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Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014 No. 143 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL Mr. Speaker, the President is ignor- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ing the American people, our Constitu- pore (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia). Chair has examined the Journal of the tion, and our way of government. f last day’s proceedings and announces America is a country of laws, not men. to the House his approval thereof. My constituents are outraged at the DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- President’s imperial actions. American PRO TEMPORE nal stands approved. people want, need, and deserve a Presi- dent who respects and follows the Con- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- f fore the House the following commu- stitution. nication from the Speaker: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE On behalf of my outraged constitu- ents, I am fully committed to stopping WASHINGTON, DC, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the this illegal action. November 20, 2014. gentleman from Florida (Mr. BILI- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The I hereby appoint the Honorable DOUG COL- RAKIS) come forward and lead the Chair will remind Members to refrain LINS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this House in the Pledge of Allegiance. from engaging in personalities toward day. Mr. BILIRAKIS led the Pledge of Al- JOHN A. BOEHNER, the President. legiance as follows: Speaker of the House of Representatives. f I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the f United States of America, and to the Repub- WESTERN NEW YORK PUMMELED PRAYER lic for which it stands, one nation under God, BY SNOW indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given f J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: permission to address the House for 1 Eternal God, we give You thanks for ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER minute.) giving us another day. PRO TEMPORE Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, over the past 2 days, the western New York We come to the end of a week where The SPEAKER pro tempore. The community has been pummeled by un- we have welcomed the newly-elected Chair will now entertain up to 5 re- relenting lake-effect snow. Areas of the Members of the House who will join the quests for 1-minute speeches on each city of Buffalo and surrounding sub- 114th Congress, honored a great world side of the aisle. urbs were blanketed in over 5 feet of statesman in Vaclav Havel, and voted f snow, and it continues to fall. on the first of many difficult bills to be Stranded in cars and trapped in considered at the end of the 113th Con- NO AMNESTY OR BENEFITS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS homes, people are unable to access po- gress. tentially necessary emergency serv- We now approach a week during (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked ices. Over 150 miles of the New York which all Americans will gather to re- and was given permission to address State Thruway closed, and thus far, the member who we are: a Nation gener- the House for 1 minute and to revise storm has claimed the lives of eight ously blessed not only by You, our God, and extend his remarks.) people. but by courageous ancestors, faithful Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Snowstorms are a routine part of allies, and the best good wishes of peo- Speaker, this summer’s crisis on the western New York winters, but even ple everywhere who long for freedom, border was the result of President with advance notice, storms of this ca- who would glory in the difficult work Obama’s 2012 decision to grant amnesty pacity are nearly impossible to prepare of participative government, and who to some illegal immigrants. Now, the for. do not enjoy the bounty we are privi- President is planning to grant amnesty I applaud the leadership of Erie leged to possess. to every illegal in the country—al- County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Bless the Members of this assembly most—millions more. To make matters Mayor Byron Brown, and Governor An- and us all, that we would be worthy of worse, these illegal immigrants may drew Cuomo. Their emergency manage- the call we have been given as Ameri- also become eligible for government ment teams have been hard at work cans. Help us all to be truly thankful benefits. That is just wrong. and will not rest until the snow has and appropriately generous in our re- What the President is doing is illegal. been cleared and everybody affected is sponse. Hardworking American taxpayers safe. May all that is done this day be for didn’t sign up to foot the bill for un- However, it is not just those trained Your greater honor and glory. Amen. lawful, illegal immigrants. for emergencies that have turned out.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8136 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 Neighbors helping neighbors shovel and minute and to revise and extend his re- PRESIDENT OBAMA’S EXECUTIVE dig out are common sights around marks.) OVERREACH western New York. The city of Buffalo Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, Jonathan (Mr. DAINES asked and was given once again proved itself to be The City Gruber, ‘‘smart’’ MIT professor, permission to address the House for 1 of Good Neighbors. ObamaCare architect, who has had to minute and to revise and extend his re- f apologize for repeatedly calling the marks.) TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL American voters stupid, has received Mr. DAINES. Mr. Speaker, when it OUTDOOR ENSEMBLE millions of taxpayer dollars from Fed- comes to illegal immigration, Presi- eral and State governments. (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given dent Obama has long said that he has He now has an NIH—National Insti- no legal authority to extend executive permission to address the House for 1 tutes of Health—grant that adds up to minute and to revise and extend his re- amnesty. Now, I don’t say this very $2 million. This grant is for an analysis often, but you know what? I agree with marks.) to determine how people choose their Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise him. Medicare part D prescription drug plan. to recognize my alma mater, Tarpon His job as President is to enforce the That might be something good for CMS Springs High School, and its outdoor laws that Congress has passed, but and HHS to know, but it is far from the ensemble for winning the 2014 Bands of now, President Obama seems to have America championship. real kind of medical research we expect forgotten that he is not a king. Presi- This is their sixth championship in 14 NIH to be doing. dent Obama’s plan to extend executive years, Mr. Speaker. They have won a Just a few weeks ago, the Director amnesty to millions of illegal immi- total of 11 grand championships in was saying they lacked enough money grants is an unacceptable abuse of Bands of America regionals in Georgia to fund Ebola vaccines. That was be- power that goes against the will of the and Florida. The Tarpon Springs fore it became widely known that they American people. As the President said marching band has also been dubbed were funding a grant for Swedish mas- himself, ‘‘That’s not how our democ- Grand Champions at the Seminole sage for rabbits and other outrageous racy works. That’s not how our Con- Sound Spectacular for the past 13 con- grants. stitution is written.’’ secutive years. We expect NIH to fund President Obama should abandon this The Sponger band, named for the groundbreaking medical research to planned executive overreach and work early 20th century sponge divers who prolong life, develop medicines, to cure with Congress to secure our borders migrated from Greece to Tarpon and treat diseases, not economic re- and strengthen enforcement of the ex- Springs, Florida, are the single most search by a man who is now infamous isting immigration laws. dominant and accomplished marching for insulting the American public. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The band in Florida. Dr. ANDY HARRIS and I wrote the Di- Chair will remind Members to refrain Congratulations to the students; the rector with questions about this grant. from engaging in personalities toward band leader, Kevin Ford; and the par- I hope we hear soon before another the President. ents involved in this year’s champion- check goes out the door. ship. ‘‘Go, Spongers!’’ Mr. Speaker, I f f am so proud. STANDING WITH PRESIDENT f AURORA STAFF WENT ABOVE OBAMA ON EXECUTIVE AUTHOR- ACA OPEN ENROLLMENT CALL OF DUTY DURING EMER- ITY (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked GENCY OUTAGE (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was and was given permission to address (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House the House for 1 minute and to revise given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) and extend his remarks.) for 1 minute and to revise and extend Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. his remarks.) this is not the first year or the second Speaker, I rise today to talk about the Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise year or the third year of the adminis- Affordable Care Act. Over 8 million today to praise the air traffic control- tration. In actuality, we are going to- Americans have signed up for private lers and FAA safety and technical em- wards the end of the term of this ad- health insurance plans for 2014, almost ployees who went above and beyond the ministration. 20,000 in the district I represent. call of duty surrounding the recent From my perspective as a member of Overall, the number of uninsured emergency situation in Aurora, Illi- the Committee on Homeland Security residents in our district has declined nois. Committee and the Subcommittee on by 8 percent. 33,000 people in the dis- Following unprecedented cir- Immigration and Border Security on trict purchased quality, affordable care cumstances, the Chicago center staff the Committee on the Judiciary, every through the new health insurance mar- kept the surrounding air space oper- single year, this administration has ex- ketplace. 11,000 young adults were able ational, safe, and efficient during the tended its hand of collaboration to this to continue coverage through their 17-day outage. On several different Congress to intervene in the desperate parents’ plans. For 84 percent of those days during the outage, Chicago lives of those who have been stolen enrolled in the health insurance mar- O’Hare, which serves my constituents from their children, deported, or fami- ketplace, the cost of the average plan in the 14th District, was the Nation’s lies that have been disunited, if you was reduced to $72 a month. busiest airport. will, wanting to be reunited. Unfortunately, 52,000 individuals who Controllers from two dozen facilities I stand with the President tonight as would otherwise have health insurance around the Midwest and also the FAA he gives his message to America that remain uninsured in our district be- Command Center worked together to we are a humanitarian country and cause Texas did not expand Medicaid. The open enrollment period for 2015 keep the flying public safe and the sys- that ‘‘under my constitutional author- through the marketplace began Satur- tem operating at close to capacity. ity, as can be documented by scholars day, November 15. I encourage all The air traffic controllers, technical across this Nation, I have the author- Americans to take advantage of the op- operations personnel, and management ity to be merciful to give humanitarian portunity to access quality, affordable at Chicago center and in all facilities relief,’’ citing the U.S. v. Arizona case coverage and enroll. throughout the Midwest and the Na- in 2012, when Justice Roberts said that Please, for your family and for our tional Airspace System have proven the President has the authority for hu- community, we need more people in- why the United States has the safest, manitarian relief. sured so they have that certainty. busiest, and most efficient system in Every difficult decision, unfortu- the world. nately, in this Nation, from freeing the f The public should be proud of the slaves to making the armies or the JONATHAN GRUBER GRANT teamwork and professionalism that militaries integrated, took courage (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- they demonstrated as they met a dif- from Presidents. Lyndon Baines John- mission to address the House for 1 ficult challenge and kept America safe. son had courage when he signed the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20NO7.003 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8137 Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting to meet the new regulations. Because seen, and I come from horse racing Rights Act in 1965. of the lack of clarity and the time of country. Mr. President, you are doing the meeting timely guidances, it creates Yesterday we voted on a bill that, in right thing. I stand with you on exer- great confusion and uncertainty for the the title, suggests that we are some- cising your executive authority. We States and for the specific manufac- how improving the science behind the need mercy for these people who are turing facilities trying to meet these environment, and basically what it did desperate. requirements. was limit the ability of EPA to have f To give you an example, the last scientists as part of the decision- ozone rule that was adopted by the making process. Today we are dis- PROMOTING NEW EPA in 2008, the guidance for people cussing the so-called Promoting New MANUFACTURING ACT trying to meet those requirements of Manufacturing Act, and, as we heard GENERAL LEAVE that regulation still have not been from my good friend from Kentucky, Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I ask issued. So we find ourselves in a situa- the goal of the legislation is to facili- unanimous consent that all Members tion where these new regulations are tate a manufacturing renaissance in may have 5 legislative days to revise creating great obstacles to economic the United States by expediting air and extend their remarks and to in- growth in the United States, and I permits for new facilities. clude extraneous material on the bill, think all of us recognize that economic But the premise of the bill is very H.R. 4795, Promoting New Manufac- growth has been quite stagnant for flawed: new manufacturing facilities turing Act. some time. aren’t being held back by clean air re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there We have had many hearings on this quirements; weakening the Clean Air objection to the request of the gen- issue, and we hear from people on a Act won’t create jobs; and the specific tleman from Kentucky? regular basis that one of the reasons provisions of this bill will slow down There was no objection. that they can’t get new plants built is permitting, not speed it up. In truth, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- because of the uncertainty, the lack of this bill is yet another Republican at- ant to House Resolution 756 and rule clarity, the lack of guidance from the tempt to weaken the Clean Air Act XVIII, the Chair declares the House in EPA when they come out with new reg- protections and attack EPA’s author- the Committee of the Whole House on ulations. ity to reduce harmful air pollution. the state of the Union for the consider- Anyone that follows EPA is quite The Clean Air Act requires major ation of the bill, H.R. 4795. aware that they are particularly ag- new or expanding sources of air pollu- The Chair appoints the gentleman gressive in new regulations. They have tion to obtain permits with pollution from Illinois (Mr. HULTGREN) to preside come out with new regulations on the limits before the facilities start con- over the Committee of the Whole. Clean Air Act on a regular basis for the struction. It is a lot easier and less b 0914 last 4 years. And so once again we find costly to minimize air pollution when ourselves with lack of clarity, lack of you are designing and building a facil- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE guidance from EPA. ity compared to cleaning up existing Accordingly, the House resolved This legislation, which was intro- facilities. itself into the Committee of the Whole duced by Mr. SCALISE, simply says to These pre-construction permits are House on the state of the Union for the EPA, if you come out with a new regu- based on a simple principle: a new fa- consideration of the bill (H.R. 4795) to lation, simultaneously you must pro- cility should not increase local air pol- promote new manufacturing in the vide the guidance for the States and lution above levels that are safe to United States by providing for greater the individual applicants who will be breathe. The bill before us violates this transparency and timeliness in obtain- required to obtain permits to build principle by creating a permitting ing necessary permits, and for other their manufacturing facility. So that is loophole, allowing new facilities to ob- purposes, with Mr. HULTGREN in the what this bill is all about. tain permits under old, less protective chair. I think it is a commonsense piece of air quality standards unless EPA pro- The Clerk read the title of the bill. legislation, and obviously all of us mulgates new regulations or guide- The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the want to create new jobs. We have com- lines. bill is considered read the first time. panies out there today with a lot of This provision is bad for existing The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. cash who want to produce these, build manufacturing in the United States. WHITFIELD) and the gentleman from these new plants, but because of bu- The permitting loophole would actu- Kentucky (Mr. YARMUTH) each will reaucratic difficulties, lack of clarity, ally impose new costs on the manufac- control 30 minutes. and lack of guidance on a timely basis turing sector rather than help it. The The Chair recognizes the gentleman from the EPA, it makes it extremely bill allows new facilities to pollute from Kentucky (Mr. WHITFIELD). difficult to do. more than their fair share, leaving the Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I So that is why we are here today to existing manufacturers to make up the yield myself such time as I may con- discuss this legislation. I think it is difference. sume. very important that we adopt this leg- In areas struggling to clean up their Mr. Chairman, President Obama has islation. air, like in my district in Louisville, made it very clear that if the U.S. Con- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Kentucky, this effectively shifts the re- gress does not pass legislation that he of my time. sponsibility and cost of pollution con- has said that is a priority for his ad- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Chairman, I trol to existing manufacturing facili- ministration, that he intends to ac- yield myself such time as I may con- ties. This provision does not make eco- complish his goals by the use of execu- sume. nomic sense. Furthermore, in all of the tive orders and through regulations. This has been a fascinating week in limited testimony pursuant to consid- Today, with H.R. 4795, we are here to terms of the environment. We started ering this bill, there was not one com- address a specific problem caused by it with the President orchestrating one pany identified that actually said they regulations coming out of EPA relating of the truly groundbreaking break- would build a manufacturing facility if to the Clean Air Act. throughs in carbon emissions and get- they could do it under older guidelines. We know that announcements have ting the Chinese, for the first time, to I am kind of amused that the Repub- been made for manufacturing expan- agree to limit their carbon emissions, licans now want the EPA to issue na- sions in the United States amounting setting new standards for the United tionwide guidelines, when their ide- to about $135 billion. But we also know States. ology says States are better prepared that EPA has gone into a pattern of Then this week, in the Congress, we to deal with issues at their own level; when they issue new regulations, it basically have three bills that are the and, in fact, States, under the existing takes them sometimes years to come equivalent of saying, through statute, law, have done a very, very good job of up with guidances so that State EPAs to polluters, ‘‘Smoke ’em if you got creating guidelines and strategies for and manufacturing applicants for clean ’em.’’ I mean, three bills that represent meeting problems with pollution in air permits will know what is required one of the worst trifectas I have ever their jurisdiction.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20NO7.004 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8138 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 So, for a wide variety of reasons, this Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Chairman, I b 0930 bill doesn’t accomplish what its title yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from The adjustments to the National Am- suggests, and we urge its defeat. Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN). bient Air Quality Standards Act are Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. I thank about a large body of research on the of my time. my colleague from Kentucky for yield- impacts of air pollutants on human Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I ing to me. health and the environment. H.R. 4795 yield myself such time as I may con- Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to assumes we cannot continue that sume. H.R. 4795. It was my hope to resolve the record of success. The predictions of I might say that during the time we issues of this bill during the com- dire consequences to our economy be- had the hearing on this legislation, we mittee. Unfortunately, that was not fore and after Congress adopted the had several State representatives from the case. 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act the State EPA come in and testify, and H.R. 4795, the Promoting New Manu- have never materialized. We have, how- they all were talking about the absence facturing Act, could be a solution to a ever, grown our economy and have of timely implementation guidance longstanding problem. The problem re- achieved cleaner, healthier air for ev- from EPA produces a lack of clarity. lates to Federal permitting, in this eryone. So, contrary to its title, this Both the Colorado, Arkansas, even bill does nothing to promote manufac- the National Association of Clean Air case, New Source Review permits. While the majority of permitting turing. It is simply another of many Agencies wrote a letter to EPA on Sep- attempts to undermine the Clean Air tember 4, 2013, complaining about this. takes place at the State level, the EPA plays a critical role in the permitting Act. Now, I would remind everyone, this Instead of bringing this partisan bill bill does not do anything about the process. When EPA promulgates a final National Ambient Air Quality Stand- to the floor—yet another bill that has science, trying to diminish the impor- no chance of becoming law—we could ard, called NAAQS, States and indus- tance of science and coming forth with be working together on legislation that try must respond through implementa- new regulations. All it does is says would reinvigorate our domestic manu- tion and application, respectively. that if EPA comes out with a new regu- facturing sector. We could pass pending lation under the Clean Air Act, they EPA should work as quickly as pos- tax legislation or, better yet, tax re- must provide the guidance to the sible to offer States guidance on how to form, which would provide the cer- States and to the entities who want to implement these new standards. Lack tainty, provide the fairness, and pro- build new plants. of guidance can lead to significant per- vide the clarity that everyone needs I might also say that the American mitting delays as industry is forced to and deserves. If it were enacted, this Chemistry Council, particularly, raised submit incomplete New Source Review bill before us would be more likely to this issue with us—and through their applications. cause confusion and legal challenges membership—of companies trying to While I will support the intent of the than to generate new manufacturing build new manufacturing plants and bill, I can’t support the bill itself. H.R. jobs. meeting great difficulty because of the 4795 is ultimately a lengthy delay in States develop comprehensive imple- lack of clarity. the National Ambient Air Quality mentation plans that take account of I might also say, all of us are very Standards implementation; and then a all possible pollution sources and bal- much concerned about climate change, NAAQS standard cannot be imple- ance the needs of all stakeholders in but I don’t think America has to take mented, and this bill does not reflect the effort to achieve cleaner air. H.R. a backseat to any other country in the current negotiations over that NAAQS 4795 would allow a new facility to oper- world. Our CO2 emissions are the low- implementation. ate under less strict air quality stand- est that they have been in 20 years. Until this point, the administration ards than existing facilities if the EPA I might also say, we find ourselves and the EPA have indicated a willing- has not issued all final regulations and today, because of regulations from this ness to work on this issue. Further, guidance required for any type of facil- administration, being one of the only EPA has not proposed these new Na- ity that would be covered by a newly countries in the world where you can- tional Ambient Air Quality Standards, established standard. not build a new coal-fired plant to so I see this bill as a solution to a prob- If the Agency would call a standard produce electricity because the tech- lem that doesn’t yet exist. into question by issuing guidance at a nology is not available to meet the I want EPA to be transparent and time after a regulation is finalized, stringent emissions standard unless work with the industry, and H.R. 4795 why would the Agency ever do that? you are going to spend huge sums of does not support a collaborative work- Guidance is useful for the regulated government money, as they are in the ing relationship. community. As new or unique situa- Kemper plant in Mississippi. Additionally, the New Source Review tions arise, the Agency can work with By the way, the standard was set for applicants to find the most appropriate that regulation, the emission standard, permitting and the construction of new facilities are important to the econ- and most cost-effective means for mov- based on the Kemper plant, which is ing a project forward under the law. still not in operation. It is about 2 omy, but we must also have a balance between economic growth and the pro- It seems to me that we want to sim- years overdue, is way over cost, and all plify the regulatory process, not com- the entities involved in it said that tection of public health. The bill, un- fortunately, does not strike that bal- plicate it, and to encourage commu- kind of plant would never be built nication and flexibility, not stifle again without huge government dollars ance effectively, and, for that reason, I am unable to vote in favor of it. them. We should ensure that regula- involved. tions are implemented fairly and con- Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I We would like to get back to a situa- sistently, and we should facilitate com- continue to reserve the balance of my tion in America where, on energy munication and encourage the Agency time. projects, we use private money. I no- to work with regulated entities. tice that Google recently was involved Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Chairman, I H.R. 4795 is going to result in greater in the Ivanpah Solar facility out west, yield as much time as he may consume confusion, more legal challenges, and a one of the largest in the world. They to the gentleman from New York (Mr. less flexible regulatory process. H.R. used a lot of government loans to build TONKO). 4795 will not provide more jobs, and it that plant, and now Google and other Mr. TONKO. Mr. Chairman, I appre- will not deliver clean air. I reject the companies are coming back to the gov- ciate the time offered by the gen- notion that clean air and economic ernment and applying for grants to tleman from Kentucky. progress are incompatible. They simply help pay off the loans. If experience has taught us anything are not. H.R. 4795 is a bad bill, and I So this is a commonsense piece of over the past two decades, it is that urge its defeat. legislation. It does not change the the Clean Air Act has been a success. Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I science; it simply provides additional New businesses have started, the econ- continue to reserve the balance of my clarity. omy has grown, and the air is cleaner time. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance and, beyond that, healthier for all of Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Chairman, it is of my time. us. now my great honor to yield such time

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This bill will not only bring new for those generous comments, and I am The California Air Resources Board opportunities to Hoosier families but pleased to be here today to express why argues this bill would actually slow the to families all across America. this bill should not pass. permitting process. Strengthening our manufacturing in- Mr. Chairman, the bill is called the It wrote: dustry should not be a partisan issue, Promoting New Manufacturing Act. We Waiting for the U.S. EPA to develop guid- and, today, we have an opportunity to would all want to do that—what a nice ance will result in unnecessary delays and stand together and support legislation title—but the bill does not live up to public health risks because permitting agen- that will help create jobs and move our the title. cies appear to be barred from issuing permits economy in the right direction. The bill does not do anything to pro- consistent with the new, more health-protec- I would like to thank Whip SCALISE, tive air quality standards until the U.S. EPA mote manufacturing, and it does not do Chairman UPTON, and the members of anything to improve the permitting provides guidance. the Committee on Energy and Com- process for new and expanding facili- If we really want to expedite the per- merce for their hard work on this ties, but it does weaken air quality mitting process, we should give the issue, and I would urge my colleagues protections. It allows more pollution, EPA and the State and local agencies to support this particular legislation. and it threatens public health. Now, let more resources. This bill does not add Mr. Chairman, finally, I would say me explain why I reached that conclu- a single penny more to the EPA or to that some of the top issues that I hear sion. State and local permitting agencies to from folks as I travel across the dis- The Clean Air Act requires a new or hire more staff to review and process trict back home in northeast Indiana an expanding source of air pollution to these permits. That is what the agen- are those of regulations and the effect obtain permits with pollution limits cies need. of Washington, D.C., bureaucracy and before the facility starts construction. States don’t need more loopholes. red tape. The impact that it is having These pre-construction permits ensure They don’t need more lectures about on jobs in Indiana and across the coun- that a new or an expanded facility will so-called ‘‘red tape.’’ They need more try is hurting, and they need relief. not increase local air pollution to lev- money and more people, but instead of Again, I would definitely urge my els that violate National Ambient Air providing these resources, House Re- colleagues to support this particular Quality Standards, which are based on publicans have voted repeatedly to legislation. Let’s start taking the boot public health. slash funding for environmental pro- off of the American economy, and let’s When the EPA issues a new, more tection. Punching holes in the Clean let it and its families succeed. protective air quality standard to re- Air Act won’t help these cash-strapped Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Chairman, I flect the latest science, permit appli- agencies work any faster, but it will yield myself such time as I may con- cants have to meet the new standard make the air dirtier. For that reason, I sume. and show their emissions will not in- urge my colleagues to join me in oppos- Before I close my side of the argu- crease the amount of pollution that ing this legislation. ment, I would like to take this oppor- will then end up harming public health. Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, may tunity, once again, to thank my col- This bill, H.R. 4795, creates a loophole I ask how much time is remaining on league Mr. WAXMAN for his incredible in this process. both sides? The bill says that, if it is a new or an service to this body and to the country The CHAIR. The gentleman from expanding facility, they can apply for a over the last several decades. Kentucky (Mr. WHITFIELD) has 23 min- permit based on the old air quality One of the first things I did when I utes remaining, and the other gen- standard, which is not adequate to pro- was elected to Congress in 2006 was to tleman from Kentucky (Mr. YARMUTH) call Mr. WAXMAN to ask if I could serve tect the public health, unless, they say, 1 the EPA has been able to jump over a has 16 ⁄2 minutes remaining. under his leadership on the Oversight new procedural hurdle that they set Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I and Government Reform Committee with this legislation requiring new reg- yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from because I respected him so much. He ulations on permitting. In effect, this Indiana (Mr. STUTZMAN), who has been has been a phenomenal mentor to me, bill could give new sources of pollution a real leader on this issue. as he has been to hundreds of other amnesty from new air quality stand- Mr. STUTZMAN. I thank the gen- Members of Congress over the years, ards. This amnesty provision could tleman from Kentucky for his work on and I think the country owes him a have serious, real-world consequences. this particular issue that is really im- great debt of gratitude. The amnesty provision would force the portant to the Third District in Indi- Mr. Chairman, I would like to say, in States and the EPA to issue permits ana. the spirit of his championing of the en- for facilities that pollute more than Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong vironment, what we have seen again they would under current law. In fact, support of the Promoting New Manu- this week, not just with this bill but this bill would allow new facilities to facturing Act. with the two other bills in the last 2 degrade air quality to levels that are For too long, the Obama economy days, is kind of a ‘‘wolf in sheep’s not safe to breathe. has remained weak, and the American clothing’’ approach to the environ- This loophole is also bad for business worker has suffered the consequences. ment—dressing legislation up with because, if you are not getting the re- Too many people are struggling to find very, very nice-sounding titles that es- ductions from new sources, you are work and to provide for their families. sentially do exactly the opposite of going to have to get those reductions They want to know when things are fi- what they are intending to do. from existing sources. It is shifting the nally going to pick up. This bill, far from promoting manu- burden from the new sources onto ex- We in Congress have a responsibility facturing, will make it much more dif- isting facilities. It raises pollution con- to help create an economic environ- ficult for the EPA to set rules, and in trol costs overall because the whole ment that allows individuals to suc- the process, it will not accomplish any- doctrine under the Clean Air Act, ceed and businesses to grow, and we thing in encouraging manufacturing. I which has long been recognized, is that can achieve that kind of success by don’t know of one businessperson who it is generally far more efficient and cutting back on job-killing regula- would say, ‘‘I am going to build a plant cost-effective to build pollution con- tions, by removing bureaucratic red that I, otherwise, would not build be- trols into a facility upfront rather than tape, and by increasing transparency. cause I get to build it under old pollu- adding them later, but this bill does That is what this bill today is all tion rules.’’ Most businesspeople are the opposite. about. very forward looking. They look for op- When we had our hearing, Represent- As a Representative from Indiana, I portunities not to exploit the environ- ative DINGELL asked the Secretary of understand that a strong manufac- ment. They look for opportunities to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20NO7.007 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8140 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 make money because they have a vi- We have the affordable energy supply to run (b) INITIAL PUBLICATION; UPDATES.—The sion. Virtually every good businessper- our factories, especially our growing abun- Administrator shall— son I know these days understands that dance of natural gas. We have private inves- (1) make the publication required by sub- building facilities that have the latest tors willing to invest billions of dollars on new section (a) for fiscal years 2008 through 2013 not later than 60 days after the date of en- technologies and the cleanest tech- projects in America. We have a workforce that actment of this Act; and nologies is the way to make money and is second to none but many of whom need (2) update such publication not less than to make sound business decisions. jobs. And we have the technical knowledge to annually. For all of those reasons, as Mr. WAX- build manufacturing facilities that are the (c) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—In carrying MAN laid out in very clear terms, this cleanest and most efficient in the world. All we out this section: bill does not promote manufacturing. need is a regulatory process that will allow it (1) With respect to information to be pub- It will do, actually, the opposite, so we to happen. lished for fiscal years 2008 through 2013, the urge the defeat of the legislation. We all know about Keystone XL, which de- Environmental Protection Agency’s esti- Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- spite our best efforts, is still caught up in red mates shall be based on information that is in the Agency’s possession as of the date of ance of my time. tape. I wish I could say that bureaucratic enactment of this Act, including information Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I nightmare is an isolated incident, but sadly, it in the RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse yield myself such time as I may con- isn’t. Potential future manufacturing facilities database. sume. face a similar regulatory maze that can delay (2) With respect to information to be pub- In closing, I might say that I cer- projects for years on end or stop them out- lished for any fiscal year, nothing in the sec- tainly agree that the owners of these right. tion compels the Environmental Protection manufacturing plants do not want to We want to be a world leader in manufac- Agency to seek or collect any information in build new plants while using old rules. turing, not in red tape. I am glad the President addition to the information that is volun- They want to use the best technology, identified the potential of new American manu- tarily provided by States and local air agen- cies for the RACT/BACT/LAER Clearing- but they want clear guidance from the facturing in his State of the Union address, house database. and acknowledged that there is red tape that EPA about what it should be because, SEC. 3. TIMELY ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS AND when they don’t have that, they find needs to be cleared away. Passage of H.R. GUIDANCE TO ADDRESS NEW OR RE- themselves involved with lawsuits with 4795 will help make this goal a reality. VISED NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR all sorts of environmental groups on a The Promoting New Manufacturing Act is a QUALITY STANDARDS IN PRECONSTRUCTION PERMITTING. regular basis. good starting point. We know changes to Na- tional Ambient Air Quality Standards are on (a) IN GENERAL.—In publishing any final I might also say that there are many rule establishing or revising a national am- reports out there relating to manufac- the horizon, which will ultimately have an im- bient air quality standard, the Adminis- turing—I am just going to read from a pact on how much of this manufacturing ren- trator shall, as the Administrator deter- few—that state that one of the key fac- aissance we can actually get permitted into mines necessary and appropriate to assist tors for investor confidence is a timely existence. This bill takes some very sensible States, permitting authorities, and permit and efficient permitting process that is steps toward a more transparent and timely applicants, concurrently publish regulations matched to current technologies. process for air permits under EPA’s New and guidance for implementing the standard, Ken Weiss, global managing partner Source Review program. It increases trans- including information relating to submission parency by making more information publicly and consideration of a preconstruction per- for Environmental Resources Manage- mit application under the new or revised ment, which has extensive experience available on these permit applications, and standard. in the permitting process, testified: gives the states and permit applicants the crit- (b) APPLICABILITY OF STANDARD TO We routinely advise clients that obtaining ical information they need to ensure that when PRECONSTRUCTION PERMITTING.—If the Ad- a PSD permit can take anywhere from 1 to 3 it comes to air quality standards, future imple- ministrator fails to publish final regulations years and that a minimum of 12 to 18 months mentation rules and guidance documents are and guidance that include information relat- need to be allowed in the project schedule. developed, proposed, and finalized in a timely ing to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under a b 0945 manner. I hope that we can all agree that the current new or revised national ambient air quality The President, himself, acknowl- standard concurrently with such standard, regulatory process leaves room for improve- edged in his latest State of the Union then such standard shall not apply to the re- ment. I urge my colleagues to support our speech this year that projects were view and disposition of a preconstruction pending manufacturing renaissance and to being delayed and that there is a need permit application until the Agency has pub- support this constructive legislation. lished such final regulations and guidance. to ‘‘cut red tape’’ to get factories built. The CHAIR. All time for general de- (c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— And that is what this legislation is bate has expired. (1) After publishing regulations and guid- about. We are not telling EPA what the Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be ance for implementing national ambient air regulations should be. We are not tell- considered for amendment under the 5- quality standards under subsection (a), noth- ing EPA to disregard science. We are minute rule. The bill shall be consid- ing in this section shall preclude the Envi- simply telling EPA, with all of their ronmental Protection Agency from issuing ered as read. subsequent regulations or guidance to assist expertise, that when they issue the new The text of the bill is as follows: regulation, that they provide clear States and facilities in implementing such H.R. 4795 standards. guidance for the States and the compa- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (2) Nothing in this section shall be con- nies and the individuals and the enti- resentatives of the United States of America in strued to eliminate the obligation of a ties that want to build these new Congress assembled, preconstruction permit applicant to install plants with new technology. That is SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. best available control technology and lowest what this legislation is all about. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting achievable emissions rate technology, as ap- I yield back the balance of my time. New Manufacturing Act’’. plicable. Mr. UPTON. Mr. Chair, America is on the SEC. 2. BUILDING AND MANUFACTURING SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ACTIONS TO verge of becoming an energy superpower. Not PROJECTS DASHBOARD. EXPEDITE REVIEW OF (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, PRECONSTRUCTION PERMITS. only do we possess more energy than any with respect to fiscal year 2008 and each sub- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days other country, but we are capable of using that sequent fiscal year, publish in a readily ac- after the date of enactment of this Act, and energy to accomplish great things. cessible location on the Environmental Pro- annually thereafter, the Administrator shall Perhaps most important of all to manufac- tection Agency’s public Website the Agen- submit to Congress a report— turing states like Michigan, we can use our en- cy’s estimate of the following: (1) identifying the activities being under- ergy advantage to reverse the gradual decline (1) The total number of preconstruction taken by the Environmental Protection in American manufacturing that has been permits issued during the fiscal year. Agency to increase the efficiency of the going on for decades and create a real resur- (2) The percentage of such preconstruction preconstruction permitting process; gence in the years ahead. The Promoting New permits issued within one year after the date (2) identifying the specific reasons for of filing of a completed application. delays in issuing— Manufacturing Act will help us achieve that (3) The average length of time for the (A) preconstruction permits required under goal and continues our efforts to build the Ar- Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board to part C of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7470 et chitecture of Abundance. issue a final decision on petitions appealing seq.) beyond the one-year statutory deadline The U.S. has all the ingredients to strength- decisions to grant or deny a preconstruction mandated by section 165(c) of the Clean Air en our domestic manufacturing dominance. permit application. Act (42 U.S.C. 7475(c)); or

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20NO7.008 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8141 (B) preconstruction permits required under ment, and shall not be subject to a de- They, in other words, made two key part D of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501 et mand for division of the question. points. First of all, CARB explained seq.) beyond the one-year period beginning AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. WAXMAN that States don’t need EPA guidance on the date on which the permit application to issue permits under a new air qual- is determined to be complete; The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- (3) describing how the Agency is resolving sider amendment No. 1 printed in part ity standard. They said, ‘‘For decades, delays in making completeness determina- C of House Report 113–626. permitting authorities have success- tions for preconstruction permit applica- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, as the fully implemented their programs in tions; designee of my colleague from Cali- response to every new standard U.S. (4) describing how the Agency is resolving fornia (Mr. MCNERNEY), I have an EPA has promulgated. In fact, permit- processing delays for preconstruction per- amendment at the desk. ting agencies have historically been mits, including any increases in communica- The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the advisers to U.S. EPA on the guid- tion with State and local permitting au- ance that it ultimately issues.’’ They thorities; and the amendment. (5) summarizing and responding to public The text of the amendment is as fol- point out that the bill effectively re- comments concerning the report received lows: quires EPA to issue ‘‘ ‘one size fits all’ under subsection (b). In section 3(b), strike ‘‘If the Adminis- permit guidance that could not real- (b) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Before submitting trator fails’’ and insert istically take into account the unique- each report required by subsection (a), the (1) STANDARD NOT APPLICABLE.—Except as ness of every jurisdiction.’’ Administrator shall publish a draft report on provided in paragraph (2), if the Adminis- CARB also explained that in regions the Website of the Environmental Protection trator fails with severe air quality issues, barring Agency and provide the public with a period At the end of section 3(b), add the fol- of at least 30 days to submit comments on the States from issuing permits con- lowing: sistent with new, more health-protec- the draft report. (2) STANDARD APPLICABLE.—Paragraph (1) (c) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—Nothing in shall not apply with respect to review and tive air quality standards will ‘‘result this section compels the Environmental Pro- disposition of a preconstruction permit ap- in unnecessary delays and public tection Agency to seek or collect any infor- plication by a Federal, State, local, or tribal health risks.’’ CARB highlighted that mation in addition to the information that is permitting authority if such authority deter- ‘‘this is particularly an issue for vul- voluntarily provided by States and local air mines that application of such paragraph is nerable and already overburdened pop- agencies for the RACT/BACT/LAER Clearing- likely to— house database. ulations, such as in disadvantaged (A) increase air pollution that harms communities.’’ SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. human health and the environment; In this Act: All of California’s San Joaquin Val- (B) slow issuance of final preconstruction ley is in extreme non-attainment for (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis- permits; trator’’ means the Administrator of the En- (C) increase regulatory uncertainty; air quality standards. This bill threat- vironmental Protection Agency. (D) foster additional litigation; ens the flexibility needed by the re- (2) BEST AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.— (E) shift the burden of pollution control gional air pollution control district, The term ‘‘best available control tech- from new sources to existing sources of pol- the flexibility that has led to 2013 being nology’’ has the meaning given to that term lution, including small businesses; or the cleanest year on record in this re- in section 169(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 (F) increase the overall cost of achieving U.S.C. 7479(3)). gion. This bill would take a step back- the new or revised national ambient air qual- ward in that progress. (3) LOWEST ACHIEVABLE EMISSIONS RATE.— ity standard in the applicable area. The term ‘‘lowest achievable emissions rate’’ Let’s not make State air pollution has the meaning given to that term in sec- The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- regulators’ jobs harder by constraining tion 171(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. lution 756, the gentleman from Cali- their flexibility and imposing counter- 7501(3)). fornia (Mr. WAXMAN) and a Member op- productive requirements. At least let’s (4) MAJOR EMITTING FACILITY; MAJOR STA- posed each will control 5 minutes. give them a choice. TIONARY SOURCE.—The terms ‘‘major emit- The Chair recognizes the gentleman The amendment simply says, if a ting facility’’ and ‘‘major stationary source’’ from California. Federal, State, local, or tribal agency have the meaning given to those terms in Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, sub- section 302(j) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. determines that adopting this loophole 7602(j)). section 3(b) creates a loophole in the will increase air pollution that harms (5) NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STAND- Clean Air Act that allows new facilities human health, slow issuance of per- ARD.—The term ‘‘national ambient air qual- to meet old air quality standards. This mits, increase regulatory uncertainty, ity standard’’ means a national ambient air means more pollution will enter the create new regulation, shift the burden quality standard for an air pollutant under air, and it will be harder to clean up. of pollution control to small businesses section 109 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. When one facility is allowed to pollute and other existing facilities, or in- 7409) that is finalized on or after the date of more, other facilities in the area will crease the cost of achieving breathable enactment of this Act. have to invest more to reduce their air, then that agency may opt out. The (6) PRECONSTRUCTION PERMIT.—The term ‘‘preconstruction permit’’— emissions. That is not fair. That is not agency does not have to issue a permit (A) means a permit that is required under good for the economy. This loophole that exempts a new facility from meet- part C or D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 harms public health, burdens existing ing protective air quality standards. U.S.C. 7470 et seq.) for the construction or facilities, and creates regulatory un- If you don’t think the bill’s Clean Air modification of a major emitting facility or certainty. Act loophole will cause these problems, major stationary source; and If one is unwilling to remove the then States wouldn’t opt out, and you (B) includes any such permit issued by the loophole from the bill entirely, then we shouldn’t object to this amendment. Environmental Protection Agency or a should at the very least give State and But just in case the States we have State, local, or tribal permitting authority. local permitting authorities the oppor- heard from are correct, let’s provide a (7) RACT/BACT/LAER CLEARINGHOUSE DATABASE.—The term ‘‘RACT/BACT/LAER tunity to opt out, and that is what this safety hatch to make sure that we Clearinghouse database’’ means the central amendment does. aren’t harming public health and mak- database of air pollution technology infor- We know States have concerns about ing air pollution permitting more dif- mation that is posted on the Environmental this provision. We heard strong con- ficult. Protection Agency’s Website. cerns from the State of Delaware at I have heard my colleagues, espe- The CHAIR. No amendment to the the hearing on this bill. In my own cially on the Republican side of the bill shall be in order except those State of California, the California Air aisle, say over and over again, We don’t printed in part C of House Report 113– Resources Board wrote to the com- need one size fits all. We need to let lo- 626. Each such amendment may be of- mittee last week to express their seri- calities make some of these determina- fered only in the order printed in the ous concerns about this legislation, tions. And I agree, in this case particu- report, by a Member designated in the and this provision in particular. CARB larly, that if they see, given their cir- report, shall be considered read, shall wrote that ‘‘the provisions proposed in cumstances, a reason why they don’t be debatable for the time specified in this bill would not increase efficiency, want to follow this new regime that the report, equally divided and con- would result in additional delays in would be created by this legislation, let trolled by the proponent and an oppo- permitting, and would pose increased them opt out. Let them decide at the nent, shall not be subject to amend- public health risks.’’ local level how to proceed.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO7.004 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8142 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 For that reason, I urge passage of the tucky (Mr. WHITFIELD) and a Member doesn’t make it worse, but it doesn’t amendment and yield back the balance opposed each will control 5 minutes. make it better. I would urge my col- of my time. The Chair recognizes the gentleman leagues to oppose the bill, even if this Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I from Kentucky. amendment is adopted. rise in opposition to the amendment. Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chair, as I have With that, I yield back the balance of The CHAIR. The gentleman from said repeatedly, the intent of this bill my time. Kentucky is recognized for 5 minutes. is to ensure that when the EPA issues Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chair, how Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chair, this new air quality standards, the Agency much time do I have remaining? amendment basically would eliminate provides timely guidance about how to The Acting CHAIR (Mr. COLLINS of section 3(b), or make it applicable in a comply with the new standards in the Georgia). The gentleman from Ken- different way of the legislation, which permitting process. tucky has 31⁄2 minutes remaining. really would defeat the whole purpose Now, at the hearings that we have Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chair, I would of this bill. had and in individual discussion with just remind everyone that even if EPA As I said in the beginning, this is other Members, people have argued fails to do its job, the bill makes clear very simple. We are not telling EPA that section 3(b) of this bill would pre- that nothing relieves new facilities of what the regulations should be. We are vent a State or local permitting au- their obligations to install the best not telling EPA not to use science. We thority that wanted to impose the new available control technology in attain- are simply telling EPA, when you come standards, even in the absence of EPA ment areas and the lowest available out with a new regulation, you must implementing regulations and guid- emissions rate technology in non-at- provide the guidance for the States and ance, from doing so. So that was not tainment areas. for the entities that are trying to build the intent of the bill, and this amend- I would also say that while my new plants to create jobs in America. ment clarifies that. amendment allows those States who So this amendment would simply So if you have a State like California want to go on and implement the new change that process. or even Delaware, which are the two regulation without the guidance, they All of us understand and recognize that I can think of, that would like to can do that; but on the other hand, our the great contribution that has been go on and impose the new standard legislation is designed to protect those made by the Clean Air Act, but yet without the guidance, then this amend- States and those entities who find that anytime we try to come up and we try ment ensures that they have the oppor- they are unable to interpret the new to amend the Clean Air Act, it is al- tunity to do that. So that is what this regulation. And because of that uncer- most like we are touching the Holy amendment does. It is simply a clari- tainty, it has been the experience of Grail. fication. many companies, when they build new Things change over time. As I said, I reserve the balance of my time. facilities with technology under new the EPA has been so aggressive with so Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I claim regulations, they end up being sued many regulations, they are not pro- the time in opposition, although I am over it frequently. viding the guidance for clarity so that not opposed to the amendment. So this legislation is about common entities can invest dollars to create The CHAIR. Without objection, the sense. This amendment allows those jobs. Obviously we want to balance a gentleman from California is recog- States that want to implement the good, clean environment, but we also nized for 5 minutes. stricter standard, they have the ability want a healthy economy. That is what There was no objection. to do that. I would urge the adoption of this legislation is designed to do. Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, the this amendment and the passage of this And with as much admiration and re- reason I qualified it is because I see no bill. spect that I have for the gentlemen reason to oppose the amendment. It is I yield back the balance of my time. from California, Mr. WAXMAN and Mr. not objectionable. But it doesn’t actu- MCNERNEY, I do oppose this amend- ally fix the bill’s four problems. b 1000 ment and ask that the Members not Subsection 3(b) of the bill gives new Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I ask adopt it. sources amnesty from compliance with unanimous consent to reclaim 1 minute I yield back the balance of my time. a new or revised air quality standard just for clarification for the RECORD. The CHAIR. The question is on the until EPA issues rules and guidance on The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection amendment offered by the gentleman the implementation of the air quality to the request of the gentleman from from California (Mr. WAXMAN). standard. California? The question was taken; and the The provision effectively creates two There was no objection. Chair announced that the noes ap- classes of sources. New sources would Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, Mr. peared to have it. be permitted under the outdated and WHITFIELD mentioned that the Na- Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I de- less protected air standard, but exist- tional Association of Clean Air Agen- mand a recorded vote. ing sources would be permitted under cies would like timely implementation The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of the updated, more protective stand- guidance. That is true. But just yester- rule XVIII, further proceedings on the ards. This amendment doesn’t affect day, they wrote a letter making clear amendment offered by the gentleman this requirement in any way. they oppose this bill. from California will be postponed. The Whitfield amendment says that I insert in the RECORD the letter that AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. WHITFIELD States can set their own more strin- came under the signature of S. William The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- gent air quality standards under State Becker, National Association of Clean sider amendment No. 2 printed in part law. I don’t disagree with that. Section Air Agencies. C of House Report 113–626. 116 of the Clean Air Act already gives NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Chairman, I the States the right to adopt more CLEAN AIR AGENCIES, offer my amendment. stringent air quality standards. It has Washington, DC, November 19, 2014. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate been in the Clean Air Act for decades. Hon. ED WHITFIELD, the amendment. That is fine as far as it goes, but it Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, The text of the amendment is as fol- Committee on Energy and Commerce, Ray- doesn’t address our concern with sub- lows: burn House Office Building, Washington, section 3(b). Page 6, after line 10, insert the following: DC. If my colleagues are in favor of State DEAR CHAIRMAN WHITFIELD: At a hearing (3) Nothing in this section shall be con- flexibility, they should either oppose before the House Rules Committee earlier strued to limit the authority of a State, this week, you spoke in support of H.R. 4795, local, or tribal permitting authority to im- the underlying bill entirely or support the Promoting New Manufacturing Act. In pose more stringent emissions requirements the State opt-out amendment. The your testimony, you seemed to imply that pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than Whitfield amendment does not provide the National Association of Clean Air Agen- Federal national ambient air quality stand- them any relief from the loophole and cies (NACAA) favors passage of this legisla- ards established by the Environmental Pro- procedural burden envisioned under the tion. tection Agency. bill. I am writing to clarify that NACAA has The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- I don’t object to this amendment as never expressed support for H.R. 4795. Al- lution 756, the gentleman from Ken- it doesn’t make the bill worse. It though we appreciate the Committee’s desire

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Kelly (IL) Moore Serrano Sensenbrenner Thornberry Wittman Many of our members are very concerned Kennedy Moran Sewell (AL) Sessions Tiberi Wolf Shimkus Tipton by the provision in Section 3 of the bill that Kildee Murphy (FL) Shea-Porter Womack Kilmer Napolitano Shuster Turner would allow facilities seeking pre-construc- Sherman Woodall Kind Neal Simpson Upton tion permits to conduct air quality analyses Sinema Yoder Kirkpatrick Nolan Smith (MO) Valadao based on outdated air quality standards, Sires Yoho Kuster Norcross Slaughter Smith (NE) Walberg should EPA fail to issue implementation Smith (NJ) Walden Young (AK) Langevin O’Rourke Speier guidance concurrently with the promulga- Larsen (WA) Pallone Smith (TX) Walorski Young (IN) Swalwell (CA) tion of a new or revised NAAQS. They be- Larson (CT) Pascrell Southerland Weber (TX) Takano Lee (CA) Payne lieve this would likely cause substantial ad- Thompson (CA) Levin Pelosi NOT VOTING—26 verse health impacts and undermine public Thompson (MS) Lewis Perlmutter Bachus Fortenberry Nadler confidence in permitting programs that were Tierney Lipinski Peters (CA) Campbell Green, Al Negrete McLeod designed to protect public health. In addi- Titus Loebsack Peters (MI) Cassidy Hall Pastor (AZ) tion, agencies have expressed concern that Tonko Lofgren Pingree (ME) Clay Hinojosa Poe (TX) Tsongas the bill could cause unnecessary regulatory Lowenthal Pocan Clyburn Holt Richmond uncertainty, as well as unfairly shift the Lowey Polis Van Hollen Culberson Horsford Vargas Rush burden of reducing emissions to existing fa- Lujan Grisham Price (NC) Dingell Matheson Smith (WA) cilities, where it is far less cost-effective to (NM) Quigley Veasey Duckworth McCarthy (NY) Vela Wagner do so. Luja´ n, Ben Ray Rahall Fincher McKeon (NM) Rangel Vela´ zquez Accordingly, NACAA cannot support this Lynch Roybal-Allard Visclosky b 1030 legislation. If you have any questions, feel Maffei Ruiz Walz Mr. MEADOWS changed his vote free to contact me. Maloney, Ruppersberger Wasserman Sincerely, Carolyn Ryan (OH) Schultz from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ S. WILLIAM BECKER. Maloney, Sean Sa´ nchez, Linda Waters Mr. CARSON of Indiana changed his Matsui T. Waxman vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield McCollum Sanchez, Loretta Welch So the amendment was rejected. back the balance of my time. McDermott Sarbanes Wilson (FL) The result of the vote was announced McGovern Schakowsky Yarmuth The Acting CHAIR. The question is as above recorded. on the amendment offered by the gen- NOES—225 Stated against: tleman from Kentucky (Mr. WHIT- Aderholt Foxx Marchant Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. FIELD ). Amash Franks (AZ) Marino 529 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been The amendment was agreed to. Amodei Frelinghuysen Massie present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. WAXMAN Bachmann Gardner McAllister Mr. FINCHER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Barletta Garrett McCarthy (CA) The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Barr Gerlach McCaul 529, had I been present, I would have voted clause 6 of rule XVIII, the unfinished Barton Gibbs McClintock ‘‘no.’’ business is the demand for a recorded Benishek Gingrey (GA) McHenry The Acting CHAIR. There being no Bentivolio Gohmert McKinley further amendments, the Committee vote on amendment No. 1 printed in Bilirakis Goodlatte McMorris part C of House Report 113–626 by the Bishop (UT) Gosar Rodgers rises. gentleman from California (Mr. WAX- Black Gowdy Meadows Accordingly, the Committee rose; MAN) on which further proceedings Blackburn Granger Meehan and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Boustany Graves (GA) Messer THOMPSON of Pennsylvania) having as- were postponed and on which the noes Brady (TX) Graves (MO) Mica prevailed by voice vote. Brat Griffin (AR) Miller (FL) sumed the chair, Mr. COLLINS of Geor- The Clerk will redesignate the Bridenstine Griffith (VA) Miller (MI) gia, Acting Chair of the Committee of amendment. Brooks (AL) Grimm Miller, Gary the Whole House on the state of the Brooks (IN) Guthrie Mullin Union, reported that that Committee, The Clerk redesignated the amend- Broun (GA) Hanna Mulvaney ment. Buchanan Harper Murphy (PA) having had under consideration the bill Bucshon Harris Neugebauer (H.R. 4795) to promote new manufac- RECORDED VOTE Burgess Hartzler Noem turing in the United States by pro- The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Byrne Hastings (WA) Nugent viding for greater transparency and has been demanded. Calvert Heck (NV) Nunes Camp Hensarling Nunnelee timeliness in obtaining necessary per- A recorded vote was ordered. Capito Herrera Beutler Olson mits, and for other purposes, and, pur- The vote was taken by electronic de- Carter Holding Owens suant to House Resolution 756, he re- vice, and there were—ayes 183, noes 225, Chabot Hudson Palazzo Chaffetz Huelskamp Paulsen ported the bill back to the House with not voting 26, as follows: Clawson (FL) Huizenga (MI) Pearce an amendment adopted in the Com- [Roll No. 529] Coble Hultgren Perry mittee of the Whole. Coffman Hunter Peterson The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under AYES—183 Cole Hurt Petri Adams Cicilline Eshoo Collins (GA) Issa Pittenger the rule, the previous question is or- Barber Clark (MA) Esty Collins (NY) Jenkins Pitts dered. Barrow (GA) Clarke (NY) Farr Conaway Johnson (OH) Pompeo The question is on the amendment. Bass Cleaver Fattah Cook Johnson, Sam Posey The amendment was agreed to. Beatty Cohen Foster Cotton Jolly Price (GA) Becerra Connolly Frankel (FL) Cramer Jones Reed The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bera (CA) Conyers Fudge Crawford Jordan Reichert question is on the engrossment and Bishop (GA) Cooper Gabbard Crenshaw Joyce Renacci third reading of the bill. Bishop (NY) Costa Gallego Cuellar Kelly (PA) Ribble The bill was ordered to be engrossed Blumenauer Courtney Garamendi Daines King (IA) Rice (SC) Bonamici Crowley Garcia Davis, Rodney King (NY) Rigell and read a third time, and was read the Brady (PA) Cummings Gibson Denham Kingston Roby third time. Braley (IA) Davis (CA) Grayson Dent Kinzinger (IL) Roe (TN) MOTION TO RECOMMIT Brown (FL) Davis, Danny Green, Gene DeSantis Kline Rogers (AL) Brownley (CA) DeFazio Grijalva DesJarlais Labrador Rogers (KY) Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I have a Bustos DeGette Gutie´rrez Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Rogers (MI) motion to recommit at the desk. Butterfield Delaney Hahn Duffy Lamborn Rohrabacher The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. COL- Capps DeLauro Hanabusa Duncan (SC) Lance Rokita LINS of Georgia). Is the gentlewoman Capuano DelBene Hastings (FL) Duncan (TN) Lankford Rooney Ca´ rdenas Deutch Heck (WA) Ellmers Latham Ros-Lehtinen opposed to the bill? Carney Doggett Higgins Farenthold Latta Roskam Ms. KUSTER. I am opposed in its Carson (IN) Doyle Himes Fitzpatrick LoBiondo Ross current form. Cartwright Edwards Honda Fleischmann Long Rothfus The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Castor (FL) Ellison Hoyer Fleming Lucas Royce Castro (TX) Engel Huffman Flores Luetkemeyer Runyan Clerk will report the motion to recom- Chu Enyart Israel Forbes Lummis Ryan (WI) mit.

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Unfor- standards. FROM EXPOSURE TO DANGEROUS AIR POLLUT- tunately, the bill before us today is not Ironically, the motion to recommit ANTS.—Subsection (b) shall not apply with a commonsense bipartisan proposal for that they are bringing forward would respect to the review and disposition of a strengthening manufacturing; instead, actually make it harder to implement preconstruction permit application if— it would tie the hands of our public higher air quality standards. (1) the new or revised national ambient air health officials and make it harder to We have had testimony in com- quality standard protects children and sen- advance lifesaving rules to protect our mittee, Mr. Speaker, from companies iors from exposure to dangerous air pollut- air and our lungs from pollution. that have told us that they are right ants, including any air pollutant that causes now delayed by years, in some cases, in cancer; and That is why I am offering my motion, (2) the preconstruction permit application which would provide two exemptions the permitting process to build new or is for a source that is located within 5 miles from this bill. First, my motion would better plants to create thousands of of a school, day care facility, hospital, or exempt rules that protect children and jobs in America because the EPA will nursing home. seniors from cancer-causing pollution come up with rules and guidelines; yet (e) PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND within 5 miles of a school or nursing they won’t even show States or indus- AMERICAN JOBS.—Subsection (b) shall not home, and second, my motion would try groups how they can achieve this in apply with respect to the review and disposi- the real world. tion of a preconstruction permit application protect small businesses from any job losses or increased costs resulting from There is this parallel universe, Mr. for a source if subjecting the source to the Speaker. You have got the EPA coming existing national ambient air quality stand- this bill. ard would result in higher costs or job losses Whether you support or oppose the out time and time again with rules and for small businesses that— underlying bill, every Member of this regulations that cannot be imple- (1) are subject to the new or revised na- body should be able to vote to protect mented in the real world, and then you tional ambient air quality standard; and the health of children and seniors and have got people that are trying to cre- (2) are located in the State or nonattain- to protect small businesses. ate jobs in America saying, ‘‘The big- ment area involved. I urge support for my motion. I urge gest thing holding us back from cre- Ms. KUSTER (during the reading). my colleagues to move on from these ating good American jobs is these Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent partisan proposals and instead work to crazy radical rules coming out by the to dispense with the reading of the mo- find bipartisan ways to strengthen EPA and other agencies like it.’’ tion. American manufacturing without put- Mr. Speaker, we have got a choice to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ting our air quality or public health at make, here in this Chamber and across objection to the request of the gentle- risk. this country. The President says he woman from New Hampshire? Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance wants to create jobs; yet he comes out There was no objection. of my time. with rules with those agencies like the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in EPA that are the biggest impediment tlewoman from New Hampshire is rec- opposition to the motion to recommit. to us creating jobs in America. ognized for 5 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- The President says he wants to be Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, this is tleman from Louisiana is recognized transparent, and yet he refuses to be the final amendment to the bill, which for 5 minutes. transparent, and a bill, like our bill will not kill the bill or send it back to Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in here today, says he has to be trans- committee. If adopted, the bill will im- opposition to the motion to recommit parent. Show us how you are expe- mediately proceed to final passage as because I strongly support American diting the permitting process. He talks amended. manufacturing, and that is what our about that. It is time to walk the walk. He says he actually wants to remove Mr. Speaker, we can all agree on the bill is about. It is about getting Ameri- that red tape. Well, do you know what, importance of revitalizing the Amer- cans back to work. ican manufacturing sector. We need to Our friends on the other side of the Mr. Speaker? In our bill, we hold the work across the aisle, Republicans and aisle want to talk about protecting President to his promise by removing Democrats, to support manufacturing seniors. The biggest threat we hear that red tape. We ask ourselves today: Do we want workers and businesses, so that more about seniors right now is the Presi- to get our economy moving again? I products across this planet can be dent’s health care law that cut hun- say ‘‘yes.’’ Do we want to cut the red stamped ‘‘Made In America.’’ That is dreds of billions of dollars out of the why I am a proud supporter of the tape the President promises but Medicare program. doesn’t deliver? I say, ‘‘Yes. Let’s cut Make It In America agenda. Why don’t you work with us to repeal that red tape.’’ We need to pass this agenda which that law and replace it with reforms will help more businesses manufacture Do we want to get our economy mov- that actually strengthen Medicare and ing again? I say, ‘‘Let’s create those goods in America, so more families can help seniors? That would be a really make it in America. For example, we jobs, get our economy moving again, good place to start. and get these radical agencies that are need to work with the Senate to per- Now, let’s talk about jobs, Mr. slowing down job growth in our coun- manently extend the research and de- Speaker, because that is the focus of try out of the way.’’ velopment tax credit. This tax credit this bill, and this is a bipartisan piece Let’s vote down this motion to re- will help companies like Airmar in Mil- of legislation. What we are trying to do commit, pass the underlying bipartisan ford, New Hampshire, a world leader in is actually support some of the things bill, and get the economy moving ultrasonic sensor technology. the President himself has talked about. again. We need to expand Trade Adjustment The President said that he wants to With that, I yield back the balance of Assistance and invest in workforce de- cut red tape. Do you know what this my time. velopment, like the $2.5 million De- bill does, Mr. Speaker? It cuts red tape. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without partment of Labor grant recently The President says he wants to be objection, the previous question is or- awarded to Nashua Community Col- the most transparent President ever. dered on the motion to recommit. lege. This funding will help teach stu- We would actually like to help him ful- There was no objection. dents the skills needed for advanced fill that promise. In our bill, we actu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The manufacturing careers, so that a grad- ally require transparency from the question is on the motion to recommit. uate with a 2-year associate degree can EPA to actually start proving what The question was taken; and the leave school and walk into a good job they are saying that they want to do Speaker pro tempore announced that that pays $45,000 a year. with actual science. the noes appeared to have it.

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RECORDED VOTE Conaway Jones Roby RECORDED VOTE Cook Jordan Roe (TN) Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I demand Cotton Joyce Rogers (AL) Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I demand a a recorded vote. Cramer Kelly (PA) Rogers (KY) recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. Crawford King (NY) Rogers (MI) A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Crenshaw Kingston Rohrabacher Culberson Kinzinger (IL) Rokita The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Daines Kline Rooney 5-minute vote. will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Davis, Rodney Labrador Ros-Lehtinen The vote was taken by electronic de- time for any electronic vote on the Denham LaMalfa Roskam Dent Lamborn vice, and there were—ayes 238, noes 172, question of passage. Ross DeSantis Lance Rothfus not voting 24, as follows: This is a 5-minute vote. DesJarlais Lankford Royce [Roll No. 531] The vote was taken by electronic de- Diaz-Balart Latham Runyan Duffy Latta Ryan (WI) AYES—238 vice, and there were—ayes 189, noes 223, Duncan (SC) LoBiondo Salmon Aderholt Griffith (VA) Peterson Duncan (TN) Long not voting 22, as follows: Sanford Amash Grimm Petri Ellmers Lucas Scalise Amodei Guthrie Pittenger [Roll No. 530] Farenthold Luetkemeyer Schock Bachmann Hanna Pitts AYES—189 Fitzpatrick Lummis Schweikert Barletta Harper Pompeo Fleischmann Marchant Adams Grayson O’Rourke Scott, Austin Barr Harris Posey Fleming Marino Barber Green, Gene Owens Sensenbrenner Barrow (GA) Hartzler Price (GA) Flores Massie Barrow (GA) Grijalva Pallone Sessions Barton Hastings (WA) Forbes McAllister Rahall Bass Gutie´rrez Shimkus Benishek Heck (NV) Pascrell Foxx McCarthy (CA) Reed Beatty Hahn Shuster Bentivolio Hensarling Pastor (AZ) Franks (AZ) McCaul Reichert Becerra Hanabusa Simpson Bilirakis Herrera Beutler Payne Frelinghuysen McClintock Renacci Bera (CA) Hastings (FL) Smith (MO) Bishop (GA) Holding Pelosi Garrett McHenry Ribble Bishop (GA) Heck (WA) Smith (NE) Bishop (UT) Hudson Perlmutter Gerlach McKinley Rice (SC) Bishop (NY) Higgins Smith (NJ) Black Huelskamp Peters (CA) Gibbs McMorris Rigell Blumenauer Himes Smith (TX) Blackburn Huizenga (MI) Peters (MI) Gibson Rodgers Roby Bonamici Honda Southerland Boustany Hultgren Peterson Gingrey (GA) Meadows Roe (TN) Brady (PA) Horsford Brady (TX) Hunter Pingree (ME) Gohmert Meehan Stewart Rogers (AL) Braley (IA) Hoyer Brat Hurt Pocan Goodlatte Messer Stivers Rogers (KY) Brown (FL) Huffman Bridenstine Issa Polis Gosar Mica Stockman Rogers (MI) Brownley (CA) Israel Brooks (AL) Jenkins Price (NC) Gowdy Miller (FL) Stutzman Rohrabacher Bustos Jackson Lee Brooks (IN) Johnson (OH) Quigley Granger Miller (MI) Terry Rokita Butterfield Jeffries Broun (GA) Johnson, Sam Rahall Graves (GA) Miller, Gary Thompson (PA) Rooney Capps Johnson (GA) Buchanan Jolly Rangel Graves (MO) Mullin Thornberry Ros-Lehtinen Capuano Johnson, E. B. Bucshon Jones Roybal-Allard Griffin (AR) Mulvaney Tiberi Roskam Ca´ rdenas Kaptur Burgess Jordan Ruiz Griffith (VA) Murphy (PA) Tipton Ross Carney Keating Byrne Joyce Ruppersberger Grimm Neugebauer Turner Rothfus Carson (IN) Kelly (IL) Calvert Kelly (PA) Rush Guthrie Noem Upton Royce Cartwright Kennedy Camp King (IA) Ryan (OH) Hanna Nugent Valadao Runyan Castor (FL) Kildee Capito King (NY) Sa´ nchez, Linda Harper Nunes Wagner Ryan (WI) Castro (TX) Kilmer Carter Kingston T. Harris Nunnelee Walberg Salmon Chu Kind Chabot Kinzinger (IL) Sanchez, Loretta Hartzler Olson Walden Sanford Cicilline Kirkpatrick Chaffetz Kline Sarbanes Hastings (WA) Palazzo Walorski Scalise Clark (MA) Kuster Clawson (FL) Labrador Schakowsky Heck (NV) Paulsen Weber (TX) Schock Clarke (NY) Langevin Coble LaMalfa Schiff Hensarling Pearce Webster (FL) Schrader Clay Larsen (WA) Coffman Lamborn Schneider Herrera Beutler Perry Wenstrup Schweikert Cleaver Larson (CT) Cole Lance Schrader Holding Petri Westmoreland Scott, Austin Clyburn Lee (CA) Collins (GA) Lankford Schwartz Hudson Pittenger Whitfield Sensenbrenner Cohen Levin Collins (NY) Latham Huelskamp Pitts Williams Sessions Connolly Lewis Scott (VA) Conaway Latta Huizenga (MI) Pompeo Wilson (SC) Sewell (AL) Conyers Lipinski Scott, David Cook LoBiondo Hultgren Posey Wittman Shimkus Cooper Loebsack Serrano Cotton Long Hunter Price (GA) Wolf Shuster Courtney Lofgren Sewell (AL) Cramer Lucas Hurt Reed Womack Simpson Crowley Lowenthal Shea-Porter Crawford Luetkemeyer Issa Reichert Woodall Cuellar Lowey Sherman Crenshaw Lummis Sinema Jenkins Renacci Yoder Cummings Lujan Grisham Sinema Cuellar Marchant Smith (MO) Johnson (OH) Ribble Yoho Davis (CA) (NM) Sires Culberson Marino Smith (NE) Johnson, Sam Rice (SC) Young (AK) Davis, Danny Luja´ n, Ben Ray Slaughter Daines Massie Smith (NJ) Jolly Rigell Young (IN) DeFazio (NM) Speier Davis, Rodney McAllister Smith (TX) Swalwell (CA) Southerland DeGette Lynch NOT VOTING—22 Delaney McCarthy (CA) Delaney Maffei Takano Denham McCaul Stewart DeLauro Maloney, Thompson (CA) Bachus Gardner McKeon Dent McClintock Stivers DelBene Carolyn Thompson (MS) Campbell Green, Al Nadler DesJarlais McHenry Stockman Deutch Maloney, Sean Tierney Cassidy Hall Negrete McLeod Diaz-Balart McIntyre Stutzman Doggett Matsui Titus Costa Hinojosa Poe (TX) Duffy McKinley Terry Doyle McCollum Tonko Dingell Holt Richmond Duncan (SC) McMorris Thompson (PA) Edwards McDermott Tsongas Duckworth King (IA) Smith (WA) Duncan (TN) Rodgers Thornberry Ellison McGovern Van Hollen Fincher Matheson Ellmers Meadows Tiberi Engel McIntyre Vargas Fortenberry McCarthy (NY) Farenthold Meehan Tipton Enyart McNerney Veasey Fitzpatrick Messer Turner ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Eshoo Meeks Vela Fleischmann Mica Upton Esty Meng Vela´ zquez The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Fleming Miller (FL) Valadao Farr Michaud Visclosky the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Flores Miller (MI) Wagner Fattah Miller, George Walz Forbes Miller, Gary Walberg Foster Moore Wasserman ing. Foxx Mullin Walden Frankel (FL) Moran Schultz Franks (AZ) Mulvaney Walorski Fudge Murphy (FL) Waters Frelinghuysen Murphy (FL) Waters Gabbard Napolitano Waxman b 1050 Gallego Murphy (PA) Weber (TX) Gallego Neal Welch So the motion to recommit was re- Garrett Neugebauer Webster (FL) Garamendi Nolan Wilson (FL) Gerlach Noem Wenstrup Garcia Norcross Yarmuth jected. Gibbs Nugent Westmoreland The result of the vote was announced Gibson Nunes Whitfield NOES—223 as above recorded. Gingrey (GA) Nunnelee Williams Gohmert Olson Wittman Aderholt Blackburn Calvert Stated against: Amash Boustany Camp Goodlatte Owens Wolf Amodei Brady (TX) Capito Mr. FINCHER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Gosar Palazzo Womack Bachmann Brat Carter 530 had I been present, I would have voted Gowdy Paulsen Woodall Granger Pearce Yoder Barletta Bridenstine Chabot ‘‘no.’’ Barr Brooks (AL) Chaffetz Graves (GA) Perlmutter Yoho Barton Brooks (IN) Clawson (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Graves (MO) Perry Young (AK) Benishek Broun (GA) Coble question is on the passage of the bill. Griffin (AR) Peters (CA) Young (IN) Bentivolio Buchanan Coffman The question was taken; and the Bilirakis Bucshon Cole NOES—172 Bishop (UT) Burgess Collins (GA) Speaker pro tempore announced that Adams Bass Becerra Black Byrne Collins (NY) the ayes appeared to have it. Barber Beatty Bera (CA)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20NO7.021 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8146 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 Bishop (NY) Gutie´rrez Neal H.R. 4795—Promoting New Manufacturing for their resiliency and the faith com- Blumenauer Hahn Nolan Bonamici Hanabusa Norcross Act. Had I been present, I would have voted munities throughout the area for open- Brady (PA) Hastings (FL) O’Rourke ‘‘no’’ on this bill. ing their buildings and their arms to Braley (IA) Heck (WA) Pallone PERSONAL EXPLANATION the grieving population. Everybody in- Brown (FL) Higgins Pascrell volved deserves our thanks and de- Brownley (CA) Himes Pastor (AZ) Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speak- Bustos Honda Payne er, I was unavoidably absent during November serves our prayers. Butterfield Horsford Pelosi 19–20, 2014. If I were present, I would have For our first responders, you put Capps Hoyer Peters (MI) yourselves at risk to keep our children Capuano Huffman Pingree (ME) voted on the following: Ca´ rdenas Israel Pocan Wednesday, November 19, 2014: rollcall safe, and I know I speak for our whole Carney Jackson Lee Polis No. 526, Kennedy of Massachusetts Part B community when I thank you for your Carson (IN) Jeffries Price (NC) Amendment No. 2—‘‘yea;’’ rollcall No. 527, On service and your bravery. Cartwright Johnson (GA) Quigley I want to commend the strength of Castor (FL) Johnson, E. B. Rangel motion to recommit with instructions—‘‘yea;’’ Castro (TX) Kaptur Roybal-Allard rollcall No. 528, H.R. 4012 Secret Science Re- the community leaders during this in- Chu Keating Ruiz form Act of 2014—‘‘nay.’’ credibly difficult time. And my col- Cicilline Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger Thursday, November 20, 2014: rollcall No. leagues and I want to continue to send Clark (MA) Kennedy Rush thoughts and prayers to students, Clarke (NY) Kildee Ryan (OH) 529, Waxman of California Part C Amendment Clay Kilmer Sa´ nchez, Linda No. 1—‘‘yea;’’ rollcall No. 530, On motion to teachers, and families of the Cleaver Kind T. recommit with instructions—‘‘yea;’’ rollcall No. Marysville and Tulalip communities. Clyburn Kirkpatrick Sanchez, Loretta So, with that, Mr. Speaker, I want to Cohen Kuster Sarbanes 531, H.R. 4795 Promoting New Manufacturing Connolly Langevin Schakowsky Act—‘‘nay.’’ ask the House, and we all ask the Conyers Larsen (WA) Schiff House, to observe a moment of silence Cooper Larson (CT) Schneider f as we remember these young people Courtney Lee (CA) Schwartz whose lives ended far too soon. Crowley Levin Scott (VA) REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER Cummings Lewis Scott, David AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 5114 f Davis (CA) Lipinski Serrano Davis, Danny Loebsack Shea-Porter Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I ask IN MEMORY OF SERGEANT JEFF DeFazio Lofgren Sherman unanimous consent to remove myself GREENE DeGette Lowenthal Sires as a cosponsor from H.R. 5114. (Mr. PITTENGER asked and was DeLauro Lowey Slaughter The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there DelBene Lujan Grisham Speier given permission to address the House Deutch (NM) Swalwell (CA) objection to the request of the gen- for 1 minute and to revise and extend ´ Doggett Lujan, Ben Ray Takano tleman from Texas? his remarks.) Doyle (NM) Thompson (CA) There was no objection. Edwards Lynch Thompson (MS) Mr. PITTENGER. Mr. Speaker, I do Ellison Maffei Tierney f rise today in memory of Union County Engel Maloney, Titus Sheriff’s Deputy Sergeant Jeff Greene, Enyart Carolyn Tonko MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE who died yesterday in a tragic motor Eshoo Maloney, Sean Tsongas VICTIMS AT MARYSVILLE- Esty Matsui Van Hollen vehicle accident in Monroe, North PILCHUCK HIGH SCHOOL Farr McCollum Vargas Carolina. Fattah McDermott Veasey (Mr. LARSEN of Washington asked Foster McGovern Vela Sergeant Greene was a 10-year vet- Frankel (FL) McNerney Vela´ zquez and was given permission to address eran of the Sheriff’s Office and man- Fudge Meeks Visclosky the House for 1 minute.) aged the offices responsible for gun Gabbard Meng Walz Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. permits, for fingerprinting and the sex Garamendi Michaud Wasserman Speaker, I am joined today with my Garcia Miller, George Schultz trafficking registry. He was also a vet- Grayson Moore Waxman colleagues from Washington State to eran, having served honorably in both Green, Gene Moran Welch ask you, at the end of my comments, the United States Air Force and the Grijalva Napolitano Yarmuth to ask for a moment of silence because, United States Marines. NOT VOTING—24 on October 24, the Marysville, Wash- Sergeant Greene was a family man, Bachus Fortenberry McKeon ington, and Tulalip communities were and I would ask my colleagues to re- Campbell Gardner Nadler violently ripped apart by a tragic member his wife, April, his daughters, Cassidy Green, Al Negrete McLeod shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High Costa Hall Poe (TX) Nicolle and Allison, and his five pre- DeSantis Hinojosa Richmond School. Four students and their assail- cious grandchildren in your prayers. Dingell Holt Smith (WA) ant have died, and one student was se- Sergeant Greene was committed to Duckworth Matheson Wilson (FL) riously wounded. serving his community both as a law Fincher McCarthy (NY) Wilson (SC) Now, as the father of two teenage enforcement officer and as an active ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE boys, my heart breaks as I consider the volunteer. He will be greatly missed. The SPEAKER pro tempore (during families who were given the worst news May we honor all like Sergeant the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- imaginable as a result of this horrible Greene and remember to pray daily for ing. event. them, these brave men and women who Healing is a difficult process, espe- faithfully work to protect our commu- b 1058 cially as we approach the Thanksgiving nities. holiday. Marysville and Tulalip and the f So the bill was passed. surrounding communities have shown The result of the vote was announced their strength, however, and their re- REMEMBERING BILL MCCAMMON as above recorded. silience by celebrating these young (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked A motion to reconsider was laid on people and giving thanks for their and was given permission to address the table. lives, although those lives were cut ter- the House for 1 minute and to revise Stated for: ribly short—the lives of Zoe Galasso, and extend his remarks.) Mr. FINCHER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Gia Soriano, Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. 531, had I been present, I would have voted Andrew Fryberg, and, yes, a celebra- Speaker, today I rise to remember re- ‘‘yes.’’ tion of even the life of the shooter, tired Alameda County Fire Chief Bill PERSONAL EXPLANATION young Jaylen Fryberg. McCammon, who passed away on Octo- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Our thoughts are also with Nate ber 13. today I missed the following votes: Hatch and his family as he continues Bill lived to serve, and he served all Waxman/McNerney Amendment. Had I to recover. who lived in Alameda County. He de- been present, I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ on We all want to thank our first re- voted his life to keeping our commu- this bill. sponders and the Marysville-Pilchuck nity, State, and Nation safe. Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 4795. High School staff and leadership for After serving the Dublin-San Ramon Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ their quick action on that sad day. We and San Leandro fire departments, Bill on this bill. want to thank the Tulalip leadership took over as the first fire chief of the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO7.010 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8147 Alameda County Fire Department in officers patrolling your neighborhood We are extremely lucky to have orga- 1993. With Bill at the helm, the fire de- on routine patrol. nizations like the Epilepsy Foundation partment took on new responsibilities When you militarize your police de- and the Matty Fund active in Rhode Is- and doubled in size. He added new divi- partment, you get a militarized re- land. They help raise awareness, pro- sions, too, including a hazardous re- sponse to peaceful and lawful citizen vide support, promote safety, and im- sponse team and a water rescue pro- protests. prove the quality of life for children gram. If you don’t want to see the contin- and families living with epilepsy. When Bill tragically passed away, he ued militarization of your police de- The Matty Fund is the product of two was still working to protect his com- partments through the 1033 National loving and dedicated parents who, munity, as executive director of the Defense Authorization Act program, sadly, lost their 5-year-old son, Matty East Bay Regional Communications then support my legislation, the Stop Siravo, on Mother’s Day 2003 following System Authority. It is this organiza- Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, a grand mal seizure. The Siravos honor tion that provides for the interoperable H.R. 5478. their son’s memory every day by con- communications for dozens of agencies f tinuing to raise awareness about epi- within Alameda and Contra Costa lepsy. TROOP REWARDS Counties. I am so proud to represent such an We should all be thankful for Bill’s (Mr. JOLLY asked and was given per- inspiring family, and I hope everyone many years of dedicated service to the mission to address the House for 1 will take a moment to reflect on what East Bay. My deepest condolences go minute and to revise and extend his re- they can do to support epilepsy aware- out to his wife, children, family, and marks.) ness, not just in November, but every friends. Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today day of the year. f to honor an exceptional organization f from the Tampa Bay area. NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY Troop Rewards is a group that helps REMEMBERING NIEVES OLEMBERG (Mr. MULLIN asked and was given our veterans heal from the psycho- (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was permission to address the House for 1 logical stresses of war and reunites given permission to address the House minute.) them with their families in a safe and for 1 minute and to revise and extend Mr. MULLIN. Mr. Speaker, this Sat- relaxing environment. her remarks.) urday is National Adoption Day, a day In 2009, the founder of Troop Re- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I in which people and organizations from wards, Tom Burkett, received a phone rise with a heavy heart to recognize across the Nation come together to call from a private first class overseas and remember a wonderful woman from bring awareness to a truly admirable inquiring about the cost of returning south Florida who was taken from this cause, and one that has become very home to Clearwater Beach and having Earth too soon, Nieves Olemberg. close to my heart. a short rest with his family. Nieves passed away last month at age Last year, our family was blessed to Tom replied, How can you be charged 79 following a tragic car accident. She adopt twin girls, Ivy and Lynnette. anything when you have spent the last is survived by her loving husband, These girls have become one of life’s year risking your life for our country? Isaac; their children, Roberto, Lily, greatest blessings to my family, and This donation was the first of many Hannah, and Lisette; and grand- Christie and I truly cannot imagine life for Mr. Burkett, and it inspired him to children, Rachel, Aaron, Jacqueline, without them. start the nonprofit Troop Rewards or- David, Daniel, and Samuel. People come to us all the time and ganization. Since then, Troop Rewards Beyond her noted devotion to her say, You are going to be such a bless- has helped more than 100 military family, Nieves was a pillar of the south ing to these girls; and I can tell you, members readjust to life after deploy- Florida Jewish community. She was a these girls are a bigger blessing to ment by reintegrating them with their founding member and president of Christie and me than I can ever even family in a moment of rest and relax- Hadassah’s Inter-American Chapter, say. ation through the foundation’s recov- and was also actively involved with the Right now, our country is needing ery vacations. With destinations rang- Greater Miami Jewish Federation and adoptive families. There are nearly ing from Maine to Florida, returning the Hebrew Academy. 400,000 children in the United States military troops have the opportunity Nieves will be greatly missed, but her without permanent homes, and the to spend time with their family—a re- generosity and kindhearted soul will 30,000 a year that will age out of foster ward they have rightfully earned. forever leave an enduring imprint on care programs will face unlimited hur- Mr. Speaker, Troop Rewards reflects our community. May her memory be a dles that will limit their success. one of our highest priorities as a na- blessing. So this Adoption Day, I challenge tion: to repay a debt owed to those who f Members of this body to do their part, have sacrificed so much for us. NEW YORK BAR ASSOCIATION’S promoting awareness of adoption I rise today to commend Troop Re- LAW, YOUTH AND CITIZENSHIP throughout their districts. If we want wards and their many partners in this PROGRAM to create a brighter future for our Na- effort, including the Sandpearl Resort tion, ensuring that every child has a in Clearwater, Florida, and the Clear- (Mr. TONKO asked and was given safe home and a loving family is a water Marine Aquarium. permission to address the House for 1 great place to start. I believe this is a May God bless these fine organiza- minute and to revise and extend his re- cause we can all agree is worth the ef- tions, and may God bless our troops. marks.) fort. f Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise f today to recognize the New York State EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH Bar Association’s Law, Youth and Citi- STOP MILITARIZING LAW (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given zenship Program on its 40th anniver- ENFORCEMENT ACT permission to address the House for 1 sary. (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and minute and to revise and extend his re- In 1974, the LYC was established to was given permission to address the marks.) promote citizenship and law-related House for 1 minute and to revise and Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise education in schools throughout New extend his remarks.) in recognition of November as Epilepsy York State, imparting knowledge to Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speak- Awareness Month. Each year, more 5,000 students per year for more than er, this is not the kind of vehicle that than 200,000 people are diagnosed with four decades. you want to see cruising the streets of epilepsy, yet research for this condi- Under the current leadership and the your neighborhood. This is not a police tion remains vastly, vastly under- tireless efforts of Director Eileen cruiser. And while walking the streets funded, impeding scientific advance- Gerrish, the LYC engages students in of your neighborhood, you don’t want ments for better treatments and a po- one of the primary statewide education to see these kinds of military-garbed tential cure. programs of its kind.

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RES. 119 tainable, pro-family policies that help leaders, and the students touched by Resolved by the House of Representatives (the this work, I congratulate the Law, facilitate the process of giving a home Senate concurring), That when the House ad- Youth and Citizenship Program and to every child. journs on any legislative day from Thursday, wish them another 40 years of excel- One of those policies is the Children November 20, 2014, through Friday, Novem- lence in civic education. and Families First Act, H.R. 3323. This ber 28, 2014, on a motion offered pursuant to legislation aims to remove burdensome this concurrent resolution by its Majority f regulations that slow the adoption Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned CELEBRATING NATIONAL RURAL process and bolster our international until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1, 2014, HEALTH DAY diplomacy centered on child welfare or until the time of any reassembly pursuant and adoption. to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania While Congress may be entering the whichever occurs first; and that when the asked and was given permission to ad- so-called lameduck period, it is my Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Thursday, November 20, 2014, through Fri- hope that leaders in both Chambers day, November 28, 2014, on a motion offered vise and extend his remarks.) will bring this important bill to the Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its floor so we can begin the process of Majority Leader or his designee, it stand re- Mr. Speaker, as a former rural health aligning our Nation’s policies with the cessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, care professional for three decades, I fundamental truth that every child de- December 1, 2014, or such other time on that rise today to recognize National Rural serves to grow up in a loving family. day as may be specified by its Majority Health Day. f Leader or his designee in the motion to re- National Rural Health Day is an op- cess or adjourn, or until the time of any re- portunity to ‘‘Celebrate the Power of PRESIDENTIAL OVERREACH assembly pursuant to section 3 of this con- Rural’’ by honoring the selfless, com- (Mr. BARR asked and was given per- current resolution, whichever occurs first. munity-minded, can-do spirit that pre- mission to address the House for 1 SEC. 2. (a) The Speaker or his designee, minute and to revise and extend his re- after consultation with the Minority Leader vails in rural America. of the House, shall notify Members of the Rural families and communities face marks.) House to reassemble at such place and time unique health care challenges, includ- Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, the Amer- as he may designate if, in his opinion, the ing accessibility issues, a lack of ican people have spoken, and they have public interest shall warrant it. health care providers, and the needs of spoken clearly. They want Congress (b) After reassembling pursuant to sub- an aging population suffering from a and the President to work together in section (a), when the House adjourns on a great number of chronic conditions. a bipartisan manner to deliver real so- motion offered pursuant to this subsection Today we take the opportunity to lutions to the problems facing our by its Majority Leader or his designee, the House shall again stand adjourned pursuant showcase the efforts of rural health country, one of which is our broken im- migration system. So it is profoundly to the first section of this concurrent resolu- care providers, State Offices of Rural tion. Health, and other rural stakeholders to disappointing that the President has decided to ignore the will of the Amer- SEC. 3. (a) The Majority Leader of the Sen- meet those challenges. ate or his designee, after concurrence with I am proud to represent Pennsylva- ican people and act unilaterally to pro- the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall no- nia’s Fifth Congressional District, vide legal status and work permits to tify the Members of the Senate to reassem- which includes rural communities in 24 millions of people who have violated ble at such place and time as he may des- our immigration laws and are living in percent of Pennsylvania’s landmass. ignate if, in his opinion, the public interest the United States illegally. shall warrant it. Rural communities are a great place to We are a nation of immigrants, but (b) After reassembling pursuant to sub- live and work, which is why nearly 62 we are also a nation of laws, and so section (a), when the Senate adjourns on a million people call them home. there is a right way to reform our im- motion offered pursuant to this subsection Our rural hospitals are the economic migration system and a wrong way. by its Majority Leader or his designee, the foundation of rural communities, pro- Bypassing Congress, ignoring the Con- Senate shall again stand adjourned pursuant viding good-paying jobs and access to to the first section of this concurrent resolu- stitution, and issuing a unilateral exec- tion. affordable and accessible health care. utive order is the wrong way. It is un- Thank you to those that dedicate fair to those who immigrated to this The concurrent resolution was agreed themselves to serving the health care country legally for the President to to. needs of their neighbors in rural Amer- fail to do his duty to take care that the A motion to reconsider was laid on ica. laws are faithfully executed. the table. f The Constitution and the rule of law matter. Instead of issuing yet another f b 1115 overreaching executive order, the NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY President should join good faith Con- ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, gressional efforts to solve this problem. (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was NOVEMBER 24, 2014 The House has already passed bipar- given permission to address the House Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I tisan legislation to secure our border, for 1 minute and to revise and extend ask unanimous consent that when the which is what my constituents tell me House adjourns today on a motion of- his remarks.) is the most important first step. Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, So I call on the President to follow fered pursuant to this order, it adjourn this Saturday, November 22, we recog- suit. Stop dividing the American peo- to meet at noon on Monday, November nize National Adoption Day, which is a ple, follow the Constitution, and work 24, 2014, unless it sooner has received a time to celebrate over 4,500 adoptions through the legislative branch to re- message from the Senate transmitting out of foster care in the United States form our immigration system the right its concurrence in House Concurrent in the last year. way. Resolution 119, in which case the House While that statistic represents posi- shall stand adjourned pursuant to that f tive news for a number of children and concurrent resolution. families, estimates show that there are PROVIDING FOR AN ADJOURN- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. still nearly 150 million orphans world- MENT OR RECESS OF THE TWO HOLDING). Is there objection to the re- wide, many living in institutions, shel- HOUSES quest of the gentlewoman from Flor- ters, or out on the streets. Addition- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I ida? ally, reports indicate that inter- send to the desk a privileged concur- There was no objection.

