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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 No. 48 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was Small businesses need relief from the ridic- problem. The regulators dream up new called to order by the Speaker pro tem- ulous OSHA standards. Our veterinary prac- rules to add to their 100,000 command- pore (Ms. FOXX). tice is having to spend hours and money try- ments every day. ing to decipher all the regulations some bu- Regulators regulate. That’s what f reaucrat has dreamed up to justify his job. they do. That’s what they like to do. DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO Madam Speaker, the fourth branch of But their addiction to power and to TEMPORE government meddles in every aspect of new, unnecessary rules must stop. Bur- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- our lives. In the name of saving us densome, expensive Federal regula- fore the House the following commu- from ourselves, the regulators regu- tions cost $2 trillion a year. What does nication from the Speaker: late, regulate, and when they’re that mean? That’s the same amount of WASHINGTON, DC, through, they regulate some more, money all American citizens and cor- April 11, 2013. without regard to the consequences of porations paid in income tax in 2008—$2 I hereby appoint the Honorable VIRGINIA these expensive government mandates. trillion. A lot of money. FOXX to act as Speaker pro tempore on this Sometimes they put businesses out of Regulators have no concept of the day. business because of their regulations. cost of running a business. They don’t JOHN A. BOEHNER, Dana, from southeast Texas, writes Speaker of the House of Representatives. even understand the rules and business me this: costs that can put some American busi- f I owned a business—bought a bowling cen- nesses out of business. So Congress MORNING-HOUR DEBATE ter, my dream job, in 2007. Was totally un- should approve any regulation that prepared for the amount of regulation and reaches a certain cost threshold or has The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- fees and taxes. I employed 32 people. I went ant to the order of the House of Janu- bankrupt in October of 2012 because of this. a significant economic impact. That’s ary 3, 2013, the Chair will now recog- I have the drive and desire and a great busi- why I’m an original cosponsor of the nize Members from lists submitted by ness plan for a new business that would em- REINS Act. The REINS Act requires the majority and minority leaders for ploy 20 to 30 people, but I’m not sure I want Congress, the elected, to approve the morning-hour debate. to dive back into all this. expensive rules of the unelected or the The Chair will alternate recognition Michael, from Houston, said: rules will not take effect. If a new rule between the parties, with each party Where should I begin? Real estate market affects the economy in the United limited to 1 hour and each Member is flooded with, yes, new regulations. It States over $100 million throughout the other than the majority and minority seems that banks are prevented from fore- country, Congress must approve this leaders and the minority whip limited closing on homeowners who are basically liv- new rule or it does not take effect by to 5 minutes each, but in no event shall ing in the house for free for several years. the rulemakers. debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. Susan, a small business owner in We should make new rules for the f Texas, says this: rulemakers. That’s what our responsi- Our small business has operated on a shoe- bility is. So it’s time for Congress to REGULATE THE REGULATORS— string for several years, and we started way rein in the out-of-control government THE REINS ACT back in 1978, but I fear we are at an end. We and start regulating regulators. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The manufacture 400 products, all made from the And that’s just the way it is. same materials. But the new product safety Chair recognizes the gentleman from f regulations require we certify every product Texas (Mr. POE) for 5 minutes. to the tune of about $500 per product, even TRIBUTE TO ANNE SMEDINGHOFF Mr. POE of Texas. The regulators though they’re all made from the same ma- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The continue their reign of regulation ter- terials. Do the math: $175,000 or more just to ror on businesses across America. get these same products that we’ve been Chair recognizes the gentleman from Jerry McKinney, from Crosby, Texas, making since 1978 certified by the Federal Illinois (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS) for 5 min- wrote me this: Government. Add on the health care fines utes. I work in the industrial chemical business and the rising cost of gasoline and the rising Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. and I see the result of government regula- property and sales taxes and income taxes— Madam Speaker, on Sunday, April 6, at tions like those from the EPA. These cost well, you know the rest of the story. 11 a.m., America lost five of our best my company good money, with no positive Madam Speaker, this ought not to and brightest in Afghanistan when the effects. be—regulators putting businesses out convoy they were traveling in, along Larry, a doctor from Kingwood, of business by dreaming up new, some- with an Afghan doctor, was attacked Texas, said this to me: times silly rules that don’t solve any by a suicide bomber. One of them, 25-

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WHO WILL SPEAK FOR know that if there is one, there may Secretary of State Kerry said in UNDERPRIVILEGED WOMEN? likely be others, and that is, indeed, Istanbul, where he is on a diplomatic The SPEAKER pro tempore. The sad. trip: Chair recognizes the gentleman from Prosecutors say that none of A brave American was determined to Pennsylvania (Mr. PERRY) for 5 min- Gosnell’s staff were licensed nurses or brighten the light of learning through books doctors and that a 15-year-old student written in the native tongue of the students utes. Mr. PERRY. I’m wondering who will performed anesthesia with potentially that she had never met, but whom she felt lethal narcotics. compelled to help, and she was met by cow- speak for underprivileged women, not ardly terrorists determined to bring dark- only in the United States, but very Abortions after the 24th week are il- ness and death to total strangers. particularly in Philadelphia. legal in Pennsylvania. However, Anne was killed while delivering do- I’m here today to talk about an un- Gosnell allegedly aborted and killed nated textbooks to children at a new comfortable subject which no one babies in the sixth and seventh month school. For Anne, who could have re- seems to want to talk about. It is the of pregnancy and charged more for big- mained relatively safe in the embassy, Gosnell trial in Philadelphia. The ger babies. He also took extra pre- delivering these books was essential to media doesn’t want to talk about it— cautions with white women from the her mission, just as appearing on one of not NBC, CBS, ABC, CNBC, not Fox, suburbs, according to a grand jury re- the most watched Afghan television and not the leaders of our Nation, not port. He allegedly ushered them into a shows to explain to the Afghan people the President. It is uncomfortable, and slightly cleaner area because he the similarities between Eid, a Muslim I’d ask you to bear with me while I thought they would be more likely to holiday that celebrates giving and read to you some of the testimony that file a complaint. sharing, and Thanksgiving. Both give comes from this trial because I feel we The abortions of the biggest babies thanks for life’s blessings, and Anne must. allegedly were scheduled for Sundays, Smedinghoff discussed how she and her This man is charged with killing when the clinic was closed. The only family celebrated back at home. seven babies and murdering one person allowed to assist with such Anne recently worked on a campaign woman. The prosecutors believe Mr. cases was Gosnell’s wife, Pearl Gosnell. to end gender violence by producing Gosnell killed hundreds of infants and She was one of nine employees charged and distributing videos to the press destroyed the related records so we will with him as well in this, and she has across the country and was rewarded never know. Mr. Gosnell ‘‘induced not obtained a lawyer at this time. He when she and her colleagues saw photo- labor, forced the live birth of viable ba- allegedly took the files home with him graphs of Afghan men in markets wear- bies in the sixth, seventh, eighth from the patients that he dealt with ing purple ribbons, a symbol of the month of pregnancy and then killed and then disposed of them. campaign. those babies by cutting into the back I would say this. It gives me great Her parents, Tom and Mary Beth of the neck with scissors and severing pain and sorrow to have this entered Smedinghoff, said the foreign service their spinal cord.’’ He called it ‘‘snip- and read into the RECORD. But since was a calling, and Afghanistan was her ping.’’ Sherry West, one of his clinic the media outlets refuse to cover this second deployment, an assignment for employees, testified on Monday that because it’s uncomfortable, because it which she had volunteered after a tour one newborn at the clinic was 18 to 24 might not meet with their agenda, and in Caracas, Venezuela. She died her inches long when it was killed: because many of the leaders of this parents said, doing a job she thought country refuse to discuss it, I think it’s must be done. They said: There were scores more. At least one other important that we have it read into the mother died following an abortion in which She particularly enjoyed the opportunity Gosnell punctured her uterus and then sent RECORD so that this history and their to work directly with the Afghan people, and her home. He left an arm and a leg of a par- stories don’t remain untold—the sto- was always looking for opportunities to tially aborted fetus in the womb of another ries of these women in their most des- reach out and help make a difference in the woman, and then told her he did not need to perate hours, and the stories of these lives of those living in a country ravaged by see her when she became sick days later, little babies that will never know the war. We are consoled knowing that she was having developed a temperature of 106 de- doing what she loved and that she was serv- privilege of being an American, that grees. He perforated bowels, cervixes, and will never realize their dream. ing her country by helping to make a posi- uteruses. He left women sterile. tive difference in the world. I would make this charge today: Mr. The clinic reeked of animal urine. Before she joined the State Depart- President, your silence is deafening. Furniture and blankets were stained ment, Anne served on the board of di- Are you so blind, are you so intrac- with blood, and instruments were not rectors for the Ulman Cancer Fund for table, are you so extreme that you properly sterilized, according to the Young Adults’ 4K for Cancer program, yourself can’t even call this out for grand jury report. spending a summer cycling across the what it is, something that is reprehen- These women are the most vulner- United States to raise money and sible? Pro-life or pro-choice, this is rep- able women in our society, and they awareness. She was full of life and rehensible. As a father, as I am, of two were, indeed, most likely at their dark- hope. She rode her bicycle from the little girls, it is worthy of your atten- est hour. They went to this clinic to Red Sea to the Dead Sea. She was once tion, it is worthy of your leadership, it seek help, and they did not know that photographed with a boa constrictor is worthy of your direction. this man was not qualified nor was his around her neck in South America. f staff qualified to perform any of the b 1010 procedures that they performed: DON’T FILIBUSTER GUN CONTROL The residents of the Seventh Con- There were bags and bottles holding abort- LEGISLATION gressional District join me in honoring ed fetuses scattered throughout the building. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The her life and work. Her bravery, her There were jars lining shelves with severed Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from focus on using public diplomacy for feet that he kept for no medical purpose. Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) for 5 minutes. positive change, her vision of the These women came because they Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Today, human potential, wherever it might be, were probably the product of violent the bodies of this Congress have an op- sets a standard that it behooves all of home lives, where they felt they had no portunity to save lives. In fact, they us to try and emulate. options. They came to this care pro- have an historic moment. They actu- Today a flag is being flown across the vider, who was essentially unregulated. ally have the ability to act for once United States Capitol in her honor in This does fall into the purview of the after a tragedy of the proportions of

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1915 Newtown, having not acted over the b 1020 closed out the national finals winning years—after Columbine, the theater in I, frankly, see those people in my dis- the first-ever NFL co-citizenship in Aurora, the horrific tragedy at Vir- trict who are supported by Social Secu- policy debate. ginia Tech, and many, many others, in- rity and Medicare, which they earn be- He was an extraordinary individual. cluding that of our colleague in Ari- cause they work for it. They did not Not only did he teach his students so zona. have it as a handout, because seniors brilliantly. In his spare time, he loved So I am hoping that as we stand here are important and seniors believe in bridge. He was a devoted son, who al- today that the right consciences of young people. We should protect our ways saw to the care of his beloved those who have the opportunity in the seniors; we should invest in education. mother in Selma. Coach Tate also man- other body to pass sensible gun legisla- I salute the President for his early aged to keep up with his debate stu- tion will do so. In order to aid them, to pre-K initiative, that every child dents through the years and relished listen to the voices of the people, 50 should have the opportunity to be in a their life successes. He demanded ex- Members of the United States House of pre-K program, supporting our teach- cellence from his students, teaching Representatives have asked for those ers. So here we are; this is what we them not only the importance of de- in the other body not to filibuster any should be doing. We should be pro- bate prep and strategy, but also took gun legislation, but to have an up-or- moting job creation to bring down un- great pride in exposing his students to down vote. The reason we say that is employment and to, in fact, get those the very best restaurants, and that in- because of the massive numbers of loss who are underemployed and those who cluded important table etiquette that of children, some 80 children who die have completely gone out of the mar- accompanied such an experience. Although Coach Tate spent the bulk every month by gunshot, the thousands ketplace. They can be hired, they have of his career at Montgomery Bell Acad- of teenagers who pick up guns to re- skills, including our disabled. emy in Nashville, he began his speech solve differences, and the million peo- Then we should continue to invest in and debate experience in 1975 at Selma ple who were killed by guns since the education, including higher education, High School in his beloved town of assassination of Martin Luther King making it easier for parents to get the Selma, Alabama. I know that his stu- and John F. Kennedy. Parent PLUS Loans to send their chil- dents at Montgomery Bell Academy be- This is a Nation that is gunned, but dren to college and putting the burden lieve they had his best coaching years; not safe. The tragedy that happened in on colleges to make sure that these but I am here to tell you from personal my area just a few days ago with the young people finish college and not go experience that the 1970s and 1980s at slashing of students by another student in and get debt and, therefore, come Selma High School honed his craft and at a community college. Just imag- out with a large debt and no degree. greatly influenced his strategy. He pro- ine—14 people were injured—if that This is what America is about, induced some of the finest high school person had had an assault weapon with vesting in young people, protecting our debaters the State of Alabama has ever multiple rounds, similar to the heinous seniors, and realizing that the chained seen to date, and I am proud to say acts that occurred in Newtown, when CPI is not the way to go on Social Se- 155 rounds were shot in 5 minutes. So that I was one of those students. curity. It’s to save it because they Billy Tate was my debate coach for 3 I’m hoping that this letter will move earned it. those Senators not to filibuster and to years at Selma High School. For a pub- f let us have an up-or-down vote. lic high school in rural Alabama, we dominated the competition and won I also rise today to encourage us to TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEG- many State championships. For many do the right thing and to vote ‘‘no’’ on ACY OF DEBATE COACH WILLIAM years, the walls of Selma High School’s the National Labor Relations Board ‘‘BILLY’’ TATE, JR. library were lined with the hundreds of legislation that wants to stop the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The debate and speech trophies won by the President from his Presidential author- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from teams coached by Billy Tate. Debate ity, and that is to make sure that the Alabama (Ms. SEWELL) for 5 minutes. was more than an average extra- government runs by appointing people Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Madam curricular activity; it was a serious to the NLRB through recess appoint- Speaker, I rise today to recognize and discipline. Those of us who had the ments, among others, just like Presi- pay tribute to the life and legacy of privilege of being coached by him knew dent George Bush did 140 times, to William Woods Tate, Jr., a beloved ed- that it was a serious time commit- make recess appointments to be able to ucator and high school debate coach, ment, a commitment of both time, move the government forward. In con- who was an extraordinary mentor to money, and talent. trast to the D.C. Court of Appeals deci- me and so many others. Coach Billy To be on Billy Tate’s debate team, a sion that ruled that our President can- Tate, as he was known, was an accom- student had to commit to attending not, three other decisions and other plished speech and debate coach in Ala- summer debate camps and countless court decisions said you can. bama and Tennessee for over 40 years. weekend travel to tournaments all We need to vote ‘‘no’’ on this legisla- Coach Tate, sadly, passed away sud- across Alabama, Mississippi, Ten- tion. It is destructive, it is only to stall denly on Saturday, April 6, 2013, at the nessee, and Georgia during the aca- government, and it is only to stop the age of 69, leaving behind a legacy de- demic year. It was not the average de- work of the NLRB, where workers and fined by his commitment to developing bate class. I know that my life journey corporations come together to solve the oratorical skills of future leaders. would not have been possible were it their problems. At the time of his death, Coach Tate not for my debate experience under the What we should be doing is working was a five-diamond debate coach at tutelage of Coach Billy Tate at Selma to create jobs. That’s what Americans Montgomery Bell Academy in Nash- High School. want us to do. They want us to make it ville, Tennessee, where he taught I know that I speak on behalf of all in America. They want us to build up speech and coached winning debate the debaters at Selma High School and manufacturing. They want us to create teams for more than 30 years. He was Montgomery Bell Academy in express- and pass legislation, as we introduced an outstanding teacher and an inspira- ing our sincere gratitude for Coach yesterday with whip HOYER, 38 pieces tional leader in the National Forensic Tate’s guidance, his dedication, and of legislation that we all are joining to League, the oldest and largest honor unwavering belief in our abilities. I es- support to create jobs. society for high school students in pecially dedicate this tribute to the One thing they don’t want us to do is speech and debate. Selma High School debaters I had the to pass anything with a chained CPI on During his illustrious career, Coach privilege of competing with—Tom Social Security because Social Secu- Tate had multiple national finalists in Bundenthal, Lawrence ‘‘Bubba’’ Wall, rity is solvent. Those people are not policy debate and extemporaneous Derek Edwards, Max Andrews, John the fault of any deficit or any debt; speaking. In 1999, his policy debate Polk, Leslie Looper, and Crystal they are hardworking people. I will not team reached the national finals, and Boykin, to name a few. ever vote for a chained CPI. And I am in 2006 Coach Billy Tate made coaching To say thank you to Coach Tate not a whiner. history as two of his policy teams seems woefully inadequate, but I do

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The and the hundreds of debaters he taught his jump shot to pull defenders and find Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from in his 40 years of coaching in cele- teammates for six assists in the cham- Illinois (Mrs. BUSTOS) for 5 minutes. brating the life and legacy of a native pionship game—three to Chane Mrs. BUSTOS. Madam Speaker, I rise Alabamian and a nationally renowned Behanan, who tied Louisville’s single- today to talk about our most pressing debate coach, Mr. William Woods Tate, season dunk record, officially making issue facing my district and our coun- Jr. him the latest doctor of dunk. Cutting try, and that is boosting American f down the nets in Atlanta was great, manufacturing and creating jobs here but they should give Chane the back- at home. HONORING THE UNIVERSITY OF boards because he owned them all Just this week, I introduced a bill LOUISVILLE CARDINALS night. called the American Jobs Matter Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The This commonsense bill would enable 1030 Chair recognizes the gentleman from b the Federal Government to find out Kentucky (Mr. YARMUTH) for 5 min- This team also showed tremendous how contracted work would impact utes. perseverance. Wayne Blackshear over- American jobs. Contractors would be Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, I came two shoulder injuries to reach able to include how their offers would rise to honor the University of Louis- the starting lineup. And it’s a good create American jobs. ville Cardinals, who went to a second thing: he hit threes to start the Cards’ My bill would raise the importance of straight Final Four this season and re- scoring in both championship halves. creating jobs at home in our country turned home national champions. But the Final Four’s breakout star and building our manufacturing indus- Going into the NCAA tournament, was its most outstanding player, Luke try here as Federal contractors are the question was whether the Cards’ Hancock, who scored his career-high in considered for their jobs. It would also stifling defense would be enough to win the semifinal and then broke it 2 days help ensure that taxpayer money is it all. Well, we’ll never know, because later. Luke didn’t use the force; he was being used to create jobs in places like the country’s best defense became the a force. And nothing would stop him Rockford, Moline, Galesburg, and Peo- best offense too, shooting 52 percent to from winning for his father, for Kevin ria, and in cities and towns across my a tournament best 79.5 points per Ware and, as always, for Louisville. district, across my State, and across game. That’s more than crazy. It’s That’s what Coach Rick Pitino our country—not overseas. ‘‘Russdiculous.’’ taught this team, the master I’m proud to say that this bill has They said he never met a shot he motivator, who’s done everything this been incorporated into Congressman didn’t like; but during the past month, week but cartwheels on the Moon, built HOYER’s Make It In America plan, Russ Smith hardly took a shot he a team and mentored men we should be which seeks to promote American couldn’t make, setting Louisville’s new proud of. workers, jobs, innovation, and infra- tournament-scoring record and earning And like Pitino, Jeff Walz will tell structure. the respect and affection of a city. The you this isn’t about one person or even Madam Speaker, we need to do more All-American, regional MVP, and de- one team. It’s about a program and a to create jobs and support American fensive phenom no longer cares who’s community. Trust him. That mad sci- manufacturing. My bill does just that. scoring, as long as the jersey reads entist led U of L’s women to four f Louisville. straight NCAA tournament upsets, in- When these guys say the team motto cluding what is considered to be the THE IMMINENT THREAT POSED BY ‘‘Louisville First, Cards Forever,’’ they biggest upset in college basketball his- NORTH KOREA mean it. We saw it when the team ral- tory. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lied around their injured teammate, Behind the jaw-dropping plays of Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Kevin Ware, as he courageously re- Shoni and Jude Shimmel, sharp- Hawaii (Ms. GABBARD) for 5 minutes. peated, ‘‘I’m fine, just win the game,’’ shooting of Antonita Slaughter, tenac- Ms. GABBARD. Madam Speaker, I before being carted off the court during ity and skill of Sara Hammond, rise today to address the recent devel- the Elite Eight. We saw it when they Sherrone Vails, and Bria Smith, and opments and the growing instability on came together to ‘‘Win for Ware.’’ But the unbelievable toughness of Monique the Korean Peninsula. before that, the Cards won with Ware. Reid and Shelby Harper, the national Today we are seeing an increasingly On this team, Kevin was one of eight runners-up crashed nearly every party belligerent hostile stance by the North Cardinals to score double figures in a around. Korean regime toward its perceived en- tournament game. That doesn’t even These players and coaches define an emies. For some, this may sound like a include the players who set this team extraordinary program. Only three far-off annoyance, saber rattling com- off on some of the year’s most unlikely coaches in NCAA history have gone to ing from the East; however, nothing and electrifying rallies. a men’s and women’s basketball final could be farther from the truth for Walk-on Tim Henderson scored six of in the same season. Louisville is the families in my home State of Hawaii his season’s 22 points in 45 seconds to first to add a BCS Bowl victory to the and in Guam who sit as named threats cut a late 12-point Final Four deficit in mix. by the increasingly aggressive and un- half. All year, Stephen Van Treese But if you think it’s the last, you predictable regime led by Kim Jong snatched rebounds from future NBA big don’t know Athletics Director Tom Un. men, denied them in the paint, and set Jurich. With sparkling new facilities, He has demonstrated a pattern of bel- precision picks strong enough to stop a outstanding coaches, and stellar stu- ligerent threats and even unprovoked truck. And freshman Montrezl Harrell dent athletes in competition and class, attacks on South Korea in recent provided a constant spark off the Tom has every U of L sport at the top years. This new leader has adopted bench, his unrelenting effort the only of their game and climbing. many of the same destructive policies thing close to matching his natural The university and the community of the past in his pursuit of nuclear ability. have thrived along with them, con- weapons and ballistic missile capabili- Peyton Siva embodies the ‘‘Louis- tinuing a proud tradition that began ties. He’s revealed the willingness to ville First’’ spirit. Happier setting up with Peck Hickman and rocketed to sacrifice the safety and needs of the his teammates than knocking it down the top under the great Denny Crum. North Korean people in order to ad- himself, Peyton reminded the Nation I’m honored to congratulate the Uni- vance his hostile, unproductive agenda. he can also drop 18 points on the Play- versity of Louisville for its unparal- Rather than caring for his people, Kim

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This is a portion of the budget last 6 years, and sequestration will ac- ticular, to take these threats from that should be increased, not de- tually make it harder to ever achieve North Korea seriously. We cannot be creased, to ensure the safety and secu- that goal. complacent. We cannot afford a mis- rity of our people. I also met with my local chamber of take that puts the lives of our families In the coming days and months, I commerce to discuss its desire to ex- at risk. look forward to continuing to work pand the regional Metro system here in Intelligence and previous missile with my colleagues in pushing for ac- the Nation’s Capital to accommodate launches have shown that Hawaii, tion and resources to ensure that Ha- future growth and development Guam, and Alaska are within range of waii and our country is protected and throughout the region. The most re- North Korea’s intercontinental bal- any potential attack is prevented. cent census data says our community listic missile capabilities. New intel- f has the highest concentration of mega- ligence suggests that North Korea may commuters in the country. There is no be planning multiple missile launches b 1040 question we need to invest more in our in the coming days beyond the two regional transportation network. This Musudan mobile missiles it has fueled, NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SEQUES- TRATION ON LOCAL EMPLOYERS particular proposal enjoys bipartisan raised, and positioned along its east support, but yet, under sequestration, coast. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The it’s headed nowhere because the New Our Nation’s focus and commitment Chair recognizes the gentleman from Starts program, under the Federal to the security and stability of the Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY) for 5 minutes. Transit Administration, will be cut by Asia-Pacific region now faces a serious Mr. CONNOLLY. During the past 2 as much as $100 million because of se- test. As we rebalance and realign our weeks, I met with local employers and questration. presence in the region, it’s vitally im- constituents who expressed continued Whether it’s cuts in small business portant that we get it right in terms of frustration with the negative effects of assistance or in transportation, seques- the strategy, as well as resourcing. sequestration in our community. Re- tration is reducing our investments in The United States has an important publicans and Democrats alike spent the very things that create jobs and interest in maintaining peace on the most of the past year warning of the provide for our competitive advantage Korean Peninsula, as well as in the dire consequences these cuts would in the future. Local realtors I met with Asia-Pacific region. We must stand to- have on our economy, and yet the re- expressed concern about the uncer- gether with our allies in the region cently adopted continuing resolution ready to respond to any contingency, tainty of sequestration putting the for the rest of the fiscal year bakes in brakes on sales just as regional and na- and we must take a forward-leaning ap- those very harmful cuts. I share my proach to address this imminent threat tional housing markets are finally constituents’ frustrations, which is showing signs of a robust recovery. The to prevent further provocations and to why I voted against the self-inflicted protect our families and our national slow-down in Federal spending is al- wound on our economy. ready creating a drag on local econo- assets. Every community in America will The international community has mies. A 22 percent drop in defense feel the ripple effects of sequestration, spending shaved nearly 3 points off eco- clearly stated its opposition to his ac- but my northern Virginia district will tions and threats, but we need to ask nomic growth in the last quarter, and be disproportionately impacted be- the CBO projects it could be half of the more of those influential nations that cause of the high concentration of have remained quiet. China, in par- growth otherwise projected in all of military facilities, Federal employees ticular, should be playing a strong role 2013 because of sequestration. and businesses that partner with the as a deterrent of North Korea’s mili- Madam Speaker, I don’t argue that Federal Government. We do cybersecu- tary ambitions. cuts are needed, but sequestration uses We’re also seeing a destabilizing ef- rity, custodial services, and everything a mindless, meat-ax approach in which fect outside of the region as a result of in between. I met with a number of nothing is spared and nothing is dif- the dangerous partnership between the these employers. They expressed real ferentiated. I’ve long called for Mem- two isolated rogue states of Iran and concern that the lingering uncertainty bers of the House to work together in a North Korea as regimes working to- over sequestration threatens job secu- bipartisan fashion and in a balanced gether to develop more powerful weap- rity and the ability to remain competi- way—balanced between revenue growth ons, missile delivery systems, and nu- tive economically. and discrete spending cuts—to move clear capabilities. I fear the consequences of sequestra- forward and reduce the debt. This It would be safe to assume that by tion and what that will mean to small week’s delivery of the President’s addressing the threat on our country businesses that don’t have the same re- budget is a heartening sign because he by North Korea, we are also affecting sources as their larger counterparts to does just that. I hope we will heed his Iran and their nuclear ambitions. weather these steep cuts. I visited one budget. I hope we will try to work with I commend our military commanders company with 200 employees who are the President to achieve a balanced ap- for their firm and confident resolve developing a laser-based flight guid- proach that replaces this mindless se- that they’ve shown in response to the ance system for NASA through a Small questration. Business Innovation Research grant. endless posturing and provocative be- f havior of North Korea; however, from a Just recently, it announced that their U.S. policy standpoint, it’s time to technology is being deployed through a THE HOUSING FAIRNESS ACT make a serious change. Such a change contract with the Defense Department The SPEAKER pro tempore. The must be comprehensive, carving a new to assist with remote detection of ex- Chair recognizes the gentleman from path forward using diplomatic and plosives to better protect our troops in Texas (Mr. AL GREEN) for 5 minutes. military means in order to break the the field. They’re worried about cut- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. I thank the cycle of threats that has existed for far backs. many persons who have labored long too long. The Small Business Administration’s and hard to help fulfill Dr. Martin Lu- The carrot-and-stick approach that fiscal ’13 budget will be reduced by ther King’s dream. He devoted his life we’ve taken in the past has not effec- more than $92 million as a result of se- to transforming neighborhoods into tively deterred North Korea’s nuclear questration, and more than one-fourth brotherhoods, and I’d like to speak to ambitions. To the contrary, we con- of those cuts will come from the Small you today about this concept because, tinue to face escalated threats which Business Loan Program, directly af- to do this—to transform neighborhoods now extend beyond the region. fecting small businesses, veteran- into brotherhoods—we must become

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1918 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 11, 2013 neighbors. We have to have commu- nate against people who are handi- agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of nities wherein all persons are a part of capped. They may not know that it’s a the Journal. the fiber and fabric of the various com- veteran, but whether they know or not, The SPEAKER. The question is on munities that we live in. the act of discrimination is still harm- the Speaker’s approval of the Journal. Dr. King was in Memphis, Tennessee, ful. The question was taken; and the in 1968, and he was there on this mis- I will submit to you that it makes Speaker announced that the ayes ap- sion of bringing people together. He sometimes tears well in the eyes of peared to have it. was there to help with some issues re- people who understand how our vet- Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, on that I lated to workers and workers’ rights. erans have fought for us. So I am here demand the yeas and nays. Unfortunately, on April 4 of 1968, Dr. today to make an appeal that we sup- The yeas and nays were ordered. King was assassinated. His life’s work port Fair Housing Initiatives and that The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 8, did not end, however. His dream is still we do all that we can to transform rule XX, further proceedings on this alive, and because he dared to trans- neighborhoods into brotherhoods. question will be postponed. form neighborhoods into brotherhoods, f f the President of the United States at that time, President Johnson, took up RECESS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE the fight for Dr. King, and within 7 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman days a piece of legislation passed ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair from Michigan (Mr. WALBERG) come through the House that dealt with dis- declares the House in recess until noon forward and lead the House in the crimination as it relates to where peo- today. Pledge of Allegiance. ple live. Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 48 Mr. WALBERG led the Pledge of Al- This legislation had bipartisan sup- minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- legiance as follows: port. The Democratic supporter was cess. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Senator Walter Mondale, a very well- f United States of America, and to the Repub- known figure in American politics. The lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Republican supporter was an African b 1200 indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. American, by the way, who was a mem- AFTER RECESS f ber of the Senate, the Honorable Ed- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ward Brooke. These two Senators had The recess having expired, the House for years been trying to pass this legis- was called to order by the Speaker at The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- lation to eliminate discrimination in noon. tain up to 15 requests for 1-minute housing. They had some degree of suc- f speeches on each side of the aisle. cess, but they were not able to get the PRAYER f legislation passed. THE BUDGET In 1968, 7 days after Dr. King’s death, The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick the Fair Housing Act of 1968 passed, J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given prohibiting discrimination based upon Dear God, we give You thanks for permission to address the House for 1 race, color, religion or national origin giving us another day. minute.) as it relates to the sale or to the fi- Bless abundantly the Members of this Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, Presi- nancing of housing. In 1974, the act was people’s House. During the season of dent Obama finally released his 2014 amended to include sex discrimination. new growth, may Your redemptive budget this week, 2 months late and In 1988, it was amended to prohibit dis- power help them to see new ways to trillions of dollars short. crimination based upon physical or productive service, fresh approaches to Similar to last year’s plan, it taxes mental handicap as well as familial understanding each other, especially more to spend more. While the Presi- status. those across the aisle, and renewed dent claims his budget will reduce the The Housing Fairness Act, which I commitment to solving the problems deficit in a balanced way, it won’t ever have introduced, models this piece of facing our Nation. balance—not in 10 years, not ever. legislation. It, too, deals with discrimi- May they, and may we all, be trans- The President’s plan is $8.2 trillion of nation that is invidious with reference formed by Your grace and better re- new debt. It also includes $1.1 trillion to refusing to rent to a person, to sell flect the sense of wonder, even joy, at in new taxes. Hardworking taxpayers housing to a person, to negotiate hous- the opportunities to serve that are ever don’t deserve more taxes; they deserve ing, to make housing available, to set before us. a budget that allows them to keep different terms for some than for oth- The issues of our day are a challenge more of their own money and not ers, to falsely deny that housing is un- for a Nation who claims Your blessing. worry about financial debt being placed available when it is available. This May we not forget the reminders to on their children and grandchildren. kind of discrimination still exists, but Your chosen people of once having been House Republicans have passed such it’s important for us today to realize oppressed foreigners and the admoni- a budget, one that balances: a that it is very much having an impact tions of Scripture that we might be en- proactive budget that eliminates the on persons whom many of us do not as- tertaining angels in the strangers deficit while also providing economic sume are victims of housing discrimi- among us. Help the Members of this security for employers and employees, nation. The FY 2011 statistics, the lat- House to find a balance that meets the a sustainable safety net for the poor est available to me, connote that 27,092 demands of our beliefs with the prac- and those retiring, and a secure future complaints were filed with programs tical realities that challenge us as a for our children and grandchildren. associated with the Fair Housing Ini- complex Nation. Americans know what it takes to tiatives, and of these complaints about May all that is done this day be for create a balanced budget for their own 12 percent to 54 percent of them were Your greater honor and glory. families and their own businesses, and complaints based upon disability. Amen. they deserve the same from their gov- Now, it’s important for us to focus on f ernment. disability for a moment because many f of our veterans returning from wars, THE JOURNAL persons who chose to go to distant The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- EARTH DAY places, don’t always return the same ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given way they left. Many of them have ceedings and announces to the House permission to address the House for 1 given their lives, and others have sur- his approval thereof. minute and to revise and extend his re- vived, but they have survived and they Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- marks.) are handicapped. Many of them return- nal stands approved. Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, the ing will be discriminated against be- Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to founder of Earth Day, Wisconsin Sen- cause there are people who discrimi- clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on ator Gaylord Nelson, was asked in 2005,

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But imagine if we done.’’ cussed the importance of manufac- blocked our police from using speed de- As we enter wildfire season, water- turing jobs to our region and to our Na- tection devices so they could never shed infrastructure that would miti- tion. prove that you were speeding or if we gate future contamination of local riv- With western New York’s dedicated only allowed the use of those devices ers and reservoirs is still being rebuilt workforce and history of manufac- on certain roads. Such a policy would from last season, and funding for re- turing success, we are ready to grow make speed limits mere suggestions building is only now being allocated, our economy with the resurgence of ad- with no consequences for those who having been delayed under sequestra- vanced manufacturing industry. But to would violate the law. tion, affecting lives and homes. do this, our workers and businesses It sounds ridiculous, but this is ex- We’ve yet to craft an agenda that need a willing partner in their govern- actly the strategy we currently use to talks of a multiyear transportation ment. prohibit the purchase of firearms by plan or climate change. And, of course, This Congress must make investing criminals and those with serious men- the green legislator at heart would love in our infrastructure and investing in tal illness. Federal law bans the pur- to see tools like the Antiquities Act as our people top priorities. Robust fund- chase of guns by dangerous people, but a job-creating mechanism rather than ing to rebuild roads and bridges, along massive loopholes in our background spending time on the floor fighting with fostering job-training programs check system permit at least 40 per- against rolling back NEPA as we’re and passing legislation in the House cent of purchases to evade the law doing this week with H.R. 678, unneces- Democrats’ Make It In America agen- without detection by law enforcement. sarily, at the expense of supporting hy- da, will enable us to compete with any The NRA and its supporters often dropower, as we should. other nation in the world. claim that we need to enforce the laws No, our work is not finished. There’s Mr. Speaker, investing in American on the books. Agreed. Universal back- a lot more to be done. manufacturing creates jobs and reduces ground checks are designed to do just f the deficit. There is much work to be that—to provide an actual enforcement done, and there are Americans who mechanism. That’s what the Congress MOVING FORWARD WITH need the work. should require because 90 percent of LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS f the American public wants us to do at (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was least that. given permission to address the House b 1210 f for 1 minute and to revise and extend THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT- his remarks.) ABILITY OFFICE’S REPORT ON SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, in WASTE (Mr. JORDAN asked and was given 2009, the United States surpassed Rus- permission to address the House for 1 sia in becoming the world’s largest pro- (Mr. FORTENBERRY asked and was minute.) ducer of natural gas. Due to recent given permission to address the House Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, this technological advancements, large de- for 1 minute and to revise and extend week, the President hosted a star-stud- posits of natural gas, mainly shale gas, his remarks.) ded concert at the White House for his are now being harvested. Through the Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, friends, featuring the music of Otis use of hydraulic fracturing and hori- we engage in so much Washington Redding and others. One of Otis zontal drilling, previously inaccessible speak in our debates—words like ‘‘se- Redding’s lines in his ‘‘(Sittin’ on) the hydrocarbons are now seeing the light questration,’’ ‘‘continuing resolu- Dock of the Bay’’ sums up my thoughts of day. tions,’’ and ‘‘debt ceiling’’—that the on the President’s budget: ‘‘Looks like Having Henry Hub located in the cen- structure of our debates, I feel, can be nothing’s gonna change. Everything re- ter of the Third Congressional District, off-putting to many Americans. So mains the same.’’ I’m fully aware that the market price let’s try to be a little more straight- Just like the Senate, the President’s of U.S. natural gas is at an all-time low forward. budget raises taxes, increases the debt and much lower than Asian and Euro- The reality is that we have a huge and never, ever, ever balances. The pean natural gas prices. While this fact mismatch between revenues and ex- Obama budget has a trillion dollars in presents challenges, it also provides an penditures. We all know that this is a new taxes on top of the trillion-dollar opportunity for our Nation to fast be- struggle, but we have to get our fiscal ObamaCare tax and the $600 billion come a global energy hub by exporting house in order, just like American fam- ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ tax from earlier this year. one of our most abundant natural re- ilies do, businesses do and even local The Obama budget spends $46 trillion, sources in the form of liquified natural governments do; but instead of hashing borrows another $8 trillion, and in- gas, or LNG. through the same old debates, perhaps With domestic demand being met, ex- there is an easier way forward. creases the national debt to $25.4 tril- porting LNG leads to job creation at Right here, Mr. Speaker, is a Govern- lion over the next 10 years. Then, after home, a reduction in the national trade ment Accountability Office report that all those taxes and all that spending, deficit, and an increase in revenues for came out this week. It’s a new report we still have a budget that never, ever, the Federal Government. As a member that builds upon former reports. There ever balances. of the House Ways and Means Sub- are more than 300 areas in which we Mr. President, we can’t borrow for- committee on Trade, these are all can tackle redundant spending across ever. We can’t keep spending more value-added benefits for our Nation. the Federal Government. So here is the than we take in. These problems are The domestic natural gas boom pre- right place to start, Mr. Speaker—in staring us right in the face, but the big sents the United States with an enor- delivering a smarter and more effective spenders in Washington are just sittin’ mous economic opportunity and geo- government while also saving money. on the dock of the bay, wasting time. political opportunity. Our Nation f f should seize this opportunity and not GUN REFORM NEW JERSEY’S LIFE SCIENCES let it pass. It’s in the public interest. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMU- f (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 NITY INVEST IN AMERICAN minute and to revise and extend his re- (Mr. SIRES asked and was given per- MANUFACTURING marks.) mission to address the House for 1 (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, through- minute.) permission to address the House for 1 out the United States, in red and blue Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today minute.) States alike, we have speed limits for to commend the contributions of the

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The New Jersey bio- Senate is taking up commonsense leg- (Mr. VARGAS asked and was given pharmaceutical and medical tech- islation to help reduce gun violence in permission to address the House for 1 nology companies made contributions America. minute.) to a large number of organizations, in- I have and always will be a staunch Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to cluding the American Red Cross, supporter of the Second Amendment, thank the faith-based communities in AmeriCares, Direct Relief Inter- and I strongly support the constitu- this country for praying for a humane national, Feeding America, the Salva- tional rights of my constituents to own and just immigration reform. We heard tion Army, Save the Children, United guns. This bipartisan legislation to ex- from the Chaplain today in his prayer, Way, and the Hurricane Sandy New pand background checks does not in- and we probably all caught the three Jersey Relief Fund. fringe on the rights of law-abiding gun references. The first one was from Le- The community also coordinated owners. Instead, it strengthens our ex- viticus 19, the issue of treating the for- with the Department of Health and isting system of background checks to eign born as your own. Then we heard Human Services to ensure an uninter- help keep guns out of the hands of dan- the Hebrews treating the stranger, rupted supply chain of critical life-sav- gerous offenders. treat him well because he may be the ing drugs as well as having teamed up Forty percent of guns sold in the angel among you. And then of course, with local pharmacies to provide free United States currently don’t go lastly, Matthew 25, treating the strang- or discounted prescriptions to affected through background checks. Failing to er because that’s how you’re going to patients. In addition, individual com- act means that just anyone can con- be judged. panies performed a variety of services tinue to buy weapons at gun shows or I want to thank each and every pas- in the immediate aftermath of Sandy, over the Internet without being subject tor, each and every priest, each and including the distribution of hygiene to a background check. The vast ma- every rabbi that has been praying for kits; providing generators to local mu- jority of Americans support back- us on this issue. I think that hardened nicipalities; deploying emergency de- ground checks. Democrats and Repub- hearts are changing here. Certainly the contamination units; preparing food licans support background checks. The debate that we’ve been having has been for first responders; and working to vast majority of responsible gun own- humane. Much of the leadership has supply hospitals, pharmacies, and re- ers support background checks. come from a bipartisan group of Demo- tailers with supplies that their pa- It is commonsense legislation that crats and Republicans with open tients and customers needed. should be enacted, and it will make our hearts, and I appreciate that. And that While our community as a whole country safer. I urge the House to take has not happened by itself. It has hap- came together to provide relief to the this up as soon as the Senate completes pened because of the prayers and the victims of Sandy, we thank the bio- its work. supplication of all of these people pharmaceutical industry of New Jer- f around the Nation saying we have to sey. KEYSTONE XL WILL HELP LOWER do something that matches our values. f UTILITY RATES f THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE (Mr. DAINES asked and was given THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET PRESIDENT’S PROPOSED BUDGET permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was (Mr. PITTENGER asked and was marks.) given permission to address the House given permission to address the House Mr. DAINES. Mr. Speaker, last week, for 1 minute and to revise and extend for 1 minute and to revise and extend I was home in Montana to highlight his remarks.) his remarks.) the important role that natural re- Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, Mr. PITTENGER. Mr. Speaker, there sources play in our State’s economy. In the President’s just-released budget is much that could be said about the fact, I put 3,000 miles in traveling calls for higher taxes, more spending, President’s proposed budget, but I around our great State. One question I and bigger government, all of which think ordinary taxpayers need to know was asked repeatedly was: When will would make it more difficult for hard- its impact on jobs and the economy. the Keystone pipeline be approved? working Americans, like those in the Economists and national accounting We all know the tremendous eco- Third District of Missouri, to find jobs. firms have stated that the tax in- nomic impact the Keystone pipeline More troubling yet is the President’s creases that President Obama pushed would have and the jobs that would be budget simply does not balance. Every through in January have slowed the created; but when I was in Glasgow, family must balance their budget, and economy and contributed to a loss of Montana, I learned of a relatively un- we in Washington should, too. We can- 24,000 retail jobs in March, part of a known benefit as a result of the pipe- not continue to spend money we don’t very dismal jobs report. When con- line. have, and it’s not right for the Presi- sumers have less money in their pock- You see, NorVal Electric Co-Op in dent to take more to spend more. ets, the inevitable results in fewer jobs. Glasgow is slated to supply electricity Several weeks ago, I proudly sup- Apparently, President Obama has not to one of the Keystone XL pump sta- ported a Republican budget that pro- learned from his mistake. His budget tions. If the pipeline is built, this rural vides for a balanced budget, will foster contains almost $600 billion in even electric co-op will be able to spread its a healthier economy and help create more new taxes. At a time when mil- cost burdens with the pipeline and, jobs. The President’s budget, mean- lions of Americans are giving up hope consequently, hold rates steady for its while, holds any reforms and spending of finding jobs and are exiting the 3,000-plus Montana customers. If the cuts hostage in exchange for more tax workforce, President Obama’s budget pipeline is not approved, it told me hikes. will only inflict more pain on ordinary that NorVal customers will see up- The American people are tired of the families. wards of a 40-percent increase in their same old song and dance from the House Republicans have passed a re- utility rates over the next 10 years. President and his allies when it comes sponsible budget that leads to balance As I’ve said time and time again, this to spending their hard-earned tax dol- while also preserving Social Security is common sense. Keystone means jobs; lars. This budget proposal, which is and Medicare. Let’s work together for it means another step towards energy months overdue, isn’t a serious plan. fiscally accountable government that independence; and it means lower util- Mr. Speaker, I’m from the ‘‘Show will help restore jobs to American fam- ity rates for rural Montanans, for hard- Me’’ State, and this budget doesn’t ilies. working Montana families. show me anything.

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After true deficit. tleman from Ohio mentioned the con- each tragedy, we hear sermons, speech- By getting Americans trained and cert that the President hosted with es, console survivors and loved ones, back to work, we can increase our tax PBS and the Grammys on Tuesday, and but we in Congress have done little to base and stop our borrowing. By reduc- did a poor imitation, I guess, of Justin change the way we address gun vio- ing unemployment, we can stop our na- Timberlake on ‘‘(Sittin’ on) the Dock lence. I want to change that. tional epidemic of foreclosures. Re- of the Bay.’’ While massacres such as the one that gardless of the assistance you receive, It was a phenomenal shout-out to occurred in Newtown draw significant you cannot keep your home if you do Memphis music; and while there were a attention to the issue of gun violence, not have a job. My State is the Na- lot of great performers there, I want to it is a persistent problem throughout tion’s foreclosure State, and my home- put a particular shout-out to Ms. Cyndi the Nation. According to a recent town, Miami, is the foreclosure capital. Lauper because she’s special. She did Johns Hopkins University survey, a Mr. Speaker, unemployment is de- another Otis Redding song, ‘‘Try a Lit- solid majority of Americans, gun own- stroying families and depressing prop- tle Tenderness,’’ and it was a phe- ers and nongun owners alike, support erty values. It is devastating our peo- nomenal performance. several initiatives to slow gun vio- ple and dragging down our recovery. I would suggest to some of my col- lence. For example, 89 percent of all re- Our mantra in this Congress should be: leagues on other side of the aisle that spondents, and 75 percent of those iden- Jobs, jobs, jobs. they ought to try a little tenderness on tified as NRA members, support uni- f occasion. versal background checks for gun sales. Ms. Lauper is special. She did an President Obama’s plan also calls for b 1230 album called ‘‘Memphis Blues’’ in 2010. a ban on military-style assault weap- A TALE OF TWO CITIES It was one of the best albums of the ons and high-capacity magazines, like year. It brought blues back. She had the kind that have been commonly (Mr. SESSIONS asked and was given Memphians B.B. King and Ann Peebles used in so many of the mass shootings permission to address the House for 1 and Charlie Musselwhite on the album. we have witnessed in the United minute.) She’s a phenomenal lady, and I give a States. Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, Mem- special shout-out to Cyndi Lauper and We can never prevent all crimes or bers of Congress have just come back Memphis music. gun violence, but we can work together now from 2 weeks of recess being at f to find ways to limit the loss of lives home. And group after group after with commonsense solutions. group that I spoke with talked about BALANCING THE BUDGET f exactly the same thing that the pre- (Mr. STUTZMAN asked and was vious speaker and others are talking given permission to address the House COMMON SENSE IN COMPENSATION ACT about, and that is jobs, job creation, for 1 minute and to revise and extend and the opportunity for our children, his remarks.) (Mr. MEADOWS asked and was given and sometimes our spouses, to get back Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, after permission to address the House for 1 into the jobs marketplace. decades of Washington irresponsibility, minute and to revise and extend his re- I remind the people of Dallas, Texas, Americans are facing nearly $17 trillion marks.) that there’s really a tale of two States Mr. MEADOWS. Mr. Speaker, over of debt and struggling through a def- or two cities. One is Dallas, Texas, and the past 2 months, Federal official icit-driven unemployment crisis. the other is Chicago, Illinois, the State after Federal official has talked about Unfortunately, this administration of Illinois vs. Texas. the need to furlough employees due to isn’t offering solutions. Yesterday, Texas, over the last few years, has sequestration, yet the government con- President Obama introduced a budget created more jobs than the other 49 tinues to hand out millions of dollars that never ever balances and will only States combined. The reason why we’ve make these problems worse. Two in bonuses to Federal employees. Sev- done this is because we chose not to do months after he missed the law’s dead- enty-five percent of senior executive the path that Illinois has done, and line, President Obama introduced a re- service employees received bonuses, at that is, raising taxes, lowering job ex- heated version of the same failed tax, an average of $13,081. Regular, often- pectations and performance, and the borrow, and spend policies that created times blue-collar Federal workers are ability for people to want to invest in this mess to begin with. President facing furloughs while senior employ- that State and their future. Obama’s budget raises taxes by $1.1 ees are cashing in. Mr. Speaker, that’s exactly the same trillion, adds another $8.2 trillion to The FAA has been talking about 90- background and philosophy that our the national debt, and doesn’t come minute waits for passengers, but yet in President and Democrats are having to close to addressing the long-term sta- fiscal year 2011, they handed out $40,000 bility of our Nation’s safety net pro- bonuses to more than 86 different em- run jobs out of America. I stand for the grams. Under the President’s plan, tax- ployees. This is unacceptable, and the Texas model, lowering taxes and mak- payers can expect consequences of end- recent OMB guidelines don’t go far ing sure we have jobs. less deficits and future downgrades. enough. f House Republicans are offering a real The Common Sense in Compensation GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION solution. We’ve put forward a reason- Act bill that I am introducing today LEGISLATION able plan that actually balances the would prohibit those bonuses for the budget in 10 years, not because we are rest of fiscal year 2013 and cap them at (Ms. HAHN asked and was given per- interested in spreadsheets and time- a maximum of 5 percent of the salary mission to address the House for 1 tables, but because Americans going forward. I urge my colleagues to minute.) shouldn’t have to wait any longer for cosponsor my bill. Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I’m happy that, finally, we are moving forward on success and prosperity. f Let’s balance the budget and put our gun violence prevention legislation in trust in hardworking Americans. UNEMPLOYMENT IS OUR TRUE this country. And I really applaud our DEFICIT f Senators, JOE MANCHIN and PAT (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and TOOMEY, for coming together, finally, ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE was given permission to address the in a bipartisan fashion to push forward (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given House for 1 minute.) legislation to expand background permission to address the House for 1 Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, checks in gun shows and for online pur- minute.) it has now been 830 days since I arrived chases.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1922 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 11, 2013 This is a strong first step towards a Legislature, beginning at the young the streets of my district every single meaningful solution to end gun vio- age of 74. day. If Congress has the power to pre- lence in this country. And I hope the While in the legislature, she worked vent some of this senseless violence, House, I hope we take this up soon, and hard to defend the rights of women and then we have a moral obligation to do pass this legislation. children, as well as to protect the envi- so. But I think we need to do more. And ronment and Nevada’s beauty, which Background checks are an absolute if losing 20 young innocent lives was painted by her husband, Cliff, in must. Criminals and the mentally ill doesn’t shake us up to end this epi- many beautiful watercolors. should not be able to go online or walk demic of gun violence that has plagued The Segerbloom family has been a into a gun show and walk away with a our Nation’s neighborhoods, schools, fixture in Nevada politics for four gen- gun. and churches, then nothing will. erations. Gene’s legacy continues My bill, the Safer Neighborhoods Gun If we harden our hearts to the tears through her son, Tick, who is a State Buyback Act, provides a 25 percent and the testimonies of the parents of senator today. Tick put it perfectly markup on guns traded in, creating an Newtown here with us this week, then when he said simply, ‘‘She loved Ne- incentive to get the most widely used we’re telling every family that has vada. My mother always had a smile on guns in crimes off of our streets. been shattered by a gun and every fam- her face, and she never had a bad day.’’ It’s not complicated. These are com- ily that has been shattered by this I miss her personally, and Nevada monsense reforms, and the victims of kind of violence that, if we don’t act, mourns her loss. gun violence and their families deserve we’re washing our hands of their f a vote. agony. So I urge my Republican colleagues LET’S PUT OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN You know, I hope that we still have a to bring this legislation to the floor. ORDER ban on military-style assault weapons We owe it to the American people, and and high-capacity magazines, but this (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia asked and New Jersey families should not have to is a good first start. was given permission to address the wait any longer for commonsense reform. f House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) f THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- Speaker, over the past break, I had the USS ‘‘THRESHER’’ DISASTER mission to address the House for 1 chance to go home to the beautiful minute.) Georgia Ninth, where I’m born and (Ms. SHEA-PORTER asked and was Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, saving Medi- raised. And one of the things that I given permission to address the House care and Social Security for future find when I go back that is always re- for 1 minute and to revise and extend generations is something Republicans freshing is people seem to want to find her remarks.) Ms. SHEA-PORTER. This week and Democrats can and should agree answers. They find answers to the marks the 50th anniversary of a ter- on. The House Republican budget pre- problems of their life. They want to rible submarine disaster. The USS serves Social Security and Medicare know what is happening, and they do the first in a new class of for current seniors and future genera- not understand inside-the-Beltway- Thresher, subs designed to answer the Soviet tions by beginning the work of making thinking that simply adds more and threat in the Cold War, left the world’s incremental cost-saving reforms. more talk and more and more rhetoric. President Obama, however, sees the Over the past week I have sat in two greatest shipyard, the Portsmouth threat to Medicare and Social Security committees in which the government’s Naval Shipyard, to conduct sea trials solvency as a chance to get more of own inspectors have found waste, have on April 10, 1963. Disaster struck, and what he wants. While Medicare and So- found duplication, have found frag- America lost 129 of its finest men that cial Security are going bankrupt, the mentation, in which everything is day. I honor these men who are on eternal President is refusing to consider re- going in a way in which people back patrol, and I honor their families, their forms to save our senior safety nets un- home don’t understand. wives and their children, some of whom less he’s allowed to raise taxes in ex- Sometimes we come to this well and never met their dads. Their sacrifices change. we say, People, we need to come to- did lead to a sub safety program. When it comes to tax increases, how gether. Well, what we’ve got to under- One of the surviving children wrote a quickly the President forgets. The stand is what we have just heard the song about his dad, and he said, ‘‘A President just got done raising taxes last 2 weeks from people in our district man whose love is stronger than the on the American people on January 1. is that they want to see action. They tide that’s taken you away.’’ The American people send enough of don’t understand sequester when Let’s pause and remember these their hard-earned money to Wash- you’ve got all this money sitting out great men and their families. ington each year, and more should not there that is being wasted and duplica- f be taken from them to enable further tion in programs such as three pro- travails in misguided ‘‘stimulus.’’ grams to study catfish. STOP THE SENSELESS GUN Reforms to save Medicare and Social As I said in the committee the other VIOLENCE Security are critically important to fu- day, I’ve fished for catfish all my life. (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and ture generations of Americans. They I don’t understand why we need that was given permission to address the should be treated as more than bar- much inspection. House for 1 minute and to revise and gaining chips by the President. What we need now is action to cut extend her remarks.) f the waste. We’ve proposed a balanced Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speak- budget from the Republican perspec- er, I’m here because of Angel. Angel CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF GENE tive. We’re going to continue to fight was just an ordinary teenager. She SEGERBLOOM to put our fiscal house in order. loved basketball. She liked to hang (Ms. TITUS asked and was given per- f out. In fact, that’s all she was doing on mission to address the House for 1 a balmy night in West Palm Beach, REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE minute.) just hanging out, when she was vio- Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given lently killed by a man, devoid of hu- to celebrate the life of Gene permission to address the House for 1 manity, armed with a gun. Segerbloom, who recently passed away minute.) And so, instead of dressing Angel for at the age of 94. A true public servant Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, the her prom, her mother dressed her for to the end, Gene served Nevada gun safety debate that we are having is her funeral. Instead of attending An- throughout her life, first as a high not about politics or political means. It gel’s graduation, her family visited her school teacher, then a Boulder City is about doing what’s right by our fam- gravesite. Councilman and, finally, as a four-term ilies, protecting our children, and re- Isn’t it time to take the guns out of assemblywoman in the Nevada State ducing the gun violence that persists in the hands of criminals and madmen?

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The gentlewoman two he nominated in February. The bill for 1 minute.) from North Carolina is recognized for 1 before us remains necessary as a com- Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, this hour. monsense pause button on the Board’s week, Mr. HOYER launched his Make It Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, for the pur- activities while the legal uncertainty In America initiative to strengthen our pose of debate only, I yield the cus- is resolved. It would give employers manufacturing sector and spur job tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman and unions the certainty they need to growth. American manufacturing has from Colorado (Mr. POLIS), pending operate in the interim. been a bright spot in our economic re- which I yield myself such time as I Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to covery, but too often I hear from my may consume. During consideration of vote in favor of this rule and the under- district that a lack of skilled workers this resolution, all time yielded is for lying bill, and I reserve the balance of is limiting their opportunities for the purpose of debate only. my time. growth. In Illinois’ 10th District, we GENERAL LEAVE have nearly 700 manufacturing facili- Mr. POLIS. I thank the gentlelady Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- for yielding the customary 30 minutes, ties employing over 98,000 people. mous consent that all Members have 5 These businesses, and our country, will and I yield myself such time as I may legislative days to revise and extend consume. remain globally competitive only if we their remarks. continue to develop and train our The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposi- workforce with the skills necessary for objection to the request of the gentle- tion to both the rule and the under- the highly technical work that 21st- woman from North Carolina? lying bill. The bill is inaccurately century manufacturing requires. There was no objection. named. In fact, quite to the contrary, That’s precisely why I introduced the Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, House Reso- the bill should be called the Creating AMERICA Works Act. I’m proud to lution 146 provides for a closed rule Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Manage- have it included in the Make It In providing for consideration of H.R. ment Relations Act, throwing into America agenda. This commonsense 1120, the Preventing Greater Uncer- question actions of this Board, deci- legislation promotes collaboration be- tainty in Labor-Management Relations sions on both sides, as well as agree- tween industry leaders, colleges, and Act. Although the Rules Committee so- ments that have been reached through job-training programs to prepare stu- licited amendments last week, we re- the process in the interest of business, dents and workers with the precise ceived only two amendments, one Dem- as well as working Americans. skills and jobs where talented people ocrat and one Republican, neither of Two weeks ago, Congress approved a are most needed. AMERICA Works and which was germane to the bill. continuing resolution on a bipartisan the Make It In America agenda is the Mr. Speaker, my colleagues on the basis to prevent the Federal Govern- comprehensive approach we need to en- House Education and Workforce Com- ment from closing. There were give- sure success for American workers and mittee and I have been hard at work and-takes. There were things in it from manufacturers. conducting oversight and challenging both sides that weren’t perfect. Never- the National Labor Relations Board on theless, the majority and minority in f its anti-jobs agenda. In January 2012, this House, the Republicans and Demo- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION President Obama made three so-called crats, worked together in good faith, OF H.R. 1120, PREVENTING ‘‘recess appointments’’ to the National successfully, to prevent a government GREATER UNCERTAINTY IN Labor Relations Board while Congress shutdown, consistent with what the LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELA- was not in recess, in violation of the American people wanted and consistent TIONS ACT Constitution. The U.S. Court of Ap- with any responsible stewardship of the peals for the District of Columbia re- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, by direction public trust. cently ruled these appointments were of the Committee on Rules, I call up After achieving that, I was initially unconstitutional. This decision calls optimistic that when the House recon- House Resolution 146 and ask for its into question every action the Board immediate consideration. vened this week, we might be able to has taken since these so-called recess build on the spirit of compromise, per- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- appointments were made. lows: haps tackling the difficult issue of fix- The bill before us today, H.R. 1120, ing our broken immigration system H. RES. 146 would provide greater certainty for em- and replacing it with one that works, Resolved, That upon the adoption of this ployers and unions by requiring the that restores the rule of law, perhaps resolution it shall be in order to consider in Board to cease all activity that re- the House the bill (H.R. 1120) to prohibit the dealing with some of the gun safety quires a three-member quorum and issues that are being debated across so- National Labor Relations Board from taking prohibits the Board from enforcing any any action that requires a quorum of the ciety, perhaps dealing with tax reform decision made since the appointments members of the Board until such time as and bringing down our rates and broad- in question were made in January 2012. Board constituting a quorum shall have been ening the base, perhaps dealing with fi- It is important to note also what this confirmed by the Senate, the Supreme Court nally battling our budget deficit. bill does not do. It does not prohibit issues a decision on the constitutionality of But, instead, here we are back in the appointments to the Board made in Jan- the National Labor Relations Board’s uary 2012, or the adjournment sine die of the regional offices from accepting and Congress, picking up where we were be- first session of the 113th Congress. All points processing charges of unfair labor prac- fore we worked together on the con- of order against consideration of the bill are tices. The bill also allows the Board to tinuing resolution, passing pointless waived. In lieu of the amendment in the na- resume activities if one of the three bills for presumably political reasons— ture of a substitute recommended by the following conditions is met: bills that have no sign of passage in the Committee on Education and the Workforce The U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Senate, bills that have a direct veto now printed in the bill, an amendment in the constitutionality of recess appoint- threat from the President of the United nature of a substitute consisting of the text States, which is in his Statement of of Rules Committee Print 113-6, shall be con- ments; sidered as adopted. The bill, as amended, A quorum of the Board is confirmed Administration Policy which I entered shall be considered as read. All points of by the Senate; into the RECORD last night in the Rules order against provisions in the bill, as The expiration of the recess ap- Committee, and just as importantly, a amended, are waived. The previous question pointees’ terms at the end of this year. bill that has no positive impact on the

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Pure and statutory basis. the ability of a Chief Executive of this simple, H.R. 1120 would effectively shut The executive branch needs to make country—whomever he or she may be— down the National Labor Relations the mechanisms of government work to from implementing the law to the best Board, invalidate all 569 decisions that the best of their ability. The legisla- of their ability; and it’s a bill that is, the NLRB made between January 12 tive branch makes the laws. The judi- frankly, a waste of our time to even de- and March of this year. cial branch determines if either of the bate here on the floor of the House My colleagues claim this is a re- other two branches impugn the rights since we know that it has no chance of sponse to the D.C. Circuit Court deci- of one another or of the American peo- passage. sion. But when have we ever enshrined ple. It is a system that has served us This bill is purely put before us for an intermediate court decision into well since our founding, and it’s one political intentions to perhaps satisfy statute? It makes absolutely no sense. that this bill flies in the face of. some fringe element somewhere that This court decision found that nearly Again, despite this bill’s title, ‘‘Pre- likes this bill and likes to bash the all recess appointments are invalid; but venting Greater Uncertainty in Labor- rights of workers. But there’s a lot of the reality is the decision of the D.C. Management Relationships,’’ it actu- important work to be done, work that Circuit conflicts entirely with judicial ally achieves the exact opposite—cre- is too important for us to waste our precedent and past practice. ates greater uncertainty in labor-man- time on this form of political pos- President Reagan made 232 recess ap- agement relationships. It throws judi- turing, which only stands to destroy pointments. George H.W. Bush made 78. cial precedent and nearly 600 NLRB jobs, hurt the economy, and create George W. Bush made 171. So far, Presi- rulings into limbo. greater uncertainty, damaging Amer- dent Obama has made 32—far fewer American businesses would be se- ican businesses and American workers. than his predecessors. In fact, every verely harmed if this bill were to be- I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, we need jobs President since Reagan has appointed a come law, which, of course, there is no in this country. There are nearly 12 member of the NLRB through a recess chance of. It won’t be taken up by the million Americans unemployed and appointment. Senate. The President would veto it. But were it to become law, like many anxious to find work. In the absence of legislative action, President Obama and the Senate any responsible Chief Executive takes other political measures that have been pursued in this body, it would Democrats’ policies of higher taxes, the prerogative to make our laws and record spending, and bigger govern- generate regulatory uncertainty that system of government work. If this ment have failed to create jobs or boost would hang over business, hurting body fails to pass immigration reform, economic growth. Put simply, this their valuations, preventing hiring of the President might build upon the de- economy is growing too slowly to re- new employees, hurting the public ferred action program and try to do place the millions of jobs lost. The fail- marketplace, impacting entrepreneurs, what he can for detention reform. We ure of the President’s runaway spend- employers, and workers to the det- need to change the laws. But failing ing, deficits, and debt is being felt by riment of our economy, destroying jobs that, what can a President do besides every family struggling to put food on in this country. Without a forum in try to make those laws work? the table and pay their mortgages. which to mediate disagreements, labor b 1250 The March 2013 labor force participa- and management, alike, have no re- tion rate is the lowest since 1979, and In the absence of taking up ESEA recourse to iron out their differences and the 1-month increase in March 2013 of authorization, in the absence of replac- less incentive to iron out their dif- 663,000 new people not in the labor ing No Child Left Behind with a Fed- ferences. Passage of this bill could force is the largest increase ever re- eral education law that gets account- cause more strikes from workers, dam- corded for the month of March since ability right and expands and rep- aging businesses and hurting workers. this data started being collected in licates what works in public education The underlying bill could very well 1975. If these individuals ‘‘not in the and improves what isn’t working, in be named the ‘‘Strike Promotion Act.’’ workforce’’ were counted in the official the absence of doing that, the Presi- Instead of allowing Members and en- unemployment rate, that rate would dent and Secretary Duncan have taken couraging both sides of labor-manage- increase to 11.2 percent. the prerogative to grant waivers for ment disputes to offer improvements Additionally, there are 47.3 million States on a statutory framework that and find common ground, quite the Americans receiving food stamps, we know is insufficient and doesn’t contrary, it destroys the very incen- which is equivalent to 15 percent of the work. tives that they have to reach agree- population and represents, by far, the So, again, it’s no surprise that, in the ment. largest number in history. This number absence of taking up nominees, the Mr. Speaker, it’s too bad that the stands in stark contrast to when Presi- President used his recess appointment NLRB has become such a political dent Obama took office and there were power to make sure that the important punching bag, because I and many of only 31.9 million Americans using food functions of government could con- my colleagues would certainly enjoy stamps. Today, nearly one in seven tinue. the opportunity to debate common- Americans is on food stamps. What a When have we ever, as a House, re- sense proposals to improve the rela- sad commentary about our country. sponded directly to intermediate cir- tionship between employers and em- All these statistics ultimately say cuit court decisions by instantly mak- ployees. If we want to have a debate the same thing: everyday Americans ing them statutes? Look, the majority about the NLRB, let us have that de- will keep struggling until our economy of this House of Representatives wasn’t bate directly, not through some impo- turns around. Fortunately for the so confident in the D.C. Circuit when it sition into judicial prerogative. Let’s American people, House Republicans said that ObamaCare was constitu- bring in representatives from busi- have a plan for helping to restore eco- tional. We didn’t see bills instantly to nesses and labor organizations. Let’s nomic growth and create jobs through- say ObamaCare is constitutional be- hear from workers and businesses out the country. cause the D.C. District Court said it across America. The liberal elite simply cannot un- was constitutional. What about when Look, if there’s improvements to be derstand that more spending does not the D.C. District Court upheld the con- made to the process that can lead to mean more jobs. Reckless deficit stitutionality of civil unions in Wash- quicker response times, that can lead spending, mounting debt, growing red ington, D.C.? Was there a bill from my to fairer adjudication, if there’s im- tape, higher taxes, a confusing Tax colleagues on the other side to in- provements that American businesses Code, higher energy prices, and ramp- stantly say that civil unions are con- and American workers can agree on to ant uncertainty all have job creators stitutional? make the process work better for eco- playing defense.

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House Republicans have been working out very well, and it’s called sequestra- Since the new Congress took office and approving legislation to promote tion. This is not something that’s just on January 3 of this year, there has not economic growth and job creation. The a word that gets tossed around in this been one hearing, not one markup, not Republican plan for growth tears down Chamber and has political con- one bill, not one vote on fixing this barriers to job creation because jobs sequences; it is having a real and nega- problem that threatens the jobs of are priority number one. tive impact on the country. 750,000 Americans. Rather than this As part of this plan, we are working I just came from a hearing of the metaphysical legal debate we’re about diligently to cut job-killing red tape Armed Services Committee where the to have about the National Labor Rela- that costs small businesses $10,585 per chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff tions Board, why don’t we put on the employee each year; reduce gas prices; and the Secretary of Defense told us House floor legislation that would cre- create jobs by producing more Amer- that nine battle groups and three ate jobs in this country, postpone the ican energy, which is important since bomber groups of our Air Force and our sequester, and deal with the problems every penny increased per gallon of gas Navy planes have been grounded. that we talked about here today. The costs consumers $4 million per day; About one-third of the Nation’s air ca- House is in session, but it’s missing in simplify the job-killing Tax Code that pacity isn’t flying. action when it comes to addressing the cost Americans $168 billion in 2010 just Across the country today, people who real problems of the American people. to comply with it; prevent job-killing are on Medicare who need chemo- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the tax hikes on small businesses; reduce therapy treatments from their doctors’ balance of my time. uncertainty by tackling the debt crisis offices are finding that many doctors Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- with responsible spending cuts; and the are declining to do chemotherapy self such time as I may consume. Republican plan will get Washington treatments for cancer patients because If we defeat the previous question, I out of the way and put American job of the cuts that take place in seques- will offer an amendment to this rule creators back on the offense. tration. that will allow the House to hold a Growing jobs and eliminating the I met earlier this week with employ- vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act. deficit go hand in hand. To balance the ees of the Naval Sea Systems engineer- Here we are in 2013—2013—and yet budget, we need both spending cuts and ing command in Philadelphia, whom I women make 77 cents for every dollar real economic growth. represent. They are looking at a 20 per- made by a man for equal work. Equal With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the cent pay cut because of furloughs. pay is not just a problem for women, balance of my time. These are real problems that are affect- but for all American families who work Mr. POLIS. Well, it sounds like I ing real people. The House is opting to hard to pay their bills. It’s high time agree with the gentlelady on many of do nothing about this—nothing. that this body took up the Paycheck our national priorities. For goodness The economists have told us that Fairness Act, which we will do if we de- sake, let’s reform the Tax Code; let’s these ill-advised sequestration cuts feat the previous question. bring down rates. Gas prices, my con- will cost the economy 750,000 jobs this To discuss our proposal, I would like stituents are complaining about them; year. Mr. VAN HOLLEN, my friend from to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman let’s take action. Preventing tax in- Maryland, has a bill, and that bill says from Connecticut (Ms. DELAURO). creases, balancing the budget, making that we should save an amount of Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in sure that we have a business climate money equal to what the sequestration opposition to the previous question. that’s friendly for small businesses, is allegedly saving and not have these Defeat of the previous question will why aren’t we talking about any of cuts in cancer care and not have a allow the gentleman from Colorado to that on the floor of the House today in- third of our air power grounded and not amend the rule to provide for consider- stead of enshrining a D.C. District have Federal employees take a 20 per- ation of the Paycheck Fairness Act, an Court decision into statute, to the det- cent pay cut. act that addresses the persistent prob- riment of job creation, to the det- Mr. VAN HOLLEN proposes that we cut lem of unequal pay in our economy. riment of American business, against subsidies to huge oil companies, that It has now been 50 years since Con- many of those great concepts that my we cut subsidies to huge agri- gress passed the Equal Pay Act to con- colleague, Dr. FOXX, espoused? businesses, and we have people who front the ‘‘serious and endemic’’ prob- So, I mean, I think there’s got to be make more than $1 million a year in lem of unequal wages in America. a connection here. I think the Amer- income pay a slightly higher tax rate. President John F. Kennedy signed that ican people are smart enough to make I understand, ladies and gentlemen of bill into law to end ‘‘the unconscion- it. It’s great to pay lip service to all the House, that some would agree with able practice of paying female employ- these wonderful things that Democrats that proposal and others would dis- ees less wages than male employees for and Republicans want to pursue, but agree with that proposal. That’s de- the same job.’’ what are we doing with our legislative mocracy. But that practice persists today. time that taxpayers pay for here in the We’re not even taking a vote on that Today, even though women are now House? We’re trying to prevent the proposal because the majority Repub- half of the Nation’s workforce, they are President from implementing the law lican leadership has refused to put on still only being paid 77 cents on the that Congress has made. this floor any piece of legislation that dollar as compared to men. This holds With that, Mr. Speaker, I’d like to would stop this harm to the country. I true across occupations and education yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from know they’ll say it’s the President’s levels. Don’t let anyone fool you or tell New Jersey (Mr. ANDREWS). fault or it’s the Senate’s fault or it’s you that if you hold constant for edu- (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given whoever. cation and other areas that, in fact, permission to revise and extend his re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The there is no wage gap; it is just not true. marks.) time of the gentleman has expired. A simple piece of legislation that says: Mr. ANDREWS. I thank my friend for Mr. POLIS. I yield the gentleman an men and women—same job, same pay. yielding. additional minute. Those of us who serve in the Congress, In the summer of 2011, as the country Mr. ANDREWS. I thank my friend for men and women, all parts of the coun- continued to see rising deficits, Mem- yielding. try, different education skills, different bers of the Congress knew that they Mr. Speaker, I know that there will skill sets in general, we get paid the had to do something about that in con- be lots of back and forth about whose same amount of money. It’s true in the nection with the extension of what we fault it was that we got into this posi- military as well.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 11, 2013 This week, we once again recognize b 1310 House to do it now. And that is one of Equal Pay Day, the day in 2013 when a Mr. DELANEY. I appreciate my good the most egregious situations of dif- woman’s earnings for 2012 catch up to friend from Colorado yielding me this ferential pay that exists in the country what a man made last year. Unequal time. right now. pay not only affects women; it affects Mr. Speaker, I also rise in support of With that, I reserve the balance of families all across the country who are the Paycheck Fairness Act. my time. trying to pay their bills, trying to Last year, 58 percent of the college Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- achieve the American Dream, and are graduates in this country were women. self such time as I may consume. I would respond to the gentlelady getting less take-home pay than they Right now in this country, over 50 per- that most women in this country don’t deserve for their hard work. cent of the individuals that have col- work for the White House. Most women Everyone here agrees that women lege degrees are women, and last year in this country work for private sector should be paid the same as men for the in corporate America, 53 percent of new same work. That is what paycheck employers, public sector employers, hires for positions that required a col- and others. fairness is all about—same job, same lege degree were given to women. This We care about all women. We want to pay. reflects broad, gender-based parity ensure paycheck fairness—same work, It is why President Obama called for with respect to universities and with same pay. But somehow addressing this passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act respect to entry-level positions in cor- among a handful of women in the in the State of the Union address in porate America. White House hardly addresses the real January. However, Mr. Speaker, when we look needs of American families, where The SPEAKER pro tempore. The at what’s going on with respect to ad- women across our country in Colorado, time of the gentlewoman has expired. vancement—in other words, women’s in California, North Carolina, and Mr. POLIS. I yield the gentlelady an ability to climb or ascend the cor- Texas are earning 77 cents on the dol- additional 30 seconds. porate ladder—we see a very different lar. Ms. DELAURO. Because it is time for story emerging. Even though 50 per- It’s unfair. And as my colleague Mr. us to come together and take the next cent of the workers with college de- DELANEY pointed out, it doesn’t en- steps to stop pay discrimination—by grees in corporate America are women, hance American economic competitive- putting an end to pay secrecy, when it came to promotions for man- ness. It hurts us as a country to have strengthening workers’ ability to chal- agers, only 37 percent of those went to pay based on bias rather than merit. lenge discrimination, and bringing women. When it came to promotions It’s simply the wrong way to go. equal pay law into line with other civil for vice presidents, only 25 percent President Obama needs this body to rights laws. went to women. And when it came to act and pass the Paycheck Fairness I urge my colleagues to defeat the promotions towards the executive com- Act for us to be able to make sure that previous question, support the Pay- mittee level or the C-suite, if you will, pay discrimination cannot endure in check Fairness Act and unequal pay for only 15 percent went to women. This this country. good. Fifty years after the Equal Pay reflects a significant talent drain that With that, I yield 2 minutes to the Act, it is finally time to give women occurs with respect to women as they gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON the tools they need to ensure that they advance in corporate America. LEE). are paid what they deserve for the Mr. Speaker, this is a very signifi- (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was same day’s work. What are we waiting cant problem for this country and for given permission to revise and extend for in this body? every American. It’s a problem if you her remarks.) Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- care about our economy. To have a pro- thank my colleagues and friends who self such time as I may consume. ductive and growth-oriented economy, are managing this legislation. This is a typical liberal habit: do as we need diversity, diversity of ideas, I say, not as I do. We are in the Judiciary Committee and we cannot have that unless women passing something called the REINS I think, Mr. Speaker, that our col- are represented in policymaking deci- league from Connecticut should direct Act because our friends on the other sions of corporations. side of the aisle don’t believe that the her comments to the White House. This is a problem, Mr. Speaker, if we There is absolutely nothing to stop the President is omnipotent. care about competitiveness because we Frankly, as my good friend from Col- White House from correcting the egre- cannot have a competitive economy if orado said, the President doesn’t con- gious pay differentials that exist there we make decisions based on gender and trol the bus drivers and school aides among the most liberal group in the not based on merit. and nurses aides and doesn’t control country. This is a problem, Mr. Speaker, if the secretaries and doesn’t control the With that, I reserve the balance of you care about working families. More construction workers who happen to be my time. than 50 percent of the breadwinners in women. They don’t control those indi- Mr. POLIS. Before further yielding, I this country are women. If they don’t viduals. Oh, and let’s not forget the of- am going to yield 30 seconds to the have the same access that men do, it fice workers who happen to be women. gentlelady from Connecticut to re- not only affects them, but it affects Many of my constituents who get up spond. their children. every morning—I saw one young Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I would Mr. Speaker, this is a problem if we woman, Mr. POLIS, get on a city bus, tell my colleague that, in fact, this care about women, if we care about drop her child off at the school, really body, under different leadership than young women in particular and our do a marathon dash to the school in this current majority, passed the pay- daughters. And as a father of four order for the bus to make a U-turn check fairness bill twice. It has to be daughters, I care very deeply about around—not a school bus, a city bus— done through the Congress; we have making sure my daughters have a view to get on that bus to track all the way the ability to do it. I would suggest to that they have equality of opportunity across to get to her job. I can assure my colleagues, who on the other side of regardless of whatever career they you that she is not getting probably the aisle would like to talk about pay choose. equal pay for equal work because that equity for women, that they sign the We have to change the mindset of in- is the dilemma that we have. discharge petition. We have 200 Mem- stitutions, the mindset of individuals, So I support ordering the previous bers who are aboard. Let’s get this bill and this legislation helps do that. question and voting ‘‘no’’ so that we out of the committee, onto the floor, Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to can move forward and do the right vote for it as we did in the past, and reiterate again—and my colleague thing. send it to the Senate so that it could from Connecticut has left—that there And that just compounds my reason be passed there as well. is absolutely nothing that would pre- for coming to oppose this rule on the I thank the gentleman for yielding. vent the White House from giving Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like equal pay to people in jobs there. We Labor-Management Relations Act be- to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman don’t need new legislation to do that. cause it is, in essence, a complete oppo- from Maryland (Mr. DELANEY). It’s certainly possible for the White site. I would call it something else, but

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1927 I’m going to restrain myself. H.R. 1120 The entire decision hinged on a controver- helping with our research on this bill, is ridiculous. sial interpretation of the word ‘‘the’’ in our and she informs me she used to work In actuality, my friends, what it does Constitution. Article II states that ‘‘The Presi- for the White House. She’s a female. is put a spear through the relationships dent shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies She tells me she was paid the exact that corporate and workers are able to that may happen during the Recess of the same amount as her male colleagues. have before the NLRB. The President Senate.’’ The court decided that this clause of With that, I’d like to yield 2 minutes has just finished appointing Repub- our Constitution refers to some recesses, but to the gentlelady from Ohio (Ms. KAP- licans and Democrats—three Demo- not others. Many other federal courts have TUR). crats and two Republicans—to do the disagreed with this stretched reading of our Ms. KAPTUR. I thank Congressmen work that brings businesses together Constitution, and in areas of the U.S. covered Polis, a leader on these issues, for for a fair assessment of their issue with by these courts, the D.C. Circuit decision does yielding me time. working people. not apply. I rise, Mr. Speaker, in opposition to Many resolutions of issues dealing While we eagerly await the Supreme Court’s the rule and the underlying bill, which with fair pay, dealing with working verdict on the meaning of the word ‘‘the,’’ the would prevent the National Labor Re- conditions are done at the NLRB. NLRB is still allowed to continue carrying out lations Board from doing its job. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The its statutory duties under the NLRA, and The NLRB is tasked with protecting time of the gentlewoman has expired. American workers still retain their rights under employees’ rights to organize by help- Mr. POLIS. I yield an additional 30 the NLRA. ing employees determine whether they seconds to the gentlewoman from That is why I am opposing. This bill merely want a union to represent their inter- Texas. eliminates the rights of American workers in ests or not. Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the gen- places outside the D.C. Circuit to seek a rem- Nations with bargaining rights have tleman. edy when their employer violates our National middle classes; those that don’t have Do you know what this bill does? It Labor Relations Act. Without a remedy, rights bargaining rights don’t have middle puts a knife in the process that has are meaningless. Depriving employees of this classes. been used by President Bush 140 remedy during these difficult economic times The NLRB also investigates charges times—recess appointments—to keep is merely a stab in the back to hard working of unfair labor practices from both em- the work of the American people going Americans across the country. This Congress ployees and employers, facilitates set- forward. How backwards is that? should not take actions that undermine Amer- tlements rather than expensive lengthy I love my friends, but we need to put ican employees and working families. litigation, and enforces rules by admin- on the floor sensible gun legislation, The argument that an active NLRB pro- istrative law judges that provide or- we need to be talking about immigra- duces economic uncertainty is unfounded. derly procedures to prevent the disruption reform. But to talk about blocking America has prospered since the creation of tion of the flow of commerce due to a the NLRB from work when President the NLRB. Other countries that have much labor dispute. Bush used the same process. And the stronger laws protecting worker rights and are This bill before us is just another fact that a court ordered something— much more heavily unionized, such as Aus- partisan ploy to undermine union 300 other opinions said the recess ap- tralia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, workers and continues the Republican pointments are legitimate. are doing better or at least as well as the war against the middle class. I ask my colleagues to vote down the United States in this economic downturn. H.R. First we had the Ryan budget, which rule, vote down the bill, stand with 1120 merely seeks to add more uncertainty would put the burden of paying for two your working friends in America, stand and create fewer rights for American workers wars and tax cuts for the wealthy on with our unions, stand with making during these tough economic times. the backs of seniors and our middle America great, and stand with peace Mr. Speaker, I oppose this rule, and the un- class families. Now we have a bill that and reconciliation by a working NLRB. derlying bill. Congress should not remove the would result in violations of worker Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this rule, and ability for employees to seek redress for work- rights going unpunished, union elec- the underlying bill, H.R. 1120, the ‘‘Preventing place wrongs. Instead, we need to stand up tions not being certified, and that Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Re- for our employees and working families. would end recourse for workers who are lations Act.’’ Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- wrongfully terminated. This bill effectively prevents American em- self such time as I may consume. Instead of letting the courts do their ployees from seeking remedies when their I want to respond again to my col- job, Republicans want to take a Big rights under the National Labor Relations Act, league from Colorado in his saying that Government action by preempting any or NLRA, are violated. we have to pass a bill on pay equity to decision from a higher court. The NLRA guarantees American workers in get the President to do the right thing. b 1320 the private sector the right to act collectively to That just seems incomprehensible to improve the conditions of their workplace. This me. This bill ignores the fact that Repub- applies for formal meetings with supervisors, I think the President should be our licans in the Senate would not allow as well as to employees who gather in the leader in this country and should prac- for a vote on any of the President’s break room to discuss a new company policy tice what he preaches, and so should nominees, and said publicly that they or compare their paychecks. It also protects our colleagues across the aisle. I think just wanted to make the NLRB inoper- workers when they act together to protest that the White House could show itself ative. working conditions, such as leaving the build- as a model for the rest of the country It is ironic that when President ing because the employer refuses to turn on by paying the women in the White Obama follows the path as President the heat. Recently, these laws protected em- House the same as the men are being Reagan and President Bush did, that of ployees who discussed their salaries with paid. I find it interesting that our col- appointing individuals to carry out the each other on facebook. You don’t need to be leagues have simply ignored what is work of our government, the Repub- part of a union to be protected by these laws. happening in the White House and call lican House proposes a bill to com- Under the NLRA, employees can go to the for a bill to be passed to make the pletely undermine an independent Fed- National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, with President do what is the right thing. In eral agency. these grievances. the past, our country and the people in Finally, studies show that the The NLRB is also charged with conducting our country have looked to our Presi- world’s best performing economies and elections for labor union representation and dent to be a role model for us. strongest middle classes have high with investigating and remedying unfair labor With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the union density and a high level of co- practices involving unions. balance of my time, and I would ask operation between labor and manage- Recently, the D.C. Circuit, one of our federal the gentleman if he is ready to close. ment. If Republicans care about cre- appellate courts, ruled that the National Labor Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I have one ating jobs and strengthening our econ- Relations Board, or NLRB, cannot carry out its remaining speaker. omy, then why are they considering a congressionally delegated duties of enforcing I happen to have a gentlelady cur- bill that would take away a forum for the NLRA because it deemed President rently working for the Rules Com- employers and unions to work out Obama’s appointments to the Board invalid. mittee sitting next to me here and their differences?

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1928 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 11, 2013 Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to administration to come up with a bet- the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal- join me in opposing this rule and the ter framework for ensuring that labor ly divided and controlled by the chair and underlying bill. and management can work together to ranking minority member of the Committee Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I assume the promote American competitiveness, to on Education and the Workforce. After general debate the bill shall be considered for gentleman is ready to close, so I re- grow jobs and to grow the middle class. amendment under the five-minute rule. All serve the balance of my time. That’s not what today’s process is points of order against provisions in the bill Mr. POLIS. I am ready to close, and about, but these are just a few of the are waived. At the conclusion of consider- I yield myself the remainder of my ways we could improve the broken ation of the bill for amendment the Com- time. process. Unfortunately, again, it seems mittee shall rise and report the bill to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- like the Republicans have chosen none House with such amendments as may have tleman from Colorado is recognized for of the above. been adopted. The previous question shall be 4 minutes. I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the rule and on considered as ordered on the bill and amend- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- ments thereto to final passage without inter- the bill, and I urge my colleagues to vening motion except one motion to recom- mous consent to insert the text of the vote ‘‘no’’ and defeat the previous ques- mit with or without instructions. If the amendment in the RECORD, along with tion. Committee of the Whole rises and reports extraneous material, immediately With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back that it has come to no resolution on the bill, prior to the vote on the previous ques- the balance of my time. then on the next legislative day the House tion. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- shall, immediately after the third daily The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there self the balance of my time. order of business under clause 1 of rule XIV, objection to the request of the gen- In closing, Mr. Speaker, House Re- resolve into the Committee of the Whole for tleman from Colorado? further consideration of the bill. publicans are committed to upholding SEC. 3. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not There was no objection. the Constitution and providing cer- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, rather than apply to the consideration of the H.R. 377 as tainty for employers, employees, and specified in section 2 of this resolution. addressing a number of issues that my unions. The rule before us today pro- colleagues have talked about here vides for the consideration of a bill THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT today, whether that issue is gas prices, that ensures that certainty by pressing IT REALLY MEANS whether it’s equal pay for women, ‘‘pause’’ on the National Labor Rela- This vote, the vote on whether to order the whether that’s equal pay in the White tions Board’s activities until the legal previous question on a special rule, is not House or equal pay for Main Street uncertainty is resolved. merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- America, that’s something that’s im- Therefore, I urge my colleagues to dering the previous question is a vote portant to American families. Whether against the Republican majority agenda and vote for this rule and the underlying a vote to allow the Democratic minority to it’s balancing our budget, whether it’s bill. keeping taxes low and making sure offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, research re- what the House should be debating. that American businesses can go and leased this week from the National Federation Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the create jobs, none of those things are of Independent Business indicates that more House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- being talked about here today. Instead, small businesses are decreasing their number scribes the vote on the previous question on we are bringing forward a bill that of employees than increasing. On top of that, the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the consideration of the subject before the House would be a bureaucratic nightmare, all the net percent of owners planning to hire new without protecting a single American being made by the Member in charge.’’ To employees fell last month to zero percent. defeat the previous question is to give the worker and without protecting a single Some of this unfortunate news can be attrib- American business. opposition a chance to decide the subject be- uted to the legal chaos created by the Admin- fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s This bill was reported out of the Edu- istration’s recess appointments to the National ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that cation and the Workforce Committee, Labor Relations Board, NLRB—appointments ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- on which I serve, without a single that a U.S. Court of Appeals rendered uncon- mand for the previous question passes the Democratic vote, and it is being rushed stitutional. Despite this ruling, the NLRB con- control of the resolution to the opposition’’ in order to offer an amendment. On March to the floor for consideration at a time tinues to issue job-crushing edicts. when we face record deficits, record gas 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- Unfortunately, this confusion is only creating fered a rule resolution. The House defeated prices, have a crisis for which we need more costly litigation—not jobs. to create jobs; yet here we are, debat- the previous question and a member of the The Preventing Greater Uncertainty in opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, ing a bill that will go nowhere, and if Labor-Management Relations Act, H.R. 1120, asking who was entitled to recognition. it did, it would destroy jobs in our will resolve this confusion by preventing the Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: country. NLRB from implementing, administering, or ‘‘The previous question having been refused, I’d love to see us spending more time enforcing any new decisions, until a duly ap- the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- balancing the budget and in training gerald, who had asked the gentleman to pointed and confirmed board can be orga- and educating our workforce—pre- yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to nized. paring kids for the jobs of the future. the first recognition.’’ I am proud to support this legislation on be- We have limited floor time here in The Republican majority may say ‘‘the half of businesses through Southwest Ohio, vote on the previous question is simply a Washington. Every moment that we and I hope the Senate will act quickly on it in vote on whether to proceed to an immediate have is sponsored by the taxpayers of order to provide some certainty for employees vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] this great country. We owe it to those and employers. has no substantive legislative or policy im- who elect us and those who pay for this The material previously referred to plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what body to be open as they pay for the they have always said. Listen to the Repub- by Mr. POLIS is as follows: very cameras which allow Americans lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 146 OFFERED BY to watch us here today. We owe it to Process in the United States House of Rep- MR. POLIS OF COLORADO them to invest the limited time we resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s At the end of the resolution, add the fol- how the Republicans describe the previous have here wisely, on critical issues of lowing new sections: question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- national importance, including making SEC. 2. Immediately upon adoption of this though it is generally not possible to amend sure that women across our country resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to the rule because the majority Member con- are paid the same amount for equal clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House trolling the time will not yield for the pur- work. resolved into the Committee of the Whole pose of offering an amendment, the same re- If we are going to have a discussion House on the state of the Union for consider- sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- of the NLRB, let’s at least do it in a se- ation of the bill (H.R. 377) To amend the Fair vious question on the rule . . . When the mo- rious way rather than trying to en- Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more tion for the previous question is defeated, shrine a D.C. District Court decision effective remedies to victims of discrimina- control of the time passes to the Member tion in the payment of wages on the basis of who led the opposition to ordering the pre- into law. Let’s bring businesses and sex, and for other purposes. The first reading vious question. That Member, because he workers together and have serious dis- of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points then controls the time, may offer an amend- cussion; involve Senate Republicans, of order against consideration of the bill are ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of involve Senate Democrats, involve the waived. General debate shall be confined to amendment.’’

