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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 No. 135 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, September 21, 2015, at 2 p.m. House of Representatives FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The House met at 9 a.m. and was rifice on both sides. In the end, may we dress the House for 1 minute and to re- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- all, as Americans, be proud of the proc- vise and extend his remarks.) pore (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN). esses of elective, democratic govern- Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. ment. f Madam Speaker, last week, the House May all that is done this day be for DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Your greater honor and glory. of Representatives thoughtfully voted PRO TEMPORE Amen. three times to oppose the Iranian nuclear deal. This bipartisan effort rep- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- f fore the House the following commu- resented the will of the American peo- nication from the Speaker: THE JOURNAL ple, where the majority oppose this WASHINGTON, DC, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The deal. The first vote was a sense of Con- September 18, 2015. Chair has examined the Journal of the gress that the President failed to com- I hereby appoint the Honorable ILEANA last day’s proceedings and announces ply with the law to submit all agree- ROS-LEHTINEN to act as Speaker pro tempore to the House her approval thereof. ments to Congress. The second vote on this day. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- was to defeat the deal, and the third JOHN A. BOEHNER, nal stands approved. Speaker of the House of Representatives. vote was to prevent the President from f lifting sanctions on Iran until 2017. f PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I am grateful to Chairman ED ROYCE PRAYER The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the for his leadership in holding hearings The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. and advancing legislation to fight this J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: TSONGAS) come forward and lead the dangerous deal. Sadly, they are Eternal God, we give You thanks for House in the Pledge of Allegiance. blocked in the Senate by Democrats giving us another day. Ms. TSONGAS led the Pledge of Alle- who fail to see the threats of ‘‘death to Once again, we come to ask wisdom, giance as follows: America,’’ ‘‘death to Israel.’’ patience, peace, and understanding for I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the This is a historic mistake. The Presi- the Members of this people’s House. At United States of America, and to the Repub- a time when, once again, strong senti- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, dent is flooding billions of dollars to ments stand in opposition, we ask dis- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the Iranian regime to fund terrorist at- cernment for the Members, that they f tacks and has paved the way for Iran to might judge anew their adherence to develop nuclear weapons. The Presi- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER principle, conviction, and commit- dent’s legacy in the Middle East, fail- PRO TEMPORE ment. ing to enforce the red line in Syria, has Protect them from the deafness to- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The led to the refugee crisis and chaos, ward one another, lest they slide un- Chair will entertain up to five requests with children drowned at sea. Amer- charitably toward an inability to work for 1-minute speeches on each side of ican families deserve peace through together to solve the important issues the aisle. strength. of our day. f Give them the generosity of heart In conclusion, God bless our troops, and the courage of true leadership to IRAN DEAL and may the President by his actions work toward a common solution which (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina never forget September the 11th in the might call for compromise, even sac- asked and was given permission to ad- global war on terrorism.