the ayes appeared to have it. Adams Hastings Palazzo JOINT MEETING HIS EXCEL- Aguilar Heck (NV) Pallone LENCY MOHAMMAD ASHRAF RECORDED VOTE Amash Herrera Beutler Palmer GHANI, PRESIDENT OF THE IS- Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, I de- Bass Hice, Jody B. Paulsen LAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANI- Benishek Higgins Pearce mand a recorded vote. STAN A recorded vote was ordered. Bera Holding Peters Bishop (MI) Honda Peterson Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Bost Hoyer Pittenger 5-minute vote. Boyle, Brendan Hudson Poe (TX) Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that The vote was taken by electronic de- F. Huizenga (MI) Poliquin it may be in order at any time on Brady (PA) Hurd (TX) Price, Tom Wednesday, March 25, 2015, for the vice, and there were—ayes 233, noes 159, Brooks (IN) Israel Ratcliffe answered ‘‘present’’ 1, not voting 39, as Brownley (CA) Jackson Lee Reed Speaker to declare a recess, subject to follows: Buck Jeffries Renacci the call of the Chair, for the purpose of Bucshon Jenkins (KS) Ribble receiving in joint meeting His Excel- [Roll No. 129] Burgess Jenkins (WV) Rice (NY) lency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the AYES—233 Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Rogers (AL) Castor (FL) Johnson, E. B. Ros-Lehtinen President of the Islamic Republic of Abraham Esty Meng Chaffetz Jones Rouzer Afghanistan. Aderholt Farr Messer Clark (MA) Joyce Roybal-Allard The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Allen Fattah Mica Clarke (NY) Keating Rush Amodei Fleischmann Miller (MI) Clawson (FL) Kelly (IL) Ryan (OH) LOUDERMILK). Is there objection to the Ashford Foster Moolenaar Clyburn Kilmer Sa´ nchez, Linda request of the gentlewoman from Babin Frankel (FL) Mooney (WV) Coffman Kind T. Barletta Franks (AZ) Mullin Michigan? Cohen Kinzinger (IL) Sanchez, Loretta There was no objection. Barr Frelinghuysen Nadler Collins (GA) Kirkpatrick Sarbanes Beatty Gabbard Napolitano Conaway Lance Schakowsky f Becerra Gallego Neugebauer Connolly Langevin Schrader Beyer Goodlatte Newhouse Costa Levin Sewell (AL) HOUR OF MEETING ON Bilirakis Graham Noem Costello (PA) Lewis Shuster WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015 Bishop (GA) Granger Nugent Cummings LoBiondo Sinema Bishop (UT) Graves (LA) Nunes DeFazio Loebsack Slaughter Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Black Green, Al Olson DeGette Love Smith (MO) Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Blackburn Grothman Pelosi Denham Lowey Stivers when the House adjourns on Tuesday, Blum Guinta Pingree Dent Lynch Swalwell (CA) Blumenauer Guthrie Pitts DeSantis MacArthur Thompson (CA) March 24, 2015, it adjourn to meet at 10 ´ Bonamici Gutierrez Pocan Dold Maloney, Thompson (MS) a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Boustany Hahn Polis Duckworth Carolyn Thompson (PA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Brady (TX) Hardy Pompeo Duffy Maloney, Sean Tiberi Brat Harper Posey Ellmers (NC) Matsui Tipton objection to the request of the gentle- Bridenstine Heck (WA) Price (NC) Farenthold McDermott Torres woman from Michigan? Brooks (AL) Hensarling Rangel Fitzpatrick McGovern Turner There was no objection. Brown (FL) Hill Reichert Fleming McKinley Valadao Buchanan Himes Rice (SC) Flores McSally Vargas f Bustos Huelskamp Richmond Forbes Meehan Veasey PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENSES Butterfield Huffman Rigell Fortenberry Miller (FL) Vela Byrne Hultgren Roby Foxx Moore Vela´ zquez OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES OF Calvert Hunter Roe (TN) Fudge Moulton Visclosky THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- Capps Hurt (VA) Rogers (KY) Garrett Mulvaney Waters, Maxine TIVES IN THE 114TH CONGRESS Carney Issa Rohrabacher Gibson Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman Carson (IN) Johnson (GA) Rokita Gowdy Murphy (PA) Weber (TX) Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Carter (TX) Jolly Rooney (FL) Green, Gene Neal Wittman Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution Cartwright Kaptur Ross Griffith Nolan Woodall Castro (TX) Katko Rothfus Hartzler Norcross Yoder 152, I call up the resolution (H. Res. 132) Chabot Kelly (PA) Royce providing for the expenses of certain Chu, Judy Kennedy Ruiz ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 committees of the House of Represent- Cicilline Kildee Ruppersberger Gohmert Clay King (IA) Russell atives in the One Hundred Fourteenth Cleaver King (NY) Ryan (WI) NOT VOTING—39 Congress, and ask for its immediate Cole Kline Salmon Barton Grijalva Payne consideration in the House. Collins (NY) Knight Sanford Capuano Hanna Perlmutter Comstock Kuster Scalise The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Ca´ rdenas Harris Perry Conyers LaMalfa Schiff tion. Crawford Hinojosa Quigley Cook Lamborn Schweikert Davis, Rodney Johnson, Sam Roskam The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Cooper Larson (CT) Scott (VA) Doggett Jordan Schock Courtney Latta Sensenbrenner ant to House Resolution 152, the Fincher Labrador Scott, Austin Cramer Lawrence Serrano amendment printed in House Report Garamendi Larsen (WA) Scott, David Crenshaw Lieu, Ted Sessions Gibbs Lee Sires 114–45 is adopted, and the resolution, as Crowley Lipinski Sherman Gosar Lummis Smith (WA) amended, is considered read. Cuellar Lofgren Shimkus Graves (GA) Marchant Walberg Culberson Long Simpson The text of the resolution, as amend- Graves (MO) O’Rourke Wilson (FL) Curbelo (FL) Loudermilk Smith (NE) ed, is as follows: Grayson Pascrell Young (IN) Davis (CA) Lowenthal Smith (NJ) H. RES. 132 Davis, Danny Lucas Smith (TX) b 1215 Delaney Luetkemeyer Speier Resolved, DeLauro Lujan Grisham Stefanik So the Journal was approved. SECTION 1. COMMITTEE EXPENSES FOR THE ONE DelBene (NM) Stewart The result of the vote was announced HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. DeSaulnier Luja´ n, Ben Ray Stutzman as above recorded. (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the One DesJarlais (NM) Takai Deutch Marino Takano f Hundred Fourteenth Congress, there shall be Diaz-Balart Massie Thornberry paid out of the applicable accounts of the Dingell McCarthy Titus REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER House of Representatives, in accordance with Doyle, Michael McCaul Tonko AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 976 this primary expense resolution, not more F. McClintock Trott Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, I ask than the amount specified in subsection (b) Duncan (SC) McCollum Tsongas for the expenses (including the expenses of Duncan (TN) McHenry Upton unanimous consent to remove my all staff salaries) of each committee named Edwards McMorris Van Hollen name as a cosponsor of H.R. 976. in such subsection. Ellison Rodgers Wagner The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Emmer (MN) McNerney Walden (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The com- Engel Meadows Walker objection to the request of the gen- mittees and amounts referred to in sub- Eshoo Meeks Walorski tleman from Louisiana? section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture,

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Workforce, $14,044,580; Committee on Energy for in section 1 for a committee named in Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. and Commerce, $19,531,442; Committee on subsection (b) may be available for expenses Ethics, $6,201,326; Committee on Financial of the committee after March 15, 2016, unless Res. 132, which is a resolution setting Services, $15,086,852; Committee on Foreign the chair or ranking minority member of the the funding levels for each House com- Affairs, $14,923,986; Committee on Homeland committee appears and presents testimony mittee. Security, $14,407,846; Committee on House at a hearing of the Committee on House Ad- Every Congress, it is the responsi- Administration, $9,293,130; Permanent Select ministration held prior to such date to re- bility of the Committee on House Ad- Committee on Intelligence, $9,197,310; Com- view the committee’s use of the amounts ministration to establish funding levels mittee on the Judiciary, $14,395,572; Com- provided for in section 1 during the first ses- for committees in the House so that mittee on Natural Resources, $13,422,774; sion of the One Hundred Fourteenth Con- they may budget appropriately and Committee on Oversight and Government gress and to determine whether the amount prepare their oversight and operational Reform, $18,059,682; Committee on Rules, specified in subsection (b) with respect to the $5,846,964; Committee on Science, Space, and committee should be updated on the basis of responsibilities for the rest of Congress Technology, $10,671,164; Committee on Small the review. with a full knowledge of the resources Business, $6,045,228; Committee on Transpor- (2) WAIVER.—The Committee on House Ad- available. tation and Infrastructure, $16,728,260; Com- ministration may waive the application of The Committee on House Adminis- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $6,958,062; and paragraph (1) to any or all of the committees tration started the consideration proc- Committee on Ways and Means, $17,515,290. named in subsection (b). ess out of this committee funding reso- SEC. 2. FIRST SESSION LIMITATIONS. SEC. 4. VOUCHERS. lution by holding hearings to receive (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided Payments under this resolution shall be input from the chair and ranking mem- for in section 1 for each committee named in made on vouchers authorized by the com- bers of each of our House committees. subsection (b), not more than the amount mittee involved, signed by the chairman of These were very productive, very in- specified in such subsection shall be avail- such committee, and approved in the manner able for expenses incurred during the period directed by the Committee on House Admin- formative hearings, and I am certain beginning at noon on January 3, 2015, and istration. that my partner in this effort, the ending immediately before noon on January SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. ranking member of our committee, Mr. 3, 2016. Amounts made available under this resolu- BRADY of Pennsylvania, certainly will (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The com- tion shall be expended in accordance with share that belief. Each chair and rank- mittees and amounts referred to in sub- regulations prescribed by the Committee on ing member worked together in the de- section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, House Administration. velopment of their committee’s budget $5,086,548; Committee on Armed Services, SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR UNANTICIPATED EX- $7,104,170; Committee on the Budget, requests and in their advocacy for PENSES. those requests before our committee. It $5,190,212; Committee on Education and the (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es- Workforce, $7,022,290; Committee on Energy was a true example of bipartisanship. tablished a reserve fund for unanticipated This funding resolution that is a and Commerce, $9,765,721; Committee on Eth- expenses of committees for the One Hundred ics, $3,100,663; Committee on Financial Serv- Fourteenth Congress. product of the information developed ices, $7,543,426; Committee on Foreign Af- (b) AMOUNT.—The reserve fund under this by our hearings is also a bipartisan fairs, $7,461,993; Committee on Homeland Se- section shall have a balance of $1,000,000, of product, which was favorably reported curity, $7,203,923; Committee on House Ad- which— out of our committee by unanimous ministration, $4,646,565; Permanent Select (1) $500,000 shall be available for unantici- voice vote. I am very pleased that each Committee on Intelligence, $4,598,655; Com- pated expenses incurred during the period be- mittee on the Judiciary, $7,197,786; Com- committee reaffirmed their commit- ginning at noon on January 3, 2015, and end- ment to uphold the equitable two- mittee on Natural Resources, $6,711,387; Com- ing immediately before noon on January 3, mittee on Oversight and Government Re- 2016; and thirds/one-third allocation between the form, $9,029,841; Committee on Rules, (2) $500,000 shall be available for unantici- majority and the minority sides. $2,960,982; Committee on Science, Space, and pated expenses incurred during the period be- The Committee on House Adminis- Technology, $5,335,582; Committee on Small ginning at noon on January 3, 2016, and end- tration has taken really great care, Mr. Business, $3,022,614; Committee on Transpor- ing immediately before noon on January 3, Speaker, in examining the funding lev- tation and Infrastructure, $8,364,130; Com- 2017. els authorized for each committee in mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $3,479,031; and (c) ALLOCATION TO COMMITTEES.—Amounts Committee on Ways and Means, $8,757,645. this resolution so that the priorities of in the reserve fund under this section shall the House and the priorities of the SEC. 3. SECOND SESSION LIMITATIONS. be paid to a committee pursuant to an allo- American people are put front and cen- (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided cation approved by the Committee on House for in section 1 for each committee named in Administration. ter. I think it is important to note that, subsection (b), not more than the amount SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY. specified in such subsection shall be avail- The Committee on House Administration over the past few Congresses, the able for expenses incurred during the period shall have authority to make adjustments in House has not only asked for fiscal re- beginning at noon on January 3, 2016, and amounts under section 1, if necessary to sponsibility across the Federal Govern- ending immediately before noon on January comply with an order of the President issued ment, but has led by example in show- 3, 2017. under section 251A or 254 of the Balanced ing fiscal responsibility by making re- (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The com- Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act mittees and amounts referred to in sub- ductions in our own budgets, both in of 1985 or to conform to any change in appro- individual Member office budgets as section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, priations for the purposes of such section 1. $5,086,548; Committee on Armed Services, well as the committee budgets. $7,104,170; Committee on the Budget, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Since the 110th Congress, for exam- $5,190,212; Committee on Education and the tlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. MIL- ple, Mr. Speaker, the House has had ac- Workforce, $7,022,290; Committee on Energy LER) and the gentleman from Pennsyl- tually a 15 percent reduction in our and Commerce, $9,765,721; Committee on Eth- vania (Mr. BRADY) each will control 30 committee budgets. At the same time, ics, $3,100,663; Committee on Financial Serv- minutes. our colleagues on the other side of the ices, $7,543,426; Committee on Foreign Af- The Chair recognizes the gentle- Capitol did not actually reduce the fairs, $7,461,993; Committee on Homeland Se- woman from Michigan. curity, $7,203,923; Committee on House Ad- funding for their committees other ministration, $4,646,565; Permanent Select GENERAL LEAVE than what was mandated by ‘‘seques- Committee on Intelligence, $4,598,655; Com- Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. tration.’’ In fact, the other body actu- mittee on the Judiciary, $7,197,786; Com- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that ally increased their committee spend- mittee on Natural Resources, $6,711,387; Com- all Members have 5 legislative days in ing while the House was reducing mittee on Oversight and Government Re- which to revise and extend their re- spending, until making some modest form, $9,029,841; Committee on Rules, marks and include extraneous material reductions in the committee budgets $2,885,982; Committee on Science, Space, and on H. Res. 132. Technology, $5,335,582; Committee on Small recently at the start of the 114th. I just Business, $3,022,614; Committee on Transpor- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there point that out. We were leading by ex- tation and Infrastructure, $8,364,130; Com- objection to the request of the gentle- ample here. mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $3,479,031; and woman from Michigan? Additionally, the Executive Office Committee on Ways and Means, $8,757,645. There was no objection. actually had a 30 percent increase in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19MR7.014 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1791 their spending since 2008, and, given ple, some of the equipment that, as I Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. that it is the role of the Congress to say, that some of the committees are Speaker, I yield myself such time as I conduct effective and needed oversight looking for, we wanted to make sure may consume. over the entire executive and judicial we had resources there. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. branches, I think it is very vital that Another example is the need for addi- Res. 132. we make certain that our committees tional specialized staff members to as- After several days of testimony by have the resources they need to meet sist in the oversight functions that the committee chairs and ranking mem- this important duty. committee is charged with. For in- bers and careful review by the Com- So that brings us here today, Mr. stance, the Armed Services Committee, mittee on House Administration, we Speaker, to the consideration of House a good example, had great needs for ad- determined what we believe to be ap- Resolution 152. ditional staff to help with conducting propriate committee funding levels for After hearing from each chair and vigorous oversight in the pursuit of the 114th Congress. each ranking member, the committee major overdue reforms at the Pentagon I want to thank Chairman MILLER was able, really, to better ascertain the which could save the Nation, literally, and her staff for their diligence needs of each committee and to ensure tens of billions of dollars. We thought throughout this process. We have that they did have adequate and proper that was a fiscally prudent use of addi- worked closely and cooperatively. funding. Many committees, including tional resources. While we would have liked to have the Committee on House Administra- The Veterans’ Affairs Committee has done more, I believe that these levels tion, received no increase in funding in immense new challenges in conducting will allow committees to perform their this resolution from what we were allo- their oversight needed to get to the oversight responsibilities. It is my cated in the 113th Congress. Many com- bottom of the scandalous treatment of hope that we continue to explore ways mittees received flat funding. Because our veterans at the VA hospitals across to ensure congressional committees of the increased oversight or legisla- the Nation. Again, we thought that are equipped with the proper amount of tive priorities, other committees re- that was an appropriate expenditure as resources needed to operate fully, while quired a very modest or targeted in- we ensure that those who have served still maximizing the value of their crease in their resources. the cause of freedom get the care and committee funding. The overall proposed increase in au- the benefits that they have earned. I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on this resolu- thorized funding for the committees is Again, not only do we believe that it is tion, and I reserve the balance of my 1.63 percent for 2015 and 1.57 percent for a prudent use of additional resources, time. 2016. Again, though, there are about but an imperative duty. Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. half of the committees that received no Other committees have expressed a Speaker, I yield myself such time as I increase in funding, got level funding. desire for more field hearings across may consume. The committee funding resolution the country, and our committee was I would add that, for the 114th Con- also takes into account that there very supportive of this because we real- gress—and I think this is a very impor- might be unforeseen circumstances ly believe that getting out of Wash- tant point, actually—the House re- that will pop up during the course of ington, if you will, and conducting mained below the amount authorized this Congress that might require some these field hearings, talking to the back in 2008. We are below the amount additional resources. For instance, in American people, really allowing Mem- authorized in 2008. So the House has the case of the Judiciary Committee, it bers and committees to gather first- been making significant strides to take was testified by the chair and the rank- hand knowledge of how the Federal a very hard look at the way that we ing member that there is a possibility programs are functioning and their im- utilize our individual budgets, both in of a judicial impeachment proceeding. pact on our Nation, was a very impor- our Member offices as well as in our They may have to conduct that; they tant thing. may not. So to prepare for that kind of So I would say this. I think it is im- committees, and we are absolutely unanticipated need, the Committee on portant to note that, while there is a committed to being fiscally responsible House Administration has actually al- very small overall increase in author- stewards of the taxpayer dollar. located $500,000 for each session in the ized committee spending, this funding This funding resolution highlights 114th into a reserve fund which could resolution does not require any new those priorities to remain guardians of be allocated for something like that or, spending, does not require any new the taxpayer dollar, and as such, each if there is another committee that spending within the House’s overall committee must operate responsibly, demonstrates a real need for it, an budget. This funding resolution only using their budget to set priorities to emerging priority that perhaps they redirects already appropriated re- carry out their important work. couldn’t see at this point in time. sources to new priorities. Even after the adoption of the resolu- I just think that that is a very fis- In summary, Mr. Speaker, we are tion, the Committee on House Admin- cally prudent way to budget, not just proposing modest, targeted increases istration will continue to work with giving money on the ‘‘if come,’’ but if to meet the House committees’ over- each committee to assist them in find- we really do see that we need it, of sight and operational needs, and I ing solutions which deliver savings and course then we can protect that would hope that each Member of the allow every committee to stretch the money; if we don’t need to spend it, it House will concur with the priorities valuable resources allocated so that won’t be spent. that we have set forth in this funding they can continue to carry out their Before authorizing any increase in resolution to allow each of our com- important duties. funding, the Committee on House Ad- mittees to continue with their impor- At the Committee on House adminis- ministration really dove into why the tant work. tration, we understand, Mr. Speaker, increase was needed, such as a specific Producing this resolution, I think, that it is our responsibility to ensure new priority, emerging challenges that was important work for our com- that the House operates in a fiscally some of our committees will face this mittee, and I certainly want to thank responsible manner, an effective and Congress. Some of the committees re- all of our members, both Republican efficient manner, and that is a respon- quested additional funds for urgent and Democrat, particularly the distin- sibility that we take very, very seri- equipment needs. guished ranking member, Mr. BRADY ously. I believe strongly that we have Part of our responsibilities, of from Pennsylvania, for his cooperation, found the appropriate balance in fund- course, are to ensure smooth oper- their participation in the process, and ing this resolution that will keep in ations of this institution, because a the ideas that everybody brought to place fiscal responsibility and, at the breakdown of equipment that we rely the table that helped produce this reso- same time, ensure that the important on every day to assist with the daily lution that we bring to the full House work of the House is carried out. function of the House may lead to pro- today, which I will note as well, Mr. Mr. Speaker, I would mention to the ceedings being severely delayed or Speaker, was passed out of our com- ranking member that I don’t think I halted, and we thought that was an un- mittee unanimously. have any other speakers. acceptable possibility. So, as an exam- I reserve the balance of my time. I reserve the balance of my time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.033 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1792 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 b 1230 A TRIBUTE TO RUTH ELLEN change, there is not debate amongst Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. DAILEY HELM scientists. As I see every day, San Diegans Speaker, I yield myself such time as I (Ms. MCSALLY asked and was given aren’t waiting for Washington to act to may consume. permission to address the House for 1 address climate change. The collabo- minute and to revise and extend her re- I want to take this opportunity to rative has built partnerships with busi- marks.) thank the gentlewoman from Michigan ness, academia, nonprofits, and philan- Ms. MCSALLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to (Mrs. MILLER). It is no secret that she thropic entities to share expertise, le- honor Ruth Ellen Dailey Helm, who won’t be returning in the next Con- verage resources, and advance actions passed away at the age of 98 recently in gress, but this will be the last time that benefit San Diego’s communities, Tucson. that I will be with her managing the economy, and natural resources. committees’ funding. Ruth was a pilot during World War The San Diego Regional Climate Col- I know she is here 21 months more, II, one of the first female pilots to laborative serves as a model for other but I want her to know that every serve in our military and a trailblazer. regions as we seek to address the harm- chance I get, with this microphone, I Unlike many of the male pilots who ful effects of climate change as a na- will thank her. served at the time, Ruth was qualified tion and as a planet. I congratulate She is, without question, one of the to fly multiple aircraft as a member of them. the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or classiest ladies I know in this House. f She is fair. I enjoy going to the com- WASPs; and she ferried bomber, trans- GENDER EQUALITY AT ABBOTT mittee meetings. We smile and we port, and pursuit aircraft all over the LABORATORIES shake hands before the meeting, and country during World War II. we smile and we shake hands after the She was inducted into the Arizona (Mr. DOLD asked and was given per- meeting. She is a pleasure to work Aviation Hall of Fame in 1999 and mission to address the House for 1 with. I wish her well. And again, for awarded the Congressional Gold Medal minute and to revise and extend his re- the next 21 months, any chance I get, I with her WASP colleagues in 2010. marks.) just hope that I do have the oppor- In addition to serving our country, Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tunity to keep on thanking her. Ruth and the WASPs were pioneers to honor the 10th District’s very own I only hope that this House will take who inspired an entire generation of Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago note of the way our committee works. women to pursue their dreams of serv- and their commitment to gender equal- ity. We work together. We compromise to- ing as pilots in our military, and that The National Association for Female gether. And because of that, things get includes me. Executives recently released their list done. When I was going through the chal- lenges of becoming a fighter pilot in of the top 50 companies for executive So, again, I wish her well, and I will the first wave, there were no mentors women. For the sixth consecutive year, have more opportunity to wish her in front of us to see us through. But Abbott Laboratories placed in the top well. when I needed encouragement or when 10. The association recognized Abbott With that, Mr. Speaker, I urge a I wanted to quit, Ruth and her fellow for their commitment to promoting ‘‘yes’’ vote on the resolution, and I WASPs, starting 20 years ago, would be and empowering women. yield back the balance of my time. there for me, to inspire me and to en- I am extremely proud of Abbott’s Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. courage me and to give me what I need- commitment and accomplishments. Speaker, let me just sincerely, sin- ed to fight for another day. But it is also a sign, Mr. Speaker, of cerely thank the gentleman from Penn- They were more than role models how much progress we still have to sylvania (Mr. BRADY), my ranking who broke down gender barriers to make as a country. We must continue member. serve in our military. They were my to ensure that our young women have If I am going to miss anything in this personal wingmen—or wingwomen, and all the same opportunities available to House, it is the great friendships that I I will be forever grateful to Ruth and them as young men. We must be sure have made with many people, both Re- all the WASP women for paving the that women are not at a disadvantage publicans and Democrats. Certainly he way for me, for serving as my friends simply due to their gender. It is our has been right at the top of the list. He and my mentors, and for proving that duty not just as Members of this House has been nothing but professional in women could be exceptional pilots too. but also as human beings to ensure our committee deliberations, in the that women and men are equals in the way that we handle all of these dif- f workplace, and increasing the number ferent challenges that come before our SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CLIMATE of female executives is crucial to that committee. COLLABORATIVE goal. I do think it is a very good thing that Mr. Speaker, companies like Abbott (Mr. PETERS asked and was given he points out that our committee does have made tremendous strides, but permission to address the House for 1 operate in a very bipartisan way. We there is still work to be done. I applaud minute.) are all about making sure that this in- their example and urge others to fol- Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise stitution is able to do what the Amer- low. today to recognize the San Diego Re- ican people expect from us, and we gional Climate Collaborative, which re- f both share that passion. So I look for- cently won the United States Environ- NATIONAL AGRICULTURE WEEK ward to working with him for another mental Protection Agency’s Climate year and a half here. (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and Leadership Award for Innovative Part- was given permission to address the Mr. Speaker, I urge every Member to nerships. This award recognizes organi- House for 1 minute and to revise and support the passage of this resolution zations across the country working on extend his remarks.) so that each committee can plan appro- cutting-edge climate initiatives that Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- priately with the full knowledge of address greenhouse gas reduction er, I rise during National Agriculture their available resources. goals, adaptation, and resilience. Week, with yesterday being National I yield back the balance of my time. As a member-based network that Agriculture Day, to recognize the con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time supports public agencies in the San tributions of farmers, ranchers, and for debate has expired. Diego region, the Climate Collabo- producers to our economy and well- Pursuant to House Resolution 152, rative works to advance comprehensive being. the previous question is ordered on the solutions to reduce greenhouse gas Agriculture supports one in four Ne- resolution, as amended. emissions and prepare our region for braska jobs and contributes more than The resolution, as amended, was climate impacts. $23 billion to our State’s economy. I agreed to. In San Diego, climate change is not a am very proud to represent Nebraska’s A motion to reconsider was laid on partisan issue. While there is debate in Third District, now the number one ag- the table. Congress about the science of climate riculture district in the Nation.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.035 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1793 Our global economy presents great As a former Federal prosecutor for written into our Constitution in order opportunity. Ninety-five percent of the the last two decades, I witnessed how to protect the prosperity and security world’s consumers live outside the violence affects people of all ages, of our country. United States, and they all need to eat. races, religions, and socioeconomic I am talking about the changes that As a result, we are seeing growing de- conditions. Domestic violence does not are being proposed in our fundamental mand for Nebraska’s agriculture prod- discriminate. technology law, in our patent system. ucts. Our State’s beef exports reached a Our country has a moral obligation And I know that sounds very boring to record high, $1 billion in sales, in 2014. to stand up against those who exploit most people. But the fact is, without a The efficiency and forward thinking their power to commit violence against strong patent system, the American of our ag producers is making it pos- men, women, and children. people would be at the mercy of both sible to meet demand with fewer inputs In an effort to raise awareness and to competitors, in terms of their labor and less waste. put an end to domestic violence and overseas, but also in terms of the vi- As founder and cochairman of the sexual abuse, my district will be kick- cious and totalitarian elements in Modern Agriculture Caucus, I am com- ing off the White Ribbon Campaign. other countries that might want to do mitted to promoting scientifically The White Ribbon Campaign is one of us harm. based innovation and policies. the largest efforts in the world of peo- b 1245 ple working together to prevent and On this National Agriculture Day It is our ability to produce the tech- end domestic violence and sexual as- and Agriculture Week, please join me nology that America needs in order to sault against women, men, and chil- in thanking the many producers work- make our people competitive and to ing tirelessly to support our economy dren. The White Ribbon Campaign will produce the wealth that is necessary and help feed the world. begin this Friday, March 20, and run for a decent standard of living that has through March 29. f made America the great country that Vera House of Syracuse, New York, is it is. We are a great country not be- BOSMA ENTERPRISES AND spearheading the local effort in my dis- cause we have very powerful and ABILITYONE trict. Vera House is a comprehensive wealthy interests here in the United (Mr. ROKITA asked and was given domestic and sexual violence service States, which we do. We are a great permission to address the House for 1 agency that provides shelter, advocacy, country because ordinary people are minute and to revise and extend his re- and counseling services for women, permitted to live decent lives and be- marks.) children, and men. They also provide cause our country has not been chal- Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Speaker, I rise education and prevention programs and lenged throughout its history over and today to pay tribute to an exemplary community coordination. over again and had to waste all of our partnership between the AbilityOne Vera House will be providing white resources and all of our wealth on vast Program, an extraordinary initiative ribbons, such as the one on my lapel amounts of armaments and drafting all that helps people with disabilities, and here, and white wrist bands, such as of our people into the military and Indiana’s own Bosma Enterprises. the white one on my wrist here today, having a militarized society in order to For the past 25 years of Bosma’s 100 in an effort to build awareness and put have us safe from a foreign threat. No. years in business, their partnership a stop to domestic violence and sexual What we have done is we have been with AbilityOne has helped disabled abuse. able to produce wealth dramatically in Hoosiers achieve a greater level of From March 20 to March 29, thou- our country and had our workers’ being independence and enabled many to gain sands of my constituents in central competitive with labor from around employment in good-paying jobs. New York will be wearing a white rib- the world because we have been techno- Nearly 60 percent of all employees bon or a white wristband to raise logically superior. there are blind or suffer some degree of awareness about domestic violence and Mr. Speaker, there is a threat to that visual impairment. One such man is sexual abuse. technology superiority, an incredible Don Green. Don is totally blind and I encourage my House colleagues to threat that is being foisted off on the found it very difficult to reenter the join me and New York’s 24th Congres- Congress and the American people. I job market. About to give up after al- sional District in wearing a white rib- am here to alert my fellow Members of most 200 job rejections, Don applied to bon to put a spotlight on this very im- Congress to this threat. Bosma, which, because of its contracts portant issue. Wearing the white rib- One needs only to see how important through AbilityOne, was able to hire bon demonstrates a personal pledge to the technology element of our society him as a material handler. Just 6 years never commit, condone, or remain si- has been right here in the United later, Mr. Speaker, Don is a production lent about violence against men, States Congress. There is a statue here supervisor, managing 40 people. women, or children. in the Capitol to Philo Farnsworth. I hope my country can join me today Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize Now, who the heck knows who Philo to support survivors of abuse while pro- the work that Bosma Enterprises is Farnsworth was? Well, not many. But viding alternatives to this destructive doing in partnership with the there is a statue to him here because cycle. AbilityOne Program. They open doors he represents a very significant part of Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I of opportunity and help make the the American story. hope everyone paid attention to that Philo Farnsworth was a farmer in State of Indiana, my beloved State, a wonderful idea that has just been given Utah, a man who was educated in engi- better place to live each and every day. to us. neering, but a man who had very little f These Special Orders play a role here resources. He set out in between farm- THE AMERICAN PATENT SYSTEM in that we permit ourselves the oppor- ing to try to find and discover a tech- tunity to hear from people for a little nological secret that had perplexed The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under bit more than 1 minute to talk about some of the most powerful and finan- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- issues that are significant and who cial interests in our country. uary 6, 2015, the gentleman from Cali- would like to bring them to the atten- RCA, at that time under a man fornia (Mr. ROHRABACHER) is recognized tion of the American people and, of named David Sarnoff, was America’s for 60 minutes as the designee of the course, to their colleagues here in Con- premier technology company, a com- majority leader. gress. pany that had vast resources and was Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I Today I intend to bring the attention deeply involved in trying to find out yield to my friend from New York (Mr. of the American people and my col- how to invent a picture tube, how we KATKO). leagues to a threat to the well-being of would have a tube that showed images DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE the American people, a major threat rather than just radio waves that had Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise that has gone unrecognized and could voice on them. This was a huge chal- today to speak about important issues well change our way of life and change lenge and a historic challenge. RCA that face our society, domestic vio- the way of life for our children and de- pumped millions of dollars of research lence and sexual abuse. stroy one of the basic rights that were into this.

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Before this have the benefit—or at least a benefit— This is what has made America man invented his invention of how to from this discovery. great, and today it is in jeopardy. The mass produce shoes, ordinary people Yes, then RCA sent Philo Farnsworth technological edge of our country will had one pair of shoes and that was it. a representative from their labora- be robbed from us by multinational That was it. When they wore out, your tories. When he described what he had corporations who are powerful and are feet wore out. found, the scientist from RCA went shifting issues through the Congress We had things like the electric light away saying, ‘‘We will be in touch,’’ that will greatly diminish the patent that we know that Thomas Edison was and never got in touch. The next thing protection of the American people. Had so involved with; telephones, Alexander that Philo knew was that there was an these same changes in the law that Graham Bell. All the major inventions announcement that RCA had made a these multinational corporations that we have were invented by Amer- major breakthrough in discovery—only would now foist upon us been the law ican genius, not of very powerful cor- it was exactly the discovery that Philo in the days of Philo Farnsworth, we porations, but of the American genius Farnsworth had made and had trans- would have no picture tube. We would of the American people. mitted the information to RCA. never have had a Philo Farnsworth. We What we have always had, however, This became one of the great jury would never have had the recognition is a situation where big guys did try to and great legal battles of the early 20th of the creative genius of the American steal the creativity of the little guy, century. Philo Farnsworth, an indi- people. Instead, we would have had the but in our country, they couldn’t get vidual person, was up against the most powerful, rich, multinational corpora- away with it. In our country, the Philo powerful American corporation of the tions running roughshod over Amer- Farnsworths knew that they would be day, RCA, and had one of the strongest ica’s creative genius. protected if they created something and toughest leaders of that corpora- No. We have that threat today, and I that uplifted their fellow man. So tion, David Sarnoff, who vowed not to would ask people to pay close attention Americans and American genius was give him a penny and not to recognize to what is happening here on the floor put to work as never before in any him because it was RCA that actually of House in the next few months. What country’s history to make sure ordi- came up with this. has happened is we have to understand nary people, and especially our work- Philo Farnsworth was able to mobi- that patent protection of the American ing people in our factories and our lize support behind his claim. He was people is something that was written companies, could be competitive with able to have people invest in his law- into our Constitution. It is part of the those factories and companies and the suits, and slowly but surely they made heart and soul of our country. workers overseas. their way through our court system all Benjamin Franklin is well-known as Our people don’t work harder than the way to the Supreme Court of the the man who discovered electricity, the people overseas. That is not what United States. God bless the United but he was also one of the great Found- made us a great country. The fact is States of America. A single man, a ers of our Declaration of Independence people work really hard all over the poor, individual farmer who had come and, yes, one of the people who au- world, especially in Third World coun- up with an important technology se- thored our Constitution—Benjamin tries where people live in utter pov- cret had his rights respected by our Su- Franklin, the great technology hero, erty. They work really hard. But it is preme Court over the power and influ- the hero of liberty and just for all. the technology that is put into play, ence of America’s most powerful cor- If you go to Monticello and visit the technology put into play with that poration of the day, RCA. Thomas Jefferson’s home, it is filled hard work and the profit motive for in- Philo Farnsworth was recognized as with inventions, small inventions. vesting in that technology and cre- the inventor, the inventor of the pic- Thomas Jefferson knew that we were ating that technology, that is what has ture tube which has transformed our not going to rely on Big Government, made the difference in an American country and transformed the world. All we couldn’t rely on big corporate inter- people that are well-fed, American peo- the picture tubes you see, and now the ests and rich people, but we would rely ple with great opportunities, American screens that we see on our computers, on the genius of the American people people who can be proud that they have can be traced back to the discovery of through technology. Freedom and tech- a decent standard of living and are able this one individual, Philo Farnsworth, nology are the two things that would to make decisions for themselves and and the tragedy that his life was be- uplift ordinary Americans. Those their families, not just live in the ab- cause, over the years, he lived a very things are now at stake. They are now ject poverty that existed for so long in poor life. He was constantly in strug- in danger. so much of the world. gle. He had very little resources. By We, in fact, are now facing basic No, it wasn’t just our hard work. It the time he won the Supreme Court changes to the concept of intellectual wasn’t just our natural resources. It case, it was late in his life, and he did property rights, and especially the was a Constitution that wrote into it not benefit, as he should have greatly, rights of our inventors, and it is being the rights of every individual citizen. from that. foisted upon this body in what I would And paramount to those rights, even We have a statue to this wonderful say is a very deceitful manner by pow- before the Bill of Rights in our Con- American, a man who stands for what erful interest groups from the outside. stitution, is a provision that guaran- America stands for, using technology But remember, with the protection tees that our inventors and our writers to benefit the people, not just to enrich that we have had, America has had the will be given the right to own, to con- huge corporate interests. Indeed, Philo inventions. We have uplifted the stand- trol their invention or their book for a Farnsworth has a statue here in the ard of living of the ordinary American. given period of time and profit from it. Capitol. But you will never see a statue We built the reaper, which permitted Traditionally, our inventors have had to David Sarnoff of RCA. That shows us to harvest huge crops of food so that ownership rights to what they have in- you where the heart and soul of Amer- Americans were well-fed, and we be- vented for 17 years of protection. Dur- ica is. came the breadbasket of the world; the ing that 17 years, they would own it, The fact that we had a Supreme cotton gin which made sure that people and when they applied for a patent, Court that decided for the little guy had clothing. There was a Black Amer- once that patent was issued, they rather than the huge, powerful cor- ican who invented the machine that would have 17 years to control what poration showed what kind of country permitted the mass production of they had invented. Also, until that pat- we have. That is what makes America shoes. The mass production of shoes ent was issued, it has always been, in great. That is what has created the new was permitted because a Black Amer- the United States, kept totally secret

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So these are things tions, not trying to limit the amount They have had to come up with a bet- that we have taken for granted because of ownership that our patent people ter term that is even more frightening this is what America is all about. had; it became, instead, a battle and sickening than submarine patent. But today, powerful multinational against the ‘‘submarine patentors.’’ The cynical nature of this type of de- corporations, especially in the elec- That is what they called it. bate on an issue was demonstrated by tronics industry, are trying to destroy That was the bogeyman that was cre- the fact that a corporate leader, who America’s patent system. My col- ated that day in order to get people was on the other side of this issue than leagues should now understand this, here to vote in a way that would de- I am, has now changed his position and and the American people should under- stroy the patent rights of the Amer- come to me with a description of how stand this and be talking to their Mem- ican people, the patent rights that I the words ‘‘patent troll’’ came about ber of Congress and their Senators, be- just outlined. because, now, we hear that we have got cause if they succeed in undermining Both of those were going to be elimi- to change the law, not for submarine our patent system and destroying the nated. You are going to have, instead patents, but now because patent trolls rights of the little guy to own what he of no disclosure, you will have full dis- are preying on the American people, has created and give the big guys the closure of your patent application, they are draining us of funds and en- power to steal from the little guys, we even before you are granted the patent, riching themselves, these patent trolls. will see a difference in our country. and you are not guaranteed any spe- Well, where did that word come Within a generation, we will no longer cific time, but your patent was going from? This gentleman that I am talk- have these advantages that I just spoke to run out after 20 years, even if you ing about was in a meeting with the about. What we have today is an effort had never had any time to protect it. heads of some very powerful corpora- by the big guys to change the rules so That is what they were trying to do, tions. They sat around in a circle to de- they can get away with stealing from and we managed to stop them. cide what term they should use. the little guys. We put a coalition together, a bipar- He said to me: Well, I recommended Now, obviously, people aren’t going tisan coalition. MARCY KAPTUR of Ohio ‘‘patent pirate.’’ Well, that wasn’t sin- to come out and just say: ‘‘Please let’s and myself have been active on this ister enough, so they came up with pat- vote for a bill that is going to break issue for the last 25 years, trying to ent troll. down the patent system so that big, thwart these huge corporate interests By the time everyone heard that: multinational corporations can steal who are trying to neuter the rights of Yes, that is the one. from American inventors.’’ Of course the little guy, of the small inventor, of Well, why is it the one? Because it they are not going to say that. So what the independent operator. sounds so sinister that it is going to be do they say? Well, let me put it this How did we stop them that very first able to blind people as to who the real way. 25 years ago when I first noticed— time? Well, we added an amendment on victim is. Now, we are out to get the this fight has been going on the entire that said these changes that are being patent troll, but it is the little guy, it time that I have been in Congress. foisted on us today—or being voted on is the small inventor, it is the inde- I noticed that what had happened was that some big corporations were today—only apply to companies that pendent inventors that are going to be trying to put into the GATT implemen- have over 100 employees. damaged severely by an attack on a All of a sudden, those people who tation—GATT is a trade treaty. They patent troll. were advocating this saying, Oh, this Now, what is a patent troll, by what were trying to put into that trade trea- ty’s implementation language a bill will be good for everybody, especially they are trying to tell us? Patent that had to go through Congress, the small inventor, all of a sudden, troll—we keep hearing the argument changes in our patent system that they had to withdraw the bill. that there are people in our society Well, if it was so good for the little weren’t even required by the treaty. I that are using, basically, patents that will get into what they were doing if guy, why would they withdraw the bill? are not really good patents. you really want to see how heinous and Well, they withdrew the bill because They are patents that really are not sinister this is. the bill was aimed at helping huge cor- legitimate patents, and they are using What were those changes 25 years ago porate interests to step on the little these to create litigation that will en- that these big corporations wanted to guy in the United States. rich the lawyers—the patent trolls—be- make? Number one was saying that, We defeated that, but we have been cause the patent trolls just reach out yes, when you apply for your patent, 20 fighting, fighting, fighting for 20 years; with some illegitimate patent claim, years after you apply for it, you really and this year, it looks like we have lost and then they have to get paid off or have no patent rights after that at all, the leverage that we had to defeat they have to go to jail. even if it takes 15 years to get your these powerful special interests. Well, how much of this is there? patent. That is why it is important for the There is some of that, but let us note American people and people involved in this: There are frivolous lawsuits b 1300 technology development to pay atten- throughout our entire system; there The American system was the clock tion to proposals that are being made are frivolous lawsuits in almost every starts ticking when you get your pat- here in the House and in the Senate endeavor in the American economy, ent, 17 years of protection. These big concerning intellectual property but there are also legitimate lawsuits. guys were trying to give our American rights, especially concerning the pat- There are people who are really dam- inventors maybe no protection. After ent rights that our people have en- aged and deserve to have the right to 20 years, they had nothing. joyed, as I say, since the founding of sue somebody. But everybody would know about it our country. The law that we are facing now, that because the second provision they were Today, we have a bill that is being is being proposed here in Congress for a trying to foist off on us was that after presented. Again, it can’t be presented patent law, is the equivalent of elimi- 18 months, if a patent had been applied on how do we destroy the patent rights nating the right of people to sue some- for, after 18 months, even if the patent of the average American. They have to one who has done damage to them in had not been granted, they were going find something that sounds so sinister order to prevent a frivolous lawsuit to publish the patent application, so that they can set up a straw man. They from happening. that every thief in the world would will say, Look at him, we are going to Do we really want to neuter the have heard all of the secrets of every beat him up. That is what this bill is rights of people? Because some people American inventor. about. abuse the system, you are going to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MR7.039 H19MRPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1796 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 19, 2015 take the 90 percent of the cases where Well, the bogeyman this time, as I what—in order to send him to a gov- it is not being abused or 95 percent of say, is the patent troll. The patent ernment bureaucrat and the agency the cases where it is a legitimate suit troll is what? The patent troll is some- that he thinks has done him wrong, and eliminate that right in order to one—although I wouldn’t call him a rather than having a day in court. handle the frivolous suits? That is patent troll. I would say there is a per- b 1315 what is happening. son who is willing to join with a small Although we are being told that all inventor—or independent inventor—to That exemplifies everything that is of the suits are frivolous and that the see that his patent is enforced. in H.R. 9, and it is so cynical because inventors are being portrayed as We are not talking about phony pat- what we have got is, again, the Amer- money-grubbers, these guys trying to ents; we are talking about legitimate ican people saying, ‘‘Look at this straw take advantage of these big corpora- patents. We are not talking about friv- man.’’ It is called ‘‘straw man argu- tions—yeah, right. The little guy is olous claims; we are talking about le- mentation.’’ Let’s build up a straw trying to take advantage of the big gitimate claims to patent claims of an man—the trolls—and everybody will guy, and that is why we have got to inventor, but the inventor does not think that we are aiming at the trolls pass a law that dramatically restricts have the strength to enforce that when, in fact, the real targets are the the rights of the little guy to deal with against a big corporation that has an little guys—the American independent an infringement by a big corporation. unlimited budget. inventors—the little guys who can’t af- What this bill is, H.R. 9, and it is This bill would make it dramatically ford without some help from the out- waiting to be brought to the floor. It more difficult for anyone to enlist side to enforce their patents. could be brought to the floor in the someone who is not the inventor to There is nothing wrong with someone next week, month, 2 months; we don’t help them press their case against the investing in an inventor who says, know yet. This bill dramatically under- infringement, the stuff that they had. ‘‘Look, I have got my whole life’s sav- cuts the rights of legitimate By the way, if this law, H.R. 9, was ings in this. I have invented this, but patentholders to enforce their patents. passed and would have been law at the this big corporation refuses to give me The patent troll element comes in time of Philo Farnsworth, Philo any royalties from my patent.’’ There with this. Today, if you are a small in- Farnsworth would have been beaten up, is nothing wrong with trying to help ventor and a large corporate interest kicked around, stepped upon, and he that inventor enforce his rights—there has been infringing on your invention, would not have had any benefit from is nothing wrong at all—but the straw if you own it for 17 years—after that, his invention of the picture tube. man is that person who is actually in- by the way, everybody can use it for Do we want a country in which the vesting in this. Now, he didn’t invent free—but during that 17 years, you big guys are able to do that to the it, and he is going to profit by it. Thus, have a right to be compensated for the small inventors? How long are we going he is a troll. No. That person is ful- fact that you are the one who discov- to be on top of things? How long will filling an important role in not permit- ered this. the standard of living of our people ting outside people to invest in inven- You invested your time and your ef- stay high and our businesses competi- tions and with inventors. fort and your scarce resources in order tive and our country safe and secure By doing that, what we have done is to come up with this new discovery, because of technological advances? diminish the value of every American yes; and they have a right then to try How long will that last if we are step- patent. That understanding defeated to bring, if a large corporation is using ping on the little guy and we fun- this bill in the Senate last year be- it without paying them royalties, they damentally change the nature of tech- cause our American universities under- have a right to bring suit. nology law in our country? That is stood that, if that went in, the value of But many of them don’t have those what is happening. all of these patents that the American resources. They don’t have any money. This bill passed last year in the universities have been developing They are, indeed, independent small in- House, and it was stopped in the Sen- would dramatically go down. It dimin- ventors up against corporations that ate. Let me note that one of the ishes the value of all patents when you are worth billions of dollars and, I amendments that I personally had to eliminate that right of the people to might say, multinational corporations. propose that demonstrate how bad this invest in patent enforcement. That These aren’t just an American David bill is—although I managed to win the makes sense. Sarnoff. A lot of these corporations we one amendment that we were able to So there was an upheaval at almost are talking about are multinational win—was they wanted to take away the every American major university and corporations, and they have nothing to rights of an inventor to sue the Patent in many other industries that deal di- do with the American interests. They Office if, indeed, the Patent Office was rectly with long-term research and de- have everything to do with the interest not legally acting in terms of his pat- velopment, like the pharmaceutical in- of making money for their stock- ent application. dustry, for example. They knew that holders and their company, which is In other words, if a government agen- we could not allow this to happen. multinational, which is global in scope cy was doing something illegally, using That was stopped in the Senate the and not an American company nec- illegal criteria—maybe because some- last time around. People realized that essarily. one else was influencing the decision this type of crony capitalist attempt We are going to undercut American from the outside, maybe there was just was to the detriment of the American inventors’ rights to try to enforce their some sort of personality problem, people. patent from being stolen by multi- maybe it was corruption from within— We have some of the most powerful national corporations. That is what but if an independent inventor sees multinational corporations still at this bill does. that he is being treated and is being play, trying to push this through this This is, to me, in my 25 or 26 years dealt with in a way that is not con- session of Congress. People have to here in Congress, the best example of sistent with the law, the small inven- know that H.R. 9 is crony capitalism crony capitalism that I have ever seen. tor has always had a right, just like personified. They need to talk to their What is crony capitalism? That is when any other American, to sue and take Congressmen, and my colleagues need we pass laws and we set up regulations his case to court. to talk to each other about this bill that are aimed at—what—helping the This is how blatant H.R. 9 is. That and not just accept what is being hand- big guy in relationship to the little bill contained a provision that said the ed to them as something that has made guy. small inventor can’t take his case to its way through the committee proc- Crony capitalism is when the little court. They are going to neuter the ess. guys pay and end up having their small inventor of his right to take it to This bill destroys the rights of dis- rights trampled upon, but the big guys court; and he has to, instead, go to an covery for the little guy. This suit ba- are protected by different laws and ombudsman at the Patent Office—oh, sically doesn’t do anything to go up clauses that we put into law here in my, an ombudsman, how nice. against frivolous lawsuits, but it deems Washington in the House and in the Eliminating the right of an American all of the legitimate cases and puts Senate. citizen and inventor in order to— them in the same category as frivolous