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The answer is it better be Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. right now what the world is looking at, politically correct or we can’t possibly Speaker, today I rise because I want to and not just your country but the do it. talk about a piece of legislation that I world is looking at a dress rehearsal So we are going to risk entire popu- am dropping with a colleague from the for the next great virus. It is true that lations. We are going to risk infecting Senate, Senator RUBIO. It is H.R. 5746. this one is very lethal, but this is tac- people that have absolutely no contact Its title is Keeping America Safe from tile. In other words, you have to come but come in contact because somebody Ebola. in contact with it some way. But it is is able to travel the world freely— Now, I know a couple weeks ago, constantly mutating, as are other vi- somebody wasn’t isolated, somebody Ebola was in the headlines everywhere ruses. wasn’t quarantined because it doesn’t and we couldn’t stop talking about it. And I said: Okay, Doctor. Because fit our political agenda. This makes no Every newscast was filled with more our idea was, first of all, you must iso- sense. and more information about Ebola. late those who have this disease. This administration appointed an There was a great concern around not He said: That is right. Ebola czar. That is as far as it went. only our country, but around the world I said: Well, I can remember growing We have got an Ebola czar. We don’t about this disease that was so lethal up, if you had the mumps or the chick- have an Ebola agenda. We don’t have and what were we going to do to stop en pox or the measles, the first thing an Ebola strategy. We don’t have any- it. you were told is you can’t go to school. thing to combat this very lethal virus. Well, I didn’t know that much about You have got to stay home, because What is it going to take to wake this Ebola, so what I decided to do was go you don’t want to carry this into a country up? back and look in and find out as much school or with your friends. So we And I would just suggest that while as I could about Ebola and find out how would stay home. They would isolate it is no longer a headline, it is still we ever became even knowledgeable of us from the general population. Even very important—not just to every cit- Ebola. though we were children and we would izen of this great country, but every I found out that there was a doctor in only go outside and play, they said, No, citizen of the world. And so the answer 1976 by the name of Dr. Peter Piot. He not until you are clear. It just seems so is to isolate. The answer is to quar- is a Belgian doctor. He discovered the basic. antine. The answer is to develop a vac- Ebola virus in 1976. In fact, my staff He said: It is absolutely basic. We cine. and I said: Okay, we know Dr. Piot dis- must contain it to West Africa. We The problem with developing a vac- covered Ebola. We know he knows cannot let it get beyond those shores. cine, there are at least four vaccines about this virus. Let’s find out from Now, because of who we are today that are available right now. Dr. Piot him the true information that we need and the technology we have today, we told me the greatest advances have to have. If this is such a dangerous dis- can be sitting in this wonderful House been made by our Department of De- ease, if this is such a dangerous virus, this afternoon and we can be in Rome fense. The United States Department if it is so lethal, shouldn’t we try to tonight. We can be halfway around the of Defense has made the greatest find out everything that we can about world in a very short period of time. It progress in developing a vaccine for Ebola? is not like the old days where these dis- Ebola. And so I contacted Dr. Piot. He was eases, these viruses were carried and it b 1130 in London. Let me just tell you who he took months for them to get from is. shore to shore and from country to I said: Then why don’t we just bring Dr. Peter Piot is not only a doctor, country. It now can travel very quick- it out? but he has a Ph.D. He is a clinical ly. It mutates very quickly. He said: It has not been tested on hu- microbiologist. He is the director of So I said to Dr. Piot: What else mans. the legendary London School of Hy- should we do? I said: That doesn’t make sense. giene & Tropical Medicine. He is the Number one, isolate. Number two, He said: Of course it doesn’t make former Undersecretary General of the quarantine. sense, but that is how these infectious United Nations and a former executive I said: I have heard of quarantines. disease concerns work. director of UNAIDS. He lives in Lon- He said: Well, you should have heard I said: So what would the process be? don, and he has spent his entire life of quarantines. Back in Italy, when the He said: We have tested it on mon- studying infectious diseases. bubonic plague broke out, they took keys. We haven’t tested it on humans. Despite the fact that when he was in people who were infected and they put The biggest thing when it comes to a med school and he had said: I am going them on an island. They left them vaccine is what dosage should we be to study infectious diseases, he was there for a quarantine, or 40 days. They giving. You have to give the right dos- told: You don’t have to worry about in- were then allowed to come back in if age in order to defeat the disease. fectious diseases. I don’t know why you they survived, to enter the general pop- Now, think about if we develop a vac- would even be concerned about infec- ulation. cine. We can now talk to the medical tions diseases. The world is no longer Isn’t it amazing that during those providers, and we can talk to the doc- being troubled with or being threat- days everybody understood you must tors and nurses that go into these in- ened with infections diseases, Dr. Piot isolate, you must quarantine. Why? So fected areas and say: We are going to thought: That doesn’t make sense. you don’t infect the general popu- inoculate you. You are not going to There is no reason for us not to con- lation. It is so basic. But yet we are come home with this lethal disease. tinue to study. trying to struggle today to find out How basic is that? So he did study. In 1976, as I have al- how do we contain this disease, this le- Then the question is: So what are we ready told you, he is the doctor that thal disease? What can we possibly do? waiting for? Why are we not developing discovered the Ebola virus. The answers, my friend, are so obvi- this today? Why are we not fast-for- Now, you may wonder, so what was ous. warding this? It is because there is a our conversation like? The other thing that Dr. Piot talked new headline. I said: Well, Dr. Piot, I just want to about—I want you to think about this. Now, we are going to talk about im- tell you, here in the States, we are Dr. Piot discovered the Ebola virus in migration. Forget about Ebola. That is very concerned now about Ebola. In 1976. Fast forward, 1986, 1996, 2006, and by the wayside. The election, that is fact, we have written about Ebola. We now 2014. It has been almost 40 years ancient history. It was 2 weeks ago. We

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We are at the we come together in this House, the There are many things Tom Clancy threshold right now. American people’s House—it is not a has written about that I hope and pray I want to read from Dr. Piot’s book Republican House, not a Democrat never happen. That is one of them, but because there were several things that House, but the American people’s since some things that Tom Clancy’s really struck me. He not only worked House—to once again conquer a disease mind dreamed up as a fiction writer on the Ebola virus, he also worked on that could infect not only our own novel actually came to fruition, we the AIDS virus. American citizens, but the citizens of shouldn’t think for a minute that if He said: Perhaps, most important, I the world. Clancy could dream it up, our enemies have seen over and over and over again Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance could as well. how a catastrophe like AIDS brings out of my time. IMMIGRATION the very best and very worst in the f Mr. GOHMERT. I have been on the human species, regardless of whether a border many nights, all hours of the EBOLA person is well-educated or illiterate. night, and I have seen people just as These experiences largely compensated The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under they have finished crossing. The first for the numerous—coming to a cure for the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- time I went, I expected I would see peo- AIDS. uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Texas ple crossing in droves, not realizing the This is what he said: These experi- (Mr. GOHMERT) is recognized for the re- coyotes—the paid employees of the ences largely compensated for the nu- mainder of the hour as the designee of gangs, drug cartels that bring people merous—and just translate Washington the majority leader. across—they don’t want to get caught into this—brain-killing meetings that I Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, my because if a drug cartel or gang em- had to endure during my tenure at dear friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. ployee gets caught by one of the Texas UNH, where I learned not to be guided KELLY) is exactly right. We haven’t boats running up and down—I say by the modern plague, the quarterly re- heard the last of Ebola. It will continue Texas boats because our administra- sult, the short-term view, but to focus to mutate. It will continue to be a tion has not provided any Federal on the ultimate goal of saving as many threat. boats in the area most crossed down lives as possible. As this President is sending around south of McAllen. What he is saying is forget the poli- 3,000 or so of our military members to There are no Federal boats down tics. Keep your eye on where it is you west Africa—and they have been told there. It is an area where Texas has are trying to go. Let’s fix this problem. they are going to be given gloves and stepped up and provided a number of Let’s save as many lives as possible. masks and are urged to wash their boats that are zipping up and down the As I finished up the book, Dr. Piot hands and feet several times a day—ba- river, and you can hear them coming. The coyotes don’t want to be caught. finishes it this way. He says: Above all, sically, what that says is the men and They know if the Texas DPS catches the history of AIDS is one of refusing women who have sworn and pledged them, they will destroy the raft, and the inevitability of death because of a their lives to protect ours are not that will put the coyote in very deep lack of treatment, defeat, prejudice, going to be adequately protected by trouble for getting caught, so they and the institutional obstacles in mov- this administration. The rules of en- gagement already put our military at don’t want you to see them crossing. ing mountains beyond familiar terri- As the State of Texas has placed DPS risk, and now, we are going to send tory. It is perhaps the strongest exam- officers, Texas Rangers, game wardens them to Ebola-infested countries. ple of global altruism out of a rational up on the high bank—even in the dark, The initial report said, initially, our necessity in our evermore inter- with just the least bit of light at all, military will not be seeing Ebola pa- connected world. you can see their silhouettes—and tients, but they are certainly going to As I talk to you today, H.R. 5746 and coyotes won’t cross, again, if they a bicameral piece of legislation which come into contact with people who think they are about to get caught. is crafted with Senator RUBIO from the have had exposure to Ebola. Once across, groups anywhere from Senate, all we are asking for is to I recall our President George W. eight to 90 will immediately look for please wake up. Understand that this is Bush—a good man, a smart man, a someone to surrender to unless, of truly a Paul Revere moment for the witty, clever gentleman, despite what course, they are like the people I have world. some might say—but he asked after 9/ seen fleeing down there, who appar- As I talked to Dr. Piot, he said: Mike, 11, in essence, who would have ever ently had drugs or something they this is a dress rehearsal, and I am dreamed someone would fly a plane didn’t want to be caught with. going to send you my book so you can into a building like a bomb? My It is an open border, far too open, and see why I feel the way I feel. thought immediately was, ‘‘Well, actu- now, before the border is secured, with The title of his book is ‘‘No Time to ally, Tom Clancy wrote about that sev- talk of amnesty and legal status that Lose.’’ eral years ago.’’ It was not a radical our Border Patrolmen have assured How many times in our lives have we Islamist as had happened on 9/11/2001. over and over again causes a massive looked back and we said, ‘‘If only I had The late Tom Clancy had quite an surge, a massive influx of people trying known, I would have fixed it. If only I imagination, but he did his homework to get to the United States, just the knew what was going to happen if I in amazing fashion. Some have said his President or anyone in Washington didn’t act, I would have fixed it’’? books had too much detail in them, but talking about amnesty or any type of My friends, there is truly no time to one of his latter books had research legal status helps lure Central Ameri- lose. The vaccine is right on the going on in Africa with the strain of cans and others to their demise, girls threshold of being available to us, but monkeys that is the one strain that is to being raped, sold into sex traf- it is not just Ebola that I worry about, believed and has support for having ficking. Many make it across; some and it is not just Ebola that this coun- been transferred through the air in- don’t. try should worry about, and it is not stead of through liquid body fluids. I would think the most compas- just Ebola that the world should worry In the fiction novel, Clancy had sionate thing that the government of about. It is what is coming. somebody working to develop that the United States could do is, number Believe me, we have not seen the end strain into a mutated strain, since it one, secure the border so that families of infectious disease. We have not seen mutates constantly into one that peo- are not tempted to send their little the end of lethal viruses that will crip- ple could pass through the air, and children, little girls up with other peo- ple us, as a Nation, and could become then it was used to infect our military ple, paying gang members to bring

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They are unemployed, but they the good news for the President is it come the drug cartels. are not counted as unemployed because will propel him out of the tie with the Colombia had made great strides I they have given up looking. They have Carter administration for the most think, largely in part, because they lost hope. That is absolutely tragic. Americans giving up hope of finding had a President like President Uribe I mentioned an article from Sep- employment and get him to the all- whose parents had both been assas- tember previously, but this report from time high that will likely remain for as sinated. As one of our Federal agents CNS News on September 5 says that a long as there is an America. in Colombia told me some years back, record 92,269,000 Americans 16 and older Well, this article from The Daily the toughest job they had back then did not participate in the labor force in Caller today points out that: was keeping Uribe alive because he was August as the labor force participation President Barack Obama’s unilateral am- so courageous and so determined to de- rate matched a 36-year low of 62.8 per- nesty will quickly add as many foreign work- feat the drug cartels. cent, according to the Bureau of Labor ers to the Nation’s legal labor force as the Well, they kept him alive. With our Statistics. Well, the article goes on to total number of new jobs created by his mention that that has happened six economy since 2009. help, some British help and some other The plan, expected to be announced late help, the drug cartels were placed on times in the past year, and, again, that November 20, will distribute 5 million work the run. Coca fields were eliminated. It matches the all-time high of non- permits to illegal immigrants and also cre- is still an ongoing battle they face con- participation, matching that set during ate a new inflow of foreign college graduates stantly. the malaise days of the Carter adminis- for prestigious salaried jobs, according to If Mexico elects the right leader, tration. Back then, there was double- press reports. then the United States Government digit inflation, double-digit unemploy- Obama has already provided or promised ment officially, and double-digit inter- almost 1 million extra work permits to for- should be a friend that helps them cre- eigners, while his economy has only added 6 ate an environment where people want est rates. People were hurting in Amer- million jobs since 2009. to stay and work because many of the ica. Under the President’s new amnesty plan, people come and they would love to re- Now people are still hurting. They ‘‘up to 4 million undocumented immigrants main in their country if it wasn’t so are hurting across the country. That is who have lived in the United States for at dangerous and there was work. why people are so desperate for sales. least 5 years can apply. An additional 1 mil- We can’t take every person who re- No telling what Thursday, Thanks- lion people will get protection from deporta- tion through other parts of the President’s sides in Mexico, Guatemala, El Sal- giving, the day after will look like. People are so desperate for sales be- plan,’’ according to a November 19 report in vador, or Honduras. We can’t take The New York Times. every person without destroying the cause the data indicates on average The 5 million total was attributed to ‘‘peo- country that is the magnet, that is the people are taking home less than they ple briefed on his plans,’’ the Times reports. shining light on the hill. did when compared with the rate of in- The 5 million work permits will add to flation. Obama’s prior giveaways, which have pro- b 1145 So we have a President whose admin- vided work permits to almost 1 million for- As a very precious, wise, and elderly istration has tied the Carter adminis- eigners. tration for the highest number of Since 2009, the U.S. economy has added West African told me when I was over only 6 million jobs, according to the Inter- there: American adults who have given up national Monetary Fund. hope of finding a job. We were so excited when you elected your Further, it says: first black President, but ever since he has Just as we get this news that the Obama administration continues this Not all the 5 million illegal immigrants been President, we have seen America get who get permits will work, and many are al- weaker and weaker. At least from what we year to tie the Carter administration ready working under fake names or for cash. see, it appears you are getting weaker and for the all-time high of Americans who However, their new work permits will allow weaker. We need you to spread around in have given up hope of finding a job, we them to compete for jobs now held or sought Washington that you have got to stop get- get the story today, an article from by blue-collar Americans, including the ting weaker because it doesn’t just affect The Daily Caller, that Obama’s am- many African American and Latinos who you. We are Christians, and we know where voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012. we are going when we die, but we have no nesty will add as many foreign workers hope of a secure life and a safe life unless as jobs since 2009. Because, Mr. Speak- It would seem to me, Mr. Speaker, America is strong and is an intimidating er, think about it: over 92 million that if the President wants to do some- force to the forces of evil around the world. Americans have given up hope of find- thing about the massively unfair high Forces of evil will not go away. They ing a job. That has tied the Carter ad- unemployment rate for African Ameri- will be with us until the end of time, ministration. When this President in cans who are legal citizens that the and America makes a difference when this economy says to people who have thing to do would not be to give 5 mil- we stand strong. We don’t even have to come illegally into this country, I am lion work permits to people that are il- send people, just the threat, as a going to grant you 5 million or so per- legally here so that they can knock former Ambassador from Israel said: mits to work, then it will put this more African Americans and more His- America is not a serious threat to take out President in a category all by himself. panics out of the jobs they legally cur- Iran’s nuclear capability, and, in fact, quite He will no longer be tied with the Car- rently hold because they will work the opposite. Everybody realizes America ter administration as presiding over cheaper, probably without requirement now is no threat to Iran. And since America the highest number of Americans giv- for health benefits. is no threat to Iran, and Iran knows it, the ing up hope of finding work. It will pro- My dear friend, STEVE KING, had in- world knows it, then Israel is more at risk pel him into a league all of his own be- vited me to Iowa, and I was visiting than ever before. cause it only makes sense that if you with a businessman there about their It is true in West Africa as Boko are giving 5 million legal work permits meatpacking plant where they had felt Haram gets more powerful, radical to people who are here illegally, they like, gee, they had to have illegal Islamists that want to take out Ameri- will then be able to offer their services aliens doing the work because they cans—and America is the Great Satan. cheaper than union workers and other were just jobs that Americans wouldn’t It is true in North Africa, it is true in workers who are here getting a proper do. And after a raid on their plant and the Middle East, in Asia, in Russia, and wage, and it will displace millions illegal aliens were arrested, he re- in Europe: we need a strong America. more Americans from the jobs they ported that it turned out those were And instead, though the official un- currently hold. jobs that Americans just would not do employment numbers have been shown You can anticipate that, not imme- at that price. But by raising the wages to come down, when you cook the diately, but in the months ahead if the a couple of dollars and providing health books by not including the massive President does this unconstitutional care benefits, amazingly, they could

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They may that is why you see so many million- insurance companies, they wouldn’t make you sick to your stomach, they aires and billionaires, many of them pay $4,500. You get a bill for $4,500, they may cause you to get ill, they may massive Democratic donors, who are— probably don’t pay $500 for that bill. scare you, but they are not going to fix and some Republican donors, including So why shouldn’t an American who your problem. They are government the National Chamber of Commerce; can’t afford an insurance policy under workers. my local chambers aren’t pushing like ObamaCare, why shouldn’t that Amer- And thank you very much, I was in this—but they say we want and we ican be able to pay $500 cash instead of the Army for 4 years, and I know there need this massive influx of unskilled being hit with a $4,500 bill, and then were some good doctors there. I was laborers to do these jobs Americans the health institution says hey, since friends with some. But, wow, we did won’t do. They don’t finish the sen- you are going to pay cash, we will cut have some quacks. The last thing I tence and say ‘‘these jobs Americans you a real deal, we will knock off 20 want is to be forced back into a hos- won’t do at what we would like to pay percent. So yes, we will save you a pital where the government has total them.’’ They require more in order to bunch of money. And you will still pay control. But that is part of the price be hired, which skews the living wage several times more than what the in- you pay by being in the military. that workers in America are getting surance company would pay. Well, thank goodness, Congress has paid and skews it downward. The bill I proposed, even though stepped up enough to provide our mili- So that under the Obama administra- there are those in ignorance who say tary with really the best health care tion, Americans have really been hurt, Republicans didn’t have any solutions, when it comes to traumatic injuries. and that was reflected in the results of one of the parts of my health care bill But as some have found around here, if the election. I know there are many would require every health care facil- you have a problem with your gall Democratic friends who said they don’t ity and provider to post the costs. And bladder, you better go to a private hos- understand why Americans that came if you are giving a different rate to the pital. If you have a traumatic injury, out and voted didn’t feel better about insurance company than you do to an sure, our military doctors and facilities are awesome, but I will take my pri- the economy. Well, try talking to them American paying cash, you have to vate facilities for anything else. because they make it very clear, they post it and let everybody see, because Well, this article from The Daily haven’t had a raise in years. They have only then would you ever get back to Caller points out: lost health care benefits because of having some competition. The doctors that we used to go to in Each year, the Nation accepts 1 million ObamaCare. They have had new immigrants, or roughly 5 million new deductibles. Some have told me: Mine my hometown have passed away now, immigrants since 2009. That total includes went from a $500 deductible, which was but my late mother, a very, very smart roughly 3.5 million working-age immigrants, really tough, to $5,000, which I just lady, was always looking for a bargain. which is slightly less than the number of can’t ever meet because I can’t spend I remember one time I asked: Why are Americans—4.3 million—who turn 18 each $5,000 extra to cover the deductible of we going to this doctor instead of the year. my new ObamaCare policy. one we went to last time? Also, companies annually hire roughly So, yeah, the old joke was always, Well, he raised his rates, and you 450,000 blue-collar guest workers and roughly know good and well this doctor is as 200,000 white-collar guest workers. Most of Well, I am from the government, and I these guest workers stay for less than a year, am here to help you. It is one of the good as the other one. but many stay for 6 years. most frightening lines in America. It is When is the last time somebody said That current population of roughly 600,000 no longer a joke. It is quite scary when that? I’m going to a different doctor foreign graduates is expected to increase, if, you look at what the government has because the other one raised his rates. as reported, Obama’s plan allows American done to people. And then as this article People don’t even know what doctors universities to offer green cards to foreign points out, for the Obama administra- charge because it has been so skewed. tuition-paying students. You want to fix the health care sys- Each year, roughly 4.3 million Americans tion to, using their terminology, create join the workforce in search of good jobs. 6 million jobs—because as we know the tem, one thing that should be required That total includes roughly 800,000 Ameri- President and also Hillary Clinton have is that there actually be truth in the cans with expensive degrees in business, en- said, you businesses, you didn’t create charges of health care. We don’t have gineering, medicine, technology, and archi- those jobs. Oh, no, you weren’t the one that now. You don’t know what the in- tecture. that put your capital at risk, that took surance company pays specifically. At least 9 million Americans are unem- Government rates are posted, but that ployed, and at least 7 million have given up out a loan, that is paying more in taxes looking for work. Employment rates among for the police and for the roads than is also why many physicians and health care providers, like hospitals, African Americans and Latinos are lower anybody else. No, you didn’t build that than rates for Whites and Asians. company that you risked your sacred they have gotten out of the business. Since 2000, the number of native-born honor and everything you hold dear on. Doctors have told me that they have, Americans with jobs has stalled, despite a You didn’t create that; the government and I have seen that they have. We lost growing population of working-age native- did that. We did that for you. our second hospital in my district this born Americans. past week, they announced at least. The surplus of domestic and foreign job Well, that is the way socialists gen- seekers also helps ensure that U.S. median erally start talking. If we want to help Americans, it is not by more government takeover. The wages have flatlined since 2000. Economists— b 1200 including Obama’s top economic adviser— question keeps coming to me: I don’t say that wages stall when the labor supply is Having been an exchange student to understand why my insurance is so larger than the supply of new jobs. the Soviet Union back when it was the much more. My deductible went way Down further: Soviet Union, I saw what happens to a up. I am covering things like mater- Obama has already provided or promised country that has to live under that for nity care I will never use, and my pre- about 1 million work permits to foreigners decades. So even in the 1970s, I could miums went up. I don’t get it. I don’t since 2011. see, wow, I don’t want their health understand why it is more expensive. Since June 2012, Obama used the legally care. Thank goodness we have free Well, one thing that is very basic as questionable Deferred Action For Childhood market health care. Of course, that part of that answer is, if you are going Arrivals program to give work permits to al- was back before insurance companies to hire with health care dollars 1,800 most 600,000 illegal immigrants. That DACA number may go above 1.5 million. and the government skewed the cost of new IRS agents, if you are going to In May 2014, Obama’s deputies announced health care. hire millions more people for the gov- they would provide work permits to 100,000 So when I was being told this week ernment that will never so much as put spouses of university-trained guest workers by a parent that the bill they got for a bandaid or Bactine or anything on a used by brand name companies.

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Officers This is bad news for American work- would come to me—I have signed or- ers. It is really bad news for American through immigration applications. In short, lawmakers have no fiscal leverage over the ders ordering the disclosure of bank workers, and you would think it would agency, which could keep operating even if records like that, but the government come at a tremendous cost to the the rest of the government were shut down. had to establish probable cause, or I Democratic Party, which gets the huge We understand that. CIS, Citizenship wasn’t going to sign the warrant. majority of African Americans and a and Immigration Services, they oper- Yet we create this monstrosity that, lesser majority of Hispanic and Latino ate with fees they generate. Who al- in the name of helping us poor stupid voters. So this action to provide legal lows them to do that? Congress does. ignorant Americans, they will just work permits to as many as 5 million Who created CIS? Congress did. Who monitor every bit of our financial ac- people who are illegally here is a slap has the authority to prevent CIS from tivity while the NSA is watching over in the face, as hard a slap as you could implementing any illegal dictate that our emails and we are having our give to Hispanics and to African Amer- comes from the White House? Congress phone calls, all the logs from them go icans, whose unemployment rate is does. into the government. dramatically higher than it should be So even though CIS is funded by fees, I mean, for heaven’s sake, is it any because this action that the President we have the ability to do what Demo- wonder that we get a report this week. is about to take unconstitutionally and cratic Congresses have done post-Wa- There is an article from the Wash- illegally for political purposes is basi- tergate. You want people out of Viet- ington Examiner that reports: ‘‘Under cally saying to the masses, the mil- nam immediately who are Americans? Obama, U.S. Personal Freedom Rank- lions of African Americans and His- Then no matter where the Federal ing Slips Below France.’’ For heaven’s sake, we ought to be the panic voters who are out of work: money comes from, you make it a freest country in the history of the Look, we know you are going to always crime to spend any Federal revenue, no world, and we have been previously. As vote for us no matter how much dam- matter where it comes from, to have Peter Sellers used to say, as the Pink age we do to your lives, your employ- people in Vietnam. ment, your ability to pay your bills. Panther, ‘‘Not anymore.’’ You want to prevent Americans from How sad is this? The United States in We know you are still going to vote for helping the contras keep communism us no matter what because you haven’t the personal freedom rankings for 2014 off our southern border and out of Cen- is number 21. Well, is that any surprise figured out that Republicans, they tral America? They pass a law. It is want you to have a job. They want you that our freedom is under such attack easy to do. You pass a law saying it is and our freedoms are diminishing and to be able to provide for yourself. They a crime to use any Federal funds no want you to learn English so you can going away when the government is matter where they come from for this looking at every private aspect? be president of the company and not purpose. just a manual laborer for the company. You look at the control that was We want you to live and achieve the b 1215 taken by ObamaCare over all aspects of our life. It allowed the Federal Govern- American dream while the President is That is one thing we can and should ment to have all of your most personal pushing a program that is going to do. I deeply regret that our Members secrets that should be only between push millions more, many of them Af- were told we are done until after you and your doctor. How many times rican Americans and Hispanics, out of Thanksgiving when the President is the jobs they have and bring in cheaper have we heard that from liberals? about to announce this lawlessness, Yet they passed ObamaCare without labor and make it even tougher. and then we are hearing secondhand a single Republican vote that puts the Why? We keep hearing it is a polit- from leadership of the Republican government, not only in their bedroom, ical move. Of course it is a political Party, ‘‘There is not much we can do. as they have previously objected to— move. Well, the only way it is a polit- Gee, they get their own funds.’’ Yeah, the government is in your bedroom, ical move is if the Democrats take the there is plenty we can do. your bathroom, your garage; they are African American and Latino votes for We ought to be here right now pass- in your dining room, your refrigerator, granted. You are going to vote for us ing a resolution that authorizes a law- they are on machines you buy food no matter how bad we mess up your suit, an injunction. I have signed plen- from. They are everywhere now. lives, so this will allow us to eventu- ty of injunctions. There is a standard As I have said before, the ObamaCare ally pick up the votes of people who you have to meet, but it can be done. bill was not so much about health care, have come in illegally because they If you have a President acting law- it was about GRE. ObamaCare was will want to reward those of us who lessly, just like if you have a mayor about the ‘‘government running every- helped them. that is acting lawlessly or a county thing.’’ Holy cow, are they actually Well, I tell you, my office helps so judge or a commissioner or a Governor, doing that. many Hispanic families try to go somebody that is adversely affected— Anyway, quite interesting, as our through the legal route of getting fam- ought to have standing, bring a law- government is going to put another 4 ily members here, or people who are suit, bring an injunction—to keep them or 5 million hardworking Americans trying to get a loved one here, a from violating the law when they are out of work and turn those jobs over to fiancee here. We help with those supposed to be enforcing the law. people who came in illegally dis- things. And, of course, there is no It makes sense that as an adminis- placing—I guarantee you, when the charge. And I have had a lot of people tration acts more and more lawlessly, smoke clears, there will be a dispropor- say: I don’t know why we are working you have the Consumer Financial Pro- tionate number of African Americans so hard and for all of these years to tection Bureau that was created, we and Hispanics who have lost their jobs bring this person in legally when I were told, by the Democrats—by an all- because of this action the President is would have been better off just saying, Democrat House—and Senate majority, going to take. come on across, you will get amnesty signed by President Obama, created New Zealand, Norway, Australia, Ice- some day and we will have saved all of this entity that was supposed to pro- land, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, this frustration—because we were try- tect Americans from unscrupulous Uruguay, Denmark, United Kingdom, ing to do what we thought was the banking practices. It turns out now Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Ger- American way, the legal way, when the that is being used to gather debit card many, Costa Rica, Finland, France, President is about to reward and credit card activity on Americans. Austria, Malta, Portugal, those are all lawbreakers by being a lawbreaker The government shouldn’t be able to ahead of us in the personal freedom himself. get that information without a war- rankings for 2014, and there we are The New York Times reports today: rant or without permission from that down below Portugal.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20NO7.034 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8154 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 Well, tonight, it is also reported in that walked with us for a big portion of We live in the United States of Amer- The Washington Post, that the Presi- the walk; Brian Lapis, Channel 22 ica, the richest country in the history dent’s announcement coincides with weather team; ‘‘Steve the Hippie’’ of the world, and close to 50 million of the Latin Grammy Awards. The article Fendell, a local activist, who is well- our fellow citizens are hungry. It is un- points out that the 15th annual Latin known in the community; and also conscionable. We should be ashamed of Grammys, which begins at 7 p.m. joining us was Natalie Blais and Keith that fact. Thursday on Spanish TV network Barnicle of my staff in Northampton. There are people like Monte Univision, they are going to take a It was a cold and rainy day when we Belmonte and others who are doing break for the President’s announce- began our march at 6 a.m. in the morn- their part, but what I worry about is ment. ing in Northampton. We were greeted that those of us in this Chamber are Clearly, it is political. Clearly, it will by the mayor of Northampton, David not doing our part. As we bring this make points with those who are re- Narkewicz, who walked with us to the Congress to a close, I think it is impor- warded by legal work permits for com- border and wished us well. tant that we reflect on the fact that, ing in illegally. It is going to be a dis- We had many stops along the way. when it comes to the issue of hunger, aster for many Latinos, for many Afri- We stopped at the Amherst Survival this Congress has done nothing, abso- can Americans, to keep their job. They Center and met with Executive Direc- lutely nothing; in fact, we have made it are going to have to start making less tor Mindy Domb and her incredible worse. than a living wage than they had be- crew. The Amherst Survival Center is a Time and time again, we have had fore. place where people go to get food, Members of Congress come onto this We need to be about the business of sometimes to get clothing, to get sup- floor and attack the programs that stopping this. We can, we have the will, port and advice, and even sometimes provide people food—whether it is but it is kind of tough, as we approach medical attention. It is an incredible SNAP or WIC or summer feeding pro- Thanksgiving, for many Americans to place, but when you visit there, you re- grams or school feeding programs— be thankful. This is still the greatest alize the fact that there are so many in that have come under attack by Mem- country in the world, but we are losing our community who are struggling. ber after Member, on the Republican what we have had, losing freedoms, los- We had a brief stop at Chandler’s side in particular, and we have seen an ing revenue, losing control of our lives Restaurant in South Deerfield, Massa- attack on poor people that is really to the government. chusetts, and met with Chef Greg disconcerting. The war on the poor, Mr. It was George Washington, along Monette, who prepared this wonderful Speaker, has to come to an end. with every single President since, who meal for us. We have had debates on SNAP, which have said, ‘‘This time of year for all we We then continued our walk and met used to be known as Food Stamps, have, for all we have been given, those with Gordie and Barbara Woodward of where Members of Congress have come that do believe the Bible know all good Richardson’s Candy. That is also in on the floor and said, ‘‘Well, we can cut gifts come from God and to God be the Deerfield—probably the best chocolate that program because it is wasteful; it glory.’’ you are ever going to taste—and we is inefficient,’’ when the reality is it is I yield back the balance of my time. were given some to keep our suste- one of the most efficiently run pro- f nance up. grams in the Federal Government, with We also were greeted by Emily and a record low error rate and a record MONTE’S MARCH Oliver Rich from Tea Guys, which is low fraud rate. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under this remarkable business in Whately, I wish the Department of Defense had the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Massachusetts, where they blend teas that kind of record when it comes to uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Mas- from all around the world and blend procuring weapon systems and other sachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN) is recog- teas to your personal liking, but they things that they utilize. We ought to nized for 60 minutes as the designee of met us on this cold and rainy day with hold them to the same standard that the minority leader. their crew and gave us hot tea to keep we hold the agency that oversees our (Mr. MCGOVERN asked and was us going. It was very much welcome. SNAP program. given permission to revise and extend We ended in Greenfield at 6 p.m. at We have had Members of Congress his remarks.) night and kind of celebrated our come on this floor and demean poor Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on No- achievement at Seymour, the pub, people and insult them and belittle vember 6, for the second time, I partici- which is a new pub in Greenfield, and their struggle. Maybe it makes it easi- pated in Monte’s March, which is a 26- we had incredible pizza—the best pizza er for those Members to vote against mile walk from Northampton, Massa- in the world—from Magpie Pizza, also programs like SNAP when they demon- chusetts, to Greenfield, Massachusetts, in Greenfield. ize and belittle poor people, but it is to raise awareness about the problem We did this, again, to raise awareness wrong. of hunger, not only in our community and to raise funds. I want my col- The fact of the matter is that more but throughout America, and to raise leagues to understand that for me, and more people are utilizing food funds for the Food Bank of Western even though the march was physically banks and food pantries. They are Massachusetts. grueling, it was unbelievably inspira- going to their churches and their syna- The march is led by Monte Belmonte, tional because, along the way, people gogues and their mosques trying to get 93.9 FM, The River radio host, who would stop their cars and hand us dona- the resources and the food to put on dressed up as Evel Knievel to attract tions for the food bank. They would their table for their families. some attention, a very unique person- tell us their stories in which many peo- ality, but somebody with a heart of ple struggled to put food on their table b 1230 gold, who has been doing this now for and how they got through it. Here in Washington, the response of several years. This was all broadcast live on 93.9 Congress is to cut it. More cuts. And Joining us on the march was David FM. People called in constantly, mak- then I read in a publication this morn- Sullivan, the northwestern district at- ing pledges and telling stories and of- ing that next year the Republican ma- torney; Andrew Morehouse, the execu- fering their support. It made me realize jority plans to go after these programs tive director of the Food Bank of West- what a generous community that I even more. ern Massachusetts; Erika Connell Coo- have the privilege of representing, and Let me just say to my colleagues per of Williamsburg, Massachusetts; it was really uplifting on a whole num- that those who benefit from places like Georgiann and Rick Kristek of North- ber of levels. the Food Bank of Western Massachu- ampton; Sean Barry, who runs 4 Sea- Mr. Speaker, what happened on No- setts are not just the homeless and the sons Liquor store, who was with us last vember 6 with Monte’s March is not unemployed. Increasingly, their clien- year when we marched, a great guy; unique in the fact that there are people tele include people who have jobs, but Dan Finn of Pioneer Valley Local all over this country that are trying to the jobs pay so little that they can’t First; a group called Mutton and Mead, raise funds and that are trying to help afford to pay their bills and put food on which is a medieval performance troop, people put food on their table. the table.

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We could have lifted a whole I will just close with this, Mr. Speak- staff and lawyers that can comb bunch of people out of poverty and we er. Hunger costs this Nation very dear- through history and case law and stat- could have helped make a big dent in ly: you have lost productivity in the ute—and I would like to think they the hunger problem if we increased workplace; kids who go to school hun- would actually read the Constitution people’s wages, but we were told, No, gry don’t learn; senior citizens taking first as the supreme law of the land and we are not going to do it. And not only their medication on an empty stomach try to find a way to do what he wanted are we not going to do it, you can’t because they can’t take medicine with- to do policywise. have a debate and a vote on it in the out food who end up in emergency But what has happened here is that people’s House of Representatives. rooms. There is also a link between the people have spoken. The people of It is outrageous. food insecurity and obesity, because the United States go to the polls. And Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is the cheapest food available is usually the President has famously said, ‘‘I that hunger is a political condition. We junk food. won the election,’’ so elections have ought to be talking about how to solve So we are paying dearly for hunger in consequences. Mr. Speaker, I would re- this problem. And it is solvable. There America. And when people say we can’t mind the President, were I addressing are some problems I am not sure how afford to deal with this issue, my re- him, elections have consequences. Yes, we solve. This is not one of them. What sponse is, We cannot afford not to deal they do, and they have benefits as well. we need is the political will. What we with this issue. This is something that After actions in 2009 and into early need is the inspiration, like those who we can solve. 2010, ObamaCare was pushed to the marched with Monte Belmonte from To my colleagues who only seem con- President’s desk where, about March 22 Northampton to Greenfield. I hope that cerned about the bottom line, who say or so, the President signed the that spirit is contagious so that more we can’t invest in anything because we ObamaCare legislation. It came people in this Chamber will take this have a deficit and a debt, I will tell you through this floor and it passed issue seriously. There is no reason why that the lack of attention that we are through in two different versions in the anybody in the United States of Amer- giving this issue is costing us, is adding Senate; one on rescission, one not. But to our deficit, and is adding to our ica should go hungry. There is no rea- it was. And I said in this RECORD a son at all. debt. So if all you care about is the number of times that they passed I have called on the White House to bottom line, you should join with me ObamaCare on to the American people put together a White House conference and others and those who do marches by hook, by crook, and by legislative on food and nutrition so we can come like Monte Belmonte all across this shenanigan. And they did it in a par- up with a holistic plan to deal with country and make a difference. tisan way, without a single Republican Let’s get together. Let’s make it our this issue. I have pleaded with my col- vote. mission next year to come together in leagues on the Republican side to stop It was Thomas Jefferson that said: a bipartisan way to end hunger now. their assault against the poor in this Large initiatives should not be advanced That is my hope and that is what I will country. And we are going to continue on slender majorities. pray for during this holiday season. I to battle them next year, unfortu- What would be the slenderest of ma- look forward to seeing my colleagues jorities would be barely squeaking by nately, because it seems like that is when we come back. the direction they want to go. with enough votes to pass it in two dif- But as we recess today to go home f ferent versions in the Senate, packaged for Thanksgiving, we are all going to THE PRESIDENT’S IMMIGRATION together, and this version in the go back to our respective districts, PLAN House—I guess two different versions have a nice turkey dinner, enjoy our The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under in the House, too—with people’s arms family and enjoy the day, but for mil- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- being verbally twisted up behind their lions and millions and millions of uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the backs, Democrats that wanted the Americans, they don’t have that lux- gentleman from Iowa (Mr. KING) for 30 President to succeed but had reserva- ury. They don’t know where they are minutes. tions about the imprudence of a take- going to get their meal tonight, never Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, it is over of our health. mind on Thanksgiving. my honor to be recognized by you to Mr. Speaker, ObamaCare itself is a So I would urge my colleagues to address you here on the floor of the takeover of the second most sovereign visit their local food banks, visit their United States House of Representatives thing we have and are. The most sov- food pantries, talk to people who are in this great deliberative body that we ereign thing we have is our soul. And on SNAP, talk to families that are are. they haven’t figured out how to nation- struggling with hunger. Listen and I come to the floor at a time when alize our soul yet, but the Federal Gov- learn, and then come back here and America is anxiously awaiting to see ernment stepped in with ObamaCare act. It may not fit into a particular the specific language that will be deliv- and nationalized our health, our skin, ideology that some of my colleagues ered presumably tonight at 8 o’clock in and everything inside it. It is a usurpa- ascribe to in this Chamber, but the fact the President’s press conference. He tion of God-given liberty. It tramples of the matter is we have a moral obli- has announced as of yesterday that he on our constitutional rights. It was a gation to deal with this issue. These is going to do a national message to huge initiative, and it was passed on are our brothers and our sisters and the Nation at 8 o’clock eastern time to- the slenderest of majorities, directly their children we are talking about. We night. And that message will be, as against Thomas Jefferson’s advice. cannot ignore this problem anymore. they have long dangled this threat out And look at what happened. In the So I just want to say that, Mr. here, that the President is prepared to fall of 2010, there was a wave election Speaker, for me, joining Monte’s grant some type of executive amnesty and we welcomed 87 new freshmen Re- march on November 6 was an incredible to a number of people that are esti- publicans into the House of Represent- experience because at the end of the mated by the trial balloons that float atives, every one of whom ran on the day they raised over $65,000 for the out to be somewhere between maybe 3.5 pledge to come here and repeal Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. million and 5 million people. It is prob- ObamaCare, every one of whom has That march made a difference. People ably not as many as 9 million people, voted for the full, 100 percent, rip-it- will be fed. That is an important thing. as has been part of the trial balloons out-by-the-roots repeal of ObamaCare. I wish everybody in this Congress that have been floated out here over And every Republican seated in the would do something similar. I wish the last few months. United States Senate has done the

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It, like many versity of Chicago, a stellar law school easy to draw those lines between Presi- of the other memorials, is an open-air in this country. dent Obama’s position and those of memorial: the World War II Memorial; I think I would be wanting some of Mitt Romney, but the election was de- of course, the outside of the Wash- my money back if I had had any one of cided. The President was reelected. I ington Monument—not so much the in- my kids that were learning Con. law think that is on the American people. side; the Lincoln Memorial, wide open from our President. They made that decision. Of course, at all times; the Vietnam Wall, wide But many times he said, and I can elections have consequences. open at all times; the Korean Memo- think of a date, March 28, 2011, out here And so we were not able to repeal rial, wide open at all times. at a high school in Washington, D.C., ObamaCare in 2013 or 2014 as we so ea- But the President decided that there wherein he said, You want me to pass gerly anticipated that we might. But was a new essential service, and that the DREAM Act by executive order. I elections have consequences. We abide essential service was to call people off don’t have the authority to do that be- by the inability to repeal ObamaCare, of furlough and rent barricades with cause, he said, my job, as President, is knowing that we didn’t have the votes money, theoretically borrowed from to take care that we enforce and exe- in the Senate and we didn’t have a the Chinese, to barricade the public, in- cute the laws; and the judicial branch’s President that would sign the full re- cluding our World War II veterans com- job is to interpret them, and it is the peal. ing in on Honor Flights, out of their legislature’s job to write them. So a lot of us stood up about 14 or 15 Memorial, the World War II Memorial, Congress writes the laws; the execu- months ago and said, ‘‘I’m not going to the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam tive branch enforces the laws; the judi- vote to fund ObamaCare.’’ That was Wall, and the Korean Memorial. They cial branch interprets them. Pretty our pledge, Mr. Speaker. And we held were all barricaded out by rented barri- simple, pretty compact, pretty concise, our ground. That message came out cades, with Park officers who were pretty accurate. about a year ago. It was late last June called off of furlough. There is no question the President or July. We are going to hold our A new essential service. We surely understands this. On multiple occa- ground and we are not going to fund couldn’t have American citizens and sions he has made remarks that would ObamaCare. tourists walking through these memo- seek to restore the separation of pow- We went to this floor time after time rials if 80 percent of the government is ers, but they have been missing from after time, Mr. Speaker. We appro- shut down. We would have to have a his dialogue for a long time now; and priated the funds to keep the govern- new service created. That is how spite- that is just about how long it is that he ment open—actually, to dollar figures ful our President was. has been planning, made his decision we had agreed to between the House But in that period of time, in that that he is going to go forward and now and Senate—and sent those appropria- process, now we have identified what is try to rationalize, he will try to justify tions bills over to the Senate, but not essential and what is not—and the 87 and he will try to rationalize an uncon- with the funding to fund ObamaCare. percent essential services, the 13 per- stitutional act that, put it in quotes, We were elected to repeal it. We were cent that are not, we can go back and ‘‘legalizes’’ 31⁄2 million, 5 million, 7 mil- elected to rip it out by the roots. look through the records and put that lion, maybe as many as 9 million peo- We made a valiant effort to cut off list together—we presume, and I think ple. the funding to ObamaCare, but the rightly so, if we should be forced into This Congress has, we have the enu- President insisted he would have his that situation and if the President merated power to set naturalization, namesake piece of legislation and pol- were to shut the government down and by a good number of case law, also icy in the form that he wanted it. And again, we would be in a similar cir- immigration policy. No one else sets if he couldn’t get that from this Con- cumstance and we can pretty well pre- the immigration policy. The United gress, then he would shut the govern- dict. States Congress does. ment down. And that is what happened, There is a statute that exists that di- Mr. Speaker. b 1245 rects that when immigration enforce- Time after time after time here in So I want to fund all of those appro- ment encounters someone who is un- the House we voted to fund the govern- priations bills and departments save lawfully present in the United States, ment, and we funded the government those that he is likely to direct to vio- it says they shall place them in re- without funding ObamaCare in every late the law or the Constitution in his moval proceedings. configuration that we could come up press conference tonight, his statement The President has already ordered with that we thought could effectively to the American people. that they not place them in removal keep those functions of the government And by the way, we are not going to proceedings. He has created four class- open. The President resisted and see the language of this I don’t believe, es of people and said, under his pros- HARRY REID in the Senate resisted, and either, tonight. I think what we will ecutorial discretion on an individual it brought about that time when there hear is a very carefully crafted speech basis, only he has the authority to de- was a shut down for 17 days. with lots of ambiguities in it, lots of cide to waive the law against people During that time there is a shut- nuances in it. There will be very little who have broken our laws, most of down, all essential services continue information in it, and we will have to whom are criminals by the definition and nonessential services cease. That is divine what it is that the President has of the laws that they have broken. the simplest definition. When you run said. And some time after they have That is the President of the United out of money, there is a shutdown. So their meeting in the school with HARRY States. we now have a definition of what essen- REID in Nevada, then I think there will Seven times in the document that tial services are. About 87 percent of be a document that will be released or was actually signed by Janet Napoli- the government was essential services noted that will more precisely define tano, then the Secretary of Homeland and about 13 percent were nonessential what the President is preparing to do. Security, they reference on an indi- services. Then we can actually weigh in on the vidual basis only—on an individual We had a new essential service that constitutionality, or lack thereof, that basis only—because they know that the had never been defined before that was we anticipate is going to be the case executive branch has prosecutorial dis- delivered to us courtesy of, I think, a tonight. cretion. petulant Barack Obama, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, if this were a constitu- That is the term for how you decide and that was that since there had been tional act, he would have done it by which resources, how you prioritize a shutdown in 1998, the people in this now. If he were prepared to abide by your resources, where you apply those country put their money together, the Constitution some time in the last resources—and it is reasonable to do. If pooled their money—private money—to year or so, he would have repeated the you don’t have the resources to enforce

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Well, 95 percent of us that says, if you have not committed a and a House of Representatives.’’ are going to be out of town tonight by felony and if you have not committed That is here, Mr. Speaker, and it is the time the President has his con- any one of these three mysterious mis- down through the rotunda to the ference and speaks to the American demeanors—or these three serious mis- United States Senate. We join together people. demeanors, as they would say—then we and write legislation. The President We shouldn’t think that it is timed are not going to enforce immigration signs it, then that goes into law. That that way by accident. It is strategi- law against you. is the Federal code. cally timed, Mr. Speaker, so that Mem- That says that you can break into It is the executive branch’s job to en- bers of Congress have just left town, this country and you can live in Amer- force it. He has no authority to waive anxious to embrace our families and ica as long as you want if you don’t be- it, not carte blanche, not huge chunks celebrate Thanksgiving. come a felon or if we don’t catch you at of people. He has prosecutorial discre- And so he drops this bomb in the it, and as long as you avoid these three tion, but that is not what he is talking middle of us that will be; it will tear serious misdemeanors, then you can about. asunder this Constitution. The Presi- stay in America the rest of your life What he is likely to do is to take the dent is prepared to do this, Mr. Speak- and we are not going to bother you. DACA group, the deferred action for er, take this Constitution—and I can’t That is directly contrary to the law, childhood arrivals, which is another bring myself to actually do this. So, the statute that requires immigration constitutional violation, those several take this Constitution. Separate out enforcement officers, ICE, in par- hundred thousand that he has issued article I of the Constitution, the legis- ticular, to place them in removal pro- work permits to in another unconstitu- lative authority. Tear that out. That is ceedings. tional way, and say—and remember, what he will do tonight at 8. He will Congress has written the laws, and they have our sympathy because they tear article I of this Constitution out that is what we do. That is article I. were brought here, according to a lot of of this document. He will probably fold That is the opening sentence in article people—and I agree, at least some of it one time, tuck it into his shirt pock- I of the United States Constitution. them—due to no fault of their own, lit- et and say, I am also the legislative And yet the President believes, appar- tle babies that are carried across the branch of government, and don’t inter- ently, that he can write and rewrite border by their mother or their father. fere with me because I am the Presi- law at will. They are not aware of where the border dent. This will come tonight. We will look is or what is right and what is wrong at That is what you are going to hear at at the language. And when we look at age 1 day. So they arrive here in the 8 tonight, Mr. Speaker. And I would the language, there will be constitu- United States not citizens, unlawfully like to tear that out and show you tional scholars all over America, most present in the United States. It wasn’t what it looks like, but I can’t bring of the judges will read the statement their fault—that is the argument that myself to do that to my Constitution. and reflect upon the application of the has been made over here time and Also, our choices that we have, alter- Constitution, the restraint of it. Most again—and so we shouldn’t enforce the natives to deal with this, I would make of the lawyers will, too. law, even the letter of the law, against this point. Not only have I said the A lot of Americans that understand people that were not aware that their President takes an oath to preserve, this document—you don’t have to wear parents were causing them to break it. protect, and defend the Constitution, a black robe to understand what this Now, that is an argument that I will take care that the laws be faithfully means. Our Constitution, Mr. Speaker, take some time at another time, Mr. executed, Mr. Speaker, we also here in is written in plain English. It is real Speaker, to rebut. But there has al- the House of Representatives and in clear, and there is a lot of the language ways been, then, what about the people the Senate take an oath to the Con- of the Constitution that comes out in that caused the DACA kids to break stitution as well; 535 oaths to the Con- the language on the streets of America, the law? Their parents, presumably. stitution, between the seated Members because it is very, very close to our Weren’t they aware when they snuck in the House and Senate that have a heart. across the border with their children, vote, that represent the people in this But article I of the Constitution age 1 day or 15 years and 364 days, constitutional Republic—535 oaths. We grants the legislative power to the weren’t they aware that they were have an oath to keep and protect this United States Congress, not the Presi- breaking the law? Of course they were. Constitution, as the President does. dent of the United States. And the President is prepared now to I expect he will violate his oath again I do know a little bit about this. In a reward the family members of DACA tonight, Mr. Speaker. We have an obli- similar circumstance, at the State recipients. gation then, under our oath to restrain level, we had a Governor who believed Why? Because he doesn’t want to the President’s extra-constitutional ac- that he could just simply, by executive break up families is my presumption. tivity. order, it happened to be Executive But these are the people that are I think it is prudent for us to do the Order No. 7, write law and insert lan- breaking up their own families. They minimum necessary to restrain the guage into 19(b)(2) of the civil rights put themselves in that condition. They President. I think it is prudent. And so section of the Iowa code. I read that ex- are leaving a lawless land and bringing the limitations on that, they go from ecutive order, and the smart lawyers lawlessness to this land. And we have a one end to the other. It is a pretty all told me, No, you don’t understand. lawless President who won’t enforce broad list of things that we have the This is nuanced, and its deft and it is the law, and he won’t abide by his opportunity to do. But the easiest and carefully drafted, so it is going to be oaths to the Constitution. the most gentle would be a resolution constitutional, and the Governor can So we are put in this fix, Mr. Speak- that would, I believe, with some level do this. er. It is a fix of this Congress is now of comfort, pass here in the House of So I took the language and I put it hopefully recessed—not adjourned—at Representatives, that would be a reso- into the code with strike-throughs and the call of the Chair, I hope, expecting lution of disapproval for the Presi- underlines like we do when we write to go home for Thanksgiving on a cal- dent’s actions. legislation to see how it changes, and endar that we publish early enough Now, if we bring that resolution of it read clearly to me that the Governor that the President and his minions at disapproval, we do so in language that, was inserting language into the code. the White House can look at the—I let’s say, doesn’t start a big debate, So I filed a lawsuit. I was the lead suppose they can look and see who that it just simply lays out the facts. plaintiff, and I spent some money out owns a plane ticket to go where. But We have done that when we disagreed of my kids’ inheritance to pay the law- all you have to do is look at the flight with the Supreme Court. A resolution yers and came out of that on top. I schedules flying out of Dulles and out of disapproval comes to mind on the have been through these arguments. of Reagan, and you look at the sched- Kelo decision as one of them. So we

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House can act on its own with a resolu- by exempting from funding those com- Does the gentleman from Iowa seek tion of disapproval. ponents of the President’s edict. recognition to offer a motion to ad- That may not be strong enough to Some have said that we could always journ? cause the President to come to his con- claw that money back in a recisions f stitutional senses, so the next step bill. The simple answer to that is, no, PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY would be, in my judgment then, a reso- we would not be able to do that be- lution of censure for the President. cause, even if we got a recisions bill to Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I Now, again, I will reserve the lan- the President’s desk, he would veto it. have a parliamentary inquiry. guage in that and not define it more Some have said that we can’t cut the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- precisely until we get an opportunity funding off to implement what we an- tleman will state his parliamentary in- to actually see what it is that he does, ticipate to be the President’s act be- quiry. but nobody in this country can paint cause it is fee-based under USCIS, the Mr. KING of Iowa. Is the adjourn- the picture on how the President can United States Citizenship and Immi- ment resolution more broad than this? expand amnesty and still be restrained gration Services. So that is fees, fee for The reason I am asking is because, if by the Constitution because of the service, and that would be authorizing we have an emergency, are we able to statutes that exist and the restraints on an appropriations bill. I would re- return at the call of the Chair? that he has that are built into the sep- mind people that this Congress has The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- aration of powers. multiple times done just that. tleman is correct that the House adopt- So a resolution of disapproval, num- They used the rule when I wanted to ed an adjournment resolution earlier ber one; a resolution of censure, num- cut off the funding to ObamaCare, and today. The Chair understands that the ber two; and if, perhaps, that resolu- I brought it before the Rules Com- gentleman’s motion will invoke a sepa- tion of censure will bring the President mittee—anybody can look it up—on rate order. to his senses and the President could February 14, 2011. I was advised that I f look at the outrage of the American shouldn’t have put them in that posi- LEAVE OF ABSENCE people, which I believe will boil over, tion. They were going to have to say by tomorrow morning I believe it will ‘‘no’’ to me even though they agreed By unanimous consent, leave of ab- boil over, that outrage, perhaps he will with me on the policy because we sence was granted to: realize that he has got to rescind his couldn’t effect policy in an appropria- Mr. FORTENBERRY (at the request of order. tions bill. Of course, the answer is, yes, Mr. MCCARTHY of California) for today on account of a family illness. b 1300 we can. We can do anything we choose to do. I would start with this. Mr. NADLER (at the request of Ms. Now, here is one of those examples. In the Constitution, it says: PELOSI) for today on account of attend- When we were all promised under ing a funeral. Each House may determine the rules of its ObamaCare that we would have con- proceedings. f science protection, a right of con- We set the rules here. In the Rules ADJOURNMENT science that ObamaCare wouldn’t com- resolution, we waive continually the pel us to fund abortions and steriliza- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, pur- provisions. Here is one: tions and abortifacients, of course, we suant to the order of the House of found out that it did. After 2 weeks of All points of order against consideration of today, I move that the House do now the bill are waived . . . All points of order the religious community’s being crit- adjourn. against provisions in the bill, as amended, The motion was agreed to; accord- ical of the President, the President fi- are waived . . . The previous question shall nally stepped up to the podium at noon be considered ordered and the bill, as amend- ingly (at 1 o’clock and 5 minutes p.m.), on a Friday—another finely calculated ed, and on any further amendment thereto to under its previous order, the House ad- time of the week—and he said there final passage without intervening motion. journed until Monday, December 1, have been some complaints from the That is an example of a rule. The 2014, at 2 p.m., unless it sooner has re- religious communities. I am going to rule, itself, waives points of order here ceived a message from the Senate make an accommodation to them. Now on the floor. We can write what we transmitting its adoption of House I am going to require the insurance choose to write into legislation that Concurrent Resolution 119, in which companies to provide these services for would cut off the funding to implement case the House shall stand adjourned free. or enforce a lawless and unconstitu- pursuant to that concurrent resolution. That is the President also legislating tional act. To those who say we can’t f by press conference. It is not the do so with fees, I will read you the lan- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, United States Congress. I stand in the guage that does so: ETC. middle of the United States Congress None of the funds made available in this Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive right now, and I am hearing some of Act or any user fees and other revenue may my colleagues say we don’t have the be used to finalize, implement, administer, communications were taken from the tools to restrain this President. Well, or enforce the documents described—and we Speaker’s table and referred as follows: after a resolution of disapproval, after describe the documents. 7817. A letter from the FSA Regulatory Re- a resolution of censure, the next tool This is not rocket science. view Group Director, Department of Agri- then is to cut off the funding to imple- Are we going to allow a President to culture, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Farm Loan Programs; Entity Eligi- ment or to enforce his unconstitutional violate the Constitution and say our bility (RIN: 0560-AI25) received October 20, executive amnesty edict. We can do rules in the House won’t let us restrain 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the that in this Congress. We will be forced the President? Committee on Agriculture. to do so in this Congress if the Presi- I call that another red herring, red 7818. A letter from the Congressional Re- dent doesn’t restrain himself. That is herring number two. There will likely view Coordinator, Department of Agri- how we must restrain him. be another one or two. culture, transmitting the Department’s final I don’t want to go down that path, This Congress, Mr. Speaker, must do rule — Pine Shoot Beetle; Addition of Quar- but if we do, let’s appropriate the funds its constitutional duty. It must adhere antined Areas and Regulated Articles [Dock- et No.: APHIS-2010-0031] received October 15, into the departments that are not rel- to our oath to the Constitution. We 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the evant to this subject matter and send will be called to do that at 8 o’clock to- Committee on Agriculture. those appropriations bills down the night. I will be prepared and so will 7819. A letter from the Acting Director, hallway—to the Senate—and get them millions of Americans. Legislative Affairs Division, Department of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20NO7.041 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8159 Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Application of Regulation Z’s Ability-To- final rule — Conservation Stewardship Pro- Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in Repay Rule to Certain Situations Involving gram (CSP) Interim Rule [Docket No.: the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 130925836- Successors-in-Interest [Docket No.: CFPB- NRCS-2014-0008] (RIN: 0578-AA63) received 4174-02] (RIN: 0648-0648-XD519) received No- 2014-0016] (RIN: 3170-ZA00) received November November 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. vember 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 10, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- the Committee on Financial Services. culture. culture. 7841. A letter from the Counsel, Legal Divi- 7820. A letter from the Administrator, De- 7829. A letter from the Chairman, Con- sion, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec- partment of Agriculture, transmitting the sumer Product Safety Commission, trans- tion, transmitting the Bureau’s final rule — Department’s final rule — Onions Other mitting a report of a violation of the Amendments to the 2013 Mortgage Rules Than Bermuda-Granex-Grano/Creole; Ber- Antideficiency Act; to the Committee on Ap- Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation muda-Granex-Grano [Doc. Number: AMS-FV- propriations. Z) [Docket No.: CFPB-2014-0009] (RIN: 3170- 12-0013] received November 6, 2014, pursuant 7830. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- AA43) received November 6, 2014, pursuant to to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ment of Commerce, transmitting a report of 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Fi- Agriculture. a violation of the Antideficiency Act by the nancial Services. 7821. A letter from the Associate Adminis- Bureau of the Census’ Salaries and Expenses 7842. A letter from the Acting Chief Coun- trator, Department of Agriculture, transmit- account, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the sel, FEMA, Department of Homeland Secu- rity, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — ting the Department’s final rule — Mar- Committee on Appropriations. keting Order Regulating the Handling of 7831. A letter from the Chief Operating Of- Suspension of Community Eligibility (Cal- vert County, MD, et al.); [Docket ID: FEMA- Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Re- ficer and Acting Executive Director, Elec- 2014-0002] [Internal Agency Docket No.: vision of the Salable Quality and Allotment tion Assistance Commission, transmitting a FEMA-8355] received October 20, 2014, pursu- Percentage for Class 1 (Scotch) Spearmint letter regarding a violation of the ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Oil for the 2014-2015 Marketing Year [Doc. Antideficiency Act; to the Committee on Ap- on Financial Services. No.: AMS-FV-13-0087; FV14-985-1A IR] re- propriations. 7843. A letter from the Chief Counsel, De- ceived November 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 7832. A letter from the Under Secretary, partment of Homeland Security, transmit- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- Department of Defense, transmitting a letter ting the Department’s final rule — Final riculture. on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Flood Elevation Determinations; Greene 7822. A letter from the Associate Adminis- Mark D. Harnitchek, United States Navy, County, Indiana, and Incorporated Areas trator, Department of Agriculture, transmit- and his advancement to the grade of vice ad- [Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0002] received No- ting the Department’s final rule — Softwood miral on the retired list; to the Committee vember 19, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Lumber Research, Promotion, Consumer on Armed Services. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Education and Industry Information Order; 7833. A letter from the Under Secretary, Services. Late Payment and Interest Charges on Past Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 7844. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Due Assessments [Document Number: AMS- on the approved retirement of Lieutenant FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, FV-12-0023] received November 12, 2014, pur- General Donald M. Campbell, Jr., United transmitting the Department’s final rule — suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- States Army, and his advancement on the re- Suspension of Community Eligibility (Clar- mittee on Agriculture. tired list to the grade of lieutenant general; ion County, PA, et al.) [Docket ID: FEMA- 7823. A letter from the Congressional Re- to the Committee on Armed Services. 2014-0002] [Internal Agency Docket No.: view Coordinator, Department of Agri- 7834. A letter from the Under Secretary, FEMA-8357] received November 12, 2014, pur- culture, transmitting the Department’s final Department of Defense, transmitting ac- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- rule — Brucellosis Class Free States and Cer- count balance in the Defense Cooperation mittee on Financial Services. tified Brucellosis-Free Herds; Revisions to Account, as of September 30, 2014; to the 7845. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Testing and Certification Requirements Committee on Armed Services. for Legislative Affairs, Department of the [Docket No.: APHIS-2009-0083] (RIN: 0579- 7835. A letter from the Director, Defense Treasury, transmitting the Financial Sta- AD22) received November 12, 2014, pursuant Procurement and Acquisition Policy, De- bility Oversight Council 2014 Annual Report; to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on partment of Defense, transmitting the De- to the Committee on Financial Services. Agriculture. partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- 7846. A letter from the Senior Counsel for 7824. A letter from the Congressional Re- quisition Regulation Supplement: Clauses Regulatory Affairs, Department of the view Coordinator, Department of Agri- with Alternates--Special Contracting Meth- Treasury, transmitting the Department’s culture, transmitting the Department’s final ods, Major System Acquisition, and Service final rule — Exchange of Mutilated Paper rule — Importation of Cape Gooseberry From Contracting (DFARS Case 2014-D004) (RIN: Currency received November 12, 2014, pursu- Colombia into the United States; Technical 0750-AI27) received November 3, 2014, pursu- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Amendment [Docket No.: APHIS-2012-0038] ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services. (RIN: 0579-AD79) received October 1, 2014, on Armed Services. 7847. A letter from the Chairman and Presi- dent, Export-Import Bank, transmitting a pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 7836. A letter from the Director, Defense report on transactions involving U.S. exports mittee on Agriculture. Procurement and Acquisition Policy, De- 7825. A letter from the Chairman and Chief partment of Defense, transmitting the De- to Royal Air Maroc of Casablanca, Morocco, Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administra- partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of the Export-Im- tion, transmitting the Administration’s final quisition Regulation Supplement: Clauses port Bank Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee on Financial Services. rule — Loans in Areas Having Special Flood with Alternates-Foreign Acquisition 7848. A letter from the Director, Office of Hazards (RIN: 3052-AC93) received November (DFARS Case 2013-D005) (RIN: 0750-AH94) re- Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insur- 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to ceived November 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ance Corporation, transmitting the Corpora- the Committee on Agriculture. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed tion’s final rule — Liquidity Coverage Ratio: 7826. A letter from the Chairman and Chief Services. Liquidity Risk Measurement Standards Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administra- 7837. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, (RIN: 3064-AE04) received November 6, 2014, tion, transmitting the Administration’s final Department of Defense, transmitting a re- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- rule — Organization; Funding and Fiscal Af- port entitled ‘‘Combating Terrorism Activi- mittee on Financial Services. fairs, Loan Policies and Operations, and ties FY 2015 Budget Estimates, Amended’’; to 7849. A letter from the Director, National Funding Operations; Investment Eligibility the Committee on Armed Services. Credit Union Administration, transmitting (RIN: 3052-AC84) received November 12, 2014, 7838. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- the Minority Depository Institutions Annual pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- ment of Defense, transmitting a letter on the Report for 2014; to the Committee on Finan- mittee on Agriculture. approved retirement of Lieutenant General cial Services. 7827. A letter from the Deputy Assistant James O. Barclay III, United States Army, 7850. A letter from the General Counsel, Administrator for Regulatory Affairs, and his advancement on the retired list in National Credit Union Administration, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric the grade of lieutenant general; to the Com- transmitting the Administration’s final rule Administration, transmitting the Adminis- mittee on Armed Services. — Filing Financial and Other Reports (RIN: tration’s final rule — Magnuson-Stevens 7839. A letter from the Counsel, Office of 3313-AE25) received November 6, 2014, pursu- Fishery Conservation and Management Act the General Counsel, Bureau of Consumer Fi- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern nancial Protection, transmitting the Bu- on Financial Services. United States; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean reau’s final rule — Truth in Lending (Regu- 7851. A letter from the Special Inspector Quahog Fishery [Docket No.: 140529461-4795- lation Z) Annual Threshold Adjustments General, Office of the Special Inspector Gen- 02] (RIN: 0648-BE26) received November 6, (CARD ACT, HOEPA and ATR/QM) received eral, transmitting SIGTARP’s October Quar- 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the November 10, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. terly Report to Congress; to the Committee Committee on Agriculture. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial on Financial Services. 7828. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Services. 7852. A letter from the Acting Assistant fice of Sustainable Fisheries, National Oce- 7840. A letter from the Counsel, Legal Divi- General Counsel for Regulatory Services, De- anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- sion, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec- partment of Education, transmitting the De- mitting the Administration’s final rule — tion, transmitting the Bureau’s final rule — partment’s final rule — Violence Against

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8160 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 Women Act [Docket ID: ED-2013-OPE-0124] titled ‘‘Delays in Approvals of Applications gional Haze and Interstate Transport Affect- (RIN: 1840-AD16) received October 29, 2014, Related to Citizen Petitions and Petitions ing Visibility State Implementation Plan pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- for Stay of Agency Action for Fiscal Year Revisions; Withdrawal of Federal Implemen- mittee on Education and the Workforce. 2013’’; to the Committee on Energy and Com- tation Plan for the San Juan Generating 7853. A letter from the Acting Assistant merce. Station [EPA-R06-OAR-2014-0214; FRL-9917- General Counsel for Regulatory Services, De- 7865. A letter from the Director, Regula- 43-Region 6] received October 7, 2014, pursu- partment of Education, transmitting the De- tions Policy and Management Staff, Depart- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee partment’s final rule — Final priority. Reha- ment of Health and Human Services, trans- on Energy and Commerce. bilitation Training: Job-Driven Vocational mitting the Department’s final rule — Divi- 7873. A letter from the Director, Regu- Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center sion of Freedom of Information; Change of latory Management Division, Environmental [CFDA Number: 84.264A.] received November Office Name, and Removal of Address, Tele- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to phone Number, and Fax Number; Technical cy’s final rule — Automatic Delegation of the Committee on Education and the Work- Amendment [Docket No.: FDA-2011-N-0318] Authority to the States of Colorado, Mon- force. received November 18, 2014, pursuant to 5 tana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, 7854. A letter from the Acting Assistant U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- and Wyoming to Implement and Enforce New General Counsel for Regulatory Services, De- ergy and Commerce. Source Performance Standards [EPA-R08- partment of Education, transmitting the De- 7866. A letter from the Administrator, En- OAR-2014-0272; FRL-9917-49-Region 8] re- partment’s final rule — William D. Ford Fed- vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- ceived October 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. eral Direct Loan Program [Docket ID: ED- ting the FY 2013 Superfund Five-Year Review 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 2014-OPE-0082] received November 3, 2014, Report to Congress, in accordance with the Commerce. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- requirements in Section 121(c) of the Com- 7874. A letter from the Director, Regu- mittee on Education and the Workforce. prehensive Environmental Response, Com- latory Management Division, Environmental 7855. A letter from the Acting Assistant pensation, and Liability Act, as amended by Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Of- the Superfund Amendments and Reauthor- cy’s final rule — Criteria for the Certifi- fice of the General Counsel, Department of ization Act of 1986; to the Committee on En- cation and Recertification of the Waste Iso- Education, transmitting the Department’s ergy and Commerce. lation Pilot Plant’s Compliance with the final rule — Program Integrity: Gainful Em- 7867. A letter from the Director, Regu- Disposal Regulations; Panel Closure Rede- ployment [Docket ID: ED-2014-OPE-0039] latory Management Division, Environmental sign [EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0684; FRL-9917-57- (RIN: 1840-AD15) received November 3, 2014, Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- OAR] (RIN: 2060-AR60) received October 7, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the mittee on Education and the Workforce. of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Mary- Committee on Energy and Commerce. 7856. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- land; Infrastructure Requirements for the 7875. A letter from the Director, Regu- ment of Health and Human Services, trans- 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality latory Management Division, Environmental mitting the Department’s Community Serv- Standards [EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0177; FRL- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ices Block Grant Report to Congress for Fis- 9917-67-Region 3] received October 7, 2014, cy’s final rule — Florida: Final Authoriza- cal Year 2011; to the Committee on Edu- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- tion of State Hazardous Waste Management cation and the Workforce. mittee on Energy and Commerce. Program Revisions [EPA-R04-RCRA-2012- 7857. A letter from the General Counsel, 7868. A letter from the Director, Regu- 0179; FRL-9917-53-Region 4] received October Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, latory Management Division, Environmental 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to transmitting the Corporation’s final rule — Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Em- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 7876. A letter from the Director, Regu- ployer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Pay- of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Penn- latory Management Division, Environmental ing Benefits received November 6, 2014, pur- sylvania; Allegheny County’s Adoption of Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Control Techniques Guidelines for Offset cy’s final rule — Outer Continental Shelf Air mittee on Education and the Workforce. Lithographic Printing and Letterpress Print- Regulations Consistency Update for Mary- 7858. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- ing; Flexible Package Printing; and Indus- land [EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0568; FRL-9917-72- ment of Health and Human Services, trans- trial Solvent Cleaning Operations for Con- Region 3] received October 7, 2014, pursuant mitting a report entitled ‘‘Improving the trol of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Identification of Health Care Disparities in [EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0476; FRL-9917-16-Region Energy and Commerce. Medicaid and CHIP’’, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3] received October 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 7877. A letter from the Director, Regu- 1396w-5; Public Law 111-148, section 1946(b)(2); U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- latory Management Division, Environmental to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. ergy and Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7859. A letter from the General Attorney, 7869. A letter from the Director, Regu- cy’s final rule — Revisions to Reporting and Consumer Product Safety Commission, latory Management Division, Environmental Recordkeeping Requirements, and Confiden- transmitting the Commission’s final rule — Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- tiality Determinations Under the Green- Safety Standard for Magnet Sets [CPSC cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation house Gas Reporting Program; Final Rule Docket No.: CPSC-2012-0050] received October of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wis- [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0929; FRL-9916-76-OAR] 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to consin; Approval of Revision to PSD Pro- (RIN: 2060-AQ81) received October 7, 2014, the Committee on Energy and Commerce. gram [EPA-R05-OAR-2014-0242; FRL-9916-27- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 7860. A letter from the Administrator, En- Region 5] received October 7, 2014, pursuant mittee on Energy and Commerce. ergy Information Administration, Depart- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 7878. A letter from the Director, Regu- ment of Energy, transmitting a report enti- Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental tled ‘‘The Availability and Price of Petro- 7870. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- leum and Petroleum Products Produced in latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — Revisions to the California Countries Other Than Iran’’; to the Com- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- State Implementation Plan, Placer County mittee on Energy and Commerce. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Air Pollution Control District [EPA-R09- 7861. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- of Implementation Plans; Florida: Removal OAR-2014-0615; FRL-9916-94-Region 9] re- ment of Energy, transmitting a letter noti- of Sulfur Storage and Handling Rules [EPA- ceived October 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. fying the Congress of the Secretary’s deter- R04-OAR-2013-0746; FRL-9917-64-Region 4] re- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and mination to contract for storage of petro- ceived October 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Commerce. leum products owned by the United States in 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 7879. A letter from the Director, Regu- facilities other than those of the Strategic Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental Petroleum Reserve; to the Committee on En- 7871. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ergy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — Air Quality State Imple- 7862. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- mentation Plans; Approval and Promulga- ment of Health and Human Services, trans- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation tion: Missouri; 2013 State Implementation mitting a report on Tobacco Product Exports of Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Re- Plan for the 2008 Lead Standard [EPA-R07- That Do Not Conform to Tobacco Product gional Haze and Interstate Transport Affect- OAR-2014-0448; FRL-9918-18-Region 7] re- Standards; to the Committee on Energy and ing Visibility State Implementation Plan ceived October 17, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Commerce. Revisions [EPA-R06-OAR-2014-0214; FRL-9917- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 7863. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- 63-Region 6] received October 7, 2014, pursu- Commerce. ment of Health and Human Services, trans- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 7880. A letter from the Director, Regu- mitting a report on Premarket Approval of on Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental Pediatric Use of Devices — FY 2012; to the 7872. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Committee on Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 7864. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- of Implementation Plans; State of Iowa ment of Health and Human Services, trans- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation [EPA-R07-OAR-2014-0300; FRL-9918-15-Region mitting the Department’s Annual Report en- of Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Re- 7] received October 17, 2014, pursuant to 5

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A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — Approval of Air Quality Im- latory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- plementation Plans; California; Imperial Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation County; Ozone Precursor Emissions Inven- cy’s final rule — Deltamethrin; Pesticide of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri, tories [EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0542; FRL-9917-77- Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0297; FRL- Control of Emissions from Hand-Fired Equip- Region 9] received October 21, 2014, pursuant 9918-24] received November 5, 2013, pursuant ment [EPA-R07-OAR-2014-0688; FRL-9918-10- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Region 7] received October 17, 2014, pursuant Energy and Commerce. Energy and Commerce. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 7890. A letter from the Director, Regu- 7899. A letter from the Director, Regu- Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental latory Management Division, Environmental 7882. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — Findings of Failure to Sub- cy’s final rule — Acetic acid ethenyl ester, Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- mit State Implementation Plan; California; polymer with ethane, ethenyltriethoxysilane cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Interstate Transport Requirements for 2006 and sodium ethenesulfonate (1:1); Tolerance of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri, 24-hour Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Na- Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0393; FRL- Restriction of Emissions of Particulate Mat- tional Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA- 9918-50] received November 5, 2014, pursuant ter from Industrial Processes [EPA-R07- R09-OAR-2014-0646; FRL-9918-38-Region 9] re- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on OAR-2014-0687; FRL-9918-17-Region 7] re- ceived October 21, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Energy and Commerce. ceived October 17, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 7900. A letter from the Director, Regu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental Commerce. 7891. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7883. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl- latory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- phenylmethyl ester, polymer with 2-prope- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- cy’s final rule — Metrafenone; Pesticide Tol- noic acid, peroxydisulfuric acid cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation erances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0255; FRL-9917-56] ([(HO)S(O)2]2O2) sodium salt (1:2)-initiated, of Implementation Plans; State of Nebraska; received October 21, 2014, pursuant to 5 compounds with diethanolamine; Tolerance Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0418; FRL- Lead National Ambient Air Quality Stand- ergy and Commerce. 9918-28], pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to ards [EPA-R07-OAR-2014-0685; FRL-9918-13- 7892. A letter from the Director, Regu- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Region 7] received October 17, 2014, pursuant latory Management Division, Environmental 7901. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Energy and Commerce. cy’s final rule — Polyoxyalkylated sorbitan 7884. A letter from the Director, Regu- cy’s final rule — FD&C Red No. 40; Exemp- fatty acid esters; Tolerance Exemption latory Management Division, Environmental tion from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0217; FRL-9916-97] re- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0572; FRL-9917-14] re- ceived October 21, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation ceived November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and of Implementation Plans; Wyoming; Revi- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. sions to the Air Quality Standards and Regu- 7893. A letter from the Director, Regu- Commerce. lations [EPA-R08-OAR-2014-0183; FRL-9918-20- 7902. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental Region 8] received October 17, 2014, pursuant latory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- cy’s final rule — Protection of Stratospheric Energy and Commerce. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 7885. A letter from the Director, Regu- Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance Sys- of Implementation Plans; North Carolina; latory Management Division, Environmental tem for Controlling HCFC Production, Im- Approval of Revisions to Inspection and Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- port and Export, 2015-2019 [EPA-HQ-OAR- Maintenance (I/M) Regulations Within the cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 2013-0236; FRL-9917-98-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AR04) North Carolina State Implementation Plan; of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wyo- received October 21, 2014, pursuant to 5 Correcting Amendment [EPA-R04-OAR-2014- ming; Revisions to the Wyoming Air Quality U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- 0765 FRL-9918-94-Region 4] received Novem- Standards and Regulations; Ambient Stand- ergy and Commerce. ber 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); ards for Nitrogen Oxides and for Ozone; Cor- 7894. A letter from the Director, Regu- to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. rection of Docket Number [EPA-R08-OAR- latory Management Division, Environmental 7903. A letter from the Director, Regu- 2014-0698; FRL-9918-03-Region 8] received Oc- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- latory Management Division, Environmental tober 21, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. cy’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules Protection Agency, transmitting the Depart- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and on Certain Chemical Substances [EPA-HQ- ment’s final rule — Partial Exemption of Commerce. OPPT-2014-0390; FRL-9914-56] (RIN: 2070- Certain Chemical Substances from Reporting 7886. A letter from the Director, Regu- AB27) received October 21, 2014, pursuant to 5 Additional Chemical Data [EPA-HQ-OPPT- latory Management Division, Environmental U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- 2014-0347; FRL-9918-23] (RIN: 2070-AK01) re- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ergy and Commerce. ceived November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 7895. A letter from the Director, Regu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and of Implementation Plans; North Dakota; Re- latory Management Division, Environmental Commerce. visions to the Air Pollution Control Rules Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7904. A letter from the Director, Regu- [EPA-R08-OAR-2014-0173; FRL-9918-21-Region cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation latory Management Division, Environmental 8] received October 21, 2014, pursuant to 5 of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri, Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- Controlling Emissions During Episodes of cy’s final rule — National Oil and Hazardous ergy and Commerce. High Air Pollution Potential [EPA-R07-OAR- Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; 7887. A letter from the Director, Regu- 2014-0602; FRL-9918-75-Region 7] received No- Technical Amendment to Update Data Man- latory Management Division, Environmental vember 4, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. agement Systems Nomenclature [EPA-HQ- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and SFUND-2014-0733; FRL-9918-52-OSWER] re- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Commerce. ceived November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. of Implementation Plans; State of Kansas; 7896. A letter from the Director, Regu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 latory Management Division, Environmental Commerce. Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Stand- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7905. A letter from the Director, Regu- ard [EPA-R07-OAR-2014-0401; FRL-9918-19-Re- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation latory Management Division, Environmental gion 7] received October 21, 2014, pursuant to of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Volatile Organic Compound Regulations cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Energy and Commerce. [EPA-R01-OAR-2014-0243; A-1-FRL-9918-00-Re- of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; 7888. A letter from the Director, Regu- gion 1] received November 4, 2014, pursuant Reasonable Further Progress Plan, Enhanced latory Management Division, Environmental to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Monitoring, Clean Fuel Fleets and Failure- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Energy and Commerce. to-Attain Contingency Measures for the Dal- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 7897. A letter from the Director, Regu- las/Fort Worth 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattain- of Implementation Plans; State of Kansas; latory Management Division, Environmental ment Area; and Transportation Conformity Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2010 Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- [EPA-R06-OAR-2012-0099; FRL-9919-02-Region Nitrogen Dioxide National Ambient Air cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 6] received November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 Quality Standard [EPA-R07-OAR-2014-0500; of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indi- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- FRL-9918-11-Region 7] received October 21, ana; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule [R05- ergy and Commerce. 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the OAR-2011-0968; FRL-9918-78-Region 5] re- 7906. A letter from the Director, Regu- Committee on Energy and Commerce. ceived November 4, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. latory Management Division, Environmental

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Missouri) [MB Docket No. 14-140] [RM-11733] cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation received November 13, 2014, pursuant to 5 of Implementation Plans; Alaska: Infrastruc- of Implementation Plans; State of Wash- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- ture Requirements for the 1997 and 2006 Fine ington; Regional Haze State Implementation ergy and Commerce. Particulate Matter and 2008 Ozone National Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for Best 7922. A letter from the Chief, Mobility Di- Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA-R10- Available Retrofit Technology for Alcoa vision, Federal Communications Commis- OAR-2014-0140, FRL-9918-97-Region 10] re- Intalco Operations, Tesoro Refining and sion, transmitting the Commission’s final ceived November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Marketing, and Alcoa Wenatchee [EPA-R10- rule — Amendment of Parts 1, 2, 22, 24, 27, 90 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and OAR-2010-1071; FRL-9919-38-Region 10] re- and 95 of the Commission’s Rules to Improve Commerce. ceived November 18, 2014, pursuant to 5 Wireless Coverage Through the Use of Signal 7907. A letter from the Director, Regu- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- Boosters [WT Docket No.: 10-4] received No- latory Management Division, Environmental ergy and Commerce. vember 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7915. A letter from the Director, Regu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation latory Management Division, Environmental Commerce. of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Penn- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7923. A letter from the Chief of Staff, WTB, sylvania; Allegheny County; Control of Out- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Federal Communications Commission, trans- door Wood-Fired Boilers [EPA-R03-OAR-2014- of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Mon- mitting the Commission’s final rule — 0169; FRL-9918-73-Region-3] received Novem- tana; Revisions to the Administrative Rules Amendment of Parts 1 and 22 of the Commis- sion’s Rules with Regard to the Cellular ber 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); of Montana —— Air Quality, Subchapter 7, Service, Including Changes in Licensing of to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Exclusion for De Minimis Changes; Final Unserved Area; Amendment of the Commis- 7908. A letter from the Director, Regu- Rule [EPA-R08-OAR-2011-0100; FRL-9918-35- sion’s Rules with Regard to Relocation of latory Management Division, Environmental Region 8] received November 18, 2014, pursu- Part 24 to Part 27, etc. [WT Docket No.: 12- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 40] [RM No.: 11510] [RM No.: 11660] received on Energy and Commerce. November 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. of Implementation Plans; Washington: Non- 7916. A letter from the Director, Regu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and attainment New Source Review [EPA-R10- latory Management Division, Environmental Commerce. OAR-2014-0343; FRL-9918-84-Region-10] re- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ceived November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7924. A letter from the Chief, Policy Divi- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation sion, International Bureau, Federal Commu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Mary- Commerce. nications Commission, transmitting the land; Prevention of Significant Deteriora- Commission’s final rule — Reform of Rules 7909. A letter from the Director, Regu- tion [EPA-R03-OAR-2014-0690; FRL-9919-48- latory Management Division, Environmental and Policies on Foreign Carrier Entry Into Region 3] received November 18, 2014, pursu- the U.S. Telecommunications Market [IB Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Docket No.: 12-299] received November 19, on Energy and Commerce. 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the of Air Quality Implementation Plans; With- 7917. A letter from the Director, Regu- drawal of Federal Implementation Plan; Committee on Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental 7925. A letter from the General Counsel, Texas; Prevention of Significant Deteriora- Protection Agency, transmitting the Depart- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, tion; Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revi- ment’s final rule — Approval and Promulga- transmitting the Commission’s final rule — sions [EPA-R06-OAR-2013-0808; FRL-9912-50- tion of Implementation Plans; North Caro- Standards for Business Practices and Com- OAR] received November 5, 2014, pursuant to lina; Inspection and Maintenance Program munication Protocols for Public Utilities 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Updates [EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0722; FRL-9919- [Docket No.: RM05-5-022; Order No. 676-H] re- Energy and Commerce. 10-Region 4] received November 18, 2014, pur- ceived September 29, 2014, pursuant to 5 7910. A letter from the Director, Regu- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- latory Management Division, Environmental mittee on Energy and Commerce. ergy and Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7918. A letter from the Director, Regu- 7926. A letter from the Director, Office of cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation latory Management Division, Environmental Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Commission, transmitting the Commission’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration; cy’s final rule — National Emission Stand- final rule — Approval of American Society of Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revisions ards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Mechanical Engineers’ Code Cases [NRC-2009- [EPA-R06-OAR-2013-0808; FRL-9912-51-OAR] Oil-Fired Electric Steam Generating Units 0359; NRC-2013-0133] (RIN: 3150-AI72) received received November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 [EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234; FRL-9919-21-OAR] November 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- (RIN: 2060-AS39) received November 18, 2014, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and ergy and Commerce. Commerce. 7911. A letter from the Director, Regu- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce. 7927. A letter from the Staff Director and latory Management Division, Environmental Deputy Staff Director, Congressional-Execu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 7919. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental tive Commission on China, transmitting the cy’s final rule — Consolidated Rules of Prac- Commission’s annual report for 2014; to the tice Governing the Administrative Assess- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- cy’s final rule — Reconsideration of Certain Committee on Foreign Affairs. ment of Civil Penalties, Issuance of Compli- 7928. A letter from the Director, Defense Startup/Shutdown Issues: National Emission ance or Corrective Action Orders, and the Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Revocation, Termination or Suspension of Transmittal No. 14-41, Notice of Proposed Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Permits [EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0551-FRL- 914- Issuance of Letter of Offer and Acceptance, Generating Units and Standards of Perform- 32-OECA] (RIN: 2020-AA50) received Novem- pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Ex- ance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, ber 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); port Control Act, as amended; to the Com- Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. mittee on Foreign Affairs. 7912. A letter from the Director, Regu- Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional 7929. A letter from the Director, Defense latory Management Division, Environmental Steam Generating Units [EPA-HQ-OAR-2009- Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 0234; EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0044; FRL-9919-29- Transmittal No. 14-52, Notice of Proposed cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation OAR] (RIN: 2060-AS07) received November 18, Issuance of Letter of Offer and Acceptance, of Implementation Plans; Swinomish Indian 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Ex- Tribal Community Tribal Implementation Committee on Energy and Commerce. port Control Act, as amended; to the Com- Plan [EPA-R10-OAR-2014-0557; FRL-9917-07- 7920. A letter from the Associate Bureau mittee on Foreign Affairs. Region 10] received November 18, 2014, pursu- Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal 7930. A letter from the Director, Defense ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Communications Commission, transmitting Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting on Energy and Commerce. the Commission’s final rule — Special Access Transmittal No. 14-57, Notice of Proposed 7913. A letter from the Director, Regu- for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers; Issuance of Letter of Offer and Acceptance, latory Management Division, Environmental AT&T Corporation Petition for Rulemaking pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Ex- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- to Reform Regulation of Incumbent Local port Control Act, as amended; to the Com- cy’s final rule — Findings of Failure to Sub- Exchange Carrier Rates for Interstate Spe- mittee on Foreign Affairs. mit a Complete State Implementation Plan cial Access Services [WC Docket No.: 05-25] 7931. A letter from the Under Secretary for for Section 110(a) Pertaining to the 2010 Ni- [RM-10539] received October 20, 2014, pursu- Industry and Security, Department of Com- trogen Oxide (NO2) Primary National Ambi- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee merce, transmitting a report entitled ‘‘Ven- ent Air Quality Standard [EPA-HQ-OAR- on Energy and Commerce. ezuela: Restrictions on Certain Military End 2014-0337; FRL-9919-67-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AS33) 7921. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media Uses and End Users’’; to the Committee on received November 18, 2014, pursuant to 5 Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- Foreign Affairs. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- sion, transmitting the Commission’s final 7932. A letter from the Deputy Assistant ergy and Commerce. rule — Amendment of Section 73.622(i), Post- Secretary for Export Administration, De- 7914. A letter from the Director, Regu- Transition Table of DTV Allotments, Tele- partment of Commerce, transmitting the De- latory Management Division, Environmental vision Broadcast Stations. (Kansas City, partment’s final rule — Revisions to the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8163 Commerce Control List: Imposition of Con- period specified in the Case-Zablocki Act; to transmitting the Department’s annual finan- trols on Integrated Circuits, Helicopter the Committee on Foreign Affairs. cial report for fiscal year 2014; to the Com- Landing System Radars, Seismic Detection 7943. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Systems, and Technology for IR Up-Conver- ment of the Treasury, transmitting as re- form. sion Devices [Docket No.: 140131087-4087-01] quired by section 401(c) of the National 7955. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- (RIN: 0694-AG08) received October 20, 2014, Emergency Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section ment of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 204(c) of the International Emergency Eco- transmitting the Department’s fiscal year mittee on Foreign Affairs. nomic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), a six- 2013 annual report prepared in accordance 7933. A letter from the Assistant Secretary month periodic report on the national emer- with Section 203 of the Notification and Fed- for Export Administration, Department of gency with respect to the Central African eral Employee Antidiscrimination and Re- Commerce, transmitting the Department’s Republic that was declared in Executive taliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), Public final rule — Clarifications and Corrections Order 13667 of May 12, 2014; to the Committee Law 107-174; to the Committee on Oversight to the Export Administration Regulations on Foreign Affairs. and Government Reform. (EAR): Control of Spacecraft Systems and 7944. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- 7956. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Related Items the President Determines No ment of the Treasury, transmitting as re- ment of Labor, transmitting the Semiannual Longer Warrant Control Under the United quired by section 401(c) of the National Report to Congress from the Office of Inspec- States Munitions List (USML) [Docket No.: Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and sec- tor General for the period October 1, 2013 130110030-4928-03] (RIN: 0694-AF87) received tion 204(c) of the International Emergency through March 31, 2014; to the Committee on November 13, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), a Oversight and Government Reform. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Foreign Af- six-month periodic report on the national 7957. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, fairs. emergency with respect to Syria that was Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 7934. A letter from the Assistant Secretary declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, transmitting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Agen- for Export Administration, Department of 2004; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. cy Financial Report; to the Committee on Commerce, transmitting the Department’s 7945. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Oversight and Government Reform. final rule — Venezuela: Implementation of ment of the Treasury, transmitting as re- 7958. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Certain Military End Uses and End Users Li- quired by section 401(c) of the National ment of Transportation, transmitting the cense Requirements Under the Export Ad- Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and sec- Agency’s Financial Report for Fiscal Year tion 204(c) of the International Emergency ministration Regulations [Docket No.: 2014; to the Committee on Oversight and Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), a 141029906-4906-01] (RIN: 0694-AG31) received Government Reform. six-month periodic report on the national November 13, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7959. A letter from the Assistant General emergency with respect to Yemen that was 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Foreign Af- Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regula- declared in Executive Order 13611 of May 16, fairs. tion, Department of the Treasury, transmit- 7935. A letter from the Director, Inter- 2012; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ting five reports pursuant to the Federal Va- 7946. A letter from the Special Inspector national Cooperation, Department of De- cancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Com- General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, fense, transmitting Pursuant to Section 27(f) mittee on Oversight and Government Re- transmitting the twenty-fifth quarterly re- of the Arms Export Control Act and Section form. port on the Afghanistan Reconstruction; to 7960. A letter from the Board Chair and 1(f) of Executive Order 13637, Transmittal No. the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Admin- 06-14 informing of an intent to sign the 7947. A letter from the President, Federal istration, transmitting the Administration’s Project Arrangement with Canada; to the Financing Bank, transmitting the Annual Committee on Foreign Affairs. Report of the Federal Financing Bank for Performance and Accountability Report for 7936. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Fiscal Year 2014, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 5528 Fiscal Year 2014; to the Committee on Over- Homeland Defense and Global Security, De- (b); to the Committee on Oversight and Gov- sight and Government Reform. 7961. A letter from the Inspector General, partment of Defense, transmitting a Report ernment Reform. on Utilization of Contributions to the Coop- 7948. A letter from the President and CEO, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting erative Threat Reduction Program; to the African Development Foundation, transmit- the semiannual report on the activities of Committee on Foreign Affairs. ting a letter fulfilling the annual require- the Office of Inspector General of the Farm 7937. A letter from the Acting Assistant ments contained in the Inspector General Credit Administration for the period April 1, Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department Act of 1978, as amended, covering the period 2014 through September 30, 2014; and the of State, transmitting a report entitled ‘‘Re- October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014, pursu- semiannual Management Report on the Sta- port to Congress on Iran-Related Multilat- ant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act), section tus of Audits for the same period; to the eral Sanctions Regime Efforts’’ covering the 5(b); Public Law 95-452, section 5(b);; to the Committee on Oversight and Government period from February 7, 2014 to August 6, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2014; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reform. 7962. A letter from the Chairman, Farm 7938. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, 7949. A letter from the Chair, Board of Gov- Credit System Insurance Corporation, trans- Legislative Affairs, Department of State, ernors of the Federal Reserve System, trans- mitting the Corporation’s consolidated re- transmitting a report listing outstanding ex- mitting the System’s Semiannual Report to port addressing the Federal Managers’ Fi- propriation cases for 2014, pursuant to Public Congress for the six-month period ending nancial Integrity Act and the Inspector Gen- Law 103-236, section 527(f); to the Committee September 30, 2014, as required by the Inspec- eral Act Amendments of 1978; to the Com- on Foreign Affairs. tor General Act of 1978, as amended; to the mittee on Oversight and Government Re- 7939. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Committee on Oversight and Government form. Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Reform. 7963. A letter from the Chairman, Federal transmitting the Department’s report on 7950. A letter from the Executive Director, Maritime Commission, transmitting the progress toward a negotiated solution of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commission’s annual report for Fiscal Year Cyprus question covering the period June 1, transmitting the Commission’s Fiscal Year 2013 prepared in accordance with Section 203 2014 through July 31, 2014; to the Committee 2014 Inventory of Commercial Activities, as of the Notification and Federal Employee on Foreign Affairs. required by the Federal Activities Inventory Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 7940. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 2002 (No FEAR Act), Public Law 107-174; to Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Oversight and Government Reform. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- transmitting a report concerning corrections 7951. A letter from the Associate General ment Reform. to a final rule amended parts 121, 123, 125, Counsel, Department of Agriculture, trans- 7964. A letter from the Executive Director, and 126 of the International Traffic in Arms mitting three reports pursuant to the Fed- Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Regulations; to the Committee on Foreign eral Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Board, transmitting the Board’s Report of Affairs. Committee on Oversight and Government FY 2014 Audits; to the Committee on Over- 7941. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Reform. sight and Government Reform. Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 7952. A letter from the Assistant Director, 7965. A letter from the General Counsel, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Senior Executive Management Office, De- Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Amendment to the International Traffic in partment of Defense, transmitting three re- Board, transmitting the Board’s final rule — Arms Regulations: Policy on Exports to ports pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Re- Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Re- Vietnam (RIN: 1400-AD73) received November form Act of 1998; to the Committee on Over- quests received November 18, 2014, pursuant 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to sight and Government Reform. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 7953. A letter from the Administrator and Oversight and Government Reform. 7942. A letter from the Assistant Legal Ad- Chief Executive Officer, Department of En- 7966. A letter from the Senior Procurement viser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of ergy, transmitting submission of Bonneville Executive, General Services Administration, State, transmitting a report prepared by the Power Administration’s (BPA) 2014 Annual transmitting the Administration’s final rule Department of State concerning inter- Report; to the Committee on Oversight and — General Services Administration Acquisi- national agreements other than treaties en- Government Reform. tion Regulation (GSAR); Progressive Awards tered into by the United States to be trans- 7954. A letter from the Chief Financial Offi- and Monthly Quantity Allocations [GSAR mitted to the Congress within the sixty-day cer, Department of Homeland Security, Change 60; GSAR Case 2014-G501; Docket No.:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 2014-0007; Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 3090-AJ47) re- velopment, transmitting a report pursuant November 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ceived October 29, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Oversight to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- Resources. and Government Reform. ment Reform. 7989. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- 7967. A letter from the Chairman, Merit 7981. A letter from the Executive Sec- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- Systems Protection Board, transmitting the retary, U.S. Agency for International Devel- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Board’s report ‘‘Veterans’ Employment Re- opment, transmitting two reports pursuant tion, transmitting the Administration’s final dress Laws in the Federal Civil Service’’; to to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; rule — Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources the Committee on Oversight and Govern- to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; ment Reform. ment Reform. 2014-2015 Accountability Measure and Closure 7968. A letter from the Archivist, National 7982. A letter from the Director, Office of for Gulf King Mackerel in the Florida West Archives, transmitting the Federal Man- Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce- Coast Northern Subzone [Docket No.: agers’ Financial Integrity Act (Integrity ment, Department of the Interior, transmit- 101206604-1758-02] (RIN: 0648-XD586) received Act) Report for Fiscal Year 2014; to the Com- ting the Department’s final rule — Excess November 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, Diversions, and 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural form. Buffer Zones for Perennial and Intermittent Resources. 7969. A letter from the Chairman, National Streams [Docket ID: OSM-2012-0010; S1D1S 7990. A letter from the Director, Office of Endowment for the Arts, transmitting the SS08011000 SX066A00067F 134S180110; S2D2S Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Financial Report; to SS08011000 SX066A00 33F 13XS501520] (RIN: anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- the Committee on Oversight and Govern- 1029-AC69) received November 14, 2014, pursu- mitting the Administration’s final rule — ment Reform. ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, 7970. A letter from the Director, Office of on Natural Resources. and South Atlantic; 2014 Accountability Government Ethics, transmitting the Fiscal 7983. A letter from the Director, Office of Measures and Closure for Commercial Year (FY) 2014 Financial Report; to the Com- Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- Wrasses in the U.S. Caribbean Off Puerto mittee on Oversight and Government Re- anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- Rico [Docket No.: 100120037-1626-02] (RIN: form. mitting the Administration’s final rule — 0648-XD549) received November 12, 2014, pur- 7971. A letter from the Director, Office of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Personnel Management, transmitting the Of- Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: mittee on Natural Resources. fice’s final rule — Federal Employees Health 140115049-4528-02] (RIN: 0648-XD456) received 7991. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Benefits Program Modification of Eligibility November 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- to Certain Employees on Temporary Ap- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- pointments and Certain Employees on Sea- Resources. tion, transmitting the Administration’s final sonal and Intermittent Schedules (RIN: 3206- 7984. A letter from the Deputy Assistant rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic AM86) received November 3, 2014, pursuant to Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Halibut 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Prohibited Species Catch Allowances in the Oversight and Government Reform. Administration, transmitting the Adminis- Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Manage- 7972. A letter from the Director, Office of tration’s final rule — Fisheries of the Carib- ment Area [Docket No.: 131021878-4158-02] Personnel Management, transmitting the Of- bean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; (RIN: 0648-XD565) received November 12, 2014, fice’s Annual Privacy Activity Report to Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Congress for 2014; to the Committee on Over- Amendment 26 and Amendment 29 Supple- mittee on Natural Resources. sight and Government Reform. ment [Docket No.: 130606533-4646-02] (RIN: 7992. A letter from the Director, Office of 7973. A letter from the Director, Office of 0648-BD36) received October 22, 2014, pursuant Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- Personnel Management, transmitting the Of- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- fice’s final rule — Federal Employees’ Re- Natural Resources. mitting the Administration’s final rule — tirement System; Present Value Conversion 7985. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Factors for Spouses of Deceased Separated fice of Sustainable Fisheries, National Oce- Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Trawl Catcher Employees (RIN: 3206-AM99) received Novem- anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- Vessels in the Central Regulatory Area of ber 18, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); mitting the Administration’s final rule — the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 130925836- to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone 4174-02] (RIN: 0648-XD566) received November ment Reform. Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 7974. A letter from the Acting Auditor, Of- Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No.: the Committee on Natural Resources. fice of the District of Columbia Auditor, 131021878-4158-02] (RIN: 0648-XD496) received 7993. A letter from the Deputy Assistant transmitting a report entitled ‘‘Audit of the November 7, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Administrator for Regulatory Programs, Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Fund’’; to the Committee on Oversight and Resources. Administration, transmitting the Adminis- Government Reform. 7986. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- tration’s final rule — Magnuson-Stevens 7975. A letter from the Acting Auditor, Of- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- Fishery Conservation and Management Act fice of the District of Columbia Auditor, tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern transmitting a report entitled ‘‘Fiscal Year tion, transmitting the Administration’s final United States; Tilefish Fishery; 2015-2017 2013 Annual Report on Advisory Neighbor- rule — Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Specifications [Docket No.: 140822715-4882-02] hood Commissions’’; to the Committee on Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migra- (RIN: 0648-BE37) received November 12, 2014, Oversight and Government Reform. tory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 7976. A letter from the Acting Auditor, Of- and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction mittee on Natural Resources. fice of the District of Columbia Auditor, [Docket No.: 101206604-1758-02] (RIN: 0648- 7994. A letter from the Director, Office of transmitting a report entitled ‘‘Outcomes of X100714b) received November 12, 2014, pursu- Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- Employment Program’’; to the Committee on Natural Resources. mitting the Administration’s final rule — on Oversight and Government Reform. 7987. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fish- 7977. A letter from the Acting Auditor, Of- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- eries; 2014 Bigeye Tuna Longline Fishery fice of the District of Columbia Auditor, tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Closure in the Eastern Pacific Ocean [Docket transmitting a report entitled ‘‘Audit of tion, transmitting the Administration’s final No.: 130717632-4285-02] (RIN: 0648-XD504) re- ANC 5B for Fiscal Years 2009 through 2013, rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic ceived November 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 1st Quarter’’; to the Committee on Oversight Zone Off Alaska; ‘‘Other Rockfish’’ in the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Nat- and Government Reform. Aleutian Island Subarea of the Bering Sea ural Resources. 7978. A letter from the President and Chief and Aleutian Islands Management Area 7995. A letter from the Deputy Director, Of- Executive Officer, Overseas Private Invest- [Docket No.: 131021878-4158-02] (RIN: 0648- fice of National Marine Sanctuaries, Na- ment Corporation, transmitting the Corpora- XD537) received November 12, 2014, pursuant tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion’s annual financial statement audit for to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on tion, transmitting the Administration’s final FY 2013; to the Committee on Oversight and Natural Resources. rule — Boundary Expansion of Thunder Bay Government Reform. 7988. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- National Marine Sanctuary [Docket No.: 7979. A letter from the Director, Trade and fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- 130403324-4647-03] (RIN: 0648-BC94) received Development Agency, transmitting the tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- October 1, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Agency’s Performance and Accountability tion, transmitting the Administration’s final 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural Report including audited financial state- rule — Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the Resources. ments for fiscal year 2014; to the Committee South Atlantic; 2014 Recreational Account- 7996. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- on Oversight and Government Reform. ability Measure and Closure for the South fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- 7980. A letter from the Deputy Inspector Atlantic Porgy Complex [Docket No.: tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- General, U.S. Agency for International De- 120815345-3525-02] (RIN: 0648-XD495) received tion, transmitting the Administration’s final