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18SE7.000 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6142 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 18, 2015 HONORING MIKE HARPER ON HIS REPUBLICAN CALENDAR OF For nearly a century, Planned Par- 88TH BIRTHDAY CHAOS enthood has been one of the Nation’s (Mr. ASHFORD asked and was given (Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given leading providers of high quality, af- permission to address the House for 1 permission to address the House for 1 fordable health care for women. It has minute.) minute and to revise and extend his re- fundamentally changed attitudes to- Mr. ASHFORD. Madam Speaker, I marks.) wards women’s reproductive freedom, rise today to honor my friend, Mike Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Speaker, House which has been essential to women’s Harper, on his 88th birthday. Mr. Har- Republicans are giving us a fall cal- health and given women more control per served as the CEO of ConAgra, an endar of chaos. We have 5 legislative over their health care decisions. agricultural giant and Fortune 500 days before they shut the government One in five women has relied on a company headquartered in the heart of down. Planned Parenthood health center for my district. Madam Speaker, this is a bad rerun care in her lifetime. They are often one In 1975, Mike came to Omaha to take of bad policy. Two years ago, people of the few affordable places for women the helm at ConAgra and presided over said they would never shut it down, to turn when they are searching for a massive expansion of business in Ne- and they did it. When they shut it care. Cutting Federal funds to Planned braska. By 1987, though, Nebraska was down, it cost the economy $24 billion, Parenthood means taking away money emerging from the farm crisis and and 120,000 jobs were lost; and they are for cervical cancer screenings, breast feared the loss of significant corporate going to do it again in 5 days. care screenings, and other types of nec- presence. Mike personally spearheaded That is not the only deadline, Madam essary care. the effort to reform State taxes and Speaker, in this calendar of chaos. Madam Speaker, I urge my friends on regulations that made corporate in- They have missed a deadline for the the other side of the aisle to come to vestment burdensome. highway trust fund, costing more jobs. the table and negotiate a way to fund Between 1975, when Mike took over We are careening towards another fis- the government and to stop these polit- as CEO of ConAgra, and 1987, the prof- cal cliff with the debt ceiling. They ical games that put women’s health at its of ConAgra soared, as did the for- missed the deadline for the Export-Im- risk. tunes of business in Nebraska. Thanks port Bank, which cost a bunch of jobs, f to Mike’s leadership in business and 500 lost jobs, as a result of this cal- RECOGNIZING CHRISTOPHE politics, Nebraska now has one of the endar of chaos. JEANNIN AND HIS FAMILY ON lowest unemployment rates in the And there is more. Madam Speaker, BECOMING U.S. CITIZENS the American people, everyday Ameri- country. My district in particular en- (Mr. DOLD asked and was given per- joys a well-balanced economy, includ- cans, do not deserve this Republican calendar of chaos. mission to address the House for 1 ing manufacturing, agriculture, and a minute and to revise and extend his re- f wide array of services. marks.) On this day, I wish to rise to applaud FEDERAL WILDLAND Mr. DOLD. Madam Speaker, I rise this giant of the agriculture industry FIREFIGHTER RECOGNITION ACT today in honor of Citizenship Day, ob- and a major contributor to the expan- served yesterday, September 17, to rec- sion and preservation of Nebraska’s (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 ognize all who have become citizens of local economy. our great Nation. Happy birthday to Mike Harper. minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) The 10th Congressional District in Il- linois is a place where thousands of im- f Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, this year, 81⁄2 million acres so far have been migrants have started and grown their businesses, raised their families, and HONORING NAPPANEE MAYOR consumed due to wildfire. This is ap- proaching the record that we don’t achieved the American Dream. LARRY THOMPSON ON HIS RE- Madam Speaker, I believe America is TIREMENT want to break of 10 million that happened in 2006. a place where goals can be accom- (Mrs. WALORSKI asked and was Recently, the Forest Service in this plished and the doors of opportunity given permission to address the House year’s wildland fire season has spent are always open for those who work for 1 minute.) $243 million just in the last week of Au- hard. Mrs. WALORSKI. Madam Speaker, I gust alone. We have 30,000 American Earlier this week, I had the privilege rise today to congratulate Nappanee firefighters deployed, as well as hun- of attending a Naturalization Oath Mayor Larry Thompson on his retire- dreds from Australia, New Zealand, and Ceremony for some very good friends, ment. A devoted husband and proud fa- Canada. Despite this dedication, the the Jeannin family in Chicago. It was a ther, Mayor Thompson has dedicated current Federal firefighters are given ceremony in Judge Sam Der- his life to serving his community. He erroneous job titles, such as wildland Yeghiayan’s chambers, and Christophe, and his wife, Linda, grew up in the technician or forestry technician. Natalie, Audrey, and Alex all raised Nappanee area and, along with his two H.R. 3363, the Federal Wildland Fire- their