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It destroys, for example, the treble We are up against a major fight, but The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under damage awards. Now, what does that here we have a good piece of legislation the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- mean? If you are a little guy, to get a in the Senate, in the Coons bill, S. 632, uary 6, 2015, the gentlewoman from lawyer to help you, that lawyer has to and in a crony capitalism bill, H.R. 9, California (Mrs. CAPPS) is recognized know he is going to make a profit when here in the House. The American peo- for 60 minutes as the designee of the getting involved in a suit against a big ple have to at times get involved or minority leader. corporation. Today, they have what things will go haywire in our country. Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise they call triple damages. If the cor- We don’t have the rights and privileges today to honor the memory of local poration knows that it is infringing on that every American enjoys simply be- Santa Barbara, California, firefighter the little guy, there are triple dam- cause they are in the Constitution. Daniel Corrigan. ages. They are trying to get rid of Over the years, the American people Dan was born and raised in Hayward, those triple damages and say, ‘‘No, have stepped up when they have seen California, where he played football only actual damages.’’ that their rights were being trampled and attended Moreau Catholic High What does that mean? The little guy upon. School. Dan earned his degree in me- can never afford to hire a lawyer. The The big guys were always around, chanical engineering from Cal Poly Po- lawyers won’t get involved. You can trying to steal from the little guys, but mona, and he began his firefighting ca- see these big corporations, they cer- as we saw in the case of Philo reer with the Fresno Fire Department tainly have all of the legal help they Farnsworth, we have a commitment to in 2007. In 2013, Dan joined the Santa need. Basically, that provision alone America’s little guys. As for the men Barbara City Fire Department, where neuters the leverage that a small in- and women who maybe are not rich but he made a tremendous impact not only ventor has to get some legal help in his who have a creative genius that will on his colleagues but on the entire battle to defend his or her own prop- uplift all of us, we have made a com- community. erty rights. mitment to them. H.R. 9 breaks that Throughout his career, Dan was rec- This bill, by the way, fails to iden- commitment and destroys their ability ognized by his colleagues for his hard tify—and it even sometimes protects— to actually benefit from their own cre- work ethic, his considerable intel- lawyers who are operating on bad faith ative genius. ligence, and enjoyable sense of humor. with frivolous lawsuits, as compared to I would ask my colleagues to spend That is why we were all so deeply trying to help—let’s deter frivolous time reading H.R. 9 and consider the saddened by the unexpected news when lawsuits, but let’s not do it by elimi- straw man argument—the trolls. Get Dan passed away 2 weeks ago. He was nating the rights of people who have le- beyond the slogan, and see what effect just 35. His loss came much too early gitimate claims against big corpora- it will have, and ask small inventors— for a beloved hero who devoted so much tions. independent inventors—and educators of himself to serve his community. There is another bill now emerging. what impact the changes in H.R. 9 will Dan is survived by his pregnant In the House, it is H.R. 9. It is a dis- have. Once the legislators here in the fiance´e, Sarah; by his son, Jack; by his aster. We need to make sure people House do, and once they understand sisters Debbie and Rosanne; and by his know that the American people have the damage that this will do to the parents, John and Anne. been tipped off and that we are not American people and how the little guy Our thoughts and prayers are with going to let this happen by the major, is going to be stepped upon, they will them all at this sad time. huge corporations like Google, which is vote against it, but they have to have Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance one of the main groups behind this try- their attention drawn to this. of my time. ing to rip off these little guys. We are People are busy here in Washington. f not going to allow that to happen, and The biggest problem is getting the at- they are not going to rip us off either. tention of our colleagues to pay atten- WOMEN’S AND THE VIRGIN This has been recognized in the Sen- tion to a bill like H.R. 9. That is part ISLANDS HISTORY MONTH ate. Like I said, it was stopped the last of what the citizenry has to do if our (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given time, so there is a bill in the Senate, S. process is going to work. They need to permission to address the House for 1 632. Senator COONS has put this bill in. be talking to their Congressmen. They minute and to revise and extend her re- This bill reasserts the condition of need to be talking to their Senators. marks.) willful infringement. Basically, it rein- Whether you are an educator and you Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, every forces the idea that, if a company is deal with patents of your educational year during the month of March, we willfully infringing, this is something institution or whether you are an inde- celebrate the contributions to events that someone needs to be paid for and pendent inventor and have an idea that in history and modern society by compensated for because someone in- will make Americans more productive women. We call it Women’s History tentionally stepped on his rights. It and more competitive or make our Month, but in my district, in the U.S. gives the PTO the discretion to award country safer, you are the treasure Virgin Islands, the month of March is damages in these cases when you see house of this country, and they are try- also commemorated as Virgin Islands that a big company has willfully said, ing to destroy that treasure right now. History Month. We will ignore the fact that we know I call on my colleagues to join me in So, in keeping with both customs, I this group invented it. Ignore that. opposition to H.R. 9 and to work with would like to take the time to recog- Just go ahead, and if they try to sue the Senate to try to have the Senate nize a few Virgin Islanders who have us, we will step on them, or we will get bill intertwined and to come to a com- broken the glass ceiling for women in the rules of the game changed in Con- promise so we can have a positive bill the upper echelons of law in the terri- gress so that they don’t have a chance here in the House and so we can move tory and, indeed, in the United States, to sue us. forward in a positive way to make sure and who inspired generations of young S. 632, the Coons bill in the Senate, that Americans remain prosperous, women to do the same: specifically allows higher education that Americans remain secure, and The Honorable Eileen Ramona Peter- and smaller entities to be identified as that Americans remain free. That is son, who became the first female judge legitimate owners. Thus, we are pro- what our Constitution was all about. in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1971; the tecting the actual little guys and their That is what Thomas Jefferson was all Honorable J’ada Finch-Sheen, who educational institutions. What we also about, and that is what Benjamin later became the first female sworn in

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When I see this deal, I see all these general to the U.S. Department of the You could do it easily in a facility articles about it, then I see this article Interior and, later, as the U.S. attorney that would be easy to hide, because you ‘‘Obama Planning Drastic Shake-Up in for the District of Columbia. Judge could take those 3,000 in a facility 30 Policy Toward Israel.’’ So because the Lewis currently serves as the chief meters by 70 meters and you could en- people of Israel, in their election, made judge of the District Court of the Vir- rich from 5 to 90 percent at weapons clear, ‘‘We would prefer not to be wiped gin Islands. grade uranium, have the nukes that at out by Iran, and we can tell that the Our fight for law and justice and least at one time Ayatollah Khamenei deal that the Obama administration is equality comes from our history, and has indicated—I understand still be- cutting is bad for Israel and puts us at that fight has often been led by women, lieves—that they can hasten the return extreme risk,’’ they gave more seats women such as Queen Mary Thomas, of the 12th imam, the Mahdi, to rule than were expected to the Likud Party, who, along with three other women, led over this world caliphate, and they can Netanyahu’s party. a revolt in the streets of St. Croix to do so because they believe the proph- What is the response of the Obama protest unfair labor wages and deplor- ecy is that he will arise—the 12th administration after they threw every- able working conditions in 1878. imam, as the Mahdi, the head of the ca- thing they possibly could, threw tem- Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize liphate, this world caliphate, he will per tantrums about Prime Minister these women because their work and arise out of chaos, and they believe Netanyahu speaking from right here their contributions have allowed many that could be nuclear chaos. just to tell us his perspective on the Virgin Islands women to ascend So, in effect, if this administration Iranian deal because his country is through the glass ceiling. Their con- agrees to allow even 1,500 centrifuges most at risk? Those that refused to un- tributions made it possible for a young to continue to spin in Iran, he is has- derstand—it isn’t just Israel at risk— girl from the Virgin Islands—myself— tening the demise of millions of people, may pay at the cost of thousands or to become a New York assistant dis- ultimately. A new Holocaust. Now, it is millions of lives. These people have no trict attorney, to be at the Justice De- one thing when leaders in the United respect for the lives of people who are partment and to later serve as the States could say, ‘‘Gee, we didn’t know not radical Islamists, as they are. So you might think: Oh, gee, maybe fifth-elected Delegate to Congress from that millions of Jews were being killed the Obama administration learned a the U.S. Virgin Islands. by Hitler; gee, we just didn’t know,’’ lesson; let’s don’t try to interfere in To that end, Mr. Speaker, it troubles but there came a point where it became the election process in a foreign coun- me to see the political gamesmanship very clear, and Hitler and his subordi- try. It does make you wonder, you that is delaying the confirmation of nates really tried to hide what they know, there were all those rumors Loretta Lynch as the next Attorney were doing. about since the Obama money was General of the United States. By all ac- Iran has made no bones about what never audited in his original campaign counts, she is highly qualified and re- they want to do. They want to wipe in 2008 and there were massive numbers garded, and would make a great Attor- Israel off the map. First of all, they are of $50 contributions with credit cards, ney General. I am urging my col- never going to eliminate all of the where did those come from? Were any leagues in the Senate Chamber to bring Jews in the world; it will not happen. of those foreign? Ms. Lynch’s confirmation to a vote. As God is my witness, that will not We have seen allegations about Place your objections on the record. happen. What will happen, as anybody, including this administration, if they money coming in to Hillary Clinton’s f are intent on going there, to allow Iran campaign from foreigners. We know in b 1330 to continue to move toward nuclear Bill Clinton’s campaign they got weapons under this so-called nuclear caught redhanded with money from NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN agreement, they move there, it will monks that was given to Vice Presi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under cause judgment to come down on our dent Al Gore, but, you know, foreigners the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- country for allowing something so hor- are not supposed to be able to influence uary 6, 2015, the Chair recognizes the rific to become possible when we had our elections. It appears that poten- gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) the means to stop it. tially they have. for 30 minutes. This is no time for anyone who is a If that were true—don’t know for cer- Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, the civilized individual, who believes in the tain because there wasn’t an audit story out in a number of media, like rights of men, the rights of women, the done, but maybe that would help ex- this from Breitbart, ‘‘First Details of rights of children, to be cutting a deal plain why this administration is so Iran Deal: Allows 6,000 Centrifuges, with these cutthroats in Iran. Nobody quick to get involved in the election Rolls Back the U.N. Arms Embargo.’’ seems to want to talk about it, but process in Israel to try to destroy That story talks about in order to en- Iran has drug this thing out for over a Netanyahu, who was more concerned tice Iran to cut back to 6,000 or 6,500 year. with the preservation of the nation of centrifuges, elements of the U.N. arms Perhaps Valerie Jarrett was working Israel than he was in getting another embargo against Iran could be rolled a deal even longer than that. There Nobel Peace Prize for this administra- back. were reports that she was negotiating tion. I think it is important to recall, it with them early on, trying to see if But this, dated today, by Melanie hasn’t been that long ago that a prin- something could be done. Whether that Batley says: cipal cornerstone of the discussions be- is true or not, clearly what Iran has The White House on Wednesday suggested tween the Obama administration and done is drug out the talks, continued it could reverse its decades-old policy of the—I have to be careful the words I using its veto in the United Nations Security to increase the number of centrifuges Council to protect Israel. It could refuse to use here on the House floor—America- it has spinning, continued to move to- veto resolutions related to the Palestinians killing Iran administration was going ward the ability to have a tremendous or introduce a measure of its own, The Wall to require them to dismantle their ef- amount of 5 percent enrichment so Street Journal reported. forts toward nuclear production, and that it very quickly can move to 90 The U.S. could also lend its support to a now they are floating a draft that is percent and develop the nukes. two-state solution based on Israel’s 1967 bor- going to allow them to have thousands They would likely develop a number ders, a senior White House official told The of centrifuges. of them at the same time, not just do New York Times: ‘‘We’re currently evalu- ating our approach,’’ State Department Now, I have been advised by people at one. They would do a number and then spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, according to the IAEA in Vienna that, actually, if spread them out so that, once they the Journal. ‘‘We’re not going to prejudge they just have 3,000 centrifuges, with move into nuclear mode, they have sev- what we would do if there was a U.N. ac- all of the uranium that has been en- eral. You try to take them out at that tion.’’

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Now, Obama officials may decide to allow they allowed him to go ahead and not ‘‘We are evaluating our approach’’ Israel to be exposed to more international be renewed as a top adviser to Home- scares me—should scare others—when pressure in an attempt to force them back land Security. you know the kind of people that are into negotiating. We also know that Imam Magid, who giving this administration advice. This is what I would call a deal to had been head of the Islamic Society of This article says: hasten the attempted demise of Israel. North America, which Islamic Society The Obama administration in the past has It is interesting, though, ‘‘We’re cur- of North America was aimed as a co- shielded Israel at the Security Council, using rently evaluating our approach,’’ the conspirator in the largest prosecution a veto to strike down a resolution con- State Department said, because we for supporting terrorism in the history demning Israeli settlement activity in Pales- were told by a Muslim Brothers publi- of the United States in going after the tinian territory. Now, Obama officials may decide to allow Israel to be exposed to more cation in December of 2012 that—yes, I Holy Land Foundation in Dallas, international pressure in an attempt to force believe it was 2012. It was before the Texas, Federal Court. The Islamic So- them back into negotiating a peace deal. fall of Muslim Brother Morsi as Presi- ciety of North America was named as a Well, Israel has eyes wide open as dent of Egypt, but it was a Muslim co-conspirator, as was the Council of Iran continues to spin centrifuges and Brothers-approved publication in American Islamic Relations, CAIR. enrich uranium. They understand that Egypt that bragged about the six top b 1345 their very existence is at risk; yet we advisers in the Obama administration have people here in Washington—this who they bragged were Muslim Broth- Although, we saw a story last year where they were thinking about chang- administration—that apparently are ers. hearing from people saying, Oh, no, it’s Now, some in the media don’t want ing their name to—I forget what the no problem. Israel is the real problem to do anything but vilify me for point- words were—but instead of CAIR, it here. ing out what the Muslim Brothers have would be WTF. I guess they thought Never mind the people that are advis- pointed out, but for a number of years better of having WTF be their symbolic ing this administration are more upset I tried to advise the Homeland Secu- letters representing who they are. with Israel wanting to continue to rity Department that you have ele- In any event, CAIR, ISNA, they were exist than they are with Iran for want- vated a man to the top advisory coun- named coconspirators in the Holy Land ing to wipe out Israel and the United cil, given him a secret security clear- Foundation trial. When an effort was States. ance, allowed him to access documents, made to remove their names from being listed as coconspirators, the This should scare people in the which I was told by people, I believe, United States because, as Prime Min- including the director of DPS in Texas, judge in the Federal court there in Dal- las reviewed the evidence and said, No, ister Netanyahu pointed out—though that we know that this man he didn’t have to—he cares about the downloaded two documents. We know there is evidence that supports having their names as coconspirators. United States. He was educated here. he downloaded them with his personal He would like to see us continue to computer at his home, and then the re- They appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for the United States exist and be friends with Israel. port from Patrick Poole, the reporter, He pointed out, Look, they are devel- and all those judges looked at it and that he had direct indication from a oping intercontinental ballistic mis- said, No, there is plenty of evidence national media outlet that Mr. siles. Those are not to hit us in Israel, here to support that these groups are Elibiary had shopped those documents he says, they are coming after us, but coconspirators with the Holy Land to this national media outlet, who hap- they really don’t even need interconti- Foundation—whose principals were pened to refuse. nental ballistic missiles. convicted of supporting terrorism and I asked Secretary Napolitano about They can put them on a cargo ship sent to prison. it. She said she knew nothing about it. and bring them right into our ports, This administration gets sworn in That was interesting, because her chief bring them right up the Potomac within 2 months of the conviction, and told the director of Texas Department River, into the Houston Ship Channel, instead of being careful about these of Public Safety the night before, who into New Orleans. In between New Or- groups that U.S. Federal courts had advised me the night before, that she leans and Houston, they can wipe out said we had plenty of evidence to show had been totally briefed on what 70 percent of our refined gasoline, so we that they support terrorism, this ad- Elibiary had done. When I brought it could be in a world of hurt in a real ministration neglected—refused—to up the next day, either she lied in front hurry. consider that because they thought of our committee or her close staff The President’s job is to help provide they knew better. member lied to the Department of Pub- for the common defense, and it seems They brought the leaders of CAIR lic Safety director in Texas the night that his initiative is more to be op- and ISNA into the realm of their close before. posed to anything Israel knows in its advisers; so is it any mystery that But we do know this. Later when I collective heart will keep them pro- when Prime Minister Netanyahu was again asked her about it and if it had tected. been investigated, she said that DHS coming to Washington in May of 2011, Unfortunately, that is not all the had looked into it and there was noth- the President sought advice—got ad- news. We look here and find this article ing to it. Yet, when there was a FOIA vice—from the leader of this named co- from Newsmax: request for the documents pertaining conspirator supporting terrorism, Islamic State jihadists may have com- to the investigation, there were no doc- Imam Magid? mitted genocide in trying to wipe out the uments that supported that there ever When the President gave this speech Yazidi minority in Iraq, the U.N. said Thurs- was an investigation. So either, again, in the State Department itself, Imam day in a report laying out a litany of atroc- the Department of Homeland Security Magid was there. This administration ities. The Islamic State ‘‘may have com- Secretary lied, committed a crime, or had obviously given him credentials to mitted all three of the most serious inter- DHS lied and there were documents allow him not only in the White House, national crimes—namely, war crimes, crimes about that investigation. but in the inner sanctum of the State against humanity, and genocide,’’ the United In any event, last September, the Department. Nations human rights office said in a state- ment. Homeland Security Department, after When I read, ‘‘We are currently eval- The agency published a horrifying report years of being warned about this per- uating our approach,’’ from the State detailing killings, torture, rape, sexual slav- son they kept elevating, after one of Department, I can’t help but wonder: ery, and the use of child soldiers by the ex- the ISIS videos hit television and Have you got Imam Magid in there— tremists. All of these crimes, it said, were

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Further down, it says: in telling us that once Iran has the rights of f In numerous Yazidi villages, men and boys a nonnuclear state subject to additional pro- over the age of 14 were rounded up and shot, tocol, that you’ll be able to stop sneak-out, ADJOURNMENT while the women and girls were abducted as because you’ve said first that, well, they the ‘‘spoils of war.’’ The report, which was can’t develop a nuclear weapon because that Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I move ordered by the U.N. Human Rights Council would be illegal. That’s a preposterous argu- that the House do now adjourn. last September, following a request from the ment. Obviously, they’re willing to break the The motion was agreed to; accord- Iraqi Government, pointed out that some vil- law. ingly (at 1 o’clock and 59 minutes lages ‘‘were entirely emptied of their Yazidi My friend Mr. SHERMAN and I dis- p.m.), under its previous order, the population.’’ agree on so much, but I know him to be Many Yazidi women and girls were sold House adjourned until Monday, March into sexual slavery or handed over to Islamic an honorable man, and he understands 23, 2015, at noon for morning-hour de- State members as ‘‘gifts,’’ the report said, Iran doesn’t care about breaking deals. bate. adding that witnesses had described hearing Any deal with Iran is like a deal with f girls as young as 6 screaming for help as Hitler. The Soviet Union thought they they were raped in a house used by Islamic could cut a deal with Hitler. The thing PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS State fighters. that their leaders were most mad about Under clause 2 of rule XII, public A pregnant 19-year-old had told the inves- was that Hitler reached the agreement tigators she had been repeatedly raped by a bills and resolutions of the following before they did because they had inten- Islamic State ‘‘doctor’’ over a period of 21⁄2 titles were introduced and severally re- months and that he deliberately sat on her tions, apparently, of breaching it. ferred, as follows: stomach, saying, ‘‘This baby should die be- We are somewhere between Neville By Mr. LEWIS (for himself, Mr. CLY- cause it is an infidel. I can make a Muslim Chamberlain and Stalin in trying to BURN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. BRADY of Penn- baby.’’ reach a deal with a modern-day Hitler, sylvania, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. PELOSI, We had the report in the last few except Hitler didn’t have some crazy Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. weeks from a Catholic source in Nige- religious idea that he should wipe out ASHFORD, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. ria where they have begged the United everybody in the world that didn’t BECERRA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BISHOP of States for any help that it will give to have the exact same religious beliefs Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. try to stop Boko Haram and their ef- that he did. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, forts to wipe out Christians in Nigeria. Look, we are on the side of right. President al-Sisi in Egypt is on the Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY This source indicated that they had of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. heard from the United States—from side of right. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. the Obama administration—that the all over the Middle East, they are be- CA´ RDENAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CARSON Obama administration will only help coming afraid because this administra- of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CAS- them against Boko Haram if Nigeria tion is on the verge of cutting a deal TOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, will change its laws to allow same-sex that will allow Iran to continue mov- Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. marriage. ing forward to not just one nuke, but CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachu- Well, apparently, once this adminis- many nukes, and a breakout could be a setts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. tration got through ObamaCare, it matter of weeks. I know people are talking about it CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, promised the Catholic leaders, Chris- Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUM- could be years, but when you hear from tian leaders: Hey, we will never, ever MINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- refuse to allow you to practice your re- people that know that you could have nois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. ligious beliefs. a facility 30 meters by 70 meters and DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. Well, that turned out to be a lie be- that you could sneak that 5 percent DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, cause, of course, they went after into a secret facility without people Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- Catholic nuns, they went after the knowing and you could enrich it to 90 vania, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FATTAH, Catholic Church—well, at least those and have nuclear weapons, we ought to take notice. Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, who actually practice what they hear Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. preached in the Catholic Church—and We have been blessed with much, and to whom much is given, of them much GARAMENDI, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. AL any other Christian who believes that GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of is required. The world deserves better abortion is religiously wrong. Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, I guess after the administration with what we have been blessed with in Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK of broke its promise and went after and the way of power, and they deserve to Washington, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HONDA, used the full force of the government have us stand up against Iran. It is Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. to prevent people from practicing their time for us to bomb Iran’s nuclear fa- JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN- SON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- religious beliefs and being able to con- cilities. gia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Ms. form their conduct to their religious Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. beliefs, it was a no-brainer that they KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mrs. would then try to impose their reli- f KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LAR- gious beliefs—or lack thereof—upon ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, SEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of countries like Nigeria or others in Afri- MARCH 23, 2015 Connecticut, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. ca or around the world. LEE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. There will be a price for the United unanimous consent that when the States as a country to pay when we LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. House adjourns today, it adjourn to MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New know about Jews being wiped out, meet on Monday, March 23, 2015, when Mexico, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New when we know about Christians being it shall convene at noon for morning Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. wiped out, and God has blessed us with hour-debate and 2 p.m. for legislative MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN the ability to protect ourselves and to business. PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. stop such genocide; not only do we do The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOV- nothing to stop it, we demand that objection to the request of the gen- ERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. they abandon their Christian beliefs MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. tleman from Texas? MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. before we will offer any help. There was no objection. There will be a price to pay for the NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NOLAN, f Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. United States of America for being so LEAVE OF ABSENCE O’ROURKE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAS- callous as Christians and Jews around CRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, the world are suffering in numbers like By unanimous consent, leave of ab- Mr. PETERS, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. PIN- never before. sence was granted to: GREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr.

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POLIS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KUSTER, sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Miss RICE Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS, committee concerned. of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROY- Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. By Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. BAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUPPERS- CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, DUFFY, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. HILL, Mr. BERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MENG, Mr. NAD- WOMACK, Mr. WESTERMAN, Ms. NOR- LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, Ms. LER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, TON, and Mr. LIPINSKI): LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, H.R. 1467. A bill to amend section 31306 of SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SAR- title 49, United States Code, to recognize SCHIFF, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SCOTT of BANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, hair as an alternative specimen for pre- Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor- Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH employment and random controlled sub- gia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- of Washington, Mr. SWALWELL of stances testing of commercial motor vehicle bama, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TONKO, drivers, and for other purposes; to the Com- SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Wash- Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- ington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, ture. California, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. THOMPSON Mr. YARMUTH, and Mrs. DAVIS of Cali- By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for him- of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- fornia): self, Mr. FATTAH, and Ms. MAXINE fornia, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. H.R. 1460. A bill to amend the Federal WATERS of California): H.R. 1468. A bill to galvanize United States TORRES, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOL- Water Pollution Control Act and direct the Government programs in support of brain LEN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study health for global victims of autism, hydro- VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. with respect to stormwater runoff from oil cephalus and Alzheimer’s and other forms of WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MAXINE and gas operations, and for other purposes; dementia, and for other purposes; to the WATERS of California, Mrs. WATSON to the Committee on Transportation and In- Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addi- COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of frastructure. By Mr. MASSIE (for himself, Mr. tion to the Committee on Energy and Com- Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. merce, for a period to be subsequently deter- AMASH, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BUCK, MCDERMOTT, and Ms. DELAURO): mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- H.R. 12. A bill to modernize voter registra- and Mr. JORDAN): sideration of such provisions as fall within tion, promote access to voting for individ- H.R. 1461. A bill to repeal certain provi- the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. uals with disabilities, protect the ability of sions of titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. LANGEVIN: individuals to exercise the right to vote in H.R. 1469. A bill to improve, coordinate, Transportation and Infrastructure, and in elections for Federal office, and for other and enhance rehabilitation research at the addition to the Committee on Ways and purposes; to the Committee on House Admin- National Institutes of Health; to the Com- Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- istration, and in addition to the Committees mittee on Energy and Commerce. mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Tech- By Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. nology, Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight and sideration of such provisions as fall within UPTON, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RYAN of Wis- Government Reform, and Education and the the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. consin, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. Workforce, for a period to be subsequently By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. BRADY of determined by the Speaker, in each case for herself and Mr. STIVERS): Texas, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. BOU- consideration of such provisions as fall with- H.R. 1462. A bill to combat the rise of pre- natal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence STANY): in the jurisdiction of the committee con- H.R. 1470. A bill to amend title XVIII of the syndrome; to the Committee on Energy and cerned. Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare Commerce. By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. sustainable growth rate and improve Medi- By Mr. LYNCH: ROONEY of Florida): care payments for physicians and other pro- H.R. 1457. A bill to amend title 17, United H.R. 1463. A bill to amend the Securities fessionals, and for other purposes; to the States Code, to provide for direct payment of Exchange Act of 1934 to provide for a one- Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in statutory sound recording performance roy- year employment restriction for ex-employ- addition to the Committees on Ways and alties to record producers, and for other pur- ees of the Securities and Exchange Commis- Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. sion seeking to work for companies against subsequently determined by the Speaker, in By Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. which the Commission brought enforcement each case for consideration of such provi- TOM PRICE of Georgia, and Mr. actions that were participated on by such ex- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the employees, and for other purposes; to the MCNERNEY): committee concerned. H.R. 1458. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Committee on Financial Services. By Mr. BARLETTA (for himself, Mr. Social Security Act to provide bundled pay- By Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. CON- CARSON of Indiana, Mr. SHUSTER, and ments for post-acute care services under YERS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. DEFAZIO): parts A and B of Medicare, and for other pur- Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. H.R. 1471. A bill to reauthorize the pro- poses; to the Committee on Ways and Means, HONDA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, grams and activities of the Federal Emer- and in addition to the Committee on Energy Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. gency Management Agency; to the Com- and Commerce, for a period to be subse- TAKANO, and Mr. POCAN): mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- quently determined by the Speaker, in each H.R. 1464. A bill to impose a tax on certain ture. case for consideration of such provisions as trading transactions to invest in our families By Mr. BARLETTA (for himself, Mr. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee and communities, improve our infrastruc- CARSON of Indiana, Mr. SHUSTER, and concerned. ture and our environment, strengthen our fi- Mr. DEFAZIO): By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. nancial security, expand opportunity and re- H.R. 1472. A bill to establish a modernized LEWIS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. ELLISON, duce market volatility; to the Committee on national Integrated Public Alert and Warn- Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. Ways and Means. ing System, and for other purposes; to the COHEN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HASTINGS, By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania Committee on Transportation and Infra- Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. structure. ´ GUTIERREZ, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LEE, Ms. CRAMER, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. RUSH): By Mr. BARLETTA (for himself and MOORE, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. WILSON of H.R. 1465. A bill to amend title 10, United Mr. CARSON of Indiana): Florida, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SEWELL States Code, to provide an individual with a H.R. 1473. A bill to amend the John F. Ken- of Alabama, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- mental health screening before the indi- nedy Center Act to authorize appropriations fornia, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. JOHNSON of vidual enlists in the Armed Forces or is com- for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per- Georgia, and Mr. HONDA): missioned as an officer in the Armed Forces, forming Arts; to the Committee on Trans- H.R. 1459. A bill to secure the Federal vot- and for other purposes; to the Committee on portation and Infrastructure. ing rights of persons when released from in- Armed Services. By Mr. MARCHANT (for himself and carceration; to the Committee on the Judici- By Mr. POCAN (for himself, Mr. Mr. DOGGETT): ary. MASSIE, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. MCGOV- H.R. 1474. A bill to amend title II of the So- By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. ERN, and Mr. DOGGETT): cial Security Act to provide for the BASS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRADY of H.R. 1466. A bill to repeal the USA PA- reissuance of Social Security account num- Pennsylvania, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. CAS- TRIOT Act and the FISA Amendments Act bers to children in cases in which the con- TOR of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- of 2008, and for other purposes; to the Com- fidentiality of the number has been com- fornia, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to promised; to the Committee on Ways and Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CUM- the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Means. MINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Select), Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. Energy and Commerce, Education and the himself, Mr. RANGEL, and Mr. CON- ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. Workforce, Transportation and Infrastruc- YERS): GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HONDA, ture, and Armed Services, for a period to be H.R. 1475. A bill to authorize a Wall of Re- Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE subsequently determined by the Speaker, in membrance as part of the Korean War Vet- JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of each case for consideration of such provi- erans Memorial and to allow certain private

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contributions to fund that Wall of Remem- sources, and in addition to the Committee on By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. SMITH brance; to the Committee on Natural Re- Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently of New Jersey, Mr. ROYCE, and Mr. sources. determined by the Speaker, in each case for KEATING): By Mr. BABIN (for himself and Mr. consideration of such provisions as fall with- H.R. 1493. A bill to protect and preserve MCCLINTOCK): in the jurisdiction of the committee con- international cultural property at risk due H.R. 1476. A bill to prohibit the Secretary cerned. to political instability, armed conflict, or of the Treasury and the Board of Governors By Mr. BARR (for himself, Mr. DUFFY, natural or other disasters, and for other pur- of the Federal Reserve System from pro- Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, viding bailouts or other financial assistance STIVERS, and Mr. HULTGREN): and in addition to the Committees on Ways to a pension plan of a State or political sub- H.R. 1486. A bill to amend the Consumer and Means, Armed Services, and the Judici- division thereof, and for other purposes; to Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the ary, for a period to be subsequently deter- the Committee on Education and the Work- Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- force, and in addition to the Committee on into the regular appropriations process, and sideration of such provisions as fall within Financial Services, for a period to be subse- for other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. quently determined by the Speaker, in each nancial Services. By Mr. FORTENBERRY: case for consideration of such provisions as By Mr. BRIDENSTINE (for himself, H.R. 1494. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. DUNCAN of enue Code of 1986 to permit rollovers from re- concerned. South Carolina, and Mr. JORDAN): tirement plans to health savings accounts; By Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- H.R. 1487. A bill to free the private sector to the Committee on Ways and Means. sylvania (for himself, Mr. YODER, and to harness domestic energy resources to cre- By Mr. HIGGINS: Ms. LOFGREN): ate jobs and generate economic growth by H.R. 1495. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- H.R. 1477. A bill to provide for Federal removing statutory and administrative bar- tion Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for lim- agencies to develop public access policies re- riers; to the Committee on Natural Re- itations on expenditures in elections for the lating to research conducted by employees of sources, and in addition to the Committees House of Representatives; to the Committee that agency or from funds administered by on Transportation and Infrastructure, En- on House Administration. that agency; to the Committee on Oversight ergy and Commerce, Agriculture, the Judici- By Mr. HIGGINS (for himself and Mr. and Government Reform. ary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be ISRAEL): By Mr. POSEY (for himself and Mr. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in H.R. 1496. A bill to amend title 38, United SHERMAN): each case for consideration of such provi- States Code, to improve the access to child H.R. 1478. A bill to provide for notice to, sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the care for certain veterans receiving health and input by, State insurance commissioners committee concerned. care at a facility of the Department of Vet- when requiring an insurance company to By Mr. COLLINS of New York (for him- erans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. serve as a source of financial strength or self, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. By Mr. HUELSKAMP: when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora- YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. H.R. 1497. A bill to amend title 31, United tion places a lien against an insurance com- LATTA, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. States Code, to require reporting by the Sec- pany’s assets, and for other purposes; to the SESSIONS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, retary of the Treasury of reduction measures Committee on Financial Services. Mr. JONES, and Mr. ABRAHAM): being used to avoid defaulting on Govern- By Mr. BRADY of Texas: H.R. 1488. A bill to amend title 11 of the ment obligations in the event that the debt H.R. 1479. A bill to amend title XVIII of the United States Code to include firearms in limit is reached, and for other purposes; to Social Security Act to apply budget neu- the types of property allowable under the al- the Committee on Ways and Means. trality on a State-specific basis in the cal- ternative provision for exempting property By Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. culation of the Medicare hospital wage index from the estate; to the Committee on the Ju- ZINKE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. floor for non-rural areas; to the Committee diciary. NUGENT, Mr. COOK, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. on Ways and Means. By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. By Mr. DOLD (for himself and Mr. GUINTA, and Mr. PERRY): FORTENBERRY): PERLMUTTER): H.R. 1498. A bill to direct the President to H.R. 1489. A bill to seek the establishment H.R. 1480. A bill to ensure access to certain designate an existing Federal officer to co- of and contributions to an International information for financial services industry ordinate efforts to secure the release of Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace; to the regulators, and for other purposes; to the United States citizens who are hostages of Committee on Foreign Affairs. Committee on Financial Services. hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for her- By Mr. CHABOT: and for other purposes; to the Committee on H.R. 1481. A bill to amend the Small Busi- self, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. JUDY CHU of Foreign Affairs. California, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAPTUR, ness Act to strengthen the small business in- By Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. MEE- Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BROWN of Florida, dustrial base, and for other purposes; to the HAN): Committee on Small Business. and Mr. HUFFMAN): H.R. 1499. A bill to provide for the publica- By Ms. DEGETTE (for herself and Mr. H.R. 1490. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- tion by the Secretary of Health and Human GIBSON): cation Act of 1965 to require institutions of Services of physical activity recommenda- H.R. 1482. A bill to repeal the exemption higher education to have an independent ad- tions for Americans; to the Committee on for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking vocate for campus sexual assault prevention Energy and Commerce. Water Act, and for other purposes; to the and response; to the Committee on Edu- By Mr. KLINE (for himself, Mr. LATTA, Committee on Energy and Commerce. cation and the Workforce. Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, By Ms. FOXX: By Mr. DELANEY (for himself, Mr. Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, and Mr. H.R. 1483. A bill to amend titles 23 and 49, CARNEY, Mr. HIMES, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. PETERSON): United States Code, to repeal wage require- HECK of Washington, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. H.R. 1500. A bill to ensure that certain ments applicable to laborers and mechanics MURPHY of Florida, Mr. POLIS, Mr. TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll employed on Federal-aid highway and public QUIGLEY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor- in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location transportation construction projects; to the gia, and Mr. WELCH): of their residence; to the Committee on Committee on Transportation and Infra- H.R. 1491. A bill to reform the housing fi- Armed Services. structure, and in addition to the Committee nance system of the United States, and for By Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. KAPTUR, on Education and the Workforce, for a period other purposes; to the Committee on Finan- Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. to be subsequently determined by the Speak- cial Services. GRIJALVA, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. er, in each case for consideration of such pro- By Ms. EDWARDS (for herself, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. KEATING, Mr. visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the DELAURO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BLU- BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. PIERLUISI): committee concerned. MENAUER, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mrs. CAPPS, H.R. 1501. A bill to amend title 39, United By Mr. AMODEI: Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. DELANEY, States Code, to provide that the United H.R. 1484. A bill to direct the Secretary of Ms. DELBENE, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HAS- States Postal Service may not close, consoli- Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior TINGS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. date, or sell any historic postal facility with- to convey certain Federal lands to the State MCDERMOTT, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NOR- out prior congressional approval, and for of Nevada in fulfillment of the Nevada State- TON, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. PINGREE, other purposes; to the Committee on Over- hood Enabling Act, and for other purposes; Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. sight and Government Reform. to the Committee on Natural Resources. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SPEIER, and Ms. By Mr. LEWIS (for himself, Mr. By Mr. AMODEI: WASSERMAN SCHULTZ): MCDERMOTT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. H.R. 1485. A bill to improve the control and H.R. 1492. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DEFA- management of invasive species that threat- enue Code of 1986 to increase and improve ZIO, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LEE, Mr. HAS- en and harm Federal lands under the juris- the credit for dependent care expenses and to TINGS, and Mr. GRIJALVA): diction of the Secretary of Agriculture and provide a credit for education of employees H.R. 1502. A bill to amend title XIX of the the Secretary of the Interior, and for other of child care centers; to the Committee on Social Security Act to extend for 5 years purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- Ways and Means. payment parity with Medicare for primary

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WRIGHT, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. determined by the Speaker, in each case for By Mr. TAKANO: EDWARDS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- consideration of such provisions as fall with- H.R. 1518. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- nois, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. TAKAI, Ms. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- tion Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a NORTON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, cerned. limitation on the time for the use of con- Mr. ELLISON, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. By Mr. ROKITA (for himself and Mr. tributions or donations, and for other pur- HAHN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. LAW- FRANKS of Arizona): poses; to the Committee on House Adminis- H.R. 1511. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- RENCE, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. tration. enue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against PINGREE, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Ms. WILSON By Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mr. tax for qualified elementary and secondary of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- LOWENTHAL, Mr. POCAN, Mr. CON- education tuition; to the Committee on fornia, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BLUMENAUER, NOLLY, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WILSON of Ways and Means, and in addition to the Com- Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. Florida, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. mittee on Education and the Workforce, for RUIZ, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. ESTY, and Mr. KEATING, and Mr. TAKANO): a period to be subsequently determined by H.R. 1519. A bill to direct the Secretary of JOHNSON of Georgia): the Speaker, in each case for consideration H.R. 1503. A bill to require the Secretary of Education to establish an award program of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- recognizing excellence exhibited by public Energy, in coordination with the Secretary tion of the committee concerned. of Labor, to establish a program to provide school system employees providing services By Mr. ROUZER (for himself, Mr. to students in prekindergarten through high- for workforce training and education, at JONES, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PRICE community colleges, in sustainable energy; er education; to the Committee on Education of North Carolina, Mrs. ELLMERS of and the Workforce. to the Committee on Education and the North Carolina, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. Workforce. By Mr. WALBERG: HOLDING, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. MCHENRY, H.R. 1520. A bill to amend titles II and By Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Mr. RODNEY Mr. MEADOWS, and Mr. WALKER): DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. THOMPSON of XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish H.R. 1512. A bill to direct the Secretary of a Social Security Surplus Protection Ac- Pennsylvania, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. Veterans Affairs to designate at least one count in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors WOMACK, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. COLLINS city in the United States each year as an Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Se- of New York, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. ‘‘American World War II City’’, and for other curity surplus and a Medicare Surplus Pro- ADERHOLT, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. JONES, purposes; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- tection Account in the Federal Hospital In- Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, fairs. surance Trust Fund to hold the Medicare Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. By Mr. SALMON (for himself, Mr. JOR- surplus, to provide for suspension of invest- BARR, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. TIPTON, DAN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BISHOP of ment of amounts held in such Accounts until Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. SALMON): Utah, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. enactment of legislation providing for in- H.R. 1504. A bill to prohibit regulations es- LOUDERMILK, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. vestment of the Trust Funds in investment tablishing certain limits for the school lunch HUELSKAMP, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. vehicles other than obligations of the United program, and for other purposes; to the Com- DESJARLAIS, Mr. DESANTIS, and Mr. States, and to establish a Social Security mittee on Education and the Workforce. OLSON): By Mr. NUGENT (for himself, Mr. H.R. 1513. A bill to amend the Labor-Man- and Medicare Part A Investment Commis- sion to make recommendations for alter- BENISHEK, and Mr. JONES): agement Reporting and Disclosure Act of H.R. 1505. A bill to make the National 1959 to provide whistleblower protection for native forms of investment of the Social Se- Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass union employees; to the Committee on Edu- curity and Medicare surpluses; to the Com- available at a discount to certain veterans; cation and the Workforce. mittee on Ways and Means. to the Committee on Natural Resources, and By Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- By Mr. ZINKE: H.R. 1521. A bill to rename the Captain in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, fornia (for herself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. William Wylie Galt Great Falls Armed for a period to be subsequently determined NUGENT, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Forces Readiness Center in honor of Captain by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Mr. RANGEL, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CLAY, John E. Moran, a recipient of the Medal of ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. Honor; to the Committee on Armed Services. risdiction of the committee concerned. PETERS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Mr. By Mr. ZINKE (for himself, Mr. KELLY By Mr. PALLONE: GRIJALVA): of Pennsylvania, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, H.R. 1506. A bill to direct the Federal Com- H.R. 1514. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Mr. RANGEL, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, munications Commission to promulgate Reporting Act to provide protections for ac- tive duty military consumers, and for other and Mr. GOSAR): rules in an open proceeding with respect to H.R. 1522. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- updating its competitive bidding rules; to purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services. enue Code of 1986 to extend and improve the the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Indian coal production tax credit; to the By Mr. POLIS (for himself and Mr. By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CART- Committee on Ways and Means. CASTRO of Texas): WRIGHT, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. By Mr. BARLETTA (for himself and H.R. 1507. A bill to incentivize State sup- Mr. CARSON of Indiana): port for postsecondary education and to pro- LOWENTHAL, Ms. CLARK of Massachu- ASTOR of Florida, Mr. H. Con. Res. 25. Concurrent resolution au- mote increased access and affordability for setts, Ms. C HUFFMAN, Mr. FARR, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. thorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for higher education for students, including CONNOLLY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. QUIGLEY, the National Peace Officers Memorial Serv- Dreamer students; to the Committee on Edu- Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. ice and the National Honor Guard and Pipe cation and the Workforce, and in addition to GRIJALVA): Band Exhibition; to the Committee on the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period H.R. 1515. A bill to amend the Safe Drink- Transportation and Infrastructure. to be subsequently determined by the Speak- ing Water Act to require testing of under- By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. DUN- er, in each case for consideration of such pro- ground sources of drinking water in connec- CAN of South Carolina, Mr. SALMON, visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the tion with hydraulic fracturing operations, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. JONES, Mr. CRAMER, committee concerned. and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. CULBERSON, By Mr. POSEY (for himself and Mr. Energy and Commerce. Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. KILMER): By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself SCHWEIKERT, Mr. WILSON of South H.R. 1508. A bill to promote the develop- and Mr. CROWLEY): Carolina, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. LUM- ment of a United States commercial space H.R. 1516. A bill to amend title XVIII of the MIS, Mr. LOUDERMILK, and Mr. resource exploration and utilization industry Social Security Act to provide for coverage BRIDENSTINE): and to increase the exploration and utiliza- and payment for complex rehabilitation H. Con. Res. 26. Concurrent resolution ef- tion of resources in outer space; to the Com- technology items under the Medicare pro- fectuating the Compact for a Balanced Budg- mittee on Science, Space, and Technology. gram, and for other purposes; to the Com- et; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. RANGEL: mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- By Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself H.R. 1509. A bill to amend the Military Se- dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, and Mr. ENGEL): lective Service Act to require the reinstate- for a period to be subsequently determined H. Res. 160. A resolution welcoming the ment of the draft whenever an authorization by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Seventh Summit of the Americas, to be held on the use of military force or declaration of ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- in Panama City, Panama, April 10, 2015, and war is in effect and to provide for the reg- risdiction of the committee concerned. April 11, 2015; to the Committee on Foreign istration of women with the Selective Serv- By Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. Affairs. ice System, and for other purposes; to the CA´ RDENAS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HONDA, By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Committee on Armed Services. Mr. RANGEL, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY): HANNA, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CLARKE of

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New York, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. RANGEL, By Mr. LYNCH: for carrying out the powers vested in Con- Mr. POLIS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. H.R. 1463. gress) and clause 17 (relating to authority JACKSON LEE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Congress has the power to enact this legis- over the district as the seat of government), Mr. CONYERS): lation pursuant to the following: and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating H. Res. 161. A resolution expressing support Article 1 section 8 Clause 18 of the United to the power of Congress to dispose of and for designation of September 18 as ‘‘National States Constitution. make all needful rules and regulations re- Innovation in Education Day’’; to the Com- By Mr. ELLISON: specting the territory or other property be- mittee on Education and the Workforce. H.R. 1464. longing to the United States). f Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. MARCHANT: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1474. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 and Section 8, Congress has the power to enact this legis- STATEMENT Clause 1. lation pursuant to the following: Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 1465. granted to Congress under Article I, Section the Rules of the House of Representa- Congress has the power to enact this legis- 8, Clause 1, related to providing for the gen- tives, the following statements are sub- lation pursuant to the following: eral welfare. Additionally, it is enacted mitted regarding the specific powers This bill is enacted pursuant to the power under the authority provided in Article I, granted to Congress in the Constitu- granted to Congress under Article I, Section Section 8 related to Congress’ ability to tion to enact the accompanying bill or 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitu- ‘‘[carry] into Execution the foregoing pow- joint resolution. tion which gives Congress the power ‘‘to ers.’’ make Rules for the Government and Regula- By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas: By Mr. LEWIS: tion of the land and naval Forces.’’ H.R. 12. H.R. 1475. By Mr. POCAN: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1466. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- This bill is enacted pursuant to the power The constitutional authority on which this lation pursuant to the following: granted to Congress under Article I of the bill rests is the power of Congress to dispose Article I of the Constitution of the United United States Constitution and its subse- of and make all needful rules and regulations States. Congress has the power to enact this quent amendments, and further clarified and respecting the territory or other property legislation pursuant to the following: interpreted by the Supreme Court of the belonging to the United States, as enumer- Congress has the authority to establish United States. ated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the post offices and post roads, as enumerated in By Mr. CROWLEY: United States Constitution. Article I, Section, 8, Clause 7 of the United H.R. 1457. By Mr. BABIN: States Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1476. By Mr. CRAWFORD: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: ‘‘The Con- H.R. 1467. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- gress shall have Power [. . .] To promote the Article I, Section 9, clause 7, which states lation pursuant to the following: Progress of Science and useful Arts, by se- that, ‘‘No money shall be drawn from the the enumerated powers listed in Article I, curing for limited Times to Authors and In- Treasury, but in consequence of appropria- Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. ventors the exclusive Right to their respec- tions made by the law.’’ By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey: tive Writings and Discoveries. . . .’’ By Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- H.R. 1468. By Mr. MCKINLEY: sylvania: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1458. H.R. 1477. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 By Mr. LANGEVIN: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: of the Constitution: The Congress shall have H.R. 1469. The Congress shall have power to regulate Congress has the power to enact this legis- power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among lation pursuant to the following: commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian tribes. Article I, section 8, clause 3 the several states, and with the Indian and By Mr. BURGESS: tribes. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: H.R. 1470. By Mr. CONYERS: The Congress shall have power to make all Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1459. laws which shall be necessary and proper for Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United lation pursuant to the following: ers, and all other Power vested by this Con- 1) Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the States Constitution. stitution in the Government of the United Unites States Constitution. This provision By Mr. BARLETTA: States, or in any Department of Officer permits Congress to make or alter the regu- H.R. 1471. thereof. lations pertaining to Federal elections; Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. POSEY: 2) Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1478. to the United States Constitution. This pro- Article I, Section 8 of the United States Congress has the power to enact this legis- vision grants Congress the authority to Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating lation pursuant to the following: enact appropriate laws protecting the civil to providing for the common defense and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 rights of all Americans; and general welfare of the United States) and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 3) The Eighth Amendment to the United Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all By Mr. BRADY of Texas: States Constitution. This provision prohibits laws necessary and proper for carrying out H.R. 1479. excessive bail, excessive fines and cruel and the powers vested in Congress) and Article I, Congress has the power to enact this legis- unusual punishment. Section 10, Clause 3 (relating to interstate lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: compacts). Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. H.R. 1460. By Mr. BARLETTA: By Mr. DOLD: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1472. H.R. 1480. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: the power of Congress to regulate Commerce Article I, Section 8 of the United States Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 with foreign Nations, and among the several Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating By Mr. CHABOT: States, and with the Indian Tribes.) to providing for the common defense and H.R. 1481. By Mr. MASSIE: general welfare of the United States) and Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1461. Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- laws necessary and proper for carrying out The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to lation pursuant to the following: the powers vested in Congress). Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Article I, Section 8 of the United States By Mr. BARLETTA: United States Constitution, which provides Constitution, specifically Clause 3, Clause 7, H.R. 1473. Congress with the ability to enact legisla- and Clause 18. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion necessary and proper to effectuate its By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts: lation pursuant to the following: purposes in taxing and spending. H.R. 1462. Article I, Section 8 of the United States By Ms. DEGETTE: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating H.R. 1482. lation pursuant to the following: to providing for the general welfare of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8 of the United States United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the lation pursuant to the following: Constitution power to make all laws necessary and proper Article I, Section 8

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- eral-aid highway and public construction Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: transportation projects, it is authorized lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section VIII. under clause 1 of section 8 of article 1 of the Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Con- By Mrs. NOEM: Constitution which states’’ [t]he Congress stitution. H.R. 1504. shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, By Mr. FORTENBERRY: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the H.R. 1494. lation pursuant to the following: Debts and provide for the common Defence Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. To make all and general Welfare of the United States; but lation pursuant to the following: laws which shall be necessary and proper for all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uni- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United carrying into execution the foregoing pow- form throughout the United States.’’ States Constitution. ers, and all other powers vested by this Con- By Mr. AMODEI: By Mr. HIGGINS: stitution in the government of the United H.R. 1484. H.R. 1495. States, or in any department or officer Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- thereof. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. NUGENT: The constitutional authority on which this Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 H.R. 1505. bill rests is the power of Congress to make By Mr. HIGGINS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- rules for the government and regulation of H.R. 1496. lation pursuant to the following: the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, section 8 of the United States Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United lation pursuant to the following: Constitution (clauses 1, 12, 13, 14, and 16), States Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 which grants Congress the power to lay and By Mr. AMODEI: By Mr. HUELSKAMP: collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, H.R. 1485. H.R. 1497. to pay the Debts and provide for the common Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Defense and general Welfare of the United lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: States; raise and support Armies; to provide The constitutional authority on which this Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the bill rests is the power of Congress to make power to borrow money on the credit of the government and regulation of the land and rules for the government and regulation of United States. naval forces; and to provide for organizing, the land and naval forces, as enumerated in By Mr. HUNTER: arming, and disciplining the militia. Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United H.R. 1498. By Mr. PALLONE: States Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1506. By Mr. BARR: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1486. Artical I Section VIII, Clause XVIII: to lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- make all laws which shall be necessary and Article I, Section 8 of the United States lation pursuant to the following: proper for carrying into execution the fore- Constitution. Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: No Money going powers and all other powers vested by By Mr. POLIS: shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Con- this Constitution and the Government of the H.R. 1507. sequence of Appropriations made by Law; United States or in any Department or offi- Congress has the power to enact this legis- and a regular Statement and Account of the cer thereof. lation pursuant to the following: Receipts and Expenditures of all public By Mr. KIND: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to Money shall be published from time to time H.R. 1499. the power of Congress to provide for the gen- By Mr. BRIDENSTINE: Congress has the power to enact this legis- eral welfare of the United States) and Clause H.R. 1487. lation pursuant to the following: 18 (relating to the power to make all laws Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8: necessary and proper for carrying out the lation pursuant to the following: To make all laws which shall be necessary powers vested in Congress) Article 1, Section 8 gives Congress the and proper for carrying into execution the By Mr. POSEY: power to ‘‘make all Laws which shall be nec- foregoing powers, and all other powers vest- H.R. 1508. essary and proper’’ to execute the enumer- ed by this Constitution in the government of Congress has the power to enact this legis- ated power of regulating ‘‘Commerce with the United States, or in any department or lation pursuant to the following: foreign nations, and among the several officer thereof. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress States, and with the Indian tribes.’’ The ti- By Mr. KLINE: shall have power to regulate commerce with tles of the American Energy Renaissance Act H.R. 1500. foreign nations, and among the several deal with existing laws affecting the produc- Congress has the power to enact this legis- states, and with the Indian tribes; and Arti- tion and transportation of energy among the lation pursuant to the following: cle I, Section 8, Clause 18:The Congress shall states and Indian tribes and the export of en- This legislation ensures that the Secretary have power to make all Laws which shall be ergy to of Defense provides retired military veteran necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- By Mr. COLLINS of New York: beneficiaries who live beyond 100 miles of a cution the foregoing Powers, and all other H.R. 1488. Military Treatment Facility, an opportunity Powers vested by this Constitution in the Congress has the power to enact this legis- to retain access to TRICARE Prime. Specific Government of the United States, or in any lation pursuant to the following: authority is provided by Article I, section 8 Department or Officer thereof.’’ Article I, Section 8 of the United States of the United States Constitution (clauses 12, By Mr. RANGEL: Constitution. 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the H.R. 1509. By Mr. CROWLEY: power to raise and support an Army; to pro- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1489. vide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- the government and regulation of the land Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: and naval forces; and to provide for orga- lation pursuant to the following: Congress is Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Con- nizing, arming, and disciplining the militia. given the power under the Constitution ‘‘To stitution By Ms. LEE: raise and support Armies,’’ ‘‘To provide and By Mrs. DAVIS of California: H.R. 1501. maintain a Navy,’’ and ‘‘To make Rules for H.R. 1490. Congress has the power to enact this legis- the Government and Regulation of the land Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: and naval Forces.’’ Art.I, § 8, cls. 12- 14. See lation pursuant to the following: Under Article I of the United States Con- also: ROSTKER V. GOLDBERG, 453 U. S. 57 Article 1, Section 8 stitution and its subsequent amendments, (1981) By Mr. DELANEY: and further clarified and interpreted by the By Mr. RANGEL: H.R. 1491. Supreme Court of the United States. H.R. 1510. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. LEWIS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1502. lation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. EDWARDS: lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Article XVI H.R. 1492. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power of the Constitution—Congress shall have Congress has the power to enact this legis- granted to Congress under Article I of the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes.... lation pursuant to the following: United States Constitution and its subse- By Mr. ROKITA: Article I, Section I. quent amendments, and further clarified and H.R. 1511.

