July 14, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4881 raise money every day for groceries, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tices. She has proven herself to be an and she said: You have to look at the ator from Washington. excellent choice for this important price of things because they are con- ORDER OF PROCEDURE role. stantly going up. Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I We take some hard votes in this That is happening again in Joe ask unanimous consent that upon dis- Chamber. These should not be among Biden’s America. Families in Florida position of the Nanda nomination, the them. Workers are the backbone of our and across our Nation are suffering be- Senate resume consideration of the economy, and that means every one of cause of the Democrats’ reckless spend- Liang nomination at 5:30 today and the us should be fighting for them and vot- ing spree led by Joe Biden. Senate vote on the motions to invoke ing to confirm Commissioner Samuels Just take a look around. Average cloture on the Liang and Remy nomi- and Ms. Nanda, who will fight for them prices of everything—everything is up. nations in the order listed; further, I as well. Let’s say families are filling up their ask that the cloture motion on the I yield the floor. tank once a week. If you drive a car, Cunningham nomination ripen upon VOTE ON SAMUELS NOMINATION that means Joe Biden raised your ex- disposition of the Remy nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The penses $600 a year. If you drive a truck, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without question is, Will the Senate advise and that means Joe Biden raised your ex- objection, it is so ordered. consent to the Samuels nomination? penses by more than $1,000 a year. And Mrs. MURRAY. I ask for the yeas and NOMINATION OF JOCELYN SAMUELS let’s remember, half of Americans nays. make less than $35,000 a year. Inflation Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a is a new tax on our families. was proud to vote to confirm Jocelyn sufficient second? Instead of addressing this crisis that Samuels to the Equal Employment Op- There appears to be a sufficient sec- has hurt Americans, Biden and the portunity Commission last year when ond. Democrats are living in an economic she was confirmed in a bipartisan vote, The clerk will call the roll. fantasyland where debt doesn’t matter, and I am proud to do so again. The senior assistant legislative clerk spending has no consequences, and in- The EEOC has a critical role to play called the roll. flation is impossible. They are ignoring in protecting workers’ rights and ad- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is the fact that our Nation is barreling dressing inequities in our economy necessarily absent: the Senator from towards $30 trillion in debt. That is which disproportionately disadvantage South Carolina (Mr. GRAHAM). $233,000 in debt for every family in women, people of color, people with The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. America. disabilities, and more. For example, it BALDWIN). Are there any other Sen- Now Democrats in the Senate want is responsible for enforcing discrimina- ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? to spend another $4 trillion of your tion and harassment laws and works to The result was announced—yeas 52, money on a so-called infrastructure address the gender pay gap. nays 47, as follows: plan that has little to do with infra- Workers need a champion at the [Rollcall Vote No. 260 Ex.] structure. They don’t care if Ameri- EEOC fighting for them, and Ms. Sam- YEAS—52 cans get a return on their hard-earned uels has proven over her nearly two Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed tax dollars. decades of experience with the Federal Bennet Hirono Rosen But the truth is, we can’t keep spend- Government and her recent service as a Blumenthal Kaine Sanders ing like this. There will be a day of Commissioner of the EEOC that she is Booker Kelly Schatz reckoning coming if we don’t act to get Brown King Schumer that champion. Cantwell Klobuchar our fiscal house in order. That is why I Shaheen From pushing to pass the Lilly Cardin Leahy Sinema ´ have introduced legislation, the Fed- Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as vice presi- Carper Lujan Smith Casey Manchin eral Debt Emergency Control Act, to Stabenow dent of education and employment at Collins Markey Tester take real steps to rein in Washington’s the National Women’s Law Center to Coons Menendez Van Hollen out-of-control spending. That includes leading civil rights efforts at the De- Cortez Masto Merkley preventing Biden and the Democrats Duckworth Murkowski Warner partment of Justice and Department of Warnock from mindlessly spending by requiring Durbin Murphy Health and Human Services, to work- Feinstein Murray Warren that two-thirds of the Senate vote to ing as a staffer on the Senate Health, Gillibrand Ossoff Whitehouse increase the debt before approving any Education, Labor, and Pensions Com- Hassan Padilla Wyden bill with deficit spending. mittee and a senior attorney at the Heinrich Peters It would terminate any unobligated EEOC, she has spent her career work- NAYS—47 funding from the American Rescue ing to address discrimination and en- Barrasso Grassley Risch Plan and any