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8165 rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Report to the Congress on U.S. Government tion; Black Warrior River mm 339 to mm Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod Receivables and Debt Collection Activities of 341.65; Tuscaloosa, AL [Docket Number: in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Man- Federal Agencies; to the Committee on the USCG-2014-0791] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received agement Area [Docket No.: 131021878-4158-02] Judiciary. October 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. (RIN: 0648-XD520) received November 19, 2014, 8008. A letter from the Director, Office of 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Government Ethics, transmitting the Of- tation and Infrastructure. mittee on Natural Resources. fice’s final rule — Post-Employment Conflict 8018. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 7997. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- of Interest Restriction; Revision of Depart- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- mental Component Designations (RIN: 3209- ting the Department’s final rule — Safety tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- AA14) received November 18, 2014, pursuant Zone: Suisun Bay Electromagnetic Scan and tion, transmitting the Administration’s final to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ordnance Recovery, Suisun Bay, Concord, rule — Fisheries of the Northeastern United the Judiciary. CA [Docket Number: USCG-2014-0862] (RIN: States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2014 Sub- 8009. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 1625-AA00) received October 20, 2014, pursuant Annual Catch Limit (ACL) Harvested for Department of Homeland Security, transmit- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Management Area 3 [Docket No.: 130919816- ting the Department’s final rule — Draw- Transportation and Infrastructure. 4205-02] (RIN: 0648-XD501) received November bridge Operation Regulation; Saugus River, 8019. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Revere and Lynn, MA [Docket No.: USCG- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- the Committee on Natural Resources. 2014-0272] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received October ting the Department’s final rule — Safety 7998. A letter from the Assistant Attorney 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Zone; Allegheny River, Mile 45.7; Kittanning, General, Department of Justice, transmit- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- PA [Docket No.: USCG-2014-0747] (RIN: 1625- ting the Administration of the Foreign structure. AA00) received November 4, 2014, pursuant to Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 8010. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on for the six month period ending December 31, Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Transportation and Infrastructure. 2013, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 621; the Act of ting the Department’s final rule — Naviga- 8020. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, June 8, 1938, ch. 327, section 11; to the Com- tion and Navigable Waters; Technical, Orga- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- mittee on the Judiciary. nizational, and Conforming Amendments; ting the Department’s final rule — Special 7999. A letter from the Federal Liaison Of- Correction [Docket No.: USCG-2014-0410] Local Regulation; Mavericks Invitational ficer, Department of Commerce, transmit- (RIN: 1625-AC13) received October 20, 2014, Surf Competition, Half Moon Bay, CA [Dock- ting the Department’s final rule — Changes pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- et No.: USCG-2014-0715] (RIN: 1625-AA08) re- to Continued Prosecution Application Prac- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- ceived November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tice [Docket No.: PTO-P-2014-0001] (RIN: 0651- ture. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- AC92) received November 18, 2014, pursuant 8011. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, tation and Infrastructure. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Department of Homeland Security, transmit- 8021. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, the Judiciary. ting the Department’s final rule — Regu- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- 8000. A letter from the Federal Liaison Of- lated Navigation Area; South Bristol Gut ting the Department’s final rule — Regu- ficer, Department of Commerce, transmit- Bridge Replacement, South Bristol, ME lated Navigation Area; Bridge 1 Structural ting the Department’s final rule — Changes [Docket Number: USCG-2014-0214] (RIN: 1625- Repairs at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, to Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Re- AA11) received October 20, 2014, pursuant to Kittery, ME [Docket Number: USCG-2014- quirements for Prioritized Examination 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 0215] (RIN: 1625-AA11) received November 5, [Docket No.: PTO-2014-0003] (RIN: 0651-AC93) Transportation and Infrastructure. 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the received November 18, 2014, pursuant to 5 8012. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Committee on Transportation and Infra- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Department of Homeland Security, transmit- structure. Judiciary. ting the Department’s final rule — Security 8022. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 8001. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Zones; Dignitary Arrival/Departure and Department of Homeland Security, transmit- for Legislative Affairs, Department of Home- United Nations Meetings, New York, NY ting the Department’s final rule — Safety land Security, transmitting the Annual Re- [Docket Number: USCG-2014-0737] (RIN: 1625- Zone: Pier 39 36th Anniversary Fireworks port on the Use of Special Immigrant Status AA87) received October 20, 20l4, pursuant to 5 Display, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, for Citizens or Nationals of Afghanistan or U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on CA [Docket No.: USCG-2014-0832] (RIN: 1625- Iraq: Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013; to the Com- Transportation and Infrastructure. AA00) received November 5, 2014, pursuant to mittee on the Judiciary. 8013. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 8002. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Transportation and Infrastructure. for Legislative Affairs, Department of Home- ting the Department’s final rule — Safety 8023. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, land Security, transmitting a Report on In- Zone, Navy Exercise, Delaware Bay and At- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- ternal Affairs Investigations; to the Com- lantic Ocean; Cape May, NJ [Docket Number: ting the Department’s final rule — Safety mittee on the Judiciary. USCG-2014-0855] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received Zone; English Station Emergency Environ- 8003. A letter from the Assistant Attorney October 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. mental Response; Mill River; New Haven, CT General, Department of Justice, transmit- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- [Docket Number: USCG-2014-0917] (RIN: 1625- ting the 2013 Annual Report of the National tation and Infrastructure. AA00) received November 5, 2014, pursuant to Institute of Justice (NIJ); to the Committee 8014. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on on the Judiciary. Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Transportation and Infrastructure. 8004. A letter from the Assistant Attorney ting the Department’s final rule — Safety 8024. A letter from the Chief Counsel, General, Department of Justice, transmit- Zone, Delaware River; Delaware City, DE FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, ting the annual report of the Office of Jus- [Docket Number: USCG-2014-0883] (RIN: 1625- transmitting the Department’s final rule — tice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance AA00) received October 20, 2014, pursuant to Disaster Assistance; Fire Management As- for Fiscal Year 2012, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on sistance Grant (FMAG) Program — Deadline 3712(b); Public Law 98-473, section 603(a); to Transportation and Infrastructure. Extension and Administrative Correction the Committee on the Judiciary. 8015. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, [Docket ID: FEMA-2013-0004] (RIN: 1660- 8005. A letter from the Attorney General, Department of Homeland Security, transmit- AA78) received November 12, 2014, pursuant Department of Justice, transmitting the De- ting the Department’s final rule — Safety to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on partment’s decision not to appeal the deci- Zone, Tennessee River between mile 4.8 and Transportation and Infrastructure. sion of the district court in the case of 5.8; Ledbetter, KY [Docket Number: USCG- 8025. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Gerardo Manuel Mendoza Lopez v. Janet 2014-0831] (RIN: 1625-AA00)received October Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Napolitano, et al. No. 1:12-cv-1750-MJS, 2014 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to ting the Department’s final rule — Safety WL 1091336 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 18, 2014); to the the Committee on Transportation and Infra- Zone; Portland Dragon Boat Races, Willam- Committee on the Judiciary. structure. ette River, Portland, OR [Docket No.: USCG- 8006. A letter from the Management and 8016. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 2014-0492] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received Novem- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- ber 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); tation, transmitting the Department’s final ting the Department’s final rule — Safety to the Committee on Transportation and In- rule — Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustment Zone; Bridge Demolition, Fox River, Green frastructure. for Commercial Space Adjudications; Second Bay, WI [Docket No.: USCG-2014-0835] re- 8026. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Amendment [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0822; ceived October 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Amdt. No. 406-8] (RIN: 2120-AK55) received 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- ting the Department’s final rule — Anchor- November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tation and Infrastructure. age; Ashley River Anchorage, Ashley River, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judici- 8017. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Charleston, SC [Docket No.: USCG-2013-0819] ary. Department of Homeland Security, transmit- (RIN: 1625-AA01) received November 5, 2014, 8007. A letter from the Assistant Secretary ting the Department’s final rule — Safety pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- for Legislative Affairs, Department of the Zone; University of Alabama vs. University mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- Treasury, transmitting the Fiscal Year 2013 of Alabama at Huntsville Rowing Competi- ture.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 8027. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, rule — Airworthiness Directives; Pacific bardier, Inc. Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Aerospace Limited Airplanes [Docket No.: 2014-0650; Directorate Identifier 2014-NM-162- ting the Department’s final rule — Security FAA-2014-0494; Directorate Identifier 2014- AD; Amendment 39-17974; AD 2014-20-01] (RIN: Zone; Cruise Ship Hamburg, Lake Michigan, CE-017-AD; Amendment 39-17986; AD 2014-20- 2120-AA64) received November 4, 2014, pursu- Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, IL [Docket No.: 13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received November 4, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee USCG-2014-0916] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the on Transportation and Infrastructure. November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Committee on Transportation and Infra- 8045. A letter from the Management and 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- structure. Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- tation and Infrastructure. 8037. A letter from the Management and tation, transmitting the Department’s final 8028. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- rule — Airworthiness Directives; Bom- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- tation, transmitting the Department’s final bardier, Inc. Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- ting the Department’s final rule — Regu- rule — Airworthiness Directives; Pacific 2013-1067; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-164- lated Navigation Area; Slip 4 Early Action Aerospace Limited Airplanes [Docket No.: AD; Amendment 39-17982; AD 2014-20-09] (RIN: Area Superfund Site, Lower Duwamish Wa- FAA-2014-0516; Directorate Identifier 2014- 2120-AA64) received November 4, 2014, pursu- terway, Seattle, WA [Docket Number: USCG- CE-021-AD; Amendment 39-17987; AD 2014-20- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 2013-0293] (RIN: 1625-AA11) received Novem- 14] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received November 4, on Transportation and Infrastructure. ber 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 8046. A letter from the Management and to the Committee on Transportation and In- Committee on Transportation and Infra- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- frastructure. structure. tation, transmitting the Department’s final 8029. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 8038. A letter from the Management and rule — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Air- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- planes [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0058; Direc- ting the Department’s final rule — Safety tation, transmitting the Department’s final torate Identifier 2013-NM-116-AD; Amend- Zone; Ordnance Removal; Saipan Harbor, rule — Airworthiness Directives; Empresa ment 39-17977; AD 2014-20-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) CNMI [Docket No.: USCG-2014-0849] (RIN: Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) received November 4, 2014, pursuant to 5 1625-AA00) received November 5, 2014, pursu- Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0740; Direc- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee torate Identifier 2014-CE-030-AD; Amendment Transportation and Infrastructure. on Transportation and Infrastructure. 39-17978; AD 2014-20-05] (RIN: 2120-AA64) re- 8047. A letter from the Management and 8030. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, ceived November 4, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- tation, transmitting the Department’s final ting the Department’s final rule — Safety tation and Infrastructure. rule — Change of Controlling Agency for Re- Zone: Semisubmersible Loading Operation 8039. A letter from the Management and stricted Areas; California [Docket No.: FAA- Safety Zone, South San Francisco Bay, San Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- 2014-0722; Airspace Docket No. 14-AWP-9] Francisco, CA [Docket No.: USCG-2014-0922] tation, transmitting the Department’s final (RIN: 2120-AA66) received November 4, 2014, (RIN: 1625-AA00) received November 5, 2014, rule — Airworthiness Directives; Brantly pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- International, Inc. Helicopters [Docket No: mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- FAA-2012-1093; Directorate Identifier 2011- ture. ture. SW-020-AD; Amendment 39-17989; AD 2014-20- 8048. A letter from the Management and 8031. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 16] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received November 4, Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the tation, transmitting the Department’s final ting the Department’s final rule — Safety Committee on Transportation and Infra- rule — Harmonization of Airworthiness Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile 170 to structure. Standards — Miscellaneous Structures Re- Mile 172; Darrow, LA [Docket Number: 8040. A letter from the Management and quirements [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0109; USCG-2014-0780] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Amdt. No. 25-139] (RIN: 2120-AK13) received November 5, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tation, transmitting the Department’s final November 4, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- rule — Airworthiness Directives; Alexandria 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- tation and Infrastructure. Aircraft LLC Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- tation and Infrastructure. 8032. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 2014-0438; Directorate Identifier 2014-CE-015- 8049. A letter from the Management and Department of Homeland Security, transmit- AD; Amendment 39-17985; AD 2014-20-12] (RIN: Progam Analyst, Department of Transpor- ting the Department’s final rule — Moving 2120-AA64) received November 4, 2014, pursu- tation, transmitting the Department’s final Security Zone Around Crane Barge, New ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee rule — Airworthiness Directives; Pacific York Harbor Upper Bay and Hudson River, on Transportation and Infrastructure. Aerospace Limited Airplanes [Docket No.: NY and NJ [Docket Number: USCG-2014-0886] 8041. A letter from the Management and FAA-2014-0532; Directorate Identifier 2014- (RIN: 1625-AA87) received November 5, 2014, Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- CE-016-AD; Amendment 39-17994; AD 2014-21- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- tation, transmitting the Department’s final 02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received November 14, mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- rule — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Hel- 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the ture. icopters, Inc. (Previously Eurocopter France) Committee on Transportation and Infra- 8033. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0757; Di- structure. ment of Transportation, transmitting the rectorate Identifier 2014-SW-030-AD; Amend- 8050. A letter from the Management and Report on Recommendations of the Advisory ment 39-17988; AD 2014-20-15] (RIN: 2120-AA64) Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Committee for Aviation Consumer Protec- received November 4, 2014, pursuant to 5 tation, transmitting the Department’s final tion as required by Public Law 112-95, Sec. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on rule — Airworthiness Directives; Rolls- 411; to the Committee on Transportation and Transportation and Infrastructure. Royce plc Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: Infrastructure. 8042. A letter from the Management and FAA-2014-0705; Directorate Identifier 2014- 8034. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- NE-13-AD; Amendment 39-18006; AD 2014-22- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- tation, transmitting the Department’s final 02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received November 14, tation, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the rule — Airworthiness Directives; Zodiac Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2014- Committee on Transportation and Infra- Seats France (formerly Sicma Aero Seat) 0283; Directorate Identifier 2012-NM-183-AD; structure. Passenger Seat Assemblies [Docket No.: Amendment 39-17980; AD 2014-20-07] (RIN: 8051. A letter from the Management and FAA-2014-0730; Directorate Identifier 2013- 2120-AA64) received November 4, 2014, pursu- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- NM-206-AD; Amendment 39-17984; AD 2014-20- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee tation, transmitting the Department’s final 11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received November 4, on Transportation and Infrastructure. rule — Airworthiness Directives; Beechcraft 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 8043. A letter from the Management and Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Committee on Transportation and Infra- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Held by Hawker Beechcraft Corporation; structure. tation, transmitting the Department’s final Raytheon Aircraft Company; Beech Aircraft 8035. A letter from the Management and rule — Airworthiness Directives; Lockheed Corporation) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Martin Corporation/Lockheed Martin Aero- 2014-0345; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-230- tation, transmitting the Department’s final nautics Company Airplanes [Docket No.: AD; Amendment 39-17998; AD 2014-21-06] (RIN: rule — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing FAA-2014-0290; Directorate Identifier 2012- 2120-AA64) received November 14, 2014, pursu- Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2014- NM-210-AD; Amendment 39-17981; AD 2014-20- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 0654; Directorate Identifier 2014-NM-071-AD; 08] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received November 4, on Transportation and Infrastructure. Amendment 39-17983; AD 2014-20-10] (RIN: 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 8052. A letter from the Management and 2120-AA64) received November 4, 2014, pursu- Committee on Transportation and Infra- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee structure. tation, transmitting the Department’s final on Transportation and Infrastructure. 8044. A letter from the Management and rule — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Air- 8036. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- planes [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0140; Direc- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- tation, transmitting the Department’s final torate Identifier 2013-NM-176-AD; Amend- tation, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness Directives; Bom- ment 39-18004; AD 2014-21-10] (RIN: 2120-AA64)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8167 received November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Re- received November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on lated Railroad Employees [Docket No.: FRA- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2009-0033, Notice No. 3] (RIN: 2130-AC06) re- Transportation and Infrastructure. 8053. A letter from the Management and ceived November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 8071. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- tation, transmitting the Department’s final Transportation and Infrastructure. tation, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness Directives; Bom- 8062. A letter from the Management and rule — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Hel- bardier, Inc. Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- icopters (Previously Eurocopter France) Hel- 2014-0581; Directorate Identifier 2014-NM-167- tation, transmitting the Department’s final icopters [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0832; Direc- AD; Amendment 39-17999; AD 2014-17-51] (RIN: rule — Standard Instrument Approach Pro- torate Identifier 2014-SW-044-AD; Amend- 2120-AA64) received November 14, 204, pursu- cedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obsta- ment 39-17995; AD 2014-21-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee cle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous received November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 on Transportation and Infrastructure. Amendments [Docket No.: 30978; Amdt. No. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 8054. A letter from the Management and 3608] received November 14, 2014, pursuant to Transportation and Infrastructure. Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 8072. A letter from the Management and tation, transmitting the Department’s final Transportation and Infrastructure. Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- rule — Standard Instrument Approach Pro- 8063. A letter from the Management and tation, transmitting the Department’s final cedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obsta- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- rule — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing cle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous tation, transmitting the Department’s final Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2014- Amendments [Docket No.: 30977; Amdt. 3607] rule — IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amend- 0451; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-122-AD; received November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 ments [Docket No.: 30985; Amdt. No. 516] re- Amendment 39-17996; AD 2014-21-04] (RIN: U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ceived November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 2120-AA64) received November 14, 2014, pursu- Transportation and Infrastructure. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 8055. A letter from the Management and Transportation and Infrastructure. on Transportation and Infrastructure. Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- 8064. A letter from the Management and 8073. A letter from the Management and tation, transmitting the Department’s final Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- rule — Standard Instrument Approach Pro- tation, transmitting the Department’s final tation, transmitting the Department’s final cedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obsta- rule — Proposed Establishment of Class E rule — Airworthiness Directives; General cle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Airspace; Alma, NE [Docket No.: FAA-2014- Electric Company Turbofan Engines [Docket Amendments [Docket No.: 30980; Amdt. No. 0745; Airspace Docket No.: 14-ACE-3] received No.: FAA-2007-28413; Directorate Identifier 3610] received November 14, 2014, pursuant to November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2007-NE-25-AD; Amendment 39-17993; AD 2014- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 21-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received November 14, Transportation and Infrastructure. tation and Infrastructure. 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 8056. A letter from the Management and 8065. A letter from the Management and Committee on Transportation and Infra- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- structure. tation, transmitting the Department’s final tation, transmitting the Department’s final 8074. A letter from the Management and rule — Standard Instrument Approach Pro- rule — Proposed Establishment of Class E Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- cedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obsta- Airspace; Cando, ND [Docket No.: FAA-2014- tation, transmitting the Department’s final cle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous 0746; Airspace Docket No.: 14-AGL-2] received rule — Airworthiness Directives; Bom- Amendments [Docket No.: 30979; Amdt. No. November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. bardier, Inc. Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- 3609] received November 14, 2014, pursuant to 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 2013-0548; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-008- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on tation and Infrastructure. AD; Amendment 39-18002; AD 2014-21-08] (RIN: Transportation and Infrastructure. 8066. A letter from the Management and 2120-AA64) received November 14, 2014, pursu- 8057. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- tation, transmitting the Department’s final on Transportation and Infrastructure. tation, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Establishment of Class E Airspace; 8075. A letter from the Management and rule — Departing IFR/VFR When Weather Thomas, OK [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0263; Air- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Reporting Is Not Available; Confirmation of space Docket No.: 13-ASW-27] received No- tation, transmitting the Department’s final Effective Date [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0502; vember 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. rule — Airworthiness Directives; Bom- Amdt. No. 135-131] (RIN: 2120-AK49) received 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- bardier, Inc. Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tation and Infrastructure. 2014-0287; Directorate Identifier 2013-NM-247- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 8067. A letter from the Management and AD; Amendment 39-18000; AD 2014-21-07] (RIN: tation and Infrastructure. Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- 2120-AA64) received November 14, 2014, pursu- 8058. A letter from the Management and tation, transmitting the Department’s final ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- rule — Proposed Establishment of Class E on Transportation and Infrastructure. tation, transmitting the Department’s final Airspace; Encinal, TX [Docket No.: FAA- 8076. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- rule — Orders of Compliance, Cease and De- 2014-0741; Airspace Docket No.: 14-ASW-4] re- ment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a let- sist Orders, Order of Denial, and Other Or- ceived November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 ter regarding the use of private sector health ders [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0505; Amdt. No. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on care for the Department of Veterans Affairs; 13-36 A] (RIN: 2120-AK43) received November Transportation and Infrastructure. to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 8068. A letter from the Management and 8077. A letter from the Chief Regulation the Committee on Transportation and Infra- Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- Policy and Management, Office of the Gen- structure. tation, transmitting the Department’s final eral Counsel, Department of Veterans Af- 8059. A letter from the Management and rule — Revocation of Restricted Areas R- fairs, transmitting the Department’s final Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- 4105A and R-4105B; No Man’s Land Island, rule — Technical Corrections Based on Pub- tation, transmitting the Department’s final MA [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0760; Airspace lic Law 104-262 (RIN: 2900-AO93) received No- rule — Airplane and Engine Certification Re- Docket No. 14-ANE-8] (RIN: 2120-AA66) re- vember 13, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. quirements in Supercooled Large Drop, ceived November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans’ Mixed Phase, and Ice Crystal Icing Condi- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Affairs. tions [Docket No.: FAA-2010-0636; Amend- Transportation and Infrastructure. 8078. A letter from the Chief, Regulations ment Nos. 25-140 and 33-34] (RIN: 2120-AJ34) 8069. A letter from the Management and Policy, Tracking and Control, Office of the received November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- General Counsel, Department of Veterans Af- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on tation, transmitting the Department’s final fairs, transmitting the Department’s final Transportation and Infrastructure. rule — Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing rule — Designee for Patient Personal Prop- 8060. A letter from the Management and Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2014- erty (RIN: 2900-AO41) received November 13, Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- 0431; Directorate Identifier 2013- NM-041-AD; 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the tation, transmitting the Department’s final Amendment 39-18003; AD 2014-21-09] (RIN: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. rule — Airworthiness Directives; Fiberglas- 2120-AA64) received November 14, 2014, pursu- 8079. A letter from the Acting Director, Technik Rudolf Lindner GmbH & Co. KG ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Regulation Policy and Management, Office Gliders [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0292; Direc- on Transportation and Infrastructure. of the General Counsel, Department of Vet- torate Identifier 2014-CE-011-AD; Amendment 8070. A letter from the Management and erans Affairs, transmitting the Department’s 39-18001; AD 2014-15-02 R1] (RIN: 2120-AA64) Program Analyst, Department of Transpor- ‘‘Major’’ final rule — Expand Access to Non- received November 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 tation, transmitting the Department’s final VA Care Through the Veterans Choice Pro- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on rule — Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell gram (RIN: 2900-AP24) received November 4, Transportation and Infrastructure. International, Inc. Air Data Pressure Trans- 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 8061. A letter from the Trial Attorney, De- ducers [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0285; Direc- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. partment of Transportation, transmitting torate Identifier 2014-NM-035-AD; Amend- 8080. A letter from the Acting Director, the Department’s final rule — Training, ment 39-17990; AD 2014-20-17] (RIN: 2120-AA64) Regulation Policy and Management, Office

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:49 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L20NO7.000 H20NOPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8168 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 20, 2014 of the General Counsel, Department of Vet- transmitting the Service’s final rule — Un- Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule erans Affairs, transmitting the Department’s paid Losses Discount Factors and Payment — Arbitrage Rebate Overpayments on Tax- final rule — Exempting Mental Health Peer Patterns for 2014 (Rev. Proc. 2014-59) received Exempt Bonds [TD 9701] (RIN: 1545-BK80) re- Support Services from Copayments (RIN: November 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ceived November 18, 2014, pursuant to 5 2900-AP11) received November 18, 2014, pursu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Means. Ways and Means. on Veterans’ Affairs. 8092. A letter from the Chief, Publications 8103. A letter from the Chief, Publications 8081. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Policy, Tracking and Control, Office of Gen- Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule eral Counsel, Department of Veterans Af- — 2015 Cost-of-Living Adjustments to the In- — Failure to File Gain Recognition Agree- fairs, transmitting the Department’s final ternal Revenue Code Tax Tables and Other ments or Satisfy Other Reporting Obliga- rule — Designee for Patient Personal Prop- Items (Rev. Proc. 2014-61) received November tions [TD 9704] (RIN: 1545-BK65) received No- erty (RIN: 2900-AO41) received November 18, 6, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to vember 18, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the the Committee on Ways and Means. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 8093. A letter from the Branch Chief, Publi- Means. 8082. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- cations and Regulations, Internal Revenue 8104. A letter from the Federal Register Li- ment of Health and Human Services, trans- Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule aison Officer, Social Security Administra- mitting the Department’s Annual Report on — Designation of West African Ebola Out- tion, transmitting the Administration’s final Child Welfare Outcomes 2009-2012, pursuant break as a Section 139 Qualified Disaster rule — Revised Medical Criteria for Evalu- to Public Law 105-89, section 203(a) (111 Stat. [Notice 2014-65] received November 6, 2014, ating Genitourinary Disorders [Docket No.: 2127); to the Committee on Ways and Means. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- SSA-2009-0038] (RIN: 0960-AH03) received Oc- 8083. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- mittee on Ways and Means. tober 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ment of Health and Human Services, trans- 8094. A letter from the Chief, Publications 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and mitting ‘‘Targeted Grants to Increase the and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Means. Well-Being of, and to Improve the Perma- Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule 8105. A letter from the Acting Commis- nency Outcomes for, Children Affected by — 2014 Section 43 Inflation Adjustment re- sioner, Social Security Administration, Methamphetamine or Other Substance ceived [Notice 2014-64] November 6, 2014, pur- transmitting a letter for determining wheth- Abuse: Fourth Annual Report to Congress’’; suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- er a cost-of-living adjustment formula can be to the Committee on Ways and Means. mittee on Ways and Means. applied to Social Security and Supplemental 8084. A letter from the Senior Counsel, De- 8095. A letter from the Chief, Publications Security Income; to the Committee on Ways partment of the Treasury, transmitting the and Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue and Means. Department’s final rule — Surety Companies Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule 8106. A letter from the Acting Commis- Doing Business With the United States (RIN: — Group Health Plans That Fail to Cover In- sioner, Social Security Administration, 1510-AB27) received October 9, 2014, pursuant Patient Hospitalization Services [Notice transmitting the November 2014 Annual Re- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 2014-69] received November 6, 2014, pursuant port of Payment Recapture Audits in Com- Ways and Means. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on pliance with Section 2(h)(2)(D)(ii) of the Im- 8085. A letter from the Federal Register Li- Ways and Means. proper Payments Elimination and Recovery aison Officer, Department of the Treasury, 8096. A letter from the Chief, Publications Act of 2010; to the Committee on Ways and transmitting the Department’s final rule — and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Means. Establishment of the Eagle Peak Mendocino Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule 8107. A letter from the Chief Financial Offi- County Viticultural Area and Realignments — 2014 Marginal Production Rates [Notice cer, Department of Homeland Security, of the Mendocino and Redwood Valley 2014-63] received November 6, 2014, pursuant transmitting the ‘‘Report on the Purchase Viticultural Areas [Docket No.: TTB-2013- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on and Usage of Ammunition for 2013’’; to the 0004; T.D. TTB-124; Ref: Notice No. 135] (RIN: Ways and Means. Committee on Homeland Security. 1513-AB96) received October 23, 2014, pursuant 8097. A letter from the Chief, Publications 8108. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue ment of Health and Human Services, trans- Ways and Means. Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule 8086. A letter from the Trade Representa- — Highway Use Tax; Sold Vehicles and Elec- mitting a report entitled ‘‘Report to Con- tive, Executive Office of the President, tronic Filing; Taxable Period Beginning July gress on the Evaluation of the Medicare transmitting a letter regarding negotiations 1, 2014 [TD 9698] (RIN: 1545-BG63) (RIN: 1545- Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Demonstra- with a new Trade in Services Agreement BK35) received November 6, 2014, pursuant to tion (FESC)’’, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395x member; to the Committee on Ways and 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on note Public Law 108-173, section 434(f); joint- Means. Ways and Means. ly to the Committees on Energy and Com- 8087. A letter from the Chief, Publications 8098. A letter from the Chief, Publications merce and Ways and Means. and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 8109. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule ment of Health and Human Services, trans- — Private Business Use of Tax-Exempt, — Allocation of Basis in All Cash D Reorga- mitting the ‘‘Medicare Imaging Demonstra- Bond-Financed Facilities [Notice 2014-67] re- nizations [TD 9702] (RIN: 1545-BJ21) received tion Evaluation Report to Congress’’; jointly ceived October 30, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. November 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and and Ways and Means. Means. Means. 8110. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- 8088. A letter from the Chief, Publications 8099. A letter from the Chief, Publications ment of Health and Human Services, trans- and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue mitting the report entitled ‘‘Medicare Home transmitting the Service’s final rule — Elec- Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule Health Study: An Investigation on Access to tion Procedures and Information Reporting — 2015 Limitations Adjusted as Provided in Care and Payment for Vulnerable Patient with Respect to Interests in Certain Cana- Section 415(d), etc. [Notice 2014-70] received Populations’’; jointly to the Committees on dian Retirement Plans (Rev. Proc. 2014-55) November 12, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. received October 20, 2014, pursuant to 5 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and 8111. A letter from the Assistant Attorney U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Means. General, Department of Justice, transmit- Ways and Means. 8100. A letter from the Chief, Publications ting fourth quarterly report of FY 2014 on 8089. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Uniformed Services Employment and Reem- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule ployment Rights Act of 1994; jointly to the Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule — Allocation of Earnings and Profits in Tax- Committees on the Judiciary and Veterans’ — Lifetime Income Provided Through Target Free Transfers from One Corporation to An- Affairs. Date Funds in Section 401(k) Plans and other; Acquiring Corporation for Purposes of 8112. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Other Qualified Defined Contribution Plans Section 381 [TD 9700] (RIN:1545-BK73; 1545- ment of Health and Human Services, trans- [Notice 2014-66] received October 30, 2014, pur- BL80) received November 1, 2014, pursuant to mitting the report ‘‘Computation of Annual suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Liability Insurance (Including Self-Insur- mittee on Ways and Means. Ways and Means. ance) Settlement Recovery Threshold’’; 8090. A letter from the Chief, Publications 8101. A letter from the Chief, Publications jointly to the Committees on Ways and and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, Means and Energy and Commerce. transmitting the Service’s final rule — Re- transmitting the Service’s final rule — 2014 8113. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, moval of the Qualified Payment Card Agent Base Period T-Bill Rate (Rev. Rul. 2014-27) Department of Defense, transmitting addi- Program [TD 9699] (RIN: 1545-BG53), pursuant received November 18, 2014, pursuant to 5 tional legislative proposals that the Depart- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ment of Defense requests be enacted during Ways and Means. Ways and Means. the second session of the 113th Congress; 8091. A letter from the Chief, Publications 8102. A letter from the Chief, Publications jointly to the Committees on Armed Serv- and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue ices, Foreign Affairs, and the Budget.

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A bill to authorize Department cial Services. H.R. 4329. A bill to reauthorize BRIDENSTINE, Mr. STEWART, Mr. the Native American Housing Assistance and DESANTIS, Mr. YOHO, Mr. DUNCAN of of Veterans Affairs health care providers to Self-Determination Act of 1996, and for other South Carolina, Mr. MULVANEY, and provide recommendations and opinions to purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 113–628). Mr. HURT): veterans regarding participation in State Referred to the Committee of the Whole H.R. 5752. A bill to require the Secretary of marijuana programs; to the Committee on House on the state of the Union. State to offer rewards for information on the Veterans’ Affairs. kidnapping and murder of James Foley, By Mr. DAINES: f Peter Kassig, Steven Sotloff, or the kidnap- H.R. 5763. A bill to designate the Depart- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ping and murder of any other citizen of the ment of Veterans Affairs clinic in Billings, United States by a foreign terrorist organi- Montana, as the ‘‘Bear Root Department of Under clause 2 of rule XII, public zation; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Veterans Affairs Clinic’’; to the Committee bills and resolutions of the following By Mr. LATTA: on Veterans’ Affairs. titles were introduced and severally re- H.R. 5753. A bill to amend the Safe Drink- By Mr. JOYCE (for himself, Ms. ferred, as follows: ing Water Act to provide for the assessment SLAUGHTER, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. DIN- and management of the risk of cyanotoxins GELL): By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania: in drinking water, and for other purposes; to H.R. 5764. A bill to authorize the Great H.R. 5746. A bill to prohibit an alien who is the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for other a national of a country with a widespread By Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin: purposes; to the Committee on Transpor- Ebola virus outbreak from obtaining a visa H.R. 5754. A bill to establish the Commis- tation and Infrastructure. and for other purposes; to the Committee on sion on Evidence-Based Policymaking, and By Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mex- the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com- for other purposes; to the Committee on ico (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alas- mittee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be Oversight and Government Reform. ka, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MORAN, Mr. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in By Mr. STOCKMAN (for himself and GRIJALVA, and Mr. HONDA): each case for consideration of such provi- Mr. BENTIVOLIO): H.R. 5765. A bill to amend the Native sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the H.R. 5755. A bill to withhold certain high- American Programs Act of 1974 to provide committee concerned. way funds from a State that uses an auto- flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the By Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, mated traffic enforcement system on a Fed- survival and continuing vitality of Native Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. eral-aid highway; to the Committee on American languages; to the Committee on ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. Transportation and Infrastructure, and in Education and the Workforce. MCCAUL, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. addition to the Committee on Oversight and By Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself and Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. VARGAS, Government Reform, for a period to be sub- LAMBORN): Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. MENG, Mr. sequently determined by the Speaker, in H.R. 5766. A bill to amend title 49, United FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, each case for consideration of such provi- States Code, to modify the criteria for se- Mr. HOLDING, Mr. TURNER, Mr. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the lecting communities to participate in the CHABOT, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. COOK, Mr. committee concerned. Small Community Air Service Development CLAWSON of Florida, Mr. DIAZ- By Mr. STOCKMAN: Program, and for other purposes; to the BALART, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro- H.R. 5756. A bill to restore a public fire- Committee on Transportation and Infra- lina, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. FORTEN- arms range to the District of Columbia; to structure. BERRY, and Mr. FITZPATRICK): the Committee on Natural Resources. By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself and Mr. H.R. 5747. A bill to authorize the direct By Mr. STOCKMAN: REICHERT): provision of defense articles, defense serv- H.R. 5757. A bill to redesignate the Frances H.R. 5767. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- ices, and related training to the Kurdistan Perkins Department of Labor building lo- enue Code of 1986 to exclude certain com- Regional Government, and for other pur- cated at 200 Constitution Ave., NW in Wash- pensation received by public safety officers poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ington, DC as the ‘‘Reed Larson Department and their dependents from gross income; to By Mr. CUMMINGS: of Labor Building’’; to the Committee on the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 5748. A bill to extend the requirement Transportation and Infrastructure. By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and that drug manufacturers that increase prices By Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself, Mrs. BLACK): faster than inflation pay an additional re- Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS H.R. 5768. A bill to prohibit the use of funds bate to State Medicaid programs to include of Florida, and Mr. STIVERS): for granting deferred action or other immi- manufacturers of generic drugs; to the Com- H.R. 5758. A bill to provide requirements gration relief to aliens not lawfully present mittee on Energy and Commerce. for the appropriate Federal banking agencies in the United States; to the Committee on By Mr. LUCAS (for himself and Mr. when requesting or ordering a depository in- the Judiciary. HECK of Washington): stitution to terminate a specific customer By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN: H.R. 5749. A bill to clarify membership re- account, to provide for additional require- H. Con. Res. 119. Concurrent resolution quirements for the Board of Directors of the ments related to subpoenas issued under the providing for a conditional adjournment of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; to Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, the House of Representatives and a condi- the Committee on Financial Services. and Enforcement Act of 1989, and for other tional recess or adjournment of the Senate; By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. purposes; to the Committee on Financial considered and agreed to. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. Services. By Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida): By Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. BROOKS SCHOCK, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. BUSTOS, H.R. 5750. A bill to amend the Federal of Alabama, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. GOH- Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, and Mr. ROD- Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize a MERT, Mr. LONG, and Mr. PALAZZO): NEY DAVIS of Illinois): 6-month extension of certain exclusivity pe- H.R. 5759. A bill to establish a rule of con- H. Res. 761. A resolution recognizing the riods in the case of approved drugs that are struction clarifying the limitations on exec- benefits of charitable giving and expressing subsequently approved for a new indication utive authority to provide certain forms of support for the designation of December 2, to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease immigration relief; to the Committee on the 2014, as Giving Tuesday; to the Committee or condition, and for other purposes; to the Judiciary. on Oversight and Government Reform. Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Mr. BARBER: By Mrs. BACHMANN (for herself, Mr. By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. H.R. 5760. A bill to amend title 10, United POE of Texas, Ms. BASS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. States Code, to authorize the Secretary of BENISHEK, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. COURTNEY, Mr. RAHALL, and Mr. Defense to provide seven person firing par- BONAMICI, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CONNOLLY, SCOTT of Virginia): ties in the funeral honors details for World Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOK, Mr. DANNY H.R. 5751. A bill to ensure that claims for War II veterans; to the Committee on Armed K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RODNEY benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act Services. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FRANKS of Ari- are processed in a fair and timely manner, to By Mr. BARLETTA: zona, Mrs. HARTZLER, Ms. NORTON, better protect miners from pneumoconiosis H.R. 5761. A bill to amend the Immigration Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. (commonly known as ‘‘black lung disease’’), and Nationality Act to expand the definition ISRAEL, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes; to the Committee on of an unauthorized alien to include aliens Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. Education and the Workforce, and in addi- who have not been admitted to and are not NUNNELEE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. tion to the Committee on Ways and Means, lawfully present in the United States, and RANGEL, Mr. ROONEY, Mr.

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SOUTHERLAND, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania: By Mr. LATTA: STUTZMAN, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. H.R. 5746. H.R. 5753. YODER): Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H. Res. 762. A resolution expressing support lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: for the goals of National Adoption Day and Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, establishing Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 National Adoption Month by promoting na- an uniform Rule of Naturalization; and Arti- To make all Laws which shall be necessary tional awareness of adoption and the chil- cle I, Section 8, Clause, regulating Interstate and proper for carrying into Execution the dren awaiting families, celebrating children Travel. foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- and families involved in adoption, and en- Mr. ROYCE: ed by this Constitution in the Government of couraging the people of the United States to H.R. 5747. the United States, or in any Department or secure safety, permanency, and well-being Congress has the power to enact this legis- Officer thereof. for all children; to the Committee on Edu- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin: Article I, section 8 of the Constitution. cation and the Workforce. H.R. 5754. By Mr. CUMMINGS: By Ms. DELAURO: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 5748. lation pursuant to the following: H. Res. 763. A resolution expressing support Congress has the power to enact this legis- for designation of November 20 through No- Article I, Section 8 lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. STOCKMAN: vember 26, 2014, as ‘‘End Child Slavery Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to Week’’ to raise awareness of human rights H.R. 5755. the power of Congress to regulate Commerce Congress has the power to enact this legis- abuses against children and to acknowledge with foreign Nations, and among the several the global fight against child slavery and lation pursuant to the following: States, and with the Indian Tribes.) Article 1 Section 8 of the United States child labor; to the Committee on Foreign Af- By Mr. LUCAS: fairs. Constitution: To make all Laws which shall H.R. 5749. be necessary and proper for carrying into By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for him- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Execution the foregoing Powers, and all self, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: other Powers vested by this Constitution in DIAZ-BALART, Mr. CLAWSON of Flor- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- the Government of the United States, or in ida, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. GARCIA, Ms. stitution states that Congress shall have the any Department or Officer thereof. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. MURPHY of power to ‘‘to regulate Commerce with for- By Mr. STOCKMAN: Florida, and Mr. ROONEY): eign Nations, and among the several States, H.R. 5756. H. Res. 764. A resolution congratulating and with the Indian Tribes.’’ Congresswomen Frederica S. Wilson and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on their induction into stitution states the Congress shall have the lation pursuant to the following: Amendment II of the Constitution of the the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Hall power ‘‘to make all Laws which shall be nec- United States of Fame; to the Committee on House Admin- essary and proper for carrying into Execu- A well regulated Militia, being necessary istration. tion the foregoing Powers, and all other to the security of a free State, the right of By Mr. PERLMUTTER: Powers vested by this Constitution in the the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not H. Res. 765. A resolution recognizing the Government of the United States, or in any be infringed. 40th anniversary of passage of the Solar En- Department or Officer thereof.’’ By Mr. STOCKMAN: ergy Research, Development, and Dem- Mr. BILIRAKIS: H.R. 5757. onstration Act of 1974; to the Committee on H.R. 5750. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Science, Space, and Technology. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: f Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which gives Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of MEMORIALS the Congress the authority to provide for the the United States: To make all Laws which general welfare of the United States. Addi- shall be necessary and proper for carrying Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials tionally, under Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all were presented and referred as follows: which gives Congress the power to promote other Powers vested by this Constitution in 331. The SPEAKER presented a memorial the progress of science and useful arts by se- the Government of the United States, or in of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Penn- curing for limited times to authors and in- any Department or Officer thereof. sylvania, relative to Senate Resolution No. ventors the exclusive right to their respec- By Mr. LUETKEMEYER: 430 urging the President and the Congress to tive writings and discoveries. H.R. 5758. Congress has the power to enact this legis- publicly denounce the crimes against hu- Mr. CARTWRIGHT: lation pursuant to the following: manity occurring in Iraq; to the Committee H.R. 5751. The constitutional authority on which this on Foreign Affairs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- bill rests is the explicit power of Congress to 332. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the lation pursuant to the following: regulate commerce in and among the states, State of Michigan, relative to Senate Con- Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, Clause current Resolution No. 21 urging the Con- the United States. 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States gress to enact legislation that will extend Mr. GOSAR: Constitution, and Article 1, Section 8, Clause the MotorCities National Heritage Area H.R. 5752. 1, which grants Congress the ability to make Partnership in Michigan; to the Committee Congress has the power to enact this legis- laws necessary to carry out that power. Ad- on Natural Resources. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (The Congress ditionally, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9 333. Also, a memorial of the House of Rep- shall have the Power To . . . provide for the grants Congress authority over federal resentatives of the State of Michigan, rel- common Defence and general Welfare of the courts and therefore implicitly allows Con- ative to House Resolution No. 385 urging the United States;), and Article I, Section 8, gress to require Judicial Branch review of Congress to investigate the Department of Clause 18 (To make all Laws which shall be Executive Branch actions. Finally, Article I, Veterans Affairs’ treatment of military vet- necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- Section 7, Clause 2 of the Constitution allows erans seeking health care at facilities cution the foregoing Powers, and all other for every bill passed by the House of Rep- throughout the country; to the Committee Powers vested by this Constitution in the resentatives and the Senate and signed by on Veterans’ Affairs. Government of the United States or in any the President to be made law; and therefore 334. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Department or Officer thereof). it implicitly allows Congress to amend any State of California, relative to Senate Joint Enacting this bill is consistent with the bill that has been passed by both chambers Resolution No. 19 urging the President and powers vested to the Congress of the United and signed into law by the President. the Congress to join California in opposing States. With regard to Clause 1, the enact- By Mr. YOHO: any reduction of the national and high-cost ment of this bill will buttress the cause of H.R. 5759. conforming loan limits; to the Committee on ‘‘provid[ing] for the common Defence and Congress has the power to enact this legis- Financial Services. general Welfare’’ by incentivizing individ- lation pursuant to the following: f uals with knowledge of the referenced crimes Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Con- to come forth so that the perpetrators may stitution of the United States, which grants CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY be brought to justice. Further, the language Congress the Power ‘‘To establish a uniform STATEMENT in the bill serves as a deterrent to the en- Rule of Naturalization . . .’’ Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of emies of the United States, for if they know By Mr. BARBER the Rules of the House of Representa- others have monetary incentive to bring H.R. 5760. tives, the following statements are sub- them to justice, they may be less inclined to Congress has the power to enact this legis- continue their criminal activity. lation pursuant to the following: mitted regarding the specific powers With regard to Clause 18, the bill provides Article 1, section 8 of the United States granted to Congress in the Constitu- the specific language, means, and authoriza- Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which tion to enact the accompanying bill or tions to carry out the missions set forth in grants Congress the power to raise and sup- joint resolution. Clause 1. port an Army; to provide and maintain a

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Navy; to make rules for the government and H.R. 1981: Mr. TIERNEY and Mr. HINOJOSA. 101. The SPEAKER presented a petition of regulations of the land and naval forces; and H.R. 2146: Ms. BORDALLO. the National Guard Association, Wash- to provide for organizing, arming, and dis- H.R. 2368: Mr. JEFFRIES. ington, D.C., relative to urging the Congress ciplining the militia, and for governing such H.R. 2502: Mr. JEFFRIES. to remove the specter of sequestration from part of them as may be employed in the H.R. 2737: Mr. YARMUTH. defense funding; to the Committee on Armed Service of the United States. H.R. 2847: Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. SEAN PATRICK Services. By Mr. BARLETTA: MALONEY of New York, Ms. DELAURO, and 102. Also, a petition of the Council of the H.R. 5761. Mr. CLEAVER. City of Cincinnati, Ohio, relative to Resolu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2901: Mr. SHERMAN. tion 050-2014 expressing its desire for Con- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3116: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. gressional approval of H.R. 965; to the Com- Article I, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18. H.R. 3426: Mr. MEEHAN. mittee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 3471: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. BLUMENAUER: 103. Also, a petition of the City of Miami, H.R. 3480: Mr. RUSH. H.R. 5762. Florida, relative to Resolution R-14-0343 urg- H.R. 3486: Mr. LAMBORN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ing the Congress to enact the ‘‘Bella Bill’’ to H.R. 3512: Mr. FORTENBERRY. lation pursuant to the following: advance pediatric cancer research; to the H.R. 3717: Mr. CICILLINE. The Constitution of the United States pro- Committee on Energy and Commerce. vides clear authority for Congress to pass H.R. 3742: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. 104. Also, a petition of the Township of legislation to provide for the general welfare H.R. 4163: Mr. KILDEE and Mr. PERLMUTTER. Berkeley, New Jersey, relative to Resolution of the United States. Article I of the Con- H.R. 4221: Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. No. 14-388-R urging the President to utilize stitution, in detailing Congressional author- H.R. 4347: Mr. FITZPATRICK. the full powers and authorities of his office ity, provides that ‘‘Congress shall have H.R. 4365: Ms. KAPTUR. to secure the release of United States Marine Power to provide for the . . . general welfare H.R. 4426: Mr. WELCH. Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi from Mexican cus- of the United States. . . .’’ This legislation is H.R. 4507: Mr. SERRANO. tody; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. introduced pursuant to that grant of author- H.R. 4551: Mr. LOEBSACK. ity. H.R. 4679: Ms. NORTON. 105. Also, a petition of the Blinded Vet- ´ By Mr. DAINES: H.R. 4693: Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of Cali- erans Association, Washington, D.C., relative H.R. 5763. fornia. to Resolution 14-14 urging the Senate to rat- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4726: Mr. ELLISON. ify the CRPD treaty; to the Committee on lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4748: Mr. REICHERT. Foreign Affairs. Article I, Section 8, of the United States H.R. 4778: Mr. ELLISON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and 106. Also, a petition of the Board of Chosen Constitution reserves to Congress the power Mr. ROHRABACHER. Freeholders, Passaic County, New Jersey, to raise and support Armies and provide and H.R. 4887: Ms. KUSTER. relative to Resolution R-2014-753 urging the maintain a Navy, as well as make Rules for H.R. 4930: Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. President to secure the release of United the Government and Regulation of the land SCHWEIKERT, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. States Marine Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi and naval Forces. REED, Mr. CARTER, and Mr CONAWAY. from Mexican prison and custody and trans- By Mr. JOYCE: H.R. 4960: Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, ferred to the United States; to the Com- H.R. 5764. Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. KIL- mittee on Foreign Affairs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- MER, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. 107. Also, a petition of the Council of the lation pursuant to the following: SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. PEARCE, District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., rel- This bill is enacted pursuant to the power Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. BARR, Mr. SCOTT of Vir- ative to Resolution 20-624 to approve the granted to Congress under Article 1, Section ginia, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of Res- 8, Cluase 3 of the United States Constitution. GIBBS, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. DENT, Mrs. ervation 497 (Square 3712, Lots 101-104) from Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico: BUSTOS, and Mr. GRIJALVA. the United States, by the Department of the H.R. 4977: Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 5765. Interior, National Park Services, to the Dis- H.R. 5059: Mr. VALADAO. Congress has the power to enact this legis- trict of Columbia; to the Committee on Over- H.R. 5186: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois and lation pursuant to the following: sight and Government Reform. Article I, Section A. Mr. TAKANO. H.R. 5227: Mr. RIGELL. 108. Also, a petition of the Governor, Com- By Mr. O’ROURKE: H.R. 5229: Mr. GRIJALVA and Mr. monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, H.R. 5766. GARAMENDI. relative to an appeal for action on legisla- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 5267: Ms. DELAURO. tion that will help ensure the continued eco- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 5364: Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. BRADY of nomic recovery of the islands; jointly to the Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Pennsylvania, Mr. PASCRELL, and Ms. Committees on Natural Resources and the The Congress shall have Power * * * To reg- DELBENE. Judiciary. ulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and H.R. 5372: Mr. RUSH. 109. Also, a petition of Colegio de Abogados among the several States, and with the In- H.R. 5391: Mr. DEUTCH and Mr. BENISHEK. y Abogadas de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, rel- dian Tribes. H.R. 5473: Mr. JONES. ative to Resolution No. 2 reaffirming the As- By Mr. PAULSEN: H.R. 5499: Ms. ESHOO and Mr. TAKANO. sociation’s historic opposition to the death H.R. 5767. H.R. 5532: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. penalty in Puerto Rico or sentences of Puer- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 5589: Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. MENG, and to Ricans convicted of death penalty crimes lation pursuant to the following: Mr. MCGOVERN. in any applicable jurisdiction; to the Com- Article 1, Section 8. H.R. 5638: Mr. RIBBLE. mittee on the Judiciary. By Mr. POE of Texas: H.R. 5648: Mr. KING of New York. 110. Also, a petition of the Ohio Clerk of H.R. 5768. H.R. 5655: Mr. TONKO. Courts Association, Ohio, relative to a peti- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 5656: Mr. SHERMAN. tion urging consideration and support for HR lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 5680: Mr. COHEN. 5178; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4. H.R. 5685: Mr. SHERMAN. 111. Also, a petition of the Senior Citizens f H.R. 5690: Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. League, Virginia, relative to a petition to ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS H.R. 5697: Mr. FARENTHOLD. pass the Strengthen Social Security Act S. H.R. 5706: Mr. HORSFORD. 567 and H.R. 3118; jointly to the Committees Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 5710: Mr. SHERMAN. on Ways and Means and Education and the were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 5737: Mr. GOHMERT. Workforce. H. Res. 72: Mr. LOEBSACK. tions, as follows: 112. Also, a petition of the Blinded Vet- H. Res. 755: Mr. VALADAO and Ms. KELLY of H.R. 679: Ms. MATSUI. Illinois. erans Association, Washington, D.C., relative H.R. 684: Mr. SIMPSON. to Resolution 21-14 supporting legislation to H. Res. 757: Mr. GOHMERT. H.R. 713: Mr. HUNTER and Mr. ROSKAM. require the President, Vice President, and H.R. 786: Mr. SHERMAN. f Members of Congress to enroll for VA med- H.R. 1070: Mr. SWALWELL of California. PETITIONS, ETC. ical care services and receive health care ex- H.R. 1731: Mr. SCHNEIDER. clusively from the VA health care system; H.R. 1734: Mr. RUSH. Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions jointly to the Committees on House Admin- H.R. 1812: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. and papers were laid on the clerk’s istration, Oversight and Government Re- H.R. 1910: Mr. RUSH. desk and referred as follows: form, and Veterans’ Affairs.

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Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014 No. 143 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was appoint the Honorable JOHN E. WALSH, a next paycheck would come. Staffers called to order by the Honorable JOHN Senator from the State of Montana, to per- with families, mortgages, and student E. WALSH, a Senator from the State of form the duties of the Chair. loan payments all hoped the shutdown Montana. PATRICK J. LEAHY, would not be their personal financial President pro tempore. f disaster. Missing a check or two can be Mr. WALSH thereupon assumed the very difficult for most everyone. PRAYER Chair as Acting President pro tempore. After 16 days, Congress passed legis- The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f lation funding the government, and the fered the following prayer: RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY shutdown came to an end. That was Oc- Let us pray. Eternal God, thank You LEADER tober 16, 2013, just 2 days before payday for not keeping a record of our for Senate staffers. It is important to wrongdoings. As we lift our hearts in The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- understand that processing payroll for prayer, open Your ears to our suppli- pore. The majority leader is recog- almost 7,000 employees normally takes cations. Keep our feet on a smooth, nized. about a week. But anticipating what a straight road so that we will experi- f missed paycheck would mean for his ence Your best for our lives. Lord, walk fellow Senate employees, Chris Doby SCHEDULE with our Senators throughout this day. calmly pushed them to make it work. Remind them that they are Your serv- Mr. REID. Mr. President, following So in less than 48 hours, with a very ants, as You keep them alert to Your my remarks and those of the Repub- depleted staff, Chris and the Senate commands. lican leader, the Senate will be in a pe- Disbursing Office ensured that every Forgive us when we forget to express riod of morning business until 2 p.m. Senate staffer received their paycheck our gratitude, for without Your help, today, with Senators allowed to speak on time. Because of their efforts, mort- challenges will overwhelm us. In this for up to 10 minutes each. gage payments were made, groceries season of Thanksgiving we are grateful There will be five rollcall votes at 2 were purchased, and working families that You have not left us defenseless p.m. on confirmation of the Pepper, breathed a sigh of relief. but that Your grace and Your mercy Sannes, Arleo, Beetlestone, and Bolden I was trying to think what I could continue to prevail in our lives. We nominations, all to be district court say today to indicate to this good man pray in Your great Name. Amen. judges, followed by 11 voice votes on and his family and his friends and Sen- f executive nominations. ate staffers what a good person he is PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE f and what a good professional he is. The comparison I thought I would make is The Presiding Officer led the Pledge TRIBUTE TO CHRIS DOBY this. When I was a boy, I used to love of Allegiance, as follows: Mr. REID. Mr. President, the famous to listen to the game of the day on I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes said: ‘‘Put radio, Mutual Radio Network in the United States of America, and to the Repub- not your trust in money, but put your town I lived in, a little town in Nevada. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, money in trust.’’ That is what he said. We, of course, had no TV. But radio re- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Since 2005 the Senate has put its ception came in pretty good during the f money—precious taxpayer dollars— day. I do not remember the station, but APPOINTMENT OF ACTING into the trusted hands of a man by the we could listen to the radio. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE name of Chris Doby. He is the financial On the game of the day, I focused on clerk of the Senate. He has proven him- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The some people who were so good and who self to be equal to the task. That is an clerk will please read a communication later became even better than I had understatement. Through budget cuts, to the Senate from the President pro imagined. One of those people who is sequestration, and even a government now in the Baseball Hall of Fame was tempore (Mr. LEAHY). shutdown, Senators and staff knew The assistant legislative clerk read a man by the name of Larry Doby. He that Chris Doby and his team would the following letter: was a center fielder for the Cleveland make it work, no matter what took Indians. He was good. He could run U.S. SENATE, place. fast, jump high. He hit with power. He PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, DC, November 20, 2014. There is just one story I will share stole bases. He was very good. To the Senate: with the Senate. In the midst of the This Doby we have in the Senate, in Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, government shutdown, Senate employ- my opinion, is somebody who, just like of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby ees had no assurance of when their Larry Doby, would make the All-Star

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I know leadership time is reserved. lacked the legal authority to act, ac- phones have continued to ring off the Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest cording to the President himself. hook all week in our offices across Cap- the absence of a quorum. As one example, President Obama itol Hill. Our constituents want to be The PRESIDING OFFICER. The said last year that Executive action heard. President Obama needs to listen clerk will call the roll. was ‘‘not an option,’’ because ‘‘[he] to their voices. The assistant legislative clerk pro- would be ignoring the law. ‘‘There is a If nothing else, perhaps the President ceeded to call the roll. path to get this done,’’ he said, ‘‘and will at least consider the views of Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I that is through Congress.’’ He is right. Democratic Senators and Members of ask unanimous consent that the order The action he has proposed would ig- Congress who have urged him not to do for the quorum call be rescinded. nore the law, would reject the voice of this. These Democrats understand the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the voters, and would impose new un- consequences of a President from a dif- pore. Without objection, it is so or- fairness on law-abiding immigrants, all ferent political party citing this prece- dered. without solving the problem. dent in the future. In fact, his action is more likely to Either way, he needs to understand f make it even worse. We have already something: If President Obama acts in RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY seen the consequences of Deferred Ac- defiance of the people and imposes his LEADER. tion for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, will on the country, Congress will act. his most recent action in this area. It We are considering a variety of op- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- was a factor in encouraging young peo- tions, but make no mistake—when the pore. The Republican leader is recog- ple to risk their lives on a perilous newly elected representatives of the nized. journey some would never have even people take their seats, they will act. f contemplated and some would never Look, as the President has said, de- mocracy is hard. Imposing his will uni- PROPOSED EXECUTIVE ACTION complete. The effect of this action could be just laterally may seem tempting. It may Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I as tragic. Just as the Affordable Care serve him politically in the short term. would like to say a few words this Act had little to do with making But he knows it will make an already morning about President Obama’s pro- health care more affordable, slapping broken system even more broken, and posed Executive action on immigra- the term ‘‘immigration reform’’ on he knows this is not how democracy is tion. I will begin with a quote from the something does not make it actually supposed to work because he told us so President himself. ‘‘Democracy is immigration reform. Just as with himself. hard,’’ he said during a commencement ObamaCare, the action the President is I suggest the absence of a quorum. speech in Miami 3 years ago. ‘‘But it’s proposing is not about solutions, it is The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- right. [And] changing our laws means not about compassion, it seems to be pore. The clerk will call the roll. doing the hard work of changing minds about what a political party thinks The assistant legislative clerk pro- and changing votes, one by one.’’ would make for good politics. ceeded to call the roll. As somebody who well understands It seems to be about what the Presi- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask just how difficult the work of changing dent thinks would be good for his leg- unanimous consent that the order for minds and votes can be, I could not acy. Those are not the motivations the quorum call be rescinded. agree more with the President’s state- that should be driving such sweeping The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ment. Americans accept that democ- action, and I think the President will pore. Without objection, it is so or- racy’s blessings are only made possible come to regret the chapter history dered. by the constraints it imposes—both its writes if he does move forward because f legal contours and those imposed by the plan he is presenting is more than MORNING BUSINESS popular elections. just—as the President himself has ac- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- We accept democracy’s messiness. We knowledged—an overreach, it is also pore. Under the previous order, the accept that we may not always get all unfair. What does the President have Senate will be in a period of morning of what we want exactly when we want to say to the countless aspiring immi- business until 2 p.m., with Senators it. Based on more of what the Presi- grants who spent literally years wait- permitted to speak therein for up to 10 dent said in Miami, this is something ing patiently in line, to the people who minutes each. he seemed to understand as well. He played by all the rules? Where is his The Senator from Maryland. was talking about immigration that compassion for them? What does the f day. President have to say to the millions of Here is something else he said on Americans who still can’t find work in TRAGIC SYNAGOGUE SLAYINGS that topic. ‘‘I know [that] some . . . this economy? The President can’t Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I know I wish that I could just bypass Congress reach across the aisle to secure a seri- express the sentiments and outrage of and change the law myself. But that’s ous jobs plan for them, but he is will- every Member of this body about the not how democracy works.’’ Indeed, it ing to put everything he has into one tragic events in Israel this past Tues- is not—all of which makes the Presi- Executive action? Where is the justice? day where those in a synagogue were dent’s planned Executive action on im- There is a larger point too. Some brutally slain. It was a shock to all of migration even more jarring. people seem to have forgotten this al- us—in a synagogue, in a place of wor- If the President truly follows ready, but we just had an election. Be- ship, people there praying and study- through on this attempt to impose his fore that election the President told us ing, and their lives were brutally will unilaterally, he will have issued a about his plan to act unilaterally on ended. rebuke to his own stated view of de- immigration. He reminded us that his Let me just mention the victims. mocracy. He will have contradicted his policies were on the ballot. And then Rabbi Moshe Twersky, Rabbi Aryeh past statements on this very issue. The the people spoke. The President doesn’t Kupinsky, Rabbi Kalman Levine, instances of President Obama saying have to like the result, but he has a Avraham Goldberg, and Zidan Saif, a that he does not have the power to do duty to respect it. The American peo- police officer. the kinds of things he now plans to do ple clearly sent a message. Nobody I particularly want to mention Rabbi are almost too numerous to list. missed it. They said they want to see Kupinsky because there is a connection

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It is our deepest sympathy. I also express action plan to deal with educating, and an agreement that the separatists have our resolve to eliminate such extrem- particularly dealing with Holocaust repeatedly violated, and since it came ists and to work with the international education, to deal with the Holocaust into effect hundreds—hundreds—of community so there is no refuge any- deniers. It dealt with police training Ukrainian soldiers have died in battle where in the world—anywhere in the because we understand a lot of crimi- against these same separatist forces. civilized world—for such extremists. nal activities are hate crimes and the The Ukrainian people want peace, Then I would hope we would all recog- police need to be able to identify when but these insurgents and their patrons nize and speak out for Israel’s right, in- hate crimes are taking place in their in Moscow are not interested. Every deed its obligation, to defend its people own community. day they grow more aggressive and from such brutal attacks. We decided to share best practices by bolder in their violations of the The Baltimore Sun said this morning providing technical help to countries Ukrainian territory and their willing- in its editorial there could be no ex- to do better, and we established a spe- ness to subvert the international order. cuse, no explanation, no reason or even cial representative to deal with anti- I know there are some in this body plausible justification for the horrific Semitism. Rabbi Baker is currently who would say this is not our problem, attack on a Jerusalem synagogue Tues- that special representative. But we it is thousands of miles away, and not day that left four Rabbis and an Israeli went further than that, we expanded it our concern. Some people may think it police officer dead. to all forms of intolerance—not just doesn’t matter which flag flies over the I know we all believe in that state- anti-Semitism but xenophobia, anti- territory. I have a different view. To Muslim activities—because we recog- ment. There is no justification for such me, what happens in Ukraine is very nized that the same people who are ex- actions. Yet Hamas—and again I would much in our interests. It is in the in- tremists and who deny individuals be- quote from the Sun paper—‘‘Hamas, terests of all who value liberty and the cause of their anti-Semitic acts would the militant [extremist] group that right to choose one’s own future. The do the same against Muslims, would do controls Gaza, hailed the attack in the the same against any people because of stakes are very high, and the con- synagogue as a blow against Israel’s their race or ethnic background. sequences of inaction are devastating. occupation. . . . ’’ I was very pleased to see commemo- To those who ask why is this impor- This just points out the difference be- rated the 10th anniversary of the Ber- tant, let me bring up several points. tween Hamas and Israel. I have been on lin conference. There was a recon- First, it is in America’s interest to the floor many times talking about vening in Berlin—Berlin plus 10. Am- uphold our traditional commitment to Israel’s legitimate right to defend bassador Powers, our Ambassador to supporting democracy around the itself and Hamas’s desire to put inno- the United Nations, led the U.S. dele- world and the right of a people to cent people in harm’s way. It is our re- gation. She did a great job. I want to choose their own destiny. When the So- sponsibility to speak out. If this event acknowledge that Wade Henderson, viet Union fell and the people of East- would have happened in the United representing the Leadership Con- ern Europe took back the liberty that States, I think we all know what the ference on Civil and Human Rights, had been stolen from them decades be- reaction would have been. So our re- also participated because there is unity fore, the United States made a solemn solve goes out to the people of Israel here. It is not just the anti-Semitic ac- promise: Embrace democracy, freedom, that we will stand by them and that we tivities, it is the intolerance we have transparency, and the rule of law, and stand by their right to defend them- seen grow too much in our world com- we will embrace you. selves. munity today. The Ukrainian people made their This is in the backdrop of a rise of The concluding document said we choice. They did so on the 24th of Au- anti-Semitism. We have seen these vio- need to increase our political and fi- gust, 1991, when an independent lent attacks in Brussels and Toulouse nancial support for civil societies, and Ukraine ceased to be a dream and be- earlier this year, a brutal slaying in I agree with that. Transparency and came a reality. They reaffirmed that Antwerp, Jewish schools and commu- supporting the NGOs, supporting civil commitment over a decade later when nity centers and synagogues being tar- societies, is critically important. the Orange Revolution swept a corrupt gets of attacks, extremist parties gain- The bottom line is we must work to- government from office. And earlier ing political support espousing anti- gether to root out all forms of anti- this year in the face of Russian Semitism. We saw that in Hungary and Semitism and all forms of intolerance. threats, intimidation, and aggression, other countries. Let us work together to make all our they did so again. I saw that commit- I want to mention once again the communities safer by embracing diver- ment firsthand earlier this year when I role this Congress plays in the Helsinki sity and recognizing basic human had the honor of leading a Congres- Commission. I have the honor of being rights. sional delegation with my colleague the Chair of the Helsinki Commission With that, I suggest the absence of a from Maryland, Senator CARDIN, to during this Congress, and the Helsinki quorum. monitor the Ukrainian Presidential The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Commission implements the commit- election. Senator CARDIN and I saw the ments we made almost 40 years ago— pore. The clerk will call the roll. spirit of the Ukrainian people and their The assistant legislative clerk pro- the Helsinki Final Act; the core prin- determination to honor the memory of ceeded to call the roll. ciples of human rights and tolerance. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- brave men and women who had given Our bedrock principle is that in order pore. The Senator from Ohio. their lives in the fight for a free and to have a stable country you have to Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I ask independent Ukraine. That fight con- have a commitment to basic human unanimous consent that the order for tinues today. rights, and it is not just your obliga- the quorum call be rescinded. But this fight is about more than just tion but every country that is part of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Ukraine. Failing to honor our commit- Helsinki, including the United States, pore. Without objection, it is so or- ment to the Ukrainians will have real that has the right to challenge any dered. consequences that extend to other na- tional security priorities for the United other country in its compliance with f those basic human rights. We have States of America. When Ukraine made progress. RUSSIAN ENCROACHMENT INTO emerged as an independent nation after Ten years ago I was privileged to be UKRAINE the Cold War, it inherited the world’s part of the U.S. delegation in the Ber- Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I rise third largest stockpile of nuclear weap- lin conference. The Berlin conference today to call this body’s attention to a ons. As a newly independent State

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Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, spoke here the international community that its The conflict in Ukraine is the latest es- before a joint session of Congress. We borders would be respected if it gave up calation of this trend, one that will were all there. It was a poignant its nuclear weapons. continue until the United States and speech, a powerful speech, and one In 1994, the United States, the United its allies say firmly, ‘‘This shall not from the heart. There is a line in that Kingdom, Russia, and Ukraine signed continue.’’ speech that I think stood out. In speak- the Budapest Memorandum in which The President keeps saying that ing about the aid we have sent to all sides pledged to respect Ukraine’s ‘‘there is no military solution to this Ukraine and thanking us for that aid, territorial integrity, refrain from using conflict.’’ The President may think so, President Poroshenko said, ‘‘One can- military force or economic pressure to but Moscow certainly does not. The di- not win the war with blankets. Even limit Ukrainian sovereignty, and pro- rect Russian military involvement in more, we cannot keep the peace with a vide assistance to the Ukraine if it be- Ukraine has been on full display for the blanket.’’ came the victim of aggression from an- world to see for months. In previous And he was right. Blankets won’t other nation. times it may have been easier to keep stop this tank we saw earlier. Blankets Clearly Russia has broken its part of these movements out of sight, even as won’t stop bullets. Blankets won’t pro- that agreement. Now the question is President Putin does his best to sup- tect Ukrainian children from Russian whether we are breaking ours. If we do press a free press. But we are fortunate artillery shells. break our word, what will the impact to have reporters willing to document We don’t know a whole lot about be on American counter-proliferation what they see for all the world to wit- what the United States has provided to efforts around the world? How can any ness. the Ukrainians, but I will get to that nation we seek to prevent from devel- Here are a few examples in the media in a moment. We are having trouble oping nuclear weapons ever trust U.S. from recent days. This is a picture of a getting that information from the ad- security assurances if they see the car- Russian-made T–90 main battle tank in ministration. But we know a few nage and destruction in Ukraine, if the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine re- things. We know we have given them they see this as being the result of cently. This T–90 tank, by the way, is a blankets, sleeping mats, military ra- trading nuclear weapons for American very sophisticated Russian tank. tions, medical kits, and body armor. guarantees? Do you know who owns these T–90 This is the majority of what we have More than just the credibility of U.S. tanks? Here are the countries: Algeria, been providing, as far as we know, to counter-proliferation efforts is at stake Azerbaijan, India, Turkmenistan, and the Ukrainian military. I know the here. Events in the Ukraine are a di- Russia. I think it is safe to say that Ukrainians are grateful for these rect challenge to the entire U.S.-led these tanks didn’t drive from South items. But when you compare this to international order. U.S. economic and Asia or from North Africa. They came the Russian involvement, the dif- military power was the glue that kept from Russia, and they are in Ukraine. ferences are startling. Here is what we Here is a picture of a Sukhoi-24 at- the Western alliance together through provided to the Ukrainians. Here is the tack fighter reportedly taken in Rus- the challenges of the Cold War and Russian support being provided to the sia. You will see painted on the tail the formed the foundation of an inter- separatists. I am proud of the hard- flag of the pro-Russian separatists. Not national order based on universal val- working Ohioans—— ues and standards of conduct that has many people are aware of reports that The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- led to unprecedented global prosperity Russia is helping to create a separatist pore. The Senator has used 10 minutes. and stability. This in turn has pro- air force, but we must wake up and re- Mr. PORTMAN. While I am proud of duced a period of U.S. economic growth alize the extent to which Russia is de- the hard-working Ohioans in Cin- and security unrivaled in our Nation’s termined to trample on Ukraine and cinnati and elsewhere who are making history. Confidence in America’s will- the global order to achieve its ends. In these rations, and the folks in Heath ingness to use our unmatched capabili- the last couple of days there have also who produce these helmets, they know ties to uphold this system deters po- seen reports of significant movement as well as I do that this equipment tential challengers and incentivizes of Russian aircraft to the Ukrainian doesn’t constitute deterrence, espe- other countries to play by the rules, border. cially not when Ukrainians are facing which prevents us from actually having These are just a few examples of the advanced Russian equipment and to use them. Russian armored personnel carriers, ar- America’s commitment to uphold tillery, tanks, air defense systems, troops. this system is incredibly important. If electronic warfare units, and thousands May I ask unanimous consent for an the credibility of this commitment is of Russian troops that NATO reports additional 3 minutes? in doubt, then the stability and open- say have moved into Ukraine over the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ness upon which U.S. economic pros- last several weeks. According to the pore. Without objection it is so or- perity and national security depend is Ukrainian analysts, Russian and sepa- dered. jeopardized and the chance for vio- ratist forces have been organized into Mr. PORTMAN. Thank you. lence, instability, and economic col- mobile strike groups and have com- I don’t mean to downplay the impor- lapse increases. pleted reconnaissance of Ukrainian po- tance of the economic, political, and By the way, the Russian Government sitions in preparation for an all-out as- humanitarian aid we have provided. In- knows all this. President Putin, who sault. Barely a day has gone by since deed, there are many economic and po- famously declared the collapse of the the signing of the so-called ceasefire in litical reforms the Ukrainians will Soviet Union to be ‘‘the greatest geo- September where Ukrainian troops need to make in order to secure long- political catastrophe of the 20th cen- haven’t come under attack, as separat- term peace and prosperity. But how tury,’’ knows that his dream of build- ists probe Ukrainian defenses looking can Ukrainians be expected to make ing a new Russian empire out of the for an opening. Since the beginning of these difficult but necessary reforms if ashes of the Soviet Union requires es- the conflict, conservative estimates it cannot control its own borders or tablishing Russian dominance over its have put the number of Ukrainian sol- maintain law and order? There is a newly independent neighbors, many of diers killed or wounded at roughly military dimension to this crisis we whom—like Ukraine—want closer inte- 4,000. simply cannot ignore any longer. gration with the West, not Russia. To By the way, at least another approxi- Moscow continues to believe that accomplish this goal, Moscow must mately 5,000 civilians have been killed military force is a viable option to shatter this political, economic, mili- or wounded in the fighting. achieve its goals. Unless the United

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That is because we stand with our it needs unmanned aircraft to monitor tually has far more modest goals than allies. its borders and to detect violations of the President’s public rhetoric would More wars, more conflicts, more its sovereignty and the ceasefire. It suggest. For example, a bipartisan as- threats to our security—these do not needs secure communications gear to sessment, conducted by GEN Wesley arise from American strength; these prevent Russia from accessing Ukrain- Clark, Retired, and former top Pen- arise from American weakness. Let’s ian plans and troop locations. It needs tagon official Dr. Phillip Karber, and be strong again. Let’s lead again. Let’s advanced counter-battery radar to tar- featured in the New York Times, the help Ukraine. The world is watching. get the artillery batteries responsible Washington Post, and other major Mr. President, I yield the floor. for so many of the casualties in the newspapers, revealed that the Obama The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- conflict. It needs elite rapid reaction administration has issued extremely pore. The Senator from Georgia. forces capable of responding to Russian restrictive instructions on the type of Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask border provocations and the fast-mov- nonlethal aid the United States could unanimous consent to be recognized for ing asymmetric ‘‘hybrid war’’ tactics provide. The lack of this aid has cre- up to 10 minutes. the Russians use to destabilize the ated real problems for the Ukrainians. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- country. Therefore, they also need The fact is that no one in Congress pore. The Senator is recognized. training. The Ukrainians have asked knows how these regulations will be f for this support, and we should provide applied. This is a huge problem and REMEMBERING HERMAN J. it. stands in the way of a coherent and ef- RUSSELL Most importantly, Ukraine needs a fective policy. sustained commitment from the United Yesterday the President’s Deputy Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, on Sat- States and our NATO allies to provide National Security Adviser testified urday night of last week, Georgia, At- both the quality and the quantity of that strengthening the Ukrainian lanta, and America lost a great citizen. equipment necessary to preserve its forces is ‘‘something we should be look- Herman J. Russell was one of the independence. This is not a partisan ing at.’’ While this is a welcome change greatest African-American business issue. Leading Democrats in the Sen- of tone, we should be well beyond the leaders and civil rights leaders the ate, such as the Chairmen of the Armed point of just looking at it, in my view, world has ever known. He passed peace- Services and Foreign Relations Com- because every day we delay, every day fully in his home after a short illness, mittees, Senators LEVIN and MENEN- we dither, every day we match Russian but his legacy and his life will last for- DEZ, as well as Senator CARDIN and oth- action with half-measures and self-im- ever—not just in the history books but ers, have joined in calling for increased posed limitations, Moscow is indelibly on the skyline of our city. assistance, including defensive weap- emboldened and the danger grows. In 1952 Herman J. Russell started a ons. Yet the President and some of his I am convinced that a piecemeal, re- small plastering company called H.J. top advisers continue to stand in the actionary response to intimidation Russell & Company. He had just grad- way of meaningful action for fear of from Moscow is a recipe for failure. In- uated from Tuskegee Institute in Ala- provoking Russia, as if the tanks stead, we must have a comprehensive, bama, and he came to Georgia to make streaming into Ukraine or the daily proactive strategy that strengthens his fortune and his fame. He started clashes aren’t evidence enough that NATO, deters Russian aggression, and out plastering walls and ceilings, and American restraint has not had the de- gives Ukraine the political, economic, he finished his career building the sired effect on Russian activity and and military support it needs to main- Georgia Dome and the Georgia Pacific policy. tain its independence. We need a strat- Building, the 1996 Olympic Stadium, It is well known by now that the egy that seeks to shape outcomes, not and buildings throughout the Atlanta President has refused to adopt policies be shaped by them. skyline. While doing so he made a lot that actually provide Ukraine with the Much of that leadership must come of money which he reinvested back not capabilities needed to change the situ- from the White House, but this body into his investments but into his com- ation on the ground. What is less well also has a role to play. We should in- munity. known is whether the administration is clude funding for Ukrainian military In 1999 Herman Russell by himself even fully committed to fulfilling the assistance in upcoming spending bills. gave $4 million to Morehouse College, objectives of its own already limited We should pass the Ukraine Freedom Clark Atlanta University, and Georgia policies. Support Act, which would authorize State University, and last December For all the talk we have heard about the assistance Ukraine needs today. We gave $1 million to Children’s the President and his steadfast support should pass legislation that will reduce Healthcare of Atlanta to rebuild and for Ukraine and the $116 million in se- Ukraine’s—and all of Europe’s—reli- help renovate the facility in downtown curity assistance the United States has ance on Russia for its energy resources. Atlanta for a hospital for children. promised to deliver, we know almost And we should pass legislation to en- He was always giving back more than nothing about how these policies are sure that the United States never rec- he asked, but his greatest gift may actually being implemented. This ad- ognizes Russia’s illegal annexation of have been the fact that he enabled ministration has been a black box Crimea. Martin Luther King in the civil rights when it comes to getting even the most The need for action could not be movement in the 1960s. It is well basic information on our efforts to aid more clear. Through his aggression in known that Dr. King would go to Her- Ukraine. Despite multiple requests, in- Ukraine, President Putin and Moscow man’s house to take refuge, take a cluding a letter to the President from are sending a message to Ukraine and swim and relax between the arduous Senator CARDIN and me, we still can’t to the world that America and the times of the civil rights movement. seem to get answers on fundamental West are indecisive and weak and that Herman Russell would finance the questions: What equipment has been their guarantees of support are mean- movement and finance the movement’s delivered to Ukraine? How long will it ingless. The Ukrainian people have re- efforts so they could continue to move take to deliver the equipment we have jected that message, choosing instead forward to bring about equality in the promised but not delivered? What is the path of democracy and openness—a South. That is an indelible mark he the process for determining what capa- path the United States has urged the left in history, not just for our State bilities to provide? How does the equip- Ukrainians and also the world to fol- but for our country. ment we have agreed to provide sup- low. We and our NATO allies must now Herman and his wife had three won- port the capabilities they have re- stand with them. derful children. They are involved in

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And in every- That same bill addressed some seri- Our city has lost a great friend, a thing he did, whether it was govern- ous issues about agriculture workers in great African American, and a great ment or business or family life, what- Illinois, California, Texas, and all entrepreneur—so great, he was recog- ever it might be, Carl Sanders excelled. across the Nation. Growers are telling nized by the Atlanta Chamber as its He was such a wonderful man to us they are having a difficult time first African-American member and its share his wisdom and knowledge. bringing in the workers who will do the second African-American president. He About once every 6 or 8 months he backbreaking, hard, physical labor nec- has been recognized by the Butler would have three or four of us over to essary for agriculture. This bill ad- Street YMCA, the Atlanta and Georgia his office, at the age of 89, treating us dressed it. In fact, the bill was en- Business Council, and almost every en- to lunch and talking about the good dorsed by both growers as well as those trepreneur group there is for his con- old days but also talking about the fu- who do the work. It was an amazing po- tributions to business and his contribu- ture. Carl Sanders was not about the litical achievement. tions to investments in the State of past, except for memories; he was It also addressed the issue of H–1Bs. Georgia. about the future for its hope and its Why in the world do we bring the best It is with great sad tomorrow night prosperity for people. and brightest from around the world to that I will go to Ebenezer Baptist Carl Sanders will be remembered for the United States for advanced degrees, Church and be a part of the wake cere- a lot of things, but in Georgia, most advanced education and then welcome mony for Mr. Russell. But it is with importantly, he will be remembered for them to leave? If they stayed and great pride that I rise today on the what became at first a junior college worked to create jobs and new busi- Senate floor to make sure the RECORD system but is now a 4-year college sys- nesses and new innovations in Amer- indelibly recognizes the life, the times, tem which has every Georgia citizen ica, we could build our economy. The and the contributions of Herman J. within a 45-minute drive of a State uni- bill addressed it. Russell. versity system facility. His passion as As important as all of those issues f Governor was education. His legacy in are, the bill addressed 11 million un- Georgia will be education. He contrib- documented people in America—11 mil- REMEMBERING CARL SANDERS uted greatly to our State and greatly lion, and that is just an estimate. The Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, on to the future and the prosperity of the bill said those who were here undocu- Sunday night a great Georgian and a people of the State of Georgia. mented—who had been here for several personal friend of mine passed away It is with a great sense of sadness but years—could step up, register with the from this life. At the age of 89, former a great sense of pride that I pay tribute government, pay their filing fee, sub- Governor Carl Sanders died in Atlanta, today on the floor of the Senate to a mit themselves to a background check, GA, at Piedmont Hospital. great Governor of Georgia, a great cit- pay their taxes, and then be reviewed Governor Sanders was Governor of izen of our country, and a great Amer- annually for years to make sure they Georgia from 1963 to 1967. I was at the ican—the Honorable Carl Sanders, were still complying with the laws of University of Georgia as a student former Governor of the State of Geor- the United States. from 1962 to 1966, so my college years gia. They would not qualify for govern- paralleled his gubernatorial years, I yield back the remainder of my ment benefits or programs during this where he made a remarkable change in time. period of time, but they could work the politics and lives of the people of Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask their way to legal status. That bill Georgia. unanimous consent to speak in morn- passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis Everyone remembers what the 1960s ing business. with 68 votes. The bill then went over were like in the South in terms of seg- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to the House of Representatives where, regation. Most of the Governors in the pore. The Senate is in morning busi- sadly, it languished. Nothing happened. South—like Governor Wallace from ness. The Speaker of the House refused to Alabama—were segregationists. But f call the bill up for a vote. In fact, he Carl Sanders came forward as a Gov- refused to call any aspect of the bill up ernor who wanted to help bring people IMMIGRATION for a vote. He refused to call it in com- together, who wanted to help bring Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, it has mittee for any consideration or debate, Georgia and the South through a tur- been 511 days since the Senate passed and then he let it languish. There were bulent time, to see to it that African bipartisan legislation to reform our times when the House Republican lead- Americans rose to equality not just in broken immigration system. Fourteen ership tempted the White House and the way they were recognized but in Republicans joined the Democrats in others by saying: Well, maybe now we the ways the laws were created. In fact, supporting a measure which covered can call it up for a vote. They never, it was Carl Sanders who came to Wash- what I believe are the major challenges ever did. We have waited 511 days, and ington in 1964 to meet with Lyndon facing America when it comes to immi- here we are today. Johnson and help form the foundation gration in the 21st century. This evening, President Obama is for the civil rights laws that passed There was an amendment adopted by going to announce an Executive order later in the 1960s. Senator CORKER, and I believe Senator to address immigration. He has waited Carl Sanders was born in Augusta, HOEVEN cosponsored it. Their amend- patiently, and America has waited pa- GA. He went to the University of Geor- ment would have strengthened our bor- tiently for the Republicans in the gia on a scholarship and played foot- der security to unprecedented levels. House of Representatives to step for- ball, and he left the university to go At this moment in time, we have ward and accept this responsibility, fight in World War II and was a fighter more Federal law enforcement officials but they have refused. They have re- pilot. He came back from World War II, on the border between the United fused to fix this broken immigration graduated from the University of Geor- States and Mexico than the combined system, and you can bet as soon as the gia, and then graduated from Georgia population of all other Federal law en- President issues his Executive order, Law School. He practiced law and was forcement agencies. It is a massive there will be a chorus of complaints elected to the State legislature and commitment which would have been that this President has gone too far by then to the State senate and then Gov- enhanced even more by the comprehen- using his Executive authority to ad- ernor of the State of Georgia. He was sive immigration reform bill. dress this issue. Governor from 1963 to 1967. For those border State Senators, we You won’t hear the facts from the Back then, Georgia Governors could would have reached the point where— critics. You won’t hear from the critics not succeed one another, so he had to from Galveston to San Diego—we that every President since Dwight

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I yield the floor. prosecutorial discretion. That is the There is a better alternative to an Executive order, and the President will The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- kind of thing which we have come to pore. The Senator from Texas. expect from Presidents, and we expect be the first to say it, and that is that Congress to complain about it. That this Congress—on a bipartisan basis— Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I am has continued. rolls up its sleeves and tackles this glad I came to the floor and heard my Here is what we believe President issue. We should. That is why we were friend and colleague, the majority Obama will announce today. The de- elected. To do nothing, as the House whip, from Illinois, and his explanation tails are just starting to emerge in has done for 511 days, is unacceptable. for how it is clearly within the Presi- press reports. He is going to announce To stand by the sidelines and criticize dent’s authority to issue this Execu- that we are going to push for account- this President for using his Executive tive order he plans on announcing to- ability in immigration. Senator MARCO authority—the same Executive author- night. The basic problem is the Presi- RUBIO was on the bipartisan panel that ity used over and over again by Presi- dent himself has said repeatedly he put together the comprehensive immi- dents of both political parties in the doesn’t have that authority. He said it gration reform bill. He said something field of immigration—is not construc- repeatedly. We have all seen the clips that was very pressing, and I wish to tive. on TV and online. He said he doesn’t refer to it at this moment. He said for There is one other thing that is even have the power to do it. He was right those who criticize amnesty, doing worse. Some Members of the other then, and he is wrong now. nothing is amnesty for those who are party are suggesting they are prepared There is a right way and a wrong way here in the United States and undocu- to shut down the Government of the to solve problems. The right way would mented. Doing nothing is amnesty. United States over this issue. If the have been during the first 2 years, after What President Obama is going to President uses his legal authority, they President Obama won the election in suggest—instead of amnesty—is ac- have threatened to shut down the Gov- 2008 and his party commanded 60 votes countability. Here is what he will say. ernment of the United States. in the Senate and a majority in the Those who have children who are We saw that last year when the jun- House of Representatives. If this had American citizens and have been here ior Senator from Texas took the floor been a priority for him, he could have at least 5 years will have a chance to and said he was going to close down the done it then. step forward and register with the gov- government over the issue of the Af- Instead, on a party-line vote, he ernment, pay the filing fee for proc- fordable Care Act. It was a terrible chose to jam through the Affordable essing, submit themselves to a crimi- strategy. A lot of innocent people were Care Act—ObamaCare—and we see nal background check, and pay their hurt. It cost our government and our what a disaster that has been. It was taxes. economy dearly. It was a politically not just me. I was a skeptic. I didn’t The President says, if you will do desperate act which I hope will not be think it would work. While the goals that—under his order—it is my under- repeated ever again—certainly not were laudable and worthy, I just didn’t standing it will say you can legally when it comes to the issue of immigra- think the Federal Government had the work in America. They will not become tion. competence or certainly the ability to a citizen nor will they have legal sta- If there was ever a time for us to reconfigure one-sixth of our economy. tus beyond the work permit, but they stand together—both political parties— But the President did it, his party don’t have to fear deportation. They and solve a problem, this is it. Stand- passed it, and it enjoyed no bipartisan are down the list and are not consid- ing on the sidelines and complaining— support. ered a dangerous person who should be which is what we have heard over and That is one of the basic problems deported. over again from the House Republican with what the President is doing today. The highest priority for those who leadership and continue to hear when The reason why it is so important to will be deported are those with crimi- it comes to the President’s Executive follow the Constitution—which re- nal records, and they should be de- order—is not the kind of constructive quires passing legislation affecting 5 ported. There is no room in the United policy the American people need. million people through both Houses of States for anyone—let alone undocu- I applaud the President. He is going Congress and forces us to negotiate and mented—who come here and commit a to take a lot of grief for this—for using build consensus—is because those are crime. his Executive power—but thank good- Secondly, if you have repeat offend- ness he is stepping up and addressing sustainable policies. ers and those who violated the legal the problem. Where others have walked If you try to do things on a ‘‘my way system, they will be in the second cat- away from it, ignored it, and come up or the highway’’ basis or on a purely egory. with every excuse on Earth, he is di- partisan basis, those are not sustain- The third category of those who meet rectly addressing the problem. And able because we know that as time goes the criteria I mentioned will be given now it is time for us in the Congress to by, today’s majority will be tomor- their chance. do the same thing. row’s minority. Now a Democrat occu- This is about accountability. This We are going to come back after pies the White House. Perhaps next really says to those who wish to say: If Thanksgiving and will be here for at time a Republican will occupy the you will play by these rules, we will least 10 days. Speaker BOEHNER, leader White House. Who knows. The point is give you a chance to stay and work. of the Republican House, has the au- that only objectives we pursue through What is the reason? We want to de- thority to instantly call to the floor of the legislative process according to the port felons; we don’t want to deport the House this bipartisan immigration Constitution and the laws of the families. We want to deport criminals; bill which passed the Senate. There is United States of America that are done we don’t want to deport children. We no excuse. If he is going to criticize the on a bipartisan basis through that nat- will focus our efforts on the borders on President for using his power to solve a ural census-building that is required in those who are trying to come across problem, then the Speaker should use order to reach our goals—those are and those who are here and should his power to address that same prob- truly sustainable policies. And when leave. That means more resources lem. Call the comprehensive immigra- the President decides to do it through would be put into enforcement, and it tion reform bill before we leave at the an Executive order, exercising powers also means that those who are here end of this year. Bring it up for a vote that he himself said he does not have, will be registered. We will know who in the House. I think it will pass. what are people supposed to think?