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of H.R. 843: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. lation pursuant to the following: the United States H.R. 845: Mr. WELCH and Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress By Mr. ZINKE: H.R. 855: Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CHABOT, Ms. shall have Power to lay and collect taxes, H.R. 1522. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, and Mr. duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts Congress has the power to enact this legis- WELCH. and provide for the common defense and gen- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 868: Mr. BABIN, Mr. COFFMAN, and Mr. eral welfare of the United States; Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of BOUSTANY. By Mr. ROUZER: the United States H.R. 869: Mr. KILMER. H.R. 879: Mr. POSEY, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. H.R. 1512. f Congress has the power to enact this legis- BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. BARR, Mr. RODNEY lation pursuant to the following: ADDITIONAL SPONSORS DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro- Article I Section 8. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors lina, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. REED. H.R. 880: Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California. ‘‘This bill is enacted pursuant to the power were added to public bills and resolu- granted to Congress under Article I, Section H.R. 893: Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. HECK 8, of the US Constitution tions, as follows: of Nevada, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KLINE, Ms. By Mr. SALMON: H.R. 20: Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl- EDWARDS, and Ms. NORTON. H.R. 1513. vania. H.R. 913: Ms. DELAURO. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 27: Mr. BURGESS. H.R. 918: Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 154: Mr. DELANEY and Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 919: Mr. COHEN, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. Article I Section 8 of the United States H.R. 170: Mr. GROTHMAN. HUFFMAN, Mr. SABLAN, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Constitution H.R. 173: Mr. BURGESS. H.R. 923: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. H.R. 188: Mr. MULLIN. By Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- H.R. 928: Mr. MICA. H.R. 232: Mr. MEADOWS and Mr. CAPUANO. H.R. 938: Mr. MCGOVERN. fornia: H.R. 244: Mr. BRIDENSTINE. H.R. 955: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. H.R. 1514. H.R. 271: Mrs. WALORSKI. H.R. 969: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 283: Mr. NUGENT. vania, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. BERA, Mr. TIPTON, lation pursuant to the following:, H.R. 303: Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. VALADAO, and Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. Article One of the United States Constitu- Mr. BUCHANAN. ELLISON, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. YOUNG of tion, section 8, clause 18: H.R. 317: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Iowa, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. The Congress shall have Power—To make H.R. 353: Mr. COFFMAN. NEWHOUSE. all Laws which shall be necessary and proper H.R. 358: Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. SCHRA- H.R. 973: Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. for carrying into Execution the foregoing DER, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. GIBSON. WHITFIELD. Powers, and all other Powers vested by this H.R. 366: Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 985: Ms. SINEMA. Constitution in the Government of the H.R. 383: Mr. HUDSON. H.R. 989: Mr. TONKO, Ms. BONAMICI, and Mr. United States, or in any Department or Offi- H.R. 415: Mr. SCHIFF and Ms. DELAURO. TAKAI. cer thereof, H.R. 420: Mr. OLSON and Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. H.R. 1022: Mr. KATKO. Or H.R. 430: Mr. HUFFMAN and Mr. CA´ RDENAS. H.R. 1062: Mr. MARCHANT and Mr. SCHRA- Article One of the United States Constitu- H.R. 448: Mr. CAPUANO. DER. tion, Section 8, Clause 3: H.R. 456: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa and Mr. WITT- H.R. 1078: Mrs. DAVIS of California. The Congress shall have Power—To regu- MAN. H.R. 1088: Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. late Commerce with foreign Nations, and H.R. 465: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. CARNEY, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. among the several States, and with the In- H.R. 484: Mr. NORCROSS and Mr. COOPER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. dian tribes; LOWENTHAL. DELBENE, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY: H.R. 509: Ms. CLARKE of New York and Mr. KEATING, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LAR- H.R. 1515. JOHNSON of Georgia. SEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 531: Ms. BONAMICI. necticut, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 546: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa and Mr. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. Article I, Section VIII. HUIZENGA of Michigan. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. POLIS, Mr. QUIGLEY, By Mr. SENSENBRENNER: H.R. 571: Mrs. WALORSKI. Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. H.R. 1516. H.R. 577: Mr. BABIN. THOMPSON of California, Mr. YARMUTH, and Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 581: Mr. GIBSON and Mr. THOMPSON of Ms. KAPTUR. lation pursuant to the following: Pennsylvania. H.R. 1096: Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. COFFMAN, Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 592: Mr. ZINKE and Mr. HARPER. and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. By Ms. SPEIER: H.R. 599: Mr. WALDEN. H.R. 1103: Ms. BASS, Mr. EMMER of Min- H.R. 1517. H.R. 601: Mrs. MILLER of Michigan and Ms. nesota, and Mr. COHEN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- KUSTER. H.R. 1105: Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. CULBERSON, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 605: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa and Mr. Mr. CHABOT, Mr. GUINTA, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power MULLIN. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. granted to Congress under Article 1, Section H.R. 606: Mr. CRAMER. ROTHFUS, Mr. JOLLY, and Mr. CARTER of 8 of the United States Constitution. H.R. 625: Mrs. BUSTOS. Georgia. By Mr. TAKANO: H.R. 628: Mr. WALDEN. H.R. 1112: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 1518. H.R. 649: Mr. DESAULNIER. H.R. 1117: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 650: Mr. SCHWEIKERT. H.R. 1132: Mr. SWALWELL of California and lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 685: Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BYRNE, Ms. SPEIER. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. HANNA, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. H.R. 1142: Mr. NOLAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. the United States. SENSENBRENNER, and Mr. TIPTON. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, and Mr. By Ms. TITUS: H.R. 696: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. HULTGREN. H.R. 1519. H.R. 706: Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 1147: Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 711: Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. and Mr. KNIGHT. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 721: Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. NEAL, Mr. H.R. 1148: Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. The bill is enacted pursuant to the power CHABOT, Mrs. BLACK, and Mr. CARTER of H.R. 1149: Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. granted to Congress under Article I, Section Georgia. H.R. 1170: Mr. HASTINGS. 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. H.R. 727: Ms. DEGETTE. H.R. 1192: Mr. GOWDY, Mr. WALZ, Mr. By Mr. WALBERG: H.R. 742: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina and YOUNG of Iowa, and Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 1520. Mr. TED LIEU of California. H.R. 1195: Mr. STIVERS, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 745: Ms. MCSALLY. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BARR, and lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 751: Mr. KEATING. Mr. MEADOWS. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1—The Con- H.R. 766: Mr. GOSAR. H.R. 1197: Mr. NOLAN, Mr. KIND, Mr. POCAN, gress shall have Power To lay and collect H.R. 775: Ms. SPEIER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SAM Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. KING of Iowa. the Debts and provide for the common LOBIONDO, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. PETERS, and H.R. 1210: Mr. POLIQUIN and Mr. YOUNG of Defence and general Welfare of the United Mr. WITTMAN. Iowa. States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises H.R. 784: Mr. KILMER and Ms. CASTOR of H.R. 1218: Mr. LEWIS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. shall be uniform throughout the United Florida. GRAVES of Missouri, and Mr. ABRAHAM. States; H.R. 814: Mr. ROSS and Mr. DESANTIS. H.R. 1220: Mr. LANCE, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. By Mr. ZINKE: H.R. 815: Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. MATSUI, and H.R. 1521. WALDEN, and Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. VARGAS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 835: Mr. COHEN, Mr. CRAMER, and Mrs. H.R. 1247: Mr. MCGOVERN and Mr. GRI- lation pursuant to the following: CAPPS. JALVA.

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H.R. 1258: Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. H.R. 1389: Mr. DUFFY, Mr. HILL, and Mrs. H. Res. 12: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER and Mr. NOLAN, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. SIRES, and Mr. WAGNER. MCDERMOTT. PRICE of North Carolina. H.R. 1404: Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RUIZ, and Mr. H. Res. 28: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. H.R. 1267: Mr. BOST. KILMER. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. PAYNE, H.R. 1269: Mr. WITTMAN. H.R. 1411: Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SMITH of Wash- Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. H.R. 1274: Ms. NORTON, Mr. LARSEN of ington, and Mr. GRIJALVA. SPEIER, Mr. KEATING, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN Washington, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HONDA, Mr. H.R. 1413: Mr. ZINKE, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, GRISHAM of New Mexico, and Mrs. CAROLYN LOWENTHAL, Mr. WALZ, Mr. WELCH, and Ms. Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. WESTERMAN, B. MALONEY of New York. MOORE. and Mr. CRAWFORD. H. Res. 54: Ms. SPEIER, Mr. PETERSon, Mr. H.R. 1282: Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, and H.R. 1425: Mr. SESSIONS. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. HECK of Wash- Mr. QUIGLEY. H.R. 1433: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. ington, Mr. COHEN, Mr. FARR, Ms. MOORE, H.R. 1294: Mr. VEASEY. H.R. 1434: Mr. GRAYSON, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CRAMER, H.R. 1299: Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. ROE of COHEN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Tennessee, Mr. BARTON, and Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. RANGEL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. H. Res. 139: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. H.R. 1300: Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. GARAMENDI, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. H. Res. 151: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia and H.R. 1301: Mrs. WALORSKI. VARGAS. Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 1312: Mr. BRIDENSTINE. H. J. Res. 22: Mr. VEASEY and Mr. BRENDAN H. Res. 154: Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. H.R. 1320: Mr. BURGESS. F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. ENGEL, and Mr. CONYERS. H.R. 1342: Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. H. Con. Res. 19: Mr. WALBERG. H. Res. 157: Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. GRIJALVA, HECK of Nevada, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PETERS, H. Con. Res. 20: Mr. JONES. and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. H. Con. Res. 23: Ms. KUSTER, Mr. DELANEY, HASTINGS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. YOUNG of Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MCNERNEY, f Alaska, Ms. PINGREE, and Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. CARNEY, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Ms. H.R. 1349: Mr. LAMBORN. MENG, Mr. POCAN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. KEATING, H.R. 1354: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. DELETION OF SPONSORS FROM H.R. 1358: Mr. ELLISON. STIVERS, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ´ H.R. 1365: Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. HEN- Cardenas, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors SARLING, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. PEARCE, and Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. JOHNSON of were deleted from public bills and reso- ALLEN. Ohio, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. FARR, Mr. SCHIFF, and H.R. 1369: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. Mrs. TORRES. lutions, as follows: H.R. 1384: Mr. PETERSon and Mrs. BUSTOS. H. Res. 11: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. H.R. 976: Mr. BOUSTANY.

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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2015 No. 47 Senate The Senate met at 11 a.m. and was A bill (H.R. 1191) to amend the Internal ued filibustering of the antislavery leg- called to order by the President pro Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emer- islation. If Democrats are truly sincere gency services volunteers are not taken into tempore (Mr. HATCH). about wanting to move to an Attorney account as employees under the shared re- f sponsibility requirements contained in the General vote as soon as possible, then they should consider some of the re- PRAYER Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Mr. MCCONNELL. In order to place cent advice from the Chicago Tribune. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- the bill on the Calendar under the pro- Here is what the Tribune said. fered the following prayer: visions of rule XIV, I object to further ‘‘Democrats on the Judiciary Com- Let us pray. proceedings. mittee have endorsed’’ the same bill God of grace, glory, and power, the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objec- they are now filibustering, the Tribune battle belongs to You. We are grateful tion is heard. noted. So ‘‘all they have to do is allow that even though storms rage, we can The bill will be placed on the cal- a vote’’ on the same bill to move to an- continue to anchor our hopes in You. endar. other vote they claim to want to have. Forgive us for sometimes painting a f Yet, as the Tribune also noted, caricature of the many because of the Democrats do not ‘‘want to go on the HUMAN TRAFFICKING pathology of the few. record against a bill aimed at com- LEGISLATION Inspire our lawmakers to keep their bating the evils of human trafficking. eyes fixed on You. Imbue them with Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, So they are blocking a vote—yes, wisdom that they may know the road throughout the Democratic filibuster blocking a law to combat human traf- to take. Lord, rescue them from dan- of the antislavery legislation, this is ficking—in hopes that they can get ger, as You carve tunnels of hope basically what they have been telling their way.’’ through mountains of despair. us: We don’t read legislation we vote Here is how the editorial concluded— Let the peace we seek in our world be on. Even so, it was always a stretch to and this is the part our Democratic first conceived in our own hearts. believe that not a single one—not one— friends should listen to: ‘‘Democrats,. of the 13 original Democratic cospon- We pray in Your merciful Name. . . . vote to move forward with the sors of this bill, nor the many Demo- Amen. human trafficking bill. Then the Sen- crats who voted for this bill in com- ate can get on with approving a new at- f mittee, nor their well-educated staffs torney general. And Democrats can re- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE could not have been bothered to make it to page 4 before deciding to support solve never again to vote for a bill they The President pro tempore led the it—well, support it at least until far- haven’t read.’’ Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: left lobbyists told them they could not Just resolve to never again vote for a I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the support it anymore. bill you haven’t read. It seems pretty United States of America, and to the Repub- So yesterday’s revelation that the simple. Ignore the lobbyists and vote lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Democratic side was indeed aware of to give hope to the victims of slavery indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the language in question could hardly instead. That is the right thing to do, f have surprised anyone. It also makes and today we will give our friends an- RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY clear that Democrats decided to yank other chance to show where they stand LEADER their support for an antislavery bill for in this debate over modern slavery. one simple reason: Because far-left lob- (The remarks of Mr. MCCONNELL per- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The byists said they needed to—not because taining to the introduction of S. 799 are majority leader is recognized. the American people said so. printed in today’s RECORD under f Nearly 70 percent of Americans sup- ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and MEASURE PLACED ON THE port the kind of bipartisan provisions Joint Resolutions.’’) Democrats now claim they object to, CALENDAR—H.R. 1191 and many Democrats have voted for f Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I similar bipartisan Hyde language many understand there is a bill at the desk times before in both appropriations and RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY due for a second reading. authorizing legislation. They voted for LEADER The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The it many times before in other bills, clerk will read the bill by title for the most recently just this past December. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. second time. So our Democratic colleagues obvi- RUBIO). The Democratic leader is rec- The legislative clerk read as follows: ously lack a rationale for this contin- ognized.

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We the same the third time as it was the leftwing lobbyists are women, who—as served in the House together and here second time and the first time, which indicated on the floor yesterday by in this body, and we have worked to- indicates to me that this week was a Senator FEINSTEIN—are concerned gether. That is why I was so surprised waste of time. about protecting their bodies and re- and disappointed in the comments he I indicated that the vote will fail, productive rights. They are interested made yesterday on the floor of the Sen- and it will fail because the debate is in protecting themselves, as they ate—comments that are totally inap- such that this is an important issue. should be, and they are protecting propriate to be made on the floor of the We are determined to fix this bill, and women all over America. Senate. we will fix it by removing the unre- So are they only interested in scor- My colleague from Illinois said: lated abortion provision from the pages ing political points by forcing these The Republican majority leader announced show votes or are they interested in . . . that he was going to hold this nomina- of this legislation. I hope we can do tion of Loretta Lynch until the bill which is that soon. reaching a solution? If they are inter- ested in a solution, we are willing to pending before the Senate passes, whenever My friend the majority leader ref- that may be. erenced reports that Democratic staff- work with them, but the abortion lan- guage is going to come out of this leg- Then he went on to say: ers should have—it should not have So Loretta Lynch, the first African-Amer- been plural—a Democratic staff mem- islation. For the first time in the history of ican woman nominated to be Attorney Gen- ber knew about the abortion provision eral, is asked to sit in the back of the bus prior to the legislation coming to the our country, we are now focused on not when it comes to the Senate calendar. That floor. Perhaps that is true, but I don’t doing what has been done with the is unfair. It is unjust. It is beneath the deco- really know how the abortion language Hyde amendment for 30 years, and that rum and dignity of the U.S. Senate. got in the bill for sure. I think I know. is making sure there are no govern- What is beneath the decorum and But it got in the bill. I think I know ment taxpayer dollars spent for per- dignity of the U.S. Senate, I would say who put it in there, but it really forming abortions. Now they have to the Senator from Illinois, is for him doesn’t matter. The fact of the matter moved beyond that to private funding. to come to this floor and use that im- is it is in the bill, and I am more con- It is wrong and we are not going to go agery and suggest that racist tactics cerned about getting the bill out. there. are being employed to delay Ms. We have had some columnists make Would the Chair announce the busi- Lynch’s confirmation vote. Such in- fun about the fact that we should have ness of the day. flammatory rhetoric has no place in read the bill more closely. I will not go f this body and serves no purpose other into a lot of detail, but page 4 of the RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME than to further divide us. original bill—the section to which a lot Perhaps my colleagues, and the Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under of people love to point—was elimi- ator from Illinois in particular, need to the previous order, the leadership time nated. If you look at it, it is crossed be reminded of their own record when is reserved. out. it comes to the treatment of African- If you go to page 50 or 51, it is stuck f American women whose nominations back in that part of the bill, and this is JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF were before this body. In 2003, Janice where the controversy gets pretty in- TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2015 Rogers Brown—an African American— was nominated to serve on the U.S. teresting. A Republican Senator who The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under was responsible for this bill in the com- Court of Appeals for the District of Co- the previous order, the Senate will re- lumbia—a court that had never in- mittee sent out a notice to all Sen- sume consideration of S. 178, which the ators, including Democrats, saying cluded an African-American woman clerk will report. judge. The Senator from Illinois voted that we made some changes in the bill The legislative clerk read as follows: that passed last year—one, two, three, to filibuster her nomination in 2003 and A bill (S. 178) to provide justice for the vic- again in 2005. When she was finally con- four, five, six changes that were made. tims of trafficking. The problem is he didn’t indicate that firmed, after waiting 684 days, the Sen- Pending: ator from Illinois voted against the they put the abortion language back Portman amendment No. 270, to amend the in. It was really misleading, as was in- historic nomination. I would never sug- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act gest—even with veiled rhetoric—that dicated on the floor yesterday by Sen- to enable State child protective services sys- ator FEINSTEIN. tems to improve the identification and as- Judge Rogers Brown’s race was the rea- We can go into why the language is sessment of child victims of sex trafficking. son for the opposition to her nomina- in the bill. I have indicated I think I Portman amendment No. 271, to amend the tion by the Senator from Illinois. And know who put it in and why they put it definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ under the he should extend, I say to my colleague in. But they did put it in the bill. It is McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to from Illinois, that same courtesy to me in the bill. We can have all of these ac- include certain homeless children and youth. and my colleagues. Vitter amendment No. 284 (to amendment I would also like to remind the Sen- cusations about paper trails and why it No. 271), to amend section 301 of the Immi- is in the bill, but it is in the bill, and gration and Nationality Act to clarify those ator from Illinois about how we were it needs to come out. classes of individuals born in the United able to fill vacancies in the U.S. Dis- Remember, Speaker BOEHNER, who States who are nationals and citizens of the trict Court of Arizona last year—effec- has good qualifications for being the United States at birth. tively alleviating a judicial emergency. protector of abortion rights, as seen by The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under With tremendous bipartisan support of the Republicans, was able to pass a the previous order, the time until 12 the nomination of Senator FLAKE and version of this legislation without the noon will be equally divided between myself, we confirmed a diverse and his- abortion language. No one can question the two leaders or their designees. toric slate of six nominees which in- BOEHNER’s qualifications for being The Senator from Arizona. cluded an Hispanic, an African Amer- anti-abortion. If they passed it in the Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask ican, and the first Native American House, why can’t we do the same thing unanimous consent to address the Sen- woman ever to serve on the Federal here? ate as in morning business. bench. But their race had nothing to do Were the House Republicans wrong to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without with their successful confirmations, pass the bill? I don’t think so. objection, it is so ordered. just as the race of Ms. Lynch should So before we embark upon a third LYNCH NOMINATION have no impact on her consideration in iteration of the vote today, which is Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I come this body. Those six judges were ap- going to fail, I ask the Republican lead- to the floor today to address a very se- proved by this body because each of

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Without majority leader ever indicated that he moment, when the first African-Amer- objection, it is so ordered. ican woman in history is being given would not bring the Lynch nomination Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, we find an opportunity to serve, and entan- to the floor; in fact, the opposite is ourselves in the unusual posture of true. We have made it very clear time gling it in the politics of the Senate? A week ago, the majority leader, being stuck on a piece of legislation and again that we will consider the that had 12 Democratic cosponsors and Senator MCCONNELL, said right outside Lynch nomination once we have dis- was supported unanimously by all Re- posed of the bipartisan trafficking bill. this Chamber he was going to call her nomination this week. We breathed a publicans and all Democrats on the Had the Senator from Illinois and my Senate Judiciary Committee, and colleagues on the other side of the aisle sigh of relief; she has been waiting so long. Then, over the last weekend, he which uncharacteristically was not filibustered this bill over a manu- brought to the floor without having to factured crisis, we could have consid- announced she wouldn’t be called until a bill pending on the floor is passed. jump through the regular procedural ered the Lynch nomination this week. hoops that legislation usually has to They chose otherwise. Yes, I am upset and frustrated on her behalf to think that she is being treat- jump through that requires consent by I deeply regret that the Senator from all 100 Senators. Illinois chose to come to the floor yes- ed in this manner. I am not going to So when you think about combating terday and question the integrity and use any pejorative terms other than to human trafficking and particularly the motivation of myself and my Repub- say I believe it is insensitive for the targeting of 12- and 14-year-old girls lican colleagues. It was offensive and Senate to hold her up for such a who are of the typical ages and gender unnecessary. I think he owes this body, lengthy period of time with no objec- tion to this woman’s character, fitness, of the people who are victims of human Ms. Lynch, and all Americans, an apol- and ability to continue to serve the trafficking, you would think that if ogy. there is anything that ought to be able Mr. President, I yield the floor. United States. She has served. She is currently in a to avoid the partisan wars here in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The as- position as a U.S. attorney in New Washington, DC, and the divisions that sistant Democratic leader. York. She has the support of the fol- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I am seem to separate us, it ought to be the lowing organizations: the National Dis- glad I heard the comments of my col- subject of human trafficking. Well, I trict Attorneys Association, the Fed- league firsthand and I wish to respond guess to say I was disappointed is an eral Law Enforcement Officers Associa- to them directly. understatement. But I am determined tion, the International Association of As of today, Loretta Lynch, who is to keep our focus on the victims of Chiefs of Police, the Major Cities the President’s nominee for Attorney human trafficking, the people this Chiefs Association, the Association of General, has had her nomination pend- would help rescue and help heal and get Prosecuting Attorneys, the FBI Agents ing before the U.S. Senate for 131 days. on with their lives. Yes, I am also de- Association, and a long list of How does that compare to previous termined to make sure we can dem- Republican- and Democratic-appointed nominees for Attorney General? It is onstrate that we can function, some- former U.S. attorneys, including Pat- three times longer than the period of thing I thought Senators wanted to do. rick Fitzgerald and Scott Lassar from time that Attorney General Ashcroft After this last election there were a the Northern District of Illinois. She number of people who said: Gee, we was pending before the U.S. Senate, 21⁄2 has the support of former FBI Director times longer than the time taken to would really like to change the Senate Louis Freeh and former Deputy Attor- to restore its reputation as the world’s confirm Attorney General Mukasey, ney General Larry Thompson from the and twice as long as the time taken to greatest deliberative body, where we George W. Bush administration. actually treasured and valued solutions confirm Attorney General Holder. Under ordinary circumstances, this Why? In some cases, these nominees more than we did scoring partisan po- would have been an easy ask for the litical points. had questions that were raised by President to bring a person of this I come here today in the spirit of try- Members of the Senate—questions quality to the Senate for confirmation. ing to offer a solution that will help us about their political views, their back- She had three votes supporting her on get unstuck from where we have found ground; legitimate questions requiring the Judiciary Committee from the Re- ourselves. I see my friend, the Senator time to answer. publican side. I don’t understand the from Maine, who has been working I sat in the Senate Judiciary Com- objections of the others, but I respect tirelessly to try to help us get unstuck, mittee hearing for this nominee, Loret- whatever their reasoning. ta Lynch. There were no questions All I am asking for—all the President and perhaps this will help. raised of any nature, of any kind, ques- is asking for and all the Senate is ask- Just to recap: The way this bill was tioning her ability to serve as Attorney ing for—is a vote. Bring her off the structured is it would deal with the de- General. None. pages of the calendar, before the Sen- mand side of human trafficking; in When my colleague from Arizona ate, for a vote. Don’t make it contin- other words, it would take the fines notes the fact that I have voted against gent on some bill or some political and penalties from the people who pur- African-American women nominees in agreement in the future. Let this chased these services and it would cre- the past, it is true. I am not arguing woman, who has led such an extraor- ate a crime victims compensation fund, that every Member of the Senate dinary life, have her chance to con- which in essence would be used to help should vote for Loretta Lynch simply tinue to serve the United States of provide the money to faith-based and because she would be the first African- America. That, to me, is only fair and other organizations that help rescue American woman to serve in that ca- only just and would be in keeping with and help heal these victims of human pacity. All I am saying is she deserves the traditions of the Senate to follow. trafficking. Then we heard from some the same fair treatment we have given Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- of our colleagues on the other side that to other nominees for this job. sent that the time during the quorum they wanted to change the way this She has now been pending before the call be divided equally between both was structured so that it was subject to Senate longer than any nominee for sides. the routine appropriations process and Attorney General in the last 30 years. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without didn’t enlarge the way the traditional She has been on the calendar now—on objection, it is so ordered. limitations on appropriations were the calendar waiting for a vote—for a Mr. DURBIN. I suggest the absence of treated under the so-called Hyde longer period of time than the last five a quorum. amendment.

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Senator HEITKAMP have been subjected to a limitation on who have been obstructing and filibus- and I also have been working with the the use of tax dollars for abortions ex- tering this legislation take yes for an senior Senator from Texas to try to cept in the case of rape and in the cases answer? Can they take yes for an an- come up with a solution that is similar where a physician certifies the health swer? I think this will also be very re- to what he has outlined, and we will of the mother is at stake. The bill we vealing, because we will find out have more to say about that after the introduced that was passed out of the whether people are actually interested vote. Judiciary Committee unanimously and in a solution or are they trying to shut Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- has 12 Democratic cosponsors has a ref- down the Senate and prevent us from sent that I be permitted to proceed as erence to an appropriations bill that functioning on anything. As I said be- in morning business for the purpose of had that same limitation. The idea was fore, if we can’t get the yes on an a bill introduction, unless someone else that we wouldn’t try to change the sta- antitrafficking bill, Heaven help us on is seeking the floor to speak on this tus quo; we would try to maintain the issues where there is not consensus, bill. status quo which has existed for 39 where there are genuine policy dif- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without years. But then some of our colleagues ferences. objection, it is so ordered. on the other side said, when offered an I believe we can do exactly, for exam- Ms. COLLINS. Thank you, Mr. Presi- opportunity to vote on an amendment ple, what Senator LEAHY, the ranking dent. stripping that language out, they member of the Judiciary Committee, (The remarks of Ms. COLLINS per- would not even vote. They wanted to asked for on the floor on March 10. He taining to the introduction of S. 804 are obstruct and filibuster this legislation said ‘‘but let’s have it on things it printed in today’s RECORD under instead. should be on—appropriations bills.’’ So ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and I, for one, am more interested in get- I would say yes, my proposal would Joint Resolutions.’’) ting to a solution than I am engaging give what Senator LEAHY asked for. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- in this partisan point scoring. I believe Then the minority whip, Senator ator from Vermont. there is a sufficient number of Mem- DURBIN, the Senator from Illinois, said Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I thank bers of the Senate who are sick and on March 16: the distinguished senior Senator from tired of the dysfunction and who don’t Henry Hyde authored the Hyde amendment Maine, my neighbor in New England. want to be distracted by the politics that said no Federal funds should be used to We actually still have some debates but want to focus on how to help those pay for abortion procedures except in very on this floor. We had an important one 100,000 victims of human sex traf- limited circumstances: rape, incest, and life yesterday. Someone called it a ‘‘C– ficking who are estimated to exist on of the mother. That has been put in appro- SPAN moment.’’ It was a focused and an annual basis. priations bills every year since—without memorable discussion of a significant What I have come to the floor to do question, without challenge. issue now before the Senate. It was an is to say let’s make this fund subject to That was stated by the minority honest discussion about what is at the annual appropriations process that whip, Senator DURBIN from Illinois. My stake in the debate we are having right will preserve the money for the victims proposal would facilitate exactly what now. The core question is how we are and it cannot be used for any other he is arguing for. Can he say yes, take going to support the survivors, in what purpose, but it will be subject to the yes for an answer? every Senator agrees is a heinous and Appropriations Committee and the The minority leader, Senator REID, deplorable crime. usual riders that have existed for 39 said on the 11th: I served in the House Late yesterday, Senator FEINSTEIN years. It won’t represent an expansion of Representatives with Henry Hyde; a spoke with powerful clarity about why of the Hyde amendment, as some of our very fine man. He has had his name af- the Hyde amendment has no place in colleagues have expressed concerns fixed to an anti-abortion bill, anti- what we are trying to do here, particu- about. It would, basically, again, main- abortion legislation for almost three larly when this legislation we are de- tain the status quo. decades. And it’s been continued year bating does not involve taxpayer funds. I came to the floor yesterday and my after year in appropriations bills. The Domestic Trafficking Victims’ friend, the Senator from California, That was spoken by Senator REID, Fund included in S. 178 is funded by a was here. I pointed out that not only the Democratic leader. special assessment fine collected from did she cosponsor this legislation, she As I pointed out, what has perplexed convicted sex traffickers. It is intended voted for it in the Judiciary Com- me so much about all of this is that to help survivors rebuild their lives. mittee. But she now feels so strongly— our Democratic friends have routinely Now, whether taxpayer dollars and I know it is a matter of good faith voted for appropriations bills that con- should be used to ensure the full range and true conviction for her, but she tain the same restriction. When it was of health care options available to this feels like this is the place where we said, well, now you are extending it to very vulnerable population is an impor- ought to fight this fight—we ought to an authorization bill, I pointed out tant debate. We will have that another relitigate the scope of the Hyde amend- that they voted for this very similar day. But the application of the Hyde ment. I don’t think we have to do that. restriction in the Affordable Care Act amendment when zero taxpayer dollars I am proudly pro-life and I believe the and the Defense authorization bill, so are involved is unprecedented. It rep- Hyde amendment represents one little that argument doesn’t hold water; but resents a very significant change in island of consensus in the wars over I am giving them a chance to say yes, Federal policy. abortion that we have. That is why for and, in essence, trying to find a way to When asked why the Hyde amend- 39 years we have had a limitation on break this impasse that has existed ment has resulted in such an outcry, tax dollars. Indeed, fines paid into this now for the last couple of weeks. Senator FEINSTEIN said simply but fund would be public dollars. It So that is the question. Now that we powerfully: wouldn’t be generated from revenue, have made a proposal to them to give Because of what this legislation is. This but it is not private money; once they them what they have asked for and legislation is about the raping . . . of young are paid into this fund they are public still preserve the 39-year limitation on girls. dollars under my proposal, subject to the use of public dollars for abortion, Senator FEINSTEIN is right. I encour- appropriation on an annual basis by can they take yes for an answer? I age everyone to go back and watch her the Appropriations Committee. So now can’t wait to hear what their response moving remarks that got right to the the money will flow from the victims is to that proposal. heart of this debate. fund through the relevant appropria- Mr. President, I yield the floor. These are children who have been tions bills. It will be preserved for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- bought and sold like animals. They victims and cannot be used for any ator from Maine. have had every choice taken away from

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Too often political agenda on either side. The ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ these young girls are treated as pros- Hyde amendment will appear on tax- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the titutes, even though they had no payer-funded matters, as it usually Senator from California (Mrs. BOXER) choice in it. That is a fact we are try- does. That is one thing the Appropria- is necessarily absent. ing to change, but we cannot ignore tions Committee will face. We are not The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. the reality that many of these girls are talking about taxpayer dollars here. FISCHER). Are there any other Senators put through our juvenile justice sys- We are not talking about taxpayer dol- in the Chamber desiring to vote? tem and prosecuted as criminals, rath- lars. The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 56, er than treated as victims. This would be like reaching into a nays 42, as follows: It is easy for some to claim that State and saying: Oh, by the way, you [Rollcall Vote No. 75 Leg.] have people who have raised money for there is a so-called ‘‘rape exception’’ to YEAS—56 the Hyde restriction but the reality is a particular organization, not taxpayer dollars, but we in Congress are going to Ayotte Ernst Murkowski that for the survivors of this terrible Barrasso Fischer Paul crime, the rape exception feels more restrict what you can use that money Blunt Flake Perdue like an overwhelming bureaucracy. In for. Well, we do not do that. The reason Boozman Gardner Portman we do not do it is because our involve- Burr Graham Risch many States, victims are forced to Capito Grassley ment is with taxpayer dollars. If we Roberts jump through hoop after hoop to qual- Casey Hatch Rounds ify for the exception. They have to ob- want to go and appropriate money in Cassidy Heitkamp Rubio Coats Heller tain police reports or certifications this area, that is the time to bring up Sasse Cochran Hoeven Scott from State agencies. They have to re- the issue. Collins Inhofe Sessions live the details of their trauma again The Appropriations Committee—I Corker Isakson Shelby and again. One State even requires the have served on that Committee for al- Cornyn Johnson most 40 years—we handle that issue Cotton Kirk Sullivan Governor to approve any exception. Crapo Lankford Thune Another State refuses to recognize the there, but not here. Cruz Lee Tillis rape exception at all. What is the pending parliamentary Daines Manchin Toomey The easiest, most appropriate solu- situation? Donnelly McCain Vitter Enzi Moran Wicker tion here is to simply remove the Hyde The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- restriction so that survivors can make ate is on consideration of S. 178, with NAYS—42 their own health care decisions. That is the time until 12 noon equally divided Baldwin Hirono Peters what the survivors are asking us to do. between the two leaders or their des- Bennet Kaine Reed Blumenthal King Reid That is what the professionals who ignees. Mr. LEAHY. Is there a vote sched- Booker Klobuchar Sanders work with human trafficking survivors Brown Leahy Schatz uled? Cantwell Markey Schumer are asking us to do. The PRESIDING OFFICER. At 12 Yesterday, my friend, the senior Sen- Cardin McCaskill Shaheen noon. Carper McConnell Stabenow ator from Texas, argued that the inclu- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Coons Menendez Tester sion of the language was routine, that unanimous consent to yield back all Durbin Merkley Udall this does not change the status quo at Feinstein Mikulski Warner time and ask unanimous consent that Franken Murphy Warren all. Well that is simply not accurate. the vote begin now. Gillibrand Murray Whitehouse The Hyde amendment is about keeping The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Heinrich Nelson Wyden taxpayer dollars out of the abortion de- objection, it is so ordered. NOT VOTING—2 bate. We may have different opinions CLOTURE MOTION Alexander Boxer on the issue, but that is not what we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this are talking about here. to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 42. The money at issue in this bill is not Senate the pending cloture motion, taxpayer dollars, it is money collected Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- which the clerk will state. sen and sworn not having voted in the from sex traffickers. The bottom line is The bill clerk read as follows: that the offender-financed fund created affirmative, the motion is rejected. CLOTURE MOTION The majority leader. in this bill relies on zero taxpayer dol- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, lars. ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the So if you want to maintain current Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby I enter a motion to reconsider the vote. practice, you have to remove this pro- move to bring to a close debate on the com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mo- vision. The House bill, that passed mittee-reported substitute amendment to S. tion is entered. unanimously almost 2 months ago, 178, a bill to provide justice for the victims CLOTURE MOTION does not contain this expansion of the of trafficking. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Hyde amendment’s reach. It does not Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Tom to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the apply the Hyde amendment to nontax- Cotton, James Lankford, David Vitter, Richard Burr, Chuck Grassley, Joni Senate the pending cloture motion, payer dollars. If Speaker BOEHNER Ernst, Pat Roberts, Mike Rounds, which the clerk will state. could find a way to bring the House to- James E. Risch, Daniel Coats, James The bill clerk read as follows: gether and pass this bill without in- M. Inhofe, Shelley Moore Capito, Mark CLOTURE MOTION jecting abortion politics into the dis- Kirk, Cory Gardner, Thom Tillis. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- cussion, then why can’t we do that in The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the the Senate? imous consent, the mandatory quorum Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Senator FEINSTEIN is right. We have call has been waived. move to bring to a close debate on S. 178, a amendments we need to consider if we The question is, Is it the sense of the bill to provide justice for the victims of traf- can simply get past this stalemate, but Senate that debate on the committee- ficking. she is also right that the issue at stake reported substitute amendment to S. Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Tom is too important to turn our back on. Cotton, James Lankford, David Vitter, 178, a bill to provide justice for the vic- Richard Burr, Chuck Grassley, Joni This is not a provision we can just ig- tims of trafficking, shall be brought to Ernst, Pat Roberts, Mike Rounds, nore and dismiss as the status quo. But a close? James E. Risch, Daniel Coats, James I believe, as Senator FEINSTEIN and The yeas and nays are mandatory M. Inhofe, Shelley Moore Capito, Mark others have said, we can find a path under the rule. Kirk, Cory Gardner, Thom Tillis.

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Madam President, I wish Earlier this month the FBI arrested a Senate that debate on S. 178, a bill to to speak about the bill that I would person in my State who was charged provide justice for the victims of traf- have thought a few days ago would with transporting a minor across State ficking, shall be brought to a close? have passed by now—the bill before the lines with the intent to engage in pros- The yeas and nays are mandatory Senate and the bill that addresses this titution. The FBI reported the man in- under the rule. topic of modern-day slavery. This bill volved was physically abusive, verbally The clerk will call the roll. came out of the Judiciary Committee abusive, emotionally abusive, and sexu- The senior assistant legislative clerk in a unanimous fashion before it came ally abusive to this young person he called the roll. to the Senate floor. Then, there was no was using for himself and offering to Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator dissent; we agreed we should get right others. This modern-day slavery should is necessarily absent: the Senator from to the bill and pass it. not be allowed to continue. Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER). I am pleased to cosponsor the Vic- The bill that is before the Senate Further, if present and voting, the tims for Justice of Trafficking Act, right now, the Justice for Victims of Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- which includes sexual trafficking and Trafficking Act, has been endorsed by ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ labor trafficking. This bill would help 200 different advocacy groups, includ- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the innocent victims of trafficking by cre- ing the NAACP, the National Center Senator from California (Mrs. BOXER) ating grants for State and local gov- for Missing and Exploited Children, Ex- is necessarily absent. ernments to develop comprehensive odus Cry, a Grandview, MO, group, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there systems to address these problems in Rights4Girls, the National Association any other Senators in the Chamber de- every State, we are told, and certainly to Protect Children, the Fraternal siring to vote? in almost every city—if not every Order of Police, and the National Con- The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 56, city—where this is a problem. ference of State Legislatures. We can’t nays 42, as follows: This bill allows law enforcement to vote on it here on the Senate floor? We can’t get this bill on the President’s [Rollcall Vote No. 76 Leg.] deal with the problem by giving them desk? Why is that? YEAS—56 the tools they need to hold the people accountable who are forcing these vio- Why again today did the minority Ayotte Ernst Murkowski lent crimes and violent living condi- refuse to provide the votes we needed Barrasso Fischer Paul to get from where we are to 60? We did Blunt Flake Perdue tions and the abuse of people’s dignity Boozman Gardner Portman in so many ways on others. Apparently, have a few Members from that side join Burr Graham Risch approximately 100,000 American chil- us this week, but we are still short. Capito Grassley Let’s deal with this problem. They Roberts dren each year are victims of commer- Casey Hatch Rounds say it is because there is a section of Cassidy Heitkamp Rubio cial sex and child prostitution and Coats Heller the bill that deals with the Hyde Sasse child trafficking, according to the Na- Cochran Hoeven amendment. OK, the Hyde amendment Scott Collins Inhofe tional Center for Missing and Exploited Sessions has been around now for part of four Corker Isakson Children. It is like so many numbers decades. What does the Hyde amend- Cornyn Johnson Shelby that we think of. I would encourage ev- Sullivan ment do? It bans taxpayer-provided Cotton Kirk erybody to think of any city they can Crapo Lankford Thune abortions. Cruz Lee Tillis think of that has 100,000 people. Most One of the things we have done in Toomey Daines Manchin of us would see that as a big commu- this country is to say because there is Donnelly McCain Vitter nity and a lot of people—100,000 chil- Enzi Moran Wicker vast disagreement on this—we under- dren every year—100,000 children every stand there is vast disagreement. Sure- NAYS—42 year, not every decade or every cen- ly we are not going to take money Baldwin Hirono Peters tury—every year, in the United States from some taxpayers who are totally Bennet Kaine Reed of America, not all over the world. Blumenthal King Reid opposed to this and use it to pay for Booker Klobuchar Sanders I would guess most Americans would something they are totally opposed to. Brown Leahy Schatz assume if this is a problem, it has to be There is a provision in this bill. It was Cantwell Markey Schumer a bigger problem in any other country, there when the bill was voted out of Cardin McCaskill Shaheen but 100,000 children here among us are Carper McConnell Stabenow committee. It was there when every- Coons Menendez Tester victims of this tragedy. body voted to move to the bill. Sud- Durbin Merkley Udall The Justice Department says there denly, it is a provision that nobody was Feinstein Mikulski Warner are more human trafficking cases pros- aware of before. In fact, in committee, Franken Murphy Warren ecuted by Federal attorneys in Mis- Gillibrand Murray Whitehouse there was at least one amendment that Heinrich Nelson Wyden souri’s Western District, the district amended the sentence right below this where the U.S. Attorney’s office is in NOT VOTING—2 sentence. So are we not doing our job? Kansas City, MO, than anywhere else Alexander Boxer Are we not reading these bills, or, are in the country. I hope that means the we just looking for a reason not to get The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this people in the Western District of Mis- anything done? Surely the Senate in vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 42. souri who run that office are doing an the last half dozen years has proven to Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- extraordinary job, but I think it would the country that the Senate can be sen and sworn not having voted in the be foolish for me to think that this dysfunctional. Surely we don’t need to affirmative, the motion is rejected. isn’t also an extraordinary problem. continue to make that case. The majority leader. My house in Springfield, MO, is in that So let’s get to work. Let’s get down Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, district, as are Springfield, Joplin, and to business. Let’s look at what needs to I enter a motion to reconsider the vote. Kansas City. These are places one be done here. Let’s see what we could The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mo- wouldn’t think, what is the No. 1 pros- do to set an example for the world. tion is entered. titution area for victims of human Frankly, there were colleagues who Mr. MCCONNELL. I suggest the ab- trafficking in the country? The West- had amendments that could have been sence of a quorum. ern District of Missouri. at least debated that would have The PRESIDING OFFICER. The St. Louis, MO, is also one of the top talked about what could be done to clerk will call the roll. 20 cities, we are told, for human traf- carry this beyond our borders to deal The senior assistant legislative clerk ficking, according to the Department with this modern-day slavery—whether proceeded to call the roll. of Justice. These are bad statistics, as for labor or for sex—in ways this issue Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, I ask every single statistic any of us could should be dealt with. unanimous consent that the order for look at in our State could be. Of I would love to see the President step the quorum call be rescinded. course, one case of human trafficking forward and encourage the leaders of

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But the bill Committee—if they aren’t kept in- unanimous consent that the order for will pass the House as reported out of formed, you are not going to bring peo- the quorum call be rescinded. committee, if the Senate would pass it, ple along as you should. That is obvi- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. and it would be on the President’s ously part of trying to make the gov- FLAKE). Without objection, it is so or- desk. There is nothing new here. ernment work. dered. I hope we get this done. I think peo- No matter what the President Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President and col- ple are ready to see the Senate work. thinks, the Senate is not just an incon- leagues, in my professional life I al- Let’s get this done. venience; the Congress is not just an ways considered myself to be a num- Let’s get on with a budget for the inconvenience. There is a reason for bers guy. As I have sat back and lis- first time in 7 years, if we could join these branches of government. tened to the debate over these past 17 with the House of Representatives and Actually, in another interesting re- days since the Justice for Victims of say, OK, let’s present a plan to the sponse, the Secretary of State said: Human Trafficking Act was reported country of how we are going to get Well, obviously this agreement is not out of the Judiciary Committee, I de- back to a balanced budget and what binding on anybody but the person who cided I would maybe try a different our priorities are. signs it. That is what I have been say- take on the numbers we should be con- But one of our priorities should be to ing for about a year, but it was inter- cerned about. end the nightmare for victims of esting that it took this letter for the As I said, it has been 17 days since human trafficking, and we can’t do Secretary of State to say that. This the bill we are considering came out of that unless we face reality and get on agreement really doesn’t bind anybody. the Judiciary Committee—56 days this bill. If the President signs this agreement, since the bill was first introduced on LETTER ON IRAN NEGOTIATIONS it is an agreement, not a treaty. What January 13th. Now, some of my col- Also, Madam President, while I am does that mean? It means if it is not a leagues on the other side have said here, I want to talk a little bit about treaty, then the government of the that somehow between when the bill the letter I signed along with Senator United States hasn’t agreed to it. Only was introduced on January 13th and COTTON and 45 others a few days ago. I the President of the United States has when it was reported out of Committee thought the interesting thing about agreed to it. President after President on March 10th, there was a provision that letter is that the letter was essen- have brought agreements about nu- placed in the bill that they were not tially addressed to the Foreign Min- clear weapons to the Senate—the made aware of. This is simply not the ister of Iran but released to every START treaty, all the treaties which case. My colleagues had days to review newspaper in America. In many ways it were approved by the Senate. It would this bill, but unfortunately, some of was an idea that is important that the have been unthinkable just a few years them are in the habit of passing some- American people understand. ago that one would even think about thing and then finding out later what I am sure the Iranian Foreign Min- committing our country to something they were actually voting for. ister, by the way, already understood that involves nuclear weapons poten- It has been 39 years since the Hyde it. If one had any interest in reading tial and not involve the U.S. Senate. language we are currently discussing the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD or watch- So I think getting these issues on the was first passed into law. It was so long ing C–SPAN or reading any newspaper table is a good thing. Frankly, I think ago I was even young—16 years old. The in the last 6 months, you would have a nuclear-weapons-capable Iran is the Hyde language was first enacted in seen that the Senate was very con- most destabilizing thing that could 1976, and since then, has become cerned in a bipartisan way that the happen in the world today. Not only known, well-settled law. Obviously, President was negotiating an agree- our great ally and friends in Israel, but this is not some sort of new concept. It ment with another country and was re- countries all over the Middle East will is language that everybody who is in fusing to come to the Senate and ask immediately be concerned. Countries this body—and every staffer who has for the approval that the Constitution within reach of those potential future served somebody in this body—should anticipates should be there. weapons in Europe and other places know about. I was surprised by the Iranian For- would soon be concerned. We are head- Now, with the Hyde amendment eign Minister’s response, which was: ed down a bad path here, negotiating being around for some four decades, I Well, really, when you are dealing with not that Iran will never be allowed to was trying to figure out: Well, maybe this kind of situation, it is inter- have nuclear weapons but apparently we are talking about Members who are national laws that prevail. The laws of negotiating how long it will be from familiar with the Hyde language, but any individual country don’t matter. the moment they start until they can never voted for it. Well, we all take an oath when we are have the enriched material it would So I decided to go back to my num- sworn in to the Senate that the law take to have a nuclear weapon. bers and take a look at the voting his- and the Constitution of the United There are many countries in the tory of the Senators in this Chamber States do matter and it is our job to world today that have nuclear power today, many of whom—all of whom, ac- uphold and defend the law and the Con- that don’t enrich in a way that would tually—on this graphic are now pre- stitution of the United States. There allow them to ever have a nuclear venting this very important human was nothing I saw that suggested the weapon. Iran, if it wanted to, could trafficking legislation from moving Iranian Foreign Minister or anybody have added itself easily to that list. forward. else should interpret that for me. The Iran, one of the most energy-rich The minority leader has voted in sup- Constitution is pretty clear, by the places in the world, could easily have port of the Hyde amendment 14 times, way, that there is an advise-and-con- added itself to that list, if it wanted to and all these other Senators on my sent responsibility. Frankly, advise add to all that nuclear energy power. I chart at least a dozen times, with the means to talk to the Senate while you think it is obvious the shadow that exception of Senator BOXER who has are negotiating. Iran would like to cast over the next voted in support of the Hyde language I read somewhere the other day that, decade in the region they are already 10 times. Senator BOXER stood on the well, it is so presumptuous for the Sen- dominating in a handful of capitals is a floor last week and said it was offen- ate to want to give advice to the Presi- shadow of nuclear weapons capability. sive language. However, Senator BOXER dent before he has negotiated an agree- The United States should be very con- has voted for this language 10 times, ment. Well, the Constitution says that cerned, and this discussion at the high- most recently this past December when we are in a position to do that. The est levels is the right kind of discus- they passed the fiscal year 2015 omni- traditions of the country say if the sion for the country to be having. bus bill.