right hand to swear allegiance to children, run their family funeral home fighter Recognition Act, would give the United States of America. business. them the proper title of wildland fire- Madam Speaker, Christophe came to Since his election in 1995, he has been fighters and allows those who risk the United States with his family in instrumental in making Nappanee one their lives to be recognized properly the late seventies. His mother and fa- of the most vibrant cities in the State and given the respect they deserve. ther—Gerard and Madeline—and his of Indiana. He helped establish the Let’s pass H.R. 3363 to give them their sisters—Dominique, Sophie, and Ann— Boys and Girls Club of Nappanee and proper title. were all here and were contributing created the West Industrial Park. f members of our community. They have In the aftermath of an F3 tornado all since left, but Christophe has re- that struck Nappanee in 2007, Thomp- STOP PUTTING WOMEN’S HEALTH mained. son led a coalition of community lead- AT RISK Madam Speaker, the Jeannin family ers to help rebuild the parts of the city (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given is just one example of immigrants who that had been destroyed or damaged. permission to address the House for 1 have made a tremendous impact in our In addition to his work in the public minute.) community. We are stronger and a sector, Mayor Thompson is an active Ms. TSONGAS. Madam Speaker, we more diverse community because of member of the community, involved have less than 5 legislative days here in immigrants that call our Nation home. with Kiwanis and the American Red Washington before the end of this fiscal I want to congratulate Christophe, Cross. He has dedicated his life to pub- year, but instead of funding the gov- Natalie, Audrey, Alex, and all of the lic service. ernment, House majority leadership is citizens this week that have become God bless you, Larry, in your retire- focused on defunding Planned Parent- United States citizens. Congratula- ment. hood. tions.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18SE7.002 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6143 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN b 0915 the life and health of the child as a reason- ably diligent and conscientious health care (Mrs. BUSTOS asked and was given GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN practitioner would render to any other child permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given born alive at the same gestational age; and minute.) permission to address the House for 1 ‘‘(B) following the exercise of skill, care, Mrs. BUSTOS. Madam Speaker, last minute.) and diligence required under subparagraph night, nearly 80 of my colleagues joined Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, the (A), ensure that the child born alive is imme- me in sending a letter to Speaker diately transported and admitted to a hos- GOP’s dysfunction has real con- pital. BOEHNER urging him to keep the House sequences for the hard-working Ameri- ‘‘(2) MANDATORY REPORTING OF VIOLA- in session every day until we reach a cans who elected us and who are trying TIONS.—A health care practitioner or any solution that prevents a government to make ends meet for their families. employee of a hospital, a physician’s office, shutdown. Rather than pass a long-term high- or an abortion clinic who has knowledge of a In 2013, we saw how badly a shutdown way bill that invests in our crumbling failure to comply with the requirements of damaged our economy: $24 billion in infrastructure and creates jobs, Repub- paragraph (1) shall immediately report the lost economic activity, 120,000 fewer licans instead keep catering to the failure to an appropriate State or Federal law enforcement agency, or to both. private sector jobs created during the most radical elements of their base. shutdown, and 20,000 veterans disabil- ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.— Madam Speaker, this is irresponsible. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever violates sub- ities claims per week that were stalled. The American people deserve better. It section (a) shall be fined under this title or And yet even though we have nearly 2 is time for the Republican Congress to imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or weeks left before a shutdown would come to its senses and for this Con- both. happen, there are only 5 days of sched- gress to come together for the good of ‘‘(2) INTENTIONAL KILLING OF CHILD BORN uled activity in this House Chamber. the people who elected us. ALIVE.—Whoever intentionally performs or attempts to perform an overt act that kills The American people can’t afford an- f other self-inflicted Washington wound a child born alive described under subsection (a), shall be punished as under section 1111 of on our economy. The stakes are just BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT this title for intentionally killing or at- too high to take even a day off. We owe tempting to kill a human being. it to working families, seniors, and vet- Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, ‘‘(c) BAR TO PROSECUTION.