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It is ‘‘Schoolhouse can pass legislation or not on their own President has effectively bumped them Rock.’’ Bills start in the House, and in timetable. The old joke is that the op- out of the line and bumped 5 million the Senate they have to be reconciled posing party is our adversary, but the people ahead of them. and then sent to the President. That is Senate is the enemy. That is the joke I have every confidence that if we civics 101. Maybe we need a new course in House circles. So there is a natural were able to do this in a thoughtful, de- called remedial civics 101 for those who rivalry between the House and the Sen- liberative sort of way, we could find a have somehow forgotten how the Con- ate. They are not expected nor required compassionate and satisfactory out- stitution is written and how it actually to accept what we pass, nor are they come for the people who made the mis- is implemented in the form of the leg- required to do it on our timetable. I be- take of entering the country illegally islative process. lieve Speaker BOEHNER and Majority or who have overstayed. I believe in Of course, if the President objects to Leader MCCARTHY are committed, as proportionality. We don’t give the what Congress sends him, that is when am I and the incoming majority leader death penalty for speeding tickets. So I the negotiations start. He can veto it. come January, Senator MCCONNELL, to think there is an appropriate way to We can vote to override it if we have making progress on an incremental address this, but it is not by an am- the votes. If we don’t, we are back to basis in this important area. It has to nesty. I call it an amnesty because, ba- square one and we have to start that be thoughtful, and we have to have ful- sically, there is no reconciliation proc- negotiation again. some debate with everybody partici- ess. In other words, when a person I have never seen or even read of a pating in the process. makes a mistake—and we all make President who seems so detached, so There are important questions. What mistakes and we all understand the as- disinterested in actually engaging in impact is the President’s Executive pirations and hopes immigrants bring this process set out by the Constitu- order going to have when the unem- to the United States because they tion. This President says if he doesn’t ployment rate is still at 5.8 percent na- come here for the same reason people get his way, I have a pen. I have a tionally and when the percentage of have historically come here, and that phone. I am going to go it alone. Well, people actually looking for work is at a is for the American dream. We under- that is a disaster waiting to occur, be- 30-year low because many people have stand that. But we also understand cause it is a provocation to the other given up because of the slow-growing that when somebody has made a mis- branches of government which say, economy? What is the impact of these take, they need to own up to it and Well, we are not irrelevant in this proc- 5 million—or however many additional they need to reconcile themselves to ess and we may have something to say work permits the President presumes lawful authority because, otherwise, about it. I think we will see some of to have the power to issue—what is the the attitude is the law doesn’t matter, that in the very near future with re- impact going to be on competition for and it is the law that protects all of us gard to the way appropriations are jobs with the economy growing slowly no matter who we are, where we come made and what functions of govern- and jobs in short supply? What is the from, or how we pronounce our last ment fund it. I heard my friend from Illinois say, impact of the President’s Executive name. And when we have a lawless People are even threatening a govern- order going to be on household median process, as we do now and which this ment shutdown. That is not true. income? We know wages have been Executive order does nothing to fix, I take that back. The Democrats are stagnant for the middle class because what that does is perpetuate lawless- saying that. No Republican has said of this slow-growing economy. What is ness and chaos, and it also continues to that. It is just not going to happen. It the impact of millions of additional enrich these criminal organizations shouldn’t happen and it won’t happen. people competing for jobs in the econ- that are more than happy to charge I love it when our friends in the other omy going to be on wages? people $5,000, $6,000 a head to make party like to tell us about our own in- I would like to have the answers to that treacherous journey. ternal politics. I was at the White those questions. Beyond all of the issues I just ad- House with the President and bi- I would also like to know if the dressed, this is a terrible precedent. cameral, bipartisan leadership and our President has the power—which he said Again, I understand now the President Democratic friends said that the House he doesn’t have but now apparently he has decided—and some of our Demo- of Representatives can’t pass any im- has changed his mind—to issue this cratic colleagues say, Well, this is the migration reform bill. Well, I don’t kind of Executive order affecting 5 mil- same thing George Bush did and this is know how they know that, unless they lion people? What about the other 6 the same thing Dwight Eisenhower did. have some insider wisdom that is not million people who are in the country Well, it is not, and the President knew obvious to the people who actually who did not come in in compliance that when he said he didn’t have the work there and have the responsibility with our immigration laws, who either authority to do this previously. Now he to make it work. overstayed their visas or came across has changed his mind. Now the argu- What I know and what I believe is the border illegally? ment is they issued Executive orders that there is a good-faith desire to try I come from a border State. We have essentially implementing bipartisan to solve this problem, but not by what 1,200 miles of common border with legislation such as the 1986 amnesty I call the ‘‘pig in the python’’ ap- Mexico. We encountered what was de- that Ronald Reagan signed. There were proach. In other words, we tried that scribed as a humanitarian crisis be- Executive orders taken in furtherance with the Affordable Care Act, a 2,700- cause we had this magnet known as the of that consensus position based on the page bill involving trillions of dollars impression that we would not enforce legislation. However, never has any of expenditure done purely on a par- our laws that encouraged people to President purported to have the au- tisan basis and it didn’t work. I think make that treacherous journey from thority to, out of whole cloth, do what there is an understandable aversion to Central America across Mexico. Many this President says he is going to do. trying to do things in a comprehensive of these immigrants lost their lives, Where does he get the authority to sort of way. So why not break it down were sexually assaulted or kidnapped issue work permits? I understand he into pieces and do what we can, be- and held for ransom—very dangerous can prioritize prosecution and deporta- cause there are a lot of different pieces circumstances in the hands of the tion, and he has, but where does the that enjoy bipartisan support. criminal organizations that basically President get the authority to issue I think the precedent the President is control this business. This is a business work permits for millions of people? setting is very dangerous, because if he for them. But if the President has the This is rocking people’s fundamental purports now to have this power which authority to do this for 5 million, why confidence in their government. We he previously said on numerous occa- not the 11 million? How does he explain elect Presidents to faithfully enforce sions he didn’t have, what about future

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Even if a person believes ones, they get to stay because this let’s say, and they are dehydrated, they this is a pretty good idea—a person President or somebody will issue a fur- are worried about their life and their might say, The President is trying to ther pardon. health, they can actually go hit this act because obviously this is a con- As I said earlier, this is also a major rescue beacon and the Border Patrol troversial issue and things aren’t mov- boom to the cartels and other gangs will come pick them up which is maybe ing fast enough, so I like what the who control Mexico’s smuggling net- not their first choice, but it is better President is doing. Suppose a person works. It will almost certainly lead to than dying from exposure. says that. Well, just think about the thousands of people who committed The languages of those rescue bea- possibility that a few years from now crimes in this country gaining legal cons, the ones I saw outside the check- when we have an election, we have a status. It will also, as I said earlier, point at Falfurrias, TX—they are in new President, and what if that Presi- punish people who played by the rules English, Spanish—that doesn’t surprise dent says, Well, President Obama pur- and waited patiently in line trying to anybody. The third language is Chi- ported to exercise this massive Execu- immigrate to the country legally. It nese. Chinese is not a native language tive authority in defiance of the Con- will punish them by putting them in for most—for anybody, I bet, in Brooks stitution and the laws, so I guess I can the back of the line. County, TX. What it demonstrates is do it, too. Let me just repeat this because it is that there is a pipeline coming across This is not the kind of political sys- important to me. America is the most the southwestern border from all over tem we want. This is not good for the generous country in the world when it the world. It doesn’t take a lot of American people. We do not want a comes to legal immigration. We are the imagination to see what a potential system in which each party, when they beneficiary of the brains, the ambition, threat that is from a public safety happen to be in power, takes their turn the hard work of people who come here standpoint. abusing Executive authority. We do from all over the globe. All of us I know there are people who scoff at not want that. I would have thought weren’t—or almost all of us, our ances- the idea of enhanced border security. there are enough people who love this tors were not born in the United The Senator from Illinois said we have institution known as the U.S. Senate States. We came from somewhere else. enough Border Patrol to have one and believe it has an indispensable role Mine came through Ellis Island from every half mile, 24 hours a day. This in our government who would say, Ireland after one of the potato crop would be a way to try to secure the Wait, Mr. President, don’t do it, be- famines in the 19th century. So we un- border. It has to be a combination of cause we may like the policy, but this derstand both the desire to pursue the technology. It has to involve boots on really is an end run around the Con- American dream in this country and the ground, and in some places—this is stitution and the role that is appro- the benefits that accrue to our country controversial along the border—we priately played by both Houses of Con- as a result of legal immigration. That need to have what they call tactical in- gress and the Executive. is why we are such a generous country frastructure, fencing in some places, But, apparently, there are few, if when it comes to legal immigration, particularly in urban areas where it is any, folks on the other side of the aisle but the current chaos associated with easy to sprint across and be lost in a who believe that our tradition and our illegal immigration has a number of crowd before anybody discovers them. constitutional system of legislating is very negative consequences. Last year there were roughly 414,000 worth preserving—at least in this in- I mentioned a moment ago my State people detained coming across the stance. has 1,200 miles of common border. It southwestern border—414,000 from I have spoken at some length about gets attention every once in a while as more than 144 countries. Does that the practical consequences of the it did when this humanitarian crisis in- sound as though we solved the problem President’s amnesty, but those con- volving these unaccompanied minors of border security? No. sequences also bear repeating since the occurred, but it happens day after day We are also sending mixed messages, eyes of the country are now focused on that people are detained coming across as I said earlier, in terms of deterrence what the President is going to an- the southwestern border from all over because people keep coming because nounce tonight. We know from recent the world. they think they have a pretty good experience that the President’s unilat- I met a young man about 6 months shot of making it in, and then the eral amnesty will be communicated to ago when I was down on the border who President issues an Executive order. people in other countries as a signal had emigrated from Bangladesh. I won- I wish to mention one other issue that they can all come in. That is what dered how in the world did he get here that has a particular impact on com- happened with the unaccompanied chil- from there. There were a number of munities in my State of Texas, because dren; 62,000 of them I think the number other Senators and Congressmen with we are on the frontlines of this issue, is, roughly, from Central America since me. We asked the Border Patrol: Can which is cost to the local taxpayer. I last October. The reason there was a we ask him? They said: Sure. know the distinguished Presiding Offi- flood and a humanitarian crisis, as de- It turned out he spoke enough cer is a former mayor. The cost of scribed by the President and the ad- English. I asked: Well, how much did it health care, law enforcement, and edu- ministration themselves, is because the cost you to get here? cation fall not primarily on Federal signal was the green light is on and He said: Six thousand dollars. taxpayers, they end up falling on local people can come to the United States. I said: How did you get here? taxpayers, including the taxes they pay People need to come legally. As long He said: I had to transit eight coun- for their school district or their city or as they get here, they can stay. This is tries to get here. their county, the emergency health because it undermines one of the basic That is a pretty complicated care provided to the local emergency premises of effective law enforcement, itinerary for anybody even under nor- room and of course law enforcement and that is deterrence. In other words, mal circumstances, but what it dem- costs. we don’t want to just try to stop people onstrates is there are networks not Believe me, people who come across after they break the law. Actually, it is just in Central America and Mexico but the border are not all coming for the too late to stop them. What we like to around the world that feed people into right reason. There are people who ex- do is deter people from even thinking this network in order to immigrate to ploit our poorest border with criminal about breaking the law and, in this in- the United States illegally. What we intent on their mind. They are dan- stance, even making that perilous jour- are doing is nothing about that. Last gerous, and so law enforcement has to ney. year people were detained at the south- take special precautions. That costs There is going to be a surge, an up- western border from 140 different coun- money. It costs the local taxpayers. tick, of some type of an illegal immi- tries. If someone goes down to the out- The Federal Government has been gration. People are going to see this as side of Falfurrias, TX, down in South abdicating its responsibility along the a further signal it is OK to come, and Texas, they have rescue beacons the border for a long time. I, for one, have they don’t need to comply with the Border Patrol has put out. If someone to chuckle when my friends from non- law, they don’t need to wait. They can made this long trip from Central Amer- border States want to tell me and tell

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.007 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6172 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 my constituents about our backyard talked about the importance of biparti- adopted by you, with which you think because frankly, to put it in a nice sanship. Not that I am ever going to that any one of us is unacquainted? way, they need more information be- get the Presiding Officer to agree with Shame on the age and on its lost cause they don’t know what they are me on everything I believe and he is principles. The Senate is aware of these talking about. not going to agree with me on every- things; the Senate sees them; and yet Most of my friends in the—this is un- thing I believe, but they made the this man dictates by his pen and his derstandable. We all understand our point when it comes to some of the phone. Dictates. Aye, he will not even States and our regions. We know them most challenging topics, bipartisanship come into the Senate. He will not take better than other parts of the country solutions are the only ones that are ac- part in the public deliberations; he ig- that perhaps we haven’t been to, but tually sustainable. nores every individual among us. We most of my colleagues—I get the im- What happens is after the next elec- gallant men and women think that we pression that their knowledge of the tion, the party that was pushed out of are doing our duty to the Republic if border is from movies they have seen the process and run over then says, OK, we keep out of the way of his frenzied or novels they have read, not from the we are going to try to repeal every- attacks. facts on the ground or studying statis- thing they did because we didn’t vote You ought, President Obama, long tics issued by the Border Patrol or the for it and we don’t support it. That ago to have been led to defeat by your Department of Homeland Security. commends itself to my way of thinking own disdain for the people. That de- There is a right way and a wrong way to a recommitment of bipartisan ac- struction which you have been long to do what the President is purporting complishment. I am committed to plotting ought to have already fallen. to do. The right way to do it is in ac- that. What shall we, who are the Senate, tol- cordance with the Constitution which I know from talking to colleagues erate President Obama, openly desirous requires both Houses to pass legisla- across the aisle that after 4 years of to destroy the Constitution and this tion and try to reconcile those in a being shut out of the process them- Republic? For I passed over old in- conference committee and then send selves in the Senate, they are going to stances, such as how the IRS plotted to them to the President. enjoy the new Congress come January silence American citizens. There are regular negotiations tak- because they will be able to participate There was once such virtue in this ing place all along the way, but there in the process. If people have a good Republic that brave men and women are enough areas of consensus that I idea, they can come to the floor and would repress mischievous citizens believe we can make true progress. We talk about it. They can offer their idea with severe chastisement than the have not been able to do it through a and get a vote. most bitter enemy. For we have a reso- comprehensive bill because I think Nobody is guaranteed to win every lution of the Senate, a formidable and there is enormous skepticism, not just time, but people should have a right to authoritative decree against you, Mr. about Washington but about Congress get a vote and to raise the profile of President. The wisdom of the Republic as well as about comprehensive bills the issues they care most about and is not at fault, nor the dignity of this having unintended consequences. the people they work for care most Senatorial body. We, we alone—I say it Take the Affordable Care Act. The about. openly—we, the Senate, are waiting in President said: If you like what you I wish the President wouldn’t do this. our duty to stop this lawless adminis- have, you can keep it. Your prices will It will not work. It is unconstitutional. tration and its unconstitutional am- go down, not up. That ended up not It purports to exercise a power he him- nesty. being true. When that happens people self said he does not have, but he seems I yield the floor and suggest the ab- are skeptical. What are they trying to determined to do it nonetheless. sence of a quorum. sell us next? The best way to deal with I believe the American people will The PRESIDING OFFICER. The that, it seems to me, is to break it react negatively to this President’s clerk will call the roll. down into smaller, transparent pieces, claim of authority to issue this am- The assistant legislative clerk pro- and then move the pieces across the nesty, and I believe then the next step ceeded to call the roll. floor in the House and the Senate, and is for Congress to do everything we can Mr. GRASSLEY. I ask unanimous let’s get them to the President. to stop it and then to do it the right consent that the order for the quorum After we have done that one, two, way, not the wrong way. call be rescinded. three, four times, I think people will I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without then say: Well, you know what we have The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. objection, it is so ordered. just done is immigration reform in an BOOKER). The Senator from Texas. f incremental sort of way. It is not going Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, the words to satisfy everybody. Again, if your de- of Cicero are powerfully relevant 2,077 NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH DAY mand is I want everything I want or I years later: When, President Obama, do Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I rise am not going to take anything, we you mean to cease abusing our pa- to recognize National Rural Health know what happens when people lay tience? How long is that madness of Day. I would like to take a moment to down those sort of ultimatums. You yours still to mock us? When is there recognize our rural health care pro- get nothing. to be an end to that unbridled audacity viders and all they do for this country. While there are areas on the immi- of yours, swaggering about as it does Approximately 62 million Americans gration topic, which admittedly is con- now? Do not the nightly guards placed live in rural areas and they depend on troversial, it is challenging, but it is on the border, do not the watches post- an ever-shrinking number of health our responsibility to address these ed throughout the city, does not the care providers. Rural providers play a challenges and these difficulties and do alarm of the people and the union of all very important role in improving the the very best job we can. The answer is good men and women—does not the health of their communities and sup- not—and it can’t be—a Presidential precaution taken of assembling the porting local economies. abuse of power. Senate in this most defensible place— I thank our rural providers—individ- As I pointed out earlier, when we try do not the looks and countenances of uals, hospitals, and clinics—for all they to do things on that basis, just like if this venerable body here present, have do. Rural providers support a popu- we try to pass legislation on a purely any effect upon you? Do you not feel lation that makes invaluable contribu- partisan basis, it doesn’t work. It is not that your plans are detected? Do you tions to this country through food pro- sustainable. It is a provocation to the not see that your conspiracy is already duction, manufacturing, and other people who have been carved out of the arrested and rendered powerless by the vital industries. process to try to do what they can to knowledge that everyone here pos- Yet more people in rural areas are defend their role in the process, and sesses of it? What is there that you did living below the poverty line than their that is what I worry about. last night, what the night before— urban counterparts. Rural hospitals I remember being at a conference not where is it that you were—who was are struggling to continue providing that long ago when James Baker III there that you summoned to meet care due to declining payments, many and Joseph Calafato spoke. They you—what design was there which was exacerbated by the Affordable Care

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.024 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6173 Act. The past few years have been Here we are in another lameduck ses- I fought this issue in the Finance marked by increasing rural hospital sion of Congress, working to finish the Committee when one of the Members closures, with 27 hospitals shutting business we failed to complete the pre- on my side of the aisle tried to strike their doors in the past 2 years. vious year or two. that provision. But we had a bipartisan The trend is concerning and deserves One of those critical pieces of legisla- vote of 18 to 5 to defeat that amend- attention as many more facilities and tion that must be enacted is a tax ex- ment that would have struck the wind communities are at risk. Once a hos- tender bill. It seems as though nearly production tax credit from the bill that pital is gone, the devastating impact every year in recent memory we have is now before the Senate. on the community cannot be undone. put off the extension of expired tax It seems as though opponents of wind The economic impact is unmistakable. provisions until the very last minute. energy have tried at every turn to un- The typical, critical access hospital In 2012 revision provisions remained dermine this industry, and so I am not creates over 140 jobs in primary em- expired for an entire year before we fi- surprised that we are at it again, even ployment and $6.8 million in local nally extended them in January of 2013. considering the 18-to-5 vote in the Fi- wages while serving a population of Similarly, the previous extension of nance Committee. over 14,000. When facilities close, the prior provisions did not occur until the I agree the Tax Code has gotten too consequences of traveling great dis- middle of December. cluttered with too many special inter- tances for medical care are much more Now, once again, we find ourselves est provisions. That is the reason many than just mere inconvenience. The heading into the month of December of us have been clamoring for tax re- delays in obtaining care can mean the with tax extenders having been expired form for years now. But just because difference between life and death. Ac- for nearly 11 months, and there is a lot we haven’t cleaned up the Tax Code in cording to the U.S. News & World Re- of uncertainty that causes a slowdown a very comprehensive way doesn’t port, that was the case for an infant in to the economy when people don’t mean we should pull the rug out from Texas who choked on a grape and died know what the tax provisions are. under domestic renewable energy pro- after the only hospital in the county This is no way to do business. Such ducers. Doing so would cost jobs, harm had closed just a few months before. late action by Congress results in com- our economy, the environment, and our There are a number of similarly trag- plications during filing season for tax- national security. ic stories, and they will continue to payers. That is a big problem for the I am glad to defend the wind energy mount if we fail to take action. IRS. We need to do something right production tax credit and continue to In 1946, Congress recognized the im- now. It is almost too late to get tax defend it. In fact, I can tell you that 22 portance of rural health care providers preparers to know what to do for the years ago, when I first got this passed and worked to build the rural health next tax season. Obviously, tax season through the Congress to become law, I care infrastructure that exists today. is unpleasant enough without our add- didn’t think it would become the big It is called the Hill-Burton Act. The ing to it by failing to do our job in a thing it is. But there is a tremendous country has changed dramatically timely fashion. amount of energy being generated since 1946 and thoughtful action to im- Once again, we have created a lot of today by wind energy. Wind energy prove the distribution and capabilities headaches and uncertainty for individ- supports tens of thousands of American of our rural health care system is over- uals and businesses. This uncertainty jobs. It has spurred billions in private due. We need to act now to support our harms investment and business growth; investment in the United States, and it rural providers and facilitate a respon- in other words, slowing the economy, displaces more expensive and more pol- sible transition to a modernized health as I previously said. This is bad for eco- luting sources of energy. care system. nomic growth and does nothing to cre- More than 70 percent of U.S. wind Rural America is facing what I would ate the jobs that can come when we turbines value is now produced in the call an arbitrary attrition of providers. have more certainty for people who in- United States, compared to just 25 per- The hospital closures are a function of vest in capital and want to provide cent prior to 2005. no specific design. It is all about bal- jobs. Once again, opponents of the renew- ance sheets strained to the breaking The lapse of renewable energy incen- able energy provisions want to have point of continual payment cuts. It is tives has also created a lot of uncer- this debate in a vacuum. They dis- not about where providers need to be to tainty and slowed growth in the renew- regard the many incentives and sub- serve populations. We need to take a able energy. This only serves to ham- sidies that exist for other sources of thoughtful look then at what the fu- per the strides made toward a viable, energy and are permanent law. For ex- ture of rural health care needs to be. self-sustainable renewal energy sector. ample, the 100-year-old oil and gas in- We need to be willing to consider It didn’t have to be this way. The dustry continues to benefit from tax bold steps to ensure that rural America Senate Finance Committee, under the preferences that aren’t generally has access to high-quality health care. leadership of Chairman WYDEN and throughout the economy for all busi- Health care coverage, whether through Ranking Member HATCH, did its job. nesses but only benefit their industry. private insurance, Medicare or Med- We marked up an extenders package in These are not general business tax icaid, without access to providers of early April. The Senate never took up provisions—I want to say that again— that care is meaningless. that package because the majority they are specific to oil and gas busi- We need to put a stop to the arbi- leader refused to allow Republicans to ness. A few examples: Expensing for in- trary process now and work forward in offer amendments. And it happens that tangible drilling costs, deductions for designing a better, sustainable future even a couple of amendments that were tertiary injectants, percentage deple- for rural health care. going to be adopted had wide bipar- tion for oilwells, special amortization I close, once again, by thanking all of tisan support. Rather than consider for geological costs. America’s rural providers. I am com- and advance the Finance Committee I am not going to find fault with mitted to working with all stake- bill, the majority leader shelved the that, but I will find fault with people holders to transition to a better future extenders bill because of fear that who justify that, yet take on wind en- and protect access to health care in Members of his party might have to ergy. These are four tax preferences for America. take tough votes. a single energy resulting in the loss of TAX EXTENDERS With the election behind us, it is now more than $4 billion annually in tax I would like to speak about the tax time to get to work and get the extend- revenue. extenders bill that is being worked on ers bill done. I understand that nego- Nuclear energy is another great ex- between the House and the Senate in tiations are ongoing between the House ample. The first nuclear powerplant an informal conference and to explain and Senate on this issue. I am encour- came online in the United States in why I am concerned about the direc- aged by reports of progress being made. 1958. That is 56 years ago. Nuclear re- tion it might be taking, particularly as However, I am concerned about rumors ceives special tax treatment for inter- it relates to alternative energy and as that some are working to leave out or est from decommissioning trust funds. it relates to wind energy tax produc- shorten the extension of the wind en- Congress created a production tax tion credit. ergy tax credit. credit for this mature industry in 2005,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.026 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6174 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 which is going to be available until ting back provisions to be used to pay Pamela Pepper to be a U.S. district 2020. Nuclear also benefits from Price- for reductions in individual and cor- judge for the Eastern District of Wis- Anderson Federal liability insurance porate tax rates. consin. Patty served with distinction that Congress provided. That was sup- I look forward to working with my and is the current chief judge of the posed to be a temporary measure in colleagues in the future to enact tax U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern 1958, but this temporary measure has reform and put an end to the headaches District of Wisconsin. been renewed through 2025. Nuclear en- and uncertainty created by the regular Although not native to our State, she ergy has also received $74 billion of expiration of tax provisions. Right now has set down deep roots in Wisconsin, Federal research and development dol- our focus must be on extending current first serving in the Office of the United lars since 1950. expired or expiring provisions to give States Attorney for the Eastern Dis- Are those crony capitalist handouts? us room to work towards that goal. trict of Wisconsin, followed by private Well, nobody seems to be attacking It is my hope that we can move practice in Milwaukee and finally serv- them. Is it time to end the market dis- quickly to reach a bipartisan, bi- ing 9 years as a bankruptcy court tortions for nuclear power? Well, no- cameral agreement that can quickly be judge. body is talking about that. But they enacted and that includes the wind en- Pam was born in the delta of Mis- are talking about wind energy. ergy tax provisions. Taxpayers have al- sissippi in a town called Leland. Her We had a Cato study about nuclear ready waited too long. parents were both teachers and in- energy that said: What really gripes me about this stilled in her an intellectual curiosity In truth, nuclear power has never made whole argument is that people say they which has been apparent throughout economic sense and exists purely as a crea- are for all of the above. I am for all of her career. She migrated north for col- ture of government. the above, I can say. You know, that lege and attended Northwestern Uni- People are saying that about wind means fossil fuels, that means all sorts versity in Chicago, where she received energy, but I don’t hear the same peo- of alternative energy, it probably in- a degree in theater. ple saying it about nuclear power. cludes conservation, and it includes nu- After helping a friend get through I don’t understand the argument that clear. But when I see the people fight- the LSAT review course, she realized repealing a subsidy for oil and gas or ing the wind energy tax credit coming she might want to explore other ca- nuclear energy production is a tax in- from petroleum and natural gas and reers and ended up taking the LSAT crease like the accusation against from coal, I think of these people who herself. She obviously had prepared wind, while repealing an incentive on say they are for all of the above, they herself well because she performed well alternative or renewable energy is not are really for all of the below but for on the LSAT and was accepted into the a tax increase. So it is not intellectu- none of the above. And that is wrong Cornell University School of Law. ally honest. and inconsistent. After graduation, she clerked with As I said before, we have had wind in- I want a consistent, uniform tax pol- distinction for Judge Frank Johnson centives since 1992, and I am the father icy for all forms of energy being ex- on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Ap- of that. I suppose now, after 22 years, tended right now. peals and then moved on to become a you might say I am the grandfather of I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Of- it. I know it won’t go on forever. In sence of a quorum. fice in Chicago. fact, it was never meant to go on for- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- She is widely respected within her ever. And people in the wind energy pore. The clerk will call the roll. profession, evidenced by having held even admit that today and talk about The bill clerk proceeded to call the offices as the president of the Mil- phaseouts. roll. waukee Bar Association and the chair- I am happy to discuss a responsible Mr. WALSH. Madam President, I ask person of the Board of Governors of the multiyear phaseout of that wind tax unanimous consent that the order for State Bar of Wisconsin. She is an in- credit. In 2012, the wind energy was the the quorum call be rescinded. structor of national stature and speaks only industry to put forward such a The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. frequently on trial practice and evi- phaseout plan. But any phaseout must HIRONO). Without objection, it is so or- dence. She is currently an instructor at be done in the context of comprehen- dered. the Federal Judicial Center. sive tax reform where all energy tax f I have had the opportunity to speak provisions are on the table, not just to practitioners who have appeared be- wind solely. And it should be done re- UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREE- fore her bankruptcy court. They have sponsibly, over a few years, to provide MENT—EXECUTIVE CALENDAR told me of her patience with attorneys, certainty and ensure a viable industry. Mr. WALSH. Madam President, I ask which is a virtue of hers they all value. It is time to put an end to the annual unanimous consent that the previous Pam possesses a great sense of kabuki dance that is tax extenders. order be modified so that the following humor, which she often uses to put liti- Good tax policy requires certainty that nomination be added following Execu- gants at ease. She displays compassion can only come from long-term predict- tive Calendar No. 962: Calendar No. in making tough decisions by explain- able tax law. Businesses need the cer- 1008, with all other provisions of the ing the rationale for those decisions tainty in the Tax Code so they can plan previous order remaining in effect. clearly so her reasoning is understood and invest accordingly. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without by all. She has shown great dexterity Moreover, taxpayers deserve to know objection, it is so ordered. in reacting to difficult situations in that the Tax Code is not just being Mr. WALSH. I suggest the absence of court with calm reasoning. used as another way to dole out funds a quorum. Finally, Pam has been described as a to politically favored groups. However, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The practical judge who promptly resolves the only sound way to reach this goal clerk will call the roll. disputes while faithfully adhering to is through comprehensive tax reform. The legislative clerk proceeded to the rule of law. I agree there are provisions in ex- call the roll. Pam’s intellectual curiosity, her tenders that ultimately should be left Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin. Madam demonstrated ability to learn new on the cutting room floor. But it is in President, I ask unanimous consent areas of the law and efficiently admin- tax reform—comprehensive tax re- that the order for the quorum call be ister her office, has convinced me she form—where we should consider the rescinded. will continue to excel in her new role relative merits of individual provi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without as a Federal district court judge. Judge sions. Targeting certain provisions for objection, it is so ordered. Pepper has my full support, and I urge elimination now makes little sense for f my colleagues to vote yes on her con- those of us who want to reduce tax firmation. rates as much as possible. PEPPER NOMINATION I conclude my remarks by thanking Tax reform provides an opportunity Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin. Madam the hard-working members of our bi- to use realistic baselines that will President, it is my privilege to rec- partisan nomination commission for allow the revenue generated from cut- ommend to the Senate the Honorable their dedication and efforts.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.029 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6175 I also thank Senator BALDWIN for her consin, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the migration system once and for all, as continued support of this successful Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar As- we did in the Senate when Republicans nominating process that has once sociation, and the Milwaukee Bar Asso- and Democrats came together last again resulted in the selection of a ciation, just to name a few. year. But to those who say we should well-qualified jurist, Judge Pamela Senator JOHNSON and I strongly sup- wait for Congress to act, I think we Pepper, who will serve the N and the port Judge Pepper’s nomination to the have waited long enough. Wisconsin Eastern District well. U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dis- We have been waiting now for 511 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- trict of Wisconsin. Our joint support of days since the Senate passed immigra- ator from Wisconsin. a judicial nominee should once again tion reform. That is 511 days, during Ms. BALDWIN. I rise this afternoon send a strong message to the entire which time the Republican-controlled to urge my colleagues to confirm Judge Senate that she is the right choice for House of Representatives could have Pamela Pepper for the U.S. District this judgeship. taken up our bill—either voted for it or Court for the Eastern District of Wis- I urge my colleagues to confirm voted against it. The least they could consin. I am delighted to once again judge Pamela Pepper so that she can do is vote. Vote ‘‘yes’’ or vote ‘‘no.’’ I join my colleague Senator JOHNSON on continue her distinguished service to think about what my friend and the the floor to discuss this nomination. the people of Wisconsin and the people former chairman of the Senate Judici- The people of Wisconsin deserve to of the United States of America. ary Committee, Senator Edward Ken- have experienced and highly qualified I yield the floor. nedy, said in the summer of 2007. We judges working for them, and I am The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- had comprehensive immigration re- proud to have worked with my col- ator from Vermont. form before the Senate. It was being league Senator JOHNSON and our judi- Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, what blocked by the Republicans. He said: cial nominating commission to put in is the parliamentary situation? A minority in the Senate rejected a strong- place this process for filling the crit- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- er economy that is fairer to our taxpayers ical Federal judicial vacancies in our ate is in morning business until 2 p.m. and our workers. A minority in the senate State. I was pleased to join Senator Mr. LEAHY. I thank the distin- rejected America’s own extraordinary immi- JOHNSON in May of this year to support guished Presiding Officer. grant history and ignored our nation’s most urgent needs. But we’re in this struggle for the confirmation of Jim Peterson, f whom the Senate confirmed to a seat the long haul. IMMIGRATION for a Federal judgeship in the Western Senator Kennedy was right. That is District of Wisconsin. I am pleased to Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, as we why Democrats and Republicans came stand on the floor with my colleague know, tonight President Obama is together to pass an immigration bill today to speak in support of another going to speak to the American people out of the Senate. I just ask why, 511 terrific judicial nominee who will serve about reforming our broken immigra- days later, has the Republican-con- the people of Wisconsin well. tion system. I had dinner with him last trolled House refused to either vote for Judge Pepper is an outstanding bank- night, and we talked about this. I it or vote against it? We held days of ruptcy judge, and she will be an out- think it is generally expected that he hearings and lengthy, extensive mark- standing U.S. Federal district judge. will announce what he can do to ad- up sessions. We worked late into the As President Obama noted in making dress some of the problems that are evenings debating the bill. Many of us the nomination, ‘‘Judge Pepper has a tearing families apart, dragging the worked weekends. I remember, because long and distinguished record of serv- U.S. economy down and risking our na- I was there. We considered hundreds of ice, and . . . will serve on the federal tional security. For 2 years the Repub- amendments. More than 300 amend- court with distinction.’’ lican Speaker of the House of Rep- ments were filed. We adopted 136 of Pam Pepper has indeed dedicated her resentatives refused to even allow a them. All but three were adopted with professional career to public service. vote on the Senate’s bipartisan bill. both Republican and Democratic votes. She has a distinguished career as a Because of that, I understand and ap- What was initially a proposal from the judge, Federal prosecutor, public de- preciate why the President is going to so-called Gang of 8 became, through fender, and attorney in private prac- act. the committee process, the product of tice. She has spent that career dedi- There are currently 11 million un- 18 Members from both sides of the cated to serving her clients and the documented immigrants living in the aisle. The Senate Judiciary Committee people of the United States. I am con- United States, but everybody knows we recommended this improved bipartisan fident she will continue her out- are not going to round up and deport 11 bill to the full Senate. It wasn’t ex- standing service on the bench, and the million people. It just can’t be done. actly the bill that I would have writ- people of Wisconsin will benefit from Even if it could be done, it would be to- ten, but it was a fair and reasonable having this experienced and dedicated tally un-American and against every- compromise. It reflected the delibera- public servant as a U.S. district judge. thing that we stand for. These are, tive process at its best, and I felt hon- As we have heard, she has served as after all, mothers and fathers, sisters ored to bring the bill to the floor. the chief bankruptcy judge in the East- and brothers, sons and daughters. They But look what happened. Sixty eight ern District of Wisconsin since 2010, are not a number. They are real people. of us voted to pass it, and the Repub- having served as a bankruptcy judge in And the President’s action will ac- lican Speaker of the House of Rep- that district since 2005. She simulta- knowledge that. It is a necessary step resentatives will not even bring it up neously served the people of the South- in an effort to bring people out of the for a vote. To this day, the Republican ern District of Illinois as a bankruptcy shadows, focus scarce enforcement re- leadership in the House is batting zero judge during that same period. Judge sources on those who actually pose a when it comes to truly addressing the Pepper has contributed significantly to threat, and bring some stability to broken immigration system. the field of bankruptcy law and the those who are hardworking, law-abid- The President is not acting alone. continuing education of bankruptcy ing members of our community. I The American people support immigra- judges and practitioners. would much rather have people who are tion reform. Remember that. The Prior to her time on the bench, Pam- taxpayers and know they are here le- American people support immigration ela Pepper worked both as a solo prac- gally, so we can concentrate on those reform. A bipartisan majority of the titioner engaged in criminal defense who aren’t. That is what the President Senate has endorsed action. It is the work and as a Federal prosecutor in wants to do. House of Representatives that is out of the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Chicago President Obama knows there is no step. Our system is not going to fix and then Milwaukee. substitute for legislation. President itself. We know this. It should be no Before becoming a bankruptcy judge, Reagan and President Bush used a surprise that the President has decided Pam Pepper also held numerous leader- similar type of Executive order. It is a to use his authority to make our coun- ship positions within the legal commu- temporary and incomplete solution be- try safer, stronger, and more humane. nity, including on the boards of the cause legislation has to be passed. We If Republicans really, truly want con- Federal Defenders Service of Wis- have to step up and fix the broken im- gressional action on reform, they can

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NOMINATION OF BRENDA K. BLUMENTHAL and Mr. MURPHY. Mr. SANNES TO BE UNITED STATES The President has the legal authority Bolden’s credentials are impeccable. DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE to take this action. Every President Since 2009, he has served as corporation NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW since Eisenhower has exercised this au- counsel for the city of New Haven, CT. YORK thority. Some, such as President Prior to joining city government, Mr. George H.W. Bush, did so on a sweeping Bolden served as general counsel and scale. We make laws in Congress. The assistant counsel for the NAACP Legal NOMINATION OF MADELINE COX Defense & Educational Fund. He has President sets enforcement policies. He ARLEO TO BE UNITED STATES clearly has the power to take the also served in private practice as an as- DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DIS- sociate and counsel at the law firm of scarce resources we have given him and TRICT OF NEW JERSEY identify and deport those people who Wiggin & Dana in New Haven, CT. pose a danger to our communities, and After graduating from Harvard Law he can limit the deportation of those School, Mr. Bolden began his legal ca- NOMINATION OF WENDY reer at the American Civil Liberties who are law-abiding, tax-paying mem- BEETLESTONE TO BE UNITED bers of the community. Union as a staff attorney and as the STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR Marvin Karpatkin Fellow. Madam President, I ask unanimous THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF During the Judiciary Committee ex- consent for 2 minutes. PENNSYLVANIA ecutive business meeting where Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Bolden’s nomination was considered, objection? the ranking member commented that NOMINATION OF VICTOR ALLEN he was troubled by the nominee’s views Without objection, it is so ordered. BOLDEN TO BE UNITED STATES on racial classifications and his advo- Mr. LEAHY. Next week, millions of DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DIS- cacy on affirmative action. The rank- families in this country will gather TRICT OF CONNECTICUT ing member also noted that he did not around a table to give thanks for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under agree with the nominee’s criticisms of many blessings they have received. I the previous order, the Senate will pro- the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby know my family and I and our children ceed to executive session to consider County v. Holder. Finally, the ranking and our grandchildren will. The Presi- the following nominations, which the member criticized Mr. Bolden because dent’s actions will be counted among clerk will report. he argued the nominee ‘‘took a narrow those blessings for the millions of The bill clerk read the nominations and legally incorrect view of individual loved ones who worry that their moth- of Pamela Pepper, of Wisconsin, to be rights under the Second Amendment in er, father or grandparents could be de- United States District Judge for the an amicus brief in Heller.’’ The com- ported at any moment. The security Eastern District of Wisconsin; Brenda mittee voted to report Mr. Bolden’s the President’s action will give these K. Sannes, of New York, to be United nomination favorably on a 10-to-8 families on Thanksgiving is powerful States District Judge for the Northern party-line vote. and indispensable. District of New York; Madeline Cox Let me address each of the issues For some, it is about something even Arleo, of New Jersey, to be United raised by Ranking Member GRASSLEY. more urgent. It is about seeking safety. States District Judge for the District First, in cases where Mr. Bolden has While I applaud the President’s an- of New Jersey; Wendy Beetlestone, of advocated for a specific position in nouncement today, I remain deeply dis- Pennsylvania, to be United States Dis- which a Senator may disagree, Mr. appointed by his decision to build a trict Judge for the Eastern District of Bolden was representing a client and large new detention facility to hold Pennsylvania; and Victor Allen Bolden, not expressing his own personal views. vulnerable women and children fleeing of Connecticut, to be United States As chairman of the Judiciary Com- violence in Central America. Many of District Judge for the District of Con- mittee, I have stated repeatedly that these individuals are asylum seekers, necticut. attorneys should not be equated with not criminals, and their ongoing deten- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today we the position of their clients. Our legal tion is unacceptable. I urge him to re- will vote on five outstanding judicial system is predicated upon zealous ad- visit this policy. nominees to our Federal district vocacy for both sides of an issue or The action the President will an- courts. I thank the majority leader for matter. Without this, our justice sys- nounce today is going to draw criti- filing for cloture on these nominees so tem would not function. Victor Bolden cism from those who sought to stop im- we can clear the backlog that still re- understands the difference between the migration reform at every turn. As a mains on our executive calendar as we role of an advocate versus the role of a grandson of immigrants, I say that move toward the end of the 113th Con- judge. In response to a question for the after years and years of obstruction, gress. After we vote on these nominees record from Senator GRASSLEY on ap- the President is right to take action. I today, however, we will still have 21 ju- plying Supreme Court and Circuit am married to a woman who is the dicial nominees pending on the execu- Court precedents, Mr. Bolden testified: daughter of immigrants. At the heart tive calendar to serve on district ‘‘I am fully committed to following the of it all, this is about keeping Amer- courts, the U.S. Court of Federal precedents of higher courts faithfully ica’s communities strong and vibrant. Claims, and the U.S. Court of Inter- and giving them full force and effect, We benefit from immigration. That has national Trade. regardless of any personal feelings I been our history. Let it be our future. The five nominees the Senate will might have.’’ vote on today are all well-qualified Second, not only has Mr. Bolden tes- f lawyers and there should be no con- tified under oath about this distinc- troversy about their confirmation. tion, but he has shown that he would CONCLUSION OF MORNING Four of these nominees: Pamela Pepper apply and implement orders from a BUSINESS to the Eastern District of Wisconsin, higher court. In Ricci v. DeStefano, Brenda Sannes to the Northern Dis- Mr. Bolden represented the city of New The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning trict of New York, Madeline Arleo to Haven as corporation counsel. In that business is closed. the District of New Jersey, and Wendy case, several White firefighters and one

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Mil- anyone who would make a finer addition to fighters had outperformed minority ap- ler, which did not hold that there was our federal judiciary than him. And I could plicants. The Supreme Court ulti- an individual right to bear arms out- not have a greater honor than to write this mately ruled against New Haven and side of the context of a ‘‘well regulated correspondence supporting that. held that the city’s abandonment of Militia.’’ Accordingly, the brief that If you have any questions or there is some- the test results constituted intentional Mr. Bolden filed actually cited to Su- thing more that you feel I could be helpful discrimination against the White fire- preme Court precedent that was con- with please do not hesitate to contact me. Respectfully, fighters. Mr. Bolden subsequently trolling on the issue at the time. Now LT. FRANK RICCI. helped ensure that the city complied that the Supreme Court has decided with the Court’s order and defended the Heller, Mr. Bolden has testified under f decision against collateral attacks. oath that he ‘‘would faithfully apply To his credit, Mr. Bolden did such an the Supreme Court’s decision in Dis- VOTE ON PEPPER NOMINATION outstanding job of ensuring compliance trict of Columbia v. Heller and other with the Supreme Court’s decision that Second Amendment jurisprudence’’ and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Prior to the named plaintiff—firefighter Frank all other areas of the law. the vote, there will be 2 minutes of de- Ricci—wrote a letter strongly sup- Senators should not vote against Mr. bate on the Pepper nomination. porting Mr. Bolden’s nomination. Let Bolden for advocating on behalf of a Mr. LEAHY. I ask unanimous con- me quote some of this letter: client using the applicable Supreme sent that all time be yielded back. It was apparent to me from our initial Court precedent at the time. I have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without dealings whether as a plaintiff or union rep- heard that some Senators have been objection, all time is yielded back. resentative that the Mayor had made a great continuing to distort Mr. Bolden’s Mr. CRUZ. I ask for the yeas and choice in the selection of the new Corpora- record on the Senate floor during his nays. tion Counsel. Although Victor represented cloture vote. I can only hope that these The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a the City and therefore would be naturally sufficient second? presumed an adversary it never felt that distortions and fabrications are dis- missed as they rightly should be. There is a sufficient second. way. Through the remainder of the litigation The question is, Will the Senate ad- from the U.S. Supreme Court decision to the Mr. Bolden is an outstanding nomi- final judgments Victor displayed and has al- nee and a substantial majority of the vise and consent to the nomination of ways displayed the attributes one could hope ABA Standing Committee on the Fed- Pamela Pepper, of Wisconsin, to be for in a jurist. He’s always conscious that eral Judiciary has also rated him ‘‘well United States District Judge for the there are real people affected by decisions qualified.’’ I wholeheartedly support Eastern District of Wisconsin? that are made but he is also very deliberate this nominee and would strongly urge The clerk will call the roll. in those decisions with an unwavering com- The bill clerk called the roll. mitment to the law. Victor is a consummate my fellow Senators to do the same. There being no objection, the mate- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the professional with unquestionable integrity. Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. These observations are not limited to me but rial was ordered to be printed in the have been the topic of many discussions be- RECORD, as follows: HAGAN), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. LANDRIEU), and the Senator from tween me and others, including those inside JULY 25, 2014. EVIN and outside the fire service. I cannot think Hon. PATRICK J. LEAHY, Michigan (Mr. L ) are necessarily of anyone who would make a finer addition Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. absent. to our federal judiciary than him. And I Senate, Washington, DC. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators could not have a greater honor than to write DEAR SENATOR LEAHY: I write this cor- are necessarily absent: the Senator this correspondence supporting that. respondence with great excitement and en- from Georgia (Mr. CHAMBLISS) and the I ask unanimous consent to have thusiasm to support the nomination and ap- Senator from Louisiana (Mr. VITTER). printed in the RECORD the full letter of pointment of Attorney Victor Bolden to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there support. U.S. District Court of Connecticut. any other Senators in the Chamber de- Third, Mr. Bolden’s criticisms of the I have known and worked with Attorney Bolden for more than 5 years. I first met him siring to vote? Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby around the time that he was appointed Cor- The result was announced—yeas 95, County v. Holder in a 2013 editorial poration Counsel for the City of New Haven. nays 0, as follows: were shared by a substantial number of Our first interactions surrounded an ongoing [Rollcall Vote No. 288 Ex.] legal scholars and Senators, including legal matter that I was the lead plaintiff, YEAS—95 me. As I have said, the Shelby County Ricci et al. v. DeStefano et al. As a member, representative and current Alexander Fischer Merkley decision was a dreadful decision and Ayotte Flake Secretary-Treasurer of New Haven Fire Mikulski wrongly decided. A narrow majority of Baldwin Franken Moran Fighters IAFF Local 825, positions I’ve held the Court decided to substitute its own Barrasso Gillibrand Murkowski for over 16, these were challenging times. judgment over the exhaustive legisla- Begich Graham Murphy Emotions and frustrations surrounding this Bennet Grassley Murray tive findings of Congress showing that issue were somewhat raw to say the least. Blumenthal Harkin Nelson racial discrimination in voting still oc- The relationship between the plaintiffs, Blunt Hatch Paul curs. Instead, the Court chose to effec- union and the City, especially the Corpora- Booker Heinrich Portman Boozman Heitkamp Pryor tively strike down the heart of the tion Counsel was completely broken and Boxer Heller Reed seemed irreparable. Brown Hirono Voting Rights Act by holding that the Reid Luckily that was about to change. It was Burr Hoeven coverage formula for preclearance was Risch apparent to me from our initial dealings Cantwell Inhofe outdated. I authored a bipartisan bill Roberts whether as a plaintiff or union representa- Cardin Isakson along with Congressmen SENSEN- Carper Johanns Rockefeller tive that the Mayor had made a great choice Rubio BRENNER and JOHN LEWIS on this, but Casey Johnson (SD) in the selection of the new Corporation Sanders to this date, not a single Senate Repub- Coats Johnson (WI) Counsel. Although Victor represented the Coburn Kaine Schatz lican has signed on. In short, I believe City and therefore would be naturally pre- Cochran King Schumer that Victor Bolden’s views on voting sumed an adversary it never felt that way. Collins Kirk Scott rights are well within the mainstream. Through the remainder of the litigation from Coons Klobuchar Sessions Shaheen Nevertheless, Mr. Bolden has stated for the U.S. Supreme Court decision to the final Corker Leahy judgments Victor displayed and has always Cornyn Lee Shelby the RECORD that he ‘‘would faithfully Stabenow displayed the attributes one could hope for Crapo Manchin Cruz Markey Tester apply Supreme Court and Second Cir- in a jurist. He’s always conscious that there cuit precedent’’ on the issue. Donnelly McCain Thune are real people affected by decisions that are Durbin McCaskill Toomey Lastly, Mr. Bolden has been criti- made but he is also very deliberate in those Enzi McConnell Udall (CO) cized for authoring an amicus brief on decisions with an unwavering commitment Feinstein Menendez Udall (NM)

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Under vise and consent to the nomination of Blunt Heinrich Portman the previous order, there will be 2 min- Madeline Cox Arleo, of New Jersey, to Boozman Heitkamp Risch Burr Heller utes of debate prior to a vote on the be United States District Judge for the Roberts Coats Hoeven Rubio Sannes nomination. District of New Jersey? Coburn Inhofe Scott Cochran Isakson Mr. REID. I yield back all time. The nomination was confirmed. Sessions Collins Johanns The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Shelby VOTE ON BEETLESTONE NOMINATION Corker Johnson (WI) objection? Tester The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Cornyn Kirk Without objection, all time is yielded Crapo Lee Thune back. the previous order, there will be 2 min- Enzi Manchin Toomey Mr. MCCAIN. I ask for the yeas and utes of debate prior to a vote on the Fischer McCain Wicker nays. Beetlestone nomination. Flake McConnell The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Mr. LEAHY. I ask unanimous con- NOT VOTING—5 sufficient second? sent that all time be yielded back. Chambliss Hagan Vitter There appears to be a sufficient sec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Cruz Landrieu ond. objection, all time is yielded back. The nomination was confirmed. The question is, Will the Senate ad- The question is, Will the Senate ad- Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I vise and consent to the nomination of vise and consent to the nomination of move to reconsider the vote. Brenda K. Sannes, of New York, to be Wendy Beetlestone, of Pennsylvania, to Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion United States District Judge for the be United States District Judge for the on the table. Northern District of New York? Eastern District of Pennsylvania? The motion to lay on the table was The clerk will call the roll. The nomination was confirmed. The assistant bill clerk called the agreed to. VOTE ON BOLDEN NOMINATION roll. f Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. the previous order, there will be 2 min- NOMINATION OF JAMES D. PETTIT, utes of debate prior to a vote on the HAGAN) and the Senator from Lou- A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SEN- Bolden nomination. isiana (Ms. LANDRIEU) are necessarily IOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS absent. Mr. CARPER. I ask unanimous con- OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators sent to yield back all time. AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY are necessarily absent: the Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE from Georgia (Mr. CHAMBLISS) and the objection, all time is yielded back. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO Senator from Louisiana (Mr. VITTER). Mr. ISAKSON. I ask for the yeas and THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there nays. any other Senators in the Chamber de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a siring to vote? sufficient second? The result was announced—yeas 96, There appears to be a sufficient sec- NOMINATION OF PAMELA LEORA nays 0, as follows: ond. SPRATLEN, A CAREER MEMBER [Rollcall Vote No. 289 Ex.] The question is, Will the Senate ad- OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERV- YEAS—96 vise and consent to the nomination of ICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUN- Alexander Franken Murkowski Victor Allen Bolden, of Connecticut, to SELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- Ayotte Gillibrand Murphy be United States District Judge for the TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- Baldwin Graham Murray District of Connecticut? POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED Barrasso Grassley Nelson Begich Harkin Paul The clerk will call the roll. STATES OF AMERICA TO THE Bennet Hatch Portman The bill clerk called the roll. REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN Blumenthal Heinrich Pryor Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Blunt Heitkamp Reed Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Booker Heller Reid Boozman Hirono Risch HAGAN) and the Senator from Lou- Boxer Hoeven Roberts isiana (Ms. LANDRIEU) are necessarily NOMINATION OF TAMARA WENDA Brown Inhofe Rockefeller absent. ASHFORD TO BE A JUDGE OF Burr Isakson Rubio Cantwell Johanns Sanders Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators THE UNITED STATES TAX COURT Cardin Johnson (SD) Schatz are necessarily absent: the Senator FOR A TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS Carper Johnson (WI) Schumer from Georgia (Mr. CHAMBLISS), the Sen- Casey Kaine Scott RUZ Coats King Sessions ator from Texas (Mr. C ), and the Coburn Kirk Shaheen Senator from Louisiana (Mr. VITTER). Cochran Klobuchar Shelby The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there NOMINATION OF L. PAIGE MARVEL Collins Leahy Stabenow any other Senators in the Chamber de- TO BE A JUDGE OF THE UNITED Coons Lee Tester STATES TAX COURT FOR A Corker Levin Thune siring to vote? Cornyn Manchin Toomey The result was announced—yeas 49, TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS Crapo Markey Udall (CO) nays 46, as follows: Cruz McCain Udall (NM) Donnelly McCaskill Walsh [Rollcall Vote No. 290 Ex.] Durbin McConnell Warner YEAS—49 Enzi Menendez Warren NOMINATION OF CARY DOUGLAS Feinstein Merkley Whitehouse Baldwin Durbin McCaskill PUGH TO BE A JUDGE OF THE Fischer Mikulski Wicker Begich Feinstein Menendez UNITED STATES TAX COURT FOR Flake Moran Wyden Bennet Franken Merkley Blumenthal Gillibrand Mikulski A TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS NOT VOTING—4 Booker Harkin Murphy Boxer Hirono Murray Chambliss Landrieu Brown Johnson (SD) Nelson Hagan Vitter Cantwell Kaine Pryor The nomination was confirmed. Cardin King Reed NOMINATION OF RAMIN TOLOUI VOTE ON ARLEO NOMINATION Carper Klobuchar Reid TO BE A DEPUTY UNDER SEC- Casey Leahy Rockefeller RETARY OF THE TREASURY The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Coons Levin Sanders the previous order, there will be 2 min- Donnelly Markey Schatz

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.001 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6179 NOMINATION OF LISA AFUA years; Cary Douglas Pugh, of Virginia, The nomination was confirmed. SERWAH MENSAH TO BE UNDER to be a Judge of the United States Tax VOTE ON PUGH NOMINATION SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Court for a term of fifteen years; The PRESIDING OFFICER. The FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT Ramin Toloui, of Iowa, to be a Deputy question is, Will the Senate advise and Under Secretary of the Treasury; Lisa consent to the nomination of Cary Afua Serwah Mensah, of Maryland, to Douglas Pugh, of Virginia, to be a be Under Secretary of Agriculture for NOMINATION OF GEORGE ALBERT Judge of the United States Tax Court Rural Development; George Albert KROL, A CAREER MEMBER OF for a term of fifteen years? Krol, of New Jersey, a Career Member THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, The nomination was confirmed. of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of CLASS OF MINISTER-COUN- VOTE ON TOLOUI NOMINATION Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador SELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- question is, Will the Senate advise and the United States of America to the POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED consent to the nomination of Ramin Republic of Kazakhstan; Luis G. STATES OF AMERICA TO THE Toloui, of Iowa, to be a Deputy Under Moreno, of Texas, a Career Member of REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN Secretary of the Treasury? the Senior Foreign Service, Class of The nomination was confirmed. Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of VOTE ON MENSAH NOMINATION NOMINATION OF LUIS G. MORENO, the United States of America to Ja- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SEN- maica; Donald Lu, of California, a Ca- question is, Will the Senate advise and IOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS reer Member of the Senior Foreign consent to the nomination of Lisa Afua OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to Serwah Mensah, of Maryland, to be AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY be Ambassador Extraordinary and Under Secretary of Agriculture for AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE Plenipotentiary of the United States of Rural Development? UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO America to the Republic of Albania; The nomination was confirmed. JAMAICA Brent Robert Hartley, of Oregon, a Ca- VOTE ON KROL NOMINATION reer Member of the Senior Foreign The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Service, Class of Counselor, to be Am- question is, Will the Senate advise and bassador Extraordinary and Pleni- consent to the nomination of George NOMINATION OF DONALD LU, A Albert Krol, of New Jersey, a Career CAREER MEMBER OF THE SEN- potentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Slovenia; Member of the Senior Foreign Service, IOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Am- OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE and Robert M. Speer, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army. bassador Extraordinary and Pleni- AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY potentiary of the United States of AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE VOTE ON PETTIT NOMINATION The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. WAR- America to the Republic of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO Kazakhstan? THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA REN). Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate prior to a The nomination was confirmed. vote on the Pettit nomination. VOTE ON MORENO NOMINATION Mr. MENENDEZ. I yield back all The PRESIDING OFFICER. The NOMINATION OF BRENT ROBERT time on the nominations. question is, Will the Senate advise and HARTLEY, A CAREER MEMBER The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without consent to the nomination of Luis G. OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERV- objection, all time is yielded back. Moreno, of Texas, a Career Member of ICE, CLASS OF COUNSELOR, TO The question is, Will the Senate ad- the Senior Foreign Service, Class of BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- vise and consent to the nomination of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY James D. Pettit, of Virginia, a Career Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of OF THE UNITED STATES OF Member of the Senior Foreign Service, the United States of America to Ja- AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Am- maica? SLOVENIA bassador Extraordinary and Pleni- The nomination was confirmed. potentiary of the United States of VOTE ON LU NOMINATION America to the Republic of Moldova? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The nomination was confirmed. ROBERT M. SPEER TO BE AN AS- question is, Will the Senate advise and VOTE ON SPRATLEN NOMINATION consent to the nomination of Donald SISTANT SECRETARY OF THE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Lu, of California, a Career Member of ARMY question is, Will the Senate advise and the Senior Foreign Service, Class of The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. WAR- consent to the nomination of Pamela Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador REN). Under the previous order, the Leora Spratlen, of California, a Career Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Senate will consider the following Member of the Senior Foreign Service, the United States of America to the nominations, which the clerk will re- Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Am- Republic of Albania? port. bassador Extraordinary and Pleni- The nomination was confirmed. The assistant bill clerk read the potentiary of the United States of nominations of James D. Pettit, of Vir- America to the Republic of Uzbek- VOTE ON HARTLEY NOMINATION ginia, a Career Member of the Senior istan? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Foreign Service, Class of Minister- The nomination was confirmed. question is, Will the Senate advise and Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraor- VOTE ON ASHFORD NOMINATION consent to the nomination of Brent dinary and Plenipotentiary of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Robert Hartley, of Oregon, a Career United States of America to the Repub- question is, Will the Senate advise and Member of the Senior Foreign Service, lic of Moldova; Pamela Leora Spratlen, consent to the nomination of Tamara Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador of California, a Career Member of the Wenda Ashford, of Virginia, to be a Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Senior Foreign Service, Class of Min- Judge of the United States Tax Court the United States of America to the ister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Ex- for a term of fifteen years? Republic of Slovenia? traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the The nomination was confirmed. The nomination was confirmed. United States of America to the Repub- VOTE ON MARVEL NOMINATION VOTE ON SPEER NOMINATION lic of Uzbekistan; Tamara Wenda The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Ashford, of Virginia, to be a Judge of question is, Will the Senate advise and question is, Will the Senate advise and the United States Tax Court for a term consent to the nomination of L. Paige consent to the nomination of Robert of fifteen years; L. Paige Marvel, of Marvel, of Maryland, to be a Judge of M. Speer, of Virginia, to be an Assist- Maryland, to be a Judge of the United the United States Tax Court for a term ant Secretary of the Army? States Tax Court for a term of fifteen of fifteen years? The nomination was confirmed.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.051 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6180 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under dedicated leader in my home State of also. His nearly 25 years of distin- the previous order, the motions to re- Nebraska. guished service required strength of consider are considered made and laid Governor Dave Heineman has guided character and fortitude. upon the table, and the President will our State during the past 10 years with Throughout that service and long be- be immediately notified of the Senate’s vision and with laser-like focus on effi- fore it began, Dave has had a wonderful action. cient government, economic vibrancy, partner in his life, Sally Ganem. Our MARVEL NOMINATION education, and protecting our families. First Lady is impressive and accom- Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, I Under his leadership and careful plished. She is a woman in her own would like to say a few words of con- management, our State held strong right, having served as principal of an gratulations to these nominees and through the economic downturn. Dur- elementary school and now leading nu- particularly to Judge Paige Marvel, a ing that time, the national spotlight merous volunteer and literacy efforts. great Marylander, on her reappoint- shown very brightly on Nebraska as She has supported Dave every step of ment to the Tax Court. one of the healthiest States, guided by the way on a public service journey As we know, the Tax Court serves a Dave Heineman’s very steady hand, to that offers a shining example for others crucial role in this country’s tax sys- ensure we remain debt-free and fiscally to follow. Thus, it is fitting that we tem. It is a highly specialized court sound. But the Governor did far more have never before had a Governor that provides an important forum in than hold the line on spending and bal- whose service spans 10 years, and we which taxpayers can dispute deter- ancing the books of our great State. He may never have that again. minations by the IRS. Tax Court provided historic tax relief, bolstered On behalf of a grateful State and a judges have the difficult task of ably education in our State, and he sent a grateful nation, I offer my sincerest and fairly analyzing the highly tech- signal worldwide that Nebraska wel- gratitude for the dedicated leadership nical legal issues that arise under our comes new business through enhanced Governor Heineman has provided to complex tax code. economic development incentives. It is our great State of Nebraska. At the close of Judge Marvel’s first not surprising that Nebraskans’ enthu- I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- term on the U.S. Tax Court, I was a siastically elected and then reelected sence of a quorum. strong supporter of her reappointment, Dave Heineman to the post, giving him The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and I am an equally strong supporter of the proud distinction of being our long- clerk will call the roll. her confirmation. Judge Marvel has est serving Governor in the history of The assistant bill clerk proceeded to served on the court with distinction, our State. call the roll. and it is in the best interests of this I had the privilege of working side by Mr. INHOFE. I ask unanimous con- country to keep someone with her in- side with Dave Heineman back in my sent that the order for the quorum call tegrity and expertise on the Tax Court days as Governor of Nebraska. I was so be rescinded. bench. This integrity and expertise was proud to have him as my Lieutenant The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without also apparent prior to Judge Marvel’s Governor in my second term, and I was objection, it is so ordered. assumption of her current office. I always grateful for the job he did di- f recting the State’s homeland security worked extensively with her on a vari- IMMIGRATION ety of issues when I served in the efforts. Maryland General Assembly in Annap- We would have to flip the history Mr. INHOFE. Tonight there will be a olis. books back to 1990, nearly 25 years ago, speech. I think everyone is aware of My colleagues on the Finance Com- to see when he was first elected to pub- that. I think we all know pretty much lic office as a member of the Fremont, mittee, including Chairman WYDEN and what the President of the United NE, city council. Four years later, he Ranking Member HATCH, have worked States is going to say. hard and in a bipartisan manner to was elected to his first statewide office I would like to read the oath of office bring these nominations forward, for to serve as our State treasurer. I was that any President of the United which I am grateful. And, I am ex- mayor of the city of Lincoln at the States has to take, and this President tremely proud that a fellow Mary- time, and I enjoyed watching Dave step has taken this oath in an affirmative lander has been nominated to continue onto the statewide stage with enthu- way for—I ask unanimous consent to the important work of fairly inter- siasm and determination. He wanted to speak as in morning business. preting and applying our tax laws, get things done. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Nebraskans would nod their head in which affect the lives of every Amer- objection, it is so ordered. agreement with the assertion that he ican citizen and resident. Mr. INHOFE. Tonight we have the remains as determined today, in the President’s speech, and I would like to f last days of his time in office, as the recite one more time what every Presi- LEGISLATIVE SESSION very first day he walked in. dent has to say and has to affirm be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I should note he first served the pub- fore he becomes President. ate will resume legislative session. lic as a member of our Armed Forces, I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will The Senator from New Jersey. having spent 5 years in the U.S. Army faithfully execute the Office of the President after graduating from the U.S. Military of the United States, and will to the best of f Academy at West Point. As anyone can my ability, preserve, protect and defend the REPRESENTING OUR COUNTRY tell you, it is easy to spot those West Constitution of the United States. ABROAD Point influences even today. All of I think people are overlooking this Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, those experiences prepared him so well because they know what to expect to- very briefly, I appreciate working on to serve as our Governor. I had abso- night. They know what is going to hap- both sides to be able to have what is a lutely no doubt about his ability to pen. They know the President is going distinguished set of career ambassadors step into the role when I was confirmed to do something that in the eyes of go to their posts and represent our as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. I most people—and I have to say that country abroad, and I hope we can con- passed the baton to Dave with immense most of the people I talk to are from tinue on this march as we move toward confidence, and indeed he took the my State of Oklahoma. They have a lot the end of the session. helm and never missed a beat. It is dif- of common sense and ask the question: I yield the floor. ficult to believe that was 10 years ago. Is this illegal, what we are about to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I think both of us have a lot more gray witness? ator from Nebraska. hair to show for it, but we also have The President is bound by the Con- f something more valuable than gold: stitution to ensure the laws on the the honor of having been entrusted to books are being carried out in a man- HONORING GOVERNOR DAVE lead and to serve the best State of the ner that is true to the law that is writ- HEINEMAN United States. I know Governor ten and passed by Congress. It is his Mr. JOHANNS. Madam President, I Heineman has worked each day to duty, his obligation. That was envi- rise today to honor the service of a prove worthy of that trust, as I have sioned by our Founding Fathers.

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If they worked with Congress and inter- are coming through here? a President finds a law problematic, preted a statute. That is not what is They said: Thousands. then this is how he has to address that happening now. President Obama is I said: How many in the last 6 problem: He has to work with Congress creating a law on his own as to how he months? to change the law. He does not have wishes the law would be. He has no au- They said: Well, several thousand. the authority to unilaterally declare thority to do it. We are going to see Let’s keep in mind they can only bed that law not to apply to millions of this tonight, and I think we need to down 200 people. Thousands have come Americans, which is what I think we have this in our background in what we through. are going to witness tonight. That is are looking for. We came back to trace where these exactly what the President is doing. As we saw with his previous am- thousands actually ended up. We were He issued ultimatums to Congress: nesty—that was 2012; we remember not able to find out. You can find that Pass what I want or else. We heard that, about 21⁄2 years ago—this new Ex- they have a Web site saying how many that. We heard those words. When Con- ecutive amnesty will encourage more States received how many kids. We gress and the American people push people to come here and break the have no way of verifying if that is true. back against him, he charges forward laws. For all we know, there are hundreds of with Executive orders that are written This year, thanks to President thousands of kids out there, and we and executed behind closed doors. Let’s Obama’s Executive order—called the don’t know where they are. remember that at the time this Presi- deferred action for childhood arrivals, Those people who are concerned dent first took office, his big thing was DACA—Americans watched as unac- about 5 to 6 million people tonight, transparency. He wants people to know companied alien children—that is, the keep in mind that it is really much what is going on and not have any sur- UAC—poured over our southern border more than that. On that number, the prises. Yet this is what is happening: seeking the same amnesty others had issue we have is we don’t know where These Executive orders are taking the been given. Who is to say the President the children eventually end up, and the place of those laws that are passed by won’t give them that? It is reported administration does not have to notify Members who are elected to the House that tonight he will be changing the the local governments of their pres- and to the Senate. qualifications of the DACA to include ence. There are counties that are pub- He says the reason for this is he is even more. lished as to how many are in a county. tired of waiting on an immigration sys- What happened then is really worse We don’t know their names. tem that is broken. Those are his than what is happening now and going Interestingly, when I was at Los words. He has taken action because to be announced tonight because at Fresnos on the border, I talked to a lot Congress won’t. That is not the way it least tonight they are talking about 5 of the kids who were being brought works. A Congress that has had—by the to 6 million people who are going to be into this country. Those kids—each way, he had a Democratic majority the granted amnesty, and what he did be- one had a story, and you could tell it first 2 years in the House and Senate fore in encouraging the young people was a rehearsed story: I have parents and the White House. He can’t say we to get here to the United States—we who live in California. I have a dad who are not doing it. He is certainly not re- don’t know where they are today or lives in New York. They all had a story ferring to Republicans. These are the how many there are. down as if they are coming back. excuses for doing what he is doing. In my State of Oklahoma—Fort Sill Keep in mind—these are kids who Some claim he is not doing anything in Lawton, OK—we have a base that came not from Mexico but through different from what President Ronald was given several hundred of these Mexico. We heard only yesterday some Reagan or President George H.W. Bush young children. They are under 18 of the atrocities, the things that had did. I think it is very important, very years of age. They were told they were happened to some of these kids—the briefly, to show you that is not true at to house these children until January. raping, the killing, all of that—as they all. It worked out pretty well because we were making the transition through In 1986 Congress passed and President were in the middle of building some Mexico. Reagan signed into law the Immigra- buildings down there, and so we had a They publish online what States they tion Reform and Control Act, which place for them for a temporary period end up in, but we don’t know the num- gave amnesty to close to 3 million ille- of time. They were supposed to be re- bers, whether these are verified num- gal immigrants. Amnesty was granted leased in January. I went down there in bers or if we are taking their word for by statute, not by Executive order. October, and they were already gone. it. That was a law which was passed and They didn’t really know where they Something is going on, and even I, as which the President signed and agreed were, but they were gone. Even to this a Member of the Senate, have gone to. day, if you call up and talk to the com- down there two separate times to Los Soon after, the people realized the mander down there, they will tell you Fresnos and still don’t know the an- children of these immigrants—who they don’t know for sure where they swer to the questions that I get from were still eligible for deportation— are. people in Oklahoma who are very much were simply overlooked. The fact is, if To go even further into this, I went concerned about this. Who monitors to there is a husband and a wife and they to the Texas border, where I went to a ensure that they remain and show up are able to go ahead and become natu- center called Los Fresnos. There are 18 for court? If they evade the law long ralized citizens, their underaged chil- IES facilities on the southern border. enough,—and they know now they can dren would have to be as well. Every- It is not just in Texas but all—I think evade the law; if the President can do one agreed, no one disagreed, and so 13 of those are in Texas. I went down it, they can do it—then amnesty will they went ahead and did it. That was there to see the process they used. I eventually be received by them. working with Congress. Congress made talked to the Border Patrol. The Bor- We have immigration laws that are that decision with the President of the der Patrol told me they are instructed going to be ignored. What does this say United States. to—and they did—send the kids as they to the immigrants who are coming into In 1990 President Bush expanded came to the various facilities, these 18 America and applying for citizenship in President Reagan’s grant of deferred facilities. So I went to the one that I accordance with the law? deportation to all minor children and believe is the largest. It is called Los I have been honored several times to to the spouses of those who were grant- Fresnos. It is on the southern border on go and be the speaker at naturalization ed amnesty in the 1986 law, and Con- the eastern side of Texas. They weren’t ceremonies in my State of Oklahoma. I

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Denzel is too modest to say so her- ple up for naturalization probably He said, ‘‘Mohammad Fazl, his re- self, but she has been in the middle of know the history much better than turning is like pouring 10,000 Taliban a lot of big legislative battles around people who are born here in this coun- fighters into the battle on the side of here. She has been in the mix on pretty try. They learn the language. They go Jihad. Now the Taliban has the right much everything you could imagine through all these things, and finally lion to lead them in the final moment that has to do with budgets and gov- they become citizens of the United before victory in Afghanistan.’’ ernment funding issues—in other States. That is the legal way to do it. So that is another issue altogether. words, pretty much everything. She What are their thoughts right now These people are released to come back has also worked a lot of late nights. after all they have gone through and and kill Americans. But the point is, She has plenty of war stories, but she the doors are open for anyone to come that law was aimed specifically at the has never lost her optimism or her through? Is that compassion for those President that he cannot do that. He good humor. Now, that is no mean feat. people? I don’t think so. Compassion is did it. So when I see these things hap- I am really going to miss Denzel, but acknowledging and respecting the mil- pen, I think I have never seen this be- she has more than earned a break, and lions who adhere to our laws and fore. I wish her nothing but the best as she achieve citizenship. I am not a real student of history, moves on to the next chapter in her But here is the thing. When you stop but certainly I have read an abundant life. I am sure she will be a great suc- being a nation based on the rule of law, amount of the history of this institu- cess. you are at the mercy of one man and tion as well as the President and what f his whims. It sounds exactly like some- is going and what should go on in thing our Founding Fathers were look- Washington and what our Founding TRIBUTE TO CHRIS DOBY ing to avoid and escape. I think that is Fathers envisioned. Our Founding Fa- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I the problem we have. I have people thers never envisioned they would have would also like to say a quick word asking me: Why is the President break- a President who would blatantly break about Chris Doby, the Senate financial ing the law with regularity? Does he the law, specifically break the law. clerk, who will be leaving us soon after not have to obey the law the same as That is what is happening now. That more than three decades of service. we do? example is just one of many I could Chris came to the Senate in 1983 after Well, as you know, there is a lawsuit give. So enjoy the speech tonight. I graduating from Radford University. that is being processed over on the think you are going to see that another He was a junior auditor back in those House side. But we also know this: one of our laws looks as though it is days. Today he has a broad range of du- Anyone who comes who has 2 years left going to be broken. That would be our ties. He has weathered a lot of storms. in his term knows if something is immigration laws that are on the He is also one of the most popular guys starting the process to determine books now. in the Senate because he is responsible whether action is legal, it would be I yield the floor and I suggest the ab- for making sure everybody gets paid. probably 5 or 6 years before that case sence of a quorum. But Senators’ staffs are not the only would be decided. By that time he is The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MAR- ones who have nice things to say about long gone. KEY). The clerk will call the roll. Chris. His colleagues praise his sin- I want to mention one thing that is The assistant legislative clerk pro- cerity, his steady hand, his confidence, specific. People say: Well, how can you ceeded to call the roll. and his friendliness. say the President is breaking the law? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Re- Chris is the consummate family man. He does break the law. He breaks it all publican leader. He has three daughters: Colleen, Caro- the time. One of the things I have been Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous line, and Courtney; a grandson he concerned about for a long period of consent that the order for the quorum adores; and a wife of 31 years, Cathy. I time is keeping the installation named call be rescinded. know he is looking forward to spending Guantanamo Bay—called Gitmo—keep- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without more time with all of them. He is prob- ing it open. It is the only place that we objection, it is so ordered. ably looking forward to the end of his can keep the type of terrorists we have The Republican leader is recognized. daily commute too. It is a 2-hour trek down there. It is one, I think, that has f from the District to his home in Vir- worked out well. But somehow there is ginia. That is 2 hours each way, every TRIBUTE TO DENZEL MCGUIRE the obsession that this President has— day. I understand that Cathy has a to- he wants to close Gitmo, Guantanamo Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I do list for Chris that is a mile long, so Bay. would like to say a few words about a we know he will have a lot on his plate Knowing that, I put an amendment staffer I will be very sad to lose tomor- when he leaves here. But we thank him on the Defense authorization bill in row. Denzel McGuire is one of the most for his long and dedicated service in 2014. If anyone wants to look it up, it is genuine people you will ever meet. She the Senate. section 1035(d) of the 2014 National De- always has a smile on her face and a Mr. President, I suggest the absence fense Authorization Act, the NDAA. It ready joke, and she is the only Senate of a quorum. specifically states—anticipating that staffer I know of who can plan on—lis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the President would start releasing ten to this—a personal birthday song clerk will call the roll. these people from Guantanamo Bay from Speaker BOEHNER every year. She The legislative clerk proceeded to without authority, we put into law also has a determination that is as call the roll. that the President shall notify Con- strong as steel. She is a master at ne- Mr. HATCH. I ask unanimous consent gress not later than 30 days before the gotiating. And all Members—even the that the order for the quorum call be transfer or release of any Guantanamo Speaker—have learned it is wise to rescinded. Bay detainee. stay in her good graces. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. What did we find out? The President, Denzel has worked for some of the HEITKAMP). Without objection, it is so without notifying anyone, released most respected Members of this body, ordered. probably the five—in fact, not prob- including Jon Kyl and Judd Gregg. She f ably, certainly the five very worst of has taken on some of the thorniest the terrorists who were being kept issues over her more than 20 years here TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL KENNEDY down there. In fact, one of their names in Congress. Mr. HATCH. Madam President, I wish was Mohammad Fazl. One of the In this job you get accustomed to to take a moment to pay tribute to my Taliban commanders, whose name is hearing bad news, but what I tell peo- former chief of staff, Michael Kennedy. Mullah Salem Khan, made this state- ple is that if I have to hear bad news In my 38 years as a Senator, I have

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.057 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6183 seen many talented staffers come and my children, so naturally I felt protec- the most gifted and devoted people our go, but few have left such a lasting im- tive and wanted the best for her. Nation has to offer. Each of them has pression as Michael. He is someone for When she announced her engagement brought something unique and impor- whom I have a deep appreciation and to Michael, Elaine and I were de- tant to their service, but I have to say much respect. That is why it was so lighted. Still, I was surprised that that even among the select fraternity difficult for me when I learned Michael someone as impressive as Natalie of talented Senate staffers, Michael would be leaving my office to pursue an would agree to Michael’s engagement Kennedy belongs in an elite class. opportunity in the private sector. I had proposal. I guess to his long list of tal- I have no doubt Michael will enjoy come to rely so much on his counsel, ents and accomplishments, we could enormous success in his new position. his leadership, and his savvy. It was add marrying out of his league. Success has been the defining char- very difficult and hard to let him go. I I was very grateful that Natalie knew acteristic of every endeavor he has un- know I speak for everyone on my staff very well the rigors and intensity of dertaken. I have had many chiefs of when I say Michael will be sorely serving on a Senate staff, having staff over my 38 years in the Senate, missed. worked previously with Senator Bob but none has ever been better than Mi- Before Michael came to my office, he Bennett. Not only was she an invalu- chael. was living in Salt Lake City and work- able support to Michael, she was also While the selfish part of me wishes he ing at Utah State University as the there to help me in any way she could. could have stayed in the Senate just a vice president for Federal and State re- She was wonderful. bit longer, I have to say that I wish Mi- lations. Under his leadership, that uni- While Michael was serving as my chael, Natalie, and darling Sweet Pea versity developed its first professional chief of staff, Natalie gave birth to the very best going forward. program, secured critical line-item their daughter Emily—or as I like to I don’t say these things haphazardly. funding, enhanced its footprint and re- call her ‘‘Sweet Pea.’’ Shortly after her This young man is truly one of the fin- source portfolio, and became a key birth, Michael’s family gathered in my est people I have known in all of my player in facilitating the merger of two Capitol office and gave Sweet Pea a fa- experience in the Senate of the United Utah schools. ther’s blessing, as is the tradition in States. He was dedicated, he was con- Michael was also the point man for our faith. It was a sacred experience for secrated to his work, and he did every- all matters related to Capitol Hill and Elaine and me to join Michael and Nat- thing he possibly could to help my staff the Utah State legislature. His reputa- alie and both their families for that and me do a better job in the Senate. tion for hard work and integrity helped special occasion. Michael is a true friend, and he will him craft strong relationships through- Michael’s family wasn’t the only one always be somebody whose friendship I out the State. He knew the landscape, to grow in the time he was with me. revere. As I said, his wife is a wonder- customs, and culture of Utah better During those few years, we had 12 new ful friend as well, and Sweet Pea—I call than almost anyone. His experience babies and 4 spouses added to the fami- her ‘‘Pea’’ now—is one of the cutest, and his reputation proved invaluable to lies of our staff. Whenever there was a most darling young girls that I have me. birth or marriage, Michael went out of ever seen. I know these tributes sound like eu- his way to make sure they were taken With that, I yield the floor and sug- logies with the way we talk about peo- care of. He fostered an atmosphere of gest the absence of a quorum. ple as if they had already passed on. camaraderie, friendship, and family The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Considering how hard Michael worked, friendliness that was critical for my of- clerk will call the roll. I am surprised this isn’t his eulogy. His fice’s ability to serve the people of The legislative clerk proceeded to energy and work ethic always amazed Utah. People always knew he was genu- call the roll. me, as did his sense of style. Perhaps inely concerned for them and their The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the only thing sharper than Michael’s needs as they tried to adjust to the ator from Connecticut. mind was his wardrobe. Few people can wonderful changes of a growing family. Mr. MURPHY. Madam President, I pull off a navy suit with pink lining Nevertheless, I know there were plen- ask unanimous consent that the order and silver cufflinks, but Michael did so ty of times when Michael would rather for the quorum call be rescinded. with ease. Of course, you might not have been with Natalie than with me. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without know Michael was such a sharply One particular instance comes to mind. objection, it is so ordered. dressed staffer because his boss usually During the end of the 112th Congress, f stole the fashion spotlight, and after Michael and I rang in the new year to- HEALTH CARE REFORM Washingtonian magazine named me gether during an extended voting ses- the best-dressed man in Congress, I can sion. Michael bought a bottle of blue Mr. MURPHY. Madam President, this only hope that some of my style rubbed Powerade from the downstairs vending past Saturday, open enrollment began off on him. However, if people knew machine here at the Capitol, and we for the second round of State-based and how little I paid for my clothing, I counted down the seconds on my Sen- Federal exchanges all across the coun- think they might want to take back ate clock. I knew he wanted to be with try. that honor. his family, but I was grateful for his We can think about where we were a Michael took a pay cut when he sacrifice in staying with me. year ago today: The government was in joined my staff nearly 4 years ago, and This intense dedication was the norm shutdown. The Federal Web page where he always joked that his next job for Michael Kennedy. Every night that people went to enroll was a blank would be as an unpaid summer intern. I left the Senate, Michael would be screen for many. There was frustration I like to think Michael’s financial sac- there to wish me a safe drive home and all across the country, and a lot of our rifice was emblematic of his desire to continue his work for me late into the friends on the other side of the aisle serve the State of Utah and improve night. Whenever I traveled, he was al- were claiming that this was proof the this great country through the Senate. ways by my side and ready to help. To- health care reform law could not work. His willingness to serve was most evi- gether we spent a lot of time on the They claimed it was a failure from the dent in the way he always put the road, visiting each of Utah’s 29 coun- beginning. needs of constituents and staff above ties. We drove from meeting to meet- Well, a year makes a big difference. his own. ing across beautiful western landscapes It is a year later, and we have 7 mil- Michael’s dedication to my staff was and had many memorable conversa- lion, 8 million people who have insur- only surpassed by his dedication to his tions. Though road trips can often be ance on these exchanges across the family, and I truly believe he owes his long and tedious, Michael’s sharp intel- country. We have lowered the number success to the constant support of his lect and good humor made him one of of people without insurance by 25 per- wife Natalie—an absolutely beautiful the greatest traveling companions I cent in a year’s period of time. That is woman whom I have been blessed to have ever had. remarkable. In my State of Con- know. Natalie and her family have I have been extremely fortunate necticut, where we run the best ex- been friends of mine since she was when it comes to my staff. I have had change in the entire country, we have young. Natalie grew up as a friend of the privilege of serving with some of cut the number of uninsured in half in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.060 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6184 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 just a year’s period of time. That is an tion for me to be able to keep my busi- at the largest county in each of the 34 even more stunning number. Health ness and to have affordable health in- States with marketplaces run by the care rates of inflation are as low as surance that can’t be taken away. Federal Government and found on av- they have been in most of our life- Now, Christina hopefully is going to erage that the rate decrease was going times. The State of Connecticut is ac- be what a lot of people call job cre- to be 1 percent. We, frankly, would be tually spending less on Medicaid than ators. She is hopefully going to hire a happy if rate of increase was only 2 or it was a year or two ago, and quality is lot of people for her new business. She 3 percent, because on average in 2008, getting better. By most all of the indi- is going to do it because she was able the premium increase was 10 percent. ces that we follow, the number of peo- to start that new business because of In 2009 it was 10.8 percent, and in 2010 ple who are readmitted to a hospital the Affordable Care Act. it was 11.7 percent. We are having an after a surgery or the number of infec- On Saturday, the first day of enroll- average premium decrease in the ex- tions people get while they are in the ment, HHS said that 100,000 people sub- changes this year. That is more proof hospital are all lower than they were mitted applications for coverage, and that as folks get more coverage, as peo- when the bill first went into effect. more than 500,000 people were able to ple get access to preventive care, they While a lot of my Republican friends log on to healthcare.gov. And more are driving down overall health care come to the floor with stories about than a million, just since open enroll- costs because less people get into cri- people who have bad insurance with ment has begun, have been window sis, less people have to run to the emer- the health care bill, the data clearly is shopping for insurance options. By and gency room, and they get cheaper cost on our side. The data tells only one large, Web sites across the country are care earlier on. That is better for them, story that the Affordable Care Act is working, and they are allowing people better for the taxpayers, and better for working. But we have a lot of stories, to come back and shop for plans. It is their bottom line. too—millions of them, as it turns out. really important that people do come Kara from Granby, CT, has this I have never denied that there will be back and shop for plans, because what story. When Kara was born, the doctors people who have bad experiences with we know is that the insurance industry immediately told her parents that she the health care system, with the Af- likes this bill as well. Now, a lot of peo- was going to face a lifetime of obsta- fordable Care Act, and with the ex- ple on our side of the aisle don’t like cles because she was diagnosed with changes. But they are in the vast mi- the fact that the insurance industry only one ailing kidney and a slight nority. The majority are people such as likes this bill so much, but they like it hearing impairment. Lucky for her, her Christina who is a small business so much that there are about 25 per- parents found a great doctor at Con- owner from Stratford, CT. Several cent more insurers that are offering necticut Children’s Medical Center. years ago, she left a job that provided plans on these exchanges. So if a per- About the time she was 1 year old, employer-based coverage to start her son is on a plan for a year, they should her kidney had started to fail, and a own business in Bridgeport. It was her know there are likely more options out kidney transplant was recommended. dream to start her own business. But as there for them. They should go on the Her father gave her one of his, and she with a lot of Americans who have a State exchange or Federal exchange was able to graduate from high school dream to start their own business, she and check it out. There are going to be and college without having any major was reticent about doing it because she more options with potentially better health problems. But she remembers was worried about losing her health fits for people. always being warned by her parents care insurance. She stayed insured on That is not to say that people about how difficult her life was going COBRA until it expired, and then she haven’t been really happy with the in- to be because of her health ailment but went on the individual market. She re- surance coverage they have. Here is also because of the fact that her life de- calls having to fill out a 15-page ques- some other news we have gotten in cisions were going to be dictated by tionnaire asking, as she says, ‘‘any- since the last time I was on the floor. whether she could get health care. So thing that I had ever remotely dis- The Gallup poll surveyed Americans she was so relieved when she found out cussed with my doctor.’’ Unfortunately who had bought insurance in the first she could stay on her parents’ plan for her, she got a rejection notice from year on these plans, and what they until she was 26, under the new health a carrier that basically just copied and found is pretty remarkable. Seventy care law. That was critical to her be- pasted what she wrote in the applica- percent of the people who bought insur- cause her health, after she graduated tion and said: Here is your preexisting ance in the new marketplace last year college, took a sudden downward turn. condition, and that is why you are un- rated it as good or excellent. Would She began having frequent headaches, insurable. Her only remaining option that we had the same ratings for the and her voice became really hoarse. was to go into Connecticut’s high-risk Senate. Seventy percent of the people What she thought was a virus ended up pool. say the coverage they got was good or to be diagnosed as a brain tumor. While she was shopping around for excellent. Three in four of the newly Because of the ACA and her parents’ insurance, she decided to get her an- insured say they are satisfied with this insurance, she was able to get great nual mammogram at age 40, and the aspect of their health care insurance. coverage. She went out to go look for a hospital told her they found something That is compared to 61 percent among job but wasn’t able to find one that of- suspicious on that mammogram. the general population with insurance. fered health care insurance, and she Facing a potential cancer diagnosis So people are actually more satisfied went on Medicaid before she could sign without health care coverage created on the exchange-based plans than they up for health care insurance herself. an enormous amount of anxiety for are on nonexchange-based plans. If peo- Her tumor reappeared, but even despite her. It was at that moment that it ple are satisfied now, they may be able this latest setback, her doctors still be- struck her how important it was for to get an even better deal because more lieve they can extract the tumor, and people to have coverage. So she went to insurers are now signing up. her prognosis is good. But she has Access Health, which is our State- The other good news is that pre- health care, and she has had contin- based exchange, to look at plans, and miums are going to be, on average, uous health care because of the Afford- she realized she had another option. lower. Now, that is an impossible thing able Care Act, because of Medicaid’s She found a gold exchange plan. It to say in the current health care envi- being expanded throughout the States. asked her to pay $430 a month, which ronment. People are just not used to Kara says that I know for sure that I was a big difference from the $1,200 per hearing that premiums from year to wouldn’t have made it this far in life month that she was paying under the year are going to be lower, but that is without health care. It is incredibly es- high-risk pool. By the way, a lot of the the truth. A study from Kaiser and a sential to have it. You never know repeal-and-replace crowd say we should study from the Wakely Consulting what is going to happen to you. Don’t replace the exchanges with high-risk Group—Kaiser looked at the second take your health for granted. Kara, pools. Well, for Christina, that was a lowest-cost silver plan in 49 cities from Granby, has health insurance con- big financial risk to her. She went from around the country and found the pre- tinuously because of the Affordable $2,500 a month down to $430. She says: miums are going to be decreasing Care Act. Differences are being made I am thankful that there was a solu- slightly from last year. Wakely looked all over the country.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.063 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6185 I will tell just one more story. That lowing people a better quality of life, individuals who are enrolled in the is one from the middle section of the and it is doing that as well. marketplace plans that provide inte- State from Ohio. Jim worked for 37 As we mark the coming second week grated medical and dental coverage. So years for the same company. He was of open enrollment, it is important then on May 21, and after previously typically putting in 50-hour workweeks again to point out a very simple fact, touting the 8.1 million exchange enroll- that included travel and working week- which is the Affordable Care Act ees, Health and Human Services de- ends. It started to take a toll on his works. cided they would stop issuing addi- health, and he knew he had to retire. If I yield back and suggest the absence tional reports. No more monthly he wanted to live longer, if he wanted of a quorum. ObamaCare exchange enrollment infor- to enjoy his years in his sixties and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mation. September 18, in testimony be- seventies, he had to retire, but he clerk will call the roll. fore the House Oversight Committee, couldn’t do it because he needed health The assistant legislative clerk pro- the CMS Administrator, Marilyn care for him and his family. His wife is ceeded to call the roll. Tavenner, testified that there were 7.3 a cancer survivor. She had been diag- Mr. BARRASSO. I ask unanimous million people enrolled in the health nosed with leukemia 15 years ago. The consent that the order for the quorum insurance marketplace coverage as of only way she was going to be able to call be rescinded. August 15. Remember the magic num- get insurance was through his em- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ber for saying this was a sustainable ployer. He had to keep working even objection, it is so ordered. program was still 7 million. When we take a look at the oversight though it was the wrong thing for his Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, committee’s analysis it shows nearly health because of his job lock caused with regard to the health care law, the 400,000 of these enrollees didn’t pur- by his necessity to get health insur- proof has come out today. The adminis- chase insurance through the exchange ance from this job he was connected to. tration has been cooking the books. The Affordable Care Act changed all That is not just me saying it. It has for health care, rather stand-alone den- of that. He retired in March of this come out all across the press. USA tal coverage. That takes the total year. He went and did his home home- Today, just out: ‘‘Obama administra- number to under 7 million. On November 10, earlier this month, work on healthcare.gov. The plan he tion gave bad health exchange num- Secretary Burwell said there were 7.1 chose would have cost him $1,200 per bers.’’ Associated Press: ‘‘Oops, admin- istration erred on health law signups.’’ million exchange enrollees as of the month to cover him and his wife, but end of October. However, she also failed with the subsidy he received, with the Let’s take a look at this. The Depart- ment of Health and Human Services to break out the coverage of those tax credit he received, their premium stand-alone dental insurance policies, costs were $127 a month. Jim is shop- said Thursday—this is reading from USA Today—it made a mistake in how indicating the true number as of last ping as we speak for plans in 2015, but month, likely closer to 6.7 million or he knows he is going to live a longer it calculated enrollments under the Af- fordable Care Act, including 400,000 6.8 million individuals. life, and he will be able to be there for The nearly 20 percent drop in the ex- dental plans in its figures for medical his wife and for his family because of change enrollees suggests that once plans. Those dental plans allow the the Affordable Care Act. many people learn about the Obama administration to claim more Jim has a pretty interesting take on ObamaCare problems, extremely high than 7 million enrollments and 7 mil- all of this. He says he got to leave his deductibles, narrow networks, they lion was long considered the magic job and spend more time with his fam- stop paying. They stop paying their number, the magic number that would ily and spend more time concentrating premium in spite of the fact that there allow the new health insurance ex- on his health. He says: ‘‘I am much continues to be large government sub- changes to be sustainable. What does healthier and happier than I was be- sidies they are receiving. This drop is the Secretary of Health and Human fore. Plus,’’ he adds, ‘‘I am helping the likely the central reason HHS dramati- economy. When I left my job, they had Services say? Today she said this mis- cally lowered its exchange estimates to hire someone else, so I am a job cre- take is unacceptable. I agree with the earlier this month saying that by the ator too.’’ Secretary. end of the next year, instead of the 13 This mistake is unacceptable, but it This is one of the great benefits of million people predicted by the Con- the Affordable Care Act. It reduces job is not a surprise to the American peo- gressional Budget Office that there lock. People who have to stay in jobs, ple. We have questioned a long time would be about only 9.1 million people people such as Jim but also people such what numbers the administration was enrolled. as the first woman we talked about, putting out. I think it is fascinating I have heard from my colleague from Christina, who was able to start her that the administration has continued Connecticut who came and told an in- own business because of the Affordable to lower and lower the numbers as dividual story, but the health care law Care Act. more and more information and re- overall remains very unpopular. It is so Open enrollment is upon us. People search has been done, and they can unpopular that as of earlier this week have 25 percent more options. On aver- hide it no longer that they were cook- and all of the polling ever done about age, people have premiums that are ing the books. Earlier today Bloomberg the health care law, it is more unpopu- lower than they were last year. People went up to the—with the story based lar now than ever before. Popularity is can sign up for something better than on analysis from the House Committee at an alltime low and unpopularity, they had or they can join the 8 million on Oversight and Government Reform. disapproval is at an alltime high. Why people who have signed up on the ex- The committee found the Obama ad- would that be? There are a number of changes and participated in Medicare ministration has included people who reasons. One is the front page of the expansion all across the country. Peo- purchased this stand-alone dental cov- New York Times the other day. Novem- ple can be part of this pretty amazing erage and now HHS has admitted the ber 15, cost of coverage under the care story that is being told all across the duplicity. Let’s take a look at this. On act set to increase. President Obama country. May 1 Health and Human Services re- stood before the American people and An Affordable Care Act that is insur- leased exchange enrollment informa- said under his plan the cost of insur- ing more people than ever before in tion for a period from October 1, 2013, ance policies would go down $2,500 per this country, contributing to a sta- through April 19, 2014. At the time family. They have not gone down. They bilization of health care costs across Health and Human Services said over 8 headed in the other direction, and this country, that still leaves us with a million people had selected a plan again this year the cost of coverage lot of room to go. There are still way through an exchange, either the State under the health care act is set to in- too many people paying way too much or Federal exchange. crease. It is no surprise people are con- for health care, but it at least charts In the report, HHS also disclosed 1.1 cerned when the President tells them us in the right direction and is making million selected to stand-alone dental one thing and something else happens, people healthier all at the same time, plans through the Federal exchanges. A they question the President. which is what this is all about. It is not footnote in that report said totals for There are a number of reasons it is just about saving money. It is about al- stand-alone dental plans do not include not popular. That is just one. The

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.065 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6186 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 President’s solutions of putting many cannot go to the hospital in their local The assistant legislative clerk pro- more people on Medicaid under the community because of the specific ceeded to call the roll. health care law, a program that has al- components of the health care law Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- ready failed and is failing and con- which have caused so much damage imous consent that the order for the tinues to be a problem—the front page and wreaked havoc in communities all quorum call be rescinded. of the Wall Street Journal, Friday, 14 around America. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I continue to hear from people in Wy- of November, ‘‘As More Join Medicaid, objection, it is so ordered. Health Systems Feel Strain’’—stories oming who have lost the insurance about people who can’t get care, people that worked for them and they liked. f who are providers who can’t afford to They had to buy other insurance, much provide the care for Medicaid patients more expensive, that covered things because the reimbursement is so low. they did not need, did not want, and EXECUTIVE SESSION That is the President’s solution—force cannot afford. Many now find them- more people on to Medicaid because selves for the first time without insur- the President’s focus during all of ance when they had it before. It these discussions has been on coverage. worked for them and their families. NOMINATION OF NOAH BRYSON As a doctor I will tell you the focus So that is why all across the country, MAMET TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- should be on the word ‘‘care.’’ People people are saying: This health care law TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- want care, and they know what they is not working for me. That is why the POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED want. They know what they need in signups are down and the belief is that STATES OF AMERICA TO THE health care reform. fewer people are going to sign up be- ARGENTINE REPUBLIC They want affordable care, quality cause for them they do not feel they Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to care, and choice. That is what a Repub- are getting good value. They see what proceed to executive session to con- lican plan will look like to replace and they are going to have to pay out of sider Calendar No. 892. strip out the terrible parts of this pocket for deductibles, what they have The PRESIDING OFFICER. The health care law. Then for people living to pay out of pocket for copays, what question is on agreeing to the motion. all across the country in rural commu- their premiums are. As a result, they The motion was agreed to. nities—I know in the Presiding Offi- are saying: No, thank you. cer’s State and in mine, we know what Even with the subsidies, Health and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The impact the loss of a rural hospital has Human Services has significantly low- clerk will report the nomination. on that community. ered their predictions of how many The assistant legislative clerk read But yet, front page, USA Today, last people will sign up for the health care the nomination of Noah Bryson weekend, November 14 to 16, ‘‘Rural law this year. That is in spite of the Mamet, of California, to be Ambas- Hospitals in Critical Condition.’’ fact that the fines are going up. sador Extraordinary and Pleni- ObamaCare critics say the law is speed- Then, on top of all of this, there is a potentiary of the United States of ing up the demise of the facilities. health care MIT economist, Professor America to the Argentine Republic. Jonathan Gruber, who has made com- There is a map of the United States, a CLOTURE MOTION list of 43 hospitals that have closed ments that are disparaging of Amer- since January of 2010 as a result of the ican citizens. He has said not just once Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to health care law. but time and time again, as the videos the desk. You say: Is it as a result of the continue to come out of this Gruber The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- health care law? I believe it is, because miniseries of TV videos, that this ture motion having been presented it was Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the ar- health care law was sold to the Amer- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the chitects of the health care law, who ican people by trying to confuse them. clerk to read the motion. said and recently wrote that between He has questioned their intelligence. It The assistant legislative clerk read now and the year 2020, up to 1,000 hos- was NANCY PELOSI who said: First you as follows: pitals in the United States were likely have to pass it before you get to find CLOTURE MOTION to close. We know what the impact of out what is in it. the cuts that happen to our seniors on American people are furious about We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Medicare as a result of the health care the way this administration has treat- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move law will have to rural hospitals, where ed them, has behaved toward them, and to bring to a close debate on the nomination a disproportionate number of the pa- has acted upon their willingness to be- of Noah Bryson Mamet, of California, to be tients are seniors on Medicare. The lieve an administration and believe a Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- hospitals cannot sustain themselves. Speaker of the House at a time people potentiary of the United States of America That was part of the original budget wanted health care reform in America. to the Argentine Republic. numbers as they looked at the health People did not get what they wanted. Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Patrick J. care law, as we debated it on this Sen- They did not get what they were prom- Leahy, Patty Murray, Debbie Stabe- ate floor and said: Please do not pass ised. now, Benjamin L. Cardin, Amy Klo- this, Democrats—who one by one by So, today, I come to the floor to say buchar, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Chris- topher Murphy, Brian Schatz, Richard one voted for the health care law—be- to my colleague who just spoke about J. Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Tom cause it is going to impact our rural the health care law, that perhaps for Harkin, Angus S. King, Jr., Tom Udall, hospitals. the folks he mentioned it has worked. Mazie K. Hirono, Sheldon Whitehouse. Now we see 43 hospitals in rural com- We want health care to work for people Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent munities all around the country and all across the country so they can get that the mandatory quorum under rule tell stories of people who could not get the care they need, from a doctor they XXII be waived. care, had to travel such a long distance choose, at lower cost. That is what in that critical hour after a heart at- they want. So today, the proof comes The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tack, were unable to survive. So the out, the administration has been cook- objection, it is so ordered. health care law continues to be very ing the books. As USA Today says, the unpopular across the country. Yes, it is Obama administration gave bad health f possible for colleagues to come to the exchange numbers and the Associated floor and tell a story about one indi- Press starts its story on this very same LEGISLATIVE SESSION vidual whose life may have been im- topic with one word, ‘‘Oops!’’ proved as a result of the health care I yield the floor and suggest the ab- Mr. REID. I move to proceed to legis- law. But across the country, there are sence of a quorum. lative session. many people who are finding they can- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The not keep their doctor, they cannot UDALL of Colorado). The clerk will call question is on agreeing to the motion. keep their child’s pediatrician, they the roll. The motion was agreed to.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.066 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6187 EXECUTIVE SESSION The motion was agreed to. Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to bring to a close debate on the nomination clerk will report the nomination. of Robert S. Adler, of the District of Colum- NOMINATION OF COLLEEN BRAD- The assistant legislative clerk read bia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer LEY BELL TO BE AMBASSADOR Product Safety Commission. the nomination of Nani A. Coloretti, of Harry Reid, John D. Rockefeller IV, Rob- EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENI- California, to be Deputy Secretary of ert Menendez, Patty Murray, Debbie POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED Department of Housing and Urban De- Stabenow, Benjamin L. Cardin, Amy STATES OF AMERICA TO HUN- velopment. Klobuchar, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, GARY CLOTURE MOTION Christopher Murphy, Brian Schatz, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to Richard J. Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Tom Harkin, Angus S. to proceed to executive session to con- the desk. King, Jr., Tom Udall, Mazie K. Hirono, sider Calendar No. 631. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Patrick J. Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ture motion having been presented Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent question is on agreeing to the motion. under rule XXII, the Chair directs the that the mandatory quorum under rule The motion was agreed to. clerk to read the motion. XXII be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without clerk will report the nomination. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- objection, it is so ordered. The assistant legislative clerk read ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the the nomination of Colleen Bradley Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move f Bell, of California, to be Ambassador to bring to a close debate on the nomination LEGISLATIVE SESSION Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of of Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Dep- the United States of America to Hun- uty Secretary of Department of Housing and Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to gary. Urban Development. legislative session. Harry Reid, Tim Johnson, Patrick J. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CLOTURE MOTION Leahy, Patty Murray, Tom Udall, question is on agreeing to the motion. Mr. REID. Mr. President, there is a Brian Schatz, Charles E. Schumer, Bar- cloture motion at the desk that I ask bara Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Rich- The motion was agreed to. to have reported. ard Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Al f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Franken, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Martin ture motion having been presented Heinrich, Elizabeth Warren, Richard J. EXECUTIVE SESSION Durbin, Christopher Murphy. under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent The assistant legislative clerk read that the mandatory quorum under rule NOMINATION OF CHARLOTTE A. as follows: XXII be waived. BURROWS TO BE A MEMBER OF The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OP- CLOTURE MOTION objection, it is so ordered. PORTUNITY COMMISSION We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the f Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move LEGISLATIVE SESSION executive session to consider Calendar to bring to a close debate on the nomination No. 1069. of Colleen Bradley Bell, of California, to be Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- legislative session. question is on agreeing to the motion. potentiary of the United States of America The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The motion was agreed to. to Hungary. question is on agreeing to the motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Bill Nel- The motion was agreed to. son, Patrick J. Leahy, Benjamin L. clerk will report the nomination. Cardin, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara f The assistant legislative clerk read Boxer, Tom Udall, Tammy Baldwin, the nomination of Charlotte A. Bur- EXECUTIVE SESSION Brian Schatz, Richard Blumenthal, rows, of the District of Columbia, to be Christopher A. Coons, Tom Harkin, a Member of the Equal Employment Angus S. King, Jr., Carl Levin, Joe Opportunity Commission. Manchin III, Bernard Sanders. NOMINATION OF ROBERT S. ADLER TO BE A COMMISSIONER CLOTURE MOTION Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion that the mandatory quorum under rule OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION at the desk. XXII be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ture motion having been presented executive session to consider Calendar objection, it is so ordered. under rule XXII, the Chair directs the No. 918. f clerk to read the motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The assistant legislative clerk read LEGISLATIVE SESSION question is on agreeing to the motion. as follows: The motion was agreed to. Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to CLOTURE MOTION legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The assistant legislative clerk read ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the question is on agreeing to the motion. Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move The motion was agreed to. the nomination of Robert S. Adler, of to bring to a close debate on the nomination the District of Columbia, to be a Com- f of Charlotte A. Burrows, of the District of missioner of the Consumer Product Columbia, to be a Member of the Equal Em- EXECUTIVE SESSION Safety Commission. ployment Opportunity Commission. CLOTURE MOTION Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Patrick J. Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion Leahy, Patty Murray, Tom Udall, Brian Schatz, Charles E. Schumer, Bar- NOMINATION OF NANI A. at the desk that I ask to be reported. COLORETTI TO BE DEPUTY SEC- bara Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Rich- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- ard Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Al RETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF ture motion having been presented Franken, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Martin HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the Heinrich, Elizabeth Warren, Richard J. MENT clerk to read the motion. Durbin, Christopher Murphy. Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to The assistant legislative clerk read Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent executive session to consider Calendar as follows: that the mandatory quorum under rule No. 772. CLOTURE MOTION XXII be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without question is on agreeing to the motion. ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the objection, it is so ordered.