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Their words say we I just came from the Senate steps to lican author of this bill, Congressman ought to move forward and end these take a picture with about 100 students POE, said today: horrible situations—and I will talk a from my great State of North Carolina. We passed a bill. The Senate should take it little bit more about those numbers While I had time before the photog- up and pass it. later—but their actions are just burn- rapher arrived to let them ask me few That could be done immediately. I ing time in this body preventing us questions, I said: I am going to have to don’t think there would be anybody from moving on to the many other im- go to the Senate floor soon and speak. trying to block it. The Republican portant things we need to address— They said: What are you going to speak House of Representatives passed this such as our national security, our eco- on? bill unanimously. We could take up and nomic security, and our energy secu- I was really at a loss for words. I was pass it, and not waste 2 weeks of hav- rity. But no, we have spent 17 days on wondering how I was going to tell them ing this dance on the floor, vote after a bill that my colleagues in the Demo- I am trying to help pass legislation vote, which both sides know isn’t going cratic caucus say we should act on, but that makes them safer, but we are hav- anywhere. The easiest and best thing are at the same time impeding the ing a petty fight in the Senate over to do is to remove the Hyde restriction process. process. so survivors can make their own health Now, as confusing as these numbers So I really ask Members of the Demo- care decisions. are, as confusing as it is to hear so cratic caucus to look into their hearts I will not do it again today, but I put many Senators say that this language and to understand the human tragedy into the RECORD letters and statements is offensive and needs to be taken out— this legislation is attempting to cor- from hundreds of people—survivors’ or- despite the fact that they have regu- rect and join with us to pass this bill ganizations and the people they rep- larly voted for it in the past—the very and move on to the many other things resent—and they have said: Let us sad result of their actions are what we we need to do for this great Nation. make our own health care decisions. Now, to argue what my friend from are not getting done, and that is get- Mr. President, I suggest the absence Texas says, that the inclusion of this ting the human trafficking bill passed of a quorum. language is routine and it does not so we can end the horrible conditions The PRESIDING OFFICER. The change the status quo at all, is not ac- that are imposed on the many people clerk will call the roll. curate. In fact, that is probably why, I who are enslaved on a daily basis. The legislative clerk proceeded to suspect, a majority of the Members of I’m going to give my colleagues a call the roll. the House of Representatives—who couple of numbers to think about. The Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask support the Hyde amendment—did not State Department and other agencies unanimous consent that the order for include it in the House version of the estimate that there are 600,000 to the quorum call be rescinded. bill. The Hyde amendment is about 800,000 people trafficked across global The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without keeping taxpayer dollars out of the borders each year. That is about 1,600 objection, it is so ordered. abortion debate. Now, we can have dif- to 2,200 boys, girls, men, and women Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, we have ferent opinions on the issue, but that is being enslaved every single day in this had a lot of discussion regarding the not what we are talking about here. world. pending bill. I thought again I would The money at issue in this bill is col- Now, in our country, it is estimated emphasize what Senator FEINSTEIN said that 17,500 people are trafficked across lected from sex traffickers. earlier, which was so good, and I hope The bottom line is the offender-fi- our borders into the U.S. sex trade people will listen to her words. I would every year and that there are about nanced funds raised in this bill rely on just follow on to that to say my good zero taxpayer dollars. Maintaining the 100,000 people already here. friend—and he is my friend—the distin- Think about that in terms of the current practice, if that is what you guished senior Senator from Texas has numbers. Every day that goes by, there want to do, means removing the provi- suggested that we make the funds col- are another 50 victims from overseas sion. Maybe we ought to listen to some lected from traffickers subject to the trafficked into the U.S. for sex trade— of the leadership on the Appropriations appropriations process to get around every single day another 50 people. Committee and how they feel about This week, we have had five votes on this impasse, but that does not solve this. They are not the ones asking to this bill. This means, another 250 the problem. do this. The Appropriations Committee young girls, young boys, women, and The pending legislation came out of is not asking us to turn them into men will have been trafficked into our the Senate Judiciary Committee, an some kind of a superauthorizing com- country for sex trade. authorizing committee that does not mittee, and we should not put them in This is a good bill, and it works to appropriate funds. We should be telling that position. stop the growth of human trafficking appropriators that we believe services I hope cooler heads will prevail and and free those who are currently to trafficking victims are important by come together on this. I think it will enslaved. authorizing funds. As the most senior be very easy for both sides who do want Colleagues, I am a freshman. I have member of that Appropriations Com- to stop sex trafficking to come to- been here fewer than 70 days. When I mittee I can tell you that this is an im- gether, and pass this bill. read the human trafficking bill, I knew portant process that results in real Then, let us also take the steps to that the Hyde amendment was in it. money for victim services. correct what has been a shameful posi- Anybody who is doing their job in the It is a process that works well. Under tion in the U.S. Senate and confirm Lo- Senate should have been able to figure Democratic leadership of the Senate retta Lynch as Attorney General. She that out. Appropriations Committee, total ap- has waited on the floor much longer So it raises a very interesting ques- propriations for trafficking victims’ than the four men who preceded her tion—how could we come out of the Ju- services more than doubled from $28.1 put together. This woman has waited diciary Committee, which I serve on, million in FY2014 to $58.1 million for longer than those four men before her with a unanimous vote? As a matter of FY2015. put together, and yet everybody ap- fact, there are 12 Democrat cosponsors Senator CORNYN’s proposal to simply plauds her as a superb prosecutor. We of this bill. Certainly, those Members funnel fees collected from traffickers talk about sex trafficking, and she is of the Democratic Caucus read the bill through the appropriations process about the only person we have seen in and their staffs had time to read the still presents the same problem—this is here as a nominee who has actually bill in the months that the language not taxpayer money, and subjecting it prosecuted sex traffickers. Let’s get on has been public. to the Hyde amendment would expand with the job.

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Mr. President, I ask bill on the other side of the Capitol, in fund being a separate pool of money unanimous consent that the order for the House, does nothing in that regard. outside of the appropriations process, the quorum call be rescinded. Our bill requires prosecutors and we would agree that the Appropria- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without judges to undergo training to improve tions Committee would appropriate objection, it is so ordered. restitution in traffic cases. Again, our Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I saw on money out of this fund in the same friends on the other side of the Cap- television my friend from Vermont, the manner as they do all appropriations, itol—their bill does nothing in that re- ranking member of the Senate Judici- with the exception that the money ary Committee, talking about the vir- gard. would be specifically designated to Finally, our bill requires human traf- tues of the House human trafficking help the victims of human trafficking fickers to remain under supervision for bill, and I thought it would be worth- and not be able to be used for any other at least 5 years after they are released while for Members and whoever else is purpose. from prison. On the House side, it listening to understand the difference So the reports are—after we made doesn’t touch on that. between the two bills. this proposal trying to address some of First of all, our bill, the one that is I don’t say that to criticize the House the concerns on this side of the aisle— being filibustered by our Democratic bill, because I think they have done that they would not be happy unless we colleagues—I should say, all but four of some good work. But it is important to stripped out all reference to the Hyde them—contains a $30 million fund that recognize that the bill over here, which amendment in the bill. That is unac- is financed through criminal funds. is being filibustered by our Democratic ceptable. That is unacceptable for the This is analogous to a crime victims minority, does a lot more and a lot of same reason that they would object to compensation fund. For example, when different things, and things that I a change in the status quo by an expan- I was attorney general of Texas, we ad- think are going to be a lot more helpful sion of the Hyde amendment. We have ministered one, and we were able to to the victims of human trafficking, now brought the Hyde amendment make grants to various organizations. which I can only imagine should be our back within the appropriations process That is what this $30 million fund collective goal. where it has been for 39 years. But to would be. The bill on the House side ac- I came to the floor this morning, and say we are going to eliminate any ref- tually has no fund. It is an authoriza- I said that we would be willing to work erence to those restrictions, which tion. It is a $5 million authorization. It with our Democratic colleagues to try have been the law of the land for 39 has no money. It has no mechanism to to address some of their stated con- years, would be viewed as an erosion of generate funds like ours does. cerns with the original bill. I said that the Hyde amendment—hardly a status Our bill contains language increasing notwithstanding the fact that 12 Demo- quo. restitution for trafficking victims by crats cosponsored the bill, the original I don’t know how long this is going using criminal assets to satisfy these bill that is now being filibustered. Nine to take. I appreciate the perseverance needs and allowing law enforcement to Democrats, along with all of the Re- and commitment of the majority lead- pay witness-assistance award money to publicans on the Judiciary Committee, er who, as you know, determines what victims. voted to pass the bill out of the Judici- bills come to the floor and when and The bill in the House does nothing. In ary Committee. Literally all 100 Sen- who says we are going to stay on this other words, we have an asset-for- ators had to consent for the bill to bill until it passes. We have had a num- feiture provision in our bill to take the come to the floor without going ber of votes, and four of our Demo- people who profit from human traf- through the typical procedural hurdles cratic colleagues have joined us to get ficking and to forfeit those funds and with which we are all very familiar. to a place where we could actually pass use that to add to the fines and use Imagine my surprise, when in the this legislation. We just need a handful that money to help rescue and heal the middle of last week, these objections more—two or three more—to help us. victims. The House bill has nothing in came up. What was the nature of the I know that a number of Senators are it in that regard. objection? The objection was that this going to be hearing from their con- Our bill requires law enforcement bill contained a reference to an appro- stituents back in their States because agencies to file regular reports of priations bill that was passed in 2014 200 different organizations—law en- human trafficking case totals as part and for which all of our Democratic forcement organizations and victims’ of the Uniform Crime Reporting Pro- colleagues voted. But that reference rights organizations that are very con- gram. That is important because so was to a restriction on the use of tax- cerned about this human trafficking much of the human trafficking damage payer dollars to fund abortions, known plague—are going to be lighting up the is never reported to law enforcement. as the Hyde amendment. Then after phone lines, sending emails, and com- First of all, many victims of human they saw that or after they claimed municating with their elected offi- trafficking are children who may or that this was something new and unbe- cials—as they should. may not actually consider themselves knownst to them, they objected. There is no reason we cannot get to victims. They may be runaways. They I just simply cannot accept this argu- ‘‘yes’’ on this bill unless this whole de- may find some adult who has taken ment that a provision that colleagues bate is a phony debate, and what the them under their wing, only to turn on that side of the aisle have routinely leadership on the Democratic side is them out on the streets as prostitutes voted for on appropriations bills, that more concerned about is trying to and the like. They may not actually they routinely voted for on Defense au- make the Senate as dysfunctional in consider themselves victims, at least thorization bills, and one they voted the 114th Congress as they did in the initially, which they are. for on the Affordable Care Act, re- 113th Congress. Our bill would make sure the statis- stricting the use of taxpayer funds I suspect, unfortunately, because of tics and reports of human trafficking under these circumstances—why they the phony issues saying take out lan- totals are reported in the Uniform would pick this vehicle to object to guage we voted for time and again— Crime Reporting Program so we would that very same provision. yes, it was contained in a bill we co- actually have a better objective record I accept at face value that some of sponsored. Yes, it was contained in a about the number of cases and so peo- our colleagues said that this is some- bill we voted for already. Now we are ple could appreciate the severity of thing they perhaps should have read going to come to the floor, and we are this problem. The bill in the House has more closely but they failed to do. I going to block it. nothing in that regard. personally find it a little hard to be- We know who pays for this political Next, our bill clarifies that child por- lieve, given the nature of the profes- gamesmanship. Sadly, it is the very nography producers are engaged in sional staff we have here in the Senate, same victims whom our colleagues

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All of us are mothers and fathers, sis- in private practice at one of the coun- That is what we have in the United ters and brothers. We all understand try’s top law firms, where she special- States, and the chief law enforcement this could happen to anybody’s family. ized in commercial litigation, white- officer of this country is our Attorney Why in the world would we want to in- collar criminal defense, and corporate General. dulge in this sort of gamesmanship and compliance. Everybody who has looked at this phony objections to provisions that In 2011, she was recognized as the nomination from the outside has said have been voted for time and again by Federal Law Enforcement Officers As- she would be an excellent Attorney the same Members who now object to sociation Foundation honoree of the General. So given all of that, it is aw- them on this legislation and say to year. In 2014, she was honored as the re- fully difficult to understand why she these victims of human trafficking cipient of the Women in Federal Law has had to wait so long just to receive that we don’t care and we are not going Enforcement Foundation President’s a simple up-or-down vote. Has anyone to help? Award. She has received support—no challenged her qualifications? Come to I don’t believe for a minute that is surprise—from all across the political the floor today and do it. Has anyone why Members of the Senate come here. spectrum. questioned her character or integrity? I know virtually all 100 Senators, and I Just this week, even former New Of course not. Has she failed to provide believe that most Senators—if not all York Mayor Rudy Giuliani—hardly a necessary information to the Senate? Senators—come here because they ac- great friend of the President—wrote It is my understanding that she testi- tually want to do something. They ac- that she was ‘‘balanced, professional fied for almost 8 hours and responded tually want to solve problems. They and a dedicated public servant.’’ He to about 900 questions for the record. Is actually want to help people who need went on to write that he can ‘‘further her nomination delayed just to make the help. I cannot think of anybody attest that her skill set seems very ap- political points on completely unre- more deserving than the victims of propriate to the tough tasks she would lated issues? human trafficking. face as attorney general.’’ I have gotten to the point now that I see the distinguished Senator from The Major Cities Chiefs Association, when people come to my office after Colorado here. I will yield for him mo- which represents the 67 largest law en- they have been nominated to be a judge mentarily. forcement agencies in the country, or have been nominated to do some- I wanted to come to the floor and re- wrote this to the Senate: ‘‘Ms. Lynch thing in the Federal Government, the spond to the comments made by the has overseen many important criminal first words out of my mouth are not distinguished Senator from Vermont, prosecutions for terrorism, organized ‘‘Congratulations’’ anymore; the first the ranking member of the Judiciary crime, corruption, drug and gang re- words to come out of my mouth are Committee, that all we need to do is lated cases. It is clear that her famili- ‘‘Don’t take it personally. Don’t take take up and pass the House bill. The arity with the Department, managing a this process personally.’’ House bill doesn’t appropriate any We are losing talented people who money. It is an authorization bill. It fast-paced and high profile office as want to serve the United States of authorizes $5 million in appropriations. well as her integrity and private sector The great thing about our bill is it legal experiences make her a qualified America in these important and in doesn’t take any tax dollars. These are candidate.’’ many cases nonpolitical jobs because all fines and penalties and asset forfeit- What are we waiting for? the Senate cannot confirm them. It is ures from people engaged in the crimi- Some 25 former U.S. attorneys who because we tell somebody like Loretta nal enterprise, and this takes some of worked in both Democratic and Repub- Lynch: Sorry, it is going to be zillions the profit out of this terrible crime. lican administrations wrote to this of days before you have a chance to It also does a number of other things, body saying: ‘‘Ms. Lynch has the expe- even serve this country. which I mentioned earlier. But the idea rience, temperament, independence, in- It is not right. I am amazed at the that we can somehow just take up and tegrity, and judgment to immediately capacity of people in this place to pass the House bill and avoid this assume this critically important posi- waste their own time, but we should bogus objection and somehow solve the tion.’’ They should know. They should not waste other people’s time. problem, I think, just misses the point. know. These are the folks with whom Unfortunately, the delay in con- I yield the floor. she has worked closely, and will con- firming Ms. Lynch is having real-world The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tinue to work as Attorney General. consequences. Earlier this week, the ator from Colorado. Both as a Federal prosecutor and in former Deputy Attorney General ex- Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, through private practice, they have seen first- pressed his concern that the protracted the Chair, I would like to thank the hand her character, intellect, and her nomination process is adding unneces- senior Senator from Texas for his cour- integrity. sary uncertainty to the Department of tesy in allowing me to speak this after- I myself once worked for the Deputy Justice. He highlighted the importance noon. Attorney General of the United States of having continuity in undertaking LYNCH NOMINATION at the Department of Justice. I know long-term investigations or in devel- Mr. President, I rise today to discuss how close the collaboration is when oping national security policy and how the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be things are working well between the it is harder to facilitate continuity the our next Attorney General. It has been Attorney General and the U.S. attor- longer Ms. Lynch’s nomination is de- 131 days since President Obama nomi- neys all throughout the United States layed. nated her for this position. By Monday, of America, and it is something to see. As I said, this has become in many she will have waited longer on the Sen- I know it has become fashionable ways the new norm in our politics ate floor than the last seven Attorney around this place to continually criti- where these fights in Congress are hav- General nominees combined. cize our Federal employees, but I rec- ing real-world consequences on the peo- When it comes to Ms. Lynch’s nomi- ommend that our new colleagues, if ple we represent. It is incredibly coun- nation, it seems as if we are setting they ever have the chance, go see the terproductive to the people we rep- records—but for all of the wrong rea- investiture of a new judge in their resent, whether it is shutting down the sons. The irony of that is that she is State, as I have had a chance to do in Department of Homeland Security or probably one of the most qualified and my State. When you see how the U.S. running the government on continuing least political Attorney General nomi- attorney’s office, the Federal public de- resolutions or passing 2-week tax ex- nees that this Chamber has seen in dec- fender’s office, the Drug Enforcement tender bills, for goodness’ sake. There ades. Agency, the FBI, and the U.S. Marshals is not a mayor or county commissioner

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We barely managed to keep the This is an effort by my colleagues The bill has the support of 200 advo- Department of Homeland Security that we can all agree is worthwhile, cacy groups, many of which are law en- open for another 6 months. We passed a which is clear by how easily this passed forcement organizations. These advo- resolution of disapproval that the in committee and by the level of bipar- cacy groups are voicing the same con- President will veto. tisan cosponsorship it maintains. So I cerns we hear on the local level in our At the very least, we should be able am not quite certain I understand what communities back home—that this is a to find the time to confirm Loretta the Democratic leadership’s strategy real problem with real victims—and Lynch as the Nation’s next Attorney aims to accomplish. The language they our local officials want this bill passed General. Her experience, temperament, now find objectionable has been in the for that exact reason. and independence make her abundantly bill all along. It is standard language Just last week, I was visiting with qualified for one of the most important that has been around for decades. some of my State’s mayors who were in positions our country has, and she has On top of that, the majority leader Washington for the Arkansas Munic- waited too long to receive an up-or- offered a vote to strip the language. ipal League fly-in, and the issue came down vote. Yet the minority continues to block up. The mayor of Hot Springs, AR, I am not worried about her; she will this bill from floor consideration. Not Ruth Carney, said that this is an issue be fine no matter what she does. I am only can they offer an amendment to which is really close to her heart and worried about the Department. I am strip that language, but Members of highlighted that Garland County has a worried about our homeland security. I the minority can offer any amendment task force to tackle human trafficking. am worried about the willingness of they want, any amendment they be- She said: ‘‘It’s a great thing to see that other Americans to put their hand up lieve will make the bill stronger. That Congress is working to help with this and say ‘‘Let me serve’’ for fear that is the amazing thing about regular situation because I feel like it’s very they will get caught in the crazy poli- order. I know some Senate Democrats important for our country.’’ I imagine tics of the Senate. are still getting used to the idea after that the Senators holding up this bill I look forward to supporting Ms. years of being forced to the sidelines by hear the same thing from their State Lynch’s nomination. I hope we will their own leadership, but this is a good and local officials. Perhaps they should have the opportunity to consider that change which we should all embrace. listen to them about the importance of nomination in the coming days. I believe this particular bill was With that, I yield the floor. getting this done. strong from the onset, but I have of- So why drag this on longer? We could The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- fered a couple of amendments to make pass this bill within hours if the Demo- SIDY). The Senator from Arkansas. Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, this is it even stronger and better. Both of crats would drop this manufactured an important subject. For many, it is a these amendments make improvements outrage over language that has been in matter of life and death. So I am to our efforts to address trafficking on the bill since its introduction. This pleased that we are taking up this bill the global stage. language has literally been applied to so early in the session. The first one deals with countries similar legislation for decades. The Justice for Victims of Traf- that try to game the system to avoid The senior Senators from Texas and ficking Act can save lives, it can re- sanctions. The State Department’s tier Minnesota came together in a bipar- store dignity to the victims of these system for ranking offending countries tisan manner to draft this important heinous crimes, and it can help end is an excellent tool for ferreting out legislation. It was passed by the com- modern-day slavery. I believe, without the problem governments and prompt- mittee, in regular order, in a similar a doubt, every Member of this body ing positive change. By utilizing the bipartisan manner. wants to see this bill become law. I threat of sanctions, we can effect I urge my colleagues to stand with hope we can overcome this delay and change for the better. the victims, pass this bill, get them send the bill to the President so we can Regrettably, some countries have help, and get our communities the re- make it a reality. abused the system and taken advan- sources they need to save thousands As the father of three girls and as a tage of the ‘‘special watch list’’ des- more from becoming victims. grandfather of granddaughters, I sup- ignation that is supposed to be re- I suggest the absence of a quorum. port the bill. I cosponsored it. I am served for troubled nations making The PRESIDING OFFICER. The eager to see it become law. By doing good-faith efforts to actually change. clerk will call the roll. so, we will build on our previous efforts These nations have been able to get The senior assistant legislative clerk that have dramatically reduced in- this designation without ever attempt- proceeded to call the roll. stances of human trafficking around ing to address human trafficking and, Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask the globe. in turn, avoiding the sanctions that unanimous consent that the order for Since the passage of the landmark they deserve. China is a perfect exam- the quorum call be rescinded. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of ple. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 2000, the United States has been a lead- With this amendment, we can put an objection, it is so ordered. er in the international community’s end to the games. It will close the loop- Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, today, we fight to end modern-day slavery. This holes that allow governments to retain are continuing our consideration of the law ushered in a new strategy that ad- the ‘‘special watch list’’ designation Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. dressed human trafficking on multiple without making immediate progress to I should note from the outset this is a fronts. reduce human trafficking or face quick bill that essentially every Senator— Combining strong protection for vic- removal. This will force governments every single one of us—supports. How tims, including shelter and asylum, to take real action, not just a nod and could we not? Right now in this coun- with tough punishments for traf- a wink to the problem to buy sanctions try there are thousands of human fickers, including long jail sentences relief. beings living as slaves—stolen from and asset confiscation, and, most im- The second amendment aims to put their homes, stripped of their God- portantly, sanctions for offending gov- more teeth in the State Department’s given rights, and robbed of their ernments, the law has enabled us to Office to Monitor and Combat Traf- human dignity. A disproportionate crack some of the biggest international ficking. This amendment seeks to re- number of these victims are women human smuggling rings. name it and elevate it to the status of and children, often forced into sex slav- The most recent statistics show that bureau to increase its effectiveness so ery. These are crimes that shock the during the 12-year period from 2000 to that those responsible for this essential conscience, and every single one of us

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We don’t have any real cour- dren trapped in these horrible cir- amendment process to reach an accom- age to take on these people. cumstances for what they are—victims, modation. Unfortunately, we find our- My gosh. I mean there comes a not criminals. It imposes stiff penalties selves at an impasse with the minority time—keep in mind, how do Repub- on traffickers, exactly the sort their claiming we somehow ambushed them licans give in on this when this has despicable crimes merit. It establishes with supposedly controversial language been such an established law of our an effective means of restitution for that they now are demanding we re- country? the victims, helping them to begin to move. My colleagues and I have come I ask my colleagues to take a step rebuild their lives in the wake of enor- to the floor repeatedly over the past back from the heat of the debate to mous suffering. few days to illustrate just how ridicu- think about this language that has I applaud the majority leader for his lous that claim is—how the language been in the bill from the very begin- commitment to getting this bill that is in the bill has been in there ning, that they have voted for in so passed. It is exactly the sort of legisla- every step of the way since its intro- many other contexts, that has been the tion the Senate should be considering. duction and how the Democrats had settled law of the land for nearly 40 While this may seem an obvious point, voted for it over and over again over years, that they have rejected an up- it is worth spelling out why this is the nearly 40 years it has been settled or-down vote to remove, and that they true. law. have demanded be removed as a condi- The majority leader’s traditional Beyond all of the rhetoric, the piv- tion for passing this important legisla- right to be recognized first gives him otal moment in this debate came when tion. control over what sort of legislation we the majority leader came to the floor Is picking this fight really worth it? consider. There is always a temptation and offered an up-or-down vote to strip Is scoring points against Republicans to bring up partisan bills, so-called out the language in question. This offer really worth the costs of victims of messaging bills. These bills are not de- should have settled this controversy human trafficking? signed to actually pass; after all, we all once and for all. It represented the ma- Is trying to undermine our efforts to know we need 60 votes for cloture and jority leader extending his hand across govern worth sacrificing the oppor- 67 votes to override a veto. Instead, the the aisle in hopes of cooperation, but tunity to help these men, women, and goal of these messaging bills are to the minority leader objected, demand- children in need? make a political point for the next ing a guarantee the provision would be The choice is clear. I applaud my col- election or even just for the next news removed. Well, that is not the way it leagues on both sides of the aisle who cycle. works around here. That moment re- are pushing to end this stalemate, es- In the last Congress, the Democratic vealed what this logjam is really pecially my colleagues on the other leadership called up these sort of mes- about. This is about the minority lead- side of the aisle who are willing to sac- saging votes week after week. They re- ership resorting to the same ‘‘my way rifice temporary political gain to do peatedly moved to bring up highly par- or the highway’’ tactics they abused the right thing for these victims we all tisan bills that they refused to let us when they were in the majority, tac- want to help. I plead with those who attempt to amend, with full knowledge tics that have no place in a body built have yet to join our efforts to move that many of us would therefore have on compromise. This is about trying to this bill forward to realize the suffering to vote against them and in most cases stir up a fake controversy to fit a dis- they are prolonging and to change have to make them get at least 60 credited war-on-women narrative. their approach at the earliest possible votes. Above all else, this is about scoring opportunity. In last fall’s election, the American political points and trying to embar- GEOSPATIAL DATA REFORM ACT people showed just how fed up they rass the majority by undermining our Mr. President, in addition to urging were with partisanship and gridlock by efforts to govern responsibly. This be- the passage of the bill under consider- voting in a new Republican majority havior is itself embarrassing and un- ation to fight human trafficking, I that promised a return to productive worthy of this great institution in want to highlight another important legislating through regular order. The which we all serve, but it comes at a bipartisan bill I have introduced and majority leader’s commitment to pass- price. urge its speedy consideration. It is ex- ing this human trafficking bill dem- It comes at a price for the victims of actly the sort of productive legislating onstrates how those of us in the new human trafficking whose suffering we in which I believe the Senate should be majority are trying our hardest to are all committed to alleviate. It engaged. keep our promise to get the Senate comes at a price for those men, women, I rise in strong support of the back to work for the American people. and children living in silence, fear, Geospatial Data Reform Act, a bipar- This is not about partisan messaging hopelessness, and unspeakable anguish. tisan bill that will save taxpayers votes doomed for failure. This is about My colleagues on the other side of money while improving public safety, getting a bill with broad bipartisan the aisle are not bad people—far from bolstering public development and pre- support passed into law that makes it. They are men and women of great serving our natural resources through meaningful progress in our fight character who want to do the right wider accessibility to geospatial data. against the evils of human trafficking. thing for their constituents and for the I am grateful for Senator WARNER’s Scoring political points for our party is Nation. I have enormous respect for collaboration on this bill. Without his rightfully taking a backseat for pro- each and every one of them, but in this partnership this legislation would not ducing important results for our coun- latest maneuver, I feel many of them have been possible, and I wish to thank try. have gotten so caught up in partisan him for his support over the past sev- Nevertheless, our majority can only rhetoric—something that is so easy to eral months. Together we have worked do so much on its own. Simply put, it do in Washington—that they have tirelessly to craft bipartisan legisla- is hard to get much done in the Senate staked out an unjustifiable position tion that streamlines the way Federal without bipartisan cooperation. So for that is prolonging the suffering of traf- agencies collect, manage, and dis- all the restraint the majority has ficking victims. tribute geospatial data to better serve shown by bringing up bills such as this Let’s be honest about it. The Hyde the American people. one that enjoy broad bipartisan sup- amendment has been in many bills that Whether we realize it or not, port, we need at least some measure of we all voted for time after time after geospatial data is ubiquitous in our ev- restraint from the minority. By re- time. However, NARAL, the National eryday lives. Geospatial data is the in- straint, I do not mean to call for my Abortion Rights Action League, and formation that identifies the geo- colleagues on the other side of the aisle Planned Parenthood have tried to graphic locations and characteristics of

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First respond- are just beginning to tap its full poten- I have introduced provides the execu- ers risked their own lives, braving dan- tial. tive branch the resources and direction gerous conditions to look for survivors. Every year, private businesses and it needs to reduce duplication and en- Some were pulled from the rubble, but government agencies are finding new gender cooperation among agencies to so many, too many, were lost. Houses and innovative ways to use this infor- ensure the efficient collection and dis- over more than a square mile were sim- mation to better deliver services to the semination of geospatial data across ply swept away. The main highway to public and to improve overall quality all levels of government. To save the nearby Darrington was blocked, iso- of life. FEMA’s use of geospatial data taxpayers money, our bill requires Fed- lating that community. Forty-three during Hurricane Sandy is testament eral agencies to implement inter- people—children, mothers, brothers, to the merits of this information re- national consensus standards for and aunts—were killed. source. geospatial data and assist in elimi- This was the deadliest mudslide in The tragedy of Hurricane Sandy is nating duplication. our country’s history. A year later, still fresh in our memories. In 2012, this The Geospatial Reform Act also codi- there is not a single person in Oso who late autumn storm ravaged our eastern fies the implementation of the national has not been affected by this dev- seaboard, battering buildings, toppling spatial data infrastructure and pro- astating natural disaster. In the blink homes, and demolishing power lines, vides agencies with a clear definition of an eye, they saw water and earth leaving behind a wake of destruction for geospatial data and metadata. wipe away their homes and their entire and shattered lives. Sandy was the In addition, this bill standardizes the community. Let me tell you what I deadliest hurricane to reach our shores collection process by requiring agen- found when I visited the small nearby since Katrina in 2005. In addition to the cies to comply with the Federal town of Arlington, where recovery human toll, Sandy extracted a heavy Geospatial Data Committee’s stand- plans were being made just days after financial cost, with estimated damages ards for the development, sharing, and the mudslide occurred 1 year ago. exceeding well over $50 billion. By use of geospatial information. I saw small towns like so many using geospatial data, our government Finally, our bill ensures account- across the country in all of our States, was better equipped to respond to this ability, transparency, and public access the types of towns where everybody catastrophe. As victims rummaged to nondefense-related Federal invest- knows each other, the types of places through the rubble and wreckage of ments in geospatial data. Already, where everyone stops to say hello and their broken homes, FEMA set to work States, counties, municipalities, and lend a helping hand. What I saw that analyzing geospatial datasets to iden- the private sector are discovering dy- day last March was a community tify over 40,000 homes damaged by the where there was not a single person namic ways to use and share geospatial storm. This information allowed the who was not doing every single thing data with one another. Agency to pinpoint the most dev- Collaboration in this sphere is lead- they could to help. Amidst the terrible destruction, I astated neighborhoods and dispatch ing the way for new and improved serv- saw hope. I spoke to firefighters who emergency personnel to those areas ices that were previously impossible to more quickly and efficiently. The use had not slept for days, refusing to stop deliver. These entities outside of the of geospatial data in response to this searching for survivors. I saw neigh- Federal Government are finding new tragedy played an integral role in co- bors and friends and volunteers pro- ways to coordinate investments and ordinating emergency response and viding food and shelter and hugs and implement common standards. We need helping families repair their damaged prayers, anything to assist the commu- to do the same on the national level. lives. nity who had experienced the unthink- The way FEMA used geospatial data We need proper Federal management able. to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy is for these data assets, and we need a na- I want to tell one story from the days just one powerful example of the posi- tional strategy for their many uses. following that awful moment, a story tive impacts geospatial data has on our Our legislation provides the founda- that has been told before but bears re- lives. tion for both. In a political environ- peating. A local woman named Rhonda But there are many more. The CDC ment clouded by polarization, this bill Cook heard about the slide and she also uses geospatial data to track dis- is a ray of hope. It is an opportunity found out that her friend was driving ease outbreaks, informing decisions for us to work together in a bipartisan by and was buried when the slide hit. that ultimately save lives, the Depart- fashion to pass commonsense legisla- Rhonda spent days digging through ment of Education uses geospatial data tion that is based on transparency and that debris looking for that blue car to analyze test scores from schools good governance. she knew was there somewhere, deter- across the country to make plans for I urge all of my colleagues to support mined to bring her friend out of the improvement, and the National Park the American taxpayer by supporting mud. Service uses geospatial data for re- this bill. It is the right thing to do. When that car was finally uncovered source management and to conserve I yield the floor. and her friend’s body was lifted out, our Nation’s natural treasures. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Rhonda paused to pay her last respects. There is almost no end to the sundry ator from Washington But then she kept on digging, looking uses and benefits of geospatial data, Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask for others. Rhonda is just one of the but as the Federal Government invests unanimous consent to speak as in many heroes. There were so many, and billions of dollars every year in the col- morning business, and that following so many more who continue working to lection and storage of geospatial data, me, the Senator from Washington be this very day. there is a serious problem of inter- allowed to speak. Last year, I joined many others in a agency duplication. This duplication The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without pledge to stand with the people of Oso stems from a glaring lack of coordina- objection, it is so ordered. and Darrington in the months and tion between agencies on efforts to col- OSO MUDSLIDE years to come and to do whatever we lect this information. In short, agen- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, al- could to help them on the road to re- cies are spending inordinate sums in most 1 year ago, on a calm Saturday covery. I was proud to work with my taxpayer dollars to collect the same morning in the small town of Oso, colleagues in the Senate and with our geospatial data other agencies may more than a square mile of mud rushed friends in the House to make sure the have already collected. down a mountainside in my home Federal Government was offering a These duplicative efforts are a monu- State of Washington. In a matter of hand, because we are a nation that mental and inexcusable waste of tax- seconds, dozens of homes were de- sticks together when times are tough.

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Homes are now being rebuilt. showed how light and hope can shine with Mayor Dan Rankin from Lives are being pieced back together. through even in grief. Darrington, whose leadership and on- While I am so grateful for all that has Now, after many months, stores are the-job focus for this has helped the been done to aid the recovery, our reopening, the highway is again bus- community continue to survive this in- work is far from done. tling, there are new connections of credible disaster. There are so many Although the devastation will even- Internet and phone lines being re- strategies Mayor Dan has put into tually be cleared, injuries will heal, the stored, residents are rebuilding, and place that are about how the commu- emotional scars will always remain, they are hoping for a brighter eco- nity moves forward. and the memory of those who were lost nomic future. Over the past year, the Small Busi- will never leave us. A disaster of this As my colleague said, we were very ness Administration awarded $400,000 magnitude requires long-term assist- inspired by the hope and grace of this in low-interest loans to help rehabili- ance to help these communities re- community, that continues to dem- tate businesses in the area. It is help- spond, rebuild, and cope. Now a year onstrate that on a daily basis. It is ing the Darrington-Arlington economy down the long road of recovery, there hard to believe that a year has gone by. and others in the affected area. is one word that comes to mind when On that morning, it became just like Through their innovation and hard trying to explain what the people of every other morning, a rainy Saturday work, everybody is trying to help what Oso and Darrington are at their core: morning, and people went about their is called the Upper Stillaguamish Val- resilient. business. But as the heavy rain weak- ley not just get back to where it was Aid workers searched for remains to ened one of the hills in the but flourish in the future. This is some return to loved ones for as long as 4 Stillaguamish Valley, the resulting of the most beautiful territory in our months after that mudslide. A man landslide was approximately 1 square State, from the heights of Glacier Peak who lost his wife and son gave thou- mile. Forty-nine homes were de- to the depths of the Upper sands of dollars in donations to other stroyed, 530 were covered, and the Stillaguamish Valley. This typifies the victims who he thought needed the Stillaguamish River was basically re- beauty of the Northwest. money more than himself. routed. So many problems arose. But I want to make sure we thank the ap- The people of Oso and Darrington immediately more than 1,000 volun- propriate people who helped us in this will look back on March 22, 2014, this teers descended. Many from the local response: President Obama, who visited weekend, remembering lost homes and community, with their own transpor- the area; Homeland Secretary Jeh lost loved ones and even pets. I want tation systems, their own rigs, came to Johnson; FEMA Director Craig Fugate; those communities to know that all the river and devoted thousands of obviously our Governor; Representa- the way here across the country in the hours to try to help survivors and to tive DELBENE, who was there prac- other Washington, I stand with Oso. We help the community recover. tically every moment of this disaster, stand with Oso. Their resiliency in the This American flag was hoisted by from the moment it happened, for days face of such unthinkable devastation is one of the firefighters. It is tacked to a and days and days, and then around the an inspiration to us all. We will always standing nearby tree, just to show our clock, shuttling back and forth be- remember what it means to be ‘‘Oso resilience. Much like the American tween Washington, DC, and the site; strong.’’ They have the thoughts and flag, this community was battered and Congressman LARSEN; obviously SBA prayers of everyone in the country to bruised but was very proud. During Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, continue rebuilding, from Washington those days, many Washingtonians who came to the site; the Red Cross; State to Washington, DC, and every- would make sure that every resource the Oso fire station. where in between. was made available to this community. We talk about first responders here. I yield the floor to my colleague, When faced with these immense chal- But when you see first responders for Senator CANTWELL, who, as I was, was lenges, these communities of small communities step up and address there time and time again with this Darrington and Oso pulled together such an incredible natural disaster and community. and, yes, Oso became ‘‘Oso strong.’’ coordinate everything—I want to say a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- It was a rallying cry for the volun- thanks to Willy Harper from the Oso ator from Washington. teers, to the young people, to many fire station, and Travis Hots, who was Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I people who were working many hours a the incident command leader for the rise to join my colleague from Wash- day. Private companies and individ- first several days from Snohomish ington, Senator MURRAY, on the ob- uals, corporations, tribes, charities, County Fire District, which brought all servance of this very solemn milestone. nonprofits—all sorts of governments of the resources together to try to This Sunday will be 1 year since this chipped in. Everybody helped. We want make the planning and recovery efforts catastrophic event. I want to thank to thank them for that help. It was just for this incredible disaster go as Senator MURRAY for something she did a year ago that it seemed as though smoothly as possible; County Execu- not mention, which is her leadership on every resource covered the festival tive John Lovick and Sheriff Ty helping us get passed the Green Moun- grounds and the Forest Service parking Trenary. I also want to say Arlington tain Lookout legislation in the after- lot, FEMA, Snohomish County, the De- Mayor Barbara Tolbert did more for math of this event, which is legislation partment of Natural Resources, the Na- the community in using every resource that she had championed for a long tional Guard, fire departments up and she had to help support the recovery of time and yet had been stuck. When down the State. They continued to these Washington residents. Some com- people realized there were things we make sure everything was addressed— munities might say, well, that is some- could do for this community to help re- recovery efforts underway, local people where down the road, and who is going store its recreational and economic ac- gathered, such as the small business to help us? But she put every Arlington tivity, she got on it and we were able owner there in Darrington, Kevin Ash, resource onto this site, knowing it to pass that very quickly. So I thank who tried to keep a plan for every busi- might be months and months and her for that leadership. ness to stay open. months before she ever saw any of the This Sunday is a very solemn mile- We looked at what could be accom- resources to reimburse them. stone, because 43 Washingtonians lost plished for the future. Out of these We want to thank Arlington for ev- their lives in a very destructive meetings, we were able to secure a erything they did. So while we will this mudslide that buried the highway be- $150,000 grant from the Economic De- weekend be having a moment of silence tween the communities of Darrington velopment Administration to draft an on the site, we have to remember the

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How can that be? forth—for our colleagues’ sincere con- memories of those we lost will fuel our Senator HEITKAMP and I have joined sideration—a path forward that will determination to do better. Regardless, forces to try to move this bill forward. end this impasse. it is not going to be easy, it is not That is our goal, and the goal of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- going to be quick, but we will continue amendment we have filed. ator from North Dakota. to build off of the strength this com- What our amendment would do, and Ms. HEITKAMP. Mr. President, I munity demonstrated in the aftermath it is very straightforward, is it would thank my great friend, the Senator of this disaster. subject the fund that Senator CORNYN from Maine. She has been so instru- I yield the floor. has created, and which I strongly sup- mental in achieving compromise in the I suggest the absence of a quorum. port, to the annual appropriations body, whether it is in the Common- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The process and to all of the usual restric- sense Caucus, when we were in shut clerk will call the roll. tions that the Appropriations Com- down, or it is just bridging the gap The legislative clerk proceeded to mittee can and does add to appropria- many times and trying to find a path call the roll. tions bills. forward for us to legislate in the Sen- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask There is precedent for taking a fund ate. She truly is a champion in her ef- unanimous consent that the order for that is not financed by tax dollars and forts in trying to make this body work. the quorum call be rescinded. sending it through the appropriations I wish to start off by saying that as The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. process. It, frankly, happens all the an attorney general, the whole while I COATS). Without objection, it is so or- time. We have seen it with the oil and was attorney general—for 8 years— dered. gas revenues that go to the Land and there was very little activity on pros- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, on be- Water Conservation Fund. Those are titution. When I was running for office, half of myself and Senator HEITKAMP, I not tax dollars. I visited with law enforcement—and I send an amendment to the desk. We have seen it with a number of fees still have a lot of friends in law en- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and restitution programs that are not forcement—and I asked them: What are amendment will be received. tax dollars but go through the appro- your challenges? Every local sheriff, Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, for the priations process, where the Appropria- especially those in western North Da- past 10 days this body has been engaged tions Committee can work its will. kota, and every city chief of police in an important debate on a bill that Under out amendment, all of the said: We have a growing concern with has had widespread, bipartisan support, money collected from special assess- prostitution. that was reported unanimously by the ments imposed on certain trafficking I started thinking about that. I start- Senate Judiciary Committee, and that criminals and deposited into the fund ed thinking about what that meant. would help to end the scourge of would still be made available to anti- Then I started looking behind what human trafficking. trafficking and victims’ services grant those claims of prostitution were, and I I am a cosponsor of this bill because programs, but only through the direc- began to realize that for very many of I believe it will help equip law enforce- tion of the annual appropriations proc- these young women—often children— ment and prosecutors with the tools ess. By placing the fund squarely with- who are in this life of prostitution, it is they need to combat these horrific sex in the jurisdiction of appropriators, not by choice. This is some of the most trafficking crimes. each and every penny collected would horrific victimization that goes on in I, along with my colleague, Senator be subject to the limitations in those America today—the victimization of LEAHY, have also introduced a bill— appropriations bills. Our amendment small children, the dehumanization of that we have filed as an amendment— would strike the reference that has small children, the challenge of a re- that would reauthorize the Runaway been the sources of this controversy covery once they are given an oppor- and Homeless Youth Act programs so from this authorizing bill, but does not tunity to find a different path forward, we can also have a prevention piece in alter that restriction on federal funds the addiction that comes with it, the this legislation. that has existed for 39 years. grooming that comes with it, and the Many Members of this body have Our amendment makes clear that shame that comes with it. worked very hard on this legislation. money in the fund, or transferred from Many people say they want to pre- Senator CORNYN, whose bill we are con- the fund, is subject to the limitations vent this, but very often we know the sidering, has been a real leader in the provided in appropriations acts. victims of human trafficking come area of human trafficking. Senator I believe our amendment, by allowing from homes that weren’t the healthiest KLOBUCHAR also has a bill I have been the Appropriations Committee to put of homes. These are very often run- proud to cosponsor. Senator GRASSLEY whatever restrictions are appropriate aways, they are homeless youth, and and Senator LEAHY, at the request of on this fund—and I have no doubt the they have no other option for recov- all 20 of the women Senators, held a usual restrictions will be put on by the ering, they have no other option for hearing on this issue at which I was Appropriations Committee—could get sustaining their life than being part of privileged to testify, along with Sen- this bill to move forward, and those this horrific experience. ator AYOTTE, Senator MIKULSKI, and such as Senator CORNYN, Senator KLO- So as my great friend from Maine Senator GILLIBRAND. BUCHAR, and others who have worked so talks about this, we need to do a better I applaud the Judiciary Committee hard to bring this bill to the Senate job in getting the tools for prosecution, for its work in shining a light on some floor, will see there is a path forward. which is the excellent bill Senator of the darkest stories imaginable. No We owe it to the victims of human KLOBUCHAR has advanced for promoting State is immune from the evils of trafficking. We owe it to the victims of safe harbor legislation, which will not human trafficking. human trafficking. We owe it to them. only help in the path to recovery but Just recently in Maine, a couple was We cannot fail in this task. If we can- also will give us an opportunity to en- arrested for allegedly trafficking a girl not approve a bill to deal with human courage more and more of these vic- who was only 13 years old. They used trafficking, then what will we be able tims to come forward as witnesses for the Internet to sell her for sex. to deal with? the prosecution. It is very difficult to The Runaway and Homeless Youth We have to get past the tendency to convince someone who has been told and Trafficking Prevention Act that score partisan, political points that for years and years, as they have been Senator LEAHY and I have cosponsored have affected too many bills on both in the life, that ‘‘If you tell about this seeks to prevent young people from sides of the aisle. In this case, it is sim- victimization, what will happen is you ever getting trapped in these situations ply too important. will go to jail with me. So we have to