previous stimulus bills, sure no one is treated unfairly because Blackburn Hagerty Romney Blunt Hawley sending it back to the Treasury Gen- of their age, sex, including sexual ori- Rounds eral Fund for deficit reduction. Boozman Hoeven Rubio entation and gender identity, race, re- Braun Hyde-Smith Finally, it would ensure that any bill Sasse ligion, or disability. Burr Inhofe reducing the debt by at least 5 percent Scott (FL) I was pleased to see her nomination Capito Johnson Scott (SC) over 10 years is fast-tracked through Cassidy Kennedy Shelby advanced out of our HELP Committee Cornyn Lankford the legislative process. Sullivan Cotton Lee with bipartisan support, and I hope to Thune We are in a debt crisis. This isn’t mo- Cramer Lummis see similar bipartisan support for her Tillis nopoly money; it is Americans’ money, Crapo Marshall and we have to be responsible with it. final confirmation. Cruz McConnell Toomey NOMINATION OF SEEMA NANDA Daines Moran Tuberville It is time to end the madness, and it is Wicker Madam President, I would also like Ernst Paul time to stand up for low- and fixed-in- Fischer Portman Young come families and for small businesses to urge my colleagues to join me in that bear the brunt of President voting to confirm Seema Nanda as So- NOT VOTING—1 Biden’s inflation crisis. With the debt licitor for the Department of Labor— Graham ceiling suspension expiring on July 31, another nominee who was advanced The nomination was confirmed. we must tackle these issues head-on from the HELP Committee on a bipar- VOTE ON NANDA NOMINATION and chart a new and fiscally respon- tisan vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under sible path forward that protects fami- Ms. Nanda has served in the Depart- the previous order, the question is, Will lies and our Nation’s financial secu- ment of Labor previously as Deputy the Senate advise and consent to the rity. Chief of Staff, Deputy Solicitor of Nanda nomination? I look forward to every fiscally re- Labor, and Chief of Staff. She pre- Mr. MANCHIN. I ask for the yeas and sponsible Republican and Democrat viously served as a career attorney in nays. working with me to reject Biden’s in- the Department of Justice, where she The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sane spending spree, quickly pass my fought to defend immigrant workers sufficient second? bill, and protect the future of this Na- from discrimination and held employ- There appears to be a sufficient sec- tion. ers accountable for unfair hiring prac- ond.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 Jul 15, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G14JY6.022 S14JYPT1 ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with SENATE S4882 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 14, 2021 The clerk will call the roll. Senator RUBIO and I were on the swers to make sure a tragedy like this The legislative clerk called the roll. ground in Surfside following the col- never happens again. Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is lapse, talking to families, first re- As if in legislative session, I ask necessarily absent: the Senator from sponders, and members of the commu- unanimous consent that the Senate South Carolina (Mr. GRAHAM). nity. The pain these families are expe- proceed to the consideration of S. Res. The result was announced—yeas 53, riencing is unimaginable. Those unex- 300, submitted earlier today. nays 46, as follows: pectedly lost in this horrific tragedy The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without [Rollcall Vote No. 261 Ex.] were mothers, fathers, grandfathers objection, it is so ordered. YEAS—53 and grandmothers, friends, aunts, un- The clerk will report the resolution by title. Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed cles, and cousins. They were children Bennet Hirono Romney and grandchildren with their full lives The bill clerk read as follows: Blumenthal Kaine Rosen ahead of them. A resolution (S. Res. 300) honoring the Booker Kelly Sanders I can’t imagine losing any member of memories of the victims of the building col- Brown King Schatz lapse in Surfside, Florida, on June 24, 2021, Cantwell Klobuchar my family like this, but the thought of Schumer and the bravery and selfless service of the in- Cardin Leahy Shaheen losing one of my grandchildren is too ´ dividuals who responded to the building col- Carper Lujan Sinema painful to imagine. We mourn with Casey Manchin lapse. Smith these families, and our hearts break for Collins Markey Stabenow There being no objection, the Senate Coons Menendez them. We continue to pray for the Tester Cortez Masto Merkley Surfside community, the families and proceeded to consider the resolution. Van Hollen Duckworth Murkowski loved ones of those lost, and all of Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, Durbin Murphy Warner I ask unanimous consent that the reso- Warnock those working tirelessly to serve the Feinstein Murray lution be agreed to, the preamble be Gillibrand Ossoff Warren Surfside community. Hassan Padilla Whitehouse In the face of tremendous tragedy, agreed to, and that the motions to re- Heinrich Peters Wyden our first responders ran into the dan- consider be considered made and laid NAYS—46 ger. They are heroes. They imme- upon the table with no intervening ac- tion or