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The following named officer for ap- 2014, at 10:30 a.m., all postcloture time pointment to the grade indicated in the f be expired, and the Senate proceed to United States Coast Guard under title vote on confirmation of all of the EXECUTIVE SESSION 14, U.S.C., section 211(A)(2): nominations in the order upon which cloture was invoked; further, that To be lieutenant commander NOMINATION OF P. DAVID LOPEZ there be 2 minutes of debate prior to Angela R. Holbrook TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF each vote and all rollcall votes after Martha A. Rodriguez THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OP- the first vote in each sequence be 10 FOREIGN SERVICE PORTUNITY COMMISSION minutes in length; further, with re- PN1381—3 Foreign Service nominations (2) beginning Leslie Meredith Tsou, and ending Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to spect to the nominations in this agree- ment, that if any nomination is con- Lon C. Fairchild, which nominations were proceed to executive session to con- received by the Senate and appeared in the sider Calendar No. 1067. firmed, the motion to reconsider be Congressional Record of January 30, 2014. considered made and laid upon the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The f question is on agreeing to the motion. table, and the President be imme- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I don’t diately notified of the Senate’s action. LEGISLATIVE SESSION know if you are getting the drift, but The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- each one of these is the same. objection, it is so ordered. ate will resume legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest f question is still on agreeing to the mo- the absence of a quorum. tion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The MORNING BUSINESS clerk will call the roll. The motion was agreed to. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- The legislative clerk proceeded to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The imous consent that the Senate proceed call the roll. clerk will report the nomination. to a period of morning business, with Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- The assistant legislative clerk read Senators permitted to speak therein imous consent that the order for the the nomination of P. David Lopez, of for up to 10 minutes each. quorum call be rescinded. Arizona, to be General Counsel of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Equal Employment Opportunity Com- objection, it is so ordered. mission. objection, it is so ordered. f CLOTURE MOTION f Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion EXECUTIVE SESSION TRIBUTE TO THE KENTUCKY COM- at the desk, Mr. President. MUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPOR- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- TUNITY COUNCIL (KCEOC) COM- ture motion having been presented EXECUTIVE CALENDAR MUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP under rule XXII, the Chair directs the Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I clerk to read the motion. imous consent that the Senate proceed rise today to pay tribute to the Ken- The assistant legislative clerk read to executive session to consider the fol- tucky Communities Economic Oppor- as follows: lowing nominations: Calendar Nos. 663, tunity Council, KCEOC, Community CLOTURE MOTION 671, 672, and 923, as well as the nomina- Action Partnership—an organization We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- tions placed on the Secretary’s desk in that for the past 50 years has been ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the the Foreign Service; that the nomina- dedicated to the cause of destroying Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move tions be confirmed, en bloc; that the the roots of poverty in Southeastern to bring to a close debate on the nomination motions to reconsider be considered Kentucky. of P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General made and laid upon the table with no KCEOC was one of the first commu- Counsel of the Equal Employment Oppor- nity action agency organizations in the tunity Commission. intervening action or debate; that no Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Patrick J. further motions be in order to any of country to be established to target the Leahy, Patty Murray, Tom Udall, the nominations; that the President be causes of poverty on the State and Brian Schatz, Charles E. Schumer, Bar- immediately notified of the Senate’s local level. Founded in 1964, it can now bara Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Rich- action and the Senate then resume leg- celebrate five decades serving its com- ard Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Al islative session. munity. Franken, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Martin The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Based out of Knox County, KY, Heinrich, Elizabeth Warren, Richard J. KCEOC helps over 7,000 Kentuckians Durbin, Christopher Murphy. objection, it is so ordered. The nominations considered and con- achieve financial stability every year Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent firmed en bloc are as follows: through a number of antipoverty pro- that the mandatory quorum under rule AIR FORCE grams. This includes Head Start and XXII be waived. Early Head Start, programs that aim The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The following Air National Guard of the United States officers for appointment in the to build children’s educational founda- objection, it is so ordered. Reserve of the Air Force to the grade indi- tion from an early age. KCEOC is also f cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 involved in job training and career and 12212: planning, providing affordable housing, LEGISLATIVE SESSION To be major general and food and clothing drives. Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to Brigadier General Jon K. Kelk The KCEOC Community Action Part- legislative session. The following Air National Guard of the nership recognizes that a ‘‘hand up’’ is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The United States officer for appointment in the more effective than a ‘‘hand out.’’ They question is on agreeing to the motion. Reserve of the Air Force to the grade indi- are dedicated to providing Kentuckians The motion was agreed to. cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 mired in poverty with the means and f and 12212: assistance necessary to break the chain To be brigadier general of poverty that has afflicted too many UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREE- Col. Nathaniel S. Reddicks Southeastern Kentuckians for genera- MENT—EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The following Air National Guard of the tions. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- United States officer for appointment in the Although there are many more pro- imous consent that on Monday, Decem- Reserve of the Air Force to the grade indi- grams instituted by KCEOC that cover

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This is an objective lenges, the first of those annual reports ances about whether the material has that the organization continues to was filed at the Securities and Ex- been purchased from conflict-free achieve, year after year. change Commission. sources. Apple has confirmed that its When one Kentuckian who benefitted The electronics industry, in general, entire tantalum supply chain is con- from KCEOC’s services was asked what has been out front on this push for flict free. Dutch smart phone manufac- mattered to him the most, he replied: great transparency, but sadly, the jew- turer Fairphone is making its products Getting my education. I had never planned elry industry has lagged far behind on with conflict-free raw materials. on getting my GED or going to college. [The its due diligence and reporting. Some Fairphone has already sold 35,000 units staff at KCEOC] really pushed me and en- companies have made more than a and is hoping to expand production as couraged me. good-faith effort to determine the ori- more consumers embrace conflict-free I especially want to thank the leader- gins of the minerals they and their sup- electronics. Fairphone and others are pliers use, and a few of those compa- ship of KCEOC, including its president/ leading by example and proving that nies, I am proud to say, call Illinois CEO, Mr. Paul D. Dole, who was hon- conflict-free is not only possible but ored in 2013 as one of the region’s top home. One of the leaders, across all indus- that it can be profitable too. entrepreneurs in Southern and Eastern The Enough Project recently re- tries, on this is Motorola Solutions, Kentucky at the 2013 Excellence in En- ported on the effect of this legislation, headquartered in Schaumbergn, IL. trepreneurship event, hosted by the Motorola Solutions emerged early as a and it is good news. Armed groups and Center for Rural Development in Som- company dedicated to cleaning up its the Congolese army are no longer erset. supply chain, and to do so, it helped es- present at 2/3 of tin, tantalum, and For their 50 years of serving the com- tablish Solutions for Hope, dedicated tungsten mines surveyed in eastern munity of Southeastern Kentucky, I to developing a closed-pipe supply Congo. It also appears that responsible ask that my Senate colleagues join me chain. Kester, a subsidiary of Illinois sourcing initiatives might be con- in honoring KCEOC. May their next 50 Tool Works, makes electronic and tagious—Congo-Brazzaville, the DRC’s years be as beneficial to the Common- automobile components and has been a neighbor to the west, has begun its own wealth of Kentucky as their first. leader in transparency of the smelters program to determine clean sources of f it uses. John Deere, headquartered in minerals as well. I am also happy to say that our counterparts in the Euro- CONGO CONFLICT MINERALS LAW Moline, IL, painstakingly described its pean Union are reviewing a bill based UPDATE due diligence processes and even de- tailed the sources of minerals that its on our law to require European compa- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, it is not suppliers used. Others, like AAR Cor- nies to provide similar transparency in very often that Congress can make a poration, based out of Wood Dale, and their own supply chains. China has in- policy change that has life-or-death Dover Corporation, headquartered in stituted similar rules, and other na- consequences for millions of people, Downers Grove, developed conflict- tions are following close behind. but in 2010 a law was enacted that is mineral specific compliancy programs The Congress has emerged as a world changing the money supply for war- and provided detailed information on leader on conflict-minerals reporting, lords in the Democratic Republic of steps to identify risks in their supply and the early results suggest that the Congo. chains. Lake Forest’s IDEX Corpora- people of the DRC should not have to Many may not realize that almost 5.5 tion underwent efforts to create a suffer unspeakable violence that can be million people have been killed during sourcing policy that in its first year of traced back to our cell phones, wedding the long-running conflict in the Demo- filing covered 90 percent of suppliers. rings, and cars. The filings are far from cratic Republic of Congo, which has I am sorry to say not all companies perfect, but we have begun the process. been the most deadly since World War took this reporting requirement seri- I appreciate those industry players II. Tragically, women and children ously, hiding behind the 2-year grace that are leading the way. I can only have suffered the most, as we too often period that allows them to avoid ques- hope that by cutting off this rich see in conflicts. Millions have been dis- tions. My hope is that these Illinois source of funding for the fighting in placed from their homes, and the prev- companies serve as an example for next the Congo, we can help spare its citi- alence of rape and sexual violence as a year’s filings nationwide. And here is zens from the senseless violence that is weapon of war is almost beyond belief. why—this rule is yielding real, tan- tearing the country apart. The U.N. reports that about 1,000 gible, positive results already. f women are assaulted every day in The Government Accountability Of- Congo, which is roughly equivalent to fice issued a report in late June that ANNIVERSARY OF THE 12 percent of all Congolese women. confirmed the opposite of claims made WASHINGTON, IL TORNADOES One of the drivers and funders of this by those seeking to dismantle this re- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, people conflict is paradoxically that which porting requirement. This rule has ex- throughout Illinois have been reflect- fills the DRC with such potential—its panded the options for clean minerals ing this week on the 1-year anniversary natural resources. Instead of paying for sourcing in Central Africa. In fact, the of the day that rare November torna- the nation’s peace, education, roads number of certified conflict-free smelt- does tore through Illinois, causing and public health programs, the DRC’s ers has more than tripled in the past widespread devastation and eight mineral wealth has been siphoned off year alone. Intel has created its first deaths in our State. The outbreak, to fund the armed groups that vie for conflict-free computer chip, while which happened on November 17, 2013, local and regional control of vast areas using responsibly sourced minerals destroyed hundreds of homes and ren- far from Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. from Congo and took its reporting a dered thousands uninhabitable. Tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold are step further by voluntarily submitting This tornado event was the deadliest found in everyday electronics, jewelry, it to third-party audits. Under the Con- and costliest in the State of Illinois for airplanes, and manufacturing equip- flict-Free Smelter Program, the num- the month of November—and it was the ment. But these minerals also have ber of international smelters operating fourth largest outbreak for the State provided weapons and salaries to fight- free from conflict minerals continues overall. Two of the tornadoes that day ers, including conscripted child sol- to grow. Almost 90 smelters (40 percent rated EF4. That means the winds were diers, who then visit unspeakable hor- of the world’s total smelters) are cer- more than 166 miles per hour. In fact, rors on innocent civilians in return. tified as conflict-free and more than 150 the National Weather Service clocked Over 4 years ago, I joined former Sen- companies and industry associations a peak wind of 190 miles per hour on ators Brownback and Feingold and participate in the program. that day. Washington, Gifford,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.033 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6190 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 Brookport, East Peoria, Pekin, the list thought but the city has made great collective bargaining and by protecting the of cities touched by the tornadoes in strides. Building permits have been exercise by workers of full freedom of asso- the State goes on and on. issued for more than 70 percent of the ciation, self-organization, and designation of I visited Washington, IL, near Peoria, representatives of their own choosing, for damaged properties. More than 25 per- the purpose of negotiating the terms and 5 days after the tornado—and Gifford, cent of the destroyed homes have been conditions of their employment or other mu- IL, just a few days after that. What I replaced and reoccupied. Work remains tual aid or protection. saw was heartbreaking. In the city of to be done but the city has seen enor- For union and nonunion workers Washington, alone, 1,108 homes were mous progress. alike, the act provides essential protec- damaged—most were damaged very Thousands of volunteers have helped tions. It gives workers a voice in the badly. Five hundred ninety-five of with the cleanup. Ben Davidson, execu- workplace, allowing them to join to- those homes were destroyed. I saw bare tive pastor at Bethany Community gether and speak up for fair wages and foundations where families had lived Church, has coordinated volunteer ef- benefits, and for safe working condi- just days before. Trees had been re- forts since the early stages. He says tions. These rights ensure that the peo- duced to splinters. Street signs had volunteers have accounted for 13,000 ple who do the real work in this coun- been torn out of the ground making it workdays and 70,000 hours. Although try have a shot at receiving a fair nearly impossible to see where one most volunteers have been from cen- share of the benefits when our economy block ended and another began. tral Illinois, people from all over the grows—and with rising income inequal- The loss of homes and property was State continue to show up on weekends ity in our country, these rights are really difficult to bear, but the real to help plant trees and cut weeds on more important than ever. tragedy lies in the lives that were neglected properties. Hearing the sto- The NLRB is the guardian of these claimed. Three people died in Wash- ries of Illinoisans working together to fundamental rights. Workers them- ington, two people died in Washington help neighbors and even strangers get selves cannot enforce the NLRA, but County near St. Louis, and three were back on their feet makes me proud to they can turn to the Board if they have killed in downstate Massac County, be from Illinois. Thank you to every- been denied the basic protections pro- which is located along the Ohio River. one engaged in the rescue and cleanup vided under the law. In short, the It is a miracle more lives were not at every level. Board plays a vital role in vindicating lost, particularly in the path of the I also want to recognize the hard workers’ rights. In the past 10 years, EF4 tornado that touched down in East work and dedication of: Jonathon the NLRB has secured opportunities Peoria, traveled through the city of Monken, head of the Illinois Emer- for reinstatement for 22,544 employees Washington and continued up to Long gency Management Agency; Gifford who were unjustly fired. It has recov- Point, IL. In Washington, many lives Mayor Derald Ackerman; Brookport ered more than $1 billion on behalf of may have been saved by the fact that Mayor John Klaffer; and Metropolis workers whose rights were violated. so many members of the community Mayor Billy McDaniel. They were there The Board also provides relief and were in church when the tornado came when their constituents and their com- remedies to our Nation’s employers. through. When the sirens went off, 500 munities needed them the most. For example, employers can turn to people inside Crossroads United Meth- I am thinking of all those whose lives the Board for relief if a union com- odist Church huddled in a storm shel- were affected by this tragic event. We mences a wildcat strike or refuses to ter in the building. Half a mile away, are rebuilding—as Americans always bargain in good faith during negotia- at the Apostolic Christian Church, do—and will be stronger for it. tions. The NLRB has a long history of many of the 450 or so people who were helping businesses resolve disputes effi- f there took refuge in Sunday school ciently. By preventing or resolving rooms. The tornado, spinning at nearly NOMINATION OF LAUREN labor disputes that could disrupt our 200 miles per hour changed course by MCFERRAN economy, the work that the Board does several degrees just seconds before im- Mr. HARKIN. Mr. Presidet, this is vital to every worker and every busi- pact and went right between those two morning we convened a hearing to con- ness across the Nation. churches. Neither church was damaged. sider the President’s nomination of That is why it is so important that I can’t say enough about the tireless Lauren McFerran to fill an impending we maintain a fully functional, five- efforts the emergency personnel who vacancy on the National Labor Rela- member NLRB. I am proud of the fact were there from the minute the sirens tions Board. Ms. McFerran is well that, just a little over a year ago, we went off. They were there to help under known to most of us as a senior staffer were able to confirm members to com- the most extraordinary circumstances. on the Health, Education, Labor, and pletely fill the board for the first time I supported Governor Quinn’s request Pensions Committee, and I look for- in over a decade. Now, we need to fill a for a Federal disaster declaration for 15 ward to her speedy confirmation. She soon-to-be open seat so that the Board counties in the State. The President has been nominated to fill a vacancy can continue to function effectively. granted ‘‘individual assistance’’ to peo- that will result from the departure Ms. McFerran is not the first nomi- ple in Champaign, Douglas, Fayette, next month of a current Board mem- nee for this seat. In September, the Grundy, Jasper, LaSalle, Massac, Pope, ber, Nancy Schiffer. I would like to HELP Committee approved the nomi- Tazewell, Vermilion, Wabash, Wash- thank Ms. Schiffer for her dedicated nation of a dedicated public servant, ington, Wayne, Will, and Woodford service. She has been a highly re- Sharon Block. Republicans and Demo- Counties. This declaration allowed peo- spected Board member, and I wish her crats agreed on Ms. Block’s reputation ple in those communities whose homes every success in her future endeavors. and qualifications, but her nomination and businesses were damaged to start The National Labor Relations Board was withdrawn in the face of cir- repairs and to find temporary housing is an agency that is absolutely critical cumstance beyond her control. As a re- if they needed it. The Federal Emer- to our country, to our economy, and to sult, Ms. Block will not have the oppor- gency Management Agency has pro- our middle class. Over 75 years ago, tunity to serve on the Board. Ms. Block vided more than $28 million in loans to Congress enacted the National Labor is a tremendous public servant whose the tornado victims. The Small Busi- Relations Act, guaranteeing American qualifications are unaffected and ness Administration also made loans workers the right to form and join a undiminished by the present cir- available to businesses in the affected union and bargain for a better life. The cumstances and I look forward to Ms. counties. To date, it has provided 305 act sets forth a national policy to en- Block’s future service to our country. I am heartened, however, by the loans for a total of $25.8 million. courage collective bargaining. Specifi- The people who live and work in the President’s decision to nominate cally, the act states: damaged communities have made in- Lauren McFerran. Ms. McFerran cur- credible progress rebuilding. Wash- It is declared to be the policy of the United rently serves as Chief Labor Counsel States to eliminate the causes of certain ington Mayor Gary Manier predicted substantial obstructions to the free flow of and Deputy Staff Director on my HELP last year that the city would rebuild commerce and to mitigate and eliminate committee. I am proud to have her as within a year. The task proved far these obstructions when they have occurred a member of my staff; she has served greater than anyone would have by encouraging the practice and procedure of the committee with excellence and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.032 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6191 great professionalism; and I know first- Department of State will feel his ab- vention Fund, which creates a public hand that the President could not have sence, I am relieved to know that he health partnership between the Federal found a more able successor to Ms. will continue to play an important and Government and communities across Schiffer. Ms. McFerran is an incredibly constructive role in global affairs the country by providing billions of talented lawyer with deep knowledge of through his new position as president dollars for communities to invest in labor law. She is a person of sterling of the Carnegie Endowment for Inter- proven preventive efforts such as to- integrity and strong character. She national Peace. I thank him for his bacco cessation, childhood obesity pre- will be a great asset to the Board. willingness to serve our country and I vention, HIV prevention, and public It is my hope that by promptly con- wish him and his family the best as health workforce development. As a re- firming Ms. McFerran’s nomination to they embark on a new journey. sult, across the country, communities, fill the looming vacancy we can con- f from small towns in Iowa to our larg- tinue the progress that has been made est urban centers, are working to- TRIBUTE TO JENELLE recently, and begin a new era where or- gether to weave health promotion into KRISHNAMOORTHY derly transitions on the NLRB are the the very fabric of our communities and norm. We should set a new precedent of Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I wish to the lives of our citizens. confirming nominees—Democratic and pay tribute and to extend my thanks to Through her work on the Affordable Republican alike—in a timely manner. an extraordinary individual, Jenelle Care Act, Jenelle also played a key role I have no doubt that Ms. McFerran Krishnamoorthy, who has served on my in expanding nutrition labeling to will do an excellent job in this impor- staff, with one small interruption of chain restaurants around the country, tant position. I look forward to moving service, for a decade. giving hundreds of millions of con- her nomination expeditiously. Jenelle came to my staff in the sum- sumers access to critical nutrition in- f mer of 2003 as a fellow, later becoming formation that they need to take con- a permanent staff member and eventu- trol of their own health, and also suc- TRIBUTE TO AMBASSADOR ally rising to lead my health policy cessfully fought for new policies to pro- WILLIAM J. BURNS team on the Senate Committee on mote breastfeeding. Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, today I Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- Jenelle’s contributions to the health honor a truly remarkable diplomat and sions. From the time she arrived, it of our country go far beyond the Af- legendary statesman. After 33 years of was clear that Jenelle was an excep- fordable Care Act. As the health policy service to our Nation, Deputy Sec- tional talent—one possessing not just director for the Senate Committee on retary of State William J. Burns is re- deep knowledge of health care and pub- Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- tiring from the U.S. Department of lic health, but also with uncommon in- sions, Jenelle shepherded passage of State. Having served under 10 Secre- stincts about this institution and the Food Safety Modernization Act, taries and twice postponing his retire- about how to accomplish great things the most significant reform of our food ment, Ambassador Burns has had an in an increasingly divided Congress. safety system in the country in dec- enormous impact on the trajectory of Throughout my career, I have been ades. This law strengthened the Food U.S. foreign policy and I would like to guided by a conviction that our coun- and Drug Administration with critical recognize his many years of distin- try does not have a health care system, new authorities to protect Americans guished service and thank him for his but rather a sick care system. If you by establishing a better and more mod- tireless efforts. get sick, you get care. We spend far too ern system for keeping our food safe Ambassador Burns joined the Foreign much time and riches treating disease from farm to fork. Service in 1982 and, within a year of once it has occurred, and far too little And just as she did with the food joining, he had already made a name preventing it in the first place. Among safety system, Jenelle also spear- for himself as someone willing to go my first charges to Jenelle when she headed efforts to improve the safety above and beyond the call of duty. Over arrived on staff was to think about how and quality of drugs and medical de- the course of his 33 years in the For- we make America a wellness society, vices. In successfully leading com- eign Service, he has served in countless one in which we make the healthy mittee passage of the Food and Drug posts, including as Ambassador to Jor- choice the easy choice. How do we, I Administration Safety and Innovation dan, Assistant Secretary of State for asked her, change our workplaces, our Act, Jenelle helped ensure the safety of Near Eastern Affairs, Ambassador to schools, our communities, our child our drugs and medical devices, allevi- Russia, and Under Secretary for Polit- care settings, and our health care sys- ate the effects of drugs shortages and ical Affairs. Since 2011, he has served as tem so that we prevent the onset of manufacturing problems, and imple- Deputy Secretary of State, holding the chronic disease, rather than patch and mented long sought reform to help rare distinction of being only the sec- fix and treat once a person gets sick? bring critical drugs and medical de- ond career diplomat to rise to the posi- Jenelle responded with a broad vision vices to patients faster. tion. of a wellness society—a vision that has Remarkably, these are just the high- It is a testament to both his char- guided her work, and my own, for the lights of Jenelle’s accomplishments in acter and unique skills that nearly past 10 years. Looking back over those the area of health policy and health every person who has had the pleasure 10 years, the breadth of what she has promotion. Just in this Congress, of meeting Ambassador Burns has a accomplished is truly remarkable. Jenelle has led 16 bills into law, includ- story to tell about it. He has deftly The Affordable Care Act is one of the ing bills to respond more quickly and steered our foreign policy through great health laws of the last 75 years. effectively to public health disasters, countless challenges over the past As my designee on that bill, Jenelle se- to facilitate organ donation, to provide three decades and handled with skill cured passage of a number of equitable funding to children’s hos- sensitive diplomatic missions that few groundbreaking policy changes that pitals and ensure a steady supply of pe- were willing and capable of taking on. have changed the landscape of our diatric doctors, and to speed the ap- That he has one of the most distin- health care system. In particular, proval of new sunscreens to protect guished tenures as a career Foreign Jenelle was the primary drafter of the Americans from skin cancer. Her ef- Service officer in memory is made all prevention title of that bill. As a result forts in the health arena in this Con- the more remarkable by his modesty of that, every single American can now gress have made the HELP Committee and humility. receive recommended preventive one of the most productive in this Con- Ambassador Burns embodies the mis- health care services absolutely free of gress. For making me look good as the sion of the Department of State at its charge. Routine services such as mam- Chairman of the HELP Committee, I finest. He has been a mentor for gen- mograms, vaccinations, diabetes and owe Jenelle a special debt of gratitude. erations of Department of State per- cancer screenings, among other things, Americans take for granted the safe- sonnel and is an inspiration to all pub- are now cost free, forever, because of ty of our food supply and our drugs and lic servants, myself included. America Jenelle’s work. medical equipment. When people go to is stronger and the world a better place As part of that bill, Jenelle was also their doctors and receive a free, often thanks to his service. And while the the intellectual force behind the Pre- lifesaving mammogram, they do not

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.049 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6192 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 think of the reasons for it. When a NLRB recess appointments the Presi- make it easier for child care providers smoker of several decades finally re- dent made in 2012. In that case, the Su- to access training and education oppor- ceives the help that he needs to quit so preme Court rejected his move, but it tunities that will help them become that he can watch his grandchildren hasn’t stopped the President from better at caring for children and help- grow up, he most likely does not pause pushing forward. He has proposed a cap ing them learn. I would like to increase to reflect on why he received free ces- and tax proposal through regulation the incentives for States to invest in sation services. But none of these that Congress has already rejected, and quality ratings and improvement sys- things happened accidentally. They I know my colleagues from coal-pro- tems, QRIS, which encourage child came to pass because of the heroic and ducing States intend to fight that EPA humble efforts of a dedicated public rule with me. I know my colleagues care providers to make continuous im- servant, Jenelle Krishnamoorthy. For from Western States also intend to join provements in the quality of the care 10 years now, Jenelle has shown up for me in fighting the EPA’s proposed rule they provide and the facilities they work in my office with the singular that could allow the administration to use, often through financial incentives goal of improving the health of Ameri- regulate all bodies of water, no matter such as higher reimbursement rates cans. She has succeeded beyond meas- how small, and regardless of whether when a certain quality level is reached. ure. For that, I owe her my thanks, and the water is on public or private prop- While the authorized appropriations so too do tens of millions of Americans. erty. levels in this bill represent a 16% in- f This week’s action is the latest step too far by the President, and I will con- crease over the next 6 years—we still IMMIGRATION tinue to fight executive overreach—in- have a long way to go. Nationwide, the Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, today I ex- cluding amnesty by executive order— number of children served with CCDBG press my opposition to the President’s whether by targeting rampant, unac- funding from 2012 to 2013 fell by 47,500 plan to grant executive amnesty to 4 countable Federal spending, working to children. In Pennsylvania, nearly 2,800 million to 5 million illegal immigrants reverse illegal executive orders with le- fewer children were served. The impor- residing in the United States. gitimate Federal laws or using the tant provisions for health, safety, and By circumventing Congress on immi- Congressional Review Act to reject the quality in this bill are not without gration and instituting his will President’s actions. I will be looking their cost, and Congress must fully through executive actions, President closely at every option. fund them. No family, child care pro- Obama is eroding the very foundation f of our country and form of govern- vider, or State should have to make a ment. This sets a dangerous precedent CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT choice between serving more children where future Presidents can flout any BLOCK GRANT ACT OF 2013 or providing quality care. We owe our law they happen to disagree with and Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I would most vulnerable children no less. alter the law without going through like to thank Chairman HARKIN, Rank- Even with the continued need for Congress. Each branch of government ing Member ALEXANDER, and sponsors more funding, I still believe this legis- is to act as a check against the others Senator MIKULSKI and Senator BURR lation represents a significant im- and not sit idly by as one exercises au- for their tremendous work to bring the provement over current law and major thority it does not have. A constitu- Child Care and Development Block progress for families. For the first tional law professor should know that. Grant Act of 2014 to passage. I thank time, we are requiring all States to de- I believe we all agree that our immi- all of my colleagues in the House and gration system is broken—both the Senate who helped get us to this point. velop robust health and safety stand- legal system which allows individuals As many of my colleagues have com- ards, and to institute a consistent to visit and work in our country and mented, it is well past time that we background check system for child the failures which continue to allow take up a reauthorization of this im- care providers. others to reside illegally within our portant legislation. The Child Care and We are requiring States to formally borders. The first step we need to take Development Block Grant, CCDBG, has coordinate their early learning pro- to fix our system is to secure our bor- not been reauthorized since 1996. In the grams, to improve service coordination ders and bolster interior enforcement. nearly two decades since, our under- and delivery. We are allowing children We cannot reduce illegal immigration standing of early childhood develop- who qualify for a subsidy to receive a without better border security and ment, and the importance of high-qual- entry/exit enforcement measures. We ity child care and early learning, has year of care before their eligibility is also need to ensure that we have a expanded dramatically. re-determined, promoting stability and strong, workable employment verifica- Investing in high-quality early learn- continuity for the entire family and tion system in place, because if Con- ing opportunities such as child care encouraging the child to develop strong gress can ensure that only authorized and pre-K sets children on the path to relationships with his or her teachers job seekers gain employment in this success. This bill updates Federal and peers in child care. country, then we remove the incentive standards to ensure that the Federal We are increasing the investment in for illegal immigration—and we cannot Government is supporting high-quality quality, from the 4 percent per year grant those who are here illegally am- child care for low-income children. The currently required in law to 9 percent nesty. legislation we have passed sets a new within 5 years, and including a sepa- Yet this week the President intends standard for child care in America, to circumvent the will of Congress by making sure that Federal dollars are rate set-aside for infants and toddlers. illegally granting amnesty to 4 mil- going to providers who are committed Quality is a continuum, and a con- lions to 5 million illegal immigrants. to providing child care that meets cer- tinual investment; it is not a one-time This cannot stand. The American peo- tain criteria, such as health and safety purchase, it is something we need to ple do not want it, some of my col- standards. support and sustain. leagues on the other side of the aisle Many of these changes reflect pro- I thank Chairman HARKIN, Ranking have advocated against it, and the posals I have put forth in previous Con- Member ALEXANDER, and Senator MI- President himself has said more than gresses to improve the Child Care and KULSKI and Senator BURR again for all 20 times that he does not have the au- Development Block Grant, such as the of the work that they and their staff thority to take this action. I am cer- Starting Early, Starting Right Act. I have done to get us to this point. When tain that the Republicans in the Sen- am encouraged that we were able to ate will take action next year when we reach consensus on many of the provi- Congress works together children and become the majority, and I look for- sions I have supported in the past, and family in this Nation all benefit. With ward to being a part of that cause. that they are represented in this bill. the President’s signature, parents can But I must be clear: this is part of a I would have liked to go further. I be- rest a little easier knowing that when much larger fight. I know all of my col- lieve we need to increase our invest- they leave their child at child care, leagues remember the unconstitutional ment in high-quality child care, and they will receive great care.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.054 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6193 ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS wealth as they build on the substantial resentatives, and now as its U.S. Sen- successes already achieved by Vir- ator, I have had the distinct pleasure of ginia’s colleges and universities.∑ working closely with Bill on important VIRGINIA’S COMMITMENT TO ECO- f Northern Nevada priorities. Bill was an NOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH integral part of the Pine Forest review EDUCATION INNOVATION TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT and assessment working group that ∑ Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, the key to COLONEL MARK A. SCHRAMEK worked for years to develop rec- America’s continued success lies in im- ∑ Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am ommendations that were ultimately in- proving our Nation’s educational sys- pleased to congratulate Lt. Col. Mark cluded in the Pine Forest Range Recre- tem. With the changing needs of our A. Schramek on the occasion of his re- ation Enhancement Act, legislation I workforce, it is imperative that we uti- tirement from the U.S. Air Force after have fought to enact as a member of lize research in STEM fields and the more than 20 years of service. A native the Senate Energy and Natural Re- humanities to improve our country’s of Duluth, MN, he has served our coun- sources Committee. This bill, which economic prosperity. Even in lean try with distinction both at home and would greatly benefit Humboldt Coun- times, Virginia focused on the link be- abroad. ty once enacted, has near unanimous tween research and the creative new An intelligence officer by training, support among residents because of the innovations that are leading this Na- Lieutenant Colonel Schramek has held indepth work done prior to introduc- tion’s economic recovery; the Com- a number of important operational and tion. In fact, it is frequently looked to monwealth’s continued commitment to headquarters assignments. In 2009, he in Congress as a national model for bridging these undertakings is com- became a Congressional liaison officer how public lands bills should be devel- mendable. for the U.S. Air Force, a demanding oped at the grassroots level. Public The Virginia Longitudinal System and important position within the De- input and local support is critical to all was created by a partnership between partment of Defense. As a Congres- my public lands work in the Energy the Virginia Department of Education, sional liaison officer, he developed and and Natural Resources Committee on the State Council of Higher Education implemented effective legislative behalf of the State, and Bill’s input has for Virginia, the Virginia Community strategies and supported some of the been vital in nearly every effort I have College System, and the Virginia Em- most important programs to the De- been involved in benefiting the county. ployment Commission. This vital re- partment of Defense. Bill exemplifies the highest stand- search tool, the first of its kind in the Having worked with Lieutenant Colo- ards of leadership and community serv- Nation, provides policymakers, re- nel Schramek over the past few years, ice and should be proud of his long and searchers, and citizens with informa- I am pleased to commend him for his meaningful career. I am grateful for his dedication and commitment to the peo- tion that will prepare and connect Vir- distinguished service to our country. I ple of Humboldt County and to the ginians with employment opportuni- wish him and his family the very best State of Nevada. Today, I ask that all ties. Funded with a grant awarded as they begin the next chapter of their of my colleagues join me in congratu- under the stimulus bill—the American lives.∑ lating Bill on his retirement, and I Recovery and Reinvestment Act of f offer my deepest appreciation for all 2009—the data system allows State that he has done to make the Silver agencies and researchers to study the CONGRATULATING BILL DEIST State an even better place. I offer my behaviors and transitions of students ∑ Mr. HELLER. Mr. President, I wish best wishes for many successful and through the public school systems, into today to congratulate Bill Deist, of fulfilling years to come.∑ college, and on to the workforce so Vir- Winnemucca, NV, on his retirement. ginia leaders can make informed deci- After serving the community of Hum- f sions and create education and work- boldt County for over 15 years, Bill will RECOGNIZING DR. NORMAN force policy based on consistent and be retiring in December 2014. It gives CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS relevant data. me great pleasure to congratulate him ∑ Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I Earlier this year, several education on his retirement after many years of wish to recognize and honor Dr. Nor- organizations, including the State hard work and dedication to Humboldt man Christopher Francis, who has de- Council of Higher Education for Vir- County and the Silver State. voted much of his life to increasing ac- ginia, Center for Excellence in Edu- Bill stands as a shining example of cess to, quality of, and affordability of cation, Center for Innovative Tech- someone who has devoted their life to postsecondary education for students. nology, Virginia Chamber of Com- the betterment of their community. He Dr. Francis recently retired from his merce, Virginia Business Higher Edu- started serving the Silver State in 1997 remarkable tenure as president of Xa- cation Council, and the Virginia Eco- when he moved to Carlin, NV. His expe- vier University, a renowned Histori- nomic Development Partnership, held rience of over 19 years as the city man- cally Black University and one of Lou- the Virginia Higher Education Re- ager in John Day, OR, made him an ex- isiana’s most cherished institutions of search Summit. The summit focused on tremely qualified candidate to become higher education. He has left behind an the importance of increasing funding the Carlin city manager—a position indelible mark of impressive leadership for academic research at Virginia’s col- that he held for 2 years. After his years and results. On behalf of the U.S. Sen- leges and universities, showcased the as the city manager, Bill became the ate and the State of Louisiana, I ap- strengths of private/public partnerships Humboldt County administrator, a po- plaud Dr. Francis for his devotion to between Virginia’s universities and the sition that he has held with integrity Louisiana’s higher education system private sector, provided a forum for for the past 15 years. and thank him for his many years of discussing best practices related to in- Upon becoming the Humboldt County service. tellectual property issues, and administrator, Bill became a person Dr. Francis began his journey in the strengthened the public’s under- known for getting things done. He al- field of higher education country more standing of where Virginia’s research ways worked well with all city, county, than 60 years ago as a student at Xa- dollars come from, including from Fed- and State governments throughout his vier University and grew into a cher- eral, State, and private sources. career. His consistent priority was to ished leader who later served as the If we are to win the race for talent, create initiatives geared toward the university’s president for 46 years. This we need a long-term plan that produces betterment and improvement of the makes him the longest tenured leader the best workforce in the world. I am lives of the Humboldt County citizens. of any university in America—quite a encouraged by these institutions’ open Among his many accomplishments, remarkable achievement. He is one of discussion of one of our Nation’s most Bill has been credited with the creation the most admired and respected leaders pressing problems—investing in inno- of a strong county budget and upon his not only in New Orleans and Louisiana vative research ideas that will drive retirement, he will be leaving the but in our Nation today. In an extraor- our economy and the middle class into county debt free and fiscally strong. dinary career, he took an active and the future. I recognize the efforts of While representing Humboldt County vital leadership role during the tumul- these stakeholders and the Common- for 4 years in the U.S. House of Rep- tuous decades of civil rights battles in

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Currently, f building of a world-class quality, State Maria is attending American Univer- RECOGNIZING PROFESSORS OF public higher education system. sity’s School of International Service, THE YEAR On a personal note, Dr. Francis is one where she is studying global govern- ∑ Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Presi- of our family’s closest and most cher- ance, politics, and security. Maria is a ished friends, and he has most cer- dent, today I congratulate the four na- dedicated worker who has been com- tional winners of the U.S. Professor of tainly earned his retirement. And as a mitted to getting the most out of her devoted family man, I know he is look- the Year Award. Since 1981, this pro- experience. gram has recognized outstanding un- ing forward to more time with his dear I extend my sincere thanks and ap- wife Blanche, children and growing dergraduate instructors throughout preciation to Maria Eckrich for all of the country. A U.S. Professor of the grandchildren. the fine work she has done and wish I am proud that Louisiana’s higher Year was also recognized in 30 states her continued success in the years to and the District of Columbia. education system, especially our val- come.∑ ued Historically Black Colleges and This award is hailed as one of the Universities, have had the strong lead- f most prestigious honors bestowed upon ership and guidance of Dr. Francis over TRIBUTE TO ANNE KEOUGH a professor. To be nominated for this the years and I am grateful for his award requires dedication to the art of ∑ Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I education and excellence in every as- service. Dr. Francis’ leadership as the recognize Anne Keough, an intern in president of Xavier University will be pect of the profession. There is no my Washington, DC office, for all of doubt that professors who personally missed; however, I have full faith and the hard work she has done for me, my trust that he will continue to lead in vest themselves in each student shape staff, and the State of South Dakota. the leaders of tomorrow. These individ- improving the educational prospects Anne is a graduate of Lincoln High and outcomes for Louisiana’s students uals should be proud of their accom- School in Sioux Falls, SD. Currently, plishments and contributions to a in whatever role he pursues next. Once Anne is attending George Washington again, I am privileged and honored to brighter future. University, where she is majoring in I am particularly proud of Dr. formally recognize Dr. Norman Chris- international affairs/security policy topher Francis for his commitment and Branislav Notaros, the State winner and Arabic. Anne is a dedicated worker from Colorado. As a professor of elec- efforts to strengthen higher education who has been committed to getting the in Louisiana and the Nation.∑ trical and computer engineering and most out of her experience. Director of the Electromagnetics Lab- f I extend my sincere thanks and ap- oratory at Colorado State University, TRIBUTE TO STUART CAMPBELL preciation to Anne Keough for all of Dr. Notaros’ research has been instru- ∑ Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I the fine work she has done and wish mental in advancing the field of recognize Stuart Campbell, an intern her continued success in the years to electromagnetics. He has won numer- ∑ in my Washington, DC office, for all of come. ous awards in recognition of his work, the hard work he has done for me, my f including the 2005 IEEE Microwave Prize and the 2009 CSU Excellence in staff, and the State of South Dakota. TRIBUTE TO MEGAN Teaching Award. Stuart is a graduate of Central High REIFFENBERGER School in Aberdeen, SD. Currently, I commend and thank Dr. Notaros ∑ Stuart is attending Georgetown Uni- Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I and all the winners for their leadership versity, where he is majoring in recognize Megan Reiffenberger, an in- and passion for educating our nation’s Science and Technology in Inter- tern in my Washington, DC office, for young leaders. No doubt they have in- national Affairs. Stuart is a dedicated all of the hard work she has done for spired an untold number of students. I worker who has been committed to get- me, my staff, and the State of South wish all of the honorees the very best ting the most out of his experience. Dakota. in all their endeavors. Congratulations I extend my sincere thanks and ap- Megan is a graduate of Watertown and best regards. preciation to Stuart Campbell for all of High School in Watertown, SD. Cur- The four national award winners are: the fine work he has done and wish him rently, Megan is attending George Outstanding Baccalaureate Colleges continued success in the years to Mason University, where she is major- Professor of the Year: Laurie Grobman, come.∑ ing in English. Megan is a dedicated Professor of English and Women’s worker who has been committed to get- Studies, Pennsylvania State University f ting the most out of her experience. Berks; Outstanding Community Col- TRIBUTE TO ROSS DIETRICH I extend my sincere thanks and ap- leges Professor of the Year: John ∑ Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I preciation to Megan Reiffenberger for Wadach, Professor of Engineering recognize Ross Dietrich, an intern in all of the fine work she has done and Science and Physics, Monroe Commu- my Washington, DC office, for all of wish her continued success in the years nity College; Outstanding Doctoral and the hard work he has done for me, my to come.∑ Research Universities Professor of the staff, and the State of South Dakota. f Year: Sheri Sheppard, Professor of Me- Ross is a graduate of Roosevelt High chanical Engineering, Stanford Univer- School in Sioux Falls, SD. Currently, TRIBUTE TO KELSEY SAKOS sity and Outstanding Master’s Univer- Ross is attending the University of ∑ Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I sities and Colleges Professor of the South Dakota, where he is working to- recognize Kelsey Sakos, an intern in Year: Patricia H. Kelley, Professor of ward an M.A. in addiction studies. Ross my Rapid City, SD office, for all of the Geology, University of North Carolina is a dedicated worker who has been hard work she has done for me, my Wilmington. committed to getting the most out of staff, and the State of South Dakota. The 30 state and District of Columbia win- his experience. Kelsey is a graduate of Stevens High ners are: I extend my sincere thanks and ap- School in Rapid City, SD. Currently, Alabama—Eric J. Fournier, Professor of Geography, Samford University; preciation to Ross Dietrich for all of Kelsey is attending Black Hills State Arizona—James Sousa, Mathematics In- the fine work he has done and wish him University, where she is majoring in structor, Phoenix College; continued success in the years to political science/social science. Kelsey California—Mitch Malachowski, Professor come.∑ is a dedicated worker who has been of Chemistry, University of San Diego;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.038 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6195 Colorado—Branislav M. Notarosˇ, Professor EXECUTIVE MESSAGE REFERRED MEASURES PLACED ON THE of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Col- CALENDAR orado State University; As in executive session the Presiding Connecticut—Hisae Kobayashi, Senior Lec- Officer laid before the Senate a mes- The following bill was read the first turer in Japanese, Connecticut College; sage from the President of the United and second times by unanimous con- District of Columbia—Heidi Elmendorf, As- States submitting a nomination which sent, and placed on the calendar: sociate Professor of Biology, Georgetown was referred to the Committee on the H.R. 3583. An act to expand the number of University; Judiciary. scholarships available to Pakistani women Delaware—Beth Morling, Professor of Psy- (The message received today is print- under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholar- chological and Brain Sciences, University of ed at the end of the Senate pro- ship Program. Delaware; ceedings.) Florida—Rosany H. Alvarez, Mathematics f Professor, Miami Dade College; f Georgia—John A. Knox, Associate Pro- MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE EXECUTIVE AND OTHER fessor and Undergraduate Coordinator, De- COMMUNICATIONS partment of Geography, University of Geor- At 9:48 a.m., a message from the gia; House of Representatives, delivered by The following communications were Idaho—Karen Launchbaugh, Professor of Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- laid before the Senate, together with Rangeland Ecology, University of Idaho; nounced that the House has passed the accompanying papers, reports, and doc- Illinois—Dan Gebo, Professor of Anthro- following bills, in which it requests the uments, and were referred as indicated: pology, Northern Illinois University; concurrence of the Senate: EC–7899. A communication from the Man- Indiana—Michelle A. Whaley, Teaching agement and Program Analyst, Federal H.R. 3398. An act to authorize the Sec- Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Aviation Administration, Department of retary of State and the Administrator of the Notre Dame; Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to United States Agency for International De- Kentucky—Cindy S. Tucker, Associate law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Civil Pen- velopment to provide assistance to support Professor, Computer and Information Tech- alty Inflation Adjustment for Commercial the rights of women and girls in developing nologies, Bluegrass Community and Tech- Space Adjudications; Second Amendment’’ countries, and for other purposes. nical College; ((RIN2120–AK55) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0822)) Maryland—KenYatta Rogers, Professor of H.R. 3583. An act to expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women received during adjournment of the Senate Theatre, Montgomery College Rockville in the Office of the President of the Senate Campus; under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholar- ship Program. on November 14, 2014; to the Committee on Massachusetts—Beth McGinnis- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Cavanaugh, Professor of Physics and Civil H.R. 4012. An act to prohibit the Environ- mental Protection Agency from proposing, EC–7900. A communication from the Man- Engineering Technology, Springfield Tech- agement and Program Analyst, Federal nical Community College; finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not Aviation Administration, Department of Michigan—Cynthia Wade, Math Professor, Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to St. Clair County Community College; transparent or reproducible. H.R. 5448. An act to amend the John F. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Proposed Minnesota—Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, Pro- Establishment of Class E Airspace; Alma, fessor of Film, Minnesota State University Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropria- tions for the John F. Kennedy Center for the NE’’ ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket No. FAA–2014– Moorhead; 0745)) received during adjournment of the Mississippi—Kenneth Sufka, Professor of Performing Arts. H.R. 5681. An act to provide for the ap- Senate in the Office of the President of the Psychology and Pharmacology, University of proval of the Amendment to the Agreement Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Com- Mississippi; Between the Government of the United mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Missouri—Andrea Nichols, Professor of So- States of America and the Government of tation. ciology, St. Louis Community College at the United Kingdom of Great Britain and EC–7901. A communication from the Man- Forest Park; Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses agement and Program Analyst, Federal Nebraska—Greg W. Zacharias, Professor of of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Pur- Aviation Administration, Department of English and Director, Center for Henry poses. Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to James Studies, Creighton University; H.R. 5728. An act to amend the Commu- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Proposed New Jersey—Darrin M. York, Professor of nications Act of 1934 and title 17, United Establishment of Class E Airspace; Cando, Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of States Code, to extend expiring provisions ND’’ ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket No. FAA–2014– New Jersey; relating to the retransmission of signals of 0746)) received during adjournment of the New York—Cynthia Jones, Lecturer, television broadcast stations, and for other Senate in the Office of the President of the English Department, Hostos Community Col- purposes. Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Com- lege of The City University of New York; mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- North Carolina—Karen Hornsby, Associate At 11:58 a.m., a message from the tation. Professor of Philosophy, North Carolina A&T EC–7902. A communication from the Man- State University; House of Representatives, delivered by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, agement and Program Analyst, Federal Ohio—Elizabeth George, Professor of Phys- Aviation Administration, Department of ics, Wittenberg University; announced that the House has agreed Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Oregon—Jennifer Corpus, Professor of Psy- to the following concurrent resolution, law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Proposed chology, Reed College; in which it requests the concurrence of Establishment of Class E Airspace; Encinal, Pennsylvania—Richard L. Wallace, Pro- the Senate: TX’’ ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket No. FAA–2014– fessor of Environmental Studies, Ursinus H. Con. Res. 119. Concurrent resolution 0741)) received during adjournment of the College; providing for a conditional adjournment of Senate in the Office of the President of the South Carolina—Milind N. Kunchur, Pro- the House of Representatives and a condi- Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Com- fessor, Department of Physics and Astron- tional recess or adjournment of the Senate. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- omy, University of South Carolina; tation. f Texas—Collin Thomas, Professor of Biol- EC–7903. A communication from the Man- ogy, Collin College; MEASURES REFERRED agement and Program Analyst, Federal Virginia—Paul Hanstedt, Professor of Aviation Administration, Department of English, Roanoke College; The following bills were read the first Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to West Virginia—Kateryna A.R. Schray, Pro- and the second times by unanimous law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Establish- fessor, Department of English, Marshall Uni- consent, and referred as indicated: ment of Class E Airspace; Thomas, OK’’ versity; and H.R. 3398. An act to authorize the Sec- ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0263)) Wisconsin, Scott Cooper, Professor of Biol- retary of State and the Administrator of the received during adjournment of the Senate ogy and Director of Undergraduate Research United States Agency for International De- in the Office of the President of the Senate and Creativity, University of Wisconsin—La velopment to provide assistance to support on November 14, 2014; to the Committee on Crosse.∑ the rights of women and girls in developing Commerce, Science, and Transportation. f countries, and for other purposes; to the EC–7904. A communication from the Man- Committee on Foreign Relations. agement and Program Analyst, Federal MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT H.R. 4012. An act to prohibit the Environ- Aviation Administration, Department of mental Protection Agency from proposing, Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to A message from the President of the finalizing, or disseminating regulations or law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Revoca- United States was communicated to assessments based upon science that is not tion of Restricted Areas R–4105A and R– the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his sec- transparent or reproducible; to the Com- 4105B; No Man’s Land Island, MA’’ ((RIN2120– retaries. mittee on Environment and Public Works. AA66) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0760)) received

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.100 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6196 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- EC–7912. A communication from the Man- Aviation Administration, Department of fice of the President of the Senate on No- agement and Program Analyst, Federal Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to vember 14, 2014; to the Committee on Com- Aviation Administration, Department of law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- merce, Science, and Transportation. Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ness Directives; General Electric Company EC–7905. A communication from the Man- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- Turbofan Engines’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket agement and Program Analyst, Federal ness Directives; Airbus Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120– No. FAA–2007–28413)) received during ad- Aviation Administration, Department of AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0140)) received journment of the Senate in the Office of the Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- President of the Senate on November 14, law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Change of fice of the President of the Senate on No- 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Controlling Agency for Restricted Areas; vember 14, 2014; to the Committee on Com- Science, and Transportation. California’’ ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket No. merce, Science, and Transportation. EC–7920. A communication from the Man- FAA–2014–0722)) received in the Office of the EC–7913. A communication from the Man- agement and Program Analyst, Federal President of the Senate on November 13, agement and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Science, and Transportation. Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- EC–7906. A communication from the Man- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- ness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes’’ agement and Program Analyst, Federal ness Directives; Beechcraft Corporation ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0548)) Aviation Administration, Department of (Type Certificate Previously Held by Hawker received during adjournment of the Senate Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Beechcraft Corporation; Raytheon Aircraft in the Office of the President of the Senate law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airplane Company; Beech Aircraft Corporation) Air- on November 14, 2014; to the Committee on and Engine Certification Requirements in planes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Supercooled Large Drop, Mixed Phase, and 2014–0345)) received during adjournment of EC–7921. A communication from the Man- Ice Crystal Icing Conditions’’ ((RIN2120– the Senate in the Office of the President of agement and Program Analyst, Federal AJ34) (Docket No. FAA–2010–0636; Amdt. Nos. the Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Com- Aviation Administration, Department of 25–140 and 33–34)) received during adjourn- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- tation. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- dent of the Senate on November 14, 2014; to EC–7914. A communication from the Man- ness Directives; The Boeing Company Air- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and agement and Program Analyst, Federal planes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– Transportation. Aviation Administration, Department of 2014–0431)) received during adjournment of EC–7907. A communication from the Man- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to the Senate in the Office of the President of agement and Program Analyst, Federal law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- the Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Com- Aviation Administration, Department of ness Directives; Rolls-Royce plc Turbofan mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Engines’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– tation. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Orders of 2014–0705)) received during adjournment of EC–7922. A communication from the Man- Compliance, Cease and Desist Orders, Orders the Senate in the Office of the President of agement and Program Analyst, Federal of Denial, and Other Orders’’ ((RIN2120–AK43) the Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Com- Aviation Administration, Department of (Docket No. FAA–2014–0505; Amdt. No. 13– mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to 36A)) received during adjournment of the tation. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- Senate in the Office of the President of the EC–7915. A communication from the Man- ness Directives; Lockheed Martin Corpora- Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Com- agement and Program Analyst, Federal tion/Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Aviation Administration, Department of Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. tation. EC–7908. A communication from the Man- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to FAA–2014–0290)) received in the Office of the agement and Program Analyst, Federal law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- President of the Senate on November 13, Aviation Administration, Department of ness Directives; Pacific Aerospace Limited 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. Science, and Transportation. EC–7923. A communication from the Man- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Departing FAA–2014–0532)) received during adjournment agement and Program Analyst, Federal IFR/VFR When Weather Reporting Is Not of the Senate in the Office of the President Aviation Administration, Department of Available; Confirmation of Effective Date’’ of the Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ((RIN2120–AK49) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0502; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Amdt. No. 135–131)) received during adjourn- Transportation. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- EC–7916. A communication from the Man- ness Directives; The Boeing Company Air- dent of the Senate on November 14, 2014; to agement and Program Analyst, Federal planes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Aviation Administration, Department of 2014–0283)) received in the Office of the Presi- Transportation. Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to dent of the Senate on November 13, 2014; to EC–7909. A communication from the Man- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and agement and Program Analyst, Federal ness Directives; Honeywell International Inc. Transportation. Aviation Administration, Department of Air Data Pressure Transducers’’ ((RIN2120– EC–7924. A communication from the Man- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0285)) received agement and Program Analyst, Federal law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- Aviation Administration, Department of ness Directives; Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf fice of the President of the Senate on No- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Lindner GmbH and Co. KG Gliders’’ vember 14, 2014; to the Committee on Com- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0292)) merce, Science, and Transportation. ness Directives; Airbus Helicopters, Inc. received during adjournment of the Senate EC–7917. A communication from the Man- (Previously Eurocopter France) Helicopters’’ in the Office of the President of the Senate agement and Program Analyst, Federal ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0757)) on November 14, 2014; to the Committee on Aviation Administration, Department of received in the Office of the President of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Senate on November 13, 2014; to the Com- EC–7910. A communication from the Man- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- agement and Program Analyst, Federal ness Directives; Airbus Helicopters (Pre- tation. Aviation Administration, Department of viously Eurocopter France) Helicopters’’ EC–7925. A communication from the Man- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0832)) agement and Program Analyst, Federal law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- received during adjournment of the Senate Aviation Administration, Department of ness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes’’ in the Office of the President of the Senate Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0287)) on November 14, 2014; to the Committee on law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- received during adjournment of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation. ness Directives; Alexandria Aircraft LLC in the Office of the President of the Senate EC–7918. A communication from the Man- Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. on November 14, 2014; to the Committee on agement and Program Analyst, Federal FAA–2014–0438)) received in the Office of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Aviation Administration, Department of President of the Senate on November 13, EC–7911. A communication from the Man- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, agement and Program Analyst, Federal law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- Science, and Transportation. Aviation Administration, Department of ness Directives; The Boeing Company Air- EC–7926. A communication from the Man- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to planes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– agement and Program Analyst, Federal law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- 2014–0451)) received during adjournment of Aviation Administration, Department of ness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes’’ the Senate in the Office of the President of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0581)) the Senate on November 14, 2014; to the Com- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- received during adjournment of the Senate mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- ness Directives; Brantly International, Inc. in the Office of the President of the Senate tation. Helicopters’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. on November 14, 2014; to the Committee on EC–7919. A communication from the Man- FAA–2012–1093)) received in the Office of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation. agement and Program Analyst, Federal President of the Senate on November 13,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.011 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6197 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, United States Congress to provide a means ernment in the Alaska outer continental Science, and Transportation. for consistently and equitably sharing with shelf region alone since 2005; and EC–7927. A communication from the Man- all oil and gas producing states adjacent to Whereas outer continental shelf revenue agement and Program Analyst, Federal federal outer continental shelf areas a por- sharing could provide a stable funding source Aviation Administration, Department of tion of revenue generated from outer conti- for and help fulfill the mission of the Land Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to nental shelf oil and gas development on the and Water Conservation Fund, a national law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- outer continental shelf to ensure that those fund created to safeguard natural areas, ness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de states develop necessary infrastructure to water resources, and cultural heritage and to Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Airplanes’’ support outer continental shelf development provide recreation opportunities: Now, there- ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0740)) and preserve environmental integrity; to the fore, be it received in the Office of the President of the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- Senate on November 13, 2014; to the Com- sources. ture urges the United States Congress to mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 26 provide a means for consistently and equi- tation. tably sharing with all oil and gas producing Whereas oil and gas development in federal EC–7928. A communication from the Man- states adjacent to federal outer continental areas, both onshore and offshore, requires agement and Program Analyst, Federal shelf areas a portion of revenue generated additional investment in state infrastructure Aviation Administration, Department of from outer continental shelf oil and gas pro- and increases demand on state and local gov- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to duction to ensure the states develop nec- ernment resources; and law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- essary infrastructure to support outer conti- Whereas, under the Mineral Lands Leasing ness Directives; Pacific Aerospace Limited nental shelf development and preserve envi- Act of 1920, the federal government recog- Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. ronmental integrity. nizes the effects of oil and gas development FAA–2014–0516)) received in the Office of the Copies of this resolution shall be sent to in federal onshore areas by sharing with the President of the Senate on November 13, the Honorable Barack Obama, President of states 50 percent of revenue from mineral 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. production on federal land within each Science, and Transportation. Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United EC–7929. A communication from the Man- state’s boundaries; and States and President of the U.S. Senate; the agement and Program Analyst, Federal Whereas, under the Outer Continental Honorable Sally Jewell, United States Sec- Aviation Administration, Department of Shelf Lands Act, the federal government rec- retary of the Interior; the Honorable John Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ognizes the effect oil and gas development in Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Rep- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- federal near-shore areas has on states by resentatives; the Honorable Eric Cantor, Ma- ness Directives; Pacific Aerospace Limited sharing with those states 27 percent of rev- jority Leader of the U.S. House of Represent- Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. enue collected from federal oil and gas leases atives; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Minority FAA–2014–0494)) received in the Office of the within three miles of the states’ coastlines; Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives; President of the Senate on November 13, and the Honorable Harry Reid, Majority Leader 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Whereas, under the Gulf of Mexico Energy of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Mitch Science, and Transportation. Security Act of 2006, the federal government McConnell, Minority Leader of the U.S. Sen- EC–7930. A communication from the Man- recognizes the effect that oil and gas devel- ate; the Honorable Mary Landrieu, Chair of agement and Program Analyst, Federal opment in federal offshore areas has on the the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Aviation Administration, Department of states of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Natural Resources; the Honorable Lisa Mur- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to and Texas, and recognizes the contributions kowski and the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- to national energy, security, and economic Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, ness Directives; The Boeing Company Air- interests made by sharing with those states U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska planes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– 37.5 percent of revenue from federal oil and delegation in Congress; and all other mem- 2014–0654)) received in the Office of the Presi- gas leases in outer continental shelf areas bers of the 113th United States Congress. dent of the Senate on November 13, 2014; to adjacent to each state; and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Whereas the federal government fails to Transportation. recognize the same effects on and contribu- POM–352. A joint resolution adopted by the EC–7931. A communication from the Man- tions made by other oil and gas producing Legislature of the State of Alaska urging the agement and Program Analyst, Federal states adjacent to federal outer continental United States Congress to enact legislation Aviation Administration, Department of shelf areas, including this state and Cali- that would require approval by Acts of the Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to fornia; and Alaska State Legislature and the United law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- Whereas the Alaska outer continental shelf States Congress before establishing an inter- ness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes’’ region encompasses the Beaufort, Chukchi, national designation of land or water in the ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0650)) and Bering seas, Cook Inlet, and the Gulf of State of Alaska; to the Committee on En- received in the Office of the President of the Alaska, includes over 1,000,000,000 acres, and ergy and Natural Resources. Senate on November 13, 2014; to the Com- contains more than 6,000 miles of coastline, SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 15 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- which is more coastline than the rest of the Whereas Alaska and the Russian Far East tation. EC–7932. A communication from the Man- United States combined; and are close neighbors across the Bering Sea, Whereas there are presently 607 active oil agement and Program Analyst, Federal and archaeologists believe that the area was Aviation Administration, Department of and gas leases and more than 3,300,000 acres a migration route used by many peoples Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to of leased land in the Alaska outer shelf con- moving from Asia and populating North and law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- tinental region; and South America; and ness Directives; Airbus Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120– Whereas federal government grants do not Whereas some of the indigenous peoples of AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2014–0058)) received adequately address the need for additional Western Alaska and the Russian Far East in the Office of the President of the Senate investment in state infrastructure or the in- speak the same language and share the same on November 13, 2014; to the Committee on creased demands on state and local govern- customs and traditions but have, until re- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. ment resources resulting from outer conti- cent times, been separated by political dif- EC–7933. A communication from the Man- nental shelf development, especially in this ferences between their respective countries; agement and Program Analyst, Federal state, which has more coastline, more rural and Aviation Administration, Department of communities, and less infrastructure than Whereas, in recent years, various events Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to any other state; and and exchanges have been organized to recon- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Harmoni- Whereas outer continental shelf revenue nect the residents of Western Alaska and zation of Airworthiness Standards—Miscella- sharing would allow states to build infra- those of the Russian Far East; and neous Structures Requirements’’ ((RIN2120– structure such as marine ports, airports, Whereas the areas of Western Alaska and AK13) (Docket No. FAA–2013–0109)) received utilities, and housing, and increase state the Russian Far East have been referred to in the Office of the President of the Senate services, such as oil spill and emergency re- as Beringia; and on November 13, 2014; to the Committee on sponse and environmental monitoring and Whereas, in 2010, the United States and Commerce, Science, and Transportation. mitigation, which would likely lead to ex- Russia began negotiations to develop a panded, safer exploration and development Memorandum of Understanding for the pur- f activity and increase overall revenue to the pose of establishing an international pro- PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS federal government; and tected area in the Bering Strait region that The following petitions and memo- Whereas additional state infrastructure would include the Bering Land Bridge Na- and increased availability of state and local tional Preserve, the Cape Krusenstern Na- rials were laid before the Senate and government resources would likely increase tional Monument, and, in the Chukotka re- were referred or ordered to lie on the interest in and bids during future federal gion of Russia, the yet-to-be-created table as indicated: outer continental shelf oil and gas lease Beringia International Park; and POM–351. A joint resolution adopted by the sales, which have generated over Whereas the National Park Service identi- Legislature of the State of Alaska urging the $2,750,000,000 in revenue for the federal gov- fies and defines Beringia as the area bounded

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.012 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6198 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 on the east by the Mackenzie River in Can- tive Claims Settlement Act, and the Alaska Honorable John F. Kerry, United States Sec- ada, on the west by the Lena River in Russia, National Interest Lands Conservation Act; retary of State; the Honorable Sally Jewell, on the north by 72 degrees North latitude, and United States Secretary of the Interior; the and on the south by the southern tip of Whereas the Department of Fish and Game Honorable Jonathan B. Jarvis, director of Kamchatka, leaving only the south-central is responsible for the management, protec- the National Park Service, United States De- and southeastern limits to be determined; tion, maintenance, enhancement, rehabilita- partment of the Interior; the Honorable John and tion, and extension of fish and wildlife re- Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Rep- Whereas the federal government histori- sources in the state, including management resentatives; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, cally has attempted to expand the scope of responsibilities on National Park Service Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Rep- its influence beyond Alaska park boundaries, land; and resentatives; the Honorable Harry Reid, Ma- including the attempt to establish game Whereas, in the 1982 Master Memorandum jority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honor- buffer zones around Denali National Park of Understanding between the Department of able Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader of and Preserve; and Fish and Game and the National Park Serv- the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Mary Lan- Whereas, during the past two decades, the ice, the parties agreed to ‘‘consider carefully drieu, Chair of the Energy and Natural Re- National Park Service has repeatedly ex- the impact on the State of Alaska of pro- sources Committee of the U.S. Senate; the panded the size of the area identified as posed treaties or international agreements Honorable Sean Parnell, Governor of Alaska; Beringia; and relating to fish and wildlife resources which the Honorable Michael C. Geraghty, Alaska Whereas the National Park Service man- could diminish the jurisdictional authority Attorney General; the Honorable Lisa Mur- ages the Shared Beringian Heritage Program of the State, and to consult freely with the kowski and the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. and seeks to foster mutual understanding State when such treaties or agreements have Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, and cooperation between the United States a significant impact on the State’’; Now, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska and Russia and between the indigenous peo- therefore, be it delegation in Congress: and all other mem- ples of Western Alaska and the Russian Far Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- bers of the 113th United States Congress. East by promoting cultural exchange, sup- ture asserts that any international Memo- porting subsistence opportunities, and work- randum of Understanding or other action to POM–353. A concurrent resolution adopted ing toward an international designation for designate land or water in the state as an by the Legislature of the State of Alaska the land and water in the area identified as international park, world heritage site, bio- urging the United States Congress to act on Beringia; and sphere reserve, Ramsar site, or classification the request of the governor to acquire for the Whereas, for many years, the National of land or water that affects the proper use State additional land in the Tongass Na- Park Service has pursued a program to es- of the land or water by the state or an Alas- tional Forest from the United States Gov- tablish a Beringia International Park that ka Native corporation should require ap- ernment by purchase or negotiation or by potentially could evolve into a world herit- proval by Acts of the Alaska State Legisla- seeking amendment to the Alaska Statehood age site or a marine biosphere reserve and ture and the United States Congress before Act; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- would include land and water in Alaska and taking effect; and be it further ural Resources. the Russian Far East; and Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2 Whereas officials of the United States De- ture requests that the United States Depart- partment of State and the National Park ment of State and the United States Depart- Whereas the Tongass National Forest was Service have traveled throughout Russia and ment of the Interior cease all further action created in 1907 by a proclamation of Presi- spoken before the Russian Duma in Moscow; to establish an international designation of dent Theodore Roosevelt; and and land or water in the state until the United Whereas, under the Alaska Statehood Act Whereas the international designations States Congress and the Alaska State Legis- (P.L. 85–508, 72 Stat. 339), the federal govern- contemplated by the National Park Service lature approve; and be it further ment provided Alaska with a 103,350,000-acre for the areas included in Beringia are an in- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- land entitlement, which was considered to be vitation and another means for United ture respectfully requests that the United sufficient for the newly formed state to be- States and foreign environmental non- States Congress enact a law that requires come economically self-supporting; and governmental organizations to oppose re- Congressional approval of any international Whereas the Alaska Statehood Act (P.L. source development on public and Alaska designation that affects the use of land or 85–508, 72 Stat. 339) gave the state 25 years to Native land and water in the state; and water by the state or the United States; and select land for entitlement; and Whereas many Alaskans are concerned be it further Whereas the 25-year period established in that the proposed Beringia International Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- the Alaska Statehood Act (P.L. 85–508, 72 Park would impede future rights of access ture requests that, if the United States De- Stat. 339) as the period in which the state for the Red Dog Mine, the primary economic partment of State or the United States De- may select land for entitlement was later ex- engine in Northwest Alaska; and partment of the Interior nevertheless pur- tended, in effect, by various legislation, with Whereas Alaska Native corporations and sues or proposes the designation of land or the result that approximately 5,500,000 acres the state specifically selected much of their water as an international park, world herit- of the land entitlement granted to the state land because of the mineral potential and age site, biosphere reserve, Ramsar site, or by the Act have not yet been conveyed; and the opportunity to create jobs and other eco- classification of land or water that affects Whereas, from the 1950s through the early nomic opportunities for the people of the the proper use of the land or water by the 1990s, the commercial harvest of timber state; and state or an Alaska Native corporation, the formed a major part of the economy of Whereas, in September 2012, Governor Sean governor be actively involved in the process Southeast Alaska; and Parnell sent a letter to then United States and development of any joint action plan; Whereas the commercial harvest of timber Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and be it further no longer forms a major part of the economy asking for time to conduct a meaningful re- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- of Southeast Alaska because the timber in- view of the proposed Memorandum of Under- ture requests that the state, including the dustry does not have access to an adequate standing regarding Beringia and to provide departments responsible for the management amount of timber that can be economically input on the possible effects of the Memo- of fish and wildlife and other natural re- harvested from the Tongass National Forest; randum of Understanding on the region and sources, be an integral if not primary part of and the state; and any discussion, agreement, understanding, or Whereas, in the past four years, several ef- Whereas, on January 17, 2013, Russian other process or document that affects the forts to revitalize the timber industry in Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a use or development of fish and wildlife and Southeast Alaska have failed because a tim- decree creating Beringia National Park as a other natural resources in the state; and be ber industry cannot exist without an ade- Russian National Park in the Chukotka Re- it further quate timber supply; and gion; and Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- Whereas the United States Congress has Whereas, in October 2013, members of the ture urges the governor and the attorney placed 40 percent of the Tongass National Alaska State Legislature learned that the general to reserve all legal remedies, includ- Forest off limits for commercial use, and the United States Department of State, the Na- ing the recovery of damages, for a taking of United States Forest Service has administra- tional Park Service, and the Russian Federa- the natural resources of the state in viola- tively set aside an additional 58 percent of tion were in the final stages of formalizing a tion of the Alaska Statehood Compact, the Tongass National Forest; and Memorandum of Understanding regarding a should a designation of land and water in the Whereas, at the present time, only two per- transboundary protected area in the Bering state as an international park, world herit- cent of the Tongass National Forest is man- Strait region; and age site, biosphere reserve, Ramsar site, or aged for the purpose of providing local com- Whereas the current effort to formalize a other classification hamper the use or devel- munities with the opportunity to harvest transboundary protected area would be the opment of the natural resources of the state. timber; and first step in imposing international designa- Copies of this resolution shall be sent to Whereas 91 percent of the old growth tim- tions and could reduce the sovereignty of the the Honorable Barack Obama, President of ber standing in the Tongass National Forest state and the United States over the bur- the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. in 1954 remains standing, and the remaining dened parts of the state, in violation of the Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United nine percent that has been harvested has Alaska Statehood Compact, the Alaska Na- States and President of the U.S. Senate; the now been replaced with young growth timber

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.014 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6199 that will begin maturing in about 30 years; United States Congress to enact legislation Whereas many Alaskans are concerned and that would require approval by Acts of the that the proposed Beringia International Whereas findings prepared by the Alaska Alaska State Legislature and the United Park would impede future rights of access Timber Jobs Task Force in June 2012 reveal States Congress before establishing an inter- for the Red Dog Mine, the primary economic that the timber industry is vitally important national designation of land or water in the engine in Northwest Alaska; and to statewide and regional economies in the State of Alaska; to the Committee on En- Whereas Alaska Native corporations and state; and ergy and Natural Resources. the state specifically selected much of their Whereas the principal barrier to job cre- SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 15 land because of the mineral potential and ation in the Southeast Alaska timber indus- the opportunity to create jobs and other eco- Whereas Alaska and the Russian Far East try is the lack of a sufficient amount of tim- nomic opportunities for the people of the are close neighbors across the Bering Sea, ber that can be economically harvested from state; and the Tongass National Forest; and and archaeologists believe that the area was Whereas, in September 2012, Governor Sean Whereas an unrealistic Tongass Land Man- a migration route used by many peoples Parnell sent a letter to then United States agement Plan dictated by Washington, D.C., moving from Asia and populating North and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton endless environmental legal appeals, and a South America; and asking for time to conduct a meaningful re- Whereas some of the indigenous peoples of lack of political will by public officials who view of the proposed Memorandum of Under- are in a position to support meeting timber Western Alaska and the Russian Far East standing regarding Beringia and to provide harvest targets have prevented the United speak the same language and share the same input on the possible effects of the Memo- States Forest Service from providing the customs and traditions but have, until re- randum of Understanding on the region and timber industry access to enough economi- cent times, been separated by political dif- the state; and cally harvestable timber in the Tongass Na- ferences between their respective countries; Whereas, on January 17, 2013, Russian tional Forest to make the timber industry and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a commercially viable in Southeast Alaska; Whereas in recent years, various events decree creating Beringia National Park as a and and exchanges have been organized to recon- Russian National Park in the Chukotka Re- Whereas because the United States Forest nect the residents of Western Alaska and gion; and Service has not been able to provide the tim- those of the Russian Far East; and Whereas, in October 2013, members of the ber industry with access to enough economi- Whereas the areas of Western Alaska and Alaska State Legislature learned that the cally harvestable timber in the Tongass Na- the Russian Far East have been referred to United States Department of State, the Na- tional Forest to sustain the timber industry as Beringia; and tional Park Service, and the Russian Federa- in Southeast Alaska, it is time for the Whereas, in 2010, the United States and tion were in the final stages of formalizing a United States Congress to act on the gov- Russia began negotiations to develop a Memorandum of Understanding regarding a ernor’s request to acquire additional land in Memorandum of Understanding for the pur- transboundary protected area in the Bering the Tongass National Forest that will pro- pose of establishing an international pro- Strait region; and vide enough economically harvestable tim- tected area in the Bering Strait region that Whereas the current effort to formalize a ber to create a sustainable economic base for would include the Bering Land Bridge Na- transboundary protected area would be the the communities of Southeast Alaska; and tional Preserve, the Cape Krusenstern Na- first step in imposing international designa- Whereas sec. 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act tional Monument, and, in the Chukotka re- tions and could reduce the sovereignty of the (P.L. 85–508, 72 Stat. 339) limited the state’s gion of Russia, the yet-to-be created state and the United States over the bur- selection of land from the Tongass National Beringia International Park; and dened parts of the state, in violation of the Forest and the Chugach National Forest to Whereas the National Park Service identi- Alaska Statehood Compact, the Alaska Na- 400,000 acres with the intention of preserving fies and defines Beringia as the area bounded tive Claims Settlement Act, and the Alaska timber for federal long-term sales; and on the east by the Mackenzie River in Can- National Interest Lands Conservation Act; Whereas sec. 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act ada, on the west by the Lena River in Russia, and (P.L. 85–508, 72 Stat. 339) allowed the state to on the north by 72 degrees North latitude, Whereas the Department of Fish and Game select land in other regions of the state with- and on the south by the southern tip of is responsible for the management, protec- out restricting the use of the land to recre- Kamchatka, leaving only the south-central tion, maintenance, enhancement, rehabilita- ation and community expansion, and, be- and southeastern limits to be determined; tion, and extension of fish and wildlife re- cause the timber industry in Southeast Alas- and sources in the state, including management ka has become unsustainable, the state Whereas the federal government histori- responsibilities on National Park Service should be entitled to acquire some of its re- cally has attempted to expand the scope of land; and maining land entitlement under the Alaska its influence beyond Alaska park boundaries, Whereas, in the 1982 Master Memorandum Statehood Act from the Tongass National including the attempt to establish game of Understanding between the Department of Forest: Now, therefore, be it buffer zones around Denali National Park Fish and Game and the National Park Serv- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- and Preserve; and ice, the parties agreed to ‘‘consider carefully ture respectfully urges the United States Whereas, during the past two decades, the the impact on the State of Alaska of pro- Congress to act on the governor’s request to National Park Service has repeatedly ex- posed treaties or international agreements negotiate state land entitlements under sec. panded the size of the area identified as relating to fish and wildlife resources which 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act (P.L. 85–508, 72 Beringia; and could diminish the jurisdictional authority Stat. 339) or work to amend the Alaska Whereas the National Park Service man- of the State, and to consult freely with the Statehood Act for the purpose of acquiring ages the Shared Beringian Heritage Program State when such treaties or agreements have forested land in the Tongass National For- and seeks to foster mutual understanding a significant impact on the State’’: Now, est; and be it further and cooperation between the United States therefore, be it Resolved, That, if the United States Con- and Russia and between the indigenous peo- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- gress fails to convey forested land in the ples of Western Alaska and the Russian Far ture asserts that any international Memo- Tongass National Forest either by negoti- East by promoting cultural exchange, sup- randum of Understanding or other action to ating state land entitlements under the porting subsistence opportunities, and work- designate land or water in the state as an Alaska Statehood Act (P.L. 85–508, 72 Stat. ing toward an international designation for international park, world heritage site, bio- 339) or by amending the Alaska Statehood the land and water in the area identified as sphere reserve, Ramsar site, or classification Act, the Alaska State Legislature urges the Beringia; and of land or water that affects the proper use governor to negotiate the purchase of for- Whereas, for many years, the National of the land or water by the state or an Alas- ested land in the Tongass National Forest Park Service has pursued a program to es- ka Native corporation should require ap- from the federal government. tablish a Beringia International Park that proval by Acts of the Alaska State Legisla- Copies of this resolution shall be sent to potentially could evolve into a world herit- ture and the United States Congress before the Honorable Barack Obama, President of age site or a marine biosphere reserve and taking effect; and be it further the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. would include land and water in Alaska and Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United the Russian Ear East; and ture requests that the United States Depart- States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Whereas officials of the United States De- ment of State and the United States Depart- Honorable Sally Jewell, United States Sec- partment of State and the National Park ment of the Interior cease all further action retary of the Interior; the Honorable Tom Service have traveled throughout Russia and to establish an international designation of Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agri- spoken before the Russian Duma in Moscow; land or water in the state until the United culture; the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and and States Congress and the Alaska State Legis- the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. Senators, Whereas the international designations lature approve; and be it further and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Rep- contemplated by the National Park Service Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- resentative, members of the Alaska delega- for the areas included in Beringia are an in- ture respectfully requests that the United tion in Congress; and the Honorable Sean vitation and another means for United States Congress enact a law that requires Parnell, Governor of Alaska. States and foreign environmental non- Congressional approval of any international governmental organizations to oppose re- designation that affects the use of land or POM–354. A joint resolution adopted by the source development on public and Alaska water by the state or the United States; and Legislature of the State of Alaska urging the Native land and water in the state; and be it further

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.015 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6200 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- states 50 percent of revenue from mineral the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. ture requests that, if the United States De- production on federal land within each Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United partment of State or the United States De- state’s boundaries; and States and President of the U.S. Senate; the partment of the Interior nevertheless pur- Whereas, under the Outer Continental Honorable Sally Jewell, United States Sec- sues or proposes the designation of land or Shelf Lands Act, the federal government rec- retary of the Interior; the Honorable John water as an international park, world herit- ognizes the effect oil and gas development in Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Rep- age site, biosphere reserve, Ramsar site, or federal near-shore areas has on states by resentatives; the Honorable Eric Cantor, Ma- classification of land or water that affects sharing with those states 27 percent of rev- jority Leader of the U.S. House of Represent- the proper use of the land or water by the enue collected from federal oil and gas leases atives; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Minority state or an Alaska Native corporation, the within three miles of the states’ coastlines; Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives; governor be actively involved in the process and the Honorable Harry Reid, Majority Leader and development of any joint action plan; Whereas, under the Gulf of Mexico Energy of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Mitch and be it further Security Act of 2006, the federal government McConnell, Minority Leader of the U.S. Sen- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- recognizes the effect that oil and gas devel- ate; the Honorable Mary Landrieu, Chair of ture requests that the state, including the opment in federal offshore areas has on the the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and departments responsible for the management states of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Natural Resources; the Honorable Lisa Mur- of fish and wildlife and other natural re- and Texas, and recognizes the contributions kowski and the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. sources, be an integral if not primary part of to national energy, security, and economic Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, any discussion, agreement, understanding, or interests made by sharing with those states U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska other process or document that affects the 37.5 percent of revenue from federal oil and delegation in Congress; and all other mem- use or development of fish and wildlife and gas leases in outer continental shelf areas bers of the 113th United States Congress. other natural resources in the state; and be adjacent to each state; and it further Whereas the federal government fails to POM–356. A joint resolution adopted by the Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- recognize the same effects on and contribu- Legislature of the State of Alaska urging the ture urges the governor and the attorney tions made by other oil and gas producing President of the United States and the general to reserve all legal remedies, includ- states adjacent to federal outer continental United States Congress to repeal the excise ing the recovery of damages, for a taking of shelf areas, including this state and Cali- tax on medical devices; to the Committee on the natural resources of the state in viola- fornia; and Finance. tion of the Alaska Statehood Compact, Whereas the Alaska outer continental shelf HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 20 region encompasses the Beaufort, Chukchi, should a designation of land and water in the Whereas a new federal excise tax of 2.3 per- and Bering seas, Cook Inlet, and the Gulf of state as an international park, world herit- cent on the sale of taxable medical devices Alaska, includes over 1,000,000,000 acres, and age site, biosphere reserve, Ramsar site, or by manufacturers, producers, and importers contains more than 6,000 miles of coastline, other classification hamper the use or devel- of those devices took effect January 1, 2013; which is more coastline than the rest of the opment of the natural resources of the state. and Copies of this resolution shall be sent to United States combined; and Whereas the medical device tax is imposed the Honorable Barack Obama, President of Whereas there are presently 607 active oil on United States sales, rather than profits, the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. and gas leases and more than 3,300,000 acres of medical device manufacturers, producers, Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United of leased land in the Alaska outer shelf con- and importers and will be particularly dam- States and President of the U.S. Senate; the tinental region; and aging to innovative start-up companies; and Honorable John F. Kerry, United States Sec- Whereas federal government grants do not Whereas the medical device tax was pro- retary of State; the Honorable Sally Jewell, adequately address the need for additional jected to raise $20,000,000,000, but that esti- United States Secretary of the Interior; the investment in slate infrastructure or the in- mate has risen to over $30,000,000,000; and Honorable Jonathan B. Jarvis, director of creased demands on state and local govern- Whereas the medical device tax will sub- the National Park Service, United States De- ment resources resulting from outer conti- stantially increase the cost of health care partment of the Interior; the Honorable John nental shelf development, especially in this and takes direct aim at American innovation Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Rep- state, which has more coastline, more rural by punishing the researchers and manufac- resentatives; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, communities, and less infrastructure than turers of devices such as heart stents, pace- Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Rep- any other state; and makers, patient monitors, artificial hips, resentatives; the Honorable Harry Reid, Ma- Whereas outer continental shelf revenue limbs, and hearts, and a multitude of other jority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honor- sharing would allow states to build infra- medical devices; and able Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader of structure such as marine ports, airports, Whereas thousands of layoffs in the United the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Mary Lan- utilities, and housing, and increase state States have already occurred because of the drieu, Chair of the Energy and Natural Re- services, such as oil spill and emergency re- medical device tax; and sources Committee of the U.S. Senate; the sponse and environmental monitoring and Whereas the medical device tax threatens Honorable Sean Parnell, Governor of Alaska; mitigation, which would likely lead to ex- regional economic vitality, badly needed the Honorable Michael C. Geraghty, Alaska panded, safer exploration and development jobs, and patients’ hopes for new, life-saving Attorney General; the Honorable Lisa Mur- activity and increase overall revenue to the products and treatments; and kowski and the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. federal government; and Whereas the repeal of the medical device Whereas additional state infrastructure Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, tax has strong bipartisan support: Now, and increased availability of state and local U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska therefore, be it government resources would likely increase delegation in Congress; and all other mem- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- interest in and bids during future federal bers of the 113th United States Congress. ture urges the President of the United States outer continental shelf oil and gas lease and the United States Congress to repeal the POM–355. A joint resolution adopted by the sales, which have generated over excise tax on medical devices. Copies of this resolution shall be sent to Legislature of the State of Alaska urging the $2,750,000,000 in revenue for the federal gov- the Honorable Barack Obama, President of United States Congress to provide a means ernment in the Alaska outer continental the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. for consistently and equitably sharing with shelf region alone since 2005; and Whereas outer continental shelf revenue Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United all oil and gas producing states adjacent to sharing could provide a stable funding source States and President of the U.S. Senate; the federal outer continental shelf areas a por- for and help fulfill the mission of the Land Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. tion of revenue generated from outer conti- and Water Conservation Fund, a national House of Representatives; the Honorable nental shelf oil and gas development on the fund created to safeguard natural areas, Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S. outer continental shelf to ensure that those water resources, and cultural heritage and to House of Representatives; the Honorable states develop necessary infrastructure to provide recreation opportunities: Now, there- Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the U.S. Sen- support outer continental shelf development fore, be it ate; the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Minor- and preserve environmental integrity; to the Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- ity Leader of the U.S. Senate; and the Hon- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- ture urges the United States Congress to orable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable sources. provide a means for consistently and equi- Mark Begich, U.S. Senators, and the Honor- HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 26 tably sharing with all oil and gas producing able Don Young, U.S. Representative, mem- Whereas oil and gas development in federal states adjacent to federal outer continental bers of the Alaska delegation in Congress. areas, both onshore and offshore, requires shelf areas a portion of revenue generated additional investment in state infrastructure from outer continental shelf oil and gas pro- POM–357. A joint resolution adopted by the and increases demand on state and local gov- duction to ensure the states develop nec- Legislature of the State of Alaska memori- ernment resources; and essary infrastructure to support outer conti- alizing support for the strategic rec- Whereas, under the Mineral Lands Leasing nental shelf development and preserve envi- ommendation of the January 30, 2014, pre- Act of 1920, the federal government recog- ronmental integrity. liminary report of the Alaska Arctic Policy nizes the effects of oil and gas development Copies of this resolution shall be sent to Commission to ‘‘continue to pursue, and ac- in federal onshore areas by sharing with the the Honorable Barack Obama, President of tively expand, all avenues of participation in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.016 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6201 the Arctic Council, including involvement in the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. and practice of all individuals such as Chris- working groups and by building partnerships Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United tians, Yazidis, and Mandean Sabeans’’; with permanent participants’’; to the Com- States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Whereas, President Barack Obama recently mittee on Foreign Relations. Honorable John F. Kerry, United States Sec- declared on Religious Freedom Day, ‘‘Fore- HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 24 retary of State; the Honorable Robert most among the rights Americans hold sa- Whereas, by its very existence, the state Menendez, Chair of the U.S. Senate Com- cred is the freedom to worship as we choose enables the United States to be an Arctic na- mittee on Foreign Relations; the Honorable . . . [W]e also remember that religious lib- tion; and Bob Corker, ranking member, U.S. Senate erty is not just an American right; it is a Whereas, in April 2012, the Alaska State Committee on Foreign Relations; Admiral universal human right to be protected here Legislature established the Alaska Arctic Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant of the at home and across the globe. This freedom Policy Commission to ‘‘develop an Arctic United States Coast Guard; the Honorable is an essential part of human dignity, and policy for the state and produce a strategy Sally Jewell, United States Secretary of the without it our world cannot know lasting for the implementation of an Arctic policy’’; Interior; the Honorable Fran Ulmer, Chair, peace’’; and Whereas, the atrocities being committed and U.S. Arctic Research Commission; the Hon- Whereas the Alaska Arctic Policy Commis- orable Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., Undersec- against Christians and other ethnic and reli- sion has been working with the National retary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmos- gious minority communities in Iraq are un- Strategy for the Arctic Region Task Force phere and National Oceanic and Atmospheric conscionable and represent a crime against on how to best craft an Arctic policy that Administration Administrator, U.S. Depart- humanity: Therefore be it Resolved, That the Senate of the Common- benefits and creates opportunity for the ment of Commerce; the Honorable John Paul wealth of Pennsylvania urge the President state and the entire United States; and Holdren, Director, White House Office of Whereas the Arctic resources of the state Science and Technology Policy; the Honor- and the Congress of the United States to are immense and, with responsible develop- able Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary, publicly denounce the crimes against hu- ment, could contribute significantly to the Bureau of Oceans and International Environ- manity occurring in Iraq and to take pru- economy of the United States and to the en- mental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Depart- dent action to protect Iraqi Christians and tire pan-Arctic region; and ment of State; Alice Hill, Senior Counselor other religious minorities from persecution Whereas the Bering Strait serves as the to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Home- from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Le- gateway to the Arctic for the marine traffic land Security; and the Honorable Lisa Mur- vant; and of the United States and other nations be- kowski and the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. Resolved, That the President and Congress tween the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic; and Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, urge the Government of Iraq to take imme- Whereas the marine traffic through the U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska diate steps to protect the safety and con- Bering Strait choke point has been increas- delegation in Congress. stitutional rights of all Iraqi citizens; and ing; and Resolved, That the President and Congress Whereas the Arctic Council is the intergov- POM–358. A resolution adopted by the Sen- work with the Government of Iraq to bring ernmental forum in which all eight Arctic ate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Islamic State militants to justice before an nations participate; and uring the President and Congress of the international forum for war crimes and Whereas the Arctic Council includes six United States to urge the Government of crimes against humanity; be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be Arctic indigenous communities, four of Iraq to take immediate steps to protect the transmitted to the President of the United which are resident in the state, and six per- safety and constitutional rights of all Iraqi States, to the presiding officers of each manent working groups, each of which di- citizens; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- house of Congress and to each member of rectly affects the state; and tions. Whereas Canada is the current chair of the Congress from Pennsylvania. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 430 Arctic Council, and the United States will be the chair from May 2015 until 2017; and Whereas, Iraq is currently embroiled in a POM–359. A joint resolution adopted by the Whereas the United States should seek surge of violence arising from an Islamic Legislature of the State of Alaska opposing local and scientific expertise from the state State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) led offen- the warrantless collection of telephone call to inform the nation’s input at the Arctic sive that began in the Anbar province, has data by the National Security Agency; to the Council; and spread to key locations such as Mosul, Tikrit Committee on the Judiciary. Whereas, in December 2012, the Governor and Samarra and continues to engulf the re- SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 22 proposed to the United States Department of gion in violence and instability; and Whereas the Fourth Amendment to the State four priorities for consideration while Whereas, on June 29, 2014, ISIL leader Abu Constitution of the United States provides the United States is chair of the Arctic Bakr al-Baghdadi renamed the group the Is- ‘‘The right of the people to be secure in their Council; and lamic State and pronounced himself caliph persons, houses, papers, and effects, against Whereas it is important for the priorities of a new Islamic Caliphate encompassing the unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not of the state and the United States to be in areas under his control; and be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but alignment while the United States holds the Whereas, Mr. al-Baghdadi has a stated mis- upon probable cause, supported by oath or position of chair of the Arctic Council; and sion of spreading the Islamic State and ca- affirmation, and particularly describing the Whereas, when the United States ascends liphate across the region through violence place to be searched, and the persons or to chair of the Arctic Council in 2015, the against Shiites, non-Muslims and things to be seized’’; and United States Department of State will ap- unsupportive Sunnis; and Whereas the Fifth Amendment to the Con- point one individual as chair of the Arctic Whereas, upon taking control over north- stitution of the United States provides ‘‘No Council: Now, therefore, be it western Iraq and Syria, ISIL issued a warn- person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- ing to Christians living under its jurisdiction or property, without due process of law’’; and ture urges the United States Department of to convert to Islam, to pay a burdensome re- Whereas, on December 16, 2013, United State to consider the priorities of the state ligious tax or to be executed; and States District Court Judge Richard Leon while it holds the position of chair of the Whereas, over 1,000,000 people have been ruled that the National Security Agency’s Arctic Council, including the priorities of displaced by violence in Iraq and reports program, bulk collection, and querying of the Governor, creating jobs and economic op- have surfaced of targeted harassment, perse- telephone record in metadata are likely un- portunity for Arctic residents, preventing cution and killings of Iraqi religious minori- constitutional; and suicide, developing safe and sustainable sani- ties by the Islamic State with little to no Whereas the legislature objects to the tation facilities for small, isolated Arctic protection from the Government of Iraq and dragnet approach to data collection allowed communities, and securing safe and reliable other security forces; and by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance shipping; and be it further: Whereas, reports indicate that Islamic Court, a court that operates in secret and, Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- State militants have been marking homes of under sec. 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, ture requests that the United States Depart- Christians with the Arabic letter ‘‘N,’’ for issues orders that perpetuate the warrantless ment of State work in partnership with state ‘‘Nazara’’ (Christian), beheading children and collection of data of nearly all Americans; officials to appoint a chair of the Arctic crucifying captives. ISIL’s actions are a and Council; and be it further crime against humanity and nothing more Whereas the National Security Agency Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- than genocide or ethnic cleansing against re- stores the date and time of calls, their dura- ture supports the strategic recommendation ligious minority groups; and tion, and the participating telephone num- of the January 30, 2014, preliminary report of Whereas, the Iraqi constitution provides bers of the calls of nearly all Americans in a the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission to for religious freedom by stating: centralized database, which allows National ‘‘continue to pursue, and actively expand, all (1) ‘‘no law may be enacted that con- Security Agency analysts to access not only avenues of participation in the Arctic Coun- tradicts the principles of democracy’’; those numbers, but the numbers with which cil, including involvement in working groups (2) ‘‘no law may be enacted that con- the numbers have been in contact, and, in and by building partnerships with permanent tradicts the rights and basic freedom stipu- turn, the numbers in contact with those participants.’’ lated in this Constitution’’; and numbers; and Copies of this resolution shall be sent to (3) ‘‘[This Constitution] guarantees the full Whereas the Privacy and Civil Liberties the Honorable Barack Obama, President of religious rights to freedom of religious belief Oversight Board, in its January 2014 report

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Urging the United States Con- Americans is collected by the National Secu- ture urges the United States Congress to au- gress to restore the presumption of a service rity Agency, that data is not related to spe- thorize the creation of a panel of private sec- connection for Agent Orange exposure to cific investigations of the Federal Bureau of tor lawyers to serve as advocates for the United States Veterans who served in the Investigation; and public before the Foreign Intelligence Sur- waters defined by and in the airspace over Whereas orders issued by the Foreign In- veillance Court to increase public knowledge the combat zone in Vietnam, and urging the telligence Surveillance Court at the request and oversight; and be it further United States Congress to pass the Toxic Ex- of the federal government require telephone Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- posure Research and Military Family Sup- companies to provide new calling records on ture urges judges of the Foreign Intelligence port Act of 2013 and to establish a national a daily basis, a Mandate not grounded in Surveillance Court to write opinions in a center for the diagnosis, treatment, and re- statute; and manner that allows the government to de- search of health conditions of descendants of Whereas sec. 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act classify and release the opinions to the pub- veterans exposed to toxic substances; to the is designed to enable the Federal Bureau of lic; and be it further Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Investigation to obtain records in the course Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25 of investigations, but the National Security ture urges the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- Agency’s mass collection of the records is lance Court to work to declassify past opin- Whereas, during the Vietnam War, the not consistent with that design; and ions and release those opinions to the public; United States military sprayed over Whereas the Electronic Communications and be it further 19,000,000 gallons of Agent Orange and other Privacy Act of 1986 prohibits telephone com- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- herbicides over Vietnam to reduce forest panies from sharing consumer data with the ture requests the United States Attorney cover and crops used by the enemy; those government except in special circumstances, General and members of the intelligence and herbicides contained dioxin, which has since and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Over- judiciary committees of the United States been identified as carcinogenic and has been sight Board concluded that the National Se- Congress to inform the Alaska State Legisla- linked with numerous serious and disabling curity Agency’s telephone call data collec- ture of the federal government’s activities diseases affecting thousands of veterans; and tion program may violate the Act; and under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Whereas the United States Congress passed Whereas the Privacy and Civil Liberties Act and provide the Alaska State Legisla- the Agent Orange Act of 1991 to address the Oversight Board found that the National Se- ture with copies of reports submitted under plight of veterans exposed to herbicides curity Agency’s telephone call data collec- the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; while serving in the Republic of Vietnam; tion program has not prevented, discovered, and be it further the Act amended Title 38 of the United or identified terrorist attacks, plots, or sus- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- States Code presumptively to recognize as pects that threatened the security of the ture urges the Governor to prohibit the use service-connected certain diseases among United States; and of state personnel and resources to assist the military personnel who served in Vietnam Whereas the widespread collection of tele- National Security Agency in its collection of between 1962 and 1975; that presumption has phone call data of Americans reveals highly mass data on Alaskans without a specific provided access to appropriate disability sensitive personal information; and search warrant; and be it further compensation and medical care for Vietnam Whereas the legislature resolutely opposes Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- veterans diagnosed with illnesses such as the continuation of the National Security ture considers the National Security Agen- Type II diabetes, Hodgkin’s disease, non- Agency’s warrantless data collection pro- cy’s unilateral collection of the telephone Hodgkin’s lymphoma, prostate cancer, Par- gram; and call data of all Americans a violation of stat- kinson’s disease, multiple myeloma, periph- Whereas the legislature views the National ute, an unconstitutional program, and a eral neuropathy, AL Amyloidosis respiratory Security Agency’s storage in a central data- troubling overreach by the federal govern- cancers, and soft tissue sarcomas, and others base of the telephone call metadata of all ment; the Alaska State Legislature has yet to be identified; and Americans as all unconstitutional practice sworn to uphold both the Constitution of the Whereas, under a 2001 directive, the United that should be immediately suspended; and United States and the Constitution of the States Department of Veterans Affairs has Whereas the history of government coer- State of Alaska and will not assist the fed- denied the presumption of a service connec- cion, persecution, and abuse of personal in- eral government by facilitating programs tion for herbicide-related illnesses to Viet- formation and human life in the twentieth that are tyrannical in nature, that subject nam veterans who cannot furnish written century prompts the legislature to seek to Americans to unreasonable and unwarranted documentation that they had ‘‘boots on the protect the liberty of future generations searches, and that violate the fundamental ground’’ in-country, making it virtually im- from an oppressive and tyrannical federal principle of liberty; let this resolution serve possible for countless United States Navy, government; and as a notice to this Administration and all fu- Marine, and Air Force veterans to pursue Whereas the fundamental rights of Ameri- ture Administrations that Alaskans reject their claims for benefits; moreover, per- cans to speak freely and associate with oth- surrendering their liberty in the name of an sonnel who served on ships in the ‘‘Blue ers are threatened and are likely being di- unconstitutional program. Water Navy’’ in Vietnamese territorial minished by the National Security Agency’s Copies of this resolution shall be sent to waters were, in fact, exposed to dangerous mass collection of telephone call data; and the Honorable Barack Obama, President of airborne toxins, which not only drifted off- Whereas the National Security Agency’s the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. shore but washed into streams and rivers mass collection of telephone call data may Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United draining into the South China Sea; and intimidate or chill the freedom of expression States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Whereas the United States Navy has been of individuals and groups that disagree with Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. excluded from coverage under the Agent Or- certain government policies or result in ex- House of Representatives; the Honorable ange Act of 1991 although Agent Orange has treme scrutiny of those persons simply for Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the U.S. Sen- been verified, through various studies and re- opposing those policies; and ate; the Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Presi- ports, to be a wide-spreading chemical that Whereas the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- dent pro tempore of the U.S. Senate; the was able to reach Navy ships through the air lance Court has deviated from its purpose to Honorable Dianne Feinstein, Chair, U.S. Sen- and through waterborne distribution routes; authorize warrants for electronic surveil- ate Select Committee on Intelligence; the and lance relating only to a specific person, a Honorable Saxby Chambliss, Vice Chair, U.S. Whereas warships positioned off the Viet- specific place, or a specific communications Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; namese coast routinely distilled seawater to account or device; and the Honorable Mike Rogers, Chair, U.S. obtain potable water; a 2002 Australian study Whereas the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- House of Representatives Permanent Select found that the distillation process, rather lance Court operates in a secretive manner Committee on Intelligence; the Honorable C. than removing toxins, in fact concentrated that prevents the court from hearing public A. Dutch Ruppersburger, Ranking Member, dioxin in water used for drinking, cooking, input regarding government requests to con- U.S. House of Representatives Permanent and washing; the Australian Department of duct surveillance: Now, therefore, be it Select Committee on Intelligence; the Hon- Veterans Affairs conducted that study after Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- orable Jeh Johnson, United States Secretary it found that Vietnam veterans of the Royal ture urges the federal government to end the of Homeland Security; the Honorable Sean Australian Navy had a higher rate of mor- mass telephone call data collection program Parnell, Governor of Alaska; General Keith tality from diseases associated with Agent conducted under sec. 215 of the USA PA- B. Alexander, United States Army, Director, Orange than did Vietnam veterans of other TRIOT Act, because of its lack of a statutory National Security Agency; Richard H. branches of the military; and foundation and because it raises serious con- Ledgett, Jr., Deputy Director, National Se- Whereas the United States Centers for Dis- stitutional concerns under the Fourth and curity Agency; James B. Comey, Director, ease Control and Prevention found a higher