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Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I body as we moved toward these series Indeed, Senator CORNYN actually come to the floor again today to talk of bills on homeless youth and moved raised the idea on the floor today of about the importance of getting the forward on these series of bills on traf- having the victims fund go through the bill passed, and we have seen today for ficking. This body was speaking for appropriations process. We differ in the first time—I talked I think 3 hours some of the most disenfranchised citi- language, so I don’t want to imply yesterday—the need to change the tone zens in our country—those victims of there is any endorsement, but the con- and try to work across the aisle on human trafficking. So you can imagine cept is one the author of the bill has some ideas to move forward with this my despair and I think the despair of a raised. bill. That is happening in many con- lot of victims groups and the despair of So in response to my colleague from versations in this Senate Chamber and a lot of people in this body when we North Dakota, who has spoken so elo- in offices, and I am pleased that we reached this impasse. quently of her experience in dealing have had a change in tone and that we It is important that we say that the with the victims of human trafficking, have some possibility of moving for- goal now is not to rehash what has hap- I would assure her that as a member of ward. I thank my colleagues for that. pened in the past, it is not to rehash the Committee on Appropriations, I Senator CORNYN and I have worked on this issue for a long time. In addi- the problems and the concerns every- know full well that we put restrictions tion to the bill that is on the floor body has had in the past. We must set and limitations on funding as a stand- today, we also have the important safe aside all of that. Set aside all of the ard course. harbor bill that I am leading and that rancor we have heard for the last week Ms. HEITKAMP. Mr. President, I Representative ERIK PAULSEN is lead- and focus on one thing: Focus on a vic- would like to have a moment where we ing in the House. This is a bill—since it tim who may be watching us. Focus on think about this body and how im- went out of the Judiciary Committee a victim’s advocate who may be want- pressed everybody throughout the country is, how proud they are of our unanimously and has none of the issues ing and needing and desperately seek- system of government, how proud of and controversy involved in the cur- ing the help we can provide that advo- the great decisions that have been rent bill on the floor—I hope will be cate in providing a secure future for made in this room and of the great de- able to get through this Senate Cham- these victims. Let’s focus on them. liberations and the great debates. This ber in the coming week as either part Let’s focus on what we can do to bridge truly is a remarkable government, and of this bill or on its own. this impasse. it is a remarkable system. But it has This safe harbor bill, of course, is My friend Senator COLLINS and I always been remarkable because it is about treating the victims of sex traf- think we have, as she has described it, not just the wealthy and powerful who ficking as victims and not treating advanced a proposal that we believe have a voice in this body. With us them as criminals when they are 12 firmly resolves all the issues. It sets comes the opportunity to speak for the years old. It is taking a model from forth a path where we can, in fact, most disadvantaged Americans, the Minnesota and 15 States and now cre- move forward and listen to the voices most disadvantaged people in our sys- ating incentives to bring it out to the that don’t get heard very often in tem. And I cannot imagine a more hor- rest of the country. places like Washington, DC, and re- rific life than the life of being sold into So what is it we have been talking spond to their concerns, respond to the prostitution. I cannot imagine a more about here over this last week? We are victimization, be the empathetic body horrific life than being enslaved talking about 27 million people around I know we can be by saying: Yes, we through the horrible events of human the world who are victims of some kind can help, and we will help. trafficking. of trafficking every year. Some of this So my colleague and I hope this will Let’s speak for those victims. Let’s is labor trafficking, but what we are fo- at least generate enough discussion, speak for those advocates who work so cused on this week is sex trafficking. It provide at least enough of a bridge for- hard, who have been so encouraged is the third biggest criminal enterprise ward that we can continue to have the that an issue such as this has become a in the world. The first is illegal traf- dialogue, continue to address amend- priority issue for the United States of ficking of drugs, the second is illegal ments—if we can get through this—and America. Let’s try to bridge this gap. trafficking of guns, and the third is il- actually move this issue forward. Let’s work across the aisle, and let’s legal trafficking of girls and young I yield to my great friend from reach to find a way forward because boys. And the average age is 12 years Maine, but I would like to ask her a these victims deserve our attention, old—not even old enough to drive a car, question. As an appropriator, I know they deserve this debate, and they de- not even old enough to go to their first there may be some controversy. She serve our voice. prom. has raised this already. There is some Mr. President, I yield the floor. Last year, I went to Mexico with discussion that this may not be an ap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Cindy McCain, and we met with a num- propriate place to make this decision, ator from Maine. ber of officials and prosecutors and vic- and I would like my colleague to elabo- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I again tim advocates who were working to rate on the appropriations process. want to thank my colleague from fight this crime in Mexico. We visited a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- North Dakota for her very eloquent shelter for abused girls. We met with ator from Maine. plea to our colleagues. the Attorney General and with the Ms. COLLINS. If I could respond I know we can do this. I know we can Federal Police. But what I most re- through the Chair, Mr. President, I do find a path forward. I know we can get member of all of those meetings as to have the privilege of serving on the a sufficient number of votes so that we how we could better coordinate our Committee on Appropriations, and I can proceed and debate the many focus on sex trafficking was the visit to have seen the restrictions we have put amendments that have been filed on the Covenant House in Mexico City, on funds over the years. One of those this bill. I know we can do it. The vic- where there were girls as young as 11 restrictions which is at issue here goes tims of this horrific crime deserve no years old who were victims of traf- back 39 years. So it is not unusual for less from the United States Senate, so ficking. the Committee on Appropriations to let’s not fail them. Let’s not fail them. There was one girl who truly stood put certain limitations on the use of Mr. President, I suggest the absence out. Her name was Paloma. She was funds. of a quorum. new to the house which had taken her As I explained earlier, the Committee The PRESIDING OFFICER. The in and was in the first stage of recov- on Appropriations also deals with clerk will call the roll. ery. Unlike the other girls who spoke

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That is a mo- ning at the age of five and then systemati- petrators—the ones running these ment I won’t forget. cally pimped from the age of twelve. rings, these crooks, these people who It reminded me of something I heard Clemmie began drinking at the age of eight, dropped out of school in fourth grade, and are treating these young girls as chat- when I visited a refugee camp once in soon became a heroin addict and an expert at tel. That is what these bills are about. Jordan, where a mother said she had robbing johns. On one occasion she did more So we need a path forward. I think seen things that would make stones than steal. A customer was beating her so for the first time today we are seeing— cry. That is what that little girl badly, so she pulled out a knife and stabbed despite no agreement yet and a lot of Paloma was saying through her tears, him. ‘‘I didn’t see blood, so I stabbed him ideas out there, we are seeing a dif- that the experiences she had had of again, four more times,’’ she said. He almost ferent tone. I want people to remember being trafficked at 11 years old would died, but fortunately for Greenlee he was a that not only will this bill involve the make stones cry. These are real sto- married man who begged the police not to fund I am talking about, but once we press charges, and without his testimony ries. they didn’t have a case. She was freed. either join it or pass separately our When Polaris—one of the major By 2001, Greenlee was a gaunt eighty-five safe harbor law, it will also create in- groups working on this issue of sex pounds, sleeping on the streets or in aban- centives for States to change their trafficking—released their State-by- doned buildings, all of her money was going laws. It will also create a national sex State rankings of efforts to fight to crack cocaine. She had had a son who was trafficking strategy that is in my safe human trafficking, here is what they killed in gang violence. She was seen as hav- harbor law. It will also allow these had to say: ing so little commercial value that pimps young girls who are victims to be part abandoned her. An old friend from the The scope and scale of human trafficking streets found Greenlee in a crack house and of job training programs and other within the United States presents a daunting dragged her over to see Reverend Stevens at things, to make it easier for our law challenge to policymakers, service providers, Magdalene. enforcement with an amendment that I law enforcement, and advocates. Originally, included in my bill from Senator SES- human trafficking was thought to be more of This is an example of what we are seeing across this country—right in SIONS and Senator WHITEHOUSE with a problem in other countries, but now it is the U.S. Marshals. There are many known to be happening in our own back- our own country. These stories are so yards. It is estimated that there are hun- raw and so ugly, but I tell them and good things that are going to help. dreds of thousands of victims of sex and read from that book yesterday just so Mostly, we are going to send a mes- labor trafficking inside our borders. people remember why we are here and sage from this Chamber, finally, after But what we know today is that 83 what we are dealing with, so we can all of this acrimony over the last days percent of the victims in the United put some of these issues—extraneous and all of the blame, that we can fi- States are from the United States. It is issues, things we need to change in the nally send a message to that little girl not just girls at the bottom of a ship— bill and fix in the bill, that we have named Paloma that this country be- which does happen—it is girls right in some motivation to do it. These girls lieves in her. We believe these lives our country, girls right in Minnesota, really don’t know how to change the have value, and we must stand by these on the streets of Rochester, where just laws in Congress. They need our help to victims and stand up for these vic- in the last few months we had a 12- do that. tims—not only in our country but year-old girl who got a text inviting My good friend Cindy McCain, internationally. I thank the Presiding Officer. I thank her to a party, showed up at a McDon- through her work at the McCain Insti- my colleagues. I know these conversa- ald’s parking lot where she was sup- tute—and I see Senator RUBIO here tions are continuing as we work to find posed to go, a guy puts her in a car, from Florida, who is also familiar with a path forward. I thank Senator COR- takes her up to the Twin Cities, rapes that work and knows what she has done. They undertook a study looking NYN for the work we have done to- her, takes sexually explicit pictures of gether. I look forward to getting this her, puts them on the Internet. The to get some baseline data on sex traf- ficking around big events. We have done. next day she is sold on Craigslist to I yield the floor. two other men and raped. That hap- seen what happens where we have in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- pened in Minnesota. That man has now creases in Web site advertising and ator from Florida. been indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s other things, and we have seen what Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I ask office. But we have seen these cases happens when law enforcement actu- unanimous consent that I be recog- over and over again. ally comes together across all jurisdic- nized to speak as in morning business. People say, why is this getting tional lines—Federal, State, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without worse? Why is the Senate debating this local—when the private sector engages, objection, it is so ordered. issue right now? It is because, as much like our hotels—hotels like the Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, let me as we love the Internet, we also know Radisson Hotels in Minnesota. Marilyn begin by acknowledging the work the it has provided a vehicle for this kind Carlson Nelson has been such a leader sponsors of the human trafficking bill of activity so that it is much easier for on this, and has really set up and are doing. Trafficking is a sanitized people to do behind closed doors where helped to fund foundations, because way to discuss this issue. It is actually no one notices them basically get these they see it. They know their workers slavery, and I am glad that term is young girls in their grasp. are on the frontline and can actually finding its way into the lexicon of how Yesterday I spent nearly 3 hours stop it from happening—or airlines, this is discussed. reading from a book by Nicholas D. like Delta, American, United that are It is not just the sex trafficking—sex Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn about on the frontlines and they train em- slavery—it is also labor trafficking, international sex trafficking called ployees so they can stop this from hap- which is a major problem in this coun- ‘‘Half the Sky.’’ I did that because I pening. try as well. felt the tone had gotten so bad in this So, yes, these bills will help. The bill I do hope we can find a way forward Chamber on both sides, with people we have on the floor right now that on this one. It is an extraordinarily im- hurling accusations and not even being Senator CORNYN and I worked on, and portant issue, one that has taken far willing to talk about possible ways to many others in this Chamber, will help too long to pay attention to. It is not resolve this, and I am glad again that get funds for the victims and for these something that happens just around now we are finally talking today. shelters. The bill I am leading with the world, but it happens here closer They have another book about do- Senator CORNYN will actually help to than we think. mestic sex trafficking, which is the make sure our States get incentives to ISRAEL focus of the bill on the floor today, as make sure we are handling these crimi- Mr. President, I want to talk about a well as our safe harbor bill. They tell a nal prosecutions in a way that works, separate topic today as well. It is one a

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And there graphs to the Israeli-Palestinian con- where there is this controversy and is good reason why. flict, during which he declared—to loud back and forth? Certainly some of that Let’s begin with the aftermath of applause; by the way, in the United Na- happened a few weeks ago, when the this recent election. tions, no surprise—‘‘America does not Prime Minister of Israel visited Wash- As far as I know—maybe this has accept the legitimacy of continued ington and spoke before the Congress. changed in the last few hours—after Israeli settlements.’’ He went on to People are wondering, what is it that is this election, the President has yet to draw a connection between rocket at- going on here and why is there so much call the Prime Minister. That is un- tacks on Israeli civilians with living controversy around all this? I want to like, of course, the fact that in March conditions in Gaza. There was not a take a moment to delve deeper into of 2012, he was among the first to call single unconditional criticism of Pales- this, because this is important. and congratulate Putin in Moscow. Or tinian terrorism. First of all, to answer the funda- that in June of 2012, he was among the In March of 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton berated Prime Minister mental question: Why should we care first to call Morsi and the Muslim Binyamin Netanyahu on a now infa- about what is happening with Israel, in Brotherhood when they won the Egyp- mous 45-minute call, telling him that Israel, and about Israel? There are two tian Presidency. Or that in November Israel had ‘‘harmed the bilateral rela- reasons I think we should care. of 2012, he called to congratulate the The first is because Israel represents tionship.’’ By the way, the State De- top Chinese Communists on their new partment triumphantly shared details everything we want that region of the position—which, by the way, is not of the call with the press. That same world to be. Israel is a democracy, as elected in the way you and I would con- month, the Israeli Ambassador was evidenced by the vibrant election proc- sider there to be an election. Or the dressed down at the State Department, ess they just underwent. Israel is a free fact that in 2013, there was an historic and Mr. Obama’s Middle East envoy enterprise economy, a developed econ- phone call. They bragged about how he canceled his trip to Israel, and the omy, that provides prosperity for its called the Iranian President and con- United States under his leadership people and its partners in trade and gratulated him on his election. And of joined the European condemnation of commerce. And Israel is a strong course, in August of 2014, he called to Israel. American ally—a democracy, a free en- congratulate Turkey’s President In May of 2011, the State Department terprise, and a strong American ally. Erdogan. issued a press release declaring that Don’t we wish the entire Middle East And on and on. the Department’s No. 2 official would looked that way? Don’t we wish we had Time and again, this President has be visiting ‘‘Israel, Jerusalem, and the more countries in the Middle East that made a habit of quickly calling these West Bank,’’ as if Jerusalem was not looked like Israel—that were allies, leaders when they win. But as of 4:40 part of Israel. So they left that sepa- that were democratic, and had a free p.m. eastern time, as far as I know, rate. and prosperous economy? How much that call has yet not been made. Later in the month, only hours be- better would the world be if the Middle Thinking about all the things that fore Mr. Netanyahu departed from East looked more like Israel and less have been going on with Israel, we Israel to Washington, Mr. Obama deliv- like Iraq and Syria and other places would think he would be quick to make ered his infamous Arab Spring speech, look like at this moment? that call. It hasn’t happened. Maybe it which focused on a demand that Israel There is another reason why we has already, but it certainly didn’t return to its indefensible pre-1967 bor- should care about Israel. Israel is not happen fast enough. ders with land swaps. just another country. It has a special But where does this come from? Is In November of 2011, an open micro- and unique purpose. It was founded as a this new? Is this something that just phone caught part of a private con- homeland for the Jewish people in the happened recently? It isn’t. In fact, we versation with the President and aftermath of the Second World War and can start to see the trends here pretty French President Nicolas Sarkozy. of the Holocaust, where over 6 million early. Sarkozy said of the Israeli premier: human beings were slaughtered. It was In October of 2008, then-Senator I can’t stand Netanyahu. He’s a liar. founded on the promise that never Obama told an audience in Cleveland: But rather than defend Israel, the again in the history of the world would There is a strain within the pro-Israel com- President piled on. He said: there not be a place for the Jewish peo- munity that says unless you adopt an un- You’re tired of him; what about me? I have ple to go and be safe. It is not just a wavering pro-Likud [one of the political par- to deal with him every day. nation, it is a nation with a special and ties in Israel] approach to Israel that you’re anti-Israel. In February of 2012, at a conference unique purpose unlike any other nation in Tunis, Secretary of State Hillary in the world, and I for one am proud Which is a silly comment to make, Clinton was asked about Mr. Obama that the United States has stood with since at that time that party had been pandering to ‘‘Zionist lobbies.’’ She ac- Israel for all these years, and I am out of power. knowledged that it was ‘‘a fair ques- proud that the American people on a In January of 2009, the President, tion’’ and went on to explain that dur- bipartisan basis have stood behind the upon taking office, makes a quick ing an election season ‘‘there are com- Jewish State of Israel for all of these phone call to the Palestinian Author- ments made that certainly don’t re- years. So the security, safety, and fu- ity President Mahmoud Abbas before flect our foreign policy.’’ ture of Israel is in our national secu- he even phoned the Israeli Prime Min- In 2014, during the Gaza conflict, the rity interest, as well as a moral obliga- ister. Abbas’s spokesman Nabil Abu White House and the State Department tion of every Member of this body and Rudeina quoted Obama as saying: criticized Israel for the deaths of Pal- us as a nation. This is my first phone call to a foreign estinians who were being used as What are the underpinnings of Israeli leader, and I’m making it only hours after I human shields by Hamas. But far worse security? There are two things. First, took office. and far more suggestive of the Presi- the ability of Israel to defend itself; In July of 2009, the President hosted dent’s true feelings was the White and the second, the reality that if American Jewish leaders at the White House’s decision to try and use arms Israel ever has to defend itself, the House, and he reportedly told them supplies as a pressure point against United States will be there to support that he sought to put ‘‘daylight’’ be- Israel. them. tween America and Israel. Here is the In October of 2014, an anonymous ad- There is little doubt about the first quote that someone at that meeting ministration official called Prime Min- pillar of its security. As the Prime says he made: ‘‘For eight years [during ister Netanyahu ‘‘a chicken——’’ I Minister reminded us: Unlike many the Bush administration] there was no can’t even finish it.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G19MR6.039 S19MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1655 That is what has happened up to this Palestine’s war ended with a catastrophe President doing these things, I would point. That is what has happened up to that is unprecedented in history, when the give the exact same speech. In fact, I this point. What has happened now? An Zionist gangs stole Palestine . . . and estab- would be even angrier. This is out- election just happened 2 days ago. The lished the so-called State of Israel. rageous. It is irresponsible, and it is first thing the White House says is: Or what about this particularly hor- dangerous. It betrays the commitment You used a lot of divisive language in rific expression of ideology which ap- this Nation has made to the right of a that election. That is saying a lot from peared in a Palestinian Authority daily Jewish State to exist in peace. No peo- someone who has been elected at least as far back as 1998: ple on earth want peace more than the once, probably twice, on extremely di- The difference between Hitler and [British people of Israel. No people have suf- visive language. Foreign Minister] Balfour was simple: the fered more at the hands of this violence But what about when Iran had a former [Hitler] did not have colonies to send and this terrorism than the people of the Jews to, so he destroyed them, whereas fraudulent election in 2009 and the peo- Balfour . . . [turned] Palestine into his col- Israel. They need America’s support ple of Iran took to the streets to pro- ony and sent the Jews. Balfour is Hitler with unconditionally. If there are dif- test in the famous Green Revolution? colonies, while Hitler is Balfour without ferences, they need to be dealt with You know what the White House said? colonies. They both wanted to get rid of the privately as we do with other allies. We are not going to comment on that Jews...Zionism was crucial to the defense of More than anything else, they de- election because we are not going to the West, [by] ridding Europe of the burden serve to be treated with more respect, interfere in the sovereignty of Iran. of the Jews. not less than the respect this President They will comment on the elections of This is from a daily of the PA. These and this White House is giving the Su- an ally, calling the rhetoric of the elec- are the people with whom we are pres- preme Leader of Iran. He would not tion divisive. But when an enemy— suring them to cut a peace deal. dare say the things about the Supreme which is what Iran is—has a fraudulent What about this? Leader of Iran now that he is saying election and kills people who protest The Palestinian Authority has named nu- about the Prime Minister of Israel be- against it, we can’t comment. We can’t merous locations and events after Pales- cause he wouldn’t want to endanger his comment because that would be in- tinian terrorists responsible for killing peace deal or his arms deal that he is fringing on their sovereignty. Israeli civilians. working out with them. The other thing that has happened is What about this? This opinion piece I hope he will reconsider. I hope the the Prime Minister made a statement appeared in the New York Times in bipartisan nature of our support of about how a two-state solution isn’t 2013: Israel is reinvigorated. I hope that once possible given the current cir- The Palestinian Authority’s television and again this body, this Congress, and this cumstances. What does the White radio stations, public schools, summer government will recommit themselves House do? They jump up and say: Well, camps, children’s magazines and Web sites to this extraordinarily important rela- are being used to drive home four core mes- tionship, because if America doesn’t that means we may have to reconsider. sages. First, that the existence of a Jewish We may have to go to the United Na- state . . . is illegitimate because there is no stand with Israel, who would we stand tions Security Council now and support Jewish people and no Jewish history. . . . with? If Israel—a democracy, a strong a resolution, and that means not to use Second, that Jews and Zionists are horrible American ally on the international our veto authority to stop a resolution creatures that corrupt those in their vicin- stage—is not worthy of our uncondi- that calls on Israel to create a Pales- ity. Third, that Palestinians must continue tional support, then what ally of ours tinian State with 1967 borders. to struggle until the inevitable replacement around the world can feel safe in their Why would the Prime Minister of of Israel by an Arab-Palestinian state. And alliance with us? Israel say that, by the way? He is right; fourth, that all forms of resistance are hon- I yield the floor. orable and valid, even if some forms of vio- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the conditions don’t exist. Do you want lence are not always expedient. Instead of to know why the conditions don’t being schooled in the ‘‘culture of peace,’’ the ator from Arkansas. exist? First of all, let’s go through the next generation of Palestinians is being re- Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, today I history of peace negotiations. lentlessly fed a rhetorical diet that includes want to comment on the recent elec- In 2000, at Camp David, Israel offered the idolization of terrorists, the demoniza- tion in Israel and the Obama adminis- the Palestinian Authority nearly all of tion of Jews and the conviction that sooner tration’s outrageous reaction to it. the West Bank, Eastern Jerusalem, and or later Israel should cease to exist. Two days ago Prime Minister Gaza. The Palestinians said no. In 2000, These are the people with whom this Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party Israel withdrew from southern Leb- President wants to put pressure on won a decisive victory in the Israel anon. Do you know what that is today? them to cut a peace deal. I think election. For myself and on behalf of 3 That is a place where they launch Netanyahu is right. The conditions do million Arkansans, I want to offer rockets against Israel. not exist for a peace deal with people hearty congratulations to Prime Min- In 2005, Israel withdrew from Gaza. who teach their children that killing ister Netanyahu. I have the greatest Do you know what that is today? A Jews is a glorious thing. The condi- admiration for the Prime Minister’s vi- place where they launch rockets from tions for peace do not exist with a peo- sionary and courageous statesmanship, against Israel. ple—with a government, I should say, as well as his service as a young man in In 2008, Israel offered—again, to the not a people. The people are victims of his country’s elite special operations Palestinian Authority—nearly all of this government, the Palestinian Au- forces. Prime Minister Netanyahu and the West Bank, nearly all of Judea and thority—not to mention Hamas, which his family have paid the highest price Samaria and Eastern Jerusalem. The teaches people that killing Jews is a over the decades in the fight against Palestinian authority said no. glorious thing, that there is no such the common enemies of Israel and the What about the Palestinian record? thing as a Jewish people, that any United States. Let’s begin with the fact that accord- methods of destroying them is valid, Yet let me also stress that the alli- ing to many reports, about 6 percent of that pays them salaries and benefits. ance between the United States and the Palestinian budget is diverted to This President is making a historic Israel is not an alliance for this or that pay the salary of prisoners. That mistake. Allies have differences. But Israeli statesman nor this or that means the salary of terrorists, of peo- for allies such as Israel, when you have Israeli political party. Nor, for that ple who have blown up centers and a difference with them and it is public, matter, does the alliance depend on killed civilians, including Americans. it emboldens their enemies—to launch whom or which party controls the They are being paid salaries and bene- more rockets out of southern Lebanon White House or the Congress. Rather, fits, including with money from do- and Gaza, to launch more terrorist at- it is an alliance between the American nors, such as the United States, Great tacks, to go to international forums people and the Israeli people, between Britain, Norway, and Denmark. and delegitimize Israel’s right to exist. the ultimate defender of the West and Here is another material on how the This is what they are doing. the easternmost frontier of the West. PA routinely depicts a world without This is a historic and tragic mistake. Our alliance rests on our shared experi- Israel. This is from a Palestinian Israel is not a Republican or a Demo- ences and principles: our Judeo-Chris- schoolbook: cratic issue. If this were a Republican tian heritage, respect for the natural

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I urge all Members of this many of their neighbors and why they comments as the petulant response of a body, including my colleagues on the are our closest ally in the region. President and political operatives who other side of the aisle who have a long Apparently, President Obama har- didn’t get their way in the elections history of supporting Israel, to join me bors such deep-seated and irrational this week. But there is something in supporting such legislation. antipathy for Prime Minister much more worrisome underway. While Further, should the United Nations, Netanyahu that he is now willing to Prime Minister Netanyahu won a deci- its subordinate agencies, the Inter- upend this decades-long alliance. Presi- sive victory, he still has just started national Criminal Court or any other dent Obama’s antagonism toward assembling a governing majority coali- international agency take adverse ac- Prime Minister Netanyahu is long- tion. tion against Israel, I will consider in- standing and well known. Last year, These kinds of quotes from Israel’s troducing legislation to restrict U.S. for example, anonymous administra- most important ally could very well funding for the offending agency. Fi- tion officials used a vulgar epithet to startle some of the smaller parties and nally, if the U.S. Ambassador to the question Prime Minister Netanyahu’s their leaders with whom Prime Min- United Nations does not exercise the courage. ister Netanyahu is currently in nego- American veto against any anti-Israel I will point out, as an aside, that an- tiations. This raises the question, of resolution, I will also consider intro- onymity is the Washington coward’s course, if the administration intends to ducing similar legislation to restrict shield, just as I am also compelled to undermine Prime Minister funding to the Ambassador’s office. For decades, the relationship be- point out that, so far as I know, nei- Netanyahu’s efforts to assemble a coa- tween Israel and the United States has ther the President nor his senior polit- lition by suggesting a change to our transcended political and personal dif- ical aides served in our country’s elite longstanding policy of supporting ferences. Our shared interests were special operations forces, unlike Prime Israel’s position with the United Na- enough to overcome any ideology or Minister Netanyahu. tions. personal disagreement, but I fear mu- Back to my main point, in the last 48 After all, if you were an elected lead- tual respect is of little concern to this hours, more anonymous administration er in Israel’s parliament, you surely administration. The President and all officials have suggested a fundamental would worry about the United States those senior officials around him rethinking of the United States-Israel refusing to exercise its veto at the U.N. should carefully consider the diplo- alliance, citing Prime Minister Security Council. Consider the United matic and security consequences of Netanyahu’s simple restatement of fact Nations’ long and dark history of anti- their words. This Congress certainly that there can be no Palestinian State Semitism. will. until conditions change. The Pales- The U.N. Human Rights Council has The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- tinian Authority must, at a minimum, condemned Israel in 45 resolutions SIDY). The Senator from Maryland. eject Hamas from its governing coali- since its creation in 2006. In 2013, the SYRIAN WAR CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY ACT tion, reclaim control of the Gaza Strip, U.N. General Assembly adopted a total Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise to accept a demilitarized eastern border of 21 resolutions singling out Israel for discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria. in Judea and Samaria, and recognize disapproval and just 4 resolutions for Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish Sunday, March 15, marked the fourth the rest of the world. anniversary of the beginning of the State. As Prime Minister Netanyahu Fifty percent of all emergency spe- has said, if the Palestinians lay down Syrian civil war. cial sessions of the General Assembly Since this brutal war began, more their arms, there will be peace. But if over the last six decades were convened than 3.8 million Syrians have fled Israel lays down its arms, there will be to denounce Israel. Meanwhile, no Syria, 7.6 million have been displaced no Israel. emergency special session has been The Obama administration, though, within Syria, and 12.2 million Syrians called for any other state in over 30 are in need of humanitarian assistance. has gone off the deep end and let their years. Given this history and the personal bitterness towards the Israeli Most tragically, more than 205,000 peo- stakes here and abroad, let me speak ple have died as a result of the war. Prime Minister drive their public for- bluntly so there can be no misunder- This past year was the deadliest year eign policy toward our closest ally. standing. Under no circumstances will since the conflict began, with more Here are just a few quotes from admin- I or this Congress allow the Obama ad- than 76,000 dying in 2014 alone, includ- istration officials suggesting a funda- ministration to abandon Israel to the ing more than 3,500 children. mental change in our relationship with United Nations or any other inter- One thing has remained clear over Israel and a willingness to abandon national institution or to change fun- the last 4 years—the war tactics em- Israel at the United Nations. damentally the terms of our alliance ployed in Syria by both government One official said: ‘‘We are signaling with Israel. and opposition forces represent gross that [if the Israeli government’s posi- This administration’s latest out- violations of human rights and fly in tion is no longer to pursue a Pales- rageous pronouncement is even more the face of internationally accepted tinian state,] we’re going to have to difficult to understand as they simulta- rules of war. broaden the spectrum of options we neously coddle the terrorist regime in The United Nations Independent pursue going forward.’’ Iran. The people of Israel should know International Commission of Inquiry According to reports, that same offi- the American people remain in soli- on Syria has reported that the cial ‘‘wouldn’t rule out a modified darity with them in their quest to exist progovernment forces have murdered, American posture at the United Na- peacefully with their neighbors and tortured, assaulted, and raped civilians tions, where the U.S. has long fended that we will not allow them to be in Syria. Antigovernment groups have off resolutions criticizing Israeli settle- thrown to the jackals at the United also engaged in murder, execution, tor- ment activity and demanding its with- Nations—a characterization made fa- ture, hostage-taking, and shelling of ci- drawal from Palestinian territories.’’ mous by a past Member of this body, vilian neighborhoods. Medical workers Another senior White House official the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. I and hospitals across Syria have also said: call on all Members of this body, in- been targeted, but nowhere was the The premise of our position internation- cluding my colleagues on the other side brutality of this war more evident than ally has been to support direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians. of the aisle, to join with me in one the events of August 21, 2013, when the We are now in a reality where the Israeli voice supporting our ally Israel against Syrian Army, under the direction of government no longer supports direct nego- the jackals. President Assad, launched a chemical tiations. Therefore we clearly have to factor In the coming days—perhaps as soon weapons attack in the Damascus sub- that into our decisions going forward. as the debate over the budget resolu- urbs killing 1,400 Syrians.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G19MR6.041 S19MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1657 The United States, along with the about her vision to be the next Attor- in Southern Nevada. I congratulate the international community, has a long ney General of the United States. She institution on 60 years of leading our tradition of upholding international is extremely impressive, very well country in first-rate education while norms, including holding accountable qualified, and has the right values to positively implementing Catholic val- those guilty of crimes against human- be the Attorney General of the United ues. ity and war crimes. The international States. Bishop Gorman High School has community cannot stand by and allow I will give a few examples. I know all graduated more than 9,000 students and the murder of innocent men, women, of us are concerned about equal justice currently has a 100 percent graduation and children to go unchallenged. He to the law. Well, Ms. Lynch has lived rate and a college bound rate of 96 per- must immediately bring Assad and all that through her own personal commit- cent, making Bishop Gorman a na- the perpetrators of gross human rights ments. At Harvard Law School, she was tional leader in college preparatory violations in Syria to justice. This can- a member of the Legal Aid Bureau, education. The school is equipped with not wait another year. helping people who otherwise would an impressively experienced and cred- Earlier this week, I reintroduced the not have been able to afford access to ited faculty, with nearly 70 percent Syrian War Crimes Accountability Act, our legal system. holding advanced degrees. The admin- along with my colleagues Senators Ms. Lynch has a long and distin- istration and the faculty’s dedication RUBIO, MENENDEZ, SHAHEEN, and guished record of prosecuting terror- to providing excellent education in a PETERS. This bipartisan legislation es- ists, sex traffickers, organized crime Catholic setting, in addition to a low tablishes a Syria-specific standard of cartels, corrupt politicians, and dan- student-teacher ratio, has contributed reporting and accountability for crimes gerous gangs. She has been endorsed by to Bishop Gorman’s success and helped against humanity. The bill will require a wide variety of law enforcement ensure that its students can reach the U.S. State Department to report to agencies and individuals. their full potential. relevant congressional committees on Put it this way: I have not heard any- The school takes pride in providing war crimes and crimes against human- one question her qualifications. I have its students with a well-rounded edu- ity committed in Syria. This would in- not heard anyone question why she cation that includes strong academic clude an account of war crimes and should not be confirmed to be the next principles, faith, and competitive ath- crimes against humanity committed by Attorney General of the country. letic opportunities. Over the past 60 the regime of President Bashar al- Loretta Lynch’s nomination has been years, students have won 97 State ath- Assad and violent extremist groups and pending on the Senate floor as long as letic championships and received State other combatants involved in the con- the five most recent Attorneys General and national recognition in academics, flict. combined. If we take five of the most fine arts, and extracurricular activi- Today, as I stand on the floor of the recent Attorneys General and add all ties. Senate, the violence is continuing the time it took for their nominations Bishop Gorman High School also unabated. to be confirmed, Loretta Lynch is now gives back to the local community and Some of my colleagues may be aware exceeding that. That is not fair. the State. Every year they organize of a Syrian defector and photographer President Obama is entitled to have multiple service events, and this past named Caesar. Caesar fled from Syria his team in place, and we have a re- year, art students designed a beautiful in 2013 with more than 55,000 photos sponsibility to vote on his nomina- courtyard for a transitional home in documenting the torture and murder of tions. Let’s do the right thing and take Las Vegas. Additionally, the National more than 11,000 civilians. Last week, up this nomination, debate it, and then Honor Society students volunteered some of those photos were put on dis- have Senators vote up or down, not each week at a local food bank. play at the United Nations. maybe, on her nomination. We owe it I applaud Bishop Gorman High We must shine a light on the atroc- to Ms. Lynch, the employees of the School President John Kilduff and ities that have been committed in Justice Department, and the American Principal Kevin Kiefer for their strong Syria and demand accountability. Ig- people to have a newly designated At- leadership and recognize this year’s noring these violations sends a mes- torney General in place as the Nation’s Knight of the Gaels honoree, Jack sage to the global community that war chief law enforcement officer and top Raftery, Sr. I am pleased that through crimes and crimes against humanity defender of Americans’ constitutional your joint efforts and the dedication of are tolerable. The Syrian people de- rights. those before you, this remarkable in- serve much more than that. With that, I suggest the absence of a stitution has been a part of our com- On this fourth anniversary of the be- quorum. munity for 60 years. Best wishes for ginning of the Syrian war, we must re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The continued success, and congratulations commit to supporting the Syrian peo- clerk will call the roll. on this great achievement. The senior assistant legislative clerk ple through humanitarian efforts and f by holding those individuals and proceeded to call the roll. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I groups which are guilty of committing BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY WEEK ask unanimous consent that the order war crimes and crimes against human- Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I for the quorum call be rescinded. ity accountable for their atrocities. request that the U.S. government offi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I ask my colleagues to stand with the cially recognizes the last week in objection, it is so ordered. Syrian people and join me in sup- March as Black Women’s History porting the Syrian War Crimes Ac- f Week. During the week of March 23, as countability Act. MORNING BUSINESS part of Women’s History Month and in LYNCH NOMINATION Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I honor of the U.N. declaration of 2015 as Mr. President, I will also take time ask unanimous consent that the Sen- the decade of Afro descendants, this to urge my colleagues to immediately ate be in a period of morning business, week marks the perfect occasion on bring Loretta Lynch’s nomination to with Senators permitted to speak which to begin an annual recognition the floor of the U.S. Senate to be the therein for up to 10 minutes each. and celebration of Black women’s his- next Attorney General of the United The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tory and contributions to American so- States. objection, it is so ordered. ciety. Black women have long gone above Ms. Lynch currently serves as the f Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney for the and beyond the call of duty in their Eastern District of New York. She has BISHOP GORMAN HIGH SCHOOL contributions to American society already been confirmed by the U.S. 60TH DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY through civic engagement, high voter Senate. She served with great distinc- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise to turnout, and stepping up as leaders and tion as the U.S. attorney for the East- honor the 60th anniversary of Bishop bulwarks in their communities. Even ern District. Gorman High School in Las Vegas, NV. in the face of grave oppression I had the chance to visit with her In 1954, Bishop Gorman High School throughout our Nation’s history, Black last January and talk to her firsthand opened as the first Catholic high school women have continued to stand strong

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G19MR6.042 S19MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S1658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 19, 2015 and contribute to the well-being of serve to acknowledge and call atten- REMEMBERING WILLIAM DAVID their families, communities, and our tion to the continued struggles Black ROTH country as a whole. A recognition of women face in our society today and ∑ Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I wish Black Women’s History Week on the will send the critical message that to speak today in remembrance of Wil- part of the Obama Administration and their government cares about what liam David Roth, who passed away on Congress would send a critical message they are going through. March 17, 2015. that the government wishes to elevate This year, a coalition of organiza- William ‘‘Bill’’ David Roth, 71, of Al- their role in history and contemporary tions advocating for the well-being of bany, NY, lived an extraordinary life society and recognizes the unique women and communities of color will and made major contributions to U.S. struggles they continue to experience partner to elevate the stories, his- public policy. He was the son of Dr. today. tories, and realities of Black women’s Oscar Roth and Dr. Stefanie Zeimer Black women have consistently lives. Each day of the week, starting on Roth, refugees from Vienna who ar- played a critical role in this Nation’s March 23 and continuing through rived in the United States just prior to history, often with little thanks or rec- March 29, will focus on a different issue the onset of World War II. Bill grad- ognition. Harriet Tubman escaped slav- Black women face in American society uated magna cum laude from Yale Uni- ery and bravely returned to the today, from economic disparities to versity in 1964 after majoring in mathe- enslaved South 13 times to herald her educational achievement to police vio- matics, economics, and politics. This is people to freedom on the Underground lence. Exploring these issues and ac- all the more remarkable given the fact Railroad. A century later, Rosa Parks knowledging the centrality of Black that a neuromuscular disorder from witnessed the oppression of her peo- women to our history and social fabric, the age of 8 left him unable to write. ple—specifically her fellow Black sis- along with recognizing the uniquely He performed complex mathematical ters—and took an active role in orga- gendered and racialized inequities they equations and logical formulae in his nizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott. face, is critical as we seek to extend head. He was also a formidable pres- Today, a Black woman is our nation’s equal rights to all Americans. I hope ence at Yale and later at the Univer- First Lady. Recognition of Black Wom- and request that this will be the first sity of California, Berkley, where he en’s History Week would honor and up- year in what will become an annual received his Ph.D. in 1970. He was that lift the sacrifices of women such as tradition of celebration and intentional rare person who was both a man of Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, who recognition of our sisters through thought and action and who inspired paved the way for Barack and Michelle Black Women’s History Week. others by overcoming great odds and Obama to reach the White House, and obstacles. From 1971 to 1972 he taught me to address you on their behalf f political science at the University of today. Vermont. He very well may have avert- Yet at the same time that Black ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ed a Kent State tragedy in 1972 by per- women from our Nation’s history have mitting himself to be arrested at the become inspirational symbols of Federal building in downtown Bur- strength and perseverance, Black TRIBUTE TO DON SHORT lington during a nonviolent student women today continue to face the ne- protest against the Vietnam war. While cessity to persevere through undue ∑ Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, Roth was offered immediate release be- burdens as they navigate American so- today, I would like to recognize an ex- cause of his disability, he chose instead ciety. They must try to hold their fam- ceptional Iowan who has been devoted to remain until all the students had ilies together as primary caregivers to the State and to our agricultural been released from the Burlington city when family members are incarcerated heritage. After serving as president of jail. In this way he showed one of the or killed, support their children as Silos and Smokestacks National Herit- virtues of civil disobedience, conducted they grow up in food deserts and attend age Area since 2001, Don Short has an- with dignity and without violence, failing schools, they must continue to nounced his retirement. thus serving as an example and inspira- persevere when our society does not Don Short was raised in Winthrop, tion to others. provide them with adequate support IA, where he took over the family Subsequently, he went to work on and equal rights. All the while, many farm. From early on, Don has dedi- the Carnegie Council on Children in Black women struggle to forward their cated his efforts to farming and agri- Connecticut. He coauthored a land- own careers and provide for their fami- cultural policy. He was employed with mark book that dealt searchingly with lies. Recent U.S. Department of Labor Moews Seed Company, a family owned children with disabilities. His first data shows that while job prospects are business since 1927 that specializes in major work was called ‘‘The Unex- improving for nearly every group in corn seed production. Afterward, Don pected Minority: Handicapped Children America, one glaring exception re- worked for DuPont Seed Company. in America.’’ He also coauthored ‘‘The mains: Black women. Since August Don’s experiences in agriculture have Grand Illusion: Stigma, Role-expecta- 2013, Black women are the only group provided him the insight necessary to tions, and Communication.’’ These are for whom unemployment rates have lead the Silos and Smokestacks Na- widely acknowledged as providing the not fallen. tional Heritage Area. For 15 years, he analytical basis for the disability Karen McLeod’s experience as a 59- has been able to protect and promote rights movement as well as fostering a year-old college graduate with two de- natural, cultural, and historic areas. new academic discipline, disability grees who cannot find steady employ- He spearheaded efforts to maintain and studies. ment sheds light on the economic strengthen the Silos and Smokestacks Bill’s work emphasized the disability tribulations many Black women face. National Heritage Area and has been a movement’s core vision: the most so- Karen went from making $30 per hour dogged advocate on its behalf. He is a cially incapacitating aspects of dis- as a respiratory therapist to $16 per farmer whose desire is to keep agricul- ability are not the inescapable con- hour at a nonprofit, to $8.67 per hour, tural heritage alive through partner- sequence of biology but the result of working only 4 hours per week. In her ships, such as historic sites, tourist at- countless social decisions that do not current circumstances, she has had to tractions, and businesses that bring acknowledge the needs of people with make a series of tough decisions to get economic benefits to Iowa. different bodies and, indeed, discrimi- by. Karen sold her jewelry to pay for I want to congratulate Don Short on nate against people whose bodies are gas, pawned her television for food, and his retirement and his success over the different. Bill went on to pioneer the was forced to ask local nonprofits for years. Silos and Smokestacks will no use of computer technology for people rent assistance. Karen’s story rep- doubt miss his daily contributions; with disabilities and in 1984 founded resents the experiences of a growing however, he plans on remaining a con- the Center for Computing and Dis- number of Black women, whose condi- sultant on a parttime basis. I thank ability at SUNY, Albany, one of the tions are not improving with economic him for his unwavering commitment to first such centers in the Nation. Bill recovery. White House recognition of improving agricultural policies and was widely acknowledged through his Black Women’s History Week will making Iowa a better place.∑ scholarly research, technological

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:09 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G19MR6.034 S19MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1659 imagination, and progressive politics, throughout the year in support of local EXECUTIVE AND OTHER as one of the founders of America’s dis- charities and other organizations. COMMUNICATIONS ability rights movement. He helped es- Helm Paint & Decorating is also a tes- The following communications were tablish the framework for the Federal tament to how vital small businesses laid before the Senate, together with Disabilities Act and his work over the are for creating jobs for Louisianians. accompanying papers, reports, and doc- years addressed the architectural, Much of the company’s staff are sec- uments, and were referred as indicated: transportation, and technological bar- ond, third or even fourth generation EC–988. A communication from the Presi- riers to living with a disability in the employees who serve second, third, and dent of the United States of America, trans- United States. fourth generation customers. Because mitting, pursuant to law, the fiscal year 2014 As a longtime professor at the Uni- Helm employees are experts in the Annual Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Assess- versity at SUNY School of Social Wel- products they sell, the majority of cus- ments from the Secretaries of Defense and fare he taught courses in social policy tomers only have to complete a project Energy, the three national security labora- and disability studies. In recent years, once. As the locals like to say, Helm tory directors, and the Commander, United Bill’s research and writing focused on Paint & Decorating is not just a busi- States Strategic Command (OSS–2015–0289); illuminating the damage done in the to the Committee on Armed Services. ness, it is an experience. EC–989. A communication from the Assist- aggressive pursuit of dismantling of Congratulations again to Helm Paint ant Administrator for Procurement, Na- the U.S. welfare state. His book, ‘‘The & Decorating for being selected as tional Aeronautics and Space Administra- Assault on Social Policy,’’ Columbia Small Business of the Week. Thank tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- UP, is now in its second edition. It is you for your commitment to customer port of a rule entitled ‘‘NASA FAR Supple- recommended reading for all of my col- service and creating quality jobs in ment, Contractor Whistleblower Protec- leagues. Bill Roth fought not only with communities across the State.∑ tions’’ (RIN2700–AE08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 12, issues in disability but with his own f neuromuscular disorder. He was a little 2015; to the Committee on Commerce, MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT Science, and Transportation. like the phoenix—the bird that kept EC–990. A communication from the Board coming back. He was one of the most Messages from the President of the of Trustees, National Railroad Retirement courageous people I have ever known. United States were communicated to Investment Trust, transmitting, pursuant to He was brilliant, imaginative, inven- the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his sec- law, the annual management report relative tive, and utterly fearless. Bill inspired retaries. to its operations and financial condition for those of us who had the good fortune to fiscal year 2014; to the Committee on Fi- know him. As Senator Joe Lieberman f nance. noted upon hearing of Bill Roth’s EC–991. A communication from the Sec- EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- death: As in executive session the Presiding ant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003, Bill was an extraordinary person—gifted, Officer laid before the Senate messages a semiannual report detailing telecommuni- strong, funny, inspiring. We were blessed to from the President of the United cations-related payments made to Cuba pur- know him. States submitting sundry nominations suant to Department of the Treasury li- censes; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- As lawmakers, we have benefited which were referred to the appropriate from his many contributions to public tions. committees. EC–992. A communication from the Assist- policy and discourse. We remember and (The messages received today are honor him for these accomplishments. ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative printed at the end of the Senate Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- Bill Roth overcame serious illnesses as proceedings.) ting, pursuant to law, a report relative to well as disabilities. He served as a cou- the implementation of the recommendations rageous example to his family, friends, f of the 9/11 Commission for the period from colleagues, and students.∑ MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2012; f to the Committee on Homeland Security and At 11:03 a.m., a message from the Governmental Affairs. RECOGNIZING HELM PAINT & House of Representatives, delivered by EC–993. A communication from the Assist- DECORATING Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative ∑ Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, small nounced that the House has passed the Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- ting, pursuant to law, a report relative to businesses often set the bar for quality following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: the implementation of the recommendations and service across the United States. of the 9/11 Commission for the period from When quality and customer service are H.R. 1030. An act to prohibit the Environ- January 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009; at the forefront of a business’s mission, mental Protection Agency from proposing, to the Committee on Homeland Security and viable, sustainable jobs are created for finalizing, disseminating regulations or as- Governmental Affairs. countless members of our commu- sessments based upon science that is not EC–994. A communication from the Chief, transparent or reproducible. nities. Such is the case with the Small Administrative Law Division, Central Intel- Business of the Week, Helm Paint & f ligence Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the po- Decorating of Hammond, LA. MEASURES REFERRED sition of Inspector General, Central Intel- Ronald ‘‘Bunky’’ Helm opened shop ligence Agency, received in the Office of the in 1970 on Earhart Boulevard in New The following bill was read the first and the second times by unanimous President of the Senate on March 12, 2015; to Orleans. Despite having to move from the Select Committee on Intelligence. consent, and referred as indicated: their original location after Hurricane f Katrina in 2005, the Helm family has H.R. 1030. An act to prohibit the Environ- continued to bring excellent service mental Protection Agency from proposing, INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND and paint colors to south Louisiana. finalizing, or disseminating regulations or JOINT RESOLUTIONS assessments based upon science that is not Today, Helm Paint is more than just a transparent or reproducible; to the Com- The following bills and joint resolu- paint store—offering a wide variety of mittee on Environment and Public Works. tions were introduced, read the first specialized paint, decoration, and ac- and second times by unanimous con- cessory consultation. Helm’s self-pro- f sent, and referred as indicated: claimed goal is for their customers to MEASURES PLACED ON THE By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. have a customized and quality experi- CALENDAR HIRONO): S. 796. A bill to incentivize State support ence. The following bill was read the sec- Last week, I had the distinct honor for postsecondary education and to promote ond time, and placed on the calendar: of officiating the grand opening ribbon increased access and affordability for higher cutting of Helm in Hammond, LA. The H.R. 1191. An act to amend the Internal education for students, including Dreamer Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emer- students; to the Committee on Health, Edu- Hammond store is one of six locations gency services volunteers are not taken into cation, Labor, and Pensions. serving south Louisiana communities. account as employees under the shared re- By Mr. BOOKER: Each store participates in its sur- sponsibility requirements contained in the S. 797. A bill to amend the Railroad Revi- rounding community, holding events Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. talization and Regulatory Reform Act of

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Mr. LEAHY): serve as a source of financial strength or By Mr. RUBIO: S. 821. A bill to establish requirements when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora- S. 809. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- with respect to bisphenol A; to the Com- tion places a lien against an insurance com- enue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and pany’s assets, and for other purposes; to the tax for qualified elementary and secondary Pensions. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban education tuition; to the Committee on Fi- By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Affairs. nance. Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and By Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself and By Mr. HATCH: Mr. CRAPO): Mr. CASEY): S. 810. A bill to amend title XVIII of the S. 822. A bill to expand geothermal produc- S. 799. A bill to combat the rise of prenatal Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare tion, and for other purposes; to the Com- opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syn- sustainable growth rate and improve Medi- mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. drome; to the Committee on Health, Edu- care payments for physicians and other pro- By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and cation, Labor, and Pensions. fessionals, and for other purposes; to the Mrs. GILLIBRAND): By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. BENNET, Committee on Finance. S. 823. A bill to designate the facility of Mr. HATCH, and Ms. MURKOWSKI): By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. the United States Postal Service located at S. 800. A bill to improve, coordinate, and BOOKER, and Mrs. MURRAY): enhance rehabilitation research at the Na- S. 811. A bill to amend the Elementary and 206 West Commercial Street in East Roch- tional Institutes of Health; to the Com- Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require ester, New York, as the ‘‘Officer Daryl R. mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and States to develop policies on positive school Pierson Post Office’’ ; to the Committee on Pensions. climates and school discipline; to the Com- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and fairs. By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mrs. ALEXANDER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. COATS, Pensions. FEINSTEIN, Mr. FRANKEN, and Mr. Mr. PERDUE, Mr. THUNE, Mr. SES- By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL): SIONS, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CORKER, Mr. TESTER, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. PORTMAN, S. 824. A bill to reauthorize the Export-Im- HATCH, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BARRASSO, and Ms. HEITKAMP): port Bank of the United States, and for other Mr. MCCONNELL, and Mr. ROBERTS): S. 812. A bill to enhance the ability of com- S. 801. A bill to amend the National Labor munity financial institutions to foster eco- purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Relations Act to provide for appropriate des- nomic growth and serve their communities, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ignation of collective bargaining units; to boost small businesses, increase individual By Mr. CRUZ: the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, savings, and for other purposes; to the Com- S. 825. A bill to terminate the authority to and Pensions. mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- waive certain provisions of law requiring the By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mrs. fairs. imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran, SHAHEEN): By Mr. PAUL: to codify certain sanctions imposed by exec- S. 802. A bill to authorize the Secretary of S. 813. A bill to provide the Secretary of utive order, and for other purposes; to the State and the Administrator of the United Defense with authority to transfer funds in Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban States Agency for International Develop- order to mitigate the effects on the Depart- Affairs. ment to provide assistance to support the ment of Defense of a sequestration of funds By Mr. DAINES: rights of women and girls in developing available to the Department of Defense , and S. 826. A bill to amend title 5, United countries, and for other purposes; to the for other purposes; to the Committee on States Code, to sunset rules after 10 years Committee on Foreign Relations. Armed Services. unless agencies undergo notice and comment By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. rulemaking, and for other purposes; to the MCCONNELL, and Mr. ISAKSON): MERKLEY): Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- S. 803. A bill to amend the Fair Labor S. 814. A bill to provide for the conveyance ernmental Affairs. Standards Act of 1938 to provide employees of certain Federal land in the State of Or- By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and in the private sector with an opportunity for egon to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Mr. TESTER): compensatory time off, similar to the oppor- Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians; to the S. 827. A bill to amend the Communica- tunity offered to Federal employees, and a Committee on Energy and Natural Re- tions Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of flexible credit hour program to help balance sources. voice communications and to prevent unjust the demands of work and family, and for By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. or unreasonable discrimination among areas other purposes; to the Committee on Health, MERKLEY): of the United States in the delivery of such Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. 815. A bill to provide for the conveyance communications; to the Committee on Com- By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mrs. of certain Federal land in the State of Or- merce, Science, and Transportation. SHAHEEN): egon to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. S. 804. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Tribe of Indians; to the Committee on En- MCCONNELL, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. BLUNT, Social Security Act to specify coverage of ergy and Natural Resources. Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CAS- continuous glucose monitoring devices, and By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. SIDY, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. for other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- MERKLEY): DAINES, Mr. HATCH, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. S. 816. A bill to amend the Coquille Res- nance. LANKFORD, Mr. LEE, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. toration Act to clarify certain provisions re- By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. lating to the management of the Coquille Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. HEINRICH): SCOTT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. TOOMEY, S. 805. A bill to amend title 54, United Forest; to the Committee on Energy and Mr. WICKER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. CRAPO, States Code, to make Hispanic-serving insti- Natural Resources. Mr. PAUL, Mr. PORTMAN, and Mr. tutions eligible for technical and financial By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. THUNE): MERKLEY): assistance for the establishment of preserva- S. 828. A bill to clarify that a State has the S. 817. A bill to provide for the addition of tion training and degree programs; to the sole authority to regulate hydraulic frac- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- certain real property to the reservation of turing on Federal land within the boundaries sources. the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon; to of the State; to the Committee on Energy By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. the Committee on Indian Affairs. and Natural Resources. MANCHIN, and Ms. HEITKAMP): By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. S. 806. A bill to amend section 31306 of title MERKLEY): f 49, United States Code, to recognize hair as S. 818. A bill to amend the Grand Ronde an alternative specimen for preemployment Reservation Act to make technical correc- SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND and random controlled substances testing of tions, and for other purposes; to the Com- SENATE RESOLUTIONS commercial motor vehicle drivers and for mittee on Indian Affairs. The following concurrent resolutions other purposes; to the Committee on Com- By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Ms. and Senate resolutions were read, and merce, Science, and Transportation. HEITKAMP, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Ms. BALD- MANCHIN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. DONNELLY, referred (or acted upon), as indicated: WIN, Mr. KIRK, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. Ms. AYOTTE, and Mr. WARNER): By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. BENNET, Mr. VITTER, S. 819. A bill to reauthorize and reform the BARRASSO, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. PETERS): Export-Import Bank of the United States, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, S. 807. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COONS, Mr. DON- enue Code of 1986 to reform and reset the ex- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. NELLY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ENZI, Mrs.