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1929 In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House McCarthy (CA) Radel Smith (TX) Wasserman Watt Wilson (FL) of Representatives, the subchapter titled McCaul Reed Southerland Schultz Waxman Yarmuth ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal McClintock Reichert Stewart Waters Welch to order the previous question on such a rule McHenry Renacci Stivers McKeon Ribble NOT VOTING—13 [a special rule reported from the Committee Stockman McKinley Rice (SC) Stutzman Barton Costa Pompeo on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- McMorris Rigell Terry Blumenauer Hastings (FL) Speier ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- Rodgers Roby Thompson (PA) Braley (IA) Huelskamp Young (FL) tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- Meadows Roe (TN) Thornberry Castor (FL) Lynch jection of the motion for the previous ques- Meehan Rogers (AL) Tiberi Collins (NY) Markey tion on a resolution reported from the Com- Messer Rogers (KY) Tipton Mica Rogers (MI) b 1351 mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- Turner Miller (FL) Rohrabacher Upton ber leading the opposition to the previous Miller (MI) Rokita So the previous question was ordered. Valadao question, who may offer a proper amendment Miller, Gary Rooney The result of the vote was announced Wagner or motion and who controls the time for de- Mullin Ros-Lehtinen Walberg as above recorded. bate thereon.’’ Mulvaney Roskam Walden Stated for: Murphy (PA) Ross Clearly, the vote on the previous question Walorski Mr. COLLINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, on on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Neugebauer Rothfus Noem Royce Weber (TX) rollcall No. 97, H. Res. 146, On Ordering the cations. It is one of the only available tools Webster (FL) Nugent Runyan Previous Question, had I been present, I for those who oppose the Republican major- Nunes Ryan (WI) Wenstrup ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- Nunnelee Salmon Westmoreland would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ native views the opportunity to offer an al- Olson Scalise Whitfield f ternative plan. Palazzo Schock Williams Paulsen Schweikert Wilson (SC) COMMUNICATION FROM THE Ms. FOXX. I yield back the balance Pearce Scott, Austin Wittman CLERK OF THE HOUSE of my time, and I move the previous Perry Sensenbrenner Wolf question on the resolution. Petri Sessions Womack The SPEAKER laid before the House Pittenger Shimkus Woodall the following communication from the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Pitts Shuster Yoder question is on ordering the previous Poe (TX) Simpson Yoho Clerk of the House of Representatives: question. Posey Smith (NE) Young (AK) OFFICE OF THE CLERK, The question was taken; and the Price (GA) Smith (NJ) Young (IN) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Speaker pro tempore announced that Washington, DC, April 11, 2013. NAYS—192 Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, the ayes appeared to have it. Andrews Grayson Nadler Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I Barber Green, Al Napolitano Washington, DC. demand the yeas and nays. Barrow (GA) Green, Gene Neal DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I have the honor to The yeas and nays were ordered. Bass Grijalva Negrete McLeod transmit herewith a scanned copy of a letter Beatty Gutierrez Nolan received from Mr. Rupert T. Borgsmiller, Ex- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Becerra Hahn O’Rourke ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, Bera (CA) Hanabusa Owens ecutive Director, Illinois State Board of Elections, indicating that, according to the this 15-minute vote on ordering the Bishop (GA) Heck (WA) Pallone Bishop (NY) Higgins Pascrell unofficial returns of the Special Election previous question will be followed by 5- Bonamici Himes Pastor (AZ) held April 9, 2013, the Honorable Robin L. minute votes on adopting House Reso- Brady (PA) Hinojosa Payne Kelly was elected Representative to Congress lution 146, if ordered, and approving Brown (FL) Holt Pelosi for the Second Congressional District, State Brownley (CA) Honda Perlmutter of Illinois. the Journal. Bustos Horsford Peters (CA) The vote was taken by electronic de- Butterfield Hoyer Peters (MI) With best wishes, I am vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays Capps Huffman Peterson Sincerely, 192, not voting 13, as follows: Capuano Israel Pingree (ME) KAREN L. HAAS, Ca´ rdenas Jackson Lee Pocan Clerk. [Roll No. 97] Carney Jeffries Polis Enclosure. Carson (IN) Johnson (GA) Price (NC) YEAS—226 Cartwright Johnson, E. B. Quigley Aderholt Crenshaw Hanna Castro (TX) Kaptur Rahall STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Alexander Culberson Harper Chu Keating Rangel STATE OF ILLINOIS, Amash Daines Harris Cicilline Kennedy Richmond Springfield, IL, April 11, 2013. Amodei Davis, Rodney Hartzler Clarke Kildee Roybal-Allard Hon. KAREN L. HAAS, Bachmann Denham Hastings (WA) Clay Kilmer Ruiz Clerk, House of Representatives, The Capitol, Bachus Dent Heck (NV) Cleaver Kind Ruppersberger Washington, DC. Barletta DeSantis Hensarling Clyburn Kirkpatrick Rush DEAR MS. HAAS: Although it is not the nor- Barr DesJarlais Herrera Beutler Cohen Kuster Ryan (OH) Benishek Diaz-Balart Holding Connolly Langevin Sa´ nchez, Linda mal practice of the Illinois State Board of Bentivolio Duffy Hudson Conyers Larsen (WA) T. Elections to release unofficial election re- Bilirakis Duncan (SC) Huizenga (MI) Cooper Larson (CT) Sanchez, Loretta sults, in response to a request from your of- Bishop (UT) Duncan (TN) Hultgren Courtney Lee (CA) Sarbanes fice, we are hereby transmitting UNOFFI- Black Ellmers Hunter Crowley Levin Schakowsky CIAL election results for the April 9, 2013 Blackburn Farenthold Hurt Cuellar Lewis Schiff Special Election in the Second Congressional Bonner Fincher Issa Cummings Lipinski Schneider District in the State of Illinois. Boustany Fitzpatrick Jenkins Davis (CA) Loebsack Schrader Brady (TX) Fleischmann Johnson (OH) Davis, Danny Lofgren Schwartz Sincerely, Bridenstine Fleming Johnson, Sam DeFazio Lowenthal Scott (VA) RUPERT T. BORGSMILLER, Brooks (AL) Flores Jones DeGette Lowey Scott, David Executive Director. Brooks (IN) Forbes Jordan Delaney Lujan Grisham Serrano f Broun (GA) Fortenberry Joyce DeLauro (NM) Sewell (AL) Buchanan Foxx Kelly (PA) DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Shea-Porter SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE Bucshon Franks (AZ) King (IA) Deutch (NM) Sherman Burgess Frelinghuysen King (NY) Dingell Maffei Sinema ROBIN L. KELLY, OF ILLINOIS, Calvert Gardner Kingston Doggett Maloney, Sires AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE Camp Garrett Kinzinger (IL) Doyle Carolyn Slaughter Campbell Gerlach Kline Duckworth Maloney, Sean Smith (WA) Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I ask Cantor Gibbs Labrador Edwards Matheson Swalwell (CA) unanimous consent that the gentle- Capito Gibson LaMalfa Ellison Matsui Takano woman from Illinois, the Honorable Carter Gingrey (GA) Lamborn Engel McCarthy (NY) Thompson (CA) Robin Kelly, be permitted to take the Cassidy Gohmert Lance Enyart McCollum Thompson (MS) Chabot Goodlatte Lankford Eshoo McDermott Tierney oath of office today. Chaffetz Gosar Latham Esty McGovern Titus Her certificate of election has not ar- Coble Gowdy Latta Farr McIntyre Tonko rived, but there is no contest and no Coffman Granger LoBiondo Fattah McNerney Tsongas Cole Graves (GA) Long Foster Meeks Van Hollen question has been raised with regard to Collins (GA) Graves (MO) Lucas Frankel (FL) Meng Vargas her election. Conaway Griffin (AR) Luetkemeyer Fudge Michaud Veasey The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Cook Griffith (VA) Lummis Gabbard Miller, George Vela the request of the gentleman from Illi- Cotton Grimm Marchant Gallego Moore Vela´ zquez Cramer Guthrie Marino Garamendi Moran Visclosky nois? Crawford Hall Massie Garcia Murphy (FL) Walz There was no objection.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1930 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 11, 2013 The SPEAKER. Will Representative- Mr. SHIMKUS. I thank my colleague. PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION elect Kelly and the members of the Illi- We want to welcome ROBIN KELLY to OF H.R. 1120, PREVENTING nois delegation present themselves in the Chamber. You’ll find that people GREATER UNCERTAINTY IN the well. are working hard on both sides of the LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELA- All Members will rise and the Rep- aisle to represent the folks that they TIONS ACT resentative-elect will please raise her are here to represent. The Illinois dele- The SPEAKER. Without objection, 5- right hand. gation has a monthly bicameral lunch- minute voting will continue. Ms. KELLY of Illinois appeared at eon, and we look forward to meeting There was no objection. the bar of the House and took the oath with you there so that those The SPEAKER. The question is on of office, as follows: downstaters and those from other dis- the resolution. Do you solemnly swear that you will sup- tricts can understand the concerns of The question was taken; and the port and defend the Constitution of the the south side of Chicago, and the like, Speaker announced that the ayes ap- United States against all enemies, foreign and you can understand the concerns of peared to have it. and domestic; that you will bear true faith real rural, deep southern Illinois. Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, on and allegiance to the same; that you take Thank you, and welcome to the this obligation freely, without any mental that I demand the yeas and nays. reservation or purpose of evasion; and that Chamber. The yeas and nays were ordered. you will well and faithfully discharge the du- Mr. GUTIERREZ. Thank you, Con- The SPEAKER. This will be a 5- ties of the office on which you are about to gressman SHIMKUS. minute vote. enter, so help you God. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the The vote was taken by electronic de- The SPEAKER. Congratulations, you newest distinguished lady from the vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays are now a Member of the 113th Con- State of Illinois (Ms. KELLY). 194, not voting 12, as follows: gress. The SPEAKER. The gentlewoman [Roll No. 98] from Illinois is recognized. f YEAS—226 Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Thank you so Aderholt Gibbs Miller (FL) WELCOMING THE HONORABLE very much. It is truly an honor to be Alexander Gibson Miller (MI) ROBIN L. KELLY TO THE HOUSE standing here and humbling to have Amash Gingrey (GA) Miller, Gary OF REPRESENTATIVES been chosen to represent the families Amodei Gohmert Mullin of the Second Congressional District. I Bachmann Goodlatte Mulvaney The SPEAKER. Without objection, Bachus Gosar Murphy (PA) the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. thank the entire Illinois delegation for Barletta Gowdy Neugebauer their support and advice. I would also Barr Granger Noem GUTIERREZ) is recognized for 1 minute. like to thank my many family mem- Benishek Graves (GA) Nugent There was no objection. Bentivolio Graves (MO) Nunes Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I bers, friends, and staff who are here in Bilirakis Griffin (AR) Nunnelee yield that 1 minute to the distin- the gallery today. Bishop (UT) Griffith (VA) Olson Black Grimm Palazzo guished gentleman from Illinois, BOBBY Blackburn Guthrie Paulsen RUSH. His name obviously ends in R b 1400 Bonner Hall Pearce and mine in G and that’s why I got to Boustany Hanna Perry As I look around this hallowed Cham- Brady (TX) Harper Petri be the dean, but we’re sharing this to- ber, I know this is a place where so Bridenstine Harris Pittenger gether because this is a joyous day. much history has been made. But Brooks (AL) Hartzler Pitts Congressman BOBBY RUSH, please in- today, I stand before you to talk about Brooks (IN) Hastings (WA) Poe (TX) troduce the gentlelady. Broun (GA) Heck (NV) Posey our present. Buchanan Hensarling Price (GA) Mr. RUSH. I want to thank my col- I ran for Congress so that I could Bucshon Herrera Beutler Radel league, LUIS GUTIERREZ, the dean of work to bring about a safer, less vio- Burgess Holding Reed the Illinois delegation. Calvert Hudson Reichert lent, and more prosperous future, one Camp Huizenga (MI) Renacci Ladies and gentlemen of the House, in which our children can grow up Campbell Hultgren Ribble it is my honor to introduce to you one without the fear of gun violence. Today Cantor Hunter Rice (SC) of the most remarkable persons that is an important day in that fight. I Capito Hurt Rigell you will ever want to meet—a fine, Carter Issa Roby look forward to working with you to Cassidy Jenkins Roe (TN) outstanding, accomplished public serv- protect our children from criminals Chabot Johnson (OH) Rogers (AL) ant, one who has cut her teeth helping and to protect our Second Amendment Chaffetz Johnson, Sam Rogers (KY) to address the pain and the problems of Coble Jones Rogers (MI) rights for law-abiding citizens. Because Coffman Jordan Rohrabacher those who reside in the Second Con- we should—and can—do both. Cole Joyce Rokita gressional District. I look forward to working on the Collins (GA) Kelly (PA) Rooney This fine woman is a sterling exam- many issues we face, such as creating Conaway King (IA) Ros-Lehtinen ple of the kind of public officials that Cook King (NY) Roskam jobs, passing immigration reform, and Cotton Kingston Ross we send to Washington from the Land continuing the hard work of improving Cramer Kinzinger (IL) Rothfus of Lincoln. She’s beyond reproach in our health care system. But today is Crawford Kline Royce every area of her life. She commits Crenshaw Labrador Runyan about a new beginning for the people of Culberson LaMalfa Ryan (WI) herself day and night to solving the the Second Congressional District, who Daines Lamborn Salmon problems of common, everyday, ordi- I am so proud and honored to rep- Davis, Rodney Lance Scalise nary people. She’s a person with keen resent. I look forward to being their Denham Lankford Schock vision, enormous insight, and enor- Dent Latham Schweikert advocate and their champion and to DeSantis Latta Scott, Austin mous capacity to accomplish what she working with you to create a brighter DesJarlais LoBiondo Sensenbrenner starts out and what she began. She is future for all of our constituents. Diaz-Balart Long Sessions indeed an inspiration to all of us. She Duffy Lucas Shimkus Thank you and God bless. Duncan (SC) Luetkemeyer Shuster is a person that’s going to make this Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I Duncan (TN) Lummis Simpson House proud, the State of Illinois yield back the balance of my time. Ellmers Marchant Smith (NE) proud, and the people from the Second Farenthold Marino Smith (NJ) Congressional District very, very proud Fincher Massie Smith (TX) f Fitzpatrick McCarthy (CA) Southerland of her. Fleischmann McCaul Stewart As the Congressman from the First Fleming McClintock Stivers Congressional District, I’m so glad to ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Flores McHenry Stockman Forbes McKeon Stutzman introduce you to the new Congress- The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of Fortenberry McKinley Terry woman from the Second Congressional rule XX, the Chair announces to the Foxx McMorris Thompson (PA) District, ROBIN KELLY. House that, in light of the administra- Franks (AZ) Rodgers Thornberry Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I now tion of the oath to the gentlewoman Frelinghuysen Meadows Tiberi Gardner Meehan Tipton yield to the gentleman from Illinois from Illinois (Ms. KELLY), the whole Garrett Messer Turner (Mr. SHIMKUS). number of the House is 433. Gerlach Mica Upton

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1931 Valadao Wenstrup Womack THE JOURNAL Smith (NE) Van Hollen Wenstrup Wagner Westmoreland Woodall Smith (NJ) Vela Westmoreland Walberg Whitfield Yoder The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. COL- Smith (TX) Wagner Whitfield Walden Williams Yoho LINS of Georgia). The unfinished busi- Smith (WA) Walden Williams Walorski Wilson (SC) Young (AK) ness is the question on agreeing to the Stewart Walorski Wilson (FL) Weber (TX) Wittman Young (IN) Swalwell (CA) Walz Wilson (SC) Webster (FL) Wolf Speaker’s approval of the Journal, on Takano Wasserman Wittman which the yeas and nays were ordered. Thompson (PA) Schultz Wolf NAYS—194 Thornberry Waters Womack The question is on the Speaker’s ap- Tierney Watt Andrews Green, Gene O’Rourke Yarmuth proval of the Journal. Titus Waxman Barber Grijalva Owens Yoho Barrow (GA) Gutierrez Pallone This will be a 5-minute vote. Tonko Weber (TX) Tsongas Webster (FL) Young (IN) Bass Hahn Pascrell The vote was taken by electronic de- Upton Welch Beatty Hanabusa Pastor (AZ) vice, and there were—yeas 272, nays Becerra Heck (WA) Payne 136, answered ‘‘present’’ 1, not voting NAYS—136 Bera (CA) Higgins Pelosi Amash Griffin (AR) Nugent Bishop (GA) Himes Perlmutter 23, as follows: Andrews Griffith (VA) Palazzo Bishop (NY) Hinojosa Peters (CA) [Roll No. 99] Barr Gutierrez Pallone Blumenauer Holt Peters (MI) Bonamici Honda YEAS—272 Bass Hall Pastor (AZ) Peterson Brady (PA) Horsford Benishek Hanna Payne Pingree (ME) Aderholt Fattah McMorris Brown (FL) Hoyer Bentivolio Heck (NV) Peters (CA) Pocan Alexander Fincher Rodgers Brownley (CA) Huffman Bishop (NY) Herrera Beutler Peters (MI) Polis Amodei Fleischmann McNerney Bustos Israel Bonner Holding Peterson Price (NC) Bachmann Fleming Meadows Brady (PA) Honda Butterfield Jackson Lee Bachus Forbes Meehan Pittenger Capps Jeffries Quigley Brooks (IN) Hudson Poe (TX) Rahall Barber Fortenberry Meeks Broun (GA) Huizenga (MI) Capuano Johnson (GA) Barletta Foster Meng Price (GA) Ca´ rdenas Johnson, E. B. Rangel Burgess Israel Radel Richmond Barrow (GA) Frankel (FL) Messer Capuano Jackson Lee Carney Kaptur Beatty Franks (AZ) Mica Rahall Carson (IN) Keating Roybal-Allard Chaffetz Jeffries Reed Ruiz Becerra Frelinghuysen Michaud Clarke Jenkins Cartwright Kelly (IL) Bera (CA) Fudge Miller (MI) Renacci Ruppersberger Cleaver Johnson (OH) Castro (TX) Kennedy Bilirakis Gabbard Miller, Gary Ribble Ryan (OH) Clyburn Johnson, E. B. Chu Kildee Bishop (GA) Gallego Moore Rigell Sa´ nchez, Linda Coffman Jones Cicilline Kilmer Bishop (UT) Garamendi Mullin Rooney T. Cohen Jordan Clarke Kind Black Gibbs Mulvaney Rush Sanchez, Loretta Collins (GA) Joyce Clay Kirkpatrick Blackburn Goodlatte Murphy (FL) Ryan (OH) Cleaver Kuster Sarbanes Conyers Keating Blumenauer Gosar Murphy (PA) Costa Kelly (IL) Salmon Clyburn Langevin Schakowsky Bonamici Gowdy Nadler Sanchez, Loretta Cohen Cotton Kennedy Larsen (WA) Schiff Boustany Grayson Napolitano Sarbanes Connolly Larson (CT) Courtney Kilmer Schneider Brady (TX) Grimm Neal Schakowsky Conyers Lee (CA) Crenshaw Kind Schrader Bridenstine Guthrie Neugebauer Schock Cooper Levin Crowley Kinzinger (IL) Schwartz Brooks (AL) Hahn Noem Sires Costa Lewis Davis, Rodney Kirkpatrick Scott (VA) Brown (FL) Hanabusa Nunes Slaughter Courtney Lipinski DeFazio Lance Scott, David Brownley (CA) Harper Nunnelee Southerland Crowley Loebsack Denham Larson (CT) Serrano Buchanan Harris O’Rourke Stivers Cuellar Lofgren Sewell (AL) Dent Latham Bucshon Hartzler Olson Dingell Latta Stockman Cummings Lowenthal Shea-Porter Bustos Hastings (WA) Pascrell Duckworth Lee (CA) Terry Davis (CA) Lowey Sherman Butterfield Heck (WA) Paulsen Duffy Lewis Thompson (CA) Davis, Danny Lujan Grisham Sinema Calvert Hensarling Pearce Fitzpatrick LoBiondo Thompson (MS) DeFazio (NM) Sires Camp Himes Pelosi ´ Flores Lowenthal Tiberi DeGette Lujan, Ben Ray Slaughter Campbell Hinojosa Perlmutter Delaney (NM) Foxx Maffei Tipton Smith (WA) Cantor Holt Perry Garcia Maloney, Turner DeLauro Maffei Swalwell (CA) Capito Horsford Petri DelBene Maloney, Gardner Carolyn Valadao Takano Capps Hoyer Pingree (ME) Deutch Carolyn Garrett Maloney, Sean Vargas Thompson (CA) Ca´ rdenas Huffman Pitts Dingell Maloney, Sean Gerlach Marchant Veasey Thompson (MS) Carney Hultgren Pocan Doggett Matheson Gibson Matheson Vela´ zquez Tierney Carson (IN) Hunter Polis Doyle Matsui Gingrey (GA) McDermott Visclosky Titus Carter Hurt Posey Duckworth McCarthy (NY) Graves (GA) McGovern Walberg Tonko Cartwright Issa Price (NC) Graves (MO) Miller (FL) Woodall Edwards McCollum Cassidy Johnson, Sam Quigley Ellison McDermott Tsongas Green, Al Miller, George Yoder Van Hollen Castro (TX) Kaptur Rice (SC) Green, Gene Negrete McLeod Young (AK) Engel McGovern Chabot Kelly (PA) Richmond Enyart McIntyre Vargas Veasey Chu Kildee Roby ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 Eshoo McNerney Cicilline King (IA) Roe (TN) Esty Meeks Vela Owens Vela´ zquez Clay King (NY) Rogers (AL) Farr Meng Coble Kingston Rogers (KY) Fattah Michaud Visclosky NOT VOTING—23 Walz Cole Kline Rogers (MI) Foster Miller, George Conaway Kuster Rohrabacher Barton Hastings (FL) Pompeo Wasserman Frankel (FL) Moore Connolly Labrador Rokita Braley (IA) Higgins Rangel Schultz Fudge Moran Cook LaMalfa Ros-Lehtinen Castor (FL) Huelskamp Reichert Waters Gabbard Murphy (FL) Cooper Lamborn Roskam Collins (NY) Johnson (GA) Simpson Watt Gallego Nadler Cramer Langevin Ross Farr Lynch Speier Waxman Garamendi Napolitano Crawford Lankford Rothfus Gohmert Markey Stutzman Welch Garcia Neal Cuellar Larsen (WA) Roybal-Allard Granger Moran Young (FL) Grayson Negrete McLeod Wilson (FL) Culberson Levin Royce Grijalva Nolan Green, Al Nolan Yarmuth Cummings Lipinski Ruiz b 1416 NOT VOTING—12 Daines Loebsack Runyan Davis (CA) Lofgren Ruppersberger So the Journal was approved. Barton Hastings (FL) Pompeo Davis, Danny Long Ryan (WI) The result of the vote was announced Braley (IA) Huelskamp Rush DeGette Lowey Sa´ nchez, Linda Castor (FL) Lynch Speier Delaney Lucas T. as above recorded. Collins (NY) Markey Young (FL) DeLauro Luetkemeyer Scalise Stated for: DelBene Lujan Grisham Schiff Mr. COLLINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, on DeSantis (NM) Schneider b 1408 DesJarlais Luja´ n, Ben Ray Schrader rollcall No. 99, Journal, On Approval of the Deutch (NM) Schwartz Journal, had I been present, I would have So the resolution was agreed to. Diaz-Balart Lummis Schweikert voted ‘‘yea.’’ Doggett Marino Scott (VA) The result of the vote was announced PERSONAL EXPLANATION as above recorded. Doyle Massie Scott, Austin Duncan (SC) Matsui Scott, David Mr. HUELSKAMP. Mr. Speaker, I was un- A motion to reconsider was laid on Duncan (TN) McCarthy (CA) Sensenbrenner avoidably detained by the Medal of Honor the table. Edwards McCarthy (NY) Serrano Ellison McCaul Sessions ceremony for Father Emil Kapaun on Thurs- Stated for: Ellmers McClintock Sewell (AL) day, April 11th and missed rollcall votes 97, Mr. COLLINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, on Engel McCollum Shea-Porter 98 and 99. rollcall No. 98, H. Res. 146, On Adoption of Enyart McHenry Sherman Had I been present, I would have voted as Eshoo McIntyre Shimkus the Rule, had I been present, I would have Esty McKeon Shuster follows: ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 97, ‘‘yea’’ on roll- voted ‘‘yea.’’ Farenthold McKinley Sinema call No. 98, ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 99.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1932 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 11, 2013 HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW where I first met him. What a generous Award. Ronnie also appointed by then Gov- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- heart; what a man who loved people. ernor Mark White, to serve on the Manage- mous consent that when the House ad- He loved to train people. He was a ment Task Force for the Texas State Treas- journs today, it adjourn to meet at 10 fighter to ensure that there was dig- urer, Ann Richards. He later was appointed by a.m. tomorrow. nity in the workplace. Governor Ann Richards as a Commissioner on In 1974, at age 32, he was elected as The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there the Texas State Licensing and Regulation business manager. He held that posi- objection to the request of the gentle- Commission, a position he held for six years. tion for 15 years. During his steward- woman from North Carolina? Ronnie served as the Executive Secretary ship, he served as its chief contract ne- There was no objection. of the Houston Gulf Coast Building and Con- gotiator, chairman, and secretary of struction Trades Council until December 2012 f numerous boards and trusts and com- when he finished his term. He then joined the PROTECTING LIFE mittees. He continued to represent high respected law firm of Williams Bailey, labor at labor conferences. He was now Williams Kherkher, of Houston, Texas, (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given elected and served 5 years as a rep- serving as Labor Relations Officer, a position permission to address the House for 1 resentative of the Sixth District Inter- he held until he passed away earlier this minute.) national Executive Council. week. Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, there Ronnie was awarded the West Gulf Mr. Speaker, Ronnie Raspberry lived a full is nothing on Earth more precious than Ports Council ‘‘Labor Leader of the and consequential life and he will be deeply life. No matter where you stand on the Year,’’ Mr. Speaker, and appointed to missed by all who knew him as a friend, col- abortion issue, most Americans find many other positions by Governor league, advocate, and community leader. Most the practice and actions of Dr. Kermit White. We knew he was a good leader. of all he will be missed by his relatives and his Gosnell, an abortion provider, to be So I stand here today to offer my children who knew and loved him as Dad; his brutal, unconscionable, and barbaric. deepest sympathy to his wife and fam- loving wife, Roycie. The astounding reality is that Dr. ily and to thank him for his service as Mr. Speaker, I ask a moment of silence in Gosnell’s methods of killing babies who he rests in peace. We love you. We honor of the memory of Ronnie Raspberry. survive abortions are commonly used thank you for being the great leader by clinics across the Nation. Similar that you’ve been to all those who are f deadly actions take the lives of 1 mil- in need, fighting for the working peo- b 1420 lion unborn children each year in the ple. Thank you, Ronnie. God bless you. THE RECOVERING SERVICE MEM- United States. This is a violent act And, again, may you rest in peace. BERS DISABILITY BENEFITS ACT that is entirely unjustifiable. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Mr. Ron- I am a firm believer that every nie Raspberry, a great American, a champion (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania human being is created in God’s own of working people, and one of the great com- asked and was given permission to ad- image, every life is precious, and we munity leaders in the City of Houston. Ronnie dress the House for 1 minute and to re- have an obligation to protect life at Raspberry died this past Monday, April 8, vise and extend his remarks.) Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. every stage. It’s time we get rid of this 2013, at the age of 71. His loss is mourned Mr. Speaker, today my colleague, Rep- gruesome procedure once and for all, not only by his family and friends but the thou- resentative LOEBSACK, and I are proud and I hope and pray that the President sands of people he helped and inspired over to reintroduce the Recovering Service will consider it before more innocent the course of his full and eventful life. Members Disability Benefits Act. This lives are taken. Born on August 14, 1941, Ronnie Raspberry later met and married his beloved wife, legislation is commonsense and fixes a f Roycie, and they were the proud parents of glaring problem. HONORING THE MEMORY AND five children. Currently, our Nation’s wounded war- MOURNING THE LOSS OF RONNIE After serving and receiving an Honorable riors are forced to wait 5 months for RASPBERRY OF HOUSTON, Discharge from the United States Marine their approved Social Security dis- TEXAS Corps, Ronnie applied for and was accepted ability benefits. This is injustice to our Nation’s heroes. These are benefits (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was into a 4-year Apprenticeship Program under the Houston Joint Apprenticeship and Training that they have earned at a very high given permission to address the House price, and they deserve better. for 1 minute.) Committee for the Electrical Industry. After completing his first of apprenticeship The Recovering Service Members Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I training, Ronnie became a member of Local Disability Benefits Act will remove rise today to pay tribute to one of the Union #716 of the International Brotherhood of this mandatory 5-month waiting pe- greatest labor leaders that I have Electrical Workers. Ronnie served on every riod, allowing the wounded warriors to known and to honor the memory and committee his local union, IBEW Local #716, collect the benefits for which they have mourn the loss of Ronnie Raspberry of would allow. been already approved. To be clear, Houston, Texas. I rise to pay tribute to Ronnie completed his apprenticeship, grad- this bill does not approve benefit re- him as a champion of working people, uating with honor. He then ran for and was quests or add new individuals into the one of the great community leaders in elected to a number of Board positions in his system. The bill simply expedites the cities of Houston and Harris in Local Union. earned and approved benefits to eligi- Texas. In 1974, at the age of 32, he was elected ble wounded warriors. Unfortunately, he passed. In this as Business Manager of IBEW Local Union It is an honor to introduce this legis- month of April, we lost a dear friend. #716. He held this position for 15 years. lation and correct this issue. Our dis- Ronnie Raspberry was born in 1941 in During Ronnie’s stewardship of Local Union abled servicemembers deserve the im- the midst of the times of challenge. No. 716, he served as its Chief Contract Ne- mediate reassurance of knowing there And he married his beloved wife, gotiator, and as both Chairman and/or Sec- is financial support as they cope with Roycie, and they are proud parents of retary of numerous Boards, Trusts, and Com- the emotional and physical challenges five children. mittees, as well as all other responsibilities of recovery. Being born in the midst of World War that go with being Business Manager. He con- Together, we hope this bipartisan II, he understood as a child the value of tinued to represent labor at Labor Con- legislation will be brought through service, and so he joined the United ferences and Conventions, as well as Political committee and to the House floor in a States Marine Corps and was honorably Conferences and Conventions. swift manner. discharged. Ronnie was elected and served 5 years as Thank you, and God bless all those He then began to work in an appren- representative to the Sixth District International who serve our country. ticeship program under the Houston Executive Council of the International Brother- f Joint Apprenticeship and Training hood of Electrical Workers representing the Committee for the Electrical Industry. IBEW members from Texas, Oklahoma, Lou- CLIMATE CHANGE He then became a member of Local isiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Arizona. (Ms. LEE of California asked and was Union No. 716 of the International In 1986, Ronnie was awarded the West Gulf given permission to address the House Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Ports Council ‘‘Labor Leader of the Year’’ for 1 minute.)

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I am hopeful that the Senate has objection to the request of the gen- A recent United Nations report pro- heard the public outcry for real change tleman from New Jersey? vides a stark warning, saying that if with 90 percent of Americans favoring There was no objection. we don’t address climate disruption, the basic step of universal background Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. the number of people living in extreme checks. Speaker, will the decades-long national poverty could increase by up to 3 bil- Forty percent of the gun sales in news media cover-up of the brutality lion by 2050. America occur at gun shows that re- and the violence of abortion methods The report is clear: failing to act now quire no background check at all. Let’s ever end? creates a much larger and more costly close the gun show loophole and ensure Will Americans ever be told of the problem later. Fortunately, we have that whenever a gun is bought or sold horrifying details as to how and how the ability and the means to address in this country, that there’s a back- often abortionists dismember, decapi- ground check so we keep the guns out climate disruption. tate, and chemically poison innocent of the hands of criminals or those who I’m proud to say that clean-energy babies? have mental illness that is so severe companies and universities in my own Will Americans ever be informed by a that they would be a danger to them- district are leading the way in re- conscientious, unbiased national news selves or their community. search, clean-job creation, and sustain- As the Senate moves forward, I con- media that in the past 40 years over 55 able long-term solutions. million child victims have been bru- tinue to urge Speaker BOEHNER to stop But this type of innovation and job delaying full debate on the House floor tally killed by abortion, a staggering creation cannot go on if Republicans on responsible gun safety legislation. loss of children’s lives that equates to continue to ignore the threat of cli- The House Gun Violence Prevention the entire population of England, and mate change and recklessly cut fund- Task Force has put forward a com- that many women have been hurt phys- ing to important programs that protect prehensive set of proposals, and I wel- ically, emotionally, and psycho- the air we breathe and the water we come ideas from both parties. logically? And according to the Center drink. What is inexcusable in the wake of so for Disease Control—and this is a very I urge my Republican colleagues to many gun tragedies is inaction. We conservative estimate from CDC—over think about their moral responsibility cannot sit back and wait any longer. 400 women have actually died from to join this dialogue and to protect our f legal abortions. planet for their children and for the Will Americans ever be told that of long-term stability of this country. THE BUDGET the 55 million children, Planned Par- f (Mr. WOODALL asked and was given enthood alone claims responsibility for permission to address the House for 1 destroying 6 million babies and that THE BUDGET minute.) just 2 weeks ago a Planned Parenthood (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I come leader in Florida testified at a legisla- permission to address the House for 1 to the House floor today fresh from a tive hearing at a State initiative to minute and to revise and extend his re- Budget Committee hearing. We had the protect born-alive infants that even marks.) OMB Director presenting the Presi- when a child survives an abortion, the Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise dent’s budget today. decision to assist or kill the born-alive today to congratulate the President on I know so many folks have said, I infant should be ‘‘up to the woman, her finally sending up a budget, though it thought the budget was required by family and her physician’’? In other was 65 days late with no real expla- law to be here the first week of Feb- words, if a child intended to be aborted ruary. That’s true. Better late than nation for why it was late. survives the assault, the choice to kill never continues to be true, as well. But Of course, the House passed its budg- remains—so-called ‘‘after-birth abor- as we listened to the details of the et on time. The Senate, to their credit, tion.’’ for the first time in 4 years passed a budget, Mr. Speaker, what we heard 1430 budget on time. And the amazing was that the President is proposing to b thing, Mr. Speaker, is that in the face increase spending, increase taxes, and Isn’t that extreme child abuse? of an almost $1 trillion deficit and a $17 increase the debt. Murdering newborns in the abortion Mr. Speaker, there are thousands of trillion debt, the President sent up a clinic, it seems to me, is indistinguish- pages to this budget. I hope we’ll find able from any other child predator budget that increases spending, in- some things that we can agree on. But creases taxes, increases the deficit, wielding a knife or a gun. Why isn’t the I know that the American people agree child also seen as a patient in need of cuts Social Security and Medicare, and with Republicans in this House when medical care, warmth, nutrition, and— still never balances. That’s quite a we say taxes are already too high, dare I say—love? feat. spending is already too high, and the Now another national media cover- Mr. Speaker, America knows our debt is already too high. debt and our deficit are strangling our The President’s budget never, ever up—in this case, even when a Jeffrey economy. Let’s roll up our sleeves, pays one penny of our Federal debt. It’s Dahmer-like murder trial of an abor- work with the Senate, and solve the wrong. We can do better. This House tionist named Kermit Gosnell, who ran fiscal mess this Nation is in. must come together and lead that the benign-sounding Women’s Medical f charge. Society unfolds in a Philadelphia courtroom, replete with shocking testi- f GUN SAFETY mony of beheadings, unfathomable (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given REGARDING NATIONAL MEDIA abuse, death, and body parts in jars. To permission to address the House for 1 COVERAGE OF PHILADELPHIA this day, the national news media re- minute and to revise and extend his re- MURDER TRIAL mains uninterested, woefully indif- marks.) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ferent—AWOL. Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I am PITTENGER). Under the Speaker’s an- Why the censorship? Why does encouraged by the clear bipartisan sup- nounced policy of January 3, 2013, the Gosnell’s house of horrors—his trial— port in the Senate for a full and fair de- gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. fail to this day to attract any serious bate on meaningful ways to reduce gun SMITH) is recognized for 60 minutes as and meaningful national news report- violence in our country. the designee of the majority leader. ing? Having experienced a gun accident GENERAL LEAVE Dr. Kermit Gosnell is on trial for myself that left me paralyzed more Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. eight counts of murder. One count is than 30 years ago, I know firsthand Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that for the death of a woman, a victim who

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In the words of the grand jury report: Gosnell began March 18, there has been pre- I have to say, Mr. Speaker, that just ‘‘Gosnell had a simple solution for un- cious little coverage of the case that should hearing about this trial—and quite wanted babies—he killed them.’’ He be on every news show and front page. frankly, I haven’t heard about it on didn’t call it that. He called it ‘‘ensur- She goes on to write in her column: TV. If I weren’t informed about it in ing fetal demise’’—a nice euphemism. A LexisNexis search shows none of the leading up to this Special Order, I The way he ensured fetal demise was news shows on the three major national tele- wouldn’t know about the Gosnell by sticking scissors in the back of the vision networks has mentioned the Gosnell trial—one in which, I think, it is really baby’s neck and cutting the spinal trial in the last 3 months. The exception is sickening just to hear the facts. cord. He called that ‘‘snipping.’’ Over when Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy It’s interesting. This country has Noonan hijacked a segment on ‘‘Meet the reached a point in which we have fo- the years, according to the grand jury Press.’’ report, there were hundreds of cused so much on the humane treat- Again, I ask my colleagues, and I ask ment of animals—that is, to treat ani- snippings. the news media: Why the blackout? Indeed, the national news media has mals like humans. Then that leaves the Will America ever be told the bru- question: Why do we not treat people not only taken a pass and looked the tality of abortion and the violence that other way, but their stunning indiffer- like people? Why don’t we treat hu- is commonplace inside the abortion in- mans humanely? I think that is an im- ence has done a grave disservice to dustry; or will the media, the national Gosnell’s victims: the woman killed, portant question. What do people say media especially, continue to censor who themselves have survived abor- other women injured, and children and censor and, in this case, censor a slaughtered by Gosnell. Because of the tion? trial—a trial of the century—that ex- I was at a meeting several months national news media’s indefensible si- poses all of the all too inconvenient lence and because of their failure to re- ago, and I met two fantastic mothers, truth: that not only are unborn chil- mothers of children today. As to one of port, other women and children at dren destroyed in these killing centers them, her mom, while she was still other abortion mills might also be at by being decapitated and dismembered pregnant with her, attempted to have risk. but that even babies who survive the an abortion, but for whatever reason, The grand jury report, again in Janu- abortions can’t escape the deadly hand she never could get around to it. She ary of 2011, pointedly pointed out and of these child predators? couldn’t get it lined up or whatever, noted that an absence of press coverage I would like to yield to my good and eventually, she just ended up not and gross negligence by the health de- friend and colleague, VICKY HARTZLER. having the abortion. Of course, this partment in Pennsylvania enabled Mrs. HARTZLER. Thank you so beautiful lady was eventually born, and Gosnell to show a ‘‘contemptuous dis- much. I appreciate this opportunity to now she has grown up to be an adult, regard for the health, safety, and dig- share today, as we look at the national and is very productive and very beau- nity of his patients that continued for media coverup of this very, very hor- tiful and herself has children. Of 40 years.’’ rific act. course, if you asked her, Well, what do Right from the beginning of Roe v. As we gather today to bring aware- you think about your mother’s at- Wade, he was overlooked by a media ness to the trial of Kermit Gosnell and tempt to have an abortion of you while that was disinterested. Some media to the horrific actions he has been you were still in the womb? she would commentators, however, are beginning charged with, we remember the many say—speaking, I think, for millions of to take note of the national news who were murdered at the Women’s unborn today and unborn in the past— media blackout and the bias that Medical Society clinic and denied the Let me live. Give me an opportunity— undergirds and is inherent in that chance to be our siblings, playmates, I, the innocent unborn—to live. Give blackout. our friends, our peers. We mourn their me a chance to live in society. The title of an editorial yesterday in losses, and we mourn the deep pain and the Investors Business Daily was confusion that abortion has inflicted b 1440 ‘‘Newtown in the Clinic: The Media Ig- upon women, men, and their families. I met another beautiful lady at this nore the Gosnell Trial.’’ It begins in This trial provides revealing insights meeting. Her mother, while still preg- part: into the abortion industry, and it spe- nant with her, late term, actually at- Media bias: A basketball coach who shoves cifically highlights the reality that tempted to have a saline abortion. It and curses at his players merits constant abortion involves taking a human life. was a botched abortion. It didn’t work. coverage by a media also transfixed by New- These killings expose the very grue- By that I mean she was born alive and town; but a Philadelphia doctor on trial for some nature of what happens in abor- remained alive. And, fortunately for murdering a woman and seven babies? It’s ig- tion clinics all across this country her, the health care workers decided to nored. go ahead and revive and resuscitate Those who get their news from the three where over 1.2 million unborn children major networks have probably not heard of die in abortions every year. her. And, of course, we know that sa- Dr. Kermit Gosnell, now on trial in Philadel- As a legislator, I will continue to line abortions, if you have a child that phia, charged with seven counts of first-de- speak in defense of the most basic survives, it scalds the skin. It creates gree murder and one count of third-degree human right—life. I will continue to injury to that baby. But she was treat- murder for killing seven babies who survived support legislation that would stop the ed, and she grew up to be a beautiful abortions and a woman who died after a Federal funding for abortion providers, woman who married and who had chil- botched painkiller injection. and I will continue to champion the in- dren. If you asked her today, she would The editorial points out that, accord- herent human dignity of every life born tell you she speaks for the millions of ing to the Media Research Center, in 1 and unborn. the unborn, both in the past and those week, Rice—who is the coach from Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I thank who are killed in the womb today: Yes, Rutgers—received 41 minutes, 26 sec- my good friend and colleague Mrs. let me live. Give me a chance to live. onds on ABC, CBS, and NBC in 36 sepa- HARTZLER for her very eloquent state- Well, what about the question of in- rate news stories. Gosnell received zero ment, for her championing the rights fanticide? That’s really what we’re coverage. of the unborn and their mothers, and talking about in the Gosnell case. The editorial points out: for joining us in this Special Order These babies, for whatever reason, he If Dr. Gosnell had walked into a nursery today. certainly wasn’t a good enough doctor and shot seven infants with an AR–15, it I’d like to now yield to a medical to accomplish the abortion while the would be national news and the subject of doctor who has been the leader on con- babies were still in the womb, and then Presidential hand-wringing. science rights in the House of Rep- has to go on and do something I think In today’s edition of USA Today, col- resentatives, in the Congress, Dr. most Americans would consider mur- umnist Kirsten Powers writes: FLEMING. der, and that is infanticide. In most

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We thank you for your Once the baby is born, if you kill the very positive. So why would we encour- leadership in this area. We recognize baby, that’s infanticide. But they want age this? And certainly we know that a that you have done a profound thing to do a little wordsmithing and call it woman who gets an abortion a first for this Nation, and we thank you for something else—post-delivery abor- time is far more likely to get a second that. tion. What they mean is this: if the and a third abortion, and oftentimes it I, too, come from New Jersey; and to- baby is born and there’s something really becomes a form of birth control. night I would like to speak briefly, and about the baby that you’re dissatisfied So, in summary, Mr. Speaker, I stand I will reference a woman who lived in with, maybe it has an abnormality of up with my colleagues today to speak New Jersey, who lived in Bergen Coun- some sort, maybe it’s going to cost out against the fact that not only are ty, who actually lived in Tenafly, up in some money for a heart deformity or a we seeing abortion continue, the tak- my neck of the woods. And maybe facial deformity, maybe it’s born with ing of innocent life through this Na- some of you have heard her name be- a genetic defect, that you should have, tion, but even the mere consideration fore, and you would if you’ve walked as a mother, the option of killing that of ending the life of an infant after about this Capitol, because she is com- baby even outside of the womb. There birth, either because of a botched abor- memorated in a sculpture located in has even been a hint that perhaps tak- tion or even deliberately just because the rotunda of this building, and I’m ing a baby’s life, even up to the age of there is some dissatisfaction with the talking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton. conscious life, which can be, I don’t outcome. I think is really horrible and She was a suffragette. She was a wom- know, a year or even more, would be something we should be ashamed of. en’s rights activist. She was someone still incongruent with the concept of Certainly, Mr. Speaker, if we can give who fought long and hard to ensure the post-delivery abortion. consideration and humane treatment equality of women before the law in So you see, Mr. Speaker, this is a to animals, should we not do this for this country. And also she fought for slippery slope. Once you get past the our own as well? the important issue of the sanctity of fact that life begins at conception, and So, again, I rise in support of my col- life. Way back over 100 years ago in of course with today’s technology, in- leagues on this very important issue. I 1873, she wrote a letter to Julia Ward fants born as early as age 22 weeks, do think that if we can’t do it on a Howe, a prominent abolitionist and certainly 24 weeks, often survive at a Federal level, we need to move forward also a suffragette, and in it she wrote time when they couldn’t in the past. in our States, such as my own State of the following: This has become an extremely slippery Louisiana, where we have developed When we consider that women are treated slope to the point where there are certain requirements, elevated require- as property, it is degrading to women that many out there who would actually ments of accountability for doctors we should treat our own children as property turn their backs on life even after the who provide abortions so that they to be disposed of as we see fit. point of delivery. can’t just fly in and fly out and leave a b 1450 Well, Mr. Speaker, what about the mess. They have to have certain cre- lives of the women themselves? I’m a dentials and maintain hospital privi- So she classified abortion as a form physician, and I’ve seen women after leges perhaps; create limitations after of infanticide. they’ve had an abortion. I can even so many weeks can an abortion actu- Today, Mrs. Stanton, I believe, would think of a couple of cases in my prac- ally be done. Let’s do away with late- be horrified. I believe she would be dis- tice when of course I would never send term abortions, again, an abominable gusted, as my colleagues are as well, a lady for an abortion, but I was forced act. We know through studies that the with what millions of Americans are to treat a lady after an abortion be- unborn feel pain at least as early as 20 watching going on in Philadelphia cause she was treated by an itinerant weeks gestation, and maybe earlier. right now. physician who comes into town, does a Certain States, such as Arkansas, re- Kermit Gosnell is on trial in a city bunch of abortions, leaves town, and cently passed laws against late-term that gave birth to America, in a city says if you have any complications, go abortions. And, again, in my home that gave birth to the Declaration of see your family doctor. Well, of course, State of Louisiana, we have a cooling- Independence, a city that gave birth to that is sickening for me. That means I off period where you have to think the idea, the promise of life and liberty am involuntarily participating, at about this. Think one more time, just and the pursuit of happiness. He’s there least tacitly, in treating a lady who think for 24 hours, maybe even pray on trial for the callous murder of eight has had complications from an abor- about it: Is this something I really Americans, one woman, she who died tion. want to go forward with, end the life of from a botched abortion, and seven in- This really goes to show you to the my progeny? And certainly the require- nocent, defenseless children who were point with Dr. Gosnell just how unfeel- ment of an ultrasound, at least a re- born alive and healthy but then were ing and inhumane the whole consider- quirement of the option of seeing your killed by the abortionist. ation is. baby before you terminate its poor life. These are only the murders that But what drives people to do this? Once again, I thank my colleagues. It Gosnell is being charged with. His clin- Well, we know if you look at studies, is certainly a privilege and an honor to ic, it is recorded, has carried out lit- it’s about money. It’s all about money, speak on what is, I think, one of the erally hundreds, thousands of abortions Mr. Speaker. They make millions of most important issues that we have in over the years using the doctor’s own dollars. I think in the case of Dr. America. gruesome techniques on children, who Gosnell, he became a multimillionaire Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I thank were often over the Pennsylvania legal because of all of the many abortions he you, Dr. FLEMING, so much for your limit of 24 weeks. provided over the years. leadership and for that very concise Now, as was pointed out, news re- But, again, back to the women. What statement. And now I would like to ports on the trial are nonexistent. Re- happens to the women who have abor- yield to my good friend and colleague, ports of testimony in the grand jury tions? Well, these are some things that the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. are basically nonexistent in the media. we know. Once a woman has an abor- GARRETT). But if you dig down and you get a copy tion, her chance of having a future mis- Mr. GARRETT. Mr. Speaker, I thank of the grand jury’s report, you see what carriage goes up. And so now we’re the gentleman for arranging today’s we’re talking about and how gruesome talking about miscarriages, stillborn, Special Order. I thank the gentleman it is. and the issue of infertility. Rate of sui- from New Jersey also for his leadership According to the grand jury’s report, cides, they’re higher in women who on this very important issue, not just ‘‘Gosnell had a simple solution’’—this

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This we inspiring leadership to all of us who’ve child until they are wanted. find from the grand jury’s report. been engaged in this, on this issue for Let us never say that these are un- Snipping? This is not a medical pro- years in State legislatures like Penn- wanted children, not while there are cedure. This is murder, and we should sylvania and across the other parts of tens of thousands of married couples call it for what it is. the country. waiting to adopt, couples who wait Where, then, is the protection of life? But U.S. Route 30 runs through the months or years to bring home a baby Where, then, is the protection of lib- heart of my district, in Lancaster boy or a girl. Many Americans even erty? Where is the protection of the County and Chester County, in Penn- travel far abroad in order to adopt. In pursuit of happiness? sylvania. You follow that road all the many cases, they go all the way to Where is the outrage at what is going way into Philadelphia, you’ll pass a China or Ethiopia. on there? Where is the outrage that nondescript, triangle-shaped brick Gosnell’s victims, and the millions of nothing of this is being reported in any building at 38th Street. And for years, other lives lost to abortion are, by no of the major newspapers across this Dr. Kermit Gosnell operated a factory means, unwanted. country, on any of the major radio sta- of death in this location, just across The case of Dr. Gosnell is gruesome. tions, on any of the major TV or cable the street from a church. The place that he ran was a gruesome channels across this country? This week, Gosnell is on trial for factory and disturbing, but only be- You have to dig, as I did, to find it in multiple homicides that demonstrate cause it strips away the clinical nature the back pages. The media and the pro- just how thin the line between abortion of most abortions. abortion movement are more con- and murder is in this country. b 1500 Dr. Kermit Gosnell spent years tak- cerned about things like Rush His carelessness exposed what the Limbaugh’s comments on contracep- ing advantage of vulnerable women, offering illegal and dangerous abortions fetus actually was—a human that he tion, or ensuring that girls under 18, cruelly murdered. And yet the press kids, have easy access to the morning in exchange for cash. He also operated a pill mill, selling prescription drugs to will ignore, will remain silent on what after pill than they are with this trial, anyone in the neighborhood with is happening in this very important the gruesome acts in the trial, they al- enough cash. trial in Philadelphia. We ignore the lege, of Dr. Gosnell, or for the 1.2 mil- He sold death to the poor, and he tiniest human life at great peril be- lion unborn Americans who die in lived handsomely for years. State au- cause, as Gosnell demonstrates, America every year. thorities never darkened the door of flippancy for life creeps from the infant So, Mr. Speaker I join the rest of my what he called a ‘‘clinic’’ until a moth- to the adult. We must protect all life, colleagues tonight in expressing my er died of an overdose during one of no matter how small or at what stage. disgust with this case and the failure Gosnell’s procedures. And so I commend Congressman also, the disgust also with the media to He used clinical terminology to pave SMITH and my other colleagues who cover these actions. over the fact that in many cases he was have come to speak today about this Every child is precious. Every child killing a child who had already been important policy issue. It’s about peo- is a gift. We must continue, then, this born. While he is charged with seven ple, it’s about children, it’s about fight to protect this most fundamental counts of murdering an infant and a women. right for the unborn, and each of us, single count of murdering a mother, we Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I want to the right to life. And we must also don’t really know how many children thank Chairman PITTS for his very elo- make sure that when it is destroyed, died after they were born. quent statement. Even the grand jury that it is exposed. Just as he was careless with the lives report noted that if Mr. PITTS’ law had Again, with that, I conclude, and I of children, he was careless with the been followed faithfully, the whole thank the gentleman from New Jersey lives of mothers, and he treated them Gosnell destruction of not only wom- for his actions tonight. in terrible conditions, often sending en’s lives but the death and murder of Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I want to them out of the clinic injured and still one woman and the killing of these thank Mr. GARRETT for his eloquence, under the influence of anesthesia. children might not have occurred. but also for his faithfulness in defend- We should always remember that I’d like to yield to Dr. ANDY HARRIS, ing the powerless and the people who abortion is the most violent form of a Johns Hopkins physician and also a need voices, unborn children and their death known to humankind. And there Member of the U.S. House from Mary- mothers, all those who are similarly are always two victims in every abor- land. situated, the vulnerable and the weak. tion. One is the child, the unborn child. Dr. HARRIS. He is always there, and I want to thank The other is the mother. One is dead, Mr. HARRIS. Thank you very much. you so much, SCOTT. one is wounded. I would like to thank the gentleman I’d like to now yield to the chairman An abortion is violence against the from New Jersey for bringing this sub- of the Health Subcommittee for the unborn. It’s also violence against ject to the attention of the American Energy and Commerce Committee for women. people because this is a subject that’s the House of Representatives, JOE But the facts of this case raise the not going away. PITTS, and note that Congressman disturbing question of just how close What we’re talking about today, of PITTS, Chairman PITTS, is the author of legal abortion practices come to out- course, is a trial going on in Pennsyl- the Abortion Control Act of 1980, the right murder. Gosnell knew that there vania, little heard about in the press, legislation that established, within the was little real medical difference be- but one that’s very significant. Be- framework of Roe v. Wade, a very ag- tween killing the child in-utero and cause when it’s coupled with what the gressive attempt to protect, to the killing them outside of the mother. gentleman from Pennsylvania and the maximum extent possible, pursuant to Like standard, legal abortion prac- gentleman from Louisiana spoke that onerous decision by the Supreme tice, he would use chemicals to first about, the overarching medical ethics Court, and it was upheld by the Su- poison the unborn child. And if he had question, it’s something that we have preme Court, to do investigations of waited until death to remove their bod- to come to deal with. Because, Mr. clinics and to just hold to a higher ies, he would be within the law. Be- Speaker, it is true that apparently in standard so that, to the greatest extent cause he took the children out of the Dr. Gosnell’s mind there was little dif- possible, life would be protected. mothers while they were still alive, he ference between a late-term abortion Congressman PITTS has been leading is guilty of murder. and killing a baby after birth. And the charge on life for his entire career, Gosnell only took a leap that certain make no mistake about it, these chil- both in the State legislature and in the intellectuals and so-called medical dren were killed. Because the trial

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So killing the that, we would never have known un- killing a child after birth when no fetus or the child, there’s no harm at less this mother died. abortion was intended. all. In my home State of Maryland, two Mr. Speaker, this is just the next But they go on to say this, which is deaths have recently occurred; and step to what Dr. Gosnell did. Dr. amazing and this is why people have to only as a result of those deaths has the Gosnell killed a child after an abortion understand how foreign a thought this Department of Health and Mental Hy- was intended. We think that’s bad. A is to many of us, ‘‘So if you ask one of giene decided that, yes, maybe we actu- grand jury thought it was bad. There’s us if we would have been harmed had ally should regulate clinics where this seven indictments for murder in Penn- our parents decided to kill us when we kind of surgery is done. And, in fact, sylvania. These medical ethicists pro- were fetuses or newborns, our answer is they have closed four of those clinics pose that even if it wasn’t an inten- no.’’ until they can bring them up to stand- tional abortion, that mother went and b 1510 ards that we would consider modern had her baby and decided that her medical practice. daughter just wasn’t going to fit in What, Mr. Speaker? They’re sug- But let’s pay attention—because my with the family, literally, and that it gesting that if someone came up to me specialty is anesthesiology—to what was okay to kill that baby. And if you and said, would I have been harmed if was going on in that clinic in Pennsyl- don’t believe me, ladies and gentlemen, my parents had decided to kill me vania. Dr. Gosnell hired a surgical just go and Google it. Read the article when I was a newborn, my answer technician. This is someone he hired to yourself. It’s chilling. should be no? How many people do they clean instruments. He had that person Some people say, Well, maybe the really think you can go up to and ask, administer anesthesia to those poor child is born disabled or born with if your parents had killed you as a new- women going to that clinic thinking some terrible illness or something born, would you have been harmed? Do they were going to get good medical that’s very painful and maybe we’re they really think people are ready to care. This is someone whose training just doing a good thing for the child. say, no, no harm, no foul; I wasn’t a was in how to clean a metal instru- But the authors say these include cases person, that’s all right, that’s totally ment and now administering life- where the newborn is not disabled. And ethical. threatening drugs. And, Mr. Speaker, I’m going to read from these word-for- They create an ethical framework we know they’re life threatening be- word because I want to get this right completely consistent with abortion cause the misuse of those drugs re- and, Mr. Speaker, I want America to policy throughout most of the United sulted in that woman’s death. In fact, understand what’s at stake here. States, and that is, that a late-term, three drugs administered—Demerol, a They make the argument that the third-trimester fetus has no rights as a powerful narcotic; Valium, a powerful fact that a fetus or a newborn has the person, and only merely extend that sedative; and promethazine, another potential to become a person who will logic to the period after birth. That’s sedative—administered by someone have an acceptable life is no reason for all they’re doing. whose training was to clean medical in- prohibiting an abortion, or in this case, So although this may sound gro- struments. And that is what’s consid- killing that child after birth. They tesque and shocking that they suggest ered acceptable practice in many argue that—and I’m going to quote: that there is no moral problem with States in the country because many When circumstances occur after birth such killing a newborn, it’s merely an eth- States choose not to regulate clinics that they would have justified abortion, ical, logical extension of the way we where these abortion procedures are what we call after-birth abortion should be have been treating fetuses since 1973. done. permissible. It gets worse. Because the gentleman But let’s make no mistake about it. Mr. Speaker, let me remind you that from Pennsylvania suggested, well, It wasn’t just the killing of the mother in the United States, sex-selection there are plenty of people who would that’s at issue here. It’s the grotesque abortion is legal in many States, in adopt this child. They go on to say that procedure that was done in that clinic China. And if we don’t think this is a it’s actually better in many cases to by the doctor and the people he trained slippery slope, remember what’s hap- kill the child than to put it up for to end the lives of those babies who pened in China over the past decade. adoption. This is stunning. The reason were born alive. We might think this is They’ve decided under their one-child they say that is that we need to con- a terrible thing. In fact, that grand policy that if you have a live birth of a sider the interests of the mother, who jury thought it was a terrible thing. second child, it’s legal to kill that might suffer psychological distress for They, in fact, indicted on seven counts child for the sole purpose of it being a giving her child up for adoption. They of murder. They called it ‘‘murder.’’ second child. And, Mr. Speaker, as we suggest there would be no psycho- But the gentleman from Pennsyl- know, occasionally the girls were logical distress for that woman to have vania and the gentleman from Lou- killed, if they were the first child, carried that child for 9 months, given isiana bring up an article published knowing that you can only have one birth to a normal baby, decided they just last year in the Journal of Medical child and the family wanted a boy. So don’t want it, and agree to have some- Ethics by professors from Italy and in China it’s gone past sex-selection one kill it? It’s stunning. It’s striking. Australia. These are fairly civilized abortion to sex-selection infanticide. Let me tell you, and I’ll close on this, countries. The title of the article is But that’s exactly what this article because we’re shocked by this. But let fascinating. If the gentleman doesn’t speaks about. me tell you something, we can’t argue mind, I’m going to go through some of This article, again, was written by with nature. We can’t argue with what this because America has to under- professors from Italy and Australia, nature tells us. It answers the ques- stand what this moral discussion going published in a prestigious journal that tion: Why in the world is the younger on worldwide is. I will tell you I’m ethically justifies killing a child after generation more pro-life than my gen- shocked because 10 years ago—I’m birth because, well, Mr. Speaker, for eration? It comes up in poll after poll shocked now that this article is pub- any reason. Because they argue that after poll. How in the world can that lished, and 10 years ago, it wouldn’t child has no right to grow up. And if be? We have an enlightened younger even be thinkable. The title is, ‘‘After- you don’t believe me, they go on to say generation? Isn’t it enlightened to Birth Abortion: Why Should the Baby that this is not an actual person. It’s a think about this ethical framework? Live?’’ And it’s about committing what potential person. It’s not an actual per- How can this be? this author calls after-birth abortion, son. Mr. Speaker, let me suggest how this which is currently called euthanasia or So they say if a potential person like can be. This is the first generation murder, or infanticide in our current a fetus or a newborn does not become where two things hold true: They fully

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This is the first genera- of the American people. and reported on by the media. tion where they know that they could I also want to thank the gentleman I’ve only seen a brief report on this have been aborted legally. The first from Maryland (Mr. HARRIS), who just within the last week. Mr. Speaker, I generation where they actually answer spoke so eloquently and factually and am confident that one day the era of those ethicist questions: Would harm knowledgeably about this particular abortion on demand will close and we have been done to me if I would have issue as a doctor. will restore a lasting respect for life. been killed as a fetus? Their answer, My heart is torn, as I stand here on However, until that day comes, each of resoundingly—because that’s why the the floor of the U.S. House of Rep- us must take up the cause of those who polling shows this—is they know the resentatives as we’re discussing a mat- cannot speak for themselves. ter that’s happened right here in our answer is yes. We are harming a human I thank Congressman SMITH for his in the decision to take its life. That is own country. I tell the gentleman from unwavering commitment and his lead- true whether it is at 3 months, 6 New Jersey that I was just meeting ership and his efforts to protect life, with a doctor in my office within the months, 8 months. Because they know and especially to bring this particular last couple of hours who worked in one that was them as an embryo and a matter to the attention of the Amer- of the neonatal clinics in northeastern fetus at 3 months, and that was them ican people, so that we as a country Indiana. The work and the technology, at 6 months, and that was them at 9 will stand up and do the right thing for the ability and the effort that doctors months. And if they were in Philadel- those who cannot speak for themselves. in a neonatal facility go through to phia, in Dr. Gosnell’s clinics, that Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. save the life of a baby that is wanted is would have been them 1 minute after Speaker, I thank the gentleman from amazing and is heart-touching. And to birth or 5 minutes after birth. They Indiana for that very extraordinary then come to this particular matter know that under that construct of eth- and eloquent speech, bringing to the and to hear the details of this tragic lo- ics by those professors in Italy and American people an inconvenient truth cation in Philadelphia that was per- Australia, published in Journal of Med- that needs to be exposed, and for, forming abortions like this is just ical Ethics, they’re proposing that again, reminding us all that the major heart-wrenching. could have been them at 1 day, 1 week. news media—NBC, CBS, ABC—have all Mr. Speaker, I would just share with Because those professors actually go on had a blackout, there’s been a coverup. this body that certain places are per- to say we can’t really set what the If this was any other trial of a horrific manent reminders that evil men will deadline is for how long it’s ethical. bloodletting, a house of horrors, it do evil things, whether it’s in Ausch- Mr. Speaker, that younger generation would be front page, it would be the witz’s ovens, Cambodia’s killing fields, is smarter than my generation on this lead story, maybe second or third on and now a run-down brick building on issue. some nights on the major networks. the corner of 38th and Lancaster in I want to thank again the gentleman The Philadelphia Inquirer, to its west Philadelphia. credit, a newspaper that is not pro-life from New Jersey for bringing this issue In that building—crawling with ani- editorially, and I know that because up. This is something that is so trou- mals, reeking with urine, and filled I’ve talked to them over the many bling, we have to come to grips with with blood-stained furniture—Kermit years, they, nevertheless, have de- this. We have to understand the slope Gosnell was running a slaughterhouse. ployed reporters who have done a very, we are on when we neglect to treat On a regular basis, he used a pair of very good job in covering this trial. every human being as one worthy of scissors to sever the spinal cords of But that’s pretty much where it ends. protection. helpless babies who were born alive I thank the organizer of this Special And, again, the major networks ought during illegal, late-term abortions. Order. The loss of these lives should scar the to be there. Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Dr. HAR- I would point out that the reason conscience of civilized people every- RIS, thank you for that very insight- why this clinic in this house of horrors where. This is not a discussion about ful—and I would say brilliant—defense was allowed to do much of what it has abstract concepts like choice. We are of not just the unborn, but the newly done is because of the chilling effect talking about brutal deaths of newborn born, and your very logical argument that the proabortion side has had on children. as to how this is already being ex- Mr. Speaker, Kermit Gosnell is a inspections of clinics where children tended in what is euphemistically predator who must be publicly exposed are routinely slaughtered. called after-birth abortion to those, and openly denounced. That’s why I The grand jury itself said: ‘‘The poli- like Dr. Gosnell’s victims, who have come to the floor, to bring attention to tics in question were not antiabortion, been born and then are killed. this case, that the American people are but proabortion. With the change of ad- I would point to my colleagues, be- informed of it, aware of it, and real- ministrations from Governor Casey,’’ a fore going to Mr. STUTZMAN, that one izing the acts that are happening with- Democrat pro-lifer, ‘‘to Governor Tom of the clinic individuals who was actu- in our own country. Ridge,’’ a proabortion Republican, ‘‘of- ally killing these children—this came I have no doubt that in this life or ficials concluded that inspections out in testimony at the trial—said that the next he will be held accountable for would be putting a barrier up to women when he heard the child crying, it was his crimes. However, right here and seeking abortions. Better to leave the like an alien. right now we ought to take a serious clinics to do as they please,’’ went on Children cry when they’re being look at our culture’s careless disregard the grand jury report, ‘‘even though, as killed—and in this case, a very pain- of this story in particular, and inno- Gosnell proved, that meant both ful—as you pointed out, pain-capable cent life in general. women and babies would pay.’’ That is children are at least 20 weeks gesta- How is it that in our age of constant found on page 9. tional age. Many of these kids were 23, news not a single major news outlet Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield to 24, 25, even higher. As we’ve learned has devoted serious attention to the my good friend and colleague from from the grand jury, as well as from atrocities that weren’t committed half- Pennsylvania (Mr. ROTHFUS) for as these proceedings, some of these chil- way around the world but in west much time as he may consume. dren were as old as 30 weeks gesta- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? Mr. ROTHFUS. Thank you. tional age—very, very large children, ‘‘Troubling’’ is the word for what we very mature children, but no different b 1520 see happening in Philadelphia. I think than the child who just a few weeks Has our national conscience been ir- if you look at what this trial is about, and even months before, same child, reversibly seared by the deaths of more about 20 years ago we had a decision

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So by doing the chained CPI, Gosnell’s trial is this understanding on snipping the spines of children who essentially it is a cut in Social Secu- the part of Dr. Gosnell that he had the were born and struggling and gasping rity to people who need it the most. liberty to define his own concept of ex- for breath and for some kind of out- There is a famous Midwesterner, a istence and of meaning and of the uni- reach of hands that would save that former Senator from the State of Min- verse. But that’s to be juxtaposed with child, but it wasn’t there. That is now nesota, Hubert Humphrey who once what our Founders described as self- being prosecuted, as it ought to be, as said: evident truths, that we are endowed by murder. The moral test of government is how that our Creator with certain unalienable Our hope is that the blackout of this government treats those who are in the dawn rights, that among them are the right trial of Kermit Gosnell will end. It is of life, the children; those who are in the to life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap- ongoing. It’s occurring today. It’s oc- twilight of life, the elderly; and those who piness. curring every day. I don’t know how are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy That concept was enshrined in our long it will take. But to NBC, CBS, and and the handicapped. Constitution, where our Fifth Amend- ABC and to the major news media, The Our moral test today is Social Secu- ment provides that no person is to be Washington Post, The New York rity. It’s our moral promise to seniors deprived of life without due process of Times, and others, just tell the story. for their economic security. That law; and, again, our 14th Amendment Keep your editorials on the editorial promise comes in the form of Social adds that no State shall deprive a per- page—you are absolutely entitled to Security. son of life without due process of law. that—but don’t let that creep onto and It’s also our promise to veterans, to As we watch this trial unfold in bleed onto the other pages. Just tell people with disabilities and to our chil- Philadelphia and continue to hear the the story. And the indifference, again, dren and orphans in this country. If we daily testimony of what’s happening, I and the lack of coverage suggests a break that American promise by mov- think it’s appropriate that we reflect coverup. ing to a chained CPI, it’ll have real on those words of the Founders and Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance consequences to real people. how far we’ve come from those days. of my time. Granted, this was a Republican pro- Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman f posal that the President included. This is a Republican idea that the President for yielding. CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE included in his budget in order to try Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I thank CAUCUS my friend for coming from his markup to get them to the table. Nonetheless, to be with us here today. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under it is a bad idea no matter where it There was a report in the Philadel- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- comes from. phia Inquirer—again, just tell the uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Wis- Let me give you a little example truth, just tell the story about what’s consin (Mr. POCAN) is recognized for 60 about the amount of cuts that would be happening in the trial—and they report minutes as the designee of the minor- provided on average to some seniors that this week an ex-employee of ity leader. through this. Benefits for someone Gosnell talked about how she perceived Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise who’s 75 years old would see $658 less a the brutal snipping of the spines of today on behalf of the Congressional year. If you’re 85 years old, you would newborns still alive after abortion. Progressive Caucus. We are here today see $1,147 less a year. If you’re a 95- ‘‘Did you know it was murder?’’ As- to talk about a specific item in the year-old, you would see $1,622 less a sistant District Attorney Joanne President’s budget, and that item is year. And for our 3.2 million disabled Pescatore asked ex-clinic worker the chained CPI in Social Security. veterans in this country who sacrificed The chained CPI is an idea that origi- Lynda Williams, referring to the clin- for our country, it means they would nated with the Republicans and was in- ic’s practice of snipping the spines of see reduced disability in Social Secu- cluded in the President’s budget as a babies born alive during abortion pro- rity benefits as well. way to try to convince them to come cedures. These cuts grow deeper and deeper, ‘‘No, I didn’t,’’ said Williams, 44. to the table and have a budget for the as I explained, the older you get, but She goes on to say that one of her du- Nation. But the chained CPI is more they also are especially hard on women ties was to retrieve fetuses from than that. We have a problem with the in this country. Women have longer women who would sometimes sponta- way the chained CPI works. life expectancies. They rely more on Chained CPI. No one in the real world neously abort in the waiting room their income from Social Security, and talks about chained CPI. It’s like se- after getting large doses of drugs. ‘‘One they already are more economically quester. I don’t know a single person day,’’ she testified, ‘‘a women expelled vulnerable than men. who tells their child, I’m going to se- a second trimester fetus and it was Let me give you an example of what quester your toys. moving.’’ Williams said she took a pair Chained CPI is another Washington this means in real terms. of scissors and snipped the spine as idea. What that idea is, in layman’s My mother is 84 years old. My father Gosnell showed her. ‘‘I did it once,’’ she terms, is essentially a cut in how peo- died in 1991, and she has been alone all said, ‘‘and I didn’t do it again because ple will receive the cost of living in- those years living on Social Security. I it gave me the creeps.’’ crease for Social Security. A real im- called her and I asked her specifically Mr. Speaker, let me conclude. Dr. portant way to talk about this is cur- what she gets from Social Security ANDY HARRIS a few moments ago rently the consumer price index is how every month. She gets $1,101 a month. talked about the bioethicists who had we determine any increases to people That comes out to $13,212 annually. made statements that after-birth abor- I asked her to break out her expenses who receive Social Security. tion is justified because the newborn, for me. I went through every possible or children who have been out of the b 1530 expense that we could, just to get an womb for even weeks, have the same When you do the chained CPI, it idea of what it’s like to be 84 and to be moral stature—and that is none—as an takes the rate that we provide for that on a modest income. I grew up in a unborn child. Those two bioethicists cost of living increase and changes the lower middle class family. She’s al- say: ‘‘The devaluation of newborn ba- cost of living increase in a different ready gone through most of her sav- bies is inextricably linked to the de- way that makes it a smaller increase ings, living to 84. Her mother lived to valuation of the unborn.’’ They said: for people who receive that. 101. Should her genes hold out, her sav- ‘‘We propose that this practice of after- The problem is specifically for sen- ings will definitely not hold out that birth abortion be called that, rather iors and disabled and children who are amount of time.

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I’m one of the table. percent to 30 percent of their income. freshmen in this building. I came from Then it goes on to discuss Medicare That’s why the chained CPI is espe- a State legislature. When we did a and Medicaid. cially hard on seniors, because it’s such State budget—and I used to be the co- We have been very explicit that there a large percent of their income, be- chair of that committee—we spent 8 are other ways that we can extend the cause so much of their income goes to hours a day, 3 days a week for 3 or 4 solvency of Social Security. Remem- health care, whether it’s copayments, months crafting a budget. And every ber, it did not cause the financial situ- prescription drugs, or other needs. So single line of that budget meant some- ation this country is in right now. That with that income of $13,212, let’s just thing. It was a statement of your val- was an economic uncertainty caused by go right down the middle and take 25 ues. It’s a moral statement of your val- the financial institutions and the hous- percent. That’s $275 on average a ues as a government. ing crisis that put every State in this month. This government hasn’t had a budget country into fiscal chaos, but that was Her car insurance and home insur- to work off of for a number of years. not caused one dime by Social Secu- ance averages out to $77 a month. Her We just can’t seem to get people on rity. So for us to balance the budget on property taxes are $3,285. She’s fortu- both sides of the aisle in both houses to the backs of seniors and the disabled, nate she owns her home, but she has be able to sit down and have a docu- of veterans and the children who re- property taxes that come to about $273 ment that guides the country. ceive Social Security doesn’t make a month on average. Her phone and So the President, in an effort to do sense. cable bill, combined, comes to $140 a that, said, I heard the discussions Now, there is something that does month. She has to have help doing her we’ve had on the fiscal cliff, on the make sense. Currently, we take a por- snow shoveling, mowing her grass, and debt ceiling, on the sequester. He’s lis- tion out of every person’s check to pay other errands around the house. That tened to the people on the other side of for Social Security. It is your earned comes to about $50 a month. Finally, the aisle. And one of the things that’s benefit. You pay in in every paycheck her gas she has estimated—she doesn’t been asked for by the Speaker of this to Social Security so that, when you do as much traveling as she used to—is Chamber and the others is the chained need it, it is available for you whether about $40 a month. CPI, a cut in Social Security benefits. it be at retirement or through dis- That grand total is $1,165. That So the President included it in his ability. At $113,700, you are capped means she is underwater. She is in the budget in order to try to bring them to when you make that much income. Not red by $64 a month. That is before the table. $1 more in income do you pay addi- other expenses. Now, I sat through the Budget Com- tional dollars into Social Security. If Now, she is fortunate that she mittee today, which I serve on here in we lift that cap and, like so many doesn’t have a mortgage anymore. But the House. I can tell you, it was not other provisions, you continue to pay could you imagine if you had a mort- bringing people to the table. With no taxes on your salary—so, if you make gage and on top of that $1,165 you surprise, it just brought criticism from $500,000, you don’t just stop at $113,700 added another $600, $800, $1,000, $1,200 a the Republicans on the President’s and paying into Social Security, but month. budget in general. you would continue to pay into Social She has her car paid for, but it’s from So I think the President does not Security like you do on all your other the nineties. That car, if it was a pay- need to keep the chained CPI in his taxes—that would extend the solvency ment, would be $200 or $300 a month. budget proposal. It is a break, I believe, of Social Security for at least 75 years. Add that on top. She was just telling to the promise we’ve made to seniors Now, that is a commonsense way for me about repairs. She spent $1,700 fix- about what they will see from us. In us to make sure a program that is ing her furnace at her home. That’s not fact, 107 people in this House, Demo- probably one of the most popular and calculated in all of her other monthly crats in this House, including myself, crucial programs the Federal Govern- expenses, car repairs, et cetera. have signed a letter to the President ment offers to its citizens that we’ve The bottom line is that that $1,101 a explicitly stating that we don’t want all paid into—our money, our social month, which is essentially what she to see any cuts to Social Security, contract, our insurance so when we lives on—and one in three seniors live Medicare, or Medicaid. need it we have it—can be extended on that Social Security payment a If I can, let me just read a little bit simply by lifting that cap, and that month. You cannot afford to lose, at of this letter to you that was signed by would go a long way to providing the her age range, over $100 a month. At a majority of the House Democrats economic certainty that we need. $100 a month, that means she’s either back in February. So while we are supportive of so cutting back on her food, cutting back many of the measures that the Presi- on her medicine, turning the thermo- b 1540 dent has in his budget, the President’s stat down in winter or up in the sum- We thank the President for standing budget focuses on what we need to, mer. But it has real-life implications strong and the American Taxpayer Relief which is the immediate need to make on people who can afford it the least, Act to protect Social Security, Medicare and sure that we are improving the econ- people like my 84-year-old mother and Medicaid from benefit cuts that would jeop- omy and that we are creating jobs. millions of seniors across this country. ardize the well-being of millions of Ameri- That is our focus that we need to do in There are some in this body who try cans. this country. We write to affirm our vigorous opposition In fact, the Congressional Budget Of- to rewrite history. They are trying to to cutting Social Security, Medicare or Med- say that our economic woes, our def- icaid benefits in any final bill to replace se- fice, which is our nonpartisan agency icit, is somehow caused by Social Secu- quester. Earned Social Security and Medi- that we work with—that both Repub- rity. Nothing could be farther from the care benefits provide the financial and licans and Democrats work with to get truth. Social Security, by law, cannot health protections necessary to keep individ- the financial numbers that we work contribute one dime to our deficit. uals and families out of poverty. Medicaid is with in our bills and to make all the Are there long-term issues with So- not only a lifeline for low-income children, decisions we make—has said that cial Security? Well, long-term we do pregnant women, people with disabilities, three-quarters of this Nation’s deficit have to make sure that we’re making and families, it is the primary source of in- in the next year that we’re all talking come of long-term care services and supports sure that those funds are available in for 3.6 million individuals. about a budget for, 2014, is caused by the future, but there are other ways we We cannot overstate their importance for economic weakness—in other words, can do that. But the chained CPI mere- our constituents and our country. That is unemployment and underemployment. ly extends the Social Security program why we remain deeply opposed to proposals If we address those two issues, that is

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I can tell you they the strongest problems that we have told by businesses is the best thing we have given us some really better ways with the change in the Consumer Price Index. That is called chained CPI. can do to be competitive in a global to illustratively explain what those There are a number of organizations, market. It includes $50 billion for infra- cuts mean. structure investment—to get people If you take the cuts under Chained Mr. Speaker, that have joined us in working now, to have us help stimulate CPI and if you are 65 years old, that this. They range from the AFL–CIO, on the economy. cut will be about 2 weeks’ worth of gro- behalf of the working people of this I can tell you, when we had the last ceries. When you’re at 70, it’s about 6 country, to PCCC, to MoveOn, and a recovery dollars that happened at the weeks’ worth of groceries, and it con- number of other national organizations that have stood with us at multiple very start of the recovery that we had tinues to grow. At 75, 9 weeks of gro- press conferences this week to try to with this bad economy—when we were ceries; at 80, 13 weeks of groceries. at our worst and our lowest point—we raise awareness that this is a bad idea. That’s a quarter of the year that you This is taking the budget situation were bleeding hundreds of thousands of have less for groceries that you need to we have in the future and balancing it jobs a month. When those recovery dol- get by. At 85, people like my mother, 16 today on those who can least afford it. lars came to the States and my com- weeks of groceries, and if you make it We need to have the backs of our sen- mittee, the Joint Committee on Fi- to 90 and 95, 20 and 23 weeks of gro- iors and our disabled, not put the budg- nance, we had to approve every single ceries. That’s the cut in real terms et on their backs. And the chained CPI dollar that went to roads and schools that comes from Chained CPI. is a provision that, unfortunately, does and other programs. We had our road- We stand to make sure that we are just that. building industry and our vertical con- raising the issue that as we continue to So while it is not the President’s struction industry in our State tell us talk about the budget—and we need to idea, it is absolutely not the Demo- that 54,000 jobs were saved or created go to conference committee. We have a crats’ idea. It was an idea proposed by because of those dollars. House budget; we have a Senate budg- the Republican Speaker and other Re- In the Budget Committee, I asked the et; and we have the President’s budget. publicans just in the last couple of question of Dr. Elmendorf from the But do you know what that means? We years. It was put forward in the Presi- Congressional Budget Office nation- have no budget. That means we will dent’s budget to try to bring people to ally, what did that do for us, those re- continue to have continuing resolu- the table. We want to make sure that covery dollars. They estimated—not tions, that we will continue to fight it is heard loud and clear that many of the Democrats, not the Republicans, every 2 or 3 months and do stopgap us will not support a bill that includes not anyone else but our official agen- measures with chewing gum and Band- a chained CPI. It will not get the sup- cy—up to 3.3 million jobs were saved or Aids unless we have a budget. port of many people in this room if it created because of those recovery dol- So I appreciate what the President includes those cuts to our country’s lars. did. He’s giving us a measure specifi- promise, which is to our seniors. The President has $50 billion in infra- cally to make us all come to the table Mr. Speaker, it is a huge concern to structure to make sure that people are to try to do this. His intention was to those of us in the Progressive Caucus. working again, and he’s getting them take a Republican idea, Chained CPI, There are a number of groups, includ- back out, while we need to, to keep the and put it in his proposal to show he’s ing Strength in Social Security, who economy moving. He has focused on ad- willing to compromise. Unfortunately, join us in our efforts against this, vanced manufacturing: some innova- all we’ve heard from the Republicans who’ve put out some various esti- tive ideas that we could create these has been criticism of the budget. mations of what this means. They have hubs where people can create new jobs In the House, their budget is a fan- said that for someone who is 75 years and have jobs come back to America tasy as far as balancing the budget in old, the cut they would see would be from overseas. He also provides tax 10 years as they claim. It is a fantasy about $658, which is 3.7 percent of what credits for small business owners who because it repeals the Affordable Care they are currently receiving in Social will hire new workers so that we can, Act, benefits of which include making Security. again, continue to have the private sec- sure that people with preexisting con- If you’re 85, they estimate that to be tor, as well as what we can provide ditions have health care, making sure $1,147 a year, 6.5 percent. Again, to my through infrastructure, to help get the that children up to 26 have health care, mother, who’s getting that $1,101, that economy to grow and to create the jobs making sure that we have dollars for is almost a $100 a month cut. As I esti- we need to. preventative care. It repeals the bene- mated from her utilities to her gro- Those are all good provisions the fits, but it keeps the savings and the ceries to her other payments that she President has. At the same time, he is revenue. Well, you can’t do that. We has, none of those are necessarily lux- working at $1.8 trillion in deficit reduc- can’t tax the people in the Affordable uries at 85. None of those are excessive tion, which, on top of the previous $2.5 Care Act so that we can pay for the payments. They are the basic pay- trillion, takes us exactly to the target benefits but not give them and keep ments just to get by that she comes up people have been talking about of the that money and try to balance the with, for about $1,165 a month. After $4 trillion deficit we need to address in budget. So it’s not a real budget. burning through savings for 20 years, the immediate amount of time. It has What we need to do is have a real she just doesn’t have it left. the long-term picture in mind as well. budget, and we need to get people to So like a third of Americans who live It’s not saying the Holy Grail is the the table. I urge this House to an- on that Social Security check, they deficit reduction, but the Holy Grail is nounce conferees so we can start the live on $1,101. They live on that $13,212 the economy and job creation to solve hard work of doing that. The three po- a year. And I don’t think there is any- our deficit problems, and the budget sitions are on the table. We need to do one who could honestly say that that’s does that. that. too much. After you’ve paid in your en- There are many strong provisions in We want to say strongly—the Pro- tire life, it’s your earned benefit that the President’s budget, but many in gressive Caucus and 107 Democrats in you paid into, that insurance for when this House—107 people who signed a this body—that the one thing that is you need it, for when you are a senior letter in this House on the Democratic unacceptable is to balance that budget and you retire, or when you become side and many of us in the Progressive on the backs of people who didn’t cre- disabled, or God forbid your parents die Caucus—have been especially out- ate the crisis, and they are our seniors, and now you’re an orphan, that pay- spoken about the one provision that we the disabled, our veterans, and our ment is this country’s promise to each

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We can close corporate in Wisconsin, we created about a dec- In stark contrast, our Republican tax loopholes—that would save billions ade ago a program called SeniorCare to colleagues proposed yet another $6 tril- of dollars to invest in education—and help seniors afford prescription drugs. lion tax cut for the wealthiest, while we can end wasteful Pentagon weapons It has been a great success with bipar- focusing a majority of their draconian programs and focus our military on ad- tisan support. But prior to that, my budget cuts on shredding our Nation’s dressing 21st century threats. mother was one of those people who safety net. So there are many ways that we can cut pills in half because she couldn’t Every Member of Congress may accomplish this. Instead of supporting afford her medications. She doesn’t claim to support the goal of cutting policies that harm seniors, let’s get have to do that anymore because of poverty in America, but gutting pro- back to the real problems facing our SeniorCare, but we’re the only State, grams that families rely on to put food country, and that’s creating 21st cen- Wisconsin, which has SeniorCare in the on their tables is simply not how we tury jobs and growing our economy for entire country. There are seniors in the achieve that goal. Now, as I said, I was all. other 49 States who, if they get that very pleased to see some of the innova- So thank you again for your leader- cut, that means cutting pills in half, tive and groundbreaking proposals that ship. This has been a tremendous hour that means deciding which pills you’re the President included in his budget. that you have put together, and I hope taking, and it means deciding which However, I have to join Mr. POCAN in that the American people are listening meal you’re not eating. It means those our strong opposition to the inclusion today. So much is at stake. of the so-called chained CPI in the sort of basic, basic cuts. b 1600 It is estimated that at 95 years old, budget. As many of us have said, according to Strength in Social Secu- chained CPI is a benefit cut, which it Mr. POCAN. Thank you so much, Ms. rity, it’s a $1,622 cut. That is a 9.2 per- is, to Social Security, and I whole- LEE. We really appreciate it. And cent cut. We’re balancing the budget heartedly oppose it. again, your history in this House has on the backs of those who can least af- So thank you again for beating that been recognized by so many of us who ford it who didn’t create the financial drum today on this because this is not are new and proud to be here. We ap- times we’re in, and that seems entirely the President’s ideal deficit reduction preciate all that you’ve done on behalf wrong. plan. We should not be bargaining for of the middle class and those who are What that means in a lifetime, what Republican goodwill with policies that striving to be in the middle class and your cumulative benefit loss is, and hurt our seniors. Social Security was those who are just getting by in this that is where it really starts to add up, established more than 77 years ago, country. and maybe this will be more illus- providing economic security to genera- Ms. LEE is also leading an initiative trative: tions of Americans who have made con- for the Democrats to address poverty. At 75, at that point on Social Secu- tributions over their lifetime. They We are doing everything we can on the rity, you’ve lost $4,631. worked for this. Democratic side, but it’s under your At 80, you’ve lost $8,660. Changing the cost of living adjust- leadership that’s happening, and thank At 85, people like my mother, she has ment now will disproportionately hurt you so much for that. lost $13,910 of what she has paid into seniors who rely on every single dollar We’ve been joined by another col- and expected to get during her twilight of support as income. The chained CPI league who is from California who has years. That’s the enormity of these would cut one full month’s income been another one of our freshman cuts. from a 92-year-old beneficiary’s annual Members of the House, and he is here I have been joined by an extremely Social Security benefits. Seniors can- to talk to us also about the issues be- articulate and solid progressive col- not afford that. The chained CPI will fore us on chained CPI and perhaps league of mine, a mentor of mine, also cut living standards, and most some other issues. I’d like to introduce, someone who is not only a strong lead- deeply for the poorest households, from the State of California, Mr. MARK er, not only in this entire House, but which tend to rely on Social Security TAKANO. especially during this hour with the for all or most of their income. Mr. TAKANO. Thank you. I thank Progressive Caucus, and I yield to the The fact of the matter is Social Secu- the gentleman from Wisconsin. I will gentlewoman from California (Ms. rity should not even be a part of this be speaking today on equal pay. Today LEE). discussion. It should not be a part of I signed the discharge petition to bring Ms. LEE of California. First, let me this budget. The program has accumu- the Paycheck Fairness Act to the floor thank the gentleman for yielding and lated assets of $2.7 trillion and does not to ensure that women across the coun- for your kind words, and also for your contribute to the Federal budget def- try receive equal pay for equal work. tremendous leadership and for really icit. Voters across the political spec- This week, on Tuesday, we recog- coordinating the message hour of the trum oppose cuts to Medicare, Med- nized Equal Pay Day, which is the sym- week, not only on behalf of the Pro- icaid, and Social Security benefits, and bolic day that marks the time it takes gressive Caucus, but for this entire we must do whatever it takes to pro- for women’s earnings to equal men’s body and for the American people. It is tect these vital benefits from cuts. earnings from the previous year. so important that the truth be told and Democrats believe that the best way Thanks to the 23 percent wage gap, it that we continue to beat the drum to to reduce our deficit and make our takes an extra 3 months for women in protect the priorities of all of the economy grow is to create jobs. That’s America to catch up. The wage gap per- American people, not just the few. So why I join my CPC colleagues in reject- sists at all levels of education and ex- thank you very much. ing any and every cut to Medicare, ists across occupations. We are here today to talk about the Medicaid, or Social Security benefits, In my home State of California, the budget and its priorities, and also some including raising the retirement age or typical woman, working full-time, of the issues that are very troubling, cutting the cost of living adjustments year-round, is paid, on average, only 84 which I’ll mention in just a minute. that our constituents earned and that cents to every dollar her male counter- I’m pleased, though, to see that the they need. parts make. In my home district the President’s budget clearly understands We also know there are commonsense pay discrepancy is even worse. Women the need to create jobs and to grow our reforms that would reduce health care living in the Inland Empire make 81 economy. This budget makes critical costs and save taxpayers hundreds of cents to every dollar, and many are the investments in early childhood edu- billions of dollars without cutting ben- sole breadwinners in their households. cation and brings down the cost of efits. If Republicans are serious about This isn’t just an insult to women who higher education. The budget protects deficit reduction, we really can make work hard at their jobs every day, it vital nutrition programs like SNAP additional savings, and they should hurts families and children.