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A joint resolution adopted by the and rewrite those policies so that the viola- Navy veterans than among veterans of other Legislature of the State of Alaska con- tions of veterans’ rights described in this branches of the military; and demning the actions of the Veterans Health resolution do not occur again; and be it fur- Whereas herbicides containing dioxin did Administration officials that prohibited reli- ther not discriminate between soldiers on the gious holiday messages, music, and gifts Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- ground and sailors on ships offshore; and from being conveyed to veterans at Veterans ture finds it very troubling that the estab- Whereas Representative Christopher Gib- Health Administration facilities and re- lished policies and procedures of the United son and 168 cosponsors, including Represent- questing that the United States Secretary of States Secretary of Veterans Affairs on holi- ative Don Young, introduced the Blue Water Veterans Affairs ensure that the violations day practices at the Veterans Health Admin- Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013; and of veterans’ rights described in this resolu- istration facilities are apparently being ig- Whereas more than 30 veterans service or- tion do not occur again; to the Committee on nored and respectfully requests that the ganizations support the Blue Water Navy Veterans’ Affairs. United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013; and review the present established policies on Whereas, by not passing the Blue Water SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 24 holiday practices at Veterans Health Admin- Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013, a prece- Whereas, in December 2013, federal Vet- istration facilities and train personnel on dent could be set selectively to provide cer- erans Health Administration facilities in those policies so that the apparent violations tain groups with injury-related medical care Texas, Georgia, Iowa, and Alabama violated of veterans’ rights described in this resolu- while denying that care to other groups, the religious freedom rights of convalescing tion do not occur again; and be it further without any financial, scientific, or con- veterans in their care; and Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- sistent reasoning; and Whereas a Veterans Health Administration ture respectfully requests that the United Whereas, when the Agent Orange Act of hospital in Dallas, Texas, did not distribute States Secretary of Veterans Affairs provide 1991 passed with no dissenting votes, con- to the veterans in its care holiday cards that each member of the Alaska State Legisla- gressional leaders stressed the importance of used certain language, including ‘‘Merry ture with a written assurance that the ac- responding to the health concerns of Viet- Christmas’’ and ‘‘God bless you’’; and tions of the Veterans Health Administration nam veterans and ending the bitterness and Whereas a Veterans Health Administration officials described in this resolution do not anxiety that had surrounded the issue of her- hospital in Augusta, Georgia, denied Christ- reflect the policies on holiday practices at bicide exposure; the federal government has mas carolers from the local high school the Veterans Health Administration facilities. also demonstrated its awareness of the haz- opportunity to sing in public areas of the Copies of this resolution shall be sent to ards of Agent Orange exposure through its hospital; and the Honorable Barack Obama, President of involvement in the identification, contain- Whereas two other Veterans Health Ad- the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. ment, and mitigation of dioxin ‘‘hot spots’’ ministration facilities in Iowa and Alabama Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United in Vietnam; and prohibited the distribution of Christmas States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Whereas the United States Congress should gifts and Christmas gift bags; and Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. reaffirm the nation’s commitment to the Whereas a Veterans Health Administration House of Representatives; the Honorable well-being of all of its veterans and direct official cited the policy of the Veterans Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S. the United States Department of Veterans Health Administration for the nondistribu- House of Representatives; the Honorable Affairs to administer the Agent Orange Act tion of the holiday cards; and Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the U.S. Sen- of 1991 under the presumption that herbicide Whereas the Veterans Health Administra- ate; the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Minor- exposure in the Republic of Vietnam in- tion official stated that, in order to respect ity Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable cluded inland waterways, offshore waters, veterans religious beliefs, all donated holi- Bernie Sanders, Chair, U.S. Senate Com- and airspace, encompassing the entire com- day cards are reviewed by a multidisci- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs; the Honorable bat zone; and plinary team of staff led by the chaplaincy Whereas S. 1602 was introduced in the Richard Burr, Ranking Member, U.S. Senate services to determine whether the cards are United States Senate on October 29, 2013, by Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; the Honor- appropriate and can be freely distributed to Senator Richard Blumenthal; and able Eric K. Shinseki, United States Sec- Whereas S. 1602 would establish a national patients; and Whereas the Veterans Health Administra- retary of Veterans Affairs; Verdie Bowen, Di- center for the diagnosis, treatment, and re- rector, Office of Veterans Affairs, Alaska De- search of health conditions of descendants of tion official stated that the process for re- viewing holiday cards was not fully ex- partment of Military and Veterans’ Affairs; veterans exposed to toxic substances during Susan Yeager, Director, Alaska VA service in the armed forces of the United plained to the particular group involved and apologized for any misunderstanding; and Healthcare System; the Honorable Lisa Mur- States, provide services to those descend- kowski and the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. ants, and establish an advisory board on ex- Whereas the officials at the Veterans Health Administration facilities described in Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, posure to toxic substances: Now, therefore, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska be it this resolution ignored the policies estab- lished by the United States Secretary of Vet- delegation in Congress; and all other mem- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- bers of the 113th United States Congress. ture urges the United States Congress to re- erans Affairs regarding holiday practices at the facilities; and store the presumption of a service connec- POM–362. A joint resolution adopted by the tion for Agent Orange exposure to United Whereas those holiday cards, gifts, and presentations came from caring citizens, in- Legislature of the State of Alaska con- States Veterans who served in the waters de- demning the actions of the Veterans Health fined by the combat zone and in the airspace cluding young children, who took the time to recognize the heroic actions of men and Administration officials that prohibited reli- over the combat zone; and be it further gious holiday messages, music, and gifts Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- women who have sacrificed so much in the from being conveyed to veterans at Veterans ture urges the United States Congress to service of their country in times of both Health Administration facilities and re- pass S. 1602, the Toxic Exposure Research peace and war; and questing that the United States Secretary of and Military Family Support Act of 2013, and Whereas, although Christmas Day has ori- Veterans Affairs ensure that the violations to establish a national center for the diag- gins in religious beliefs, it is recognized as a of veterans rights described in this resolu- nosis, treatment, and research of health con- civic holiday for federal employees; and tion do not occur again; to the Committee on ditions of descendants of veterans exposed to Whereas the Veterans Health Administra- Veterans’ Affairs. toxic substances. tion violates the right to religious freedom Copies of this resolution shall be sent to of the veterans in its care by not allowing SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 24 the Honorable Barak Obama, President of them to receive certain holiday cards and Whereas, in December 2013, federal Vet- the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. gifts and to attend certain presentations: erans Health Administration facilities in Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United Now, therefore, be it Texas, Georgia, Iowa, and Alabama violated States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- the religious freedom rights of convalescing Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. ture condemns the actions of the Veterans veterans in their care; and House of Representatives; the Honorable Health Administration officials that prohib- Whereas a Veterans Health Administration Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the U.S. Sen- ited religious holiday messages, music, and hospital in Dallas, Texas, did not distribute ate; the Honorable Mitch McConnell, Minor- gifts from being conveyed to veterans at Vet- to the veterans in its care holiday cards that ity Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable erans Health Administration facilities and used certain language, including ‘‘Merry Bernie Sanders, Chair, U.S. Senate Com- respectfully requests that the United States Christmas’’ and ‘‘God bless you’’; and mittee on Veterans’ Affairs; the Honorable Secretary of Veterans Affairs ensure that Whereas a Veterans Health Administration Richard Burr, Ranking Member, U.S. Senate the violations of veterans’ rights described hospital in Augusta, Georgia, denied Christ- Committee on Veterans Affairs; the Honor- in this resolution do not occur again; and be mas carolers from the local high school the able Eric K. Shinseki, United States Sec- it further opportunity to sing in public areas of the retary of Veterans Affairs; and the Honor- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- hospital; and able Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable ture respectfully requests that the United Whereas two other Veterans Health Ad- Mark Begich, U.S. Senators, and the Honor- States Secretary of Veterans Affairs recon- ministration facilities in Iowa and Alabama able Don Young, U.S. Representative, mem- sider the policies on holiday practices at prohibited the distribution of Christmas bers of the Alaska delegation in Congress. Veterans Health Administration facilities gifts and Christmas gift bags; and

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A bill to amend the Federal Power services to determine whether the cards are Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; the Honor- Act to clarify the authority of the Federal appropriate and can be freely distributed to able Eric K. Shinseki, United States Sec- Energy Regulatory Commission to prescribe patients; and retary of Veterans Affairs; Verdie Bowen, Di- just, reasonable, and not unduly discrimina- Whereas the Veterans Health Administra- rector, Office of Veterans Affairs, Alaska De- tory or preferential terms, conditions, and tion official stated that the process for re- partment of Military and Veterans’ Affairs; compensation applicable to wholesale de- viewing holiday cards was not fully ex- Susan Yeager, Director, Alaska VA mand response resource participation in or- plained to the particular group involved and Healthcare System; the Honorable Lisa Mur- ganized wholesale energy, capacity, and an- apologized for any misunderstanding; and kowski and the Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. Whereas the officials at the Veterans cillary service markets; to the Committee on Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, Energy and Natural Resources. Health Administration facilities described in U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska this resolution ignored the policies estab- By Mr. SANDERS: delegation in Congress; and all other mem- S. 2948. A bill to extend the requirement lished by the United States Secretary of Vet- bers of the 113th United States Congress. erans Affairs regarding holiday practices at that drug manufacturers that increase prices the facilities; and f faster than inflation pay an additional re- Whereas those holiday cards, gifts, and REPORTS OF COMMITTEES bate to State Medicaid programs to include presentations came from caring citizens, in- manufacturers of generic drugs; to the Com- cluding young children, who took the time The following reports of committees mittee on Finance. to recognize the heroic actions of men and were submitted: By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. NEL- women who have sacrificed so much in the By Mr. LEAHY, from the Committee on SON, Mr. HELLER, Mrs. MCCASKILL, service of their country in times of both the Judiciary, without amendment: and Ms. KLOBUCHAR): peace and war; and H.R. 1447. A bill to encourage States to re- S. 2949. A bill to improve motor vehicle Whereas, although Christmas Day has ori- port to the Attorney General certain infor- safety by encouraging the sharing of certain gins in religious beliefs, it is recognized as a mation regarding the deaths of individuals in information; to the Committee on Com- civic holiday for federal employees; and the custody of law enforcement agencies, and merce, Science, and Transportation. Whereas the Veterans Health Administra- for other purposes. By Mr. MORAN: S. 2950. A bill to amend title 38, United tion violates the right to religious freedom By Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on States Code, to establish the Physician Am- of the veterans in its care by not allowing Homeland Security and Governmental Af- bassadors Helping Veterans program to seek them to receive certain holiday cards and fairs, with an amendment in the nature of a to employ physicians at the Department of gifts and to attend certain presentations: substitute and an amendment to the title: Veterans Affairs on a without compensation Now, therefore, be it S. 1744. A bill to strengthen the account- basis in practice areas and specialties with Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- ability of individuals involved in misconduct staffing shortages and long appointment ture condemns the actions of the Veterans affecting the integrity of background inves- waiting times; to the Committee on Vet- Health Administration officials that prohib- tigations, to update guidelines for security erans’ Affairs. ited religious holiday messages, music, and clearances, and for other purposes. By Mr. HELLER: gifts from being conveyed to veterans at Vet- By Mr. LEAHY, from the Committee on S. 2951. A bill to amend title 38, United erans Health Administration facilities and the Judiciary, with an amendment in the na- States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of respectfully requests that the United States ture of a substitute: Veterans Affairs is informed of the inter- Secretary of Veterans Affairs ensure that S. 2520. A bill to improve the Freedom of ment of deceased veterans, and for other pur- the violations of veterans’ rights described Information Act. in this resolution do not occur again; and be poses; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- it further f fairs. Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF By Mrs. MURRAY: ture respectfully requests that the United COMMITTEE S. 2952. A bill to establish the Commission States Secretary of Veterans Affairs recon- on Evidence-Based Policymaking, and for sider the policies on holiday practices at The following executive reports of other purposes; to the Committee on Home- Veterans Health Administration facilities nominations were submitted: land Security and Governmental Affairs. and rewrite those policies so that the viola- By Mr. LEAHY for the Committee on the By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. GRASS- tions of veterans’ rights described in this Judiciary. LEY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. THUNE, and resolution do not occur again; and be it fur- Jorge Luis Alonso, of Illinois, to be United Mr. KIRK): ther States District Judge for the Northern Dis- S. 2953. A bill to prohibit an alien who is a Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- trict of Illinois. national of a country with a widespread ture finds it very troubling that the estab- Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr., of Cali- Ebola virus outbreak from obtaining a visa lished policies and procedures of the United fornia, to be United States District Judge for and for other purposes; to the Committee on States Secretary of Veterans Affairs on holi- the Northern District of California. the Judiciary. day practices at the Veterans Health Admin- Amit Priyavadan Mehta, of the District of By Mr. HARKIN: istration facilities are apparently being ig- Columbia, to be United States District Judge S. 2954. A bill to improve the Higher Edu- nored and respectfully requests that the for the District of Columbia. cation Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Allison Dale Burroughs, of Massachusetts, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, review the present established policies on to be United States District Judge for the and Pensions. holiday practices at Veterans Health Admin- District of Massachusetts. By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. ALEX- istration facilities and train personnel on Jeanne E. Davidson, of Maryland, to be a ANDER, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. HARKIN, those policies so that the apparent violations Judge of the United States Court of Inter- and Mr. FRANKEN): of veterans’ rights described in this resolu- national Trade. S. 2955. A bill to revise the Inland Water- tion do not occur again; and be it further John Robert Blakey, of Illinois, to be ways Trust Fund financing rate; to the Com- Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- United States District Judge for the North- mittee on Finance. ture respectfully requests that the United ern District of Illinois. By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. DON- States Secretary of Veterans Affairs provide Amos L. Mazzant, III, of Texas, to be NELLY, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. BOOK- each member of the Alaska State Legisla- United States District Judge for the Eastern ER): ture with a written assurance that the ac- District of Texas. S. 2956. A bill to prevent caller ID spoofing, tions of the Veterans Health Administration Robert Lee Pitman, of Texas, to be United and for other purposes; to the Committee on officials described in this resolution do not States District Judge for the Western Dis- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. reflect the policies on holiday practices at trict of Texas. By Mr. BEGICH: Veterans Health Administration facilities. Robert William Schroeder III, of Texas, to S. 2957. A bill to limit the disturbance to Copies of this resolution shall be sent to be United States District Judge for the East- American families caused by electioneering the Honorable Barack Obama, President of ern District of Texas. phone calls by expanding the National Do the United States; the Honorable Joseph R. Not Call Registry to include Super PACs and Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United (Nominations without an asterisk other third-party political groups, to pro- States and President of the U.S. Senate; the were reported with the recommenda- hibit robo-calls to Americans who have list- Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. tion that they be confirmed.) ed their telephone numbers on the Registry,

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and to prohibit push-polling; to the Com- RUBIO, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. S. 838 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- BOOKER, Mr. COONS, and Mrs. SHA- At the request of Mrs. MCCASKILL, tation. HEEN): the name of the Senator from Illinois By Mr. TOOMEY: S. Res. 586. A resolution calling on the (Mr. DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor S. 2958. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Government of Burma to develop a non-dis- enue Code of 1986 to expand the employer criminatory and comprehensive solution of S. 838, a bill to amend the Internal wage credit for employees who are active that addresses Rakhine State’s needs for Revenue Code of 1986 to protect em- duty members of the Uniformed Services; to peace, security, harmony, and development ployees in the building and construc- the Committee on Finance. under equitable and just application of the tion industry who are participants in By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. ROCKE- rule of law, and for other purposes; to the multiemployer plans, and for other FELLER, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. Committee on Foreign Relations. purposes. MANCHIN, Mr. KAINE, and Mr. WAR- By Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. WAR- S. 1011 NER): NER): S. 2959. A bill to ensure that claims for S. Res. 587. A resolution encouraging re- At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, the benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act unions of Korean-Americans who were di- names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. are processed in a fair and timely manner, to vided by the Korean War from their relatives CORNYN), the Senator from Virginia protect miners from pneumoconiosis (com- in North Korea; to the Committee on For- (Mr. WARNER), the Senator from Idaho monly known as ‘‘black lung disease’’ ), and eign Relations. (Mr. RISCH) and the Senator from Wyo- for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Ms. KLO- ming (Mr. BARRASSO) were added as co- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. BUCHAR, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, sponsors of S. 1011, a bill to require the By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. JOHN- Mr. ENZI, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. THUNE, Secretary of the Treasury to mint SON of South Dakota, Mr. UDALL of Mr. WICKER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. HELLER, coins in commemoration of the centen- New Mexico, Mr. FRANKEN, and Ms. Mr. COCHRAN, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. MURKOWSKI): TESTER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. JOHNSON of nial of Boys Town, and for other pur- S. 2960. A bill to provide for rental assist- South Dakota, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. poses. ance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans; DURBIN, Mr. FRANKEN, and Ms. S. 1040 to the Committee on Indian Affairs. HIRONO): At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the By Mr. BEGICH: S. Res. 588. A resolution recognizing that names of the Senator from South Da- S. 2961. A bill to establish the Office of access to hospitals and other health care kota (Mr. JOHNSON), the Senator from Planning for Future Intercity Transpor- providers for patients in rural areas of the tation within the Office of the Secretary of United States is essential to the survival and Rhode Island (Mr. REED) and the Sen- Transportation; to the Committee on Envi- success of communities in the United States; ator from Virginia (Mr. KAINE) were ronment and Public Works. considered and agreed to. added as cosponsors of S. 1040, a bill to By Mr. TOOMEY: By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. provide for the award of a gold medal S. 2962. A bill to repeal the tax increase im- MARKEY): on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus, posed by Obamacare on taxpayers who incur S. Res. 589. A resolution honoring the life in recognition of his service to the Na- catastrophic medical expenses; to the Com- of Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston, mittee on Finance. tion in promoting excellence, good Massachusetts, from 1993 to 2014; considered sportsmanship, and philanthropy. By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. and agreed to. BEGICH, Mr. NELSON, Mr. WHITE- By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. S. 1249 HOUSE, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. MURRAY, UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. WALSH, At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. REED, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. WARREN, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BAR- the name of the Senator from Pennsyl- Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr. RASSO, Mr. THUNE, Ms. STABENOW, vania (Mr. TOOMEY) was added as a co- MERKLEY): Mr. INHOFE, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. MAR- sponsor of S. 1249, a bill to rename the S. 2963. A bill to remove a limitation on a KEY, Mr. MORAN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. prohibition relating to permits for dis- Office to Monitor and Combat Traf- JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. ficking of the Department of State the charges incidental to normal operation of SCHATZ, Mr. KAINE, Mr. CRAPO, Mrs. Bureau to Monitor and Combat Traf- vessels; to the Committee on Environment FEINSTEIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. and Public Works. FRANKEN, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, ficking in Persons and to provide for an By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. BEN- Mr. HELLER, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. CANT- Assistant Secretary to head such Bu- NET, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CASEY, Mr. WELL, Mr. COCHRAN, and Mr. REID): reau, and for other purposes. CARDIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. ROCKE- S. Res. 590. A resolution recognizing Na- S. 1361 FELLER, Mr. SCHUMER, and Ms. STA- tional Native American Heritage Month and BENOW): At the request of Mr. MURPHY, the celebrating the heritages and cultures of Na- names of the Senator from Indiana S. 2964. A bill to extend the trade adjust- tive Americans and the contributions of Na- ment assistance program, and for other pur- tive Americans to the United States; consid- (Mr. DONNELLY) and the Senator from poses; to the Committee on Finance. ered and agreed to. New Hampshire (Ms. AYOTTE) were By Mr. CRUZ: By Mr. REID (for Mrs. HAGAN (for her- added as cosponsors of S. 1361, a bill to S. 2965. A bill to provide that members of self, Mr. KIRK, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. direct the Secretary of Homeland Secu- the Armed Forces performing hazardous hu- BROWN, Mr. JOHNSON of South Da- rity to accept additional documenta- manitarian services in West Africa to com- kota, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. BALDWIN, bat the spread of the 2014 Ebola virus out- tion when considering the application Mr. DURBIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WYDEN, break shall be entitled to tax benefits in the for veterans status of an individual Mr. CARDIN, and Mr. LEVIN)): who performed service as a coastwise same manner as if such services were per- S. Res. 591. A resolution supporting the formed in a combat zone; to the Committee goals and ideals of American Education merchant seaman during World War II, on Finance. Week; to the Committee on Health, Edu- and for other purposes. By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. cation, Labor, and Pensions. S. 1674 PORTMAN): S. 2966. A bill to improve the under- f At the request of Mr. FRANKEN, the name of the Senator from New Hamp- standing and coordination of critical care ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS health services; to the Committee on Fi- shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- nance. S. 526 sponsor of S. 1674, a bill to help estab- f At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, his lish, enhance, and increase access to name was added as a cosponsor of S. early childhood parent education and SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND 526, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- family engagement programs, and for SENATE RESOLUTIONS enue Code of 1986 to make permanent other purposes. The following concurrent resolutions the special rule for contributions of S. 1815 and Senate resolutions were read, and qualified conservation contributions, At the request of Mr. BEGICH, the referred (or acted upon), as indicated: and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Wisconsin By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Ms. S. 666 (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a cospon- BALDWIN): At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, sor of S. 1815, a bill to amend the Pub- S. Res. 585. A resolution designating De- the name of the Senator from Missouri lic Health Service Act to include occu- cember 3, 2014, as ‘‘National Phenyl- ketonuria Awareness Day’’; to the Com- (Mrs. MCCASKILL) was added as a co- pational therapists as behavioral and mittee on the Judiciary. sponsor of S. 666, a bill to prohibit at- mental health professionals for pur- By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. tendance of an animal fighting ven- poses of the National Health Service KIRK, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. ture, and for other purposes. Corps.

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At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the quire the production of certain busi- 2930, a bill to direct the Secretary of name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. ness records, conduct electronic sur- Defense and the Secretary of Veterans MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of veillance, use pen registers and trap Affairs to provide for the conduct of an S. 2047, a bill to prohibit the marketing and trace devices, and use other forms evaluation of mental health care and of electronic cigarettes to children, of information gathering for foreign in- suicide prevention programs of the De- and for other purposes. telligence, counterterrorism, and partment of Defense and the Depart- S. 2288 criminal purposes, and for other pur- ment of Veterans Affairs, to require a At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, poses. pilot program on loan repayment for the name of the Senator from North S. 2732 psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Dakota (Ms. HEITKAMP) was added as a At the request of Mr. DONNELLY, the Veterans Health Administration of the cosponsor of S. 2288, a bill to amend the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ex- SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. for other purposes. pand existing tax credits to encourage 2732, a bill to increase from S. 2943 the capture, utilization, and sequestra- $10,000,000,000 to $50,000,000,000 the At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the tion of carbon dioxide. threshold figure at which regulated de- name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was withdrawn as a S. 2301 pository institutions are subject to di- cosponsor of S. 2943, a bill to amend At the request of Mr. HATCH, the rect examination and reporting re- Public Law 110–299 to extend the time name of the Senator from Delaware quirements of the Bureau of Consumer period during which permits are not re- (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor Financial Protection, and for other quired for certain discharges incidental of S. 2301, a bill to amend section 2259 purposes. to the normal operation of vessels. of title 18, United States Code, and for S. 2746 At the request of Ms. COLLINS, her At the request of Mr. BROWN, the other purposes. name was added as a cosponsor of S. names of the Senator from Maryland S. 2348 2943, supra. (Ms. MIKULSKI), the Senator from Cali- At the request of Mr. BROWN, the S. 2944 fornia (Mrs. BOXER) and the Senator name of the Senator from Maryland At the request of Mr. HATCH, the from Illinois (Mr. DURBIN) were added (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor names of the Senator from North Caro- of S. 2348, a bill to amend title XVIII of as cosponsors of S. 2746, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to im- lina (Mr. BURR), the Senator from the Social Security Act to waive coin- Pennsylvania (Mr. TOOMEY), the Sen- prove the health of children and help surance under Medicare for colorectal ator from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN), the better understand and enhance aware- cancer screening tests, regardless of Senator from Mississippi (Mr. WICKER), ness about unexpected sudden death in whether therapeutic intervention is re- the Senator from Georgia (Mr. ISAK- early life. quired during the screening. SON), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. At the request of Ms. AYOTTE, the S. 2434 name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. GRASSLEY), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. COATS), the Senator from Florida At the request of Mr. FRANKEN, the MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. RUBIO), the Senator from Texas name of the Senator from Arkansas 2746, supra. (Mr. PRYOR) was added as a cosponsor (Mr. CORNYN), the Senator from Illinois S. 2828 of S. 2434, a bill to amend the Internal (Mr. KIRK), the Senator from Utah (Mr. At the request of Mr. CORKER, the LEE), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. working families have access to afford- ENZI) and the Senator from Colorado CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. BENNET) were added as cosponsors able health insurance coverage. 2828, a bill to impose sanctions with re- S. 2520 of S. 2944, a bill to amend the Social spect to the Russian Federation, to Security Act to provide for the termi- At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the provide additional assistance to names of the Senator from Nebraska nation of social security benefits for Ukraine, and for other purposes. individuals who participated in Nazi (Mr. JOHANNS), the Senator from New At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the persecution, and for other purposes. Hampshire (Ms. AYOTTE) and the Sen- name of the Senator from Pennsyl- S. 2945 ator from Delaware (Mr. COONS) were vania (Mr. TOOMEY) was added as a co- added as cosponsors of S. 2520, a bill to At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the sponsor of S. 2828, supra. name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. improve the Freedom of Information S. 2848 Act. BEGICH) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. ENZI, the name 2945, a bill to repeal section 910 of the S. 2591 of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Violence Against Women Reauthoriza- At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the JOHNSON) was added as a cosponsor of tion Act of 2013. name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. S. 2848, a bill to amend title 49, United S. RES. 26 NELSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. States Code, with respect to apportion- At the request of Ms. HIRONO, her 2591, a bill to authorize the Secretary ments under the Airport Improvement name was added as a cosponsor of S. of State and the Administrator of the Program, and for other purposes. Res. 26, a resolution recognizing that United States Agency for International S. 2874 access to hospitals and other health Development to provide assistance to At the request of Mr. CASEY, the care providers for patients in rural support the rights of women and girls name of the Senator from Kentucky areas of the United States is essential in developing countries, and for other (Mr. PAUL) was added as a cosponsor of to the survival and success of commu- purposes. S. 2874, a bill to amend the Juvenile nities in the United States. S. 2621 Justice and Delinquency Prevention S. RES. 565 At the request of Mr. COCHRAN, his Act of 1974 to eliminate the use of valid At the request of Mr. LEVIN, the name was added as a cosponsor of S. court orders to secure lockup of status name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 2621, a bill to amend the Migratory offenders, and for other purposes. DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp S. 2920 Res. 565, a resolution expressing the Act to increase the price of Migratory At the request of Mr. CASEY, the sense of the Senate that the President Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps name of the Senator from New Jersey and the Secretary of State should en- to fund the acquisition of conservation (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cospon- sure that the Canadian Government easements for migratory birds, and for sor of S. 2920, a bill to deny Social Se- does not permanently store nuclear other purposes. curity benefits and other benefits to in- waste in the Great Lakes Basin. S. 2685 dividuals who participated in Nazi per- S. RES. 580 At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the secution. At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, her name of the Senator from California S. 2930 name was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mrs. BOXER) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. MCCAIN, the Res. 580, a resolution expressing sup- of S. 2685, a bill to reform the authori- name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. port for the goals of National Adoption

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It eliminates fees on federal being for all children. role in higher education. These hear- loans to save students money. My bill S. RES. 583 ings were purposely designed to better also strengthens consumer protections At the request of Mr. ISAKSON, the inform members of Congress and the for student loans, and it creates a safe- names of the Senator from Delaware public on the most pressing issues in ty net for borrowers who are seriously delinquent on their loans by automati- (Mr. COONS) and the Senator from higher education and how best to ad- cally enrolling them in an income- Georgia (Mr. CHAMBLISS) were added as dress them at the federal level. cosponsors of S. Res. 583, a resolution In June, I put forward a discussion based repayment plan with affordable designating November 30, 2014, as draft that included many of the ideas monthly payments. To ensure that pri- vate student debt is treated no dif- ‘‘Drive Safer Sunday’’. and policies discussed in our hearings. I asked the entire higher education ferently than any other consumer debt, AMENDMENT NO. 3749 community—including institutions, my bill would allow private student At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the accreditors, and student advocacy or- loans to be discharged in bankruptcy, name of the Senator from New Jersey ganizations—to weigh in and offer sug- as they were before the law was (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor gestions on how best to strengthen my changed in 2005. of amendment No. 3749 intended to be initial proposal. My bill would hold schools more ac- proposed to S. 2410, an original bill to I am pleased to say they delivered countable to both students and tax- authorize appropriations for fiscal year abundantly on that request. We re- payers by ensuring that no Federal 2015 for military activities of the De- ceived comments from over 120 organi- money goes to marketing and adver- partment of Defense, for military con- zations from across the country. What tising instead of education. I am also struction, and for defense activities of I have put forward today is a direct re- introducing new metrics, including a the Department of Energy, to prescribe sult of our hearings and the feedback repayment rate, by which to better military personnel strengths for such we received. This bill provides clear measure schools’ performance. The bill fiscal year, and for other purposes. guidelines based on all the work we also changes the current ‘‘90/10’’ rule to AMENDMENT NO. 3870 have done to date on how we should ‘‘85/15’’ to ensure that for-profit schools At the request of Mr. BROWN, the move forward with reauthorization in a are not wholly subsidized by the Fed- name of the Senator from Missouri way that puts students and families eral government. For those bad actors (Mr. BLUNT) was added as a cosponsor first. It takes a holistic approach in ad- making record-breaking profits of amendment No. 3870 intended to be dressing the most urgent issues in through fraud and abuse of taxpayer proposed to S. 2410, an original bill to higher education: increasing college af- dollars, my bill includes a number of authorize appropriations for fiscal year fordability, helping struggling bor- provisions designed to penalize this be- 2015 for military activities of the De- rowers, strengthening accountability, havior and to stop it. partment of Defense, for military con- and improving transparency through- Our country has reached a critical point in higher education. Beyond dis- struction, and for defense activities of out the higher education system. the Department of Energy, to prescribe On the matter of affordability, my agreements on specific policy issues, military personnel strengths for such bill includes a number of policies de- we must come together to decide fiscal year, and for other purposes. signed to reduce college costs for stu- whether higher education should be preserved, first and foremost, as a pub- AMENDMENT NO. 3947 dents on the front end. It proposes a lic good. Over the past two decades, ris- At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the new federal partnership with States to name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. incentivize them to reinvest in their ing college costs have been shifted un- fairly onto the backs of students and BEGICH) was added as a cosponsor of systems of higher education. For too families. The central question we must amendment No. 3947 intended to be pro- long, States have been cutting funding ask is whether this accelerating trend posed to S. 2685, a bill to reform the au- for their institutions of higher edu- is the right direction for this country— thorities of the Federal Government to cation and passing those costs onto whether paying for college should be require the production of certain busi- students and their families. This is a the sole responsibility of students and ness records, conduct electronic sur- trend in cost-shifting that must stop. families or our shared responsibility as veillance, use pen registers and trap The bill also reinstates year-round Pell a nation. My bill reflects the overall and trace devices, and use other forms Grants to enable students to get their belief that all stakeholders—states, the of information gathering for foreign in- degrees faster and establishes a pilot Federal Government, students and telligence, counterterrorism, and program to reward institutions that do families—should invest together in criminal purposes, and for other pur- a good job of graduating low-income higher education to keep college af- poses. students. My bill also creates two fordable and accessible to all. Our f grant programs to promote statewide country’s economic future and the and institutional innovation in higher STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED promise of equal opportunity depend education. Making sure college is af- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS upon this critical investment. fordable requires an all-hands-on-deck It is unacceptable to ask students approach: the Federal government, and their families to shoulder the bulk By Mr. HARKIN: states, students and their families all of college costs. Historically, this has S. 2954. A bill to improve the Higher need to do their part. never been the case, and we should not Education Act of 1965, and for other We also hope to empower students allow this unfortunate trend to grow purposes; to the Committee on Health, and families through greater trans- worse. My bill would get us back on the Education, Labor, and Pensions. parency by giving students and fami- right track, ensuring that our higher Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I am lies better information on college costs education system is affordable, trans- proud to introduce my comprehensive and outcomes from the beginning of parent, and ultimately accountable to proposal to reauthorize the Higher the college selection process and all our students and taxpayers. Higher Education Act, the main law governing the way through graduation. The bill education should serve as an equalizer institutions of higher education in this promotes a seamless process from high of opportunity for all, and that is a country. My bill, the Higher Education school to post-graduation to ensure promise that we must fulfill together. Affordability Act, is the product of ex- that students know exactly what they tensive conversations between both are getting into with regard to college By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. parties in Congress and stakeholders quality and costs before they get start- DONNELLY, Ms. COLLINS, and across the higher education commu- ed. Mr. BOOKER):

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Scammers will no longer be under section 201 of the Communications Act Act, which prohibits caller ID spoofing able to use spoofing technology to of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 201). when it is used to defraud or harm claim to be from the IRS, your bank, ‘‘(d) NUMBER OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS ON Americans. your utility company, or law enforce- WHITELIST FREE OF CHARGE.— What is caller ID spoofing? It is a ment and bilk you out of all your sav- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A provider of a voice technique that allows a telephone call- ings. service shall allow a subscriber (or a des- er to alter the phone number that ap- I invite my colleagues to join Sen- ignated representative thereof) to designate not less than 10 telephone numbers to be on pears on the recipient’s Caller ID ators COLLINS, DONNELLY, BOOKER, and the whitelist under subsection (b), free of screen. In other words, spoofing allows me in support of the Phone Scam Pre- charge. someone to hide behind a misleading vention Act of 2014. Working together, ‘‘(2) TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF EXEMPT ENTI- telephone number to try to scam con- I am hopeful that we can finally stop TIES.—The telephone number of an exempt sumers or trick law enforcement offi- many of the fraudsters behinds these entity shall not be considered to be on the cers. phone scams. whitelist of a subscriber for purposes of cal- The Truth in Caller ID Act put in Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- culating the 10 telephone numbers that may place tough new sanctions to crack sent that the text of the bill be printed be designated under paragraph (1).’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 232 of the down on phone scams, empowering in the RECORD. Communications Act of 1934, as added by States to help the Federal Government There being no objection, the text of subsection (a), shall take effect on the date track down and punish these the bill was ordered to be printed in that is 2 years after the date of enactment of fraudsters. the RECORD, as follows: this Act. Since then spoofing technology has S. 2956 SEC. 3. AUTHENTICATION OF CALL ORIGINATION. evolved to give fraudsters new tools to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Part I of title II of the Communications pull the wool over our eyes. They take resentatives of the United States of America in Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), as amended advantage of innovative text mes- Congress assembled, by section 2, is amended by adding at the end saging services to trick unsuspecting SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. the following: Americans into sending money or pro- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Phone Scam ‘‘SEC. 233. AUTHENTICATION OF CALL ORIGINA- viding sensitive personal information. Prevention Act of 2014’’. TION. ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term I believe our laws must evolve and SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF WHITELIST SERVICES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of title II of the ‘voice service’ means any service that fur- adapt to the new tactics and tech- Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 201 et nishes voice communications to an end user nologies used by these criminals. That seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol- using resources from the North American is why I am introducing the Phone lowing: Numbering Plan or any successor plan adopt- Scam Prevention Act of 2014, to update ‘‘SEC. 232. AVAILABILITY OF WHITELIST SERV- ed by the Commission under section 251(e)(1). the protections we put in place in 2010 ICES. ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHENTICATION and give consumers the tools they need ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— STANDARDS BY COMMISSION.—Not later than 5 to help them protect themselves. ‘‘(1) the term ‘voice service’ means any years after the date of enactment of the Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2014, the The bill does 3 simple things. service that furnishes voice communications to an end user using resources from the Commission shall develop authentication First, it extends the current prohibi- North American Numbering Plan or any suc- standards for providers of a voice service to tion on Caller ID spoofing to calls com- cessor plan adopted by the Commission validate the calling party number and caller ing from outside the United States and under section 251(e)(1); identification information of a call origi- stops crooks from using text messaging ‘‘(2) the term ‘exempt entity’ means— nated through a voice service so that the services to scam consumers. ‘‘(A) the Federal Government, a State, a subscriber receiving the call may obtain— Second, it ensures consumers have political subdivision of a State, or an agency ‘‘(1) a secure assurance of the origin of the access to what are known as ‘‘whitelist thereof; and call, including— services,’’ where the technology exists. ‘‘(B) any entity with respect to which the ‘‘(A) the calling party number; and ‘‘(B) caller identification information for Whitelist services allow consumers to Commission determines that allowing calls that originate from that entity to connect the call; or pick a list of approved phone numbers directly with the voice service customer ‘‘(2) notice that an assurance described in to ring through to their phone. All premises equipment (commonly referred to paragraph (1) is unavailable. other numbers are automatically for- as ‘CPE’) of a subscriber would serve the ‘‘(c) ADOPTION OF AUTHENTICATION STAND- warded to voicemail or rerouted to a public interest; and ARDS BY ENTITIES.—Each provider of a voice different number. ‘‘(3) the term ‘whitelist’ means a list of service that is allocated telephone numbers Calls from first responders, govern- telephone numbers, designated by a sub- from the portion of the North American ment agencies, and other important en- scriber, for which calls originating from Numbering Plan that pertains to the United States shall adopt the authentication stand- tities would still ring through to the those numbers to the subscriber are per- mitted to connect directly with the voice ards developed under subsection (b).’’. consumer’s phone. service CPE of the subscriber. SEC. 4. EXPANDING AND CLARIFYING PROHIBI- Several phone companies currently ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT TO OFFER WHITELIST TION ON INACCURATE CALLER ID offer whitelist services to their cus- SERVICE.—A provider of a voice service shall INFORMATION. tomers. It only makes sense to allow offer each subscriber the option to designate (a) COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUTSIDE UNITED more Americans to have access to a whitelist, if technically feasible (as deter- STATES.—Section 227(e)(1) of the Commu- these valuable services so that they mined by the Commission on a periodic nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(1)) is can help protect themselves from abu- basis). amended by striking ‘‘in connection with ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF NONAPPROVED TELE- any telecommunications service or IP-en- sive phone calls. PHONE NUMBERS.— abled voice service’’ and inserting ‘‘or any Third, the bill directs the Federal ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a subscriber elects to person outside the United States if the re- Communications Commission, FCC, to designate a whitelist under subsection (b), cipient of the call is within the United develop Caller ID authentication stand- the provider of the voice service of the sub- States, in connection with any voice serv- ards within 5 years from the date of en- scriber shall ensure that any call the pro- ice’’. actment to ensure Caller ID informa- vider receives for termination that is not as- (b) COVERAGE OF TEXT MESSAGES AND tion is accurate, or at the very least sociated with a telephone number on the OTHER VOICE SERVICES.—Section 227(e)(8) of warn consumers when such informa- whitelist of the subscriber or the telephone the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. tion cannot be verified. number of an exempt entity is processed ac- 227(e)(8)) is amended— cording to preferences set by the subscriber (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘tele- An international group of telecom with respect to the whitelist, including by communications service or IP-enabled voice engineers, including specialists at the limiting or disabling the ability of an incom- service’’ and inserting ‘‘voice service (includ- FCC, are currently working to develop ing call to connect with the CPE of the sub- ing a text message sent using a text mes- such standards. The bill would merely scriber. saging service)’’;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.025 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6209 (2) in the first sentence of subparagraph Whereas phenylketonuria is also referred SENATE RESOLUTION 586—CALL- (B), by striking ‘‘telecommunications service to as ‘‘PKU’’ or Phenylalanine Hydroxylase ING ON THE GOVERNMENT OF or IP-enabled voice service’’ and inserting Deficiency; BURMA TO DEVELOP A NON-DIS- ‘‘voice service (including a text message sent Whereas newborn screening for PKU was CRIMINATORY AND COMPREHEN- using a text messaging service)’’; initiated in the United States in 1963 and was SIVE SOLUTION THAT ADDRESS- (3) by striking subparagraph (C) and insert- recommended for inclusion in State newborn ing the following: ES RAKHINE STATE’S NEEDS screening programs under the Newborn FOR PEACE, SECURITY, HAR- ‘‘(C) TEXT MESSAGE.—The term ‘text mes- Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 (Public MONY, AND DEVELOPMENT sage’— Law 110–204); ‘‘(i) means a real-time or near real-time Whereas approximately 1 out of every UNDER EQUITABLE AND JUST message consisting of text, images, sounds, 15,000 infants in the United States is born APPLICATION OF THE RULE OF or other information that is transmitted with PKU; LAW, AND FOR OTHER PUR- from or received by a device that is identi- POSES fied as the transmitting or receiving device Whereas PKU is treated with medical food; by means of a telephone number; Whereas the 2012 Phenylketonuria Sci- Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. ‘‘(ii) includes a short message service entific Review Conference affirmed the rec- KIRK, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. (commonly referred to as ‘SMS’) message, an ommendation of lifelong dietary treatment RUBIO, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. enhanced message service (commonly re- for PKU made by the National Institutes of BOOKER, Mr. COONS, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) ferred to as ‘EMS’) message, and a multi- Health Consensus Development Conference submitted the following resolution; media message service (commonly referred Statement 2000; which was referred to the Committee to as ‘MMS’) message; and Whereas the American College of Medical on Foreign Relations: ‘‘(iii) does not include a real-time, 2-way Genetics and Genomics and Genetic Meta- S. RES. 586 voice or video communication. bolic Dieticians International published ‘‘(D) TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE.—The term medical and dietary guidelines on the opti- Whereas, of the 1,500,000 members of the ‘text messaging service’ means a service that mal treatment of PKU in 2014; Rohingya ethnic minority community world- wide, over 1,200,000 stateless Rohingya live in permits the transmission or receipt of a text Whereas medical foods are medically nec- Burma, mostly in northern Rakhine State, message, including a service provided as part essary for children and adults living with including 140,000 internally displaced persons of or in connection with a voice service. PKU; ‘‘(E) VOICE SERVICE.—The term ‘voice serv- (IDPs); Whereas adults with PKU who discontinue Whereas the security, stability, and devel- ice’ means any service that furnishes voice treatment are at risk for serious medical communications to an end user using re- opment of Rakhine State is dependent on the issues such as depression, impulse control sources from the North American Numbering rule of law and non-discriminatory access to disorder, phobias, tremors, and pareses; Plan or any successor plan adopted by the citizenship, livelihoods and services, and pro- Whereas women with PKU must maintain Commission under section 251(e)(1).’’. tection for all residents; strict metabolic control before and during Whereas, on November 12, 2014, President (c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify, limit, pregnancy to prevent fetal damage; Barack Obama traveled to Burma, where he or otherwise affect— Whereas children born from untreated ‘‘stressed the need to find durable and effec- (1) the authority, as of the day before the mothers with PKU may have a condition tive solutions for the terrible violence in date of enactment of this Act, of the Federal known as ‘‘maternal phenylketonuria syn- Rakhine state, solutions that end discrimi- nation, provide greater security and eco- Communications Commission to interpret drome’’, which can cause small brains, intel- nomic opportunities, protect all citizens, and the term ‘‘call’’ to include a text message (as lectual disabilities, birth defects of the promote greater tolerance and under- defined under section 227(e)(8)) of the Com- heart, and low birth weights; standing,’’ while noting that legitimate gov- munications Act of 1934, as added by sub- Whereas although there is no cure for ernment is a government based on ‘‘the rec- section (b)); or PKU, treatment involving medical foods, ognition that all people are equal under the (2) any rule or order adopted by the Fed- medications, and restriction of law’’; eral Communications Commission in connec- phenylalanine intake can prevent progres- Whereas the Department of State has, tion with— sive, irreversible brain damage; since 1999, regularly expressed its particular (A) the Telephone Consumer Protection Whereas access to health insurance cov- concern for severe legal, economic, and so- Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–243; 105 Stat. 2394) erage for medical food varies across the cial discrimination against Burma’s or the amendments made by that Act; or United States, and the long-term costs asso- Rohingya population in its Country Report (B) the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. ciated with caring for untreated children and for Human Rights Practices; 7701 et seq.). adults with PKU far exceed the cost of pro- Whereas the United Nations Special (d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 18 viding medical food treatment; Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma re- months after the date of enactment of this Whereas gaps in medical foods coverage ported a ‘‘long history of discrimination and Act, the Federal Communications Commis- persecution against the Rohingya Muslim sion shall prescribe regulations to imple- has a detrimental impact on individuals with PKU, their families, and society; community which could amount to crimes ment the amendments made by this section. against humanity’’; (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments Whereas scientists and researchers are hopeful that breakthroughs in PKU research Whereas the current Government of made by this section shall take effect on the Burma, like its predecessors, continues to will be forthcoming; date that is 6 months after the date on which use the Burma Citizenship Law of 1982 to ex- the Federal Communications Commission Whereas researchers across the United clude Rohingya from a list of legally recog- prescribes regulations under subsection (d). States are conducting important research nized ethnic groups, despite many having projects involving PKU; and f lived in Rakhine State for generations, Whereas the Senate is an institution that thereby rendering Rohingya stateless and SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS can raise awareness of PKU among the gen- vulnerable to exploitation and abuse; eral public and the medical community: Whereas, in its March 2014 census, the first Now, therefore, be it in over 30 years, the Government of Burma SENATE RESOLUTION 585—DESIG- Resolved, That the Senate— reneged on its commitment to allow all peo- NATING DECEMBER 3, 2014, AS (1) designates December 3, 2014, as ‘‘Na- ple in Burma to self-identify and ordered the ‘‘NATIONAL PHENYLKETONURIA tional Phenylketonuria Awareness Day’’; Rohingya to ethnically identify as ‘‘Ben- gali’’, resulting in their exclusion from cen- (2) encourages all people in the United AWARENESS DAY’’ sus data and thereby severely undermining States to become more informed about the validity of the data for Rakhine State Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Ms. phenylketonuria; and BALDWIN) submitted the following reso- and creating the potential for further dis- (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary crimination and conflict; lution; which was referred to the Com- of the Senate transmit a copy of this resolu- mittee on the Judiciary: Whereas local and national policies and tion to the National PKU Alliance, a non- practices discriminate against Rohingya by S. RES. 585 profit organization dedicated to improving denying them freedom of movement outside Whereas phenylketonuria is a rare, inher- the lives of individuals with phenyl- their villages and camps, restricting access ited metabolic disorder that is characterized ketonuria. to livelihood, education, and health care; by the inability of the body to process the Whereas authorities have required essential amino acid phenylalanine, and Rohingya to obtain official permission for which causes intellectual disability and marriages, with reportedly onerous, other neurological problems, such as mem- humiliating, and financially prohibitive re- ory loss and mood disorders, when treatment quirements for approval; is not started within the first few weeks of Whereas a two-child policy sanctioned life; solely upon the Rohingya population in two

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RES. 587 Whereas the Government of Bangladesh and July 2012 resulted in the deaths of at Whereas the division of the Korean Penin- has banned marriage registrars from offici- least 57 Muslims and the destruction of 1,336 sula into the Republic of Korea (referred to ating marriages involving Rohingyas at- Rohingya homes and left thousands dis- in this Resolution as ‘‘South Korea’’) and the tempting to wed one another and those seek- placed; Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (re- Whereas, between October 21–30, 2012, nu- ing unions with Bangladeshi nationals; and ferred to in this Resolution as ‘‘North merous people were killed, and a village in Whereas, in Thailand, according to the Korea’’) separated more than 10,000,000 Kore- Mrauk-U township was destroyed during United States Department of State’s 2014 ans from their family members; deadly ethnic violence between the Rakhine Trafficking in Persons Report, corrupt civil- Whereas since the signing of the Korean and Rohingya communities; ian and military officials are alleged to have War armistice agreement on July 27, 1953, Whereas the lack of a credible independent profited from the smuggling of Rohingya there has been little to no contact between investigation has resulted in persistent ques- asylum seekers from Burma and Bangladesh Korean Americans and their family members tions about violence that may have resulted and allegedly have been complicit in their who remain in North Korea; in the death of Rohingya in a village in sale into forced labor on commercial fishing Whereas North and South Korea first Maungdaw township in January 2014, and agreed to divided family reunions in 1985 and human rights groups reported mass arrests vessels: Now, therefore, be it have since held 19 face-to-face reunions and 7 and arbitrary detention of Rohingya in the Resolved, That the Senate— video-link reunions; aftermath of this violence; (1) calls on the Government of Burma to Whereas the aforementioned reunions have Whereas local, state, and national security develop a non-discriminatory and com- police and border officers have failed to pro- subsequently given approximately 22,000 Ko- prehensive solution that addresses Rakhine reans the opportunity to briefly reunite with tect those vulnerable to attack and, in some State’s needs for peace, security, harmony, cases, participated in violence against their loved ones; and development under equitable and just Whereas the most recent family reunions Rohingya and other Muslims; application of the rule of law; Whereas the Government of Burma has re- between North Korea and South Korea took (2) welcomes the Government of Burma’s located displaced Rohingya into displace- place in February 2014 after a suspension of announcement that Me´decins Sans ment camps where they have limited access more than 3 years; ` to adequate shelter, clean water, food, sani- Frontieres has been invited back to work in Whereas the United States and North tation, health care, livelihoods, or basic edu- Rakhine State and encourages the Govern- Korea do not maintain diplomatic relations, cation for their children; ment of Burma to ensure that the organiza- and certain limitations exist for Korean Whereas thousands of Rohingya are en- tion is able to resume operations alongside Americans to participate in inter-Korean tirely reliant on international assistance for other humanitarian organizations without family reunions; food, clean water, and health care because undue restrictions on their humanitarian op- Whereas more than 1,700,000 Americans are they are not permitted to move for work and erations; of Korean descent; therefore cannot provide for their families; (3) calls on the Government of Burma to Whereas the number of first generation Ko- Whereas, in February 2014, the Government end all forms of persecution and discrimina- rean and Korean American divided family of Burma suspended the activities of Nobel tion, including freedom of movement restric- members is rapidly diminishing given their Laureate Me´decins Sans Frontie`res, the pri- tions, of the Rohingya people and ensure re- advanced age; Whereas many Korean Americans with mary provider of healthcare to hundreds of spect for internationally recognized human family members in North Korea have not thousands in Rakhine State; rights for all ethnic and religious minority seen or communicated with their relatives in Whereas the Government of Burma entered groups within Burma; into a Memorandum of Agreement with the more than 60 years; (4) calls on the Government of Burma to Me´decins Sans Frontie`res in September 2014 Whereas Korean Americans and North Ko- respect the Rohingya’s right to self-identi- but all services have not resumed; reans both continue to suffer from the trag- Whereas attacks on organizations and fication, redraft the Citizenship Law of 1982 edy of being divided from their loved ones; their property in Sittwe, the capital of so that it conforms to internationally recog- Whereas the inclusion of Korean American Rakhine State, in March 2014 caused over 300 nized legal standards, and include both families in the reunion process would con- international aid workers to evacuate the Rakhine and Rohingya leaders and commu- stitute a positive humanitarian gesture by area, and while many of these aid workers nity members in the redrafting process; North Korea and contribute to the long-term have now returned, they have not yet been (5) calls on the Government of Burma to goal of peace on the Korean Peninsula shared able to resume full operations, leaving many support an international and independent in- by the Governments of North Korea, of more people vulnerable, particularly in the vestigation into the violence that has oc- South Korea, and of the United States; area of health care; curred in Rakhine State since June 2012, im- Whereas the National Defense Authoriza- Whereas the denial of unhindered humani- plement the recommendations put forth, and tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law tarian assistance when populations are in prosecute the perpetrators of violence con- 110–181) requires the President to submit a need of such services is a severe breach of a sistent with due process; report to Congress every 180 days on ‘‘efforts, government’s responsibility to protect and (6) calls on the Government of Burma to if any, of the United States Government to support its residents and suggests disregard conform to international norms on the provi- facilitate family reunions between United for individuals who suffer the effects of dis- sion of unrestricted humanitarian access by States citizens and their relatives in North Korea’’; ease and malnourishment as a result of a international organizations to all in need, lack of assistance; Whereas in the Continuing Appropriations without discrimination based on nationality, Whereas hundreds of thousands of Act of 2011 (Public Law 111–242), Congress race, ethnicity, gender, religious belief, or Rohingya have fled to neighboring countries, urged ‘‘the Special Representative on North political opinion; including 34,000 that have registered in offi- Korea Policy, as the senior official handling (7) calls on the regional governments to cial camps in Bangladesh, plus another North Korea issues, to prioritize the issues 300,000 to 500,000 that are unregistered in protect the rights of Rohingya asylum seek- involving Korean divided families and, if Bangladesh, and at least 35,000 in Malaysia, ers and refugees, as well as respect the inter- necessary, to appoint a coordinator for such plus many thousands more in Thailand and national legal principle of non-refoulement; families’’: Indonesia; and Now, therefore, be it Whereas, according to the United Nations (8) calls on the United States Government Resolved, That the Senate: High Commissioner for Refugees, approxi- and the international community to call on (1) recognizes the significance of North Ko- mately 100,000 Rohingya have fled from the Government of Burma to take all nec- rea’s past willingness to resume reunions of Rakhine State, and up to 2,000 Rohingya who essary measures to end the persecution and divided family members between North fled Burma by boat are presumed dead or are discrimination of the Rohingya population Korea and South Korea; missing at sea since 2012; and to protect the fundamental rights of all (2) acknowledges North Korea’s release in Whereas up to 200,000 Rohingya, who fled ethnic and religious minority groups in November 2014 of incarcerated American persecution from Burma up to 20 years ago Burma. citizens Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.032 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6211 (3) encourages North Korea to permit re- Whereas individuals in rural areas of the to the survival and success of communities unions between Korean Americans and their United States are more likely to be unin- in the United States; relatives still living in North Korea; sured and less likely to receive coverage (2) recognizes that preserving and (4) calls on the Department of State to fur- through an employer than individuals in strengthening access to quality health care ther prioritize efforts to reunite Korean urban areas of the United States; in rural areas of the United States is crucial Americans with their divided family mem- Whereas access to health care continues to to the success and prosperity of the United bers; be a major challenge in rural areas of the States; (5) acknowledges the efforts of the Amer- United States, as— (3) recognizes that strengthening access to ican Red Cross to open channels of commu- (1) 77 percent of the 2,050 rural counties in hospitals and other health care providers for nication between Korean Americans and the United States are designated as primary patients in rural areas of the United States their family members who remain in North care Health Professional Shortage Areas makes Medicare more cost-effective and im- Korea; (commonly referred to as ‘‘HPSAs’’); proves health outcomes for patients; (6) encourages the Government of South (2) rural areas of the United States have (4) recognizes that, in addition to the vital Korea to include United States citizens in fu- fewer than half as many primary care physi- care that rural health care providers provide ture family reunions planned with North cians per 100,000 people as urban areas of the to patients, rural health care providers are Korea; and United States; and integral to the local economies and are one (7) praises humanitarian efforts to reunite (3) more than 50 percent of patients in of the largest types of employers in rural all individuals of Korean descent with their rural areas of the United States travel at areas of the United States; and relatives and engender a lasting peace on the least 20 miles to receive specialty medical (5) celebrates the many dedicated medical Korean Peninsula. care, compared to only 6 percent of patients professionals across the United States who in urban areas of the United States; f work hard each day to deliver quality care to Whereas, because rural hospitals and other the nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States SENATE RESOLUTION 588—RECOG- providers face unique challenges in admin- living in rural areas, because the dedication NIZING THAT ACCESS TO HOS- istering care to patients, Congress has tradi- and professionalism of those medical profes- PITALS AND OTHER HEALTH tionally supported those providers by imple- sionals preserves the special way of life and CARE PROVIDERS FOR PATIENTS menting— sense of community enjoyed and cherished (1) specific programs to address rural hos- by individuals in rural areas of the United IN RURAL AREAS OF THE pital closures that occurred in the 1980s by States. UNITED STATES IS ESSENTIAL providing financial support to hospitals that TO THE SURVIVAL AND SUCCESS are geographically isolated and in which OF COMMUNITIES IN THE Medicare patients make up a significant per- f UNITED STATES centage of hospital inpatient days or dis- charges; and SENATE RESOLUTION 589—HON- Mr. MORAN (for himself, Ms. KLO- (2) a program established in 1997 to support ORING THE LIFE OF THOMAS M. BUCHAR, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. limited-service hospitals that, being located MENINO, MAYOR OF BOSTON, ENZI, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. THUNE, Mr. in rural areas of the United States that can- MASSACHUSETTS, FROM 1993 TO WICKER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. HELLER, Mr. not support a full-service hospital, are crit- 2014 COCHRAN, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. TESTER, ical access points to health care for rural pa- Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. JOHNSON of South tients; Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Dakota, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DURBIN, Whereas hospitals in rural areas of the MARKEY) submitted the following reso- Mr. FRANKEN, and Ms. HIRONO) sub- United States achieve high levels of perform- lution; which was considered and mitted the following resolution; which ance, according to standards for quality, pa- agreed to: was considered and agreed to: tient satisfaction, and operational effi- ciency, for the types of care most relevant to S. RES. 589 S. RES. 588 rural communities; Whereas Thomas Menino was born on De- Whereas access to quality health care serv- Whereas, in addition to the vital care that cember 27, 1942, in Readville, in the Hyde ices determines whether individuals in the rural health care providers provide to pa- Park neighborhood of Boston where he lived United States can remain in the commu- tients, rural health care providers are crit- his entire life; nities they call home and whether their chil- ical to the local economies of their commu- Whereas Thomas Menino was a devoted dren will return to those communities to nities and are one of the largest types of em- husband, a loving father, and an adoring raise families of their own; ployers in rural areas of the United States grandfather; Whereas more than 60,000,000 individuals in where, on average, 14 percent of total em- Whereas Thomas Menino was elected to rural areas of the United States rely on rural ployment is attributed to the health sector; the Boston City Council in 1983 to represent hospitals and other providers as critical ac- Whereas a hospital in a rural area of the District 5, including the Hyde Park neigh- cess points to health care; United States is typically one of the top 2 borhood where he lived; Whereas rural areas of the United States largest employers in that area; Whereas Thomas Menino served as City need quality health care services to attract Whereas 1 primary care physician in a Council president and became acting mayor and retain business and industry; rural community annually generates ap- of Boston in July 1993; Whereas, to ensure that communities in proximately $1,500,000 in total revenue, and 1 Whereas Thomas Menino was elected as the United States survive and flourish, Con- general surgeon in a rural community annu- the 53rd Mayor of Boston in November 1993, gress must address the unique health care ally generates approximately $2,700,000 in the first Italian-American mayor of the city needs of individuals in rural areas of the total revenue; of Boston; United States; Whereas the average Critical Access Hos- Whereas Mayor Menino subsequently was Whereas individuals in rural areas of the pital, a limited-service rural health care fa- elected to 4 additional terms, serving an un- United States are, per capita, older, poorer, cility, creates 107 jobs and generates precedented 20 years as Mayor of Boston; and sicker than individuals in urban areas of $4,800,000 in annual payroll, and the wages, Whereas Mayor Menino took pride in being the United States; salaries, and benefits provided by a Critical known as the ‘‘Urban Mechanic’’, focusing on Whereas, according to the Department of Access Hospital can amount to 20 percent of the nuts and bolts issues that kept the city Health and Human Services, ‘‘rural areas the output of a rural community’s economy; moving forward, from fixing potholes to have higher rates of poverty, chronic disease, Whereas hospitals in rural communities cleaning up public parks; and uninsurance, and millions of rural Amer- play a vital role in caring for the residents of Whereas Mayor Menino oversaw a period of icans have limited access to a primary care those communities and preserving the spe- growth and urban renewal in Boston, and provider’’; cial way of life that communities in the worked to make Boston a city of safe, livable Whereas, according to the Department of United States foster; and neighborhoods; Agriculture, individuals in rural areas of the Whereas the closure of a hospital in a rural Whereas Mayor Menino led the resurgence United States have higher rates of age-ad- community often results in severe economic of neighborhoods in Boston, from the water- justed mortality, disability, and chronic dis- decline in the community and the departure front and the innovation district of the wa- ease than individuals in urban areas of the of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other terfront to Dudley Square in Roxbury, cre- United States; health providers from the community, and ating a city with unbounded innovative po- Whereas the 20 percent of the population of forces patients to travel long distances for tential; the United States that lives in rural areas is care or to delay receiving care, leading to de- Whereas Mayor Menino committed himself scattered over 90 percent of the landmass of creased health outcomes, higher costs, and to being the ‘‘Education Mayor’’, using his the United States; added burden to patients: Now, therefore, be political will and courage to improve edu- Whereas the geography and weather of it cation for all the children in the city; rural areas of the United States can make Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas Mayor Menino was a powerful ad- accessing health care difficult, and cultural, (1) recognizes that access to hospitals and vocate for research institutions in Boston, social, and language barriers compound rural other health care providers for patients in including the world-class hospitals and uni- health challenges; rural areas of the United States is essential versities in the city;

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Whereas Mayor Menino stood firmly for tribal self-governance and self-determination S. RES. 591 full equality for every person in every com- and the commitment of the United States to Whereas November 16 through November munity in Boston, and focused on building improving the lives of all Native Americans 22, 2014, marks the 93rd annual observance of an open, accepting, and inclusive city; by— ‘‘American Education Week’’; Whereas Mayor Menino was a constant (1) enhancing health care and law enforce- Whereas public schools are the backbone of presence at public events throughout Boston, ment resources; democracy in the United States, providing greeting residents at countless ribbon (2) improving the housing and socio- young people with the tools necessary to cuttings, potluck dinners, and school plays; economic status of Native Americans; and maintain the values of freedom, civility, and Whereas more than half of city residents (3) approving settlements of litigation in- equality that are precious to the United said they had personally met the Mayor and volving Indian tribes and the United States; States; thousands said the Mayor had personally Whereas the United States is committed to Whereas by equipping young people in the touched their lives; strengthening the government-to-govern- United States with both practical skills and Whereas Mayor Menino led Boston with re- ment relationship that it has maintained broader intellectual abilities, public schools solve during times of both triumph and cri- with the various Indian tribes; give them hope for, and access to, a produc- sis, guiding the city following the terrorist Whereas Congress has recognized the con- tive future; attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon and tributions of the Iroquois Confederacy, and Whereas people working in the field of pub- demonstrating what it means to be ‘‘Boston the influence of the Confederacy on the lic education, whether teachers, higher edu- Strong’’; and Founding Fathers in the drafting of the Con- cation faculty and staff, paraeducators, Whereas Mayor Menino was one of the stitution of the United States with the con- custodians, substitute educators, bus drivers, great leaders in the almost 400-year history cepts of— clerical workers, food service professionals, of Boston, who transformed the city into a (1) freedom of speech; workers in skilled trades, health and student modern-day City on a Hill that is a model for (2) the separation of governmental powers; service workers, security guards, technical the United States and the world: Now, there- and employees, or librarians, work tirelessly to fore, be it (3) the system of checks and balances be- Resolved, That the Senate— serve children and communities throughout tween the branches of government; the United States with care and profes- (1) honors the lifetime of service by Mayor Whereas with the enactment of the Native Menino to the City of Boston and residents sionalism; and American Heritage Day Act of 2009 (Public Whereas public schools are community of the city; Law 111–33; 123 Stat. 1922), Congress— (2) affirms the lasting contributions by linchpins, bringing together adults, children, (1) reaffirmed the government-to-govern- Mayor Menino to the City of Boston and to educators, volunteers, business leaders, and ment relationship between the United States the United States; and elected officials in a common enterprise: and Native American governments; and (3) requests the Secretary of the Senate to Now, therefore, be it (2) recognized the important contributions prepare an official copy of this resolution for Resolved, That the Senate— of Native Americans to the culture of the presentation to the family of Mayor Thomas (1) supports the goals and ideals of Amer- United States; Menino. ican Education Week; and Whereas Native Americans have made dis- (2) encourages the people of the United f tinct and important contributions to the States to observe American Education Week SENATE RESOLUTION 590—RECOG- United States and the rest of the world in by reflecting on the positive impact of all in- NIZING NATIONAL NATIVE many fields, including the fields of agri- dividuals who work together to educate chil- culture, medicine, music, language, and art, dren. AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH and Native Americans have distinguished AND CELEBRATING THE HERIT- themselves as inventors, entrepreneurs, spir- f AGES AND CULTURES OF NA- itual leaders, and scholars; TIVE AMERICANS AND THE CON- Whereas Native Americans have served AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND TRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE AMERI- with honor and distinction in the Armed PROPOSED CANS TO THE UNITED STATES Forces, and continue to serve in the Armed SA 3950. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an Forces in greater numbers per capita than amendment intended to be proposed by him Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. UDALL any other group in the United States; of New Mexico, Mr. WALSH, Mr. BEGICH, to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropria- Whereas the United States has recognized tions for fiscal year 2015 for military activi- Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. THUNE, the contribution of the Native American ties of the Department of Defense, for mili- Ms. STABENOW, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. code talkers in World War I and World War tary construction, and for defense activities HEITKAMP, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MORAN, II, who used indigenous languages as an un- of the Department of Energy, to prescribe Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. JOHNSON of South breakable military code, saving countless military personnel strengths for such fiscal Dakota, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. KAINE, Mr. lives in the United States; and year, and for other purposes; which was or- CRAPO, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Whereas the people of the United States dered to lie on the table. Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. have reason to honor the great achievements SA 3951. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an and contributions of Native Americans and HIRONO, Mr. HELLER, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. amendment intended to be proposed by him their ancestors: Now, therefore, be it CANTWELL, Mr. COCHRAN, and Mr. REID to the bill S. 2410, supra; which was ordered Resolved, That the Senate— to lie on the table. of Nevada) submitted the following res- (1) recognizes the month of November 2014 olution; which was considered and SA 3952. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an as National Native American Heritage amendment intended to be proposed by him agreed to: Month; to the bill S. 2410, supra; which was ordered S. RES. 590 (2) recognizes the Friday after Thanks- to lie on the table. Whereas from November 1, 2014, through giving as ‘‘Native American Heritage Day’’ SA 3953. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and November 30, 2014, the United States cele- in accordance with the Native American Her- Mr. BOOKER) submitted an amendment in- brates National Native American Heritage itage Day Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–33; 123 tended to be proposed by him to the bill S. Month; Stat. 1922); and 2410, supra; which was ordered to lie on the Whereas Native Americans are descendants (3) urges the people of the United States to table. of the original, indigenous inhabitants of observe National Native American Heritage SA 3954. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. what is now the United States; Month and Native American Heritage Day BLUNT) submitted an amendment intended to Whereas the Bureau of the Census esti- with appropriate programs and activities. be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, supra; mated in 2010 that there were more than f which was ordered to lie on the table. 5,000,000 individuals in the United States of SA 3955. Mr. REID (for Ms. LANDRIEU) sub- Native American descent; SENATE RESOLUTION 591—SUP- mitted an amendment intended to be pro- Whereas Native Americans maintain vi- PORTING THE GOALS AND posed by Mr. Reid, of NV to the bill S. 2410, brant cultures and traditions and hold a IDEALS OF AMERICAN EDU- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. deeply rooted sense of community; CATION WEEK SA 3956. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amend- Whereas Native Americans have moving ment intended to be proposed by him to the stories of tragedy, triumph, and persever- Mr. REID of Nevada (for Mrs. HAGAN bill S. 2410, supra; which was ordered to lie ance that need to be shared with future gen- (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mrs. MURRAY, on the table. erations; Mr. BROWN, Mr. JOHNSON of South Da- SA 3957. Mr. REID (for Mr. HARKIN) pro- Whereas Native Americans speak and pre- kota, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. posed an amendment to the bill H.R. 669, to serve indigenous languages, which have con- improve the health of children and help bet- DURBIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. tributed to the English language by being ter understand and enhance awareness about used as names of individuals and locations CARDIN, and Mr. LEVIN)) submitted the unexpected sudden death in early life. throughout the United States; following resolution; which was re- SA 3958. Mr. REID (for Mr. HARKIN) pro- Whereas Congress has consistently re- ferred to the Committee on Health, posed an amendment to the bill H.R. 669, affirmed the support of the United States of Education, Labor, and Pensions: supra.

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TEMPORARY AUTHORITIES FOR CER- for defense activities of the Depart- TAIN POSITIONS AT DEPARTMENT ment of Energy, to prescribe military propriations for fiscal year 2015 for OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGI- military activities of the Department NEERING FACILITIES. personnel strengths for such fiscal of Defense, for military construction, Section 1107 of the National Defense Au- year, and for other purposes; which was and for defense activities of the De- thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public ordered to lie on the table; as follows: partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 887; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the tary personnel strengths for such fiscal is amended— following: (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end year, and for other purposes; which was the following new paragraph: SEC. 1047. LIMITATION ON DEACTIVATION OR RE- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: LOCATION OF MOBILIZATION-DEMO- ‘‘(3) STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SCIENTIFIC AND BILIZATION MISSION AT JOINT BASE At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the ENGINEERING PROGRAMS.—The director of any MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW following: STRL may appoint qualified candidates en- JERSEY. SEC. 1069. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF rolled in a program of undergraduate or The Secretary of the Army may not deacti- NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL graduate instruction leading to a bachelor’s vate the mobilization-demobilization mis- STUDY ON SPECIALIZED DEGREE- or advanced degree in a scientific, technical, GRANTING GRADUATE PROGRAMS. sion at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, engineering, or mathematical course of New Jersey, or relocate such mission to an- (a) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after study at an institution of higher education other installation, until 30 days after the the date of the enactment of this Act, the (as that term is defined in section 102 of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of date on which the Secretary submits to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) congressional defense committees a report the Air Force shall each submit to the appro- to positions described in paragraph (3) of priate committees of Congress a report on setting forth a justification for the deactiva- subsection (b) as an employee in a laboratory tion or relocation of such mission, including the implementation by such Secretary of the described in that paragraph without regard recommendations in the report of the Na- an assessment of any costs to be incurred, to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter and cost-savings to be achieved, as a result tional Research Council of the National 33 of title 5, United States Code (other than Academy of Sciences entitled ‘‘Review of of the deactivation or relocation of such mis- sections 3303 and 3328 of such title).’’; sion. Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Pro- (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end grams of the Department of Defense in the following new paragraph: STEM and Management’’. SA 3954. Mr. BROWN (for himself and ‘‘(3) CANDIDATES ENROLLED IN SCIENTIFIC (b) MATTERS RELATING TO AIR FORCE RE- Mr. BLUNT) submitted an amendment AND ENGINEERING PROGRAMS.—The positions PORT.— described in this paragraph are scientific and intended to be proposed by him to the (1) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report engineering positions that may be temporary bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations required by subsection (a), the Secretary of or term in any laboratory designated by sec- for fiscal year 2015 for military activi- the Air Force shall consult with the AFIT tion 1105(a) of the National Defense Author- Foundation. ties of the Department of Defense, for ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 as a Depart- (2) CERTAIN ELEMENTS.—The report of the military construction, and for defense ment of Defense science and technology re- Secretary of the Air Force under subsection activities of the Department of Energy, invention laboratory.’’; and (a) addressing recommendation 3-2 in the re- to prescribe military personnel (3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end port of the National Research Council de- strengths for such fiscal year, and for the following new paragraph: scribed in that subsection, regarding the ‘‘(3) In the case of a laboratory described in other purposes; which was ordered to chain of command of the Air Force Institute subsection (b)(3), with respect to appoint- lie on the table; as follows: of Technology, shall include the following: ment authority under subsection (a)(3), the (A) Options for alternative chains of com- At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the number equal to 3 percent of the total num- mand for the Air Force Institute of Tech- following: ber of scientific and engineering positions in nology, and an identification of the preferred SEC. ll. PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ESTABLISH- such laboratory that are filled as of the close alternative among such options. MENT OF INSTITUTES FOR MANU- of the fiscal year last ending before the start (B) An assessment of the effect of the chain FACTURING INNOVATION. of such calendar year.’’. of command, as recommended in such rec- (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— ommendation 3-2, on the ability of the Air (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense SA 3952. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an may establish a program (referred to in this Force Institute of Technology to support Air amendment intended to be proposed by Force space, cyberspace, intelligence, and section as the ‘‘Program’’) for the purposes global strike missions, and the nuclear en- him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize ap- set forth in paragraph (2). terprise. propriations for fiscal year 2015 for (2) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—The purposes of (C) A description of milestones and time- military activities of the Department the Program are as follows: tables for implementation of such rec- of Defense, for military construction, (A) To improve measurably the ability of ommendation 3-2. and for defense activities of the De- the United States manufacturing sector and (D) An assessment of the effects of imple- partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- to support military requirements and mis- mentation of such recommendation 3-2 on sions. tary personnel strengths for such fiscal (B) To help the United States meet na- the military and civilian workforces of the year, and for other purposes; which was Air Force. tional security needs by minimizing the risk (E) Such recommendations for legislative ordered to lie on the table; as follows: of dependence on foreign sources for critical action with respect to implementation of At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the components. such recommendation 3-2 as the Secretary following: (C) To stimulate United States leadership considers appropriate. SEC. 1069. REPORT ON REINVESTMENT OF OPER- in advanced manufacturing research, innova- (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS ATIONAL COSTS OF THE JOINT SYS- tion, and technology that has a strong poten- TEMS MANUFACTURING CENTER. DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro- tial to generate substantial benefits to the priate committees of Congress’’ means— Not later than 90 days after the date of the United States. (1) the Committee on Armed Services and enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the (D) To facilitate the transition of innova- the Committee on Homeland Security and Army shall submit to the congressional de- tive and transformative technologies into Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and fense committees a report on the analysis, scalable, cost-effective, and high-performing (2) the Committee on Armed Services and plans, and recommendations of the Army on manufacturing capabilities. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- means by which the operational costs associ- (E) To facilitate access by manufacturing ment Reform of the House of Representa- ated with the Joint Systems Manufacturing enterprises to capital-intensive infrastruc- tives. Center could be equitably applied for long- ture, including high-performance computing, term sustainability of that facility. The re- in order to improve the speed with which SA 3951. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an port may include such recommendations for such enterprises commercialize new proc- amendment intended to be proposed by legislative or administrative action as the esses and technologies. him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize ap- Secretary considers appropriate to imple- (F) To facilitate the execution of— ment any plans and recommendations set (i) joint research and development projects propriations for fiscal year 2015 for forth in the report. military activities of the Department between industry partners; and (ii) cost-shared research projects between of Defense, for military construction, SA 3953. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself the public and private sector. and for defense activities of the De- and Mr. BOOKER) submitted an amend- (G) To accelerate measurably the develop- partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- ment intended to be proposed by him ment of a skilled defense advanced manufac- tary personnel strengths for such fiscal to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appro- turing workforce.

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(F) Outreach and engagement with small- manufacturing innovation after the five-year (3) SUPPORT.—If the Secretary establishes and medium-sized manufacturing enter- period beginning on the date on which the the Program, the Secretary shall carry out prises, in addition to large manufacturing Secretary first awards funding to an insti- the purposes set forth in paragraph (2) by enterprises. tute under the Program. supporting the establishment of one or more (G) Coordinate with the Defense Produc- (B) MATCHING FUNDS AND WEIGHTED PREF- institutes for manufacturing innovation. tion Act Committee on defense industrial ERENCES.—The total Federal funding award- (4) METRICS.—If the Secretary establishes base matters. ed to an institute for manufacturing innova- the Program, the Secretary shall— (H) Such other activities as the Secretary, tion, including funding awarded under the (A) develop metrics for each institute for in consultation with Federal departments Program, during a five-year period shall not manufacturing innovation supported under and agencies whose missions contribute to or exceed 50 percent of the total funding of the the Program to measure achievement of the are affected by advanced manufacturing, institute during that period. purposes of the Program; and considers consistent with the purposes de- (d) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— (B) implement procedures for evaluation of scribed in subsection (a)(2). (1) APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND CON- such institutes based on such metrics. TRACTS.—The Secretary may appoint such (b) INSTITUTES FOR MANUFACTURING INNO- (c) FUNDING FOR INSTITUTES FOR MANUFAC- personnel and enter into such contracts, VATION.— TURING INNOVATION.— funding agreements, and other agreements (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec- (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro- as the Secretary considers necessary or ap- tion, an ‘‘institute for manufacturing inno- gram, the Secretary of Defense may provide propriate to carry out the Program, includ- vation’’ is an institute that— funding for planning, establishing, or sup- ing support for research and development ac- (A) has been established by a person or porting an institute for manufacturing inno- tivities involving an institute for manufac- group of persons to address defense chal- vation. turing innovation. lenges in advanced manufacturing and to as- (2) SELECTION.— (2) ACCEPTANCE OR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— sist manufacturers in retaining or expanding (A) COMPETITIVE, MERIT REVIEW.—In award- The Secretary may accept from or transfer industrial production of defense systems in ing funding under paragraph (1), the Sec- to other Federal agencies, or State or local the United States; retary shall use appropriate, competitive, governments, such sums as the Secretary (B) has a predominant focus on research merit review. considers necessary or appropriate to carry and development of manufacturing proc- (B) COLLABORATION.—In awarding funding out the Program. esses, novel materials, enabling tech- under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall col- (3) USE OF RESOURCES.—In furtherance of nologies, supply chain integration practices, laborate with Federal departments and agen- the purposes of the Program, the Secretary or such other aspects of advanced manufac- cies whose missions contribute to or are af- may use, with the consent of a covered enti- turing as the Secretary considers relevant, fected by advanced manufacturing. ty and with or without reimbursement, the with the potential— (C) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding funding land, services, equipment, personnel, and fa- (i) to ensure domestic sources for critical to plan, establish, or support an institute for cilities of such covered entity. defense materiel; manufacturing innovation, the Secretary (4) ACCEPTANCE OF RESOURCES.—In addition (ii) to create or maintain a technical mili- to amounts appropriated to carry out the tary advantage; shall consider, at a minimum, the following: Program, the Secretary may accept funds, (iii) to improve the competitiveness of (i) The potential of the institute for manu- services, equipment, personnel, and facilities United States manufacturing, in support of facturing innovation to advance domestic from any covered entity to carry out the enhancing the affordability of defense sys- defense manufacturing and the likelihood of tems; military impact in the predominant focus Program pursuant to section 2601 of title 10, (iv) to accelerate non-Federal investment areas of the institute for manufacturing in- United States Code. in advanced defense manufacturing produc- novation. (5) COVERED ENTITY.—For purposes of this tion capacity in the United States; (ii) The commitment of continued finan- subsection, a covered entity is any Federal (v) to increase measurably the non-Federal cial support, advice, participation, and other department, Federal agency, instrumen- investment in advanced manufacturing re- contributions from non-Federal sources, to tality of the United States, State, local gov- search; and provide leverage and resources to promote a ernment, tribal government, Territory or (vi) to enable the commercial application stable and sustainable business model with- possession of the United States, or of any po- of new technologies or industry-wide manu- out the need for long-term Federal funding. litical subdivision thereof, or international facturing processes so as to improve the af- (iii) Whether the financial support pro- organization, or any public or private entity fordability of defense systems; and vided to the institute from non-Federal or individual. (C) includes active participation among sources significantly outweighs the re- representatives from multiple industrial en- quested Federal funding. SA 3955. Mr. REID (for Ms. LANDRIEU) tities, research universities, community col- (iv) How the institute will support core De- submitted an amendment intended to leges, and such other entities as the Sec- partment of Defense missions and address be proposed by Mr. REID of Nevada to retary considers appropriate, which may in- key technology priorities. the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropria- clude industry-led consortia, career and (v) How the institute will increase the non- tions for fiscal year 2015 for military technical education schools, Federal labora- Federal investment in advanced defense activities of the Department of De- tories, State, local, and tribal governments, manufacturing research in the United fense, for military construction, and businesses, educational institutions, and States. for defense activities of the Depart- nonprofit organizations. (vi) How the institute will engage with ment of Energy, to prescribe military (2) ACTIVITIES.—Activities of an institute small- and medium-sized manufacturing en- for manufacturing innovation may include terprises, to improve the capacity of such en- personnel strengths for such fiscal the following: terprises to commercialize new processes and year, and for other purposes; which was (A) Research, development, and demonstra- technologies. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: tion projects, including proof-of-concept de- (vii) How the institute will carry out edu- At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the velopment and prototyping, to reduce the cational and workforce activities that meet following: cost, time, and risk of commercializing new industrial needs related to the predominant SEC. 1087. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR MEDICAL ISO- technologies and improvements in existing focus areas of the institute for manufac- TOPE PRODUCTION. technologies, processes, products, and re- turing innovation, including activities fo- (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section search and development of materials to solve cused on veterans and military dependents. 1703(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 pre-competitive industrial problems with (viii) How the institute will advance eco- U.S.C. 16513(a)), any medical isotope produc- economic or national security implications. nomic competitiveness both globally and do- tion facility used to produce molybdenum-99 (B) Development and implementation of mestically and generate substantial benefits (including nuclear reactors that use either education and training courses, materials, to the United States that extend beyond the high or low enriched uranium, nonreactor, and programs. direct return to participants in the Program. accelerator-driven irradiation facilities, and (C) Development of workforce recruitment, (ix) Whether the predominant focus of the associated radioisotope processing, waste training, retention, and exchange programs institute is a manufacturing process, novel management, and support facilities) shall be and initiatives. material, enabling technology, supply chain considered to be an advanced nuclear energy (D) Development of innovative methodolo- integration methodology, or other relevant facility that is eligible for a guarantee under gies and practices for supply chain integra- aspect of advanced manufacturing that has section 1703 of that Act. tion and introduction of new technologies not already been commercialized, marketed, (b) FUNDING.—The matter under the head- into supply chains. distributed, or sold by another entity. ing ‘‘TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN

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GUARANTEE PROGRAM’’ in title III of division standards and requirements for the manage- (II) weather deck runoff, deck wash, aque- C of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 ment of discharges incidental to the normal ous film forming foam effluent, chain locker (Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 619) is amended operation of a vessel. effluent, non-oily machinery wastewater, un- by inserting ‘‘or medical isotope production SEC. 3603. DEFINITIONS. derwater ship husbandry effluent, welldeck facilities used to produce molybdenum-99’’ In this title: effluent, or fish hold and fish hold cleaning after ‘‘nuclear power facilities’’. (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis- effluent; or trator’’ means the Administrator of the En- (III) any effluent from a properly func- SA 3956. Mr. RUBIO submitted an vironmental Protection Agency. tioning marine engine; or amendment intended to be proposed by (2) AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES.—The term (ii) a discharge of a pollutant into navi- him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize ap- ‘‘aquatic nuisance species’’ means a non- gable waters in connection with the testing, propriations for fiscal year 2015 for indigenous species (including a pathogen) maintenance, or repair of a system, equip- that threatens the diversity or abundance of ment, or engine described in subclause (I)(bb) military activities of the Department native species or the ecological stability of of Defense, for military construction, or (III) of clause (i) whenever the vessel is navigable waters or commercial, agricul- waterborne. and for defense activities of the De- tural, aquacultural, or recreational activi- (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘discharge in- partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- ties dependent on such waters. cidental to the normal operation of a vessel’’ tary personnel strengths for such fiscal (3) BALLAST WATER.— does not include— year, and for other purposes; which was (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘ballast water’’ (i) a discharge into navigable waters from ordered to lie on the table; as follows: means any water, including any sediment a vessel of— suspended in such water, taken aboard a ves- (I) rubbish, trash, garbage, incinerator ash, At the end of division C, add the following: sel— or other such material discharged overboard; TITLE XXXVI—VESSEL INCIDENTAL (i) to control trim, list, draught, stability, (II) oil or a hazardous substance as those DISCHARGE or stresses of the vessel; or terms are defined in section 311 of the Fed- (ii) during the cleaning, maintenance, or SEC. 3601. SHORT TITLE. eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. other operation of a ballast water treatment This title may be cited as the ‘‘Vessel Inci- 1321); technology of the vessel. dental Discharge Act’’. (III) sewage as defined in section 312(a)(6) (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘ballast water’’ SEC. 3602. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. does not include any pollutant that is added of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- to water described in subparagraph (A) that (33 U.S.C. 1322(a)(6)); or lowing findings: is not directly related to the operation of a (IV) graywater referred to in section (1) Beginning with enactment of the Act to properly functioning ballast water treatment 312(a)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Con- Prevent Pollution from Ships in 1980 (22 technology under this title. trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1322(a)(6)); U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), the United States Coast (4) BALLAST WATER PERFORMANCE STAND- (ii) an emission of an air pollutant result- Guard has been the principal Federal author- ARD.—The term ‘‘ballast water performance ing from the operation onboard a vessel of a ity charged with administering, enforcing, standard’’ means the numerical ballast vessel propulsion system, motor driven and prescribing regulations relating to the water discharge standard set forth in section equipment, or incinerator; or discharge of pollutants from vessels engaged 151.2030 of title 33, Code of Federal Regula- (iii) a discharge into navigable waters from in maritime commerce and transportation. tions or section 151.1511 of title 33, Code of a vessel when the vessel is operating in a ca- (2) The Coast Guard estimates there are Federal Regulations, as applicable, or a re- pacity other than as a means of transpor- approximately 21,560,000 State-registered vised numerical ballast water performance tation on water. recreational vessels, 75,000 commercial fish- standard established under subsection (8) GEOGRAPHICALLY LIMITED AREA.—The ing vessels, and 33,000 freight and tank (a)(1)(B), (b), or (c) of section 3605. term ‘‘geographically limited area’’ means barges operating in United States waters. (5) BALLAST WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY an area— (3) From 1973 to 2005, certain discharges in- OR TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘bal- (A) with a physical limitation, including cidental to the normal operation of a vessel last water treatment technology’’ or ‘‘treat- limitation by physical size and limitation by were exempted by regulation from otherwise ment technology’’ means any mechanical, authorized route, that prevents a vessel from applicable permitting requirements. physical, chemical, or biological process operating outside the area, as determined by (4) Over the 32 years during which this reg- used, alone or in combination, to remove, the Secretary; or ulatory exemption was in effect, Congress render harmless, or avoid the uptake or dis- (B) that is ecologically homogeneous, as enacted statutes on a number of occasions charge of aquatic nuisance species within determined by the Secretary, in consultation dealing with the regulation of discharges in- ballast water. with the heads of other Federal departments cidental to the normal operation of a vessel, (6) BIOCIDE.—The term ‘‘biocide’’ means a or agencies as the Secretary considers appro- including— substance or organism, including a virus or priate. (A) the Act to Prevent Pollution from fungus, that is introduced into or produced (9) MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufac- Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) in 1980; by a ballast water treatment technology to turer’’ means a person engaged in the manu- (B) the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance reduce or eliminate aquatic nuisance species facture, assemblage, or importation of bal- Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. as part of the process used to comply with a last water treatment technology. 4701 et seq.); ballast water performance standard under (10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ (C) the National Invasive Species Act of this title. means the Secretary of the department in 1996 (110 Stat. 4073); (7) DISCHARGE INCIDENTAL TO THE NORMAL which the Coast Guard is operating. (D) section 415 of the Coast Guard Author- OPERATION OF A VESSEL.— (11) VESSEL.—The term ‘‘vessel’’ means ization Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 3434) and section (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘discharge inci- every description of watercraft or other arti- 623 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Trans- dental to the normal operation of a vessel’’ ficial contrivance used, or practically or oth- means— portation Act of 2004 (33 U.S.C. 1901 note), erwise capable of being used, as a means of (i) a discharge into navigable waters from which established interim and permanent re- transportation on water. quirements, respectively, for the regulation a vessel of— of vessel discharges of certain bulk cargo (I)(aa) ballast water, graywater, bilge SEC. 3604. REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT. residue; water, cooling water, oil water separator ef- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con- (E) title XIV of division B of Appendix D of fluent, anti-fouling hull coating leachate, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 boiler or economizer blowdown, byproducts sultation with the Administrator, shall es- (114 Stat. 2763), which prohibited or limited from cathodic protection, controllable pitch tablish and implement enforceable uniform certain vessel discharges in certain areas of propeller and thruster hydraulic fluid, dis- national standards and requirements for the Alaska; tillation and reverse osmosis brine, elevator regulation of discharges incidental to the (F) section 204 of the Maritime Transpor- pit effluent, firemain system effluent, fresh- normal operation of a vessel. The standards tation Security Act of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 1902a), water layup effluent, gas turbine wash and requirements shall— which established requirements for the regu- water, motor gasoline and compensating ef- (1) be based upon the best available tech- lation of vessel discharges of agricultural fluent, refrigeration and air condensate ef- nology economically achievable; and cargo residue material in the form of hold fluent, seawater pumping biofouling preven- (2) supersede any permitting requirement washings; and tion substances, boat engine wet exhaust, or prohibition on discharges incidental to (G) title X of the Coast Guard Authoriza- sonar dome effluent, exhaust gas scrubber the normal operation of a vessel under any tion Act of 2010 (33 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.), which washwater, or stern tube packing gland ef- other provision of law. provided for the implementation of the fluent; or (b) ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.— International Convention on the Control of (bb) any other pollutant associated with Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, the operation of a marine propulsion system, The Secretary shall administer and enforce 2001. shipboard maneuvering system, habitability the uniform national standards and require- (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is system, or installed major equipment, or ments under this title. Each State may en- to provide for the establishment of nation- from a protective, preservative, or absorp- force the uniform national standards and re- ally uniform and environmentally sound tive application to the hull of a vessel; quirements under this title.

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(3) I .—The re- (i) improvements in the scientific under- vised ballast water performance standard (a) REQUIREMENTS.— standing of biological and ecological proc- under paragraph (1) shall apply to a vessel (1) BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT REQUIRE- esses that lead to the introduction or estab- beginning on the date of the first drydocking MENTS.— lishment of aquatic nuisance species; of the vessel on or after January 1, 2022, but (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any (ii) improvements in ballast water treat- other provision of law, the requirements set not later than December 31, 2024. ment technology, including— forth in the final rule, Standards for Living (4) REVISED PERFORMANCE STANDARD COM- (I) the capability of such treatment tech- Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Dis- PLIANCE DEADLINES.— nology to achieve a revised ballast water charged in U.S. Waters (77 Fed. Reg. 17254 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may estab- performance standard; (March 23, 2012), as corrected at 77 Fed. Reg. lish a compliance deadline for compliance by (II) the effectiveness and reliability of such 33969 (June 8, 2012)), shall be the manage- a vessel (or a class, type, or size of vessel) treatment technology in the shipboard envi- ment requirements for a ballast water dis- with a revised ballast water performance ronment; standard under this subsection. charge incidental to the normal operation of (III) the compatibility of such treatment a vessel until the Secretary revises the bal- (B) PROCESS FOR GRANTING EXTENSIONS.—In technology with the design and operation of issuing regulations under this subsection, last water performance standard under sub- a vessel by class, type, and size; section (b) or adopts a more stringent State the Secretary shall establish a process for an (IV) the commercial availability of such owner or operator to submit a petition to the standard under subparagraph (B) of this treatment technology; and paragraph. Secretary for an extension of a compliance (V) the safety of such treatment tech- deadline with respect to the vessel of the (B) ADOPTION OF MORE STRINGENT STATE nology; owner or operator. STANDARD.—If the Secretary makes a deter- (iii) improvements in the capabilities to (C) PERIOD OF EXTENSIONS.—An extension mination in favor of a State petition under detect, quantify, and assess the viability of section 3610, the Secretary shall adopt the issued under subparagraph (B) may— aquatic nuisance species at the concentra- (i) apply for a period of not to exceed 18 more stringent ballast water performance tions under consideration; standard specified in the statute or regula- months from the date of the applicable dead- (iv) the impact of ballast water treatment line under subparagraph (A); and tion that is the subject of that State petition technology on water quality; and in lieu of the ballast water performance (ii) be renewable for an additional period of (v) the costs, cost-effectiveness, and im- not to exceed 18 months. standard in the final rule described under pacts of— subparagraph (A). (D) FACTORS.—In issuing a compliance (I) a revised ballast water performance deadline or reviewing a petition under this (2) INITIAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR standard, including the potential impacts on paragraph, the Secretary shall consider, with DISCHARGES OTHER THAN BALLAST WATER.— shipping, trade, and other uses of the aquatic respect to the ability of an owner or operator Not later than 2 years after the date of en- environment; and actment of this Act, the Secretary, in con- to meet a compliance deadline, the following (II) maintaining the existing ballast water factors: sultation with the Administrator, shall issue performance standard, including the poten- (i) Whether the treatment technology to be a final rule establishing best management tial impacts on water-related infrastructure, installed is available in sufficient quantities practices for discharges incidental to the recreation, propagation of native fish, shell- to meet the compliance deadline. normal operation of a vessel other than bal- fish, and wildlife, and other uses of navigable (ii) Whether there is sufficient shipyard or last water. waters. other installation facility capacity. (b) REVISED BALLAST WATER PERFORMANCE (C) LOWER REVISED PERFORMANCE STAND- (iii) Whether there is sufficient avail- STANDARD; 8-YEAR REVIEW.— ARD.— ability of engineering and design resources. (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the feasibility (i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary, in con- (iv) Vessel characteristics, such as engine review under paragraph (2), not later than sultation with the Administrator, deter- January 1, 2022, the Secretary, in consulta- mines on the basis of the feasibility review room size, layout, or a lack of installed pip- tion with the Administrator, shall issue a and after an opportunity for a public hearing ing. final rule revising the ballast water perform- that no ballast water treatment technology (v) Electric power generating capacity ance standard under subsection (a)(1) so that can be certified under section 3606 to comply aboard the vessel. a ballast water discharge incidental to the with the revised ballast water performance (vi) Safety of the vessel and crew. normal operation of a vessel will contain— standard under paragraph (1), the Secretary (E) CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS.— (A) less than 1 living organism per 10 cubic shall require the use of the treatment tech- (i) DETERMINATIONS.—The Secretary shall meters that is 50 or more micrometers in nology that achieves the performance levels approve or deny a petition for an extension minimum dimension; of the best treatment technology available. of a compliance deadline submitted by an (B) less than 1 living organism per 10 milli- (ii) IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE.—If the Sec- owner or operator under this paragraph. liters that is less than 50 micrometers in retary, in consultation with the Adminis- (ii) DEADLINE.—If the Secretary does not minimum dimension and more than 10 mi- trator, determines that the treatment tech- approve or deny a petition referred to in crometers in minimum dimension; nology under clause (i) cannot be imple- clause (i) on or before the last day of the 90- (C) concentrations of indicator microbes mented before the implementation deadline day period beginning on the date of submis- that are less than— under paragraph (3) with respect to a class of sion of the petition, the petition shall be (i) 1 colony-forming unit of toxicogenic vessels, the Secretary shall extend the im- deemed approved. Vibrio cholera (serotypes O1 and O139) per plementation deadline for that class of ves- (c) FUTURE REVISIONS OF VESSEL INCI- 100 milliliters or less than 1 colony-forming sels for not more than 36 months. DENTAL DISCHARGE STANDARDS; DECENNIAL unit of that microbe per gram of wet weight (iii) COMPLIANCE.—If the implementation REVIEWS.— of zoological samples; deadline under paragraph (3) is extended, the (1) REVISED BALLAST WATER PERFORMANCE (ii) 126 colony-forming units of escherichia Secretary shall recommend action to ensure STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in consultation coli per 100 milliliters; and compliance with the extended implementa- with the Administrator, shall complete a re- (iii) 33 colony-forming units of intestinal tion deadline under clause (ii). view, 10 years after the issuance of a final enterococci per 100 milliliters; and (D) HIGHER REVISED PERFORMANCE STAND- rule under subsection (b) and every 10 years (D) concentrations of such additional indi- ARD.— thereafter, to determine whether further re- cator microbes and of viruses as may be (i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary, in con- vision of the ballast water performance specified in regulations issued by the Sec- sultation with the Administrator, deter- standard would result in a scientifically de- retary in consultation with the Adminis- mines that ballast water treatment tech- monstrable and substantial reduction in the trator and such other Federal agencies as nology exists that exceeds the revised ballast risk of the introduction or establishment of the Secretary and the Administrator con- water performance standard under paragraph aquatic nuisance species. sider appropriate. (1) with respect to a class of vessels, the Sec- (2) REVISED STANDARDS FOR DISCHARGES (2) FEASIBILITY REVIEW.— retary shall revise the ballast water perform- OTHER THAN BALLAST WATER.—The Secretary, (A) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 2 years be- ance standard for that class of vessels to in- in consultation with the Administrator, may fore January 1, 2022, the Secretary, in con- corporate the higher performance standard. include in a decennial review under this sub- sultation with the Administrator, shall com- (ii) IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE.—If the Sec- section best management practices for dis- plete a review to determine the feasibility of retary, in consultation with the Adminis- charges covered by subsection (a)(2). The achieving the revised ballast water perform- trator, determines that the treatment tech- Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to re- ance standard under paragraph (1). nology under clause (i) can be implemented vise 1 or more best management practices for (B) CRITERIA FOR REVIEW OF BALLAST WATER before the implementation deadline under such discharges after a decennial review if PERFORMANCE STANDARD.—In conducting a paragraph (3) with respect to a class of ves- the Secretary, in consultation with the Ad- review under subparagraph (A), the Sec- sels, the Secretary shall accelerate the im- ministrator, determines that revising 1 or retary shall consider whether revising the plementation deadline for that class of ves- more of such practices would substantially ballast water performance standard will re- sels. If the implementation deadline under reduce the impacts on navigable waters of

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Secretary, shall consider the criteria under any treatment technology certification con- (a) IN GENERAL.—No permit shall be re- section 3605(b)(2)(B). ditions imposed by the Secretary under this quired or prohibition enforced under any (4) REVISION AFTER DECENNIAL REVIEW.— section. other provision of law for, nor shall any The Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to (e) CERTIFICATES OF TYPE APPROVAL FOR standards regarding a discharge incidental to revise the current ballast water performance THE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY.— the normal operation of a vessel under this title apply to— standard after a decennial review if the Sec- (1) ISSUANCE.—If the Secretary approves a retary, in consultation with the Adminis- ballast water treatment technology for cer- (1) a discharge incidental to the normal op- trator, determines that revising the current tification under subsection (b), the Secretary eration of a vessel if the vessel is less than ballast water performance standard would shall issue a certificate of type approval for 79 feet in length and engaged in commercial result in a scientifically demonstrable and the treatment technology to the manufac- service (as defined in section 2101(5) of title substantial reduction in the risk of the in- turer in such form and manner as the Sec- 46, United States Code); (2) a discharge incidental to the normal op- troduction or establishment of aquatic nui- retary determines appropriate. eration of a vessel if the vessel is a fishing sance species. (2) CERTIFICATION CONDITIONS.—A certifi- vessel, including a fish processing vessel and SEC. 3606. TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY CERTIFI- cate of type approval issued under paragraph a fish tender vessel, (as defined in section CATION. (1) shall specify each condition imposed by 2101 of title 46, United States Code); (a) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Beginning 60 the Secretary under subsection (c). (3) a discharge incidental to the normal op- days after the date that the requirements for (3) OWNERS AND OPERATORS.—A manufac- eration of a vessel if the vessel is a rec- testing protocols are issued under subsection turer that receives a certificate of type ap- reational vessel (as defined in section 2101(25) (i), no manufacturer of a ballast water treat- proval for the treatment technology under of title 46, United States Code); ment technology shall sell, offer for sale, or this subsection shall provide a copy of the introduce or deliver for introduction into (4) the placement, release, or discharge of certificate to each owner and operator of a interstate commerce, or import into the equipment, devices, or other material from a vessel on which the treatment technology is United States for sale or resale, a ballast vessel for the sole purpose of conducting re- installed. water treatment technology for a vessel un- search on the aquatic environment or its less the treatment technology has been cer- (f) INSPECTIONS.—An owner or operator who natural resources in accordance with gen- tified under this section. receives a copy of a certificate under sub- erally recognized scientific methods, prin- (b) CERTIFICATION PROCESS.— section (e)(3) shall retain a copy of the cer- ciples, or techniques; (1) EVALUATION.—Upon application of a tificate onboard the vessel and make the (5) any discharge into navigable waters manufacturer, the Secretary shall evaluate a copy of the certificate available for inspec- from a vessel authorized by an on-scene coor- ballast water treatment technology with re- tion at all times while the owner or operator dinator in accordance with part 300 of title spect to— is utilizing the treatment technology. 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or part 153 (A) the effectiveness of the treatment tech- (g) BIOCIDES.—The Secretary may not ap- of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations; nology in achieving the current ballast prove a ballast water treatment technology (6) any discharge into navigable waters water performance standard when installed under subsection (b) if— from a vessel that is necessary to secure the on a vessel (or a class, type, or size of vessel); (1) it uses a biocide or generates a biocide safety of the vessel or human life, or to sup- (B) the compatibility with vessel design that is a pesticide, as defined in section 2 of press a fire onboard the vessel or at a shore- and operations; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and side facility; or (C) the effect of the treatment technology Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136), unless the (7) a sovereign immune vessel of a foreign on vessel safety; biocide is registered under that Act or the nation (including a time-chartered or voy- (D) the impact on the environment; Secretary, in consultation with Adminis- age-chartered vessel) when engaged in non- (E) the cost effectiveness; and trator, has approved the use of the biocide in commercial service. (F) any other criteria the Secretary con- such treatment technology; or (b) BALLAST WATER DISCHARGES.—No per- siders appropriate. (2) it uses or generates a biocide the dis- mit shall be required or prohibition enforced (2) APPROVAL.—If after an evaluation under charge of which causes or contributes to a under any other provision of law for, nor paragraph (1) the Secretary determines that violation of a water quality standard under shall any ballast water performance stand- the treatment technology meets the criteria, section 303 of the Federal Water Pollution ards under this title apply to— the Secretary may certify the treatment Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313). (1) a ballast water discharge incidental to technology for use on a vessel (or a class, the normal operation of a vessel determined (h) PROHIBITION.— type, or size of vessel). by the Secretary to— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in (A) operate exclusively within a geographi- (3) SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION.—The Sec- paragraph (2), the use of a ballast water cally limited area; retary shall establish, by regulation, a proc- treatment technology by an owner or oper- (B) take up and discharge ballast water ex- ess to suspend or revoke a certification ator of a vessel shall not satisfy the require- clusively within 1 Captain of the Port Zone issued under this section. ments of this title unless it has been ap- (c) CERTIFICATION CONDITIONS.— established by the Coast Guard unless the proved by the Secretary under subsection (1) IMPOSITION OF CONDITIONS.—In certi- Secretary determines such discharge poses a (b). fying a ballast water treatment technology substantial risk of introduction or establish- (2) EXCEPTIONS.— under this section, the Secretary, in con- ment of an aquatic nuisance species; (A) COAST GUARD SHIPBOARD TECHNOLOGY sultation with the Administrator, may im- (C) operate pursuant to a geographic re- EVALUATION PROGRAM.—An owner or operator pose any condition on the subsequent instal- striction issued as a condition under section may use a ballast water treatment tech- lation, use, or maintenance of the treatment 3309 of title 46, United States Code, or an nology that has not been certified by the technology onboard a vessel as is necessary equivalent restriction issued by the country Secretary to comply with the requirements for— of registration of the vessel; or of this section if the technology is being (A) the safety of the vessel, the crew of the (D) continuously take on and discharge evaluated under the Coast Guard Shipboard vessel, and any passengers aboard the vessel; ballast water in a flow-through system that Technology Evaluation Program. (B) the protection of the environment; or does not introduce aquatic nuisance species (B) BALLAST WATER TREATMENT TECH- (C) the effective operation of the treat- into navigable waters; NOLOGIES CERTIFIED BY FOREIGN ENTITIES.— ment technology. (2) a ballast water discharge incidental to An owner or operator may use a ballast (2) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—The failure of an the normal operation of a vessel consisting water treatment technology that has not owner or operator to comply with a condi- entirely of water suitable for human con- been certified by the Secretary to comply tion imposed under paragraph (1) shall be sumption; or with the requirements of this section if the considered a violation of this section. (3) a ballast water discharge incidental to technology has been certified by a foreign (d) PERIOD FOR USE OF INSTALLED TREAT- the normal operation of a vessel in an alter- entity and the certification demonstrates MENT EQUIPMENT.—Notwithstanding any- native compliance program established pur- performance and safety of the treatment thing to the contrary in this title or any suant to section 3608. technology equivalent to the requirements of other provision of law, the Secretary shall (c) VESSELS WITH PERMANENT BALLAST this section, as determined by the Secretary. allow a vessel on which a system is installed WATER.—No permit shall be required or pro- and operated to meet a ballast water per- (i) TESTING PROTOCOLS.—Not later than 180 hibition enforced under any other provision formance standard under this title to con- days after the date of enactment of this Act, of law for, nor shall any ballast water per- tinue to use that system, notwithstanding the Administrator, in consultation with the formance standard under this title apply to, any revision of a ballast water performance Secretary, shall issue requirements for land- a vessel that carries all of its permanent bal- standard occurring after the system is or- based and shipboard testing protocols or cri- last water in sealed tanks that are not sub- dered or installed until the expiration of the teria for— ject to discharge.