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GILLIBRAND, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHN- S. 498 S. 688 SON, Mr. KIRK, Mr. MANCHIN, Ms. MI- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the KULSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. name of the Senator from West Vir- PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co- SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. STABE- S. 498, a bill to allow reciprocity for sponsor of S. 688, a bill to amend title NOW, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. WYDEN): the carrying of certain concealed fire- XVIII of the Social Security Act to ad- S. Res. 105. A resolution recognizing the arms. just the Medicare hospital readmission 194th anniversary of the independence of S. 505 reduction program to respond to pa- Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the tient disparities, and for other pur- and the United States; to the Committee on poses. Foreign Relations. names of the Senator from Michigan S. 709 By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. (Ms. STABENOW) and the Senator from CASEY): New York (Mr. SCHUMER) were added as At the request of Mr. ROBERTS, the S. Res. 106. A resolution designating March cosponsors of S. 505, a bill to amend the name of the Senator from West Vir- 22, 2015, as ‘‘National Rehabilitation Coun- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co- selors Appreciation Day’’; considered and the Health Coverage Tax Credit. sponsor of S. 709, a bill to amend the agreed to. S. 539 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal f At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the the amendments made by the Patient ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS names of the Senator from California Protection and Affordable Care Act which disqualify expenses for over-the- S. 148 (Mrs. BOXER) and the Senator from counter drugs under health savings ac- At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the Kansas (Mr. MORAN) were added as co- counts and health flexible spending ar- names of the Senator from South Da- sponsors of S. 539, a bill to amend title rangements. kota (Mr. THUNE) and the Senator from XVIII of the Social Security Act to re- S. 737 Kentucky (Mr. PAUL) were added as co- peal the Medicare outpatient rehabili- sponsors of S. 148, a bill to amend title tation therapy caps. At the request of Mr. BROWN, the XVIII of the Social Security Act to re- S. 582 name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. quire State licensure and bid surety At the request of Mr. WICKER, the MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of bonds for entities submitting bids name of the Senator from North Caro- S. 737, a bill to amend title XIX of the under the Medicare durable medical lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co- Social Security Act to extend the ap- equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and sponsor of S. 582, a bill to prohibit tax- plication of the Medicare payment rate supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acqui- payer funded abortions. floor to primary care services furnished under Medicaid and to apply the rate sition program, and for other purposes. S. 590 S. 301 floor to additional providers of primary At the request of Mrs. MCCASKILL, care services. At the request of Mrs. FISCHER, the the names of the Senator from Oregon S. 756 names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. (Mr. MERKLEY) and the Senator from At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the BROWN), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Oregon (Mr. WYDEN) were added as co- HIRONO), the Senator from Alabama sponsors of S. 590, a bill to amend the name of the Senator from New Hamp- (Mr. SHELBY), the Senator from Dela- Higher Education Act of 1965 and the shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- ware (Mr. COONS), the Senator from Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Se- sponsor of S. 756, a bill to require a re- Washington (Ms. CANTWELL) and the curity Policy and Campus Crime Sta- port on accountability for war crimes Senator from Maryland (Mr. CARDIN) tistics Act to combat campus sexual vi- and crimes against humanity in Syria. were added as cosponsors of S. 301, a olence, and for other purposes. S. 774 bill to require the Secretary of the At the request of Mr. MORAN, the S. 615 Treasury to mint coins in commemora- names of the Senator from Wyoming At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, her tion of the centennial of Boys Town, (Mr. BARRASSO), the Senator from name was added as a cosponsor of S. and for other purposes. South Carolina (Mr. SCOTT) and the 615, a bill to provide for congressional S. 330 Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. FISCHER) review and oversight of agreements re- At the request of Mr. HELLER, the were added as cosponsors of S. 774, a lating to Iran’s nuclear program, and names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. bill to amend the Federal Financial In- for other purposes. RISCH) and the Senator from Con- stitutions Examination Council Act of S. 624 necticut (Mr. MURPHY) were added as 1978 to improve the examination of de- cosponsors of S. 330, a bill to amend the At the request of Mr. BROWN, the pository institutions, and for other Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make names of the Senator from Rhode Is- purposes. land (Mr. REED) and the Senator from permanent the special rule for con- S. 783 Delaware (Mr. COONS) were added as co- tributions of qualified conservation At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the contributions, and for other purposes. sponsors of S. 624, a bill to amend title name of the Senator from Minnesota XVIII of the Social Security Act to S. 423 (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- waive coinsurance under Medicare for At the request of Mr. MORAN, the sponsor of S. 783, a bill to provide for names of the Senator from Arizona colorectal cancer screening tests, re- media coverage of Federal court pro- gardless of whether therapeutic inter- (Mr. FLAKE), the Senator from West ceedings. vention is required during the screen- Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO) and the Senator S. 793 ing. from Indiana (Mr. COATS) were added as At the request of Ms. WARREN, the cosponsors of S. 423, a bill to amend the S. 629 names of the Senator from Minnesota At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an (Ms. KLOBUCHAR), the Senator from name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. exception to the annual written pri- Connecticut (Mr. MURPHY) and the Sen- GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of vacy notice requirement. ator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER) S. 441 S. 629, a bill to enable hospital-based were added as cosponsors of S. 793, a At the request of Mr. NELSON, the nursing programs that are affiliated bill to amend the Higher Education Act name of the Senator from North Caro- with a hospital to maintain payments of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co- under the Medicare program to hos- certain Federal student loans, and for sponsor of S. 441, a bill to amend the pitals for the costs of such programs. other purposes. S. 650 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act f to clarify the Food and Drug Adminis- At the request of Mr. THUNE, the tration’s jurisdiction over certain to- name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED bacco products, and to protect jobs and HELLER) was added as a cosponsor of S. BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS small businesses involved in the sale, 650, a bill to extend the positive train By Mr. BOOKER: manufacturing and distribution of tra- control system implementation dead- S. 797. A bill to amend the Railroad ditional and premium cigars. line, and for other purposes. Revitalization and Regulatory Reform

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Mr. President, sent that the text of the bill be printed of our infrastructure that has been par- next month I look forward to hosting in the RECORD. ticularly neglected by the Federal Gov- our Nation’s newest drug czar at a There being no objection, the text of ernment is rail. While the Nation’s forum in Covington, KY. It is a forum the bill was ordered to be printed in large freight rail carriers are able to that will allow Director Bottecelli to the RECORD, as follows: invest in infrastructure with their own hear firsthand accounts of the dev- funds, the infrastructure used by pas- astating impact of one of America’s S. 799 senger and many smaller freight rail- most significant public health chal- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- roads is deteriorating at an alarming lenges and one that continues to hit resentatives of the United States of America in rate. We need to be doing more to re- my State particularly hard—the grow- Congress assembled, pair and modernize these tracks, road- ing epidemic of prescription drug and SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. beds, bridges, tunnels, and train cars. heroin abuse. Nowhere is the investment crisis This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting It is hard to overstate the challenge. Our Infants Act of 2015’’. more pressing than in New Jersey, Drug overdoses, largely driven by pain where a set of tunnels constructed killers, now claim more Kentucky lives SEC. 2. FINDINGS. under the Hudson River in 1910—badly than car accidents, and rising heroin Congress finds as follows: damaged by Hurricane Sandy—must ei- overdose rates now account for nearly (1) Opioid prescription rates have risen dra- ther be replaced or shut down some- one-third of all drug overdose deaths in matically over the past several years. Ac- time over the next two decades. The cording to the Centers for Disease Control Kentucky. and Prevention, in some States, there are as shutdown scenario is unacceptable to While statistics such as these are the economy of not only my State, but many as 96 to 143 prescriptions for opioids devastating enough, they hardly paint per 100 adults per year. the entire northeast region, if not the the full picture because they don’t ac- (2) In recent years, there has been a steady country. count for the thousands of innocent rise in the number of overdose deaths involv- Amtrak has a plan, known as the children born dependent on opioids. ing heroin. According to the Centers for Dis- Gateway Program, to replace these The numbers are hard to hear. Nation- ease Control and Prevention, the death rate tunnels, as well as the century old Por- wide we have seen a staggering 300-per- for heroin overdose doubled from 2010 to 2012. tal Bridge. Executing the Gateway Pro- cent increase in the number of infants (3) At the same time, there has been an in- gram will take a significant funding crease in cases of neonatal abstinence syn- diagnosed with newborn withdrawal drome (referred to in this section as ‘‘NAS’’). commitment from the Federal Govern- since 2000. But in Kentucky, we saw ment, and I stand ready to fight for In the United States, the incidence of NAS similar numbers grow by an almost un- has risen from 1.20 per 1,000 hospital births in that funding. But, given the significant believable 3,000 percent. 2000 to 3.39 per 1,000 hospital births in 2009. upfront cost, and the long-term bene- It is a tragic challenge, and I say (4) NAS refers to medical issues associated fits and revenue potential, it makes that especially as a father of three with drug withdrawal in newborns due to ex- sense to explore financing opportuni- daughters. But it is a challenge we can posure to opioids or other drugs in utero. ties in addition to funding. do something about. If Washington en- (5) The average cost of treatment in a hos- The Federal Government already has pital for NAS increased from $39,400 in 2000 acts the bipartisan Protecting Our In- an established financing program in to $53,400 in 2009. Most of these costs are born fants Act that I am introducing today, the Railroad Rehabilitation and Im- by the Medicaid program. along with Senator CASEY of Pennsyl- provement Financing Program, or (6) Preventing opioid abuse among preg- vania, it is a challenge we will do RRIF. However, the RRIF program is nant women and women of childbearing age something about. is crucial. fraught with limitations, particularly This bipartisan bill will do a number (7) Medically-appropriate opioid use in in its ability to finance fixed infra- of important things. It will direct the pregnancy is not uncommon, and opioids are structure projects like a bridge or tun- Secretary of Health and Human Serv- often the safest and most appropriate treat- nel. The program is significantly un- ices to develop recommendations both ment for moderate to severe pain for preg- derutilized, especially relative to other nant women. for preventing prenatal opioid abuse Federal financing programs. (8) Addressing NAS effectively requires a That is why I am introducing the and treating infants dependent on focus on women of childbearing age, preg- Railroad Infrastructure Financing Im- opioids. It would direct the Secretary nant women, and infants from preconception provement Act. This bill would incor- to help develop a strategy to address through early childhood. porate into RRIF the policies that research and program gaps—a step rec- (9) NAS can result from the use of prescrip- ommended by GAO in one of their re- tion drugs as prescribed for medical reasons, make other Federal loan programs from the abuse of prescription drugs, or from more successful. For instance, it will ports released last month—and it would encourage the Director of the the use of illegal opioids like heroin. establish new creditworthiness criteria (10) For pregnant women who are abusing focused on the merits of the project, in- CDC to work with States to help im- opioids, it is most appropriate to treat and crease repayment flexibility, help le- prove surveillance and data collection manage maternal substance use in a non-pu- verage private financing opportunities, activities in this area. nitive manner. speed up the process of applying for Obviously, no piece of legislation (11) According to a report of the Govern- and receiving a loan, and improve ac- would ever solve the challenge over- ment Accountability Office (referred to in cess to the program particularly for night, but the bipartisan Protect Our this section as the ‘‘GAO report’’), more re- search is needed to optimize the identifica- smaller applicants. Infants Act can help move the country in the right direction. That is why it is tion and treatment of babies with NAS and The bill is meant to start a conversa- to better understand long-term impacts on tion about the tools we currently have supported by the March of Dimes, the children. available for investing in rail infra- American Academy of Pediatrics, the (12) According to the GAO report, the De- structure, and the improvements we American Congress of Obstetricians partment of Health and Human Services does can make to start getting critical and Gynecologists. That is why an not have a focal point to lead planning and projects like the Gateway Program off identical bill will also be introduced in coordinating efforts to address prenatal the ground. I look forward to working the House today by Congresswoman opioid use and NAS across the department. KATHERINE CLARK of Massachusetts (13) According to the GAO report, ‘‘given with my colleagues and rail stake- the increasing use of heroin and abuse of and Congressman STEVE STIVERS of holders to build upon this proposal and opioids prescribed for pain management, as move forward on a comprehensive pas- Ohio. well as the increased rate of NAS in the senger rail reauthorization bill. I commend these Representatives and United States, it is important to improve the Senator CASEY for their leadership on efficiency and effectiveness of planning and By Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself this issue. I look forward to working coordination of Federal efforts on prenatal and Mr. CASEY): with them to advance this important opioid use and NAS’’.

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(A) the availability of treatment programs (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health Medicaid Services has determined that for pregnant and postpartum women and for and Human Services (referred to in this Act newborns with neonatal abstinence syn- they do not meet the definition for du- as the ‘‘Secretary’’), acting through the Di- drome; and rable medical equipment and do not rector of the Agency for Healthcare Research fall under any other Medicare cat- and Quality (referred to in this section as (B) guidance and coordination in Federal the ‘‘Director’’), shall conduct a study and efforts to address prenatal opioid use or neo- egory. As a consequence, we are seeing develop recommendations for preventing and natal abstinence syndrome. situations similar to what we saw with (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after treating prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal insulin pumps in the late 1990s, where the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- abstinence syndrome, soliciting input from individuals with type 1 diabetes have retary shall submit to the Committee on nongovernmental entities, including organi- had coverage for their continuous glu- zations representing patients, health care Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy cose monitors on their private insur- providers, hospitals, other treatment facili- ance, only to lose that coverage when ties, and other entities, as appropriate. and Commerce of the House of Representa- (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after tives a report on the findings of the review they get old enough to become eligible the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc- described in subsection (a) and the strategy for Medicare. tor shall publish on the Internet Web site of developed under subsection (b). Let me give some brief background. the Agency for Healthcare Research and SEC. 5. IMPROVING DATA ON AND PUBLIC A continuous glucose monitor is a phy- Quality a report on the study and rec- HEALTH RESPONSE TO NEONATAL sician-prescribed, FDA-approved med- ABSTINENCE SYNDROME. ommendations under subsection (a). Such re- ical device that can provide real-time port shall address each of the issues de- (a) DATA AND SURVEILLANCE.—The Director scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of sub- of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- readings and data about trends in glu- section (c). vention shall, as appropriate— cose levels every 5 minutes, thus ena- (c) CONTENTS.—The study described in sub- (1) provide technical assistance to States bling someone with insulin-dependent section (a) and the report under subsection to improve the availability and quality of diabetes to eat or take insulin and pre- (b) shall include— data collection and surveillance activities vent dangerously high or low glucose (1) a comprehensive assessment of existing regarding neonatal abstinence syndrome, in- levels. research with respect to the prevention, cluding— There has been essential and exten- (A) the incidence and prevalence of neo- identification, treatment, and long-term sive clinical evidence that shows that outcomes of neonatal abstinence syndrome, natal abstinence syndrome; including the identification and treatment of (B) the identification of causes for neo- individuals using this device have im- pregnant women or women who may become natal abstinence syndrome, including new proved overall glucose control and, pregnant who use opioids or other drugs; and emerging trends; and thus, reduced rates of hypoglycemia or (2) an evaluation of— (C) the demographics and other relevant low blood glucose levels. That is why (A) the causes of and risk factors for opioid information associated with neonatal absti- professional medical societies have rec- use disorders among women of reproductive nence syndrome; ognized the clinical evidence and have age, including pregnant women; (2) collect available surveillance data de- published guidelines recommending scribed in paragraph (1) from States, as ap- (B) the barriers to identifying and treating that these monitors be used in appro- opioid use disorders among women of repro- plicable; and ductive age, including pregnant and (3) make surveillance data collected pursu- priate patients with type 1 diabetes. postpartum women and women with young ant to paragraph (2) publically available on Now, here is the fact that is aston- children; an appropriate Internet Web site. ishing to me. About 95 percent of com- (C) current practices in the health care (b) PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.—The Direc- mercial insurers provide coverage for system to respond to and treat pregnant tor of the Centers for Disease Control and continuous glucose monitors, but Medi- women with opioid use disorders and infants Prevention shall encourage increased utiliza- care is refusing to provide coverage for born with neonatal abstinence syndrome; tion of effective public health measures to those devices. I recently heard about reduce neonatal abstinence syndrome. (D) medically indicated use of opioids dur- this problem from one of my constitu- ing pregnancy; ents, 74-year-old Prudence Barry of (E) access to treatment for opioid use dis- By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and orders in pregnant and postpartum women; Mrs. SHAHEEN): Portland, ME. Diabetes treatments and S. 804. A bill to amend title XVIII of have changed dramatically since Pru (F) access to treatment for infants with the Social Security Act to specify cov- was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes neonatal abstinence syndrome; and erage of continuous glucose monitoring back in 1954. Back then, it was very dif- (3) recommendations on— devices, and for other purposes; to the ficult for her to control her insulin lev- (A) preventing, identifying, and treating Committee on Finance. els and to get her glucose levels prop- neonatal abstinence syndrome in infants; Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, as the erly read. Well, Pru has led an active (B) treating pregnant women who are de- founder and the cochair of the Senate and fulfilling life. Living with type 1 pendent on opioids; and (C) preventing opioid dependence among Diabetes Caucus, I have learned much diabetes for more than 60 years has women of reproductive age, including preg- about this devastating disease affect- taken its toll. nant women, who may be at risk of devel- ing nearly 29 million Americans. For- Today, Pru no longer feels it when oping opioid dependence. tunately, due to the Special Diabetes her blood glucose levels drop to dan- SEC. 4. IMPROVING PREVENTION AND TREAT- Program and to increased investments gerous levels, causing her to lose con- MENT FOR PRENATAL OPIOID in diabetes research, we have seen sciousness and suffer seizures more fre- ABUSE AND NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME. some exciting breakthroughs and we quently. Nighttime low sugars are par- (a) REVIEW OF PROGRAMS.—The Secretary are on the threshold of a number of im- ticularly troubling. She fears the possi- shall lead a review of planning and coordina- portant new discoveries. bility of her blood sugar developing so tion within the Department of Health and This is particularly true for the esti- low during the night that she never Human Services related to prenatal opioid mated 1.2 million Americans living wakes up. The continuous glucose mon- use and neonatal abstinence syndrome. with type 1 diabetes. Advances in tech- itor is a potential lifesaver for Pru be- (b) STRATEGY TO CLOSE GAPS IN RESEARCH nology such as continuous glucose cause it prevents these dangerously AND PROGRAMMING.—In carrying out sub- section (a), the Secretary shall develop a monitors are helping patients control high or low blood glucose levels by strategy to address research and program their blood glucose levels, which is key alarming the wearer when the glucose gaps, including such gaps identified in find- to preventing costly and sometimes levels fall outside of the safe range. ings made by reports of the Government Ac- deadly diabetes complications. We are So even though 95 percent of private countability Office. Such strategy shall ad- moving closer and closer to our goal of insurers cover this technology, Medi- dress— an artificial pancreas. care does not. As a consequence, Pru (1) gaps in research, including with respect The National Institutes of Health does not have access to the potentially to— and the Food and Drug Administration lifesaving device because she cannot af- (A) the most appropriate treatment of pregnant women with opioid use disorders; have been extremely supportive of ford to pay for it out of pocket. Pru is (B) the most appropriate treatment and these innovations in diabetes care. I not alone. There are thousands of sen- management of infants with neonatal absti- was, therefore, shocked and troubled to iors with type 1 diabetes who like my nence syndrome; and learn that insulin-dependent Medicare constituent are denied access to this

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By in- ple with type 1 diabetes can expect to of the device for seniors who are meet- troducing these bills today I am renew- live long enough to become Medicare ing specified medical criteria. ing my commitment to the five Oregon beneficiaries. So I am very concerned Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- tribes who will benefit greatly from about this decision by CMS. It makes sent that a letter of endorsement be passage of these bills—the Confed- absolutely no sense. It contradicts all printed in the RECORD. erated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Ump- the work NIH and the FDA are doing to There being no objection, the mate- qua, and Siuslaw Indians, the Coquille get new innovative treatments and rial was ordered to be printed in the Indian Tribe, the Cow Creek Band of technologies to patients. RECORD, as follows: Umpqua Tribe of Indians, the Confed- I brought this up in a recent hearing MARCH 15, 2015. erated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and the of the HELP Committee and asked the Hon. SUSAN COLLINS, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. outgoing FDA Commissioner what she U.S. Senate, Dirksen Senate Office Building, For the Confederated Tribes of the thought. She expressed her regret Washington, DC. Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indi- Hon. JEANNE SHAHEEN, about the lack of consultation between U.S. Senate, Hart Senate Office Building, ans and the Cow Creek Band of Ump- her agency and CMS about payments Washington, DC. qua Tribe of Indians, their bills put for FDA-approved devices and drugs. I DEAR SENATORS COLLINS AND SHAHEEN, land into trust, the last two remaining am particularly concerned given the Therapy innovation is moving forward at a federally-recognized Indian tribes in implications that this coverage deci- rapid pace for those living with insulin-de- Oregon without a land base. The third sion will have for future decisions re- pendent diabetes. As leaders of the Senate bill amends the Restoration Act of the garding artificial pancreas systems, Diabetes Caucus, you have worked to cata- Coquille Indian Tribe to make forest lyze these efforts by ensuring American pa- which will combine a continuous glu- tients have access to these life-saving tech- management activities on tribal lands cose monitor, insulin pump, and so- nologies that can transform quality of life. uniform with the management of other phisticated algorithm to control high Advancements in integrated insulin pump tribal forests. The final two bills and low blood sugar around the clock. and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) streamline the Bureau of Indian Affairs This coverage decision on the part of technologies are progressing toward closed- process for putting land into trust for CMS—which, after all, is also part of loop ‘‘artificial pancreas’’ systems that will the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indi- the Department of Health and Human enable greater patient care and improved ans and the Confederated Tribes of Services—directly counteracts all of health outcomes. With these technology ad- Grand Ronde. These five unique bills the work that the NIH and the FDA are vancements, thankfully, most children with type 1 diabetes will be Medicare beneficiaries honor and respect tribal sovereignty doing to get new innovative treatments one day, something that could not have been and support each tribe’s right to be and technologies to patients. As I said, said with such certainty even 20 years ago. self-sufficient, build their economies, I recently had the opportunity at a While thousands of people with insulin-de- and support and provide for their com- HELP Committee hearing to ask out- pendent diabetes benefit from advanced dia- munities. I am pleased to be joined on going FDA Commissioner Hamburg betes technologies, including CGM, Medicare these bills by my colleague Senator whether CMS consults with her agency beneficiaries do not. CGM is covered by near- MERKLEY and look forward to working when making these kinds of coverage ly all private health plans. Numerous studies with our Senate and House colleagues decisions. In response to my question, have demonstrated conclusively that use of CGMs improves glucose control, enabling to advance the bills and to finally send Commissioner Hamburg expressed re- better patient care, thereby improving pa- them to the President’s desk. gret that her agency does not routinely tient health. Studies have also shown that Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- consult with CMS about payments for use of CGM devices reduce severe hypo- sent that the text of the bill be printed FDA-approved drugs and devices, say- glycemia events, which particularly impact in the RECORD. ing that the FDA should ‘‘look at the elderly patients and can lead to falls, frac- There being no objection, the text of whole ecosystem of biomedical product tures and other complications. The average the bill was ordered to be printed in cost of an inpatient hypoglycemia admission development and use, and recognize the RECORD, as follows: that each of the different components is over $17,500. The undersigned organizations strongly S. 814 that often operate in silos actually are support your legislation, the Medicare CGM Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- very interdependent.’’ I completely Access Act that would remedy this disparity resentatives of the United States of America in agree with her assessment. for those in Medicare. Your legislation cre- Congress assembled, I am therefore joining my colleague ates a new benefit category for FDA ap- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. from New Hampshire and the Co-Chair proved CGM devices, including stand-alone This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oregon of the Senate Diabetes Caucus in intro- CGM, CGM integrated with an insulin pump, Coastal Land Act’’. and future artificial pancreas device sys- ducing the Medicare CGM Access Act SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. of 2014 to create a separate benefit cat- tems. This therapy would be covered for those meeting appropriate medical criteria In this Act: egory under Medicare for the contin- consistent with private coverage and profes- (1) CONFEDERATED TRIBES.—The term ‘‘Con- uous glucose monitor and require cov- sional clinical guidelines. Again, thank you federated Tribes’’ means the Confederated erage of the device for individuals for your continued leadership on behalf of Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw meeting specified medical criteria. those with diabetes and we look forward to Indians. Our legislation is strongly supported working with you to move this legislation (2) OREGON COASTAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Or- egon Coastal land’’ means the approximately forward quickly. by a coalition of organizations, includ- 14,408 acres of land, as generally depicted on American Association of Clinical ing the American Association of Clin- the map entitled ‘‘Oregon Coastal Land Con- Endocrinologists (AACE); American ical Endocrinologists, the American veyance’’ and dated March 27, 2013. Association of Diabetes Educators (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ Association of Diabetes Educators, the (AADE); Dexcom; Endocrine Society; means the Secretary of the Interior. Endocrine Society and the JDRF. JDRF; Johnson & Johnson; Medtronic. I encourage my colleagues to join us SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE. as cosponsors of this important legisla- By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing tion. Mr. MERKLEY): rights, including rights-of-way, all right, I see Senator LEAHY has come to the S. 814. A bill to provide for the con- title, and interest of the United States in floor and undoubtedly wants to speak veyance of certain Federal land in the and to the Oregon Coastal land, including any improvements located on the land, ap- on the pending business. Let me con- State of Oregon to the Confederated purtenances to the land, and minerals on or clude my remarks by saying I am very Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and in the land, including oil and gas, shall be— pleased the Senator from New Hamp- Siuslaw Indians; to the Committee on (1) held in trust by the United States for shire, JEANNE SHAHEEN, who is the co- Energy and Natural Resources. the benefit of the Confederated Tribes; and

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(2) part of the reservation of the Confed- (1) is approximately equal in acreage and (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and erated Tribes. condition as the Oregon and California Rail- legal description filed under subsection (a) (b) SURVEY.—Not later than 1 year after road grant land identified under subsection shall be on file and available for public in- the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- (a); and spection in the Office of the Secretary. retary shall complete a survey of the bound- (2) is located in the vicinity of the Oregon SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. ary lines to establish the boundaries of the and California Railroad grant land. (a) IN GENERAL.—Unless expressly provided land taken into trust under subsection (a). (c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the in this Act, nothing in this Act affects any SEC. 4. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary right or claim of the Tribe existing on the (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable shall submit to Congress and publish in the date of enactment of this Act to any land or after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Register 1 or more maps depicting interest in land. Secretary shall file a map and legal descrip- the land identified in subsections (a) and (b). (b) PROHIBITIONS.— tion of the Oregon Coastal land with— (d) RECLASSIFICATION.— (1) EXPORTS OF UNPROCESSED LOGS.—Fed- (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural (1) IN GENERAL.—After providing an oppor- eral law (including regulations) relating to Resources of the Senate; and tunity for public comment, the Secretary the export of unprocessed logs harvested (2) the Committee on Natural Resources of shall reclassify the land identified in sub- from Federal land shall apply to any unproc- the House of Representatives. section (b) as Oregon and California Railroad essed logs that are harvested from the Coun- (b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal grant land. cil Creek land. description filed under subsection (a) shall (2) APPLICABILITY.—The Act of August 28, (2) NON-PERMISSIBLE USE OF LAND.—Any have the same force and effect as if included 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), shall apply to real property taken into trust under section in this Act, except that the Secretary may land reclassified as Oregon and California 3 shall not be eligible, or used, for any gam- correct any clerical or typographical errors Railroad grant land under paragraph (1). ing activity carried out under Public Law in the map or legal description. 100–497 (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and (c) FOREST MANAGEMENT.—Any forest man- legal description filed under subsection (a) Mr. MERKLEY): agement activity that is carried out on the shall be on file and available for public in- S. 815. A bill to provide for the con- Council Creek land shall be managed in ac- spection in the Office of the Secretary. veyance of certain Federal land in the cordance with all applicable Federal laws. SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. SEC. 6. LAND RECLASSIFICATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Unless expressly provided State of Oregon to the Cow Creek Band in this Act, nothing in this Act affects any of Umpqua Tribe of Indians; to the (a) IDENTIFICATION OF OREGON AND CALI- right or claim of the Confederated Tribes ex- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- FORNIA RAILROAD GRANT LAND.—Not later isting on the date of enactment of this Act sources. than 180 days after the date of enactment of to any land or interest in land. Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary shall identify any Oregon and (b) PROHIBITIONS.— unanimous consent that the text of the (1) EXPORTS OF UNPROCESSED LOGS.—Fed- California Railroad grant land that is held in bill be printed in the RECORD. trust by the United States for the benefit of eral law (including regulations) relating to There being no objection, the text of the export of unprocessed logs harvested the Tribe under section 3. from Federal land shall apply to any unproc- the bill was ordered to be printed in (b) IDENTIFICATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN essed logs that are harvested from the Or- the RECORD, as follows: LAND.—Not later than 18 months after the egon Coastal land taken into trust under sec- S. 815 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary tion 3. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- shall identify public domain land in the (2) NON-PERMISSIBLE USE OF LAND.—Any resentatives of the United States of America in State of Oregon that— real property taken into trust under section Congress assembled, (1) is approximately equal in acreage and condition as the Oregon and California Rail- 3 shall not be eligible, or used, for any gam- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ing activity carried out under Public Law road grant land identified under subsection This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cow Creek (a); and 100–497 (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Umpqua Land Conveyance Act’’. (c) LAWS APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL FOR- (2) is located in the vicinity of the Oregon SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. ESTRY ACTIVITY.—Any commercial forestry and California Railroad grant land. In this Act: activity that is carried out on the Oregon (c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the (1) COUNCIL CREEK LAND.—The term ‘‘Coun- Coastal land taken into trust under section 3 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary cil Creek land’’ means the approximately shall be managed in accordance with all ap- shall submit to Congress and publish in the 17,519 acres of land, as generally depicted on plicable Federal laws. Federal Register 1 or more maps depicting (d) AGREEMENTS.—The Confederated Tribes the map entitled ‘‘Canyon Mountain Land the land identified in subsections (a) and (b). shall consult with the Secretary and other Conveyance’’ and dated June 27, 2013. (d) RECLASSIFICATION.— parties as necessary to develop agreements (2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the (1) IN GENERAL.—After providing an oppor- to provide for access to the Oregon Coastal Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. tunity for public comment, the Secretary land taken into trust under section 3 that (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ shall reclassify the land identified in sub- provide for— means the Secretary of the Interior. section (b) as Oregon and California Railroad (1) honoring existing reciprocal right-of- SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE. grant land. way agreements; (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing (2) APPLICABILITY.—The Act of August 28, (2) administrative access by the Bureau of rights, including rights-of-way, all right, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), shall apply to Land Management; and title, and interest of the United States in land reclassified as Oregon and California (3) management of the Oregon Coastal land and to the Council Creek land, including any Railroad grant land under paragraph (1). that are acquired or developed under chapter improvements located on the land, appur- 2003 of title 54, United States Code, con- tenances to the land, and minerals on or in By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and sistent with section 200305(f)(3) of title 54, the land, including oil and gas, shall be— Mr. MERKLEY): United States Code. (1) held in trust by the United States for S. 816. A bill to amend the Coquille (e) LAND USE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.— the benefit of the Tribe; and Restoration Act to clarify certain pro- (2) part of the reservation of the Tribe. Except as provided in subsection (c), once visions relating to the management of the Oregon Coastal land is taken into trust (b) SURVEY.—Not later than 1 year after under section 3, the land shall not be subject the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- the Coquille Forest; to the Committee to the land use planning requirements of the retary shall complete a survey of the bound- on Energy and Natural Resources. Federal Land Policy and Management Act of ary lines to establish the boundaries of the Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Act of Au- land taken into trust under subsection (a). unanimous consent that the text of the gust 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.). SEC. 4. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. bill be printed in the RECORD. SEC. 6. LAND RECLASSIFICATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable There being no objection, the text of (a) IDENTIFICATION OF OREGON AND CALI- after the date of enactment of this Act, the the bill was ordered to be printed in Secretary shall file a map and legal descrip- FORNIA RAILROAD GRANT LAND.—Not later the RECORD, as follows: than 180 days after the date of enactment of tion of the Council Creek land with— this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural S. 816 the Secretary shall identify any Oregon and Resources of the Senate; and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- California Railroad grant land that is held in (2) the Committee on Natural Resources of resentatives of the United States of America in trust by the United States for the benefit of the House of Representatives. Congress assembled, the Confederated Tribes under section 3. (b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO COQUILLE RES- (b) IDENTIFICATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN description filed under subsection (a) shall TORATION ACT. LAND.—Not later than 18 months after the have the same force and effect as if included Section 5(d) of the Coquille Restoration date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary in this Act, except that the Secretary may Act (25 U.S.C. 715c(d)) is amended— shall identify public domain land in the correct any clerical or typographical errors (1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting State of Oregon that— in the map or legal description. the following:

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‘‘(5) MANAGEMENT.— SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL LAND FOR RESERVA- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph THE SILETZ TRIBE OF THE STATE OF TION. (B), the Secretary, acting through the As- OREGON. Section 7 of the Siletz Tribe Indian Res- Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to es- sistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, shall tablish a reservation for the Confederated manage the Coquille Forest in accordance toration Act (25 U.S.C. 711e) is amended by Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Or- with the laws pertaining to the management adding at the end the following: of Indian trust land. ‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.— egon, and for other purposes,’’ approved Sep- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.— tember 9, 1988 (Public Law 100–425; 102 Stat. ‘‘(A) TITLE.—The Secretary may accept ‘‘(i) UNPROCESSED LOGS.—Unprocessed logs 1594; 102 Stat. 2939; 104 Stat. 207; 106 Stat. harvested from the Coquille Forest shall be title to any additional number of acres of 3255; 108 Stat. 708; 108 Stat. 4566; 112 Stat. subject to the same Federal statutory re- real property located within the boundaries 1896), is amended— strictions on export to foreign nations that of the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation (1) in subsection (a)— apply to unprocessed logs harvested from established by Executive Order dated No- (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to valid’’ and in- Federal land. vember 9, 1855, comprised of land within the serting the following: political boundaries of Benton, Douglas, ‘‘(ii) SALES OF TIMBER.—Notwithstanding ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid’’; and Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, and Yamhill any other provision of law, all sales of tim- (B) by adding after paragraph (1) (as des- Counties in the State of Oregon, if that real ber from land subject to this subsection shall ignated by subparagraph (A)) the following: property is conveyed or otherwise trans- be advertised, offered, and awarded accord- ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL TRUST ACQUISITIONS.— ferred to the United States by or on behalf of ing to competitive bidding practices, with ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac- the tribe. sales being awarded to the highest respon- cept title to any additional number of acres ‘‘(B) TRUST.—Land to which title is accept- sible bidder.’’; of real property located within the bound- ed by the Secretary under this paragraph (2) by striking paragraph (9); and aries of the original 1857 reservation of the shall be held in trust by the United States (3) by redesignating paragraphs (10) Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde for the benefit of the tribe. through (12) as paragraphs (9) through (11), Community of Oregon established by Execu- respectively. ‘‘(2) TREATMENT AS PART OF RESERVATION.— All real property that is taken into trust tive Order dated June 30, 1857, comprised of land within the political boundaries of Polk By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and under paragraph (1) shall— ‘‘(A) be considered and evaluated as an on- and Yamhill Counties, Oregon, if that real Mr. MERKLEY): reservation acquisition under part 151.10 of property is conveyed or otherwise trans- S. 817. A bill to provide for the addi- title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc- ferred to the United States by or on behalf of tion of certain real property to the res- cessor regulations); and the Tribe. ervation of the Siletz Tribe in the ‘‘(B) become part of the reservation of the ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF TRUST LAND.— State of Oregon; to the Committee on tribe. ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the origi- Indian Affairs. ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON GAMING.—Any real property taken into trust under paragraph nal 1857 reservation shall be treated by the Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask Secretary as an on-reservation trust acquisi- unanimous consent that the text of the (1) shall not be eligible, or used, for any gam- ing activity carried out under the Indian tion. bill be printed in the RECORD. Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et ‘‘(ii) GAMING.—Any real property taken There being no objection, the text of seq.).’’. into trust under this paragraph shall not be the bill was ordered to be printed in eligible, or used, for any Class II or Class III the RECORD, as follows: By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and gaming activity carried out under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et S. 817 Mr. MERKLEY): seq.), except for real property within 2 miles Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- S. 818. A bill to amend the Grand of the gaming facility in existence on the resentatives of the United States of America in Ronde Reservation Act to make tech- date of enactment of this paragraph that is Congress assembled, nical corrections, and for other pur- located on State Highway 18 in the Grand SECTION 1. PURPOSE; CLARIFICATION. poses; to the Committee on Indian Af- Ronde community of Oregon. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to fairs. ‘‘(C) RESERVATION.—All real property facilitate fee-to-trust applications for the Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask taken into trust within those boundaries at Siletz Tribe within the geographic area spec- unanimous consent that the text of the any time after September 9, 1988, shall be ified in the amendment made by this Act. bill be printed in the RECORD. part of the reservation of the Tribe.’’; and (b) CLARIFICATION.—Except as specifically There being no objection, the text of (2) in subsection (c)— provided otherwise by this Act or the amend- the bill was ordered to be printed in (A) in the matter preceding the table, by ment made by this Act, nothing in this Act striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approxi- or the amendment made by this Act, shall the RECORD, as follows: mately 10,311.60’’ and inserting ‘‘in sub- prioritize for any purpose the claims of any S. 818 section (a)(1) are approximately 11,349.92’’; federally-recognized Indian tribe over the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- and claims of any other federally-recognized In- resentatives of the United States of America in (B) in the table— dian tribe. Congress assembled, (i) by striking the following:

‘‘6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55’’; and inserting the following:

‘‘6 7 7, 8, 17, 18 Former tax lot 800, located within the SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 7; SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Sec- 5.55’’; tion 8; NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 17; and NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 of Section 18 (ii) in the acres column of the last item (108 Stat. 4566), by striking ‘‘240’’ and insert- (iii) by striking all text after added by section 2(a)(1) of Public Law 103–445 ing ‘‘241.06’’; and

‘‘6 7 18 E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 43.42’’; and inserting the following:

‘‘6 8 1 W 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 20.6

6 8 1 N 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 19.99

6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 9.99

6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 10.46

6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 12.99

6 7 6 SW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 37.39

6 7 5 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 24.87

6 7 5, 8 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 5; and NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 8 109.9

6 8 1 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 31.32

6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 8.89

6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 78.4

6 7 8, 17 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 8; and NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 17 14.33

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6 7 17 NW1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 6.68 6 8 12 SW 1⁄4 NE1⁄4 8.19 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 2.0 6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 5.05 6 8 12 SE 1⁄4, SW 1⁄4 54.64 6 7 17, 18 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 of Section 17; and SE 1⁄4, NE 1⁄4 of Section 18 136.83 6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 20.08 6 7 5 NE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, E 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 97.38 4 7 31 SE 1⁄4 159.60 6 7 17 NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 3.14 6 8 12 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 1.10 6 7 8 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 0.92 6 8 12 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.99 6 7 7 NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 7; and 6 8 12 S 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4, E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 of Section 12 86.48 6 8 12 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.56 6 7 6 W 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 6; and 6 8 1 E 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 1 35.82 6 7 5 E 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 19.88 6 8 12 NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 0.29 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 2.5 6 7 8 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 7.16 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 5.5 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.34 Total 11,349.92’’.

By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself exposed through production practices should be provided information about if and Mr. LEAHY): or handling of final products. BPA is in the food products that they S. 821. A bill to establish require- I am particularly concerned about purchase. ments with respect to bisphenol A; to the negative health effects to children I urge my colleagues to join me in the Committee on Health, Education, who are exposed to chemicals both supporting the BPA in Food Packaging Labor, and Pensions. while they are developing in the womb Right to Know Act and stand up for the Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I re- and in the first few years of their lives. rights of consumers to have this basic main concerned about the high levels Children are particularly susceptible to information. of exposure Americans have to toxins while their bodies are devel- Bisphenol-A, BPA, an endocrine-dis- oping at such a rapid pace. By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. rupting chemical. BPA is a synthetic According to Dr. Heather Patisaul, a RISCH, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. MUR- estrogen, which means that it mimics biologist at North Carolina State Uni- KOWSKI, and Mr. CRAPO): this hormone when in the body. Sci- versity, when pregnant women are ex- S. 822. A bill to expand geothermal entific studies continue to show cause posed to BPA and other endocrine-dis- production, and for other purposes; to for concern, especially for the health rupting chemicals, three generations the Committee on Energy and Natural effects on babies, children, and expect- are impacted: the mother, the fetus, Resources. Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, today I ant mothers. While these studies con- and the reproductive cells in the fetus. am proud to introduce the Geothermal tinue to examine the exact effects that She cites that nearly 100 studies have Production Expansion Act of 2015 with BPA has on humans, consumers de- shown an association between BPA ex- my colleagues Senators RISCH, serve more information. posure and negative health effects in BPA is most commonly found in food MERKLEY, MURKOWSKI, and CRAPO. humans. These include reproductive This bipartisan bill will allow for the products, such as the lining of canned disorders, behavioral problems in chil- rapid expansion of already identified goods like string beans, but consumers dren, and heart disease. In addition, geothermal resources without the addi- have no clear way of knowing this. The there are over 1200 published animal tional delays of competitive leasing BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know studies on effects of BPA that show po- and without opening up those adjacent Act is a simple solution to fix this tential links to cancer, tumors, and properties to speculative bidders who problem. This legislation requires that brain development disorders. have no interest in developing the re- food packaging that uses BPA include A recent study published in Hyper- source. At the same time that the bill a clear label that reads, ‘‘This food tension, a journal by the American streamlines the leasing process, it also packaging contains BPA, an endocrine- Heart Association, found that individ- protects the taxpayer by requiring that disrupting chemical, according to the uals who drank beverages from con- developers pay fair market value for National Institutes of Health.’’ This is tainers made with BPA had an acute the new lease, and limiting the amount basic information that consumers have increase in their blood pressure, com- of adjacent Federal land that can be the right to know so they can make in- pared with individuals who drank the leased to 640 acres. formed decisions about the products same beverage from containers that did The Bureau of Land Management, they wish to purchase. not use BPA. This shows the potential which manages geothermal projects on This legislation also directs the De- for an increased risk for heart disease. federal land under lease agreements, partment of Health and Human Serv- Another recent study, published in estimates about 250 million acres of ices to do a safety assessment of food Endocrinology, a journal by the Endo- federal land contains geothermal power containers that use BPA to determine crine Society, shows a link between potential. Geothermal energy projects if there is reasonable certainty that no fetal exposure to BPA and increased that are producing geothermal power harm will come from exposure, includ- oxidative stress—an imbalance in the under the BLM’s management make up ing from low doses over the long term. body’s ability to protect against and about half of the total geothermal gen- This safety standard would also apply repair cell damage. erating capacity in the United States. to the evaluation of alternatives to According to the Centers for Disease This legislation takes an important BPA to ensure that replacement Control and Prevention, 93 percent of step to speed the development of this chemicals are not simply causing the Americans have BPA in their bodies. tremendous clean energy potential on same harm by a different name. The As a society we are constantly exposed public lands, and I urge my colleagues legislation calls specific attention to to low doses of this chemical over a to support it. the effects of exposure on vulnerable long timeframe. Consumers deserve the Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- populations, such as infants, children, opportunity to have more control over sent that the text of the bill be printed pregnant women, and workers who are their own exposure and at the least in the RECORD.