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By law, it can’t add one the unconscionable practice of paying And that benefit is for people who re- dime to the deficit. female employees less wages than male tire and for people who become dis- But, instead, we are balancing the employees for the same job. Fifty years abled and, God forbid, children who be- budget, with this provision, on the later, this unconscionable practice is come orphans. It allows them to be backs of the very people who can least alive and well, which is why we have a able to continue, in our society, to get afford it. duty to our mothers, sisters, and by. So the senior who makes $1,101 is daughters to pass the Paycheck Fair- But as I’ve shown, an 84-year old going to see a cut, but the company ness Act in this Congress. woman like my mother—this is my that sends jobs overseas under the Re- Mr. POCAN. Mr. TAKANO, would you mother’s actual story—gets $1,101 a publican budget still gets a tax break yield to a question? month. That’s $13,212 a year. We went for sending jobs overseas. And that Mr. TAKANO. Yes, sir. through her expenses, from utilities, CEO with the corporate jet still gets a Mr. POCAN. Mark, I just want to ask $130 a month, food and other miscella- tax break under the Republican budget. you, you’ve been a leader in this body neous items she has to buy, $180 a And when you go down the list of on chained CPI. month. breaks that are out there for the most Mr. TAKANO. Yes. Health care, as Representative wealthy, we need to find a different Mr. POCAN. We did several press con- TAKANO said, it’s about 20 to 30 percent way to do this than balancing the ferences this week. You’re the author of the average senior’s monthly ex- budget on the backs of those who can of a major letter from many people in pense or their income. I’ll take it right least afford it, those who’ve paid in this House about it. in the middle, 25 percent; that’s $275 a their entire lives, those who didn’t cre- month. Could you just address a little bit ate the financial situation we’re in. Her car and house insurance, $77 a about why you’re so passionate about Our Progressive Caucus has been month, her taxes, $273 a month, her the need to make sure we have Social strong in talking about this. We have phone and cable, $140 a month, mis- Security for generations in the future tried to take quite a bit of time today and why you oppose the chained CPI. cellaneous, having people mow her grass and shovel, et cetera, $50 a to really explain this as plainly as we Mr. TAKANO. Well, I believe chained can and as absolute simply as we can a CPI is bad for veterans and it’s bad for month, and her gas about $40 a month. That’s $64 a month more than she person’s monthly budget. our seniors, but let me focus on the makes. And unfortunately, she has, at 1610 seniors for a moment. b the age of 84, having been widowed The chained CPI, explained in a very We all know you have other surprise since 1991, expended through almost all simple way, is a way that the govern- expenses like your heater goes out at of her savings and, like a third of sen- ment would ostensibly index Social Se- your home or your car needs repair. We iors, is living on that Social Security curity COLAS, cost-of-living increases. don’t even factor that in. Most people paycheck. will probably still have some rent or Said very simply, under chained CPI, But what about the senior who’s in perhaps a house payment to make. seniors would be paid less over time. the exact same situation, receiving and When you add all this in and if you The assumption is that seniors would living off that check, but they still pay have expended your savings like one- be able to substitute less costly items rent or have a mortgage? Six hundred third of our seniors who live on that for the current items they might cur- to $1,200 more dollars you’re going to rently buy. But, you know, seniors have to add on to that. Social Security check, it is impossible really use health care a lot more than And what if they have a car or they to continue to get by. And to take a the rest of us, and that’s the largest have a bus pass? Two to $300 a month cut to the very people who can least af- burden that they’re facing, trying to you’re going to add on to that. ford it seems wrong. pay for their health care costs, pre- Miscellaneous repairs. My mother, We are honored in our Progressive scription drugs. this year, had to replace her heater, at Caucus to have two people that lead us, I think it’s a false premise to say $1,700. How do you do that with a cut in Representative RAU´ L GRIJALVA and that seniors will be able to find less Social Security? Representative KEITH ELLISON. Rep- costly substitutions. More and more of So additional expenses, still, on the resentative KEITH ELLISON is a fellow their income would be going to that. low end, add that up, you’re almost at Midwesterner and I think a man of in- I believe that many people call So- $2,000 a month. There’s no way that credible common sense, coming from cial Security, Medicare, entitlements. I $100 hit that’ll happen is something the Midwest, like we like to at least call them sacred promises that we that the average senior or person with think we do back in the Midwest, com- made to our seniors. I don’t believe disabilities, veteran, or child can be ing here. And he has done an extraor- that we should break those promises. able to get by. That is a real life cut, dinary job of leading the progressives We must keep those promises. and where they have to cut and make and the Democrats in this House to People have earned these benefits tough decisions is on their groceries, make sure that we stand up for our over a lifetime. They planned their on their medicine, on whether or not seniors and our disabled and our vet- lives around them, and we simply can’t they’re going to be able to drive the erans and the children who receive So- go back on what we’ve promised our car that they have. It’s serious con- cial Security. I would like to yield to parents and grandparents. sequences. the chairman of the Progressive Cau- Mr. POCAN. Thank you, Representa- And I know that the Democrats have cus, the gentleman from Minnesota, tive TAKANO, again, for you leadership been especially strong in the Progres- Mr. KEITH ELLISON. on this issue. As I said, you’ve au- sive Caucus. The Progressive Caucus Mr. ELLISON. Congressman POCAN, thored one of the major letters that’s penned a letter that 107 Democrats in thank you. Thanks for holding down out there talking about chained CPI this House have signed on to that said, this very important Progressive Cau- and cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, do not do any cuts to Social Security, cus progressive message. The fact is and Medicare. Medicare, or Medicaid. that the Progressive Caucus and the And also, as a member of the Vet- Now, there are some who say that Democrats generally are about pro- erans Committee, I know you’ve been you can’t ignore it, that in the future, tecting seniors. That’s who we are. especially articulate on the effects on far down the road, decades in the fu- That’s our brand. That’s our identity. veterans. I thank you for your time. ture, we have to make sure that these Social Security came out of the Roo- Mr. TAKANO. Thank you, sir. programs, these earned benefits are sevelt administration, came out of core Mr. POCAN. As Representative still alive. But we have argued there Democratic values. That’s what we TAKANO said, these are sacred promises are ways to do that. stand for, that’s what we believe in,

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So the ma- And with the way we have to deal ing until this thing is settled. jority of the Democrats have already with the budget, rather than making The reality is that this chained CPI signed a letter saying, Keep the hands those who can most afford it in the takes place within the general debate off. As we deal with our Nation’s budg- country and all the tax loopholes and on budget, a general debate on fiscal et, the one place we shouldn’t go is to tax breaks for some of the wealthiest items. And I happen to know that the those who need it the most—our sen- in this country, instead we’re going to chained CPI is an idea that emerged iors, our disabled, our veterans, and go to this 84-year-old woman and say from Republican leaders only a few their children and orphans who receive you can no longer have a telephone to months ago. That’s who came up with Social Security benefits. talk to your family and friends on, or this. And so now the President has of- As I talked about the realities of that lose the little bit of entertainment you fered a budget in which he says, Okay, $1,001 a month, as Mr. ELLISON just have through a television seems wrong. we’re going to try to compromise from said, when you receive that additional It’s not the values of this country. It’s the beginning. We’re going to try to $100 cut, that additional $100 cut is al- certainly not the values of the Demo- take some compromise ideas and put most 10 percent of your budget. Think crats in this House. Yet that’s what them in here, along with some other about if you had a 10 percent cut in they’ll face with a chained CPI cut. good ideas like early childhood edu- your budget and you’re not able to That’s the bottom line. And when cation, like investing in infrastructure make any more money. At 84, I’m those other expenses come up, how and jobs. Those things are okay. But I sorry, my mom is not going back to does a senior pay for them? think it was a mistake to ever include Taco Bell. She worked there in her sev- So we really want to express to the anything about Social Security in a enties to continue to make money be- President in the strongest possible budget because the Social Security cause she just didn’t have it and to terms that the Republicans may have does not contribute to the deficit. And have something to continue to get by had this bad idea of chained CPI to pro- so if you want to deal with lifting the on. But at 84 she’s already had a couple vide a cut to Social Security payments, sequester, deal with something that of falls. There’s nothing else she can do but you included it in your budget to has to do with taxes or spending. If you to make additional money. So she has bring them to the table to make them want to deal with the budget, deal with to make that tough cut. And I would negotiate, and all you’ve heard for the something that adds to or takes away argue that this bad idea that the Re- last 36 hours is criticism and that they from the budget. If you want to deal publicans came up with and the Presi- won’t sit at the table. You’ve got dollars in the budget to help grow the with deficit reduction, deal with some- dent included just to get them to the economy. The Progressive Caucus had thing that has to do with that. But table to talk about the budget, this bad a Back to Work Budget. We worked don’t drag in something that is actu- Republican idea, chained CPI, will have hard and steadfast in talking about ally irrelevant. a real effect on tens of millions of peo- The fact is that Social Security is ple across this country. There are way growing the economy as our best way one of the oldest, best programs that too many seniors for whom this means to solve the deficit and our economic problems. But if the Republicans are this country has ever seen and it has just about everything in their lives. going to criticize that and refuse to taken care, literally, of millions of peo- She can’t really cut her utilities. She have one more dime in revenue, not ple. It’s not an entitlement. It’s an can change the thermostat. She can set one more CEO can’t still get his tax earned benefit program. It is social in- it to 60 in the winter. She cannot use break for that corporate jet, not one surance people pay into. They earn it any kind of air conditioning in sum- more company can’t get that tax break and then they pay into it. And then mer. In Wisconsin, I won’t recommend for sending jobs overseas—those are they expect it at the end years of their that in the summer. We have some the types of tax breaks we have in this lives. Congressman POCAN, I think it’s humid, humid days. So you can’t cut this line. Her groceries and other country. important just to point out that a full And if we can’t get one more dime things she has to buy for the home, she third of widowed women on Social Se- from programs like that so that a sen- can cut back. But she already tells me curity rely entirely on Social Security. ior doesn’t have to make those tough, stories. There’s a place in her neighbor- Some people like to say chained CPI real-life decisions, then we’re failing as hood she’ll go to that has a $1 burger is not that big of a cut. Well, it depends a government and we are breaking our special. She’ll go there. This is going on how much money you have, doesn’t promise to the seniors of this country. it? It depends on what you start with. back over the holidays. We had to con- If you’re getting by on $13,000 a year, or vince her to tip 35 cents. Because she b 1620 under $20,000 a year, $250 may seem like said, My God, that’s 35 percent. I don’t So I would hope that we can continue a lot of money. My own experience as a tip 35 percent. But we’re trying to ex- to get people who are watching this to Member of Congress is that people plain to her in the economics of it, it’s realize it may be called chained CPI, it would ask me at community meetings 35 cents to give. But she gets a burger may have an obscure term—we’re the all the time, Are we going to get our for $1. And she says, Sometimes I get body that came up with a sequester, COLA check? Are we going to get that two. So she’s deciding about a $2 meal. right? It’s a term. It’s in the dic- $250? Why? Because that’s a lot of Are we going to take that away from tionary. But I guarantee not one per- money to folks who are really trying to someone, the very groceries they live son that I know of has ever used it in get by. on? real life. No one has said to their child: And so what I’m saying is let’s em- Health care: with rising health care I’m going to sequester your toys today. brace our core Democratic values. costs, the facts are that 20 to 30 per- It’s just not something that real people Let’s look after our seniors. Let’s take cent—I think specifically 26 percent is do. Well, chained CPI is the same care of this great program, Social Se- the current number—of your annual thing. It may be an obscure economic curity, that has done so much for so costs, seniors’ health care costs. She term, but the bottom line, the reality many for so long. And let’s reject this can’t change that line. Insurance: Does of what it means to the average person idea of chained CPI, and let’s stand to- she not insure her vehicle? Does she who’s listening, is it means a cut to gether and say chained CPI is not a not insure her home in case of a fire? those who can least afford it, to those good idea. It’s not something we should That’s $77 a month. We all know you third of seniors who live on that check offer as a bargaining chip for a grand can’t get away and not pay your taxes. exclusively to get by. And all the other bargain. Let’s just take it off the table. That line is off the table. seniors who rely largely on that to get I yield back to the gentleman. I’m going to jump down a line to her by, should they have the good fortune Mr. POCAN. Thank you, Mr. ELLISON. miscellaneous. She has to have people to grow old, they’ll have the bad for- As a leader of the Progressive Cau- shovel and do other things around the tune of seeing that savings go down, as cus, I have been talking about how 107 home. That’s very hard to change. they have these expenditures.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1945 In the end, we have made a promise— document in the Senate and the Presi- Interesting, in fact, we got the Presi- a sacred promise, as Representative dent’s document that invests in the dent’s budget yesterday—of course it TAKANO said—to the people of this economy so we can create jobs and took 2 months or so beyond what the country that as we take their money, grow the economy right now. And we law says that the President must do. their Social Security, through their have a Republican version of the budg- We also know that when it comes to earned benefit they have paid into—we et that focuses almost exclusively on people being in the country illegally, have put up a social insurance program getting rid of the deficit. The holy the President decided that he didn’t to ensure that when they retire or be- grail is the deficit; it will cost us mil- like the laws that were passed by Con- come disabled or, God forbid, lose their lions of jobs. Just in the next year it is gresses of the past, both Democrat and parents and become an orphan, they estimated 2 million jobs will be lost. Republican, signed into law by Presi- will continue to have an ability to live But you can’t have those diverse docu- dents, both Democrat and Republican, in this country. It’s not those people ments and still fund Congress. So what and so President Obama got up and did that created our financial woes that does Congress do? We continue to have what you don’t normally find in a this country has. There are real ways continuing resolutions that get us by country with representative govern- to deal with the deficit. There are real for months at a time. ment, he just announced: I don’t like ways to deal with Social Security. But I have heard on this floor so many the law the way it is, so here’s the new those real ways are not the ways that times where people will talk about a law, and basically pronounced new law are proposed through the chained CPI. wasteful program—and there are into being with regard to who will be In fact, another thing that was said, wasteful programs in the Federal Gov- allowed to have amnesty in the coun- I believe it was by Ms. LEE from Cali- ernment we should address. There is a try, and that program has already fornia, was she talked about, on this GAO report that specifically outlines started. floor, we have other people trying to about 45 areas of duplication, where we In the past, the Founders’ intent was fix Social Security. We had 104 Mem- are doing the same thing across dif- well carried out because I’ve been ad- bers of the other side of the aisle vote ferent agencies. We have a focus on the vised by people who worked here in for a version of the budget that raised Oversight and Government Reform Democratic majorities as Democratic the Social Security retirement age to Committee to find waste, fraud, and leaders and Republican leaders of the 70. I’ll tell you, I don’t know many con- abuse wherever we can. We are working past who said, yes, in the past, if you struction workers or nurses or teachers on that. The problem is when you don’t had a President stand up and say, I’m who could necessarily still be able to have a budget that says we’re going to choosing to ignore the law that has do that job as well as they would like cut these programs so we can fund been passed by prior Congresses, signed to between 67 and 70. The construction these programs, we punt. And as a gov- into being by their Presidents; I’m field, there is not the ability to do that going to ignore those and just pro- ernment, we have punted far too many job. As a nurse, when you have to lift nounce new law: So as I say it, so shall times. We have not had a serious budg- bodies and help move people, you just it be—if you had a President that acted can’t do that job for those additional et in place. So the President’s goal is indeed sin- like that, then both Democratic and years. So, to me, to raise the Social Se- cere, that he wants people to come to Republican leaders would get together curity retirement age is, again, part of and they would head down Pennsyl- the table. I, perhaps, would have wait- breaking that promise. vania Avenue, that way. They would ed to compromise until we got to the There is a way we can continue the announce themselves and let the Presi- table, but the President in this case promise, and that is to lift the cap on dent know that either he would begin put their request right in his budget Social Security. Right now, no matter to comply with the law and stop doing and put it on the table. The problem is, how much you make, we tax for Social what is solely the responsibility of that is a bad compromise. There are so Security up to $113,700; but as soon as Congress, or they would cut off all many other things that we can do that you make a dollar more, you don’t get funding to everything he cared about. will better serve the public than to cut taxed for Social Security. Now, we tax And that would take care of it. in every other way in a progressive the benefits from our seniors and our way, as you make more, you pay more veterans and our disabled and the chil- b 1630 in taxes, but we don’t tax a dime more dren and orphans who rely on Social Unfortunately, these days the Presi- at $113,700. If we were simply to lift Security. dent, those in power in the White that cap or raise that amount, you So, Mr. Speaker, our Progressive House and executive branch, have would extend Social Security for dec- Caucus has been here for close to the noted that since the Democratic Party ades. In fact, if you lift the cap en- last hour to make sure that we are is the majority in the Senate, then tirely, it is estimated at least 75 years talking about an important program even when there are enough people in of life would go into the Social Secu- that the public, I’m sure, is concerned the Republican Party in the House who rity program. Wouldn’t that make a lot about. I know I’m getting the calls in have the nerve to stand up and say we more sense than instead nickel-and- my office. But we really plead with the will no longer allow violations of the diming those who can least afford to, President to make sure that as we law or creations of law out of whole to preserve the program? move forward and try to bring the Re- cloth without following the Constitu- So that is the hope of this Progres- publicans to the table to try to have a tion, the Senate would stop those ac- sive Caucus that we have. You’ve heard national budget—as we all need to—do tions because they’re not going to let from a number of leaders, both fresh- not balance that budget on the backs anything like that pass the Senate. men and people who have been here for of those who can least afford it. And, therefore, we have bureaucrats a long time. You’ve heard from people Mr. Speaker, with that, I yield back who begin to announce to elected Mem- from different parts of the country. It the balance of my time. bers of this government that they real- is an important promise that we have f ly don’t care what we have to say, that to the public. we’re not going to stop them from ADMINISTRATION IN REVIEW We are the party that has been there doing whatever they want, because the to protect seniors. The fact that the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Senate will block anything we try to President has it included in his budget, STEWART). Under the Speaker’s an- do here at the House. we all know—and the President has nounced policy of January 3, 2013, the Because this is a divided Capitol been very clear—it is not his idea. This Chair recognizes the gentleman from building with the Senate in the major- was an idea from the Republican Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) for 30 minutes. ity of Democratic hands and the House Speaker and other Republicans, and he Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I know in Republican majority control, it is put it in his budget proposal to try to the intention of my friends on the very important that we note what the get them to come and finally have a other side of the aisle. We all want the other branch, the Presidency, is pro- budget for this country, to make them country to run at maximum peak per- nouncing. Under the President’s pro- come to the table. formance so that people have jobs. But posed budget, there is an article here Right now, we have very different it’s interesting the ways we have going dated April 10 from CNS News that documents. We have the Democratic about trying to see that that happens. says:

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People saying could lead to a national registry sys- fice. those types of things really have no tem for guns.’’ It’s also important to note that in clue what’s going on in Washington, A quote from my friend, Senator LEE, 2006, the last year Republicans were in because the fact is a Member of Con- is: control of the House, we were properly gress’ life, be it Democrat or Repub- ‘‘Some of the proposals, like, for example, ridiculed by Democrats on this side of lican, is actually less complicated universal background checks, would allow the aisle because we ran $160 billion-or- when you don’t have to arrange for the Federal Government to surveil law-abid- so budget spending over the amount White House tours. ing citizens who exercise their constitutional that was coming in, that we had $160 It’s something that Members of Con- rights. One of the provisions we expect to see gress had taken on voluntarily in order in the bill, based on what we saw in the Judi- billion in deficit spending. And the ciary Committee on which I sit, would allow Democrats were correct: we should not to help the White House. So we would the attorney general of the United States, have had $160 billion in deficit spend- make the arrangements, people would Eric Holder, to promulgate regulations that ing. call and come through our office, then could lead to a national registry system for Having no idea that the promises we would have to write requests, beg guns, something my constituents in Utah are from the friends on this side of the the White House, can you find enough very concerned about, and understandably aisle who said, If you will just put us in tickets for these individuals to allow so.’’ the majority, we’ll cut that $160 billion them to go through the White House, LEE also said that the government deficit spending the Republicans have and then we would get word back. had no place monitoring the legal exer- done and we will get a balanced budget, There for a while it was unpleasant cise of any constitutional right a cit- we won’t deficit spend, who would have when the President first started, be- izen chooses to exercise: believed that when they took over as a cause we had trouble getting tickets ‘‘You see, the Federal Government has no majority, that within 2 years they for anybody the first year or so, which business monitoring when or how often you would have tripled—basically tripled— meant that the President got to have go to church, what books and newspapers the amount of deficit spending. So people furious with Members of Con- you read, who you vote for, your health con- much for the promise that we’re going gress because they blamed Members of ditions—’’ to cut deficit spending. So the $160 bil- Congress for not being able to go And actually, I have to differ with lion or so went to $458.5 billion, about through the White House on a tour, Senator LEE on health conditions. tripled the deficit. when actually we would just get notice ObamaCare means the government gets And then who could have possibly and only be able to pass that on. to monitor all your health conditions imagined that during President So it actually makes Members of and actually will have all of your Obama’s first year in office, when Congress’ life far less complicated health care records, as well. Democratic control was both the House when we don’t have to arrange for Senator LEE goes on: and the Senate, that they would have White House tours. But the Members of —‘‘what you eat for breakfast and the de- the nerve to not run $160 billion deficit, Congress I know, on both the Demo- tails of your private life, including the law- as they said they would never do, or ful exercise of your rights protected by the the $458 billion deficit, nearly three cratic side and the Republican side, really want to enhance visits for their Second Amendment and other provisions of times as much as 2008, but that they the Bill of Rights.’’ constituents to Washington, D.C., and would go 10 times that amount of $160 Important quotes by Senator MIKE billion and hit about $1.6 trillion in def- so we are willing to spend part of our budget to have somebody help arrange LEE. icit spending. With regard to the gun bill that’s There are several markers being laid those tours for constituents coming to Washington. We help the White House been rushed through the Senate, it is down in this country that make it very worth noting again that when bills are clear that this country is on a crash by doing that. rushed through without being given course. There are no seat belts, there Even though our offices, every con- proper scrutiny, we create bad laws, we are no harnesses, there are no air bags. gressional budget has been cut about 20 make mistakes, and the country and We are barreling down this road to a percent over the last 3 years, we the Constitution suffer. It’s part of our definite end unless we get this thing haven’t cut out those constituent serv- under control. ices. We have one person less in my of- oath that we will protect and defend And for the President to propose for fice we just didn’t replace by attrition. the Constitution of the United States; the first time in American history that We’ve had to make adjustments. And and I would humbly submit we don’t do before he leaves office in 2017, under I’m grateful to have a staff that is will- that job when we rush through bills the President’s proposed budget he will ing to work hard and long hours. They that people have not had a chance to preside over the spending of $4.0898 tril- don’t get paid overtime, but they’re read, to participate in. lion in fiscal year 2016, it’s unbeliev- willing to do that because they realize As my friends know, I have, on this able. We’ve got somewhere between $2.3 this is a servant’s job. I am a servant. very floor, read quotes from Minority trillion and $2.5 trillion that is ex- People who work in my office are serv- Leader JOHN BOEHNER who, in essence, pected to be coming in to the Treasury ants. We serve the public and serve at told Major Garrett that: this year, and the President is pro- their will. If we get back the majority, a Speaker posing $3.8 trillion in spending. It is Apparently, that is not something JOHN BOEHNER will bring bills through reg- outrageous. that all bureaucrats have been able to ular order. I’m not going to rush them to the floor like Speaker PELOSI has done. And at the same time, the President understand and take to heart. Then we has closed down tours. There’s no indi- also see big news today that a gun bill And I’ve had to remind my own lead- cation that there has actually been has cleared the Senate hurdle as the ership of those promises because we even $18,000 or $74,000 or $78,000 in sav- filibuster falls short. This is a keep rushing through bills as Repub- ings from not having White House FoxNews.com story that was released licans that people do not have enough tours. So you begin to wonder, now, today. time to read. And I’m hoping and pray- wait a minute, you said it was to save ing and arguing and cajoling to try to all this money is the reason you cut b 1640 make sure we stop that process and out White House tours, that it wasn’t There is another story here that indi- that we return to regular order. just a temper tantrum to make people cates Senator LEE says, ‘‘Background There are some bad bills that come suffer. So, let’s see, where is the sav- Checks Could Allow Holder’’—the at- out of regular order to be sure; but ings? If there are no Secret Service torney general—‘‘to Create Gun Reg- when we have full debate at a sub- being furloughed, there are no Secret istry Using Regulations.’’ committee level over a proposed bill Service being laid off, it would appear In fact, ‘‘On Wednesday,’’ it says, and any member of that sub- there’s no savings. ‘‘Senator MIKE LEE, Republican from committee—this is called regular

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So you can get another half Now, some of us wouldn’t mind start- matter. It doesn’t matter if they’re on million back right there. ing every year with a zero sum, and or not on any of the subcommittees. At Gee, just think of all the White you’d have to justify anything that the full committee, any member of the House tours that would fund, even you’d get at all; but all the zero base- full committee can bring an amend- though it doesn’t look like the cutting line does is say we are willing to start ment to that bill. of the tours actually saved anything. where we were last year, and if you We took most of the day today mark- Then we have some very salient need an increase, we’ll increase. That ing up a pretty simple bill, I thought, points made by Investors.com, titled, way, when those of us conservatives on the issue of reining in overregula- ‘‘Six Ways Obama’s Budget Is Worse who advocate for a decrease in the in- tion and getting Congress to take a Than Everyone Thinks.’’ It’s posted 4/ crease are actually still allowing for an look at the tens of thousands of pages 10/2013: increase, we aren’t vilified for making of regulations that come out so regu- Fiscal policy: Shorn of its accounting gim- draconian cuts, because the increases larly from bureaucrats that never micks, the President’s budget isn’t a bal- are still there. If we can get to a zero catch the eye of elected officials. It anced plan to get the debt crisis under con- baseline, then you will actually be able was a pretty simple bill. It took hours trol. It’s a monument to fiscal irrespon- to have honest and accurate criticism sibility. and hours to go through that because With much fanfare and a lot of media hype, because, at that point, a cut would ac- there were so many proposed amend- President Obama unveiled his latest budget tually be a cut; it would not be a de- ments. And each amendment that gets plan—2 months late. An IBD review of crease in the automatic increase. But made has a chance for the proponent to Obama’s budget finds that, among other President Obama, not content with the argue for at least 5 minutes in favor of things, it: overspending and the waste, fraud, and his amendment; and then under the Boosts spending and deficits over the next abuse that’s going on, is adding even rules, any member of the committee 2 years. Obama’s own budget numbers show that he wants to hike spending over the next above the automatic increases with his can spend up to 5 minutes on each 2 years by $247 billion compared with the budget. amendment. It’s not a pretty process, ‘‘baseline,’’ which even after his proposed This article from Investors.com says: it’s not pleasant to sit through, but we new tax hikes would mean $157 billion in ad- Vastly exaggerates spending cuts: The get better bills when we go through ditional red ink. press has widely reported that Obama’s that process. And it’s important to understand, budget would cut spending a total of $1.2 tril- Then it comes to the Rules Com- and I insert this parenthetically here, lion over the next decade, but Obama’s own mittee. And I prefer if the Rules Com- budget shows that he actually cuts spending when we talk about a baseline—yes, a mere $186 billion. (The relevant tables can mittee allows for a fully open debate. the bill I’ve been pushing for 8 years, a We have an open amendment process. be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ zero-baseline budget where no Federal default/files/omb/budget/ fy2014/assets/ta- It’s not pretty either, but it gives peo- department has automatic increases, bles.pdf.) ple across America a chance to see who did pass the House a year ago. And I’m Obama inflates his claimed savings by first is advocating for what amendment, very grateful to ROB WOODALL and cancelling the automatic sequester spending what language. And you have had all PAUL RYAN and to the Speaker keeping cuts he previously signed into law, then re- this time, from the subcommittee to his word and bringing it to the floor. claiming them as new savings, and by adding in cuts in interest payments on the debt. the committee to the House floor; and We passed it in the House. But the Sen- every Member of the House, no matter ate, under Senator REID, made clear, I didn’t realize that that went on, ac- who you are or no matter whether no, we want every department in the tually. you’re in disfavor with the leadership Federal bureaucracy having an auto- The article says: like some of us may be, you can bring matic increase in their budget every Relies almost entirely on tax hikes: amendments in an open process under year. We want their budgets going up Obama’s budget shows his plan would increase revenues by $1.14 trillion over the regular order, and you have a chance to every year. debate those and America has a chance next decade. That means his budget proposes b 1650 $6 in new taxes for every $1 in spending cuts. to see who’s standing for what posi- Cuts the deficit less than claimed: ‘‘My tions. It gives them a chance at the Now, Social Security, they may not budget will reduce our deficits by nearly an- next election to better select who they get an automatic increase. Medicare, other $2 trillion,’’ Obama said Wednesday. want better representing them by vir- they may be cut by $700 billion as they But his budget shows total deficit reduction tue of what positions they’re taking. were under ObamaCare; but when it over the next decade would be just $1.4 tril- But when it goes through the process comes to every Federal bureaucracy, lion. Plus, deficits start rising again after it just did through the Senate, there’s Senator REID made clear they were not 2018. not proper scrutiny and things come to going to pass a zero-baseline budget, It should be noted that CBO does not the floor and we’re not sure what the that they were not going to do away have a good grasp on reality. I’ve met impact is. It can get so ridiculous that with the automatic increases. They with Director Elmendorf. I’ve talked to you can even have a Speaker of the were going to push forward and make him more than once. I appreciate the House say, ‘‘But we have to pass the sure the government bloat—the gov- job they’re trying to do, but when they bill so that you can find out what is in ernment obesity as a bureaucracy— estimate the cost of ObamaCare at $800 it.’’ That’s not the way we’re supposed would continue and that there would billion, and then after it passes say, to govern. We have an obligation to do be automatic increases in every single Whoops, maybe $1.1 trillion, and then better than that. Federal budget. after it’s almost coming into effect Now, we’ve also gotten word that So, when this article points out that say, You know what? It could be $1.6 from the sequester that hit here just the President adds to the baseline, it trillion or $1.8 trillion, and then others recently—this is an article by Eliza- means the President is already adding more accurately say, You know what? beth Harrington, dated April 9 of this to what has been an automatic in- It may be $2.8 trillion, that means, if week, ‘‘Safe from Sequester: $704,198 crease in their budgets for every de- they originally estimate $800 billion for Gardening at NATO Ambassador’s partment already. It may take another and it ends up being $2.8 trillion, then Home.’’ election to get people who are thinking they’ve got a margin of error rate of Well, that should be a nice garden. I correctly in the Senate, Democrat or plus or minus, not 1, 2, 3, or 4 percent, like to work in the yard around our Republican, who will finally stand up but more like 300 to 400 percent. house. I don’t have as much chance as and say, You know what? There isn’t Why are we even considering CBO I used to, nor does my wife, but I’m an individual, there’s not a family, projections when they’re projecting pretty sure that the gorgeous yard we there’s not a charity, there’s not a costs with a margin of error of 300 to

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Now, Anyway, Investors.com points out living adjustments in its fiscal pro- one of the reasons that Social Security that Obama’s budget ‘‘creates a new posed 2014 budget, the one that we will looks over a long time horizon is be- entitlement without a reliable means be considering. cause of economic downturns. When people get thrown out of work, they’re to pay for it.’’ b 1700 Obama claims he can finance a new $76 bil- not contributing into the Social Secu- lion ‘‘preschool for all’’ program by raising But I agree with Senator TOM HARKIN rity trust fund. The answer to Social tobacco taxes again; but after an initial of Iowa, who said what a chained CPI Security is to put people back to work. spike, tobacco tax revenues will start really is is like being in a boat with a We have 12.5 million people unem- trending downward year after year as more chain and a ball around your ankle, ployed in this country, and that cre- people quit smoking while the costs of this and they throw you in the water and ates a temporary blip that would affect new program will keep climbing. The last you start to sink. That’s exactly what people who will retire 20–25 years from time Obama hiked tobacco taxes—to pay for a chained CPI is in Social Security. now. We can fix that problem because an expansion of Medicaid—revenues came in Numerous government programs, in- Social Security is an efficient and ef- $2.2 billion less than expected. cluding Social Security benefits, and fective program, but we shouldn’t be So, apparently, if the President income thresholds for tax brackets are using the American people’s annuity wants more revenue from smoking, indexed for inflation. That’s what CPI for retirement that they earned and he’s going to need to start doing a cam- is all about. Every year, seniors wait to mix it up with the regular budget. It’s paign to encourage people to smoke see what their inflation adjustment two different things. more so that he can get more taxes in will be in Social Security and in Medi- About 98 percent of Social Security and bring down the massive deficit care to see whether they’ll get as much benefits go out in the form of benefit that he is wanting to create. money as they got last year or less. checks which the beneficiaries spend This report points out from Inves- The formula change that is being pro- on whatever they value most. Most of tors.com: posed would add up to a big cut for them spend the vast majority on food. The President boosts taxes on the middle America’s senior citizens who have But less than 2 percent of Social Secu- class: Obama proposes to change the govern- earned their benefits. rity today is put on administrative ex- ment’s consumer price index in a way that Imagine, for example, a person born penses. The program is very efficiently will lower the official inflation rate. He’s in 1935 who retired to full benefits at run, and no private pension plan, no selling it as a way to cut Social Security an- 401(k) that took so much of the peo- nual cost of living adjustments, which are age 65 in the year 2000, and they paid into Social Security their entire work- ple’s money away, no private annuity, based on the CPI; but because his chained can claim that kind of efficient oper- CPI would also apply to annual tax bracket ing life. According to the Social Secu- adjustments, it will end up hiking taxes on rity Administration, people in that po- ation. Cuts in promised Social Security the middle class $124 billion. sition under the current formula have benefits, whether they occur because of The American people deserve better, an average monthly benefit of $1,435, or the chained CPI, or some people here are talking about a higher retirement and I hope and pray the Senate will about $17,220 per year. Under the cost- age or means testing, will shift more wake up, come to their senses and stop of-living adjustment for 2012, that ben- costs onto already struggling American trying to ram legislation through that efit would rise a bit to $1,986 a month families and our senior citizens. Frank- America does not deserve. this year, or about $23,832 a year. But ly, I don’t support that. under the chained CPI proposal, that With that, I yield back the balance of I applaud that the chained CPI pro- my time. sum would be less. It would be about posal that was in the White House f $1,880 a month, or $22,560 a year. That’s budget had a provision to protect the a cut of over 5 percent, or a $106 a very oldest and disabled persons who AGAINST THE CHAINED CPI AND month cut, and more as you go further SOCIAL SECURITY REDUCTIONS receive supplemental security income and further into future years. In other and low-income veterans, but let me The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under words, it gets worse and worse. put on the record: these groups rep- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- The other problem is that the people resent less than half of the seniors who uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the who rely most on their Social Security have earned Social Security benefits. gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR) benefits—people who are older, people The formula doesn’t really take care of for 30 minutes. who have illness—are the ones who others who are impacted by this pro- Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to- sadly the chained CPI does the worst posed CPI change. night to speak against any proposed re- job of accommodating. In fact, the Frankly, this is not the time to cut duction in earned Social Security bene- group that gets the biggest FICA tax earned benefits of millions of senior fits through the so-called chained CPI hike is families making between 30 and Americans who are already struggling calculation. No issue better focuses the $40,000 a year—dead center in our mid- financially. And I can guarantee you, interests of the senior citizens of our dle class. Their increase would be al- the lowest-income citizens in this country versus the top 1 percent great- most six times worse. It would affect country are women over the age of 85, er than the debate over Social Secu- them six times more than those who and I would never vote to take a penny rity. are in the millionaire tax bracket. away from them. This formula should Earlier this year, over my objections, That’s because millionaires are already be there in a form that allows them to this Congress cut senior meals by in the top tax bracket so they’re not live in dignity. $823,000 in Ohio—or, roughly, 145,000 being pushed by the formula into high- We have been unwilling as a Congress meals. Now some here in Washington er marginal rates because of changing to close tax loopholes for the billion- are approaching the jugular for our bracket thresholds. Isn’t that conven- aires and millionaires of our country. seniors’ Social Security benefit cuts. ient. This has been a Congress unwilling to The majority of seniors across our So because senior citizens spend prosecute Wall Street bankers for the land depend on every single dollar they more of their income on health care damage they did, but it appears that get from Social Security to put food on and housing, two areas where the for- some are willing to take money from the table, to pay for utilities, to pay mula is flawed and their true cost is our seniors who have earned and for housing. So many struggle with under represented, the chained CPI worked for Social Security benefits that every day. By slashing benefits in proposal hurts seniors more. that are critical to their livelihoods Social Security, while continuing to Beyond the benefit inflation formula, and which they depend upon. give tax havens to the richest people in we should not be supporting a plan that You know, I have a story to tell. Last this country, it proves that the prior- uses Social Security to pay for deficits weekend, I was doing grocery shopping

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Oppose any proposals to even raising his neck to look at what The American people would not want change the formula that would cut the prices were. He seemed to be going to do what is being proposed in this their benefits. We already tax those around, and I noticed he wasn’t putting chained CPI to the senior citizens of who have significant assets if they earn a whole lot in his cart, but he was put- our country if they really understood over a certain amount on Social Secu- ting some things in, watching every what it means. $100 to a senior in a rity with other income. We don’t need monthly check is doled out penny by penny. And when I finished with my to harm the millions of Americans who penny by penny. shopping, I saw him out in the parking just get by month after month. We have a program in the Depart- lot. I thought, Is he going to his car? I thank my colleagues for listening. ment of Agriculture where, in the sum- Where’s he going? I watched him push I ask the Members of this Congress to mer months, our seniors can go to his shopping cart, and he had put all of oppose the chained CPI and to stand some fruit stands around our country his groceries in two backpacks. I saw with our senior citizens to give them and they get a little coupon and they him pushing his grocery cart across the the dignity in their retirement years can buy fruits and vegetables. And the parking lot way to the corner by the that they have earned. owner of this one fruit stand in Ohio sidewalk, and I realized what he was I yield back the balance of my time. said to me, you know, Congresswoman, doing: he wasn’t going to a car—he I never realized, among seniors, how f didn’t have a car. What he was doing much they had to sacrifice. They can’t was, he was putting his groceries in COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION buy things that normal families buy. REFORM these backpacks to put on his back, I said, tell me more. And the farmer The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under and then in his condition walk to wher- said, you know, I had a woman in here the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- ever his home or wherever he was re- last week who stared and stared at a uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the siding. I looked at that, and I thought, container of raspberries. And the price gentleman from Iowa (Mr. KING) for 30 you know, I have to go back to Con- on the raspberries at that stand was $4. minutes. gress and tell that story because that’s That senior woman had not eaten rasp- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I ap- exactly the kind of person that the berries in 25 years because she couldn’t preciate the privilege to address you chained CPI would impact the most. afford them. These senior citizens shouldn’t have And that farmer said, you know, here on the floor of the House of Rep- to have this Congress debating about when I saw her coupons, I told her, resentatives and take up the topic that their benefits because they get scared ma’am, I will cut the price in half. And has come to the forefront of the Amer- all across our country. We should never her total bill came up to, like, I think ican discussion, and do so again. do anything that upsets our seniors, he said it was like $10.96, and he was And that is that on the night of No- who are dealing with so many issues in going to give her the four pennies back. vember 6, as people across America their own lives that each of us someday And he said, you know what? How watched the election returns come in, will have to deal with. And I find it about if I give you some green beans to there were many Republicans, people sad, really, that this issue of Social Se- put in your sack for the extra 4 cents? on my side of the aisle that watched curity has been included in the budget And that’s exactly what happened at with, I’ll say, shock and disappoint- debates that we are about to get into. that one transaction. ment, as the great predictions that Social Security is separate. It has its Multiply that times millions of sen- Mitt Romney would be the next Presi- own trust fund. It is sound. It has a for- iors across this country and get a sense dent of the United States fell by the mula that works. The best thing we of what they face. I can tell you in wayside in swing State after swing can do for future generations is to get Ohio, and I’m sure it’s the same every- State from the east coast. By the time everybody back to work so that the where, the largest increase in the num- it got west of the Mississippi, it was FICA trust fund works 50 years down ber of people coming into our food pretty clear the final result of the the road. But right now, we shouldn’t banks across this country are senior Presidential election. be worrying our seniors. citizens. You can say, why is that? And many of the predictors, who are We shouldn’t be asking them to take Well, you know, if they had a bank self-assigned experts on polling and cuts in senior meals. The people who go account, if they were able to save a lit- politics and the decision of the Amer- for senior meals are senior citizens who tle bit, it doesn’t pay anything in in- ican voters, had predicted that Mitt actually need better nutrition. I’ve terest now, after the crash of 2008, so Romney would be President, that Re- gone to many senior sites. One image they’re not making anything off any publicans would win the majority in that remains in my mind at one site in savings that they might have. the United States Senate, that there my own district is a very thin senior A lot of them, if their kids are unem- would be a three-way majority between woman who is probably 85 years old, ployed, they’ve let them move in with the House, the Senate and Presidency, and the senior center served a small them; and so grandma and grandpa are and we could put America back on the sandwich for lunch. They served a lit- the ones that are holding millions of right track. tle bit of warm corn. There was a little families across this country together I hoped for that, Mr. Speaker. I pudding, and an apple and a can of until their kids and grandkids can get prayed for that. I worked for it. But I milk on the tray, and that woman ate back on their feet again. watched as those election results came everything but half her sandwich, and And I think what the seniors are to be untrue, as we lost some seats she took that half of the sandwich that doing, because prices are rising, prices here in the House and lost some seats she didn’t eat and she wrapped it up haven’t gone down, they’re going into in the Senate, and, of course, the Presi- and put it into her worn purse, and she these food banks and they’re getting a dent was re-elected that night. left that senior center and walked bag of groceries to help them stretch The plans of probably half, very close home. Those are the seniors that we the meager dollars that they have. to half, of the American people had to have to see here and care about. So as we move into this deficit de- be changed and altered, because we I’m just glad and I’m very grateful to bate and into the budget debate, I want planned to put free enterprise back in the citizens of my region that they’ve my colleagues to think about the citi- place. We planned to repeal sent me here, and I urge my colleagues zens that they represent and how vital ObamaCare. We planned to do some to oppose any Social Security cuts for that Social Security check is, and to other things. current or future beneficiaries in any do nothing to those who have not asked But one of the things we didn’t really deficit reduction package, especially for any reduction. They can’t afford plan so much to do was take up the im- that contained in the chained CPI pro- any reduction. migration issue in the 113th Congress.

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But it always want lower taxes and less government debated in Iowa the longest. was their agenda. intrusion into our lives. But that same Yet as I tuned my ear to these issues, So it was a pretty convenient excuse poll yielded a bit of a surprising result I didn’t notice that it was a paramount to analyze failed election results and to many of the advocates that had spun topic or a significant plank in the plat- put it all in the package of: if we had the yarn the morning after the election form of either Mitt Romney or Barack just passed comprehensive immigra- that the constituency that they were Obama, and I don’t think the American tion reform. Now we must pass com- losing was, naturally, Republicans. Be- people did either. prehensive immigration reform, or the cause I’ll say this: we know they are Nonetheless, the election polls closed party will become irrelevant good family people, they’re good faith on the night of the 6th of November, electorally in the future, and we’ll people, they’re good entrepreneurs and and those results are clear. And the never win another national election. they can start a business with less and morning then of the 7th of November, In fact, Mr. Speaker, the President of make it go very, very well with that some self-appointed experts woke up the United States, President Obama, network of family and work ethic. and decided—oh, probably they didn’t came before Republican House Mem- That’s what we see in front of us. But sleep very well because it was clear bers in a conference about a month ago if you ask the question in a setting that they were wrong on their pre- and said just that. He said that we that is the perspective of a good and ef- dictions. And so how would they then would never win another national elec- fective and thorough, objective poll, describe why they were so wrong in tion if we don’t pass comprehensive im- you’ll find out that Hispanics are about their bold predictions, even as high as migration reform. 2-to-1 in favor of larger, more govern- 60 or more Republican seats in the Sen- And here’s the one that’s the hardest ment involvement, more government ate, and Mitt Romney sweeping swing to accept as being delivered with a se- services, which results in higher taxes. State after swing State? rious look on his face, although I’m Well, that’s the other party that ad- It didn’t happen, of course, Mr. sure there had to be a little snicker in vertises we need more government, Speaker. How would they describe why his mind. He said, to you Republicans, more taxes, more government services. they were so wrong? I’m trying to help you. The President They do that because they are in the It didn’t take them very long, after said he’s trying to help us by advo- business of expanding the dependency the sun came up, or maybe even before cating for an amnesty plan, com- class in America. They want, Mr. they went to bed that night, to decide prehensive immigration reform; and Speaker, more Americans to be depend- they were going to tell the American that’s going to fix the problem of fall- ent upon government, even if we have people that the election loss—and I ing a little short in winning the Presi- to borrow the money from the Chinese wouldn’t characterize it as a loss—it dential election last November 6. and the Saudis in order to provide was a failure to achieve the goals we these ‘‘services’’ because it empowers 1720 had set, but the President maintained b their electoral base and empowers his seat in the White House. But that Well, there are a few facts that them here in this Congress. election loss, as they characterized it, should be known, Mr. Speaker, and one We’re on the other side of this issue, came about because Mitt Romney said of them is that, according to my team Republicans. We want to expand per- two words—‘‘self-deport’’—and that ex- of staff as they sat on their Black- sonal responsibility. We want to explains it all, almost as logically as the berrys, Barack Obama received 8 mil- pand all of the human potential that video explains the violence in lion fewer votes than he did in 2008 and we possibly can. We want this Amer- Benghazi. Mitt Romney received 1 million fewer ican vigor to be unleashed and to grow No, it wasn’t because Mitt Romney votes than JOHN MCCAIN did in 2008. this economy and to grow our gross do- said those two words, and it wasn’t be- That means there are 9 million people, mestic product. They are two com- cause we had failed to achieve as large at least, that stayed home—the elec- peting ideologies. One is John Maynard a percentage of the Hispanic-Latino torate should have gotten larger—9 Keynes, who believed you could borrow vote, although that number dropped off million people that stayed home alto- money and hand it to people and ask from about 31 percent that JOHN gether. Why were they not energized? them to spend it, and somehow that MCCAIN achieved, down to 27 percent, Why didn’t Barack Obama energize spending would create this giant, end- according to the exit polls, that Mitt them? Why didn’t Mitt Romney ener- less chain letter that would stimulate Romney achieved. gize them? We need to know the an- the economy. The other side comes out It wasn’t even the low. The modern- swers to those questions just to begin of the Adam Smith side, or you might day low percentage for Hispanic vote this discussion. say the Austrian economic side, that went to Bob Dole; and if my memory Another one would be, how impor- believes that you need production on serves me correctly, that was at 22 per- tant was the immigration issue to peo- the production side of our economy for cent. ple in this country? Not important it to grow and has less emphasis on the I noticed that as they began to spin enough that the Presidential can- consumption side, and if you let people the narrative that it was all about im- didates would make a debate issue out invest capital and get a return on that migration, along with that came the of it or campaign on it. So it wasn’t on capital investment, they will do their position that many of the advocates the radar screen of the Presidential best and contribute and the economy had had for a long time. These were the candidates, who have the most exten- will grow. That’s a competing philos- people that were the promoters of—and sive and expensive polling of anybody ophy that’s different between Repub- I put it in quotes—‘‘comprehensive im- in the country. licans and Democrats. Republicans migration reform,’’ and that’s the lan- So why was that an issue? I’d point want to empower the individual. And guage that emerged during George W. out Republicans lost an even larger to empower the individual, you have to Bush’s administration when they first share of the Asian vote than they did respect and appreciate and encourage advocated the amnesty, the modern- the Hispanic vote, but what was the this free enterprise economy that had day amnesty that is a policy that much list of priorities that they had, and was built the United States. of it was written off of the 1986 Am- immigration at the top? No, actually, Mr. Speaker, if you take a natu- nesty Act that Ronald Reagan signed. it was fifth or sixth along the line. ralization test there are a series of But their argument was Mitt Rom- Like everybody else, we are all flash cards, a stack of them that you ney would be President if he had just human beings and we’re all deserving can get from Citizenship and Immigra- had a better outreach to the Hispanic of respect and we’re all created in tion Services so that a legal immigrant vote. And so those of us that heard God’s image. But people think the can study to be naturalized as an

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Actually, it just says Abraham why would they be so willing and some Many other employers were concerned Lincoln on the other side, Mr. Speaker. of them eager to sacrifice the rule of that they would not be able to follow What’s the economic system of the law in an effort to cynically reach out the letter of the law. It didn’t work out United States of America? Flip that and ask for a vote? Why would someone that way. They didn’t show up in office flash card over and it says free enter- vote for someone who’s willing to sac- after office, company after company. prise capitalism. rifice the rule of law? It defies my logic And after 20 years of the Amnesty Act This is not a secret. We want people application, Mr. Speaker. And amnesty that was 800,000 to 1 million. Because of to be empowered by freedom, by God- is a sacrifice of the rule of law. And document fraud and just a given liberty, not dependent upon some once you give it, once you grant it, it’s misestimation of the numbers, that political party that’s going to hand out almost impossible to restore it. 800,000 to 1 million became 3 million the largesse of government at the ex- I remember when Ronald Reagan people that were granted amnesty in pense of other people and actually at signed the Amnesty Act of 1986. And I that act that was signed by Ronald the expense of borrowing money from was not in politics at the time. I was Reagan in 1986. foreign countries to drive us into debt operating my construction company Now, what did we learn from that, of now nearly $16.8 trillion in national that was 11 years old at the time, rais- Mr. Speaker? And those who fail to debt. ing three young sons, struggling learn from history are condemned to So the cynical effort to expand the through the farm crisis decade of the repeat it. Well, I have this document political base erodes the rule of law, eighties. But I’m watching the news, that’s written by Attorney General Ed erodes free enterprise, puts America in and I’m seeing this debate take place Meese, who was Ronald Reagan’s At- debt. So now that the babies that were that we have 800,000 to a million that torney General at that period of time born today in the United States of are in the United States illegally. Gen- and charged with enforcing the immi- America owe Uncle Sam more than erally, most of them at that time came gration law that was passed in Am- $53,000 each. That’s what we have and across the southern border and stayed. nesty in ’86. This is an op-ed that he that’s what we’re dealing with. And we And there was such a big problem that wrote, published in Human Events on have a country that we need to pull we needed to address it—800,000 to a December 13, 2006. Among his dialogue back from the brink of bankruptcy. million that were here illegally then. here is this—and I’ll read some of it We’re moving in that direction under I So Ronald Reagan, I think under into the RECORD, Mr. Speaker. I think think good, strategic leadership here in great persuasive pressure from some of it’s worth our attention. It’s Attorney the House. We have a budget that we’ve the Cabinet members around him, con- General Ed Meese writing of Ronald approved that balances. And it’s too ceded that he would sign that 1986 Am- Reagan’s Amnesty Act. long for me. I don’t want to wait that nesty Act. And when he did that, my From the article, he says: long—10 years. But meanwhile, the frustration level went over the top. I Illegal immigrants who could establish President’s budget balances exactly believed that in spite of all the pres- that they had resided in America continu- never and drives us deeper and deeper sure that was brought on Ronald ously for 5 years would be granted temporary into debt and raises taxes, Mr. Speak- Reagan as President, he would see resident status, which could be upgraded to er. permanent residency after 18 months and, clearly that you can’t sacrifice the rule after another 5 years, to citizenship. It So how do we bring out the greatness of law in order to solve a problem that of America? The greatness of America wasn’t automatic. They had to pay applica- came about because of not enforcing tion fees. They had to learn to speak was described by Ronald Reagan when the law, and that the promise of en- English. They had to understand American he talked about the shining city on the forcement in the future was not going civics, pass a medical exam and register for hill. But Ronald Reagan never spoke to be upheld adequately to compensate military selective service. Those with con- about the shining city on the hill as for the amnesty that they were grant- victions for a felony or three misdemeanors being our destiny. He spoke about it as ing in that bill. were ineligible. the America that we were and presum- Now the promise was this: every em- Mr. Speaker, this language is almost ably the America that we are. I will ployer was going to have to fill out for verbatim the language that was argue that our job is to refurbish the each applicant an I–9 form. That I–9 plugged into the 2006 Amnesty Act and pillars of American exceptionalism, to form had—I gave it shorthand and into what is likely to come out of the strengthen us in all of those pillars. We called it name, rank, and serial num- Senate. know what they are. They’re very ber, but other data, too, of the job ap- I would be happy to yield for an an- clear. Many of them are in the Bill of plicant. I remember my fear that the nouncement. Rights. Freedom of speech is a pillar of INS, the Immigration and Naturaliza- f American exceptionalism. I’m exer- tion Service of the time, would come MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE cising it at this moment, Mr. Speaker. into my office and go through my files Freedom of speech, religion, the press A message from the Senate by Ms. and audit me and make sure that I had Curtis, one of its clerks, announced and assembly; the right to keep and every I–9 form exactly filed right, and bear arms; the right to face your ac- that the Senate has passed a bill of the I want to make sure I didn’t miss it following title in which the concur- cuser in a court of law and be tried by with anyone. a jury of your peers; single, not double rence of the House is requested: jeopardy; the right to property; the b 1730 S. 716. An act to modify the requirements right to see that the enumerated pow- We religiously followed the new 1986 under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure state- ers that are exclusively to the United Amnesty Act requirements that there ments and related forms. States Congress, those other powers de- would be I–9 forms. We expected that volve to the States or the people re- there would be enforcement and pen- f spectively. Those are some of the pil- alties for employers that violated that COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION lars. I mentioned free enterprise cap- because the premise was the Federal REFORM—CONTINUED italism as another pillar of American Government, enforced by the Justice The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- exceptionalism. But wrapped up within Department at the time, would be tleman may proceed. this, within this Constitution that I there to audit employers and enforce Mr. KING of Iowa. Thank you, Mr. carry in my jacket pocket, is the su- the rule of law. That was the full-blown Speaker. preme law of the land, our Constitu- premise that came with Ronald Rea- I had to pause for a minute there. I tion, and we would not be America if gan’s signature on the Amnesty Act of was concerned that might be the Am- we didn’t have all of these pillars that 1986. nesty Act coming over from the United

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That doesn’t mean that we don’t like that was copied and pasted into the On our side of the aisle, I don’t un- or have some animosity towards some- 2006 Amnesty Act that they called derstand—and I think it’s because a lot one who has come here from another ‘‘comprehensive immigration reform’’ of our own people don’t have this fig- country, and even those who come here because they knew the word ‘‘am- ured out. They’re looking for someone illegally. But our first loyalty and our nesty’’ would sink the bill then. Now else to lead them, and they’re looking first consideration and our heart-felt they know that ‘‘comprehensive immi- for perhaps an easy way. But every pro- support has to be for those people who gration reform’’ is code words for am- posal that has been brought forward are Americans, whether they were born nesty. The American people figured here out of, let’s say, the Gang of Eight here or whether they came here as that out in short order. or the ‘‘secret gang’’ in the House legal immigrants and are now part of I will continue with the op-ed written seems to have with it instantaneous le- our American family. galization of 11, 12, 13—20 million peo- by Attorney General Meese in 2006. He b 1740 said, as I remarked: ple, all of them, with the exceptions of There is nothing wrong with sup- If this sounds familiar, it’s because these those who have been convicted of or are pretty much the same provisions that perhaps charged with a felony, those porting your family. That doesn’t were included in the Comprehensive Reform who have been convicted of three seri- mean you’re being selfish by not sell- Act of 2006, which its supporters claim is not ous misdemeanors. That goes right ing your car or giving away your chil- amnesty. In the end, slight differences in back to this language of the ’86 Am- dren’s birthright to some other person process do not change the overriding fact nesty Act: ‘‘Those with convictions for down the block. No, you should be tak- that the 1986 law and the recent Senate legis- ing care of your family. And we Ameri- lation both include an amnesty. The dif- a felony or three misdemeanors were ineligible,’’ according to Attorney Gen- cans are a family that’s made up of ference is that President Reagan called it every race, every religion, and every what it was. eral Meese. So nothing has changed here, except ethnic group. We had an honest man in the White we have a lot more Republicans that The people who are the real racists in House who called it what it was. I con- think instantaneous legalization—and this whole debate are the ones who tinue from Attorney General Meese: they’d argue that it’s not a path to want to, first of all, tie illegal immi- The lesson from the 1986 experience is that citizenship. I happen to have this little gration with legal immigration. The such an amnesty did not solve the problem. quote from one of the Gang of Eight fact is that they say, well, look, the There was extensive document fraud; the immigrants, this and that. The fact is, number of people applying for amnesty far where he made us this point, which is exceeded the projections. And there was a he says that a green card is not a path when you want to put those same failure of political will to enforce new laws to citizenship. The reason they have to groups together, that is not what this against employers. After a brief slowdown, say that is because the path to the debate is all about. illegal immigration returned to high levels green card is a path to citizenship if Mr. KING and I know full well that and continued unabated, forming the nucleus the green card is a path to citizenship. what’s happening here today is an ef- of today’s large population of illegal aliens. There has been an awful lot of misin- fort to take, not people who have come So here we are, 20 years later, having much to our country legally, not to change the same debate. formation that’s put out here and erro- neous conclusions drawn, unexamined their status legally, that’s not my ef- Mr. Speaker, we’re here right now by the American public that has for- fort, that’s not Mr. KING’s effort, but having the same debate that we had in gotten, perhaps, about the 2006 Am- the effort that’s going on is to take 11 2006, which was, according to Attorney nesty Act or the 1986 Amnesty Act. million to 20 million people who are in General Meese, the same debate we had I see the gentleman from California, our country illegally, whose presence in 1986. who was engaged in the Reagan admin- oftentimes is a threat to the well-being What would President Reagan do? I istration and knew Ronald Reagan as of people that have elected us to watch often ask that. Actually, I’d like to well as anybody in this United States out for their interests, meaning the wear a wristband, What Would Ronald Congress, is here on this floor. I would American people in our country, that Reagan Do? be happy to yield so much time as he the only issue is what are we going to Attorney General Meese continues: may consume, even if he consumes it do with those 11 to 20 million people. What would President Reagan do? For one all. But I would suggest it looks like If we continue to take away from thing, he would not repeat the mistakes of it’s 4 to 5 minutes left. those American citizens, those seniors the past, including those of his own adminis- I yield to the gentleman from Cali- or those kids in school, with our very tration. He knew that secure borders are limited dollars right now, and we have vital and would now insist on meeting that fornia. priority first. He would seek to strengthen Mr. ROHRABACHER. Thank you 22 million people who are out of work, the enforcement of existing immigration very much. and we continue to take away from laws. He would employ new tools—like bio- First of all, I would like to make sure them and give benefits and jobs to peo- metric technology for identification, and that those people who are reading the ple who come here illegally, who are camera sensors and satellites to monitor the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD or those people not part of our family, we can expect border—that make enforcement and verifica- who are watching this presentation on even more and more and more people tion less onerous and more effective. C–SPAN, or our colleagues who are in to come here until it is a disaster, That sounds like some things that a their offices, watching from their of- which it already has been a disaster for number of us have been advocating for fices, should take note of the courage many middle-income and lower-income some time. and the hard work that Congressman Americans. It will be a disaster to Then Attorney General Meese con- KING has put into this issue. And it is them. tinues—and I skip down a little ways: not because Congressman KING or those What we are trying to do is help se- To give those here illegally the oppor- of us who have worked with him on cure the well-being of our people. As I tunity to correct their status by returning to this issue have any animosity towards say, I think that’s done out of love. It’s their country of origin and getting in line anyone else. Congressman KING is a done out of the idea that you don’t ba- with everyone else. strong Christian and knows that hatred sically give away everything to some- Now, Mr. Speaker, it’s appalling to and animosity is not a positive virtue. body who is down the street when your me to think that the advocates—I un- But to the same degree, what is, own family needs some food. That’s not derstand the other side of the aisle; I then, Congressman KING’s motive? Why being selfish. understand the political motivation of does he put up with this? Why does he I recently have been through some the people on the other side of the work so hard? Because he loves the hardship in my family, in terms of

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We that plan. one, from anywhere, could become an Amer- cannot afford, if we try, to take care of President Reagan set out to correct the ican. That means that while we seek to meet all of the people in the world who can loss of control at our borders. Border secu- the challenge of illegal immigration, we come here, whether they come here il- rity and enforcement of immigration laws must keep open the door of opportunity by legally or not. If someone has come would be greatly strengthened—in par- preserving and enhancing our heritage of here illegally, we cannot afford to take ticular, through sanctions against employers legal immigration—assuring that those who care of all of their health needs with- who hired illegal immigrants. If jobs were choose to come here permanently become the attraction for illegal immigrants, then Americans. In the end, it was his principled out actually hurting our own people. cutting off that option was crucial. policy—and it should be ours—to ‘‘humanely That’s what this whole debate is about. He also agreed with the legislation in ad- regain control of our borders and thereby I was down in El Salvador. Ask Con- justing the status of immigrants—even if preserve the value of one of the most sacred gressman KING. I was in El Salvador they had entered illegally—who were law- possessions of our people: American citizen- about 3 years ago. And I’ll never forget, abiding long-term residents, many of whom ship.’’ had children in the United States. Illegal im- my wife and I were sitting there at the f airport, and in about 20 minutes there’s migrants who could establish that they had resided in America continuously for five ADJOURNMENT a direct flight between LAX, Los Ange- years would be granted temporary resident les, and El Salvador and back. We were status, which could be upgraded to perma- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I there in El Salvador waiting to go back nent residency after 18 months and, after an- move that the House do now adjourn. to LAX. Twenty minutes before the other five years, to citizenship. It wasn’t The motion was agreed to; accord- flight took off, out come the wheel- automatic. They had to pay application fees, ingly (at 5 o’clock and 45 minutes chairs, and about 20 infirm seniors are learn to speak English, understand American p.m.), under its previous order, the wheeled into that plane. None of them civics, pass a medical exam and register for House adjourned until tomorrow, Fri- were Americans. They were, obviously, military selective service. Those with con- day, April 12, 2013, at 10 a.m. victions for a felony or three misdemeanors all El Salvadorans. were ineligible. f Now, no one can tell me today that If this sounds familiar, it’s because these those people, if they’re still alive, are are pretty much the same provisions in- OATH OF OFFICE MEMBERS, RESI- not consuming enormous amounts of cluded in the Comprehensive Reform Act of DENT COMMISSIONER, AND DEL- health care dollars that should be 2006, which its supporters claim is not am- EGATES going to take care of our own people. nesty. In the end, slight differences in proc- The oath of office required by the That doesn’t mean that I have any ani- ess do not change the overriding fact that sixth article of the Constitution of the mosity towards them. I wish the people the 1986 law and the recent Senate legislation both include an amnesty. The difference United States, and as provided by sec- of El Salvador well. is that President Reagan called it for what it tion 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 We need to make sure that we are was. Stat. 22), to be administered to Mem- watching out. The fundamental issue LESSON OF 1986 bers, Resident Commissioner, and Dele- today is whose side are you on, or The lesson from the 1986 experience is that gates of the House of Representatives, who’s watching out for the people of such an amnesty did not solve the problem. the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. the United States? And I would ask all There was extensive document fraud, and the 3331: of us to join Congressman KING in mak- number of people applying for amnesty far ‘‘I, AB, do solemnly swear (or af- ing sure that the American people are exceeded projections. And there was a failure firm) that I will support and defend not damaged by this irresponsibility of political will to enforce new laws against the Constitution of the United that we have towards people from an- employers. After a brief slowdown, illegal States against all enemies, foreign other country who have come here ille- immigration returned to high levels and con- and domestic; that I will bear true gally. tinued unabated, forming the nucleus of today’s large population of illegal aliens. faith and allegiance to the same; Mr. KING of Iowa. I thank the gen- So here we are, 20 years later, having much that I take this obligation freely, tleman from California for coming to the same debate and being offered much the without any mental reservation or the floor. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, same deal. purpose of evasion; and that I will and I yield back the balance of my What would President Reagan do? For one well and faithfully discharge the time. thing, he would not repeat the mistakes of duties of the office on which I am [From Human Events, April 11, 2013] the past, including those of his own adminis- about to enter. So help me God.’’ tration. He knew that secure borders are REAGAN WOULD NOT REPEAT AMNESTY vital, and would now insist on meeting that has been subscribed to in person and MISTAKE priority first. He would seek to strengthen filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the (By Edwin Meese) the enforcement of existing immigration House of Representatives by the fol- What would Ronald Reagan do? I can’t tell laws. He would employ new tools—like bio- lowing Member of the 113th Congress, you how many times I have been asked that metric technology for identification, and pursuant to the provisions of 2 U.S.C. question, on virtually every issue imag- cameras, sensors and satellites to monitor 25: inable. the border—that make enforcement and As much as we all want clarity and cer- verification less onerous and more effective. ROBIN L. KELLY, Second District of tainty, I usually refrain from specific an- One idea President Reagan had at the time Illinois. swers. That’s because it is very difficult to that we might also try improving on is to f directly translate particular political deci- create a pilot program that would allow sions to another context, in another time. genuinely temporary workers to come to the EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, The better way to answer the question—and United States—a reasonable program con- ETC. the way President Reagan himself would ap- sistent with security and open to the needs Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive proach such questions—is to understand Rea- and dynamics of our market economy. gan’s principles and how they should apply And what about those already here? Today communications were taken from the in today’s politics, and review past decisions it seems to me that the fair policy, one that Speaker’s table and referred as follows: and consider what lessons they have for us. will not encourage further illegal immigra- 1029. A letter from the Director, Regu- Immigration is one area where Reagan’s tion, is to give those here illegally the oppor- latory Management Division, Environmental principles can guide us, and the lessons are tunity to correct their status by returning to Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- instructive. their country of origin and getting in line cy’s final rule — Clothianidin; Pesticide Tol- I was attorney general two decades ago with everyone else. This, along with serious erances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0860; FRL-9378-6] during the debate over what became the Im- enforcement and control of the illegal inflow received March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. migration Reform and Control Act of 1986. at the border—a combination of incentives 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- President Reagan, acting on the rec- and disincentives—will significantly reduce culture. ommendation of a bipartisan task force, sup- over time our population of illegal immi- 1030. A letter from the Chief Counsel, ported a comprehensive approach to the grants. FEMA, Department of Homeland Security,

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A letter from the Paralegal Spe- latory Management Division, Environmental 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Resources. mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- cy’s final rule — Approval and Disapproval 1040. A letter from the Acting Deputy Di- worthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Air- and Promulgation of Air Quality Implemen- rector, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, planes [Docket No.: FAA-2012-0641; Direc- tation Plans; Colorado; Revision to Defini- NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric torate Identifier 2011-NM-258-AD; Amend- tions; Common Provisions Regulation [EPA- Administration, transmitting the Adminis- ment 39-17378; AD 2013-05-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) R08-OAR-2011-0036; FRL-9284-4] received tration’s final rule — Fisheries of the Carib- received March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. March 26, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. bean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the tation and Infrastructure. Commerce. Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip 1049. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- 1032. A letter from the Director, Regu- Limit Reduction [Docket No.: 001005281-0369- cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- latory Management Division, Environmental 02] (RIN: 0648-XC553) received March 27, 2013, mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- worthiness Directives; Airbus Airplanes cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation mittee on Natural Resources. [Docket No.: FAA-2012-1160; Directorate of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Arkan- 1041. A letter from the Acting Deputy Di- Identifier 2012-NM-096-AD; Amendment 39- sas; Prevention of Significant Deterioration; rector, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Na- 17381; AD 2013-05-09] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revisions tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. [EPA-R06-OAR-2012-0639; FRL-9795-4] re- tion, transmitting the Administration’s final 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- ceived March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic tation and Infrastructure. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 1050. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- Commerce. 630 in the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- 1033. A letter from the Director, Regu- 120918468-3111-02] (RIN: 0648-XC550) received mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- latory Management Division, Environmental March 27, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. worthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutsch- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural land Ltd & Co KG Turbojet Engines [Docket cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Resources. No.: FAA-2012-1006; Directorate Identifier of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; 1042. A letter from the Acting Deputy Di- FAA-2012-NE-28-AD; Amendment 39-17392; AD Particulate Matter Standards [EPA-R05- rector, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Na- 2013-05-20] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March OAR-2012-0088; FRL-9783-5] received March tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to tion, transmitting the Administration’s final the Committee on Transportation and Infra- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic structure. 1051. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- 1034. A letter from the Director, Regu- Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Ves- cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- latory Management Division, Environmental sels Using Trawl Gear in the Bearing Sea and mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket worthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutsch- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation No.: 121018563-3148-02] (RIN: 0648-XC552) re- land Ltd & Co KG Turbofan Engines [Docket of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vir- ceived March 27, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. No.: FAA-2012-1100; Directorate Identifier ginia; Transportation Conformity Regula- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural 2012-NE-29-AD; Amendment 39-17385; AD 2013- tions [EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0082; FRL-9795-6] Resources. 05-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 26, received March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1043. A letter from the Deputy Director, Of- 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- Committee on Transportation and Infra- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Commerce. structure. 1035. A letter from the Director, Regu- tion, transmitting the Administration’s final 1052. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- latory Management Division, Environmental rule — Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; General mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Category Fishery [Docket No.: 120306154-2241- worthiness Directives; Eurocopter France of Implementation Plans and Operating Per- 02] (RIN: 0648-XC506) received March 27, 2013, Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0240; Di- mits Program; State of Missouri [EPA-R07- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- rectorate Identifier 2011-SW-060-AD] (RIN: OAR-2012-0749; FRL-9795-2] received March mittee on Natural Resources. 2120-AA64) received March 26, 2013, pursuant 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 1044. A letter from the Acting Deputy Di- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Committee on Energy and Commerce. rector, Office Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Transportation and Infrastructure. 1036. A letter from the Director, Regu- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- 1053. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- latory Management Division, Environmental tration, transmitting the Administration’s cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- final rule — Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf mitting the Department’s final rule — Acti- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Gulf of Mex- vation of Ice Protection [Docket No.: FAA- of Implementation Plans; Texas; Reasonably ico Reef Fish Fishery; 2013 Accountability 2009-0675; Amendment No. 121-363] (RIN: 2120- Available Control Technology for the 1997 8- Measure for Gulf of Mexico Commercial Gray AJ43) received March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Triggerfish [Docket No.: 120417412-2412-01] U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Standard [EPA-R06-OAR-2012-0100; FRL-9795- (RIN: 0648-XC510) received March 27, 2013, Transportation and Infrastructure. 3] received March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 1054. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- mittee on Natural Resources. cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- ergy and Commerce. 1045. A letter from the Acting Deputy Di- mitting the Department’s final rule — Type 1037. A letter from the Director, Regu- rector, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Certification Procedures for Changed Prod- latory Management Division, Environmental NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric ucts [Docket No.: FAA-2001-8994; Amdt. No. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Administration, transmitting the Adminis- 21-96] (RIN: 2120-AK19) received March 26, cy’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules tration’s final rule — Fisheries of the Exclu- 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the on Certain Chemical Substances; Technical sive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation Committee on Transportation and Infra- Amendment [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0842; FRL- of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Is- structure. 9382-2] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received March 26, lands [Docket No.: 1112077037-2141-02] (RIN: 1055. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 0648-XC543) received March 27, 2013, pursuant cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Committee on Energy and Commerce. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on mitting the Department’s final rule — 1038. A letter from the Director, Office of Natural Resources. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- 1046. A letter from the Program Manager, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Depar- anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- Department of Health and Human Services, ture Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments mitting the Administration’s final rule — transmitting the Department’s final rule — [Docket No.: 30889; Amdt. No. 3524] received Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; National Practitioner Data Bank (RIN: 0906- March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Atlantic Herring Fishery; Adjustment to 2013 AA87) received April 4, 2013, pursuant to 5 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Annual Catch Limits [Docket No.: 121022572- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- tation and Infrastructure. 3075-02] (RIN: 0648-XC318) received March 27, ergy and Commerce. 1056. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 1047. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Committee on Natural Resources. cialist, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department’s final rule — 1039. A letter from the Acting Deputy Di- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, rector, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Na- worthiness Directives; Eurocopter France and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Depar- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2012-0795; Di- ture Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1955 [Docket No.: 30890; Amdt. No. 3525] received phase-in increases in flood insurance pre- H.R. 1492. A bill to establish the Commis- March 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. mium rates for certain properties, and for sion on America and its Veterans; to the 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- other purposes; to the Committee on Finan- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addi- tation and Infrastructure. cial Services. tion to the Committee on Armed Services, 1057. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- By Mr. RAHALL: for a period to be subsequently determined cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- H.R. 1486. A bill to prohibit the Secretary by the Speaker, in each case for consider- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- of the Treasury and the Administrator of the ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- worthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutsch- Environmental Protection Agency from de- risdiction of the committee concerned. land Ltd & Co KG Turbofan Engines [Docket vising or implementing a carbon tax; to the By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for him- No.: FAA-2012-1031; Directorate Identifier Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in self, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. FRANKS 2012-NE-31-AD; Amendment 39-17391; AD 2013- addition to the Committee on Ways and of Arizona, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 05-19] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 26, Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- CRAMER, Mr. HOLDING, Mrs. ELLMERS, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- Mr. YOHO, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. sideration of such provisions as fall within Committee on Transportation and Infra- SOUTHERLAND, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BACH- the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. structure. US, Mr. COBLE, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. By Mr. MCDERMOTT: 1058. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. MEADOWS, H.R. 1487. A bill to amend titles XVIII and cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Mr. GOWDY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. XI of the Social Security Act to establish an mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- BENTIVOLIO, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. exception from the physician self-referral worthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutsch- prohibition and a safe harbor from Federal PRICE of Georgia, Mr. GINGREY of land Ltd & Co KG Turbofan Engines [Docket antikickback and other sanctions for incen- Georgia, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. No.: FAA-2012-1167; Directorate Identifier tive payments made by hospitals to physi- DAINES, and Mr. KINGSTON): 2012-NE-36-AD; Amendment 39-17396; AD 2013- cians under certain incentive payment pro- H.R. 1493. A bill to impose certain limita- 06-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 26, grams; to the Committee on Energy and tions on consent decrees and settlement 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Commerce, and in addition to the Committee agreements by agencies that require the Committee on Transportation and Infra- on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- agencies to take regulatory action in accord- structure. quently determined by the Speaker, in each ance with the terms thereof, and for other f case for consideration of such provisions as purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee ary. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON concerned. By Mr. GIBSON (for himself, Mr. CON- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania NOLLY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GRIFFIN of Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of (for himself, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. Arkansas, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl- committees were delivered to the Clerk JONES, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, and Mr. BARLETTA): vania, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. GRIMM, for printing and reference to the proper H.R. 1488. A bill to amend title II of the So- Mr. OWENS, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New calendar, as follows: cial Security Act to provide that the waiting York, Ms. MENG, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. Mr. SMITH of Texas: Committee on period for disability insurance benefits shall CASTRO of Texas, Mr. YOUNG of Alas- Science, Space, and Technology. H.R. 756. A not be applicable in the case of a recovering ka, Mr. WALZ, Mr. POE of Texas, and bill to advance cybersecurity research, de- service member; to the Committee on Ways Mr. COURTNEY): velopment, and technical standards, and for and Means. H.R. 1494. A bill to direct the Secretary of other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of Defense to review the operation of certain 113–33). Referred to the Committee of the New York (for himself and Mr. GIB- ships during the Vietnam Era, and for other Whole House on the state of the Union. SON): purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- Mr. SMITH of Texas: Committee on H.R. 1489. A bill to amend the National ices, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H.R. 967. A Dam Safety Program Act to identify and en- Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subse- bill to amend the High-Performance Com- sure the safety of dams in need of repair and quently determined by the Speaker, in each puting Act of 1991 to authorize activities for rehabilitation, and for other purposes; to the case for consideration of such provisions as support of networking and information tech- Committee on Transportation and Infra- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee structure. nology research, and for other purposes; with concerned. By Mr. MILLER of Florida: an amendment (Rept. 113–34). Referred to the By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. SALM- H.R. 1490. A bill to amend title 38, United ON, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mr. Committee of the Whole House on the state States Code, to prohibit the recording of a SCHWEIKERT): of the Union. patient in a facility of the Department of f Veterans Affairs without the informed con- H.R. 1495. A bill to prohibit the further ex- sent of the patient; to the Committee on tension or establishment of national monu- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Veterans’ Affairs. ments in Arizona except by express author- Under clause 2 of rule XII, public By Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Mr. ization of Congress; to the Committee on Natural Resources. bills and resolutions of the following YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, By Mr. GRAVES of Georgia (for him- titles were introduced and severally re- CHRADER UNCAN Mr. FARR, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SPEIER, self, Mr. S , Mr. D of ferred, as follows: ISHOP Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. CHU, South Carolina, Mr. B of Geor- OE EST By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. CON- Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. gia, Mr. P of Texas, Mr. W - MORELAND A ALFA YERS, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, and CAPPS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. LEE of , Mr. L M , Mr. RAWFORD ATTA USTIN Mr. CUMMINGS): California, Mr. KILMER, Mr. C , Mr. L , Mr. A COTT OUTHERLAND H.R. 1483. A bill to amend the Federal De- HUFFMAN, Mr. HECK of Washington, S of Georgia, Mr. S , TUTZMAN OHO posit Insurance Act to provide requirements and Ms. DELBENE): Mr. S , Mr. Y , Mr. for appropriate Federal banking agencies H.R. 1491. A bill to authorize the Adminis- VALADAO, and Mr. BROUN of Georgia): when using independent consultants in car- trator of the National Oceanic and Atmos- H.R. 1496. A bill to require the Adminis- rying out a consent order, to grant SIGTARP pheric Administration to provide certain trator of the Environmental Protection authority to provide oversight of such con- funds to eligible entities for activities under- Agency to withdraw the proposed order pub- sultants, and for other purposes; to the Com- taken to address the marine debris impacts lished in the January 19, 2011 Federal Reg- mittee on Financial Services. of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and ister (76 FR 3422) pertaining to the pesticide By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan: subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes; sulfuryl fluoride; to the Committee on En- H.R. 1484. A bill to amend title XVIII of the to the Committee on Transportation and In- ergy and Commerce. Social Security Act to make publicly avail- frastructure, and in addition to the Com- By Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. MIL- able on the official Medicare Internet site mittee on Natural Resources, for a period to LER of Florida, Mr. DUNCAN of South Medicare payment rates for frequently reim- be subsequently determined by the Speaker, Carolina, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. bursed hospital inpatient procedures, hos- in each case for consideration of such provi- JONES, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ROE of pital outpatient procedures, and physicians’ sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Tennessee, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. services; to the Committee on Ways and committee concerned. LATTA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CHABOT, Means, and in addition to the Committee on By Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Mr. COBLE, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. PETERS Energy and Commerce, for a period to be BLUMENAUER, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. FARR, of California, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in Ms. NORTON, Mr. JONES, Mr. RUSH, KLINE): each case for consideration of such provi- Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. RYAN of H.R. 1497. A bill to amend title 36, United sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Ohio, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. ENYART, Mr. States Code, to ensure that memorials com- committee concerned. CICILLINE, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. memorating the service of the United States By Mr. LOBIONDO: LOWENTHAL, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GRI- Armed Forces may contain religious sym- H.R. 1485. A bill to amend the National JALVA, Ms. LEE of California, and Mr. bols, and for other purposes; to the Com- Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to modify the MCNERNEY): mittee on Natural Resources.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Apr 06, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\APR2013\H11AP3.REC H11AP3 bjneal on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H1956 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 11, 2013 By Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Ms. tial forum for claims brought by United By Mrs. NOEM: MOORE, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRIS- States citizens and others against any rail- H.R. 1511. A bill to amend the Healthy For- HAM of New Mexico, Mr. POCAN, and road organized as a separate legal entity, ests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote time- Mr. MCDERMOTT): arising from the deportation of United ly emergency rehabilitation and restoration H.R. 1498. A bill to extend the interest rate States citizens and others to Nazi concentra- of Federal forest land impacted by cata- for Federal Direct Stafford Loans; to the tion camps on trains owned or operated by strophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-pe- Committee on Education and the Workforce. such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors riod funding normally made available for By Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Mr. of such persons, and for other purposes; to land acquisition to mechanical forest treat- GRIMM, and Mr. CROWLEY): the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi- ment and salvage operations due to cata- H.R. 1499. A bill to ensure that homeowners tion to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, strophic events, and for other purposes; to who have mortgages insured by the FHA, or for a period to be subsequently determined the Committee on Agriculture, and in addi- owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or by the Speaker, in each case for consider- tion to the Committee on Natural Resources, Freddie Mac, and whose homes are located in ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- for a period to be subsequently determined major disaster areas are notified of any for- risdiction of the committee concerned. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- bearance relief in connection with such dis- By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- aster that is offered or recommended by the BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLU- risdiction of the committee concerned. FHA, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, MENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. By Mr. PEARCE: the Federal National Mortgage Association, CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLAY, Mr. H.R. 1512. A bill to prohibit the further ex- or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor- CONYERS, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, tension or establishment of national monu- poration, and for other purposes; to the Com- Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. GRIJALVA, ments in New Mexico except by express au- mittee on Financial Services. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HOLT, thorization of Congress; to the Committee on By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. Mr. HONDA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. Natural Resources. NORTON, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. JACKSON KEATING, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. By Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. LEE, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. CARO- MARINO, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. GER- GRIJALVA, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, LYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. LACH): Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. ELLISON, MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. H.R. 1513. A bill to revise the boundaries of Mr. O’ROURKE, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. NADLER, the Gettysburg National Military Park to in- PAYNE, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. clude the Gettysburg Train Station and cer- Mr. VARGAS, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. CAPU- PAYNE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. tain land along Plum Run in Cumberland ANO, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Township, to limit the means by which prop- NOLAN, Mr. VELA, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, erty within such revised boundaries may be HINOJOSA, and Mr. YOHO): Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. WAX- acquired, and for other purposes; to the Com- H.R. 1500. A bill to amend section 9A of the MAN, and Ms. WILSON of Florida): mittee on Natural Resources. Richard B. Russell National School Lunch H.R. 1506. A bill to reduce the number of By Mr. SARBANES: Act to require that local school wellness nuclear-armed submarines operated by the H.R. 1514. A bill to amend the Elementary policies include a requirement that students Navy, to prohibit the development of a new and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to au- receive 50 hours of school nutrition edu- long-range penetrating bomber aircraft, to thorize competitive grants to prepare and cation per school year; to the Committee on reduce the number of intercontinental bal- train school principals on effective core com- Education and the Workforce. listic missiles operated by the Department of petencies and instructional leadership skills; By Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Mr. Defense, and for other purposes; to the Com- to the Committee on Education and the CROWLEY, and Mr. ISRAEL): mittee on Armed Services. Workforce. H.R. 1501. A bill to direct the Secretary of By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. By Mr. SIRES (for himself and Mr. the Interior to study the suitability and fea- SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. BURGESS, DIAZ-BALART): sibility of designating the Prison Ship Mar- Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. JOHN- H.R. 1515. A bill to amend the Foreign As- tyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park, in the SON of Georgia, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. sistance Act of 1961 to codify the cooperative New York City borough of Brooklyn, as a NORTON, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. MOORE, agreement, known as the Health Tech- unit of the National Park System; to the Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New nologies program, under which the United Committee on Natural Resources. York, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. States Agency for International Develop- By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for ROSKAM, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. TIER- ment supports the development of tech- himself, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. NEY, Mr. ISRAEL, and Ms. EDDIE BER- nologies for global health, and for other pur- REICHERT, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl- NICE JOHNSON of Texas): poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. vania, Mr. REED, Mr. GRIFFIN of Ar- H.R. 1507. A bill to amend title XVIII of the By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for kansas, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. SMITH of Ne- Social Security Act to increase diagnosis of himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DUNCAN braska, Mr. BOUSTANY, and Mr. Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, of Tennessee, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. SCHOCK): leading to better care and outcomes for BROWN of Florida, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. H.R. 1502. A bill to amend title II of the So- Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease cial Security Act to prevent concurrent re- PIERLUISI, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MCCOL- and related dementias; to the Committee on LUM, Ms. HAHN, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. ceipt of unemployment benefits and Social Energy and Commerce, and in addition to KINGSTON, and Mr. ELLISON): Security disability insurance, and for other the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe- purposes; to the Committee on Ways and H.R. 1516. A bill to amend title 14, United riod to be subsequently determined by the States Code, to modify the process for con- Means. Speaker, in each case for consideration of By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself and gressional nomination of individuals for ap- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- pointment as cadets at the Coast Guard Mr. HUELSKAMP): tion of the committee concerned. H.R. 1503. A bill to repeal a certain rule re- Academy, and for other purposes; to the By Mr. MARKEY: Committee on Transportation and Infra- lating to nutrition standards in the national H.R. 1508. A bill to provide for the issuance structure. school lunch and school breakfast programs, of an Alzheimer’s Disease Research By Mr. WALBERG: and for other purposes; to the Committee on Semipostal Stamp; to the Committee on H.R. 1517. A bill to amend titles II and Education and the Workforce. Oversight and Government Reform, and in XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself and addition to the Committee on Energy and a Social Security Surplus Protection Ac- Mr. CICILLINE): Commerce, for a period to be subsequently count in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors H.R. 1504. A bill to amend the Magnuson- determined by the Speaker, in each case for Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage- consideration of such provisions as fall with- Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Se- ment Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-At- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- curity surplus and a Medicare Surplus Pro- lantic Fishery Management Council; to the cerned. tection Account in the Federal Hospital In- surance Trust Fund to hold the Medicare Committee on Natural Resources. By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. CON- surplus, to provide for suspension of invest- By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of NOLLY, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. MCKIN- ment of amounts held in such Accounts until New York (for herself, Ms. ROS- LEY): LEHTINEN, Ms. BASS, Mr. RUPPERS- H.R. 1509. A bill to establish a 5-year dem- enactment of legislation providing for in- BERGER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. RANGEL, onstration program to provide skills to vestment of the Trust Funds in investment Mr. SARBANES, Mr. HOLT, Mr. PAS- classroom teachers and staff who work with vehicles other than obligations of the United CRELL, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. CONNOLLY, children with autism spectrum disorders; to States, and to establish a Social Security Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. BROWN of Florida, the Committee on Education and the Work- and Medicare Part A Investment Commis- Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NAD- force. sion to make recommendations for alter- LER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. By Mr. NEUGEBAUER (for himself, native forms of investment of the Social Se- HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. curity and Medicare surpluses; to the Com- Mr. KING of New York, Ms. FRANKEL GOODLATTE, and Mr. WILLIAMS): mittee on Ways and Means. of Florida, and Mr. WEBER of Texas): H.R. 1510. A bill to improve and extend cer- By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. H.R. 1505. A bill to ensure that the courts tain nutrition programs; to the Committee LOBIONDO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. of the United States may provide an impar- on Agriculture. COHEN, Mr. PITTS, and Mr. MORAN):

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By Mr. JEFFRIES: other purposes; to the Committee on Energy Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1498. and Commerce. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Article I, § 8, clause 18 lation pursuant to the following: RAHALL, and Mr. MCKINLEY): By Mr. MILLER of Florida: The bill is enacted pursuant to the power H. Res. 151. A resolution recognizing the H.R. 1490. granted to Congress under Article 1, Section sesquicentennial of West Virginia statehood; Congress has the power to enact this legis- 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- lation pursuant to the following: tion. ment Reform. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of By Mr. JEFFRIES: By Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Mr. the United States. H.R. 1499. HARPER): By Ms. BONAMICI: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H. Res. 152. A resolution celebrating the H.R. 1491. lation pursuant to the following: anniversary of the enactment of Public Law Congress has the power to enact this legis- The bill is enacted pursuant to the power 87-788, commonly known as the McIntire- lation pursuant to the following: granted to Congress under Article 1, Section Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; to the Article 1, Section 8 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. MCDERMOTT: tion. H.R. 1492. By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: f Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1500. PRIVATE BILLS AND lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- RESOLUTIONS Article I, Section 8 lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia: Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- Under clause 3 of rule XII, H.R. 1493. tion relating to the power of Congress to lay Mr. KING of New York introduced a bill Congress has the power to enact this legis- and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex- (H.R. 1519) for the relief of Alemseghed lation pursuant to the following: cises, to pay the debts and provide for the Mussie Tesfamical; which was referred to the Article I, Section 1 of the United States common defense and general welfare of the Committee on the Judiciary. Constitution, Article I, Section 8 of the United States) Unitcd States Constitution, including, but By Mr. JEFFRIES: f not limited to, Clauses 1, 3 and 18, and Arti- H.R. 1501. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY cle III of the United States Constitution, Congress has the power to enact this legis- STATEMENT Section 2. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. GIBSON: The bill is enacted pursuant to the power Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of H.R. 1494. granted to Congress under Article 1, Section the Rules of the House of Representa- Congress has the power to enact this legis- 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- tives, the following statements are sub- lation pursuant to the following: tion. mitted regarding the specific powers Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas: H.R. 1502. granted to Congress in the Constitu- The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion to enact the accompanying bill or lation pursuant to the following: joint resolution. proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Con- By Ms. WATERS: the in the Government of the United States, stitution, to ‘‘provide for the common de- H.R. 1483. or in any Department or Officer thereof. fense and general welfare of the United Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. GOSAR: States.’’ lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1495. By Mr. KING of Iowa: Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1503. Congress has the power to enact this legis- the United States of America. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan: The constitutional authority of Congress lation pursuant to the following: This legislation repeals a rule made by an H.R. 1484. to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- Executive agency pursuant to an act of Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- cle IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the gress. This bill is intended to correct the lation pursuant to the following: power of Congress to dispose of and make all agency’s errant interpretation of Congress’ Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United needful rules and regulations respecting the intent as expressed in the authorizing legis- States Constitution. territory or other property belonging to the lation, and, as such, follows the responsi- By Mr. LOBIONDO: United States). bility that Congress has, under Article 1, H.R. 1485. By Mr. GRAVES of Georgia: Section. 1, to exercise all legislative powers Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1496. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- of the United States. Article I, Section 8 of the United States lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. LANGEVIN: H.R. 1504. Constitution Article I, Section 1—‘‘All legislative Pow- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. RAHALL: ers herein granted shall be vested in a Con- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1486. gress of the United States, which shall con- Article I, section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- sist of a Senate and House of Representa- stitution of the United States grants Con- lation pursuant to the following: tives. gress the authority to enact this bill. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18—‘‘To make By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of of the Constitution. all Laws which shall be necessary and proper New York: By Mr. MCDERMOTT: for carrying into Execution the foregoing H.R. 1505. H.R. 1487. Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution in the Government of the lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: United States, or in any Department or Offi- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which reads: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to cer thereof. ‘‘To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- Article I Section 8 of the United States Con- By Mr. HUNTER: tions, and among the several States, and stitution. H.R. 1497. with Indian Tribes.’’ By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. MARKEY: H.R. 1488. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1506. Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Constitutional authority for the War Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Memorial Protection Act is found in Section lation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power 3, Clause 2 of Article IV, which states in part Article 1 Section 8. granted to Congress under Article I, Section that ‘‘the Congress shall have power to dis- By Mr. MARKEY: 1, which states ‘‘All legislative Powers here- pose of and make all needful Rules and Regu- H.R. 1507. in granted shall be vested in a Congress of lations respecting the Territory and other Congress has the power to enact this legis- the United States, which shall consist of a Property belonging to the United States.’’ lation pursuant to the following: Senate and House of Representatives;’’ Constitutional authority is also found in Article 1 Section 8. And Clause 18 of Article I, Section 8, which states By Mr. MARKEY: Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United that Congress has the authority to ‘‘make H.R. 1508. States Constitution which gives Congress all Laws which shall be necessary and proper Congress has the power to enact this legis- the power ‘‘to make Rules for the Govern- for carrying into Execution the foregoing lation pursuant to the following:

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Article 1 Section 8. Congress has the power to enact this legis- EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. By Mr. MORAN: lation pursuant to the following: DELAURO, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. TIERNEY. H.R. 1509. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 H.R. 633: Mr. GRIJALVA. Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Congress shall have Power To regulate H.R. 647: Mr. GOODLATTE and Mr. WILSON of lation pursuant to the following: Commerce with foreign Nations, and among South Carolina. This legislation is authorized by Article 1, the several States, and with the Indian H.R. 649: Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. HOLT, Mr. Section 8, Clause 1, which grants Congress Tribes. CONYERS, and Ms. LEE of California. authority regarding Defence [sic] and gen- By Mr. KING of New York: H.R. 654: Mr. COURTNEY. eral Welfare of the United States. H.R. 1519. H.R. 671: Mr. MURPHY of Florida. By Mr. NEUGEBAUER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 675: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of H.R. 1510. lation pursuant to the following: Texas. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 6 H.R. 690: Mr. FINCHER. lation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have Power . . . To H.R. 695: Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 make all Laws which shall be necessary and and Mrs. LUMMIS. The Congress shall have Power to lay and proper for carrying into Execution the fore- H.R. 730: Mr. JONES, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, going Powers, and all other Powers vested by STIVERS, Ms. CHU, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. to pay the Debts and provide for the common this Constitution in the Government of the SESSIONS, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. Defence and general Welfare of the United United States, or in any Department or Offi- LONG, Mr. BENISHEK, and Mrs. HARTZLER. States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises cer thereof. H.R. 742: Mr. GIBSON. H.R. 755: Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- shall be uniform throughout the United f States. fornia. By Mrs. NOEM: ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 760: Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MASSIE, and Mr. RADEL. H.R. 1511. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 763: Mr. TERRY, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: were added to public bills and resolu- MILLER of Florida, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michi- Article 4, Section 3: The Congress shall tions as follows: gan, Mr. RIGELL, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. STUTZMAN, have Power to dispose of and make all need- H.R. 3: Mr. ROHRABACHER. and Mr. RENACCI. ful Rules and Regulations respecting the H.R. 36: Mr. LATTA, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. SCA- H.R. 783: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Territory or other Property belonging to the LISE, and Mr. BUCSHON. Texas. United States; and nothing in this Constitu- H.R. 38: Mr. CHABOT, Mr. POSEY, Mr. H.R. 792: Mr. TERRY, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. tion shall be so construed as to Prejudice ENGEL, and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. SCHRADER. any Claims of the United States, or of any H.R. 93: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 795: Mrs. HARTZLER. particular State. H.R. 137: Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. PERLMUTTER, H.R. 798: Mr. MICHAUD. H.R. 799: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska and Mr. By Mr. PEARCE: and Mr. GARAMENDI. RUNYAN. H.R. 1512. H.R. 138: Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. H.R. 800: Mr. WITTMAN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- JEFFRIES, and Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 808: Mr. HONDA. lation pursuant to the following: H. R. 141: Mrs. DAVIS of California and Mr. H.R. 813: Mr. HOLT, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Con- GARAMENDI. GRISHAM of New Mexico, and Mr. JOHNSON of stitution of the United States grants Con- H.R. 146: Mr. OWENS. Ohio. gress the power to enact this law. H.R. 164: Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. H.R. 818: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. By Mr. PERRY: MCDERMOTT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HORSFORD, H.R. 847: Mr. RUIZ and Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 1513. and Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico. H.R. 850: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. LAR- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 184: Mr. FOSTER. SON of Connecticut, Mr. HECK of Washington, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 185: Mr. OLSON. Mr. PITTS, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. COLE, and Mr. Article IV, Section 3, and Article I, Section H.R. 217: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. GINGREY of Georgia. 8, clause 18 H.R. 227: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 864: Mr. MEEKS, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. By Mr. SARBANES: H.R. 236: Mr. GARAMENDI. GENE GREEN of Texas. H.R. 1514. H.R. 258: Mr. MURPHY of Florida and Ms. H.R. 888: Mr. GARDNER, Mr. KINZINGER of Il- Congress has the power to enact this legis- BONAMICI. linois, Mr. LATHAM, and Mr. BROUN of Geor- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 268: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. gia. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 301: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of H.R. 896: Mr. PERLMUTTER. tion under the General Welfare Clause. Texas. H.R. 924: Ms. PINGREE of Maine and Mr. By Mr. SIRES: H.R. 310: Mrs. LUMMIS. KIND. H.R. 1515. H.R. 324: Mr. GARCIA, Mr. SCOTT of Vir- H.R. 940: Mr. PERRY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ERRANO ginia, and Mr. S . H.R. 942: Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 332: Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. TIERNEY, and HARPER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, and Ms. Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of Mrs. NAPOLITANO. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California. the Rules of the House of Representatives, H.R. 357: Mr. HOLT, Mr. LATTA, Mr. BILI- H.R. 948: Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. the Committee finds the authority for this RAKIS, and Mr. AMODEI. H.R. 959: Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. JONES, Mr. legislation in article I, section 8 of the Con- H.R. 358: Mr. ELLISON. CASSIDY, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LONG, and Mr. stitution H.R. 359: Mr. MORAN. BENTIVOLIO. By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: H.R. 367: Mr. BRIDENSTINE and Mr. COBLE. H.R. 960: Mrs. LOWEY. H.R. 1516. H.R. 404: Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. COURTNEY, H.R. 961: Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- and Mrs. NAPOLITANO. SCHWARTZ, and Mr. ANDREWS. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 410: Mr. BURGESS. H.R. 962: Ms. CLARKE. The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, H.R. 421: Mr. HOLT. H.R. 988: Mr. PASCRELL and Mr. HOLT. Section 8. H.R. 426: Mr. LYNCH. H.R. 1001: Mr. BACHUS and Mr. GARCIA. By Mr. WALBERG: H.R. 437: Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. H.R. 1008: Mr. SENSENBRENNER and Mr. H.R. 1517. JEFFRIES, Mr. ELLISON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, TIERNEY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- and Ms. NORTON. H.R. 1015: Mrs. ELLMERS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 455: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. LEE of Cali- Mr. JONES, and Ms. GRANGER. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1—The Con- fornia, and Mr. RANGEL. H.R. 1020: Mrs. ELLMERS. gress shall have Power To lay and collect H.R. 460: Mr. GERLACH. H.R. 1024: Mr. POE of Texas. Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay H.R. 474: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 1026: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. the Debts and provide for the common H.R. 481: Mr. COOK, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, H.R. 1038: Mr. SHERMAN and Mr. GIBBS. Defence and general Welfare of the United and Mr. O’ROURKE. H.R. 1039: Mr. BROUN of Georgia. States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises H.R. 486: Mr. GRIMM. H.R. 1063: Mr. ROSS. shall be uniform throughout the United H.R. 519: Mr. PAYNE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. H.R. 1070: Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. MAFFEI, Mrs. States CLARKE, and Mr. TIERNEY. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3—To regulate H.R. 543: Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. KIND, and Ms. SPEIER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. Commerce with foreign Nations, and among SHEA-PORTER. MCCOLLUM, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BONAMICI, and the several States, and with the Indian H.R. 556: Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Tribes; H.R. 575: Mr. BOUSTANY. H.R. 1077: Mr. CRAWFORD and Mr. OWENS. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14—To make H. R. 627: Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. STOCKMAN, Ms. H.R. 1078: Mr. NUNNELEE. Rules for the Government and Regulation of ESTY, Mr. KLINE, and Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ H.R. 1091: Mr. KLINE, Mr. BENISHEK, and the land and naval Forces. of California. Mr. GIBBS. By Mr. WHITFIELD: H.R. 630: Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BRADY of H.R. 1093: Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. BROWN of H.R. 1518. Pennsylvania, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Ms. Florida, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. JOYCE, Mr.

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QUIGLEY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of H.R. 1249: Mr. JONES, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, H.R. 1418: Mr. PITTENGER and Ms. SINEMA. Texas, Mr. TIBERI, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. KINGSTON, and H.R. 1424: Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. SWALWELL of ROYCE, Mr. TIERNEY, and Mr. KILMER. Mr. GIBBS. California, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. MURPHY of Flor- H.R. 1094: Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. RUIZ, H.R. 1250: Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PERLMUTTER, ida, and Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Ms. ESTY, Mr. RUNYAN, and Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. STOCKMAN, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. JONES. H.R. 1433: Mr. KIND, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. KIL- H.R. 1288: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio and Ms. H.R. 1128: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. DEE, Mr. MATHESON, and Mr. SMITH of Wash- H.R. 1130: Mr. MILLER of Florida. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. ington. H.R. 1141: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. H.R. 1304: Mr. BROUN of Georgia. H.R. 1441: Mr. COBLE. H.R. 1143: Mr. COBLE and Mr. GRIFFITH of H.R. 1312: Mr. GOWDY. Virginia. H.R. 1313: Mr. LYNCH and Mr. SCHRADER. H.R. 1448: Mr. PEARCE. H.R. 1317: Ms. MCCOLLUM and Mr. OLSON. H.R. 1144: Mr. CRAMER. H.R. 1476: Mr. COBLE. H.R. 1318: Mr. YARMUTH. H.R. 1146: Mr. WITTMAN. H.J. Res. 20: Mr. NEAL. H.R. 1319: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H.R. 1148: Mr. GIBBS. H.R. 1322: Mr. CONYERS. H.J. Res. 21: Mr. NEAL. H.R. 1149: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. H.R. 1331: Mr. POE of Texas and Ms. JEN- H. Con. Res. 4: Mr. PEARCE. H.R. 1151: Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. KINS. H. Con. Res. 23: Mr. HALL. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. DESJARLAIS, and Mrs. H.R. 1345: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. H. Con. Res. 24: Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. AUSTIN ELLMERS. H.R. 1351: Ms. TSONGAS and Mr. BERA of SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. HARTZLER, and Mr. H.R. 1154: Mr. COHEN. California. BENISHEK. H.R. 1164: Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. H.R. 1354: Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. H. Con. Res. 27: Mr. ELLISON, Mr. YOUNG of H.R. 1199: Mr. KEATING, Mrs. NEGRETE DELANEY, and Ms. NORTON. Alaska, Mr. KIND, and Mr. MCINTYRE. MCLEOD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. HONDA, H.R. 1395: Mr. VARGAS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. WALWELL Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New GRIJALVA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr.RANGEL, and Mr. H. Con. Res. 28: Mr. S of Cali- UFFMAN ONDA Mexico, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. ELLISON. fornia, Mr. H , Mr. H , Mr. MOORE, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. GIB- H.R. 1406: Mr. BURGESS, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. O’ROURKE, and Mr. CARSON of Indiana. SON, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. FARR, COLE, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. ROO- H. Res. 36: Mr. WOMACK, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and Mr. NEY, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. SMITH of SHUSTER, and Mrs. WALORSKI. SCHNEIDER. Texas, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. FRANKS H. Res. 71: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. H.R. 1209: Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. of Arizona, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MARCHANT, H. Res. 75: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. BURGESS, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LATTA, Mr. H. Res. 90: Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Ms. CONAWAY, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. GRIFFIN of Ar- H. Res. 97: Mr. BENISHEK and Mr. GRANGER, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. SESSIONS, kansas, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. POSEY, Mr. MILLER FITZPATRICK. Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. JACKSON LEE, of Florida, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. H. Res. 106: Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. COLE, Mr. Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. AL GREEN of BOUSTANY, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. GRAVES of RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. KING of Texas, Mr. BARROW of Georgia, Mrs. NAPOLI- Missouri, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mrs. Iowa. TANO, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Ms. EDDIE BER- BACHMANN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. ROYCE, and Mr. H. Res. 108: Ms. LEE of California. NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COLLINS of Geor- BRIDENSTINE. H. Res. 119: Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. KINGSTON, gia, Mr. LONG, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOK, and H.R. 1414: Mr. OWENS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. Mr. BRIDENSTINE, and Mr. SALMON. Mr. GRIJALVA. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. PRICE of H.R. 1218: Mr. RADEL. North Carolina, and Ms. MCCOLLUM. H. Res. 133: Mr. ROSS. H.R. 1240: Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. KIND, and H.R. 1417: Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. POE of Texas, H. Res. 134: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. DUNCAN of H. Res. 148: Mr. HIMES and Ms. EDDIE BER- H.R. 1247: Mr. OWENS and Mr. RANGEL. South Carolina. NICE JOHNSON of Texas.