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(d) VESSELS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Noth- requesting the Secretary to review the stat- improve the quality and consistency of the ing in this title shall be construed to apply ute or regulation. data collected at such death scenes and to to— (2) CONTENTS; DEADLINE.—A petition shall— promote consistent reporting on the cause of (1) a vessel owned or operated by the De- (A) be accompanied by the scientific and death after autopsy to inform prevention, partment of Defense (other than a time-char- technical information on which the petition intervention, and other activities. tered or voyage-chartered vessel); or is based; and (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 (2) a vessel of the Coast Guard, as des- (B) be submitted to the Secretary not later years after the date of enactment of this ignated by the Secretary of the department than 90 days after the date of enactment of Act, the Secretary of Health and Human in which the Coast Guard is operating. this Act. Services shall submit to Congress a report SEC. 3608. ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PRO- (3) DETERMINATIONS.—The Secretary shall that includes a description of any activities GRAM. make a determination on a petition under that are being carried out by agencies within (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con- this subsection not later than 90 days after the Department of Health and Human Serv- sultation with the Administrator, may pro- the date that the petition is received. ices, including the Centers for Disease Con- mulgate regulations establishing 1 or more SEC. 3611. APPLICATION WITH OTHER STATUTES. trol and Prevention and the National Insti- compliance programs as an alternative to Notwithstanding any other provision of tutes of Health, related to stillbirth, sudden ballast water management regulations law, this title shall be the exclusive statu- unexpected infant death, and sudden unex- issued under section 3605 for a vessel that— tory authority for regulation by the Federal plained death in childhood, including those (1) has a maximum ballast water capacity Government of discharges incidental to the activities identified under subsection (a). of less than 8 cubic meters; normal operation of a vessel to which this SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. (2) is less than 3 years from the end of the title applies. Except as provided under sec- This Act shall not be construed to increase useful life of the vessel, as determined by the tion 3605(a)(1)(A), any regulation in effect on the amount of appropriations that are au- Secretary; or the date immediately preceding the effective thorized to be appropriated for any fiscal (3) discharges ballast water into a facility date of this Act relating to any permitting year. for the reception of ballast water that meets requirement for or prohibition on discharges f standards promulgated by the Adminis- incidental to the normal operation of a ves- trator, in consultation with the Secretary. sel to which this title applies shall be AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO (b) PROMULGATION OF FACILITY STAND- deemed to be a regulation issued pursuant to MEET ARDS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the authority of this title and shall remain COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in in full force and effect unless or until super- TRANSPORTATION consultation with the Secretary, shall pro- seded by new regulations issued hereunder. Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I ask mulgate standards for— unanimous consent that the Com- (1) the reception of ballast water from a SA 3957. Mr. REID (for Mr. HARKIN) mittee on Commerce, Science, and vessel into a reception facility; and proposed an amendment to the bill (2) the disposal or treatment of the ballast H.R. 669, to improve the health of chil- Transportation be authorized to meet water under paragraph (1). dren and help better understand and during the session of the Senate on No- SEC. 3609. JUDICIAL REVIEW. enhance awareness about unexpected vember 20, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SR– (a) IN GENERAL.—An interested person may sudden death in early life; as follows: 253 of the Russell Senate Office Build- file a petition for review of a final regulation ing to conduct a hearing entitled, ‘‘Ex- Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to promulgated under this title in the United improve the health of children and help bet- amining Takata Airbag Defects and the States Court of Appeals for the District of ter understand and enhance awareness about Vehicle Recall Process.’’ Columbia Circuit. unexpected sudden death in early life.’’. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (b) DEADLINE.—A petition shall be filed not objection, it is so ordered. later than 120 days after the date that notice SA 3958. Mr. REID (for Mr. HARKIN) of the promulgation appears in the Federal COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, Register. proposed an amendment to the bill AND PENSIONS (c) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub- H.R. 669, to improve the health of chil- Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I ask section (b), a petition that is based solely on dren and help better understand and unanimous consent that the Com- grounds that arise after the deadline to file enhance awareness about unexpected mittee on Health, Education, Labor, a petition under subsection (b) has passed sudden death in early life; as follows: and Pensions be authorized to meet may be filed not later than 120 days after the Strike all after the enacting clause and in- during the session of the Senate on No- date that the grounds first arise. sert the following: vember 20, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD– SEC. 3610. EFFECT ON STATE AUTHORITY. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Build- (a) IN GENERAL.—No State or political sub- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sudden Un- ing. division thereof may adopt or enforce any expected Death Data Enhancement and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without statute or regulation of the State or polit- Awareness Act’’. objection, it is so ordered. ical subdivision with respect to a discharge SEC. 2. CONTINUING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, incidental to the normal operation of a ves- STILLBIRTH, SUDDEN UNEXPECTED sel after the date of enactment of this Act. INFANT DEATH AND SUDDEN UNEX- AND PENSIONS (b) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Notwithstanding PLAINED DEATH IN CHILDHOOD. Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I ask subsection (a), a State or political subdivi- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health unanimous consent that the Com- sion thereof may enforce a statute or regula- and Human Services shall continue activi- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, tion of the State or political subdivision ties related to still birth, sudden unexpected and Pensions be authorized to meet with respect to ballast water discharges inci- infant death, and sudden unexplained death during the session of the Senate on No- dental to the normal operation of a vessel in childhood, including, as appropriate— that specifies a ballast water performance (1) collecting information, such as socio- vember 20, 2014, at 1 p.m., in room SD– standard that is more stringent than the bal- demographic, death scene investigation, 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Build- last water performance standard under sec- clinical history, and autopsy information, on ing to conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Why tion 3605(a)(1)(A) and is in effect on the date stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death, Are Some Generic Drugs Skyrocketing of enactment of this Act if the Secretary, and sudden unexplained death in childhood in Price?’’ after consultation with the Administrator through the utilization of existing surveil- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and any other Federal department or agency lance systems and collaborating with States objection, it is so ordered. the Secretary considers appropriate, makes a to improve the quality, consistency, and col- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY lection of such data; determination that— Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I ask (1) compliance with any performance (2) disseminating information to educate standard specified in the statute or regula- the public, health care providers, and other unanimous consent that the Com- tion can in fact be achieved and detected; stakeholders on stillbirth, sudden unex- mittee on the Judiciary be authorized (2) the technology and systems necessary pected infant death and sudden unexplained to meet during the session of the Sen- to comply with the statute or regulation are death in childhood; and ate, on November 20, 2014, at 10 a.m., in commercially available; and (3) collaborating with the Attorney Gen- room SD–226 of the Dirksen Senate Of- (3) the statute or regulation is consistent eral, State and local departments of health, fice Building. with obligations under relevant inter- and other experts, as appropriate, to provide The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without national treaties or agreements to which the consistent information for medical exam- objection, it is so ordered. United States is a party. iners and coroners, law enforcement per- COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION (c) PETITION PROCESS.— sonnel, and health care providers related to (1) SUBMISSION.—The Governor of a State death scene investigations and autopsies for Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I ask seeking to enforce a statute or regulation sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unanimous consent that the Com- under subsection (b) shall submit a petition unexplained death in childhood, in order to mittee on Rules and Administration be

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.044 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6219 authorized to meet during the session SEC. 2. CONTINUING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO vision requirements for outpatient thera- of the Senate on November 20, 2014, in STILLBIRTH, SUDDEN UNEXPECTED peutic services in critical access and small INFANT DEATH AND SUDDEN UNEX- rural hospitals through 2014. room S–216 of the Capitol, immediately PLAINED DEATH IN CHILDHOOD. following the floor vote at 2 p.m. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health There being no objection, the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and Human Services shall continue activi- proceeded to consider the bill. objection, it is so ordered. ties related to still birth, sudden unexpected Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS infant death, and sudden unexplained death imous consent that the bill be read a Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I ask in childhood, including, as appropriate— third time, passed, and the motion to (1) collecting information, such as socio- reconsider be considered made and laid unanimous consent that the Perma- demographic, death scene investigation, nent Subcommittee on Investigations clinical history, and autopsy information, on upon the table. of the Committee on Homeland Secu- stillbirth, sudden unexpected infant death, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without rity and Governmental Affairs be au- and sudden unexplained death in childhood objection, it is so ordered. thorized to meet during the session of through the utilization of existing surveil- The bill (H.R. 4067) was ordered to a the Senate on November 20, 2014, at 9:30 lance systems and collaborating with States third reading, was read the third time, a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled to improve the quality, consistency, and col- and passed. ‘‘Wall Street Bank Involvement With lection of such data; (2) disseminating information to educate f Physical Commodities.’’ the public, health care providers, and other The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without stakeholders on stillbirth, sudden unex- objection, it is so ordered. AMENDING THE FEDERAL CHAR- pected infant death and sudden unexplained TER OF THE VETERANS OF FOR- SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE death in childhood; and EIGN WARS OF THE UNITED Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I ask (3) collaborating with the Attorney Gen- STATES unanimous consent that the Select eral, State and local departments of health, Committee on Intelligence be author- and other experts, as appropriate, to provide Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- ized to meet during the session of the consistent information for medical exam- imous consent that the Senate proceed iners and coroners, law enforcement per- to the consideration of H.R. 5441. Senate on November 20, 2014, at 2:30 sonnel, and health care providers related to p.m. death scene investigations and autopsies for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sudden unexpected infant death and sudden clerk will report the bill by title. objection, it is so ordered. unexplained death in childhood, in order to The legislative clerk read as follows: f improve the quality and consistency of the A bill (H.R. 5441) to amend the Federal data collected at such death scenes and to charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR promote consistent reporting on the cause of the United States to reflect the service of Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I ask death after autopsy to inform prevention, women in the Armed Forces of the United unanimous consent that Amanda Clin- intervention, and other activities. States. (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 ton, a health care fellow in my office, years after the date of enactment of this There being no objection, the Senate be granted floor privileges for the re- Act, the Secretary of Health and Human proceeded to consider the bill. mainder of the calendar year. Services shall submit to Congress a report Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that includes a description of any activities imous consent that the bill be read a objection, it is so ordered. that are being carried out by agencies within third time, passed, and the motion to f the Department of Health and Human Serv- reconsider be considered made and laid ices, including the Centers for Disease Con- upon the table. SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH trol and Prevention and the National Insti- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without DATA ENHANCEMENT AND tutes of Health, related to stillbirth, sudden objection, it is so ordered. AWARENESS ACT unexpected infant death, and sudden unex- The bill (H.R. 5441) was ordered to a Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent plained death in childhood, including those activities identified under subsection (a). third reading, was read the third time, that the HELP Committee be dis- SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. and passed. charged from further consideration of This Act shall not be construed to increase H.R. 669, and the Senate proceed to its the amount of appropriations that are au- f immediate consideration. thorized to be appropriated for any fiscal The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without year. STELA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF objection, it is so ordered. The amendment was ordered to be 2014 The clerk will report the bill by title. engrossed and the bill to be read a Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- The legislative clerk read as follows: third time. imous consent that the Senate proceed A bill (H.R. 669) to amend the Public The bill was read the third time. to the consideration of H.R. 5728. Health Service Act to improve the health of The bill (H.R. 669), as amended, was children and help better understand and en- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The passed. clerk will report the bill by title. hance awareness about unexpected sudden The amendment (No. 3957) was agreed The legislative clerk read as follows: death in early life. to, as follows: A bill (H.R. 5728) to amend the Commu- There being no objection, the Senate (Purpose: To amend the title) proceeded to consider the bill. nications Act of 1934 and title 17, United Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to States Code, to extend expiring provisions Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent improve the health of children and help bet- that the Harkin substitute amend- relating to the retransmission of signals of ter understand and enhance awareness about television broadcast stations, and for other ment, which is at the desk, be agreed unexpected sudden death in early life.’’. purposes. to; the bill, as amended, be read a third f time and passed, and the Harkin There being no objection, the Senate PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION amendment to the title, which is also proceeded to consider the bill. OF THE ENFORCEMENT INSTRUC- at the desk, be agreed to, with no in- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today the TION ON SUPERVISION REQUIRE- tervening action or debate. Senate will finally act to send legisla- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without MENTS FOR OUTPATIENT tion to the President’s desk that will objection, it is so ordered. THERAPEUTIC SERVICES IN ensure that Vermonters and 1.5 million The amendment (No. 3958) in the na- CRITICAL ACCESS AND SMALL Americans across the country will con- ture of a substitute was agreed to, as RURAL HOSPITALS tinue to receive satellite television follows: Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- programming at the end of the year. (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) imous consent that the Senate proceed The legislation reauthorizes the Sat- ellite Television Extension and Local- Strike all after the enacting clause and in- to the consideration of H.R. 4067. sert the following: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ism Act, STELA, which creates a dis- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. clerk will report the bill by title. tant signal statutory license to receive This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sudden Un- The legislative clerk read as follows: broadcast television signals via sat- expected Death Data Enhancement and A bill (H.R. 4067) to provide for the exten- ellite. This legislation is the product of Awareness Act’’. sion of the enforcement instruction on super- four committees in the Senate and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO6.049 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6220 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 House. As chairman of the Senate Judi- legislation is a win for viewers in The bill (H.R. 5728) was ordered to a ciary Committee, I worked with Sen- Vermont and across the country. I look third reading, was read the third time, ator GRASSLEY on the copyright as- forward to the President signing it into and passed. pects of this legislation to focus on pre- law. venting disruption to consumers. Be- Mr. ROCKFELLER. Mr. President, f cause of our work together, the Judici- the bill being considered by the Senate ary Committee unanimously reported today represents what can happen EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE its portion of this bill on June 26 and through hard work on both sides of the GOALS OF NATIONAL ADOPTION all of these provisions are in the bill aisle and in both chambers of Congress. DAY AND NATIONAL ADOPTION the Senate will pass today. The STELA Reauthorization Act of MONTH Sending this bill to the President 2014 will make sure that 1.5 million shows the American people that Con- Americans do not lose access to distant Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- gress can come together in a bipartisan broadcast network signals at the end of imous consent that the HELP Com- and bicameral fashion to pass legisla- the year. It also adopts a number of mittee be discharged from further con- tion. Vermonters who rely on the dis- pro-consumer video policy reforms, sideration and the Senate now proceed tant signal license for their broadcast many of which originated in the bill to the consideration of S. Res. 580. programming can rest easy today that Senator THUNE and I worked dili- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without knowing that their existing television gently to pass through the Senate objection, it is so ordered. stations will not disappear from their Commerce Committee. I am proud of The clerk will report the resolution screens come December 31. this legislation, and pleased that it has by title. Over the years I have worked on the garnered the unanimous support of The legislative clerk read as follows: Judiciary Committee to ensure that all both the House and the Senate. A resolution (S. Res. 580) expressing sup- Vermonters have access to Vermont I know not everyone in this body port for the goals of National Adoption Day broadcast television stations. In pre- agreed with all of the specific policy and National Adoption Month by promoting vious reauthorizations, including provisions in the bill before us. But national awareness of adoption and the chil- STELA’s most recent reauthorization such is the nature of legislative com- dren awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and en- in 2010, I have made it a priority to en- promise. I was sympathetic with many sure that every Vermont satellite sub- couraging the people of the United States to of those policy concerns, but failing to secure safety, permanency, and well-being scriber has the option to watch reauthorize STELA and for all children. Vermont-focused programming. Local disenfranchising millions of television There being no objection, the Senate broadcast stations play an important viewers simply was not an option. I ap- proceeded to consider the resolution. role in informing and fostering a sense preciate my colleagues’ recognition of Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent of community. This is particularly true this important fact. that the resolution be agreed to, the in a small State like mine. I am proud I want to thank Senator THUNE, as preamble be agreed to, and the motions to have made sure that residents in always, for his willingness to work to reconsider be considered made and every corner of Vermont will continue with me in a strong bipartisan manner laid upon the table. to have a choice to see Vermont news. throughout this year-long reauthoriza- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The Judiciary Committee portion of tion effort. I also want to thank Sen- objection, it is so ordered. this legislation reauthorizes the dis- ators LEAHY and GRASSLEY for their tant signal license for another 5 years. good work and contributions to this The resolution (S. Res. 580) was It is narrowly crafted to ensure that must-pass legislation. And I am grate- agreed to. consumers do not see any disruption in ful to Representatives Upton, Waxman, The preamble was agreed to. service, but also designed to make sure Walden, and Eshoo for working with us (The resolution, with its preamble, is that content holders who are paid roy- in good faith to find consensus on an printed in the RECORD of Monday, No- alties under this license continue to re- eminently reasonable compromise bill. vember 17, 2014, under ‘‘Submitted Res- ceive an annual cost of living adjust- Of course, legislation of this mag- olutions.’’) ment beginning from the rate that is nitude does not come about without currently in place. The distant signal dedicated and savvy staff. So, we all f license is important to consumers. I owe a debt of gratitude to the tireless recognize, however, that compulsory li- efforts of Ellen Doneski, John DRIVE SAFER SUNDAY censes do not always reflect the true Branscome, Shawn Bone, David Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- market value of the content that is Quinalty, and Hap Rigby, as well as imous consent that the Judiciary Com- being licensed. The mechanisms to House Energy and Commerce staff mittee be discharged from further con- modestly increase the rate when appro- David Redl, Grace Koh, Ray Baum, sideration of and the Senate now pro- priate remain in place. Through the Shawn Chang, Margaret McCarthy, and ceed to the consideration of S. Res. 583. Senate Judiciary Committee process, I David Grossman. Their commitment to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without worked with Senator DURBIN, who of- public service is commendable, and the objection, it is so ordered. fered a non-controversial amendment American people ultimately will ben- The clerk will report the resolution to expand the carriage of low power efit from their work. by title. television stations on cable systems. I This legislation, and the debate The legislative clerk read as follows: was happy to support this amendment around it, has started what I believe because improving the reach of these will be a lasting conversation about A resolution (S. Res. 583) designating No- stations so that more viewers can see the future of the video marketplace. vember 30, 2014 as ‘‘Drive Safer Sunday.’’ them will help to expand the diversity Today’s action takes positive steps to- There being no objection, the Senate of voices available on cable. That is as ward a more consumer-centric video proceeded to consider the resolution. important in Burlington, VT as it is in policy in this country. More impor- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent Chicago. tantly, it also represents what can be that the resolution be agreed to, the I share the concerns of several Sen- accomplished when we all go about our preamble be agreed to, and the motions ators who wanted this legislation to do business legislating in a practical and to reconsider be considered made and more to promote competition. It is un- productive way. laid upon the table. fortunate that the House of Represent- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without atives would not agree to the Senate’s imous consent that the bill be read objection, it is so ordered. stronger language in this regard, but I three times and passed, and the motion The resolution (S. Res. 583) was was willing to compromise because the to reconsider be considered made and agreed to. threat of letting the law expire was too laid upon the table with no intervening The preamble was agreed to. great. The language in the bill we will action or debate. (The resolution, with its preamble, is pass today is better than what was in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- the original House bill. Overall, this objection, it is so ordered. mitted Resolutions.’’)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.088 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6221 ACCESS TO HOSPITALS AND Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, each Shannon County to Oglala Lakota OTHER HEALTH CARE PRO- November, we reflect on the tremen- County. These actions reflect a posi- VIDERS IN RURAL AREAS dous contributions Native Americans tive drive in the Native community; a Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent have made and continue to make to drive that tribal, local, State and Fed- that the Senate proceed to the consid- our nation. As chairman of the Senate eral Governments cannot simply ig- Committee on Indian Affairs, I am hon- eration of S. Res. 588, submitted earlier nore. today. ored to continue that tradition by in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The troducing this resolution, along with 26 As sovereign nations, tribes have the clerk will report the resolution by of my colleagues from both sides of the ability to empower and govern their title. aisle, honoring National Native Amer- own people. Native American leaders in The legislative clerk read as follows: ican Heritage Month. South Dakota and across the country A resolution (S. Res. 588) recognizing that Native Americans have contributed have recognized that preserving their access to hospitals and other health care immeasurably to the character and culture is vital to future growth and providers for patients in rural areas of the culture of the United States. They success. Native languages are being re- United States is essential to the survival and played an instrumental role as code vitalized and tribal cultures are being success of communities in the United States. talkers in both World Wars by using There being no objection, the Senate their Native languages on the battle- infused into programs. With its treaty proceeded to consider the resolution. field, and to this day, they continue to and trust responsibility, the Federal Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent serve in the military at a higher rate Government must support this contin- that the resolution be agreed to, the per capita than any other group in the ued progress. I have always fully be- preamble be agreed to, and the motions country. In my home State of Mon- lieved that the best ideas come from to reconsider be laid upon the table tana, I am proud to represent more tribal governments and leaders, and with no intervening action or debate. than 5,000 Native American veterans, not from Washington, DC. We must The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without as well as eight great tribal nations. continue to work together to under- objection, it is so ordered. As we celebrate and commemorate stand and implement successful ap- The resolution (S. Res. 588) was the rich and diverse cultures and tradi- proaches. agreed to. tions of Native Americans nationwide, The preamble was agreed to. it is important to acknowledge the en- South Dakota is home to nine treaty (The resolution, with its preamble, is during challenges many tribal commu- tribes, each with its own distinct cul- printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- nities face in meeting the education, ture and heritage. Throughout my mitted Resolutions.’’) healthcare and general welfare needs of years of service, I have had the oppor- f their people. tunity to work closely with many lead- HONORING THE LIFE OF THOMAS This month is an opportunity to re- ers from each reservation. I would like M. MENINO commit to strengthening the govern- to personally honor each of the South ment-to-government relationship be- Dakota tribes: Cheyenne River Sioux Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent tween tribes and the United States. It that the Senate proceed to the consid- is also a reminder that the Federal Tribe, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, the eration of S. Res. 589. government has treaty and trust obli- Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The gations to the 566 Federally recognized Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, the Oglala clerk will report the resolution by tribes, and we must do more to ensure Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, title. they have the tools they need to build the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the The legislative clerk read as follows: stronger and healthier communities. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and the A resolution (S. Res. 589) honoring the life I look forward to continuing my Yankton Sioux Tribe. of Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston, work with Indian Country, and I hope Massachusetts, from 1993 to 2014. my colleagues and the American people With the commencement of the Na- There being no objection, the Senate will join me in celebrating the accom- tional Native American Heritage proceeded to consider the resolution. plishments of Native Americans, not Month, I encourage everyone to join in Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent just this month, but throughout the commemorating the unique culture of that the resolution be agreed to, the year. the indigenous peoples of the United preamble be agreed to, and the motions Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. States. Throughout the country, nu- to reconsider be considered made and President, each November, we recog- merous tribes and organizations are co- laid upon the table with no intervening nize National Native American Herit- action or debate. ordinating educational events and cele- age Month to celebrate the heritage brations. While the month of November The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and culture of the great nations that is in tribute of traditions and accom- objection, it is so ordered. originally inhabited this country. Dur- plishments of tribal nations, it is im- The resolution (S. Res. 589) was ing this month, we should reflect on agreed to. the numerous achievements made over portant to contemplate the many more The preamble was agreed to. the previous year. Each day, individ- undertakings that must be addressed. (The resolution, with its preamble, is uals and organizations across Indian We must all continue to work together printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- Country continually tackle tough to find positive solutions for Indian mitted Resolutions.’’) issues and strive to make significant Country. f impacts for their people and tribes. It Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN is these efforts that show the strength that the resolution be agreed to, the HERITAGE MONTH and vitality of Indian Country. preamble be agreed to, and the motions Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent This year, across the Nation, Native American movements have unified and to reconsider be considered made and that the Senate proceed to the consid- laid upon the table with no intervening eration of S. Res. 590. rallied the Native voice on several im- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The portant issues to Indian County. Thou- action or debate. clerk will report the resolution by sands of individuals have come to- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without title. gether on the steps of the U.S. Capitol objection, it is so ordered. The legislative clerk read as follows: to share their views on environmental protections, treaty rights and the use The resolution (S. Res. 590) was A resolution (S. Res. 590) recognizing Na- agreed to. tional Native American Heritage Month and of a racial slur by a professional sports celebrating the heritage and cultures of Na- league. A grassroots movement in The preamble was agreed to. tive Americans and the contributions of Na- South Dakota also spurred voters liv- (The resolution, with its preamble, is tive Americans to the United States. ing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reserva- printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- There being no objection, the Senate tion to get out the vote and approve proceeded to consider the resolution. the change of their county name from mitted Resolutions.’’)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20NO6.092 S20NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6222 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2014 APPOINTING THE DAY FOR THE pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its be in a period of morning business until CONVENING OF THE FIRST SES- Majority Leader or his designee, it stand re- 5:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to SION OF THE ONE HUNDRED cessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, speak therein for up to 10 minutes FOURTEENTH CONGRESS December 1, 2014, or such other time on that each, and with the time equally divided day as may be specified by its Majority Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent Leader or his designee in the motion to re- and controlled between the two leaders that the Senate proceed to the consid- cess or adjourn, or until the time of any re- or their designees. eration of H.J. Res. 129, which was re- assembly pursuant to section 3 of this con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ceived from the House and is at the current resolution, whichever occurs first. objection, it is so ordered. SEC. 2. (a) The Speaker or his designee, desk. f after consultation with the Minority Leader The PRESIDING OFFICER. The of the House, shall notify Members of the PROGRAM clerk will report the joint resolution House to reassemble at such place and time by title. as he may designate if, in his opinion, the Mr. REID. Mr. President, for the in- The legislative clerk read as follows: public interest shall warrant it. formation of all Senators, there will be A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 129) appoint- (b) After reassembling pursuant to sub- two rollcall votes at 5:30 p.m.—cloture ing the day for the convening of the first ses- section (a), when the House adjourns on a on the Mamet and Bell nominations on sion of the One Hundred Fourteenth Con- motion offered pursuant to this subsection the Monday when we get back. by its Majority Leader or his designee, the gress. f There being no objection, the Senate House shall again stand adjourned pursuant to the first section of this concurrent resolu- proceeded to consider the joint resolu- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, tion. DECEMBER 1, 2014, at 2 P.M. tion. SEC. 3. (a) The Majority Leader of the Sen- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent ate or his designee, after concurrence with Mr. REID. Mr. President, if there is that the joint resolution be read three the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall no- no further business to come before the times and passed and the motion to re- tify the Members of the Senate to reassem- Senate, I ask unanimous consent that consider be considered made and laid ble at such place and time as he may des- it adjourn under the previous order. upon the table with no intervening ac- ignate if, in his opinion, the public interest There being no objection, the Senate, tion or debate. shall warrant it. at 7:22 p.m., adjourned until Monday, (b) After reassembling pursuant to sub- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without section (a), when the Senate adjourns on a December 1, 2014, at 2 p.m. objection, it is so ordered. motion offered pursuant to this subsection f The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 129) by its Majority Leader or his designee, the was ordered to a third reading, was Senate shall again stand adjourned pursuant NOMINATIONS read the third time, and passed. to the first section of this concurrent resolu- Executive nominations received by f tion. the Senate: PROVIDING FOR A CONDITIONAL f THE JUDICIARY ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE SIGNING AUTHORITY ANN DONNELLY, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED STATES OF REPRESENTATIVES AND A DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- YORK, VICE SANDRA L. TOWNES, RETIRING. CONDITIONAL RECESS OR AD- ROSEANN A. KETCHMARK, OF MISSOURI, TO BE UNITED imous consent that during the adjourn- STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT JOURNMENT OF THE SENATE OF MISSOURI, VICE GARY A. FENNER, RETIRING. ment or recess of the Senate from TRAVIS RANDALL MCDONOUGH, OF TENNESSEE, TO BE Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Thursday, November 20, through Mon- UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN imous consent that the Senate proceed DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, VICE CURTIS L. COLLIER, RE- day, December 1, 2014, the majority TIRED. to the consideration of H. Con. Res. 119, leader be authorized to sign duly en- which was received from the House and rolled bills or joint resolutions. f is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there CONFIRMATIONS The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection? Executive nominations confirmed by clerk will report the concurrent resolu- Without objection, it is so ordered. tion by title. the Senate November 20, 2014: The legislative clerk read as follows: f DEPARTMENT OF STATE A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 119) APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY DONALD LU, OF CALIFORNIA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER– providing for a conditional adjournment of Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND the House of Representatives and a condi- PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA tional recess or adjournment of the Senate imous consent that notwithstanding TO THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. (Thanksgiving Week 2014). the upcoming recess or adjournment of UNITED STATES TAX COURT the Senate, the President pro tempore There being no objection, the Senate TAMARA WENDA ASHFORD, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A and the majority and minority leaders JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES TAX COURT FOR A TERM proceeded to consider the concurrent be authorized to make appointments to OF FIFTEEN YEARS. resolution. L. PAIGE MARVEL, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A JUDGE OF commissions, committees, boards, con- THE UNITED STATES TAX COURT FOR A TERM OF FIF- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- ferences, or interparliamentary con- TEEN YEARS. imous consent that the concurrent res- ferences authorized by law, by concur- IN THE AIR FORCE olution be agreed to, and the motion to rent action of the two Houses, or by THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED reconsider be laid upon the table with order of the Senate. STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE no intervening action or debate. OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. To be major general objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent resolution (H. Con. f BRIGADIER GENERAL JON K. KELK Res. 119) was agreed to, as follows: THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED ORDERS FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE H. CON. RES. 119 OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER 1, 2014 TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: Resolved by the House of Representatives (the To be brigadier general Senate concurring), That when the House ad- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- journs on any legislative day from Thursday, imous consent that when the Senate COL. NATHANIEL S. REDDICKS November 20, 2014, through Friday, Novem- completes its business today, it ad- THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE ber 28, 2014, on a motion offered pursuant to journ under the provisions of H. Con. OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER this concurrent resolution by its Majority Res. 119 until 2 p.m. on Monday, De- TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned cember 1, 2014; that following the pray- To be major general until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1, 2014, er and pledge, the morning hour be BRIG. GEN. JAMES C. WITHAM or until the time of any reassembly pursuant deemed expired, the Journal of pro- to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, DEPARTMENT OF STATE ceedings be approved to date, and the whichever occurs first; and that when the LUIS G. MORENO, OF TEXAS, A CAREER MEMBER OF Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from time for the two leaders be reserved for THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER– their use later in the day; that fol- COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND Thursday, November 20, 2014, through Fri- PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA day, November 28, 2014, on a motion offered lowing any leader remarks, the Senate TO JAMAICA.

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IN THE COAST GUARD PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE JUDICIARY TO THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA. COAST GUARD NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ANGELA BRENT ROBERT HARTLEY, OF OREGON, A CAREER MADELINE COX ARLEO, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE UNITED R. HOLBROOK AND ENDING WITH MARTHA A. RODRIGUEZ, MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND JERSEY. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WENDY BEETLESTONE, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE JUNE 4, 2014. TO THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY VICTOR ALLEN BOLDEN, OF CONNECTICUT, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF PAMELA PEPPER, OF WISCONSIN, TO BE UNITED RAMIN TOLOUI, OF IOWA, TO BE A DEPUTY UNDER SEC- CONNECTICUT. STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT RETARY OF THE TREASURY. OF WISCONSIN. UNITED STATES TAX COURT DEPARTMENT OF STATE BRENDA K. SANNES, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT CARY DOUGLAS PUGH, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A JUDGE OF PAMELA LEORA SPRATLEN, OF CALIFORNIA, A CAREER OF NEW YORK. THE UNITED STATES TAX COURT FOR A TERM OF FIF- MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF TEEN YEARS. MINISTER–COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- DEPARTMENT OF STATE DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN. GEORGE ALBERT KROL, OF NEW JERSEY, A CAREER ROBERT M. SPEER, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF FOREIGN SERVICE MINISTER–COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- SECRETARY OF THE ARMY. DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREIGN SERVICE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN. LESLIE MEREDITH TSOU AND ENDING WITH LON C. FAIR- JAMES D. PETTIT, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER MEMBER OF LISA AFUA SERWAH MENSAH, OF MARYLAND, TO BE CHILD, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER– UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DE- SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND VELOPMENT. RECORD ON JANUARY 30, 2014.

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HONORING CODY R. MCKINNEY from Princeton University, Dr. Shah attended Lighthouse Works, Inc. provides material Cornell University Medical College, graduating components for the Army’s Combat Life Saver HON. SAM GRAVES with Honors in Research prior to completing a Kit and other medical kits. The professionals OF MISSOURI three-year pediatric residency at Duke Univer- at Lighthouse Works ensure medical material sity Children’s Hospital. He then completed a component shipments are of the highest qual- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES three-year intensive fellowship in neonatal- ity, that they meet all required specifications Thursday, November 20, 2014 perinatal medicine at New York University. As and that shipments are delivered in a timely Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I a neonatologist, he has dedicated his life to manner. The company is well-known for its proudly pause to recognize Cody R. McKin- the care of our most vulnerable and fragile citi- flexibility and willingness to support the mili- ney. Cody is a very special young man who zens—critically-ill newborns. tary’s dynamic needs. has exemplified the finest qualities of citizen- Dr. Shah—a Fulbright Scholar—is past win- It is an honor to recognize Lighthouse ship and leadership by taking an active part in ner of the National Physician Advocate Award Works, Inc. for their support of our nation’s the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1261, and from the Institute of Medicine as a Profession military and for their contributions to the Cen- earning the most prestigious award of Eagle at Columbia University. He also received a tral Florida community. Scout. National Physician Leadership award from the f Cody has been very active with his troop, American Medical Association and has been HONORING ANDREW R. HOOG participating in many scout activities. Over the recognized by my colleagues in the 111th and many years Cody has been involved with 112th Congress for his contributions to the scouting, he has not only earned numerous health of children in New York. HON. SAM GRAVES merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- Over the past decade, Dr. Shah has pro- OF MISSOURI ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Cody vided my office with counsel on a host of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has contributed to his community through his issues related to child health, including stem Thursday, November 20, 2014 Eagle Scout project. cell and pediatric research funding, govern- Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in com- ment appropriations for children, immunization Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I mending Cody R. McKinney for his accom- policy, tobacco prevention, gun violence pro- proudly pause to recognize Andrew R. Hoog. plishments with the Boy Scouts of America tection and child health insurance programs. Andrew is a very special young man who has and for his efforts put forth in achieving the Most importantly, Dr. Shah provided analysis exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship highest distinction of Eagle Scout. of the local and statewide impact of the Afford- and leadership by taking an active part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1261, and earn- f able Care Act, providing a thoughtful review of the significant health improvements in the leg- ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. IN RECOGNITION OF DR. SHETAL I. islation and detailing areas where it can be Andrew has been very active with his troop, SHAH further improved. participating in many scout activities. Over the Mr. Speaker, as I prepare to leave Con- many years Andrew has been involved with HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY gress and transition to the next phase of pub- scouting, he has not only earned numerous merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- OF NEW YORK lic service, I wish to thank Dr. Shah for his un- ily, peers, and community. Most notably, An- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wavering support for our region’s children. His expert child healthcare policy work has signifi- drew has contributed to his community Thursday, November 20, 2014 cantly informed our conversations on child through his Eagle Scout project. Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speak- health issues. He is an involved, thoughtful Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in com- er, I rise today to recognize Dr. Shetal I. Shah, and forceful citizen who epitomizes the con- mending Andrew R. Hoog for his accomplish- MD, FAAP, who has worked tirelessly as an cept that a politically-engaged public promotes ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for advocate for children over the past 10 years. national progress. On behalf of New York’s his efforts put forth in achieving the highest Dr. Shah is a noted pediatrician, Fourth Congressional District, I ask my col- distinction of Eagle Scout. neonatologist, and scientist advocate who leagues to join me in congratulating Dr. Shah f works to provide members of the Long Island on his accomplishments in the field of pedi- BE THANKFUL: IN HONOR OF THE Congressional Delegation information about atric and child health. MEN AND WOMEN AND THEIR the practical impact of national policy deci- f FAMILIES THIS THANKSGIVING sions on the children across Long Island. He is a recognized and award-winning child RECOGNIZING LIGHTHOUSE health advocate, serving as both Legislative WORKS, INC. HON. PETE SESSIONS Chairman and Treasurer of the Long Island OF TEXAS Chapter of the American Academy of Pediat- HON. DANIEL WEBSTER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rics, as well as serving on the New York State OF FLORIDA Thursday, November 20, 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics’ Policy and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Advocacy Committee, which advises the New give thanks to the men and women of the York State Legislature on matters of child Thursday, November 20, 2014 Armed Forces and their families on this up- health and development. At the national level, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I am coming Thanksgiving Day. Let us remember Dr. Shah also serves as an appointed member pleased to recognize Lighthouse Works, Inc. all of those who are now separated by death, of the national advocacy committee of the So- for being selected to receive the Defense Lo- distance, and in hospital beds across our Na- ciety for Pediatric Research, a leading organi- gistics Agency’s (DLA) Business Alliance tion. Say a prayer of thanks for them all. I sub- zation of pediatric scientists, researchers, and Award for Outstanding Ability-One Program mit this poetic tribute to them, written by Albert policy analysts in the Nation. Vendor. As a support agency of the Depart- Carey Caswell. Dr. Shah’s parents, Dr. Indravadan C. Shah, ment of Defense, DLA provides military, fed- BE THANKFUL MD, FACS, and Dr. Saroj Shah, MD, FACOG, eral agencies and joint allied forces with a va- emigrated from India to Long Island over 40 riety of logistics, acquisition and technical Be Be thankful years ago and they have worked tirelessly to services. The Business Alliance Award recog- Be thankful on this Thanksgiving Day, provide healthcare to underserved popu- nizes businesses that have made exceptional when with your families you sit down to lations. They instilled in him the personal and efforts in partnering with DLA to provide sup- pray professional qualities we all desire in our phy- plies and services to America’s defense Please, please say a prayer for all those who sicians. After graduating Magna Cum Laude forces. gave

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She appro- And be thankful women, like Diana, who selflessly serve our priately has an award named in her honor that Be thankful for our freedom so very bright nation’s veterans and their families. is presented to other women who have shown Be thankful for all of these heroes who Today, I am honored to join with the mem- a commitment to God and leadership. fought the fight bers of the Clifford E. Johnson VFW Ladies As the years went by, on occasion I would Who all so live and died in valor’s light Auxiliary and the VFW Post to honor Diana’s stop by Monroeville to say hello to Ms. Lee All out across the deep blue seas many accomplishments and her election as and catch up. She was just the kind of person Who all gave so selflessly President. Over 21,000 women are members that you enjoyed being around. And now lie all in deep dark quiet graves of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW in Illinois and it is Sadly, on November 17, Alice Lee died at Showing us all how to behave the age of 103. No one will ever be able to fill Whose families still cry still this day a testament to Diana’s character and commit- Who live all in the kind of pain only Heaven ment to be chosen as their leader. Mr. Speak- her shoes as a true trailblazer and student of can allay er, on behalf of the 16th District of Illinois, I the law. Retired minister Thomas Lane Butts Until they are all reunited one fine day wish to express our sincere thanks for all of of Monroeville put it best when he said, So be thankful to all those who gave the hard work Diana and all the women of the ‘‘Whenever there was a question in the com- All of their strong arms and legs Ladies Auxiliary VFW have done for our vet- munity that no one could answer, the saying Who must now live without them each day erans and our community and to congratulate was, ‘Go ask Miss Alice. Her death is like the And gave their eyesight away closing of a great library.’ ’’ Who’ll not see another beautiful sunrise Diana Rudeen on her well-deserved leader- ship position. Mr. Speaker, I know I join with countless today others throughout Monroeville and the state of And be thankful for all those who carry the f scars of war Alabama in sharing our condolences with the Who with PTS no longer sleep peacefully HONORING JORDAN J. O’BRIEN family of Alice Lee. She will be deeply missed. anymore f And as you look upon your children’s faces HON. SAM GRAVES And see all of their warm smiles in place this HONORING MRS. BONITA M. HER- OF MISSOURI RING, INTERNATIONAL GRAND Remember, remember, remember to say in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES your grace this BASILEUS OF SIGMA GAMMA A prayer for all those children with tears Thursday, November 20, 2014 RHO SORORITY, INC. upon their faces Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I Because their mommies or daddies aren’t proudly pause to recognize Jordan J. O’Brien. HON. BOBBY L. RUSH coming home no more OF ILLINOIS As each new holiday this heartache they Jordan is a very special young man who has must endure exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES And all those families separated by distance and leadership by taking an active part in the Thursday, November 20, 2014 Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1261, and earn- and war Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratu- Who on this Thanksgiving Day each other so ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. late and honor, Mrs. Bonita M. Herring on the long for Jordan has been very active with his troop, occasion of her re-election as the 24th Inter- And all they ask participating in many scout activities. Over the national Grand Basileus of Sigma Gamma Is for your thanks to stand by them all many years Jordan has been involved with Rho Sorority, Inc. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority steadfast scouting, he has not only earned numerous Be thankful this Thanksgiving Day, Inc. is a leading international, non-profit com- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- for all of their most precious gifts the Armed munity service organization founded by seven ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Jor- Forces and families gave African American educators November 12, dan has contributed to his community through And on this Thanksgiving sitting around the 1922, on the campus of Butler University in In- table his Eagle Scout project. You, this Thanksgiving you for all our free- Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in com- dianapolis, Indiana. The mission of Sigma Gamma Rho is to en- doms so bright mending Jordan J. O’Brien for his accomplish- hance the quality of life within the community thankful for our freedom so bright, ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for through public service, leadership develop- be thankful for all of those heroes who fight his efforts put forth in achieving the highest the fight ment, and the education of youth. With more distinction of Eagle Scout. f than 500 chapters in the United States, Ber- f muda, Virgin Islands, Germany, and Korea, CONGRATULATING DIANA RUDEEN REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. has grown ALICE LEE tremendously in Sisterhood, Scholarship, and HON. ADAM KINZINGER Service. OF ILLINOIS HON. BRADLEY BYRNE Mrs. Herring embodies the highest ideals of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. She has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ALABAMA served her community locally, regionally, and Thursday, November 20, 2014 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nationally with vigor and grace for over 40 Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I Thursday, November 20, 2014 years. Mrs. Herring’s leadership and inter- rise today to honor Diana Rudeen who was Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, there are some personal skills are unparalleled. She has elected President of the Department of Illinois’ people you encounter in life who are just truly served on a myriad of boards, such as the Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars on remarkable individuals. The first time I met Southeast Chamber of Commerce of Illinois June 14, 2014. Alice Lee from Monroe County, Alabama, I and the National Coalition of Black Meeting Diana joined the Ladies Auxiliary VFW in could tell she was one of them. Planners, and as Director of Recruitment for 1992 to honor her father, James Contizano, As a newly minted lawyer, I had to travel to the College of Education at Chicago State who served in the United States Army during Monroeville, Alabama, to work on a legal mat- University. the Korean War. Over the course of more than ter with a local lawyer by the name of Alice As the newly re-elected International Grand twenty years of service to the Ladies Auxiliary Lee. Ms. Lee was not just any lawyer though. Basileus, Mrs. Herring represents the highest VFW, Diana has served as the Junior Vice As one of the few women who practiced law ideals of Sigma Gamma Rho which is encap- President and President of the Clifford E. John in Alabama before World War II, she was sulated in the words of their motto: ‘‘Greater Post in Loves Park, Illinois. quite a dynamic figure. Service, Greater Progress.’’ Mrs. Herring also As a veteran, I especially appreciate Diana’s She was an expert of the law and incredibly served as the 22nd International First Grand special commitment to helping veterans cop- gracious to me. When she spoke on matters Anti-Basileus from 2008–2012 and as Execu- ing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder of the law, people listened. She continued to tive Director of the sorority for 23 years. She (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury, addiction, and actively practice law until after her 100th Birth- is the only Soror of Sigma Gamma Rho to homelessness. As her special project she has day, making her the oldest practicing attorney hold the distinction of serving as both Execu- chosen the Rosecrance Treatment Center in in Alabama history. tive Director and International Grand Basileus.

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As Deputy began serving the needs of his community as is married to Mr. Chester Herring, a Certified Program Manager, he was the lead civilian an attorney while also teaching law to future Public Accountant. They have one daughter, manager for our nation’s 10 active nuclear generations of litigators. He established a Ms. Chevonne Herring who is also a Certified powered aircraft carriers and the deactivation record of success in public service, earning Public Accountant and member of Sigma of the nation’s first nuclear powered aircraft the voters’ confidence for more than thirty Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. carrier, USS Enterprise. He was the lead civil- years as a member of the General Assembly Mrs. Herring lives by the mantra, uttered by ian supervising more than 65 personnel in and six years on the Ohio 9th Circuit Court of Harriet Tubman, ‘‘Every great dream begins Washington and 130 more at the Carrier Plan- Appeals. Ever sensitive to the call of public with a dreamer. Always remember, you have ning Activity in Newport News, Virginia, man- service, Speaker Batchelder returned to the within you the strength, the patience, and the aging more than $12 billion in aircraft carrier state capital in 2007 and ultimately took on the passion to reach for the stars to change the related contracts. role of leading the people’s house of the great world.’’ Mrs. Herring’s passion and impact on Mr. Papageorge received electrical engi- state of Ohio. society are immense. She has cultivated a rich neering degrees from Norwalk State Technical I am extremely proud to play a small role in legacy as a woman that is fair, dedicated, College in 1978 and from the University of recognizing the life and accomplishments of business oriented, and honors the importance Missouri in 1981. In 1993, he received a Mas- such a uniquely dedicated public servant. I of the power of kindness and sisterly support. ter of Engineering Administration Degree from was honored to serve with Speaker Batchelder Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize the Virginia Tech, and in 1999 he received a Mas- for six years in the Ohio House. He gives gen- achievements of International Grand Basileus ter of Science Degree in National Resource erously to his community through his time and Bonita M. Herring. Her commitment to Sigma Strategy from the Industrial College of the diligent work. He has taken incredible leader- Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and indeed this na- Armed Forces. Mr. Papageorge is an acquisi- ship roles in advocating for seniors, farmers, tion is commendable. I am privileged to enter tion professional, certified to Level III in the public servants, conservation, and veterans. these words into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Program Management and Systems Planning, He continues to serve with organizations that of the United States House of Representa- Research, Development and Engineering ca- meet the needs of folks ranging from children tives. reer fields. with dyslexia to adults with Alzheimer’s. f Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join Throughout, Speaker Batchelder has utilized me in thanking Mr. Papageorge for his tre- coalition building and bipartisanship to meet HONORING THOMAS R. GIVENS mendous service to his country and in wishing the needs of Ohioans in common sense ways. him all the best upon his retirement. He has earned the public’s trust, and deserves HON. SAM GRAVES f our recognition here today. OF MISSOURI On behalf of the citizens of Ohio’s 12th HONORING ALEX W. LEWIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congressional District, I thank Speaker Thursday, November 20, 2014 HON. SAM GRAVES Batchelder for service to our state. I offer my Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I most sincere congratulations on his accom- OF MISSOURI proudly pause to recognize Thomas R. plishments and wish him well as he embarks IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Givens. Thomas is a very special young man on his next great ventures. who has exemplified the finest qualities of citi- Thursday, November 20, 2014 zenship and leadership by taking an active Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I f part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop proudly pause to recognize Alex W. Lewis. 2014 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 1261, and earning the most prestigious award Alex is a very special young man who has ex- WEEK of Eagle Scout. emplified the finest qualities of citizenship and Thomas has been very active with his troop, leadership by taking an active part in the Boy HON. JACKIE WALORSKI participating in many scout activities. Over the Scouts of America, Troop 1261, and earning OF INDIANA many years Thomas has been involved with the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. scouting, he has not only earned numerous Alex has been very active with his troop, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- participating in many scout activities. Over the Thursday, November 20, 2014 ily, peers, and community. Most notably, many years Alex has been involved with Mrs. WALORSKI. Mr. Speaker, community Thomas has contributed to his community scouting, he has not only earned numerous foundations epitomize the philanthropic culture through his Eagle Scout project. merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- of the United States. Established in 1989, Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in com- ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Alex Community Foundation Week takes place mending Thomas R. Givens for his accom- has contributed to his community through his from November 12–18th annually and honors plishments with the Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout project. the tremendous contributions of community and for his efforts put forth in achieving the Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in com- foundations across our country. They hold a highest distinction of Eagle Scout. mending Alex W. Lewis for his accomplish- unique place in American society and provide f ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for hope and opportunity to millions of Americans. his efforts put forth in achieving the highest One hundred years ago, the world’s first com- RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT distinction of Eagle Scout. OF JAMES P. PAPAGEORGE munity foundation was established in Cleve- f land, Ohio. Since then more than 700 commu- HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY HONORING WILLIAM G. nity foundations have been created in America inspiring millions of Americans to give back to OF VIRGINIA BATCHELDER this great country with their time, talent and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. PATRICK J. TIBERI treasure. Today, I would like to recognize the Thursday, November 20, 2014 work of Indiana’s community foundations that OF OHIO Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to operate under the definitions supported by the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor Mr. James P. Papageorge on the occa- National Standards for Community Founda- sion of his retirement from the Navy after Thursday, November 20, 2014 tions. Indiana is blessed to have a community more than 30 years of service as a Submarine Mr. TIBERI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- foundation in every county, including 10 in my Officer and civilian employee. Mr. Papageorge ognize the life and achievements of the Hon- district: Unity Foundation of LaPorte County; is a resident of Ashburn, Virginia, and has orable William G. Batchelder, Speaker of the Starke County Community Foundation; Com- been a Department of the Navy civilian em- Ohio House of Representatives, on the occa- munity Foundation of St. Joseph County; Elk- ployee since 1985. His prior active-duty Navy sion of his retirement from the Ohio House of hart County Community Foundation; Kos- experience includes service as a nuclear- Representatives. ciusko County Community Foundation; Mar- trained machinist’s mate and as a submarine Speaker Batchelder has served his commu- shall County Community Foundation; Pulaski strategic weapons officer. nity and state as an elected representative in County Community Foundation; Fulton County

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K20NO8.013 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1646 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2014 Community Foundation; Miami County Com- Minnesota, who passed away on November guest scholar with the Brookings Institution munity Foundation; and Community Founda- 17 at the age of 86. think tank for more than two decades and tion of Wabash County. Bill served in the House for ten terms from was a co-chairman of the Committee for a These foundations are a model for how phi- 1971 to 1991. During his time on the Hill and Responsible Federal Government, both based in Washington. lanthropy can inspire communities to come to- upon leaving Congress, he was a strong advo- gether in support of a common cause. In Mar- cate for trade and economic growth. Years after he left office, he remained shall County, the Community Foundation, So many of our colleagues did not have the sought after for his insider’s perspective on politics. United Way, and economic development lead- privilege of serving with Bill. I respectfully sub- ers are working together to address chal- mit this Washington Post article from Novem- ‘‘Republicans used to be interested in not running continual rivers of red ink,’’ he told lenges and opportunities for economic growth ber 19, 2014, on his passing. the New York Times in 2012. ‘‘If that meant such as the need for a more highly skilled BILL FRENZEL, MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN AND raising taxes a little bit, we always raised workforce. Community conversations spear- FISCAL AUTHORITY, IN U.S. HOUSE, DIES AT 86 taxes a little bit. But nowadays taxes are headed by these organizations brought to- Bill Frenzel, a Minnesota Republican who like leprosy and they can’t be used for any- gether local units of government, educators, became a prominent congressional authority thing, and so Republicans have denied them- private sector partners and nonprofit organiza- on federal budget and international trade selves any bargaining power.’’ tions and laid the groundwork for becoming a issues during 20 years in the U.S. House of model region for Project Lead The Way. It was Representatives, died Nov. 17 at his home in f McLean, Va. He was 86. through this type of partnership that a $4.4 The cause was cancer, said a daughter, 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST million matching grant pilot program was Pam Lindon. launched in 2014 that provides all K–12 Mr. Frenzel was an executive at his fam- BAPTIST CHURCH OF LENOIR CITY schools, both public and private, in a five- ily’s warehousing operation and served in county area with the opportunity to implement the Minnesota House of Representatives be- Project Lead The Way’s rigorous, world-class fore winning an open congressional seat in HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. 1970. He represented his district in the Twin STEM programs in science, technology, engi- OF TENNESSEE Cities suburbs until 1990, when he declined to neering, and math. In addition to providing seek reelection. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES every student with access to PLTW, the By then he had become dean of the Min- project will help develop a robust talent pipe- nesota delegation, ranking Republican on Thursday, November 20, 2014 line for businesses and industries. the House Budget committee and an influen- Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I This is just one example of the extraordinary tial member of the tax-writing Ways and work of place-based philanthropy in local com- Means committee. On both sides of the aisle, wish today to congratulate a celebrated institu- munities throughout the country. The spirit of he was admired for his deeply researched po- tion in my District on the occasion of its 120th generosity embodied by over 700 U.S.-based sitions on complicated fiscal matters. anniversary. ‘‘Loud and brainy, partisan and thoughtful, community foundations is a core American First Baptist Church of Lenoir City was he puts his stamp on every debate in which founded in 1894 with just 16 members in one- value. This week, I am honored to recognize he participates,’’ read his profile in the Al- these community foundations for their out- manac of American Politics. room log cabin. Today, it has grown to more standing efforts. Among Mr. Frenzel’s principal legislative than 3,000 worshippers and a 34-acre cam- f interests were promoting free trade and bal- pus. anced budgets. He helped negotiate the I have represented Lenoir City in Congress HONORING NOLAN P. MCMICHAEL major 1990 deficit-reduction deal, a signifi- for 26 years, and I have visited this church cant achievement at a time when Mr. Fren- many times. It is a special and welcoming HON. SAM GRAVES zel had become increasingly frustrated by what he described as the Republican Party’s place with a history older than the city in OF MISSOURI ‘‘seemingly permanent minority.’’ Demo- which it is housed. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES crats ‘‘think they were born to be kings,’’ Lenoir City is one of the most beautiful Thursday, November 20, 2014 Congressional Quarterly quoted him as say- places on this Earth, tucked in the mountains ing, ‘‘and that there’s a servant class, and and surrounded by lakes and rivers. It is easy Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I that’s the Republicans.’’ proudly pause to recognize Nolan P. In an effort to invigorate his party, Mr. to see why this area has become one of the McMichael. Nolan is a very special young man Frenzel nominated Newt Gingrich for party most popular places to move in the entire who has exemplified the finest qualities of citi- whip, a position that the Georgia Republican Country. zenship and leadership by taking an active won in 1989. Gingrich’s fiery style contrasted The congregation of First Baptist Church of part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop with Mr. Frenzel’s more moderate one, but Lenoir City has helped build the community Mr. Frenzel said he had concluded that the 1261, and earning the most prestigious award since its inception. I know many people who of Eagle Scout. party ‘‘needed to take some risks.’’ In 1994—four years after Mr. Frenzel’s re- worship there, and they are some of the Nolan has been very active with his troop, tirement—Gingrich led the GOP to recap- kindest and most generous people I know. participating in many scout activities. Over the turing control of the House. Mr. Frenzel re- many years Nolan has been involved with First Baptist Church of Lenoir City operates mained involved in public affairs, including under a philosophy of community involvement. scouting, he has not only earned numerous in the Democratic administration of Bill Its congregation does not just worship from merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- Clinton. Clinton tapped Mr. Frenzel as an ad- ily, peers, and community. Most notably, viser on the North American Free Trade afar; it gets involved at every level of the com- Nolan has contributed to his community Agreement, a centerpiece of the president’s munity and serves as an example of Christian through his Eagle Scout project. first-term agenda, and tasked him with help- values to all. Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in com- ing rally GOP support. The church is involved in more than 100 ‘‘I took a position up in the Rayburn Build- separate ministries with focuses ranging from mending Nolan P. McMichael for his accom- ing and I think I met with every member of plishments with the Boy Scouts of America the Republican caucus,’’ Mr. Frenzel told the young children to senior adults. and for his efforts put forth in achieving the Minneapolis Star Tribune. ‘‘The idea was to The church also owns and operates the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. get the vote nailed down before you bring Lenoir City Christian Academy, serving stu- f the bill to the floor. Some of the members dents from kindergarten, to fourth grade, and were difficult and slippery.’’ He continued, runs after-school and day care programs. The REMEMBERING CONGRESSMAN ‘‘For instance, some of the members said, BILL FRENZEL ‘We don’t think the Mexicans know any- church also operates the Lenoir City Arts Cen- thing.’ We flew them to Mexico City and had ter, designed to teach students music and the SPEECH OF them meet with President [Carlos] Salinas performing arts. HON. FRANK R. WOLF and his cabinet, who, of course, were all Uni- Mr. Speaker, it is hard to imagine an institu- versity of Chicago PhDs and who bowled tion having a bigger impact on a community OF VIRGINIA them over. That was very effective.’’ NAFTA than First Baptist Church of Lenoir City. I call IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was passed in 1993 and enacted the next year. on my Colleagues and other readers of the Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Mr. Frenzel later served under George W. Bush, a Republican, and Barack Obama, a RECORD to join me in congratulating this Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay Democrat, on advisory commissions on So- church and its congregation on 120 years of tribute to our former colleague, Bill Frenzel of cial Security and trade policy. He was a Christian service.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K20NO8.017 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1647 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE which is itself under review by the court. In letter to Governor Togiola dated June 7, 2006 HALTING OF A MCDONALD’S AT brief, the Governor initially signed what he regarding ASGs failure to comply with the UTULEI BEACH thought was a 9-year lease agreement with legal requirements of the Land and Water an option of renewal for an additional 20 Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act, I stated years plus. However, the legal counsel for that the public wants to know what federal HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA the local Senate noted that the proposed and local officials are doing to resolve this OF AMERICAN SAMOA lease was actually for ten years and, as such, problem. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES local law requires the lease to be approved I also stated that I expect the DOI to strictly adhere to the standards of conver- Thursday, November 20, 2014 by the local legislature. Consequently, the counsel for the Senate filed suit in court sion, or replacements of lands, as outlined by Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise challenging the validity of the proposed federal law. While I was also hopeful that today to include, for historical purposes, infor- lease. While the case was pending in court, Governor Togiola would protect American mation about my opposition to the construction the Governors counsel re-drafted the lease Samoas only beach for future generations, of a McDonald’s at Utulei Beach. agreement to make sure the terms of the federal law leaves him with two alternatives. One, he can propose construction of a [Press Release, Apr. 26, 2006] lease was for less than ten years so that it did not require legislative approval. ASGs McDonalds at a site other than Utulei Beach FALEOMAVAEGA MAKES FINAL APPEAL TO attorneys petitioned the court to dismiss the or, two, he must give up valuable ASG land MCDONALD’S CORPORATION Senates lawsuit but the court denied the re- of similar value and recreational use in order Congressman Faleomavaega announced quest so this matter is also pending. to commercially develop Utulei Beach if he today that he has made a final appeal to Mr. While it was my hope that the McDonalds can find ASG land that meets the strict cri- Jim Skinner, Vice-Chairman and CEO of the Corporation would have interceded and re- teria set forth for conversion, Faleomavaega McDonalds Corporation, in a letter dated solved this situation more than a year ago said. April 26, 2006. The letter was copied to Jona- for no other reason than it was the right Federal law requires the NPS to consider than B. Jarvis, Regional Director of the Na- thing to do, I would strongly urge you to the Governors proposal to offer up replace- ment lands but I have made it clear that I tional Park Service, Governor Togiola, Lieu- take action now before this situation brings am opposed to any proposal or framework of tenant Governor Ipulasi, President Lolo unwanted embarrassment to the McDonalds resolution that lowers the standards of con- Moliga and Senators, Speaker Matagi R. Corporation. I would also suggest that you version. I have also urged the DOI to let con- McMoore and Representatives, Lydia direct your Managing Director for McDon- version negotiations proceed between NPS Faleafine of the DOI in American Samoa, alds Australia to be more responsive to the Peter Bush, Managing Director/CEO, McDon- and ASG without undue influence. concerns of the people of American Samoa. I In response to the concerns I raised in my alds Australia, Charles Tautolo, CEO of am extremely disappointed that he did not McDonalds American Samoa, and Lelei letter, NPS has responded appropriately and even offer a courtesy response to my letter provided clarification which shows that NPS Peau, Chairman, PNRS Board, ASG. The full of almost a year ago and I consider his lack text of the Congressmans letter is included is committed to adhering strictly to the law. of interest in this issue to be unprofessional In fact, The NPS makes it clear that the below. and unbecoming of a corporate official of the Dear Mr. Skinner: framework of resolution which resulted from McDonalds Corporation. the Governors meeting of June 23rd is only As a follow-up to my letter of May 25, 2005, Considering that this issue now involves I am once again requesting your immediate an outline and a brief summary of their con- the federal government and based on docu- versation. NPS states, we feel other details intervention regarding a decision made by mentation provided by NPS which I am con- McDonalds to build a new facility at the of our conversation are important to keep in vinced is correct, I am trying my best to pre- mind as we move forward. Utulei Beach Park in American Samoa. vent a confrontation between the McDonalds Utulei Beach is the only public beach in Some of these details include the following Corporation, ASG, and the US Department of statements made by NPS in its letter of July America Samoa and building at this site the Interior. For this reason, I am making a goes against the core values of McDonalds 6, 2006 to Governor Togiola: final appeal to you and I am hopeful that at We are obliged both philosophically and le- which promotes an agenda of community in- your earliest convenience you will work to gally to preserve the publics outdoor recre- volvement, environmental protection, and a favorably resolve this matter and support ef- ation estate. The National Park Services promise to earn the trust of your customers forts to put an end to construction of a new ability to authorize conversions of LWCF and everyone else affected by your business. McDonalds at Utulei Beach Park. property is strictly circumscribed by the Most importantly, based upon relevant in- The Congressman concluded his letter by LWCF Act, and in particular the regulations formation including documents, maps, and saying, As I have previously stated, the peo- found in Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regu- other material, there is a signed agreement ple of American Samoa will support the con- lations, Part 59. The details of these require- (attached) between the American Samoa struction of a new McDonalds in American ments were referenced in our conversation in Government (ASG) and the US National Samoa at any other location. We also ap- terms of the proposed replacement property Park Service (NPS) that places Utulei Beach plaud the many valuable contributions needing to meet LWCF standards. We spoke Park within the Land and Water Conserva- McDonalds has made in American Samoa specifically at the time of the necessity of tion Fund Program (LWCF) as park land and wish you continued success. having sufficiently considered alternatives dedicated to public outdoor recreational use to converting parkland, the need for apprais- in perpetuity. Also included with the agree- [Press Release, July 24, 2006] als for all properties involved to insure that ment is a map (attached) clearly showing FALEOMAVAEGA THANKS US NATIONAL PARK the replacements are of at least equal fair that the entirety of the Utulei Beach Park is market value, the necessity of any replace- included in the agreement which places the SERVICE FOR RESPONDING TO HIS CONCERNS ABOUT ITS RECENT MEETING WITH GOV- ment property meeting the criterion of rea- proposed McDonalds within a protected park sonably equivalent usefulness and location, area and violates ASGs agreement with the ERNOR TOGIOLA REGARDING MCDONALDS LEASE and that the proposal be in conformity with NPS. Because ASG has accepted over $4 mil- the Territorys Comprehensive Outdoor Congressman Faleomavaega announced lion from the federal government since sign- Recreation Plan. ing this agreement, I can assure you that the today that he wishes to thank the US Na- The NPS further outlined nine criteria NPS is prepared to take whatever legal ac- tional Park Service (NPS) for responding to that govern conversions and informed Gov- tion is necessary against ASG and the his concerns about its recent meeting with ernor Togiola that it will need documenta- McDonalds Corporation if this matter is not Governor Togiola in Oakland, California on tion showing that these criteria have been expeditiously resolved. Please note that both Friday June 23, 2006 regarding the McDon- met. The NPS also said that— NPS and ASG are under the jurisdiction of alds lease and Utulei Beach Park. The NPS Being that Utulei Beach Park is the only the US Department of the Interior and any provided clarification about its meeting in a beach affording public access to good swim- action taken will directly involve the US letter dated July 6, 2006 which was addressed ming and recreational boating on Tutuila Is- Secretary of the Interior and this will not be to Governor Togiola and copied to Congress- land, the threshold for replacement property good for ASG or for McDonalds. man Faleomavaega, Deputy Secretary of the to meet the reasonably equivalent usefulness As you know, last year I copied you on a Interior Lynn Scarlett, and Deputy Assist- and location criterion is quite high. The letter I wrote to Mr. Charles Tautolo, CEO of ant Secretary Papalii David Cohen, Office of Government of American Samoa must make McDonalds American Samoa, in which I re- Insular Affairs (OIA) at the DOI. the case that this criterion is met by any re- quested a copy of the feasibility study of the I thank the NPS for responding to my con- placement property in another location. proposed plan to construct a McDonalds at cerns which I raised in a letter to US Sec- In offering replacement lands, the NPS Utulei Beach Park. To date, I have not re- retary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne on stated that Governor Togiola said other lo- ceived a copy of the feasibility study and I June 29, 2006, about a week after the Gov- cations had been considered for the McDon- am very concerned about how the McDonalds ernor met with OIA and the NPS behind alds lease but that locating it at Utulei Corporation can support construction of a closed doors to discuss the proposed con- Beach is critical to the overall redevelop- new facility at any location when no envi- struction of a McDonalds at Utulei Beach ment plans for the Utulei and Fagatogo area. ronmental study has been conducted. Park, Faleomavaega said. While I appreciate Based on this representation, the NPS said I also question how the McDonalds Cor- that the meeting was held as a result of Act- it would consider the Governors proposal as poration can support a lease agreement ing Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarletts required by federal law, Faleomavaega said.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.003 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1648 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2014 However, in the same letter, the NPS also At this time, I thank the House Committee HONORING WILLIAM L. GIVENS stated that in its discussion with the Gov- on Interior Appropriations for including my ernor, the Governor said that he did not in- request to set aside $500,000 of the $22,880,000 tend for there to be any further commercial ASG will receive for government operations. HON. SAM GRAVES development of Utulei Park other than the As stated in the Committee report, The Com- OF MISSOURI proposed McDonalds. mittee expects the government of American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On the one hand, the Governor says he Samoa will use no less than $500,000 of this Thursday, November 20, 2014 needs to construct a McDonalds at Utulei funding for physical education activities at Beach because this is critical to the overall school. I am pleased by this outcome since Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I redevelopment plans for the Utulei and our public schools lack adequate facilities, proudly pause to recognize William L. Givens. Fagatogo area and, on the other hand, he equipment and personnel to provide quality William is a very special young man who has says that the McDonalds corporation will be exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship the only corporation allowed to build at health and education programs which are Utulei Beach. How fair is this to Kentucky critical to the physical, mental, and social and leadership by taking an active part in the Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, and the rest of our development of our students. As a result of Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1261, and earn- local business owners? Faleomavaega asked. this funding, I am hopeful that our local ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. Do our business owners have a say in this? DOE will have the support it needs to pur- William has been very active with his troop, What about our Fono? Has the Governor sub- chase equipment and establish sports pro- participating in many scout activities. Over the mitted an economic development plan to our grams for the benefit of our children. many years William has been involved with Legislature for consideration? If not, why I am also hopeful that our local leaders not? Also, what is the role of the Fono in de- scouting, he has not only earned numerous will work quickly to resolve the McDonalds merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- termining what lands the Governor may issue that has now drawn Congressional at- offer up as replacement lands for Utulei tention. Again, I like McDonalds and I ap- ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Wil- Beach? plaud the many valuable contributions liam has contributed to his community through Whatever direction this takes, I believe McDonalds has made in American Samoa. I his Eagle Scout project. the NPS has an obligation to keep the public also support construction of a new McDon- Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in com- informed and I will do my part to make sure alds anywhere in American Samoa but mending William L. Givens for his accomplish- this is so. For now, I am pleased that the NPS has agreed to provide an initial review Utulei Beach. ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for of proposed replacement properties that The fact is Utulei Beach is a federally pro- his efforts put forth in achieving the highest would indicate if there are any obvious facts tected park area and, by contractual agree- distinction of Eagle Scout. that would render them ineligible before ment, cannot be used for any commercial funds are expended to obtain surveys, ap- purpose. Therefore, the current proposal to f praisals, recreational development plans, construct a McDonalds within a federally HONORING DJOUNEDOU TITIKPINA and environmental compliance. Most impor- protected park area is a potential violation tantly, I am pleased that the NPS has under- of ASGs agreement with the US National ´ scored the importance of the Governors com- Park Service (NPS) and, as such, is an issue HON. JOSE E. SERRANO mitment to prohibiting any ground dis- that has escalated into a federal problem OF NEW YORK turbing activity related to the McDonalds that must be expeditiously resolved. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lease until NPS has completed the review In other words, the current debate about and approval process for replacement prop- Thursday, November 20, 2014 McDonalds is a debate about location. If erties. McDonalds builds on land solely-controlled Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Again, I thank the NPS for providing clari- pleasure and admiration that I stand before fication on its recent meeting with the Gov- by ASG, then its a local issue. But if McDon- ernor and I am encouraged that the NPS is alds seeks to build on land that has been pro- you today to honor Mr. Djounedou Titikpina for taking this matter very seriously. I am also tected as a federal park area, then its a fed- his many years of selfless and compassionate encouraged that the NPS has documented its eral issue and this is why Congress has taken public service. meeting with the Governor in its July 6th an interest. Djounedou Titikpina originally hails from the letter so that all facts pertaining to this his- Put another way, ASG, by choice, entered nation of Togo, but brought his passion for toric issue can be made part of the public into an agreement with the NPS to protect public service and community building with record. Utulei Beach is the peoples beach Utulei Beach and now Congress has spoken him to the United States. This passion is and, as such, our people have every right to out in the FY 2007 Interior Appropriations clearest in Mr. Titikpina’s founding of the Afri- know how ASG officials make decisions that bill to encourage the American Samoa gov- can People Alliance, Incorporated. This orga- will impact, for generations to come, the use ernment to not allow commercial develop- nization, which serves as an umbrella organi- of the most scenic and only beach park in ment of waterfront areas of Utulei Beach American Samoa. Park because this site has such high rec- zation for other groups working to develop the Our people also have every right to know reational and natural values, and it has en- African community here in The Bronx, has the what local lands will be given away to the joyed funding from the Land and Water Con- unique dual role of providing social services federal government to accommodate the servation Fund Program which indicates while also working to fortify the work of exist- needs of one business owner. For this reason, that this park land should be dedicated to ing groups throughout the community. The Af- a full copy of the NPS letter dated July 6, public outdoor recreational use in per- rican People Alliance routinely hosts cultural 2006 is posted on my website, Faleomavaega petuity. concluded. exhibitions, youth and adult soccer programs, While it is unfortunate that construction and legal assistance to individuals, while pro- [Press Release, May 19, 2006] of a new McDonalds in our Territory has re- viding groups with infrastructural support and HOUSE PASSES INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS ceived Congressional attention and while it development they need to grow. Additionally, BILL WITH OVER $33 MILLION FOR AMERICAN is worrisome that the US Congress has taken the African People Alliance plays a lead role SAMOA; URGES ACCOUNTABILITY OF FEDERAL notice that ASG received federal funds to in the annual coordination of the Bronx African FUNDS AND DISCOURAGES COMMERCIAL DE- preserve Utulei Beach but is not being ac- VELOPMENT OF UTULEI BEACH countable for those funds, I believe it is in United Day Parade and Festival. Congressman Faleomavaega announced the best interest of our Territory to resolve Today, he serves as Founder and CEO of today that late last night the House Com- this matter quickly so that other federal Djounedou T.’s African Fashion & Embroidery mittee on Interior Appropriations passed by funding we receive will not be jeopardized. Design, Corporation, is a member of the a vote of 293 to 128 H.R. 5386, the FY 2007 In- As I said in a previous release, American Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coali- terior Appropriations bill which includes Samoa, on a per capita basis, receives more tion’s Immigrant Rights Campaign Board of Di- over $33 million for the operations of the federal education funding per pupil than any rectors, and provides services as a family American Samoa Government and Capital other State or Territory. Our health care court interpreter at Geneva Worldwide, Incor- Improvement Projects (CIPS). The bill also funding has also doubled and recently we includes language which urges greater ac- porated. With the ability to speak more than were able to significantly increase our Med- nine languages, Mr. Titikpina’s talent to com- countability of ASG funds and discourages icaid funding. With the amount of support the commercial development of Utulei Beach municate and understand the needs of the and funding we are receiving, I am convinced community, and respond to them in meaning- Park. if there is better accountability of federal As I said in my release of May 16th, ASG ful ways comes as no surprise. continues to be the only government that re- funds we will see significant improvements in this Territory. Mr. Titikpina is an individual who is clearly ceives a direct appropriation from Congress committed to ensuring that our community’s for the operations of its government despite Again, I thank my colleagues for their sup- being designated as high risk, the Congress- port and, as this bill now moves to the Sen- work in tandem to grow in healthy, respectable man said. As a result of this support, I am ate for consideration, I will continue to work ways. He has fostered partnerships among hopeful that our local government will pro- to make sure American Samoa receives its groups and individuals that are all working to- vide better accountability and I commend fair share of federal dollars, Congressman wards a common goal, and this type of leader- ASG for the progress it is making. Faleomavaega concluded. ship is what keeps our community moving in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.003 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1649 the right direction each day. I am grateful to easing the financial burden of adopting a child. Fort Benning, Georgia prior to his retirement. know that someone like Djounedou Titikpina is In 2012, we made the adoption tax credit per- He also currently serves as the Chaplain for working in with and for our residents each manent. Rotary International District 6900, Columbus, day, and am proud to call him a fellow public In 2003, President George W. Bush signed Georgia. He has served on numerous Boards servant. into law my legislation, the Adoption Pro- as both a chairman and as a member: St. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask that you and motion Act, to create new financial incentives Francis Hospital Foundation, Columbus Hos- my other distinguished colleagues join me in for states that increase adoptions of older chil- pice, United Way, Boy Scouts of America and honoring Djounedou Titikpina for his consist- dren from foster care. the Columbus Chamber of Commerce are but ently remarkable dedication to public service. In 2008 as part of the Fostering Connec- a few. f tions to Success and Increasing Adoptions Colonel Plummer served as an Assistant Act, my proposal to provide equitable access Professor in the Department of Counseling NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH AND to foster care and adoption services for Indian Graduate Studies at Columbus State Univer- NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY children in tribal areas became law. This al- sity. He has earned a baccalaureate in Biblical lowed tribal governments to receive funding to Literature, Masters of Arts in Human Relations HON. DAVE CAMP administer adoption and foster care programs & Group Process and Guidance & Counseling, OF MICHIGAN directly. a Masters of Divinity in Pastoral Care, and a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES And just this year—after many months of Doctorate in Divinity. This solid educational background and his benevolence inspired Thursday, November 20, 2014 hearings, public comment, and bipartisan work between the House and Senate—the Presi- Colonel Plummer to create the Plummer Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, this November, I dent signed into law the Preventing Sex Traf- Home for homeless and disenfranchised mili- am proud to celebrate National Adoption ficking and Strengthening Families Act. This tary veterans. Month and also National Adoption Day, an im- law is designed to reduce child sex trafficking A native of May Penn, Clarendon Parrish, portant time to recognize those wonderful par- as well as increase adoptions, including Jamaica, Colonel Roy Plummer is a leader, ents who have adopted children in need of a among the hardest-to-place children. pastor and friend to many; and the father to permanent, loving home. It’s also a time to re- Together, these efforts have resulted in four daughters and seven grandchildren. He mind ourselves of the thousands of children more children living in loving, adoptive fami- will share with you that ‘‘The Lord is my light across the country who still remain in foster lies. I am grateful for the support I have re- and my salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord care, waiting for a family to call their own. ceived from my colleagues in these efforts is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be Earlier this year, I was honored to recognize during my time in Congress, and I am grateful afraid?’’ To Roy Plummer and the endless Midland County Probate Judge Dorene Allen that today we can recognize and honor the contributions he has made to JROTC, the as the 2014 Angel in Adoption award recipient most important people in this process—the Muscogee County School District, and the Co- from my district. In her 14 years as a judge, parents who adopt children, the children who lumbus community, we say ‘‘Thanks a Million!’’ she has finalized nearly 700 adoptions, and have been adopted, and those children still f through this and her prior work she has dedi- searching for a loving family. HONORING GEORGE ALLEN ORTIZ cated her career to serving Michigan’s most Children in foster care deserve a place to vulnerable children. There are many incredible call home, not for a few months or years, but advocates like Judge Allen around the coun- for good. We have already seen great HON. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM OF NEW MEXICO try, and I am grateful for their efforts and for progress in increasing adoptions in recent IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the opportunity we have to recognize them years, and I hope that we will continue to see today. progress in the years ahead. Thursday, November 20, 2014 Adoption is not something I’m speaking f Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New about just today, but something I have fo- Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Al- cused on throughout my career in private HONORING COLONEL ROY buquerque resident George Allen Ortiz for his practice as well as my years in Congress. As PLUMMER honorable military service in the United States an attorney before coming to Congress, I Marine Corps. worked with parents and children in the foster HON. LYNN A. WESTMORELAND George Allen Ortiz, affectionately known as care system. In Congress, I have been privi- OF GEORGIA ‘‘Al’’, was born in the northern New Mexico leged to meet many adoption advocates as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES town of Raton. At the ripe age of 17, Al began well as youth who have benefitted from adop- Thursday, November 20, 2014 his service in the Vietnam War. He would hon- tion. Those sorts of experiences provided orably serve his country from February 28, much of the background for legislation I have Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, today 1964 to February 16, 1970 in the First Marine helped craft that has contributed to the land- I would like to honor one of Columbus, Geor- Division at battles that ensued in the South mark changes in adoption policy Congress gia’s finest leaders: Colonel Roy Plummer. Vietnam city of Da Nang. has approved in recent years. Colonel Roy Plummer is retiring as a Director I had the pleasure of personally meeting In 1997, my colleagues and I on the Ways of Army Instruction for the Muscogee County with Al on Veteran’s Day to thank him for his and Means Committee crafted the Adoption School District JROTC where he is respon- dedicated service to the United States of and Safe Families Act. That legislation stream- sible for eight high school JROTC programs America. In that wonderful moment I could lined the adoption process to help more chil- and four other county JROTC programs. From sense Al’s burning pride and fervent patriot- dren in foster care quickly move into perma- 1998 to the present he has dedicated his ef- ism. It reminded me of the countless individ- nent adoptive homes. It also, for the first time, forts toward creating a formidable district-level uals, throughout history, who fought tirelessly offered incentives to states to safely increase JROTC program which has grown from 400 to preserve the guiding principles and endur- the number of children adopted from foster cadets early in his tenure to a current oper- ing freedoms of our country. Al’s commitment care. ating enrollment of 1200 cadets. His partner- to the preservation of these pursuits and our It worked. In the decade following that legis- ship with the high school principals in moving country’s continued success is unwavering. lation, the number of U.S. children adopted JROTC forward in terms of relevancy and as Al was recently diagnosed with Post-Trau- from foster care increased by 71 percent. In an enhancer to each high school’s vision has matic Stress Disorder, a result of the risks that the years since, adoptions have continued to been extremely successful. Under Colonel American soldiers face when they step onto remain higher even as the foster care case- Plummer’s mentorship, the Muscogee County the battlefield. He has the wonderful support load started to decline. Overall, almost School District JROTC has earned GHSA of Cathy, his wife of 45 years, daughter Tamra 300,000 children have been adopted as a re- State Rifle Championships, State-level awards and six grandchildren who love him dearly. sult of the increase in adoptions starting in in drill team and raider competitions, and hon- Like a true soldier, he is always thinking about 1997. One study estimated the federal govern- orable recognition in the annual JROTC Aca- the young Americans who are currently mak- ment saved $1 billion over eight years by en- demic Bowl. ing sacrifices to defend the United States. At suring children were adopted instead of re- Colonel Plummer is the Senior Pastor, age 65, Al still talks about his desire to travel maining in foster care. Founder and CEO of Faith Tabernacle Com- overseas to help our brave men and women In 2001, I worked with my colleagues to munity Church in Columbus since its inception as they courageously engage in combat. pass the historic 2001 tax relief package that in October 1994. He had finished his Active It is heroes like Al who make our country expanded the adoption tax credit to $10,000, Duty Army career as the Chief of Chaplains of great. He is a man of great integrity, revered

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.005 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1650 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2014 by his family, friends and community. I would finest tobacco products and friendliest smiles public service of Dr. Julian Crocker, longtime like to take this moment to thank Al for his are always in stock. educator, superintendent and public servant. service, his sacrifice, and his steadfast devo- I once again congratulate Brown’s Cigar Julian plans to retire this January after fifty tion to the great state of New Mexico and the Store on 125 years of success. As a small years as a scholastic leader, a fixture of the United States of America. family-owned business in my home town, I am San Luis Obispo County public school system. proud to recognize this impressive milestone. f Born and raised in Tennessee, Julian ma- f RECOGNIZING JACK D. BALLARD triculated at Vanderbilt University and Joined AND THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE HONORING STEPHANIE ARTHUR the United States Army shortly after grad- ´ uating. On the completion of his term of serv- HON. NICK J. RAHALL II HON. JOSE E. SERRANO ice, Captain Crocker settled in sunny San OF NEW YORK OF WEST VIRGINIA Mateo, California in 1964, where he began to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES teach high school. Julian also earned a doc- Thursday, November 20, 2014 Thursday, November 20, 2014 torate in Educational Administration from Har- Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great vard University in 1972, and upon returning to Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, all of us who pleasure and admiration that I stand before San Mateo, was appointed principal. work on Capitol Hill owe a tremendous debt to you today to honor Ms. Stephanie A. Arthur, the men and women of the U.S. Capitol Po- A renaissance man to the core, Julian rec- MPA for her dedication to advocacy and work- lice. One of my constituents, Jack D. Ballard ognized early in his career that education rep- ing to improve access for members of the Afri- of Greenbrier County, wrote to me to share resented only the last, most public component can community in New York. of childhood development. All his professional some of his own memories and about the Stephanie Arthur is the Founder of the Afri- friendships he forged during his tenure on the life, he strove to unite broad coalitions of busi- can Leadership Project, which is a civic train- nesses, nonprofits and local government of- force of Capitol Hill’s finest. His late father, ing organization that provides a leadership Leonard H. Ballard Jr., who retired as an in- fices to improve housing and medical care for pipeline for various professions. The over- young and poor children. spector after 38 years on the force instructed arching goal of the African Leadership Project Julian spent twenty one years as super- Jack that, ‘‘on Capitol Hill, you can be struck is to foster and develop the talent of individ- intendent of different school districts in Cali- by lightning when there isn’t a cloud in the uals within African communities, and match fornia—in San Mateo, Palo Alto and eventually sky.’’ That’s sound advice from a seasoned these individuals to key leadership opportuni- Paso Robles. In 1999, he was elected County voice for everyone on the Hill. ties throughout the community. Jack worked with many fellow West Vir- Ms. Arthur is a very accomplished indi- Superintendent of Schools for San Luis ginians during his tenure on Capitol Hill, in- vidual. She is an alumna of the Women’s Obispo, in which capacity he has worked ever cluding Emery ‘‘Bud’’ Aliff, Donald Shumate, Campaign School at Yale University, The since. Under his tenure, San Luis Obispo ex- Jimmie Young, Lenvil Young, Charles Farmer, White House Project, Eleanor’s Legacy, Coro panded its charter school system, enlarged its William Harrah, William Hall, and Lt. Colonel Leadership Center of New York, and the Cen- English proficiency program, and founded the Jervis. Jack found a common trait among ter for American Women and Politics. Having Grizzly Academy—an innovative boarding these West Virginians, they all worked to- gained tremendous experience and knowledge school for at-risk youth—in partnership with gether to get the job done. of the political realm over the years, Ms. Ar- the California National Guard. These are but a Mr. Speaker, we all ought to celebrate that thur has worked on several high-profile elec- few of his many accomplishments on behalf of common thread of the ‘‘can do’’ spirit that tions ranging across all levels of government, his community. weaves throughout the hills of West Virginia and is respected as a grassroots activist Julian acquired a wealth of experience and and throughout our Nation. It is a trait that has across the nation. As a first generation Gha- knowledge from his years of service, a foun- and can continue to serve our Nation well. naian-American and important voice in the Af- dation of wisdom which I have often relied f rican Diaspora, Ms. Arthur has continuously upon throughout the years, either by seeking RECOGNIZING BROWN’S CIGAR taken her many acquired skills and used them his counsel directly or in meeting him and STORE to amplify the voice of the African community other County Superintendents to discuss edu- at large. cational needs on the Central Coast. I could HON. TOM REED Today, Stephanie Arthur serves as the polit- always count on straight talk and sound ad- OF NEW YORK ical strategist and Founder of S. Arthur Group, vice—advice I took back with me to the halls IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LLC, which is a boutique public affairs and of Congress. government relations consultancy. Ms. Arthur Thursday, November 20, 2014 In fact, in his office, Julian kept a framed continues to be a fierce advocate for immi- quotation above his desk—one of my favorite Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con- grant rights, for the advancement of criminal Presidential quotes as it happens, from one of gratulate Brown’s Cigar Store on its 125th an- justice policy, for gender equality, and for my favorite presidents: Theodore Roosevelt. It niversary. Located in the historic Gaffer Dis- many other social justice issues that are im- reads: ‘‘It is not the critic who counts; not the trict of Corning, New York, Brown’s Cigar portant to all of our community’s residents. man who points out how the strong man stum- Store has proudly served the community since Ms. Arthur’s dedication to working with civic bles, or where the doer of deeds could have 1889. organizations, individuals, and figures in public done them better. The credit belongs to the Brown’s Cigar Store is locally owned and office speaks to her natural ability to build coa- operated by the Smith family. As experienced man who is actually in the arena, whose face lition of support for issues that matter to all of is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who tobacconists, Sue, Terry, and Bejay Smith use us, and it is this dedication and ability to lead their knowledge and expertise to carry on the strives valiantly . . .’’ Julian’s arena has been that makes her such a valuable asset in our the classroom, where he has lived that strong, time honored tradition of tobacconist community. culture. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask that you and phrase, educating our students, expanding our At the turn of the twentieth century, local pa- my other distinguished colleagues join me in curriculum, fighting to ensure students have trons would visit Brown’s to get a haircut, pur- honoring Stephanie Arthur for her consistently the resources they need. chase a steamship ticket, and converse about remarkable dedication to public service. In this next chapter of his life, I know Julian the latest news. Although the products and f is looking forward to spending more time with services have changed over the years, the his wife, Donna, his children, and his six TRIBUTE TO DR. JULIAN CROCKER sense of camaraderie remains as strong today grandchildren. While the next County Super- as when the store first opened its doors to the intendent of Schools for San Luis Obispo has Corning community. Today, the store offers its HON. KEVIN McCARTHY large shoes to fill and Julian’s presence will be guests the opportunity to step back in time, to OF CALIFORNIA missed, I know he will always remain involved IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an era when friends and neighbors would on the issues important to him. I thank Julian gather to discuss family, sports, politics, and Thursday, November 20, 2014 for his friendship and counsel, and his leader- national news. Patrons of Brown’s experience Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Mr. Speaker, ship to improve education in California, and a warm and friendly atmosphere, where the I rise today in recognition of the outstanding wish him and Donna all the best.

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More importantly, Utulei Beach has been My meeting with Mr. Bryant was very OF AMERICAN SAMOA worthwhile, the Congressman said, and I am IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES enjoyed by the people of American Samoa for generations and, in keeping with tradi- pleased that the McDonalds corporation is Thursday, November 20, 2014 tional Samoan culture, families travel for taking this issue seriously. McDonalds has miles to swim or picnic at this public loca- built its reputation on being a good cor- Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise porate citizen and upholding the values of today to include, for historical purposes, infor- tion so as to respect the more restrictive customs set forth by each village council. the communities which it serves and, today, mation about my opposition to the construction For many reasons, including the historical the McDonalds corporation has dem- of a McDonald’s at Utulei Beach. and social significance it holds for our fami- onstrated that the people of American [Press Release, May 25, 2005] lies and the economic implications it has for Samoa matter. FALEOMAVAEGA CALLS UPON MCDONALDS our future, Utulei Beach must be preserved. My job is to make sure that your concerns CORPORATE OFFICERS TO INTERVENE AND This is why federal funds have been appro- on behalf of the people are heard and ad- HALT CONSTRUCTION AT UTULEI BEACH priated to finance the Utulei Beach Project dressed, Mr. Bryant told the Congressman, Congressman Faleomavaega announced which was included as a priority project for and we are only at the beginning of this today that he has written to Mr. Charles the Community Development Block Grant process. Mr. Bryant gave the Congressman Tautolo, President and CEO of McDonalds Program. his personal assurances that he would report American Samoa Franchise, and has ex- These are facts which I believe must be back to his leadership about the concerns shared with the McDonalds Corporation and pressed his opposition to construction of a the Congressman raised in the meeting and given the importance of this issue I am copy- McDonalds at Utulei Beach. A copy of the that he would also keep Congressman ing this letter to Mr. Jim Skinner, Vice Congressmans letter dated May 25, 2005 and Faleomavaega updated as this matter pro- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as copied to the Governor, the Lieutenant Gov- gresses. ernor, the President of the Senate and Sen- well as Mr. Peter Bush, Managing Director/ ators, the Speaker and Representatives, the CEO, McDonalds Australia. I am also inform- From the outset, I made it clear that the Vice Chairman and CEO of the McDonalds ing both that there are other sites available people of American Samoa will support the Corporation, and the Managing Director/ for construction of another McDonalds in establishment of another McDonalds at any CEO of McDonalds Australia, is included American Samoa. location other than our only public beach. below: Also, with the popularity McDonalds en- However, as I explained to Mr. Bryant, there Dear Mr. Tautolo: joys in American Samoa, I am confident that is no point of compromise when it comes to I am writing to express my opposition to the people of American Samoa will appre- Utulei beach and I remain hopeful that this your decision to build a McDonalds res- ciate, support and welcome another McDon- situation can be diffused. alds in any location other than Utulei Beach. taurant at the Utulei Beach Park in Amer- While I appreciate the contributions Mr. In turn, McDonalds must be sensitive to the ican Samoa. I am also requesting a copy of Tautolo has made to the local community, I your feasibility study pertaining to this pro- wishes of our people. The McDonalds Cor- poration has built its reputation on being a expressed my concerns about the feasibility posed location. study that should have been conducted be- It is my understanding that as a respon- responsible corporate partner and invests fore any kind of contractual agreement was sible corporation it has been the practice of millions of dollars to promote family values. entered into between McDonalds and our McDonalds to conduct a feasibility study Therefore, I am hopeful that this issue will local government. In fact, I informed Mr. and/or an environmental impact assessment be immediately resolved at the corporate Bryant that I had requested a copy of the of a proposed site before construction of a level. However, if I must go to the House new facility may proceed. I am hopeful that Floor on a daily basis to express my outrage feasibility study but, to date, I have not re- this is also the case in American Samoa and, about McDonalds unwillingness to respect ceived a copy or a response to my request, for this reason, I would appreciate a copy of the publics concerns regarding your proposed Faleomavaega said. your study. lease agreement with the local government, Mr. Bryant said that he was not aware of I also believe McDonalds feasibility study I will have no choice but to do so. whether or not a feasibility study had been for the Utulei Beach Park should be shared Sincerely, conducted and he thought that at least four with the people of American Samoa because ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA or five more permits still needed to be ac- they deserve to know what impact your pro- Member of Congress. quired and, without those, construction posed restaurant will have on the welfare of cc: Gov. Togiola Tulafono; Lt. Gov. Ipulasi could not begin. He said it was also his un- our community. While I applaud the many Aitofele Sunia; President of the Senate and derstanding that a public hearing would be valuable contributions McDonalds has made Senator; Speaker of the House and Rep- scheduled in the near future and he asked if resentatives; Mr. Jim Skinner, Vice Chair- in American Samoa, I do not believe your I would like to participate. I told him that if man & CEO, McDonalds Corporation; Mr. current plans are sensitive to the social and my schedule permits I will definitely partici- Peter Bush, Managing Director/CEO, McDon- environmental concerns of our Territory. pate. Since the day McDonalds announced plans alds Australia to build on the Utulei Beach, which is the I am hopeful that this matter will be re- I also informed Mr. Bryant that our local only public beach in American Samoa, my solved locally but, if not, I have called upon Senate passed a resolution opposing con- office has been inundated with calls from the McDonalds Corporation to immediately struction at Utulei beach and that Mr. Roy constituents voicing their objections to your intervene and put an end to construction at Hall, the general counsel for the Senate, is proposal. I have read of further complaints Utulei Beach. Constructing a McDonalds at questioning the legality of the lease agree- in our local papers and the Senate has passed the only public beach in American Samoa ment. By law, any lease agreement that ex- a resolution recommending that the Gov- goes against the core values of the McDon- tends beyond 10 years must be approved by ernor not finalize the McDonalds lease. alds Corporation which promotes an agenda our Legislature. In this instance, it is my I have also received a petition signed by of community involvement, environmental understanding that a lease agreement was water sport organizations incorporated in protection, and a promise to earn the trust signed between McDonalds and ASG for 9 the U.S. Territory of American Samoa which of its customers and everyone else affected years, 11 months and 29 or so days with an includes Executive Committee Members of by its business. It is time for McDonalds to option to renew for 30 years. live up to its promise and I trust that all in- the American Samoa National Olympic Com- Mr. Bryant said he was not aware of these mittee. Organizations opposed to the con- volved will do right by the people of Amer- ican Samoa, the Congressman concluded. developments and expressed concern about struction of a McDonalds at the Utulei the questions surrounding the lease agree- Beach include the American Samoa Kayak ment. As Mr. Bryant agreed, use of the Canoe Association Inc., the American Samoa [Press Release, June 29, 2005] McDonalds name is not just a local issue. Swimming Association Inc., the American FALEOMAVAEGA AND MCDONALDS MEET TO McDonalds is a global corporation worth ap- Samoa Canoe Racing Association Inc., the DISCUSS CONSTRUCTION AT UTULEI BEACH proximately $36 billion and the corporation Aiga Tautai O Samoa Inc., the American Congressman Faleomavaega announced is very protective of its name. Samoa Yacht Racing Association Inc., the today that Mr. Bo Bryant, Director of Fed- American Samoa Surfing Association Inc., eral Government Relations for the McDon- If we were talking about a local fast-food the Pago Pago Game Fishing Association alds Corporation, contacted his office on operation not affiliated with a national or Inc. and Common Cause. June 17, 2005 and requested a meeting to dis- international chain, then this would be a Aquatic sports such as sailing, canoeing, cuss the controversy surrounding the poten- local issue. But we are not talking about a and yachting are flourishing at Utulei tial construction of a McDonalds at Utulei village store. We are talking about McDon- Beach. International sailing and especially beach. The meeting was held yesterday in alds and, therefore, the McDonalds corpora- outrigger events which celebrate our proud the Congressmans Washington office and Ms. tion is interested in what is happening in heritage have been hosted at Utulei Beach Nicole E. Storey, a Government Relations American Samoa, the Congressman said.