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In discussions about the qualified lessee to the applicable Federal S. 822 land management agency that would lead in- the harmful impacts of regulations Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- dividuals who are experienced in the subject with Montanans, Vicki Bertelsen, who resentatives of the United States of America in matter to believe that— is the President of K&K Trucking in Congress assembled, ‘‘(I) there is a valid discovery of geo- Great Falls, said, ‘‘Burdensome report- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. thermal resources on the land for which the ing requirements eat up too many busi- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Geothermal qualified lessee holds the legal right to de- ness hours every month. I would rather Production Expansion Act of 2015’’. velop geothermal resources; and be growing my business than sending ‘‘(II) that thermal feature extends into the SEC. 2. NONCOMPETITIVE LEASING OF ADJOIN- redundant [and] antiquated paperwork adjoining areas. ING AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF to the government.’’ GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. ‘‘(C) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.— With nearly 175,000 pages in the Code Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act of Federal Regulations, it is easy to of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amended by add- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— ‘‘(I) publish a notice of any request to lease ing at the end the following: understand how regulations are keep- land under this paragraph; ‘‘(4) ADJOINING LAND.— ing people from getting back to work. ‘‘(II) determine fair market value for pur- ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: That is why today I am introducing poses of this paragraph in accordance with ‘‘(i) FAIR MARKET VALUE PER ACRE.—The the Regulatory Examination Vital for procedures for making those determinations term ‘fair market value per acre’ means a Improving and Evaluating Working So- that are established by regulations issued by dollar amount per acre that— the Secretary; lutions, REVIEWS, Act. While this bill ‘‘(I) except as provided in this clause, shall ‘‘(III) provide to a qualified lessee and pub- recognizes that many regulations serve be equal to the market value per acre (tak- lish, with an opportunity for public comment a noble purpose in protecting con- ing into account the determination under for a period of 30 days, any proposed deter- sumers and natural resources, it also subparagraph (B)(iii) regarding a valid dis- mination under this subparagraph of the fair seeks to address a structural deficiency covery on the adjoining land) as determined market value of an area that the qualified by the Secretary under regulations issued in government agencies which allow lessee seeks to lease under this paragraph; obsolete and unnecessary regulations under this paragraph; and ‘‘(II) shall be determined by the Secretary ‘‘(IV) provide to the qualified lessee and to remain in the Code of Federal Regu- with respect to a lease under this paragraph, any adversely affected party the opportunity lations. Because agencies operate on by not later than the end of the 180-day pe- to appeal the final determination of fair limited resources, they focus their ef- riod beginning on the date the Secretary re- market value in an administrative pro- forts on drafting new regulatory rules, ceives an application for the lease; and ceeding before the applicable Federal land rather than monitoring the rules that ‘‘(III) shall be not less than the greater of— management agency, in accordance with ap- ‘‘(aa) 4 times the median amount paid per already exist. While most agency em- plicable law (including regulations). ployees are well-intentioned, this acre for all land leased under this Act during ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON NOMINATION.—After the preceding year; or publication of a notice of request to lease structural deficiency places a greater ‘‘(bb) $50. land under this paragraph, the Secretary emphasis on creating rules, rather than ‘‘(ii) INDUSTRY STANDARDS.—The term ‘in- may not accept under subsection (a) any monitoring the application and effec- dustry standards’ means the standards by nomination of the land for leasing unless the tiveness of existing rules, only to the which a qualified geothermal professional as- request has been denied or withdrawn. detriment of Americans. sesses whether downhole or flowing tempera- ‘‘(iii) ANNUAL RENTAL.—For purposes of The REVIEWS Act will require agen- ture measurements with indications of per- section 5(a)(3), a lease awarded under this meability are sufficient to produce energy cies to periodically review each regula- paragraph shall be considered a lease award- tion every ten years using the Notice from geothermal resources, as determined ed in a competitive lease sale. through flow or injection testing or measure- ‘‘(D) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 and Comment process. This require- ment of lost circulation while drilling. days after the date of enactment of the Geo- ment will ensure that obsolete regula- ‘‘(iii) QUALIFIED FEDERAL LAND.—The term thermal Production Expansion Act of 2015, tions are recognized and eliminated ‘qualified Federal land’ means land that is the Secretary shall issue regulations to and that regulatory cost consider- otherwise available for leasing under this carry out this paragraph.’’. ations are properly evaluated. If a rule Act. is not reviewed at least every 10 years, ‘‘(iv) QUALIFIED GEOTHERMAL PROFES- By Mr. DAINES: it cannot be enforced in court. This re- SIONAL.—The term ‘qualified geothermal pro- S. 826. A bill to amend title 5, United quirement will provide public account- fessional’ means an individual who is an en- States Code, to sunset rules after 10 ability and force regulators to periodi- gineer or geoscientist in good professional years unless agencies undergo notice cally examine existing rules. standing with at least 5 years of experience and comment rulemaking, and for in geothermal exploration, development, or It is my hope that this common sense other purposes; to the Committee on project assessment. bill will ultimately reduce the regu- Homeland Security and Governmental ‘‘(v) QUALIFIED LESSEE.—The term ‘quali- latory burden on Americans and allow fied lessee’ means a person that may hold a Affairs. Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, when I them to freely pursue their ends, inde- geothermal lease under this Act (including pendently of government intervention. applicable regulations). travel across the State of Montana, Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- ‘‘(vi) VALID DISCOVERY.—The term ‘valid from Alzada to Whitefish, I meet many discovery’ means a discovery of a geo- different people and small businesses. sent that the text of the bill be printed thermal resource by a new or existing slim Although the diversity of thought in in the RECORD. hole or production well, that exhibits Montana is self-evident to anyone who There being no objection, the text of downhole or flowing temperature measure- has spent time there, everyone agrees the bill was ordered to be printed in ments with indications of permeability that on one thing. Regulation dictated by the RECORD, as follows: are sufficient to meet industry standards. bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. is sti- S. 826 ‘‘(B) AUTHORITY.—An area of qualified Fed- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- eral land that adjoins other land for which a fling entrepreneurial creativity, push- resentatives of the United States of America in qualified lessee holds a legal right to develop ing opportunities overseas, and killing Congress assembled, geothermal resources may be available for a jobs. noncompetitive lease under this section to While many burdensome regulations SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. the qualified lessee at the fair market value are new, through adoption of laws such This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulatory per acre, if— as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Examination Vital for Improving and Evalu- ‘‘(i) the area of qualified Federal land— Act and the Affordable Care Act, still ating Working Solutions Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘REVIEWS Act’’. ‘‘(I) consists of not less than 1 acre and not many more have been on the books for more than 640 acres; and SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. years without review. In an evolving In this Act, the terms ‘‘agency’’ and ‘‘rule’’ ‘‘(II) is not already leased under this Act or and dynamic economy, regulators nominated to be leased under subsection (a); have the meanings given those terms in sec- ‘‘(ii) the qualified lessee has not previously should, at the very least, review their tion 551 of title 5, United States Code. received a noncompetitive lease under this regulations on a periodic basis, allow SEC. 3. REGULATORY SUNSET. paragraph in connection with the valid dis- for public input, and eliminate any (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 553 of title 5, covery for which data has been submitted rules that are either obsolete or unnec- United States Code, is amended by adding at under clause (iii)(I); and essary. the end the following:

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‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES.— of the modern Greek state, said to the citi- (3) notes the important role that Greece ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in zens of the United States in 1821, ‘‘It is in has played in the wider European region and paragraph (2), any rule required to be pro- your land that liberty has fixed her abode in the community of nations since gaining mulgated in accordance with this section and . . . in imitating you, we shall imitate its independence 194 years ago. shall cease to be effective on the date that is our ancestors and be thought worthy of them f 10 years after the date on which the agency if we succeed in resembling you.’’; promulgates the rule. Whereas the Greek national anthem, the SENATE RESOLUTION 106—DESIG- ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The effective period of a ‘‘Hymn to Liberty’’, includes the words, NATING MARCH 22, 2015, AS ‘‘NA- rule described in paragraph (1) may be ex- ‘‘most heartily was gladdened George Wash- TIONAL REHABILITATION COUN- tended for additional periods of not more ington’s brave land’’; SELORS APPRECIATION DAY’’ than 10 years if, before the date on which the Whereas the people of the United States rule ceases to be effective, the agency that generously offered humanitarian assistance Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. promulgated the rule complies with the pro- to the people of Greece during their struggle CASEY) submitted the following resolu- cedures under this section as if the rule were for independence; tion; which was considered and agreed a new rule to be issued by the agency.’’. Whereas Greece heroically resisted Axis to: forces at a crucial moment in World War II, (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment S. RES. 106 made under subsection (a) shall apply to a forcing Adolf Hitler to change his timeline rule promulgated by an agency after the date and delaying the attack on Russia; Whereas rehabilitation counselors conduct of enactment of this Act. Whereas Winston Churchill said, ‘‘if there assessments, provide counseling, support families, and plan and implement rehabilita- SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES. had not been the virtue and courage of the tion programs for individuals in need of re- (a) ACTIONS REVIEWABLE.—Section 704 of Greeks, we do not know which the outcome habilitation; title 5, United States Code, is amended— of World War II would have been’’ and ‘‘no Whereas the purpose of professional orga- (1) by striking ‘‘Agency action’’ and insert- longer will we say that Greeks fight like he- nizations for rehabilitation counseling and ing the following: roes, but that heroes fight like Greeks’’; ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Agency action’’; and Whereas hundreds of thousands of the peo- education is to promote the improvement of (2) by adding at the end the following: ple of Greece were killed during World War rehabilitation services available to individ- ‘‘(b) CLARIFICATION OF FINAL AGENCY AC- II; uals with disabilities through quality edu- TION.—For purposes of this section, the term Whereas Greece consistently allied with cation for counselors and rehabilitation re- ‘final agency action’ includes interpretative the United States in major international search; rules, general statements of policy, and rules conflicts throughout the 20th century; Whereas various professional organizations of agency organization, procedure, or prac- Whereas Greece is a strategic partner and have vigorously advocated up-to-date edu- tice issued by an agency.’’. ally of the United States in bringing polit- cation and training and the maintenance of (b) REVIEW IN COURT OF APPEALS.—Section ical stability and economic development to professional standards in the field of reha- 2342 of title 28, United States Code, is amend- the volatile Balkan region, having invested bilitation counseling and education, includ- ed— billions of dollars in the countries of the re- ing— (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at gion and having contributed more than (1) the National Rehabilitation Associa- the end; $750,000,000 in development aid for the region; tion; (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period Whereas the government and people of (2) the Rehabilitation Counselors and Edu- at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and Greece actively participate in peacekeeping cators Association; (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol- and peace-building operations conducted by (3) the National Council on Rehabilitation lowing new paragraph: international organizations, including the Education; ‘‘(8) all rules of an agency (as defined under United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty (4) the National Rehabilitation Counseling section 551 of title 5) that— Organization, the European Union, and the Association; ‘‘(A) ceased to be effective under section Organization for Security and Co-operation (5) the American Rehabilitation Coun- 553(f) of such title; and in Europe, and have more recently provided seling Association; (6) the Commission on Rehabilitation ‘‘(B) the agency continues to enforce.’’. critical support to the operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Counselor Certification; f (7) the Council of State Administrators of Libya; Vocational Rehabilitation; and SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS Whereas Greece received worldwide praise (8) the Council on Rehabilitation Edu- for its extraordinary handling during the cation; 2004 Olympic Games of more than 14,000 ath- Whereas, on March 22, 1983, the president of SENATE RESOLUTION 105—RECOG- letes and more than 2,000,000 spectators and the National Council on Rehabilitation Edu- journalists, a feat the government and peo- NIZING THE 194TH ANNIVERSARY cation, testified before the Subcommittee on ple of Greece handled efficiently, securely, OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF Select Education of the Committee on Edu- and with hospitality; GREECE AND CELEBRATING DE- cation and Labor of the House of Representa- Whereas Greece, located in a region where MOCRACY IN GREECE AND THE tives, and was instrumental in bringing the Christianity meets Islam and Judaism, need for qualified rehabilitation counselors UNITED STATES maintains excellent relations with Muslim to the attention of Congress; and Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. countries and Israel; Whereas the efforts of the National Council Whereas the Government of Greece has BARRASSO, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. on Rehabilitation Education led to the en- taken important steps in recent years to fur- CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. actment of laws that require rehabilitation ther cross-cultural understanding, rap- COCHRAN, Mr. COONS, Mr. DONNELLY, counselors to have proper credentials, in prochement, and cooperation in various Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, order to provide a higher quality of service fields with Turkey, and has also improved its to those in need of rehabilitation: Now, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KIRK, relations with other countries in the region, therefore, be it Mr. MANCHIN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. MUR- including Israel, thus enhancing the sta- Resolved, That the Senate— PHY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PETERS, Mr. bility of the wider region; (1) designates March 22, 2015, as ‘‘National REED of Rhode Island, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. Whereas the governments and people of Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Greece and the United States are at the fore- SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. STABE- Day’’; and front of efforts to advance freedom, democ- NOW, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, and (2) commends— racy, peace, stability, and human rights; Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following (A) rehabilitation counselors, for the dedi- Whereas those efforts and similar ideals resolution; which was referred to the cation and hard work rehabilitation coun- have forged a close bond between the people Committee on Foreign Relations: selors provide to individuals in need of reha- of Greece and the United States; and bilitation; and S. RES. 105 Whereas it is proper and desirable for the (B) professional organizations, for the ef- Whereas the people of ancient Greece de- United States to celebrate March 25, 2015, forts professional organizations have made veloped the concept of democracy, in which Greek Independence Day, with the people of to assist those who require rehabilitation. the supreme power to govern was vested in Greece and to reaffirm the democratic prin- the people; ciples from which those two great countries f Whereas the founding fathers of the United were founded: Now, therefore, be it AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND States, many of whom read Greek political Resolved, That the Senate— philosophy in the original Greek language, (1) extends warm congratulations and best PROPOSED drew heavily on the political experience and wishes to the people of Greece as they cele- SA 320. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. philosophy of ancient Greece in forming the brate the 194th anniversary of the independ- HEITKAMP) submitted an amendment in- representative democracy of the United ence of Greece; tended to be proposed by her to the bill S. States; (2) expresses support for the principles of 178, to provide justice for the victims of traf- Whereas Petros Mavromichalis, the former democratic governance to which the people ficking; which was ordered to lie on the Commander in Chief of Greece and a founder of Greece are committed; and table.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19MR6.032 S19MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S1670 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 19, 2015 TEXT OF AMENDMENTS able in the Fund during the relevant fiscal ecuting offenses involving child human traf- Ms. COLLINS (for herself and year, shall be available for grants to provide ficking. SA 320. services for child pornography victims under ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grants Ms. HEITKAMP) submitted an amend- section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse ment intended to be proposed by her to Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)), as provided in awarded under subsection (a) may be used the bill S. 178, to provide justice for the appropriations Acts. for— victims of trafficking; which was or- ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—Amounts in the Fund, ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of dered to lie on the table; as follows: or otherwise transferred from the Fund, specialized training programs for law en- shall be subject to the limitations on the use forcement officers, first responders, health Beginning on page 48, strike line 3 and all care officials, child welfare officials, juvenile that follows through page 63, line 2 and in- or expending as provided in appropriations justice personnel, prosecutors, and judicial sert the following: Acts. ‘‘(f) TRANSFERS.— personnel to— SEC. 101. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ ‘‘(A) identify victims and acts of child FUND. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the day human trafficking; (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 201 of title 18, after the date of enactment of the Justice for ‘‘(B) address the unique needs of child vic- United States Code, is amended by adding at Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, on Sep- tims of human trafficking; the end the following: tember 30 of each fiscal year, all unobligated balances in the Fund shall be transferred to ‘‘(C) facilitate the rescue of child victims ‘‘§ 3014. Additional special assessment the Crime Victims Fund established under of human trafficking; ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of enactment of the Justice for Victims of Traf- 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601). human trafficking, including the soliciting, ficking Act of 2015 and ending on September, ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts transferred patronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex 30 2019, in addition to the assessment im- under paragraph (1)— acts from children, as well as training to posed under section 3013, the court shall as- ‘‘(A) shall be available for any authorized build cases against complex criminal net- sess an amount of $5,000 on any non-indigent purpose of the Crime Victims Fund; and works involved in child human trafficking; person or entity convicted of an offense ‘‘(B) shall remain available until expended. and under— ‘‘(g) COLLECTION METHOD.—The amount as- ‘‘(E) utilize, implement, and provide edu- ‘‘(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slav- sessed under subsection (a) shall, subject to cation on safe harbor laws enacted by States, ery, and trafficking in persons); subsection (b), be collected in the manner aimed at preventing the criminalization and ‘‘(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual that fines are collected in criminal cases. prosecution of child sex trafficking victims abuse); ‘‘(h) DURATION OF OBLIGATION.—Subject to for prostitution offenses, and other laws ‘‘(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploi- section 3613(b), the obligation to pay an as- aimed at the investigation and prosecution tation and other abuse of children); sessment imposed on or after the date of en- of child human trafficking; ‘‘(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation actment of the Justice for Victims of Traf- ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of for illegal sexual activity and related ficking Act of 2015 shall not cease until the dedicated anti-trafficking law enforcement crimes); or assessment is paid in full.’’. units and task forces to investigate child ‘‘(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Na- (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- human trafficking offenses and to rescue vic- tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324) (relating to MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 201 tims, including— human smuggling), unless the person in- of title 18, United States Code, is amended by ‘‘(A) funding salaries, in whole or in part, duced, assisted, abetted, or aided only an in- inserting after the item relating to section for law enforcement officers, including pa- dividual who at the time of such action was 3013 the following: trol officers, detectives, and investigators, the alien’s spouse, parent, son, or daughter except that the percentage of the salary of (and no other individual) to enter the United ‘‘3014. Additional special assessment.’’. the law enforcement officer paid for by funds States in violation of law. SEC. 102. CLARIFYING THE BENEFITS AND PRO- ‘‘(b) SATISFACTION OF OTHER COURT-OR- TECTIONS OFFERED TO DOMESTIC from a grant awarded under this section DERED OBLIGATIONS.—An assessment under VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. shall not be more than the percentage of the subsection (a) shall not be payable until the Section 107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims officer’s time on duty that is dedicated to person subject to the assessment has satis- Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)) is working on cases involving child human traf- fied all outstanding court-ordered fines and amended— ficking; orders of restitution arising from the crimi- (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases in- nal convictions on which the special assess- (G) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respec- volving child human trafficking, including— ment is based. tively; ‘‘(i) wire taps; ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC TRAF- (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise specific to FICKING VICTIMS’ FUND.—There is established following: cases involving child human trafficking; in the Treasury of the United States a fund, ‘‘(F) NO REQUIREMENT OF OFFICIAL CERTIFI- ‘‘(iii) travel; and to be known as the ‘Domestic Trafficking CATION FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAW- ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance expendi- Victims’ Fund’ (referred to in this section as FUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.—Nothing in this tures; the ‘Fund’). section may be construed to require United ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-trafficking prosecution ‘‘(d) DEPOSITS.—Notwithstanding section States citizens or lawful permanent resi- units, including the funding of salaries for 3302 of title 31, or any other law regarding dents who are victims of severe forms of traf- State and local prosecutors, including assist- the crediting of money received for the Gov- ficking to obtain an official certification ing in paying trial expenses for prosecution ernment, there shall be deposited in the from the Secretary of Health and Human of child human trafficking offenders, except Fund an amount equal to the amount of the Services in order to access any of the spe- that the percentage of the total salary of a assessments collected under this section, cialized services described in this subsection State or local prosecutor that is paid using which shall remain available until expended. or any other Federal benefits and protec- an award under this section shall be not ‘‘(e) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.— tions to which they are otherwise entitled.’’; more than the percentage of the total num- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund and ber of hours worked by the prosecutor that is shall be available for obligation or expendi- (3) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated, by spent working on cases involving child ture only when specified in appropriations striking ‘‘subparagraph (F)’’ and inserting human trafficking; Acts for each of fiscal years 2016 through ‘‘subparagraph (G)’’. ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human 2020. SEC. 103. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN trafficking victim witness safety, assistance, ‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE BLOCK and relocation programs that encourage co- the Fund made available for obligation or GRANT PROGRAM. operation with law enforcement investiga- expenditure pursuant to paragraph (1) may (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Traf- tions of crimes of child human trafficking by only be used to award grants or enhance vic- ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization leveraging existing resources and delivering tims’ programming under— Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amended to child human trafficking victims’ services ‘‘(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the Traf- read as follows: through coordination with— ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization ‘‘SEC. 203. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a, 14044b, and TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE BLOCK ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 14044c); GRANT PROGRAM. ‘‘(iii) State governmental health service ‘‘(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney agencies; of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of General may award block grants to an eligi- ‘‘(iv) housing agencies; 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and ble entity to develop, improve, or expand do- ‘‘(v) legal services agencies; and ‘‘(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child mestic child human trafficking deterrence ‘‘(vi) nongovernmental organizations and Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). programs that assist law enforcement offi- shelter service providers with substantial ex- ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—Of the amounts in the Fund cers, prosecutors, judicial officials, and perience in delivering wrap-around services made available for obligation or expenditure qualified victims’ services organizations in to victims of child human trafficking; and pursuant to paragraph (1), not less than collaborating to rescue and restore the lives ‘‘(E) the establishment or enhancement of $2,000,000, if such amounts are made avail- of victims, while investigating and pros- other necessary victim assistance programs

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19MR6.035 S19MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1671 or personnel, such as victim or child advo- graphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General shall ized to meet during the session of the cates, child-protective services, child foren- give preference to grant applications if— Senate on March 19, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. sic interviews, or other necessary service ‘‘(A) the application includes a plan to use providers; and awarded funds to engage in all activities de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ‘‘(3) the establishment or enhancement of scribed under paragraphs (1) through (3) of objection, it is so ordered. problem solving court programs for traf- subsection (b); or COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN ficking victims that include— ‘‘(B) the application includes a plan by the AFFAIRS ‘‘(A) mandatory and regular training re- State or unit of local government to con- quirements for judicial officials involved in tinue funding of all activities funded by the Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask the administration or operation of the court award after the expiration of the award. unanimous consent that the Com- program described under this paragraph; ‘‘(d) DURATION AND RENEWAL OF AWARD.— mittee on Banking, Housing, and ‘‘(B) continuing judicial supervision of vic- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this sec- Urban Affairs be authorized to meet tims of child human trafficking, including tion shall expire 3 years after the date of during the session of the Senate on case worker or child welfare supervision in award of the grant. March 19, 2015, at 10 a.m., to conduct a collaboration with judicial officers, who ‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section hearing entitled ‘‘Examining the Regu- have been identified by a law enforcement or shall be renewable not more than 2 times and judicial officer as a potential victim of child for a period of not greater than 2 years. latory Regime for Regional Banks.’’ human trafficking, regardless of whether the ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without victim has been charged with a crime related shall— objection, it is so ordered. to human trafficking; ‘‘(1) enter into a contract with a non- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND ‘‘(C) the development of a specialized and governmental organization, including an TRANSPORTATION individualized, court-ordered treatment pro- academic or nonprofit organization, that has gram for identified victims of child human experience with issues related to child Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask trafficking, including— human trafficking and evaluation of grant unanimous consent that the Com- ‘‘(i) State-administered outpatient treat- programs to conduct periodic evaluations of mittee on Commerce, Science, and ment; grants made under this section to determine Transportation be authorized to meet ‘‘(ii) life skills training; the impact and effectiveness of programs during the session of the Senate on ‘‘(iii) housing placement; funded with grants awarded under this sec- ‘‘(iv) vocational training; tion; March 19, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SR– ‘‘(v) education; ‘‘(2) instruct the Inspector General of the 253 of the Russell Senate Office Build- ‘‘(vi) family support services; and Department of Justice to review evaluations ing to conduct a Subcommittee hearing ‘‘(vii) job placement; issued under paragraph (1) to determine the entitled ‘‘Examining the Evolving ‘‘(D) centralized case management involv- methodological and statistical validity of Cyber Insurance Marketplace.’’ ing the consolidation of all of each child the evaluations; and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without human trafficking victim’s cases and of- ‘‘(3) submit the results of any evaluation fenses, and the coordination of all traf- conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) to— objection, it is so ordered. ficking victim treatment programs and so- ‘‘(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL cial services; the Senate; and RESOURCES ‘‘(E) regular and mandatory court appear- ‘‘(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask ances by the victim during the duration of House of Representatives. the treatment program for purposes of ensur- ‘‘(f) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—An eligible unanimous consent that the Com- ing compliance and effectiveness; entity awarded funds under this section that mittee on Energy and Natural Re- ‘‘(F) the ultimate dismissal of relevant is found to have used grant funds for any un- sources be authorized to meet during non-violent criminal charges against the vic- authorized expenditure or otherwise unal- the session of the Senate on March 19, tim, where such victim successfully complies lowable cost shall not be eligible for any 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD–366 of the with the terms of the court-ordered treat- grant funds awarded under the block grant Dirksen Senate Office Building. ment program; and for 2 fiscal years following the year in which ‘‘(G) collaborative efforts with child advo- the unauthorized expenditure or unallowable The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shel- cost is reported. objection, it is so ordered. ters, and nongovernmental organizations ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—An eligi- COMMITTEE ON FINANCE with substantial experience in delivering ble entity shall not be eligible to receive a wrap-around services to victims of child grant under this section if within the 5 fiscal Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask human trafficking to provide services to vic- years before submitting an application for a unanimous consent that the Com- tims and encourage cooperation with law en- grant under this section, the grantee has mittee on Finance be authorized to forcement. been found to have violated the terms or meet during the session of the Senate ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— conditions of a Government grant program on March 19, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., in room ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall by utilizing grant funds for unauthorized ex- SD–215 of the Dirksen Senate Office submit an application to the Attorney Gen- penditures or otherwise unallowable costs. Building, to conduct a hearing entitled eral for a grant under this section in such ‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of ad- ‘‘The Affordable Care Act at Five ministering the grants authorized by this form and manner as the Attorney General Years.’’ may require. section shall not exceed 5 percent of the ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An applica- total amount expended to carry out this sec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion submitted under this subsection shall— tion. objection, it is so ordered. ‘‘(A) describe the activities for which as- ‘‘(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a program funded by a grant COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND sistance under this section is sought; ENTREPRENEURSHIP ‘‘(B) include a detailed plan for the use of awarded under this section shall be— funds awarded under the grant; ‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask ‘‘(C) provide such additional information ‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and unanimous consent that the Com- and assurances as the Attorney General de- ‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year, and in all mittee on Small Business and Entre- termines to be necessary to ensure compli- subsequent years. preneurship be authorized to meet dur- ance with the requirements of this section; ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ing the session of the Senate on March and For purposes of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated not 19, 2015, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing ‘‘(D) disclose— entitled ‘‘Patent Reform: Protecting ‘‘(i) any other grant funding from the De- more than $7,000,000 of the funds available in partment of Justice or from any other Fed- the Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund, es- Innovation and Entrepreneurship.’’ eral department or agency for purposes simi- tablished under section 3014 of title 18, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lar to those described in subsection (b) for United States Code, for each of fiscal years objection, it is so ordered. which the eligible entity has applied, and 2016 through 2020. SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE which application is pending on the date of f the submission of an application under this Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask section; and AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO unanimous consent that the Select ‘‘(ii) any other such grant funding that the MEET Committee on Intelligence be author- eligible entity has received during the 5-year COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ized to meet during the session of the period ending on the date of the submission Senate on March 19, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. of an application under this section. Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In reviewing applica- unanimous consent that the Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tions submitted in accordance with para- mittee on Armed Services be author- objection, it is so ordered.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19MR6.035 S19MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S1672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 19, 2015 SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIRLAND agreed to, and the motions to recon- NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask sider be laid upon the table with no in- HUMANITIES unanimous consent that the Sub- tervening action or debate. FRANCINE BERMAN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES FOR A committee on Airland of the Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 26, 2020, VICE GARY D. GLENN, mittee on Armed Services be author- objection, it is so ordered. TERM EXPIRED. ized to meet during the session of the The resolution (S. Res. 106) was CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY Senate on March 19, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. agreed to. SERVICE The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The preamble was agreed to. RICHARD CHRISTMAN, OF KENTUCKY, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION objection, it is so ordered. (The resolution, with its preamble, is FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR A TERM SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA AND GLOBAL HEALTH printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- EXPIRING OCTOBER 6, 2017. (REAPPOINTMENT) POLICY mitted Resolutions.’’) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask f HUMANITIES unanimous consent that the Com- SHELLY COLLEEN LOWE, OF ARIZONA, TO BE A MEM- REPORTING AUTHORITY BER OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES mittee on Foreign Relations Sub- FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 26, 2018, VICE JANE M. committee on Africa and Global Health Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I DOGGETT, TERM EXPIRED. Policy be authorized to meet during ask unanimous consent that notwith- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE standing the adjournment of the Sen- the session of the Senate on March 19, JUAN M. GARCIA III, OF TEXAS, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 2015, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing ate, on Friday, March 20, between 12 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, VICE JESSICA LYNN WRIGHT, noon and 2 p.m., it be in order for the RESIGNED. entitled ‘‘The U.S.-Africa Leader’s STEPHEN P. WELBY, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN ASSIST- Summit Seven Months Later: Progress Budget Committee to report out a con- ANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, VICE ZACHARY J. and Setbacks.’’ current resolution and that it be in LEMNIOS, RESIGNED. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without order for the Senate to proceed to that MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION objection, it is so ordered. resolution on Monday, March 23. ANDREW J. READ, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE A MEM- BER OF THE MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT, AGENCY ACTION, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without EXPIRING MAY 13, 2016, VICE DARYL J. BONESS, TERM EX- FEDERAL RIGHTS, AND FEDERAL COURTS objection, it is so ordered. PIRED. Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask f SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION unanimous consent that the Com- DOUGLAS J. KRAMER, OF KANSAS, TO BE DEPUTY AD- ORDERS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 23, MINISTRATOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA- mittee on the Judiciary, Sub- 2015 TION, VICE MARIE COLLINS JOHNS, RESIGNED. committee on Oversight, Agency Ac- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS tion, Federal Rights, and Federal Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the LAVERNE HORTON COUNCIL, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE AN Courts, be authorized to meet during ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (INFOR- the session of the Senate, on March 19, Senate completes its business today, it MATION AND TECHNOLOGY), VICE ROGER W. BAKER. adjourn until 12 noon, Monday, March DAVID J. SHULKIN, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE UNDER 2015, at 3:30 p.m., in room SD–226 of the SECRETARY FOR HEALTH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET- Dirksen Senate Office Building, to con- 23; that following the prayer and ERANS AFFAIRS, VICE ROBERT A. PETZEL, RESIGNED. duct a hearing entitled ‘‘Reining in pledge, the morning hour be deemed IN THE AIR FORCE expired, the Journal of proceedings be Amnesty: Texas v. United States and THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT Its Implications.’’ approved to date, and the time for the IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- two leaders be reserved for their use CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION objection, it is so ordered. later in the day; that following leader 601: remarks, the Senate be in a period of To be lieutenant general SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND morning business, with Senators per- FEDERAL MANAGEMENT MAJ. GEN. JOHN N. T. SHANAHAN mitted to speak therein for up to 10 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask minutes each. IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- unanimous consent that the Sub- CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION committee on Regulatory Affairs and objection, it is so ordered. 601: Federal Management of the Committee To be lieutenant general on Homeland Security and Govern- f MAJ. GEN. JACK WEINSTEIN mental Affairs be authorized to meet PROGRAM IN THE ARMY during the session of the Senate on Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, on March 19, 2015, at 10 a.m., to conduct a THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT Monday at 12 noon, the Senate will IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED hearing entitled ‘‘Examining Federal proceed to consider the budget resolu- WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND Rulemaking Challenges and Areas of RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: tion. Senators should expect at least To be lieutenant general Improvement Within the Existing Reg- one vote on an amendment to the budg- MAJ. GEN. JOSEPH P. DISALVO ulatory Process.’’ et at 5:30 p.m. on Monday night. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT For the information of all Senators, IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED objection, it is so ordered. the budget resolution is privileged and UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: f therefore will not displace the pending To be major general trafficking legislation. Once the budget BRIG. GEN. JOHN W. BAKER NATIONAL REHABILITATION BRIG. GEN. CHRISTOPHER S. BALLARD COUNSELORS APPRECIATION DAY resolution has been adopted, the traf- BRIG. GEN. JOHN W. CHARLTON ficking bill will be the pending busi- BRIG. GEN. ROGER L. CLOUTIER, JR. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ness before the Senate. BRIG. GEN. EDWARD M. DALY ask unanimous consent that the Sen- BRIG. GEN. JASON T. EVANS f BRIG. GEN. JOHN G. FERRARI ate proceed to the consideration of S. BRIG. GEN. ANTHONY C. FUNKHOUSER BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM K. GAYLER Res. 106, which was submitted earlier ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, BRIG. GEN. DAVID B. HAIGHT today. MARCH 23, 2015 BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH P. HARRINGTON BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM B. HICKMAN The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, if BRIG. GEN. CHRISTIOHER P. HUGHES clerk will report the resolution by BRIG. GEN. CLAYTON M. HUTMACHER there is no further business to come be- BRIG. GEN. DONALD E. JACKSON, JR. title. fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- BRIG. GEN. DANIEL L. KARBLER The senior assistant legislative clerk BRIG. GEN. JAMES E. KRAFT, JR. sent that it stand adjourned under the BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL E. KURILLA read as follows: previous order. BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH M. MARTIN A resolution (S. Res. 106) designating BRIG. GEN. PAUL M. NAKASONE There being no objection, the Senate, BRIG. GEN. MARK J. O’NEIL March 22, 2015, as ‘‘National Rehabilitation at 5:50 p.m., adjourned until Monday, BRIG. GEN. ANDREW P. POPPAS Counselors Appreciation Day.’’ BRIG. GEN. JAMES E. RAINEY March 23, 2015, at 12 noon. BRIG. GEN. KENT D. SAVRE There being no objection, the Senate f BRIG. GEN. STEVEN A. SHAPIRO proceeded to consider the resolution. BRIG. GEN. JAMES E. SIMPSON NOMINATIONS BRIG. GEN. MARK R. STAMMER Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I BRIG. GEN. SEAN P. SWINDELL ask unanimous consent that the reso- Executive nominations received by BRIG. GEN. LEON N. THURGOOD BRIG. GEN. KIRK F. VOLLMECKE lution be agreed to, the preamble be the Senate: BRIG. GEN. FLEM B. WALKER, JR.

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HONORING THE LIFE OF RANDY M. Tragically, less than 15 percent of Haiti has bracing efforts to protect the coastal environ- HITI regular access to electricity. So, Mr. Greenlee, ment. Mr. Greene, and Mr. Von Bokern generously With Zeke at the helm, the PCFFA took a HON. RICHARD M. NOLAN gave of their time for two weeks in the town leading role in crafting important state and fed- ` eral legislation to preserve the coastal fishing OF MINNESOTA of Roche-a-Bateaux to help solve this terrible problem. My constituents upgraded and in- industry. Zeke lobbied strongly for California’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stalled new lines and service drops. They also 1988 Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anad- Thursday, March 19, 2015 trained locally hired linemen in proper con- romous Fisheries Program Act, which called Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to struction methods, pole climbing techniques, for a statewide salmon conservation plan to honor the life of Randy M. Hiti of Rice Lake, proper handline use, and important safety double the present numbers of wild salmon. Minnesota. practices. He pushed for modernization of the federal Mr. Hiti died suddenly on Wednesday while Electricity is essential to the quality of life for Fishery Conservation and Management Act, responding to a fire call as a member of the those in Haiti’s rural communities. It assists in litigated to expedite water quality restoration Rice Lake Volunteer Fire Department. During the provision of clean water, healthcare, edu- under the federal Clean Water Act, and fought his 26 years of service, I am told that it was cation, and general economic opportunity. for protections of fishing grounds by orga- a very rare occasion that you would not see Therefore, I salute my constituents for contrib- nizing for the prevention and clean-up of pe- him show up when the Fire Department called. uting their time and efforts in Haiti on this crit- troleum spills. He was awarded the Firefighter of the Year ical project. Their selfless service for others In 1988, the National Oceanic and Atmos- Award and taught fire prevention to the truly helps make this world a better place. pheric Administration honored Zeke Grader Homecroft Elementary School third graders for f with its prominent Environmental Hero award. over ten years. For many Zeke has been a hero over many He wasn’t just a firefighter. He was a friend HONORING WILLIAM ‘ZEKE’ decades and his tireless efforts to protect the to many in all his volunteer activities, which in- GRADER, JR. wild California Coast have ensured the cluded the Rice Lake Halloween Carnival and present vitality of our fishing communities. Rice Lake Day. Randy also was an eager vol- HON. JARED HUFFMAN Our friend and former colleague George Mil- unteer for the Grandma’s Marathon each year. OF CALIFORNIA ler is one of those who counts Zeke as an in- spiration. He passed along this message to us He was the kind of guy who would drop any- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to include in the RECORD: ‘‘Zeke Grader has thing for a family member, friend in need or Thursday, March 19, 2015 anyone he saw outside of his driving hours to been my friend almost my entire time in the provide roadside assistance or help with day- Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Congress. During that time Zeke has been a to-day tasks. It was only recently that his with my colleague, MIKE THOMPSON, to recog- leader in our state, on the Pacific Coast and daughter, Katherine Hiti, was inducted into the nize the incredible legacy of William ‘Zeke’ in our nation to give voice and rights to the Volunteer Fire Department and I am sure it Grader, Jr., who has tirelessly served Califor- men and women of our vital and historic com- was a very proud moment. nia’s fishermen and coastal communities and mercial fishing industry. The Pacific coast fish- I extend my deepest sympathy to his wife, as an environmental champion and community eries from time to time are threatened with Laura, his daughters Anne and Katherine, his leader for many decades. Always willing to droughts, economic downturns, high fuel mother Millie, and his brothers Brian and share his vast knowledge and expertise with prices, habitat destruction, and bad public pol- Leon. others, Zeke has helped fishermen to define icy. Through it all, Zeke Grader has led this He will be missed in his community as he their interest in battles over offshore oil and magnificent group of fishers to maintain and touched so many lives with his spirit of gen- gas development, land-use, timber harvesting, grow our fisheries. So many people in Califor- erosity and time. water allocation, and other issues of social eq- nia’s diverse economy are dependent on their success. The commercial fishers of the Pacific f uity and sustainability. From an early age, Zeke Grader grew up in coast must both catch and protect this mag- RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF the coastal fishing community. His father nificent species. Zeke Grader for so many MATTHEW EVERETT GREENLEE, founded Grader Fish, Co., in Fort Bragg, Cali- years has successfully advocated for both the MARK ALLEN GREENE, AND ROB- fornia, to buy, process, and broker fresh, local fish and the fishers. All of us owe him great ERT WAYNE VON BOKERN fish. Zeke spent much of his childhood on the thanks.’’ family dock, helping fishermen to unload their Today, Zeke continues his strong advocacy HON. THOMAS MASSIE catch. He graduated from Fort Bragg High by working with and advising leaders at every level of industry and government. His legacy OF KENTUCKY School and moved south to attend Sonoma shows us the lasting positive impact that one IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State University, where he studied political science and graduated in 1970. man can have on countless others and he has Thursday, March 19, 2015 Zeke Grader served his country in the shown that you can build a thriving and sus- Mr. MASSIE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to United States Marine Corps before obtaining a tainable economy without depleting natural re- recognize three of my constituents from law degree from the University of San Fran- sources for future generations. Mr. Speaker, it Owenton, Kentucky: Matthew Everett cisco and passing the California State Bar in is fitting that we honor Zeke today for his work Greenlee, Mark Allen Greene, and Robert 1975. At that time, Congress was deliberating in representing the fishing community, and we Wayne Von Bokern. These three outstanding how to assert our national sovereignty over a express our deepest appreciation for his power linemen from Owen Electric Coopera- two-hundred mile wide economic zone in order friendship and his service. tive recently volunteered for a project in Haiti to curb foreign overfishing in U.S. waters, f that, when completed, will provide safe, afford- allow depleted stocks to recover, and con- RECOGNIZING THE SKANEATELES able, and reliable power to 1600 consumers. serve fishery resources. Amidst such explo- HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY TEAM The goal of the project is to build a distribu- sive public interest in natural resource protec- tion system that will connect three towns in tion, some in the fishing industry felt threat- Haiti and establish its first electric cooperative, ened by the burgeoning environmental move- HON. JOHN KATKO OF NEW YORK the Cooperative Electrique de l’Arrondisement ment. Zeke Grader was asked to serve as the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES des Coˆteaux. Upon completion, this diesel- executive officer of the newly formed Pacific solar hybrid electricity distribution system will Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations Thursday, March 19, 2015 provide safe, affordable, and reliable power to (PCFFA), and he led the organization in a Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rural consumers. more productive and effective direction by em- recognize the victory of the Skaneateles High

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He has served as General Sec- working as a cohesive team to score 3 goals Nathan’s dedication and leadership has retary of the General Baptist State Convention in under 6 minutes. Sophomore Raymond proved critical to protecting and sustaining the of New Jersey, Moderator of the Middlesex Falso received the tournament’s Most Valu- rich biodiversity of the Mississippi River. It is Central Baptist Association, Inc. and past able Player Award, after having missed six with great pride today that I rise to congratu- president of the Metuchen/Edison Clergy As- weeks of the regular season due to an injury. late Nathan for receiving the Rachel Carson sociation. He is also the first Chaplain of the Senior Captain Owen Kuhns, sophomores Individual Award and to sincerely thank him Metuchen Police and Fire Departments, where Raymond Falso, Reggie Buell, and Patrick and the Genoa Fish Hatchery for building a he continues to counsel, former Vice-Chair- Major were named to the All-Tournament legacy of conservation for generations to man of the Middlesex County Democratic team. The Lakers finished their season with a come. Party and is a member of The Prince Hall Ma- 22–3–1 record due to the hard work of sen- f sons of New Jersey, among others. iors: Briggs Carter, Owen Kuhns, Jarrett Dr. Owens is married to Sister Cheryl McDonald, Cullen McGlynn, James Motyl, IN RECOGNITION OF EL CENTRO Owens, formerly Cheryl Jones, and together Brett Singler, and Trey Wirth; juniors: Karl STUDENTS THIRD PLACE PRIZE they are blessed with two daughters and four Adams, Devin Callahan, Sam Clymer, Reece IN C-SPAN’S VIDEO DOCUMEN- grandsons. An active member of her faith, Sis- Eddy, Erik Huba, Bennett Morse, Kyle TARY COMPETITION ter Cheryl Owens is also celebrating her 25th Ochsner, Jacob Patalino, and Benn Russell; anniversary of First Lady of New Hope Baptist sophomores: Matt Benson, Reggie Buell, HON. JUAN VARGAS Church and I would like to join with the church and community in thanking her for her service. Dimitris Christou, Ray Falso, Adam Lupo, Pat- OF CALIFORNIA Mr. Speaker, once again, please join me in rick Major, and Nick Rottger; freshmen: Matt IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES celebrating the 25th Pastoral Anniversary of Leveroni and Marc Welch; and eighth-grader: Thursday, March 19, 2015 Rev. Dr. Ronald L. Owens. His leadership, Luke Lynn. The team was coached by Mitch service and dedication to the church and com- Major, a former captain of the 1989 Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to munity are truly deserving of this body’s rec- Skaneateles Lakers team. honor Andrea Vallejo, Shelbie Verbrugh, and ognition. The Lakers have played with dedication and Kennent Sandoval, seniors at Southwest High respect throughout the entire season. I com- School in El Centro, California, for their out- f mend the hard work, commitment, and team- standing achievement in winning Third Prize at CONGRATULATING ELLIE CAMP- work these players have displayed throughout C–SPAN’s National 2015 StudentCam Com- BELL FOR HONOR ORCHESTRA the season and the example they have set for petition. StudentCam offers students across OF AMERICA SELECTION youth throughout the 24th District. Excellence the nation an opportunity to showcase their on the ice translates into excellence off the ice talents in a friendly national competition. HON. PETE OLSON All aspects of the video production, includ- and the practice of sacrificing for the common OF TEXAS ing the research and planning in their docu- goal, builds character in our children. I could IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not be more proud to congratulate these mentary, ‘‘Salton Sea Restoration,’’ dem- Thursday, March 19, 2015 young men on their tremendous season. onstrated the highest level of critical thinking, f initiative, and ingenuity. The ‘‘Salton Sea Res- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to toration’’ placed third out of the 2,280 videos congratulate Ellie Campbell from Richmond, CONGRATULATING NATHAN ECK- submitted, by more than 5,000 students Texas for her selection to the Honor Orchestra ERT ON RECEIVING THE U.S. around the country. of America. She is one of only two Harpists FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE This competition is one of our nation’s best who performed at the Orchestra America Na- RACHEL CARSON INDIVIDUAL platforms for our youth to express their opin- tional Festival in Indianapolis. AWARD ions on national issues, provide eye-opening Ellie performs with Virtuosi, a Houston-area and inspiring views of the country, and con- orchestra, and the Region 13 Philharmonic Or- HON. RON KIND tribute to the construction of a beloved com- chestra. With Virtuosi, she had the opportunity OF WISCONSIN munity. to perform the prelude music for Violinist Itzhak Perlman’s performance with the Hous- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I want to congratulate these award recipi- ents and encourage more youth involvement ton Symphony in Jones Hall. Music plays an Thursday, March 19, 2015 in the greater discourse about our commu- important role in our lives and talented musi- Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you nities. cians like Ellie contribute to our ability to ap- preciate the beauty of classical music. today to honor Nathan Eckert, the recipient of f the 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ra- I commend Ellie for all of her musical ac- chel Carson Individual Award. This award is IN RECOGNITION OF THE 25TH complishments in Houston and beyond. On bestowed upon employees of the Service PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY OF behalf of the residents of the Twenty-Second whose outstanding contributions improve the REV. DR. RONALD L. OWENS Congressional District of Texas, congratula- Service’s knowledge and management of fish tions again Ellie Campbell for her achieve- and wildlife resources. Nathan is a mussel bi- HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. ments. ologist at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery in OF NEW JERSEY f Genoa, Wisconsin, and this recognition—con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING MS. GAYE LEBARON, sidered one of the highest honorary awards in Thursday, March 19, 2015 SONOMA COUNTY WOMAN OF the Service—is well deserved for his extraor- THE YEAR dinary work in freshwater mussel conserva- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion. recognize Rev. Dr. Ronald L. Owens as he At the Genoa Fish Hatchery, Nathan has celebrates his 25th Pastoral Anniversary as HON. MIKE THOMPSON OF CALIFORNIA been researching and implementing new tech- Senior Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES niques and rearing systems for imperiled Metuchen, New Jersey. Pastor Owens con- freshwater mussels. As an expert in mussel tinues to provide outstanding spiritual leader- Thursday, March 19, 2015 identification, Nathan has helped the Genoa ship to the Metuchen community. Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, facility produce nearly 15 million mussels of 17 Dr. Owens attended New Hope Baptist I rise today to honor Gaye LeBaron as one of species, and his endeavors have directly re- Church as a child and in 1990 was called the Fifth District of California’s Women of the sulted in the release of more than 50,000 back to serve as its pastor. Under his leader- Year as we celebrate Women’s History Month. threatened or endangered mussels into water- ship, the membership of New Hope Baptist I regularly have the privilege to work with ex- ways in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Church has grown immensely. He has encour- traordinary women across our district, and I Nathan’s work also includes assisting various aged his congregants to practice faith in ac- am proud to recognize Gaye as one of them.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K19MR8.006 E19MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E367 Ms. LeBaron is a renowned columnist for When the police department found itself ship faced by ex-offenders. This voting legisla- the Press Democrat newspaper, the best needing help with managing seized cars used tion is the next step in restoring the ex-felon known historian of Sonoma County, and has to commit crimes, they were fortunate to find community to full citizenship. Denying voting been prolifically telling the story of our county, a multi-faceted volunteer in Jerry Lawson. rights to ex-offenders robs them of the oppor- with over eight thousand articles published. They needed a mechanic, an accountant and tunity to fully participate and contribute to their Ms. LeBaron posses a rare gift: a genuine in- a customer service representative. He fulfills society. Disenfranchisement laws isolate and terest in people and their stories. In even the all these tasks and the police department alienate ex-offenders, and have been shown smallest stories, she saw the larger truth. Her frankly says they couldn’t manage the im- to serve as one more obstacle in their attempt influence and acclaim have grown over the pound lot without him. Jerry’s volunteer efforts to successfully reintegrate into society. More- years because of this focus and the level of as he helped establish the ‘‘Vial of Life’’ pro- over, these obstacles adversely impact the trust she has built with the general public gram, which provides medical information to voting participation of their families, further un- through her constancy. first responders as well as helping expand and dermining the effectiveness of our voting sys- As one of Ms. LeBaron’s colleagues at the improve the citizen patrol program. tem. Press Democrat put it: ‘‘Readers trust her to They were recently honored by receiving the This legislation is a narrowly crafted effort to tell them the truth about what is going on in Police Chief’s Citizen Partnerships Awards by expand voting rights for ex-felons, while pro- their community. The depth of her commitment Duluth’s Police Chief Gordon Ramsay. I stand tecting State prerogatives to generally estab- is palpable and readers respond to that.’’ today to salute these exceptional volunteers lish voting qualifications. This legislation would Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time who are making a true difference in their com- only apply to persons who have been released that we honor and thank Ms. LeBaron not only munity. from prison, and it would only apply to federal for her commitment to telling the story of f elections. Consequently, the bill is fully con- Sonoma County, but also for her commitment sistent with Constitutional requirements estab- to our community. Ms. LeBaron’s unyielding DEMOCRACY RESTORATION ACT lished by the Supreme Court in a series of de- dedication to the people and places that make OF 2015 cisions upholding Federal voting rights laws. our region unique is greatly appreciated by our In past Congresses, voting restoration legis- entire community and we wish her continued HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. lation has been supported by a broad coalition success. OF MICHIGAN of groups interested in voting and civil rights, f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES including the NAACP, ACLU, the National Thursday, March 19, 2015 Council of Churches (National and Wash- PERSONAL EXPLANATION ington Office), the National Urban League, the Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased Human Rights Watch and the Lawyers Com- HON. ADAM SMITH to introduce the Democracy Restoration Act of mittee for Civil Rights, among many others. OF WASHINGTON 2015. This legislation will serve to clarify and The practice of many states denying voting expand voting rights, as well as assist former IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rights to former felons represents a vestige felons with their reintegration into our democ- from a time when suffrage was denied to Thursday, March 19, 2015 racy. whole classes of our population based on Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on The Sentencing Project reports that, since race, gender, religion, national origin, and Wednesday, March 4, 2015, I was unable to 1997, 23 states have amended felony dis- property. Ex-felons who have been lawfully re- be present for recorded votes. Had I been enfranchisement policies in an effort to reduce leased from prisons have paid their debts to present, I would have voted: their restrictiveness and expand voter eligi- society. To continue denying them the ability ‘‘no’’ on roll call vote No. 110 (on agreeing bility. These reforms have resulted in an esti- to reclaim rights as citizens resurrects historic to the McClintock amendment to H.R. 749), mate of 800,000 citizens regaining their voting unenlightened practices of our society. Ulti- ‘‘yes’’ on roll call vote No. 111 (on the mo- rights. Yet, despite these reforms, an esti- mately, I believe that we fail not only ex-of- tion to recommit H.R. 749, with instructions), mated 5.85 million people continue to be ineli- fenders by denying them the right to vote, but and gible to vote in Federal elections, including the rest of a society that has struggled ‘‘yes’’ on roll call vote No. 112 (on passage more than 4 million who reside in the 35 throughout its history to be legitimate and in- of H.R. 749). states that still prohibit some combination of clusive. Just like poll taxes and literacy tests, f persons on probation, parole, and/or people it is long past time that these restrictions be who have completed their sentence from vot- relegated to unenlightened history. EXEMPLARY VOLUNTEERISM: PAM ing. f KLEINSCHMIDT AND JERRY I believe that there are three grave discrep- LAWSON ancies in State laws regarding felony convic- EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE tions that lead to unfairness in Federal elec- HON. RICHARD M. NOLAN tions. First, there is no uniform standard for HON. PETE OLSON OF MINNESOTA voting in Federal elections, which leads to an OF TEXAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES egregious disparity and unequal participation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in Federal elections based solely on where a Thursday, March 19, 2015 person lives. Second, laws governing the res- Thursday, March 19, 2015 Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to toration of voting rights after a felony convic- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize two citizen volunteers from the Lin- tion are unequal throughout the country and congratulate the Rotary Club of Katy for re- coln Park neighborhood in Duluth. The have persons in some States can easily regain their ceiving the Katy Area Chamber of Commerce used their talents to give back to the commu- voting rights while in other States persons ef- Award for Exceptional Service. Formed in nity by assisting with policing efforts. fectively lose their right to vote permanently. 1946, the Rotary Club has served Katy for Pam Kleinschmidt regularly staffs the Lin- Third, State disenfranchisement laws dis- nearly sixty years. coln Park and West Duluth police stations by proportionately impact ethnic minorities, thus The Katy Area Chamber of Commerce se- answering phones and assisting with walk-in adversely infringing upon citizens of these lected the Rotary Club of Katy because of traffic. Pam, who is often referred to as the communities constitutional right to vote. their dedication to our community. Every year ‘‘Mayor of Lincoln Park,’’ goes out of her way These concerns about ex-offender dis- they hold two large fundraisers. To date, they often at her own expense to take phone calls enfranchisement are not rhetorical. In the past have raised and donated over $110,000 to from concerned citizens at all hours of the day two election cycles, flawed voter purges have local schools and charities in Katy. I thank the and night. In addition to helping the police deprived thousands of legitimate voters of Rotary Club of Katy for their selfless dedica- build relationships with residents and small their rights. For example, an erroneous inter- tion and focus on giving back to our commu- business owners in the neighborhood, she or- pretation of state law by the Ohio Secretary of nity. With an emphasis on community service, ganizes monthly meetings for citizens and State deprived thousands of ex-felons in that Rotary Clubs across America play a vital role makes sure their concerns are addressed. state of even the right to register. Only Fed- in strengthening our local communities. Pam has been instrumental each week in eral law can conclusively resolve the ambigu- On behalf of the residents of the Twenty- keeping an eye on problem areas in the ities in this area plaguing our voting system. Second Congressional District of Texas, con- neighborhood and works with the police to Like the States, Congress has recognized gratulations again to the Rotary Club of Katy help find solutions. the need to address the barriers to full citizen- for being presented the Katy Area Chamber of