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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 No. 48 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was ator from the State of Hawaii, to perform nearly 80 rounds from an automatic called to order by the Honorable BRIAN the duties of the Chair. weapon, spraying bullets over the park- SCHATZ, a Senator from the State of PATRICK J. LEAHY, ing lot and into an IHOP restaurant Hawaii. President pro tempore. that was packed with customers for Mr. SCHATZ thereupon assumed the breakfast. He killed four people in- PRAYER chair as Acting President pro tempore. stantly, wounded seven others, and The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f then he took his own life after that. That took 85 seconds. In those 85 sec- fered the following prayer: RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY onds, 5 lives ended, and countless more Let us pray. LEADER O Holy God, friend unseen, we lean were altered forever. on Your everlasting arm. Help our Sen- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Three Nevada Army National ators throughout life’s changing sea- pore. The majority leader is recog- Guardsmen were on their way to work sons. When they are discouraged, fill nized. that morning: 31-year-old SFC Miranda them with Your faith. When they are f McElhiney, 38-year-old SFC Christian Riege, and 35-year-old MAJ Heath oppressed, empower them to persevere SCHEDULE with Your might, for You are our Kelly. Florence Donovan-Gunderson, strength, our rock, our all. Remind Mr. REID. Mr. President, following who was eating breakfast with her hus- them that any effort You require of leader remarks the Senate will resume band, was also killed—murdered. them will ultimately have a positive consideration of the gun legislation. In 85 seconds, Carson City joined the effect. Give them the spirit of wisdom The time until 11 a.m. will be equally likes of Tucson, AZ, Fort Hood, TX, so that they will know You better. divided and controlled between the two Blacksburg, VA, Columbine, CO, and Lord, guide them so that they will find leaders or their designees. At 11 o’clock scores of other cities and towns in a way to unite in producing creative there will be a cloture vote on a mo- America rocked by mass shootings in legislation. tion to proceed to S. 649, which is the recent decades. And as were those We pray in Your gracious Name. gun safety legislation. other cities and towns, Carson City was Amen. If cloture is invoked, I hope we can left asking, Why? Maybe we will never reach an agreement to begin debate on know. f the bill today. We have people waiting The gunman had been diagnosed ear- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE in the wings to offer amendments. The lier with schizophrenia. He had been in- first amendment that will be offered is voluntarily committed by law enforce- The Honorable BRIAN SCHATZ led the one that has been being negotiated for ment officials to a mental institution. Pledge of Allegiance as follows: quite some time between Senator He recently confided to a priest that I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the MANCHIN and Senator TOOMEY and Sen- voices he heard in his head told him to United States of America and to the Repub- ator KIRK. I have had calls from my Re- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, continue to do bad things. A lot is not indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. publican colleagues indicating they clear. have some amendments they want to What is clear is how the shooter ob- f offer. So let’s get on the bill. Let’s not tained two assault rifles, two hand- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING waste 30 hours. I hope that can happen guns, and almost 600 rounds of ammu- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE so we can start legislating today. nition he took to the IHOP that day. I don’t know—no one really knows— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The f what happened. It is not clear what clerk will please read a communication GUN SAFETY happened. Where did he get those weap- to the Senate from the President pro Mr. REID. Mr. President, life can ons—two assault rifles, two handguns, tempore (Mr. LEAHY). change in a moment. In Carson City, and about 600 rounds of ammunition The assistant legislative clerk read NV, a little over a year ago—actually, that he took with him to the parking the following letter: time goes quickly; it was in September lot to start shooting people? U.S. SENATE: of 2011, September 6—shortly before 9 Even though all of that is not clear PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, o’clock in the morning, a deeply dis- in terms of how he obtained those as- Washington, DC, April 11, 2013. To the Senate: turbed man with an automatic weapon sault weapons, this much is clear: We Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, stepped out of his car outside of a Car- have a responsibility to do everything of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby son City, NV, restaurant. In the few in our power to keep guns out of the appoint the Honorable BRIAN SCHATZ, a Sen- brief seconds that followed, he fired hands of those who suffer from mental

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We have a responsibility also to of those killed—deserve some atten- The people I am describing are not keep the guns out of the hands of tion. There were seven people who were criminals—they are neighbors, friends, criminals—convicted felons. hurt as a result of these bullets as well and family—and the scenarios I am de- The measure before the Senate today as those killed. That was a terrible day scribing are not fanciful. They happen would institute universal background in Carson City. Each one of them de- countless times in our country. But the checks that would prevent people with serves a thoughtful debate, and they Schumer bill would outlaw these trans- severe mental illness from buying fire- deserve votes. fers and it would make people such as arms—those with severe mental illness; f these criminals. I want to make sure we stress that— But there are other problems with and criminals. This legislation would RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY the legislation from the Senator from also crack down on anyone who buys a LEADER New York. Under his legislation, it is a gun to funnel it to criminals and it The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- crime for someone who lawfully pos- would give schools the resources to im- pore. The Republican leader is recog- sesses a firearm not to report a lost or prove security to keep children safe. nized. stolen firearm to both the ‘‘appropriate This bill won’t stop every madman f local authorities,’’ whoever they are, determined to take innocent lives. I and the Attorney General within 24 GUN SAFETY know that. We all know that. Nor is hours. People should report firearms this bill the only suggestion to prevent Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, that are lost or stolen, but are we real- gun violence. In the coming days we today the Senate will vote on whether ly going to make their failure to do so will debate other proposals to make to invoke cloture on proceeding to S. within 24 hours a Federal crime that is Americans safer. 649. I will vote against invoking cloture punishable by up to 5 years in prison? An assault weapons ban will be de- and I wish to explain why. What if the person thinks the firearm bated and voted on. Improvements to I believe the government should is misplaced, not lost or stolen, but the our mental health system will be de- focus on keeping firearms out of the person is actually wrong about that? bated and voted on. A ban on high-ca- hands of criminals and those with men- And what if the person comes to the re- pacity clips such as those used to kill tal issues that could cause them to be alization after 2 days instead of 1, and four people in Carson City at the IHOP, a threat to our society. The govern- if they report the lost or stolen firearm and how the man in Columbine, CO, ment should not punish or harass law- to their sheriff—assuming he is one of was able to get a magazine with 100 abiding citizens in the exercise of their the undefined ‘‘appropriate local au- bullets in it—that is the only reason second amendment rights. Unfortu- thorities’’—why is it a crime if they the people in Colorado weren’t mas- nately, S. 649 has the focus entirely don’t report it to the Attorney Gen- sacred even more. The gun jammed. backwards. eral? There are powerful feelings about For example, the background check Why would the provision target only each of the proposals I have mentioned, portion of S. 649 is Senator SCHUMER’s those who ‘‘lawfully possess’’ firearms, both strong support and strong opposi- bill that the Judiciary Committee re- rather than criminals who do not law- tion. But whichever side one is on, we ported out on a party-line basis. The fully possess them? ought to be able to agree to exchange aim of that bill, from its plain terms, I could go on and on and list other thoughtful debate about these meas- could not be more clear. Section 121, problems with S. 649, but I think I have ures. Let’s engage in it. We ought to be the purpose section, provides that the made my point. This bill is a clear able to agree to a careful examination aim of the bill is to require Americans overreach that will predominantly pun- of the culture of violence that is grow- to undergo background checks for ‘‘all ish and harass our neighbors, our ing in this Nation. sales and transfers of firearms.’’ If they friends, and our families. To protect I am pleased a number of reasonable don’t, it is a Federal crime. Again, the the rights of the law-abiding citizens of Republicans have joined Democrats in requirement applies to all sales, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky and welcoming this debate saying they are even transfers, of all firearms. And other States, I will oppose invoking not going to debate cloture. I hope we with very few exceptions, that is ex- cloture on S. 649. have enough to have cloture invoked. I actly what S. 649 does. The next sec- I yield the floor. feel fairly confident that, in fact, is the tion of the bill makes plain why that f case. overly broad language is so problem- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME As I have indicated for the last many atic. weeks, we are going to have an open That section, section 122, provides The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- amendment process, as much as pos- that it is ‘‘unlawful’’ for any private pore. Under the previous order, the sible, on this bill. As always, the proc- party to ‘‘transfer a firearm to any leadership time is reserved. ess will depend on the goodwill of all other person’’ without first turning f Senators. Somebody could come and do over that firearm to a commercial fire- SAFE COMMUNITIES, SAFE all kinds of things to stop us from arms dealer and having that dealer per- SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013—MOTION doing anything on the bill. I hope that form a background check. There are a TO PROCEED is not the case. few limited exceptions such as for gifts Once we are on the underlying bill, between immediate family members The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the first amendment, as I have indi- and inheriting a firearm. But that is it. pore. Under the previous order, the cated, will be on a substitute com- In fact, the bill makes clear that trans- Senate will resume consideration of promise background check proposal offer means not just sale but a ‘‘gift, the motion to proceed to S. 649, which fered by Senators MANCHIN, TOOMEY, loan’’ or any ‘‘other disposition’’ of the clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read KIRK, and SCHUMER. I thank the Sen- that firearm. ators for their diligent work on this So under the Schumer legislation, as follows: issue. They have been working a long the following offenses would now be Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 32, S. Federal crimes absent surrendering the 649, a bill to ensure that all individuals who time. should be prohibited from buying a firearm I am hopeful we will be able to debate firearms and conducting a background are listed in the national instant criminal and vote on a reasonable number of check. Federal offenses: An uncle giv- background check system and require a amendments offered by Senators who ing his nephew a hunting rifle for background check for every firearm sale, and feel passionately about reducing gun Christmas; a niece giving her aunt a for other purposes.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11AP6.001 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2573 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ilies and victims—as the world watch- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the es—with Benjamin Andrew Wheeler, pore. The Senator from Connecticut. time until 11 a.m. will be equally di- age 6. His father David is here today, Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I am vided and controlled between the two and Benjamin is here in spirit as we de- honored to be on the floor this morning leaders or their designees, with Sen- cide in the Senate whether we will to begin today’s debate on this historic ators permitted to speak for up to 10 move forward toward progress. gun violence measure with my col- minutes each. Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, also age league Senator BLUMENTHAL. I join The Senator from Connecticut. 6. Her mother Nelba is here today. Ana with him in my awe of the Newtown Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, is with us in spirit. families who are here this week. People we are on the verge of a historic vote Dylan Hockley, age 6, whose mother have watched them on the news as they that will determine whether we make Nicole is here, is also here in spirit. have gone from office to office and told America safer and assure that we do Daniel Barden, age 7. His mother the story of their loved ones. Nobody everything possible as Senators and Jackie and his father Mark are here. can paint a picture better as to why we citizens to ensure there are no more Jesse Lewis, age 6. His father Neil need to act next week than the families Newtowns. Heslin is here. of those people who lost their lives in On the evening of December 14, when Mary Sherlach, one of the six edu- Newtown. we left the firehouse at Sandy Hook, cators killed at Sandy Hook Elemen- There are so many stories they can there was a vigil at a church in New- tary, whose husband Bill is here—Jesse tell better than anyone else. They can town, St. Rose of Lima, presided over and Mary are here with us too. tell the story of their lost first graders, by Father Bob, who is Monsignor Rob- We know compromise and action are but they can also tell the story of the ert Weiss. It was a very moving and possible because two of our colleagues five little boys and girls who escaped powerful experience. The church was have forged a bipartisan compromise that morning, who escaped when the filled. People stood at the windows to that will enable us to come closer. It is shooter went to reload and there was a hear what was going on. imperfect. It is less than what I would brief period of time where some kids The Governor spoke and so did I. I have preferred in achieving universal could run out of one of those first- said that evening: The world is watch- background checks. It is a starting grade classrooms. ing Newtown. And, in fact, the world point. It is a step in the right direc- Better than anyone else, these fami- was watching Newtown, as we knew tion, and it will help us achieve a larg- lies can posit as to whether their little from the horror of that afternoon, er bipartisan compromise because boys and girls would still be alive if the when many of us arrived at the church, background checks are only one part of shooter walked in with 10-round clips and first at the firehouse, to see fami- a comprehensive strategy that must in- rather than 30-rounds clips, if he had to lies emerging and learning for the first clude a ban on illegal trafficking, exchange magazines 15 times rather time that their children, their babies, strengthening school safety, as well as than 5 or 6 times. Nobody can tell that would not be coming home that mental health initiatives and a ban on story better than these families. What I have tried to do over the evening. It was an experience that will assault weapons and high-capacity course of the last couple days is to help stay with me forever. The sights and magazines. I will be privileged to these families tell the story of their sounds of that afternoon, filled with spearhead that effort on high-capacity loved ones but to also paint a broader grief and pain, will never leave me. magazines—hopefully next week—after picture to talk about the 30 lives every The world was watching Newtown today’s vote, along with colleagues day that are ended by gun violence. I that day and that evening and has such as DIANNE FEINSTEIN, FRANK LAU- think we need to talk about the vic- watched Newtown and Connecticut in TENBERG, and my colleague, CHRIS tims and allow for the voices of those the days and months since, and I have MURPHY. victims to be part of the debate, be- Today, let us decide, as the world been privileged to spend many hours cause while the tragedy in Newtown watches, there will be no more New- and days and weeks and these past has gotten the headlines and the high- towns. That is what the families want. months with the families. lights and is certainly the reason we The world has watched the families, That is what America wants. Let us re- are standing here today, more people and it has seen in them and in New- solve that we will make democracy than were killed in Newtown die every town—a great community, a quin- work as we go beyond this first step day in this country from gun vio- tessential New England town—strength and decide to proceed on a bill that lence—on the streets of Washington and courage that was as unimaginable also is imperfect but provides a start- and Hartford and Bridgeport and Balti- as the horror of that day, strength and ing point, provides a way forward, so more—all across the country. courage that represents what is good we can make our communities safer. These victims need to be our impera- about America and what is strong and The families of Newtown have per- tive, whether they be the 6- and 7-year- courageous about our Nation. formed an extraordinary service for our old kids and the teachers in Newtown The world has watched Newtown and Nation. Not only has the world or the 25-year-olds and 17-year-olds the families of Newtown and it has watched and been inspired by their who are dying every single day across watched Connecticut. Now the world is strength and courage, but they have our country. It has to end. The answer watching the Senate. It is watching the turned the tide. They have visited with cannot be, as it has been for 20 years, Senate to see whether democracy our colleagues and they have impacted that we are going to do nothing. So I works. It sounds simple, but it is true. this process more profoundly and more wish to take a few minutes to continue Will democracy work to reflect the ma- directly than any other single group. telling these stories this morning. jority of the United States of America, They have shown we can break the I wish to begin with Dylan Hockley. the majority of our people who say we stranglehold of special interests and Dylan’s mother has probably been one need to do something about the guns. the NRA, that speaking truth to power of the most articulate spokesmen for That is what the families said to me still works. To them we owe a special this cause. His parents Nicole and Ian that day and in days since and what thanks. To them, as a nation, we owe a have been amazing in their ability to people in Connecticut and across the debt of gratitude for the lives that will grieve and also to come down to Wash- country have said to their Senators: be saved, for the futures that will be ington and argue their cause. We must do something about gun vio- given. Even if their children and their Dylan loved video games. He loved lence. loved ones will not enjoy that future, jumping on trampolines. He loved I remember talking to one of the they have given futures to countless watching movies. He was autistic, but families that evening and saying: When Americans who will be saved from the he was doing so much better. He was so you are ready, we ought to talk about scourge of gun violence. proud of the fact that he had learned what we can do in Congress to stop gun To them I say thank you. They are in how to read, and he was taking out violence. She said to me: I am ready this building, and their children, their books every day from the library to now. loved ones, are with us in spirit as we bring home. His parents chose Sandy The Senate must be ready now to take this historic step. Hook Elementary School because of its act. It must keep faith with those fam- I yield the floor. great autism program.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G11AP6.003 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2574 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 11, 2013 I spoke yesterday about his para- safety. I would ask the Senator if he tive attitude toward dealing with men- professional, his special education aid, could address this promise that came tal illness. who was so wonderful to assist him in out of Newtown, CT, after the terrible I might say I have read—I believe it doing better every single day. Because tragedy on December 14. is accurate—more than half the people of his autism, he was a child who loved Mr. MURPHY. I thank the Senator in America suffer from some form of routine and repetition, and there were for his career fighting on behalf of leg- depression. It is very common in most a few movies he would watch over and islation that will address gun violence. families. It is treatable. Most mental over and over again—‘‘Up,’’ ‘‘WALL- The summation of all of that work illnesses are treatable. Most victims of E,’’ ‘‘The Gruffalo’’—and he would find hopefully will be with us this week and mental health illness are people who those portions of the movies he loved next week. are peaceful, God-fearing, loving people so much. He would sit in front of the I thank the Senator for his question who need understanding and help. They TV with his headphones on rewinding about the Sandy Hook promise. The are no threat to anyone. More often, those portions over and over and over Sandy Hook promise, which has been they are the victims of violence rather again, and every single time he signed by tens of thousands of people than the perpetrators of violence. watched those movies, he would laugh all across the country, came out of this One person in the community of New- over and over and over again. tragedy because there was a recogni- town who stepped up and clearly was His parents have created an organization, as you said, that this was not a unstable and used those firearms on tion called Dylan’s Wings of Change. It sprint, that this was a marathon, that December 14 to kill innocent people is a memorial fund to benefit children the promise we needed to make to each has caused us to step back and take a with autism. It is just one of a mul- other in the wake of this horrific trag- look at the issue of mental illness as it titude of efforts that have flowed forth edy was not just that we were going to relates to guns and firearms. I think from this tragedy. Dylan’s life was do everything within our power, our in- what we are trying to do in this legis- ended, but this fund is going to help dividual powers to try to reduce the in- lation is to say: If your mental illness make sure other kids like him have the cidence of gun violence—and as Sen- has reached such an extreme, if you are chance to lead great, normal lives, ator DURBIN points out, we have more so unstable or threatening that you even though they deal with complex power, the 100 of us, than almost any- need to be watched in terms of pur- problems such as autism. one else, and shame on us if we do not chasing firearms, let’s make sure the Mr. DURBIN. Would the Senator use it. But the Sandy Hook promise is records are there. from Connecticut yield for a question? that there are so many other things But I hope—I know the Senator Mr. MURPHY. I would be happy to that you can do: that you can make agrees with this—I hope we will not yield. smaller commitments in your commu- allow this discussion to take us away Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I wish to nities to build bigger and better sys- from the beginning part: that treating commend the Senator from Con- tems of mental health; that you can mental illness and helping people is the necticut, Mr. MURPHY, as well as Sen- try to forge atmospheres in schools right thing to do, not shunning them, ator BLUMENTHAL. In the last 2 days that are more inviting, that are more not pushing them aside from the rest of they have come to the floor many positive; that you can, frankly, just be the mainstream, but understanding times leading the floor debate and dis- nicer to your neighbors, you can be that treatment of mental illness makes cussion on the pending legislation we more thoughtful in your everyday us a better people, gives them a better will vote on soon relative to guns and interactions, knowing there could be chance at life. It is that small, small gun safety. It is appropriate that they some tragedy around the corner that minority of those suffering from these are here because, being the Senators takes your neighbor away from you; afflictions who need to be monitored in representing Newtown, CT, they have make sure you say everything you terms of the use and purchase of fire- personal attachment to the families want to say to that person. arms. who have weathered this tragedy. So this promise—a promise to do ev- Mr. MURPHY. I thank the Senator This morning I met with those fami- erything within our power to try to for that comment. As he knows, there lies in my office. Tears were shed, as make sure this never happens again, is absolutely nothing inherent in men- you might expect. These families have but to bring a new level of positivity to tal illness that creates a connection to lost little children like Dylan and so our world in the wake of this awful vio- violence. As the Senator said very cor- many others. It is a loss they will feel lence, is one of the most important rectly, people with mental illness are for a lifetime, but in their grief, they things that come from it. much more likely to be the victims of have come forward and shown extraor- We are so grateful that these families violence than to perpetrate a crime. dinary courage to walk through the are here not just challenging us to pass The great irony coming out of this de- corridors of power in Washington to specific pieces of legislation but also to bate could be that if we make the awful bring a simple message: that they do make our lives change in the wake of mistake of equating violence with not want this to happen to any other this situation. mental illness, than we will frankly parent. Mr. DURBIN. I would like to ask if make it harder for people to go out and I thank Senator MURPHY and Senator the Senator would yield for a further seek treatment, not easier. BLUMENTHAL for reminding us that we question through the Chair. Adam Lanza was a deeply disturbed have the power, we have been given the One of the issues the Senator just individual. His mother made awful mis- power by the people we represent to raised is one I would like to have him takes, but she was certainly trying to make this a safer nation for families, expound on; that is, the issue of mental figure out a way to get him help. The for children, for schools, and for com- illness and mental health. I think this fact is that there are far too many fam- munities across the board. Soon we is something in my lifetime on which ilies out there who do not have places will have a vote. We are hoping—I we have seen dramatic progress made, to turn for treatment. That is the right think that is a positive hope—that not just in the treatment of mental ill- thing to do independent of this debate enough on the other side of the aisle ness but in our attitude toward mental today. We should absolutely be talking will step forward to defy the filibuster illness. about the comprehensive commitment that has been threatened and bring this There was a time in the history of to ending gun violence, but the reality matter to the floor for a vote. this country and this world when men- is that today there are way too many I know Senator MURPHY and Senator tal illness was viewed not as an illness families who hit brick walls in trying BLUMENTHAL have come to the floor for but a curse. The people who were af- to find mental health treatment for the last day and a half and more to flicted by it were often shunned and in- children. dramatize that issue. What I found in- stitutionalized and treated very badly If we were to go through this debate teresting, and I would like to ask the because it was considered to be some- and somehow stereotype people with Senator from Connecticut to comment thing incurable and they had somehow mental illness as prone to violence, on it, is the promise of this commu- been cursed. That was their plight on then it would, frankly, create more nity. They gave me a list of things and Earth. Thank goodness that has barriers. There is a proposal out there said: This goes beyond guns and gun changed and we now have a more posi- from one of the gun lobby groups to

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It is an means start with the massacres, the boy who loved sports in high school. absolutely ludicrous idea, especially tragedies that have stricken us, but She wasn’t a top-level athlete, but that when this very same group opposes also go beyond that and find a way to didn’t stop her. keeping a registry of everyone with make the streets safer for Hadiya Pen- One of the most amazing stories I guns in this country. dleton, a high school girl who came up have heard about Dawn was that when I take the Senator’s concerns to from Chicago for the inauguration, she was in school at Naugatuck High heart. could not have had a happier day, and School, she wanted to run with the This was a very serious incident in then 10 days later was gunned down in boys track team. She wanted to run Newtown, but it should not cause us to a park next to her school in the city. sprints. She wasn’t allowed to do that. take steps backward in terms of the So we want to make this a com- She protested to the coach, the admin- support we give families who are look- prehensive and a balanced, common- istration, and they still said she ing for help for their loved ones. sense approach to gun safety. I thank couldn’t run sprints with the boys Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, the last the Senator from Connecticut for that. track team. She took her case to the point I would like to make is that in- Mr. MURPHY. I thank the majority school board—as a high school stu- cluded in the bill that came before us is whip. Just to add to his last comment, dent—and won her case. When she not only an opportunity to change my constituents are amazed that we do came back to her high school, she some of the circumstances that might not have a Federal law banning gun didn’t just run sprints with the boys, have saved lives in Newtown but also trafficking today. They are amazed but she recruited other girls to run to address some underlying issues of that if you go into a store and buy guns sprints with her. She was a born leader. gun violence that is not resulting in a legally and then walk outside that Perhaps we may take some solace in mass killing but the killing on a day- store and sell them to people who are the fact that so many of these other to-day basis of innocent people. prohibited, that you have not com- kids here—Dylan, Chase, Benjamin, A measure I have joined Senator mitted a Federal crime. There is an as- Jesse, and Ana—were leaders too. They LEAHY, Senator KIRK, and Senator COL- sumption that the Federal Government were going to do amazing things with LINS in introducing relates to straw would disallow that. We have not. But their lives. At least we were able to purchases. These are purchases by hopefully at the end of this debate we know with Dawn what her true poten- some individual who does not have a will. I thank Senator DURBIN for all of tial was. We saw that potential in the problem in their background that his fantastic work on that issue. wonderful school she built. would disqualify them from buying a Let me tell a few more stories. I want I just spoke about Dylan. Dylan’s gun. They buy a gun and then turn it to get to Senator DURBIN’s point and parents came from England all the way over to someone who has a problem. tell some stories about the victims of to Sandy Hook, CT, for this school be- This straw purchase or third-party pur- urban gun violence as well, but let me cause of the programs Dawn built chase happens way too often. In the city of Chicago, where we are tell one more story from Newtown. there. If they ever had any doubt as to This is the story of our heroic prin- making progress toward reducing gun whether they had chosen the right cipal. Dawn Hochsprung was the prin- violence and murder, in a recent survey leader, they were confident of this cipal at Sandy Hook Elementary of the crime guns confiscated in the when she ran to the gunman to try to School. People have heard a lot about last 10 years, 9 percent of them in the stop the carnage from becoming worse. city of Chicago came from the State of her because she was perhaps the first Let me speak about one more little Mississippi. The State of Mississippi is to die that day. When the bullets start- girl, age 6, Madeleine Hsu. Madeleine not contiguous to Illinois. It is a long ed flying, when she heard the gunman was, again, one of the youngest victims way away. But clearly someone had enter through the front door, she ran that day. She was a shy and relatively started an industry of buying guns eas- straight to him. Some of the investiga- quiet 6-year-old, but there were certain ily in Mississippi and moving them up tors have posited, given the way the things that would make her light up. A the interstate system all the way to crime scene shook out, that she may lot of these kids loved animals. Mad- Chicago and selling them to the gang have even lunged for the gunman to try eleine loved dogs. She lit up around bangers and the thugs and criminal ele- to stop him before he turned the corner dogs. They were her passion. She was ments in this city. to the first grade classrooms. She was an avid reader, and she loved running Another 20 percent of the guns came unsuccessful. She was killed—perhaps and dancing. More than anything else, from one gun shop outside the city of the first that day. she loved to wear bright, flowery Chicago, in the suburbs. We know ex- The irony surrounding this day is dresses which matched her personality. actly where it is—it is in Riverdale, IL. multifold, but part of it involves the She shared a bed with two of her sis- That has become the venue of choice fact that one of her most recent proud- ters. They had their own rooms, but for girlfriends to go buy a gun for their est accomplishments as principal of they loved each other so much, they boyfriends, who are going to use them that school was the establishment and chose to sleep together at night. They to kill somebody. Well, the provision in integration of a brandnew security sys- miss her dearly. the law we are going to try to bring to tem, one that made sure every visitor As Senator DURBIN pointed out, 20 the floor in the base bill says that this who entered that school after 9:30 had kids and 6 adults were killed in New- will now be a stiff Federal crime—a to buzz in, had to talk to the security town that day; 2 others, Adam and hard-time Federal crime—to buy a gun people, the front desk people, before Nancy Lanza—28 total. This is less that you knew or should have known they entered the school. That does not than the average number of people who was going to be used in the commission work too well when the person trying are killed by gun violence across this of a crime. So although it does not di- to gain entry does not need to press the country every day. We deserve to talk rectly affect the circumstances of the buzzer but instead can take an AR–15, about them as well. tragedy in Newtown, it really does hold which sprays six bullets a second, and Before I leave the floor today, I out promise to reduce some of the just knock out all of the windows. would like to talk about a couple of the other deaths. She was a passionate educator. She most recent victims of gun violence. Yesterday the Senator gave us a dove into her work at Sandy Hook. She One can’t even really read this poster chart that showed how many have died was one of those folks who did not sit Senator DURBIN referred to because from gun violence since December 14. in their office. She was out amongst each one of these little dots is an indi- It was a big chart with a lot of faces on the hallways at all times trying to vidual figure representing people who it of people who had died. I thank the make that place a much more positive have been killed in this country since Senator for what he has done in terms environment. December 14. The 28 people from New- of what has affected Newtown, but I She grew up in Connecticut. She town aren’t even on this chart. We are also thank him for supporting this un- lived in Woodbury, CT, with her hus- speaking about 3,800 people who have derlying legislation. band and her two daughters and three died as a result of gun violence. I think this chart is now being shown stepdaughters. She grew up loving the Some of these people died because here. I hope we keep in mind that gun outdoors. Her friends recalled that they were possibly doing something

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What if someone at a gun in the Judiciary Committee, and the this was a kid who never, ever was in show trades but does not sell a gun? Deputy Director of the National Insti- trouble. He was walking to visit his And it applies beyond gun shows. If a tute of Justice has written, that uni- girlfriend, and he was gunned down on private person advertises a gun, then versal background checks can be en- the streets of Hillcrest Heights, MD, in the transfer would have to go through forced only if gun registration is man- an apparent robbery. a licensed dealer, at a price. So if dated. Marckel Worman Ross, who was 18 someone takes out an ad to sell their Now it has been said on the floor re- years old, on September 11, 2012, was gun in the local Farm Bureau news- cently that background check legisla- walking to school. He was a member of letter or in their church bulletin, they tion cannot lead to gun registries be- the track team, ROTC, and was think- would have to find a licensed gun deal- cause Federal law prohibits that. But ing about a career in the military. He er to conduct a background check be- current Federal law can be changed. was found in his school uniform still fore sale could go through. And the language currently before us holding his backpack. It was a random That is quite a limitation on private requires recordkeeping, a step toward act of violence on the way to school. sales and ownership of guns. And it registration. Although the sponsor of Moses Walker was older—40 years takes time in many places in this coun- that language said that the bill ex- old. He was a police officer. He had just try to find that gun dealer to conduct pressly provided that no registry could finished his shift in August of 2012. He that background check. The summary be created, the bill contains no such was four blocks from his police station, is not specific: which private sales language at present. The sponsor was and he was gunned down—1 year away would be exempt from the bill’s back- misinformed about his own bill. He ad- from retirement. He was very active in ground check requirements? The sum- mitted that the current background his community, not only a great police mary states that background checks check language was not yet ready for officer but served as deacon of his are ‘‘required for sales at gun shows consideration and needed clarifications church. He was remembered as a cour- and online while securing certain as- that so far have not been forthcoming. teous, polite, and humble police offi- pects of 2nd Amendment rights for law We should have answers to these and cer—gunned down four blocks from his abiding citizens.’’ other questions before we should pro- police station. That should cause everyone concern. ceed to the bill. These are the tragedies bringing us If the background check language se- And we should be wary of going to a here to the floor today. As we have this cures ‘‘certain aspects of 2nd Amend- bill when various senators have an- debate, we should remember that every ment rights,’’ then what aspects of sec- nounced their intention to offer day 30 people across this country are ond amendment rights of law abiding amendments to that bill that in my dying from guns. We have the power to citizens does it not secure? judgment raise serious constitutional do something about it. The summary says that the new lan- questions under the second amend- I am as pleased as Senator guage exempts ‘‘temporary transfers.’’ ment. Mr. President, how can we respon- BLUMENTHAL about the compromise What is the difference between a ‘‘tem- brought to this floor by Senators porary’’ and a permanent transfer? sibly proceed to a bill that contains language that even its sponsor admits MANCHIN and TOOMEY. It is not perfect, How would a law-abiding citizen know but it is important. It is important be- whether the transfer would be consid- is not ready for consideration? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- cause it will make our streets safer and ered to be ‘‘temporary’’? What if the pore. The Senator from Utah. ensure fewer criminals across this person making the transfer thought at Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, would the country have access to guns. It is a the time it was made that the transfer Senator yield? platform for more next week, but it is would be temporary but later decides Mr. LEE. I yield to the Senator. a very important start. that it should be for a longer time? Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask I will be back to the floor later today And the summary claims that it will unanimous consent that upon the con- and next week to speak about more of close the ‘‘gun show and other clusion of the comments by the distin- these victims. looopholes.’’ What ‘‘other loopholes’’? guished Senator from Utah, I be recog- I yield the floor. We should be skeptical about what nized. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, ear- rights could be infringed based on that The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- lier I met with families from Newtown, claim. It is important to understand pore. Without objection, it is so or- CT, to discuss the legislation we are that there is no such thing as a ‘‘gun dered. currently debating. It was emotional show loophole.’’ Under existing law, Mr. LEE. I appreciate the coopera- and difficult for all of us. I thank them background checks are required for gun tion and friendship of the senior Sen- for sharing their stories of their loved purchases from a federally licensed ator from Vermont. ones and their concerns with me. I firearms dealer. This is true whether Mr. President, yesterday on the floor hope my colleagues will also consider the purchase is made at a gun show or I discussed an initiative I launched this meeting with these families. any other location. Also, under exist- week called Protect2A to give voice to At the meeting, they called for a deing law, gun purchases made through the millions of second amendment sup- bate on the legislation, a debate we are someone who is not a federally licensed porters around the United States who having. Nonetheless, we are in the un- firearms dealer do not require a back- are very concerned about Congress en- usual position of being asked to take a ground check. acting any new gun control measures. leap into the unknown. We are being This is true whether the sale is made I am pleased to announce that we asked to vote to proceed to an uncer- at a gun show or not. Whether a sale is now have over 3,000 responses from citi- tain bill. That bill is not even the bill made at a gun show is therefore irrele- zens all across this country who are that we would likely consider if the vant to whether a background check is sharing their stories, their experiences, motion to proceed were successful. The required. There is one rule for sales and their opinions about why they feel language on background checks would from licensed dealers and another for we should do everything in our power change. We have not seen the actual private sales. But under the new lan- to protect their second amendment new background check language. But guage, not all private sales will be rights. I had only a brief time to share we are being asked to proceed to the treated the same. Some private sales some of those stories yesterday and bill anyway. What we do have is a sum- will require background checks and wish to use a few minutes today to mary of the proposed background others will not. That distinction will share a few more. check language. That summary raises create, not close, a loophole. No longer Kathy from the State of Virginia questions. For instance, the summary would all private sales be treated the writes:

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This for the first time in our lives, we bought a is exactly why we need more debate three parts have always had bipartisan gun, not only to ensure our safety against and why I ask my colleagues to vote no support. With regard to the third com- criminals, but to protect and defend our God- on cloture—so Senators and the Amer- ponent—the provisions closing loop- given rights as citizens. The most basic right ican people may fully understand the holes in our current background check of all mankind, the right to life itself, no consequences of this legislation. system—Senators MANCHIN and longer exists in this country. Protecting our To be clear, the vote we will have TOOMEY yesterday announced they are rights, the few the government has left us, is this morning will be to end debate on going to have a bipartisan amendment of the utmost importance to us and we will for this component as well. do everything necessary to hold onto those whether the Senate should take up a bill, the very heart of which is being Since the beginning of the 113th Con- rights, regardless of the source of the threats gress, in the months since the tragedy against them. God bless America. concealed from the Senate and con- in Newtown, the Judiciary Committee Emily from Pennsylvania writes: cealed from the American people as of this very moment. Proponents say the held three hearings and four mark ups I am 19 years old and I want to protect my- people deserve a vote. Don’t they de- focused on the issue of gun violence. self as soon as I am legal to. As a young fe- The Committee voted in favor of the male living in Allentown, PA, I don’t like serve to know what they are voting on? I think they do. Leahy-Collins gun trafficking proposal walking in the city because I’m afraid of that is now part of the legislative something happening to me. I believe in the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- power of the Constitution and especially my pore. The Senator from Vermont. package the Majority Leader created second amendment rights. I am a strong con- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I am to allow for Senate consideration. I de- servative who believes that the Constitution about to suggest the absence of a scribed our legislation in some detail is our guiding power and not the cronyism quorum for about 1 minute and ask on Monday. I thanked our Ranking Re- that seems to blanket DC. The founding fa- publican on the Judiciary Committee, thers knew what they were doing. As soon as unanimous consent that upon coming out of the quorum, I be recognized. Senator GRASSLEY, for working with us I am legal, I want to take gun safety classes and supporting our gun trafficking bill. and purchase a handgun of my very own. I Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. I commended Senator COLLINS, who has like to think that I can protect my own life been my partner as we have moved for- as well as another person whose life may be The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- in danger. Gun control doesn’t solve any- pore. The clerk will call the roll. ward with legislation to combat illegal thing. Criminals will get guns no matter The legislative clerk proceeded to gun trafficking and straw purchasers what. I want to be able to protect myself as call the roll. who obtain firearms to provide them to well as someone else. Please don’t take away Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask criminals and gangs. We have been my second amendment rights. unanimous consent that the order for joined in that bipartisan effort by Sen- Well said, Emily. the quorum call be rescinded. ators DURBIN, GILLIBRAND, KIRK, KLO- William from Connecticut submitted The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- BUCHAR, FRANKEN, BLUMENTHAL, SHA- the following statement: pore. Without objection, it is so or- HEEN and KING. A bipartisan majority On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, my brother dered. of the Judiciary Committee voted for was confronted by three armed thugs in a Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Fire- parking lot. Out of their stolen car, with a unanimous consent to speak for 10 min- arms Act. stolen shotgun, they tried to rob him. Much Our bill is intended to give law en- utes. to their surprise, my brother had his legally forcement better and more effective owned pistol (with a legal carry permit). He The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so or- tools. It was an ATF whistleblower who thwarted this and saved his own life and held testified last Congress that the exist- dered. them at bay until the police arrived. With- ing firearms laws are ‘‘toothless.’’ We out this second amendment he would’ve been Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, earlier can create better law enforcement another victim to the growing street crime this week I spoke about the need for tools and that is what we are doing that these bills do not address. the Senate to consider legislation to with the Stop Illegal Trafficking in These are the rights we are trying to help increase Americans’ safety by re- Firearms Act. We need to close this protect by requiring a 60-vote thresh- ducing gun violence. I came to the dangerous loophole in the law that old on any new gun control legislation. floor of the Senate and I urged my fel- Mexican drug cartels, gangs and other In so doing, we are trying to prevent low Senators to abandon efforts to fili- criminals have exploited for too long. the ability of Members to push through buster proceeding to this bill. The Sen- Straw purchasers circumvent the legislation before anyone has had time ate should not have to overcome a fili- purposes of the background check sys- to read and evaluate the language and buster to respond to the call for action tem. Straw purchasing firearms is un- then tell the American people what in response to the violence they are ex- dertaken for one reason to get a gun that language means for them, what periencing. into the hands of someone who is le- the language would mean for their I have the privilege of being the long- gally prohibited from having one. We rights. Unfortunately, this is exactly est serving Member of this body. I have know that many guns used in criminal what we are faced with today. watched debate on so many issues. If activities are acquired through straw Yesterday Senators TOOMEY and there were ever an issue where all 100 purchases. MANCHIN announced a new proposal of us should vote yes or no it is here. It was a straw purchaser who enabled that is widely expected to replace the I was encouraged by the comments of the brutal murders of two brave fire- current language on the background a number of Senate Republicans that fighters in Webster, New York this past checks in this bill. Yet, as of this they are prepared to debate this matter Christmas Eve, and it was a straw pur- morning, this very moment, not a sin- and will not support this wrongheaded chaser who provided firearms to an in- gle Senator has been provided the leg- filibuster. Even the Wall Street Jour- dividual who murdered a police officer islative text of this provision. Because nal editorialized against this filibuster in Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania, the background check measure is the yesterday in a lead editorial entitled last September. centerpiece of this legislation, it is ‘‘The GOP’s Gun Control Misfire.’’ I do We need a meaningful solution to critical that we all know what is in the not agree with much of that editorial, this serious problem. We also include bill before we vote on it. but I would quote this: suggestions from Senator GILLIBRAND As I have argued on this floor, in the If conservatives want to prove their gun- to go after those who traffic in fire- national media, and back home in my control bona fides, the way to do it is to de- arms by wrongfully obtaining two or home State of Utah, we should not be bate the merits and vote on the floor. more firearms. We worked hard to de- legislating by negotiating closed-door, Senators should understand what is velop effective, targeted legislation backroom deals away from the eyes of in this bill that a small minority of Re- that will help combat a serious prob- the American people. We should not be publicans are seeking to prevent the lem and that will do no harm to the

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More re- rights of lawful gun owners, while fied in 1999 in favor of mandatory cently we have been engaged in discus- cracking down on criminals and those criminal background checks for, as he sions with the National Rifle Associa- who would assist them. The bill does put it, ‘‘every sale at every gun show.’’ tion. We have agreed on modifications not create a national firearms registry, He went on to emphasize the NRA’s to the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Fire- nor does it place any additional bur- support for closing the loophole in the arms Act. They address all of its sub- dens on law-abiding gun owners or pur- background check system by saying— stantive concerns while doing as we chasers. It sends a clear message that in what has become an oft-quoted re- have always wanted to do—providing those who would buy a gun on behalf of mark—‘‘no loopholes anywhere for law enforcement officials with the a criminal, a member of a drug cartel, anyone.’’ tools they need to investigate and pros- or a domestic abuser will be held ac- Well, of course, it is common sense to ecute illegal gun trafficking and straw countable. That is why our bill is close the gun show loophole. The Sen- purchasing. strongly supported by law enforce- ate voted to do so in 1999. We should Senator COLLINS and I are both ment. Yet that is what some are seek- vote to do so again. This time we strong supporters and advocates of sec- ing to filibuster. Congress should be should get it enacted. One of the ways ond amendment rights for law-abiding confronting the serious role that straw to do so is with the bipartisan proposal Americans. We also agree that our law purchasing and gun trafficking play in from Senators MANCHIN and TOOMEY to enforcement officials deserve our sup- supplying criminals with firearms for improve the law, if we are able to stop port in their efforts to keep guns out of illegal purposes, not ducking the issue. this ill-conceived filibuster and get to the wrong hands. We worked with the Senators are filibustering a bipar- the bill. NRA and are confident that nothing in tisan proposal that received bipartisan Americans across this great country our bill infringes on the Second backing of the Senate Judiciary Com- are looking to us for solutions and for Amendment rights of lawful gun own- mittee to provide some Federal assist- action, not filibustering or ers and purchasers, while still pro- ance to schools to create safer environ- sloganeering. Americans are saying: viding a strong new set of tools for law ments for children and young people. Stand up and be counted. I opened our enforcement officials. There is nothing unconstitutional first hearing on these issues in Janu- We protect legitimate sales and do about that. We should proceed to con- ary, asking Senators on both sides of not place unnecessary burdens on law- sider it and I would hope pass it so that the aisle to join in the discussion as ful transactions. We are pleased that more school resource officers can be part of a collective effort to find solu- the NRA agrees with us that this legis- hired and more can be done to help and tions to help assure that no family, no lation is a focused approach to combat protect our young people who are in school, no community ever has to en- the destructive practices of straw pur- schools around the country, where dure the kind of tragedy the families at chasing and firearms trafficking while there are supposed to be. Newtown and Aurora and Oak Creek, Finally, it is hard to understand how protecting the Second Amendment Tucson, Blacksburg or Columbine had improving our background check sys- rights of Americans. Having now to suffer. tem and plugging some of the loopholes worked out differences with the NRA As I emphasized throughout the com- in it that allow those who are by law mittee process, the second amendment on our bipartisan legislation that prohibited from purchasing guns be- is secure. It is going to remain secure would help keep guns out of the hands cause they are dangerous criminals or and protected as part of my oath of of- of dangerous criminals and individuals dangerous to themselves and others be- fice as a Senator. In two recent cases, with severe mental illnesses, and give cause of mental illness justifies a fili- the Supreme Court has confirmed that law enforcement the tools they need to buster. We have had background re- the second amendment, as the other as- investigate and prosecute these crimes quirements for gun purchases for dec- pects of our Bill of Rights, secures that more effectively, it seems absurd that ades. We have had a background check fundamental individual right. Ameri- some Senators nonetheless persist in system for decades. We have improved filibustering consideration of our bill. it repeatedly over time. cans have the right to self-defense. The American people expect us to I know gun store owners in Vermont. They have the right to have guns in stand and face our responsibilities. They follow the law and conduct back- their homes to protect their families. Whether we like having to vote or not, ground checks to block the conveyance No one is going to take away these we have taken an oath of office to up- of guns to those who should not have rights or these guns. That second hold the Constitution, to uphold our them. They wonder why others who amendment right is the foundation on laws. Congress has to confront the seri- sell guns do not have to follow these which our discussion rests. They are ous role that straw purchasing and gun same protective rules. I agree with not at risk. But we cannot close our trafficking play in supplying criminals these responsible business owners. eyes to what is at risk: lives are at risk with firearms for illegal purposes. It is As I said, Congress should be con- when responsible people fail to set up not enough to stand on the floor of the fronting the serious role straw pur- the laws to keep the guns out of the Senate and say you are pro law en- chasing and gun trafficking play in hands of those who will use them to forcement. Let’s take as a given every- supplying criminals with firearms for commit mass murder. body is pro law enforcement, but then illegal purposes, not ducking the issue. So I ask my fellow Senators to focus give law enforcement the tools they Stand up and be counted. Stand up and our discussion and debate on these pro- need. The bipartisan Stop Illegal Traf- be counted. Don’t give speeches saying posed statutory measures intended to ficking in Firearms Act will create spe- you are in favor of law enforcement but better protect our children and all cific Federal criminal statutes prohib- we are going to take away tools law en- Americans. Ours is a free society, an iting the trafficking and straw pur- forcement needs. Stand up and be open society, a wonderful society. We chasing of firearms, and also strength- counted. Stand up and be counted. If should be coming together as elected ens other law enforcement tools to as- we can all agree that criminals and representatives of all of the American sist those investigating these crimes. those adjudicated as mentally ill people to consider how to become a This is a common sense response to should not buy firearms, why should we safer and more secure society. I would help in the fight against gun violence. not try to plug the loopholes in the law have hoped all Senators from both par- This is a commonsense response to that allow them to buy guns without ties would join together in good faith help in the fight against gun violence, background checks? to strengthen our law enforcement ef- and it will help law enforcement. That If we agree the background check forts against gun violence and to pro- is why law enforcement strongly sup- system is worthwhile, should we not tect public safety. Let’s focus on our

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We are not accountable to spe- to a gun. This is actually something we background check bill. I asked my staff cial interest groups on either the right can and should do something about. We as recently as on my way over here or the left. We are accountable to the need to make sure the mentally ill are whether the language had been re- more than 300 million Americans. Spe- getting the help they need, not guns. leased so we could actually read it and cial interest lobbies on either the left As I said, this is something I believe all find out what is in it, and it has not. or right should not dictate what we do. of us can agree on. We have no commitment in front of the We do not need a lobby’s permission to In response to the tragedy at Vir- Senate by the majority leader that pass laws to improve public safety. ginia Tech in 2007, the Senate and the there will be a robust debate and That is our responsibility. Congress unanimously passed a meas- amendment process, because there are I urge Senators to be less concerned ure to bolster mental health reporting a lot of amendments that need to be of- with special interest scorecards and requirements on background checks. fered to whatever that so-far-unwritten more focused on fulfilling our oath to Some States, such as mine, Texas, bill says, I am sure. And we need to faithfully discharge the duties of our have received high marks for their have a full, robust, transparent discus- office as Senators. compliance. But many States have es- sion of this issue in front of the Amer- I consider myself a responsible gun sentially been noncompliant, and the ican people. owner, but I am also someone who Department of Justice has failed to cherishes all of our constitutional So I am not going to vote to proceed adequately back implementation of the to a bill that has not yet been written, rights. As a Senator who has sworn an law. So essentially the law that we oath to uphold those rights, as a father no matter how well intentioned it may passed in the wake of the Virginia Tech be. We need to make sure that what we and a grandfather, and as a former shooting to require reporting of people prosecutor who has seen the results of do is address the cause of this violence, who are actually adjudicated mentally and to come up not with symbolic ges- gun violence firsthand, I have been ill in their respective States is not working to build consensus around tures that will have no impact or to working the way it should. Rather than pass other laws that will not be en- commonsense solutions. I am prepared string along an ineffective program, I to debate and vote on the measures be- forced but to come together with real think this is a wonderful opportunity fore us. I challenge other Senators to solutions. Rather than put on a show for us to fix it. And we should fix it. and pat ourselves on the back and call do the same. Do the same. Stand up I want to say a word, though, about and be counted. Stand up and be count- it a day, let’s do something good to symbolism versus solutions. I am not make sure we have done everything in ed. interested in Congress voting on a A filibuster says you are not willing our human capacity to prevent another measure that would have no impact on to take a stand; that you vote maybe. Sandy Hook. This is what these fami- the horrific violence we have seen in Stand up and be counted. Have the lies want. This is what they deserve. recent months. I am not interested in a courage. Stand up and be counted. And this is what the American people symbolic gesture which would offer the Then let us work together to make all deserve. families of the Sandy Hook shooting no Americans safer. This calls on the Senate to exercise Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I real solutions. They told me they are its historic and its central role in suggest the absence of a quorum. not political. They don’t come with an bringing all sides together to try to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- agenda. They are not asking us to pass come up with solutions. But if we can’t pore. The clerk will call the roll. a specific piece of legislation. They do that here, if we can’t do that now, The legislative clerk proceeded to just want to know that their loved one when will we ever address this tragedy? did not die in vain, and that something call the roll. The President has told some of these good can come out of this terrible trag- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask victims’ families that this side of the edy. unanimous consent that the order for aisle doesn’t care about their loss. So I think dealing with this mental the quorum call be rescinded. That is not true. That is false. The The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- health reporting issue is a common President is wrong. All of us care about pore. Without objection, it is so or- ground we could come together on. But these families. All of us should care dered. we also need to make sure we are not about violence in our communities, and Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, yester- just going to pass additional laws that we should try to work together to find day I had the solemn privilege of meet- will not be enforced. What possible sol- ways to address this—not in a symbolic ing with some of the families who lost ace could that be to these families, for sort of way but in a real way that of- loved ones in the Sandy Hook shooting. Congress to pass additional laws that fers a solution and maybe a little bit of As a father, I can hardly begin to com- will never be enforced? progress on this issue that would allow prehend the enormous grief these indi- Take, for example, the National In- these families to say, no, my loved one viduals have suffered, losing such a stant Criminal Background Check Sys- did not die in vain; something good young child or a spouse or a mother in tem—the NIC system, as it is called— came out of this. We want to work to- an act of what would appear to be just which flags people who lie on their gether to find real solutions to this senseless violence. Burying your child background check. The annual number type of senseless, incomprehensible vi- is something no parent should have to of cases referred for prosecution fell olence that has taken too many lives. I do. sharply during the first 2 years of the The families and friends of the vic- current President’s term of office. In- hope we will. tims at Sandy Hook are owed the dig- deed, there was a 58-percent drop in re- Mr. President, I yield the floor and I nity and respect of a transparent, good- ferrals and a 70-percent drop in pros- suggest the absence of a quorum. faith effort to address gun violence. I ecutions for people who lie on the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- do believe there is common ground background check. We can fix this. pore. The clerk will call the roll. upon which Republicans and Demo- Let’s make sure that guns aren’t get- The legislative clerk proceeded to crats can come together. The issue of ting into the hands of people who we call the roll. mental health of the gun owner is that all agree should not have them. We Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask common ground for me, along with en- could be doing this right now with unanimous consent the order for the forcing current laws that are on the broad bipartisan support. quorum call be rescinded. books. Let me conclude with a couple of ob- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- If there is one thread that connects servations about where we find our- pore. Without objection, it is so or- the horrific series of gun violence epi- selves with an 11 o’clock vote on an un- dered.

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We are also going to Lautenberg have to have a vote on the size of clips CLOTURE MOTION The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- or magazines. Those are the only votes We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- pore. I am going to make sure we have. ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the On this vote, the yeas are 68, the Other than that, we should have Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to nays are 31. Three-fifths of the Sen- amendments. If people think the proceed to Calendar No. 32, S. 649, a bill to ators duly chosen and sworn having present law is too weak, they can ensure that all individuals who should be voted in the affirmative, the motion is change that or if people think it is too prohibited from buying a firearm are listed agreed to. strong, have some amendments to in the national instant criminal background The majority leader. change that. We cannot have just a few check for every firearm sale, and for other Mr. REID. Mr. President, I appreciate Senators spoiling everything for every- purposes. everyone’s cooperation. I am glad we one here. This is the time we should Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Robert were able to get cloture on this legisla- lay down amendments and see if we can Menendez, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff tion. This legislation and this vote pass them. We can set up procedures Merkley, Christopher A. Coons, Ben- that just took place are, of course, im- here, as we have done, to make sure ev- jamin L. Cardin, Barbara Boxer, Debbie portant for our country, especially for Stabenow, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Rich- eryone is heard. ard J. Durbin, Patty Murray, Jack the people from Connecticut who have I can remember when I had to meet Reed, Dianne Feinstein, Richard lived through their tragedy. But it is with the families from Newtown. To be Blumenthal, Christopher Murphy, Eliz- also important for this body, this Sen- very honest, I didn’t want to, but I did. abeth Warren ate. There have been many things writ- I met them over here in room 219. That The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ten in the last several months about was a hard meeting, because everyone pore. By unanimous consent, the man- how the Senate cannot operate. And I knows how I have approached things in datory quorum call has been waived. so appreciate the Members on the other the past with regard to these matters The question is, Is it the sense of the side of the aisle—especially JOHN now before us. I am like virtually ev- Senate that debate on the motion to MCCAIN on a Sunday show who said: I eryone in America: The events of the proceed to S. 649, a bill to ensure that don’t think there should be a filibuster last few months have been very trag- all individuals who should be prohib- on this. JOHN MCCAIN is a leader and ic—people going to a movie theater to has been a leader in this country for 31 ited from buying a firearm are listed in watch a movie and they are gunned years and people respect his opinion. I the national instant criminal back- down, and more would have been am grateful to all Republicans who ground check system and require a gunned down but for the fact that the joined with us to allow this debate to background check for every firearm man’s 100-clip magazine jammed. New- go forward. sale, and for other purposes shall be town, we have all seen the pictures The hard work starts now. As every- that are not here today of those babies brought to a close? one knows, because we have all heard who were shot, more than once. So The yeas and nays are mandatory this on a number of occasions, the first America has a different view of this vi- under the rule. The clerk will call the amendment is going to be one that has olence than they did just a little while roll. been worked on for weeks by Senator ago. The assistant legislative clerk called MANCHIN, Senator TOOMEY, and Senator We all believe in the Constitution. the roll. KIRK. That will be the first amend- We all know what all of these amend- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the ment. We expect to lay that down later ments are about and what they are sup- Senator from New Jersey (Mr. LAUTEN- today. I hope there will be no efforts to posed to do and we are going to make BERG) is necessarily absent. continue this filibuster with the 30 sure that during this debate we keep The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- hours. There is no reason we shouldn’t the Constitution in mind. pore. Are there any other Senators in get to legislating. The families of the most recent trag- the Chamber desiring to vote? We have an important lunch, as ev- edy in Newtown deserve a debate, be- The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 68, eryone knows. We are going to finish cause these people from Newtown who nays 31, as follows: that lunch, and I hope we can come are the survivors of this tragedy are [Rollcall Vote No. 95 Leg.] back and lay down this amendment and representing everybody in America. YEAS—68 start some debate on it. I have indi- That is why we need this debate. The cated to Senators TOOMEY and Senate is going to give these family Alexander Franken Merkley Ayotte Gillibrand Mikulski MANCHIN—they want to spend a lot of members, friends, and people who live Baldwin Graham Murphy time because they have to get prepared in Newtown, no matter how long it Baucus Hagan Murray for what they are going to do beginning takes, the ability to see how people Bennet Harkin Nelson Tuesday morning—and I said that is stand on these issues. So the Senate is Blumenthal Heinrich Reed fine. In the meantime, there are other going to give them votes. We hope it Boxer Heitkamp Reid Brown Heller Rockefeller things we can do on this legislation. will be sooner rather than later, but we Burr Hirono Sanders We know there are other amend- are going to work through this. Cantwell Hoeven Schatz ments, and I hope no one is going to Senators on both sides have amend- Cardin Isakson Schumer Carper Johnson (SD) say, Well, I am going to filibuster ments they want to offer. We have our Casey Kaine Shaheen every amendment that is offered. That most experienced Senator, who has Chambliss King Stabenow Tester defeats the whole purpose of why we been here longer than anyone else, Coburn Kirk are here. We can’t allow that to hap- Collins Klobuchar Toomey managing this bill, Senator LEAHY of Coons Landrieu Udall (CO) pen. It would be such a shame if that, Vermont. He has always been a fair Corker Leahy Udall (NM) in fact, did happen. man and he will continue to be. He Cowan Levin Warner We are going to have an open amend- knows there are a few amendments Donnelly Manchin Warren ment process, meaning Senators are Durbin McCain Whitehouse that have to go forward, but after that Feinstein McCaskill Wicker going to be able to offer amendments. we are going to be as deliberative as we Flake Menendez Wyden One thing we can’t do is have pending can to make sure people have the op- NAYS—31 scores of amendments and we are not portunity to offer amendments. going to do that. We need to make this I repeat, after we get through the Barrasso Boozman Cornyn Begich Coats Crapo debate so people understand what is Manchin-Toomey amendment, the as- Blunt Cochran Cruz going on. sault weapons, and the high-capacity

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He was so inspired from watching it is a Democratic amendment or a Re- ate has stood for as an institution, and the Olympics last summer, seeing his publican amendment, but that is the I hope it does, and continues to. heroes Michael Phelps and Ryan first one we are going to do. After we Madam President, I ask unanimous Lochte do so well, that he went out and get through these two things, we will consent to speak as in morning busi- decided to learn how to swim and do it have the Republicans. If they are two ness. competitively. So with a little bit of or three behind, they can catch up with The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. help, he became a swimmer as well. His us and then we can alternate back and BALDWIN). Without objection, it is so parents and surviving two older sisters, forth. Even though there is no rule re- ordered. with a lot of his friends and family, ran quiring it, that is the best way to move (The remarks of Mr. DURBIN and Mr. together in honor of Chase’s love for forward. COONS pertaining to the introduction of sports in a Sandy Hook 5K run that at- I am grateful to everyone we are here S. 718 are printed in today’s RECORD tracted thousands of people to the and able to start legislating on this under ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills streets of Hartford. issue that has caught the attention of and Joint Resolutions.’’) Chase Kowalski could have done a lot the American people and, frankly, the Mr. COONS. I suggest the absence of of things. He clearly had this drive and world. a quorum. initiative you don’t find in a lot of kids ORDER FOR RECESS The PRESIDING OFFICER. The who are only 7 years old. We will never Mr. President, we are having a joint clerk will call the roll. really know who Chase was going to meeting. I ask unanimous consent the The bill clerk proceeded to call the grow up to be, but he was a pretty re- Senate recess from 12:30 until 2:30 roll. markable young boy. today to allow for a joint caucus meet- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Jesse Lewis is here on this poster. ing, and that all time during recess and imous consent that the order for the His father, Neil Heslin, is here this morning business count postcloture on quorum call be rescinded. week arguing and pleading for us to do the motion to proceed to S. 649. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without something. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- objection, it is so ordered. Jesse was a pretty amazing kid in his pore. Without objection, it is so or- f own right. He was 6 years old. The evening before the tragedy, he and his dered. RECESS Mr. REID. I note the absence of a father had been out shopping for quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Christmas presents for his friends and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the previous order, the Senate stands family. One of the gifts they were pore. The clerk will call the roll. in recess until 2:30 p.m. going out to get was for his teacher The assistant legislative clerk pro- Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:29 p.m., Vicki Soto, who was killed the next ceeded to call the roll. recessed until 2:30 p.m. and reassem- morning along with him. Jesse was Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask bled when called to order by the Pre- spending his own money on all these unanimous consent that the order for siding Officer (Ms. HEITKAMP). presents. He had $37 to spend, which he the quorum call be rescinded. f had earned by helping his father with a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- variety of odd jobs. SAFE COMMUNITIES, SAFE pore. Without objection, it is so or- That was Jesse. He wanted to do nice SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013—MOTION dered. things for people, but he wanted to Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, before I TO PROCEED—Continued earn the right to do it, so it wasn’t the make a statement relative to an unre- Mr. MURPHY. I come down to the first time he had gone out and basi- lated issue, I just want to say a very floor for the second time today and cally earned the money at 6 years old quick word about the historic vote that maybe the fifth time over the last 2 in order to buy things. But he was still took place a few minutes ago on the days to talk again about the real rea- a kid. He grew up on a farm, so he floor of the Senate. I believe we had 16 son we are here on the floor of the Sen- loved horses and dogs and chicks, and Republicans who joined us in an effort ate this week and next week—to talk he liked to go out and fish and play to proceed to a bill that will initiate a about the scourge of gun violence soccer. His dad was always outside debate—one of the first in years—on across the country and its victims. working on projects, and he always the floor of the Senate about gun safe- We have had a good week this week wanted to be with his dad Neil. ty in America. on the floor of the Senate—a break- He was a pretty amazing kid with a I salute those Members of the Senate through on the matter of background lot of initiative and drive for a 6-year- from both sides of the aisle who sup- checks, an agreement that we hope can old. We will never really know who he ported that motion to proceed, but es- forge the basis of a bill next week, an was going to grow up to be either. pecially from the other side. I know it agreement that maybe doesn’t move us As I have talked about on this floor took a great deal of courage, political as far as some of us would like in terms over the last 2 days, although so much courage, for them to step up and to at of making sure criminals in this coun- of the attention is on those 20 kids, the least initiate this debate. I will tell try don’t have guns but that moves us reality is that 3,300 people have died you, there were those among them— very far down the line toward a day since Newtown. That is where our focus some 13—who signed a letter saying: when no criminals can go onto the should be as well, on people such as We are going to filibuster this matter streets of this country with guns, and Brian Herrera, 16 years old, a straight- to stop it. They did not succeed today then a very positive vote today in A student at Miami Jackson Senior in that effort because 16 on the Repub- which Democrats and Republicans High School. Three days before Christ- lican side joined us. I do not presume joined to break a threatened filibuster. mas of last year, only about a week they are going to vote for all or any of But these are the kids we are really after the Newtown shootings, Brian the amendments to be offered. But at here to talk about, and I wanted to was riding his bike to his best friend’s least they allowed the Senate to be the come down before the week was over to house. He was doing exactly what he Senate instead of having us bogged talk about a few more victims just to should have done—going to a friend’s down—as we have over 400 times in the make sure we are really clear about house to work on a school project—and last 6 years—in a filibuster. whom and what we are talking about. he was gunned down in broad daylight I hope during the course of this de- Let me tell you about Chase in the middle of the pavement. He was bate on the floor we are able to have Kowalski, one of the 7-year-olds killed still carrying his red backpack—a amendments debated and voted on. The by the gunman’s bullets in Sandy Hook story we heard earlier today about majority leader made that request ear- Elementary School. He was an amazing someone else. This was a totally ran- lier, and I believe, for the good of this little kid. He was an athlete. Much like dom shooting. I am not sure if this has

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That is a grand total of form these programs. don’t have a good background checks $1.8 trillion in tax hikes—before we add Without action, seniors and other law—that these things happen. in another trillion dollar tax from beneficiaries will see steep cuts in ben- Jeremy Lee Khaoone, 25 years old, ObamaCare. Yet, despite all of this new efits from Medicare by 2024 and Social was shot in California about 1 month so-called ‘‘revenue,’’ the President’s Security by 2033. While these cuts will ago. He was one of five brothers. His fa- budget would never balance. No not come overnight, neither will the ther had just lost his wife. He was a na- amount of taxes will ever begin to ad- solutions we need to keep the promises tive of Stockton, CA, an ironworker. dress our Nation’s $17 trillion debt. we have made to our seniors and those He was always cheerful and smiling. But taxes aren’t the only problem nearing retirement. Jeremy was killed by gun violence, and with the President’s budget. There is This is the first step in what will be— he left behind a 3-year-old son in Feb- also a trillion dollars in new spending. and quite frankly needs to be—a pro- ruary of this year. We tried that in 2009. It didn’t work longed, well-reasoned debate. I look Every single day 30 people in this then and it won’t work now. To spend forward to working with the President country die from gun violence. You more, we have to borrow more. The in good faith to reform and save these can’t even see the differentiation be- President’s budget would add $8.2 tril- critical programs. I also appreciate the tween the little figurines on this chart lion in new debt over the next 10 years. President’s desire for revenue-neutral because it happens so often. So I have Of particular concern to farmers, corporate tax reform. The devil, of been coming down to the floor not to ranchers, and small businesses in Ne- course, is in the details. I have great hold time but just to remind my col- braska is a proposed hike in the death reservations that the President’s pro- leagues of whom we are really talking tax. Under the fiscal cliff deal reached posal would basically redistribute tax and the fact that what we are pro- at the beginning of this year, the death preferences instead of doing more to posing to do next week really will tax was set at 40 percent, with an ex- bring down what is the highest cor- make a difference. emption per estate of $5 million, in- porate income tax rate in the world. If we want to get all these illegal dexed for inflation. This is already an And I believe that we should not mere- guns off the street, then we can’t just increase from 2011 and 2012, when the ly do this on the corporate side but re- accept the status quo. We have to do death tax rate was 35 percent. The form our entire tax code on a revenue- something about it. It is ridiculous President’s budget, however, would neutral basis in order to unleash the that we don’t have a Federal law that hike the rate further, to 45 percent, economic growth of our Nation. bans gun trafficking. It is not OK that while also diminishing the exemption There are areas where we can work perhaps 4 out of every 10 guns in this per estate to $3.5 million. together—and I am eager to do so. But country are sold without background This disregards the bipartisan will of higher taxes, higher spending, and checks. A person shouldn’t be able to Congress. The Senate has repeatedly higher debt are not the answer to the walk into a school or a movie theater supported a lower death tax rate and fiscal challenges our Nation faces. I yield the floor. higher exemption. Just 3 weeks ago, 80 or a church with a 100-round drum of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ammunition. There is no reason for it. senators—myself included—supported ator from Connecticut is recognized. We are not going to wipe gun vio- an amendment seeking to repeal, or at Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- lence off the face of this Earth, but we least reduce, the death tax. Instead, dent, I join my other colleagues in have to remember these victims. We the President’s death tax proposal thanking the Senators who joined us in have to remember the Jeremies, we would result in a $72 billion tax hike. the vote earlier today. My profound have to remember the Jesses, we have This would be particularly harmful to thanks go to all who voted among the to remember the Brians and the Char- family farmers and ranchers in my 68 to enable this debate to go forward, lottes and the Madeleines and all of State of Nebraska and across our Na- to provide and permit debate and votes these people who have lost their lives. tion. On average, more than 80 percent in coming days, and to enable the fami- We can’t bring them back, but we can of the value of a family-owned farm or lies of Newtown to have a vote; to en- certainly make sure that 3 or 4 months ranch is derived from land, buildings, able the victims of Tucson and Virginia from now this chart is a little bit and equipment. Following the death of Tech and Aurora and Oak Ridge to smaller. We have the ability to do that. a loved one, families often must sell have a vote. I will be back next week with other part or even all of their land and prop- Voting is what we are sent here to stories of victims—from Connecticut, erty to pay the death tax bill. Yet do. The American people hold us ac- to Colorado, to Tucson, to New York these are illiquid assets which rarely countable when we have votes. Votes City, to Chicago, to Miami—so that as receive their assessed value on the enable us to be held accountable and we move into maybe the most critical open market, leaving families to take those votes will take place. The vote week on the floor of this body with re- cents on the dollar in order for them to today is exciting and encouraging and spect to the debate on gun violence in keep that farm or ranch. energizing, but it is only a first step. decades, we are really sure about whom Each day, farmers and ranchers The critical test and profoundly sig- we are talking about and the difference across Nebraska and the United States nificant steps will be next week when we can make. rise well before dawn only to retire we vote on the bipartisan compromise I yield the floor. well after dark. After building a suc- that our colleagues have fashioned, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. WAR- cessful enterprise, family farmers and that Senators MANCHIN and TOOMEY REN). The Senator from Nebraska. ranchers should be able to pass along have together forged on national crimi- THE BUDGET the fruits of their labor to their chil- nal background checks. Mrs. FISCHER. Madam President, I dren. Instead, the President’s budget That is not necessarily as strong as rise today to speak on the budget pro- proposal would reward this lifetime of many of us might have preferred. That posal released at long last yesterday by hard work with a higher tax bill. is not a final or ultimate result on this President Obama. Tardy though this I will proudly cosponsor legislation issue for all time. But it is a solid foun- budget may be, and despite our dif- to be introduced soon by Senator JOHN dation and a path forward to enable ferences in opinion, I welcome the THUNE to permanently repeal the death more bipartisan compromise, more mo- President’s ideas to begin addressing tax. Absent a full repeal, I will con- mentum and impetus. our Nation’s fiscal crisis and runaway tinue fighting to ensure that family The brave families from Newtown spending. Unfortunately, though, I am farmers, ranchers, and other small who were part of this discussion this disappointed that this budget amounts businesses escape as much of the brunt week deserve our thanks as well. They to more taxes, more spending, and of the death tax as possible. This is not turned the tide. They faced our col- more debt. The President’s budget calls to say that I disagree with every aspect leagues in meetings, visit after visit,

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The shooter was named Sandy Hook firehouse after learning We have talked a lot about Newtown Matthew Beck, and he summarily exe- for the first time that their babies and the victims who have evoked our cuted men and women there that day. would not return; loved ones, teachers, most powerful grief, breaking our Connecticut remembers those State educators perishing while trying to hearts, and evoking memories of our employees who provided public service save their children in their care. own children at that age. As I said, I day in and day out and were killed Those families came to Washington went to Newtown as a public official, while they were at work. Again, they to tell their stories and advocate for but what I saw was through the eyes of were working men and women who change so that others would be spared a parent. Other victims of loved ones wanted nothing more than to go home that same experience, so that others evoke the same memories. safely that night. would be spared the same fate as the Today, I wish to evoke the memory My colleague, CHRIS MURPHY, has re- 3,300 who have died since Newtown and of another tragedy that many of us in counted many stories. Many of the sto- the horror they and their families ex- Connecticut remember well. It hap- ries were about children. All of them perienced. pened at Hartford Distributors, which had their future ahead of them. Their Just 4 months ago the conventional is just outside Hartford. future ended brutally and horrifically wisdom was that gun violence legisla- On a beautiful morning, August 2, because of gun violence. tion would never go anywhere in the 2010—and a lot of what I am going to We have taken a step today—a first Congress. In fact, gun violence was po- summarize comes from this great news- step—hopefully followed by more steps litically untouchable. Just days ago, 60 paper account which appeared in the next week. votes was thought to be unreachable as Hartford Courant shortly thereafter. I wish to end by thanking Members a goal. The fact is the political land- As the Courant reported: of this Chamber for giving us the op- scape is changing seismically as we In three minutes on that bright summer portunity to debate and vote and say to speak. As we deliberate, minds are morning, Thornton executed eight men, the American people we are willing to changing. Voices are piercing that con- shooting them all from behind and laughing be held accountable. ventional wisdom. The courage and at one point as he chased down a wounded The majority of American people compassion of the Newtown families victim. want commonsense and sensible meas- Thornton went into a kitchenette near the have disproved and completely de- office, saying that he wanted a drink of ures to end the violence on the streets, feated the pundits, the conventional water. He pulled a pistol from his lunch pail in our neighborhoods, and in our place wisdom, the prognosticators who said and shot operations director Louis Felder. of work, such as Hartford Distributors it could not be done. Hollander said he heard Felder yell: ‘‘Omar, and the State lottery. We want to The world watched that tragedy on you can’t!’’ followed by loud bangs. make sure the hard-working men and December 14 at Newtown. I said on that Hollander was hit by one of the bullets women who go to their jobs, play by evening at the vigil at St. Rose of Lima that passed through Felder. As he crawled the rules, and expect fairness have the Church: The world is watching New- into his father’s office— opportunity to go home that night. town. Hartford Distributors is owned by the I thank this Chamber and the Mem- Indeed, the world watched Newtown, Hollander family. bers who voted today, and I hope those and today the world watched the Sen- Hollander heard Cirigliano yell—‘‘Omar, Members will join us in the future so ate as it took this historic, and for no! Omar, no!’’ Thornton shot Cirigliano we can make sure fewer victims perish many of our colleagues a courageous, twice, once in the back of the head and once as a result of this horrific epidemic in brave step. in the forehead. our country, gun violence. Today we kept faith with those fami- He systematically executed another Thank you. lies and the victims of that tragedy in six people after those two, and then he I yield the floor and suggest the ab- a first step to finally do something killed himself. sence of a quorum. about gun violence. Now we must con- The victims that day were men who The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tinue working, taking nothing for came to work every day and had fami- clerk will call the roll. granted, avoiding complacency and lies. They came to work expecting to The assistant legislative clerk pro- overconfidence because every step is come home at the end of the day. Their ceeded to call the roll. uphill when it comes to gun violence. families expected them to come home. Mr. COONS. Madam President, I ask I thank particularly two of my col- They were men who had worked in that unanimous consent the order for the leagues, JOE MANCHIN and PAT TOOMEY, place for many years by dint of their quorum call be rescinded. because they stepped forward from sweat and backbreaking labor. They The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. States that may not be as receptive to had come to a place in their lives HEITKAMP). Without objection, it is so what they have done as others, but where they could enjoy it. They had ordered. they deserve the thanks and gratitude enough financial security that they ex- f of their States in their statesmanship pected to enjoy it for some time. That in supporting and forging this com- day the killer deprived them of their MODIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS promise. future and their families’ future as UNDER THE STOCK ACT I will continue to support and work well. Mr. COONS. Madam President, I ask for a truly universal background check Gun violence affects all of us in dif- unanimous consent the Senate proceed system, but this bipartisan com- ferent ways. I have visited the memo- to the consideration of S. 716, intro- promise represents significant rial that was established for the brave duced earlier today. progress. It is a vast improvement over men who died that day at Hartford Dis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The current law. It will make sure that a tributors. It is a quiet, peaceful place clerk will report the bill by title. lot fewer criminals get their hands on that is exquisitely and beautifully The legislative clerk read as follows: guns. It will make our streets and done. It evokes the memories of men A bill (S. 716) to modify the requirements schools safer. who died while they were on the job be- under the STOCK Act regarding online ac- On the morning of December 14, I— cause of a deranged individual who cess to certain financial disclosure state- along with Senator MURPHY—pledged was, in fact, about to be fired. ments and related forms. to do everything I could to make sure Connecticut’s experience with this There being no objection, the Senate more parents will not have to bury kind of death extends to its own facil- proceeded to consider the bill. their children because of preventable ity. The State lottery experienced a Mr. COONS. I ask unanimous consent gun violence. Expanded background similar horrific and brutal slaying. The that the bill be read three times and

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AMENDMENT NO. 715 The bill (S. 716) was ordered to be en- (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking ‘‘18 months after the date of (Purpose: To protect Second Amendment grossed for a third reading, was read enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Janu- rights, ensure that all individuals who the third time and passed, as follows: ary 1, 2014’’; should be prohibited from buying a firearm S. 716 (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read are listed in the National Instant Criminal Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- as follows: Background Check System, and provide a resentatives of the United States of America in ‘‘(B) public access to— responsible and consistent background Congress assembled, ‘‘(i) financial disclosure reports filed by check process) SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS OF ONLINE ACCESS the President, the Vice President, and any Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I have TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL DISCLO- officer occupying a position listed in section an amendment at the desk and I ask SURE STATEMENTS AND RELATED 5312 or section 5313 of title 5, United States for its consideration. FORMS. Code, having been nominated by the Presi- (a) PUBLIC, ONLINE DISCLOSURE OF FINAN- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dent and confirmed by the Senate to that po- CIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS.— clerk will report the amendment. sition, (1) IN GENERAL.—Except with respect to fi- The legislative clerk read as follows: ‘‘(ii) reports filed by any individual de- nancial disclosure forms filed by officers and scribed in clause (i) of a transaction disclo- The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. employees referred to in paragraph (2), sec- sure required by section 103(l) of the Ethics MANCHIN] for himself, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. KIRK, tion 8(a) and section 11(a) of the STOCK Act in Government Act of 1978, and and Mr. SCHUMER, proposes an amendment (5 U.S.C. App. 105 note) shall not be effective. ‘‘(iii) notices of extensions, amendments, numbered 715. (2) EXEMPTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.— and blind trusts, with respect to financial (The amendment is printed in today’s The officer and employees referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: disclosure reports described in clauses (i) and RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) (ii), (A) The President. f (B) The Vice President. pursuant to title I of the Ethics in Govern- (C) Any Member of Congress. ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.), MORNING BUSINESS (D) Any candidate for Congress. through databases that are maintained on Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- (E) Any officer occupying a position listed the official website of the Office of Govern- imous consent that we now proceed to ment Ethics.’’; in section 5312 or section 5313 of title 5, a period of morning business with Sen- United States Code, having been nominated (C) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking the first two sentences; and ators permitted to speak therein for up by the President and confirmed by the Sen- to 10 minutes each. ate to that position. (ii) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘under paragraph The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to change the effec- (1)(B)’’; objection, it is so ordered. tive date for the internet publication of cer- (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘under f tain information to prevent harm to the na- this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under para- tional security or endangering the military graph (1)(B)’’; RECOGNIZING THE ROTARY CLUB officers and civilian employees to whom the (E) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘be able OF CARSON CITY publication requirement applies, and for to’’ after ‘‘shall’’; and Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise to other purposes’’ is repealed. (F) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under para- honor the Rotary Club of Carson City. (b) ELECTRONIC FILING AND ONLINE AVAIL- Celebrating 75 years of service to the ABILITY.— graph (1)(B)’’. community, the Rotary Club has shown (1) FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CAN- f DIDATES.—Section 8(b) of the STOCK Act (5 great dedication to America’s ideals of U.S.C. App. 105 note) is amended— SAFE COMMUNITIES, SAFE prosperity, education, and opportunity. (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘, OFFICERS SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013—MOTION It is my great honor to acknowledge OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE, AND CONGRES- TO PROCEED—Continued the Rotary Club of Carson City’s rich SIONAL STAFF’’; Mr. COONS. I yield the floor and sug- history of service, particularly in light (B) in paragraph (1)— gest the absence of a quorum. of its recent anniversary. (i) by striking ‘‘18 months after the date of Hans Jepson, president of the Minden enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Janu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ary 1, 2014’’; clerk will call the roll. Rotary Club, and the civic-minded Rev. (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read The legislative clerk proceeded to John L. Harvey, began plans to create as follows: call the roll. the Carson City Rotary Club in the ‘‘(B) public access to— (Mr. COONS assumed the Chair.) summer of 1937. The first meeting saw ‘‘(i) financial disclosure reports filed by Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- five attendees who sketched plans for Members of Congress and candidates for Con- imous consent that the order for the the organization’s future. Their first gress, quorum call be rescinded. plan of action was to add the Carson ‘‘(ii) reports filed by Members of Congress The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. WAR- City Rotary Club to the Nevada roster. and candidates for Congress of a transaction After carefully selecting additional disclosure required by section 103(l) of the NER). Without objection, it is so or- Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and dered. members, the Rotary Club of Carson ‘‘(iii) notices of extensions, amendments, Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent City had its first official meeting on and blind trusts, with respect to financial that all postcloture time on the motion January 25, 1938. A month later, it was disclosure reports described in clauses (i) and to proceed be yielded back. accepted as a member of Rotary Inter- (ii), The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without national—an achievement that re- pursuant to title I of the Ethics in Govern- objection, it is so ordered. flected several months of earnest effort ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.), All time is yielded back. on the part of the pioneers of the local through databases that are maintained on movement. the official websites of the House of Rep- The question is on agreeing to the resentatives and the Senate.’’; motion to proceed. Initially comprised of only 25 men, (C) in paragraph (2)— The motion was agreed to. the Rotary Club of Carson City has since expanded to encompass almost 90 (i) by striking the first two sentences; and f (ii) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘under members. Ever mindful of the organi- this section’’ and inserting ‘‘under paragraph SAFE COMMUNITIES, SAFE zation’s previous motto ‘‘He Profits (1)(B)’’; SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013 Most Who Serves The Best’’, the mem- (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘under The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bers provide ‘‘Service Above Self’’ to this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under para- clerk will report the bill by title. the Carson City community. graph (1)(B)’’; Since its founding, the Rotary Club (E) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘be able The legislative clerk read as follows: to’’ after ‘‘shall’’; and A bill (S. 649) to ensure that all individuals of Carson City has realized many ac- (F) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘under who should be prohibited from buying a fire- complishments, including its participa- this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under para- arm are listed in the national instant crimi- tion in the global campaign that re- graph (1)(B)’’. nal background check system and require a duced transmission of the Polio Virus

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It awards a 4-year schol- look forward to his future contribu- claimed to understand that we need a arship to a non-traditional student and tions. long-term solution to our immigration recognizes exceptional educators f problems. That sentence is the most through Teacher of the Year and important part of their document, and Teacher of the Month awards. It also TRIBUTE TO MAYOR ARLENE as we work together on this issue, we sponsors high school students’ involve- MULDER must not lose sight of that goal. ment both in the Rotary Youth Leader- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, Arling- In order to achieve that goal, we need ship Academy and the Rotary Youth ton Heights, IL, is known as the City of to learn from our previous mistakes so Exchange Program, where students Good Neighbors—and if you ask people that we truly don’t have to revisit the spend a year abroad and, host inter- there who best embodies that spirit, problem. There is clear evidence that national students in Carson City. there’s a pretty good chance they’ll an- the 1986 amnesty program didn’t solve Moreover, the club supports various swer: Mayor Arlene Mulder. our immigration problem, despite the programs offered by FISH, Friends in After 20 years as mayor and more intent of the law. Even though, for the Service Helping, Capital City Circles than three decades serving her commu- first time ever, we made it illegal to Initiative, Western Nevada Boys and nity, Mayor Mulder is retiring from knowingly hire or employ someone Girls Club, and Food for Thought, in public life in just a few weeks. I would here illegally, illegal immigration addition to its various community like to personally acknowledge soared because we rewarded the un- service projects, such as Rotarians at Arlene’s significant contributions to documented population. We set pen- Work Day. the people of Arlington Heights, thank alties to deter the hiring of people here I laud the Rotary Club of Carson her for her good work, and wish her illegally. Yet, an industry of counter- City’s dedication to the community every success in the coming years. feiting and identity theft flourished and am pleased to congratulate its Both in public service and private and made a mockery of the law. members on seventy-five much appre- life, Mayor Mulder was always a good Unfortunately, the 1986 law didn’t ciated years of service. neighbor. She worked to reduce air- adequately provide for securing our f craft noise, improve air quality and borders or provide the tools to enforce the laws, nor did it properly address TRIBUTE TO CRAIG WARNER quality of life for residents, and to re- the need to create or enhance the legal Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise to develop Arlington Heights’ downtown district. avenues for people to enter the coun- honor a man who has dedicated his life try. The bill focused on legalizing mil- to serving others, Craig Warner. Al- Even outside her role as mayor, she always advocated for the people and lions of people here rather than cre- though this chapter of his career is ating a system that would work for coming to a close, his legacy in vol- businesses of Arlington Heights. As a member of the board of directors of generations to come. unteerism will live on. So, I have made a point of trying to Metra, Northeast Illinois’ commuter Craig began his career in public serv- remind my colleagues that we must rail system, Arlene worked to improve ice by joining the Peace Corps after learn from the mistakes we made. As a the region’s transportation network graduating from Iowa State Univer- member of the Judiciary Committee, I because she understood that when cit- sity. He spent two years in Lesotho, Af- have been adamant about making sure ies and suburbs work together, every- rica, after which he became a recruiter all members have an opportunity to re- one benefits. for the Peace Corps. He then served for view, analyze, and debate the bill. Those who know her well have noth- 16 years as a state program specialist Along with other members, we have ing but good things to say about her. with the ACTION Agency in the Ten- asked for hearings. We have pressed the She practices an inclusive brand of nessee State Office supporting VISTA bipartisan group to work with us and leadership to bring people together and and Senior Corps programs. In 1991, he ensure that we have a deliberative and brought his expertise to Nevada. When get results, genuinely cares about her healthy debate. ACTION was replaced by the Corpora- community, and she really listens to Unfortunately, this bipartisan group tion for National and Community Serv- their needs. has failed to consult with many mem- ice, CNCS, Governor Bob Miller made I always knew that Arlene would as- bers of the Judiciary Committee, which Craig one of the original appointees to pire to the highest levels of profes- has jurisdiction over immigration mat- CNCS, where he served as the state di- sionalism in her work. She managed to ters. They are working with the Cham- rector for more than 20 years. conduct her work with a smile—which ber of Commerce and the AFL–CIO. Bringing his great sense of humor to you could see often at any of the daily They are sharing language with K every project he works on, Craig has public appearances around town for Street and interest groups. They are been a mentor in addition to director. which she is well known. leaking details of their plans to certain Craig is a warm and compassionate While Mayor Mulder is ending her ca- media outlets. Yet, Members of the man with a kind heart, intent on doing reer in public life to spend more time Senate are forced to learn through everything possible to make life better with her husband, children, and grand- these avenues about their negotiations. for those seeking help. He has high ex- children, I know she’ll continue to be a And, all along, the American people pectations for projects and pushes to good neighbor to the Arlington Heights have been in the dark. make sure they are done right. Even community. This is what she has al- When the bill is unveiled, possibly so, he is always ready to lend a hand ways done. That is just who she is. next week, every Member of the Senate and give advice to make sure projects f will have questions. We will comb are successful. Craig is an honest man IMMIGRATION REFORM through the details and determine if who treats colleagues with respect, the proposal will truly fix the problems genuine kindness, and interest. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, for once and for all. So allow me to share Volunteerism is a vital component of months, Members on both sides of the some of the questions I have. In an ef- every community, and I am proud to aisle have been working to find comfort to ensure that the bill does what honor Craig for the tradition of service mon ground on ways to fix our broken their framework insisted that the prob- he has built in Nevada. Working with immigration system. This group has lem be fixed once and for all I will ask the Nevada Commission for National been meeting behind closed doors to these questions when the bill is finally and Community Service since its in- forge a consensus on a very difficult revealed to the public. ception, Craig has shaped the organiza- topic. The group released a framework, Is this bill enforcement first or legal- tion, now called Nevada Volunteers, as or a document of principles, that would ization first? well as the way Nevada has served its guide their negotiations. I cannot What is the expected cost? How will community for the last 20 years. stress the importance of the first sen- it be paid for?