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In turn, I am re- May 25, 2005 almost a year ago at which time was stationed at Wendling Air Force base in viewing the possibility of introducing federal I copied him on my letter to Mr. Charles England where he served as the gunnery legislation to include Utulei beach as part of Tautolo of McDonalds in American Samoa. I teacher for the troops. After graduation from the National Park of American Samoa so as also copied our Fono as well as the CEO of Indiana University, my grandfather worked in to prevent any company including but not the McDonalds Corporation headquartered in the retail industry with both L. S. Ayres and limited to KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut, or Illinois. Maison Blanche in Indiana. He worked hard local businesses from building at this site. Nearly a year ago, on June 28, 2005, I also for decades to provide for his family. Now that I believe we must not only resolve the im- met with the Director of Federal Govern- he is retired, he spends time at his VFW post mediate crisis facing us but we should also ment Relations for the McDonalds Corpora- and has found passion in speaking with stu- protect ourselves in the future from any tion and expressed my grave concerns about other corporation seeking to build at Utulei McDonalds failure to conduct a feasibility dents about his time in the military. beach. Utulei beach offers the only stretch of study, Faleomavaega said. Based on a press While he has made many professional con- shoreline where outrigger canoes and release I issued, our local media published tributions to our state and our country, he has fautasi, or longboats, can enter deep water the details of this meeting in which I in- also had a significant impact on me and my via the natural channel through the reef and, formed the Director that the people of Amer- family. I will never forget the summer vaca- out of respect and reverence for our Samoan ican Samoa would support the construction tions my brother, mother and I used to take traditions and customs, I believe we must of a McDonalds anywhere else in American with my grandfather. One year, we all visited work together to preserve Utulei beach. Samoa but not at Utulei Beach Park. Lake Okeechobee in Florida because he knew On a separate matter, I also mentioned to Utulei Beach is our only public beach and how much we loved to go fishing. We spent Mr. Bryant that I am concerned that Amer- preserving it now and for future generations the week sitting by the lake and must have ican Samoa is being treated like a foreign is what is best for American Samoa. This is country by the McDonalds corporation. It why our people want a public hearing. So let caught nearly a hundred fish (or at least that’s does not make sense to me why we have to the hearing begin. And when it begins, let us how I remember it). This is just one memory get permission from Australia in order to es- question its purpose since the Governor has I cherish. I also remember the time my brother tablish a McDonalds in American Samoa. already signed the lease and made his deci- was almost eaten by an alligator—but, that’s American Samoa is a territory of the United sion before listening to the people. another story. States and our local owners ought to be able As we carefully consider this matter, let us This year my grandfather’s birthday will fall to do business with McDonalds in America, also be very clear about ASGs involvement on Thanksgiving Day, which gives me an even not Australia. with the National Park Service (NPS). Ac- greater opportunity to give thanks for the role I also expressed my concerns about the cording to the NPS, ASG entered into a con- he has played in my life. My grandfather is a previous lease agreement done for McDon- tractual agreement with NPS in 1995 placing man of compassion, strength, and faith and I alds at the current site in Tafuna. It is my Utulei Beach Park within the Land and am privileged to have had his love and guid- understanding that the previous lease agree- Water Conservation Fund Program (LWCF) ment between ASG and McDonalds stipu- as park land dedicated to public outdoor rec- ance over the last 45 years. I hope that he lates that all lawsuits must be filed in Aus- reational use in perpetuity which means for- knows how much he has meant to me and I tralia and be subjected to Australian law. ever. ASG has also accepted over $4 million look forward to the many memories we will This is not fair to ASG or to anyone in since signing the agreement. continue to make with one another. Today, I American Samoa and I suggested that the As I stated previously, if our local govern- wish him a happy 90th birthday as he cele- attorneys in Australia representing McDon- ment makes a promise to the federal govern- brates this milestone in his life. alds should be more ethical in the contracts ment and accepts grant money and then de- f they put forward in this territory. cides the terms of the agreement are incon- While I have not heard from McDonalds venient and no longer apply, it sends the TRIBUTE TO THE OWLS’ WHIST Australia regarding construction at Utulei message that American Samoa does not re- CLUB, INC. beach, I appreciate Mr. Bryants efforts in spect the federal grant process and therefore meeting with me and I thanked him for the should not be trusted with any federal great service McDonalds is currently pro- money. This is the wrong message to send to HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN viding in American Samoa. The people of Congress and the wrong message to send to OF SOUTH CAROLINA American Samoa welcome and support the US Department of the Interior. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES McDonalds and we continue to remain hope- For this reason, I am trying to prevent a Thursday, November 20, 2014 ful that this situation can be favorably re- confrontation or a legal battle between the solved, the Congressman concluded. US Department of the Interior and ASG. Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to While the Governor has suggested that I do pay tribute to the Owls Whist Club, Inc., a his- [Press Release, Apr. 22, 2006] not have the facts, the truth is I have copies toric organization founded 100 years ago in FALEOMAVAEGA RESPONDS TO GOVERNORS of every letter exchanged between the NPS Charleston, SC. The club was founded on RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT MCDONALDS and Governor Togiola which began on May February 14, 1914 as something that was—in Congressman Faleomavaega announced 16, 2005 and continue to March 28, 2006. I also the words of their founding charter ‘‘strictly so- today that he is responding to the Governors have copies of survey maps and the Governor cial and for the entertainment of our friends.’’ comments published by Samoa News on has also been provided with these maps on It was founded by a group of African American April 17, 2006 regarding the McDonalds con- more than one occasion. In other words, the men and is one of the oldest social clubs of troversy. Togiola responded directly to Governor knows that the lease that was signed places the proposed McDonalds within its kind in the United States. Faleomavaegas public support of the Na- On November 26, 2014, they will be hosting tional Parks position on the Utulei Beach a protected park area and violates ASGs agreement with the NPS. This said, I remain their Annual Thanksgiving Eve event to con- Park lease saying, the congressman is not tinue their 100th anniversary celebration, and the federal judge for American Samoa yet, so hopeful that we can find a favorable solution to a local issue that should have never esca- I plan to be in attendance. he should wait until he knows all the facts. The earliest available records of the organi- He has not even asked us about this mat- lated to a federal problem, Faleomavaega ter. He is basing his opinion on one side only. concluded. zation are the official minutes of their meetings He should really learn to ask people who live f and their constitution that was written in 1924. here first before he goes off and releases The original members numbered sixteen, and these kinds of statements, said Togiola. HONORING JACK ROTZIEN ON HIS when Arthur Clement, Jr. wrote ‘‘A Brief His- I am saddened by the Governors comments, 90TH BIRTHDAY tory—Owls’ Whist Club’’ in 1950, he stated Faleomavaega said. As part of a free and that Frank W. Dawson, the first host, was a democratic society, each of us is entitled to HON. LUKE MESSER barber. a difference of opinion but it is beneath the OF INDIANA Each year the members hold a black tie af- office of an elected official to make false fair. Many of these events were held at Dart claims and stoop to name-calling. I am not IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hall, which back then was the ‘‘Negro Branch’’ nor do I ever desire to be a federal judge and Thursday, November 20, 2014 my position regarding McDonalds has been of the Charleston County Library. The mem- clear from the beginning. I stand with the Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bers decided in 1939 that they would buy land people of American Samoa in opposition to honor my grandfather, Jack Rotzien, on his and build their own place to hold events, and this deal. 90th birthday. in 1945 they did just that. They purchased two

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today on of the cost of constructing the building now behalf of the Crohn’s and Colitis patient com- known as the Owls’ Roost. Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today munity in observance of National Inflammatory The historical impact of this organization to honor one of my constituents, Darrell Stark, Bowel Disease (IBD) Awareness Week. As the 92, of Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Mr. Stark, was proven throughout the 20th century as Co-Chair of the Crohn’s and Colitis Caucus, I a veteran of the Army’s 31st Infantry Regiment have enjoyed working with my colleague this group of African American men overcame and former prisoner of war of the Empire of ANDER CRENSHAW to raise awareness of and the racial nature of South Carolina. During its Japan in World War II, recently returned from improve access to treatments for IBD. founding and throughout its development, the a historic trip to Japan he and six other former Our caucus has worked to champion fund- Owls’ Whist Club members experienced nu- POWs, accompanied by their family members, ing for IBD research at the National Institutes merous indignities and adversities, including were guests of the Japanese government last of Health (NIH). This has led to accomplish- numerous lynchings by vigilantes and several month on a trip of reconciliation and remem- ments like the identification of the first gene legislative actions by the SC House of Rep- brance. linked to Crohn’s Disease (NOD/CARD15), resentatives that relegated African American Mr. Stark was 17 when he joined the Army which will lead to better treatments and a cure citizens to a second-class existence. in 1941, and was immediately sent to the Phil- for IBD, and the discovery of Remicade, the ippines where he was assigned to a heavy only biologic drug for treatment of both This club has given African American men weapons company as a weapons carrier and Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. of Charleston a place to socialize and runner. He participated in the defense of the We have also been strong advocates for the strategize for 100 years. Its membership has Bataan peninsula, where despite disease, lack IBD Epidemiology program at the Centers for always included a variety of occupations and of supplies and obsolete weapons, he and his Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This when they meet on November 26 to celebrate fellow defenders were able to fight the Japa- program yields invaluable information about this milestone they will do so with members nese to a four-month standstill. Despite their the prevalence of IBD in the US and expands and guests from every background and sets of efforts, however, Bataan was surrendered on our knowledge about the demographic charac- experiences that is possible to gather under April 9, 1942. Mr. Stark was taken prisoner teristics of this vulnerable population. The data one roof, and holding fast to history and tradi- and over the course of the next three years derived from this study will not only provide an tion, among their membership will be one bar- was held in various prisons and camps in the analysis of the etiology of the disease, but ber. Philippines, forced into labor and suffering ex- could also explain why the course of illness tremely harsh and difficult conditions. After varies among individuals and what environ- Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my col- being liberated in September 1945, Mr. Stark mental or treatment factors improve patient leagues join me in congratulating the Owls’ returned home for treatment, eventually set- outcomes. Whist Club on the celebration of their 100th tling in Connecticut where he worked for the While there is currently no known cure for Anniversary. I commend its members for con- Department of Corrections and spoke often to IBD, we can already see the importance of tinuing a much-needed tradition. Their perse- students about his role in in the defense of the Congress’s continued support of IBD research. verance and tenacity are appreciated by a Philippines. National IBD Awareness Week offers the op- grateful community. Between October 11 to 20, Mr. Stark and portunity to build upon our efforts for the six of his fellow POWs were guests of the Crohn’s and Colitis patient community. f Government of Japan as part of the fifth I have been honored by the opportunity to American POW Friendship delegation to visit lead the Crohn’s and Colitis Caucus, and I HONORING DANIEL J. RIDER Japan. This delegation included members of urge my colleagues to speak out in support of the Army, Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marines IBD research efforts and to raise awareness who fought in the Pacific Theater of World for IBD. HON. SAM GRAVES War II. Their trip was part of an ongoing rec- f OF MISSOURI onciliation process that began in 2010 when the Japanese government delivered to the first HONORING SHEIKH MOUSSA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American POW delegation an official Cabinet- DRAMMEH approved apology for the damage and suf- Thursday, November 20, 2014 fering these men endured. HON. JOSE´ E. SERRANO Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I As part of the delegation, Mr. Stark was OF NEW YORK able to travel to his former POW camp in proudly pause to recognize Daniel J. Rider. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Daniel is a very special young man who has Yokkaichi near Kyoto. The managers of Thursday, November 20, 2014 exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha (ISK), the company and leadership by taking an active part in the that controlled the camp, not only received Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great him warmly, but honored him. ISK is now a Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1261, and earn- pleasure and admiration that I stand before multi-national chemical company with oper- ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. you today to honor Sheikh Moussa Drammeh ations in the United States and one of only a for his many years of selfless and compas- Daniel has been very active with his troop, handful of companies that have apologized to sionate service to the African community, and participating in many scout activities. Over the POWs forced into labor. all of our community’s residents. many years Daniel has been involved with This once in a lifetime trip for Mr. Stark was Though Sheikh Drammeh has a varied pro- scouting, he has not only earned numerous made possible through the hard work of many fessional portfolio ranging from entrepreneurial merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- people, including the U.S. State Department development to ecommerce, his dedication to ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Dan- and the Government of Japan. While coming improving the access and opportunities avail- iel has contributed to his community through to terms with the past is undoubtedly difficult able for members of the African community his Eagle Scout project. for our American survivors and the Japanese can be seen in all of his endeavors. Most no- people, it is my hope that our two nations will tably, Sheikh Drammeh founded Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in com- continue to work together to sustain and im- HalalFinder.com, which is the first online halal mending Daniel J. Rider for his accomplish- prove efforts such as this to provide reconcili- auction market of its kind. This platform was ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for ation with our shared history, provide closure established in order to ensure that providers his efforts put forth in achieving the highest to our POWs and their families, and build and consumers alike would have an inter- distinction of Eagle Scout. stronger relations for the future. active service market space that would allow

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.016 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1654 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2014 them access to goods that were previously vir- it is an important moment for American years. One of the main priorities of the Com- tually unavailable. Samoa. Establishing an accurate method for mission is to make sure that underserved Beyond his dedication to improving access enrolling our veterans is the first step in es- veterans will receive the care they deserve. On October 1, 2003, I testified before the for residents of the African community, it is tablishing a VA medical clinic in American Samoa. The purpose of the technical teams CARES Commission via live satellite feed clear that Sheikh Moussa Drammeh has a visit is to ensure that all systems are go from the U.S. House of Representatives to passion for fostering peace and understanding when the VA team arrives to enroll our vet- urge the establishment of a VA clinic in throughout our communities. Sheikh Drammeh erans in early December. Congressman American Samoa and to request that our currently serves as the Principal and Founder Faleomavaega also explained that the teams clinic be given the highest priority rating for the Islamic Leadership School in the visit is part of a collective effort between his possible, Congressman Faleomavaega said. Bronx, which remains as the first, and only, Is- office, ASG, and the VA offices in Honolulu In my statement, I informed the Commission and American Samoa. that I had worked closely with General John lamic school in The Bronx. This school is also Ma, Commanding General of the 9th Re- one of only four schools in New York City that I want to thank Governor Tauese for his commitment to our veterans. I also want to gional Support Command, to secure a build- established the ‘‘Interfaith Living Museum,’’ thank the Governors Special Assistants on ing at no cost to the VA. where Jewish students and Muslim students Veterans Affairs, High Chief Tuiteleleapaga The building that we agreed should be used participate in a yearly cultural exchange cur- Fue Ioane, President of the Veterans Advi- for a VA clinic is the butler building which riculum in efforts to promote a global, long sory Council, and High Talking Chief is next to our PX. The butler building is 3,600 Paogofie Fiaigoa, Veterans Affairs Officer, sq. ft., equipped with telehealth lines, and term peaceful co-existence. Sheikh Drammeh there are separate entrances and parking has also helped establish the Community Congressman Faleomavaega said. We are working together to ensure that our vet- lots that can be further segregated if nec- Peace Patrol Officers, which are a group of essary. The U.S. Army Reserve has agreed to erans receive top-notch health care and ben- community volunteers who have dedicated reconfigure the building to VA needs and efits. We are working together to ensure that transfer its operations when our new $20 mil- themselves to patrolling high crime areas in every veteran in American Samoa counts lion U.S. Army Reserve Center is completed efforts to make them safer and more livable and that no one is left behind. We will not be for all residents. This program not only en- by the end of this year. satisfied with the process until every veteran Mr. David Burge, Director of the Honolulu courages local residents to take an active role in Samoa is accounted for and enrolled in VA Medical and Regional Office Center in maintaining the safety of local neighbor- the system. (VAMROC) and Dr. Weibe, Director of the hoods, but also works to foster better relation- I have also been working with Senator Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) ships between community members and local Akaka, a senior member of the Senate Com- 21 have estimated that construction costs to mittee on Veterans Affairs, and Congress- renovate the building will be approximately law enforcement. man Lane Evans, Ranking Member of the Today, Sheikh Drammeh serves as Execu- $1 million. The VA and DoD will assume all House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Con- costs associated with the renovation and, tive Producer of the African Union Profile and gressman Faleomavaega said. Both gentle- Public Emergency Management Adherence once converted, the clinic will be used to men are fully supportive of our efforts to es- serve Army Reservists as well as our vet- television programs on Bronxnet Television tablish a VA medical clinic with a full-time erans, Congressman Faleomavaega said. network, and is the founder of Adopt-A-Friend, physician in the Territory. The technical As I stated in my testimony before the which is a non-profit organization, dedicated to teams planned visit for the week of Novem- Commission, more than 5,000 veterans live in promoting peace and dialogue among all indi- ber 13th is the first step in our collective ef- American Samoa and over 1,000 are enrolled viduals for a healthy co-existence. fort to establish the process that may lead to in VA health care. Enrolled veterans are the construction of our own facility. forced to travel more than 2,300 miles from Each of the aforementioned projects and Congressman Faleomavaega also noted programs speaks to the complete nature of American Samoa to the nearest VA facility that Federal law requires an accurate ac- in Honolulu, Hawaii to receive the medical Sheikh Moussa Drammeh’s dedication to im- counting and enrollment of veterans before care and attention they need. proving the quality of life for residents through- any consideration can be made to establish a As a Vietnam veteran, I am painfully out The Bronx, as well as his undying commit- VA medical clinic. It is incumbent upon aware of the sacrifices that American Sa- ment to fostering camaraderie and under- every veteran living on island to take part in moas veterans have made in defense of this standing among residents. I am proud to say the enrollment process. If we want a clinic nation and I do not believe we are asking for we have someone like Sheikh Moussa with a full-time physician, every veteran the moon when we ask for a VA clinic to be must participate, Congressman established in American Samoa. Like every Drammeh living in our community, and am Faleomavaega said. I strongly urge all vet- other American who has borne the battle, very grateful for all the work he has done, and erans on island to participate and enroll our veterans deserve access to quality VA continues to do to improve our community. when the time comes. care. We deserve to have one doctor, one Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask that you and For now, the technical team, headed by Dr. nurse, one clinic to serve our veterans and I my other distinguished colleagues join me in Norman Okamura, will visit Fagatua, am pleased that the CARES Commission honoring Sheikh Moussa Drammeh for his Tafuna, Leone and Samoana High Schools to agrees with me and has made a favorable rec- consistently remarkable dedication to peace confirm facility arrangements for enroll- ommendation for the establishment of a and longstanding commitment to improving ment activity. According to Congressman CBOC in American Samoa. Faleomavaega, the team will also confirm Although there was some question about our community. the VAs clinical patient record system serv- whether or not we had enough veterans to f er configuration and network requirements. qualify for the establishment of a CBOC, the CARES Commission set aside VA claims that LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE The technical team plans to meet with LBJ and Health Department officials to con- we may have as few as 800 veterans and sim- ESTABLISHMENT OF VA CLINIC sider the registration process and to discuss ply stated that it agrees that a CBOC should IN AMERICAN SAMOA the IHS data system. During this time the be established in American Samoa in col- team will also be working closely with John- laboration with the Department of Defense. HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA ny Mapu, PTSD Coordinator for the office of This news comes after years of hard work, Veterans Affairs. Provided all systems are ups and downs, and twists and turns, the OF AMERICAN SAMOA go, the VA enrollment team will arrive in Congressman said. For almost two years, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American Samoa during the week of Decem- Secretary of Veterans Affairs has placed a Thursday, November 20, 2014 ber 4th to begin the enrollment process. hold on construction of new facilities and every State and Territory is now competing Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise [Press Release, Feb. 14, 2004] for construction dollars. Last year, about 242 today to include, for historical purposes, infor- VA facilities were listed in the CARES Na- CARES COMMISSION AGREES WITH mation about the establishment of the VA clin- tional Draft plan and American Samoas FALEOMAVAEGA; VA CLINIC SHOULD BE ES- CBOC was among those listed. Initially, we ic in American Samoa. TABLISHED IN AMERICAN SAMOA [Press Release, Nov. 11, 2000] had a priority rating of 3 because we have Congressman Faleomavaega announced less than 7,000 veterans. Because of our re- FIRST STEP IN ESTABLISHING A VA MEDICAL today that the Capital Asset Realignment mote location and lack of VA care, I asked CLINIC IN AMERICAN SAMOA IS UNDERWAY for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission the Commission to raise our rating from pri- Congressman Faleomavaega announced released its report yesterday and agreed that ority 3 to priority 1 before publishing its today that a technical team will be in Amer- a Veterans community-based outpatient final recommendations. ican Samoa from November 13th–17th to set clinic (CBOC) should be established in Amer- I also asked for American Samoas CBOC to up and test telecom connections for the vet- ican Samoa. be included in the Commissions final report erans enrollment plan scheduled for early The CARES Commission was created by to the Secretary. Senator Inouye, Senator December. the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Akaka, the Honorable Chris Smith, Chair- This is an important moment for our vet- provide an independent assessment of what man of the House Committee on Veterans erans, Congressman Faleomavaega said. And the VAs needs may be during the next 20 Affairs and the Honorable Lane Evans,

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This includes sound business plans Secretary of Veterans Affairs has placed a leased its report and I am pleased that our and the capacity to manage specialty refer- hold on construction of new facilities and CBOC is included in its final recommenda- rals and inpatient needs of a new popu- every State and Territory is now competing tions. I am also pleased that the Commission lation.’’ for construction dollars.’’ made a nationwide decision to dismiss the ‘‘Given our immediate need and the ar- ‘‘Last year, about 242 VA facilities were VA priority ratings of 1, 2, and 3 and thereby rangements we have in place with the U.S. listed in the CARES National Draft plan and cleared the way for the establishment of Army Reserve, I am hopeful that VISN 21 American Samoas CBOC was among those CBOCs in rural areas like American Samoa and Dr. Wiebe will be able to act quickly on listed. Initially, we had a priority rating of 3 that have less than 7,000 veterans. Given the the establishment of our clinic, the Con- because we have less than 7,000 veterans. Be- Commission’s report, I am now hopeful that gressman said. At this time, I want to thank cause of our remote location and lack of VA the Honorable Anthony J. Principi, Sec- the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced care, I asked the Commission to raise our retary of Veterans Affairs, will use the rec- Services (CARES) Commission which in- rating from priority 3 to priority 1 before ommendations made by the CARES Commis- cluded American Samoa in its recommenda- publishing its final recommendations.’’ sion to create better access to health care tions to the Secretary.’’ ‘‘I also asked for American Samoas CBOC for American Samoas veterans. ‘‘The CARES Commission was created by to be included in the Commissions final re- At this time, I want to thank the CARES the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs to port to the Secretary. Senator Inouye, Sen- Commission for undertaking this mission provide an independent assessment of what ator Akaka, the Honorable Chris Smith, and for seeking the views of veterans and the VAs needs may be during the next 20 Chairman of the House Committee on Vet- stakeholders across the country. I also want years. One of the main priorities of the Com- erans Affairs and the Honorable Lane Evans, to thank Senators Inouye and Akaka, Chair- mission is to make sure that underserved Ranking Member, supported my efforts and man Smith, Ranking Member Evans, and veterans will receive the care they deserve.’’ joined with me in signing letters to Mr. General John Ma for their support through- ‘‘On October 1, 2003, I testified before the Everett Alvarez, Chairman of the CARES out this process. CARES Commission via live satellite feed Commission, requesting the same.’’ As I have said many times before, our sons from the U.S. House of Representatives to ‘‘On February 13, 2004, the Commission re- and daughters have served in record numbers urge the establishment of a VA clinic in leased its report and, as I announced in a in every U.S. military engagement from American Samoa and to request that our press release dated February 14, 2004, our WWII to present operations in Iraq. We have clinic be given the highest priority rating CBOC was included in its final recommenda- stood by the United States in good times and possible, Congressman Faleomavaega said. tions. The Commission made a nationwide bad and I am pleased that the CARES Com- In my statement, I informed the Commission decision to dismiss the VA priority ratings mission has recognized our service and that I had worked closely with General John of 1, 2, and 3 and thereby cleared the way for agreed that is time to do right by American Ma, Commanding General of the 9th Re- the establishment of CBOCs in rural areas Samoas veterans. gional Support Command, to secure a build- like American Samoa that have less than Once again, I thank the Commission for ing at no cost to the VA.’’ 7,000 veterans.’’ the opportunity I had to testify and submit ‘‘The building that we agreed should be ‘‘In turn, Secretary Principi included our supporting documentation for consideration, used for a VA clinic is the butler building clinic on his list of 156 and I am hopeful that including a Senate Concurrent Resolution which currently houses our PX. The butler with his support VISN 21 will now move to from the American Samoa Legislature dated building is 3,600 sq. ft., equipped with tele- improve health care for American Samoas March 28, 2001 I also thank American Samoas health lines, and there are separate en- veterans, the Congressman said. As I have veterans and our active duty service mem- trances and parking lots that can be further said time and time again, our men and bers for their support. I applaud them for separated if necessary. The U.S. Army Re- women have served in record numbers in their military service and I continue to wish serve has agreed to reconfigure the building every U.S. military engagement from WWII them and their families the very best, the to VA needs and transfer its operations when to present operations in Iraq. We have stood Congressman concluded. our new $20 million U.S. Army Reserve Cen- by the United States in good times and bad ter is completed by October of this year.’’ and I am pleased that Secretary Principi has [Press Release, June 22, 2004] ‘‘Mr. David Burge, Director of the Hono- made it clear that it is time to do right by U.S. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AP- lulu VA Medical and Regional Office Center American Samoas veterans.’’ PROVES FALEOMAVAEGA’S REQUEST TO ES- (VAMROC), and Dr. Wiebe have estimated ‘‘I thank Secretary Principi for his sup- TABLISH VA CLINIC IN AMERICAN SAMOA that construction costs to renovate the port. I also thank the CARES Commission, Congressman Faleomavaega announced building will be approximately $1 million. Senator Inouye, Senator Akaka, Chairman today that the Honorable Anthony J. The VA and DoD will assume all costs asso- Chris Smith and Ranking Member Lane Principi, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, ciated with the renovation and, once con- Evans of the House Committee on Veterans has approved Faleomavaega’s request to es- verted, the clinic will be used to serve Army Affairs, Dave Burge, General Webb, and Gen- tablish a VA clinic in American Samoa. Reservists as well as our veterans,’’ Con- eral John Ma for their support and commit- ‘‘The Secretary announced his decision on gressman Faleomavaega said. ment throughout this process.’’ May 7, 2004 and I will be meeting on June 24, ‘‘As I stated in my testimony before the ‘‘Again, I thank the Commission for the 2004 with Dr. Wiebe, Director of VISN 21, Commission, more than 5,000 veterans live in opportunity I had to testify and submit sup- which is the Veterans Integrated Service American Samoa but only about 800 are en- porting documentation for consideration, in- Network responsible for California, Nevada, rolled in VA health care. Enrolled veterans cluding a Senate Concurrent Resolution Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa,’’ Con- are forced to travel more than 2,300 miles from the American Samoa Legislature dated gressman Faleomavaega said. from American Samoa to the nearest VA fa- March 28, 2001. I also thank American Sa- ‘‘On April 26, 2004, I briefed Major General cility in Honolulu, Hawaii to receive the moas veterans and our active duty service Joseph G. Webb, Jr., Commander of the Pa- medical care and attention they need.’’ members for their support. I applaud them cific Regional Medical Command and the ‘‘As a Vietnam veteran, I am painfully for their military service and I continue to Lead Agent for TRICARE Pacific on my ef- aware of the sacrifices that American Sa- wish them and their families the very best,’’ forts to establish a clinic in American moas veterans have made in defense of this the Congressman concluded. Samoa. Dr. Wiebe was also present for these nation, and I do not believe we are asking for f discussions which took place in American the moon when we ask for a VA clinic to be Samoa during the April recess, or district established in American Samoa. Like every TRIBUTE TO YOUNG STAFF MEM- work period.’’ other American who has borne the battle, BERS FOR THEIR CONTRIBU- ‘‘I am pleased that I was able to take Gen- our veterans deserve access to quality VA TIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PEO- eral Webb and Dr. Wiebe on a tour of the but- care. We deserve to have at least one doctor, ler building which the 9th Regional Support one nurse, and a clinic to serve our veterans PLE OF THE 18TH CONGRES- Command has agreed to turn over for our and I am pleased that the Secretary of Vet- SIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS AND use, Faleomavaega continued. I am also erans Affairs and the CARES Commission THE UNITED STATES pleased that General Webb and Dr. Wiebe agrees with me and has made a favorable rec- were able to see first-hand the needs of our ommendation for the establishment of a HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE local veterans.’’ CBOC in American Samoa.’’ ‘‘Most of all, I am thankful that Secretary ‘‘Although there was some question about OF TEXAS Principi has agreed that a VA community whether or not we had enough veterans to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES based outpatient clinic (CBOC) should be es- qualify for the establishment of a CBOC, the Thursday, November 20, 2014 tablished in American Samoa. Only 156 new CARES Commission set aside VA claims that CBOCs will be established and one of those we may have as few as 800 veterans and sim- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as Mem- will be for our veterans,’’ Congressman ply stated that it agrees that a CBOC should bers of Congress we know well, perhaps bet- Faleomavaega said. be established in American Samoa in col- ter than most, how blessed our nation is to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.020 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1656 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2014 have in reserve such exceptional young men port professionals, to elected officials and ACKNOWLEDGING NATIONAL ALZ- and women who will go on to become leaders community leaders—to work together to im- HEIMER’S DISEASE AWARENESS in their local communities, states, and the na- prove our schools. MONTH tion in the areas of business, education, gov- Public education is the bedrock of our de- ernment, philanthropy, the arts and culture, mocracy, and we must provide robust support HON. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of public schools to ensure our young people and the military. OF CALIFORNIA can fulfill their potential. We know this because we see them and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES benefit from their contributions every day. But these days, education programs are on Many of them work for us in our offices as jun- the chopping block. State and federal officials Thursday, November 20, 2014 ior staff members, congressional fellows, or in- seem to have lost sight of the value of invest- Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California. Mr. terns and they do amazing work for and on ing in our schools. With that in mind, I cannot Speaker, I rise today in support and recogni- behalf of the constituents we are privileged to imagine a better time to acknowledge the im- tion of National Alzheimer’s Disease Aware- represent. portance of public education and the vital and ness Month. Alzheimer’s is a disease that now Mr. Speaker, I believe there is no higher underappreciated contributions that educators afflicts more than five million people in our na- calling than the call to serve a cause larger make every day. tion and one of them is my father, Ignacio. It than ourselves. That is why I ran for public of- Somewhere along the line, we have all been is a heart-breaking disease that affects every fice. I was inspired to serve by President Ken- inspired by great teachers who have helped member of the family, community, and coun- nedy who said, ‘‘Ask not what your country us develop the perspective and good judg- try. can do for you, ask what you can do for your ment to be active participants in our commu- As someone whose father suffers from this country,’’ and by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther nities. But the support these teachers need to debilitating illness, I am acutely aware of the King, Jr. who said: do their jobs effectively—including a competi- pain and hardship that Alzheimer’s inflicts not tive salary and funding for supplies and text- Everybody can be great because anybody just on my family but on society as well. In can serve. . . . You only need a heart full of books—is too often the target of over-eager 2014, the direct costs of caring for those with grace. A soul generated by love. budget hawks. Alzheimer’s will total $214 billion, including We’ve learned this in our home state of $150 billion in costs to Medicare and Med- By this measure, there are several other North Carolina, where the Republican majority icaid. Unfortunately, this situation is only going great young men and women who served as in the General Assembly has slashed the edu- to get worse. The number of Americans living volunteers this year in my offices. They may cation budget, even as enrollment has in- with Alzheimer’s is projected to grow to six- toil in obscurity but their contributions to the creased. Teacher pay ranks 46th in the nation, constituents we serve are deeply appreciated having fallen from 20th in the last five years. teen million and the costs of caring for these and that is why today I rise to pay tribute to Overall state funding for our schools has people will grow to $1.2 trillion by 2050. This November is National Alzheimer’s Dis- four extraordinary young persons for their dropped by 8.6 percent since 2008, and be- service to my constituents in the 18th Con- lieve me when I tell you that our teachers and ease Awareness Month, a time to be mindful gressional District of Texas and to the Amer- students are feeling the squeeze. of the struggles that families face in caring for ican people. They are: Ruby Grace, Chelsea That trend is hardly unique to North Caro- loved ones with this disease. It is also a time Banks, Adam Kong, Lauren Buchanan, Rachel lina—a recent report by the Center on Budget to raise awareness, support, and outreach for Foster, Keome Rowe, Jesus Vasquez, Maria and Policy Priorities shows that 30 states have those confronted with Alzheimer’s disease and Mojica, and Ruth Welland, and finally to Vic- cut education budgets. Insufficient funding for for their families. These efforts will help in- toria Brayer, to whom today I also wish a very teachers and public schools has quickly be- crease community awareness and under- happy birthday. come a national problem. standing to better equip us as a nation to face Mr. Speaker, the energy, intelligence, and The picture is even bleaker at the federal this disease. idealism these wonderful young people level. This year, my Republican colleagues This Thanksgiving break I will visit my fa- brought to my office and those interning in the once again plan to oversee major reductions ther, whose hands never lost their memory, offices of my colleagues help keep our democ- in discretionary spending, including education and I will give thanks that those hands helped racy vibrant. The insights, skills, and knowl- funding. That will mean new threats to all fed- shape my life. This is why I am committed to edge of the governmental process they gain eral education initiatives, from primary and finding a cure and calling for increased fund- from their experiences will last a lifetime and secondary school support to Pell Grants and ing for Alzheimer’s research at the National In- prove invaluable to them as they go about other college affordability programs. stitute of Health. It is my hope that a commit- making their mark in this world. As state and federal officials debate budg- ment to research and improving treatments Because of persons like them the future of ets, we would be wise to remember that none will one day rid us Alzheimer’s disease en- our country is bright and its best days lie of our education policies will succeed until tirely. ahead. I wish them all well. committed teachers and administrators, critical f Mr. Speaker, I am grateful that such school support staff and education support thoughtful committed young men and women staff, and engaged students all have the sup- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF VIL- can be found working in my office, those of port that they need to thrive. LAGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN my colleagues, and in every community in Government should be in the business of AMERICAN SAMOA America. Their good works will keep America recruiting great educators who are willing to great, good, and forever young. dedicate their careers to public education. We HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA f must provide them with adequate training, op- OF AMERICAN SAMOA portunities for professional development, com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN petitive salaries, sufficient classroom re- Thursday, November 20, 2014 EDUCATION WEEK sources, and support form effective adminis- trators and staff. Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise HON. DAVID E. PRICE We also have to work to ensure that every today to include, for historical purposes, the OF NORTH CAROLINA American student who works hard can afford legislative history of village road improvements IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to go to college. It is wholly irresponsible to in American Samoa. make further cuts to Pell Grants and burden [Press Release, Mar. 25, 2004] Thursday, November 20, 2014 students with additional debt. Instead, we HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AGREES Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, should be doing everything possible to TO INCREASE HIGHWAY FUNDING FOR TERRI- I rise today to acknowledge American Edu- incentivize college for bright students who TORIES AND INCLUDE $14 MILLION FOR VIL- cation Week. This annual celebration was es- have a passion for learning. LAGE ROAD AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN tablished by the National Education Associa- This American Education Week, students AMERICAN SAMOA tion and the American Legion in 1921, and it and teachers around the country are calling Congressman Faleomavaega announced serves as a time to remember the paramount out for our support. I encourage my col- that the House Committee on Transpor- leagues in Congress and friends in the Gen- tation agreed yesterday to increase federal importance of education. highway funding for the Territories and in- This year’s theme, Great Public Schools: A eral Assembly to answer the call and restore clude $14 million for village road and other Basic Right and Our Responsibility, is a re- education funding to sustainable levels. It’s the improvements in American Samoa. newed call for all citizens—from parents and best investment we can make in a future we Although this bill still must pass the teachers, to school staff and education sup- can be proud of. House and Senate, I am pleased that my

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.022 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1657 good friends Chairman Don Young and Rank- Lealaitafea and Representative Mary for American Samoa and in 1998 I was able to ing Member Jim Oberstar of the House Taufetee and members of the Nu’uuli council get $12 million for Village Road Development Transportation Committee have agreed to of chiefs, we have set aside $1 million for on the islands of Tutuila and Manua. increase transportation funding for the Ter- shoreline protection and drainage mitigation This was the first time that Congress ever ritories, Congressman Faleomavaega said. for Nu’uuli village roads. In consultation agreed to let federal highway funds be used Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (Guam), with Senator Faamausili Pola and members for constructing roads that are not part of Congresswoman Donna Christensen (VI) and of the Tau village council of chiefs, we have the federal highway system and I am pleased I have worked on this issue for the past year set aside $1.6 million to upgrade and repair that Congress acted favorably on my re- and Congressman Nick Rahall, Ranking the Tau harbor facility. quest. The 1998 Transportation Equity Act Member of the House Resources Committee, Finally, in consultation with Senator for the 21st Century is now expiring and Con- has supported our efforts. Faiivae Galeai, Senator Lualemaga Faoa and gress is reauthorizing funds for the next six As a result of our work, the Territorial members of the Leone and Malaeloa councils years. As of today, the House has now agreed Highway Program (which includes American of chiefs, we have set aside $1 million for to support my request to provide American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and drainage mitigation for Malaeloa-Leone vil- Samoa with an additional $14 million over CNMI) will be increased from $33 million to lage roads. Governor Togiola and I thank our the next six years for village roads and other $40 million for FY04, FY05 and FY06. For local leaders for their support of this historic transportation improvements. In consultation with Governor Togiola, we FY07, FY08 and FY09, funding will increase and important initiative and we are hopeful have set aside $9.4 million for village road to $50 million. Despite the Transportation that the House and Senate will pass this leg- Act (now known as TEA–LU) being $100 bil- improvements in the Eastern, Western, Cen- islation before the 108th Congress adjourns, tral and Manua districts of American Samoa. lion less than what was originally proposed, the Congressman concluded. the Territorial set aside will increase by In further consultation with Senator Tuaolo Fruean and High Paramount Chief Mauga 23.6%. [Press Release, Apr. 2, 2004] Moreover, American Samoa will receive $14 and members of the Pago Pago council of million for high priority projects including HOUSE PASSES HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION chiefs, we have also set aside $1 million for village road improvements, drainage mitiga- BILL AND INCLUDES FALEOMAVAEGA’S RE- drainage mitigation for Pago Pago village tion, shoreline protection and upgrades and QUEST OF ADDITIONAL $14 MILLION FOR VIL- roads. repairs of the Tau ferry terminal facility. On LAGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN AMERICAN In consultation with Senator Tago January 23, 2004, I called Governor Togiola SAMOA Suilefaiga, Representative Fagasoaia to let him know that the Committee had in- Congressman Faleomavaega announced Lealaitafea and Representative Mary formed me of its intentions and asked that today that by a vote of 357 to 65 the House Taufetee and members of the Nuuli council we keep this information confidential until passed H.R. 3550, the Transportation Equity of chiefs, we have set aside $1 million for the Committee held its mark-up. The Com- Act: A Legacy for Users (TEA–LU) which in- shoreline protection and drainage mitigation for Nuuli village roads. In consultation with mittee originally intended to hold its mark- creases federal highway funding for the Ter- Senator Faamausili Pola and members of the up in February but postponed it until March ritories and includes an additional $14 mil- Tau village council of chiefs, we have set 24, 2004. lion for village road and other improvements aside $1.6 million to upgrade and repair the On February 4, 2004, I also wrote to Gov- in American Samoa. The Senate has already ernor Togiola in response to his January 15, Tau harbor facility. passed its version of TEA–LU and the bill Finally, in consultation with Senator 2004 letter to me. In my letter, I explained will now go to conference in May after which Faiivae Galeai, Senator Lualemaga Faoa and that from 1992 to 2003 American Samoa re- time it is expected that the President will members of the Leone and Malaeloa councils ceived over $77 million in federal highway sign it into law. of chiefs, we have set aside $1 million for funds including $12 million I obtained to im- Once signed into law, the Territorial High- drainage mitigation for Malaeloa-Leone vil- prove village roads in American Samoa. way Program (which includes American lage roads. Again, Governor Togiola and I Roads that are not part of the federal high- Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and thank our local leaders for their support of way system are ineligible for funding. This CNMI) will be increased from $33 million to this historic and important initiative. rule applies to every state and territory and $40 million for FY04, FY05 and FY06. For I also thank Chairman Don Young (Repub- includes our village roads. Be that as it may, FY07, FY08 and FY09, funding will increase lican from Alaska) and Ranking Member Jim I fought hard to convince my colleagues that to $50 million. Despite the Transportation Oberstar (Democrat from Minnesota) of the an exception should be made for American Act (now known as TEA–LU) being $100 bil- House Committee on Transportation as well Samoa and in 1998 they agreed to support my lion less than what was originally proposed, as the Honorable Nick Rahall, Ranking request for $12 million for village road im- the Territorial set aside will increase by Member of the House Committee on Re- provements. 23.6%. sources, for their support of increased fund- The 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the In addition to our share of funds from the ing for the Territories. I also commend Con- 21st Century is now expiring and Congress is Territorial Highway Program, American gresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (Guam) and reauthorizing funds for the next six years. Samoa will receive an extra $14 million for Congresswoman Donna Christensen (VI) who Again, the House Transportation Committee high priority projects including village road have also worked tirelessly to increase funds has agreed to my request for additional improvements, drainage mitigation, shore- for the Territorial Highway Program. funds for American Samoa. On March 5, 2003, line protection, and upgrades and repairs of Out of 422 members of the House who voted the House Committee on Transportation no- the Tau ferry terminal facility. At this time, today, 357 overwhelmingly voted to support tified members of Congress that it would ac- I want to thank my good friends, Chairman this historic legislation. In other words, its cept written and oral testimony regarding Don Young and Ranking Member Jim Ober- not about whose in the majority. It takes requests for funding. On March 5, 2003, I star, of the House Transportation Committee both Democrats and Republicans to get the wrote Governor Sunia and requested his for agreeing to my requests to increase job done. It also takes seniority and this is input. Although I did not hear back from American Samoas annual funding and to in- why I am thankful that the people of Amer- Governor Sunia, I testified and appeared be- clude an extra $14 million for our village ican Samoa have trusted me time and time fore the Committee. again to get the job done for them. With Initially, I requested money for a ferry road improvements and other high priority your continued support and prayers, I am boat and terminal construction as well as projects, Congressman Faleomavaega said. hopeful that our increases and add-ons will funding for our village roads. However, since Regarding our funding, I believe it is im- be supported when the House and Senate September 2003, Governor Togiola and I have portant to explain how Congress authorizes meet in May to conference this bill, the Con- worked together to obtain funding for the transportation funds. Simply put, a federal gressman concluded. purchase of a vessel for Manua and on Janu- gas tax is collected nationally to fund the ary 22, 2004, the House Committee on Trans- transportation bill. Residents of American f Samoa and other territories are not required portation informed me that it would be able INTRODUCTION OF THE VETERANS to grant $14 million of my requests for high- to contribute to this fund or pay federal gas way projects in American Samoa. This fund- taxes. Although we pay no federal gas taxes, EQUAL ACCESS ACT ing is in addition to our annual federal high- Congress provides for our transportation way funds. needs by way of a direct-set aside for the HON. EARL BLUMENAUER In consultation with the Governor, we Territories and this is known as the Terri- OF OREGON torial Highway Program. have set aside $9.4 million for village road IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES improvements in the Eastern, Western, Cen- Since 1992, American Samoa has received tral and Manua districts of American Samoa. more than $77 million in federal highway Thursday, November 20, 2014 In further consultation with Senator Tuaolo transportation funds including $12 million I Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, today, I Fruean and High Paramount Chief Mauga obtained in 1998 to improve village roads in am introducing the bipartisan Veterans Equal and members of the Pago Pago council of American Samoa. Roads that are not part of Access Act along with my colleagues DANA chiefs, we have also set aside $1 million for the federal highway system are ineligible for drainage mitigation for Pago Pago village funding. This rule applies to every state and ROHRABACHER, DINA TITUS, JUSTIN AMASH, roads. territory and includes our village roads. Be PAUL BROUN, WALTER JONES, THOMAS MASSIE, In consultation with Senator Tago that as it may, I fought hard to convince my SAM FARR, JARED POLIS, BETO O’ROURKE, Suilefaiga, Representative Fagasoaia colleagues that an exception should be made STEVE STOCKMAN and STEVE COHEN, which

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.025 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2014 will allow Veterans Health Administration phy- are a testament to the quality of MDCPS. I in- ently remarkable dedication to public service sicians to recommend medical marijuana to vite you to join me in congratulating Congress- and longstanding commitment to improving their patients in states where it is legal. women FREDERICA S. WILSON and ILEANA our community. Twenty-three states and the District of Co- ROS-LEHTINEN on their myriad accomplish- f lumbia have passed laws that provide for legal ments and their induction into the MDCPS Hall HONORING THE WORK OF ADOBE access to medical marijuana. As a result, well of Fame. SERVICES DURING NATIONAL over one million patients across the country, f including many veterans, now use medical HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS marijuana at the recommendation of their phy- HONORING DR. BOLA OMOTOSHO AWARENESS WEEK sician to treat conditions ranging from sei- ´ HON. ERIC SWALWELL zures, glaucoma, anxiety, chronic pain, and HON. JOSE E. SERRANO OF CALIFORNIA nausea. OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES There are also nine states and the District IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, November 20, 2014 of Columbia that now allow physicians to rec- Thursday, November 20, 2014 ommend medical marijuana for the symptoms Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS), due to a Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great I rise to recognize the week of November 15– growing body of anecdotal evidence sug- pleasure and admiration that I stand before 23 as National Hunger and Homelessness gesting that marijuana offers relief when noth- you today to honor Dr. Bola Omotosho for his Awareness Week and to honor the distin- ing else has. many years of compassionate public service guished work and advocacy of Adobe Serv- While outdated federal barriers often pre- and tireless work to improve the health of our ices, a non-profit working in the 15th Congres- vent the research necessary to develop mari- community residents. sional District and throughout the Bay Area to juana into an FDA approved drug, states have Dr. Omotosho left Nigeria to relocate to The end homelessness. The week before Thanksgiving has been heard from their citizens, including veterans Bronx in 1995, after an extended career in designated as National Hunger and Homeless- suffering from PTS, that marijuana is helping medicine that culminated in studying anesthe- ness Awareness Week to bring about commu- them now, and have adjusted their laws. siology through the Nigerian Navy. Bringing Despite this growing state availability of his passion for medicine along with him, Dr. nity awareness and to help those in need. medical marijuana, the Department of Vet- Omotosho went on to study the nature of in- Throughout the year, but especially during the erans Affairs (VA) prohibits VA medical pro- fectious diseases upon his arrival, and cur- holiday season, we must always remember viders from completing forms brought by their rently works with Montefiore Medical Center in how hunger and homelessness remain serious patients seeking recommendations or opinions The Bronx, which is one of the largest problems in our communities across the regarding participation in a state marijuana healthcare providers in the United States. Ad- United States. I am proud to have Adobe program. ditionally, Dr. Omotosho remains very closely Services as a strong community partner in the The Veterans Equal Access Act would re- involved with several other medical missions, Bay Area working to end homelessness and quire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to au- both local and international in their scope. Dr. advocating on behalf of the hungry. Throughout National Hunger and Homeless- thorize physicians and other health care work- Omotosho recently facilitated the donation of 3 ness Awareness Week, Adobe Services has ers employed by the VA to provide rec- dialysis machines to the Haut-Nkam of New planned several events to engage community ommendations and opinions regarding the par- York, who will provide these machines for members in the Bay Area and raise aware- ticipation of a veteran in a state medical mari- usage by the Haut-Nkam community in Cam- ness regarding homelessness and hunger. For juana program. This includes authorizing them eroon. Locally, Dr. Omotosho continues to be example, today, Adobe Services is hosting the to fill out any forms involved in the process of our community’s champion for kidney donation ‘‘Feed Your Soul’’ performance night at Mis- recommending medical marijuana. amongst Africans here in New York City. sion Coffee in Fremont. At this performance Veterans should not be forced outside of the Dr. Bola Omotosho is not only a distin- night, guests will have the chance to under- VA system to seek a treatment that is legal in guished medical leader, he is also an indi- stand more about the impact homelessness their state. VA physicians should not be de- vidual who stands as the model of an active, has on families and the wider community nied the ability to offer a recommendation they civically engaged community member. Dr. through artistic renditions. Additionally, tomor- think may meet the needs of their patient. I Omotosho serves as Chairperson of Commu- row, Adobe Services will host a candlelight hope my colleagues will join me in supporting nity Board 5, President of the Harrison Avenue vigil at St. James’ Episcopal Church to re- this effort. Homeowners Association, and President of member Alameda County residents who died f the Mount Hope Housing Corporation Board of Directors. He is also the Vice Chair of the last year while homeless. To combat hunger in INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION CON- Bronx Multi Faith Advisory Group, and an ac- the East Bay, Adobe Services also is orga- GRATULATING CONGRESSWOMEN tive member of the United Africa Coalition as nizing a food drive to provide festive holiday FREDERICA S. WILSON AND well as the Black United Leadership group of meals to those in need. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN ON The Bronx. Each of these groups works tire- Adobe Services not only works to fight THEIR INDUCTION INTO THE lessly to improve the quality of the life here in homelessness and hunger during this national MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC The Bronx, and Dr. Omotosho’s commitment awareness week, but also serves more than SCHOOLS HALL OF FAME to each of them speaks to his longstanding 4,000 Bay Area residents throughout the year. commitment to our community. Its mission is to end homelessness by assist- Dr. Bola Omotosho is an alumnus of New ing low-income, un-housed people and secure HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS stable and supportive housing. I am grateful OF FLORIDA York Police Citizen Academy and the Federal for the assistance Adobe Services provides, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bureau of Investigation’s Citizen Academy, from which he received the 2009 Humanitarian and I applaud its continued dedication to the Thursday, November 20, 2014 Award. Today, Dr. Omotosho continues to homeless community. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I work with several residential boards that work f rise today to introduce a Resolution Congratu- with law enforcement agencies to improve COMMENDING PROJECT lating Congresswomen FREDERICA S. WILSON community relations and amplify safety efforts GIVEBACK’S VOLUNTEERS and ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN on their induction throughout our neighborhoods. into the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Individuals like Dr. Bola Omotosho remind HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON Hall of Fame. us all that we all have a duty to be faithful OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA I am also pleased to be joined by Rep- community servants, and should work each IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES resentatives FRANKEL, DIAZ-BALART, CLAWSON, day to improve the quality of life for all of DEUTCH, GARCIA, WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, MUR- neighbors alike. Dr. Omotosho has a true pas- Thursday, November 20, 2014 PHY and ROONEY of the South Florida delega- sion for community, which is clear in all of his Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion in celebrating Congresswomen FREDERICA work, and I am sincerely grateful to call some- commend the more than 500 volunteers who S. WILSON and ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN on re- one like him a neighbor. will gather at the District of Columbia’s Colum- ceiving this honor. Both Representative WIL- Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask that you and bia Heights Educational Campus Saturday, SON and ROS-LEHTINEN are products of the my other distinguished colleagues join me in November 22, 2014, to begin packing and dis- Miami-Dade County Public School System and honoring Dr. Bola Omotosho for his consist- tributing Thanksgiving parcels for Project

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.027 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1659 GiveBack’s 20th Annual Food Distribution. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF VA for its assistance and my good friend Their efforts provide over 1,500 families in the FALEOMAVAEGA’S PROVISION Ranking Member Lane Evans of the VA FOR NON-SAMOAN VETERANS Committee for his tireless efforts and sup- National Capital Area with wholesome Thanks- port, the Congressman concluded. giving dinners. MARRIED TO SAMOANS TO QUALIFY FOR VA HOME LOANS [Press Release, May 22, 2006] Ransom Miller III founded Project GiveBack HOUSE AND SENATE PASS VETERANS BILL AND in 1995. In its first year, six local families and HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA INCLUDES FALEOMAVAEGA’S PROVISION FOR one shelter received food baskets. Over the OF AMERICAN SAMOA NON-SAMOAN VETERANS MARRIED TO SAMOANS TO QUALIFY FOR VA HOME LOANS next two decades, this small effort grew to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES serve 3,500 families in locations across the Congressman Faleomavaega announced Thursday, November 20, 2014 country, including Washington, D.C.; Dallas, today that by a vote of 372 to 0 the House Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise passed S. 1235, the Veterans Housing Oppor- Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Tulsa, tunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006 Oklahoma; St. Louis, Missouri; and Denver, today to include, for historical purposes, infor- and included his provision for non-Samoan mation about a provision for non-Samoan vet- Colorado. veterans married to Samoans to qualify for erans married to Samoans to qualify for VA VA Home Loans. As we approach Memorial Project GiveBack’s scope has also grown to home loans. Day to remember and honor our military include: Children’s Toy Drive, to provide toys [Press Release, Nov. 10, 2005] men and women who have died while serving our nation during a time of war, it is espe- for children in low-income families; Children’s HOUSE PASSES VA HOUSING ASSISTANCE BILL cially fitting that the House and Senate have AND INCLUDES FALEOMAVAEGA’S PROVISION Easter Celebration, to provide a safe and fun passed the Veterans Housing Opportunity FOR AMERICAN SAMOAS VETERANS AND atmosphere for children in Southeast D.C. to and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006 in THEIR SPOUSES celebrate the spiritual meaning of Easter; tribute to those who are still with us, Congressman Faleomavaega announced Computer Sponsor Progam, to assist local Faleomavaega said. today that by a voice vote the House passed America is what she is today because of schools and community organizations in the H.R. 3665, the Veterans Housing and Employ- the sacrifices made by our military men and acquisition of more than 100 laptops and per- ment Improvement Act of 2005 and included women and their families. This is why I am sonal computers; and Youth EXPOSURE Pro- Faleomavaega’s provision for American Sa- pleased that the US Congress is recognizing gram, to connect students of various back- moas veterans. their service by passing S. 1235. After years I especially want to thank Chairman Steve of hard work, I am also pleased to announce grounds and to expose them to a wide range Buyer and Ranking Member Lane Evans of that once the President signs this legislation of experiences that will spark career aspira- the Committee on Veterans Affairs and also into law, non-Samoan veterans married to tions, ingenuity, and creativity. Chairman John Boozman and Ranking Mem- Samoans will finally be able to qualify for ber Stephanie Herseth of the Subcommittee VA home loans. Project GiveBack is achieving its mission to on Economic Opportunity for their leader- For too long, Native American veterans, be a vehicle for firms and professionals to give ship in making it possible for Native Ameri- including Samoans, were not able to partici- back to the communities where they work and cans to participate in the veterans housing pate in the VA Home Loan program because live in by coordinating programs that benefit loan program, Congressman Faleomavaega our land is communally rather than pri- said. vately held. For the same reason, traditional less fortunate individuals and families, with a I am especially thankful that American lending institutions also would not make focus on children. It is the intent of the organi- Samoas veterans have also been able to par- home loans to Native Americans because in zation to uplift communities around the United ticipate in this very successful program and case of default the bank would not be able to States mentally, spiritually, and economically. I thank my colleagues for working with me repossess the land or the home due to factors to address the concerns of American associated with communal ownership. Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to join me in Samoans without adversely affecting the However, in 1992, with the support of the commending Project GiveBack’s volunteers rights of other tribes. Many Samoans have Chairman and Ranking Member of the Vet- erans Affairs Committee, were able to estab- served in the military and they are allowed and sponsors and may they soon join the lish a pilot program making it possible for to obtain home loans under current law. more than 650,000 residents in our nation’s Native Americans, including Samoans, to Other Samoans are married to non-Samoan qualify for VA home loans. Even though this capital in thanksgiving for full representation veterans Non-native military spouses mar- was groundbreaking and very helpful to for D.C. in Congress. ried to native Samoans have not been able to many of our veterans, the program was still qualify for the VA home loan program. In problematic because it excluded the spouses part, this is because the Native American f of non-native Americans from qualifying for Home Loan program excludes the spouses of a VA home loan and for us this meant that non-native Americans from qualifying for a WELCOMING ENSLIE COLE DECK non-Samoan military spouses married to na- VA home loan. tive Samoans were also unable to qualify. This has been problematic in American But thanks to the successful passage of to- HON. JOHN L. MICA Samoa because most land in American days legislation, our non-Samoan veterans Samoa is communal and the VA has only married to Samoans will now able to qualify OF FLORIDA made it possible for Samoans of Tutuila, for VA home loans and I couldnt be happier Manus, Aunuu, or Swain Islands to qualify that their dreams of home ownership can IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for home loans offered by traditional lending now come true. At this time, I especially institutions because only they can make Thursday, November 20, 2014 want to thank Chairman Steve Buyer and claim to native land. As a result, non-native Ranking Member Lane Evans of the Com- spouses of veterans or persons serving in the Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, as I rise today, it is mittee on Veterans Affairs and also Chair- US Armed Forces who are married to a Sa- man John Boozman and Ranking Member my pleasure to announce the birth of Enslie moan have not been able to qualify for a VA Stephanie Herseth of the Subcommittee on Cole Deck on November 19, 2014 at Inova home loan. However, the VA has been helpful Economic Opportunity and Mary Ellen Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. in assisting the Veterans Affair Committee McCarthy, Democratic Staff Director for and my office in drafting language to rectify Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, Enslie is the daughter of Wiley Deck, my this problem and I am pleased that this lan- for their support and tireless efforts in mak- Chief of Staff, and Elizabeth Deck. The former guage has now been included in HR 3665. ing this possible. I also thank Senator Larry Elizabeth Buckles and Wiley Deck met as staff As we have agreed, it is our understanding Craig and Senator Daniel Akaka, Chairman that this language now makes it possible for members in our Washington office. Both of and Ranking Member of the Senate Com- a non-Samoan military member or veteran mittee on Veterans Affairs, for their leader- them moved to our Florida District Office in St. to qualify for a VA loan if the non-Samoan ship. Augustine in 2003. They married and had their military member has a meaningful interest Finally, I want to thank the VA for assist- first child, Emilia Hayward Deck. The Decks in the housing a Samoan spouse has been ing the Veterans Affair Committee and my returned to Washington, DC in 2011 and now granted permission to build on communal office in drafting language that has been in- land. It is also our understanding that mean- cluded in section 104 of S. 1235 which now have expanded their family with the arrival of ingful interest means that the veteran has makes home ownership a reality for non-Sa- Enslie. the right to reside in the home under tribal moan veterans married to Samoans. As a re- To the Deck and Buckles families, we ex- laws. sult of this language, it is our understanding This is good news for our veterans and that a non-Samoan military member or vet- tend our warmest congratulations and wish their spouses. For this reason, I again thank eran may now qualify for a VA loan if the them years for continued health and happi- my colleagues for including my provision in non-Samoan military member has a mean- ness. this important legislation. I also thank the ingful interest in the housing a Samoan

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.031 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1660 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2014 spouse has been granted permission to build THE BLACK LUNG BENEFITS BLACK LUNG BENEFITS on communal land. It is also our under- IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2014 IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2014 standing that meaningful interest means that the veteran has the right to reside in the home under tribal laws. HON. GEORGE MILLER HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT OF CALIFORNIA Again, I believe S. 1235 is a fitting tribute IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to our veterans and I am especially pleased OF PENNSYLVANIA that this legislation provides American Sa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, November 20, 2014 moas veterans with the housing opportuni- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. ties and other benefits they deserve. For this Thursday, November 20, 2014 Speaker, today I am joining Representatives reason, I again thank my colleagues for in- cluding my provision in this important legis- Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I am intro- CARTWRIGHT, SCOTT, COURTNEY, and RAHALL lation and for supporting the Veterans Hous- ducing the Black Lung Benefits Improvement in introducing the Black Lung Benefits Im- provement Act of 2014. ing Opportunity and Benefits Act of 2006, the Act of 2014 today to help disabled coal miners The Black Lung Benefits Act was enacted in Congressman concluded. get benefits that they are entitled to but often 1969 to provide health care and modest bene- unable to access. f fits to coal miners who develop black lung dis- Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, commonly ease, also known as coal workers’ pneumo- ACKNOWLEDGING THE ACCOM- referred to as ‘‘black lung,’’ is a debilitating coniosis, which is a crippling respiratory dis- PLISHMENTS OF MS. JENNETTE and deadly disease caused by the long-term ease that has left generations of miners teth- STARKS-FAULKNER, 2014 FENC- inhalation of coal dust in underground and sur- ered to oxygen tanks. Today, the black lung ING WORLD CHAMPION face coal mines. According to the National In- benefits program is failing far too many miners stitute for Occupational Safety and Health, and their survivors because there is an unfair black lung has caused or contributed to more disparity in medical and legal resources be- HON. GREGORY W. MEEKS than 76,000 deaths since 1968, with thou- tween miners and coal operators when it sands of miners still sick and dying from the comes to establishing eligibility for benefits. OF NEW YORK disease. This legislation seeks to level the playing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety field by ensuring that miners have equal ac- cess to medical evidence, better access to Thursday, November 20, 2014 Act of 1969, which included the Black Lung Benefits Act, contained a program designed to legal resources, a remedy for those whose Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to provide compensation and medical care to claims were denied due to recent discoveries recognize the accomplishments of Ms. miners who are totally disabled due to black of discredited medical evidence. In addition, it Jennette Starks-Faulkner. As you know Mr. lung. To secure benefits, disabled coal miners includes a requirement that the Department of Labor improve the timeliness of benefit deci- Speaker, great athletes are not born they are must engage in lengthy and complex litigation sions and an adjustment of benefit payments forged through the combined efforts of our en- against local operators that has been proven so that miners and their survivors receive the tire community and the dedication and deter- to unfairly burden claimants and prevent them cost of living increases that Congress in- mination of individuals. Ms. Starks-Faulkner’s from receiving the benefits to which they are tended. discipline and her commitment to living a entitled. Black lung disease has killed more than healthy and active lifestyle is evident in the In 2009, the Government Accountability Of- 76,000 miners since 1968. Rates of black lung success she has found participating in com- fice found that ‘‘coal miners face a number of disease dropped steadily after the Federal petitions hosted by the United States Fencing challenges pursuing federal black lung claims, Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969 set Association. including finding legal representation and de- enforceable limits on exposure to coal mine Ms. Starks-Faulkner’s precise footwork, veloping sound medical evidence to support dust. However, rates are now on the rise lightning thrusts, and deft ripostes have made their claims.’’ More recent award-winning in- again, according to the National Institute for her one of the most accomplished fencers in vestigations by the Center for Public Integrity Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH. the entire world. This past October in Debre- and ABC News uncovered numerous cases in The number of people with the most severe cen, Hungary she became the first U.S. which coal operators and their attorneys de- form of black lung disease has spiked ten-fold woman ever to win the International Fencing feated claims by hiring doctors who systemati- over the past 15 years. In a heartbreaking ex- Federation’s Veteran Fencing World Cham- cally failed to diagnose black lung disease, or ample of the disease’s prevalence, autopsies pionship gold medal in foil competition. Among by withholding medical evidence from miners, of the 24 miners who died in the Upper Big her long list of achievements, which I ask be surviving spouses, and judges that would have Branch mine explosion in 2010 revealed that added into the RECORD, Ms. Starks-Faulkner proven the miners’ eligibility for benefits. 17 of these miners had black lung. And the won a gold medal at the 2014 USA Fencing These and other unethical practices were ex- Department of Labor expects 7,300 black lung National Championships in the Veteran Foil amined as part of a July 22, 2014, hearing be- benefit cases to be filed in fiscal years 2014 competition, a silver in the Veteran Saber fore the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and 2015, an increase of 35 percent since fis- competition and she has represented the and Workplace Safety. In addition, bureau- cal year 2012. United States as a member of the last seven cratic delays impede timely decisions about The Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act Veteran World Championship teams. miners’ benefits, with miners waiting an aver- of 2014 seeks to level the playing field for miners and strengthen our black lung benefits Anyone who watches Ms. Starks-Faulkner age of 42 months to receive a decision on program in nine key ways. compete will attest that her physical ability is their claim from an administrative law judge in the Department of Labor. First, it addresses the lack of legal assist- only surpassed by her willingness to give ev- ance available to miners. The determination of erything she has to win. In a sport where there In the past year, the Department of Labor a claimant’s eligibility for black lung benefits are very few African American participants, has taken several steps to address these often requires complex, adversarial litigation, Ms. Starks-Faulkner has distinguished herself issues; however, administrative actions alone but resource disparities between coal compa- as the first among champions. While small in will not be able to solve the systematic prob- nies and claimants make it difficult for many stature, her presence casts a great shadow on lems facing victims of black lung disease. That miners and survivors with meritorious claims her competition. Ms. Starks-Faulkner’s accom- is why Congress has an obligation to reform to prevail. The Government Accountability Of- plishments are a testament to the power of the this program so that it better serves and hon- fice found that many claimants under the human spirit and the limitless potential each ors those who have helped supply the energy Black Lung Benefits Act are not equipped with and every person possesses. Lastly, her dedi- that our country relies on to light our homes the medical and legal resources necessary to cation to fencing is an important reminder not and power our factories. develop sufficient evidence that can meet the only to her students, but to all Americans, that I want to thank Congressman GEORGE MIL- requirements for benefits. Miners often lack when you believe in your dreams, nothing can LER, the senior Democrat on the Committee complete and reliable medical evidence, which stop you. on Education and the Workforce, for his lead- increases the risk that the individuals who re- As an ardent admirer of those who would ership on this issue, and for Representatives view claims for benefits will be presented with push beyond their limitations, I salute Ms. JOE COURTNEY, NICK RAHALL and ROBERT C. insufficient medical evidence. Similarly, without Starks-Faulkner and her long list of accom- ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT for joining me in sponsoring better options for legal representation, signifi- plishments. this important legislation. cant numbers of such claimants proceed

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.033 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS November 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1661 through a complex and potentially long admin- dence is evenly balanced. Given the remedial claims proceedings as a service to claimants istrative process without the resources that nature of the Black Lung Benefits Act, when or operators on a fee-for-service basis. Department of Labor officials and black lung an adjudicator determines that evidence is Fifth, the legislation covers the need for disease experts note are important for devel- evenly balanced, it is appropriate for any re- remedies for those whose claims were unfairly oping evidence and supporting their claims. sulting doubt to be resolved in favor of the denied due to tainted evidence. More than a Only a quarter of claimants are represented by claimant. The Supreme Court vacated this year has passed since many miners’ survivors an attorney when filing a claim. A major obsta- longstanding legal principle—known as the were denied benefits in cases where Dr. cle to securing legal counsel is that it can take true doubt rule—in 1994. This provision had Wheeler, the discredited Johns Hopkins’ phy- up to ten years for a claim to be resolved, and been applied to both the Black Lung Benefits sician, provided the chest radiograph interpre- under the current system, a claimant’s counsel Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ tations. Logically, survivors should be per- receives no payment and must make numer- Compensation Act, and it was vacated be- mitted to file a new claim for benefits if they ous outlays during that time. Reforms must be cause it was not expressly mandated in the were denied based on bogus medical interpre- made to remedy this resource imbalance be- underlying statutes. This principle should be tations. However, under current law a survivor tween claimants and operators so that claim- reinstated in the Black Lung Benefits Act be- is barred from filing a new claim more than ants with meritorious claims will receive the cause it provides fairness. one year after a decision to deny benefits is benefits they deserve. This problem is resolved in the legislation by final, unless they can show a change in med- To solve this problem, the legislation ex- providing that claimants will receive the benefit ical conditions. Obviously, for a deceased pands the Secretary’s current statutory obliga- of the doubt when the evidence is in equi- miner, demonstrating a change in medical tion to offer a complete pulmonary evaluation poise. condition is impossible. to a coal miner in order to substantiate a claim Fourth, the legislation addresses recent The legislation remedies this injustice by al- for benefits. It now requires that the Secretary cases where biased medical evidence was lowing survivors to refile their claim outside of supplement the medical evidence in cases systematically used to defeat meritorious the one-year window. In addition, in cases where a party who opposes the claim provides claims. Physicians who read lung x-rays as where DOL has directed its claims examiners evidence that could be considered contrary to part of pulmonary assessments under the ‘‘not to credit negative chest x-ray readings for the initial report of the pulmonary examination Black Lung Benefits Act are required to dem- pneumoconiosis’’ provided by any physician when the case is being considered by either a onstrate competency in classifying chest whose interpretations have been discredited, district director or an administrative law judge. radiographs by becoming certified as ‘‘B the legislation also directs claims examiners In addition, this section provides miners with Readers’’ by NIOSH. However, an investiga- and administrative law judges to exclude con- greater access to legal representation by cre- tion by the Center for Public Integrity, or CPI, sideration of those discredited medical inter- ating a system to pay a portion of their attor- and ABC News uncovered that there are pretations. neys’ fees earlier in the litigation process. At- NIOSH-certified B Readers who were under Sixth, the legislation addresses cost of living torneys who prevail at each stage of the litiga- retainer by coal operators or their law firms increases that have not been provided to min- tion would be paid $1,500 per stage, not to and who systematically misclassified chest ers and their families as intended. Contrary to exceed $4,500 in total. These partial pay- radiographs so that they could be used in op- the intent of Congress, benefits payments ments will be paid from the black lung trust posing claims. The CPI report found that since under the Black Lung Benefits Act have not fund, which is administered by the Secretary 2000, Dr. Paul Wheeler of Johns Hopkins been automatically increasing with the rising of Labor, but the advance payments must re- Medical Center had never once interpreted an cost of living Benefit payments are tied to the imbursed to the trust fund by the operator if x-ray as positive for complicated pneumo- monthly pay rate for federal employees in the claimant ultimately prevails through all coniosis in more than 3,400 x-ray readings. grade GS–2, step 1. In several of the prior fis- stages of the litigation. Dr. Wheeler consistently concluded that there cal years, there was a pay freeze for federal Second, the legislation addresses cir- was not severe black lung present, even as employees, which had the effect of eliminating cumstances in which medical information is other doctors saw the disease in hundreds of cost-of-living adjustments for miners, surviving withheld from miners. Full disclosure of rel- cases and other evidence, including biopsies, spouses, and dependents under the Black evant medical information between miners and repeatedly proved him wrong. In response to Lung Benefits Program during such years. coal companies (or their insurers) is essential these reports, Johns Hopkins immediately To resolve this issue, the legislation restores for fair adjudication of claims under the Black began an internal investigation and suspended the cost-of-living adjustments for black lung Lung Benefits Act, regardless of whether the the black lung x-ray reading program. A year beneficiaries that were blocked or reduced as parties intend to submit such information into later, the investigation is reportedly ongoing a result of federal employee pay freezes in evidence. Records of adjudications reveal that and the program remains suspended. 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. some mine operators’ legal representatives In response, the Department of Labor has Seventh, the legislation addresses the need have withheld relevant evidence from claim- issued guidance to its claims examiners ‘‘not for training to help improve claims administra- ants, administrative law judges, and, in some to credit negative chest x-ray readings for tion. A competent assessment of medical in- cases, even their own medical experts. In sev- pneumoconiosis’’ by Dr. Paul Wheeler unless formation and testimony, which often involves eral cases, the disclosure of such evidence the conclusions of such physician ‘‘have been multiple physicians disputing a diagnosis, is would have substantiated a miner’s claim for rehabilitated.’’ DOL has provided written notice necessary to determine whether to award ben- benefits. Withholding medical information can to miners whose claims were denied within the efits under the Black Lung Benefits Act. To endanger miners by depriving them of impor- one-year window for reconsideration—and ensure that a determination regarding a claim tant information about their own health and the where Dr. Wheeler’s evidence was used dur- for benefits under the act is fair and accurate, potential need to seek medical treatment or ing the claims proceeding—that informs the regular training is needed by claims examiners cease employment where there is risk from miners of their right to seek reconsideration. and administrative law judges regarding: de- continued exposure to coal dust. Going forward, claimants need to have an un- velopments in pulmonary medicine relating to To solve this problem, the legislation re- biased place to turn to get their lung x-rays black lung disease; medical evidence nec- quires that claimants and operators must read. essary to sustain claims for such benefits; and share all information about medical tests and To address this problem and help ensure the proper weight to be given to conflicting examinations, as well as interpretations of pa- access to credible medical evidence that can evidence. thology and x-rays that are developed as part assist in establishing a claim or rebutting To address this need and improve claims of the claims process, regardless of whether questionable medical interpretations, the bill administration, the legislation requires those such information is going to entered into the establishes a pilot program at NIOSH that will administering this program to have annual record or not. The bill balances sanctions by provide impartial x-ray readings. These read- training on the latest medical developments. applying penalties for false statements to op- ings will be offered specifically to assess Eighth, there is a need to eliminate exces- erators in addition to sanctions already applied whether a miner has advanced stages of black sive delays in the adjudication of claims. to claimants. It also authorizes administrative lung disease—known as complicated pneumo- There are currently egregious delays in adjudi- law judges to levy sanctions for noncoopera- coniosis or progressive massive fibrosis— cating claims before an administrative law tion in the discovery process. Full trans- which results in benefits being awarded on a judge at the Department of Labor due to budg- parency and disclosure is needed for fair adju- presumptive basis. NIOSH is required to es- et and staffing cuts. Between 2004 and 2014 dication. tablish panels made up of three physicians there was a large reduction in the number of Third, the legislation provides the benefit of who are certified as B Readers; the panels administrative law judges, coupled with a large the doubt to miners in cases where the evi- would prepare reports that can be used in increase in the number of cases filed under

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:19 Nov 21, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20NO8.036 E20NOPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1662 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2014 the Black Lung Benefits Act. Compounding All five delegates are and were original co- unable to take up the matter before Congress this problem were furloughs resulting from se- sponsors of this bi-partisan measure. This adjourned. questration and the 16-day shutdown of the measure was first introduced in the 106th Pleased by the support we have seen for Congress and passed overwhelmingly in the this legislation by the House, we have intro- federal government during calendar year House by a vote of 377–6. Unfortunately, the duced H.R. 3885 and are hopeful that the 2013. Due to the imbalance between re- 106th Congress ended before the Senate was House and Senate will pass this legislation sources and caseloads, it currently takes 429 able to consider our bill. During the 107th before the 109th Congress adjourns, days to assign a case to an administrative law Congress, identical legislation (H.R. 4005) Faleomavaega said. H.R. 3885 is an appro- judge, and claims remain unresolved for an passed the House and was received in the priate way for Congress to acknowledge the average of 42 months prior to a decision, ac- Senate in October of 2002. Once again, the historic relationship between the Territories cording to Department of Labor data. These Senate was unable to consider this matter and the United States. American Samoa has delays directly and severely impact the lives of before the 107th Congress adjourned. a long record of supporting the United Now, we have introduced H.R. 2993 and we States, specifically in relation to military workers throughout the United States, placing are hopeful that the House and Senate will service. American Samoa has an enlistment an undue financial and emotional burden on pass this legislation before the 108th Con- rate which is as high per capita to that of the affected individuals and their families. gress adjourns. At this time, I want to thank any other State of U.S. Territory. Our sons To resolve this issue, the legislation directs Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for and daughters have served proudly in every the Department of Labor to develop a plan to her leadership and I also want to thank the U.S. military engagement from WWII to the eliminate the backlog and eliminate delays. other Delegates who have also worked tire- current operations in Iraq. Our territory has Ninth, continued studies of the Mine Safety lessly to ensure that this legislation is con- also served the U.S. military as a fueling sta- and Health Administration’s recently adopted sidered, Congressman Faleomavaega said. tion for naval ships and military aircraft and rules are needed to prevent future cases of It is only fitting for Congress to acknowl- in WWII it served as a support base for U.S. edge the Territories relationship with the soldiers. black lung disease. Black lung disease has United States. Speaking on behalf of Amer- At this time, I would like to thank my col- been the underlying or contributing cause of ican Samoa, we have a long and proud his- leagues for their commitment to this effort. death of more than 76,000 miners since 1968. tory of supporting the United States. The I especially want to thank Congresswoman After decades of decline, the incidence of coal traditional leaders of the islands of Tutuila Norton for her leadership. Together, we re- miners with black lung disease is on the rise. and Aunuu ceded our islands to the United main hopeful that Congress will take this op- According to NIOSH, miners are developing States in 1900. Four years later, the King of portunity to recognize the contributions advanced cases of the disease at younger Manua and his chiefs ceded the Manua Is- that the District of Columbia, American ages. In response, the Mine Safety and Health lands. Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is- In the early part of the century, the port lands and the Northern Marianas have made Administration in the Department of Labor has village of Pago Pago was used as a coaling to our Nation and, together, we urge Con- taken important steps to combat the disease, station for U.S. naval ships. During WWII, it gress to support our cause, Congressman including the promulgation of a rule in 2014 was used as a support base for U.S. soldiers. Faleomavaega concluded. that reduces the allowed concentration of coal To this day, American Samoa serves as a re- dust and eliminates weaknesses in the current fueling point for U.S. naval ships and mili- [Press Release, Jul. 27, 2009] dust sampling system. tary aircraft. FALEOMAVAEGA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF To ensure that these reforms are sufficient American Samoa also has a per capita en- AMERICAN SAMOA QUARTER listment rate in the U.S. military which is as to stem the scourge of black lung disease, this Congressman Faleomavaega announced high as any State or U.S. Territory. Our sons today that American Samoa’s commemora- legislation requires continuing retrospective and daughters have served in record numbers tive quarter has been released today by the studies. in every U.S. military engagement from U.S. Mint to the Federal Reserve banks. In total, the Black Lung Benefits Improve- WWII to present operations in Iraq. We have ‘‘This quarter has been 9 years in the mak- ment Act of 2014 will restore a measure of stood by the United States in good times and ing and came about as a result of federal leg- bad and I believe this relationship should be justice to thousands of coal miners who have islation the Congressional Delegates spon- acknowledged with the issuance of a com- long toiled to provide the energy that powers sored and cosponsored since 2000,’’ memorative coin. our nation’s homes, farms, and factories. Faleomavaega said. H.R. 2993 affords us an opportunity to rec- ‘‘Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton f ognize the special contributions that Amer- of the District of Columbia championed the ican Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the North- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF AMER- cause, and Congressman Jose Serrano of New ern Marianas and the District of Columbia ICAN SAMOA’S COMMEMORATIVE York included our last bill in the 2008 Con- have made to the history of our Nation. I solidated Appropriations Act.’’ QUARTER thank my colleagues for voting in favor of ‘‘After cosponsoring H.R. 5010, H.R. 4005, this legislation and I urge the Senate to also H.R. 2993, H.R. 3883 and H.R. 392 from the support our cause, the Congressman con- HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA 106th Congress to the 110th, Congress finally cluded. OF AMERICAN SAMOA passed our legislation into law, and my col- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leagues and I who represent the Territories [Press Release, Oct. 4, 2005] Thursday, November 20, 2014 and the District of Columbia are pleased by QUARTER DOLLAR BILL COMMEMORATING the outcome.’’ Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise AMERICAN SAMOA AND OTHER TERRITORIES ‘‘As part of the legislation, we wanted to today to include, for historical purposes, infor- REINTRODUCED make sure our local Governors could also mation about American Samoa’s Commemo- Congressman Faleomavaega announced participate in this historic process so we rative Quarter. today that the Territorial Delegates have made sure our legislation was modeled after joined with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes the 50 State Quarters Program which in- [Press Release, Mar. 25, 2004] Norton to reintroduce a bill that will grant cluded a provision to allow our local govern- HOUSE PASSES BILL TO PROVIDE AMERICAN circulating quarter dollars to commemorate ments to design our quarters. I especially SAMOA WITH A COMMEMORATIVE QUARTER American Samoa, the District of Columbia, commend Governor Togiola and his adminis- Congressman Faleomavaega announced Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and tration for the work they did in designing today that by a vote of 411 to 14 the House the Northern Mariana Islands. American Samoa’s quarter.’’ overwhelmingly passed H.R. 2993, a bill to Essentially, this legislation will amend the ‘‘While the U.S. Mint and my office had provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin popular 50 States Commemorative Coin Pro- scheduled an unveiling ceremony in Wash- program to commemorate American Samoa, gram Act to include six new designs rep- ington this morning to coincide with today’s the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto resentative of the District of Columbia, release of American Samoa’s quarter, Gov- Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the ernor Togiola has requested to be part of this Mariana Islands. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Is- Congressional ceremony and, as a courtesy In general, this legislation would amend lands. The coins will be issued in 2009 and to him, the President of the Senate, the the popular 50 States Commemorative Coin their respective designs will be issued by the Speaker of the House, the Secretary of Sa- Program Act to include 6 new designs em- Secretary of Treasury in consultation with moan Affairs, and the First Lady who are blematic of the District of Columbia, Amer- the chief executive officers of these areas, traveling with the Governor, I have agreed ican Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Congressman Faleomavaega said. to postpone the Congressional ceremony Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. All five of the delegates are and were origi- until Wednesday of this week since Governor Designs on the reverse side of each quarter nal co-sponsors to this bi-partisan measure. Togiola had to cancel the local ceremony he dollar issued during 2009 will be selected by The measure was originally introduced in had arranged with the U.S. Mint due to his the Secretary of Treasury in consultation the 106th, 107th and 108th Congresses and eas- decision to come to Washington DC this with the chief executive officers of these ily passed through the House on each occa- week. The Governor’s event with the U.S. areas, Congressman Faleomavaega said. sion. But, in each instance, the Senate was Mint was scheduled to be held in American

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HIGHLIGHTS Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 119, Adjournment Resolution. Senate the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Chamber Action of the United States to reflect the service of women Routine Proceedings, pages S6163–S6223 in the Armed Forces of the United States. Page S6219 Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and seven reso- STELA Reauthorization Act: Senate passed H.R. lutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2947–2966, 5728, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 and S. Res. 585–591. Pages S6204–05 and title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring Measures Reported: provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of H.R. 1447, to encourage States to report to the television broadcast stations. Page S6219–20 Attorney General certain information regarding the National Adoption Day and National Adoption deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforce- Month: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ment agencies. Pensions was discharged from further consideration S. 1744, to strengthen the accountability of indi- of S. Res. 580, expressing support for the goals of viduals involved in misconduct affecting the integ- National Adoption Day and National Adoption rity of background investigations, to update guide- Month by promoting national awareness of adoption lines for security clearances, with an amendment in and the children awaiting families, celebrating chil- the nature of a substitute. dren and families involved in adoption, and encour- S. 2520, to improve the Freedom of Information aging the people of the United States to secure safe- Act, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- ty, permanency, and well-being for all children, and stitute. Page S6204 the resolution was then agreed to. Page S6220 Measures Passed: Drive Safer Sunday: Committee on the Judiciary Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. and Awareness Act: Committee on Health, Edu- 583, designating November 30, 2014, as ‘‘Drive cation, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from fur- Safer Sunday’’, and the resolution was then agreed ther consideration of H.R. 669, to improve the to. Page S6220 health of children and help better understand and Rural Access to Hospitals and Health Care Pro- enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in viders: Senate agreed to S. Res. 588, recognizing early life, and the bill was then passed, after agree- that access to hospitals and other health care pro- ing to the following amendments proposed thereto: viders for patients in rural areas of the United States Page S6219 is essential to the survival and success of commu- Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3957, to nities in the United States. Page S6221 amend the title. Page S6219 Honoring the Life of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 3958, in the Menino: Senate agreed to S. Res. 589, honoring the nature of a substitute. Page S6219 life of Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston, Massa- Small Rural Hospitals: Senate passed H.R. 4067, chusetts, from 1993 to 2014. Page S6221 to provide for the extension of the enforcement in- National Native American Heritage Month: struction on supervision requirements for outpatient Senate agreed to S. Res. 590, recognizing National therapeutic services in critical access and small rural Native American Heritage Month and celebrating hospitals through 2014. Page S6219 the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and Service of Women in the Armed Forces of the the contributions of Native Americans to the United United States: Senate passed H.R. 5441, to amend States. Page S6221 D1048

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Page S6187 Page S6222 A motion was entered to close further debate on Signing Authority—Agreement: A unanimous- the nomination, and, in accordance with the provi- consent agreement was reached providing that dur- sions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen- ing the adjournment or recess of the Senate from ate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Thursday, November 20, 2014 through Monday, the nomination of Nani A. Coloretti, of California, December 1, 2014, the Majority Leader be author- to be Deputy Secretary of Department of Housing ized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. and Urban Development. Page S6187 Page S6222 Burrows Nomination—Cloture: Senate began con- Authorizing Leadership To Make Appoint- sideration of the nomination of Charlotte A. Bur- ments—Agreement: A unanimous-consent agree- rows, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member ment was reached providing that, notwithstanding of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. the upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, Page S6187 the President of the Senate, the President Pro Tem- A motion was entered to close further debate on pore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be au- the nomination, and, in accordance with the provi- thorized to make appointments to commissions, sions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen- committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamen- ate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of tary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent ac- the nomination of Robert S. Adler, of the District tion of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Page S6222 Product Safety Commission. Page S6187 Mamet Nomination—Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Noah Bryson Lopez Nomination—Cloture: Senate began con- Mamet, of California, to be Ambassador to the Ar- sideration of the nomination of P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal Em- gentine Republic. Page S6186 A motion was entered to close further debate on ployment Opportunity Commission. Page S6188 the nomination, and, in accordance with the provi- A motion was entered to close further debate on sions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen- the nomination, and, in accordance with the provi- ate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agree- sions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen- ment of Thursday, November 20, 2014, a vote on ate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, Decem- the nomination of Charlotte A. Burrows, of the Dis- ber 1, 2014. Page S6186 trict of Columbia, to be a Member of the Equal Em- ployment Opportunity Commission. Page S6188 Bell Nomination—Cloture: Senate began consider- ation of the nomination of Colleen Bradley Bell, of Mamet and Bell Nominations—Agreement: A California, to be Ambassador to Hungary. Page S6187 unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached pro- A motion was entered to close further debate on viding that at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, December 1, the nomination, and, in accordance with the provi- 2014, Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture sions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen- on the nominations of Noah Bryson Mamet, of Cali- ate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of fornia, to be Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, the nomination of Noah Bryson Mamet, of Cali- and Colleen Bradley Bell, of California, to be Am- fornia, to be Ambassador to the Argentine Republic. bassador to Hungary; that if cloture is invoked on Page S6187 either of these nominations, that at 10:30 a.m., on Coloretti Nomination—Cloture: Senate began Tuesday, December 2, 2014, all post-cloture time be consideration of the nomination of Nani A. expired, and Senate vote on confirmation of the Coloretti, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of nominations, in the order upon which cloture was Department of Housing and Urban Development. invoked; and that there be two minutes for debate Page S6187 prior to each vote and all roll call votes after the A motion was entered to close further debate on first vote in each sequence be ten minutes in length. the nomination, and, in accordance with the provi- Page S6188

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held a hearing to examine Wall Street bank involve- School, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Bos- ment with physical commodities, focusing on the ex- ton, Massachusetts; and Carol Ann Riha, West Des tent to which banks and their holding companies Moines, Iowa. own physical commodities like oil, natural gas, alu- minum and other industrial metals, as well as own BUSINESS MEETING or control businesses like power plants, oil and gas Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor- pipelines, and commodity warehouses, after receiving ably reported the following business items: testimony from Chris Wibbelman, Metro Inter- S. 2520, to improve the Freedom of Information national Trade Services, Allen Park, Michigan; Act, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- Jacques Gabillon, Goldman Sachs, London, England; stitute; Jorge Vazquez, HARBOR Aluminum Intelligence H.R.1447, to encourage States to report to the LLC, Austin, Texas; Nick Madden, Novelis Inc., At- Attorney General certain information regarding the lanta, Georgia; and Gregory Agran, Goldman Sachs, deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforce- Simon Greenshields, Morgan Stanley, and John An- ment agencies; and derson, JPMorgan Chase and Co., all of New York, The nominations of Jorge Luis Alonso, and John New York. Robert Blakey, both to be a United States District Hearings recessed subject to the call and will Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Allison meet again on Friday, November 21, 2014. Dale Burroughs, to be United States District Judge NOMINATION for the District of Massachusetts, Jeanne E. David- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: son, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Court of International Trade, Haywood Stirling nomination of Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the Gilliam, Jr., to be United States District Judge for District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Na- the Northern District of California, Amos L. tional Labor Relations Board, after the nominee, who Mazzant, III, and Robert William Schroeder III, was introduced by Senator Harkin, testified and an- both to be a United States District Judge for the swered questions in her own behalf. Eastern District of Texas, Amit Priyavadan Mehta, to be United States District Judge for the District PRICING OF GENERIC DRUGS of Columbia, and Robert Lee Pitman, to be United Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: States District Judge for the Western District of Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging con- Texas. cluded a hearing to examine the pricing of generic drugs, after receiving testimony from Representative NOMINATION Cummings; Stephen W. Schondelmeyer, University Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a of Minnesota College of Pharmacy PRIME Institute, hearing to examine the nomination of Nicholas J. Minneapolis; Rob Frankil, Sellersville Pharmacy, Rasmussen, of Virginia, to be Director of the Na- Inc., Sellersville, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Na- tional Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Direc- tional Community Pharmacists Association; Scott tor of National Intelligence, after the nominee, who Gottlieb, The American Enterprise Institute, Wash- was introduced by Senator Feinstein, testified and ington, DC; Aaron S. Kesselheim, Harvard Medical answered questions in his own behalf. h House of Representatives H.R. 4329, to reauthorize the Native American Chamber Action Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 23 pub- 1996, and for other purposes, with an amendment lic bills, H.R. 5746–5768; and 6 resolutions, H. (H. Rept. 113–628). Page H8169 Con. Res. 119; and H. Res. 761–765, were intro- Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he duced. Pages H8169–70 appointed Representative Collins (GA) to act as Additional Cosponsors: Page H8171 Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H8135 Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: Promoting New Manufacturing Act: The House passed H.R. 4795, to promote new manufacturing in

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Res. instructions to report the same back to the House 714, reaffirming the peaceful and collaborative reso- forthwith with an amendment by a recorded vote of lution of maritime and jurisdictional disputes in the 189 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 530. Pages H8144–45 South China Sea and the East China Sea as provided Agreed to: for by universally recognized principles of inter- Whitfield amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of national law, and reaffirming the strong support of H. Rept. 113–626) that clarifies that Section 3(b) of the United States Government for freedom of navi- the bill does not prohibit States from imposing new gation and other internationally lawful uses of sea or revised federal air quality standards under state or and airspace in the Asia-Pacific region; and H. Res. local law. Pages H8142–43 758, strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Rejected: Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which Waxman amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of has carried out a policy of aggression against neigh- H. Rept. 113–626) that stated that outdated air boring countries aimed at political and economic quality standards do not apply toward a domination. The following legislation was ordered preconstruction permit if the applicable federal, reported, as amended: H.R. 2901, H.R. 5206, H.R. state, or local permitting agency determines that ap- 5656, H.R. 5710, H. Res. 714, and H. Res. 758. plying it would likely increase air pollution, slow The following legislation was ordered reported, permitting, or increase regulatory uncertainty (by a without amendment: H.R. 5241 and H.R. 5685. recorded vote of 183 ayes to 225 noes, Roll No. EXAMINING WHAT A NUCLEAR IRAN 529). Pages H8141–42, H8143 H. Res. 756, the rule providing for consideration DEAL MEANS FOR GLOBAL SECURITY of the bills (H.R. 1422), (H.R. 4012), and (H.R. Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the 4795), was agreed to on November 18. Middle East and North Africa held a hearing enti- Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment tled ‘‘Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means of silence in honor of the victims of the tragedy at for Global Security’’. Testimony was heard from Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, public witnesses. Washington on October 24, 2014. Page H8146 IS THE MIDWAY ATOLL NATIONAL Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to H. WILDLIFE REFUGE BEING PROPERLY Con. Res. 119, providing for an adjournment or re- MANAGED? cess of the two Houses. Pages H8148 Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Quorum Calls—Votes: Three recorded votes devel- Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held oped during the proceedings of today and appear on a hearing entitled ‘‘Is the Midway Atoll National pages H8143, H8145, H8145–46. There were no Wildlife Refuge Being Properly Managed?’’. Testi- quorum calls. mony was heard from Kevin Foerster, Regional Chief for the National Wildlife Refuge System in the Pa- Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and at cific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and 1:05 p.m., the House stands adjourned until 12 public witnesses. noon on Monday, November 24, 2014, unless it sooner has received a message from the Senate trans- FILIPINO VETERANS EQUITY mitting its concurrence in H. Con. Res. 119, in COMPENSATION FUND: INQUIRY INTO which case the House shall stand adjourned pursuant THE ADEQUACY OF PROCESS IN to that concurrent resolution. VERIFYING ELIGIBILITY Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on Dis- Committee Meetings ability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held a hear- ing entitled ‘‘Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Fund: Inquiry into the Adequacy of Process in Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a Verifying Eligibility’’. Testimony was heard from markup on the following legislative measures: H.R. Brad Flohr, Senior Advisor for Compensation Service, 2901, the ‘‘Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Act of 2013’’; H.R. 5206, to allow Foreign Service Veterans Affairs; Brigadier General David K. ‘‘Mac’’ and other executive agency employees to designate MacEwen, 59th Adjutant General of the U.S. Army,

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 p.m., Monday, December 1 12 p.m., Monday, November 24

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: After the transaction of any Program for Monday: To be announced. morning business (not to extend beyond 5:30 p.m.), Sen- ate will resume consideration of the nominations of Noah Bryson Mamet, of California, to be Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, and Colleen Bradley Bell, of Cali- fornia, to be Ambassador to Hungary, and vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations at 5:30 p.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue.

HOUSE Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E1658 Reed, Tom, N.Y., E1650 Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E1655 Rush, Bobby L., Ill., E1644 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E1657 Kinzinger, Adam, Ill., E1644 Sa´ nchez, Linda T., Calif., E1656 Byrne, Bradley, Ala.,E1644 Lujan Grisham, Michelle, N.M., E1649 Serrano, Jose´ E., N.Y., E1648, E1650, E1653, E1658, Camp, Dave, Mich., E1649 McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E1643 E1663 Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E1660 McCarthy, Kevin, Calif., E1650 Sessions, Pete, Tex., E1643 Clyburn, James E., S.C., E1652 Meeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E1660 Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E1645 Messer, Luke, Ind., E1652 Swalwell, Eric, Calif., E1658 Courtney, Joe, Conn., E1653 Mica, John L., Fla., E1659 Tiberi, Patrick J., Ohio, E1645 Duncan, John J., Tenn., E1646 Miller, George, Calif., E1660 Walorski, Jackie, Ind., E1645 Faleomavaega, Eni F.H., American Samoa, E1647, Moran, James P., Va., E1653 Webster, Daniel, Fla., E1643 E1651, E1654, E1656, E1659, E1662 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E1658 Westmoreland, Lynn A., Ga., E1649 Graves, Sam, Mo., E1643, E1643, E1644, E1645, E1645, Price, David E., N.C., E1656 Wolf, Frank R., Va., E1646 E1646, E1648, E1653 Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E1650

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