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The experience taught on the monumental task of managing the MINNIE MINOSO TO AMERICAN me at a very early age about the horrors of GGNRA, which is the nation’s largest urban BASEBALL discrimination, prejudice and racism. park and is currently visited by an estimated After that, Minnie became my friend. I vis- twenty million people each year. As General HON. STEVE COHEN ited him in Chicago and went into the White Superintendent, Mr. Dean has been respon- OF TENNESSEE Sox locker room where he gave me his bat sible for overseeing a staff of nearly three IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and cap. When he came to Memphis in 1960, hundred federal employees and tens of thou- I visited him at the Lorraine Motel, which was Thursday, March 19, 2015 sands of volunteers, in partnership with over where the black players stayed while the white twenty-five affiliated nonprofit and commercial Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to players were at the Peabody—another lesson organizations. Frank Dean’s ability to balance honor a great baseball player and human in discrimination that taught me well and has the diverse and competing interests of those being who passed away on March 1, 2015, taught me to this day to be vigilant against all who enjoy the park has allowed the GGNRA Saturnino Orestes Armas Arrieta who was bet- forms of racism and discrimination. The Lor- to continue to flourish and expand its appeal ter known as Minnie Minoso, the Cuban raine was where Dr. King was killed and now while keeping pace with America’s changing Comet and Mr. White Sox. is a great Civil Rights museum in Memphis. demographics. Minnie Minoso was born November 29, I followed Minnie my whole life. He was like Under Mr. Dean’s visionary leadership, 1925 in Cuba. He played baseball there and a part of my family. We moved to Los Angeles world-class art has been incorporated to en- had the opportunity to play baseball here in and we went and visited him at Chavez Ra- hance the park through unique installations, the U.S. in the Negro Leagues, for, being a vine. He came up to my dad, and he said such as Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field and Black Cuban, he wasn’t allowed to play in the ‘‘Doc, how’s the kid’s leg, how’s he doing?’’ @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz Island. Frank Major Leagues. He played three years with He always was concerned. Dean has pursued the park service’s proud the New York Cubans and then because of Minnie was denied one of his life’s goals of tradition of providing youth engagement and Bill Veeck, who was one of the leaders in inte- being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame educational opportunities through the Park grating baseball—the American League’s and Museum. I tried to help him with that. Youth Collaborative. He has overseen critical Branch Rickey, Minoso had the opportunity to Baseball made a mistake; they should have improvements of park land, notably the res- play in the Major Leagues. He was originally put Minnie in the Hall of Fame for his Sporting toration of natural ecosystems at Muir Beach signed to the Cleveland Indians but was trad- News Rookie of the Year season in 1951 and to benefit endangered Coho salmon popu- ed to the Chicago White Sox in 1951, where, for all his great years on the diamond where lations. Frank Dean also played a leading role because of his unlimited exuberance and ef- he was unquestionably one of the premiere in forging the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative, fort, he became known as the ‘‘Cuban players of the game through 1961, in addition a groundbreaking five-way partnership to se- Comet.’’ to being the first Black Latin American Major cure a better future for Mt. Tamalpais. Minoso was a great White Sox player, one Leaguer and the first Latin American star. of the greatest players of the 1950s and a While he was not afforded this honor during Frank Dean’s effective leadership has bene- great emissary of Latin American baseball his lifetime, Minoso’s achievements were rec- fited all who enjoy the Golden Gate National players. He was the first Black Latin American ognized through his induction into the Cuban Recreation Area. While he may be retiring player and superstar, the first black White Sox Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983, the Hispanic from the National Park Service, his out- player and the third American League player Heritage Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002, the standing commitment to our parks will con- of African descent. Latino Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010, and tinue as Mr. Dean works to preserve and pro- Minnie Minoso had a great career. He did having had his number nine retired by the tect Yosemite National Park as the new Presi- everything in baseball. He hit for average, he White Sox, his statue placed at U.S. Cellular dent and CEO at Yosemite Conservancy. hit for power, he had speed, he was a great Field as he was ‘‘Mr. White Sox,’’ and over 35 Please join me in recognizing Frank Dean and fielder, and a great competitor. In his career, years of being the White Sox ambassador to expressing deep appreciation to him for his Minoso batted .300 eight times, had a career Chicago. It is my hope that Minnie will soon long and impressive career, and exceptional batting average of .298 with 1023 RBIs and hit be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame record of service to our great nation. 186 home runs. He was a seven-time major and Museum as it needs Minnie to remember league All-Star, a three-time Gold Glove this groundbreaking and popular diamond star. f Minnie Minoso died Sunday, March 1, 2015. Award winner and was one of only two players IN RECOGNITION OF THE SUPER Visitation was Friday, March 6th at Holy Fam- to play in the Major Leagues for five decades. STATE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ily Church in Chicago and the funeral was that In 1990, the White Sox wanted him to play in SCHOLASTIC STATE CHESS Saturday. I’ll miss Minnie Minoso. He is a les- his sixth decade, which would have placed CHAMPIONSHIP him in a league of his own. At the time, I son in why sports are bigger than runs, hits placed a call to MLB Commissioner Fay Vin- and errors. It is about human beings and hu- cent and argued for Minnie being allowed to manity and young kids. Thank you, Minnie. HON. JUAN VARGAS play in just one game and accordingly have Yours was a life well-lived. OF CALIFORNIA six decades under his belt. Unfortunately f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Commissioner Vincent respectfully declined. HONORING FRANK DEAN Thursday, March 19, 2015 In addition to Minnie being one of the great- est baseball players of the 1950s, he was sim- Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ply a great human being. In 1955, I lived in HON. JARED HUFFMAN honor the members of the Southwest High OF CALIFORNIA Memphis, Tennessee and was recovering School Chess Club for their outstanding IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from childhood polio. I went to an exhibition achievement in winning First Place at the baseball game at Russwood Park where the Thursday, March 19, 2015 2015 Super States Southern California Scho- White Sox were playing the Cardinals. I had a Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleas- lastic State Chess Championship for the K–12 White Sox cap kind of like this one—this is a ure to recognize Frank Dean who will be retir- Under 1200 rating section. This championship Minnie Minoso cap—and I had a White Sox t- ing from the National Park Service after nearly offers students across the state an opportunity shirt. I was on crutches and getting auto- forty years of dedicated service. Since 1976 to showcase their chess skills through friendly graphs when a player came and gave me a when he first joined the National Park Service competition. baseball. I went to my dad and told him about as a Ranger at Alcatraz Island, Frank Dean I would like to recognize the Southwest High it; we went down to thank the player. He was has remained committed to preserving the nat- School Chess Club for providing instructors, a white pitcher for the Cardinals named Tom ural beauty and strong cultural heritage of equipment and curricula to after-school pro- Poholsky. He said, ‘‘Don’t thank me. Thank America’s National Parks for this and future grams. These programs are designed to pro- that player over there.’’ That was number nine generations. mote problem-solving, higher-level thinking

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DAWN honor John Thomas Dodson, Music Director of HOBBY casion of her retirement from an outstanding career in journalism. the Adrian Symphony Orchestra, and to thank him for his impact on the musical life of the HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. f Adrian community over the past 14 years. OF GEORGIA Many years ago, I served on the Board of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING STEVE BROWN Directors which brought John Dodson to the Thursday, March 19, 2015 symphony, which he has energetically over- seen since 2001. During that time, he elevated Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is HON. THEODORE E. DEUTCH the artistic level of the orchestra while collabo- my honor and pleasure to extend my personal OF FLORIDA rating with artists of the highest quality. His congratulations and best wishes to a great IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES authority at the podium and willingness to en- friend and Emmy award-winning journalist, Ms. gage new formats and audiences will certainly Thursday, March 19, 2015 Dawn Hobby. Dawn has worked at WALB–TV be missed when he steps down from his posi- in Albany, Georgia for more than 20 years and Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tion next month. currently serves as the News Director. She will honor of Steve Brown, an extraordinary com- His talents have been recognized beyond be retiring on March 20, 2015. munity leader, an accomplished businessman, the walls of the Dawson Auditorium, as Mr. For many years, Dawn was a familiar face and a friend, whose life was tragically taken Dodson was awarded the 2008 Lenawee Arts on the evening news in Albany, Georgia. In- when he was killed riding his bicycle last April. Award from the Croswell Opera House. He deed, she has built quite an impressive career Steve was a man who lived his life the right also earned the Ross Newsom Award for Out- which began when she worked as a producer way every day. He grew up in Illinois and standing Teaching in 2009 by Adrian College at WALB. She later became a reporter and moved to Florida in 1978 to start his career. where he taught from 2001–2013. then an anchor. She launched the news oper- Steve was a master salesman, who built On April 19, 2015, he will direct Symphony ation for Albany station WFXL, before return- Brown’s Furniture in Boca Raton and Jupiter, No. 9 in D Minor, the final complete symphony ing to WALB five years later. Florida into landmark furniture and design of Ludwig van Beethoven, and fittingly, Mr. A prominent investigative reporter, Dawn stores. Steve believed his business should be Dodson’s final classical concert performance has received numerous honors and awards for built on the hallmarks of honesty, integrity, with the Adrian Symphony Orchestra. I know her work. In 2011, she won an Emmy Award hard work and devoted service. He would do the Adrian community looks forward to one from the National Academy of Television Arts anything for his customers, even loaning them last inspiring performance and wishes Mr. and Sciences Southeast for her work on the furniture until they had chosen what they Dodson the best in his future endeavors. ‘‘Gulf Oil Crisis’’ special report. In 2007 and wanted, so that their homes wouldn’t be empty f 2009, Dawn was awarded the Gabby Award in the interim. Steve was extraordinarily loyal for ‘‘Best TV On-Air Personality’’ by the Geor- HONORING MS. CYNTHIA ORTIZ to those who worked with him; the average gia Association of Broadcasters. She also GUZMAN employee of Brown’s has been with the com- holds three prestigious Golden Viddy Awards pany for more than twenty years. from the National Academy of Television Jour- HON. MIKE THOMPSON nalists for ‘‘Best Female Anchor’’ and ‘‘Best In- Steve was a dedicated member of his com- munity. He was very active on the board of OF CALIFORNIA vestigative Reporting.’’ She has been honored IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by the Associated Press Broadcasters Asso- the Florence Fuller Child Development Center ciation, the Green Eyeshade Awards for Ex- and helped to manage their thrift shop. He Thursday, March 19, 2015 cellence in Journalism from the Society of Pro- served on the board of Temple Beth El of Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, fessional Journalists, Georgia Trend maga- Boca Raton for many years and chaired the I rise today to honor Ms. Cynthia Ortiz zine, and numerous other organizations and membership committee. Steve was active in Guzman as one of the Fifth District of Califor- publications. helping resettle Jewish refugees from the nia’s Women of the Year as we celebrate Dawn is a 2011 graduate of the Raycom former Soviet Union when they came to South Women’s History Month. I regularly have the Media Leadership program and a 2012 grad- Florida, and he would regularly loan his com- privilege to work with extraordinary women uate of the Poynter Leadership Academy at pany’s trucks to needy or vulnerable families if across our district, and I am proud to recog- the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. they needed help with a move. He was active nize Cynthia as one of them. She serves on the Board of Directors for the with the Jewish Federation of South Palm When meeting Ms. Guzman for the first Georgia Associated Press and was appointed Beach County and an ardent supporter of time, you are immediately taken in by her per- to the Raycom Media News Directors Advisory America’s bond with the State of Israel sonal warmth, keen sense of humor, friendly Board in April 2014. through Israel Bonds. smile and her enthusiasm for life. In 2011, Ms. Dawn’s work at WALB, the NBC- and ABC- Most important to Steve was the love he Guzman was diagnosed on her 63rd birthday affiliated television station for Southwest Geor- shared for his family. He was a loyal son to with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Not gia, has made her a household name in Al- his father and mother Carol and Murray one to accept her challenges without a fight, bany and the surrounding areas. She an- Brown, a dedicated brother to David and Pam, Ms. Guzman moved to Napa to be closer to chored WALB News 10 alongside Ben Rob- and a loving and devoted husband to his wife her family, and began raising awareness and erts for more than 20 years, covering many of Dana, the love of his life. Most important to advocating for increased research funding for Southwest Georgia’s most memorable events. Steve were his children: his daughter Susie this terrible disease. She has been an active I have had the pleasure of working with her and her husband Micha, his son Andrew, his member of the Alzheimer’s Association and throughout the years and I know she will truly wife Jennifer, and his youngest son Jordan. If has been spreading her personal story be missed on the air and at WALB. only he could have lived to see the birth of his throughout the region. Dr. Benjamin E. Mays often said: ‘‘You granddaughter Sara, born last August. Ms. Guzman’s story has been published in make your living by what you get, you make I am glad to take this opportunity to cele- multiple books, magazine, and newspapers. your life by what you give.’’ We are so grateful brate Steve’s life and legacy, and I join with She has come to my office in Washington, that Dawn has given her time and talents to my friends at Spanish River Community High D.C. as a part of the Alzheimer’s Association keeping the residents of Southwest Georgia School in my district who will be honoring Advocacy Forum and I’m proud to have par- informed about current events taking place Steve’s memory on March 28, 2015. For all of ticipated multiple times in her Walk to End Alz- throughout the state of Georgia, our great na- us who were privileged to know Steve or were heimer’s. tion, and the world. A woman of great integ- touched by his vibrant life that was all too Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time rity, her efforts, her dedication, and her exper- short, Steve’s memory truly is a blessing. that we honor and thank Ms. Guzman not only

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f leading to his retirement from the Army. He later became employed by Training, Rehabili- congratulate Mr. Douglas Gorman of Katy, TX HONORING MARGARET HARFIELD tation and Development Institute (TRDI) where for being named the Katy Area Chamber of he worked as a security monitor. While at Commerce Volunteer of the Year. He self- HON. THEODORE E. DEUTCH TRDI he became a knowledgeable and vocal lessly donates his time to serve the people of OF FLORIDA advocate for people with disabilities and the TX–22. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AbilityOne Program and received recognition Mr. Gorman has been a strong volunteer Thursday, March 19, 2015 for his efforts through the SourceAmerica since he moved to Katy in 2008. He serves on 2007 William M. Usdane Award. the advisory board for the Fussell Senior Cit- Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to izen Center and volunteers weekly at Katy honor Margaret Harfield, who is celebrating Mr. Williams is also a mentor in the Boys Prairie Conservancy and St. Paul’s Episcopal her 105th birthday this month. Margaret is a and Girls Club of Monroe and works with Church. He is also as a board member of the remarkable woman who has made significant young adults who have disabilities and are Katy Home Savers Association, and an advo- contributions to the film industry, where she struggling to find their purpose. Mr. Williams is cate to preserve safe home environments for established herself as one of the first female a deacon of True Vine Baptist Church and has the elderly. We are lucky to have such a com- professionals in a field once dominated by served on the Finance Committee. He is also mitted civil servant living in Katy. His selfless men. a member of the AbilityOne Speakers Bureau dedication to community service strengthens Margaret grew up in New Jersey, where she and has spoken to groups around the nation our community. had the special privilege of working with the about the difference employment makes in an On behalf of the residents of the Twenty- world-renowned escape-artist Harry Houdini individual’s life. Second Congressional District of Texas, con- as his projectionist and assistant film editor. At Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me gratulations again to Douglas Gorman for a time when few women were able to enter in thanking Mr. Williams for his heartfelt com- being selected as the Katy Area Chamber of the film industry, Harfield’s unprecedented mitment to improving the lives of those with Commerce Volunteer of the Year. We appre- work for Mr. Houdini and beyond dem- disabilities, and wish him well as he departs ciate your service and continued successes. onstrated her extraordinary talent, hard work from the SourceAmerica Board of Directors. f and dedication to her profession. Margaret RECOGNIZING HILARIO ‘‘LALO’’ continued to break barriers with her work on f movie tone newsreels and national commer- RODRIGUEZ cials, later joining the film technicians union IN RECOGNITION OF RUTH HYMAN where she continued to thrive as an editor. HON. HENRY CUELLAR Later, she became one of the founders of the OF TEXAS National Film Editors Guild. In 1944, Margaret HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES became an assistant editor for Paramount Thursday, March 19, 2015 News and was quickly promoted to be an edi- OF NEW JERSEY Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tor for the Life Stories Divisions, where she IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES worked on film biographies used in newscasts recognize Hilario ‘‘Lalo’’ Rodriguez of Laredo, and movie theatre reels. Margaret married the Thursday, March 19, 2015 Texas on the occasion of his retirement. For love of her life and late husband Harry the last 42 years, Mr. Rodriguez has become Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to a renowned and respected member of both Hartfield in 1933, and lived together with him recognize Ms. Ruth Hyman as she is honored in Florida for more than 50 years. the Laredo and HEB communities. by the Visiting Nurse Association Health Lalo Rodriguez began his career with HEB Today, Harfield still lives in South Florida Group at their Ruth Hyman Spiritual Support where she is a proud mother, grandmother in 1972 as a carryout at the original Laredo 3 in the Jewish Tradition Hospice Program Tree store. From there, he rose in the ranks, serv- and great grandmother. 105 years young, she of Life Donor Wall Dedication. is still an active member of her community and ing as a department manager in Carrizo can be found at the local Bingo hall every A lifelong resident of Long Branch, New Jer- Springs, Hondo, and Eagle Pass and then as Tuesday night and at many other functions sey, Ruth Hyman continues her philanthropic top store leader in Crystal City in 1984. Most across town. endeavors to improve the well-being of New recently, Mr. Rodriguez served as a Unit Di- It is a privilege, Mr. Speaker, to represent a Jersey’s residents. As the recipient of a gen- rector in Laredo stores 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. As district with citizens like Margaret Harfield. erous donation by Ms. Hyman, the Visiting a result, he has emerged as a tenet of the Harfield is a woman of great accomplishment, Nurse Association Health Group has named HEB organization in Laredo. and I am incredibly pleased she is continuing its hospice program’s special services for Ju- Over the last 42 years, Mr. Rodriguez has to enrich the lives of those around her. On be- daic pastoral care in her honor. The Ruth developed a reputation as an exemplary lead- half of my entire district and the United States Hyman Spiritual Support in the Jewish Tradi- er and role model at HEB. His colleagues de- Congress, Happy Birthday, Margaret! tion program will continue to provide important scribe him as ‘‘one of Laredo’s most iconic top store leaders’’ and credit him with helping to f spiritual and pastoral care and comfort to indi- viduals and their families. The Visiting Nurse position HEB as ‘‘the retailer of choice’’ in La- RECOGNIZING FREDRICK ‘‘WILL’’ Association Health Group’s mission to make redo. During his 42-year tenure, Mr. Rodriguez WILLIAMS the community a better place reflects Ms. has been a ‘‘positive role model,’’ helping to Hyman’s passion for helping others. empower the next generation of leaders in HON. RALPH LEE ABRAHAM Southwest area stores. The largest non-profit visiting nurse associa- Mr. Rodriguez is celebrated for his business OF LOUISIANA tion in New Jersey, the Visiting Nurse Asso- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES acumen and love of the job. Many have attrib- ciation Health Group provides an invaluable uted the rise of HEB in Laredo to his leader- Thursday, March 19, 2015 service to our communities through compas- ship and hard work. Overall, he will be re- Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sionate home health care and support serv- membered as being an effective business recognize Fredrick ‘‘Will’’ Williams on the oc- ices. Its skilled health aides continue to meet owner and merchant, as well as an excep- casion of his retirement from the the needs of over 120,000 individuals in the tional developer of people. SourceAmerica Board of Directors, through comfort and security of their homes each year. In addition to his 42 years of exemplary which he has helped identify and create work Mr. Speaker, once again, please join me in service to HEB, Mr. Rodriguez is a devoted opportunities for individuals with significant thanking Ruth Hyman and the Visiting Nurse husband and father of four daughters. disabilities in Louisiana and in communities Association Health Group for their immeas- Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have the op- across America. urable contributions to our community. portunity to recognize Hilario ‘‘Lalo’’ Rodriguez

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These young women received the Silver the world. I’d like to highlight an issue that’s Thursday, March 19, 2015 Award, the second highest Girl Scout award important to me and the people of California’s and the highest award at the middle school 14th District. Traumatic brain injury, known as Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to TBI, affects over 1.7 million people in the pay tribute to an exemplary partnership be- level. Sarah-Leanne and Katie have continually United States each year and costs Americans tween the AbilityOne Program and Indiana’s showed their commitment to changing society almost $77 billion annually in direct and indi- own Bosma Enterprises. and helping their community. They were rect medical costs. The effects of TBI on the AbilityOne is an extraordinary initiative that awarded the Silver Award after running a brain vary greatly. TBI includes concussions, which may not show brain damage on an MRI, helps people with disabilities. It is the largest cheer and dance camp for the children staying but can lead to headaches, fatigue, behavioral single provider of employment for people who at the Fort Bend Women’s Shelter over the changes, and long-term effects on cognition or are blind or face other significant disabilities. Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. At the personality. More severe TBIs may lead to The Program puts more than 47,000 Ameri- end of the camp, the children were able to loss of consciousness for over 30 minutes, cans to work by providing products and serv- perform their routine for their mothers. and can result in severe headaches, seizures, ices to both federal government and commer- I am proud to represent two young leaders loss of motor coordination, and agitation. TBI cial customers. who possess a strong commitment to service. can result from falls, car accidents, or due to For twenty five of the past 100 years that On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- combat trauma or athletics. Bosma Enterprises has been in business it sional District of Texas, congratulations again TBI has been called the signature wound of has partnered with the AbilityOne Program to to Sarah-Leanne and Katie for earning this the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and many of serve hundreds of Hoosiers each year through distinguished award. I look forward to seeing the TBI cases from these wars are due to in- Community and Center-Based Services; serv- what Sarah-Leanne and Katie do in the future. jury from Improvised Explosive Devises ices that have helped disabled Hoosiers f (IEDs). The DoD states that since 2000, more achieve a greater level of independence and HONORING MS. KAREN TAYLOR, than 287,000 U.S. service members have sus- self-esteem. Their partnership has also en- tained a TBI. Research indicates that TBIs are abled many people to gain employment in SOLANO COUNTY’S WOMAN OF THE YEAR related to development of PTSD or major de- good paying Indiana jobs. Nearly 60 percent pression in veterans, and being able to accu- of all employees at Bosma Enterprises are rately diagnose and treat TBI is an important blind or suffer some degree of visual impair- HON. MIKE THOMPSON step in caring for the mental and physical ment. But Bosma’s partnership with AbilityOne OF CALIFORNIA health of our veterans. is about more than just the number of people. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TBI is also an issue in athletes of all levels, It is about the individuals that are being as- Thursday, March 19, 2015 ranging from high school sports to profes- sisted. sional sports. It is estimated that 300,000 Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, One such man was stay-at-home dad Don sports-related concussions occur each year. In I rise today to honor Karen Taylor as one of Green. Retinitis pigmentosa left Don totally recent years, repeated concussions in athletes the Fifth District of California’s Women of the blind making it very difficult for him to reenter have been shown to be related to chronic Year as we celebrate Women’s History Month. the job market after taking time off to care for traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) that leads to I regularly have the privilege to work with ex- his twins. On more than one occasion he was increased irritability, and eventually dementia. traordinary women across our district and I am asked why potential employers ‘‘should have Many people with traumatic brain injury never proud to recognize Karen as one of them. to make accommodations for someone who is get diagnosed, and there are not reliable treat- Ms. Taylor is a considerate woman with a blind.’’ Almost 200 applications later, Don was ments available for those who do get diag- loving and giving heart, and is always seeking disenchanted, dismayed and about to give up nosed. Being able to accurately identify and to help the less fortunate in our community, when a friend encouraged him to check into then treat TBI is important for the health and especially youth, homeless, and elders. From the opportunities provided by Bosma Enter- long-term well-being of high school athletes, block parties that she put on as a teenager to prises. That application changed his life as professional athletes, service members, and field trips to take kids to Lake Tahoe to see Bosma hired Don as a material handler in its veterans. snow for the first time, she has been a fixture warehouse. In an effort to improve diagnosis and treat- in her neighborhood and the Vallejo commu- ment of TBI, the University of California, San Bosma Enterprises was able to offer Don a nity. Forming activity groups, such as Karen’s Francisco is leading several federally-funded job because of its contracts through the Tiny Tots and Karen’s Girls Clubs for kids and research initiatives. UCSF will be directing an AbilityOne Program. Through this important teenagers, she has helped young people in $18.8 million award from NIH that will support program, Bosma provides exam and surgical Vallejo experience and see the best in them- research on how to improve diagnosis and gloves to VA hospitals across the country and selves. treatment for TBIs, which are frequently has created nearly 100 jobs for people who Ms. Taylor has strived to improve our com- undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, and under- are blind or visually impaired in Indiana. munity for more than thirty years. She has treated. UCSF has also received a $17 million Today, just six years later, Don is the Produc- worked with kids to perform plays, has hosted Department of Defense award that aims to im- tion Supervisor managing 40 people working meetings on pregnancy prevention for teenage prove clinical trials for TBI which may lead to on the exam glove lines. girls, and has devoted countless hours of work better treatments. Researchers will use data Mr. Speaker, I am proud of the work Bosma to the Solano AIDS Coalition. from thousands of patients to identify effective Enterprises is doing in partnership with the Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time measures of brain injury and recovery using AbilityOne Program and ask all Hoosiers to that we honor and thank Ms. Taylor not only brain imaging, biomarkers, and other tools. join me in recognizing the life altering work for her commitment to bettering the lives of This may lead to the first successful treatment they do each and every day. They open doors the less fortunate around her, but also for her of TBI. of opportunity and help make the state of Indi- commitment to our community. Ms. Taylor’s I urge my colleagues to join me in recog- ana a better place to live. In the words of Don unyielding dedication to the people that make nizing Brain Awareness Week and the con- Green, ‘‘It means everything to be able to region unique is greatly appreciated by our en- tributions that thousands of dedicated sci- have a job. I am so glad that I am able to take tire community and we wish her continued entists are making to unlock the mysteries be- care of my family and give them a better life.’’ success. hind the human brain.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19MR8.018 E19MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E372 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 19, 2015 HONORING MALCOLM JAMES there, Keep plans to visit Japanese Shinto $750,000 in state bonding funds for improve- ‘‘JIMMY’’ KEEP FOR HIS SERVICE shrines to ask Japanese gods for forgiveness ments to enhance the overall structure and AND BRAVERY AS A MARINE for the lives that he took as a result of war. amenities of the facility. WITH THE FOURTH MARINE DIVI- This show of sorrow and respect is to be com- For over 125 years, the Boys & Girls Club SION DURING THE PACIFIC CAM- mended. It is my hope, however, that he also of Greater Waterbury has shaped successful PAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II remain mindful of the countless lives that were members by fostering leadership skills, devel- saved because of his selfless decision at such oping educational enrichment programs, and HON. STEVE COHEN a young age to fight for his country against designing activities focused on health and OF TENNESSEE those forces that sought to do harm to Amer- wellbeing. The club continues to demonstrate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ica and the American way of life. I ask all of its commitment to our children through a vari- Thursday, March 19, 2015 my colleagues to join me in honoring Malcolm ety of invaluable programming from promoting James ‘‘Jimmy’’ Keep for his service and brav- a healthy lifestyle to achieving academic suc- Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ery as a Marine with the Fourth Marine Divi- cess. honor Malcolm James ‘‘Jimmy’’ Keep, a life- sion during the Pacific campaigns of World Thank you to the Boys & Girls Club for the long Memphian and a veteran of World War II War II. countless hours you serve as youth advocates who fought bravely against Japanese forces f for children from all backgrounds. Your sense on Guam, Saipan and Iwo Jima. Keep, now of purpose and passion creates an environ- 88 years of age and one of two surviving vet- HONORING MS. PAMELA PHILLIPS, ment where boys and girls are welcomed for erans in the Memphis area who fought on Iwo LAKE COUNTY WOMAN OF THE their diversity and encouraged to build strong Jima, served with the Fourth Marine Division YEAR character and responsible citizenship. after joining the Marines in 1943 at just 17 The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterbury years old. On March 17, Mr. Keep and his HON. MIKE THOMPSON transforms lives by expanding opportunities son, Mickey, will travel to Iwo Jima with the OF CALIFORNIA and empowering youth. I offer my congratula- help of Memphis-based nonprofit organization IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions and sincere thanks to the Boys and Girls Forever Young Senior Veterans to join 70 Club for all of these contributions to our com- other Marine veterans for a 70th anniversary Thursday, March 19, 2015 munity. I wish them many more years of con- gathering. Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, tinued success. Assigned to reconnaissance duty early in I rise today to honor Pamela Phillips as one of his career along with his partner from training, the Fifth District of California’s Women of the f Charlie Ciulla of Massachusetts, Keep experi- Year as we celebrate Women’s History Month. enced the brutality of war that many people I regularly have the privilege to work with ex- HONORING MS. MAUREEN TOMS, can only imagine through Hollywood films. traordinary women across our district, and I CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WOMAN Keep remembers fighting on Saipan as the am proud to recognize Pamela as one of OF THE YEAR bloodiest thing he had ever seen as Japanese them. soldiers employed Banzai charges, or human Over her exemplary five decade career as a wave assaults, on Marines who were firing 50- public servant, Ms. Phillips worked her way up HON. MIKE THOMPSON caliber machine guns—essentially guaran- from receptionist to Field Manager of the OF CALIFORNIA teeing their own deaths. Even though Keep Lakeport Social Security Office. I’ve worked IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was trained in fighting and all too familiar with with Ms. Phillips for the past sixteen years and Thursday, March 19, 2015 death, he took no satisfaction from the number her work ethic and dedication to our mutual of Japanese lives lost to his gun fire. On Iwo constituents was outstanding. She always did Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, Jima, Keep and Ciulla found themselves ex- her upmost to alleviate the immediate per- I rise today to honor Maureen Toms as one of posed to enemy fire from all sides when their sonal need in every dire situation and to see the Fifth District of California’s Women of the amphibious tank was disabled near Mount that every question was answered and every Year as we celebrate Women’s History Month. Suribachi, causing them to evacuate on foot. beneficiary was well-served. I regularly have the privilege to work with ex- The two Marines then ran across the island Employees such as Ms. Phillips are often traordinary women across our district, and I without injury, earning them both the nickname underappreciated, overworked and their impor- am proud to recognize Maureen as one of ‘‘rain-walkers.’’ It was believed that if they tant work sometimes goes unrecognized, but them. could survive that kind of heavy fire without she has always been patient, compassionate Ms. Toms has been a strong supporter of being hit, then they could walk through rain and understanding. the Special Olympics; as a parent of a child without getting wet. Their mission was not in Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time with Down Syndrome, she has been a tireless vain as they saw the American flag raised on that we honor and thank Ms. Phillips not only advocate for children with disabilities. She has Suribachi. for her commitment to public service, but also also donated hundreds of hours as a volunteer Also on Iwo Jima, the American Marines fell for her commitment to our community. Ms. on numerous planning committees that have under fire from seemingly ghost bullets, which Phillips’ unyielding dedication to every recipi- led to improving the quality of life for the fami- were claiming the lives of many. It was discov- ent of Social Security benefits in Lake County lies and residents in the City of Pinole and ered that Japanese fighters were using huge is greatly appreciated by our entire community West Contra Costa County. tunnels from which they launch their attacks. and we wish her a most enjoyable retirement. Ms. Toms grew up in a family that believed As a recon man, Keep was responsible for f in serving their community, and that philos- clearing out the tunnel, and in doing so, he ophy became a lifelong passion. From helping found himself fighting a squad of roughly 15. CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENT children with intellectual disabilities overcome He performed this task every other day for two OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB barriers through sports and shatter stereo- weeks. In addition to helping his fellow Ma- OF GREATER WATERBURY types with the Special Olympics to helping rines depart the island safely; Keep was pho- beautify her local neighborhood by obtaining tographed helping a wounded Marine back to HON. ELIZABETH H. ESTY grants to plant trees in a local park, she has the beach. He recalled telling the Marine, OF CONNECTICUT been a tireless advocate for the people and ‘‘You’re getting off this rock. I’ll trade places IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES places that make our community special. with you.’’ Jimmy Keep is a true hero. Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time After returning to Memphis, Tennessee, Thursday, March 19, 2015 that we honor and thank Ms. Toms not only Jimmy became an electrician and started a Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cele- for her commitment to improving the lives of family. Today, he still resides in Memphis and brate the unveiling of the newly renovated children with disabilities, but also for her com- is an ardent fan of the Memphis Grizzlies. Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterbury. mitment to our community. Ms. Toms’ When Jimmy and his son travel to Iwo Jima, On March 19, 2015, the Boys & Girls Club unyielding dedication to the people that make Jimmy will no doubt be filled with emotions as of Greater Waterbury opens its doors to our our region unique is greatly appreciated by our he is united with other Marines who also community, unveiling recently completed up- entire community and we wish her continued fought valiantly during World War II. While grades. I was proud to help secure the success.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:23 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D19MR5.REC D19MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with DIGEST D306 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 19, 2015 1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral. Transportation Command, and U.S. Cyber Command Routine lists in the Army. Pages S1672–73 in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Messages from the House: Page S1659 fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Pro- gram, after receiving testimony from Admiral Cecil Measures Referred: Page S1659 D. Haney, USN, Commander, U.S. Strategic Com- Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S1659 mand, General Paul J. Selva, USAF, Commander, Executive Communications: Page S1659 U.S. Transportation Command, and Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Additional Cosponsors: Page S1661 Director, National Security Agency, and Chief, Cen- Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: tral Security Services, all of the Department of De- Pages S1661–69 fense. Additional Statements: Pages S1658–59 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND Amendments Submitted: Pages S1669–71 FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Authorities for Committees to Meet: Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Pages S1671–72 concluded a hearing to examine Air Force force structure and modernization in review of the Defense Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the (Total—76) Pages S1641–42 Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testi- Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and ad- mony from William A. LaPlante, Assistant Secretary journed at 5:50 p.m., until 12 noon on Monday, of the Air Force for Acquisition, Lieutenant General March 23, 2015. (For Senate’s program, see the re- Tod D. Wolters, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff of the marks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on Air Force for Operations, and Lieutenant General page S1672.) James M. Holmes, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force for Strategic Plans and Requirements, Committee Meetings all of the Department of Defense. REGULATORY REGIME FOR REGIONAL (Committees not listed did not meet) BANKS APPROPRIATIONS: VETERANS BENEFITS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: ADMINISTRATION Committee concluded a hearing to examine the reg- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Mili- ulatory regime for regional banks, after receiving tes- tary Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related timony from Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed Currency, Department of the Treasury; Martin J. budget estimates and justification for fiscal years Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance 2016 and 2017 for the Veterans Benefits Adminis- Corporation; and Daniel K. Tarullo, Member, Board tration, after receiving testimony from Allison A. of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Hickey, Under Secretary for Benefits, James E. BUDGET: 2016 Manker, Jr., Chief Financial Officer, and Thomas Murphy, Director, Compensation Service, all of the Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of reported a concurrent resolution setting forth the Veterans Affairs. congressional budget for the United States Govern- ment for fiscal year 2016, revising the appropriate APPROPRIATIONS: UNITED STATES budgetary levels for fiscal year 2015, and setting SECRET SERVICE forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- 2015 through 2025. ment of Homeland Security concluded a hearing to CYBER INSURANCE MARKETPLACE examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for the United States Secret Serv- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- ice, after receiving testimony from Joseph P. Clancy, committee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Director, United States Secret Service, Department of Insurance, and Data Security concluded a hearing to Homeland Security. examine the evolving cyber insurance marketplace, after receiving testimony from Ben Beeson, Lockton DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND Companies, Washington, D.C.; Catherine Mulligan, FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Zurich, New York, New York; Ola Sage, e-Manage- Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a ment, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Michael hearing to examine U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Menapace, Wiggin and Dana, Hartford, Connecticut.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:23 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D19MR5.REC D19MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with DIGEST March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D307 U.S. CRUDE OIL EXPORT POLICY Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC, Baltimore, Mary- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee land, on behalf of the National Association of Manu- concluded a hearing to examine U.S. crude oil export facturers. policy, after receiving testimony from Carlos Pascual, TEXAS V. UNITED STATES IHS, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Center for a New Amer- ican Security, Charles T. Drevna, American Fuel and Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Over- Petrochemical Manufacturers, and Jeffrey Warmann, sight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Monroe Energy Inc., on behalf of the CRUDE Coali- Courts concluded a hearing to examine reining in tion, all of Washington, D.C.; and Ryan Lance, amnesty, focusing on Texas v. United States and its ConocoPhillips, Houston, Texas. implications, after receiving testimony from Kris W. Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State, Topeka; David B. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AT FIVE YEARS Rivkin, Jr., BakerHostetler, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing and Jill E. Family, Widener University School of to examine the Affordable Care Act at five years, Law Law and Government Institute, Harrisburg, after receiving testimony from Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Pennsylvania. American Action Forum, Holly Wade, National Fed- PATENT REFORM eration of Independent Business, and David Blumenthal, The Commonwealth Fund, all of Wash- Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Com- ington, D.C. mittee concluded a hearing to examine patent re- form, focusing on protecting innovation and entre- UNITED STATES–AFRICA LEADERS preneurship, including H.R. 9, to amend title 35, SUMMIT United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Afri- Invents Act to make improvements and technical ca and Global Health Policy concluded a hearing to corrections, and S. 632, to strengthen the position of examine the United States-Africa leaders summit the United States as the world’s leading innovator by seven months later, focusing on progress and set- amending title 35, United States Code, to protect backs, after receiving testimony from Ben Leo, Cen- the property rights of the inventors that grow the ter for Global Development, Del Renigar, General country’s economy, after receiving testimony from Electric, Susan C. Tuttle, IBM Government and David Winwood, Louisiana State University Pen- Regulatory Affairs, and Thomas J. Bollyky, Council nington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, on Foreign Relations, all of Washington, D.C. on behalf of the Association of University Tech- FEDERAL RULEMAKING CHALLENGES nology Managers; Robert N. Schmidt, Small Busi- ness Technology Council, Fort Meyers, Florida; Ra- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- chel King, GlycoMimetics, Inc., Gaithersburg, fairs: Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Fed- Maryland; Craig Bandes, Pixelligent Technologies, eral Management concluded a hearing to examine Baltimore, Maryland; and Timothy A. Molino, BSA Federal rulemaking challenges and areas of improve- The Software Alliance, Washington, D.C. ment within the existing regulatory process, after re- ceiving testimony from John D. Graham, former Ad- INTELLIGENCE ministrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Indiana hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony University School of Public and Environmental Af- from officials of the intelligence community. fairs, Bloomington; Neil Eisner, former Acting As- Committee recessed subject to the call. sistant Chief Counsel for Regulations and Enforce- ment, Federal Aviation Administration, American BUSINESS MEETING University Washington College of Law, and Pamela Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in Gilbert, former Executive Director, Consumer Prod- closed session to consider pending intelligence mat- uct Safety Commission, Cuneo Gilbert and LaDuca, ters. both of Washington, D.C.; and Drew Greenblatt, Committee recessed subject to the call.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:23 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D19MR5.REC D19MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with DIGEST D308 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 19, 2015 House of Representatives Providing for the expenses of certain committees Chamber Action of the House of Representatives in the One Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 66 pub- Hundred Fourteenth Congress: The House agreed lic bills, H.R. 12, 1457–1522; and 4 resolutions, H. to H. Res. 152, amended, providing for the expenses Con. Res. 25–26; and H. Res. 160–161, were intro- of certain committees of the House of Representa- duced. Pages H1800–04 tives in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, by Additional Cosponsors: Pages H1806–07 voice vote after the previous question was ordered. Pages H1789–92 Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today. Pursuant to House Resolution 152, the amend- Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he ment printed in House Report 114–45 was agreed appointed Representative Tipton to act as Speaker to. Pages H1789–92 pro tempore for today. Page H1773 H. Res. 152, the rule providing for consideration Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker’s approval of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 8) and the resolu- of the Journal by a recorded vote of 233 ayes to 159 tion (H. Res. 132), was agreed to by a recorded vote noes with one answering ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 129. of 233 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 127, after the pre- Pages H1773, H1788–89 vious question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 233 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 126. Pages H1775–82 Member Resignation: Read a letter from Rep- resentative Schock, wherein he resigned as Rep- Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that resentative for the Eighteenth Congressional District when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, March 23rd for Morning of Illinois, effective on March 31, 2015. Page H1773 Hour debate. Page H1800 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and rule submitted by the National Labor Relations two recorded votes developed during the proceedings Board relating to representation case procedures: of today and appear on pages H1781, H1781–82, The House passed S.J. Res. 8, providing for congres- H1788, and H1789. There were no quorum calls. sional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and ad- States Code, of the rule submitted by the National journed at 1:59 p.m. Labor Relations Board relating to representation case procedures, by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 128, after the previous question was Committee Meetings ordered. Pages H1782–88 MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE H. Res. 152, the rule providing for consideration Committee on Agriculture: Full Committee held a of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 8) and the resolu- markup on H.R. 897, the ‘‘Reducing Regulatory tion (H. Res. 132), was agreed to by a recorded vote Burdens Act of 2015’’. H.R. 897 was ordered re- of 233 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 127, after the pre- ported, without amendment. vious question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 233 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 126. Pages H1775–82 APPROPRIATIONS—BUREAU OF LAND Providing for a recess of the House for a joint MANAGEMENT meeting to receive His Excellency Mohammad Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Inte- Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic rior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a of Afghanistan: Agreed by unanimous consent that hearing on Bureau of Land Management budget. it may be in order at any time on Tuesday, March Testimony was heard from Neil Kornze, Director, 25, 2015 for the Speaker to declare a recess, subject Bureau of Land Management. to the call of the Chair, for the purpose of receiving in joint meeting His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Ghani, the President of the Islamic Republic of Af- OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ghanistan. Page H1789 OVERSIGHT Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Mili- when the House adjourns on Tuesday, March 24, it tary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March Agencies held a hearing on Department of Veterans 25. Page H1789 Affairs, Office of the Inspector General oversight.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:23 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D19MR5.REC D19MRPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with DIGEST March 19, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D309 Testimony was heard from Richard J. Griffin, Dep- ficials: Gregory G. Nadeau, Acting Administrator, uty Inspector General, Department of Veterans Af- Federal Highway Administration; Therese W. Mc- fairs; and John D. Daigh, Jr., Assistant Inspector Millan, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Ad- General for Healthcare Inspection, Department of ministration; Mark R. Rosekind, Administrator, Na- Veterans Affairs. tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF Paul N. Jaenichen Sr., Administrator, Maritime Ad- AGRICULTURE FARM AND FOREIGN ministration. AGRICULTURAL SERVICE FISCAL YEAR 2016 MISSILE DEFENSE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agri- HEARING culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin- Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Stra- istration, and Related Agencies held a hearing on tegic Forces held a hearing entitled ‘‘Fiscal Year Department of Agriculture Farm and Foreign Agri- 2016 Missile Defense Hearing’’. Testimony was cultural Service budget. Testimony was heard from heard from Brian P. McKeon, Principal Deputy the following Department of Agriculture officials: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Michael T. Scuse, Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Defense; Admiral Bill Gortney, USN, Commander, Agriculture Service; Brandon Willis, Administrator, North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Risk Management Agency; Val Dolcini, Adminis- Northern Command; Vice Admiral James Syring, trator, Farm Service Agency; Phil Karsting, Admin- USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency; and Lieu- istrator, Foreign Agriculture Service; and Michael tenant General David L. Mann, USA, Commander, Young, Budget Officer. Joint Functional Component Command for Inte- APPROPRIATIONS—UNITED STATES grated Missile Defense. EUROPEAN COMMAND FISCAL YEAR 2016 GROUND FORCE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense MODERNIZATION AND ROTORCRAFT held a hearing on United States European Command MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS budget. Testimony was heard from General Philip Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tac- M. Breedlove, United States Air Force, Supreme Al- tical Air and Land Forces held a hearing entitled lied Commander Europe (NATO), Commander, ‘‘Fiscal Year 2016 Ground Force Modernization and United States European Command. This hearing was Rotorcraft Modernization Programs’’. Testimony was closed. heard from Lieutenant General Michael E. APPROPRIATIONS—TRANSPORTATION Williamson, USA, Military Deputy to the Assistant SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Home- Technology); Major General Michael D. Lundy, land Security held a hearing on Transportation Secu- USA, Commander, U.S. Army Aviation Center of rity Administration budget. Testimony was heard Excellence; Vice Admiral Paul A. Grosklags, USN, from Melvin Carraway, Acting Administrator, Trans- Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary portation Security Administration. of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisi- tion); Lieutenant General Anthony R. Ierardi, USA, APPROPRIATIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT Deputy Chief of Staff, G–8; Brigadier General Joe SAFETY COMMISSION Shrader, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Finan- Corps Systems Command; and Bill Taylor, Program cial Services and General Government held a hearing Executive Officer Land Systems, U.S. Marine Corps. on Consumer Product Safety Commission budget. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE Testimony was heard from Elliot F. Kaye, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission; and Ann Committee on the Budget: Full Committee concluded a Marie Buerkle, Commissioner, Consumer Product markup on the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget Safety Commission. for Fiscal Year 2016. The concurrent resolution was ordered reported, as amended. APPROPRIATIONS—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS LEGISLATIVE MEASURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Trans- Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on portation, Housing and Urban Development, and Energy and Power held a hearing on H.R. 906, to Related Agencies held a hearing on Surface Trans- modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled portation Programs budget. Testimony was heard water heaters. Testimony was heard from public wit- from the following Department of Transportation of- nesses.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 noon, Monday, March 23 12 noon, Monday, March 23

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will begin consideration of Program for Monday: To be announced. the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016. Senators should expect at least one vote on or in relation to an amendment to the concurrent resolution at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Esty, Elizabeth H., Conn., E372 Rokita, Todd, Ind., E371 Huffman, Jared, Calif., E365, E368 Smith, Adam, Wash., E367 Abraham, Ralph Lee, La., E370 Kato, John, N.Y., E365 Speier, Jackie, Calif., E371 Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E369 Kind, Ron, Wisc., E366 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E366, E369, E371, E372, E372 Cohen, Steve, Tenn., E368, E372 Massie, Thomas, Ky., E365 Vargas, Juan, Calif., E366, E368 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E367 Nolan, Richard M., Minn. E365, E367 Walberg, Tim, Mich., E369 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E370 Olson, Pete, Tex., E366, E367, E370, E371 Diaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E369, E370 Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E366, E370

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