debate. Barrasso Grassley Risch diately answered the call to serve, and Blackburn Hagerty Rounds firefighters, law enforcement officers, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Blunt Hawley Rubio rescue and recovery crews, emergency objection, it is so ordered. Boozman Hoeven Sasse medical technicians, physicians, The resolution (S. Res. 300) was Braun Hyde-Smith Scott (FL) agreed to. Burr Inhofe Scott (SC) nurses, and others from across the Capito Johnson Shelby State of Florida and the Nation came The preamble was agreed to. Cassidy Kennedy Sullivan (The resolution, with its preamble, is Cornyn Lankford rushing to save them. Thune printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- Cotton Lee When you meet with the first re- Tillis Cramer Lummis sponders—I mean, they are working mitted Resolutions.’’) Toomey Crapo Marshall tirelessly trying to find somebody that Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, Cruz McConnell Tuberville I appreciate the unanimous support of Daines Moran Wicker has survived, and your heart goes out Ernst Paul Young to them as they went from rescue to my Senate colleagues passing this reso- Fischer Portman recovery. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the lution to honor the lives lost in the horrific tragedy in Surfside, and I NOT VOTING—1 Miami-Dade Police Department, the thank the many first responders for Graham Surfside Police Department, and others from around the area were there every their incredible bravery in the search The nomination was confirmed. step of the way. and rescue and recovery efforts. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Some of these responders lost family Our hearts are broken, but we stand HICKENLOOPER). Under the previous in the collapse; yet they still answered together. Florida is ‘‘Surfside Strong.’’ order, the motions to reconsider are the call. We heard the absolutely dev- I yield the floor. considered made and laid upon the astating story of a Miami-Dade fire- f table and the President will be imme- fighter who carried the body of his own EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued diately notified of the Senate’s actions. 7-year-old daughter, Stella, away from f the rubble. You just can’t even begin to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from Connecticut. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR imagine the pain and loss experienced by this father. GUN VIOLENCE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The International rescue crews and emer- Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, my col- clerk will report the Liang nomination. gency support organizations from leagues, it is not a coincidence that in The bill clerk read the nomination of Israel and Mexico also responded to the 2020, gun sales in this country spiked J. Nellie Liang, of Maryland, to be an site to aid in the search and rescue ef- by 40 percent. It is an extraordinary in- Under Secretary of the Treasury. forts. Numerous volunteer organiza- crease in gun sales. And homicides in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tions responded, including the Red this country increased by 30 percent. ator from Florida. Cross, as well as community leaders Violent crime is increasing in the f and individuals offering resources, sup- country. You can’t miss that if you port, and comfort to the survivors and turn on the news at night. HONORING THE MEMORIES OF THE community in Surfside. And there can be no doubt that our VICTIMS OF THE BUILDING COL- Our Jewish community, particularly Nation’s gun laws—the loosest and LAPSE IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA, Orthodox Jews, have been especially af- most loophole-ridden in the Nation— ON JUNE 24, 2021, AND THE BRAV- fected by this tragedy, and we thank are a primary contributor to this spike ERY AND SELFLESS SERVICE OF CSE, Hatzalah, ZAKA, and all those in gun crime. THE INDIVIDUALS WHO RE- who have worked selflessly to support I want to spend just a few minutes SPONDED TO THE BUILDING COL- our Jewish community. We can never this afternoon making sure that all of LAPSE thank these brave men and women my colleagues understand that if we Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, enough for their bravery and deter- want to do something about violent I would like to thank my colleague mination in the face of this terrible crime in this country, then you cannot Senator RUBIO for joining me to honor tragedy. continue to close your eyes to the fact the lives lost in the horrific tragedy on I know right now we all have a lot of that we are allowing criminals all June 24, when the Champlain Towers unanswered questions. We are all going across this country to traffic dan- South condo building in Surfside, FL, to work tirelessly to understand ex- gerous weapons that are being used in suddenly collapsed in the middle of the actly what happened. And while we gun homicides. night, and honor the brave men and can’t bring back the lives lost, I will First, let’s burst the bubble of the women that have risked their lives in always work to honor those lost and gun lobby. Their primary argument is search, rescue, and recovery efforts. will be relentless in the search for an- that more guns keep people safer. Well,

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