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For the first time owes over $16 trillion and no one is Who will determine that these since the President has been required talking about reducing it. We have to metrics are met? Will it be Congress, a to submit a budget—since 1922, 91 years get to balance—the sooner the better— commission or a Secretary who doesn’t ago—the President failed to provide a and start paying down the debt. think that the border matters? budget proposal before the Senate I am very disappointed, but not sur- Will the entry/exit system Congress passed one. This year the President’s prised, that the President yet again mandated in 1996 finally be imple- budget proposal was submitted to Con- has not taken the opportunity to fully mented? Will it be a part of the trig- gress 65 days late. And even with that address the drivers of our growing defi- ger? extra time to find solutions that would cits and debt spending programs such Will the language be tight enough to jumpstart the economy, the budget as Medicare and Social Security. The prevent criminals—those with DUIs proposed by the President continues President won his re-election last year. and other aggravated felonies from the policies that have led to anemic The time for campaigning is over; it is being eligible for legalization? economic growth and stagnant job cre- time to start governing and make the Will individuals already apprehended, ation—more taxes, more spending, tough choices to save these programs or people in removal proceedings be eli- more government. for current and future beneficiaries. gible or even allowed to apply for the The last time we voted on the Presi- I said this during the debate on the legalization program? dent’s budget, it received zero votes. majority’s budget resolution a few Will the bill ensure that the legaliza- Let me repeat that—zero votes. Not weeks ago, and it is worth repeating tion program is covered by bene- even the members of his own party sup- now we need to grow the economy, not ficiaries, and not taxpayers? ported his budget. Since the Presi- the government. One of the ways we What will happen to individuals who dent’s budget is arriving after we have can grow the economy is by reforming do not come forward and register or get already taken up a budget here in the our outdated tax code. We have to provisional status? Senate, I doubt that we will vote on lower tax rates and broaden the tax What will happen if the border is this proposal. But I don’t think it’s a base and make the tax code simpler never secured? What will be the con- stretch to say that a vote on this budg- and fairer for all taxpayers. I was sequences, including for those who et might obtain the same result. happy to see the President’s budget have already received registered provi- We have already heard cries from call for revenue-neutral business tax sional status? members of his own party that he is in- reform. But then I read the fine print Will the agency in charge of immi- cluded proposals they don’t like for ex- and realized the President was calling gration benefits be able to handle the ample, a provision called ‘‘chained for lowering the corporate tax rate additional workload while also pre- CPI’’ that changes the inflation meas- only and by paying for it by increasing venting fraud and abuse? urement for many Federal programs, taxes on U.S. multinational companies Will the bill encourage cooperation such as Social Security, and for certain and oil and gas companies. I agree we between the Federal Government and provisions of the tax code. The Presi- need to lower the corporate tax rate. State and locals to enforce the laws? dent’s budget estimates that this pro- We also need to fix our outdated inter- How will the bill ensure that ICE vision will reduce the deficit by nearly national tax system so we don’t ham- agents are allowed to do their job? $230 billion over 10 years. And a budget per our U.S. multinational companies Will E-Verify be mandatory for all such as the President’s that raises from competing globally. And I have an businesses? Will there be exceptions to taxes by nearly $1 trillion over the international tax reform bill that ad- the rule? next 10 years—and that is in addition dresses those issues. But in addition to Will the bill require all businesses to to the $600 billion in tax increases that lowering the corporate tax rate, we use E-Verify now or will it drag out the went into effect earlier this year cer- have to ensure we address the taxes requirement even though it is ready to tainly will not win over any members paid by so-called ‘‘flow-through’’ busi- go nationwide? on my side of the aisle. While there are nesses these are the partnerships, S- Will the bill exempt or preserve some provisions in this budget I might corporations, and limited liability State laws that require E-Verify? support, the budget taken as a whole is companies. Just fixing the corporate What are the concessions to the a far cry from what we need to get the side doesn’t help the millions of busi- unions and to the business community? country on the right fiscal path. nesses structured as flow-through enti- Will the new temporary worker pro- The President and his party like to ties. I appreciate the President want- gram, which is a new model encom- talk about a so-called ‘‘balanced ap- ing to do revenue-neutral corporate tax passing instant portability, truly proach.’’ But there is nothing balanced reform. But that only addresses part of work? How will employers be held re- about a budget proposal that raises the problem. sponsible for the visa holders, if at all? taxes by nearly $1 trillion and can’t I generally don’t like to do things Is the new temporary worker pro- even balance. That is right the Presi- ‘‘comprehensively.’’ We should do leg- gram truly temporary? Will they get a dent’s budget does not balance in any islation in smaller parts so people can special green card process? of the next 10 years. What we really understand what is in them and can Will the bill exempt certain indus- need is a budget that gets us to balance vote for and against the things they tries, such as construction, from this and puts us on a path to start paying support and don’t support. But given new visa program? down our country’s $16 trillion debt. the interaction between the individual Will the 11 million people here ille- We have to start paying down the debt. and corporate side of the tax code, we gally get priority in this new tem- The President’s budget proposal really need to look at them together porary worker program? Will they be would increase taxes as a percent of and make sure changes we make in one able to use it? the Nation’s total output, or GDP, each area don’t make things worse in an- Will the bill require employers to year over the next 10 years, resulting other area. first recruit and hire Americans? in revenues as a percent of GDP at 20 So now we have finally seen the We have a long road ahead of us to percent in fiscal year 2023. The average President’s budget proposal. And while pass legislation to reform our immigra- rate over the past 40 years has been ap- there are a few good things in it, I am tion system. We will have many more proximately 18 percent of GDP. The sorry to tell my constituents back in questions and, hopefully, a transparent U.S. has balanced the budget 12 times Wyoming and the American public that and deliberative process to improve the since World War II. The average rev- the President has yet again failed to

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All of these events bers on my side of the aisle to fix our friend, Shoshone-Paiute Tribal Chair- bring together Penn State students, tax code, both individual and cor- man Terry Gibson. He left a lasting alumni, and other interested parties by porate, and reform our spending on mark in his far too few years of life. providing a forum where relevant tech- programs such as Medicare and Social Terry carried an absolute commit- nological advances in the related Security. The American people deserve ment to better the lives of the people fields, best business practices between nothing less. he led and those of future generations. interacting disciplines and creative in- He had a deep understanding of the f novation can be shared and displayed strengths and challenges of the Sho- RECOGNIZING PENNSYLVANIA for the betterment of all involved. shone-Paiute Tribes, and he focused on STATE UNIVERSITY Lastly, and perhaps most impor- making progress. Prior to serving as Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, today I tantly, I should recognize the out- chairman, he served on the tribal coun- wish to recognize Pennsylvania State standing faculty who make Penn State cil and worked as health director, com- University as the school celebrates 150 what it is. The faculty at Penn State pliance officer and natural resource di- years of history. April 1, 2013, marked are leaders in their respective fields rector for the tribes. His experience this monumental anniversary when and conduct cutting edge research in and knowledge contributed to his ex- Pennsylvania designated the then-Ag- numerous disciplines. The success of emplary leadership. He was dedicated to encouraging ricultural College of Pennsylvania to the university is dependent on the high tribal youth to achieve educational and be the sole land grant college in the quality faculty who dedicated their career success, and he worked to ad- Commonwealth. Of course the Agricul- lives to academia, and all of the Penn tural College would eventually become dress unemployment, domestic vio- State faculty should be proud of their lence and poverty. Terry furthered the Pennsylvania State College in 1874 and accomplishments. They are educating Pennsylvania State University in 1953. mission of protecting and preserving the next generation of leaders, and, the Shoshone-Paiute tribal culture and While maintaining its agriculture through their research, are bettering base, Penn State expanded its focus natural resources while also assisting the lives of people throughout the and encouraging the economic develop- shortly after opening its doors to stu- Commonwealth, Nation, and the world. dents and began offering degrees in lib- ment of the tribes. He was mindful of eral arts and other fields. Notably, Again, I want to congratulate Penn- ensuring future generations would also Penn State quickly became one of the sylvania State University on reaching have the opportunity to benefit from Nation’s largest engineering schools in this milestone. You make the Com- our resources. the late 19th century. monwealth a better place, and I am We worked together on projects to Today, the Pennsylvania State Uni- confident the next 150 years of accom- benefit tribal members, and he was al- versity is the largest university in the plishments will be even greater than ways a trusted partner and strong lead- Commonwealth and grants more bacca- the last. er with the courage and foresight to laureate degrees than any other school tackle the many issues facing the in Pennsylvania, and it has one of the f tribes. He is recognized as a dedicated largest graduate schools in the coun- leader who thoughtfully carried out his try. In all, Penn State offers students duties in advancing the objectives of PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S FUNERAL the tribal membership. Terry was a the opportunity to pursue studies in TRAIN more than 150 different disciplines. sensible, strong and reliable voice. The unexpected passing of Chairman Penn State graduates have gone on to Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today Gibson brings great sadness to the great success in agriculture, engineer- I wish to recognize the installation of tribes, the Owyhee area, Idaho and me. ing, business, law, medicine, academia, an Ohio Historical Society marker My prayers are with his wife, Debbie, government, and sports. Enrollment at commemorating President Lincoln’s his children, his family, the people he funeral train stop in Urbana, OH on Penn State’s 20 undergraduate cam- led, and the many lives he reached. I April 29, 1865. Urbana was one of the puses, the World Campus, the Graduate join his family members and many Ohio communities President Lincoln’s School, the Dickinson School of Law, friends in mourning his loss. I am the College of Medicine, and the Col- funeral train passed through on its thankful I had the opportunity to know lege of Technology is approaching 1,654-mile trek from Washington D.C. Terry and work with him. While Terry 100,000. Penn State can boast that 1 in to Springfield, IL. Around midnight on will be sorely missed, his legacy will every 117 Americans with a college de- April 29, 1865, 10,000 mourners gathered endure. His steady and dedicated lead- gree is an alumni of Pennsylvania near Urbana’s train station to pay ership will not be forgotten.∑ State University. That is quite an their respects to President Lincoln f achievement. It has been a great suc- during the train’s 20-minute stop. TRIBUTE TO JESSE DAUNIS cess, and has served Pennsylvania, and To commemorate this historic event, the Nation, well. the Champaign County Bicentennial ∑ Mr. HELLER. Mr. President, today I Penn State has also created an envi- Historical Marker Committee is in- am proud to recognize one of Nevada’s ronment that promotes the importance stalling an Ohio Historical Society veterans whose overwhelming sacrifice of public service and volunteer work. marker in Urbana. This marker will on behalf of those who served our great Most notably, Penn State students par- not only honor one of America’s great- Nation is inspiring. On April 1, 2013, ticipate in an annual fundraiser known est presidents, but it will also recog- Jesse Daunis began his journey on foot as THON, which benefits pediatric can- nize this historical event which con- across the State of Nevada to raise cer care and research. THON cul- tributes greatly to Urbana’s rich herit- money and awareness to assist vet- minates each year with a multiday erans dealing with depression, postage. dance marathon at the Bryce Jordan traumatic stress disorder, and many Center. Since its inception in 1977, I wish to recognize Champaign Coun- other issues related to the difficult THON has raised more than $100 mil- ty for keeping history alive for future transition from soldier to civilian. lion. In 2013 alone, THON raised nearly generations through the installation of The brave men and women who $12.5 million for pediatric cancer. the Ohio Historical Society marker, served our country and fought to pro- These fundraising efforts are truly re- and for other historical preservation tect our freedom are coming back to a markable and Penn State students and commemorations in an Ohio coun- struggling economy. Our Nation’s serv- should be proud of all they have done ty with a rich history. icemembers have made great sacrifices

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Assisting our Na- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER ant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs, De- tion’s veterans and families is of the COMMUNICATIONS partment of the Interior, transmitting, pur- utmost importance. suant to law, a report relative to restoring I am grateful Mr. Daunis is raising The following communications were certain funds to the Delaware Tribe of Indi- awareness for an issue about which I laid before the Senate, together with ans; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. care deeply. Having a family member accompanying papers, reports, and doc- EC–1122. A communication from the Fed- uments, and were referred as indicated: eral Liaison Officer, Patent and Trademark who has served in the Armed Forces, I Office, Department of Commerce, transmit- have always been an advocate for our EC–1113. A communication from the Direc- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- troops. As a member of the United tor, Office of Personnel Management, trans- titled ‘‘Revisions to Patent Term Adjust- States Senate Committee on Veterans mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ment’’ (RIN0651–AC84) received during ad- Affairs, I will continue to vocalize my entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable journment of the Senate in the Office of the Care Act; Establishment of the Multi-State President of the Senate on April 1, 2013; to support for our servicemembers. I ap- Plan Program for the Affordable Insurance plaud Mr. Daunis for undertaking this the Committee on the Judiciary. Exchanges’’ (RIN3206–AM47) received during EC–1123. A communication from the Fed- 448-mile journey over 18 days from adjournment of the Senate in the Office of eral Liaison Officer, Patent and Trademark Reno to Las Vegas, and I stand with the President of the Senate on March 28, Office, Department of Commerce, transmit- him. 2013; to the Committee on Health, Education, ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Mr. Daunis’ selfless efforts to honor Labor, and Pensions. titled ‘‘Changes to Representation of Others and acknowledge our Nation’s veterans EC–1114. A communication from the Sec- Before the United States Patent and Trade- embodies the value of service over self. retary of Health and Human Services, trans- mark Office’’ (RIN0651–AC81) received during mitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled the adjournment of the Senate in the Office I commend Mr. Daunis for his steadfast ‘‘Health Plan Value Methodology’’; to the determination in raising awareness for of the President of the Senate on April 1, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 2013; to the Committee on the Judiciary. those who keep us safe. Today, I ask Pensions. EC–1124. A communication from the Prin- my colleagues to join me in recog- EC–1115. A communication from the Acting cipal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Of- nizing Mr. Daunis for his service to our Director, Office of Management and Budget, fice of Legislative Affairs, Department of country and commitment to helping Executive Office of the President, transmit- Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- veterans in need.∑ ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled port entitled ‘‘The Office on Violence ‘‘OMB Final Sequestration Report to the Against Women’s Grant Funds Used to Ad- f President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2013’’; dress Stalking: 2012 Report to Congress’’; to to the Committees on Agriculture, Nutri- TRIBUTE TO LAURA HODSON the Committee on the Judiciary. tion, and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed EC–1125. A communication from the Prin- ∑ Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- cipal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Of- recognize Laura Hodson, an intern in fairs; the Budget; Commerce, Science, and fice of Legislative Affairs, Department of my Aberdeen, SD, office, for all of the Transportation; Energy and Natural Re- Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the hard work she has done for me, my sources; Environment and Public Works; Fi- Department of Justice’s 2012 Freedom of In- nance; Foreign Relations; Health, Education, staff, and the State of South Dakota. formation Act (FOIA) Litigation and Com- Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and pliance Report; to the Committee on the Ju- Laura is a graduate of Bennett Coun- Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; Select diciary. ty High School in Martin, SD. Cur- Committee on Intelligence; the Judiciary; EC–1126. A communication from the Sec- rently, she is attending Northern State Rules and Administration; Small Business retary, Judicial Conference of the United University, where she is majoring in and Entrepreneurship; and Veterans’ Affairs. States, transmitting, a report of proposed political science. She is a hard worker EC–1116. A communication from the Direc- legislation entitled ‘‘Criminal Judicial Pro- who has been dedicated to getting the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, cedure, Administration, and Technical most out of her internship experience. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Amendments Act of 2013’’; to the Committee ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- on the Judiciary. I extend my sincere thanks and ap- titled ‘‘Styrene-Ethylene-Propylene Block EC–1127. A communication from the Sec- preciation to Laura for all of the fine Copolymer; Tolerance Exemption’’ (FRL No. retary, Judicial Conference of the United work she has done and wish her contin- 9380–5) received in the Office of the President States, transmitting, a report relative to ued success in the years to come.∑ of the Senate on April 8, 2013; to the Com- bankruptcy judgeship recommendations and mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- corresponding draft legislation for the 113th f estry. Congress; to the Committee on the Judici- MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT EC–1117. A communication from the Chief ary. Executive Officer, Corporation for National EC–1128. A communication from the Direc- Messages from the President of the and Community Service, transmitting, pur- tor, Administrative Office of the United United States were communicated to suant to law, the Corporation’s fiscal year States Courts, transmitting, pursuant to the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his sec- 2014 Congressional Budget Justification and law, an annual report on crime victims’ retaries. fiscal year 2012 Annual Performance Report; rights; to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on Health, Education, EC–1129. A communication from the Asso- f Labor, and Pensions. ciate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED EC–1118. A communication from the Chair- man, Merit Systems Protection Board, Small Business Administration, transmit- As in executive session the Presiding transmitting, pursuant to law, the Board’s ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘2011 Officer laid before the Senate messages fiscal year 2012 annual report relative to the Fiscal Year Report to the U.S. Congress on from the President of the United Notification and Federal Employee Anti- Minority Small Business and Capital Owner- States submitting sundry nominations discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002; ship Development’’; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. which were referred to the appropriate to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC–1130. A communication from the Direc- committees. tor of the Regulation Policy and Manage- (The messages received today are EC–1119. A communication from the Acting Director of the Office of Regulatory Affairs ment Office of the General Counsel, Veterans printed at the end of the Senate pro- and Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Health Administration, Department of Vet- ceedings.) Affairs, Department of the Interior, trans- erans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Grants to f mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Residential, Business, and Wind States for Construction or Acquisition of MEASURES PLACED ON THE and Solar Resource Leases on Indian Land’’ State Homes’’ (RIN2900–AO60) received in the CALENDAR ON APRIL 10, 2013 (RIN1076–AE73) received during adjournment Office of the President of the Senate on April of the Senate in the Office of the President 9, 2013; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- The following bills were read the sec- of the Senate on April 1, 2013; to the Com- fairs. ond time, and placed on the calendar: mittee on Indian Affairs. f S. 680. A bill to rescind amounts appro- EC–1120. A communication from the Direc- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES priated for fiscal year 2013 for the Depart- tor, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of ment of Defense for the Medium Extended the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, The following reports of committees Air Defense System, and for other purposes. a report relative to the notification of eligi- were submitted:

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A bill to amend title XVIII of the education, treatment, and research activities f Social Security Act to increase diagnosis of related to Lyme and other tick-borne dis- EXECUTIVE REPORT OF Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, eases, including the establishment of a Tick- COMMITTEE leading to better care and outcomes for Borne Diseases Advisory Committee; to the Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and The following executive report of a and related dementias; to the Committee on Pensions. nomination was submitted: Finance. f By Mr. LEAHY for the Committee on the By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Judiciary. TOOMEY, Mr. CARPER, Mr. MORAN, and SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND Kenneth John Gonzales, of New Mexico, to Mr. JOHANNS): SENATE RESOLUTIONS be United States District Judge for the Dis- S. 710. A bill to provide exemptions from trict of New Mexico. municipal advisor registration requirements; The following concurrent resolutions to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and and Senate resolutions were read, and (Nominations without an asterisk Urban Affairs. referred (or acted upon), as indicated: were reported with the recommenda- By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and By Ms. KLOBUCHAR: tion that they be confirmed.) Mr. FRANKEN): S. Res. 96. A resolution recognizing the S. 711. A bill to designate the Federal f celebration of National Student Employ- building located at 118 South Mill Street, ment Week at the University of Minnesota Fergus Falls, Minnesota, as the Edward J. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Duluth; to the Committee on Health, Edu- Devitt United States Courthouse; to the JOINT RESOLUTIONS cation, Labor, and Pensions. Committee on Environment and Public The following bills and joint resolu- Works. f tions were introduced, read the first By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS and second times by unanimous con- COONS): sent, and referred as indicated: S. 712. A bill to allow acceleration certifi- S. 54 cates awarded under the Patents for Human- By Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the ity Program to be transferrable; to the Com- HATCH): mittee on the Judiciary. names of the Senator from Minnesota S. 703. A bill to amend the Immigration By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. (Mr. FRANKEN) and the Senator from and Nationality Act to provide for the eligi- WHITEHOUSE): Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were added bility of the Hong Kong Special Administra- S. 713. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Ste- as cosponsors of S. 54, a bill to increase tion Region for designation for participation vens Fishery Conservation and Management public safety by punishing and deter- in the visa waiver program for certain visi- Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic ring firearms trafficking. tors to the United States; to the Committee Fishery Management Council; to the Com- S. 84 on the Judiciary. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- By Mr. CASEY: tation. At the request of Ms. MIKULSKI, the S. 704. A bill to designate the Rachel Car- By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. name of the Senator from Montana son Nature Trail, and for other purposes; to COBURN, Mr. LEE, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- CORNYN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. CRUZ, and of S. 84, a bill to amend the Fair Labor sources. Mr. PAUL): By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Standards Act of 1938 to provide more S. 714. A bill to impose certain limitations effective remedies to victims of dis- JOHANNS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. ISAKSON, on consent decrees and settlement agree- and Mr. BOOZMAN): ments by agencies that require the agencies crimination in the payment of wages S. 705. A bill to amend title 36, United to take regulatory action in accordance with on the basis of sex, and for other pur- States Code, to ensure that memorials com- the terms thereof, and for other purposes; to poses. memorating the service of the United States the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 183 Armed Forces may contain religious sym- By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. bols, and for other purposes; to the Com- At the request of Mrs. MCCASKILL, TESTER, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, the name of the Senator from Alabama mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. (Mr. SHELBY) was added as a cosponsor By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. HEIN- GRASSLEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. RICH, Mr. HOEVEN, Ms. HEITKAMP, and of S. 183, a bill to amend title XVIII of HEITKAMP, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. Mr. HARKIN): the Social Security Act to provide for UDALL of New Mexico, and Mr. S. 715. A bill to authorize the Secretary of fairness in hospital payments under WYDEN): the Interior to use designated funding to pay the Medicare program. S. 706. A bill to provide the Department of for construction of authorized rural water S. 217 Justice with additional tools to target projects, and for other purposes; to the Com- extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. REID: name of the Senator from Rhode Island the Judiciary. S. 716. A bill to modify the requirements (Mr. REED) was added as a cosponsor of By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. under the STOCK Act regarding online ac- S. 217, a bill to amend the Elementary FRANKEN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. WHITE- cess to certain financial disclosure state- and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to HOUSE, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. BROWN): ments and related forms; considered and require the Secretary of Education to S. 707. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- passed. collect information from coeducational cation Act of 1965 to extend the reduced in- By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and elementary schools and secondary terest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Mr. HOEVEN): Loans; to the Committee on Health, Edu- S. 717. A bill to direct the Secretary of En- schools on such schools’ athletic pro- cation, Labor, and Pensions. ergy to establish a pilot program to award grams, and for other purposes. By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. grants to nonprofit organizations for the S. 264 REED, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. purpose of retrofitting nonprofit buildings At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the FRANKEN): with energy-efficiency improvements; to the S. 708. A bill to provide grants to States to Committee on Energy and Natural Re- name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. ensure that all students in the middle grades sources. BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. are taught an academically rigorous cur- By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. BOOZ- 264, a bill to expand access to commu- riculum with effective supports so that stu- MAN, Mr. COONS, Ms. LANDRIEU, and nity mental health centers and im- dents complete the middle grades prepared Mr. CARDIN): prove the quality of mental health care for success in secondary school and postsec- S. 718. A bill to create jobs in the United for all Americans. ondary endeavors, to improve State and dis- States by increasing United States exports S. 307 trict policies and programs relating to the to Africa by at least 200 percent in real dol- academic achievement of students in the lar value within 10 years, and for other pur- At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the middle grades, to develop and implement ef- poses; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- name of the Senator from California fective middle grades models for struggling tions. (Mrs. BOXER) was added as a cosponsor

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Mr. President, I rise 309, a bill to award a Congressional S. 675 today to introduce S. 703 with Senator Gold Medal to the World War II mem- At the request of Ms. AYOTTE, the HATCH to fix a technical problem that bers of the Civil Air Patrol. name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. prevents Hong Kong from joining the S. 367 ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of Visa Waiver Program. Under current At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the S. 675, a bill to prohibit contracting law, only ‘‘countries’’ are eligible for name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. with the enemy. the program, and Hong Kong is not a MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 679 sovereign country, so a special provi- 367, a bill to amend title XVIII of the At the request of Mr. BROWN, the sion needs to be added to the law to Social Security Act to repeal the Medi- name of the Senator from New Mexico make Hong Kong eligible. care outpatient rehabilitation therapy (Mr. HEINRICH) was added as a cospon- On July 1, 1997, after over 150 years of caps. sor of S. 679, a bill to promote local and British rule, Hong Kong became a Spe- S. 403 regional farm and food systems, and for cial Administrative Region of China, At the request of Mr. LEAHY, his other purposes. retaining its own currency, free mar- name was added as a cosponsor of S. ket economy, political system, civil S. 680 403, a bill to amend the Elementary liberties, and immigration policies. and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to At the request of Ms. AYOTTE, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island This autonomy was recognized by the address and take action to prevent bul- United States and affirmed by Congress lying and harassment of students. (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a cosponsor of S. 680, a bill to rescind in passing the United States-Hong S. 411 amounts appropriated for fiscal year Kong Policy Act. At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Today we have a robust bilateral re- 2013 for the Department of Defense for the name of the Senator from Vermont lationship with Hong Kong, a global fi- the Medium Extended Air Defense Sys- (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor nancial and trading hub, which was our tem, and for other purposes. of S. 411, a bill to amend the Internal 10th largest export market last year Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and S. 687 and whose trade ties are significant for modify the railroad track maintenance At the request of Mr. MORAN, the many States. The State Department credit. names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. considers Hong Kong an important law S. 500 GRASSLEY), the Senator from Wash- enforcement partner in combating At the request of Mr. SANDERS, the ington (Ms. CANTWELL) and the Senator money laundering and eliminating name of the Senator from New Mexico from Florida (Mr. RUBIO) were added as funding for terrorist networks. (Mr. HEINRICH) was added as a cospon- cosponsors of S. 687, a bill to prohibit Despite our visa policies treating it sor of S. 500, a bill to amend the Inter- the closing of air traffic control tow- separate from Mainland China, because nal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payers, and for other purposes. it is not a ‘‘country,’’ Hong Kong is un- roll taxes to remuneration and earn- S. 695 able to be considered for the Visa Waiv- ings from self-employment up to the At the request of Mr. BEGICH, the er Program. The Visa Waiver Program contribution and benefit base and to names of the Senator from Washington is an essential tool for promoting trav- remuneration in excess of $250,000. (Mrs. MURRAY) and the Senator from el and tourism to America while pro- S. 535 Montana (Mr. TESTER) were added as tecting national security by allowing At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the cosponsors of S. 695, a bill to amend precleared business and leisure trav- name of the Senator from Wyoming title 38, United States Code, to extend elers from 37 countries to visit the U.S. (Mr. BARRASSO) was added as a cospon- the authorization of appropriations for for up to 90 days without obtaining a sor of S. 535, a bill to require a study the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to nonimmigrant visitor visa. and report by the Small Business Ad- pay a monthly assistance allowance to Hong Kong has secured visa waivers ministration regarding the costs to disabled veterans training or com- for its passport holders from over 140 small business concerns of Federal reg- peting for the Paralympic Team and countries and territories, including al- ulations. the authorization of appropriations for lies such as Canada, Australia, New S. 536 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and all At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the provide assistance to United States member states of the European Union. name of the Senator from Wyoming Paralympics, Inc., and for other pur- Hong Kong has already extended visa (Mr. BARRASSO) was added as a cospon- poses. waivers to American citizens. Our laws sor of S. 536, a bill to require a study At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the shouldn’t be a barrier to do the same in and report by the Comptroller General name of the Senator from Nebraska the future. of the United States regarding the (Mr. JOHANNS) was added as a cospon- As our largest industry, tourism is costs of Federal regulations. sor of S. 695, supra. important to Hawaii, especially from S. 557 S. 700 Asia. Our largest source of foreign At the request of Mrs. HAGAN, the At the request of Mr. KAINE, the tourists comes from Japan, a visa name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. name of the Senator from North Caro- waiver country since 1988. In 2011, do- RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. lina (Mr. BURR) was added as a cospon- mestic and international visitors to 557, a bill to amend title XVIII of the sor of S. 700, a bill to ensure that the Hawaii spent $16.9 billion which sup- Social Security Act to improve access education and training provided mem- ported 160,800 jobs in the islands ac- to medication therapy management bers of the Armed Forces and veterans cording to the U.S. Travel Association. under part D of the Medicare program. better assists members and veterans in I urge my colleagues to cosponsor S. 576 obtaining civilian certifications and li- this bipartisan, commonsense legisla- At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, the censes, and for other purposes. tion. name of the Senator from North Da- f kota (Ms. HEITKAMP) was added as a co- By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, sponsor of S. 576, a bill to reform laws STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. relating to small public housing agen- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HEITKAMP, cies, and for other purposes. By Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. UDALL of S. 646 Mr. HATCH): New Mexico, and Mr. WYDEN): At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, S. 703. A bill to amend the Immigra- S. 706. A bill to provide the Depart- the name of the Senator from West tion and Nationality Act to provide for ment of Justice with additional tools

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.028 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2591 to target extraterritorial drug traf- if he or she unwittingly sold counter- S. 707. A bill to amend the Higher ficking activity, and for other pur- feit drugs to a customer. Adding a Education Act of 1965 to extend the re- poses; to the Committee on the Judici- ‘‘knowing’’ requirement corrects this duced interest rate for Federal Direct ary. problem. Stafford Loans; to the Committee on Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I As Chairman of the Senate Caucus on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- rise to introduce the Transnational International Narcotics Control and as sions. Drug Trafficking Act of 2013 with my a public servant who has focused on Mr. REED. Mr. President, once again, colleagues and friends, Senator law enforcement issues for many years, on July 1, millions of college students CHARLES GRASSLEY, Senator RICHARD I know that we cannot sit idly by as will see the interest rate double on BLUMENTHAL, Senator HEIDI HEITKAMP, drug traffickers find new ways to cir- their student loans from 3.4 percent to Senator AMY KLOBUCHAR, Senator TOM cumvent our laws. We must provide the 6.8 percent unless Congress takes ac- UDALL and Senator RON WYDEN. Department of Justice with all of the tion. Borrowers will pay an estimated This bill, which passed the Senate tools it needs to prosecute drug king- $1,000 more in interest on their loans unanimously in the last Congress, will pins both here at home and abroad. each year of repayment if Congress support the Obama administration’s Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- fails to act. Strategy to Combat Transnational Or- sent that the text of the bill be printed Student loan debt is second only to ganized Crime by providing the Depart- in the RECORD. mortgage debt for American families. ment of Justice with crucial tools to There being no objection, the text of Now is not the time to add to student help combat the international drug the bill was ordered to be printed in loan debt by allowing the interest rate trade. As drug traffickers find new and the RECORD, as follows: on need-based student loans to double. innovative ways to avoid prosecution, S. 706 I am pleased to introduce the Student we must keep up with them rather Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Loan Affordability Act with my col- resentatives of the United States of America in than allowing them to exploit loop- leagues Senator AL FRANKEN, Senator Congress assembled, holes as our laws lag behind. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Senator DEBBIE This legislation has three main com- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the STABENOW, Senator SHERROD BROWN, ponents. First, it puts in place pen- ‘‘Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of and Senator BERNIE SANDERS to main- alties for extraterritorial drug traf- 2013’’. tain the current 3.4 percent interest ficking activity when individuals have SEC. 2. POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE OR DIS- rate for the next 2 years, as we work reasonable cause to believe that illegal TRIBUTION FOR PURPOSES OF UN- towards a long-term solution in the re- drugs will be trafficked into the United LAWFUL IMPORTATIONS. authorization of the Higher Education States. Current law says that drug Section 1009 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 959) is Act. traffickers must know that illegal amended— Last Congress, we narrowly averted a drugs will be trafficked into the United (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) doubling of the interest rate on need- States and this legislation would lower as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and based student loans. It took thousands the knowledge threshold to reasonable (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘It shall’’ of calls, letters, and rallies from stu- cause to believe. and all that follows and inserting the fol- dents and parents across the country The Department of Justice has in- lowing: ‘‘It shall be unlawful for any person and our concerted effort to negotiate a formed my office that with increasing to manufacture or distribute a controlled bipartisan solution. However, we were frequency, it sees drug traffickers from substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or a listed chemical intending, only able to get a temporary, 1-year Colombia, Ecuador and Peru who knowing, or having reasonable cause to be- fix. produce cocaine in their countries but lieve that such substance or chemical will be The budget passed by the House Re- leave transit of cocaine to the United unlawfully imported into the United States publicans assumes a doubling of the in- States in the hands of Mexican drug or into waters within a distance of 12 miles terest rate. In stark contrast, the trafficking organizations such as the of the coast of the United States. budget resolution we passed last month Zetas. Under current law, our ability ‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to accommodates legislation to keep to prosecute source-nation traffickers manufacture or distribute a listed chem- rates low. from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru is ical— We need to come together to develop ‘‘(1) intending or knowing that the listed limited since there is often no direct chemical will be used to manufacture a con- long-term solutions to the growing evidence of their knowledge that ille- trolled substance; and burden of student loan debt, the rising gal drugs were intended for the United ‘‘(2) intending, knowing, or having reason- cost of college, and the need to improve States. But make no mistake, drugs able cause to believe that the controlled sub- higher education outcomes so that stu- produced in these countries fuel violent stance will be unlawfully imported into the dents complete their degrees and get crime throughout the Western Hemi- United States.’’. the full benefit of their investment in sphere as well as addiction and death SEC. 3. TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS education. Everyone agrees that col- OR SERVICES. in the United States. Chapter 113 of title 18, United States Code, lege costs are too high and climbing Second, this bill puts in place pen- is amended— higher. Families will be priced out of a alties for precursor chemical producers (1) in section 2318(b)(2), by striking ‘‘sec- college education, even with grants and from other countries, such as those tion 2320(e)’’ and insertion ‘‘section 2320(f)’’; loans, if we do not take real action on producing pseudoephedrine used for and curbing cost increases. methamphetamine, who illegally ship (2) in section 2320— What we can do right now is reassure precursor chemicals into the United (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph students and families that we will not States knowing that these chemicals (4) and inserting the following: allow the interest rate to double this will be used to make illegal drugs. ‘‘(4) traffics in a drug and knowingly uses July at a time when interest rates are a counterfeit mark on or in connection with Third, this bill will make a technical such drug,’’; at historic lows. fix to the Counterfeit Drug Penalty En- (B) in subsection (b)(3), in the matter pre- Student loan debt affects millions of hancement Act which was signed into ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘coun- Americans. Two-thirds of the class of law last year and increases penalties terfeit drug’’ and inserting ‘‘drug that uses a 2011 graduated owing student loans, for the trafficking of counterfeit drugs. counterfeit mark on or in connection with with an average debt of $26,000. Student The fix, requested by the Department the drug’’; and loan debt has passed the $1 trillion of Justice, puts in place a ‘‘knowing’’ (C) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph mark—exceeding credit card debt. requirement which was unintentionally (6) and inserting the following: Moreover, the students and families we ‘‘(6) the term ‘drug’ means a drug, as de- left out of the original bill. The origi- fined in section 201 of the Federal Food, are trying to help with the Student nal bill makes the mere sale of a drug Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).’’. Loan Affordability Act have dem- that happens to be counterfeit a federal onstrated economic need. Indeed, ap- felony offense regardless of whether By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. proximately 60 percent of the depend- the seller knew the drug was counter- FRANKEN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. ent students who qualify for subsidized feit. Under the original bill, a phar- WHITEHOUSE, Mr. SANDERS, and loans come from families with incomes macist could be held criminally liable Mr. BROWN): of less than $60,000.

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I urge all our colleagues to When Congress can establish policies mains important, its stake in the Mid- join us in supporting the Student Loan that provide business incentives for hu- Atlantic fishery has become more crit- Affordability Act. manitarian endeavors, it should not ical. Yet, it does not have voting rep- hesitate to act. I urge the Senate to resentation on the Mid-Atlantic Fish- By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and work swiftly to pass this legislation. ery Management Council, MAFMC, Mr. COONS): Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- which currently consists of representa- S. 712. A bill to allow acceleration sent that the text of the bill be printed tives from New York, New Jersey, certificates awarded under the Patents in the RECORD. Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, for Humanity Program to be There being no objection, the text of Virginia, and North Carolina. transferrable; to the Committee on the the bill was ordered to be printed in Rhode Island’s stake in the Mid-At- Judiciary. the RECORD, as follows: lantic fishery is hardly incidental. Ac- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the S. 712 cording to National Oceanic and At- American intellectual property system Be it enacted by the Senate and House of mospheric Administration, NOAA, is rightly held as the global standard Representatives of the United States of America data, Rhode Island accounted for ap- for promoting innovation and driving in Congress assembled, proximately 20 percent of the commer- economic growth. This is particularly SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. cial catch from this fishery in 2012, and true of our patent system, which was This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Patents for its landings are greater than the com- recently updated and strengthened for Humanity Program Improvement Act of bined total of landings for the States of the 21st century by the Leahy-Smith 2013’’. New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, America Invents Act. The fundamental SEC. 2. TRANSFERABILITY OF ACCELERATION Maryland, Virginia, and North Caro- truth that our Founders recognized CERTIFICATES. lina. In fact, New Jersey is the only more than 200 years ago—that limited (a) IN GENERAL.—A holder of an accelera- state currently represented on the tion certificate issued pursuant to the Pat- exclusive rights for inventors MAFMC that lands more MAFMC-regu- incentivize research and development— ents for Humanity Program (established in the notice entitled ‘‘Humanitarian Awards lated species than Rhode Island. continues to benefit consumers and the Pilot Program’’, published at 77 Fed. Reg. While Rhode Island is represented on American economy at large. 6544 (February 8, 2012)), or any successor some policy-setting committees on the These limited rights can also be ap- thereto, of the United States Patent and MAFMC, its position on those commit- plied to incentivize research and dis- Trademark Office, may transfer (including tees is not guaranteed nor does the coveries that advance humanitarian by sale) the entitlement to such acceleration state have a vote on matters as they needs. In my time in the Senate, I have certificate to another person. come before the full council. Having worked to promote policies that en- (b) REQUIREMENT.—An acceleration certifi- that representation can be critically cate transferred under subsection (a) shall be courage intellectual property holders important to Rhode Island as decisions to apply their work to address global subject to any other applicable limitations under the notice entitled ‘‘Humanitarian are made on critical stocks like squid, humanitarian challenges. Today, I am Awards Pilot Program’’, published at 77 Fed. which comprised 40 percent of the pleased to join with Senator COONS in Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012), or any successor state’s annual landings in 2012 accord- reintroducing the Patents for Human- thereto. ing to NOAA data, and is a major part ity Program Improvement Act to again of our commercial fishing sector. advance such policies. By Mr. REED (for himself and This legislation offers Rhode Island This legislation improves on a pro- Mr. WHITEHOUSE): that voice. Following current practice, gram created by the United States Pat- S. 713. A bill to amend the Magnuson- the Rhode Island Fishermen’s Fairness ent and Trademark Office, PTO, last Stevens Fishery Conservation and Act would create two seats on the year. The PTO’s Patents for Humanity Management Act to add Rhode Island MAFMC for Rhode Island: one seat ap- Program provides rewards to selected to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Manage- pointed by the Secretary of Commerce patent holders who apply their tech- ment Council; to the Committee on based on recommendations from the nology to a humanitarian issue that Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Governor of Rhode Island, and a second significantly affects the public health tation. seat filled by Rhode Island’s principal or quality of life of an impoverished Mr. REED. Mr. President, today, State official with marine fishery man- population. Those who receive the along with my colleague Senator agement responsibility. To accommo- award are given a certificate to accel- WHITEHOUSE, I am introducing the date these new members, the MAFMC erate certain PTO processes. Rhode Island Fishermen’s Fairness Act would increase in size from 21 voting This year, the innovations that re- of 2013. members to 23. ceived awards touched on critical areas For nearly a decade, I have worked to There is precedent for this type of that will help improve the quality of give the fishermen of my state full par- change. North Carolina was added to life for people throughout the world. ticipation in the management of the the MAFMC through an amendment to Award winners worked to improve the fish stocks that they rely on for their the Sustainable Fisheries Act in 1996. treatment and diagnosis of devastating livelihoods. Like Rhode Island, a significant pro- diseases, improve nutrition and the en- The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con- portion of North Carolina’s landed fish vironment, and combat the spread of servation and Management Act estab- species were managed by the MAFMC, dangerous counterfeit drugs. These are lished eight regional fishery manage- yet the state had no vote on the coun- innovations that will make a real dif- ment councils to give fishermen and cil. ference in the lives of people in the de- other stakeholders the leading role in With mounting economic, ecological, veloping world and elsewhere. developing the fishery management and regulatory challenges, it is more Following a Judiciary Committee plans for federally-regulated species. important than ever that Rhode Is- hearing last year, I asked PTO Director As such, the councils have enormous land’s fishermen have a voice in the Kappos whether the Patents for Hu- significance on the lives and liveli- management of the fisheries on which manity program would be more effec- hoods of fishermen. To ensure equi- they depend. I look forward to working tive, and more attractive to table representation, the statute sets with Senator WHITEHOUSE and my innovators, if the acceleration certifi- out the states from which appointees other colleagues to restore a measure cates awarded were transferable to a are to be drawn for each council. of equity to the fisheries management third party. He responded that it Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, process by passing the Rhode Island would, and that it would be particu- the State of Rhode Island was granted Fishermen’s Fairness Act.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.035 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2593 By Mr. REID: (E) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘be able African market is ripe for greater S. 716. A bill to modify the require- to’’ after ‘‘shall’’; and American commercial engagement. In ments under the STOCK Act regarding (F) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘under the past 10 years, people do not believe online access to certain financial dis- this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under para- this, but they should take a look at the closure statements and related forms; graph (1)(B)’’. (2) FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS.—Sec- facts. In the past 10 years, six of the considered and passed. tion 11(b) of the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. App. worlds fastest growing economies were Mr.REID. Mr. President, I ask unani- 105 note) is amended— located in Sub-Saharan Africa. mous consent that the text of the bill (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘EMPLOY- In the next decade, 7 of the top 10 be printed in the RECORD. EES’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICIALS’’ ; will be in Sub-Saharan Africa. The There being no objection, the text of (B) in paragraph (1)— mental image which most Americans the bill was ordered to be printed in (i) by striking ‘‘18 months after the date of have of Africa is completely out of the RECORD, as follows: enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Janu- date. Africa is growing, not only in S. 716 ary 1, 2014’’; population but in economic activity. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: The middle class of Africa is growing resentatives of the United States of America in as well. Their appetite for goods and Congress assembled, ‘‘(B) public access to— ‘‘(i) financial disclosure reports filed by service puts an opportunity before us SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS OF ONLINE ACCESS TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL DISCLO- the President, the Vice President, and any to export from America and to create SURE STATEMENTS AND RELATED officer occupying a position listed in section good jobs in our country with exports FORMS. 5312 or section 5313 of title 5, United States to Africa. (a) PUBLIC, ONLINE DISCLOSURE OF FINAN- Code, having been nominated by the Presi- In the last decade, the number of Af- CIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS.— dent and confirmed by the Senate to that po- ricans with access to the Internet has sition, (1) IN GENERAL.—Except with respect to fi- doubled. From 1998 to today, the num- nancial disclosure forms filed by officers and ‘‘(ii) reports filed by any individual de- employees referred to in paragraph (2), sec- scribed in clause (i) of a transaction disclo- ber of mobile phones on the continent tion 8(a) and section 11(a) of the STOCK Act sure required by section 103(l) of the Ethics has grown from 4 million to 500 mil- (5 U.S.C. App. 105 note) shall not be effective. in Government Act of 1978, and lion. Seventy-eight percent of Africa’s (2) EXEMPTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.— ‘‘(iii) notices of extensions, amendments, rural population now has access to The officer and employees referred to in and blind trusts, with respect to financial clean water. Over the last 10 years, real paragraph (1) are the following: disclosure reports described in clauses (i) and income per person in Africa has in- (A) The President. (ii), creased by more than 30 percent. Posi- (B) The Vice President. pursuant to title I of the Ethics in Govern- tive health outcomes are increasing. (C) Any Member of Congress. ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.), (D) Any candidate for Congress. Enrollment in school is growing. through databases that are maintained on These are signs of a growing middle (E) Any officer occupying a position listed the official website of the Office of Govern- in section 5312 or section 5313 of title 5, ment Ethics.’’; class and what the World Bank has United States Code, having been nominated (C) in paragraph (2)— called the brink of an economic takeoff by the President and confirmed by the Sen- (i) by striking the first two sentences; and in Africa. As my colleague and friend ate to that position. (ii) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘under Senator COONS has noted, in a report he (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1 of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘under paragraph recently released on the topic, eco- the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to change the effec- (1)(B)’’; nomic growth in Africa has risen dra- tive date for the internet publication of cer- (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘under matically in recent years. But the contain information to prevent harm to the na- this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under para- tinent’s vast economic potential has tional security or endangering the military graph (1)(B)’’; officers and civilian employees to whom the (E) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘be able not yet been fully realized by the U.S. publication requirement applies, and for to’’ after ‘‘shall’’; and Government or the American people. other purposes’’ is repealed. (F) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘under That report from Senator COONS (b) ELECTRONIC FILING AND ONLINE AVAIL- this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under para- could not have been more timely and ABILITY.— graph (1)(B)’’. accurate as far as I am concerned. I can (1) FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CAN- tell you, American companies are DIDATES.—Section 8(b) of the STOCK Act (5 By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. eager to get into the African market. U.S.C. App. 105 note) is amended— BOOZMAN, Mr. COONS, Ms. LAN- (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘, OFFICERS They should be. But they often face a DRIEU, and Mr. CARDIN): private finance system that is stuck, OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE, AND CONGRES- S. 718. A bill to create jobs in the SIONAL STAFF’’; thinking about Africa through the (B) in paragraph (1)— United States by increasing United prism of the past: wars, famine, (i) by striking ‘‘18 months after the date of States exports to Africa by at least 200 strongmen dictators. enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Janu- percent in real dollar value within 10 I have met with these company lead- ary 1, 2014’’; years, and for other purposes; to the ers, large and small companies alike. (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read Committee on Foreign Relations. They tell me the same thing: The U.S. as follows: Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I rise to does not have a coordinated strategy ‘‘(B) public access to— discuss the Increasing American Jobs ‘‘(i) financial disclosure reports filed by through Greater Exports to Africa Act for Africa. Others do. China and others Members of Congress and candidates for Con- of 2013. are gaining a foothold in Africa at the gress, I am introducing this bill along with expense of our workers. Yesterday, the ‘‘(ii) reports filed by Members of Congress my partners from the last Congress. Ambassador from Algeria came to see and candidates for Congress of a transaction Senator CHRIS COONS from the State of me. It is a country that has a fas- disclosure required by section 103(l) of the Delaware is in the Chamber, the chair cinating background, colonized like Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and most of the countries in Africa. It went ‘‘(iii) notices of extensions, amendments, of the African Affairs Subcommittee of and blind trusts, with respect to financial the Senate Foreign Relations Com- through a storied period of independ- disclosure reports described in clauses (i) and mittee. Senators JOHN BOOZMAN, BEN ence in the 1960s and has French roots. (ii), CARDIN, and MARY LANDRIEU have The Ambassador said: We pride our- pursuant to title I of the Ethics in Govern- joined us in this bipartisan effort. We selves, we believe we speak better ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.), expect Representatives CHRIS SMITH French than the people living in through databases that are maintained on and KAREN BASS will soon introduce France. That is their past. the official websites of the House of Rep- companion legislation in the House. I asked them about their future. I resentatives and the Senate.’’; This is a very straightforward, com- said: What is the presence of China in (C) in paragraph (2)— monsense piece of legislation. Algeria today? He said: It is a growing (i) by striking the first two sentences; and It is about creating jobs, American presence. When it comes to the infra- (ii) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘under structure of Algeria, it is China that is this section’’ and inserting ‘‘under paragraph jobs. Every $1 billion in exports from (1)(B)’’; America supports over 5,000 jobs. This playing a major role. It is China that is (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘under bill seeks to expand U.S. exports spe- loaning the money to Algeria to build this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under para- cifically to Africa by 200 percent in real the roads and the bridges and the air- graph (1)(B)’’; dollar value over the next 10 years. The ports. But there is a catch. You want

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.039 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2594 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 11, 2013 to borrow the money from China? ing the West should pay as much atten- its burgeoning population, one item is There will be Chinese architects, Chi- tion to Africa as China does. I have sought as an ultimate status symbol in nese engineers, Chinese contractors, heard the same thing firsthand, not China: Ivory. Reports are that as much and half the workforce will be Chinese. just from the Algerian Ambassador but as 70 percent of the ivory harvested Pretty soon they will have become from the former President of Ethiopia. from slaughtered elephants is smuggled part of Algeria. The next time there is Across the continent, it is the same to China. In fact, there is growing evi- a decision, whether it is for a tele- question: Where is the United States? dence that ivory poaching actually in- communications system, whatever it This bill answers the question. No creases in elephant-rich areas where might be, you can bet the Chinese, longer would Africans wonder why the Chinese construction workers are with a history of working with the Al- American companies were not doing building roads. gerian Government, will be first in business there. The bill bolsters U.S. Even more troubling, the Chinese de- line. Government ability to support these mand for ivory funds some of the most They know what is happening there. companies, maintains a solid presence despicable actors in Africa. Much of Africa is developing its economy and of U.S. commercial Foreign Service of- the proceeds from the illegal ivory they are part of it. They see Africa ficers. It is going to help small and me- trade ended up in the hands of Joseph from two or three different perspec- dium businesses in the United States Kony and his murderous group the tives. First, obviously, it is an oppor- compete in Africa. It will increase the Lord’s Resistance Army. I recently tunity to sell things. It is a market. focus of the Export-Import Bank, giv- went to Uganda and met two of the vic- Second, it can provide basic resources ing it greater incentive to aggressively tims of Joseph Kony. He is a madman. and energy needed by the Chinese. counter those concessional loans. It He has used his beatific visions to gen- Third, as the middle class grows in will help the Export-Import Bank and erate an Army of slaves, literally sol- each of these countries, the appetite the Overseas Private Investment Cor- dier slaves. I met one of them, a young for more and more economic activity poration more quickly process applica- man who was dragged out of his Afri- will grow. tions so we can be competitive. can village in Uganda. There was a time when America Last Congress we almost passed this Everybody was lined up at the village knew that too. There was a time when bill. One would almost think that it is as Kony and his soldiers stood around we visited the four corners of the world a no-brainer. But, unfortunately, we with their automatic weapons. They looking for those same opportunities. did not. One Senator objected. He had said to this young man: You are going We are sitting back now and watching. the courage to come to the floor and to join our army here or we are going As we watch, China is moving. As I voice his objections. I appreciate that to kill you. Before you join the army, have said many times, the U.S. system very much. But at the same time, on though, there is one thing we have to of export, promotion, and finance is so the other side of the aisle, Senators ask you: Who would you spare among poorly coordinated that it is a shame JOHNSON, COBURN, and CORKER were the members of your family here? We we are losing so many opportunities. working with me to pass the bill. So we are going to kill the rest of them. We have dozens of government agen- have not given up on making this a Which one would you spare? cies that are supposed to be working on successful bipartisan effort. The young man said, after some hesi- I think the United States cannot this problem. I called many of them in tation: My father. They walked over stand by the sidelines just to say we my office. It was the first time some of and killed his father first. That is the believe in a market economy, get the them had met one another. They are kind of ruthless madman we are deal- government out of the picture is to supposed to be working together. This ing with in Joseph Kony. Believe me, overlook the obvious. The Chinese Gov- bill we are introducing will fix it. It President Obama has recently put a ernment is in the picture, and they are would require a coordinated govern- target on his back. We are going after running circles around American comment strategy to help increase U.S. ex- this man. We have driven him out of panies because of it. In thinking about ports to Africa. Uganda. We believe he is in the Central Responsibility for overseeing the im- the issue, we must also not ignore the African Republic. I saw firsthand while plementation of this strategy would be interests of the Africans themselves— visiting there what we are doing to vested in a single position, one coordi- something sometimes our competitors make sure his reign of terror comes to nator. No more agencies tripping over do not focus on. an end very quickly. one another. No more competing prior- Chinese engagement comes with a ities. Every day we delay, China and, I price. China gobbles up natural re- It turns out Kony’s reign of terror might add, India and others will fill the sources that are needed many times for has been fed and financed by the Chi- void if America does not step forward. that growing domestic economy. The nese demand for ivory. He is poaching Since 2009, China has been Africa’s infrastructure projects, as I mentioned, ivory from the elephants, slaughtering largest trading partner. It has flooded often come with Chinese professionals: them in the area and using this ivory the continent with billions of dollars architects and engineers and workers. to keep his men in arms and for their building high-profile construction When local labor is used, African work- reign of terror to continue. projects. Often the assistance comes in ers often suffer poor labor standards, if The Increasing American Jobs the form of concessional loans, loans the Chinese are in charge. Environ- Through Greater Exports to Africa Act that, frankly, suggest you can borrow mental standards are ignored. They has something for everyone to support. $100 million, you only have to pay back should be a priority all over the world. It is good for the American economy, $70 million. That practice distorts mar- We also have to factor in the cost of helps U.S. businesses create jobs, it is kets, puts our companies in America at having to replace products and goods good for U.S. foreign policy, keeps a disadvantage. much sooner because, sadly, the Chi- America in a position of global leader- Between 2008 and 2010, China provided nese workmanship as well as the qual- ship. It is good for the people of Africa more to the developing world than the ity of their goods does not match what by making superior American products World Bank, to the tune of $110 billion. the United States can bring. and services the standard in their fu- Currently, China’s exports to Africa I also wish to mention a growing ture. outnumber America’s three to one. The problem that stems from China’s pres- I urge my colleagues to sign on to Chinese get it. Should America not get ence in Africa; that is, the resurgence support this important effort. While we it? Through this engagement, the Chi- of elephant poaching and ivory traf- wait and do nothing, the Chinese are nese are becoming major players all ficking. Several recent New York acting every single day and America is over Africa. I defy you to find a coun- Times articles have highlighted tens of falling further and further behind. try in Africa where the Chinese are not thousands of elephants have been Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- already a part of the economy and part slaughtered. sent that the text of the bill be printed of the economic conversation. One may say: I thought we solved in the RECORD. Recently, Senegal’s President Macky this a few years ago with a worldwide There being no objection, the text of Sall told President Obama exactly that ivory ban. It turns out ivory is so pop- the bill was ordered to be printed in in a meeting at the White House, argu- ular in the Chinese culture in part of the RECORD, as follows:

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SHORT TITLE. real income per person in Africa has grown has the meaning given that term in section This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Increasing by more than 30 percent. 1701(c)(4) of the International Financial In- American Jobs Through Greater Exports to (11) Economists have designated Africa as stitutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(4)) and in- Africa Act of 2013’’. the ‘‘next frontier market’’, with profit- cludes the African Development Foundation. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. ability of many African firms and growth (8) SUB-SAHARAN REGION.—The term ‘‘sub- (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- rates of African countries exceeding global Saharan region’’ refers to the 49 countries lowing findings: averages in recent years. Countries in Africa listed in section 107 of the African Growth (1) Export growth helps United States busi- have a collective spending power of almost and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3706) and in- nesses grow and create American jobs. In $9,000,000,000 and a gross domestic product of cludes the Republic of South Sudan. 2011, United States exports supported $1,600,000,000,000, which are projected to dou- (9) TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING COM- 9,700,000 jobs and 97.8 percent of United ble in the next 10 years. MITTEE.—The term ‘‘Trade Promotion Co- ordinating Committee’’ means the Trade States exports came from small- and me- (12) In the past 10 years, Africa has been Promotion Coordinating Committee estab- dium-sized businesses in 2010. home to 6 of the 10 fastest growing econo- lished by Executive Order 12870 (58 Fed. Reg. (2) The more than 20 Federal agencies that mies in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa is pro- 51753). are involved in export promotion and financ- jected to have the fastest growing economies (10) UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMER- ing are not sufficiently coordinated to ade- in the world over the next 10 years, with 7 of CIAL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘United States and quately expand United States commercial the 10 fastest growing economies located in Foreign Commercial Service’’ means the exports to Africa. sub-Saharan Africa. United States and Foreign Commercial Serv- (3) The President has taken steps to im- (13) When countries such as China assist ice established by section 2301 of the Export prove how the United States Government with large-scale government projects, they Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721). supports American businesses by mandating also gain an upper hand in relations with Af- SEC. 4. STRATEGY. an executive review across agencies and a rican leaders and access to valuable com- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days new Doing Business in Africa initiative, but modities such as oil and copper, typically after the date of the enactment of this Act, a substantially greater high-level focus on without regard to environmental, human the President shall establish a comprehen- Africa is needed. rights, labor, or governance standards. (14) Unless the United States can offer sive United States strategy for public and (4) Many other countries have trade pro- private investment, trade, and development motion programs that aggressively compete competitive financing for its firms in Africa, it will be deprived of opportunities to par- in Africa. against United States exports in Africa and (b) FOCUS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy re- ticipate in African efforts to close the con- around the world. For example, in 2010, quired by subsection (a) shall focus on— tinent’s significant infrastructure gap that medium- and long-term official export credit (1) increasing exports of United States amounts to an estimated $100,000,000,000. general volumes from the Group of 7 coun- goods and services to Africa by 200 percent in (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to tries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, real dollar value within 10 years from the create jobs in the United States by expand- Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United date of the enactment of this Act; ing programs that will result in increasing States) totaled $65,400,000,000. Germany pro- (2) promoting the alignment of United vided the largest level of support at United States exports to Africa by 200 per- States commercial interests with develop- $22,500,000,000, followed by France at cent in real dollar value within 10 years. ment priorities in Africa; $17,400,000,000 and the United States at SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. (3) developing relationships between the $13,000,000,000. Official export credit support In this Act: governments of countries in Africa and by emerging market economies such as (1) AFRICA.—The term ‘‘Africa’’ refers to United States businesses that have an exper- Brazil, China, and India are significant as the entire continent of Africa and its 54 tise in such issues as infrastructure develop- well. countries, including the Republic of South ment, technology, telecommunications, en- (5) Between 2008 and 2010, China alone pro- Sudan. ergy, and agriculture; vided more than $110,000,000,000 in loans to (2) AFRICAN DIASPORA.—The term ‘‘African (4) improving the competitiveness of the developing world, and, in 2009, China sur- diaspora’’ means the people of African origin United States businesses in Africa, including passed the United States as the leading trade living in the United States, irrespective of the role the African diaspora can play in en- partner of African countries. In the last 10 their citizenship and nationality, who are hancing such competitiveness; years, African trade with China has in- willing to contribute to the development of (5) exploring ways that African diaspora creased from $11,000,000,000 to $166,000,000,000. Africa. remittances can help communities in Africa (6) The Export-Import Bank of the United (3) AGOA.—The term ‘‘AGOA’’ means the tackle economic, development, and infra- States substantially increased lending to African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 structure financing needs; United States businesses focused on Africa U.S.C. 3701 et seq.). (6) promoting economic integration in Af- from $400,000,000 in 2009 to $1,400,000,000 in (4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- rica through working with the subregional 2011, but the Export-Import Bank of China TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional economic communities, supporting efforts dwarfed this effort with an estimated committees’’ means— for deeper integration through the develop- $12,000,000,000 worth of financing. Overall, (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the ment of customs unions within western and China is outpacing the United States in sell- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban central Africa and within eastern and south- ing goods to Africa at a rate of 3 to 1. Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Rela- ern Africa, eliminating time-consuming bor- (7) Other countries such as India, Turkey, tions, and the Committee on Finance of the der formalities into and within these areas, Russia, and Brazil are also aggressively seek- Senate; and and supporting regionally based infrastruc- ing markets in Africa using their national (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the ture projects; export banks to provide concessional assist- Committee on Energy and Commerce, the (7) encouraging a greater understanding ance. Committee on Financial Services, the Com- among United States business and financial (8) The Chinese practice of concessional fi- mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com- communities of the opportunities Africa nancing runs contrary to the principles of mittee on Ways and Means of the House of holds for United States exports; the Organization of Economic Co-operation Representatives. (8) fostering partnership opportunities be- and Development related to open market (5) DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘de- tween United States and African small- and rates, undermines naturally competitive velopment agencies’’ includes the Depart- medium-sized enterprises; and rates, and can allow governments in Africa ment of State, the United States Agency for (9) monitoring— to overlook the troubling record on labor International Development (USAID), the (A) market loan rates and the availability practices, human rights, and environmental Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), of capital for United States business invest- impact. the Overseas Private Investment Corpora- ment in Africa; (9) As stated in a recent report entitled tion (OPIC), the United States Trade and De- (B) loan rates offered by the governments ‘‘Embracing Africa’s Economic Potential’’ velopment Agency (USTDA), the United of other countries for investment in Africa; by Senator Chris Coons, ‘‘Economic growth States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and in Africa has risen dramatically, but the and relevant multilateral development (C) the policies of other countries with re- continent’s vast economic potential has not banks. spect to export financing for investment in yet been fully realized by the U.S. Govern- (6) TRADE POLICY STAFF COMMITTEE.—The Africa that are predatory or distort markets. ment or the American private sector.’’ term ‘‘Trade Policy Staff Committee’’ means (c) CONSULTATIONS.—In developing the (10) The African continent is undergoing a the Trade Policy Staff Committee estab- strategy required by subsection (a), the period of rapid growth and middle class de- lished pursuant to section 2002.2 of title 15, President shall consult with— velopment, as seen from major indicators Code of Federal Regulations, and is com- (1) Congress; such as Internet use, clean water access, and posed of representatives of Federal agencies (2) each agency that is a member of the real income growth. In the last decade alone, in charge of developing and coordinating Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee;

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(6) each of the development agencies; portunities in Africa. SEC. 8. TRAINING. (7) any other Federal agencies with respon- (3) MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.— The President shall develop a plan— sibility for export promotion or financing (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable (1) to standardize the training received by and development; and after the date of the enactment of this Act, United States and Foreign Commercial Serv- (8) the private sector, including businesses, the Secretary of Commerce shall, using ex- ice officers, economic officers of the Depart- nongovernmental organizations, and African isting staff, assign not less than 1 full-time ment of State, and economic officers of the diaspora groups. United States and Foreign Commercial Serv- United States Agency for International De- (d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— ice officer to the office of the United States velopment with respect to the programs and (1) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days Executive Director at the World Bank and procedures of the Export-Import Bank of the after the date of the enactment of this Act, the African Development Bank. United States, the Overseas Private Invest- the President shall submit to Congress the (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each United States ment Corporation, the Small Business Ad- strategy required by subsection (a). and Foreign Commercial Service officer as- ministration, and the United States Trade (2) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 3 signed under subparagraph (A) shall be re- and Development Agency; and years after the date of the enactment of this sponsible for— (2) to ensure that, not later than 1 year Act, the President shall submit to Congress (i) increasing the access of United States after the date of the enactment of this Act— a report on the implementation of the strat- businesses to procurement contracts with (A) all United States and Foreign Commer- egy required by subsection (a). the multilateral development bank to which cial Service officers that are stationed over- (3) CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report re- the officer is assigned; and seas receive the training described in para- quired by paragraph (2) shall include an as- (ii) facilitating the access of United States graph (1); and sessment of the extent to which the strategy businesses to risk insurance, equity invest- (B) in the case of a country to which no required by subsection (a)— ments, consulting services, and lending pro- United States and Foreign Commercial Serv- (A) has been successful in developing crit- vided by that bank. ice officer is assigned, any economic officer (b) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED ical analyses of policies to increase exports of the Department of State stationed in that STATES.—Of the amounts collected by the to Africa; country shall receive that training. Export-Import Bank that remain after pay- (B) has been successful in increasing the SEC. 9. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK FINANCING. competitiveness of United States businesses ing the expenses the Bank is authorized to pay from such amounts for administrative (a) FINANCING FOR PROJECTS IN AFRICA.— in Africa; (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of (C) has been successful in creating jobs in expenses, the Bank shall use sufficient funds to do the following: Congress that foreign export credit agencies the United States, including the nature and (1) Increase the number of staff dedicated are providing non-OECD arrangement com- sustainability of such jobs; to expanding business development for Afri- pliant financing in Africa, which is trade dis- (D) has provided sufficient United States ca, including increasing the number of busi- torting and threatens United States jobs. Government support to meet third country ness development trips the Bank conducts to (2) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a) of the Export- competition in the region; Africa and the amount of time staff spends Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635e(a)) is (E) has been successful in helping the Afri- in Africa to meet the goals set forth in sec- amended by adding at the end the following: can diaspora in the United States participate tion 9 and paragraph (4) of section 6(a) of the ‘‘(4) PERCENT OF FINANCING TO BE USED FOR in economic growth in Africa; Export-Import Bank of 1945, as added by sec- PROJECTS IN AFRICA.—The Bank shall, to the (F) has been successful in promoting eco- tion 9(a)(2). extent that there are acceptable final appli- nomic integration in Africa; and (2) Maintain an appropriate number of em- cations, increase the amount it finances to (G) has made a meaningful contribution to ployees of the Bank assigned to United Africa over the prior year’s financing for the transformation of Africa and its full in- States field offices of the Bank to be distrib- each of the first five fiscal years beginning tegration into the 21st century world econ- uted as geographically appropriate through after the date of the enactment of the In- omy, not only as a supplier of primary prod- the United States. Such offices shall coordi- creasing American Jobs Through Greater Ex- ucts but also as full participant in inter- nate with the related export efforts under- ports to Africa Act of 2013.’’. national supply and distribution chains and taken by the Small Business Administration (3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after as a consumer of international goods and regional field offices. the date of the enactment of this Act, and services. (3) Upgrade the Bank’s equipment and soft- annually thereafter for 5 years, the Export- SEC. 5. SPECIAL AFRICA STRATEGY COORDI- ware to more expeditiously, effectively, and Import Bank shall report to the Committee NATOR. efficiently process and track applications for on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the The President shall designate an individual financing received by the Bank. Committee on Foreign Relations, and the to serve as Special Africa Export Strategy (c) OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT COR- Committee on Appropriations of the Senate Coordinator— PORATION.— and the Committee on Financial Services, (1) to oversee the development and imple- (1) STAFFING.—Of the net offsetting collec- the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the mentation of the strategy required by sections collected by the Overseas Private In- Committee on Appropriations of the House tion 4; and vestment Corporation used for administra- of Representatives if the Bank has not used (2) to coordinate with the Trade Promotion tive expenses, the Corporation shall use suf- at least 10 percent of its lending capabilities Coordinating Committee, (the interagency ficient funds to increase by not more than 5 for projects in Africa as described in para- AGOA committees), and development agen- the staff needed to promote stable and sus- graph (4) of section 6(a) of the Export-Import cies with respect to developing and imple- tainable economic growth and development Bank of 1945, as added by paragraph (2). The menting the strategy. in Africa, to strengthen and expand the pri- report shall include the reasons why the SEC. 6. TRADE MISSION TO AFRICA. vate sector in Africa, and to facilitate the Bank failed to reach this goal and a descrip- It is the sense of Congress that, not later general economic development of Africa, tion of all final applications for projects in than 1 year after the date of the enactment with a particular focus on helping United Africa that were deemed unworthy of Bank of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce and States businesses expand into African mar- support. other high-level officials of the United kets. (b) AVAILABILITY OF PORTION OF CAPITAL- States Government with responsibility for (2) REPORT.—The Corporation shall report IZATION TO COMPETE AGAINST FOREIGN export promotion, financing, and develop- to the appropriate congressional committees CONCESSIONAL LOANS.— ment should conduct a joint trade mission to on whether recent technology upgrades have (1) IN GENERAL.—The Bank shall make Africa. resulted in more effective and efficient proc- available annually such amounts as are nec- SEC. 7. PERSONNEL. essing and tracking of applications for fi- essary for loans that counter trade dis- (a) UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMER- nancing received by the Corporation. torting non-OECD arrangement compliant fi- CIAL SERVICE.— (3) CERTAIN COSTS NOT CONSIDERED ADMINIS- nancing or preferential, tied aid, or other re- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com- TRATIVE EXPENSES.—For purposes of this sub- lated non-market loans offered by other na- merce shall ensure that not less than 10 total section, systems infrastructure costs associ- tions for which United States companies are United States and Foreign Commercial Serv- ated with activities authorized by title IV of also competing or interested in competing. ice officers are assigned to Africa for each of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) shall not be the date of the enactment of this Act, and date of the enactment of this Act. considered administrative expenses. annually thereafter for 5 years, the Export- (2) ASSIGNMENT.—The Secretary shall, in (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in Import Bank shall submit to the Committee consultation with the Trade Promotion Co- this section shall be construed as permitting on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.045 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2597 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Senator DURBIN rightly recognized about high-quality jobs for the workers Committee on Appropriations of the Senate that China has eclipsed the United of the United States. In this bill he and the Committee on Financial Services, States as the leading trading partner finds a way to make good on both of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the for Africa. There are real consequences those passions, improving the lives of Committee on Appropriations of the House Africans across a growing continent of Representatives a report on all loans made for Africans and for African countries or rejected that were considered to counter because, sadly, often Chinese invest- and improving the lives of workers non-OECD arrangement compliant financing ments bring with them Chinese con- across our Nation. offered by other nations to its firms. The re- tractors, workers, and a different ap- I thank the Senator for his leader- port shall not disclose any information that proach to values: priority in terms of ship, and I am proud to join him today is confidential or business proprietary, or development, a lack of focus on trans- in cosponsoring this reintroduced bi- that would violate section 1905 of title 18, parency, on human rights, on the envi- partisan, soon-to-be bicameral, com- United States Code (commonly referred to as ronment. As Senator DURBIN detailed monsense bill. Let’s hope all of our col- the ‘‘Trade Secrets Act’’). The report shall leagues will help to take it up and pass include a description of trade distorting non- in his comments, the consequences can even be so far-reaching as conservation it in this Congress. OECD arrangement compliant financing Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I loans made by other countries during that and the impact on wildlife and the ulti- fiscal year to firms that competed against mate consequences of supporting the would like to thank the Senator from the United States firms. worst actors on the continent, folks Illinois not only for the chance to help SEC. 10. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. such as Joseph Kony. with this effort, but more importantly Section 22(b) of the Small Business Act (15 But let me turn, if I might briefly, to for his steadfast work to strengthen U.S.C. 649(b)) is amended— the bill which I am proud to cosponsor our bond with the countries of Africa. We were on the floor last year talk- (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), with Senator DURBIN, which focuses on by inserting ‘‘the Trade Promotion Coordi- trying to ensure that more than 10 U.S. ing about the importance of this bill— nating Committee,’’ after ‘‘Director of the the importance of creating a com- United States Trade and Development Agen- Government agencies responsible for export promotion have a coordinated prehensive trade strategy with Africa. cy,’’; and I know the Senator from Illinois made strategy. One of the principal points of (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘regional a valiant effort to get our bill through offices of the Export-Import Bank,’’ after Senator DURBIN’s bill, which I am at the end of the last Congress, but he ‘‘Retired Executives,’’. proud to cosponsor, challenges the ex- ran into some resistance. It is my hope SEC. 11. BILATERAL, SUBREGIONAL AND RE- ecutive branch to sustain and increase that as we re-introduce this bill, we GIONAL, AND MULTILATERAL our investment in the Foreign Com- AGREEMENTS. can assuage any outstanding concerns mercial Service, to sustain and in- Where applicable, the President shall ex- and get this bill passed early in this crease our resources through entities plore opportunities to negotiate bilateral, session. subregional, and regional agreements that such as OPIC and Ex-Im and ask the As the Senator from Illinois stated, encourage trade and eliminate nontariff bar- executive branch to create a coordi- Africa is home to many of the few riers to trade between countries, such as ne- nator to ensure that all of this is done emerging bright spots in a tough global gotiating investor friendly double-taxation responsibly and in a cost-effective way. economy. In fact, an article from The treaties and investment promotion agree- Other things I mentioned in the trade ments. United States negotiators in multi- Economist this week called it the ‘‘hot- report, which Senator DURBIN was kind test frontier.’’ They are right. Within lateral forum should take into account the enough to quote and to reference, are objectives of this Act. To the extent any the next decade, Africa will be home to such agreements exist between the United that in the United States we have an 7 of the 10 fastest growing economies in States and an African country, the President enormous African community which the world—Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad, shall ensure that the agreement is being im- can be strategically vital as American Rwanda, Mozambique and Angola. The plemented in a manner that maximizes the businesses seek to access these growing Economist article pointed out that by positive effects for United States trade, ex- opportunities across the continent of 2020, more than half of African house- port, and labor interests as well as the eco- Africa. holds will have enough income to spend nomic development of the countries in Afri- We also look to bolster support for ca. some on non-essentials and that within agencies that finance U.S. commercial three decades, the continent will have Mr. COONS. I rise to thank Senator engagement overseas. Our competi- a larger working age population than DURBIN of Illinois for his leadership on tors—in particular, the Chinese—have China. these vital issues. You just heard in a very different approach to financing When I served in the House, I was on the comments he made the reach and exports. The United States needs to the Africa Subcommittee and traveled scope of his vision. I am so impressed better coordinate and align to act as often to the continent. I still make with the breadth and depth of his en- one Nation. trips there to visit with their leaders gagement first on behalf of American The goal that is set in this legisla- and the top issue on every meeting workers. tion—a 200-percent increase—is an am- agenda continues to be trade. Many Af- The Senator recognizes so clearly bitious goal. The goal is to increase rican leaders are very concerned about that 95 percent of the world’s con- U.S. exports to Africa in the next 10 China’s increasing footprint in Africa sumers live outside our country, and years. If we were to accomplish this and want the U.S. to be more engaged we have to have a coordinated, capable, goal in a cost-effective way—through and involved in their economies. competent export strategy in order to more responsibly coordinating the in- So, the eagerness and willingness to continue to access the most promising, vestments we are already making in be good trade partners on the part of most rapidly growing markets in Afri- these Federal agencies to better co- African nations is there. They want ca. The 54 countries of the continent of ordinate the private sector efforts of our goods and services because Afri- Africa provide enormous opportunity the United States—think of how many cans know they are high quality. The as their growing middle class, increas- jobs we might create, how many coun- desire for American products, along ing access to their human and mineral tries we might better connect to the with our ideals, is strong. The only and natural resources create opportu- United States. Think of how many thing missing is a cohesive strategy on nities for us to grow jobs in the United towns and workplaces across this coun- our end. That is what we are aiming to States. try would benefit. create with this legislation. Nearly 10 million new jobs are sup- I thank Senator DURBIN today for his This bill will develop a comprehen- ported in the United States by exports leadership, the clarity of his vision, sive strategy to create American jobs to the rest the world. But as Senator and the breadth of his engagement and by increasing exports of U.S. goods and DURBIN has wisely seen and pointed investment of time. Someone in his po- services to Africa by at least 200 per- out, our competitors are beating us in sition has so many other issues on cent in real dollar value over the next the race to access these great opportu- which he could be investing his time. 10 years. It increases our ability to nities. The Chinese, the Brazilians, the Over his entire service here in the Sen- help U.S. companies expand into Afri- Russians, the Indians, in every country ate of the United States, he has been can markets without adding to our on the continent they are present, they passionate about clean water for the debt. So it is a win-win for our econ- are investing, and they are growing. continent of Africa and passionate omy. It will create jobs here at home

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Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. REED, Mr. (2) by adding at the end the following: Small business is the backbone of our CARPER, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. MENENDEZ, ‘‘(36) The term ‘semiautomatic assault economy. The bottom line is that trade Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. SCHATZ, weapon’ means any of the following, regard- Mr. MURPHY, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. WARREN, and equals jobs. less of country of manufacture or caliber of Mr. COWAN) submitted an amendment in- ammunition accepted: As I already mentioned, China is tended to be proposed by her to the bill S. ‘‘(A) A semiautomatic rifle that has the ca- bullish on Africa. We need to be too. 649, to ensure that all individuals who should pacity to accept a detachable magazine and China is outpacing us in exports to Af- be prohibited from buying a firearm are list- any 1 of the following: rica by an alarming 3 to 1 pace. By 2009, ed in the national instant criminal back- ‘‘(i) A pistol grip. China had surpassed us as the African ground check system and require a back- ‘‘(ii) A forward grip. continent’s largest trading partner. ground check for every firearm sale, and for ‘‘(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable This bill lets us establish a plan that other purposes; which was ordered to lie on stock. the table. ‘‘(iv) A grenade launcher or rocket launch- will allow us to compete with nations SA 712. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. er. like China that are already extremely WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. ‘‘(v) A barrel shroud. active in the African market. And that BLUMENTHAL) submitted an amendment in- ‘‘(vi) A threaded barrel. will help our small companies create tended to be proposed by her to the bill S. ‘‘(B) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed jobs. 649, supra; which was ordered to lie on the magazine with the capacity to accept more My home State, Arkansas, stands to table. than 10 rounds, except for an attached tubu- SA 713. Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Ms. COL- benefit greatly through the creation of lar device designed to accept, and capable of LINS, and Mr. KING) submitted an amend- operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire am- a comprehensive trade plan with Afri- ment intended to be proposed by him to the munition. ca. Free and fair trade is an important bill S. 649, supra; which was ordered to lie on ‘‘(C) Any part, combination of parts, com- component to our State’s economy. Ar- the table. ponent, device, attachment, or accessory kansas exported $5.6 billion in mer- SA 714. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for Mr. LAU- that is designed or functions to accelerate chandise overseas in 2011, up 7 percent TENBERG (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but from the previous year. In 2008, over BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a 1,500 companies exported goods from Mr. COWAN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. machinegun. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. BOXER, 1 ‘‘(D) A semiautomatic pistol that has the Arkansas. Over ⁄3 of exports were from Mr. CARPER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. capacity to accept a detachable magazine small and medium-sized businesses DURBIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. and any 1 of the following: with fewer than 500 employees. An ef- GILLIBRAND, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. ‘‘(i) A threaded barrel. fective trade strategy with African na- SCHUMER, and Mr. HARKIN)) submitted an ‘‘(ii) A second pistol grip. tions will help us build on that signifi- amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. ‘‘(iii) A barrel shroud. cantly. BLUMENTHAL to the bill S. 649, supra; which ‘‘(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable So again, increased trade equals in- was ordered to lie on the table. magazine at some location outside of the pis- SA 715. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. tol grip. creased jobs at home. America needs TOOMEY, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. SCHUMER) pro- ‘‘(v) A semiautomatic version of an auto- jobs. That is what this bill is about. posed an amendment to the bill S. 649, supra. matic firearm. That is why we need to move it quickly f ‘‘(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed in this session. magazine that has the capacity to accept TEXT OF AMENDMENTS more than 10 rounds. f SA 711. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, ‘‘(F) A semiautomatic shotgun that has Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WHITE- any 1 of the following: SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS ‘‘(i) A folding, telescoping, or detachable HOUSE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. FRANKEN, stock. Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. HAR- ‘‘(ii) A pistol grip. SENATE RESOLUTION 96—RECOG- KIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Ms. MIKULSKI, ‘‘(iii) A fixed magazine with the capacity NIZING THE CELEBRATION OF Mrs. BOXER, Mr. REED, Mr. CARPER, Mr. to accept more than 5 rounds. NATIONAL STUDENT EMPLOY- LAUTENBERG, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. ‘‘(iv) The ability to accept a detachable MENT WEEK AT THE UNIVER- CARDIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. SCHATZ, magazine. ‘‘(v) A forward grip. SITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH Mr. MURPHY, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. COWAN) submitted an amend- ‘‘(vi) A grenade launcher or rocket launch- Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted the fol- ment intended to be proposed by her to er. lowing resolution; which was referred ‘‘(G) Any shotgun with a revolving cyl- the bill S. 649, to ensure that all indi- inder. to the Committee on Health, Edu- viduals who should be prohibited from cation, Labor, and Pensions: ‘‘(H) All of the following rifles, copies, du- buying a firearm are listed in the na- plicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with S. RES. 96 tional instant criminal background the capability of any such weapon thereof: Whereas National Student Employment check system and require a background ‘‘(i) All AK types, including the following: Week offers the University of Minnesota Du- check for every firearm sale, and for ‘‘(I) AK, AK47, AK47S, AK–74, AKM, AKS, luth the opportunity to recognize students other purposes; which was ordered to ARM, MAK90, MISR, NHM90, NHM91, Rock who work while attending college; lie on the table; as follows: River Arms LAR–47, SA85, SA93, Vector Whereas the University of Minnesota Du- Arms AK–47, VEPR, WASR–10, and WUM. luth is committed to increasing awareness of At the end, add the following: ‘‘(II) IZHMASH Saiga AK. student employment as an educational expe- TITLE IV—ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN ‘‘(III) MAADI AK47 and ARM. rience for students and as an alternative to SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(IV) Norinco 56S, 56S2, 84S, and 86S. financial aid; This title may be cited as the ‘‘Assault ‘‘(V) Poly Technologies AK47 and AKS. Whereas there are nearly 1,500 student em- Weapons Ban of 2013’’. ‘‘(ii) All AR types, including the following: ployees at the University of Minnesota Du- SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. ‘‘(I) AR–10. luth; (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 921(a) of title 18, ‘‘(II) AR–15. Whereas the University of Minnesota Du- United States Code, is amended— ‘‘(III) Armalite M15 22LR Carbine. luth recognizes the importance of student (1) by inserting after paragraph (29) the fol- ‘‘(IV) Armalite M15–T. employees to their employers; and lowing: ‘‘(V) Barrett REC7. Whereas National Student Employment ‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic pistol’ ‘‘(VI) Beretta AR–70. Week is celebrated the week of April 8 means any repeating pistol that— ‘‘(VII) Bushmaster ACR. through 12, 2013: Now, therefore, be it ‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a ‘‘(VIII) Bushmaster Carbon 15. Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge ‘‘(IX) Bushmaster MOE series. celebration of National Student Employ- case and chamber the next round; and ‘‘(X) Bushmaster XM15. ment Week at the University of Minnesota ‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger ‘‘(XI) Colt Match Target Rifles. Duluth. to fire each cartridge. ‘‘(XII) DoubleStar AR rifles.

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Ingram M– firearm that is designed to propel a grenade, ‘‘(XIV) Heckler & Koch MR556. 11. rocket, or other similar destructive device. ‘‘(XV) Olympic Arms. ‘‘(V) Velocity Arms VMAC. ‘‘(45) The term ‘permanently inoperable’ ‘‘(XVI) Remington R–15 rifles. ‘‘(x) Sig Sauer P556 pistol. means a firearm which is incapable of dis- ‘‘(XVII) Rock River Arms LAR–15. ‘‘(xi) Sites Spectre. charging a shot by means of an explosive and ‘‘(XVIII) Sig Sauer SIG516 rifles. ‘‘(xii) All Thompson types, including the incapable of being readily restored to a fir- ‘‘(XIX) Smith & Wesson M&P15 Rifles. following: ing condition. ‘‘(XX) Stag Arms AR rifles. ‘‘(I) Thompson TA510D. ‘‘(46) The term ‘pistol grip’ means a grip, a ‘‘(XXI) Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR556 rifles. ‘‘(II) Thompson TA5. thumbhole stock, or any other characteristic ‘‘(iii) Barrett M107A1. ‘‘(xiii) All UZI types, including Micro-UZI. that can function as a grip. ‘‘(iv) Barrett M82A1. ‘‘(J) All of the following shotguns, copies, ‘‘(47) The term ‘threaded barrel’ means a ‘‘(v) Beretta CX4 Storm. duplicates, variants, or altered facsimiles feature or characteristic that is designed in ‘‘(vi) Calico Liberty Series. with the capability of any such weapon such a manner to allow for the attachment ‘‘(vii) CETME Sporter. thereof: of a device such as a firearm silencer or a ‘‘(viii) Daewoo K–1, K–2, Max 1, Max 2, AR ‘‘(i) Franchi LAW–12 and SPAS 12. flash suppressor. 100, and AR 110C. ‘‘(ii) All IZHMASH Saiga 12 types, includ- ‘‘(48) The term ‘qualified law enforcement officer’ has the meaning given the term in ‘‘(ix) Fabrique Nationale/FN Herstal FAL, ing the following: section 926B of title 18, United States Code. LAR, 22 FNC, 308 Match, L1A1 Sporter, PS90, ‘‘(I) IZHMASH Saiga 12. ‘‘(49) The term ‘grandfathered semiauto- SCAR, and FS2000. ‘‘(II) IZHMASH Saiga 12S. matic assault weapon’ means any semiauto- ‘‘(x) Feather Industries AT–9. ‘‘(III) IZHMASH Saiga 12S EXP–01. matic assault weapon the importation, pos- ‘‘(xi) Galil Model AR and Model ARM. ‘‘(IV) IZHMASH Saiga 12K. session, sale, or transfer of which would be ‘‘(xii) Hi-Point Carbine. ‘‘(V) IZHMASH Saiga 12K–030. unlawful under section 922(v) but for the ex- ‘‘(xiii) HK–91, HK–93, HK–94, HK–PSG–1, ‘‘(VI) IZHMASH Saiga 12K–040 Taktika. ‘‘(iii) Streetsweeper. ception under paragraph (2) of such section. and HK USC. ‘‘(50) The term ‘belt-fed semiautomatic ‘‘(xiv) Kel-Tec Sub–2000, SU–16, and RFB. ‘‘(iv) Striker 12. ‘‘(K) All belt-fed semiautomatic firearms, firearm’ means any repeating firearm that— ‘‘(xv) SIG AMT, SIG PE–57, Sig Sauer SG ‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a 550, and Sig Sauer SG 551. including TNW M2HB. ‘‘(L) Any combination of parts from which firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge ‘‘(xvi) Springfield Armory SAR–48. case and chamber the next round; ‘‘(xvii) Steyr AUG. a firearm described in subparagraphs (A) through (K) can be assembled. ‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger ‘‘(xviii) Sturm, Ruger Mini-14 Tactical Rife to fire each cartridge; and M–14/20CF. ‘‘(M) The frame or receiver of a rifle or shotgun described in subparagraph (A), (B), ‘‘(C) has the capacity to accept a belt am- ‘‘(xix) All Thompson rifles, including the munition feeding device.’’. following: (C), (F), (G), (H), (J), or (K). SEC. 403. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSAULT WEAPONS ‘‘(I) Thompson M1SB. ‘‘(37) The term ‘large capacity ammunition feeding device’— AND LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION ‘‘(II) Thompson T1100D. FEEDING DEVICES. ‘‘(III) Thompson T150D. ‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, including any such (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, ‘‘(IV) Thompson T1B. United States Code, as amended by section ‘‘(V) Thompson T1B100D. device joined or coupled with another in any manner, that has an overall capacity of, or 123(a) of this Act, is amended— ‘‘(VI) Thompson T1B50D. (1) by inserting after subsection (u) the fol- ‘‘(VII) Thompson T1BSB. that can be readily restored, changed, or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of lowing: ‘‘(VIII) Thompson T1–C. ‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to ammunition; and ‘‘(IX) Thompson T1D. import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or pos- ‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular ‘‘(X) Thompson T1SB. sess, in or affecting interstate or foreign device designed to accept, and capable of op- ‘‘(XI) Thompson T5. commerce, a semiautomatic assault weapon. erating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammu- ‘‘(XII) Thompson T5100D. ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the nition.’’. ‘‘(XIII) Thompson TM1. possession, sale, or transfer of any semiauto- (b) RELATED DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of ‘‘(XIV) Thompson TM1C. matic assault weapon otherwise lawfully title 18, United States Code, as amended by ‘‘(xx) UMAREX UZI Rifle. possessed under Federal law on the date of this Act, is amended by adding at the end ‘‘(xxi) UZI Mini Carbine, UZI Model A Car- enactment of the Assault Weapons Ban of bine, and UZI Model B Carbine. the following: ‘‘(38) The term ‘barrel shroud’— 2013. ‘‘(xxii) Valmet M62S, M71S, and M78. ‘‘(A) means a shroud that is attached to, or ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any ‘‘(xxiii) Vector Arms UZI Type. partially or completely encircles, the barrel firearm that— ‘‘(xxiv) Weaver Arms Nighthawk. of a firearm so that the shroud protects the ‘‘(A) is manually operated by bolt, pump, ‘‘(xxv) Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine. user of the firearm from heat generated by lever, or slide action; ‘‘(I) All of the following pistols, copies, du- the barrel; and ‘‘(B) has been rendered permanently inop- plicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with ‘‘(B) does not include— erable; or the capability of any such weapon thereof: ‘‘(i) a slide that partially or completely en- ‘‘(C) is an antique firearm, as defined in ‘‘(i) All AK–47 types, including the fol- closes the barrel; or section 921 of this title. lowing: ‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— ‘‘(ii) an extension of the stock along the ‘‘(I) Centurion 39 AK pistol. ‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, bottom of the barrel which does not encircle ‘‘(II) Draco AK–47 pistol. sale to, transfer to, or possession by the or substantially encircle the barrel. ‘‘(III) HCR AK–47 pistol. ‘‘(39) The term ‘detachable magazine’ United States or a department or agency of ‘‘(IV) IO Inc. Hellpup AK–47 pistol. means an ammunition feeding device that the United States or a State or a depart- ‘‘(V) Krinkov pistol. can be removed from a firearm without dis- ment, agency, or political subdivision of a ‘‘(VI) Mini Draco AK–47 pistol. assembly of the firearm action. State, or a sale or transfer to or possession ‘‘(VII) Yugo Krebs Krink pistol. ‘‘(40) The term ‘fixed magazine’ means an by a qualified law enforcement officer em- ‘‘(ii) All AR–15 types, including the fol- ammunition feeding device that is perma- ployed by the United States or a department lowing: nently fixed to the firearm in such a manner or agency of the United States or a State or ‘‘(I) American Spirit AR–15 pistol. that it cannot be removed without dis- a department, agency, or political subdivi- ‘‘(II) Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol. assembly of the firearm. sion of a State, for purposes of law enforce- ‘‘(III) DoubleStar Corporation AR pistol. ‘‘(41) The term ‘folding, telescoping, or de- ment (whether on or off duty), or a sale or ‘‘(IV) DPMS AR–15 pistol. tachable stock’ means a stock that folds, transfer to or possession by a campus law en- ‘‘(V) Olympic Arms AR–15 pistol. telescopes, detaches or otherwise operates to forcement officer for purposes of law enforce- ‘‘(VI) Rock River Arms LAR 15 pistol. reduce the length, size, or any other dimen- ment (whether on or off duty); ‘‘(iii) Calico Liberty pistols. sion, or otherwise enhances the ‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or trans- ‘‘(iv) DSA SA58 PKP FAL pistol. concealability, of a firearm. fer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic ‘‘(v) Encom MP–9 and MP–45. ‘‘(42) The term ‘forward grip’ means a grip Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of estab- ‘‘(vi) Heckler & Koch model SP–89 pistol. located forward of the trigger that functions lishing and maintaining an on-site physical ‘‘(vii) Intratec AB–10, TEC–22 Scorpion, as a pistol grip. protection system and security organization TEC–9, and TEC–DC9. ‘‘(43) The term ‘rocket’ means any simple required by Federal law, or possession by an ‘‘(viii) Kel-Tec PLR 16 pistol. or complex tubelike device containing com- employee or contractor of such licensee on- ‘‘(ix) The following MAC types: bustibles that on being ignited liberate gases site for such purposes or off-site for purposes ‘‘(I) MAC–10. whose action propels the tube through the of licensee-authorized training or transpor- ‘‘(II) MAC–11. air and has a propellant charge of not more tation of nuclear materials; ‘‘(III) Masterpiece Arms MPA A930 Mini than 4 ounces. ‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is Pistol, MPA460 Pistol, MPA Tactical Pistol, ‘‘(44) The term ‘grenade launcher or rocket retired in good standing from service with a and MPA Mini Tactical Pistol. launcher’ means an attachment for use on a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.044 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 11, 2013 prohibited from receiving a firearm, of a prohibited from receiving ammunition, of a (A) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu- semiautomatic assault weapon— large capacity ammunition feeding device— nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearm or am- ‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by ‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by munition’’ each time it appears; the agency upon such retirement; or the agency upon such retirement; or (B) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu- ‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth- ‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth- nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearms or am- erwise obtained, for official use before such erwise obtained, for official use before such munition’’ each time it appears; and retirement; retirement; or (C) by striking ‘‘or (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘(k), ‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, ‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, (r), (v), or (w)’’; transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic transfer, or possession of any large capacity (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ‘‘or assault weapon by a licensed manufacturer ammunition feeding device by a licensed large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ or licensed importer for the purposes of test- manufacturer or licensed importer for the after ‘‘firearms or quantities of ammuni- ing or experimentation authorized by the At- purposes of testing or experimentation au- tion’’; and torney General; or thorized by the Attorney General. (3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ‘‘922(r), ‘‘(E) the importation, sale, manufacture, ‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the 922(v), 922(w),’’ after ‘‘922(n),’’. transfer, or possession of a firearm specified term ‘campus law enforcement officer’ (e) APPENDIX A.—Section 922 of title 18, in Appendix A to this section, as such fire- means an individual who is— United States Code, as amended by sub- arm was manufactured on the date of intro- ‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of section (a) of this section, is amended by duction of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. higher education that is eligible for funding adding at the end the following: ‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (4)(A), the under title IV of the Higher Education Act of ‘‘APPENDIX A—FIREARMS EXEMPTED term ‘campus law enforcement officer’ 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); BY THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN OF 2013 means an individual who is— ‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or in- ‘‘CENTERFIRE RIFLES—AUTOLOADERS ‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of vestigation of crime involving injury to per- higher education that is eligible for funding sons or property, including apprehension or ‘‘Benelli R1 Rifle under title IV of the Higher Education Act of detention of persons for such crimes; ‘‘Browning BAR Mark II Safari Magnum 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); ‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local Rifle ‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or in- law to carry a firearm, execute search war- ‘‘Browning BAR Mark II Safari Semi-Auto vestigation of crime involving injury to per- rants, and make arrests; and Rifle sons or property, including apprehension or ‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified ‘‘Browning BAR Stalker Rifles detention of persons for such crimes; by a government entity as a law enforcement ‘‘Browning High-Power Rifle ‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local officer.’’; and ‘‘Browning Longtrac Rifle law to carry a firearm, execute search war- (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Browning Shorttrac Rifle rants, and make arrests; and ‘‘(bb) SECURE STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICE ‘‘Heckler & Koch HK630 ‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified REQUIREMENT FOR GRANDFATHERED SEMI- ‘‘Heckler & Koch HK770 by a government entity as a law enforcement AUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.—It shall be ‘‘Heckler & Koch HK940 officer. unlawful for any person, other than a li- ‘‘Heckler & Koch Model 300 Rifle ‘‘(6) The Attorney General shall establish censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or ‘‘Heckler & Koch SL7 Rifle and maintain, in a timely manner, a record licensed dealer, to store or keep under the ‘‘Iver Johnson 50th Anniversary M–1 Car- of the make, model, and, if available, date of dominion or control of that person any bine (w/o folding stock) manufacture of any semiautomatic assault grandfathered semiautomatic assault weap- ‘‘Iver Johnson M–1 Carbine (w/o folding weapon which the Attorney General is made on that the person knows, or has reasonable stock) aware has been used in relation to a crime cause to believe, will be accessible to an in- ‘‘M–1 Carbines with standard fixed stock under Federal or State law, and the nature dividual prohibited from receiving or pos- ‘‘M–1 Garand with fixed 8 round capacity and circumstances of the crime involved, in- sessing a firearm under subsection (g), (n), or and standard stock cluding the outcome of relevant criminal in- (x), or any provision of State law, unless the ‘‘Marlin Model 9 Camp Carbine vestigations and proceedings. The Attorney grandfathered semiautomatic assault weap- ‘‘Marlin Model 45 Carbine General shall annually submit a copy of the on is— ‘‘Remington Model 74 record established under this paragraph to ‘‘(1) carried on the person, or within such ‘‘Remington Model 81 the Congress and make the record available close proximity that the person can readily ‘‘Remington Model 740 to the general public. retrieve and use the grandfathered semiauto- ‘‘Remington Model 742 ‘‘(w)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to ‘‘Remington Model 750 Synthetic import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or pos- matic assault weapon as if the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon were carried ‘‘Remington Model 750 Woodmaster sess, in or affecting interstate or foreign ‘‘Remington Model 7400 Rifle commerce, a large capacity ammunition on the person; or ‘‘(2) locked by a secure gun storage or safe- ‘‘Remington Model 7400 Special Purpose feeding device. Auto Rifle ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the ty device that the prohibited individual has no ability to access.’’. ‘‘Remington Nylon 66 Auto-Loading Rifle possession of any large capacity ammunition ‘‘Ruger Mini 30 (b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR SEMI- feeding device otherwise lawfully possessed ‘‘Ruger Mini-14 (w/o folding stock) on or before the date of enactment of the As- AUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.—Section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, is ‘‘Ruger PC4 sault Weapons Ban of 2013. ‘‘Ruger PC9 ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SKS type rifles with fixed 10 round maga- ‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, ‘‘The serial number of any semiautomatic zine and standard fixed stock sale to, transfer to, or possession by the assault weapon manufactured after the date ‘‘Winchester Model SXR United States or a department or agency of of enactment of the Assault Weapons Ban of the United States or a State or a depart- 2013 shall clearly show the date on which the ‘‘CENTERFIRE RIFLES—LEVER & SLIDE ment, agency, or political subdivision of a weapon was manufactured or made, legibly ‘‘Action Arms Timber Wolf Pump Action State, or a sale or transfer to or possession and conspicuously engraved or cast on the ‘‘Beretta 1873 Renegade Lever Action by a qualified law enforcement officer em- weapon, and such other identification as the ‘‘Beretta Gold Rush Slide Action ployed by the United States or a department Attorney General shall by regulations pre- ‘‘Big Horn Armory Model 89 or agency of the United States or a State or scribe.’’. ‘‘Browning BLR Model 181 Lever Action, a department, agency, or political subdivi- (c) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE All Models sion of a State for purposes of law enforce- CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.— ‘‘Browning BPR Pump Rifle ment (whether on or off duty), or a sale or Section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, ‘‘Browning Model 53 Lever Action transfer to or possession by a campus law en- as amended by subsection (b) of this section, ‘‘Browning Model 65 Grade 1 Lever Action forcement officer for purposes of law enforce- is amended by adding at the end the fol- Rifle ment (whether on or off duty); lowing: ‘‘A large capacity ammunition feed- ‘‘Browning Model 71 Rifle and Carbine ‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or trans- ing device manufactured after the date of en- ‘‘Browning Model 81 BLR fer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic actment of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 ‘‘Browning Model 81 BLR Lever-Action Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of estab- shall be identified by a serial number and the Rifle lishing and maintaining an on-site physical date on which the device was manufactured ‘‘Browning Model 81 Long Action BLR protection system and security organization or made, legibly and conspicuously engraved ‘‘Browning Model 1886 High Grade Carbine required by Federal law, or possession by an or cast on the device, and such other identi- ‘‘Browning Model 1886 Lever-Action Car- employee or contractor of such licensee on- fication as the Attorney General shall by bine site for such purposes or off-site for purposes regulations prescribe.’’. ‘‘Browning Model B–92 Carbine of licensee-authorized training or transpor- (d) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CA- ‘‘Charles Daly Model 1892 Lever Action, All tation of nuclear materials; PACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Sec- Models ‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is tion 924(d) of title 18, United States Code, is ‘‘Chiappa 1886 Lever Action Rifles retired in good standing from service with a amended— ‘‘Cimarron 1860 Henry Replica law enforcement agency and is not otherwise (1) in paragraph (1)— ‘‘Cimarron 1866 Winchester Replicas

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.044 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2601 ‘‘Cimarron 1873 30″ Express Rifle ‘‘Taurus Thunderbolt Pump Action ‘‘Dakota Predator Rifle ‘‘Cimarron 1873 Short Rifle ‘‘Taylor’s & CO., Inc. 1865 Spencer Carbine/ ‘‘DSA DS–MP1 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Cimarron 1873 Sporting Rifle Rifle ‘‘E.A.A./Sabatti Rover 870 Bolt-Action ‘‘Cimarron 1873 Winchester Replicas ‘‘Taylor’s & CO., Inc. 1892 Carbine/Rifle Rifle ‘‘Dixie Engraved 1873 Rifle ‘‘U.S. Fire Arms Standard Lightning Mag- ‘‘EAA/Zastava M–93 Black Arrow Rifle ‘‘Dixie Lightning Rifle and Carbines azine Rifle ‘‘Ed Brown Hunting and Model 704 Bolt Ac- ‘‘E.M.F. 1860 Henry Rifle ‘‘Uberti 1866 Sporting Rifle Uberti 1873 tion Rifles ‘‘E.M.F. 1866 Yellowboy Lever Actions Sporting Rifle ‘‘Heym Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘E.M.F. Model 73 Lever-Action Rifle ‘‘Uberti 1876 Rifle ‘‘Heym Magnum Express Series Rifle ‘‘E.M.F. Model 1873 Lever Actions ‘‘Uberti 1883 Burgess Lever Action Rifle/ ‘‘Howa Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Henry .30/30 Lever Action Carbine Carbine ‘‘Howa Lightning Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Henry Big Boy .357 Magnum ‘‘Uberti Henry Rifle ‘‘Howa Realtree Camo Rifle ‘‘Henry Big Boy .44 Magnum ‘‘Uberti Lightning Rifle/Carbine ‘‘H–S Precision Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Henry Big Boy .45 Colt ‘‘Winchester Lever Actions, All Other Cen- ‘‘Interarms Mark X Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Henry Big Boy Deluxe Engraved .44 Mag- ter Fire Models ‘‘Interarms Mark X Viscount Bolt-Action num ‘‘Winchester Model 94 Big Bore Side Eject Rifle ‘‘Henry Big Boy Deluxe Engraved .45 Colt ‘‘Winchester Model 94 Ranger Side Eject ‘‘Interarms Mark X Whitworth Bolt-Action ‘‘Marlin Model 30AS Lever-Action Carbine Lever-Action Rifle Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 62 Lever Action ‘‘Winchester Model 94 Side Eject Lever-Ac- ‘‘Interarms Mini-Mark X Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 93 Lever Action tion Rifle ‘‘Interarms Whitworth Express Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 308MX ‘‘Winchester Model 94 Trapper Side Eject ‘‘Iver Johnson Model 5100A1 Long-Range ‘‘Marlin Model 308MXLR ‘‘Winchester Model 94 Wrangler Side Eject Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 336 Deluxe ‘‘Winchester Model 1895 Safari Centennial ‘‘KDF K15 American Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 336C ‘‘CENTERFIRE RIFLES—BOLT ACTION ‘‘Kenny Jarrett Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 336CS Lever-Action Carbine ‘‘Kimber Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Accurate Arms Raptor & Backpack Bolt ‘‘Marlin Model 336DL Lever Action ‘‘Krico Model 600 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 336SS Action Rifles ‘‘Krico Model 700 Bolt-Action Rifles ‘‘Marlin Model 336W ‘‘Alpine Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Magnum Research Mount Eagle Rifles ‘‘Marlin Model 336XLR ‘‘Anschutz 1700D Bavarian Bolt-Action ‘‘Marlin Model XL7 ‘‘Marlin Model 338MX Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model XL7C ‘‘Marlin Model 338MXLR ‘‘Anschutz 1700D Classic Rifles ‘‘Marlin Model XL7L ‘‘Marlin Model 444 ‘‘Anschutz 1700D Custom Rifles ‘‘Marlin Model XL7W ‘‘Marlin Model 444 Lever-Action ‘‘Anschutz 1733D Mannlicher Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model XS7 ‘‘Marlin Model 444XLR ‘‘Arnold Arms African Safari & Alaskan ‘‘Marlin Model XS7C ‘‘Marlin Model 1894 Marlin Model 1894 Cow- Trophy Rifles ‘‘Marlin Model XS7Y boy ‘‘A-Square Caesar Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Marlin XL–7/XS7 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Marlin Model 1894 Lever Action, All Mod- ‘‘A-Square Genghis Khan Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Mauser Model 66 Bolt-Action Rifle els ‘‘A-Square Hamilcar Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Mauser Model 99 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 1894C ‘‘A-Square Hannibal Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘McMillan Classic Stainless Sporter ‘‘Marlin Model 1894CL Classic ‘‘Auguste Francotte Bolt-Action Rifles ‘‘McMillan Signature Alaskan ‘‘Marlin Model 1894CS Carbine ‘‘Bansners Ultimate Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘McMillan Signature Classic Sporter ‘‘Marlin Model 1894S Lever-Action Carbine ‘‘Beeman/HW 60J Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘McMillan Signature Super Varminter ‘‘Marlin Model 1894SS ‘‘Benton & Brown Firearms, Inc. Model 93 ‘‘McMillan Signature Titanium Mountain ‘‘Marlin Model 1895 Bolt Action Rifle Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 1895 Cowboy ‘‘Blackheart International BBG Hunter ‘‘McMillan Talon Safari Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 1895 Lever Action, All Mod- Bolt Action ‘‘McMillan Talon Sporter Rifle els ‘‘Blackheart International LLC BBG Light ‘‘Merkel KR1 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 1895G Sniper Bolt Action ‘‘Midland 1500S Survivor Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 1895GS ‘‘Blaser R8 Professional ‘‘Mossberg Model 100 ATR (All-Terrain ‘‘Marlin Model 1895M ‘‘Blaser R84 Bolt-Action Rifle Rifle) ‘‘Marlin Model 1895MXLR ‘‘Blaser R93 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms TU–33/40 Carbine ‘‘Marlin Model 1895SBL ‘‘BRNO 537 Sporter Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Nosler Model 48 Varmint Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 1895SS Lever-Action Rifle ‘‘BRNO ZKB 527 Fox Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Parker Hale Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Marlin Model 1895XLR ‘‘BRNO ZKK 600, 601, 602 Bolt-Action Rifles ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 81 Classic African ‘‘Marlin XLR Lever Action Rifles ‘‘Brown Precision Company Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Mitchell 1858 Henry Replica Sporter ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 81 Classic Rifle ‘‘Mitchell 1866 Winchester Replica ‘‘Browning A-Bolt Gold Medallion ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 1000 Rifle ‘‘Mitchell 1873 Winchester Replica ‘‘Browning A-Bolt Left Hand ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 1100 Lightweight Rifle ‘‘Mossberg 464 Lever Action Rifle ‘‘Browning A-Bolt Micro Medallion ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 1100M African Mag- ‘‘Mossberg Model 472 Lever Action ‘‘Browning A-Bolt Rifle num ‘‘Mossberg Model 479 Lever Action ‘‘Browning A-Bolt Short Action ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 1200 Super Clip Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms 1866 Yellowboy Rifle ‘‘Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 1200 Super Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms 1873 Sporting Rifle ‘‘Browning Euro-Bolt Rifle ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 1300C Scout Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms 1873 Winchester-Style Rifle ‘‘Browning High-Power Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 2100 Midland Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms 1892 Short Rifle ‘‘Browning X-Bolt Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 2700 Lightweight Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms Henry Carbine ‘‘Carbon One Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Parker-Hale Model 2800 Midland Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms Henry Trapper ‘‘Carl Gustaf 2000 Bolt-Action Rifle Cen- ‘‘Remington 700 ADL Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms Iron Frame Henry tury ‘‘Remington 700 BDL Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Navy Arms Military Henry Rifle ‘‘Centurion 14 Sporter ‘‘Remington 700 BDL European Bolt-Ac- ‘‘Puma Bounty Hunter Rifle ‘‘Century Enfield Sporter #4 tion Rifle ‘‘Puma Model 92 Rifles & Carbines ‘‘Century M70 Sporter ‘‘Remington 700 BDL Left Hand ‘‘Remington 7600 Slide Action ‘‘Century Mauser 98 Sporter ‘‘Remington 700 BDL SS Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 6 Pump Action ‘‘Century Swedish Sporter #38 ‘‘Remington 700 BDL Varmint Special ‘‘Remington Model 14, 14 1⁄2 Pump Actions ‘‘Cheytac M–200 ‘‘Remington 700 Camo Synthetic Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 141 Pump Action ‘‘Cheytac M70 Sporter ‘‘Remington 700 Classic Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 760 Slide Actions ‘‘Cooper Model 21 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Remington 700 Custom KS Mountain Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 7600 Special Purpose ‘‘Cooper Model 22 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Remington 700 Mountain Rifle Slide Action ‘‘Cooper Model 38 Centerfire Sporter ‘‘Remington 700 MTRSS Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 7600 Synthetic ‘‘Cooper Model 56 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Remington 700 Safari ‘‘Remington Model 7615 Camo Hunter ‘‘CZ 527 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Remington 700 Stainless Synthetic Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 7615 Ranch Carbine ‘‘CZ 550 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Remington 700 Varmint Synthetic Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 7615 SPS ‘‘CZ 750 Sniper Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 40–X Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Rossi M92 SRC Saddle-Ring Carbine ‘‘Dakota 22 Sporter Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 Alaskan Ti ‘‘Rossi M92 SRS Short Carbine ‘‘Dakota 76 Classic Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Rossi R92 Lever Action Carbines ‘‘Dakota 76 Safari Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 CDL ‘‘Ruger Model 96/44 Lever Action ‘‘Dakota 76 Short Action Rifles ‘‘Remington Model 700 CDL ‘Boone and ‘‘Savage 99C Lever-Action Rifle ‘‘Dakota 97 Bolt Action Rifle Crockett’ ‘‘Savage Model 170 Pump Action ‘‘Dakota 416 Rigby African ‘‘Remington Model 700 CDL Left-Hand

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.044 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2602 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 11, 2013 ‘‘Remington Model 700 CDL SF Limited ‘‘Savage 110CY Youth/Ladies Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Clas- Edition ‘‘Savage 110F Bolt-Action Rifle sic ‘‘Remington Model 700 LSS ‘‘Savage 110FP Police Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Featherweight ‘‘Remington Model 700 Mountain LSS ‘‘Savage 110FXP3 Bolt-Action Rifle WinTuff ‘‘Remington Model 700 Sendero SF II ‘‘Savage 110G Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Lightweight Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 SPS ‘‘Savage 110GV Varmint Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 SM Sporter ‘‘Remington Model 700 SPS Buckmasters ‘‘Savage 110GXP3 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Sporter Edition ‘‘Savage 110WLE One of One Thousand ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Sporter WinTuff ‘‘Remington Model 700 SPS Buckmasters Limited Edition Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Stainless Rifle Edition ‘Young Bucks’ Youth ‘‘Savage 112 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Super Express Mag- ‘‘Remington Model 700 SPS Stainless ‘‘Savage 112FV Varmint Rifle num ‘‘Remington Model 700 SPS Tactical Rifle ‘‘Savage 116 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Super Grade ‘‘Remington Model 700 SPS Varmint ‘‘Savage 116FSS Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Synthetic Heavy ‘‘Remington Model 700 SPS Varmint (Left- ‘‘Savage Axis Series Bolt Action Rifles Varmint Rifle Hand) ‘‘Savage Model 10 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Varmint ‘‘Remington Model 700 SPS Youth Syn- ‘‘Savage Model 10GXP Package Guns ‘‘Winchester Ranger Rifle thetic Left-Hand ‘‘Savage Model 11/111 Series Bolt Action ‘‘CENTERFIRE RIFLES—SINGLE SHOT ‘‘Remington Model 700 VL SS Thumbhole Rifles ‘‘Armsport 1866 Sharps Rifle, Carbine ‘‘Remington Model 700 VLS ‘‘Savage Model 12 Series Rifles ‘‘Ballard Arms Inc. 1875 #3 Gallery Single ‘‘Remington Model 700 VS SF II ‘‘Savage Model 14/114 Rifles Shot Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 VTR ‘‘Savage Model 25 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Ballard Arms Inc. 1875 #4 Perfection Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 XCR ‘‘Savage Model 110GXP3 Package Guns ‘‘Ballard Arms Inc. 1875 #7 Long Range ‘‘Remington Model 700 XCR Camo ‘‘Savage Model 112BV Heavy Barrel Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 XCR Compact Tac- Varmint Rifle ‘‘Ballard Arms Inc. 1875 #8 Union Hill rifle tical Rifle ‘‘Ballard Arms Inc. 1875 1 1⁄2 Hunter Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 XCR Left-Hand ‘‘Savage Model 112FVS Varmint Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 700 XCR Tactical Long ‘‘Savage Model 116FSK Kodiak Rifle ‘‘Ballard Arms Inc. 1885 High Wall Sporting Range Rifle ‘‘Shilen Rifles Inc. DGA Bolt Action Rifles Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 715 ‘‘Smith & Wesson i-Bolt Rifle ‘‘Ballard Arms Inc. 1885 Low Wall Single ‘‘Remington Model 770 ‘‘Steyr Scout Bolt Action Rifle Shot ‘‘Remington Model 770 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Steyr SSG 69 PII Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Brown Model 97D Single Shot Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 770 Stainless Camo ‘‘Steyr SSG08 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Brown Model One Single Shot Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 770 Youth ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher Luxus Model L, M, S ‘‘Browning Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 798 ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher Model M Professional ‘‘C. Sharps Arms 1875 Target & Sporting ‘‘Remington Model 798 Safari Rifle Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 798 SPS ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher Sporter Models SL, L, ‘‘C. Sharps Arms Custom New Model 1877 ‘‘Remington Model 799 M, S, S/T ‘‘C. Sharps Arms New Model 1885 High Wall ‘‘Remington Model Seven 25th Anniversary ‘‘Thompson/Center ICON Bolt Action Rifles Rifle ‘‘Remington Model Seven Bolt Action Ri- ‘‘Thompson/Center Icon Classic Long Ac- ‘‘C.Sharps Arms 1874 Bridgeport Sporting fles tion Rifle Rifle ‘‘Remington Model Seven CDL ‘‘Thompson/Center Icon Medium Action ‘‘C.Sharps Arms 1875 Classic Sharps ‘‘Remington Model Seven Custom KS Rifle ‘‘C.Sharps Arms New Model 1874 Old Reli- ‘‘Remington Model Seven Custom MS Rifle ‘‘Thompson/Center Icon Precision Hunter able ‘‘Remington Model Seven Predator ‘‘Thompson/Center Icon Weather Shield ‘‘C.Sharps Arms New Model 1875 Rifle ‘‘Remington Model Seven Youth Rifle Long Action Rifle ‘‘C.Sharps Arms New Model 1875 Target & ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye African ‘‘Thompson/Center Icon Weather Shield Long Range ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Alaskan Medium Action Rifle ‘‘Cabela’s 1874 Sharps Sporting ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye All-Weather ‘‘Thompson/Center Venture ‘‘Cimarron Billy Dixon 1874 Sharps ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye All-Weather Ultra ‘‘Tikka Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Cimarron Model 1885 High Wall Light ‘‘Tikka Premium Grade Rifles ‘‘Cimarron Quigley Model 1874 Sharps ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Compact ‘‘Tikka T3 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Cimarron Silhouette Model 1874 Sharps ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye International ‘‘Tikka Varmint/Continental Rifle ‘‘Dakota Model 10 Single Shot Rifle ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Laminate Compact ‘‘Tikka Whitetail/Battue Rifle ‘‘Dakota Single Shot Rifle ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Laminate Left-Hand- ‘‘Ultra Light Arms Model 20 Rifle ‘‘Desert Industries G–90 Single Shot Rifle ed ‘‘Ultra Light Arms Model 24 ‘‘Dixie Gun Works 1873 Trapdoor Rifle/Car- ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Predator ‘‘Ultra Light Arms Model 28, Model 40 Ri- bine ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Sporter fles ‘‘Dixie Gun Works 1874 Sharps Rifles ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Standard ‘‘Voere Model 2155, 2150 Bolt-Action Rifles ‘‘Dixie Gun Works Remington Rolling ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Standard Left-Hand- ‘‘Voere Model 2165 Bolt-Action Rifle Block Rifles ed ‘‘Voere VEC 91 Lightning Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘EMF Premier 1874 Sharps ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Tactical ‘‘Weatherby Classicmark No. 1 Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Buffalo Classic ‘‘Ruger M77 Hawkeye Ultra Light ‘‘Weatherby Lasermark V Rifle Rifle (CR–1871) ‘‘Ruger M77 Mark II All-Weather Stainless ‘‘Weatherby Mark V Crown Custom Rifles ‘‘Harrington & Richardson CR 45–LC Rifle ‘‘Weatherby Mark V Deluxe Bolt-Action ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Handi-Mag ‘‘Ruger M77 Mark II Express Rifle Rifle Rifle ‘‘Ruger M77 Mark II Magnum Rifle ‘‘Weatherby Mark V Rifles ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Handi-Rifle ‘‘Ruger M77 Mark II Rifle ‘‘Weatherby Mark V Safari Grade Custom ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Handi-Rifle ‘‘Ruger M77 Mark II Target Rifle Rifles Compact ‘‘Ruger M77 RSI International Carbine ‘‘Weatherby Mark V Sporter Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson New England ‘‘Ruger M77 ‘‘Weatherby Vanguard Bolt Action Rifles Hand-Rifle/Slug Gun Combos ‘‘Ruger Compact Magnum ‘‘Weatherby Vanguard Classic No. 1 Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Stainless ‘‘Ruger M77RL Ultra Light ‘‘Weatherby Vanguard Classic Rifle Handi-Rifle ‘‘Ruger M77VT Target Rifle ‘‘Weatherby Vanguard VGX Deluxe Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Stainless Ultra ‘‘Ruger Model 77 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Weatherby Vanguard Weatherguard Rifle Hunter Thumbhole Stock ‘‘Sako Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Weatherby Weatherguard Alaskan Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Superlight ‘‘Sako Classic Bolt Action ‘‘Weatherby Weathermark Alaskan Rifle Handi-Rifle Compact ‘‘Sako Deluxe Lightweight ‘‘Weatherby Weathermark Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Survivor Rifle ‘‘Sako FiberClass Sporter ‘‘Weatherby Weathermark Rifles ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Synthetic ‘‘Sako Hunter Left-Hand Rifle ‘‘Wichita Classic Rifle Handi-Rifle ‘‘Sako Hunter LS Rifle Sako Hunter Rifle ‘‘Wichita Varmint Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Ultra Hunter ‘‘Sako Mannlicher-Style Carbine ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Bolt Action Rifles Rifle ‘‘Sako Safari Grade Bolt Action ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Custom Sharp- ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Ultra Varmint ‘‘Sako Super Deluxe Sporter shooter Fluted ‘‘Sako TRG–S Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Custom Sporting ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Ultra Varmint ‘‘Sako Varmint Heavy Barrel Sharpshooter Rifle Rifle ‘‘Sauer 90 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Winchester Model 70 DBM Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Ultra Varmint ‘‘Savage 16/116 Rifles ‘‘Winchester Model 70 DBM–S Rifle Thumbhole Stock ‘‘Savage 110 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Winchester Model 70 Featherweight ‘‘Krieghoff Hubertus Single Shot

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IV Double Rifle ‘‘Henry Pump Action Octagon .22 ‘‘Navy Arms Rolling Block Buffalo Rifle ‘‘Kreighoff Teck O/U Combination Gun ‘‘Henry Pump Action Octagon .22 Magnum ‘‘Navy Arms Sharps ‘‘Quigley’’ Rifle ‘‘Kreighoff Trumpf Drilling ‘‘Henry Varmint Express .17 HMR ‘‘Navy Arms Sharps Cavalry Carbine ‘‘Krieghoff Drillings ‘‘Marlin 39TDS Carbine ‘‘Navy Arms Sharps Plains Rifle ‘‘Lebeau-Courally Express Rifle 5X5 ‘‘Marlin Model 39A Golden Lever Action ‘‘New England Firearms Handi-Rifle ‘‘Merkel Boxlock Double Rifles ‘‘Marlin Model 39AS Golden Lever-Action ‘‘New England Firearms Sportster/Versa ‘‘Merkel Drillings Rifle Pack Rifle ‘‘Merkel Model 160 Side-by-Side Double Ri- ‘‘Mossberg Model 464 Rimfire Lever Action ‘‘New England Firearms Survivor Rifle fles Rifle ‘‘Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 1.5 Hunt- ‘‘Merkel Over/Under Combination Guns ‘‘Norinco EM–321 Pump Rifle ing Rifle ‘‘Merkel Over/Under Double Rifles ‘‘Remington 572BDL Fieldmaster Pump ‘‘Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 4.5 Tar- ‘‘Remington Model SPR94 .410/Rimfire Rifle get Rifle ‘‘Remington Model SPR94 12 Gauge/ ‘‘Rossi Model 62 SA Pump Rifle ‘‘Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 5 Pacific Centerfire ‘‘Rossi Model 62 SAC Carbine ‘‘Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 8 Union ‘‘Rizzini Express 90L Double Rifle ‘‘Rossi Model G2 Gallery Rifle Hill Rifle ‘‘Savage 24F O/U Combination Gun ‘‘Ruger Model 96 Lever-Action Rifle ‘‘Red Willow Armory Ballard Rifles ‘‘Savage 24F–12T Turkey Gun ‘‘Taurus Model 62- Pump ‘‘Remington Model Rolling Block Rifles ‘‘Springfield Inc. M6 Scout Rifle/Shotgun ‘‘Taurus Model 72 Pump Rifle ‘‘Remington Model SPR18 Blued ‘‘Tikka Model 412s Combination Gun ‘‘Winchester Model 9422 Lever-Action Rifle ‘‘Remington Model SPR18 Nickel ‘‘Tikka Model 412S Double Fire ‘‘Winchester Model 9422 Magnum Lever-Ac- ‘‘Remington Model SPR18 Single Shot ‘‘RIMFIRE RIFLES—AUTOLOADERS tion Rifle Rifle ‘‘AMT Lightning 25/22 Rifle ‘‘RIMFIRE RIFLES—BOLT ACTIONS & SINGLE ‘‘Remington-Style Rolling Block Carbine ‘‘AMT Lightning Small-Game Hunting SHOTS ‘‘Rossi Match Pairs Rifles Rifle II ‘‘Anschutz 1416D/1516D Classic Rifles ‘‘Rossi Single Shot Rifles ‘‘AMT Magnum Hunter Auto Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 1418D/1518D Mannlicher Rifles ‘‘Rossi Wizard ‘‘Anschutz 525 Deluxe Auto ‘‘Anschutz 1700 FWT Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Ruger No. 1 RSI International ‘‘Armscor Model 20P Auto Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 1700D Bavarian Bolt-Action ‘‘Ruger No. 1 Stainless Sporter ‘‘Browning Auto .22 Rifles Rifle ‘‘Ruger No. 1 Stainless Standard ‘‘Browning Auto–22 Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 1700D Classic Rifles ‘‘Ruger No. 1A Light Sporter ‘‘Browning Auto–22 Grade VI ‘‘Anschutz 1700D Custom Rifles ‘‘Ruger No. 1B Single Shot ‘‘Browning BAR .22 Auto Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 1700D Graphite Custom Rifle ‘‘Ruger No. 1H Tropical Rifle ‘‘Browning SA–22 Semi-Auto 22 Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 1702 D H B Classic ‘‘Ruger No. 1S Medium Sporter ‘‘Henry U.S. Survival .22 ‘‘Anschutz 1713 Silhouette ‘‘Ruger No. 1V Special Varminter ‘‘Henry U.S. Survival Rifle AR–7 ‘‘Anschutz Achiever ‘‘Sharps 1874 Old Reliable ‘‘Krico Model 260 Auto Rifle ‘‘Anschutz Achiever Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Shiloh 1875 Rifles ‘‘Lakefield Arms Model 64B Auto Rifle ‘‘Anschutz All other Bolt Action Rimfire ‘‘Shiloh Sharps 1874 Business Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 60 Self Loading Rifles Models ‘‘Shiloh Sharps 1874 Long Range Express ‘‘Marlin Model 60C ‘‘Anschutz Kadett ‘‘Shiloh Sharps 1874 Military Carbine ‘‘Marlin Model 60SB ‘‘Anschutz Model 1502 D Classic ‘‘Shiloh Sharps 1874 Military Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 60S–CF ‘‘Anschutz Model 1517 D Classic ‘‘Shiloh Sharps 1874 Montana Roughrider ‘‘Marlin Model 60SN ‘‘Anschutz Model 1517 MPR Multi Purpose ‘‘Shiloh Sharps Creedmoor Target ‘‘Marlin Model 60ss Self-Loading Rifle ‘‘Anschutz Model 1517 S–BR ‘‘Thompson/Center Contender Carbine ‘‘Marlin Model 70 Auto-loading Rifles ‘‘Anschutz Model 1710 D KL ‘‘Thompson/Center Contender Carbine Sur- ‘‘Marlin Model 70 HC Auto ‘‘Anschutz Model 1717 Classic vival System ‘‘Marlin Model 70P Papoose ‘‘Anschutz Model 1717 Silhouette Sporter ‘‘Thompson/Center Contender Carbine ‘‘Marlin Model 70PSS ‘‘Anschutz Model G4 MPB Youth Model ‘‘Marlin Model 795 ‘‘Anschutz Model Woodchucker ‘‘Thompson/Center Encore ‘‘Marlin Model 795SS ‘‘Armscor Model 14P Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Thompson/Center Stainless Contender ‘‘Marlin Model 922 Magnum Self-Loading ‘‘Armscor Model 1500 Rifle Carbine Rifle ‘‘Beeman/HW 60–J–ST Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Thompson/Center TCR ’87 Single Shot ‘‘Marlin Model 990l Self-Loading Rifle ‘‘BRNO ZKM 452 Deluxe Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 995 Self-Loading Rifle ‘‘BRNO ZKM–456 Lux Sporter ‘‘Thompson/Encore Rifles ‘‘Mossberg 702 Plinkster ‘‘BRNO ZKM–452 Deluxe Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Traditions 1874 Sharps Deluxe Rifle ‘‘Norinco Model 22 ATD Rifle ‘‘Browning A-Bolt 22 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Traditions 1874 Sharps Standard Rifle ‘‘Remington 552BDL Speedmaster Rifle ‘‘Browning A-Bolt Gold Medallion ‘‘Traditions Rolling Block Sporting Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 522 Viper Autoloading ‘‘Browning T-Bolt Rimfire Rifles ‘‘Uberti (Stoeger Industries) Sharps Rifles Rifle ‘‘Cabanas Espronceda IV Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Uberti 1871 Rolling Block Rifle/Carbine ‘‘Remington Model 597 Blaze Camo ‘‘Cabanas Leyre Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Uberti 1874 Sharps Sporting Rifle ‘‘Remington Model 597 Pink Camo ‘‘Cabanas Master Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Uberti 1885 High Wall Rifles ‘‘Remington Model 597 Synthetic Scope ‘‘Cabanas Phaser Rifle ‘‘Uberti Rolling Block Baby Carbine Combo ‘‘Chipmunk Single Shot Rifle ‘‘Uberti Springfield Trapdoor Carbine/Rifle ‘‘Ruger 10/22 Autoloading Carbine (w/o fold- ‘‘Cooper Arms Model 36S Sporter Rifle ‘‘DRILLINGS, COMBINATION GUNS, DOUBLE ing stock) ‘‘Cooper Model 57–M Bolt Action Rifle RIFLES ‘‘Ruger 10/22 Compact ‘‘CZ 452 Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘A. Zoli Rifle-Shotgun O/U Combo ‘‘Ruger 10/22 Sporter ‘‘Dakota 22 Sporter Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Auguste Francotte Boxlock Double Rifle ‘‘Ruger 10/22 Target ‘‘Davey Crickett Single Shot Rifle ‘‘Auguste Francotte Sidelock Double Ri- ‘‘Survival Arms AR–7 Explorer Rifle ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Sportster fles ‘‘Texas Remington Revolving Carbine ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Sportster 17 ‘‘Baikal IZH–94 Express ‘‘Thompson/Center R–55 All-Weather Hornady Magnum Rimfire ‘‘Baikal MP94– (IZH–94) O/U ‘‘Thompson/Center R–55 Benchmark ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Sportster Com- ‘‘Beretta Express SSO O/U Double Rifles ‘‘Thompson/Center R–55 Classic pact ‘‘Beretta Model 455 SxS Express Rifle ‘‘Thompson/Center R–55 Rifles ‘‘Henry ‘Mini’ Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Chapuis RGExpress Double Rifle ‘‘Thompson/Center R–55 Sporter ‘‘Henry Acu-Bolt .22 ‘‘CZ 584 SOLO Combination Gun ‘‘Voere Model 2115 Auto Rifle ‘‘Henry Mini Bolt Youth .22 ‘‘CZ 589 Stopper O/U Gun ‘‘RIMFIRE RIFLES—LEVER & SLIDE ACTION ‘‘Kimber Bolt Action .22 Rifles ‘‘Dakota Double Rifle ‘‘Browning BL–22 Lever-Action Rifle ‘‘Krico Model 300 Bolt-Action Rifles ‘‘Garbi Express Double Rifle ‘‘Henry .22 Lever Action Rifles, All Models ‘‘Lakefield Arms Mark I Bolt-Action Rifle

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.044 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2604 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 11, 2013 ‘‘Lakefield Arms Mark II Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 1911 Match Rifle ‘‘Benelli Sport Model ‘‘Magtech Model MT Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 1912 Rifles ‘‘Benelli Super 90 M1 Field Model ‘‘Magtech Model MT–22C Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 1913 Super Match Rifle ‘‘Benelli Super Black Eagle II Models ‘‘Marlin Model 15YN ‘Little Buckaroo’ ‘‘Anschutz 54.18MS REP Deluxe Silhouette ‘‘Benelli Super Black Eagle II Steady Grip ‘‘Marlin Model 25MN Bolt-Action Rifle Rifle ‘‘Benelli Super Black Eagle Models ‘‘Marlin Model 25N Bolt-Action Repeater ‘‘Anschutz 54.18MS Silhouette Rifle ‘‘Benelli Super Black Eagle Shotgun ‘‘Marlin Model 880 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 64 MP R Silhouette Rifle ‘‘Benelli Super Black Eagle Slug Gun ‘‘Marlin Model 881 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Anschutz 64–MS Left Silhouette ‘‘Benelli Super Vinci ‘‘Marlin Model 882 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Anschutz Super Match 54 Target Model ‘‘Benelli Supersport ‘‘Marlin Model 883 Bolt-Action Rifle 2007 ‘‘Benelli Two-Gun Sets ‘‘Marlin Model 883SS Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Anschutz Super Match 54 Target Model ‘‘Benelli Ultralight ‘‘Marlin Model 915 YN ‘Little Buckaroo’ 2013 ‘‘Benelli Vinci ‘‘Marlin Model 915Y (Compact) ‘‘Beeman/Feinwerkbau 2600 Target Rifle ‘‘Beretta 390 Field Auto Shotgun ‘‘Marlin Model 915YS (Compact) ‘‘Cooper Arms Model TRP–1 ISU Standard ‘‘Beretta 390 Super Trap, Super Skeet ‘‘Marlin Model 917 Rifle Shotguns ‘‘Marlin Model 917S ‘‘E.A.A./HW 60 Target Rifle ‘‘Beretta 3901 Citizen ‘‘Marlin Model 917V ‘‘E.A.A./HW 660 Match Rifle ‘‘Beretta 3901 Rifled Slug Gun ‘‘Marlin Model 917VR ‘‘E.A.A./Weihrauch HW 60 Target Rifle ‘‘Beretta 3901 Statesman ‘‘Marlin Model 917VS ‘‘Ed Brown Model 704, M40A2 Marine Snip- ‘‘Beretta A–303 Auto Shotgun ‘‘Marlin Model 917VS–CF er ‘‘Beretta A400 Series ‘‘Marlin Model 917VSF ‘‘Finnish Lion Standard Target Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL–2 Models ‘‘Marlin Model 917VST ‘‘Krico Model 360 S2 Biathlon Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL–3 Deluxe Trap ‘‘Marlin Model 917VT ‘‘Krico Model 360S Biathlon Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL390 Series ‘‘Marlin Model 925 ‘‘Krico Model 400 Match Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Teknys Gold ‘‘Marlin Model 925C ‘‘Krico Model 500 Kricotronic Match Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Teknys Gold Sporting ‘‘Marlin Model 925M ‘‘Krico Model 600 Match Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Teknys Gold Target ‘‘Marlin Model 925R ‘‘Krico Model 600 Sniper Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Camo AP ‘‘Marlin Model 925RM ‘‘Lakefield Arms Model 90B Target Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Camo Max–4 ‘‘Marlin Model 980S ‘‘Lakefield Arms Model 91T Target Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Classic ‘‘Marlin Model 980S–CF ‘‘Lakefield Arms Model 92S Silhouette ‘‘Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Gold ‘‘Marlin Model 981T Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Gold Sporting ‘‘Marlin Model 982 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Marlin Model 2000 Target Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Parallel Target SL ‘‘Marlin Model 982VS ‘‘Mauser Model 86–SR Specialty Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Sporting ‘‘Marlin Model 982VS–CF ‘‘McMillan 300 Phoenix Long Range Rifle ‘‘Beretta AL391 Urika 2 Synthetic ‘‘Marlin Model 983 ‘‘McMillan Long Range Rifle ‘‘Beretta ES100 Pintail Series ‘‘Marlin Model 983S ‘‘McMillan M–86 Sniper Rifle ‘‘Beretta Model 1200 Field ‘‘Marlin Model 983T ‘‘McMillan M–89 Sniper Rifle ‘‘Beretta Model 1201F Auto Shotgun ‘‘Marlin Model XT–17 Series Bolt Action ‘‘McMillan National Match Rifle ‘‘Beretta Model 300 Rifles ‘‘Parker-Hale M–85 Sniper Rifle ‘‘Beretta Model 301 Series ‘‘Marlin Model XT–22 Series Bolt Action ‘‘Parker-Hale M–87 Target Rifle ‘‘Beretta Model 302 Series Rifles ‘‘Remington 40–X Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Beretta Model 60 ‘‘Mauser Model 107 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Remington 40–XB Rangemaster Target ‘‘Beretta Model 61 ‘‘Mauser Model 201 Bolt-Action Rifle Centerfire ‘‘Beretta Model A304 Lark ‘‘Meacham Low-Wall Rifle ‘‘Remington 40–XBBR KS ‘‘Beretta Model AL391 Series ‘‘Mossberg Model 801/802 Bolt Rifles ‘‘Remington 40–XC KS National Match ‘‘Beretta Model TX4 Storm ‘‘Mossberg Model 817 Varmint Bolt Action Course Rifle ‘‘Beretta Silver Lark Rifle ‘‘Remington 40–XR KS Rimfire Position ‘‘Beretta UGB25 Xcel ‘‘Navy Arms TU–33/40 Carbine Rifle ‘‘Beretta Vittoria Auto Shotgun ‘‘Navy Arms TU–KKW Sniper Trainer ‘‘Sako TRG–21 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Beretta Xtrema2 ‘‘Navy Arms TU–KKW Training Rifle ‘‘Sako TRG–22 Bolt Action Rifle ‘‘Breda Altair ‘‘New England Firearms Sportster Single ‘‘Springfield Armory M–1 Garand ‘‘Breda Altair Special Shot Rifles ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher SSG Rifles ‘‘Breda Aries 2 ‘‘Norinco JW–15 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher Match SPG–UIT Rifle ‘‘Breda Astro ‘‘Norinco JW–27 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher SSG P–I Rifle ‘‘Breda Astrolux ‘‘Remington 40–XR Rimfire Custom ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher SSG P–II Rifle ‘‘Breda Echo Sporter ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher SSG P–III Rifle ‘‘Breda Ermes Series ‘‘Remington 541–T ‘‘Steyr-Mannlicher SSG P–IV Rifle ‘‘Breda Gold Series ‘‘Remington 541–T HB Bolt-Action ‘‘Tanner 300 Meter Free Rifle ‘‘Breda Grizzly ‘‘Rifle Remington 581–S Sportsman Rifle ‘‘Tanner 50 Meter Free Rifle ‘‘Breda Mira ‘‘Remington Model Five ‘‘Tanner Standard UIT Rifle ‘‘Breda Standard Series ‘‘Remington Model Five Youth ‘‘Time Precision 22RF Bench Rifle ‘‘Breda Xanthos ‘‘Rossi Matched Pair Single Shot Rifle ‘‘Wichita Silhouette Rifle ‘‘Brolin BL–12 ‘‘Ruger 77/17 ‘‘SHOTGUNS—AUTOLOADERS ‘‘Brolin SAS–12 ‘‘Ruger 77/22 ‘‘American Arms ‘‘Browning A–500G Auto Shotgun ‘‘Ruger 77/22 Rimfire Bolt-Action Rifle ‘‘American Arms/Franchi Black Magic 48/ ‘‘Browning A–500G Sporting Clays ‘‘Ruger 77/44 AL ‘‘Browning A–500R Auto Shotgun ‘‘Ruger K77/22 Varmint Rifle ‘‘Benelli Bimillionaire ‘‘Browning Auto–5 Light 12 and 20 ‘‘Savage CUB T Mini Youth ‘‘Benelli Black Eagle Competition Auto ‘‘Browning Auto–5 Magnum 12 ‘‘Savage Mark I–G Bolt Action Shotgun ‘‘Browning Auto–5 Magnum 20 ‘‘Savage Mark II Bolt Action Rifles ‘‘Benelli Cordoba ‘‘Browning Auto–5 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VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.044 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2609 ‘‘Griffin & Howe Continental Sidelock ‘‘Parker Fluid Steel Barrel Models (All ‘‘Weatherby Orion ‘‘Griffin & Howe Round Body Game Gun Grades) ‘‘Westley Richards Best Quality Sidelock ‘‘Griffin & Howe Traditional Game Gun ‘‘Parker Reproductions Side-by-Side ‘‘Westley Richards Boxlock Shotguns ‘‘Grulla 217 Series ‘‘Pederson Model 200 ‘‘Westley Richards Connaught Model ‘‘Grulla 219 Series ‘‘Pederson Model 2500 ‘‘Westley Richards Hand Detachable Lock ‘‘Grulla Consort ‘‘Perazzi DHO Models Model ‘‘Grulla Model 209 Holland ‘‘Perugini Ausonia ‘‘William Douglas Boxlock ‘‘Grulla Model 215 ‘‘Perugini Classic Model ‘‘Winchester Model 21 ‘‘Grulla Model 216 Series ‘‘Perugini Liberty ‘‘Winchester Model 24 ‘‘Grulla Number 1 ‘‘Perugini Regina Model ‘‘Zoli Alley Cleaner ‘‘Grulla Royal ‘‘Perugini Romagna Gun ‘‘Zoli Classic ‘‘Grulla Super MH ‘‘Piotti Hammer Gun ‘‘Zoli Falcon II ‘‘Grulla Supreme ‘‘Piotti King Extra Side-by-Side ‘‘Zoli Model Quail Special ‘‘Grulla Windsor ‘‘Piotti King No. 1 Side-by-Side Piotti ‘‘Zoli Pheasant ‘‘H&R Anson & Deeley SxS Lunik Side-by-Side ‘‘Zoli Silver Hawk ‘‘H&R Model 404 ‘‘Piotti Monaco Series ‘‘Zoli Silver Snipe ‘‘H&R Small Bore SxS hammer Gun ‘‘Piotti Monte Carlo ‘‘Hatfield Uplander Shotgun ‘‘Piotti Piuma Side-by-Side ‘‘SHOTGUNS—BOLT ACTIONS & SINGLE SHOTS ‘‘Henry Atkin Boxlock Model ‘‘Piotti Westlake ‘‘ADCC Diamond Folding Model ‘‘Henry Atkin Sidelock Model ‘‘Precision Sports Model 600 Series Doubles ‘‘American Arms Single-Shot ‘‘Holland & Holland Cavalier Boxlock ‘‘Premier Italian made SxS Shotguns ‘‘ARMSCOR 301A ‘‘Holland & Holland Dominion Game Gun ‘‘Premier Spanish made SxS Shotguns ‘‘Armsport Single Barrel Shotgun ‘‘Holland & Holland Northwood Boxlock ‘‘Purdy Best Quality Game Gun ‘‘Baikal MP18 ‘‘Holland & Holland Round Action Sidelock ‘‘Remington Model 1900 Hammerless ‘‘Beretta 471 EL Silver Hawk ‘‘Holland & Holland Round Action Sidelock ‘‘Remington Model SPR210 ‘‘Beretta 471 Silver Hawk Paradox ‘‘Remington Model SPR220 ‘‘Beretta Beta Single Barrel ‘‘Holland & Holland Royal Hammerless ‘‘Remington Model SPR220 Cowboy ‘‘Beretta MKII Trap Ejector Sidelock ‘‘Remington Premier SxS ‘‘Beretta Model 412 ‘‘Holland & Holland Sidelock Shotguns ‘‘Richland Arms Co. Italian made SxS ‘‘Holloway premier Sidelock SxS Model Models ‘‘Beretta Model FS ‘‘Hopkins & Allen Boxlock and Sidelock ‘‘Richland Arms Co. Spanish made SxS ‘‘Beretta TR–1 Models Models ‘‘Beretta TR–1 Trap ‘‘Huglu SxS Shotguns ‘‘Rigby Boxlock Shotgun ‘‘Beretta Vandalia Special Trap ‘‘Husqvarna SxS Shotguns ‘‘Rigby Hammer Shotgun ‘‘Browning BT–99 Competition Trap Spe- ‘‘IGA Deluxe Model ‘‘Rizzini Boxlock Side-by-Side cial ‘‘IGA Turkey Series Model ‘‘Rizzini Sidelock Side-by-Side ‘‘Browning BT–99 Plus Micro ‘‘Interstate Arms Model 99 Coach Gun ‘‘Rossi Overlund ‘‘Browning BT–99 Plus Trap Gun ‘‘Ithaca Classic Doubles Series Shotguns ‘‘Rossi Squire ‘‘Browning Micro Recoilless Trap Shotgun ‘‘Ithaca Hammerless Series ‘‘Rota Model 105 ‘‘Browning Recoilless Trap Shotgun ‘‘Iver Johnson Hammerless Model Shot- ‘‘Rota Model 106 ‘‘Crescent Single Shot Models guns ‘‘Rota Model 411 Series ‘‘CZ Cottontail ‘‘Jeffery Boxlock Shotguns ‘‘Royal American Model 600 Boxlock ‘‘Desert Industries Big Twenty Shotgun ‘‘Jeffery Sidelock Shotguns ‘‘Royal American Model 800 Sidelock ‘‘Fefever Long Range Field ‘‘K.B.I Grade II SxS ‘‘Ruger Gold Label ‘‘Frigon FS–4 ‘‘Khan Coach Gun ‘‘SAE Model 209E ‘‘Frigon FT–1 ‘‘Kimber Valier Series ‘‘SAE Model 210S ‘‘Frigon FT–C ‘‘Krieghoff Essencia Boxlock ‘‘SAE Model 340X ‘‘Gibbs Midland Stalker ‘‘Krieghoff Essencia Sidelock ‘‘Sarasqueta Mammerless Sidelock ‘‘Greener General Purpose GP MKI/MKII ‘‘Lanber Imperial Sidelock ‘‘Sarasqueta Model 3 Boxlock ‘‘H&R Survivor ‘‘Laurona Boxlock Models ‘‘Sauer Boxlock Model Shotguns ‘‘H&R Tracker Slug Model ‘‘Laurona Sidelock Models ‘‘Sauer Sidelock Model Shotguns ‘‘Harrington & Richardson N.W.T.F. 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VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:10 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.044 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2610 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 11, 2013 ‘‘Harrington & Richardson Ultra-Lite Slug SEC. 404. PENALTIES. SEC. 407. SEVERABILITY. Hunter Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United If any provision of this title, an amend- ‘‘Hi-Standard 514 Model States Code, as amended by section 123(b) of ment made by this title, or the application ‘‘Holland & Holland Single Barrel Trap this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘or (aa) of of such provision or amendment to any per- ‘‘IGA Reuna Model section 922’’ and inserting ‘‘(r), (v), (w), (aa), son or circumstance is held to be unconstitu- ‘‘IGA Single Barrel Classic or (bb) of section 922’’. tional, the remainder of this title, the ‘‘Ithaca Model 66 SEC. 405. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK amendments made by this title, and the ap- ‘‘Ithaca Single Barrel Trap PROGRAMS FOR SEMIAUTOMATIC plication of such provision or amendment to ASSAULT WEAPONS AND LARGE CA- any person or circumstance shall not be af- ‘‘Iver Johnson Champion Series PACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DE- ‘‘Iver Johnson Commemorative Series Sin- VICES. fected thereby. gle Shot Shotgun Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime ‘‘Iver Johnson Excel Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 SA 712. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, ‘‘Krieghoff K–80 Single Barrel Trap Gun U.S.C. 3751(a)(1)), as amended by section Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MENENDEZ, and ‘‘Krieghoff KS–5 Special 306(b)(1)(A)(ii) of this Act, is amended by Mr. BLUMENTHAL) submitted an amend- ‘‘Krieghoff KS–5 Trap Gun adding at the end the following: ment intended to be proposed by her to ‘‘Lefever Trap Gun ‘‘(I) Compensation for surrendered semi- the bill S. 649, to ensure that all indi- ‘‘Ljutic LTX Super Deluxe Mono Gun automatic assault weapons and large capac- viduals who should be prohibited from ‘‘Ljutic Mono Gun Single Barrel ity ammunition feeding devices, as those buying a firearm are listed in the na- ‘‘Ljutic Recoilless Space Gun Shotgun terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, under buy-back pro- tional instant criminal background ‘‘Marlin Model 55 Goose Gun Bolt Action check system and require a background ‘‘Marlin Model 60 Single Shot grams for semiautomatic assault weapons check for every firearm sale, and for ‘‘Marocchi Model 2000 and large capacity ammunition feeding de- ‘‘Mossberg Models G–4, 70, 73, 73B vices.’’. other purposes; which was ordered to ‘‘Mossberg Models 75 Series SEC. 406. STUDY BY NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘Mossberg Models 80, 83, 83B, 83D JUSTICE ON MASS SHOOTINGS. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (a) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘Mossberg 173 Series lowing: (1) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the ‘‘Mossberg Model 183 Series lll date of enactment of this title, the Attorney SEC. . NO FIREARMS FOR FOREIGN FELONS ‘‘Mossberg Model 185 Series ACT OF 2013. General shall instruct the Director of the (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be ‘‘Mossberg Model 190 Series National Institutes of Justice to conduct a cited as the ‘‘No Firearms for Foreign Felons ‘‘Mossberg Model 195 Series peer-reviewed factual study of incidents of Act of 2013’’. ‘‘Mossberg Model 385 Series mass shootings in the United States. Any (b) DEFINITIONS.— ‘‘Mossberg Model 390 Series studies, research, data, or testimony the Di- (1) COURTS.—Section 921(a) of title 18, ‘‘Mossberg Model 395 Series rector considers must be peer-reviewed, sci- United States Code, is amended by adding at ‘‘Mossberg Model 595 Series entifically and methodologically sound, and the end the following: ‘‘Mossberg Model 695 Series otherwise bear the indicia of the highest de- ‘‘(36) The term ‘any court’ includes any ‘‘New England Firearms N.W.T.F. Shotgun gree of reliability within the relevant field of Federal, State, or foreign court.’’. ‘‘New England Firearms Standard Pardner expertise. (2) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FELONIES.—Sec- ‘‘New England Firearms Survival Gun (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after tion 921(a)(20) of title 18, United States Code, ‘‘New England Firearms Tracker Slug Gun the date on which the study required under is amended— ‘‘New England Firearms Turkey and Goose paragraph (1) begins, the Director shall sub- (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘any Gun mit to Congress a report detailing the find- Federal or State offenses’’ and inserting ‘‘Parker Single Barrel Trap Models ings of the study. ‘‘Perazzi TM1 Special Single Trap (b) ISSUES EXAMINED.—In conducting the ‘‘any Federal, State, or foreign offenses’’; ‘‘Remington 90–T Super Single Shotgun study under subsection (a)(1), the Director (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘any ‘‘Remington Model No. 9 shall examine the impact, if any, upon per- State offense classified by the laws of the ‘‘Remington Model 310 Skeet petrators of mass shooting of each of the fol- State’’ and inserting ‘‘any State or foreign ‘‘Remington Model No. 3 lowing: offense classified by the laws of that juris- ‘‘Rossi Circuit Judge Lever Action Shot- (1) Childhood abuse or neglect. diction’’; and gun (2) Exposure to criminal acts, including (C) in the matter following subparagraph (B), in the first sentence, by inserting before ‘‘Rossi Circuit Judge Shotgun gang violence. the period the following: ‘‘, except that a for- ‘‘Ruger Single Barrel Trap (3) Exposure to bullying. eign conviction shall not constitute a con- ‘‘S.W.D. Terminator (4) Mental illness. viction of such a crime if the convicted per- ‘‘Savage Kimel Kamper Single Shot (5) The effectiveness of, and resources son establishes that the foreign conviction ‘‘Savage Model 210F Slug Warrior available for, the mental health system in resulted from a denial of fundamental fair- ‘‘Savage Model 212 Slug Gun understanding, detecting, and countering ness that would violate due process if com- ‘‘Savage Model 220 Series tendencies toward violence. mitted in the United States or from conduct ‘‘Savage Model 220 Slug Gun (6) The availability of mental health and that would be legal if committed in the ‘‘SEITZ Single Barrel Trap other resources and strategies to help families detect and counter tendencies toward vi- United States’’. ‘‘SKB Century II Trap olence. (c) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES.—Section ‘‘SKB Century Trap (7) Familial relationships, including the 921(a)(33) of title 18, United States Code, is ‘‘SKB Model 505 Trap level of involvement and awareness of par- amended— ‘‘SKB Model 605 Trap ents in the lives of their children. (1) in subparagraph (A)— ‘‘Smith, L.C. Single Barrel Trap Models (8) School supportiveness, including the (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by ‘‘Snake Charmer II Shotgun level of involvement and awareness of teach- striking ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘Stoeger/IGA Reuna Single Barrel Shotgun ers and school administrators in the lives of ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and ‘‘Tangfolio Model RSG–16 their students, and the availability of men- (B) in clause (i)— ‘‘Tangfolio Blockcard Model tal health and other resources at schools to (i) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(i)’’; ‘‘Tangfolio Model DSG help detect and counter tendencies of stu- (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; ‘‘Tangfolio Model RSG–12 Series dents toward violence. and ‘‘Tangfolio Model RSG–20 (9) School performance, academic success (iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Tangfolio RSG-Tactical and persistence. ‘‘(II) is a crime under foreign law that is ‘‘Taurus Circuit Judge Shotgun (10) The nature and impact of the alien- punishable by imprisonment for a term of ‘‘Thompson/Center Encore Shotgun ation of the perpetrators of such incidents of not more than 1 year; and’’; and ‘‘Thompson/Center Pro Hunter Turkey violence from their schools, families, peer (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘if Shotgun groups, and places of work. the conviction has’’ and inserting the fol- ‘‘Thompson/Center TCR ’87 Hunter Shot- (11) The availability and nature of fire- lowing: ‘‘if the conviction— gun arms, including the means of acquiring such ‘‘(I) occurred in a foreign jurisdiction and ‘‘Universal Firearms Model 7212 Single firearms. the convicted person establishes that the for- Barrel Trap (12) The availability of information regard- eign conviction resulted from a denial of fun- ‘‘Winchester Model 36 Single Shot ing the construction of weapons, including damental fairness that would violate due ‘‘Winchester Model 37 Single Shot explosive devices, and any impact of such in- process if committed in the United States or ‘‘Winchester Model 41 Bolt Action formation on such incidents of violence. from conduct that would be legal if com- ‘‘Winchester Model 9410 Series (13) Depictions of violence in the video mitted in the United States; or ‘‘Zoli Apache Model game, media and entertainment industry. ‘‘(II) has’’. ‘‘Zoli Diano Series (14) Poverty or other socioeconomic factors (d) PENALTIES.—Section 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) of ‘‘Zoli Loner Series’’. on creating tendencies toward violence. title 18, United States Code, is amended—

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:57 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.044 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2611 (1) by striking ‘‘an offense under State under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term is or possession of a firearm by the recipient law’’ and inserting ‘‘an offense under State defined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigra- would be in violation of any Federal law pun- or foreign law’’; and tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. ishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding (2) by inserting before the semicolon the 1101(a)(26)); 1 year; following: ‘‘, except that a foreign conviction ‘‘(F) has been discharged from the Armed ‘‘(2) receive from another person 2 or more shall not constitute a conviction of such a Forces under dishonorable conditions; firearms in or otherwise affecting interstate crime if the convicted person establishes ‘‘(G) having been a citizen of the United or foreign commerce, if the recipient knows that the foreign conviction resulted from a States, has renounced his or her citizenship; or has reasonable cause to believe that such denial of fundamental fairness that would ‘‘(H) is subject to a court order that re- receipt would be in violation of any Federal violate due process if committed in the strains such person from harassing, stalking, law punishable by a term of imprisonment United States or from conduct that would be or threatening an intimate partner of such exceeding 1 year; or legal if committed in the United States’’. person or child of such intimate partner or ‘‘(3) attempt or conspire to commit the person, or engaging in other conduct that conduct described in paragraph (1) or (2). SA 713. Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Ms. would place an intimate partner in reason- ‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), COLLINS, and Mr. KING) submitted an able fear of bodily injury to the partner or any person who violates subsection (a) shall amendment intended to be proposed by child, except that this subparagraph shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not him to the bill S. 649, to ensure that all only apply to a court order that— more than 15 years, or both. ‘‘(2) If a violation of subsection (a) is com- individuals who should be prohibited ‘‘(i) was issued after a hearing of which such person received actual notice, and at mitted by a person in concert with 5 or more from buying a firearm are listed in the other persons with respect to whom such national instant criminal background which such person had the opportunity to participate; and person occupies a position of organizer, lead- check system and require a background ‘‘(ii)(I) includes a finding that such person er, supervisor, or manager, the person shall check for every firearm sale, and for represents a credible threat to the physical be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of other purposes; which was ordered to safety of such intimate partner or child; or not more than 25 years. lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘(II) by its terms explicitly prohibits the ‘‘§ 934. Forfeiture and fines Strike title II and insert the following: use, attempted use, or threatened use of ‘‘(a)(1) Any person convicted of a violation of section 932 or 933 shall forfeit to the TITLE II—STOP ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IN physical force against such intimate partner United States, irrespective of any provision FIREARMS ACT OF 2013 or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; of State law— SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(I) has been convicted in any court of a ‘‘(A) any property constituting, or derived This title may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Illegal from, any proceeds the person obtained, di- Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013’’. misdemeanor crime of domestic violence; ‘‘(J)(i) does not reside in any State; and rectly or indirectly, as the result of such vio- SEC. 202. HADIYA PENDLETON AND NYASIA ‘‘(ii) is not a citizen or lawful permanent lation; and PRYEAR-YARD ANTI-STRAW PUR- ‘‘(B) any of the person’s property used, or CHASING AND FIREARMS TRAF- resident of the United States; FICKING AMENDMENTS. ‘‘(K) intends to sell or otherwise dispose of intended to be used, in any manner or part, (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, the firearm to a person described in any of to commit, or to facilitate the commission United States Code, is amended by adding at subparagraphs (A) through (J); or of, such violation, except that for any for- the end the following: ‘‘(L) intends to— feiture of any firearm or ammunition pursuant to this section, section 924(d) shall apply. ‘‘§ 932. Straw purchasing of firearms ‘‘(i) use, carry, possess, or sell or otherwise dispose of the firearm in furtherance of a ‘‘(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a ‘‘(a) For purposes of this section— person convicted of a violation of section 932 ‘‘(1) the term ‘crime of violence’ has the crime of violence or drug trafficking crime; or or 933, shall order, in addition to any other meaning given that term in section 924(c)(3); sentence imposed pursuant to section 932 or ‘‘(2) the term ‘drug trafficking crime’ has ‘‘(ii) export the firearm in violation of law; ‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 933, that the person forfeit to the United the meaning given that term in section any person who violates subsection (b) shall States all property described in paragraph 924(c)(2); and be fined under this title, imprisoned for not (1). ‘‘(3) the term ‘purchase’ includes the re- ‘‘(b) A defendant who derives profits or more than 15 years, or both. ceipt of any firearm by a person who does ‘‘(2) If a violation of subsection (b) is com- other proceeds from an offense under section not own the firearm— mitted knowing or with reasonable cause to 932 or 933 may be fined not more than the ‘‘(A) by way of pledge or pawn as security greater of— believe that any firearm involved will be for the payment or repayment of money; or ‘‘(1) the fine otherwise authorized by this used to commit a crime of violence, the per- ‘‘(B) on consignment. part; and son shall be sentenced to a term of imprison- ‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful for any person ‘‘(2) the amount equal to twice the gross ment of not more than 25 years. (other than a licensed importer, licensed ‘‘(d) Subsection (b)(1) shall not apply to profits or other proceeds of the offense under manufacturer, licensed collector, or licensed any firearm that is lawfully purchased by a section 932 or 933.’’. dealer) to knowingly purchase, or attempt or (b) TITLE III AUTHORIZATION.—Section person— conspire to purchase, any firearm in or oth- 2516(1)(n) of title 18, United States Code, is ‘‘(1) to be given as a bona fide gift to a re- erwise affecting interstate or foreign com- amended by striking ‘‘and 924’’ and inserting cipient who provided no service or tangible merce— ‘‘, 924, 932, or 933’’. thing of value to acquire the firearm; ‘‘(1) from a licensed importer, licensed (c) RACKETEERING AMENDMENT.—Section ‘‘(2) to be given to a bona fide winner of an manufacturer, licensed collector, or licensed 1961(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is organized raffle, contest, or auction con- dealer for, on behalf of, or at the request or amended by inserting ‘‘section 932 (relating ducted in accordance with law and sponsored demand of any other person, known or un- to straw purchasing), section 933 (relating to by a national, State, or local organization or known; or trafficking in firearms),’’ before ‘‘section association; ‘‘(2) from any person who is not a licensed 1028’’. ‘‘(3) to be given as a bona fide gratuity to importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed (d) MONEY LAUNDERING AMENDMENT.—Sec- a hunting guide; collector, or licensed dealer for, on behalf of, tion 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States ‘‘(4) to be given as a bona fide bonus to an or at the request or demand of any other per- Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section employee as the result of lawful services per- 924(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 924(n), 932, or son, known or unknown, knowing or having formed in the course of an employment rela- 933’’. reasonable cause to believe that such other tionship; or (e) DIRECTIVE TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.— person— ‘‘(5) to be given as a bona fide commemora- Pursuant to its authority under section 994 ‘‘(A) is under indictment for, or has been tive award or honorarium; of title 28, United States Code, and in accord- convicted in any court of, a crime punishable ance with this section, the United States by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 unless the purchaser knows or has reasonable cause to believe the recipient of the Sentencing Commission shall review and year; amend its guidelines and policy statements ‘‘(B) is a fugitive from justice; firearm is prohibited by Federal law from possessing, receiving, selling, shipping, to ensure that persons convicted of an of- ‘‘(C) is an unlawful user of or addicted to fense under section 932 or 933 of title 18, any controlled substance (as defined in sec- transporting, transferring, or otherwise dis- posing of the firearm. United States Code and other offenses appli- tion 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 cable to the straw purchases and firearms U.S.C. 802)); ‘‘§ 933. Trafficking in firearms trafficking of firearms are subject to in- ‘‘(D) has been adjudicated as a mental de- ‘‘(a) It shall be unlawful for any person creased penalties in comparison to those cur- fective or has been committed to any mental to— rently provided by the guidelines and policy institution; ‘‘(1) ship, transport, transfer, cause to be statements for such straw purchasing and ‘‘(E) is an alien who— transported, or otherwise dispose of 2 or firearms trafficking offenses. In its review, ‘‘(i) is illegally or unlawfully in the United more firearms to another person in or other- the Commission shall consider, in particular, States; or wise affecting interstate or foreign com- an appropriate amendment to reflect the in- ‘‘(ii) except as provided in section 922(y)(2), merce, if such person knows or has reason- tent of Congress that straw purchasers with- has been admitted to the United States able cause to believe that the use, carrying, out significant criminal histories receive

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DEFINITIONS. gang, cartel, organized crime ring, or other serting the following: Section 921(a) of title 18, United States such enterprise should be subject to higher ‘‘(k)(1) A person who, with intent to engage Code, is amended by inserting after para- penalties than an otherwise unaffiliated in- in or to promote conduct that— graph (29) the following: dividual. ‘‘(A) is punishable under the Controlled ‘‘(30) The term ‘large capacity ammunition (f) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the feeding device’— MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 44 of Controlled Substances Import and Export ‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed title 18, United States Code, is amended by Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), or chapter 705 of strip, or similar device, including any such adding at the end the following: title 46; device joined or coupled with another in any ‘‘932. Straw purchasing of firearms. ‘‘(B) violates any law of a State relating to manner, that has an overall capacity of, or ‘‘933. Trafficking in firearms. any controlled substance (as defined in sec- that can be readily restored, changed, or ‘‘934. Forfeiture and fines.’’. tion 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 922(d). U.S.C. 802); or ammunition; and Section 922(d) of title 18, United States ‘‘(C) constitutes a crime of violence (as de- ‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular Code, is amended— fined in subsection (c)(3)), device designed to accept, and capable of op- (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the smuggles or knowingly brings into the erating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammu- end; United States, a firearm or ammunition, or nition. (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period attempts or conspires to do so, shall be im- ‘‘(31) The term ‘qualified law enforcement at the end and inserting a semicolon; and prisoned not more than 15 years, fined under officer’ has the meaning given the term in (3) by striking the matter following para- this title, or both. section 926B.’’. graph (9) and inserting the following: ‘‘(2) A person who, with intent to engage in SEC. 402. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY ‘‘(10) intends to sell or otherwise dispose of or to promote conduct that— AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. the firearm or ammunition to a person de- ‘‘(A) would be punishable under the Con- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, scribed in any of paragraphs (1) through (9); trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), United States Code, as amended by this Act, or the Controlled Substances Import and Ex- is amended by inserting after subsection (u) ‘‘(11) intends to sell or otherwise dispose of port Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), or chapter 705 the following: the firearm or ammunition in furtherance of of title 46, if the conduct had occurred within ‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to a crime of violence or drug trafficking of- the United States; or import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or pos- fense or to export the firearm or ammunition ‘‘(B) would constitute a crime of violence sess, in or affecting interstate or foreign in violation of law. (as defined in subsection (c)(3)) for which the commerce, a large capacity ammunition person may be prosecuted in a court of the This subsection shall not apply with respect feeding device. United States, if the conduct had occurred to the sale or disposition of a firearm or am- ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the within the United States, munition to a licensed importer, licensed possession of any large capacity ammunition manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed smuggles or knowingly takes out of the feeding device otherwise lawfully possessed collector who pursuant to subsection (b) of United States, a firearm or ammunition, or on or before the date of enactment of the section 925 is not precluded from dealing in attempts or conspires to do so, shall be im- Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013. firearms or ammunition, or to a person who prisoned not more than 15 years, fined under ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— has been granted relief from disabilities pur- this title, or both.’’. ‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, suant to subsection (c) of section 925.’’. SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON OPERATIONS BY THE sale to, transfer to, or possession by the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. United States or a department or agency of SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 924(a). The Department of Justice, and any of its the United States or a State or a depart- Section 924(a) of title 18, United States law enforcement coordinate agencies, shall ment, agency, or political subdivision of a Code, is amended— not conduct any planned operation where a State, or a sale or transfer to or possession (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(d), (g),’’; Federal firearms licensee is directed, in- by a qualified law enforcement officer em- and structed, enticed, or otherwise encouraged ployed by the United States or a department (2) by adding at the end the following: by the Department of Justice to sell a fire- or agency of the United States or a State or ‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates sub- arm to an individual if the Department of a department, agency, or political subdivi- section (d) or (g) of section 922 shall be fined Justice, or a coordinate agency, knows or sion of a State for purposes of law enforce- under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 has reasonable cause to believe that such an ment (whether on or off duty), or a sale or years, or both.’’. individual is purchasing on behalf of another transfer to or possession by a campus law en- SEC. 205. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 924(D). for an illegal purpose unless the Deputy At- forcement officer for purposes of law enforce- Section 924(d) of title 18, United States torney General, the Assistant Attorney Gen- ment (whether on or off duty); Code, is amended— eral for the Criminal Division, or the Direc- ‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or trans- (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘932, or tor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire- fer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic 933’’ after ‘‘section 924,’’; and arms, and Explosives certifies in writing Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of estab- (2) in paragraph (3)— that the planned operation includes suffi- lishing and maintaining an on-site physical (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ cient safeguards to prevent firearms from protection system and security organization at the end; being transferred to third parties without required by Federal law, or possession by an (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the pe- law enforcement taking reasonable steps to employee or contractor of such licensee on- riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and lawfully interdict those firearms. site for such purposes or off-site for purposes (C) by adding at the end the following: of licensee-authorized training or transpor- ‘‘(G) any offense under section 932 or 933.’’. SA 714. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for Mr. tation of nuclear materials; SEC. 206. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 924(h). LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mrs. FEIN- ‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, STEIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MURPHY, retired in good standing from service with a is amended by striking subsection (h) and in- Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. COWAN, Ms. law enforcement agency and is not otherwise serting the following: HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, prohibited from receiving ammunition, of a ‘‘(h)(1) Whoever knowingly receives or large capacity ammunition feeding device— Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. CARPER, transfers a firearm or ammunition, or at- ‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by tempts or conspires to do so, knowing or Ms. WARREN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DURBIN, the agency upon such retirement; or having reasonable cause to believe that such Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. ‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or oth- firearm or ammunition will be used to com- GILLIBRAND, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. CARDIN, erwise obtained, for official use before such mit a crime of violence (as defined in sub- Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. HARKIN)) sub- retirement; or section (c)(3)), a drug trafficking crime (as mitted an amendment intended to be ‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, defined in subsection (c)(2)), or a crime under proposed by Mr. BLUMENTHAL to the transfer, or possession of any large capacity the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 bill S. 649, to ensure that all individ- ammunition feeding device by a licensed et seq.), the International Emergency Eco- uals who should be prohibited from manufacturer or licensed importer for the nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), or purposes of testing or experimentation au- the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation buying a firearm are listed in the na- thorized by the Attorney General. Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), shall be impris- tional instant criminal background ‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the oned not more than 25 years, fined in accord- check system and require a background term ‘campus law enforcement officer’ ance with this title, or both. check for every firearm sale, and for means an individual who is—

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FINDINGS. detention of persons for such crimes; shall include annual benchmarks, including Congress finds the following: ‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local both qualitative goals and quantitative (1) Congress supports, respects, and defends law to carry a firearm, execute search war- measures, to assess implementation of the 4- the fundamental, individual right to keep rants, and make arrests; and year plan. and bear arms guaranteed by the Second ‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified ‘‘(3) PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.— Amendment to the Constitution of the by a government entity as a law enforcement ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the 4-year period United States. officer.’’. covered by a 4-year plan established under (2) Congress supports and reaffirms the ex- (b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall isting prohibition on a national firearms reg- CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.— withhold— istry. Section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, ‘‘(i) 10 percent of the amount that would (3) Congress believes the Department of is amended by adding at the end the fol- otherwise be allocated to a State under sec- Justice should prosecute violations of back- lowing: ‘‘A large capacity ammunition feed- tion 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and ground check requirements to the maximum ing device manufactured after the date of en- Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if the extent of the law. actment of the Safe Communities, Safe State does not meet the benchmark estab- (4) There are deficits in the background Schools Act of 2013 shall be identified by a lished under paragraph (2) for the first year check system in existence prior to the date serial number and the date on which the de- in the 4-year period; of enactment of this Act and the Department vice was manufactured or made, legibly and ‘‘(ii) 11 percent of the amount that would of Justice should make it a top priority to conspicuously engraved or cast on the de- otherwise be allocated to a State under sec- work with States to swiftly input missing vice, and such other identification as the At- tion 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and records, including mental health records. torney General shall by regulations pre- Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if the (5) Congress and the citizens of the United scribe.’’. State does not meet the benchmark estab- States agree that in order to promote safe (c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CA- lished under paragraph (2) for the second and responsible gun ownership, dangerous PACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Sec- year in the 4-year period; criminals and the seriously mentally ill tion 924(d) of title 18, United States Code, is ‘‘(iii) 13 percent of the amount that would should be prohibited from possessing fire- amended— otherwise be allocated to a State under sec- arms; therefore, it should be incumbent upon (1) in paragraph (1)— tion 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and all citizens to ensure weapons are not being (A) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu- Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if the transferred to such people. nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearm or am- State does not meet the benchmark estab- munition’’ each place the term appears; SEC. 103. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. lished under paragraph (2) for the third year (B) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammu- Nothing in this title, or any amendment in the 4-year period; and nition feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearms or am- made by this title, shall be construed to— ‘‘(iv) 15 percent of the amount that would munition’’ each place the term appears; and (1) expand in any way the enforcement au- otherwise be allocated to a State under sec- (C) by striking ‘‘or (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘(k), thority or jurisdiction of the Bureau of Alco- tion 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and or (v)’’; hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; or Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if the (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ‘‘or (2) allow the establishment, directly or in- State does not meet the benchmark estab- large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’ directly, of a Federal firearms registry. lished under paragraph (2) for the fourth after ‘‘firearms or quantities of ammuni- SEC. 104. SEVERABILITY. year in the 4-year period. tion’’; and If any provision of this title or an amend- ‘‘(B) FAILURE TO ESTABLISH A PLAN.—A (3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ment made by this title, or the application State that fails to establish a plan under ‘‘922(v),’’ after ‘‘922(n),’’. of a provision or amendment to any person paragraph (1) shall be treated as having not SEC. 403. PENALTIES. or circumstance, is held to be invalid for any met any benchmark established under para- Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United reason in any court of competent jurisdic- graph (2).’’. States Code, as amended by this Act, is tion, the remainder of this title and amend- SEC. 113. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVEMENT amended by inserting ‘‘(v),’’ after ‘‘(q),’’. ments made by this title, and the application OF COORDINATION AND AUTOMA- SEC. 404. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK of the provisions and amendment to any TION OF NICS RECORD REPORTING. PROGRAMS FOR LARGE CAPACITY other person or circumstance, shall not be (a) IN GENERAL.—The NICS Improvement AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. affected. Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Subtitle A—Ensuring That All Individuals is amended— Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 Who Should Be Prohibited From Buying a (1) by striking section 103 and inserting the U.S.C. 3751(a)(1)), as amended by this Act, is Gun Are Listed in the National Instant following: amended by adding at the end the following: Criminal Background Check System ‘‘SEC. 103. GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPROVE- ‘‘(I) Compensation for surrendered large MENT OF COORDINATION AND AU- SEC. 111. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL capacity ammunition feeding devices, as TOMATION OF NICS RECORD RE- CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS IM- PORTING. that term is defined in section 921 of title 18, PROVEMENT PROGRAM. United States Code, under buy-back pro- ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—From amounts made Section 106(b) of Public Law 103–159 (18 available to carry out this section, the At- grams for large capacity ammunition feeding U.S.C. 922 note) is amended— torney General shall make grants to States, devices.’’. (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre- Indian Tribal governments, and State court SEC. 405. SEVERABILITY. ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘of this systems, in a manner consistent with the Na- If any provision of this title, an amend- Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Public Safety and tional Criminal History Improvement Pro- ment made by this title, or the application Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of gram and consistent with State plans for in- of such provision or amendment to any per- 2013’’; and tegration, automation, and accessibility of son or circumstance is held to be unconstitu- (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting criminal history records, for use by the tional, the remainder of this title, the the following: State, or units of local government of the amendments made by this title, and the ap- ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— State, Indian Tribal government, or State plication of such provision or amendment to There are authorized to be appropriated for court system to improve the automation and any person or circumstance shall not be af- grants under this subsection $100,000,000 for transmittal of mental health records and fected thereby. each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017.’’. criminal history dispositions, records rel- SEC. 112. IMPROVEMENT OF METRICS AND IN- evant to determining whether a person has SA 715. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, CENTIVES. been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. SCHU- Section 102(b) of the NICS Improvement domestic violence, court orders, and mental MER) proposed an amendment to the Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) health adjudications or commitments to bill S. 649, to ensure that all individ- is amended to read as follows: Federal and State record repositories in ac- uals who should be prohibited from ‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— cordance with section 102 and the National buying a firearm are listed in the na- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year Criminal History Improvement Program. tional instant criminal background after the date of enactment of the Public ‘‘(b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Grants Safety and Second Amendment Rights Pro- awarded to States, Indian Tribal govern- check system and require a background tection Act of 2013, the Attorney General, in ments, or State court systems under this check for every firearm sale, and for coordination with the States, shall establish section may only be used to— other purposes; as follows: for each State or Indian tribal government ‘‘(1) carry out, as necessary, assessments of Strike title I and insert the following: desiring a grant under section 103 a 4-year the capabilities of the courts of the State or

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RELIEF FROM DISABILITIES PROGRAM. under subsection (c)(1). and State record repositories; Section 105 of the NICS Improvement ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—(1) Not later ‘‘(2) implement policies, systems, and pro- Amendments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) than 30 days after the date on which a person cedures for the automation and transmission is amended by adding at the end the fol- described in subsection (a) receives notice of arrest and conviction records, court or- lowing: submitted under subsection (b), such person ders, and mental health adjudications or ‘‘(c) PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.— may request a review by the board designed commitments to Federal and State record ‘‘(1) 10 PERCENT REDUCTION.—During the 1- or established under paragraph (2) or a court repositories; year period beginning 2 years after the date of competent jurisdiction to assess whether a ‘‘(3) create electronic systems that provide of enactment of the Public Safety and Sec- person cannot safely use, carry, possess, or accurate and up-to-date information which is ond Amendment Rights Protection Act of store a firearm due to mental incompetency. directly related to checks under the National 2013, the Attorney General shall withhold 10 In such assessment, the board may consider Instant Criminal Background Check System, percent of the amount that would otherwise the person’s honorable discharge or decora- including court disposition and corrections be allocated to a State under section 505 of tion. records; the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets ‘‘(2) Not later than 180 days after the date ‘‘(4) assist States or Indian Tribal govern- Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if the State has of enactment of the Public Safety and Sec- ments in establishing or enhancing their own not implemented a relief from disabilities ond Amendment Rights Protection Act of capacities to perform background checks program in accordance with this section. 2013, the Secretary shall designate or estab- using the National Instant Criminal Back- ‘‘(2) 11 PERCENT REDUCTION.—During the 1- lish a board that shall, upon request of a per- ground Check System; and year period after the expiration of the period son under paragraph (1), assess whether a ‘‘(5) develop and maintain the relief from described in paragraph (1), the Attorney Gen- person cannot safely use, carry, possess, or disabilities program in accordance with sec- eral shall withhold 11 percent of the amount store a firearm due to mental incompetency. ‘‘(d) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Not later than 30 tion 105. that would otherwise be allocated to a State under section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Con- days after the date of an assessment of a per- ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.— trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. son under subsection (c) by the board des- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a grant ignated or established under paragraph (2) of under this section, a State, Indian Tribal 3755) if the State has not implemented a relief from disabilities program in accordance such subsection, such person may file a peti- government, or State court system shall cer- tion for judicial review of such assessment tify, to the satisfaction of the Attorney Gen- with this section. ‘‘(3) 13 PERCENT REDUCTION.—During the 1- with a Federal court of competent jurisdic- eral, that the State, Indian Tribal govern- year period after the expiration of the period tion. ment, or State court system— described in paragraph (2), the Attorney Gen- ‘‘(e) PROTECTING RIGHTS OF VETERANS WITH ‘‘(A) is not prohibited by State law or eral shall withhold 13 percent of the amount EXISTING RECORDS.—Not later than 90 days court order from submitting mental health that would otherwise be allocated to a State after the date of enactment of the Public records to the National Instant Criminal under section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Con- Safety and Second Amendment Rights Pro- Background Check System; and trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. tection Act of 2013, the Secretary shall pro- ‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), has imple- 3755) if the State has not implemented a re- vide written notice of the opportunity for ad- mented a relief from disabilities program in lief from disabilities program in accordance ministrative review and appeal under sub- accordance with section 105. with this section. section (c) to all persons who, on the date of ‘‘(2) RELIEF FROM DISABILITIES PROGRAM.— ‘‘(4) 15 PERCENT REDUCTION.—After the expi- enactment of the Public Safety and Second For purposes of obtaining a grant under this ration of the 1-year period described in para- Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013, section, a State, Indian Tribal government, graph (3), the Attorney General shall with- are considered adjudicated pursuant to sub- or State court system shall not be required hold 15 percent of the amount that would section (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18 to meet the eligibility requirement described otherwise be allocated to a State under sec- as a result of having been found by the De- in paragraph (1)(B) until the date that is 2 tion 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and partment of Veterans Affairs to be mentally years after the date of enactment of the Pub- Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) if the incompetent. lic Safety and Second Amendment Rights State has not implemented a relief from dis- ‘‘(f) FUTURE DETERMINATIONS.— Protection Act of 2013. abilities program in accordance with this ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days ‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.— section.’’. after the enactment of the Public Safety and TUDIES ASSESSMENTS NON MATERIAL Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of ‘‘(1) S , , - SEC. 115. ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR ACTIVITIES.—The Federal share of a study, VETERANS. 2013, the Secretary shall review the policies assessment, creation of a task force, or other (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 38, and procedures by which individuals are de- non-material activity, as determined by the United States Code, is amended by adding at termined to be mentally incompetent, and Attorney General, carried out with a grant the end the following new section: shall revise such policies and procedures as necessary to ensure that any individual who under this section shall be not more than 25 ‘‘§ 5511. Conditions for treatment of certain is competent to manage his own financial af- percent. persons as adjudicated mentally incom- fairs, including his receipt of Federal bene- ‘‘(2) INFRASTRUCTURE OR SYSTEM DEVELOP- petent for certain purposes MENT.—The Federal share of an activity in- fits, but who voluntarily turns over the man- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In any case arising out volving infrastructure or system develop- agement thereof to a fiduciary is not consid- of the administration by the Secretary of ment, including labor-related costs, for the ered adjudicated pursuant to subsection laws and benefits under this title, a person (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18. purpose of improving State or Indian Tribal who is determined by the Secretary to be ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after government record reporting to the National mentally incompetent shall not be consid- Instant Criminal Background Check System ered adjudicated pursuant to subsection the Secretary has made the review and carried out with a grant under this section (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of title 18 until— changes required under paragraph (1), the may amount to 100 percent of the cost of the ‘‘(1) in the case in which the person does Secretary shall submit to Congress a report activity. not request a review as described in sub- detailing the results of the review and any ‘‘(e) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—Up to 5 section (c)(1), the end of the 30-day period be- resulting policy and procedural changes.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of percent of the grant funding available under ginning on the date on which the person re- sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of this section may be reserved for Indian tribal ceives notice submitted under subsection (b); such title is amended by adding at the end governments for use by Indian tribal judicial or the following new item: systems. ‘‘(2) in the case in which the person re- ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— quests a review as described in paragraph (1) ‘‘5511. Conditions for treatment of certain There are authorized to be appropriated to of subsection (c), upon an assessment by the persons as adjudicated men- carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of board designated or established under para- tally incompetent for certain fiscal years 2014 through 2017.’’; graph (2) of such subsection or court of com- purposes.’’. (2) by striking title III; and petent jurisdiction that a person cannot (c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 5511 of title 38, (3) in section 401(b), by inserting after ‘‘of safely use, carry, possess, or store a firearm United States Code (as added by this sec- this Act’’ the following: ‘‘and 18 months due to mental incompetency. tion), shall apply only with respect to per- after the date of enactment of the Public ‘‘(b) NOTICE.—Notice submitted under this sons who are determined by the Secretary of Safety and Second Amendment Rights Pro- subsection to a person described in sub- Veterans Affairs, on or after the date of the tection Act of 2013’’. section (a) is notice submitted by the Sec- enactment of this Act, to be mentally incom- (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- retary that notifies the person of the fol- petent, except that those persons who are MENT.—The table of sections in section 1(b) lowing: provided notice pursuant to section 5511(e) of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act ‘‘(1) The determination made by the Sec- shall be entitled to use the administrative of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by retary. review under section 5511(c) and, as nec- striking the item relating to section 103 and ‘‘(2) A description of the implications of essary, the subsequent judicial review under inserting the following: being considered adjudicated as a mental de- section 5511(d).

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:10 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP6.051 S11APPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2615 SEC. 116. CLARIFICATION THAT FEDERAL COURT (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(D) the Attorney General has approved INFORMATION IS TO BE MADE ‘‘(7) In this subsection— the transfer under section 5812 of the Inter- AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL IN- ‘‘(A) the term ‘chief law enforcement offi- nal Revenue Code of 1986. STANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND cer’ means the chief of police, the sheriff, or ‘‘(3) A licensed importer, licensed manufac- CHECK SYSTEM. an equivalent officer or the designee of any turer, or licensed dealer who processes a Section 103(e)(1) of Public Law 103–159 (18 such individual; and transfer of a firearm authorized under para- U.S.C. 922 note), is amended by adding at the ‘‘(B) the term ‘gun show or event’ has the graph (2)(A) shall not be subject to a license end the following: meaning given the term in subsection (t)(7). revocation or license denial based solely ‘‘(F) APPLICATION TO FEDERAL COURTS.—In ‘‘(8) The Federal Bureau of Investigation upon a violation of those paragraphs, or a this subsection— shall not charge a user fee for a background violation of the rules or regulations promul- ‘‘(i) the terms ‘department or agency of the check conducted pursuant to this subsection. gated under this paragraph, unless the li- United States’ and ‘Federal department or ‘‘(9) Notwithstanding any other provision censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or agency’ include a Federal court; and of this chapter, upon receiving a request for licensed dealer— ‘‘(ii) for purposes of any request, submis- an instant background check that originates ‘‘(A) knows or has reasonable cause to be- sion, or notification, the Director of the Ad- from a gun show or event, the system shall lieve that the information provided for pur- ministrative Office of the United States complete the instant background check be- poses of identifying the transferor, trans- Courts shall perform the functions of the fore completing any pending instant back- feree, or the firearm is false; head of the department or agency.’’. ground check that did not originate from a ‘‘(B) knows or has reasonable cause to be- SEC. 117. CLARIFICATION THAT SUBMISSION OF gun show or event.’’; and lieve that the transferee is prohibited from MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS TO THE (4) by inserting after subsection (s), as re- purchasing, receiving, or possessing a fire- NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL designated, the following: BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM IS arm by Federal or State law, or published or- ‘‘(t)(1) Beginning on the date that is 180 dinance; or NOT PROHIBITED BY THE HEALTH days after the date of enactment of this sub- INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND AC- ‘‘(C) knowingly violates any other provi- COUNTABILITY ACT. section and except as provided in paragraph sion of this chapter, or the rules or regula- Information collected under section (2), it shall be unlawful for any person other tions promulgated thereunder. than a licensed dealer, licensed manufac- 102(c)(3) of the NICS Improvement Amend- ‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provi- turer, or licensed importer to complete the ments Act of 2007 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) to as- sion of this chapter, except for section transfer of a firearm to any other person who sist the Attorney General in enforcing sec- 923(m), the Attorney General may implement is not licensed under this chapter, if such tion 922(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code, this subsection with regulations. transfer occurs— shall not be subject to the regulations pro- ‘‘(B) Regulations promulgated under this ‘‘(A) at a gun show or event, on the mulgated under section 264(c) of the Health paragraph may not include any provision re- curtilage thereof; or quiring licensees to facilitate transfers in ac- Insurance Portability and Accountability ‘‘(B) pursuant to an advertisement, post- Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note). cordance with paragraph (2)(A). ing, display or other listing on the Internet ‘‘(C) Regulations promulgated under this SEC. 118. PUBLICATION OF NICS INDEX STATIS- or in a publication by the transferor of his paragraph may not include any provision re- TICS. intent to transfer, or the transferee of his in- Not later than 180 days after the date of quiring persons not licensed under this chap- tent to acquire, the firearm. ter to keep records of background checks or enactment of this Act, and biannually there- ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if— after, the Attorney General shall make the firearms transfers. ‘‘(A) the transfer is made after a licensed ‘‘(D) Regulations promulgated under this National Instant Criminal Background importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed paragraph may not include any provision Check System index statistics available on a dealer has first taken possession of the fire- placing a cap on the fee licensees may charge publically accessible Internet website. arm for the purpose of complying with sub- to facilitate transfers in accordance with SEC. 119. EFFECTIVE DATE. section (s), and upon taking possession of the paragraph (2)(A). The amendments made by this subtitle firearm, the licensee— ‘‘(5)(A) A person other than a licensed im- shall take effect 180 days after the date of ‘‘(i) complies with all requirements of this porter, licensed manufacturer, or licensed enactment of this Act. chapter as if the licensee were transferring dealer, who makes a transfer of a firearm in Subtitle B—Providing a Responsible and the firearm from the licensee’s business in- accordance with this section, or who is the Consistent Background Check Process ventory to the unlicensed transferee, except organizer of a gun show or event at which that when processing a transfer under this such transfer occurs, shall be immune from a SEC. 121. PURPOSE. chapter the licensee may accept in lieu of The purpose of this subtitle is to enhance qualified civil liability action relating to the conducting a background check a valid per- transfer of the firearm as if the person were the current background check process in the mit issued within the previous 5 years by a United States to ensure criminals and the a seller of a qualified product. State, or a political subdivision of a State, ‘‘(B) A provider of an interactive computer mentally ill are not able to purchase fire- that allows the transferee to possess, ac- service shall be immune from a qualified arms. quire, or carry a firearm, if the law of the civil liability action relating to the transfer SEC. 122. FIREARMS TRANSFERS. State, or political subdivision of a State, of a firearm as if the provider of an inter- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, that issued the permit requires that such active computer service were a seller of a United States Code, is amended— permit is issued only after an authorized qualified product. (1) by repealing subsection (s); government official has verified that the in- ‘‘(C) In this paragraph— (2) by redesignating subsection (t) as sub- formation available to such official does not ‘‘(i) the term ‘interactive computer serv- section (s); indicate that possession of a firearm by the ice’ shall have the meaning given the term in (3) in subsection (s), as redesignated— unlicensed transferee would be in violation section 230(f) of the Communications Act of (A) in paragraph (1)(B)— of Federal, State, or local law; 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)); and (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’; ‘‘(B) the transfer is made between an unli- ‘‘(ii) the terms ‘qualified civil liability ac- (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the censed transferor and an unlicensed trans- tion’, ‘qualified product’, and ‘seller’ shall end; and feree residing in the same State, which takes have the meanings given the terms in sec- (iii) by adding at the end the following: place in such State, if— tion 4 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce ‘‘(iii) in the case of an instant background ‘‘(i) the Attorney General certifies that in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7903). check conducted at a gun show or event dur- State in which the transfer takes place has ‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph shall be ing the 4-year period beginning on the effec- in effect requirements under law that are construed to affect the immunity of a pro- tive date under section 130(a) of the Public generally equivalent to the requirements of vider of an interactive computer service Safety and Second Amendment Rights Pro- this section; and under section 230 of the Communications Act tection Act of 2013, 48 hours have elapsed ‘‘(ii) the transfer was conducted in compli- of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230). since the licensee contacted the system, and ance with the laws of the State; ‘‘(6) In any civil liability action in any the system has not notified the licensee that ‘‘(C) the transfer is made between spouses, State or Federal court arising from the the receipt of a firearm by such other person between parents or spouses of parents and criminal or unlawful use of a firearm fol- would violate subsection (g) or (n) of this their children or spouses of their children, lowing a transfer of such firearm for which section; or between siblings or spouses of siblings, or be- no background check was required under this ‘‘(iv) in the case of an instant background tween grandparents or spouses of grand- section, this section shall not be construed— check conducted at a gun show or event after parents and their grandchildren or spouses of ‘‘(A) as creating a cause of action for any the 4-year period described in clause (iii), 24 their grandchildren, or between aunts or un- civil liability; or hours have elapsed since the licensee con- cles or their spouses and their nieces or ‘‘(B) as establishing any standard of care. tacted the system, and the system has not nephews or their spouses, or between first ‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, the notified the licensee that the receipt of a cousins, if the transferor does not know or term ‘gun show or event’— firearm by such other person would violate have reasonable cause to believe that the ‘‘(A) means any event at which 75 or more subsection (g) or (n) of this section; and’’; transferee is prohibited from receiving or firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, ex- (B) in paragraph (3)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘(as possessing a firearm under Federal, State, or change, or transfer, if 1 or more of the fire- defined in subsection (s)(8))’’; and local law; or arms has been shipped or transported in, or

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FIREARM DEALER ACCESS TO LAW EN- ‘‘(B) with knowledge, or reasonable cause that individual, at the private residence of FORCEMENT INFORMATION. to believe, that a crime described in subpara- that individual, if the individual is not re- Section 103(b) of Public Law 103–159 (18 graph (A) is to be committed in the course quired to be licensed under section 923.’’. U.S.C. 922 note), is amended— of, or arising from, the transportation. (b) PROHIBITING THE SEIZURE OF RECORDS (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and insert- ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding any OR DOCUMENTS.—Section 923(g)(1)(D) is ing the following: provision of any law (including a rule or reg- amended by striking, ‘‘The inspection and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; and ulation) of a State or any political subdivi- examination authorized by this paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following: sion thereof, a person who is not prohibited shall not be construed as authorizing the At- ‘‘(2) VOLUNTARY BACKGROUND CHECKS.—Not by this chapter from possessing, trans- torney General to seize any records or other later than 90 days after the date of enact- porting, shipping, or receiving a firearm or documents other than those records or document of the Public Safety and Second ammunition shall be entitled to— ments constituting material evidence of a Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013, ‘‘(1) transport a firearm for any lawful pur- violation of law,’’ and inserting the fol- the Attorney General shall promulgate regu- pose from any place where the person may lowing: ‘‘The Attorney General shall be pro- lations allowing licensees to use the Na- lawfully possess, carry, or transport the fire- hibited from seizing any records or other tional Instant Criminal Background Check arm to any other such place if, during the documents in the course of an inspection or System established under this section for transportation— examination authorized by this paragraph purposes of conducting voluntary preemploy- ‘‘(A) the firearm is unloaded; and other than those records or documents con- ment background checks on prospective em- ‘‘(B)(i) if the transportation is by motor stituting material evidence of a violation of ployees.’’. vehicle— law.’’. SEC. 126. DEALER LOCATION. ‘‘(I) the firearm is not directly accessible (c) PROHIBITION OF NATIONAL GUN REG- Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, from the passenger compartment of the ISTRY.—Section 923 of title 18, United States is amended— motor vehicle; or Code, is amended by adding at the end the (1) in subsection (j)— ‘‘(II) if the motor vehicle is without a com- following: (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, and partment separate from the passenger com- ‘‘(m) The Attorney General may not con- such location is in the State which is speci- partment, the firearm is— solidate or centralize the records of the— fied on the license’’; and ‘‘(aa) in a locked container other than the ‘‘(1) acquisition or disposition of firearms, (B) in the last sentence— glove compartment or console; or or any portion thereof, maintained by— (i) by inserting ‘‘transfer,’’ after ‘‘sell,’’; ‘‘(bb) secured by a secure gun storage or ‘‘(A) a person with a valid, current license and safety device; or under this chapter; (ii) by striking ‘‘Act,’’ and all that follows ‘‘(ii) if the transportation is by other ‘‘(B) an unlicensed transferor under section and inserting ‘‘Act.’’; and means, the firearm is in a locked container 922(t); or (2) by adding after subsection (m), as added or secured by a secure gun storage or safety ‘‘(2) possession or ownership of a firearm, by section 122(c), the following: device; and maintained by any medical or health insur- ‘‘(n) Nothing in this chapter shall be con- ‘‘(2) transport ammunition for any lawful ance entity.’’. strued to prohibit the sale, transfer, deliv- purpose from any place where the person (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- ery, or other disposition of a firearm or am- may lawfully possess, carry, or transport the MENTS.— munition not otherwise prohibited under ammunition, to any other such place if, dur- (1) SECTION 922.—Section 922(y)(2) of title 18, this chapter— United States Code, is amended, in the mat- ‘‘(1) by a person licensed under this chapter ing the transportation— ter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking to another person so licensed, at any loca- ‘‘(A) the ammunition is not loaded into a ‘‘, (g)(5)(B), and (s)(3)(B)(v)(II)’’ and inserting tion in any State; or firearm; and ‘‘and (g)(5)(B)’’. ‘‘(2) by a licensed importer, licensed manu- ‘‘(B)(i) if the transportation is by motor vehicle— (2) CONSOLIDATED AND FURTHER CONTINUING facturer, or licensed dealer to a person not ‘‘(I) the ammunition is not directly acces- APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012.—Section 511 of licensed under this chapter, at a temporary title V of division B of the Consolidated and location described in subsection (j) in any sible from the passenger compartment of the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 State.’’. motor vehicle; or ‘‘(II) if the motor vehicle is without a com- (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by striking SEC. 127. RESIDENCE OF UNITED STATES OFFI- ‘‘subsection 922(t)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection CERS. partment separate from the passenger com- (s) or (t) of section 922’’ each place it ap- Section 921 of title 18, United States Code, partment, the ammunition is in a locked pears. is amended by striking subsection (b) and in- container other than the glove compartment or console; or SEC. 123. PENALTIES. serting the following: ‘‘(ii) if the transportation is by other Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, ‘‘(b) For purposes of this chapter: means, the ammunition is in a locked con- is amended— ‘‘(1) A member of the Armed Forces on ac- tainer. (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end tive duty, or a spouse of such a member, is a ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ARREST AUTHORITY.—A the following: resident of— ‘‘(8) Whoever makes or attempts to make a ‘‘(A) the State in which the member or person who is transporting a firearm or am- transfer of a firearm in violation of section spouse maintains legal residence; munition may not be— 922(t) to a person not licensed under this ‘‘(B) the State in which the permanent ‘‘(1) arrested for violation of any law or chapter who is prohibited from receiving a duty station of the member is located; and any rule or regulation of a State, or any po- firearm under subsection (g) or (n) of section ‘‘(C) the State in which the member main- litical subdivision thereof, relating to the 922 or State law, to a law enforcement offi- tains a place of abode from which the mem- possession, transportation, or carrying of cer, or to a person acting at the direction of, ber commutes each day to the permanent firearms or ammunition, unless there is or with the approval of, a law enforcement duty station of the member. probable cause that the transportation is not officer authorized to investigate or prosecute ‘‘(2) An officer or employee of the United in accordance with subsection (b); or violations of section 922(t), shall be fined States (other than a member of the Armed ‘‘(2) detained for violation of any law or under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 Forces) who is stationed outside the United any rule or regulation of a State, or any po- years, or both.’’; and States for a period of more than 1 year, and litical subdivision thereof, relating to the (2) by adding at the end the following: a spouse of such an officer or employee, is a possession, transportation, or carrying of ‘‘(q) IMPROPER USE OF STORAGE OF resident of the State in which the person firearms or ammunition, unless there is rea- RECORDS.—Any person who knowingly vio- maintains legal residence.’’. sonable suspicion that the transportation is lates section 923(m) shall be fined under this SEC. 128. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF not in accordance with subsection (b).’’. title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION. (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- both.’’. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 926A of title 18, MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by SEC. 124. FIREARMS DISPOSITIONS. United States Code, is amended to read as Section 922(b)(3) of title 18, United States follows: striking the item relating to section 926A Code, is amended— ‘‘§ 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms and inserting the following: (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph or ammunition ‘‘926A. Interstate transportation of firearms (A), by striking ‘‘located’’ and inserting ‘‘lo- ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term or ammunition.’’. cated or temporarily located’’; and ‘transport’— SEC. 129. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. (2) in subparagraph (A)— ‘‘(1) includes staying in temporary lodging Nothing in this subtitle, or an amendment (A) by striking ‘‘rifle or shotgun’’ and in- overnight, stopping for food, fuel, vehicle made by this subtitle, shall be construed— serting ‘‘firearm’’; maintenance, an emergency, medical treat- (1) to extend background check require- (B) by striking ‘‘located’’ and inserting ment, and any other activity incidental to ments to transfers other than those made at ‘‘located or temporarily located’’; and the transport; and gun shows or on the curtilage thereof, or

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(L) the views of law enforcement officials, (2) to extend background check require- (ii) INITIAL MEETING.—The initial meeting religious leaders, mental health experts, and ments to temporary transfers for purposes of the Commission shall be conducted not other relevant officials on the root causes including lawful hunting or sporting or to later than 30 days after the later of— and prevention of mass violence; temporary possession of a firearm for pur- (I) the date of the appointment of the last (M) incidents in which firearms were used poses of examination or evaluation by a pro- member of the Commission; or to stop mass violence; and spective transferee. (II) the date on which appropriated funds (N) any other area that the Commission SEC. 130. EFFECTIVE DATE. are available for the Commission. determines contributes to the causes of mass (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in (B) QUORUM; VACANCIES; VOTING; RULES.—A violence. subsection (b), this subtitle and the amend- majority of the members of the Commission (3) TESTIMONY OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS.— ments made by this subtitle shall take effect shall constitute a quorum to conduct busi- In determining the root causes of these re- 180 days after the date of enactment of this ness, but the Commission may establish a curring and tragic incidents of mass vio- Act. lesser quorum for conducting hearings sched- lence, the Commission shall, in accordance (b) FIREARM DEALER ACCESS TO LAW EN- uled by the Commission. Each member of the with section 144(a), take the testimony of FORCEMENT INFORMATION.—Section 125 and Commission shall have 1 vote, and the vote victims and survivors to learn and memori- the amendments made by section 125 shall of each member shall be accorded the same alize their views and experiences regarding take effect on the date of enactment of this weight. The Commission may establish by such incidents of mass violence. Act. majority vote any other rules for the con- (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Based on the find- duct of the Commission’s business, if such Subtitle C—National Commission on Mass ings of the study required under subsection rules are not inconsistent with this subtitle Violence (a), the Commission shall make rec- or other applicable law. ommendations to the President and Congress SEC. 141. SHORT TITLE. SEC. 143. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. to address the causes of these recurring and This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Na- (a) STUDY.— tragic incidents of mass violence and to re- tional Commission on Mass Violence Act of (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the duce such incidents of mass violence. 2013’’. Commission to conduct a comprehensive fac- (c) REPORTS.— SEC. 142. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MASS VIO- tual study of incidents of mass violence, in- (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 3 LENCE. cluding incidents of mass violence not in- months after the date on which the Commis- (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—There volving firearms, in the context of the many sion first meets, the Commission shall sub- is established a commission to be known as acts of senseless mass violence that occur in mit to the President and Congress an in- the National Commission on Mass Violence the United States each year, in order to de- terim report describing any initial rec- (in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Commis- termine the root causes of such mass vio- ommendations of the Commission. sion’’) to study the availability and nature of lence. (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months firearms, including the means of acquiring (2) MATTERS TO BE STUDIED.—In deter- after the date on which the Commission first firearms, issues relating to mental health, mining the root causes of these recurring meets, the Commission shall submit to the and all positive and negative impacts of the and tragic acts of mass violence, the Com- President and Congress a comprehensive re- availability and nature of firearms on inci- mission shall study any matter that the port of the findings and conclusions of the dents of mass violence or in preventing mass Commission determines relevant to meeting Commission, together with the recommenda- violence. the requirements of paragraph (1), including tions of the Commission. (b) MEMBERSHIP.— at a minimum— (3) SUMMARIES.—The report under para- (1) APPOINTMENTS.—The Commission shall (A) the role of schools, including the level graph (2) shall include a summary of— be composed of 12 members, of whom— of involvement and awareness of teachers (A) the reports submitted to the Commis- (A) 6 members of the Commission shall be and school administrators in the lives of sion by any entity under contract for re- appointed by the Majority Leader of the Sen- their students and the availability of mental search under section 144(e); and ate, in consultation with the Democratic health and other resources and strategies to (B) any other material relied on by the leadership of the House of Representatives, 1 help detect and counter tendencies of stu- Commission in the preparation of the report. of whom shall serve as Chairman of the Com- dents towards mass violence; SEC. 144. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. mission; and (B) the effectiveness of and resources avail- (a) HEARINGS.— (B) 6 members of the Commission shall be able for school security strategies to prevent (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may hold appointed by the Speaker of the House of incidents of mass violence; such hearings, sit and act at such times and Representatives, in consultation with the (C) the role of families and the availability places, administer such oaths, take such tes- Republican leadership of the Senate, 1 of of mental health and other resources and timony, and receive such evidence as the whom shall serve as Vice Chairman of the strategies to help families detect and Commission considers advisable to carry out Commission. counter tendencies toward mass violence; its duties under section 143. (2) PERSONS ELIGIBLE.— (D) the effectiveness and use of, and re- (2) WITNESS EXPENSES.—Witnesses re- (A) IN GENERAL.—The members appointed sources available to, the mental health sys- quested to appear before the Commission to the Commission shall include— tem in understanding, detecting, and coun- shall be paid the same fees as are paid to wit- (i) well-known and respected individuals tering tendencies toward mass violence, as nesses under section 1821 of title 28, United among their peers in their respective fields well as the effects of treatments and thera- States Code. of expertise; and pies; (b) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGEN- (ii) not less than 1 non-elected individual (E) whether medical doctors and other CIES.—The Commission may secure directly from each of the following categories, who mental health professionals have the ability, from any Federal agency such information has expertise in the category, by both experi- without negative legal or professional con- as the Commission considers necessary to ence and training: sequences, to notify law enforcement offi- carry out its duties under section 143. Upon (I) Firearms. cials when a patient is a danger to himself or the request of the Commission, the head of (II) Mental health. others; such agency may furnish such information (III) School safety. (F) the nature and impact of the alienation to the Commission. (IV) Mass media. of the perpetrators of such incidents of mass (c) INFORMATION TO BE KEPT CONFIDEN- (B) EXPERTS.—In identifying the individ- violence from their schools, families, peer TIAL.— uals to serve on the Commission, the ap- groups, and places of work; (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be pointing authorities shall take special care (G) the role that domestic violence plays in considered an agency of the Federal Govern- to identify experts in the fields described in causing incidents of mass violence; ment for purposes of section 1905 of title 18, section 143(a)(2). (H) the effect of depictions of mass vio- United States Code, and any individual em- (C) PARTY AFFILIATION.—Not more than 6 lence in the media, and any impact of such ployed by any individual or entity under members of the Commission shall be from depictions on incidents of mass violence; contract with the Commission under sub- the same political party. (I) the availability and nature of firearms, section (d) shall be considered an employee (3) COMPLETION OF APPOINTMENTS; VACAN- including the means of acquiring such fire- of the Commission for the purposes of sec- CIES.—Not later than 30 days after the date arms, and all positive and negative impacts tion 1905 of title 18, United States Code. of enactment of this Act, the appointing au- of such availability and nature on incidents (2) DISCLOSURE.—Information obtained by thorities under paragraph (1) shall each of mass violence or in preventing mass vio- the Commission or the Attorney General make their respective appointments. Any va- lence; under this subtitle and shared with the Com- cancy that occurs during the life of the Com- (J) the role of current prosecution rates in mission, other than information available to mission shall not affect the powers of the contributing to the availability of weapons the public, shall not be disclosed to any per- Commission, and shall be filled in the same that are used in mass violence; son in any manner, except—

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Mr. President, I ask sion in an aggregate or summary form that The Commission shall terminate 30 days does not directly or indirectly disclose— after the Commission submits the final re- unanimous consent that the Com- (i) the identity of any person or business port under section 143(c)(2). mittee on Environment and Public entity; or Works be authorized to meet during (ii) any information which could not be re- f the session of the Senate on April 11, leased under section 1905 of title 18, United NOTICES OF HEARINGS 2013, at 10:30 a.m., in room 406 of the States Code. Dirksen Senate office building, to con- (d) CONTRACTING FOR RESEARCH.—The Com- Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I mission may enter into contracts with any would like to announce that the Com- duct a hearing entitled ‘‘Hearing on entity for research necessary to carry out mittee on Indian Affairs will meet dur- the Nomination of Gina McCarthy to the duties of the Commission under section ing the session of the Senate on April be Administrator of the U.S. Environ- 143. 24, 2013, in room SD–628 of the Dirksen mental Protection Agency.’’ SEC. 145. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each objection, it is so ordered. member of the Commission who is not an of- conduct a hearing on ‘‘The President’s COMMITTEE ON FINANCE ficer or employee of the Federal Government Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for Tribal Pro- shall be compensated at a rate equal to the grams.’’ Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic Those wishing additional information unanimous consent that the Com- pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive may contact the Indian Affairs Com- mittee on Finance be authorized to Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United mittee at (202) 224–2251. meet during the session of the Senate States Code, for each day (including travel on April 11, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., in room SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER time) during which such member is engaged 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Build- Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I would in the performance of the duties of the Com- ing, to conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘The mission. All members of the Commission like to announce for the information of President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget.’’ who are officers or employees of the United the Senate and the public of an addi- States shall serve without compensation in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion to a previously announced hearing objection, it is so ordered. addition to that received for their services as before Subcommittee on Water and officers or employees of the United States. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Power of the Committee on Energy and (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask the Commission shall be allowed travel ex- Natural Resources. unanimous consent that the Com- penses, including per diem in lieu of subsist- The hearing will be held on Tuesday, mittee on Foreign Relations be author- ence, at rates authorized for employees of April 16, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD– ized to meet during the session of the agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Build- title 5, United States Code, while away from Senate on April 11, 2013, at 2:15 p.m., to ing. conduct a hearing entitled, ‘‘U.S. Pol- their homes or regular places of business in In addition to the other measures the performance of service for the Commis- icy Toward Syria.’’ sion. previously announced, the Committee The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (c) STAFF.— will also consider: objection, it is so ordered. (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman of the Com- S. 684, to amend the Mni Wiconi COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, mission may, without regard to the civil Project Act of 1988 to facilitate com- AND PENSIONS service laws and regulations, appoint and pletion of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water terminate an executive director and such Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Supply System, and for other purposes; unanimous consent that the Com- other additional employees as may be nec- S. 693, to amend the Reclamation essary to enable the Commission to perform mittee on Health, Education, Labor, its duties. The employment and termination Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Pensions be authorized to meet, of an executive director shall be subject to and Facilities Act to authorize the Sec- during the session of the Senate, to confirmation by a majority of the members retary of the Interior to participate in conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘A New, of the Commission. the City of Hermiston, Oregon, water Open Marketplace: The Effect of Guar- (2) COMPENSATION.—The executive director recycling and reuse project, and for anteed Issue and New Rating Rules’’ on shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed other purposes; the rate payable for level V of the Executive April 11, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room 430 of and, the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United S. 715, to authorize the Secretary of States Code. The Chairman may fix the com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without pensation of other employees without regard the Interior to use designated funding objection, it is so ordered. to the provisions of chapter 51 and sub- to pay for construction of authorized COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY chapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United rural water projects, and for other pur- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask States Code, relating to classification of po- poses. unanimous consent that the Com- sitions and General Schedule pay rates, ex- Because of the limited time available mittee on the Judiciary be authorized cept that the rate of pay for such employees for the hearing, witnesses may testify may not exceed the rate payable for level V to meet during the session of the Sen- by invitation only. However, those ate on April 11, 2013, at 10 a.m., in SD– of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 wishing to submit written testimony of such title. 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Build- (3) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.— for the hearing record may do so by ing, to conduct an executive business Any Federal Government employee, with the sending it to the Committee on Energy meeting. approval of the head of the appropriate Fed- and Natural Resources, United States The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without eral agency, may be detailed to the Commis- Senate, Washington, DC 20510–6150, or objection, it is so ordered. sion without reimbursement, and such detail _ by e-mail to john assini@energy SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE shall be without interruption or loss of civil .senate.gov. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask service status, benefits, or privilege. For further information, please con- (d) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND unanimous consent that the Select INTERMITTENT SERVICES.—The Chairman of tact Sara Tucker at (202) 224–6224, or Committee on Intelligence be author- the Commission may procure temporary and John Assini at (202) 224–9313. ized to meet during the session of the intermittent services under section 3109(b) of f Senate on April 11, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. title 5, United States Code, at rates for indi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO viduals not to exceed the daily equivalent of objection, it is so ordered. the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for MEET level V of the Executive Schedule under sec- SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES tion 5316 of such title. AND CONSUMER PROTECTION SEC. 146. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask There are authorized to be appropriated to unanimous consent that the Com- unanimous consent that the Com- the Commission and any agency of the Fed- mittee on Armed Services be author- mittee on Banking, Housing, and

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WINDHAM, JR. f THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE ining the Role of Independent Consult- UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE ants.’’ NOMINATIONS RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Executive nominations received by UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: objection, it is so ordered. the Senate: To be major general BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK E. ANDERSON f BRIGADIER GENERAL JULIE A. BENTZ MATTHEW C. ARMSTRONG, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE A MEM- BRIGADIER GENERAL COURTNEY P. CARR UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST— BER OF THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL DANIEL R. HOKANSON EXECUTIVE CALENDAR A TERM EXPIRING AUGUST 13, 2015, VICE DANA M. BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCIS S. LAUDANO III PERINO, RESIGNED. BRIGADIER GENERAL SCOTT D. LEGWOLD Mr. MANCHIN. I ask unanimous con- BRIGADIER GENERAL ROGER L. MCCLELLAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE sent that on Monday, April 15, 2013, at BRIGADIER GENERAL TIMOTHY M. MCKEITHEN TULINABO SALAMA MUSHINGI, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER BRIGADIER GENERAL MICHAEL D. NAVRKAL 5 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF BRIGADIER GENERAL BRUCE E. OLIVEIRA session to consider the following nomi- COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES E. PETRARCA, JR. BRIGADIER GENERAL KENNETH C. ROBERTS nation: Calendar No. 21; that there be PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BURKINA FASO. BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM F. ROY 30 minutes for debate equally divided BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM L. SMITH NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD in the usual form; that upon the use or THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE HARRY R. HOGLANDER, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE yielding back of time the Senate pro- MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD FOR A RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED ceed to vote without intervening ac- TERM EXPIRING JULY 1, 2014. (REAPPOINTMENT) UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: LINDA A. PUCHALA, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER To be brigadier general tion or debate on the nomination; fur- OF THE NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD FOR A TERM EX- ther, that at a time to be determined PIRING JULY 1, 2015. (REAPPOINTMENT) COLONEL STEVEN R. BEACH COLONEL KENNETH A. BEARD by the majority leader, after consulta- NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE COLONEL FRED C. BOLTON tion with the Republican leader, the HUMANITIES COLONEL MICHAEL J. BOUCHARD Senate proceed to executive session to COLONEL GREGORY S. BOWEN RICK LOWE, OF TEXAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NA- COLONEL MARK D. BRACKNEY consider the following nominations: TIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS FOR A TERM EXPIRING COLONEL JOHN E. BURK Calendar Nos. 22 and 23; that the Sen- SEPTEMBER 3, 2018, VICE JOANN FALETTA, TERM EX- COLONEL CHRISTOPHER M. BURNS PIRED. COLONEL SEAN M. CASEY ate proceed to vote without inter- DOROTHY KOSINSKI, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, COLONEL RUSSELL A. CRANE vening action or debate on the nomina- TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE COLONEL RICHARD H. DAHLMAN HUMANITIES FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 26, 2016, COLONEL MARC FERRARO tions in the order listed; further, that VICE RICARDO QUINONES, TERM EXPIRED. COLONEL ROBERT A. FODE following the votes on Calendar No. 21 FOREIGN SERVICE COLONEL CHRISTOPHER J. FOWLER COLONEL PAUL F. GRIFFIN and Calendar No. 23, the motions to re- THE FOLLOWING-NAMED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN COLONEL GERALD E. HADLEY consider be considered made and laid SERVICE TO BE CONSULAR OFFICERS AND/OR SECRE- COLONEL PATRICK M. HAMILTON TARIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED COLONEL WILLIAM M. HART upon the table, with no intervening ac- STATES OF AMERICA, AS INDICATED: COLONEL ROBERT T. HERBERT tion or debate; that no further motions SECRETARY IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE COLONEL MARVIN T. HUNT be in order; that any related state- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: COLONEL CHARLES T. JONES OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE COLONEL HUNT W. KERRIGAN ments be printed in the RECORD; that COLONEL JOHN F. KING REPRESENTATIVE COLONEL DIRK R. KLOSS the President be immediately notified COLONEL JEFFERY P. KRAMER JAMES BENJAMIN GREEN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- COLONEL GORDON D. KUNTZ of the Senate’s action; and the Senate BIA then resume legislative action. COLONEL MASAKI G. KUWANA, JR. CONSULAR OFFICERS AND SECRETARIES IN THE DIP- COLONEL DONALD P. LAUCIRICA The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without LOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: COLONEL MARK S. LOVEJOY objection, it is so ordered. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COLONEL MARK A. LUMPKIN COLONEL ROBERT K. LYTLE f CANDICE EVETTE PARKER BRUCE, OF GEORGIA COLONEL TAMMY J. MAAS JENNIFER ARGUETA CLEVER, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- COLONEL FRANCIS B. MAGURN II ORDERS FOR MONDAY, APRIL 15, LUMBIA COLONEL MARK G. MALANKA JOSHUA EMMANUEL LAGOS, OF TEXAS COLONEL THOMAS R. MCCUNE 2013 LASHONDA V. MCLEOD, OF MISSISSIPPI COLONEL FRANCIS M. MCGINN Mr. MANCHIN. I ask unanimous con- JOHN P. SLETTE, OF MINNESOTA COLONEL MICHAEL D. MERRITT LINSTON WINSTON TERRY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- COLONEL RICHARD J. NORIEGA sent that when the Senate completes BIA COLONEL ROBERT D. PASQUALUCCI its business today, it adjourn until 2 ORESTES H. VASQUEZ, OF FLORIDA COLONEL VAL L. PETERSON ROBERT THOMSON WRIGHT, OF WASHINGTON COLONEL CHRISTOPHER J. PETTY p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2013; that fol- JEFFREY E. ZIMMERMAN, OF MINNESOTA COLONEL JOHN M. RHODES lowing the prayer and pledge, the THE FOLLOWING-NAMED CAREER MEMBER OF THE COLONEL CHRISTOPHER A. ROFRANO morning hour be deemed expired, the SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AG- COLONEL SCOTT H. SCHOFIELD RICULTURE FOR PROMOTION WITHIN THE SENIOR FOR- COLONEL TIMOTHY J. SHERIFF Journal of proceedings be approved to EIGN SERVICE TO THE CLASS INDICATED, EFFECTIVE COLONEL LINDA L. SINGH date, and the time for the two leaders JANUARY 27, 2013: COLONEL DANNY K. SPEIGNER CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE COLONEL BRYAN E. SUNTHEIMER be reserved for their use later in the OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CLASS OF CAREER COLONEL MICHAEL A. SUTTON MINISTER: COLONEL STEVEN A. TABOR day; that following any leader re- COLONEL GREGORY A. THINGVOLD marks, the Senate be in a period of GEOFFREY W. WIGGIN, OF SOUTH DAKOTA COLONEL MICHAEL C. THOMPSON IN THE ARMY COLONEL KIRK E. VANPELT morning business until 5 p.m. with COLONEL WILLIAM A. WARD Senators permitted to speak therein THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT COLONEL STEVEN R. WATT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDI- COLONEL RONALD P. WELCH for up to 10 minutes each; further, that CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: COLONEL DAVID B. WILES at 5 p.m., the Senate proceed to execu- To be brigadier general COLONEL GISELLE M. WILZ tive session under the previous order. COLONEL JAMES P. WONG COL. GABRIEL TROIANO COLONEL JERRY L. WOOD The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COLONEL GARY S. YAPLE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT objection, it is so ordered. IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL CORPS TO THE IN THE AIR FORCE f GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND 3064: THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUALS FOR APPOINT- MENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR AIR PROGRAM To be brigadier general FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: Mr. MANCHIN. At 5:30 p.m. on Mon- COL. JEFFREY B. CLARK To be major day there will be a rollcall vote on con- THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE CHRISTOPHER E. CURTIS firmation of the O’Connell nomination UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RASHMI G. JUNEJA RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADES INDICATED JOSEPH P. TOMSIC UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: to be a U.S. district judge in California. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT f To be major general TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: BRIG. GEN. JAMES A. ADKINS ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, To be colonel To be brigadier general APRIL 15, 2013, AT 2 P.M. TIMOTHY A. BUTLER COL. JAMES D. CAMPBELL DWAYNE R. PEOPLES Mr. MANCHIN. If there is no further THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE LISA H. TICE business to come before the Senate, I UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE GARY J. ZICCARDI

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THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT KATHLEEN A. CRIMMINS JENNIFER E. LEPPER TO THE GRADES INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR MELINDA EATON IVY TAT MADSON FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: CLAUDIA M. EID JOLENE A. MANCINI VALLA C. FAIRLEY JOHN C. MARREN To be colonel KEVIN J. FAVERO DENISE M. MARTIN ZONA JOHN T. GRIVAKIS JAMES D. FOLTZ SHANE M. MARTIN DONNA J. FOX JEFFREY L. MCCLELLAN To be lieutenant colonel DAVID W. HAGERTY JANICE MCDOWELL ACHILLES J. HAMILOTHORIS CHRISTINA M. MCQUAIDE MATTHEW T. BARNES DAVID M. KEMPISTY REGAN R. MILLER TRACY R. CARVER PATRICK W. KENNEDY JENNIFER R. MILLINGTON KEVIN S. CURRIE TIMOTHY R. LANDIS BRIAN M. MIRACLE JERROD W. DUGGAN STEVEN H. LANGE JONATHON W. MUELLER CRAIG L. HARVEY ROBERTA A. LENSKI TAMARAH G. MURPHY MICHAEL R. SHEPHERD MARYBETH E. LUNA KRISTEN NEWSOME ALESANDRO V. SMITH TERESA L. MADDOX MY N. NGUYEN SARAH K. TOBIN RYAN W. MARESH JOHN C. NOAH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ROBERT G. MARTIN ANGELA M. OKROI TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR THOMAS V. MASSA ROBERT A. OLIVI FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: MICHAEL L. NEACE CHRISTIANNE N. OPRESKO ALICIA N. NELSON ALLISON E. PANGANIBAN To be colonel TODD W. NEU SOKUNTHEA PEOU DANNY L. BLAKE LAWRENCE B. NOEL, JR. BRANDY R. PERRY DUANE M. BRAGG MATTHEW W. OSTLER THOA N. PHAM JOHN R. BROOKS MELISSA J. PAMMER ERIC D. POWELL KEVIN M. FRANKE DWAYNE I. PORTER RAY M. QUENNEVILLE SEAN A. HOLLOWAY LEEANN RACZ KATIE M. RAGAN RONALD L. JOHNSON ROBERT W. RAINEY JOHN M. REARDON DANIEL E. LEE JUAN M. RAMIREZ RETT J. REBER MICHAEL D. LOVERING RUTH A. ROANAVARRETE ROMAN REPCHAK CHRISTOPHER A. PHILLIPS DANIEL A. ROBERTS SCOTT A. ROBERTSON STEVEN P. VANDEWALLE IAN C. RYBCZYNSKI MICHELE M. SAMPAYAN ANDREA C. VINYARD ERIC E. SASSI DANIELLE E. SCHNITKER MADELAINE SUMERA WILLIAM A. SCHULTZ THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT LISA A. TAUAI CRESCENT A. SEIBERT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR JEANNETTE M. WATTERSON PATRICK D. SHORTER FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: JAMES L. WEINSTEIN RITA N. SIRCAR To be lieutenant colonel MARC D. WEISHAAR LEONARDO G. SOMERA III JON E. WILSON TARA A. STOGDILL RICHARD G. ANDERSON ELLEN M. WIRTZ ERIN R. STURGELL JAMES R. ARMSTRONG JEFFREY L. WISNESKI DAVID PAUL SUPINSKI, JR. KLEET A. BARCLAY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT STEVEN C. TANG PAUL CASTILLO TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR ALDEN L. TAYLOR JANIS A. B. DASHNER FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: MARK A. TENN TRENT C. DAVIS NICOLE R. THOMPSON PETER N. FISCHER To be major MICHAEL A. TOMMOLINO GLENN H. GRESHAM MICHAEL VALDOVINOS MATTHEW G. ADKINS RANDALL D. GROVES BROOKE MARIE VAN EEGHEN TREVOR L. AMBRON TIMOTHY S. MOERMOND CARIST WASHINGTON CHRISTINA M. ANDERSON MICHAEL J. MORRIS WADE F. WHEELER LYNNETTE V. ANGEL JOSHUA NARROWE CHAD E. WILLIS ROBERT F. ATKINSON III BRENDON M. ODOWD ETHAN C. WOODBURY BECKY K. AZAMA MARK J. ROBERTS KATHY L. WYNKOOP JOSEPH E. BALL ROBEL A. YOHANNES THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JURAM R. BALSA JOSEPH ZAMORA, JR. TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR ERIC W. BARONI NORMAN DALE ZELLERS FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ADAM S. BATCHELLOR To be colonel HEATHER D. BAUTISTA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ROY D. BLOUNT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR JEFFERY R. ALDER CHRISTOPHER A. BREWER FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: PETER G. BREED SHERROD A. BROWN To be major RENE J. CHADWELL STEVEN L. BRYANT KEVIN W. CULP ADAM G. BUFFINGTON BENNIE EARL ABBOTT DANA J. DANE EMILY YOUNG BULLOCK ISRAEL ABENSUR VERNE S. FUTAGAWA DONNA M. BURROWES ADAM BENNETTE ABERCROMBIE NATHAN H. JOHNSON CHRISTOPHER J. BUTTON DONALD P. ABRAHAM THERESA A. LAWSON KIRSTYN D. CALDWELL CHRISTOPHER M. ACS TRACY A. NEALWALDEN JASON CALL ALPHANSO R. ADAMS WENDY E. ODDEN JOEL M. CARTIER CHRISTOPHER GENE ADAMS KIRK A. PHILLIPS WILLIAM J. CHALMERS III MATTHEW S. ADAMS TASHA L. PRAVECEK LARRY E. CHUPP RICHARD G. ADAMS SHARI FOX SILVERMAN ERIC R. CLINTON THOMAS CALVIN ADAMS JEFFREY A. STINSON CONNIE M. CONVERSE STEPHEN M. ADDINGTON TRENT J. TATE CASEY W. COOPER MATTHEW C. ADDISON NORMAN S. WEST CHRISTY S. CRUZ PHILLIP C. ADKINS KEVIN L. WRIGHT KEVIN W. CURTIS RODNEY DANIEL ADKINS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT KATHERINE A. DANIEL JASON S. AHRENS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR RICARDO DEJESUS LEE EDMOND AKERS FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ABRAHAM C. DIAZ, JR. YALUNDA M. AKINLOBA CARLOS DORIA, JR. AARON J. ALBANO To be major MARYANN A. EDWARDS BRIAN A. ALBARADO MITZI D. ELLIOTT RONNELLE ARMSTRONG LOUIS J. ALDINI NICOLE M. ESCHER ZEBULON E. BECK LEE J. ALEXANDER ZACHARY G. FINNEY CHAD A. BELLAMY STEPHEN V. S. ALEXANDER KIMBERLY J. FISK SHAWN C. BISHOP JUSTIN T. ALFORD COURTNEY A. FITZGERALD CHRISTOPHER A. CONKLIN JOHNEMMANUEL E. ALFREDOCKIYA JOHN M. FOSTER DANIEL W. FORMAN DANIEL S. ALLEN ANTHONY A. FRANCISCO WALID A. HABASH GEORGE M. ALLEN DAVID FRANKLIN FERNANDEZ RICHARD H. HOLMES SHEILA A. ALLEN JASMIN S. FURLOUGH TONY G. KING CHRISTOPHER W. ALLGEIER DAMIAN X. GARZA JASON M. KNUDESON EDGAR ADOLFO ALONSOBERNAL ANDREW E. GAWLIKOWSKI DALE E. MARLOWE ERIC A. ALONSOBERNAL JONATHAN P. GORHAM MARK B. MCKELLEN MATTHEW S. ALTER MICHELLE A. GRAMLING LASERIAN I. NWOGA CARLO E. ALVAREZ ROBERT D. GREIMAN, JR. EUSEBIA D. RIOS JAKE ALVERSON PERCIVAL C. HARGROVE GABRIEL A. RIOS NICHOLAS JAMES AMATO KRISTIN N. HENLEY MELVIN K. SMITH GEORGE AMBELANG JUSTIN R. HOLBROOK ERIK A. TISHER JACOB CASSIDY AMES MARCY N. HOLLOWAY JOSEPH M. WATSON RANDY ALAN ANDERSEN CHASTITY V. HOWARD MARK R. WILLIAMS ANDREW D. ANDERSON JOSHUA L. HUBBELL CHAD W. ZIELINSKI BRIAN EDWARD ANDERSON KEVIN D. HURLEY CHRISTINA M. ANDERSON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT KRISTA K. HUTCHINSON CLIFTON R. ANDERSON TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FELIX ISLAS DEREK C. ANDERSON FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: JOHN J. JAHNKE ERICA L. ANDERSON To be lieutenant colonel CAROLYN A. JENSEN GEOFFREY P. ANDERSON BRYAN W. JOHNSON JEREMY D. ANDERSON MAIYA D. ANDERSON JEREMIAH E. JOHNSON JONATHAN D. ANDERSON MONTY T. BAKER JUSTIN R. KANDLE NICHOLAS J. ANDERSON MARK BALLESTEROS JULIE KENA RUSSELL E. ANDERSON MICHAEL A. BLOWERS RICHARD L. KICE WILLIAM M. ANDREOTTA STEPHEN L. BOGLARSKI ERIKA L. KING JOSEPH B. ANDRESKY DAVID L. BRAZEAU SCOTT T. KING LINDSAY C. ANDREW SCOTT L. CARBAUGH ALEX C. KWON MATTHEW M. ANDREWS REBECCA W. CARTER MICHAEL KWON CHRISTINE MARAL ANOUCHIAN DANIEL J. CASTIGLIA MICHAEL J. KWON REBECCA L. ANTECKI RAMIL C. CODINA SYREETA DANIELS LAWRENCE JOHN W. ANTHES

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HOWARD SHELDON ANTOINE ROBERT S. BELLOMY KEVIN PATRICK BURNS MARCUS C. ANTONINI CHARLIE T. BELLOWS RYAN P. BURNS SHANNON L. ANTONSON SCOTT LAWRENCE BELTON MATTHEW L. BURRELL RYAN A. ANTOON TRAVIS J. BEMROSE ANDREW BURRIS DAVID J. APARICIO CONNOR W. BENEDICT MATTHEW J. BURROWS LAURA L. APELDOORN CHRISTOPHER M. BENGTSON SCOTT P. BURROWS PATRICK R. APPLEGATE ALLYSON DENISE BENKO CHARLES C. BURSI JUAN J. ARAOZ ERIC RYAN BENNETT JARROD BURTON JEREMY P. AREL DAVID J. BENSON JUSTIN BURTON CHRISTOPHER DAVID ARENDT KATHRYN LEIGH BENSON ERIC STARR BUSS GAVIN T. G. ARITA JULIAN L. BENTON CHRISTOPHER LEE BUTLER JOSHUA O. ARKI LEWIS BENTON III SAMUEL DEATON BUTLER CHARLES J. M. ARMSTRONG BRIAN MATTHEW BERG SCOTT D. BUTLER ERIC H. ARMSTRONG STEVEN M. BERGSTROM JOSEPH E. BUTTERS EARL F. ARNOLD BRIAN PATRICK BERLAKOVICH BRYON C. BUZAN MATTHEW R. ARNOLD PHIL A. L. BERNAL ROBERT BUZAN MICHAEL W. ARNOLD WILLIAM S. BERNECKER ROBERT PHILIP BUZZELL ALANA ROSE ARNOT ANDREW A. BERRIGAN III ROY R. BYRD PAULA ANN ARQUETTE MARK W. BERTHELOTTE JOSEMARIA R. CADELINA TODD L. ARTHUR LAURA AILEEN BETCHER MARIA LEE CADENHEAD BRIAN C. ASHBURN TANNER J. BETSINGER DAVID L. CALDERON JOSEPH R. ASHCROFT BRYANT L. BEVAN JAMES COLLIN CALDWELL ERIC M. ASHE DAVID JASON BEWLEY ANDREW D. CALHOUN ERIC B. ASKER DAVID L. BEYLUND BENJAMIN GARY CALIFF GEORGE K. ASSELANIS TYGINA J. BIBBS TREVOR T. CALLENS EDWARD C. ATKINS JOEL W. BIER BRIAN E. CAMPBELL SEAN A. ATKINS ANDREW L. BIGLEY CARLENCE D. CAMPBELL CHAD C. ATKINSON ANDREW E. BILLHARTZ JAMES J. CAMPBELL TERMAIN S. ATWATER ROBERT ALLAN BIRD JEREMY CAMPBELL JOSEPH AUBERT JASON DOUGLAS BIRDSALL MICHAEL J. CAMPBELL MELLISA AUERS BRIAN W. BISHOP MICHELLE M. CAMPBELL THOMAS L. AUERS ELIJAH N. BISHOP PAUL A. CAMPBELL KEVIN P. AUGER DANIEL IAN BLACKLEDGE ARMONDO CANALES LUCIANA L. AUGUSTINE STEPHEN J. BLACKSTONE ROWEL ALCAIN CANDA JOSHUA M. AULTMAN IVAN L. BLACKWELL KRISTEN MARIE CANGELOSI SHAYNE C. AUNE RONALD K. BLANKENSHIP JOANNE CANNON DOUGLAS ANDREW AUSTIN JOMIA T. BLAS ANDREW RICHARD CANTWELL JORGE H. AVILA SEAN N. BLAS SHAYLA A. CANTY SMITH GARY A. AXLEY SETH BLISS AARON CAPIZZI AARON M. AYERS KACEY E. BLUNCK EZRA B. CAPLAN BRYSON AYERS DAN M. BODINE ANTHONY L. CAPPEL MATTHEW J. BAAN THEODORE R. BOENDER JOSHUA M. CAPPER JUDSON T. BABCOCK RICHARD K. BOGUSKY JAMES L. CAPRA ERIC M. BABER SEAN R. BOJANOWSKI NELSON E. CARABALLO RYAN C. BACHMAN BRIAN A. BOLAND NICHOLAS P. CARDEN PAMELA K. BACKLEY WILLIAM BRIAN BOLLINGER AMMY CHRISTINE CARDONA MATTHEW G. BAGG RICHARD V. BOLTON MICHAEL SCOTT CAREY, JR. LISA A. BAGHAL GIOVANNI BATTISTA BONDI CLINT E. CARLISLE TROY BAGLEY KRISTEN ALYCE BONEBERG GREGORY K. CARLSON ALEXIS M. BAILEY GEROD M. BONHOFF JEREMY L. CARMAN ERIC J. BAILEY ASCENZO J. BONITATI DOUGLAS W. CARMEAN NATHAN F. BAILEY ANDREW W. BOOE JASON S. CARNEY STEVEN A. BAILEY MORONI CRAIG BOOTH CHRISTINE CARR ANDREW J. BAKER THERESA M. BOROWIECKI CHRISTOPHER T. CARR CLAYTON A. BAKER KELLY BORUKHOVICH SHERRI L. CARR DERRICK G. BAKER JAMES E. BOSAK BRIAN P. CARRAN JOHN W. BAKER KEVIN KOREY BOSS NATHANAEL JAMES CARROLL SCOTT W. BAKER ALEX S. BOTARDO SCOTT JEFFREY CARSTETTER STEVEN M. BAKER MICHELLE D. BOTTOMS ANNDREA K. CARTER JOHN G. BALACONIS JERALD WAYNE BOUIE, JR. JAMES CALLOWAY CARTER VIVEK P. BALAJI KEVIN M. BOURNE JOSHUA PATRICK CARTER JONATHAN M. BALLARD SPENCER J. BOWEN MICHAEL A. CARTER JUSTIN R. BALLARD DANIELLE BOWERS TRAVIS WESLEY CARTER BRYAN D. BALLESTERO JAMES C. BOWERS OLIVER M. CARUSO EDMUND A. BALLEW CHRISTOPHER L. BOWKER JOHN JOSEPH CASEY TERENCE Y. BALMACEDA MATTHEW T. BOYD JACQUELYN LEE CASS MONESSA BALZHISER WILLIAM R. BOYD BRETT J. CASSIDY SHANNON L. BANCROFT MICHAEL T. BOYER JERAMIE A. CASTELLANOS JUSTIN D. BANEZ ADAM E. BRADBURY STEPHEN J. CATALANO CHRISTOPHER D. BANKS MARC R. BRADLE HARVEY CATCHINGS, JR. JASON S. BANQUER DANIEL J. BRADY PETER G. CATSULIS CAPRI GUNN BAPTISTE BRYAN A. BRANDON JEREMIAH C. CERNUCAN BRIAN S. BARBA DAVID J. BRANDT CHRISTOPHER CERSOVSKI BRIAN M. BARBER BEAU BRANTLEY ROBERT E. CHACON JONATHAN M. BARBER JULIAN MILLARD BRAYMAN EDMOND R. CHAN LUIS F. BARBERENA JESSE D. BREAU DAVID W. CHANCEY ANTHONY DAVID BARES PAUL J. BREHM EDWARD G. CHANDLER GREGORY L. BARKER SARAH J. BREHM GARRETT R. CHANDLER CHARLES DAVID BARNES REBECCA NICOLE BREIDING ANDREW D. CHANEY LAURA F. BARNES KYLE BENJAMIN BRESSETTE SHAWN R. CHANEY JEREMY A. BARNETT DAVID T. BREUER MICHAEL J. CHAPADOS NATHAN WARD BARNHART THOMAS J. BRITT ROSA E. CHAPMAN JOSEPH MATTHEW BARNUM WILLIAM J. BROKAW STEVEN P. CHAPMAN JEREMY E. BARRETT ERIC T. BROMLEY THOMAS W. CHAPMAN MORTON JOSH BARTLETT JEREMY J. BROUSSARD DARRELL H. CHASE, JR. CHARLES A. BARTON III RICHARD T. BROWER WILLIAM CHASE MAXWELL J. BASSMAN BLAINE S. BROWN GEORGENE MARIE HILB CHATMAN LANDON B. BASTOW DEAN D. BROWN GABRIEL ISAAC CHAVARRIA RYAN DALLAS BATCHELOR JOSEPH W. BROWN MICHAEL J. CHEATHAM AMY D. BATES LUTHER L. BROWN MYLES H. CHEATUM CASSANDRA BATES MIKITA R. BROWN ANTONIO M. CHEBINO PHILLIP N. BATTLES STANLEY C. BROWN, JR. BOBBY A. CHEEK ANDREW M. BAUER STEPHEN TURNER BROWN BRIAN M. CHESKO LINDSEY A. BAUER STEVEN D. BROWN KENNETH HANK CHILCOAT BRANDON P. BAUGHMAN TCHOIA JONELLE BROWN KIMBERLY J. CHILCOAT CHRISTOPHER W. BAUGHMAN NICHOLAS P. BROWNING BRENT WILLIAM CHISHOLM ANDY M. BAUMANN CHRISTOPHER JOHN BRUBAKER JACOB L. CHISOLM IV JONATHAN W. BAUSER MIEKE D. BRUINS MICHAEL S. CHMIELEWSKI REYNALDO BAUTISTA BAUTISTA RAYMOND C. C. BRUSHIER JUSTIN B. CHOATE MICHELLE L. BAXTER ANTHONY W. BRYANT LUCAS P. CHOATE CLARA F. BAYNE NATHAN J. BUBONIC RUEBEN J. CHOI TODD J. BEALES MATTHEW W. BUCHHOLZ CATHERINE E. CHRIST WILLIAM C. BEAN BENJAMIN A. BUCHTA CRAIG P. CHRIST JOSHUA S. BEASLEY LUCAS EDWARD BUCKLEY TERILEE HELEN CHRISTEN CHRISTOPHER J. BEATTY CHARLES F. BUEKER JAMES T. CHRISTENSEN BRENT E. BECK EDUARDO SY BUENVIAJE, JR. JOSEPH A. CHRISTENSEN FREDERICK D. BECK BRADLEY R. BUINICKY LEWIS P. CHRISTENSEN MATTHEW C. BECK JOHN QUENTIN BUQUOI III CASEY Y. CHRONISTER EDWARD C. BECKETT YULIYA ILINICHNA BUQUOI KENDALL P. CHUDY JAMES R. BEHN JEFFREY W. BURCH JASON A. CHUGG GARY SCOTT BEISNER II BENJAMIN R. BURDETTE RANDALL D. CHURCH MATTHEW DAVID BEJCEK DREW BURES STUART E. CHURCHILL KEVIN BELCHER ROBERT MANNING BURGON MICHAEL ANTHONY CIAMPA KRISTINA MADELIEN BELCOURT ABRAM B. BURK JONATHAN TREVOR CICHOWSKI EDWIN MOSES BELL PAUL MASON BURK SOFIA CIRO GEORGE BELL JASON R. BURKARD MATTHEW A. CISAR SEAN P. BELL BROCK J. BURKHARDT MICHAEL D. CLAPP

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ANTHONY S. CLARK JACOB DELAPASSE NARADA MICHAEL FELDER DWAYNE ANTHONY CLARK LUKE A. DELLENBACH KENTON A. FELDMAN KRISTEN A. CLARK CHRISTOPHER A. DELSID ANTHONY M. FELIX MARY F. CLARK ADAM WARD DEMARCO BRENT A. FELLER MATTHEW CLINTON CLARK JONATHAN C. DEMERS BRENDA RAE FELLOWS MATTHEW R. CLARK NATHAN T. DENNEN STEVEN P. FERGUSON ROBERT M. CLARK JAMES K. DENNY JUSTIN C. FERNANDEZ NANCY T. CLEMENS JAMIE D. DENTON VALARIE C. FERRARA AARON M. CLEVELAND CHRISTOPHER T. DENZER JENNIFER M. FERRER ADAM M. CLEWNER JASON D. DEPEW NICHOLAS ALLEN FERRY CHRISTOPHER CLINTON MICHAEL J. DEPREY JONATHAN E. FEUCHT WILLIAM A. CLOUTIER DAVID DEPTULA IRA J. FIELD CIEARA L. CLUGSTON ALLISON ELIZABETH DERR RICHARD FIGUEIREDO KEVIN M. CLYDE THERESA J. DETERMAN WILLIAM J. FIGUEROA RYAN P. COATES TRAVIS MONTGOMERY DEUTMAN AMANDA LYNN FILIOWICH BRYAN S. COBURN AARON M. DEVAN CHRISTOPHER J. FINCH STEPHEN WAYNE COFFEY II NATHAN D. DEVER MATTHEW R. FINCH ALLEN N. COHEN JAMES DEVORE DAVID ALAN FINLAY, JR. JANNETTE J. COHEN CHEYNE Z. DEWOLFE BRANDON L. FISCHER JEFFREY D. COLBY GRAEME L. DEWSTOW CHET A. FISCHER FELIX L. COLE MICHAEL L. DEXTER DAVID M. FISCHER BRADEN M. COLEMAN ODI H. DIAMBRA JOHN C. FISCHER NICHOLAS RYAN COLEMAN OHN S. DICKENS JARET T. FISH JAMES R. COLLINS RICKY EVERETTE DICKENS, JR. DEVON A. FITTS MIGUEL A. COLON CLARK EDWARD DICKINSON RYAN A. FITZGERALD RICARDO D. COLON BRIAN R. DICKS JAMILA W. FITZPATRICK JAMES ANDREW COLSON JEFFREY M. DIERDORF JUSTIN K. FITZPATRICK CHARLES D. COMFORT III RICHARD DILL MARCUS FLAGG MATTHEW DAVID COMPTON CHRISTOPHER B. DILLER ADAM W. FLAHERTY JENNIFER CONDON PRACHT NEIL W. DIMMITT ROBERTO R. FLAMMIA JONATHAN A. CONKLIN DANILO G. DINGLE, JR. DIANA M. FLEMING VAIMANA CONNER STEVE J. DIRKS JEREMIAH JOSEPH FLERCHINGER KEVIN CONNOLLY ERIC R. DITTMAN STEVEN A. FLETCHER JOHN CONROY LATRAVIA R. DOBSON JARRET M. FLEXMAN JASON B. CONSTANTINE DARIN S. DOCTER ERIK FLIPPIN WILLIAM F. CONWAY, JR. THOMAS MICHAEL DOLAN HANIF S. FLOOD AARON A. COOK JAINA L. DONBERG DANIEL K. FLORENCE THOMAS F. COOK, JR. PAUL G. DORAN MATTHEW J. FLORENZEN CHARLES JOSEPH COOPER SCOTT A. DORRIS FREDERICK A. B. FLORES HARRY P. COOPER III CHARLES EDWARD DORSSOM DAVID A. FLORYAN JAMES E. COOPER BRIAN C. DOSS JOHN MARTIN FOGLE STEVEN M. COOPER ROSS E. DOTZLAF APRIL FOLEY PAUL CORACCIO MICHAEL S. DOUGHERTY HILARY M. FOLEY ANTHONY TONY CORBETT COLE C. DOUPE ARMAND G. FONDREN II MELISSA S. CORLEY STEVEN E. DOVE BRIAN FOO JOHN COSTA GARRETT E. DOVER GARY N. FORD CHRISTOPHER C. COSTLEY KRISTIN A. DOWD JAMES ARTHUR FORREST, JR. JOHN M. COTMAN SARAH M. DOWD SARAH V. FORTIN MICHAEL R. COUCHMAN CHARLES D. DOYLE MATTHEW CALVIN FOSS KEVIN D. COUGHLIN FRAY B. DOYLE DAVID M. FOSTER LEON R. COVER SEAN T. DOYLE GARY L. FOSTER, JR. CHRISTOPHER COVILLE PETER N. DRENKOW ERICA L. FOUNTAIN JONATHAN FREDRICK COWELL AARON C. DRENTH BENJAMIN ALEXANDER FOWLER DAVID MATTHEW COX DAVID L. DREYER STEVEN C. FOWLER DONALD E. COX RYAN LEE DRINKWATER JAMES W. FOWLEY RICHARD S. CRAMER, JR. SCOTT THOMAS DRYLIE JASON EDWARD FOX SPENCER F. CRANDALL JEREMY P. DUFFEY MITCHELL K. FOY JAMES HYRUM CRANE II AARON KEITH DUFFIN PETER R. FRANCIK ASHLEY ELIZABETH CRAWFORD CHRISTOPHER N. DUHON DAVID J. FRANDER JOSHUA J. CRAWFORD ANDREW A. DULIN BRENDA DAWN FRANKLIN TYLER CREASMAN ARTHUR S. DULIN JEREMY L. FRANKLIN DUSTIN H. CREED CHARLES J. DUNAR III DANE FRANTA MICHAEL JUSTIN CRENSHAW DEREK A. DUPUIS JAMIE C. FRAYSER JEFFREY J. CREPEAU MARCUS A. DURHAM ANDREW CARL FRAZIER ERIC A. CRING SCOTT A. DURHAM ANTHONY FRAZIER ELLEN M. CRONIN BRAD M. DVORAK SCOTT R. FRAZIER JASON G. CROSBY RODNEY E. DWYER JOSHUA S. FREDERIK LUCAS G. CROUCH WILLIAM J. DYE BRIAN M. FREDRICKSON DAN E. CROW DOUGLASS A. EAGLETON OWEN S. FREELAND SCOTT T. CROWELL LAURA B. EASTON CARY E. FREEMAN MICHAEL W. L. CROWL JAMMY D. EATON RYAN M. FREEMAN JOAQUIN ANDRES CRUZ FRANCESCO JOZAC ECHEVERRIA BRIAN D. FRICKE SEAN M. CULLEN THOMAS J. ECKEL ERIK G. FRICSONS JOHN ALBERT CUMMINGS, JR. DARRIN L. ECKLES DAVID J. FRIEDEL ROBERT T. CURRIE JOSHUA J. EDGINGTON PAUL GARRISON FRISINGER DAVID G. CURRY JASON MICHAEL EDWARDS NATHAN R. FROH JASON B. CURTIS ROBERT ANTHONY EFFLER PATRICK M. FROMM ROBERT L. CURTIS JASON M. EGGER JONATHAN D. FRUGE PAUL M. CURTISS AARON L. EGGERS DANIEL R. FRY IRENE L. CUSACK BRIAN D. EHRHART DANIEL DEAN FULK GLENN T. DAHL PAUL EINREINHOFER JASON K. FULLMER MATTHEW W. DAHLIN CHASE B. EISERMAN BENJAMIN C. FULTON KEVIN H. DANAHER DANIEL R. ELDER DAVID SULLIVAN GABLER MICHAEL J. DANHOFFER KEVIN H. ELEY DAVID RAY GALBREATH BROOKS M. DANIEL BRIAN TATE ELLIOTT JOHN WILLIAM GALBREATH, JR. GARRETT T. DANKER MATTHEW A. ELLIS CLIFTON C. GALERIA MELISSA L. DANLEY BRANDON LEE ELLSWORTH TELMO C. GALINDEZ DARRELL C. DARDENNE MATTHEW S. ELMORE RAFAEL GALVEZ, JR. DONALD COLLINS DAVENPORT DAVID J. EMBREY NICHOLAS P. GANDOLF MEGAN ANN DAVENPORT JAMES E. EMGE II TERRY D. GANN ROBERT T. DAVENPORT JONAH L. ENDSLEY NICHOLAS G. GARASIMOWICZ RONALD COLE DAVENPORT MASON W. ENRIGHT DARLING GARCIA BENJAMIN J. DAVIDSON ANDREA MARIE ERDEKIAN DECEMBER B. M. GARCIA JOHN DAVIDSON CHARLES B. ERICKSON JONATHAN S. GARDNER CHAD M. DAVIES DERRICK B. ERICKSON JUSTIN L. GARDNER DAVID AMMON DAVIS SHANE A. ERICKSON KIRSTEN L. GARRETT JASON M. DAVIS THEODORE J. ERICKSON NICHOLAS E. GARVEY JEFFERSON K. DAVIS ADAM C. ERLANDSON RHETT G. GASAWAY LEVI NATHAN DAVIS JOSEPH R. ERSKINE DOMINIC O. GASKIN PHILIP J. DAVIS BRANDON LEWIS ERWIN KEVIN P. GEOFFROY ROSS MICHAEL DAVIS JAVIER A. ESCOBAR JONATHAN E. GEORGE HOLLY J. O. DAWOOD ALBERT M. ESPOSITO WILLIAM R. GERY TODD C. DAWSON PEDRO M. ESQUIVEL JUAN GHERARDY L. P. DAY III JUSTIN E. ESTES DAVID C. GIBBONS JUAN C. DEALBAASCENCIO CHRISTOPHER S. EVANS TYREL J. GIBSON JAMES W. DEAN JASON B. EVANS JOEL A. GIETZEN JOSHUA D. DEAN BRIAN J. EVINGER WILLIAM R. GILES JONATHAN R. DEDIC JEFFREY SCOTT EWENS ANDREW F. GILLIS JOSEPH G. DEDONATO ROBERT FAITH DEREK HEATH GILMAN CLINTON D. DEEDER RYAN M. FANDELL SETH IM GILPIN ADAM DEFELICE JAMIE S. FANNING ALDEN Y. GILROY COLIN DEGROOTE JOSEPH N. FARAONE CRYSTAL A. GLASTER GREGORY A. DEGRUCHY JOHN C. FARMER ROBERT JOHN GODICIU JEREMY A. DEHART BRIAN C. FASH BRETT C. GOEBEL STEVE L. DEITER TRENT D. FAUSETT ROBERT P. GOEKE CATHYRINE TU RIDDERSEN DEJA ANDREW D. FAUST CHARLES W. GOETZ JERRY L. DEJESUS MICHAEL FAZIO JOHN GOFUS

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GEOFFREY GOLDSMITH JOHN LEWIS HENDERSON, JR. TERRY AUSTIN JACKSON JUSTIN GOLDSTEIN CHRISTOPHER J. HENDRICKS MATTHEW T. JAEGER JENNIFER L. GOLEMBIEWSKI ERIN MARIE HENDRICKS HARRY J. JAMES TRAVIS C. GOMEZ RICHARD L. HENNIES RODERICK V. JAMES JONATHAN GONYEA MARK R. HENRY MARK JAROTKIEWICZ ANDREWS GONZALEZ JOHN D. HENSON BRYANT M. JARRELL MIGUEL A. GONZALEZ CORY E. HENWOOD TRAVIS K. JARVI DAVID B. GOODALE WILLIAM JAMES HERBERT NICKOLAS K. JEFFERS DAVID J. GOODALE RYAN L. HERMAN STEPHEN F. JEFFERS DAVID F. GORDON MARC W. HERNANDEZ NATHAN W. JENKINS MAX J. GORDON PEDRO LUIS HERNANDEZ III JOSHUA DAVID JENSEN PATRICK C. GORDON SETH HERNANDEZ GREG JEONG ERIC D. GORNEY BRANDON PAUL HERNDON CORYDON ANDREW JERCH RICHARD A. GORRELL KENNETH R. HERRINGDINE, JR. AARON D. JOHNSON DAVID R. GOTTLIEB JARED A. HERWEG BRANDY JOHNSON BART M. GOULD JACOB P. HESS CLIFTON R. JOHNSON JEFFREY A. GOULD DANIEL J. HEWES JAMES JOHNSON JASON R. GRACIN JESSICA GAIL HEWITT JAMIE R. JOHNSON LOUIS W. GRAFFEO III ROBERT JON HEYWARD JEREMY DOUGLAS JOHNSON PATRICK M. GRAHAM DOUGLAS ALLEN HICKEY KEVIN T. JOHNSON SAMUEL A. GRAHAM III PATRICK WILLIAM HICKIE III NATHAN JOHNSON ROBERT GRAMLING BRIAN D. HICKS NICHOLAS J. JOHNSON THOMAS J. GRANT NATHAN R. HIER OWEN C. JOHNSON CODY L. GRAVITT RICHARD S. HIGASHI ROBERT JOHNSON IV JONATHAN T. GRAYSON BRADLEY L. HIGBY WAYNE C. JOHNSON TIMOTHY R. GREBS JOSHUA J. HIGGINS WILLIAM A. JOHNSON RYAN M. GREEN AARON D. HIGH MICHAEL GRAHAM JOHNSTON, JR. JEFFREY K. GREENSFELDER CHRISTOPHER E. HIGH TODD E. JOLLY WILLIAM M. GREER TIMOTHY MATTHEW HIGLEY JOZSEF Z. JONAS JEREMY D. GREEVER GRANT ANDREW HILE ADAM L. JONES ANDREW GREGG WINSTON W. R. HILL AUBRIE D. JONES RICHARD J. GREIG DUSTIN J. HILLEY BENJAMIN A. JONES KELLY RUSSELL GREINER RACHEL HINDELANG CHRISTOPHER E. JONES LOUIS J. GRIFFITH KATHRYN L. HINDS CHRISTOPHER K. JONES SCOTT L. GRIGG AARON M. HINES DWIGHT A. JONES STEPHEN M. GRINAGE JOSEPH M. HINSON JARREAU BRADLEY JONES GEORGE GRKOVIC JULES HIRSCHKORN JARROD N. JONES TIMOTHY LYNN GROFF DUC L. HO JEREMY J. JONES BRANDON GROVER JON LELAND HOBART JOHN T. JONES JOHN MORRIS GRUENKE BRENDAN JOSEPH HOCHSTEIN JON DARREN JONES MATTHEW WILLIAM GUASCO THOMAS R. HODGE, JR. LESLIE MARIE JONES ADAM J. GUBBELS CHARLES DAVID HODGES MICHAEL K. JONES TYLER GUENZEL DERRICK L. HODGES, JR. NATHAN C. JONES ELIAS D. GUERRA JAMES HODGES SEAN M. JONES DUSTIN H. GUIDRY JENNIFER E. HODGES NATHAN C. JORDAN DARRELL R. GULL JODY L. HODGES STEVEN P. JORDAN TREVOR R. GUNDERSON JEFFREY F. HOELSCHER BRITTANY K. JOSEPH CALEB M. GUTHMANN NATHAN N. HOEVELKAMP MATTHEW V. JOSEPH MARY M. GUTIERREZ DAVID C. HOFFECKER, JR. KEVIN A. JOSEPHSON MONICA GUTIERREZ KIRK W. HOFFMAN MICHAEL R. JOST SHAEN GUTZMAN MARCI A. HOFFMAN PABLO RAUL JUAREZ JEREMY L. HAAS JOE P. HOGGAN II CHRISTOPHER J. JULSETH JOHN M. HABBESTAD COREY C. HOGUE BRANDON J. JULY CRAIG J. HACKBARTH KRIS A. HOLLENBACK KYUNG H. JUN MATTHEW ALAN HAEUSER EMILY HOLLISTER MATTHEW QUINCY JUSTEN ADAM ARTHUR HAFEZ JOHN W. HOLSINGER KAMAL J. KAAOUSH JOHN D. HAGLEY ALBERTO J. HOLT JEREMY J. KALINA WALTER A. HALE IV IAN J. HOLT GREGORY P. KANTZ DANIEL F. HALL RICHARD HOLT JAMES M. KAPPES TRAVIS W. HALLEMAN TIMOTHY W. HOLZMANN CHRISTOPHER L. KARINS AMY M. HALLOCK CODY HONEYCUTT MARSHA KARLAN RICHARD LEONEL HALLON MATTHEW L. HOOD BENJAMIN ANDREW KARLOW MARK L. HAMILTON JASON D. HOPE DANIEL ROBERT KARRELS RACHEL M. HAMLYN BRENDAN PATRICK HOPKINS MATTHEW D. KARTT CHARLES F. HAMMOND JILL E. HOPKINS JESSICA LYNN KASHKA DAVID L. HANCOCK RICKY C. HOPKINS LEE ANTHONY KASHKA JUSTIN M. HAND JESSE R. HORNBACK MATTHEW KAUFFMANN MICHAEL T. HANDY ERIN HORSFALL JUSTIN T. KAUTZ JAMES A. HANSEN II ROBERT ALAN HORSTMANN ADAM J. KAWATSKI TRAVIS JAMES HANSON HEATH E. HORTON MATTHEW T. KEALY JOHN HARDING MOHAMMAD IQBAL HOSSAIN PRICHARD R. KEELY JASON C. HARDY JOHN F. HOUGH SUSAN R. KEELY RYAN A. HARDY DEREK R. HOUSE BRIANNA L. KEEN JONATHAN LAVAR HARMON DAVID A. HOWARD WILLIAM J. KELEHER DUSTIN M. HARRELSON PETER VALERIO HOWARD DANIEL EVERETT KELLEY DANETA F. HARRINGTON TORSTEN ERIC HOWARD RYAN F. KELLY STEPHEN F. HARRINGTON JORDAN M. HRUPEK CHARLES R. KEMMERLIN ALBERT C. HARRIS MARK T. HRYHORCHUK GERALD K. KEMP JEROD D. HARRIS JUSTIN M. HRYNYK KIMBERLY A. KENNEDY KATHARINE J. HARRIS CHIN TZENG HSU JASON T. KENT MICHAEL ALLEN HARRIS JENNIFER M. HUBAL MELISSA HAEKYUNG KEOWN RICHARD T. HARRISON KIMBERLY W. HUBER HEATH J. KERNS GEORGE HART III JOSHUA E. HUDSON RAYMOND E. KERR JOHN R. HARTSOCK MABEL HUDSPETH MICHAEL C. KERVER PETRIT JOHN HASA BILLY R. HUFFMAN TAMARA R. KIDD TARA B. HASBROUCK DONALD A. HUGGINS MICHAEL L. KILLINGS SCOTT A. HASELDEN CASEY B. HUGHES BRYAN S. KIM JAMES HASKINS JEFFREY STUART HUGHES MU JIN KIM LANE C. HAUBELT RANDY L. HUGHES MICHAEL A. KINCAIDE KEITH ROBERT HAUENSTEIN ROBINSON CHARLES L. HUGHES ADAM P. KING NICHOLAS I. HAUSSLER SHANE D. HUGHES KENNETH M. KING JODY T. HAWK KRISTIN E. HUITT MICHAEL H. KINGRY THOMAS GROVER HAWKES DOUGLAS S. HULSE BRIAN P. KIRCHNER JASON A. HAWKINS HEATHER L. HULTMAN NATHAN R. KIRK ERIN P. HAYDE GREGORY ANDREW HUNGER CHARLES J. KIRKHAM ANTHONY S. HAYES CHENELL R. HUNTER NICHOLAS RYAN KIRSCH THOMAS E. HAYES JOHN D. HUNTSMAN JEREMIAH N. KIRSCHMAN BRAD L. HAYNES EDWARD J. HURD, JR. ROBERT P. KISER KRISTOPHER T. HEALEY LAWRENCE A. HURLBURT MICHAEL L. KITTRELL CHRISTOPHER M. HEARL MICHAEL J. HURLEY STEVEN N. KLEIN JOEL CHARLES HEARN SEAN M. HUSS JESSA M. KLING KEVIN M. HEATH KRISTIN A. HUSSEY SHERYLL I. KLINKEL MICHAEL B. HEDDINGER BRIAN R. HUSTON MICHAEL A. KLOPFER LYLE F. HEDGECOCK SAMUEL E. HUTCHINS MICHAEL P. KLOTZ JASON HEERSCHE JONATHAN M. HUTTO HOPE MARIE KLUKOVICH MARK A. HEIL BRENDA L. HUTTON WILLIAM KLUMPP BROOK HEILING SEAN R. HUZIEFF TODD W. KLUSEK TANNER HEIN MICHAEL J. IADAROLA ROBERT M. KNAPP ERIC MICHAEL HEINZER GARRETT MICHAEL IANACONE CLELL E. KNIGHT JILL HELIKER CHRISTOPHER J. IBSEN PATRISHA J. KNIGHT BRIAN T. HELLESTO NICHOLAS Y. ILCHENA BENJAMIN R. KNOST DANIEL J. HELLINGER RAYDON E. IMBO MICHAEL B. KOLBE SARAH K. HELMS JOSHUA J. IZAKSON JOSEPH B. KOLESKI DAVID L. HELTON JORGE L. IZARRA JEFFREY R. KOMIVES ALISON A. HENDERLITE LINDSEY A. JACKSON SCOTT M. KONZEM JACOB D. HENDERSON PATRICK R. JACKSON SCOTT S. KORELL JODI M. HENDERSON TARA MARIE JACKSON AUGUST J. KORN

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TRAVIS D. KORNAHRENS DAVID LONDONO MARCUS A. MCGINN DAVID M. KORZEN BREEZY M. LONG JASON MICHAEL MCGINTHY KAZIMIR M. KOSTRUBALA DEVIN A. LONG JONISA MCGLOWN JEREMY D. KOTSENBURG JASON S. LONG JOHN S. MCGREGOR BUCKLEY J. KOZLOWSKI LESTER C. LONG IV JULIA N. MCGREGOR NICHOLAS KRAJICEK JOHN P. LONGMIRE IV KATHARINE RUTCHKA MCGREGOR GENTRY L. KRAMER ADAM J. LOOMIS DANIEL P. MCGUIRE JACELYN ANN KREKELBERG SHAUN P. LOOMIS JAMES MCINERNEY SEAN L. KREPS BRANDON KYLER LOOSLI MURRAY MCKEITHAN, JR. ALEXANDER EDWARD KRESTON JASON F. LOPEZ HEATH A. MCKIM TIMOTHY J. KREY JESSICA C. LOPEZ PATRICK B. MCLAUGHLIN MIRIAM A. KRIEGER ORLANDO LOPEZ SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN ANDREW C. KRISEL PAUL F. LOPEZ ANDREW S. MCLAY SRIRAM KRISHNAN MATTHEW J. LORD SPENCER C. MCMAHON STEPHEN A. KROFT PHILIP E. LORENZINI MARCUS E. MCNABB ERIC KROGUE RICKEY B. LOTT BREANNA C. MCNAIR JEREMY C. KROSHUS ELIZABETH S. LOUIS AARON O. MCNEILL DANIEL S. KROWINSKI JOSHUA J. LOVE LESLIE E. MCPEAK III CHARLES H. KRUDENER III AUSTIN L. LOVEJOY DUNCAN J. MCPHEE TRAVIS L. KRUG MICHAEL S. LOW JOSHUA D. MCQUEEN NICHOLAS D. KUC CHARLES CHRISTIAN LOWRY JOHN D. MCSHANE PATRICK T. KUCERA JOEY P. LUBBERS PATRICK J. MCSPADDEN JUSTIN M. KULISH ANDREW M. LUCCHESI BRANDON A. MCSWAIN JONATHAN W. KUNTZ JOEL T. LUCE LINDSAY MCWHIRTER CHRISTOPHER J. KURPIEL DAVID JOHN LUDINGTON BRIAN D. MEAD CHRISTOPHER GLEN LADUKE SVEN G. LUNDBERG BRITTANY N. MEADOWS AARON D. LAKE CHRISTOPHER ALAN LUNDELL THOMAS F. MEAGHER SCOTT O. LAKIN JAMES M. LUPHER JOHN MEDINA JARED L. LALIBERTE JESSE LYNCH LYNN LUIS CARLOS MEDINA JAMES A. LAMB JOSHUA Q. LYONS SERGEI ALEXANDER MEDVEDEV ALEXANDER G. LAMMI KURT D. MACALONEY RICHARD A. MEEKER JASON K. LAMOREAUX MATTHEW MACFARLANE ERIC MEHRTENS ROBERT B. LAMOTT TATE A. MACINTOSH ALICIA MARIE MEIGHAN PHILIP MICHAEL LAMPLEY, JR. ROBERT J. MACK ZACHARY K. MELLOR PAUL G. LAND BRIAN S. MACLEAN ROBERT ERNEST MELSBY DEX LANDRETH ALEXANDER MACPHAIL ENRIQUE MENDEZACEVES MARCUS K. LANDRUM CEDRIC T. MADDEN FLORENCIO MENDOZA MICHAEL ALVERSON LANDRY CHARLES K. MADDOX JOSEPH W. MERRILL TIMOTHY E. LANDUCCI STEPHEN D. MADDOX PETER M. MERRILL BRADLEY J. LANE JASON L. MAHAFFEY ANGELA L. MEYER BRIAN B. LANE ROSALINE H. MAILANDTNORRIS ROBERT CHARLES MEYERSOHN CRYSTAL GAIL LANE JONATHAN PAUL MAJO JOSEPH J. MICHAELS III JESSE G. LANE MICHAEL TIMOTHY MAKARYK RAPHAEL E. MICHEL JOSHUA GRANT LANE CHRISTIANE A. MAKELA JOSHUA M. MIDDENDORF CHRISTOPHER JON LANG FERDINAND MALDONADO MICHAEL G. MIDDENTS TIMOTHY W. LANGE MARTHA G. MALDONADO JANUSZ KRZYSZTOF MIKINA DERRICK LANGLEY JARED JOHN MALINE NICHOLAS S. MILES KURT J. LANSBERRY KENNETH MALLOY JEREMY ROBERT MILLAR TIMOTHY ALLEN LANSBERRY JUSTIN P. MANCINELLI MICHAEL HENRY MILLAT NICHOLAS W. LANTRIP MARY MANGUM BURDETTE O. MILLEN SUSAN H. LANTRIP AMOY PHYLLIS MANLEY ANDREW J. MILLER FRANK STEVEN LARAS JOHN A. MANN ANDREW M. MILLER JOSHUA D. LARSEN JOSEPH H. MANNING BRIAN EDWARD MILLER ANTHONY L. LARWECK DAVID MICHAEL MANRRIQUE DANIELLE MILLER JEFF A. LASCURAIN JAMES MARCELLETTI III JASON M. MILLER DONAVAN S. LASKEY DEREK S. MARCHLEWICZ JOHN A. MILLER LAURA LINN LASKOWSKI SANDRA R. MARINO LORI KAY MILLER STEPHEN L. LATHAM JOYCE D. MARK MATTHEW B. MILLER JONATHAN F. LAUER ALICIA D. MARKLEY ZACHARY J. MILLER BRANDON TAYLOR LAURET NATHANIEL R. MARKLEY MATTHEW B. MILLS TOD VERNON LAURVICK CHRISTOPHER S. MARRON MATTHEW S. MILLS OLIVER R. LAUSE CURTIS T. MARSHALL MELISSA JANE MILNER JOSEPH F. LAVEGLIA MATTHEW A. MARSHALL MICHAEL JAMES MILOSZEWSKI DEREK J. LAW CHRISTOPHER R. MARSLENDER COLIN D. MIMS RICHARD B. LAYMAN CHRISTOPHER L. MARTAGON WILLIE H. MIMS KRISTINA LECHNER ANDREW J. MARTIN ZALIKA MIMS MICHAEL ANDRES LECLAIR MARK EDWARD MARTIN ULINDA B. MINATEL CHANDRA M. LECOMPTE RYAN BENJAMIN MARTIN JOHN MARTIN MINEAR CHARLES A. LEDEATTE SUSAN A. MARTIN PETER DALTON MINNAR BENJAMIN M. LEE STEVEN MICHAEL MARTINA THOMAS KEVIN MINZAK CAMERON J. LEE GERALD D. MARTINEZ VICTOR HUGO MIRAMONTES CHRISTINA J. LEE GORDON A. MARTY DAVID MITCHELL DAVID P. LEE ARLEY V. MARX JEFFREY T. MITCHELL DUSTIN C. LEE STACEY N. MARZHEUSER RHONDA S. MITCHELL DUSTIN W. LEE STEVEN M. MASSIE II DAVID K. MITTMAN SAMUEL HEECHUL LEE STEPHEN W. MASTERNAK DUSTIN MIXON TRAVIS W. LEE MARK D. MASTERSON MARK D. MIZZELL ANDREW J. LEH CHRISTOPHER P. MASTON LUCAS G. MOCH ZACHARY M. LEHMANN NICK N. MASTRONARDI JUSTIN B. MOCK RICHARD W. LEHTIMAKI JOHN P. MATCHETT JASON R. MOEHLE JUSTIN M. LEIFELD JASON T. MATHENY MICHAEL DOUGLAS MOEN RYAN P. LEMAIRE BRAD R. MATHERNE MICHAEL A. MOFFEIT AARON M. LEMKE JUAN R. MATIAS CY J. MOGAN HEATHER M. LENDRUM EMMANUEL MATOS MARJORIE NEWTON MOLLOY TIMOTHY V. LENDRUM DANIEL A. MATRE DYLAN ANTHONY LEE MONAGHAN NICKOLE A. LENSGRAF MICHAEL A. MATT ROBERT GRADYPARRAL MONTGOMERY CHARLES D. LEONARD STEVEN MAWHORTER TIMOTHY E. MOODY JASON A. LEVI ELAINE R. D. MAXWELL JARED LYNN MOON GEOFFREY LEVINE ERIK S. MAXWELL BRIAN A. MOONE SUSAN M. LEWANDOWSKI ANTHONY E. MAY ANDREW L. MOORE GABRIEL ADAM LEWIS MATTHEW R. MAYER BRIAN LEE MOORE GLEN ALLEN LEWIS ROBERT M. MAYERS DREW W. MOORE JANINA I. LEWIS JEREMY L. MAYFIELD JAMES TURNER MOORE WHITNEY JANE LEWIS ALFRED T. MAYNARD JENNIFER A. MOORE SEAN C. LEY MATTHEW MAZZARELLO ROBERT L. MOORE TIMOTHY M. LIEBOLD DANIEL B. MCALLISTER STEVEN E. MOORE PETER LIGGIERI JASON L. MCANALLY RAMON MORADO ERIC C. LIKE SAMUEL MCANALLY NICKI W. MORALES BJ LIM WILLIAM K. MCCALLUM JACOB D. MORENO KEVIN J. LIMBERG MATTHEW J. MCCANTS JESSE G. MORENO ALAN CHUN KAI LIN DUSTIN W. MCCAULEY OMAR MORENO DOUGLAS T. LINCOLN DERRICK L. MCCLAIN DANIEL HAYES MORGAN KATHY L. LIND KEVIN M. MCCLURE JEFFERSON C. MORGAN BENJAMIN D. LINDSAY JERROD P. MCCOMB KENNETH ANDREW MORRIS MATTHEW K. LINFORD KENNETH J. MCCORMICK KEVIN MORRIS BRENT LUKE LIPOVSKY JEREMY B. MCCRANEY NICHOLAS R. MORRIS JOHN A. LIPPOLIS LISA D. MCCRANIE BILL M. MORRISON MARK W. LISANBY PATRICK N. MCCUDDEN JOHN R. MORRISON CALEB SEBASTIAN LISENBEE HEATHER A. MCDANIEL BRIAN J. MORRISSEY BRYAN D. LITTLE MICHAEL J. MCDERMOTT ERIC D. MORSE THOMAS J. LITTLE STEPHANIE M. MCDIARMID GARY MORTON SHAWN LITTLETON KENNETH MICHAEL MCDOUGALL JENNIFER ANN MORTON DAVID LIU MICHAEL D. MCDOWELL ELBERT G. MOSE STEVEN M. LIZZOL ROLAND TAFT MCELVEEN MORGAN MOSER TRACY L. LLOYD GARY A. MCFARLAND THOMAS C. MOSER TRISHA M. LOEDE MICHAEL T. MCFARLAND JEFFREY W. MOSS MATTHEW LOHMER BARRY J. MCGEE OLIVIA SUZANNE MOSS

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ANGELA K. MOTLAGH JAMES TOBIN PATE, JR. JOSHUA M. RENFRO NICHOLAS ANTHONY MOTLAGH WILLIAM J. PATTINSON MAX J. RENNER MICHAEL G. MOTSCHMAN MITCHELL WAYNE PATTON KRISTINA D. RENNIE CHRISTINE M. MOTT BENJAMIN R. PAYNE LISA M. RESCH BRIAN MOYNIHAN ARTHUR GLEN PAZ NATHANIEL LEE RESENDEZ PHILLIP C. MUDAKHA CASEY L. PEASE JUSTIN B. REX ANTHONY M. MULIA ADAM R. PECK NATHAN P. REYNEN SEAN M. MULLIGAN JEFFREY A. PEDONESI SEAN CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS MATTHEW D. MUNSKA CHARLES D. PEEBLES ROY Q. RHINEHART DANIEL D. MUNSON PHYLLIS JOY PELKY CHRISTINE MORGAN RHYNE SHELLEY LEANNE MUNSON AARON C. PEMBERTON CHARLES L. RICE MATTHEW EDWARD MURNAN SHAHIN D. PENA SERRANO JOSEPH M. RICE MICHAEL SCOTT MURPHY AMERICO D. PENAFLOR BENJAMIN COULSON RICH WILLIAM C. MURPHY GARRETT L. PENNY JAMEY D. RICHARDI JONATHON M. MURRAY ANDREW PHILIP PENROD MICHELLE PATRICIA RICHARDS CHRISTINA MUSCARELLA CHRISTOPHER G. PENROD BENJAMIN P. RICK MARK T. MUSHENO JIMMIE J. PEREZ JONATHAN A. RIEGLE BRYAN JAMES MUSOLINO MARTIN L. PEREZ JAY J. RIENDL RICHARD T. MUSTER WILSON D. PEREZ JAMIE N. RIGGINS JULIE A. MUSTIAN CRAIG A. PERLEBERG, JR. MICHAEL L. RILEY STEVEN A. MWESIGWA WILLIAM C. PERLES SCOTT RINELLA DAVID J. MYERS MICHAEL S. PERRY OBADIAH N. RITCHEY NENA M. MYERS BRIAN LINDBERG PESTA CALEB H. RITLAND STEPHANIE ANN MYERS MANUELA L. PETERS JONATHAN JAMES RITSEMA DAVID R. NAGLE RYAN R. PETERSEN KALLI J. RITTER TERRY J. NAIL BENJAMIN P. PETERSON ANTHONY P. RIZZUTO SUNIL K. NAIR CALVIN E. PETERSON CHRISTOPHER P. ROBERTS CHRISTOPHER S. NATIONS JASON ROBERT PETERSON DARIN L. ROBERTS PETER J. NAZARECHUK JEFFREY M. PETERSON CHRISTOPHER ADAM ROBEY DEREK C. NEAL JASON G. PETTI SAMUEL P. ROBINO ELIZABETH E. NEARY LOGAN C. PFEIFER COREY JOEL ROBINSON BYRON A. NEIRA MASON R. PHELPS JOHN A. ROBINSON IV JAMES J. NELSON TIEN T. PHUNG ALANI I. ROBLES ROBERT A. NELSON RODNEY B. PIERCE JONATHAN D. ROE NATHAN W. NEMETH CLIFFORD M. PIERNICK OLIVER L. ROE KELLY L. NETTLEBLAD TYSEN L. PINA BLAKE S. ROEDER JEFFREY M. NEWCAMP MATTHEW L. PINKERTON CHRISTOPHER W. ROGERS DANIEL C. NEWCOMER JOSHUA D. PITLER NEIL GIPSON ROGERS JEFFERY S. NEWKIRK TIMOTHY L. PITZER ROBERT M. ROGERS PHILLIP NEWMAN TIMOTHY J. PLANTE CHRISTOPHER R. ROLFE JOHN VU NGUYEN TREVOR L. PLAYFORD TIMOTHY C. ROLLING WILLIAM C. NIBLACK MICHAEL D. PLOURDE JOHN J. ROLSEN MATTHEW D. NIBLETT ALEXANDRA C. PLUNKETT KERA A. ROLSEN JAMES H. NICHOLAS ROBERT W. PNEUMAN PIERRE EUGENE ROMEO JAMES NICHOLS BRADLEY JOSEPH POGUE EDWARD ROMERO ANDREW JAMES NICKLES JOHN P. POHLEN BENJAMIN J. RONNAU KRISTOPHER D. NIELSEN RYAN A. POLCAR TYLER S. ROOT STEVEN A. NIELSON MICHAL P. POLIDOR WILLIAM ROOT MICHAEL J. NISHIMURA NICOLA C. POLIDOR ALBERT ROPER JENNIFER NIX CODY PORTER BRENT D. ROPER CHRISTOPHER EDWARD NIXON KYLE J. PORTER RYAN L. ROPER DAVID Q. NIXON ROY PORTER PAUL N. ROQUE WILLIAM STANFORD NOBLE, JR. CHARLOTTE A. PORTLOCK JOSEPH DAVID ROSAL PATRICK S. NOBLES DEREK M. PORTLOCK JACK J. ROSE JUSTIN L. NOEHL RYAN MICHAEL POSPISAL LUCAS S. ROSELIUS RYAN MICHAEL NOFZIGER LINDSAY MIXSON POST ERIC STEVEN ROSENLOF STEVEN T. NOLAN ERIC V. POUNDS WAYNE H. ROSSO LEIF C. NORDHAGEN VINCENT B. POWELL TODD ANDREW ROTRAMEL GEORGE B. NORMANDIN III WILLIAM C. POWELL TIMOTHY J. ROTT DAVID J. NOWOTENSKI NICHOLAS L. POWERS MATTHEW D. ROTTINGHAUS BEAU NUNNALLY DERICK D. PRICE CHARLES RANDALL ROWELL, JR. ANDREW ROBIN NYE OCTAVIO PRIETO PAUL A. ROWNEY JASON A. OATES RALPH PRINCE, JR. STANLEY JOHN RUDA III DANIEL J. OBRIEN RYAN J. PRINCE TRAVIS L. RUEFF CHARLES V. OCONNOR III ZACHARY J. PROANO GARY M. RUEHS ROBERT B. ODAY BEAU PIERS PROVOST HOMERO H. RUIZ PEREZ ANTHONY PAUL ODELL BERNARD ALEXANDER PROVOST NATHAN J. RUIZ JEFFREY M. ODELL JAMES L. PRUITT CRAIG CHARLES RUMBLE SARAH B. ODELL JENNIFER W. PRUITT SCOTT RUMISEK ROBERT E. ODOM CHRISTOPHER A. PUCCIA ANDREW J. RUPERT JOHN R. OHLUND LISA CASANDRA PUGH ANDREW JOSEPH RUPP CLINTON A. OJA JASON PULERI MICHAEL A. RUPP DOUGLAS ALLEN OLTMER JASON E. PURCELL CHRISTINA F. E. RUSNOCK PAOLA S. ONDINA JOSEPH EDWARD PURCELL III ANTHONY DOUGLAS RUSSELL SHANE ONEILL JUSTIN T. PURO CHARLES R. RUSSELL II ADAM M. OPAVA VARUN V. PUROHIT MICHAEL S. RYAN RYAN D. OPPEDAL SARAH K. PYLE RAYMOND B. RYLANDER LUIS ANGEL OQUENDO CLASS ALEXA BRIANN QUANDT LIVIU CRISTINEL SABAU KEVIN R. OREILLY CHRISTOPHER F. QUINLAN CARISSA L. SABELLICO CHRISTIAM E. ORMAZA AARON WESLEY QUINN ETHAN E. SABIN JONATHAN M. ORSO RYAN M. QUINN WILLIAM B. SACK MARCANTHONY ORTIZ ERIC GUY RABARIJAONA MICHELLE SAFFOLD BRUCE A. OSBORN ROBERT S. RABON OLIVER A. SAGUN GEOFFREY D. OSBORN LAURA ROCHELLE RACKIS PHILEMON SAKAMOTO JUSTIN W. OSGOOD STEPHEN D. RAHAM JAMES M. SALAZAR LUKE H. OSULLIVAN ROLAND RAINEY, JR. JUAN CARLOS SALAZAR ALVIN M. OTERO GLORIA N. RAMIREZ HICKEY AMANDA J. SALMOIRAGHI TRAVIS JOHN OTTENBACHER ISABELLA K. RAMIREZ JAY SAMPLES JOSHUA OUELLETTE NOEL ADALBERTO RAMIREZ ANGELIA T. SANDERS JEFFREY D. OVERSTREET JAMES S. RANKIN DUSTIN M. SANDERS DUSTIN MADISON OWEN SHAHN S. RASHID RYAN P. SANDERS WILLIAM D. OWEN, JR. ALAN R. RATHJEN JEANNETTE T. SANDOVAL JOHN D. OWENS NATHAN RATSCHAN ROBERT I. SANDWITH III ROSARIO G. PABST STEPHEN M. RAUSA KARA SARTORI CRAIG PACHLHOFER JOSHUA L. REAM DAVID M. SATTERFIELD TODD JOSEPH PACIENCIA JOHN TRAVIS REAVES SHANE C. SAUM KELLY A. PADDEN KEVIN F. REBHOLZ ERIC VONDELL SAUNDERS RICHARD INYONG PAEK DAVID G. RECHNER MICHAEL JOSEPH SAVAGE WILLIAM J. PAHN BRENDA L. RECKART ANDREW G. SAYLOR CESAR PALACIOSMAYA LUKE REDERUS JOSEPH T. SCHAEFER AARON M. PALAN ABRAHAM REDOBLE BYRON HENRY SCHALK JESSE C. PALCHICK BRIAN DENNIS REDSTONE EARL D. SCHALLER HEIDI M. PALLISTER WARREN D. REECE NICOLE M. SCHATZ CHRISTOPHER A. PALMER BRODIE JAMES REED TIMOTHY D. SCHEFFLER ERIKA M. PALMER MARK E. REED DANIEL SCHEMPP TIMOTHY BRIAN PALMER NATOSHA L. REED JASON L. SCHENCK OSCAR A. PALOMINO SARAH L. REEVE JOEL A. SCHERER ALEXANDER S. PAPP JEREMY W. REGANS MATTHEW J. SCHEULEN NICHOLAS A. PARISE JOHN P. REGO JOHN SCHEUREN ANTHONY D. PARK PHILLIP M. REHMERT JONATHAN DAVID SCHIFERL BEOM S. PARK JOHN H. REHRER III RYAN F. SCHIFFNER ALEX P. PARKALOB ALEXANDER J. REICH FRANCIS J. SCHILLINGER DANA R. PARKER ERIC M. REICHERT PAUL SCHIMPF MITCHELL G. PARKER DEREK K. REIMER BRYAN SCHMELZER JOSEPH J. PARRISH SCOTT JOSEPH REINECKE PETER J. SCHMICK TODD A. PARTIN MICHELLE L. REINSTATLER NESLI SCHMIDT CULLY A. PATCH BRENT K. REISS JOSEPH J. SCHMITT

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JULIANA BRUNS SCHMITZ CHARLES C. SPAULDING MARK WILLIAM THOMPSON JOSHUA E. SCHNEIDER CHRIS B. SPAULDING, JR. MATTHEW S. THOMPSON BROCK A. SCHNUTE JASON W. SPAULDING THOMAS W. THOMPSON MICHAEL A. SCHONBACHLER JONATHAN CHARLES SPAULDING WILLIAM J. THOMPSON DANIEL J. SCHONE DEREK G. SPEAR TIMOTHY A. THOREN MICHAEL KAMUELA SCHRIEVER DEVIN A. SPERLING CAITLIN R. THORN MATTHEW BRADLEY SCHROER JASON A. SPINDLER RYAN C. THULIN ADAM L. SCHUBERT JONATHAN E. SPRAGUE MATTHEW A. THURBER CHARLES O. SCHULZ DEVIN L. SPROSTON TRAVIS L. THURMOND JOHN R. SCHWARTZ JAMES C. SPRYS JOHN R. TICE KATRINA L. SCHWEIKER WESLEY N. SPURLOCK III WILLIAM E. TIERNEY, JR. SETH PETER SCHWESINGER ALBERT F. SQUIRE MICHAEL L. TILLIS NICHOLAS M. SCOTCH CHRISTOPHER S. STACHEWICZ SHANNA MARIE TIMLIN DAVID CHRISTOPHER SCOTT JASON E. STACK JEFFREY A. TIMM JOSHUA P. SCOTT MICHAEL J. STACKHOUSE JASON P. TINGSTROM WINFIELD W. SCOTT IV MATTHEW J. STAMPHER DONALD L. TINSLEY JAMES A. SCOVILLE CHRISTOPHER K. STANLEY JEREMY N. TIPPEY BRIAN L. SCOZZARO SEAN THOMAS STAPLER CATHERINE TOBIN JEFFREY A. SEARCY ALEXANDER J. STARK JASON TOMCHO ANDREA E. SEAROR DUSTIN PAUL STEDNITZ MICHAEL P. TONKS TIMOTHY S. SECOR VIRGIL V. STEELE IV DUSTIN C. TORBENSEN BENJAMIN A. SEEDALL ANDREW M. STEIN MATTHEW A. TORNEY NANCY SEGARRA DANIEL M. STEINHISER JONAH R. TORRES WILLIAM B. SELBER BRETT A. STENSRUDE JOSEPH A. TORTELLA KEVIN MICHAEL SELIN LUCAS Z. STEPANEK JOHNNY L. TOUCHSTONE JEREMY J. SELSTROM ANGELINA R. STEPHENS SARAH E. TOWLER CLIFFORD JOSEPH SERATTI JOHN RICHARD STEPHENS III ANDREW G. TOWNSEND CHERI J. SETTELL WILLIAM JAMES STEPHENSON JEREMIAH C. TRAWICK SCOTT R. SEVIGNY KYE D. STEPP BRANT C. TRETTER BRADLEY DAVID SEVY KENNETH R. STERLING MICHAEL M. TRIMBLE JEREMY L. SEXTON LYSA M. STERN BRIAN TRIPP JASON ROBERT SEYBA SEAN CHRISTOPHER STEVENS JOHN V. TROMBETTA FRANK TEH JUNG SHA DOUGLAS W. STEVENSON JOHN W. TROMBETTA, JR. JARED C. SHACKELFORD ERNEST R. STEWART, JR. NICHOLAS TRUDELL JUSTIN D. SHADDEN PAUL D. STGEORGE BRIAN M. TRUMBLE KEVIN M. SHAFFER JOHN WILLIAM STILES COREY L. TRUSTY BRENDAN THOMAS SHANAHAN JUSTIN W. STIMETS HSIENLIANG R. TSENG PATRICK T. SHANAHAN MATTHEW STINES SPIRIDON J. TSITSILIANOS DARIN D. SHANKS BRETT A. STITT ADAM TUCCI CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SHARP DEREK J. STJOHN KENNETH W. TUCK, JR. MICHAEL D. SHARPE MICHAEL H. STOBIE SEAN REIDY TUCKER WILLIAM I. SHAVER IV BRANDON J. STOCK SUZANNE L. TUCKER MATTHEW G. SHAW BRANDON W. STOCK CHRISTOPHER M. TULIP ERIN E. SHAY JOHN D. STOCK STEVEN M. TUPPER JONATHAN P. SHEA RICHARD C. STOCKER LEE M. TURCOTTE BRIAN H. SHEEHAN DANA S. STOCKTON HOWARD C. TURNER III TIMOTHY C. SHEEHAN ANDREW T. STOLEE TIMOTHY A. TURNER JEREMY R. SHERMAN KEVIN THOMAS STONE PETER A. TYMITZ JAMES HENSLEY SHIELDS BRADLEY JOHN STOOR JOSHUA MICHAEL TYSON DANIEL WESLEY SHIMONSKY JOHN BLAKENEY STOVALL SHAI TZIONY JEROMIE L. SHOULDERS DANIEL A. STOWELL DANIEL JAMES UGER BRYAN P. SHOUPE KYLE J. STRANG MASON R. ULLRICH DANIEL J. SHOWALTER JAMES J. STRAUB, JR. DAVID M. UNDERWOOD BRANDON R. SHROYER WAYNE M. STRAW MARCUS LEE UNDERWOOD AMANDA J. SHUMAKER MARCELL S. STRBICH SAMANTHA MICHIKO UNRUH ROBERT FREDERICK SHUMAKER ADAM M. STRECKER AARON J. URBANOVSKY ROBERT WAYNE SHUPING, JR. BENJAMIN A. STREET MOSES A. URIBARRI MICHAEL E. SIAN MELANIE D. STRICKLAN KYLE G. VACCA AMANDA R. SICKELS MARK D. STRUSKA SCOTT B. VALENTINE, JR. GEORGE W. SICKELS MATTHEW S. STRUTHERS GLENN VALLEJO JOHN DAVID SIEPS KELLY A. STUART JAMES M. VALPIANI TIMOTHY R. SILFIES, JR. JAMES G. STUDER NICHOLAS C. VAN ELSACKER AMANDA L. SILL MATTHEW D. STURTEVANT JESSE W. VANASSE SEAN M. SILVA CHRISTOPHER STUTHEIT RONIECE VANDYKE STEPHANIE M. SILVA JASON A. STUTZMAN SCOTT CHARLES VANHOOGEN DENNIS MARK SIMERLY ERIC LANDON SUITS GEORGE M. VANOSTEROM DAVID BENJAMIN SIMMONS CHRISTINA J. SUKACH JASON T. VANTA LADY NOREEN SANTOS SIMMONS BRADLEY KENT SULLIVAN ELLIOT B. VASQUEZ MATTHEW C. SIMMONS KATHLEEN SULLIVAN FRANK VASQUEZ III THOMAS ERIC SIMMONS TIMOTHY S. SULLIVAN JACOB J. VAUGHT JUSTIN D. SIMMS ERIC JOSEPH SULSER SHELLIE R. VAUGHT ANTHONY ROY SIMPSON DANIEL SCOTT SUMMERS TRAVIS JOHN VAZANSKY RYAN A. SIMPSON KEVIN L. SUMMERS MATTHEW E. VEALE BENJAMIN M. SIMS MATTHEW R. SUMMEY STEVEN L. VEGA KAZUMI UDAGAWA SIMS NICHOLAS A. SUPPA PEDRO VELEZ CRUZ MATTHEW E. SIMS AMY L. SWEAZY BRIAN BAUTISTA VELEZ JAMES SINCLAIR MATTHEW A. SWEE PHILLIP WILLIAM VENTURA JOSHUA A. SINGSAAS PHILIP HENRY SWENSON TERRA S. VERBIK BRIAN R. SINKULE DEBBIE L. SWETLAND JACK VETAS SHANE NATHAN SIRIANNI TIMOTHY M. SWIERZBIN STEVEN M. VICK ANDREW S. SISLER SCOTT A. SWIGERT JAMES A. VICKERY FORREST S. SISSON ROBERT A. SWITZER OMAR VILLARREAL THANE A. SISSON JOHN S. SYKES BRIAN VIOLA RYAN DANIEL SKAGGS RONNIE JOSEPH SYNAKOWSKI LUKE D. VITOLO STEVEN EARL SLAGLE JAMIE M. SZMODIS STEVEN VIVEIROS CHRISTOPHER J. SLAUSON BENJAMIN TABER JAY BELOY VIZCARRA JAMES C. SLAYTON RUDY R. TALAMANTEZ BENJAMIN J. VOETBERG DAVID PETER SLEEPER ANDREW C. TALBERT MATTHEW S. VOGEL ANDREW TERRY SMECKERT EMILIO L. TALIPAN, JR. STACIE L. VOORHEES BRENT L. SMITH BRADLEY R. TALLEY RYAN S. VORHIES DEAN A. SMITH PETER C. TALLEY NICHOLAS WABEKE GEORGE E. SMITH MAUREEN E. TANNER JOSEPH T. WADDELL JAMES LEON SMITH RAYMOND DION TANSIL BRANDY L. WADE JEFFREY E. SMITH ALVIN TAT JENNIFER D. WADE JOSEPH M. SMITH JOHN J. TATAR WESLEY ADAM WADE KELLY M. SMITH STEVE M. TATRO MARK R. WAGNER LATOYA D. SMITH SCOTT TAYLOR DANIEL EARL WAID MARSHA L. SMITH ERIN MAUREEN TEDESCO MICHAEL F. WAITES RICHARD M. SMITH RYAN M. TEEL JASON D. WALDOW RIKKI D. SMITH TYWANN D. ANDRE TELFAIR BENJAMIN D. WALKER ROBERT A. SMITH DAVID ISAAC TEMPLE HUGH E. WALKER III TIFFANY LAKEESHA SMITH SEAN C. TEMPLE JACK B. WALKER TYLER SMITH PAVEL G. TENDETNIK JOHNATHAN T. WALKER ZACHARY M. SMITH TERENCE BRADY TENNANT JONATHAN M. WALKER JORDAN M. SMYTH MICHAEL D. TERRELL RYAN T. WALKER JOEL MICHAEL SNOWDEN CHRISTOPHER M. THACKABERRY WHITNEY P. WALKER ERIC BENJAMIN SNYDER FRANKLIN M. THARP JASON P. K. WALL JAMES SNYDER JOEL A. THEISEN NEAL D. WALL WILLIAM A. SOCTOMAH JAEFEN THIELKER GARY D. WALLACE JASON T. SODEN CHARLES D. THOMAS JOHN SILAS WALLACE ANDREW TOM SOINE DAVID WAYNE THOMAS II TREVOR M. WALLACE JESSE PAUL SOMANN JULIAN T. THOMAS BRANDON D. WALSH JARED W. SORENSEN STEPHEN L. THOMAS JOHN T. WALSH LENARD C. SORIANO VICTORIA LEE THOMAS SHAWN P. WALSH JARED B. SORTERS JOAN E. THOMPSON THOMAS ALAN WALSH MATTHEW WAYNE SOWARDS JOHN D. THOMPSON CASEY WALTERSCHEID CARMEN M. SOWERS JOHN M. THOMPSON DANIEL A. WALTON

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KEVIN M. WALTON TYLER J. WINTERMOTE IN THE NAVY MARCI J. WALTON WILLIAM L. WISEHART ANDY YUEHCHUNG WANG JOSEPH ROBERT WITHERSPOON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TIMOTHY M. WANKOWSKI THOMAS I. WITKOWSKI TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY KIRK A. WANNER BARRY WITT RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: MICHAEL E. WARD JOSEPH P. WITT JOHN R. WARE THOMAS M. WNETRZAK To be captain MARK A. WARNER CASANDRA M. WOLAK KEVIN J. PARKER MICHAEL V. WARNER, JR. JUSTIN C. WOLD BENJAMIN D. WARREN KEVIN D. WONG THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUAL FOR APPOINT- SHANE M. WARREN STANLEY Y. WONG MENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ANDREW M. WASHBURN ANDREW L. WOOD NAVY RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: BENJAMIN R. WASHBURN BENJAMIN J. WOOD KENNETH GERARD WASILIK JAMES BRANSON WOOD To be captain DANIEL W. WASSERMAN DORIAN H. WOODLIFF OLEH HALUSZKA DANIEL C. WASSMUTH GEOFFREY R. WOOLF RAY A. WATERMAN CHARLES A. WRIGHT THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUALS FOR APPOINT- ERIC WATERS ERIC W. WRIGHT MENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR NAVY ADAM RICHMOND WATKINS JONATHAN G. WRIGHT UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: MICHAEL S. WATKINS JOSEPH CAMPBELL WRIGHT BRIAN D. WEAR LARRY DOUGLAS WRIGHT II To be lieutenant commander ANGELA M. WEBB SCOTT K. WRIGHT STEPHEN S. CHO BEACHER R. WEBB III DARIUSZ WUDARZEWSKI BRYON S. WEBB CALEB J. NOORDMANS INGA E. WUERGES JAMES W. WINDE PATRICK H. WEBSTER MARK ARNOLD WUERTZ II ANTHONY J. WEEDN MATTHEW C. WUNDERLICH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR TEMPORARY JOSHUA WEHRLE COLIN EDWARD WYATT APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE YU HANG WEI DAVID W. WYATT UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION GREGORY D. WEIGEL JOHN B. WYDRO 5721: TREVOR R. WEINERT HILLARY B. WYKES CORY N. WEISS To be lieutenant commander SEAN PATRICK YANDLE KURT WEISSGERBER RUVEN G. YARBROUGH ADAM C. WELCH TIMOTHY R. ANDERSON JERRY W. YARRINGTON, JR. MICHAEL S. WELCH FREDERICK ATIENZA JOSEPH W. YASUNAGA ERIKA ANNE WELLER DANIEL B. BOND RYAN PATRICK WELLS ERIKA ANNE YEPSEN VICTOR J. BOZA NATHAN F. WELTY MICHAEL YEUNG DAMON J. BRIDGES BRIAN ALLEN WERSCHING WILLIAM D. YOAKLEY MATTHEW C. CHERRSTROM JAMES RUSSELL WEST YESUN YOON RANDALL J. CLEMONS TYLER A. WEST CHRISTOPHER J. YORK JASON A. CONLEY MALCOLM C. WESTBERRY MATTHEW L. YOUNG JASON C. CREWS JEFFREY M. WESTERMAN ROBERT J. YOUNG CHRISTOPHER T. DEITZ ANDREW WESTMAN WILLIAM C. YOUNG, JR. JAMES R. J. DIEFENDERFER JUSTIN T. WESTMORELAND ZACHARY GILBERT YOUNG JOSH W. DUGGAN JUSTIN W. WETTERHALL MICHAEL GRAY YTTRI ROBERT L. EDMONSON III MICHAEL SCOTT WHEELER AARON J. ZAMORA SHANNYN W. FOWLER PAMELA L. WHEELER JONATHAN A. ZANNIS PETER A. GAAL RICHARD E. WHEELER DANIEL J. ZAPPE THOMAS P. GILFILLAN CHRISTOPHER L. WHITAKER BENJAMIN DONALD ZATORSKI MICHAEL C. GRAHAM ANTHONELLI WHITE, JR. JONATHAN DRYDEN ZEBRE NATHAN A. HALL CLARENCE E. WHITE, JR. ARTHUR ZEITLER RYAN M. HERNANDEZ EMILY JOY WHITE CHRISTINE LYNN ZENS SAMUEL HIGGINBOTHAM ERIC T. WHITE ANTHONY L. ZERWIG NICHOLAS S. HILL GREGORY C. WHITE TODD M. ZIELINSKI JEREMY L. JAMES JOHN M. WHITE AMANDA L. ZUBER DEVINE JOHNSON NATHAN JUDE WHITE BRYAN S. ZUMBRO RUSSELL J. KUNTZ THOMAS W. WHITE BENJAMIN ZUNIGA DAVID D. MAHONEY CHARLES J. WHITEHEAD LAURA L. ZURESS JAMES G. MASSIE III JALEN A. WHITENER IN THE ARMY JEREMY B. MITCHELL GEOFFREY S. WHITMER TOD F. OCONNELL BISHANE ANTHONY WHITMORE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT JOSHUA D. PETERS MICHAEL J. WHITMORE AS PERMANENT PROFESSOR AT THE UNITED STATES MATTHEW D. W. PHILLIPS CHARLES M. WHITWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY IN THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER SCOTT D. RATHKE BRIAN DOUGLAS WICHAEL TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 4333 (B) AND 4336 (A): ERIC A. REARDON CHRISTOPHER D. WICKLINE TIMOTHY W. ROCHHOLZ DENNIS S. WIDNER To be colonel ALERON B. ROGNLIE JOSEPH E. WIERENGA ERIC T. RYAN SUZANNE C. NIELSEN ERIC B. WIETLISBACH DAVID C. SANDOMIR DOUGLAS EUGENE WIGGERS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT DESTINY N. SAVAGE JEREMY WIGGINS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY SAMUEL M. SPLETZER SEAN MATHEW WILE MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SEC- DAVID L. STARNES CHRISTOPHER GLEN WILEY TIONS 624 AND 3064: NATHAN C. STUHLMACHER WAYNE P. WILEY To be major CHAD T. TELLA WILLIAM R. WILKERSON MICHAEL J. TOZZI ADAM M. WILLIAMS ANN M. RUDICK MICHAEL C. WALTERS BENJAMIN C. WILLIAMS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR REGULAR AP- MICHAEL R. WEBB CHRISTINA MARIKO WILLIAMS POINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED RYAN S. WILLETTE DAMIEN P. WILLIAMS STATES ARMY AS A CHAPLAIN UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., MATTHEW W. WOLF JOHN S. WILLIAMS SECTIONS 531 AND 3064: JOHN E. WOODSON JONATHAN WHITNEY WILLIAMS ANDREW J. WOOLLEY MARK E. WILLIAMS To be major MICHAEL S. WILLIAMS IN THE COAST GUARD NICHOLAS DURWOOD WILLIAMS MATTHEW P. WEBERG PURSUANT TO SECTION 336(B) AND (C), TITLE 14, U.S. SAMUEL L. WILLIAMS, JR. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR REGULAR AP- CODE, THE FOLLOWING OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES SEAN M. WILLIAMS POINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR COAST GUARD TO THE POSITION OF COAST GUARD BAND TRAVIS K. WILLIAMS ARMY AS A CHAPLAIN UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS DIRECTOR IN THE GRADE INDICATED: TREVOR L. WILLIAMS 531 AND 3064: REBECCA LYNN WILLIAMSON To be lieutenant commander NATHAN J. WILLIS To be major JEFFREY D. WILLS GRADY L. GENTRY ADAM R. WILLIAMSON SHANEA L. WILSON CAMPBELL PURSUANT TO SECTION 188, TITLE 14, U.S. CODE, THE AARON P. WILSON IN THE MARINE CORPS FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER AS A MEMBER OF THE MICHAEL R. WILSON COAST GUARD PERMANENT COMMISSIONED TEACHING SCOTT NIXON WILSON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT STAFF FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN MACIEJ MAREK WILTOWSKI TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD: JACOB JOSEPH WILWERT RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: JOHN P. WIMBERLEY To be major To be commander THOMAS B. WINGARD ALEXANDER D. WINN DEVIN R. BLOWES KEVIN J. LOPES

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RECOGNIZING ED JOHNSTONE’S Started out of a small storefront, Mano a HONORING THE 110TH ANNIVER- COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO Mano has grown over the last decade to help SARY OF BOILERMAKERS LOCAL THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA RE- more than 4,300 people per year. With lan- 363 GION OF WASHINGTON STATE guage courses, early education programs, GED tutoring, computer skills training and HON. WILLIAM L. ENYART HON. DEREK KILMER health education, Mano a Mano has helped OF ILLINOIS countless families and individuals become OF WASHINGTON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES complete participants in American life. Thursday, April 11, 2013 Thursday, April 11, 2013 The beauty of these programs, and what makes Mano a Mano so effective, is how they Mr. ENYART. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor are tailored to client and community needs. ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the Ed Johnstone, a community leader engaged For example, recognizing challenges man- 110th anniversary of the Boilermakers Local on climate change issues in our region. aging or understanding life with diabetes, 363 of East St. Louis, Illinois. Today, the President is recognizing his efforts Mano a Mano launched an initiative to edu- By the late 19th century many of the skilled by awarding Mr. Johnstone the Champions of cate the community on living with a chronic craftsmen who powered the Industrial Revolu- Change award. disease and how better to manage it. tion were seeking to improve pay and working Mr. Johnstone is a member of the Quinault conditions through the formation of unions. The success stories go on and on and on Indian Nation and serves as their spokes- Workers in the boilermaker and iron ship and are too many to enumerate. Let me high- person on ocean policy and treaty fishing building trades had formed a union in Chicago light, however, what I think is a most telling at- rights. He has done remarkable work explain- as had boilermakers in Atlanta. These two or- tribute of their success: year after year, Mano ing how climate change is negatively impact- ganizations would merge in 1893 to form the a Mano clients often return as volunteers, tu- ing the ecosystems and fisheries that are cen- International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and tors or educators. Not only are these pro- tral to the traditions, culture, and spiritual be- Iron Ship Builders and, on March 22, 1903, grams successfully enriching our communities liefs of his tribe, as well as our regional econ- Local 363 in East St. Louis, Illinois received its and the lives of their clients, but they also in- omy. charter. Mr. Johnstone has helped raise awareness spire a tradition of giving back, of paying it for- Over the years the Boilermakers Union of climate change by co-leading the First ward, and of doing for others as Mano a Mano would continue to grow and diversify as other Stewards: Coastal Peoples Address Climate did for them. Such is the cycle—a community related trade unions merged with it. A Helpers Change Symposium at the National Museum of reaching out—where one good turn leads to Division was added in 1902 and Blacksmiths of the American Indian. another and another. and Drop Forgers merged in 1954. In 1984, Climate change is an issue that involves not On the eve of the annual gala, I thank Mano the United Cement, Lime, Gypsum and Allied only preserving our environment. It’s also a Mano for all that they are and all that they Workers merged, to be followed, in 1994, by about protecting our economic and national do. I am proud that this organization makes its the Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance security interests. Climate change is already home in our Tenth District. Workers. The Metal Polishers, Buffers and beginning to negatively impact our state’s agri- Platers would merge in 1996. As a result of culture and shellfish industries, forests, and f these many mergers, the name of the union is salmon habitat. Promoting growth and pre- now the International Brotherhood of Boiler- serving these industries is essential in retain- HONORING PAUL SPRING makers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forg- ing and creating new jobs in our area. Mr. Speaker, I enjoy living in our region be- ers and Helpers. cause I value the richness of our environment. HON. SAM GRAVES Membership in the union grew in the 20th century as the needs for the skilled labor We know our generation must be responsible OF MISSOURI stewards of our lands, waters, and of our en- grew. At the dawn of the century, membership tire planet for future generations. It’s leaders IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was about 8,500 but had grown to over 350,000 by the end of World War II in the mid- like Mr. Johnstone that are taking that vision Thursday, April 11, 2013 and turning it into a reality day in and day out. 1940s. There are currently 534 members in It takes great effort and service to earn this Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I Local 363. prestigious award. On behalf of our region, it proudly pause to recognize Paul Spring. Paul Local 363 has always realized that its re- is an honor to congratulate Mr. Johnstone on is a very special young man who has exempli- sponsibility to its members also extends to this accomplishment. fied the finest qualities of citizenship and lead- those members’ community. The list of organizations that have been assisted by the local’s f ership by taking an active part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 374, and earning support include: the United Way, Special RECOGNIZING MANO A MANO FOR the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. Olympics, the Illinois Cancer Society and the OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE Boy Scouts. COMMUNITY Paul has been very active with his troop, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me participating in many scout activities. Over the in congratulating the leadership and members many years Paul has been involved with of Boilermakers Local 363 as they celebrate HON. BRADLEY S. SCHNEIDER scouting, he has not only earned numerous OF ILLINOIS their 110th anniversary and to wish them con- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- tinued success in the future. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Paul Thursday, April 11, 2013 has contributed to his community through his f Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Eagle Scout project. Paul led a construction HONORING THE ACCOMPLISH- to honor the work of Mano a Mano Family Re- team in building a picnic area consisting of MENTS OF MR. JIM LEEDY source Center, an organization in my district four cedar tables and an encompassing rubber that is dedicated to helping immigrants realize mulch area at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER in Kansas City, Missouri. their dreams here in the United States. We OF MISSOURI are a nation of immigrants, but without the Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES work of organizations like Mano a Mano, we commending Paul Spring for his accomplish- are merely a nation that accepts immigrants, ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for Thursday, April 11, 2013 rather than one encouraging them to be ac- his efforts put forth in achieving the highest Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tive, engaged members of the community. distinction of Eagle Scout. honor Mr. Jim Leedy, a renowned artist who

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Social Security and Medicare face long-term whose work has been exhibited around the Mr. Speaker, please join me in expressing challenges. My constituents depend on Social world, in over 1,000 one-man shows, he un- our appreciation to Mr. Jim Leedy and his Security and Medicare for their livelihood. It is derstands the importance of a culture where endless commitment to our artistic community. important for everyone to think about long- artists have an integrated community to live, He is a true role model not only for our artists, term financial needs, plan for a secure retire- work and showcase their work. Considering but he serves as an example of how we can ment, and create a comprehensive retirement those basic necessities, he purchased a build- all live our lives. He comprehended the essen- plan. It is vital to have a plan that will leave ing in 1985 and remodeled it to accommodate tial, and with the purchase of his first building, Americans better prepared and more confident live/work artist studios and multiple gallery began a slow sprawl that has become the cul- in their financial future. spaces, known as the Leedy-Voulkos Art Cen- tural center of Kansas City. Mr. Speaker, his f ter. Today, the Crossroads Art District is home action made a dynamic difference for all of us COMMENDING TAMPA TSA AGENT to more than 400 local artists, 100 inde- to enjoy. pendent studios, and over 30 galleries. It is JIM FLAHERTY one of the most concentrated gallery districts f in the nation. On the first Friday of each RECOGNITION OF THE 65TH ANNI- HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS month, known as ‘‘First Friday’s’’, you will find VERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF OF FLORIDA thousands of people visiting the galleries, lis- THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tening to music and eating at their favorite es- Thursday, April 11, 2013 tablishment. It is a uniquely Kansas City envi- Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ronment. HON. ALBIO SIRES So who is this man that made such a dra- OF NEW JERSEY honor the heroic efforts of a constituent of matic difference, not only in our community IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mine, Mr. Jim Flaherty. An Army veteran, who but throughout his artistic career? Born in Thursday, April 11, 2013 served over twenty years with the New York 1930, Jim Leedy grew up in the clay soils of Police Department, Mr. Flaherty was driving to Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I would like to rec- Virginia and Kentucky. Working with this me- his job with the TSA at Tampa International ognize the upcoming 65th anniversary of the dium came naturally to him. During the forma- Airport in the early morning hours on March founding of the State of Israel and the bond of tive time of his career, while attending Colum- 13th, 2013. He was passed by a speeding car friendship between the United States and bia University for his art history post-graduate and, minutes later, Mr. Flaherty watched that studies, he had the opportunity to meet and Israel. same car crash into the woods by the side of listen to the dialogue of established artists in Like the United States, the State of Israel the road and catch on fire. New York City. In 1966 he joined the staff of has stood as a beacon of democracy and Mr. Flaherty stopped his car and, without the Kansas City Art Institute, sharing his artis- hope for Jewish immigrants from all over the concern for his own well-being, ran to aid the tic skills and working with the administration world. As an immigrant myself, I understand victim who was unable to escape on her own and faculty to take the Kansas City Art Insti- the importance of the democratic freedoms due to her injuries and the driver’s door un- tute in a new direction. He taught there for and values that our nation holds dear. The able to be opened due to the accident. Along over 40 years and mentored thousands of stu- United States and Israel share and embrace with another passerby, Mr. Flaherty proceeded dents throughout his career. those values as the cornerstones of a vibrant to pull her out of the passenger-side of the As an artist he has been influenced by his democratic society. burning vehicle. When it was clear that the in- life experiences, colleagues, students, friends I have been fortunate enough to visit Israel jured woman was unable to walk, the two men and family. His daughter, Stephanie Leedy and witness the importance of the friendship carried her to safety before the car was con- and his granddaughter, Erin Woodworth, now the U.S. and Israel share. We share the com- sumed by fire. They stayed with her until local run the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center and con- mon goals of peace, freedom, security and first responders arrived on scene. Mr. Flaherty tinue to showcase both local and international prosperity for our citizens and for the region. then selflessly continued onto work, dem- artists. He is an artist in the truest sense, I am pleased to help honor the State of Israel onstrating his commitment to helping others whether he is painting or working with clay. on its 65th birthday I hope all my colleagues and his official duties. His original artistic renderings with clay can be and fellow Americans will join me in taking Mr. Speaker, Mr. Flaherty’s heroic actions classified as one of the first Abstract Expres- pride in the unique contributions that our are an example of the best in humanity that all sionism ceramic pieces. It was about the ma- Israeli community has made to our nation. of us should strive for. I applaud his actions terial, it was about the clay and creating a non Again, congratulations to Israel and its peo- and thank him for the bravery that he exhib- utilitarian piece that would evolve by using the ple all across the world on their 65th inde- ited that day. Raku firing technique. A method he learned pendence day. f about in Japan while on leave from the Ko- f HONORING BENJAMIN KIRTLEY rean War. His art is about instilling the es- RETIREMENT PLANNING WEEK sence of nature, color, and the continuous ex- HON. SAM GRAVES periment and evolution of creativity. OF MISSOURI As a Korean Veteran, who served as a mili- HON. YVETTE D. CLARKE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tary photographer, he had to deal with his war OF NEW YORK memories and did so through his art. Every IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, April 11, 2013 war veteran can tell you that war alters and Thursday, April 11, 2013 Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I changes your view of life and death. Jim proudly pause to recognize Benjamin Kirtley. Leedy began experiencing flash backs during Ms. CLARKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Benjamin is a very special young man who the mid 80’s and through most of the 90’s. recognize this week, April 8–12, 2013, as Re- has exemplified the finest qualities of citizen- Many times through his art he relived the tirement Planning Week. This week is held ship and leadership by taking an active part in haunting memory of a day in Korea when he during the national effort to observe Financial the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 43, and jumped into a stream only to see underneath Literacy Month. This endeavor promotes the earning the most prestigious award of Eagle him the rotting corpses and skeletons of the education and awareness of important finan- Scout. dead. During this time his art focused on the cial issues and provides Americans with es- Benjamin has been very active with his images of that day. It was not until 2000 with sential retirement planning information. troop, participating in many scout activities. his work ‘‘The Earth Lies Screaming,’’ that his Comprehensive retirement planning is an Over the many years Benjamin has been in- art conveyed the recurring reality of war important step that will lead Americans into a volved with scouting, he has not only earned through his wall of skeletons and skulls. He financially secure future. But, the process can numerous merit badges, but also the respect reminds us that war brings death. This work be challenging for consumers which leads of his family, peers, and community. Most no- was the last of its kind because it put to rest many Americans into retirement without an tably, Benjamin has contributed to his commu- his personal conflict. adequate financial plan. We must make this a nity through his Eagle Scout project. Benjamin

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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to and so it remains today. Since that time, the f commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, National Dental Association has provided over or Yom Hashoah, and to pay tribute to the 6000 African-American dentists in the United ‘‘THE VETERANS’ PRIVACY ACT’’ men, women, and children murdered by the States and abroad the platform and the sup- Nazis during the Holocaust. port to help them succeed. HON. JEFF MILLER This week, we pause to join in solidarity to From this history also arose the Old Domin- OF FLORIDA remember one of the darkest chapters in ion Dental Society. The Old Dominion Dental IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES human history. During the Holocaust, six mil- Society served as a forum for minority dentists lion Jews were killed, and countless others Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Virginia who were denied membership to were brutalized, raped, dehumanized, and the American Dental Association and the Vir- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today, robbed. It is critical that, as nations and as in- ginia Dental Association. For 100 years, the I am introducing a bill, the Veterans’ Privacy dividuals, we preserve the history of the Holo- Old Dominion Dental Society has grown and Act, a bill that directs the Department of Vet- caust and the memories of survivors and other fostered professional development for the den- erans Affairs (VA) to prescribe regulations en- witnesses. tal profession and brought needed services to suring that, when veterans receive care from The Days of Remembrance hold a deep the most vulnerable communities in Virginia. VA, their privacy will not be violated by unau- meaning for me, as a Jewish American, and thorized video surveillance. for my community. My district, the 9th Con- The Old Dominion Dental Society has also By its very nature, medical care requires gressional District of Illinois, is home to one of invested in the next generation of dentists that an individual forfeit some privacy in order the largest concentrations of Holocaust sur- through annual scholarships for underrep- to obtain treatment. However, when a veteran vivors in the country. An estimated 3,500 Hol- resented minorities. Through these scholar- walks into a VA medical facility, they should ocaust survivors live in the Chicago area, all ships, the Society has insured that a diverse not have to worry about a covert camera of whom are elderly, and many of whom do group of young students will have the oppor- being in their treatment room. not receive the care and services they need. tunity to excel in the field of dentistry. Mem- Last June, a covert camera disguised as a Skokie, in my district, is home to a beautiful bers of the organization have been generous smoke detector was installed in the room of a Holocaust museum opened in 2009, a 65,000- donors of their time and expertise to various brain damaged veteran who was being treated square-foot facility dedicated to sharing the state and community service organizations, at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in history of the Holocaust and teaching the im- strengthening communities and making our Tampa, Florida. Upon discovering the hidden portance of combating hatred, indifference, neighborhoods healthier. Motivated by the phi- camera, the veteran’s family was understand- and genocide to current and future genera- losophy that health care is a born right for all ably outraged. tions across the Midwest. people, the Old Dominion Dental Society has When the veteran’s family asked about the We pledged ‘‘Never Again’’ but, over sixty been a relentless leader in the quest for camera, VA officials first stated that the cam- years later, we continue to fight anti-Semitism equality and equity in health care and today I era did not exist, then changed their story and and other forms of hatred and intolerance, celebrate all of the members, past and admitted that the ‘‘smoke detector’’ was actu- even genocide. As we reflect on the tragedy of present, that have set an example for all of us ally a video camera. When further asked if the the lives lost and honor those who survived, over the past 100 years. we need to also pledge to do better moving camera was recording, VA told the family that There are many Old Dominion Dental Soci- forward. In a world where genocide, intoler- the camera was only ‘‘monitoring’’ the patient ety members that have worked tirelessly to and was not recording. Only after inquiries by ance, and neglect are far too prevalent, we need to stand up against violations of human make the Society as successful and respected local media and the House Veterans’ Affairs as it is today. I want to congratulate the mem- Committee did VA admit that the camera was rights. We need to continue to fight injustice bers for all their achievements, and especially recording. VA then removed the camera from and protect people everywhere. acknowledge a few: Dr. McKinley Price, Mayor the patient’s room. This week, we pause to remember all those of Newport News; the late Dr. James Holley, In the wake of this incident, I sent a letter who perished, honor those who survived, and former Mayor of Portsmouth; the late Dr. Hugo to VA asking for its legal authority to place a redouble our pledge to fight genocide, intoler- Owens, former Vice Mayor of Chesapeake; camera in a patient’s room without consent. ance, and persecution wherever they occur. Dr. Elizabeth Daniels, Vice Chair of Ports- VA stated that its legal opinion was that the f mouth School Board; Dr. Walter Claytor, the hidden camera did not violate the law, but that first African-American dentist to serve on the it was developing a national policy to address 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLD Virginia Board of Dentistry; and Dr. James the issue of video surveillance of patients. In DOMINION DENTAL SOCIETY Watkins, presently serving his fourth term as a response to a recent status request on this member of the Virginia Board of Dentistry and national policy from my staff, VA stated that it HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT the first African-American dentist to be presi- did not expect to have the policy finalized be- OF VIRGINIA dent of the Virginia State Dental Board. Under fore September 2013, well over a year after IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this incident occurred. their leadership, the Old Dominion Dental So- ciety has and will continue to flourish. I am deeply disturbed at VA’s callous ac- Thursday, April 11, 2013 tions and response to the privacy interests of Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise As the Old Dominion Dental Society gathers this veteran, and can’t help but wonder wheth- today to congratulate a legacy of community to celebrate this historic milestone, this organi- er similar incidents are occurring across the service in the Commonwealth of Virginia and zation can truly remember its past, celebrate country, especially since VA still lacks a na- throughout the nation. This year, the Old Do- its present, and focus on its future. As we con- tional policy in this area. The least we can do minion Dental Society is celebrating its 100th tinue to work to invest in our future, protect is ensure basic privacy rights of the men and anniversary, and I would like to take a mo- access to health care, and promote education, women who have served our country when ment to reflect on the history of this esteemed I praise the drive and vision of the members they seek the treatment they have earned. organization and its contributions to the Com- who make our community a better place to Mr. Speaker, no veteran should have to monwealth of Virginia. live. I would like to congratulate all of the worry about being secretly recorded when he In 1913, black dentists sought to organize members of the Old Dominion Dental Society or she goes to VA for medical treatment, and into a professional society and these efforts on the occasion of its 100th Anniversary, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting resulted in the Tri-State Dental Association of I wish them many more years of dedicated the Veterans’ Privacy Act. Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Colum- service to the community.

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Mr. Speaker, I ment, having served as a police lieutenant, represents a loss of $430,000 over the course proudly pause to recognize Austin Van Black. chief of police, magistrate and chief mag- of her career. Austin is a very special young man who has istrate. There are many women in my district who exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship Since the Sheriffs passing, many tributes are the sole providers for their family. They act and leadership by taking an active part in the have been offered by friends, officeholders as the mother and the father rearing their fam- Boy Scouts of America, Troop 374, and earn- and multiple newspaper editorials have been ily and struggling to put food on the table and ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. written to honor Sheriff Crum, his achieve- a roof over their heads. Austin has been very active with his troop, ments, his compassion, his humility, his self- One of our top priorities should be closing participating in many Scout activities. Over the lessness, and his fervent dedication and devo- the wage gap. By doing so, the middle class many years Austin has been involved with tion to duty. And, what honor and comfort it will be stronger and struggling Americans will Scouting, he has not only earned 121 merit must be to his widow, Rosie, his children, have the support they need. I am a proud badges, but also the respect of his family, Julie and Bub, and his entire family to know sponsor of the Equal Pay Day Resolution and peers, and community. Most notably, Austin that, as Judge Thornsbury relayed, Eugene urge my colleagues to become a cosponsor. has led his troop as Senior Patrol Leader, at- was often times able to personally enjoy one f tended the 2010 National Jamboree and 2011 of the highest compliments anyone can be World Jamboree in Sweden and earned the paid. For when many of those he had pre- PASSING OF FAMILY PATRIARCH rank of Warrior in the Tribe Mic-O-Say and be- viously arrested would see Eugene on the ENRIQUE ROS came a member of the Order of the Arrow. street, they would stop to thank him for saving Austin has also contributed to his community their lives. I ask my colleagues, here in the HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN through his Eagle Scout project. Austin com- people’s House, ‘‘What truer measure of a OF FLORIDA pleted 137 service hours for Hillcrest Transi- man is there?’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES To such a man, this Nation remains deeply tional Housing, a homeless transition and edu- Thursday, April 11, 2013 cation ministry, in Liberty, Missouri. indebted and eternally grateful. On the Na- Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in tional Memorial honoring the fallen, one of its Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, my dad commending Austin Van Black for his accom- four inscriptions reads, ‘‘In valor, there is was and will always be the wind beneath my plishments with the Boy Scouts of America hope.’’ Eugene Crum’s valor was as significant wings. His passing leaves in us a loss that is and for his efforts put forth in achieving the as that of the bravest soldier on the most tu- eternal and deep. ‘Abu Kiki’ as we lovingly highest distinction of Eagle Scout. multuous of battlefields. For Eugene, the field called him was the center, the foundation of of battle was in the hills and hollows of home, f us all, and the one person who kept us on the front porches and through the back- grounded and confident in the path our lives MINGO COUNTY SHERIFF EUGENE yards of neighbors, on the streets of Mingo had taken. If there is one comfort we feel dur- CRUM A TRUE TITAN IN THE County’s downtowns and on their corners during this time of unequaled sorrow is that we BATTLE FOR LAW AND ORDER ing the darkest hours of night. His battle en- are confident that my dad is once again re- dured without end until justice had ultimately united with his beloved and cherished soul HON. NICK J. RAHALL II prevailed. Indeed the legacy of Eugene Crum mate, Amanda Ros. OF WEST VIRGINIA will live on each time justice is served and Today I can look at my life and the lives of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tempered with mercy to give new hope to my brother Henry and my dad’s adult grand- those who have wronged their families and children with joy and fulfillment. And I can do Thursday, April 11, 2013 their communities. Eugene Crum’s hope for a that because Abu Kiki worked hard to instill in Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, each April just a more civil world, born of his life of valor, is the us ageless ideals of fairness and doing always few blocks from the Nation’s Capitol Building, badge of honor Sheriff Rosie Crum now what was right. we witness in full bloom 10,000 daffodils, wears, as do his comrades in law enforcement My dad was a prolific writer and well-known amidst well manicured lawns, signaling the ad- throughout our Nation. historian. He was working on his 20th book, a vent of the season of renewal and hope. This As it was strongly and passionately relayed biography of Antonio Maceo, when he died of peaceful setting surrounds two blue-gray at his memorial this past weekend by Mingo respiratory complications at South Miami Hos- curved marble walls that help form our Na- County Commission President John Mark pital late Wednesday night. He authored 19 tion’s lasting tribute and memorial to law en- Hubbard, shame on anyone who will not make other books on Cuban history and local poli- forcement officers who have paid the ultimate sure that the change Sheriff Crum laid his life tics that are an important source of information sacrifice in the line of duty. down for does not continue. for other historians, academics and scholars. Every 57 hours in this Country, a law en- Mr. Speaker, the obligation of the Congress All who shared my father’s life knew that he forcement officer lays down their life, so that to aid our law enforcement officers is clear. As was happiest when he was busy doing re- the rest of us can enjoy lives enriched by the American citizens, let us pray for their safe search and writing his books. His beloved li- very safety and security our officers provide. keeping, and that their resolve—this Nation’s brary was a meeting ground for our family and Last week, West Virginians lost a true titan resolve—will be strengthened by the indelible he kept a detailed log of all the articles and in the battle for law and order. Mingo County mark left by Eugene Crum to serve and pro- pictures that told the story of my family’s life Sheriff Eugene Crum had just left his friend tect the people he loved. and of his cherished books. and compatriot, Judge Michael Thornsbury, f For 65 years, Enrique and Amanda Ros, with the parting words, ‘‘I’m going to fight the EQUAL PAY DAY shared a wonderful life together and they did good fight,’’ so he could spend his lunch hour it by way of love and hard work. They raised in his vehicle, keeping an eye on a former ille- two children who have families of their own, gal pill mill. Moments later, the Sheriff would HON. YVETTE D. CLARKE founded and expanded a successful family OF NEW YORK be slain. While the cause of the heinous mur- business for over 30 years (Ros-Forwarding), IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES der remains under intense investigation its ef- and labored both as one in noble endeavors fect is well known. Thursday, April 11, 2013 to re-establish democracy to our beloved Dave Rockel, Sheriff Crum’s friend and Ms. CLARKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express Cuba. They were in love and it showed teammate as the Commander of Mingo Coun- my support of the Equal Pay Day, April 9, through their actions. ty’s Drug Task Force said the murder has 2013, which recognized the critical disparity In the name of all of us in the Ros and ‘‘awakened a sleeping giant.’’ Commander between the working wages between men and Lehtinen families we would like to ask his Rockel pointed out ‘‘Operation Zero Toler- women. friends and everyone else to not be despond- ance’’ has taken on a new significance to con- Women have come so far in our society and ent but rather to come together and celebrate tinue the Sheriffs legacy of waging a success- make up 50 percent of the workforce by con- his long and fulfilled life. That is what my dad

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Without a congressional nominations On March 7, CNN featured a piece by the process, the applicant pool of candidates to chairman of the Darfur Union in the United HONORING JORDAN PAUL NAZARIO the USCGA is predictably less geographically Kingdom, himself a Darfuri. Tellingly, he wrote, diverse than at the other military service acad- ‘‘. . . Khartoum’s attempt to establish a ra- HON. SAM GRAVES emies. The inevitable result of a less geo- cially pure Islamic state involves waging war OF MISSOURI graphically diverse applicant pool is a less against its own unarmed civilians, systemati- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES geographically diverse class. The statistics cally and with impunity. In Darfur this has lasted a decade. The U.N. estimates that Thursday, April 11, 2013 bear this out; in fact, the incoming Class of 2016 does not have a single cadet from: Ar- 300,000 Darfuris have died since 2003, but it Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I kansas, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Kan- hasn’t bothered to estimate casualty numbers proudly pause to recognize Jordan Paul sas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ne- since 2008. With fighting continuing to this Nazario. Jordan is a very special young man braska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, day, the number is likely to be far higher. The who has exemplified the finest qualities of citi- Wyoming, American Samoa, Northern Mariana world assumes ‘Darfur is over.’ It isn’t.’’ Not only is Darfur’s nightmare ongoing, but zenship and leadership by taking an active Islands, or Guam. part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 374, Under the ‘‘Coast Guard Academy Oppor- Khartoum’s brutality has only spread, consistent with its decades’ long effort to system- and earning the most prestigious award of tunity Act,’’ starting in academic year 2014, atically and ruthlessly consolidate power re- Eagle Scout. each Member of Congress could nominate up sulting in the death and displacement of untold Jordan has been very active with his troop, to three qualified candidates to the U.S. Coast thousands. More recently the Nuban people participating in many Scout activities. Over the Guard Academy. In turn, the Coast Guard have been driven from their homes, targeted many years Jordan has been involved with would be required to fill a quarter of slots for for killing and terrorized because of the color Scouting, he has not only earned numerous the incoming class from this pool of congres- of their skin. Khartoum has indiscriminately merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- sional nominations comprised of qualified, bombed civilian populations—disrupting an en- ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Jor- geographically diverse applicants. Then, in tire way of life for this largely farming popu- dan has led his troop in various positions in- each subsequent academic year, half of the lation. Starvation, death and despair have fol- cluding Patrol Leader and Quartermaster. Jor- slots in each incoming class would have to be dan has also contributed to his community lowed. I have visited the refugee camps and filled through the congressional nominations talked with the people personally. I have heard through his Eagle Scout project. Jordan built a process. shed for his church’s garden ministry, allowing their pleas for help and I have conveyed their This legislation would not require the Coast message to this administration—a message the church to safely store hoses, wheel- Guard to lower its student selection criteria or barrows and other necessary garden equip- which fell on largely deaf ears. increase the size of the student population. To On March 19, USA Today featured a joint ment. the contrary, it anticipates that the Coast Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in op-ed by actor and co-founder of the anti- Guard will continue to use its criteria to select genocide organization Not On Our Watch, Don commending Jordan Paul Nazario for his ac- the best candidates from the pool of Member- complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- Cheadle, and John Prendergast the co-found- nominated candidates for half of the slots in er of the Enough Project, in the op-ed wrote, ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the the incoming class, just as it will do to fill the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. ‘‘By excluding all but a narrow clique of Suda- slots in the other half of the incoming class. nese from access to the power and wealth of f The ‘‘Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act’’ the country, marginalized groups from the RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE COAST simply seeks to make Congress a partner in west (Darfur), south (Blue Nile and the Nuba GUARD ACADEMY OPPORTUNITY helping to put talented young people—from Mountains) and east have all taken up arms ACT every corner of the country—on the path to a against that regime. . . . Any peace effort rewarding career in the U.S. Coast Guard. should deal comprehensively with all the rebel HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON I urge support of this commonsense, bipar- movements, the unarmed opposition, and civil tisan legislation. society, in search of a solution for the whole OF MISSISSIPPI f of Sudan. Until the abusive governing system IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in Sudan is radically reformed, there will be A FAILED POLICY ON SUDAN Thursday, April 11, 2013 blood.’’ Indeed, much blood has been shed, and yet Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- HON. FRANK R. WOLF inexplicably this administration has embraced er, I am proud to re-introduce the ‘‘Coast OF VIRGINIA a policy of engagement marked by conciliatory Guard Academy Opportunity Act,’’ legislation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES outreach to Khartoum, including the prospect to create new opportunities for careers in the Thursday, April 11, 2013 of debt relief for a genocidal government, and U.S. Coast Guard with a geographically and a perverse sense of moral equivalence in politically diverse group of colleagues. They Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, as of Friday, dealing with South Sudan and Sudan. are: Representative ELIJAH CUMMINGS of Mary- March 15, the position of Sudan special envoy While there has been criticism of two suc- land, Representative JOHN DUNCAN of Ten- at the State Department has been vacant. cessive special envoys, ultimately they were nessee, Delegate MADELEINE BORDALLO of This vacancy is symptomatic of a president merely the implementers of a policy that is in- Guam, Representative CORRINE BROWN of that has all but forsaken the people of Sudan. herently flawed and ultimately ineffective. In Florida, Representative YVETTE CLARKE of Last December a group of prominent Sudan fact, I am grateful for the dedication and ef- New York, Delegate PEDRO PIERLUISI of Puer- activists and advocates wrote a letter to the forts of both Ambassadors Scott Gration and to Rico, Representative MICHAEL MICHAUD of administration, which I submit for the RECORD, Princeton Lyman both of whom have poured Maine, Representative BETTY MCCOLLUM of expressing their ‘‘grave concerns that the cur- much time and energy into a daunting task. Minnesota, Representative JANICE HAHN of rent U.S. policy is ineffective at stopping mass We owe them a debt of gratitude. California, Delegate GREGORIO SABLAN of the atrocities in Sudan.’’ They urged President In a February 12 letter to Secretary of State Northern Mariana Islands, Representative Obama, in his second term, to embrace ‘‘an Kerry I wrote, ‘‘Our approach to Sudan and JACK KINGSTON of Georgia, and Representa- urgent shift in the U.S. policy to finally end the South Sudan needs reinvigorating. It demands tive KEITH ELLISON of Minnesota. humanitarian crises and bring about a just and a renewed sense of moral clarity about who Currently, Members of Congress are al- lasting peace in Sudan.’’ we are dealing with in Khartoum—namely lowed to nominate a limited number of can- The letter cited the president’s own words genocidaires. It necessitates someone who didates to the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. from 2007 when he rightly called the genocide can speak candidly with our friends in South Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Darfur a ‘‘stain on our souls’’ and said that Sudan about their own internal challenges, in- and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. How- ‘‘as a president of the United States I don’t including corruption, and shortcomings as a new ever, the smallest of the five federal service tend to abandon people or turn a blind eye to nation. While an envoy alone does not a pol- academies—the U.S. Coast Guard Academy slaughter.’’ icy make, a high-profile special envoy, from

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The amendment I proposed would isolate President of the United States, Now there are whispers that the administra- Bashir and make him an international pariah Washington, DC. tion is considering former U.S. ambassador to as is befitting a man with blood on his hands. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, We, the undersigned Sudan, Tim Carney. Many in the Sudan advo- It is noteworthy that the amendment garnered human rights organizations, have grave concerns that the current U.S. policy is ineffec- cacy community are deeply dismayed at this the support of 70 prominent Holocaust and genocide scholars. Dr. Rafael Medoff, director tive at stopping mass atrocities in Sudan. prospect and took the unusual step of asking We write in the hope that the transition to Secretary Kerry not to move forward with this of the Wyman Institute, which initiated a letter your second term in office will bring an ur- nomination. of support to the administration from these gent shift in the U.S. policy to finally end In a March 19 letter, Act for Sudan wrote, ‘‘It scholars, said: ‘‘Halting aid to those who host the humanitarian crises and bring about a has come to our attention that former U.S. Bashir would be the first concrete step the just and lasting peace in Sudan. Ambassador to Sudan, Timothy Carney, is U.S. has taken to isolate the Butcher of Darfur As you know, genocide continues in Sudan. being considered for the position of Special and pave the way for his arrest. If the Obama The National Congress Party (NCP) regime in Sudan, led by a president indicted by the Envoy. . . . While Ambassador Carney has administration is serious about punishing perpetrators of genocide, it should support the International Criminal Court for genocide, experience in Sudan, we are concerned that crimes against humanity and war crimes, is his publicly stated advice and guidance with Wolf Amendment.’’ causing the death, starvation, displacement, regard to U.S. policy on Sudan will prolong the Sadly that support never materialized. and destruction of livelihood of Sudanese ci- suffering of the Sudanese people and will un- Candidate Obama purported to be deeply vilians in Darfur, Nuba Mountains/South dermine U.S. objectives to support a just concerned by the crisis in Sudan and com- Kordofan and the Blue Nile state. peace and stable democracies in Sudan and mitted to bold actions. When speaking about Sudan in 2007 you Have we seen a fraction of that concern or South Sudan, which ultimately are in the best called the genocide in Darfur a ‘‘stain on our anything close to bold action since he became souls’’ and said that ‘‘as a president of the interest of the U.S. and the international com- president? United States I don’t intend to abandon peo- munity.’’ Candidate Obama was sharp in his criticism ple or turn a blind eye to slaughter.’’ Vice The letter references a February 2009 Sen- of President Bush’s handling of Sudan. President Biden, the same year, called for ate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that Have we seen President Obama take even military force in Darfur. Yet five years later, Kerry chaired where Carney proposed offering fleeting interest, beyond the occasional talking the same genocidal regime, whose grave a series of carrots to Khartoum, including de- human rights abuses have been left un- point, in the deteriorating situation in Sudan checked by the international community, is ferring the International Criminal Court (ICC) marked in part by a growing humanitarian cri- arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar emboldened to continue to perpetrate atroc- sis in the Nuba Mountains? ities, not only in Darfur but now in Sudan’s Bashir, sending an ambassador to Khartoum In a piece in the August 4, 2011 Christian border regions. and removing Sudan from the State Depart- Science Monitor, noted Sudan researcher and In your first term, your administration ment’s list of state sponsors of terrorism. activist Eric Reeves, wrote, ‘‘If the world re- pursued a policy of engagement, marked by If the past is any indication, this would be fuses to see what is occurring in South conciliatory diplomacy. Under the oversight precisely the wrong direction for U.S. policy. Kordofan, and refuses to respond to evidence of two Special Envoys, this policy has failed Khartoum has met this administration’s over- that the destruction of the Nuba people, as to stop the government of Sudan from com- tures with continued atrocities and intran- such, is a primary goal of present military and mitting ongoing mass atrocities. sigence. Khartoum has rightly concluded that We now ask that you revamp your Sudan security actions by Sudan, then this moment policy to address the root cause of Sudan’s they incur no more blame than the leadership will represent definitive failure of the ‘responsi- multiple conflicts, the repressive and geno- in Juba for what has occurred since the inde- bility to protect.’ ’’ cidal Sudan regime. pendence vote of January 2011. Meanwhile in an April 23, 2012 speech at Specifically, we ask that your administra- Meanwhile, this administration sought to the U.S. Holocaust Museum President Obama tion: block efforts in Congress, which I initiated, to lauded his commitment in the realm of geno- (1) Deliver humanitarian aid to the starv- isolate Bashir. Last year I offered an amend- cide and mass-atrocities prevention, saying, ing Sudanese civilians in the Nuba Moun- ment to the State and Foreign Operations ap- without a hint of irony, ‘‘We’re making sure tains/South Kordofan and Blue Nile State, propriations bill which would have cut non-hu- with or without agreement from the govern- that the United States government has the ment of Sudan or the U.N. Security Council, manitarian foreign assistance to any nation structures, the mechanisms to better prevent with multilateral partners or unilaterally, that allowed him into their country without ar- and respond to mass atrocities. So I created and with the urgency required to save starv- resting him. The amendment was adopted the first-ever White House position dedicated ing people. with bipartisan support by voice vote despite to this task. It’s why I created a new Atrocities (2) Instruct the National Security Council the department’s opposition. Prevention Board, to bring together senior offi- to accelerate decisions and related actions This approach of using our increasingly cials from across our government to focus on regarding protection of Nuba, Blue Nile, and Darfuri populations from air attacks and to scarce aid dollars to effectuate change and this critical mission. This is not an after- further our foreign policy objectives is a tried seriously consider the destruction of Sudan’s thought.’’ offensive aerial assets and/or the imposition and true method. When Malawi allowed Bashir He continued, ‘‘. . . we need to be doing of a no-fly zone pursuant to the responsi- to enter the country to attend a regional trade everything we can to prevent and respond to bility to protect doctrine. summit I pressed the Millennium Challenge these kinds of atrocities—because national (3) Support an end to the NCP regime’s Corporation (MCC) to end Malawi’s compact. sovereignty is never a license to slaughter control of the government of Sudan and sup- The MCC was initially opposed to this course your people.’’ port the movement within Sudan for demo- of action but ultimately, in the face of a dete- I couldn’t agree more. And yet, I think most cratic transformation. riorating human rights situation internally, rein the Sudan watchers would hardly be able to (4) Oppose debt relief and cash transfers to versed course and suspended Malawi’s com- the government of Sudan, thereby increasing claim that this administration has done every- pressure on that government and strength- pact, citing Bashir’s visit as one of the rea- thing it can to prevent and respond to ening the effects of U.S. sanctions. sons. Khartoum’s assault on its own people. (5) Demonstrate strong leadership to end Fortunately Malawi’s new president, Joyce With tensions between Sudan and South the government-sponsored violence in Banda, hoping to reinvigorate her country’s re- Sudan on the rise and nearing a tipping point, Sudan, protect civilians in Sudan and South lationship with donor countries, last year took thousands starving in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan, ensure unhindered humanitarian ac- a firm stand in refusing to allow Bashir to visit refugees fleeing aerial bombardment and cess for those in need, and bring the per- her country for the African Union (AU) summit. pouring over the border into South Sudan, vio- petrators of genocide and mass atrocities to justice at the International Criminal Court. President Banda went so far as to decline to lence persisting in Darfur and an internation- The government of Sudan’s blatant and host the summit lest her country and her gov- ally indicted war criminal at the helm in Khar- longstanding abuse of its citizens and dis- ernment be placed in the position of being toum who travels the globe with virtual impu- regard for the international community forced to host a war criminal. Given her prin- nity, it is time for a fresh policy and a renewed clearly defines the nature of that govern- cipled stand I made clear to the MCC Board commitment to peace and justice in Sudan. ment. Sudan’s repeated failure to abide by

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Actor, CT, USA; Fur Cultural Revival, Flemington, NJ, USA; San Francisco Sincerely, El-Fadel Arbab, Executive Director and Bay Area Darfur Coalition, Mohamed Act for Sudan, Martina Knee, Co-Found- Lecturer, Portland, ME, USA; Genocide Suleiman, President, San Francisco, er USA; African Soul, American Heart, No More, Mary Steinberg, Coordinator, CA, USA; Save Darfur Washington Debra Dawson, President, Fargo, ND, Redding, CA, USA. State, Ned Laskowski, President, Se- USA; Americans Against the Darfur Genocide Watch, George Mason Univer- attle, WA, USA; Shine a Ray of Hope, Genocide, Nikki Serapio, Director, sity, Dr. Gregory Stanton, President, Carmen Paolercio, Coordinator, New Washington, DC, USA; Amnesty Group Arlington, VA, USA; GeNoticed, Eliza- Rochelle, NY, USA; Robert Skloot, 133, Robert Saulnier, Somerville, MA, beth Blackney, Co-Founder, Author Professor Emeritus, University of Wis- USA; Dr. Kjell Anderson, Senior Re- and Anti-genocide advocate, Virginia consin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. searcher/Project Leader, The Hague In- Beach, VA, USA; Georgia Coalition to Society for Threatened People, Sharon stitute for Global Justice, Member, Ad- Prevent Genocide, Melanie Nelkin, Silber, US Representative, New York, visory Board International Association Chair, Atlanta, GA, USA; Harry Potter NY, USA; Stop Genocide Now, Gabriel of Genocide Scholars, The Hague, The Alliance, Andrew Slack, Executive Di- Stauring, Director and Founder, Re- Netherlands; Armenian Assembly of rector, Somerville, MA, USA; Help dondo Beach, CA, USA; Sudan Advo- America, Bryan Ardouny, Executive Nuba, Rabbi David Kaufman, Founder, cacy Action Forum, Dr. Eleanor Director, Washington, DC, USA; Beja Des Moines, IA, USA; Dr. Rick Wright, Moderator, Birmingham, AL, Organization for Human Rights and Halperin, Director, Embrey Human USA; Sudan Human Rights Network, Development, Ibrahim T. Ahmed, Co- Rights Program, Southern Methodist Ismail Kardoly, Vice President, Wash- founder and Executive Director, Fair- University, Dallas, TX, USA; Herbert ington, DC, USA; Sudan Liberation fax, VA, USA; Blue Nile Association of Hirsch, Professor of Political Science Movement, Shafi Aldin Mosa, Office North America, Abdalla Babikir, Wash- and Co-Editor, Genocide Studies and Coordinator, Atlanta, GA, USA; Sudan ington, DC, USA; Brooklyn Coalition Prevention, Virginia Commonwealth Rowan Inc., Ngor Kur Mayol, Founder, for Darfur & Marginalized Sudan, University, Richmond, VA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Sudan Unlimited, Laura Limuli, Coordinator, Brooklyn, Human Rights & Advocacy Network for Esther Sprague, Director, San Fran- NY, USA; ‘‘Change the world. It just Democracy (HAND), Abdalmageed cisco, CA, USA; Sudanese Marginalized takes cents’’ TM, Sara Caine Kornfeld, Haroun, Chairperson, Brooklyn, NY, Forum-USA, Gogadi Amoga, Chair, Ba- Founder/Educator, Denver, CO, USA; USA; Humanity is Us, Kimberly Hol- tavia, OH, USA; The Advocates for Christian Solidarity International— lingsworth, Founder, New York, NY, Human Rights, Robin Phillips, Execu- USA, Rev. Heidi McGinness, Director USA; Idaho Darfur Coalition, A. J. Fay, tive Director, Minneapolis, MN, USA; of Outreach, Denver, CO, USA. Co-Founder, Boise, ID, USA; Inter- The Institute on Religion and Democ- Church Alliance for a New Sudan, The national Justice Project, Raymond racy, Mark Tooley, President, Wash- Institute on Religion and Democracy, Brown, President, Newark, NJ, USA; ington, DC, USA. Faith J. H. McDonnell, Director, Wash- Investors Against Genocide, Eric Dr. Samuel Totten, Professor Emeritus, ington, DC, USA; Colorado Coalition Cohen, Chairperson, Boston, MA, USA. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, for Genocide Awareness and Action, Iowa Center for Genocide Prevention, Author of Genocide by Attrition: Nuba Roz Duman, Founder/Director Denver, Kristen Anderson, Founder & 2011 Carl Mountains, Sudan (Transaction, 2012), CO, USA; Connecticut Coalition to Wilkens Fellow, Des Moines, IA, USA; Fayetteville, AR, USA; Triangles of Save Darfur, Timothy Oslovich, Chair- Jewish World Watch, Vaughan Meyer, person, Vernon, CT, USA; Damanga Co- Advocacy Committee Chair, Los Ange- Truth, Simon Goldberg, Executive Di- alition for Freedom and Democracy, les, CA, USA; Jews Against Genocide, rector, Boca Raton, FL, USA; Unite Mohamed Yahya, Executive Director, Eileen Weiss, Co-founder, New York, For Darfur, Bahar Arabie, CEO, Author Falls Church, VA, USA; Darfur Action NY, USA; Joining Our Voices, Jack of Darfur, Road to Genocide, Rockville, Group of SC, Richard Sribnick, Chair- Slater Armstrong, Founder/Director, MD, USA; United Sudanese and South man, Columbia, SC, USA; Darfur and Baton Rouge, LA, USA; George Kent, Sudanese Community Association Beyond, Cory Williams, Co-Founder, Professor of Political Science, Emer- (USASSCA), Henry Lejukole, Chair- Phoenix, AZ, USA; Darfur Association, itus, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, man, Des Moines, IA, USA; Use Your Adam Omer, President, Lincoln, NE, HI, USA; Keokuk for Global Awareness Voice to Stop Genocide RI, Sandra USA; Darfur Association of the USA, and Aid, Blake McGhghy, Co-Founder, Hammel, Director, Portsmouth, RI, Dr. Mahmoud Braima, President, Keokuk, IA, USA; Mr. David Kilgour, USA; Village Help for South Sudan, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Darfur Asso- J.D., Former Canadian Secretary of Franco Majok, Executive Director, ciation, Ahmed Adam Ali, Denver, CO, State for Africa, Ottawa, Canada; Mas- Lynn, MA, USA; Voices for Sudan, USA; Darfur Community Organization, sachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur, Jimmy Mulla, Founder and President, Bakheit A. Shata, Founder/Executive William Rosenfeld, Director, Boston, Washington, DC, USA; Roger P. Win- Director, Omaha, NE, USA; Darfur MA, USA; Winter Miller, Writer, ter, Former U.S. Special Representa- Human Rights Organization of the Greenfield, MA, USA; Paul Mojzes, tive on Sudan, Woodbine, MD, USA. USA, Abdelgabar Adam, Founder and Ph.D., D.D, Professor of Religious f President, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Studies and Genocide, Scholar, Rose- Darfur Interfaith Network, Richard mont College, Rosemont, PA, USA; RECOGNIZING WASHINGTON’S Young, Co-Chair, Washington, DC, Never Again Coalition, Diane Koosed, MOST WANTED PROGRAM USA. Co-Chair, Portland, OR, USA; New Darfur Leaders Network (DLN), Motasim York Coalition for Darfur and All HON. DAVID G. REICHERT Adam, Director, Washington, DC, USA; Sudan, Neiki Ullah, Communications OF WASHINGTON Darfur People’s Association of New Director, New York, NY, USA; New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES York, Ahmat Nour, President, Brook- York Darfur Vigil Group, Helga Moor, lyn, NY, USA; Darfur Solidarity USA, Coordinator, New York, NY, USA. Thursday, April 11, 2013 Mohammed Ahmed Eisa, Executive Di- Nuba Mountain Peace Coalition, Tito Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to rector, Cambridge, MA, USA; Darfur Elgassai, Founder, Dallas, TX, USA; Women Action Group, Niemat Ahmadi, Nuba Mountains Advocacy Group, recognize the program Washington’s Most President, Washington, DC, USA; USA, Abdelgadir Kurba, Secretary Wanted. This television program began in Darfurian Association of Greater Hous- General, New York, NY, USA; Nuba Washington State in partnership with Crime ton, Sallah Yahya, Executive Director, Mountains International Association Stoppers of Puget Sound and Tacoma-Pierce Houston, TX, USA; Dear Sudan, Love USA, Magid Kabashi, Secretary for In- County Crime Stoppers in November of 2008 Marin, Gerri Miller, Founder and Coor- formation, Ashburn, VA, USA; Nuba and expanded to Spokane, Yakima, and the dinator, Tiburon, CA, USA; Tanya L. Vision Coalition, Inc, Yassir A. Kori, Tri-Cities as well as Portland, OR in February Domi, Adjunct Professor of Inter- Founder & Executive Director, Okla- of 2009. The weekly half hour telecast was national and Public Affairs, Columbia homa City, OK, USA; Nubia Project, University, New York, NY, USA; Dr. Nuraddin Abdelmannan, President, Sil- created by Seattle’s Q13 FOX General Man- Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, Independent ver Spring, MD, USA; NYC Genocide ager Pam Pearson and hosted by anchor Scholar, Author of Biafra Revisited Prevention Coalition, Staci M. David Rose and has evolved into a state-wide (Dakar and Reading: African Renais- Alziebler-Perkins, Convener, NY, NY, effort to encompass much of the Pacific North- sance, 2006) and Readings from Read- USA; Operation Broken Silence, Mark west region.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:53 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.014 E11APPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E428 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 11, 2013 This month, the program saw its 400th cap- Ben has been very active with his troop, fare and the war on terror and the direction of ture. This means that 400 individuals were ar- participating in many Scout activities. Over the our country, and I call it to the attention of my rested for such crimes as murder, rape, theft, many years Ben has been involved with colleagues and other readers of the RECORD. assault and other travesties. I applaud Wash- Scouting, he has not only earned numerous f ington’s Most Wanted for its successful efforts merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- towards creating safer communities and giving ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Ben AMERICA NEEDS REAL JOBS, a voice to the victims of violent crime. has contributed to his community through his REAL SOLUTIONS, AND REAL RE- SULTS f Eagle Scout project. Ben erected a 25-foot flagpole on the grounds of the First Pres- INTRODUCTION OF THE byterian Church of Liberty, Missouri, to honor HON. KENNY MARCHANT HOLOCAUST RAIL JUSTICE BILL the veterans of the United States military. OF TEXAS Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY commending Ben C. Mays for his accomplish- Thursday, April 11, 2013 OF NEW YORK ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his efforts put forth in achieving the highest Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, last week, Thursday, April 11, 2013 distinction of Eagle Scout. we were reminded of the devastating eco- f nomic consequences that tax hikes and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Obamacare are having on our economy. Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing the bipar- HONORING HARRISON AKINS Only 88,000 jobs were added last month, tisan Holocaust Rail Justice Act along with my according to the Department of Labor, and colleagues Representatives ILEANA ROS- HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. nearly half a million people left the job market. LEHTINEN, C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, ELI- OF TENNESSEE The percentage of Americans in the labor JAH E. CUMMINGS, CHARLES B. RANGEL, JOHN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES force is now at its lowest level since the Carter SARBANES, RUSH HOLT, BILL PASCRELL, JR., Thursday, April 11, 2013 era. ALLYSON SCHWARTZ, GERRY CONNOLLY, TED For every job gained last month, more than DEUTCH, CORRINE BROWN, ROBERT BRADY, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, with the emerging debate on drones and their five people stopped looking for work alto- JERROLD NADLER, JIM MORAN, DAVID CICILLINE, gether. ALCEE HASTINGS, RAU´ L M. GRIJALVA, PETER use, I recently had lunch here in Washington, DC with Harrison Akins, a former constituent And now the President submits a budget KING, LOIS FRANKEL and RANDY WEBER. proposal that completely ignores this eco- During World War II, trains operated by So- of mine, to discuss the subject. He is a fine nomic reality. This proposal hikes taxes and ciete Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais young man who grew up in Blount County in does nothing to balance our budget. (SNCF) transported more than 75,000 Jews, East Tennessee, and I have known him for This is unacceptable. America needs real United States pilots shot down over France, many years. jobs, real solutions, and real results. and other ‘‘undesirables,’’ from France toward He is now a research fellow at American Nazi death camps. SNCF willingly collaborated University working as the chief researcher on f with the Nazi government, operating the trains a book project with Ambassador Akbar OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL as a commercial venture and were paid per Ahmed, the Chair of Islamic Studies at Amer- DEBT head, per kilometer to deliver thousands to ican University, the first Distinguished Chair of their deaths. Middle East Studies at the U.S. Naval Acad- SNCF has not been held accountable for its emy, and the former Political Agent in charge HON. MIKE COFFMAN actions by never paying reparations to its vic- of Waziristan in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. OF COLORADO tims in the almost 70 years since the end of Ambassador Ahmed’s new book is called The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES World War II. The Holocaust Rail Justice Act Thistle and the Drone. Thursday, April 11, 2013 This book examines the tribal societies tar- allows the hundreds of known survivors, vet- Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January erans and their family members living in the geted by America’s drone campaigns in Paki- stan, Yemen, and Somalia, as well as other 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- United States today to hold SNCF account- fice, the national debt was able. Holocaust survivors would be granted tribal societies involved in the war on terror. As I wrote in my August 2012 newsletter, $10,626,877,048,913.08. their deserved day in court, including many Today, it is $16,798,984,234,792.33. We’ve who have sought legal action for the past 10 Georgie Anne Geyer is one of this Nation’s most senior and most highly-respected foreign added $6,172,107,185,879.25 to our debt in 4 years. years. This is $6 trillion in debt our nation, our SNCF has thus far succeeded in evading ju- policy columnists. She wrote recently that we economy, and our children could have avoided risdiction in the United States courts by hiding ‘‘are embarked upon missions mired in the fog with a balanced budget amendment. behind foreign sovereign immunity. This legis- of human nature, with robotic weapons that lation would simply preclude, in this one lim- may relieve the threat to our human soldiers f ited instance, the defense of foreign sovereign but that will cause many times more hatred to- IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL immunity from being raised. As the facts make ward America.’’ YOUTH HIV AND AIDS AWARE- She wrote about inaccurate drones ‘‘killing clear, this is not the type of situation foreign NESS DAY sovereign immunity was intended to cover. totally innocent people’’ in several countries I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this leg- and quoted a Washington Post article that islation that would finally hold SNCF account- said ‘‘an escalating campaign of U.S. drone HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD able for its wartime actions and provide sur- strikes is stirring increasing sympathy for al- OF NORTH CAROLINA vivors with what is likely their last opportunity Quaeda-linked militants and driving tribesmen IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for justice in their lifetimes. to join a network linked to terrorist plots Thursday, April 11, 2013 f against the United States.’’ Of course, a large amount of money is being made off the sale Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise in HONORING BEN C. MAYS of those drones to the government. recognition of National Youth HIV and AIDS Mr. Speaker, we should heed the words of Awareness Day which occurred yesterday. HON. SAM GRAVES Benjamin Franklin: ‘‘Those who would give up This day is symbolic of communities, government leaders, schools and most importantly OF MISSOURI essential liberty to purchase a little temporary today’s young people leading the effort to end IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.’’ Harrison Akins is an extremely intelligent, the HIV and AIDS pandemic that is still rapidly Thursday, April 11, 2013 capable young man who I believe will be a spreading among our nation’s teens and Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I great leader for this Nation in the years ahead. young adults more than 30 years after it was proudly pause to recognize Ben C. Mays. Ben His outstanding research on this book is a first discovered. is a very special young man who has exempli- significant contribution in an area that de- According to the Center for Disease Control fied the finest qualities of citizenship and lead- serves very serious and thoughtful consider- and Prevention, HIV and AIDS education and ership by taking an active part in the Boy ation. prevention information has made great strides Scouts of America, Troop 374, and earning The Thistle and the Drone gives us all in slowing infection and mortality rates, how- the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. pause to think about the future of drone war- ever young people between the ages of 13

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:53 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.015 E11APPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E429 and 24 account for 26 percent of new HIV in- Scouts of America, Troop 374, and earning physician. Currently, gainsharing arrange- fections each year, with nearly 60 percent un- the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. ments are prohibited under several anti-fraud aware that they are infected. Nils has been very active with his troop, laws. First, the federal Civil Monetary Penalty The Advocates for Youth organization in participating in many scout activities. Over the statute prevents hospitals and physicians from conjunction with 11 other founding partners many years Nils has been involved with scout- engaging in ‘‘gainsharing’’ arrangements. Sec- are supporting young people in the fight ing, he has not only earned numerous merit ond, the Office of the Inspector General for against HIV and AIDS. This national day badges, but also the respect of his family, the Department of Health and Human Serv- marks an important step toward recognizing peers, and community. Most notably, Nils has ices (‘‘OIG’’) has indicated that gainsharing ar- the key role that future generations play in be- contributed to his community through his rangements may implicate the federal Anti- coming leaders in disease prevention and Eagle Scout project. Nils built two picnic tables Kickback law. Finally, gainsharing arrange- education. and two benches at the Northland Therapeutic ments may be prohibited by the Physician Three years ago, the White House unveiled Riding Center in Holt, Missouri, which provides Self-Referral law. Because of the potential the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, our country’s equine-based therapy for people with special legal implications, hospitals and physicians first-ever comprehensive plan with measurable needs. have been reluctant to participate in goals to be achieved by 2015. This plan calls Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in gainsharing arrangements for fear of prosecu- for a renewed commitment and increased pub- commending Nils Haugen for his accomplish- tion under all of these laws or even under the lic attention to meet three goals: reduce the ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for False Claims Act. number of people who become infected with his efforts put forth in achieving the highest Notwithstanding existing law, the govern- HIV; increase access to care and improve distinction of Eagle Scout. ment has acknowledged that there is potential health outcomes for people living with HIV; f benefit associated with gainsharing arrange- and reduce HIV-related health disparities. In ments. In its 1999 guidance, the OIG said: outlining these goals, President Obama chal- IMPROVED HEALTH CARE AT LOWER COST ACT OF 2013 [t]he OIG recognizes that hospitals have a lenged everyone to partner in supporting the legitimate interest in enlisting physicians in implementation of the innovative strategy ‘‘that their efforts to eliminate unnecessary costs. provides a clear direction for moving forward HON. JIM McDERMOTT Savings that do not affect the quality of pa- together.’’ OF WASHINGTON tient care may be generated in many ways[.] North Carolina ranks in the top ten states IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Achieving these savings may require substantial effort on the part of the partici- for rates of new HIV infection. This alarming Thursday, April 11, 2013 statistic is one of the reasons why medical pating physicians. Obviously, a reduction in professionals such as Dr. Michelle Collins- Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, it is widely health care costs that does not adversely af- accepted, on both sides of the aisle in both fect the quality of the health care provided Ogle, of Northern Outreach Clinic in Hender- to patients is in the best interest of the na- son, North Carolina are so passionate about the House and Senate, that health care costs are the single major driver of our deficit and tion’s health care system [emphasis sup- offering illness education, prevention, testing, plied]. and medical intervention. Even with few re- that we need better quality health care at Then, in 2005, MedPAC issued a rec- sources, Dr. Ogle, the clinic’s director, fights lower costs—for our citizens and for our econ- ommendation in its Report to Congress that not just the disease but the perceived stigma omy. When it comes to implementing carefully hospitals and physicians be permitted to en- of the disease as well. crafted gainsharing programs, existing law is gage in gainsharing arrangements. In this re- As a former civil rights attorney I applaud in the way. To meet the three goals of (1) deport, MedPAC stated that: the efforts of organizations who are advo- creasing costs, (2) improving quality, and (3) cating for the rights of people living with HIV not compromising access to health care serv- [t]he Commission believes that and AIDS. Organizations such as the North ices, the ‘‘Improved Health Care at Lower gainsharing arrangements have the potential Cost Act of 2013’’ (the ‘‘Act’’) will require the to improve patient care and reduce hospital Carolina AIDS Action Network, who mobilized costs as long as safeguards are in place to support to persuade the AIDS Drug Assist- OIG and CMS to issue regulations that define standards for gainsharing and similar arrange- minimize the undesirable incentives. . . Due ance Program to reopen new enrollments for to the potential for gainsharing arrange- low-income people needing access to life-sav- ments that will be protected under the anti- ments to encourage physician and hospital ing HIV medication. I want to also recognize fraud laws. The requirements that federal reg- cooperation to lower costs and improve care, Duke University’s AIDS Legal Project, a pro ulators set should include a primary emphasis the Congress should provide the Secretary bono program that trains law school students on quality. OIG has vast experience in approv- with the authority to allow and regulate to serve the unmet need of providing legal ing shared savings programs where the these arrangements. The Secretary should shared savings payment to physicians by the develop rules that allow gainsharing ar- counsel to highly stigmatized, low-income HIV- rangements as long as safeguards exist to en- infected clients. hospital was conditioned upon meeting certain quality metrics. The idea that shared savings sure that cost-saving measures do not reduce Combating HIV and AIDS, as with any other quality or inappropriately influence physi- illness plaguing this country, requires a part- payments should take quality into account cian referrals [emphasis supplied]. seems obvious to me; no one should be per- nership for success. That partnership must in- Finally, in 2008, the Centers for Medicare clude action on behalf of our governing bod- mitted to share in savings that the hospital ac- crues without demonstrating that quality either and Medicaid Services (‘‘CMS’’) issued a pro- ies, healthcare providers, and individual citi- posed rule that would have created an excep- zens to keep these issues at the forefront of improved, or at a minimum, was not adversely impacted by such arrangements. I am assum- tion under the Physician Self-Referral law to the minds of all Americans. protect certain ‘‘shared savings and incentive Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me ing that regulators will draw upon their vast payment programs.’’ In the preamble to the in recognizing April 10th as National Youth experience with these programs and put in proposed rule, CMS stated the following: HIV & Awareness Day as we salute the efforts place sufficient protections to guard against of young people nationwide who are tirelessly fraud, waste, and abuse. Such protections [s]hared savings programs have been recog- and effectively working toward achieving the may include requirements around quality; nized by stakeholders as an effective means of controlling costs, improving efficiency, goal of an AIDS-free generation. comparisons against historical data; a ceiling on savings that will inure to any given physi- and promoting quality in the delivery of f health care services. Government stake- cian; and a requirement that arrangements be holders have recognized similar potential HONORING NILS HAUGEN reduced to writing to ensure that it easier to benefits when shared savings programs are identify arrangements that do not comply with properly structured to ensure compliance HON. SAM GRAVES the requirements that CMS and OIG set with Federal health care program require- OF MISSOURI through rulemaking. ments. Empirical evidence suggests that the goal of patient care quality maintenance or IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Act will allow hospitals and physicians to better align incentives in order to decrease improvement can be achieved through a Thursday, April 11, 2013 health care costs through allowing certain properly-designed shared savings program. Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I ‘‘gainsharing’’ arrangements. The term The rule was never finalized. However, proudly pause to recognize Nils Haugen. Nils ‘‘gainsharing’’ refers to arrangements where based upon the assertions of OIG, MedPAC, is a very special young man who has exempli- hospitals share with physicians any reduction and CMS, the evidence seems clear and con- fied the finest qualities of citizenship and lead- in the hospital’s costs for patient care that the vincing: properly structured gainsharing pro- ership by taking an active part in the Boy hospital gets as a result of the efforts of the grams show substantial potential in reducing

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:53 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.020 E11APPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E430 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 11, 2013 costs by aligning incentives between hospitals liam T. Barnhouse III (known as Tig to friends Congressional and Committee staff member, and physicians to make cost-saving improve- and family) who lives in La Union, New Mex- as well as in the Connecticut Assembly. While ments to healthcare delivery. ico and, along with his wife Lydia, owns two Anne would go on to an illustrious career in In sum, the Act strikes the right balance be- businesses operating out of El Paso, Texas; government service, her family business came tween the need for innovation in promoting Gene Barnhouse who along with his wife Car- calling first. When her father fell ill in 1978, cost savings efforts and the need to guard men owns Albuquerque Lighting; Kyle Anne returned to Connecticut to run the family against waste, fraud, and abuse. CMS and Barnhouse who owns Southwest Childcare tire business. OIG can structure the requirements that hos- and its three child care centers in Albu- Over her 30 year career in the tire industry, pital-physician arrangements must meet in a querque; Dolph Barnhouse, a lawyer prac- Anne has found success in the retreading, re- way that ensures federal health care programs ticing in Albuquerque; and Marlane tailing, distribution, and import-export sectors. will be protected from fraud, waste, and Barnhouse, who works as a special education Joining Import Tire in 1982 sparked Anne’s abuse. Federal regulators have been over- teacher for the Albuquerque Public Schools. passion for international trade. She dove seeing these arrangements for nearly a dec- After Margaret passed away in 1994, Bill re- headfirst into global challenges facing the tire ade—either through demonstration authority or newed an old friendship with Glyn Walker, industry, forming a company to focus on inter- through the advisory opinion process—I am who he knew from his days in Austin. Bill and national trade in tires as well as the global confident that this legislation holds genuine Glyn enjoyed sixteen years of marriage before waste-tire disposal. This company, in partner- promise for being a ‘‘game changer’’ in getting she passed away. Glyn’s daughter Donna ship with Oxford Energy, developed the Exeter us towards the goal of better care at a lower Agler and her husband Hal live in Santa Fe Energy Plant in Sterling, Connecticut. She was cost without compromising access to quality and remain close to Bill and his family. Bill recognized for her immense success and went health care services. was again blessed when a close cousin intro- on to manage waste-tire issues for the govern- f duced him to Anne Weigers, who he married ment of the United Kingdom and founded Elm last year. Anne’s daughter Margaret Vitullo Energy and Recycling Limited with the support HONORING WILLIAM TELFORD and son David bring to eight the number of of the global tire industry. Her commitment to BARNHOUSE II ON HIS 90TH Bill’s children and step children. global business issues culminated in 2008 BIRTHDAY During his ninety years Bill has always when she was appointed as the District Direc- worked to help others and build his commu- tor for Connecticut to the United States De- HON. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM nity. In addition to his service during WW II, partment of Commerce, International Trade OF NEW MEXICO Bill helped establish the New Mexico Museum Administration. For her efforts, Anne has been featured in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of Natural History (where he is honored by the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The name on its wall of recognition), the El Paso Thursday, April 11, 2013 Financial Times, and the New York Times. In Cancer Research Center, the Board of Advi- 2000, she received the International Business Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New sors for the New Mexico Cancer Research Leader of the Year award from the Metro Hart- Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate Center, and the USS Kidd and Louisiana Vet- ford Chamber of Commerce. In 2003 Anne William Telford Barnhouse II, known as Bill to erans Memorial in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. was awarded the Tire Industry Association ‘‘In- his friends, was born on April 18, 1923 and is Other highlights of his nine decades include dustry Pioneer Award’’ for her leadership and celebrating his 90th birthday this year along his tenure as Chairman of the Lovelace Med- achievements in the waste tire industry. In with family and friends. Bill was raised in Aus- ical Center Board of Advisers, Chairman and 2012 the Hartford Business Journal named tin, Texas when it was still a small town. He President of the El Paso United Way and his Anne as the ‘‘Remarkable Business Woman of graduated in 1940 from Austin High School service as a Boy Scout Troop Leader for nine where he competed on the debate team. His the Year.’’ Most recently, in December of years. 2012, she was recognized by the U.S. Depart- fondest memories of those years are of his Family and friends will join Bill on April 18 ment of Commerce for her work in creating family, his dog and the car he was able to buy to celebrate his ninetieth birthday, and honor and sustaining her Veterans Workforce Devel- with the money he made selling fireworks. all he has done over those ninety years. After high school Bill went to the University opment Program at the Middletown Export f of Texas in Austin where he joined the United Center. Since I was elected to Congress, I States Navy as a Naval Reserve Officer HONORING THE ACCOMPLISH- have worked closely with Anne to help Con- Cadet. He received his commission as an En- MENTS AND SERVICE OF ANNE necticut companies expand exports. Anne and sign in the United States Naval Reserve on EVANS I have lead trade missions to the United King- February 26, 1944, married his college sweet- dom, Israel, and Belgium with Connecticut heart Margaret Pierson on February 27, 1944, HON. JOE COURTNEY companies to help create new economic op- received his degree in Business Administration portunities and jobs in the state. OF CONNECTICUT Anne’s honor gives us the opportunity to re- on February 29, 1944 and his orders to report IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the USS Kidd, Destroyer 661 in the South flect on our shared commitment to growing our Pacific that same day. Thursday, April 11, 2013 economy in the face of the challenges of in- After surviving repeated kamikaze attacks Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today creased global competition. I ask my col- during the battle of Okinawa, on April 11, 1945 to honor Anne Evans, United States Depart- leagues to join me today in honoring Anne the Kidd was struck by a kamikaze killing thir- ment of Commerce International Trade Admin- Evans’s induction into the NETSA Hall of ty-seven and wounding seventy-five of the istration District Director for Connecticut. I con- Fame for 2013. Kidd’s sailors and officers. Bill survived the at- gratulate her for her induction into the New f tack and helped sail the Kidd back to the England Tire and Service Association IN RECOGNITION OF UKRAINIAN United States for repairs. After it was decom- (NETSA) Hall of Fame for 2013 and wish to PRESIDENT YANUKOVYCH’S DE- missioned, the Kidd eventually sailed to Baton recognize her numerous achievements in busi- CISION TO PARDON FORMER IN- Rouge, Louisiana where it now serves as Lou- ness, government, and service to her country TERIOR MINISTER LUTSENKO isiana’s Naval War Memorial in Baton Rouge. and community. AND FORMER ENVIRONMENT After the war, Bill worked in a number of Throughout her career, Anne has dem- MINISTER FILIPCHUK. jobs before going to work for Southern Union onstrated a commitment to excellence. From Gas Company as its Office Manager in Austin, her childhood experience learning valuable HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING Texas. In 1961, Southern Union moved Bill to customer service skills from her father and OF MASSACHUSETTS Albuquerque to be its office manager here, grandfather, through her leadership of New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES where he worked in the building now housing England’s tire industry, and now as a senior the Flying Star at 8th Street and Central. After Department of Commerce Official, Anne con- Thursday, April 11, 2013 advancements that required moving to El tinues to seek innovative approaches to de- Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Paso and Dallas, Bill was named President of velop New England and Connecticut’s econ- my capacity as the Ranking Member of the the Gas Company of New Mexico and re- omy and solve business and environmental Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats sub- turned to Albuquerque in 1975. He retired challenges. committee to recognize the decision of Ukrain- from that position in 1983. Anne’s career began early, helping with the ian President Yanukovych to pardon former In- Margaret and Bill were married for fifty family business. As a young professional, she terior Minister Lutsenko and former Environ- years and were blessed with five children: Wil- served her state in Washington, D.C. as a ment Minister Filipchuk. This is a notable step

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AIR FORCE RESERVE 65TH BIRTHDAY concern is the continued imprisonment of f former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. I hope that Ukraine will fulfill its commitment to HONORING DAYTON R. ZIRKLE HON. TIMOTHY J. WALZ a democratic future for its people and secure OF MINNESOTA her release, as well. HON. SAM GRAVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f OF MISSOURI Thursday, April 11, 2013 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CELEBRATING THE BICENTENNIAL Mr. WALZ. Mr. Speaker, this year marks the OF DAUPHIN ISLAND JOINING Thursday, April 11, 2013 65th anniversary of the Air Force Reserve, THE UNITED STATES Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I created by President Harry S. Truman on April proudly pause to recognize Dayton R. Zirkle. 14, 1948. HON. JO BONNER Dayton is a very special young man who has Since the founding of the United States, citizens have answered the call to arms, accom- OF ALABAMA exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship plished their mission with professionalism and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and leadership by taking an active part in the honor, and returned to their civilian lives to Thursday, April 11, 2013 Boy Scouts of America, Troop 216, and earning the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. await the next call. Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to mark Dayton has been very active with his troop, Truman envisioned a new Reserve Compo- the bicentennial of Dauphin Island, Alabama, participating in many Scout activities. Over the nent to continue this tradition of service— joining the United States of America. On this many years Dayton has been involved with ‘‘being ready when called upon’’—that was date in 1813, Spain handed over the 14-mile- Scouting, he has not only earned 68 merit founded by the Army Air Service reservists of long, 13⁄4-mile-wide barrier island, located at badges, but also the respect of his family, the First World War who flew wood and can- the mouth of Mobile Bay, to the United States. peers, and community. Most notably, Dayton vas biplanes. The forerunner of our modern Dauphin Island has a long and rich history has led his troop as Senior Patrol Leader and Air Force Reserve was authorized by Con- which spans nearly 500 years since it was first earned the rank of Tom-Tom Beater in the gress and the National Defense Act of 1916. mapped by Alonzo Pineda in 1519. In fact, ac- Tribe of Mic-O-Say. Dayton has also contrib- Today, Air Force reservists, known as Cit- cording to some accounts, it may have caught uted to his community through his Eagle Scout izen Airmen, perform leading roles in military the eye of western explorers even earlier. project. Dayton built a migration tower and operations, humanitarian crisis and disaster In 1699, French explorers landed on the nesting habitat for the Chimney Swift at Helen relief around the globe. The Air Force Reserve small island, providing an anchor for the es- Davis School in St. Joseph, Missouri, pro- consists of officers, enlisted and civil servants tablishment of the French colony of Mobile. viding much-needed habitat for a bird popu- who are tasked by law to fill the needs of the The French gave the island its present day lation in need of support. armed forces whenever more units and people name. When nearby Fort Louis de la Mobile Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in are required than are in the Regular Air Force. became capital of the French Louisiana Terri- commending Dayton R. Zirkle for his accom- More than 860,000 people make up the tory, Dauphin Island, with its deep water and plishments with the Boy Scouts of America Ready, Standby, Retired and Active Duty Re- strategic location, was home to trading ships, and for his efforts put forth in achieving the tired Reserve. This includes 70,000 Selected settlers and naval surveillance. highest distinction of Eagle Scout. Reservists who are ready-now and participate Dauphin Island was threatened by the in every job specialty and on the front lines of f Spanish in 1719 during the Pensacola War. daily military operations around the globe. Hurricanes and changing conditions on the is- REMEMBERING MARINE MASTER The creation of the Air Force Reserve fol- land also had an impact on the history and de- SERGEANT PATRICK T. QUIRK lowed the birth of the Air Force itself about velopment of the island. During the great seven months earlier on Sept. 18, 1947. The storm of 1740, nearly half the island was HON. RODNEY ALEXANDER newly created Air Force had gained its inde- washed away, including 300 head of cattle. OF LOUISIANA pendence from the Army, tracing its roots After the French left Dauphin Island around IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES back to the Aeronautical Division of the U.S. 1763, the English took possession of the tiny Army’s Office of the Chief Signal Officer which barrier island until it was finally captured by Thursday, April 11, 2013 took charge of military balloons and air ma- the Spaniards in 1781. Two years later, Dau- Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today chines in 1907. phin Island was taken by General James to honor the life and legacy of Marine Master Ten years later, the first two air reserve Wilkinson and claimed by the United States. Sergeant Patrick T. Quirk, who passed away units were mobilized, and one of them, the In 1822, Fort Gaines was constructed by the on March 23, 2013. First Aero Reserve Squadron from Mineola, United States Army on the eastern side of the Master Sergeant Quirk was a 20 year vet- N.Y., deployed to France as the United States island and it remained in U.S. hands until eran of the United States Marine Corps, hav- entered World War I in 1917. The new ‘‘Air 1861 when Confederate-allied troops took ing served his country in Vietnam. Among Service’’ reserve program provided the war ef- possession. The fort was surrendered and re- some of the awards highlighting his valiant fort about 10,000 pilots who had graduated turned to Union forces in 1864. service to his nation are the National Defense from civilian and military flying schools. Today, Dauphin Island has long since relin- Service Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, Later, reservists played a critical role in quished its long-held military role for another and the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gal- World War II when 1,500 reserve pilots along of equal importance. As Alabama’s barrier is- lantry, awarded to soldiers who accomplished with 1,300 non-rated officers and 400 enlisted land, it is also a natural protector of the coast deeds of valor and displayed heroic conduct. Airmen augmented the Army Air Corps in the from hurricanes and tropical storms for an After leaving active duty, Master Sergeant war’s early days. This included the legendary ever growing south Mobile County. It is also a Quirk continued to serve his country and this Jimmy Doolittle who was ordered to active popular tourist destination and home to 1,200 nation’s youth as a JROTC instructor for over duty to work in Detroit to convert automobile permanent residents. Thousands of visitors 20 additional years, highlighted by his 18 year manufacturing plants into aircraft factories and come each year to Dauphin Island to experi- tenure at Ouachita Parish High School. later went on to lead ‘‘Doolittle’s Raiders,’’ the ence the sun and surf as well as the wildlife. Master Sergeant Quirk will be remembered first American bombing attack on the Japa- The Island is also home to the Dauphin Is- by those he taught for his leadership, wisdom, nese mainland. land Sea Lab, an Audubon Bird Sanctuary, and compassion, and his legacy will live on in After World War II ended, the young Air and Dauphin Island Campground. Fishing the countless students who he helped usher Force Reserve was barely two years old when piers provide access to Gulf of Mexico and into adulthood with the lessons he instilled in it mobilized nearly 147,000 reservists for the Mississippi Sound for shallow water fishing for them. Korean War from 1950 to 1953. the land lovers, while charter boats offer deep So today, I ask that you please join me in In the 1960s, five Air Force Reserve C–124 water fishing excursions. remembering Master Sergeant Patrick Quirk. It aircraft units along with 5,613 reservists were

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OF TEXAS terinsurgency, close air support, tactical mobil- Spanning six and a half decades—with the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES last two decades of continuous combat—the ity, interdiction, rescue and recovery, intel- Thursday, April 11, 2013 ligence, medical, maintenance, aerial port and Air Force Reserve has fulfilled the legacy of air superiority until U.S. involvement ended in early air pioneers and exceeded the potential Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, 1973. seen by the visionaries who created it in 1948. for more than 50 years the Social Security For the most part, the nation was at peace Congratulations to all Citizen Airmen, past Disability Insurance program has provided a for the next few years with the Air Force Re- and present, on the 65th Anniversary of the vital safety net for workers who have worked serve periodically engaged in emergency-re- Air Force Reserve on April 14, 2013. long enough and recently enough and who sponse missions. This included the rescue f meet the definition of disability. Unemployment benefits, through the Fed- and return of American students from Grenada HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE in 1983, aerial refuelings of F–111 bombers eral-State Unemployment Insurance program ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MICHAEL and Trade Adjustment Assistance, are avail- during the El Dorado Canyon raid on Libyan- PRITCHARD sponsored terrorists in 1986, and Operation able for those workers who have lost a job Just Cause which ousted Panama’s General and are looking for a new one. These workers Noriega in 1989–1990. HONORABLE ZOE LOFGREN know they can work and these important ben- Also, Air Force Reservists supported hu- OF CALIFORNIA efits are there to help them through a tough manitarian and disaster relief efforts, including IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES time. resupply and evacuation missions in the after- Thursday, April 11, 2013 Now here’s the rub. Even though disability benefits are for those who can’t work and un- math of Hurricane Hugo. Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ac- employment benefits are for those who can More than twenty years of continual combat knowledge and honor Michael Pritchard upon work if they could find a job, under current law operations began with Operation Desert Shield his retirement from Pathway Society, Inc. and Desert Storm in response to Saddam Michael has been the Executive Director at someone can receive both benefits at the Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Pathway Society, Inc. since 1991. Pathway is same time. That just doesn’t make sense. A July 2012 Government Accountability Of- In the aftermath of coalition victory, Air the oldest and largest community-based non- fice (GAO) report, Overlapping Disability and Force reservists continued to serve and were profit organization in Santa Clara County pro- Unemployment Benefits Should be Evaluated heavily involved in enforcing the no-fly zones viding low-income residents with substance for Potential Savings, highlighted this double over northern and southern Iraq as well as in abuse treatment, intervention, education, and dip situation. In fiscal year 2010, at least humanitarian relief missions to assist the up- prevention. In 1970, Michael graduated from 117,000 individuals received both disability in- rooted Iraqi Kurds. Western Michigan University, where he ma- surance and unemployment insurance, rep- In 1993, Air Force Reserve tanker, mobility jored in Psychology. In 1976, he received his resenting less than 1 percent of total bene- and fighter units began operations in Bosnia Masters Degree in Psychology at California ficiaries of both programs. The overlapping and in 1999 were also supporting Operation State University at Los Angeles. Allied Force over Serbia and Kosovo. Michael’s leadership expanded Pathway’s cash benefits paid to these individuals totaled When terrorists attacked the United States programs, budget, and staffing. During Mi- over $281 million from disability insurance and on Sept. 11, 2001, Air Force reservists re- chael’s nineteen years as the Executive Direc- more than $575 million from the unemploy- sponded in full measure. Air Force Reserve tor, Pathway helped 60,000 people lead ment insurance program in that year. By pay- F–16 fighter aircraft flew combat air patrols to healthy lives. 25,000 youth stopped using ing cash benefits through both programs, protect American cities while KC–135 tankers drugs and escaped gangs during his tenure. these workers are being paid twice. and AWACS aircraft supported security efforts. When Michael joined Pathway in 1991, the or- That’s why I am introducing the Social Se- In October 2001, Operation Enduring Free- ganization served around 550 people annually. curity Disability Insurance and Unemployment dom began as U.S. military forces entered Af- Today, Pathway serves around 3,500 people Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act of 2013, ghanistan to combat the Taliban and terrorist annually. which ends this double dipping and preserves sanctuaries. In March 2003, Operation Iraqi While at Pathway, Michael helped imple- Social Security benefits for only those who Freedom began in order to end Saddam Hus- ment one of the first substance-abuse day truly cannot work. Starting next year, those sein’s regime. Air Force Reserve units and re- treatment programs in the country specifically applying for disability benefits won’t be eligible servists played key roles in all combat oper- focused on helping gang-involved Latinos get to receive these benefits in any month they ations as Air Force Reserve MC–130 Combat off drugs and out of gangs. He is a founding are also receiving unemployment benefits. Talon aircraft became the first fixed-wing air- member of San Jose Mayor’s Gang Preven- And for those workers who are already on the craft to penetrate Afghan airspace while Air tion Task Force Policy Team, which supports rolls, receiving unemployment benefits will Force Reserve F–16 crews performed the first these efforts. count towards the maximum number of combat missions. Michael served as board member and offi- months they may try work without impacting In recent years, Citizen Airmen have sup- cer of Treatment Communities of America, a their benefits. ported every Air Force core function and every national consortium of over 600 programs pro- President Obama agrees and in his budget, Combatant Commander around the world. Air viding an array of integrated services in sub- he included his own proposal to stop the dou- Force reservists were engaged in surge oper- stance abuse treatment and behavioral health. ble dipping. When we agree, we should act. ations in Iraq and Afghanistan. They sup- He is a past officer of California Therapeutic I urge my colleagues to sponsor this com- ported combat and humanitarian missions in Communities, a statewide organization of ad- mon sense legislation. Haiti, Libya, Japan, Mali and the Horn of Afri- diction treatment providers. He served as f ca. Also, they’ve provided national disaster re- president of the Alcohol and Drug Contractors EDITORIAL BY FORMER CON- lief at home in the U.S. after Hurricanes Association, a countywide network of commu- GRESSMAN BARNEY FRANK IN Katrina and Sandy, the gulf oil spill and the nity-based organizations providing substance THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD wildfires in the western states. use prevention, treatment, recovery, and sup- ON MARCH 24, 2013 Throughout their history, Citizen Airmen portive transitional housing to adolescents and have volunteered continually, allaying con- adults in Santa Clara County. HON. DAVID N. CICILLINE cerns that reservists would not be available Michael is retiring after 22 years of devoted OF RHODE ISLAND when really needed. leadership of Pathway Society. I commend his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Since its inception in 1948, the Air Force decades of contribution and service to the bet- Reserve has evolved from a unit-mobilization- terment of our society. The community is very Thursday, April 11, 2013 only force into an operational reserve that par- fortunate to have benefited from his dedica- Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I submit the ticipates daily in missions around the globe. tion, commitment, and advocacy. I wish Mi- following editorial by Former Congressman Today, Air Force reservists safeguard nuclear chael the best of luck in his future endeavors. Barney Frank.

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RULING FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WOULD BE riage was first legalized in Massachusetts, pro-DOMA faction needs an inconsistent de- RIGHT, NOT ‘‘ACTIVISM’’ nor in any of the other eight jurisdictions nunciation of judicial activism to avoid ac- (By The Honorable Barney Frank) that have followed, claiming that they are knowledging that their real motive is some defending their marriages by defunding mine combination of dislike, disapproval or dis- People who are caught making assertions is a losing proposition—intellectually, factu- gust at the notion that gay people should be that blatantly contradict positions they ally, and increasingly electorally. allowed by society to live legally free from have previously taken often respond that So they will instead invoke the principle prejudice. ‘‘Consistency is the hobgoblin of little that unelected judges should not annul laws minds,’’ trying to trade an old quote for a adopted by the elected President and Con- little intellectual honesty. f gress, piously insisting that it is the right of But inconsistency is nothing to be proud the people in our system to make the laws. A TRIBUTE TO MIDLAND COUNTY of. It is an unmistakable sign that a person But they will only be pretending to believe FAIR MANAGER TOM VALLIERE has lost confidence in an argument but be- in that principle. In fact, since 2010, conserv- lieves it can be won by invoking some gen- atives—including virtually all of those who eral principle, even if it’s one the person has will denounce the judicial activism of the HON. DAVE CAMP previously repudiated. anti-DOMA decision—have been working OF MICHIGAN Then the hobgoblin involved is the person’s hard to get these very same judges to annul IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES effort to hide his or her real motive. most of the laws enacted by the elected We will—I hope—soon see an example of president and Congress in 2009 and 2010. Thursday, April 11, 2013 rhetorical hobgobliny if the Supreme Court Conservatives not only sought to have the issues an opinion holding that the law that Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay health care bill canceled by judges, they tribute to Tom Valliere for his years of service currently treats my marriage to my husband have denounced Chief Justice Roberts for Jim as a threat to society is a clear denial to voting not to overturn the elected officials’ as Midland County Fair Manager. us of the equal protection of the law. decision. The financial reform bill has been Tom Valliere concluded his 32-year career If a majority holds that the stupidly the subject of multiple conservative-backed at the fair this spring. Through his vast wealth named Defense of Marriage Act is unconsti- lawsuits seeking to cancel regulation of of experience and dedication, he has brought tutional, right-wing advocates of the view speculation in oil, to block consumer protec- an astounding 300,000–350,000 people to the that same-sex married couples should pay tion, and to return derivative trading to its the same taxes as our straight fellow citizens Midland community each year for the fair and unregulated status. other events. but not receive any of the same benefits will Most glaringly, the right-wing politicians respond not so much by defending this bla- are hoping the Supreme Court will throw out Tom was first hired by the Midland County tant discrimination as by piously denounc- one of the greatest legislative achievements Fair Board as manager in 1980. Since then ing ‘‘judicial activism.’’ of the past fifty years—the Voting Rights the fair has seen major changes under his di- They will have no other option. Persisting Act (This law was passed in 1965 and has rection. Some of Tom’s most valuable con- in the claim that happily married men in an since been reenacted several times, under tributions to the fair have been his work on opposite-sex marriage will, on seeing Jim the signature of Ronald Reagan among oth- modernizing its infrastructure. The fairground and me together, be sorely tempted to aban- ers.) now has one of the most revered horse are- don their wives clearly no longer has the per- Exposing the inconsistency—i.e., hypoc- suasive power it once had. risy—of conservatives who will weep for de- nas in the area, as well as all-weather facilities When DOMA was enacted in 1996, it was ap- mocracy if discrimination based on sexual for merchants. The fair has also hosted con- parently plausible to most Americans that orientation is struck down while they are certs featuring some of the biggest names in those of us in same-sex marriages would utilizing that very process to rescind finan- music. have the same effect on some men as a pop- cial regulation, un-defend consumers, reduce Although Tom’s tenure at the Midland Coun- ular juice commercial claims for its product. health care programs, and take away voting ty Fair has come to an end, his place in the Instead of slapping their foreheads and re- protections understandably makes them un- community will forever be remembered. On gretting that they hadn’t had a V-8, the fear comfortable. And labeling those of us who do behalf of the Fourth Congressional District of was that they would see Jim and me and pro- it as hobgoblins does not solve their rhetor- claim, ‘‘I could have married a guy.’’ ical problem. Michigan, I congratulate Tom Valliere for his To their credit, the right-wingers under- Lacking any basis for the proposition that 32-year career as the Midland County Fair stand that since there has been no such re- same-sex marriages cause any harm to those Manager. I wish him well in his much-de- sult in the nine years since same-sex mar- who have opted not to enter into one, the served retirement.

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:36 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5627 Sfmt 5627 E:\CR\FM\D11AP3.REC D11APPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with DIGEST April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D299 Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. quest for fiscal year 2014, after receiving testimony (Total—95) Page S2580 from Jeff Zients, Acting Director, Office of Manage- Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and ment and Budget. adjourned at 6:37 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2013. (For Senate’s program, see the re- NOMINATION marks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- Record on page S2619.) mittee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Committee Meetings Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by (Committees not listed did not meet) Senators Cowan and Warren, testified and answered APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF questions in her own behalf. COMMERCE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies con- Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing cluded a hearing to examine proposed budget esti- to examine the President’s proposed budget request mates for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of for fiscal year 2014, after receiving testimony from Commerce, after receiving testimony from Rebecca Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury. Blank, Deputy Secretary, and Todd J. Zinser, Inspec- tor General, both of the Department of Commerce. U.S. POLICY TOWARD SYRIA APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARMENT OF Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT a hearing to examine United States policy toward Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Trans- Syria, after receiving testimony from Robert Ford, portation, Housing and Urban Development, and Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, and Beth Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine Jones, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Affairs, both of the Department of State; Daniel the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- Glaser, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Ter- ment, after receiving testimony from Shaun Dono- rorist Financing; and Dennis Ross, Washington In- van, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. stitute for Near East Policy, Washington, DC. NOMINATION OPEN MARKETPLACE Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: hearing to examine the nomination of General Philip Committee concluded a hearing to examine an open M. Breedlove, USAF for reappointment to the grade marketplace, focusing on the effect of guaranteed of general and to be Commander, United States Eu- issue and new rating rules, after receiving testimony ropean Command and Supreme Allied Commander, from Gary Cohen, Deputy Administrator and Direc- Europe, after the nominee testified and answered tor, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance questions in his own behalf. Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv- INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS ices, Department of Health and Human Services; Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Kevin Counihan, Access Health CT, Hartford, Con- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Con- necticut; Sabrina Corlette, Georgetown University sumer Protection concluded a hearing to examine Center on Health Insurance Reforms, Washington, outsourcing accountability, focusing on examining DC; Christopher Carlson, Oliver Wyman, Mil- the role of independent consultants, after receiving waukee, Wisconsin; and Stacy Cook, Carroll, Iowa. testimony from Daniel P. Stipano, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, BUSINESS MEETING Department of the Treasury; Richard M. Ashton, Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor- Deputy General Counsel, Board of Governors of the ably reported the nomination of Kenneth John Federal Reserve System; Konrad Alt, Promontory Fi- Gonzales, to be United States District Judge for the nancial Group, LLC, Piedmont, California; James F. District of New Mexico. Flanagan, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Huntington, New York; and Owen Ryan, Deloitte and Touche INTELLIGENCE LLP, Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed BUDGET hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hear- from officials of the intelligence community. ing to examine the President’s proposed budget re- Committee recessed subject to the call.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:36 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5627 Sfmt 5627 E:\CR\FM\D11AP3.REC D11APPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with DIGEST D300 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST April 11, 2013 House of Representatives tuting a quorum shall have been confirmed by the Chamber Action Senate, the Supreme Court issues a decision on the Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 36 pub- constitutionality of the appointments to the Board lic bills, H.R. 1483–1518; 1 private bill, H.R. made in January 2012, or the adjournment sine die 1519; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 151–152 were in- of the first session of the 113th Congress, by a yea- troduced. Pages H1955–57 and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 98, Additional Cosponsors: Pages H1958–59 after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and- Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: nay vote of 226 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 97. H.R. 756, to advance cybersecurity research, Pages H1923–29, H1930–31 deelopment, and technical standards, and for other Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House ad- purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113–33) journs today, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. tomor- and row. Page H1932 H.R. 967, to amend the High-Performance Com- Discharge Petition: Representative DeLauro pre- puting Act of 1991 to authorize activities for sup- sented to the clerk a motion to discharge the Com- port of networking and information technology re- mittee on Education and the Workforce from the search, and for other purposes, with an amendment consideration of H.R. 377, to amend the Fair Labor (H. Rept. 113–34). Page H1955 Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment appointed Representative Foxx to act as Speaker pro of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes tempore for today. Page H1913 (Discharge Petition No. 1). Recess: The House recessed at 10:48 a.m. and re- Senate Message: Message received from the Senate convened at 12 noon. Page H1918 today appears on page H1929 and H1951. Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker’s approval Senate Referral: S. 716 was held at the desk. of the Journal by a yea-and-nay vote of 272 yeas to 136 nays with 1 answering ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 99. Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear Pages H1918, H1931 on pages H1929, H1930–31, H1931. There were no Oath of Office—Second Congressional District of quorum calls. Illinois: Representative-elect Robin L. Kelly pre- sented herself in the well of the House and was ad- Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Ear- journed at 5:45 p.m. lier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned copy of a letter from Mr. Rupert T. Borgsmiller, Ex- ecutive Director, Illinois State Board of Elections, in- Committee Meetings dicating that, according to the unofficial returns of the Special Election held April 9, 2013, the Honor- APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF able Robin L. Kelly was elected Representative to EDUCATION Congress for the Second Congressional District, State Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, of Illinois. Pages H1929–30 Health and Human Services, and Education held a Whole Number of the House: The Speaker an- hearing on the Department of Education. Testimony nounced to the House that, in light of the adminis- was heard from Arne Duncan, Secretary, Department tration of the oath to the gentlewoman from Illinois, of Education. Ms. Kelly, the whole number of the House is 433. Page H1930 APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Man- HOMELAND SECURITY agement Relations Act—Rule for Consideration: Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Home- The House agreed to H. Res. 146, the rule that is land Security held a hearing on FY 2014 Budget providing for consideration of H.R. 1120, to pro- Request for the Department of Homeland Security. hibit the National Labor Relations Board from tak- Testimony was heard from Janet Napolitano, Sec- ing any action that requires a quorum of the mem- retary, Department of Homeland Security. bers of the Board until such time as Board consti-

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:36 Apr 12, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D11AP3.REC D11APPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with DIGEST April 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D301 APPROPRIATIONS—NUCLEAR WASTE Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command, U.S. PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES Marine Corps. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy PRESIDENT’S FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET and Water Development held a hearing on Over- sight Hearing: Nuclear Waste Programs and Strate- Committee on the Budget: Full Committee held a hear- gies. Testimony was heard from Peter B. Lyons, As- ing entitled ‘‘The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 sistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Budget’’. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey Zients, Energy; Michael Weber, Deputy Executive Director Acting Director and Deputy Director for Manage- for Operations for Materials, Waste, Research, State, ment, Office of Management and Budget. Tribal, and Compliance Programs, Nuclear Regu- LEGISLATIVE MEASURE latory Commission; Frank Rusco, Director of Natural Committee on Education and the Workforce: Sub- Resources and Environment, Energy and Science, committee on Workforce Protections held a hearing Government Accountability Office; Rodney C. on H.R. 1406, the ‘‘Working Families Flexibility Ewing, Chairman, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Act of 2013’’. Testimony was heard from public wit- Board; and public witnesses. nesses. APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STRENGTHENING MEDICARE FOR SENIORS: COMMERCE UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES OF Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- TRADITIONAL MEDICARE’S BENEFIT merce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies held a DESIGN hearing on Department of Commerce Budget Re- Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on quest. Testimony was heard from Rebecca M. Blank, Health held a hearing entitled ‘‘Strengthening Medi- Acting Secretary, Department of Commerce. care for Seniors: Understanding the Challenges of APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design’’. Testimony INTERIOR was heard from a public witness. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Inte- LEGISLATIVE MEASURE rior, Environment and Related Agencies held a hearing on Department of the Interior Budget Request Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on for Fiscal Year 2014. Testimony was heard from Ken Environment and the Economy held a hearing on a Salazar, Secretary, Department of the Interior. draft discussion on the ‘‘Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2013’’. Testimony was heard from NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator for Office BUDGET of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environ- Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a mental Protection Agency; Robert J. Martineau, Jr., hearing on Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Au- Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environ- thorization Budget Request from the Department of ment and Conservation; Stephen A. Cobb, Chief, Defense. Testimony was heard from General Martin Governmental Hazardous Waste Branch Land Divi- Dempsey, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and sion, Alabama Department of Environmental Man- Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense, Department of agement; and public witnesses. Defense. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE EQUIPPING THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on AND MARINE: CURRENT AND FUTURE Communications and Technology held a markup on YEAR ACQUISITION AND legislation to affirm the policy of the United States MODERNIZATION STRATEGIES AND THE regarding Internet governance. The discussion draft FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET REQUEST to affirm the policy of the United States regarding Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tac- Internet governance was passed without amendment. tical Air and Land Forces held a hearing on Equip- ping the Individual Soldier and Marine: Current and LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS REGARDING Future Year Acquisition and Modernization Strate- DERIVATIVES AND SEC ECONOMIC gies and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request. Tes- ANALYSIS timony was heard from Peter B. Bechtel, Director, Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Cap- Capabilities Integration, Prioritization, and Analysis, ital Markets held a hearing entitled ‘‘Legislative Pro- Department of the Army; Brigadier General Paul posals Regarding Derivatives and SEC Economic Ostrowski, USA, Program Executive Officer, Soldier, Analysis’’. Testimony was heard from public wit- U.S. Army; Brigadier General Frank Kelley, USMC, nesses.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 p.m., Monday, April 15 10 a.m., Friday, April 12

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: After the transaction of any Program for Friday: Complete consideration of H.R. morning business (not to extend beyond 5 p.m.), Senate 1120—Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Manage- will begin consideration of the nomination of Beverly ment Relations Act. Reid O’Connell, of California, to be United States Dis- trict Judge for the Central District of California, with a vote on confirmation of the nomination at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Duncan, John J., Tenn., E428 Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E424 Enyart, William L., Ill., E421 Reichert, David G., Wash., E427 Alexander, Rodney, La.,E431 Graves, Sam, Mo., E421, E422, E424, E425, E428, E429, Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, Fla., E424 Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E422 E431 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E423 Bonner, Jo, Ala., E431 Johnson, Sam, Tex., E432 Schneider, Bradley S., Ill., E421 Butterfield, G.K., N.C., E428 Keating, William R., Mass., E430 Camp, Dave, Mich., E433 Kilmer, Derek, Wash., E421 Scott, Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’, Va., E423 Cicilline, David N., R.I., E432 Lujan Grisham, Michelle, N.M., E430 Sires, Albio, N.J., E422 Clarke, Yvette D., N.Y., E422, E424 McDermott, Jim, Wash., E429 Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E425 Cleaver, Emanuel, Mo., E421 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E428 Walz, Timothy J., Minn., E431 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E428 Marchant, Kenny, Tex., E428 Wolf, Frank R., Va., E425 Courtney, Joe, Conn., E430 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E423

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