—The mother of a erans across our Nation to get the job pursuant to House Resolution 421, I child born alive described under subsection done right now. call up the bill (H.R. 3504) to amend (a) may not be prosecuted under this section, title 18, United States Code, to prohibit for conspiracy to violate this section, or for f a healthcare practitioner from failing an offense under section 3 or 4 of this title to exercise the proper degree of care in based on such a violation. the case of a child who survives an ‘‘(d) CIVIL REMEDIES.— JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF IRANIAN ‘‘(1) CIVIL ACTION BY A WOMAN ON WHOM AN abortion or attempted abortion, and TERRORISM ACT ABORTION IS PERFORMED.—If a child is born ask for its immediate consideration. (Mr. MEEHAN asked and was given alive and there is a violation of subsection The Clerk read the title of the bill. (a), the woman upon whom the abortion was permission to address the House for 1 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- performed or attempted may, in a civil ac- minute.) ant to House Resolution 421, the bill is tion against any person who committed the Mr. MEEHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise considered read. violation, obtain appropriate relief. to seek justice for victims of Iran’s The text of the bill is as follows: ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE RELIEF.—Appropriate re- state-sponsored terror. lief in a civil action under this subsection in- H.R. 3504 cludes— One of those victims is Chief Petty Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Officer Robert Stethem. In June 1985, ‘‘(A) objectively verifiable money damage resentatives of the United States of America in for all injuries, psychological and physical, Petty Officer Stethem, 23 years old, Congress assembled, occasioned by the violation of subsection (a); was murdered by Hezbollah terrorists SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(B) statutory damages equal to 3 times aboard hijacked TWA Flight 847 in Bei- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Born-Alive the cost of the abortion or attempted abor- rut. He was executed when the hijack- Abortion Survivors Protection Act’’. tion; and ers realized he was a United States SEC. 2. FINDINGS. ‘‘(C) punitive damages. servicemember. They tortured him, Congress finds as follows: ‘‘(3) ATTORNEY’S FEE FOR PLAINTIFF.—The and then they murdered him in cold (1) If an abortion results in the live birth of court shall award a reasonable attorney’s fee blood before leaving his body on the an infant, the infant is a legal person for all to a prevailing plaintiff in a civil action purposes under the laws of the United under this subsection. tarmac below the plane. ‘‘(4) ATTORNEY’S FEE FOR DEFENDANT.—If a Madam Speaker, Hezbollah is one of States, and entitled to all the protections of such laws. defendant in a civil action under this sub- Iran’s most lethal terrorist proxies. In (2) Any infant born alive after an abortion section prevails and the court finds that the 2002, a Federal judge ordered Iran to or within a hospital, clinic, or other facility plaintiff’s suit was frivolous, the court shall pay more than $320 million to has the same claim to the protection of the award a reasonable attorney’s fee in favor of Stethem’s family and other victims of law that would arise for any newborn, or for the defendant against the plaintiff. Flight 847’s hijacking. It is one of the any person who comes to a hospital, clinic, ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following definitions apply: more than 80 judgments that require or other facility for screening and treatment ‘‘(1) ABORTION.—The term ‘abortion’ means Iran to pay $43 billion to victims of its or otherwise becomes a patient within its care. the use or prescription of any instrument, radical allies. Not one dime has been medicine, drug, or any other substance or de- SEC. 3. BORN-ALIVE INFANTS PROTECTION. paid. vice— (a) REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO BORN- Despite Iran’s refusal to compensate ‘‘(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS.—Chapter 74 of of a woman known to be pregnant; or its victims, it will soon get a $150 bil- title 18, United States Code, is amended by ‘‘(B) to intentionally terminate the preg- lion windfall from the end of the sanc- inserting after section 1531 the following: tions under the proposed nuclear deal. nancy of a woman known to be pregnant, ‘‘§ 1532. Requirements pertaining to born- with an intention other than— In short, Iran’s hardliners will get a alive abortion survivors ‘‘(i) after viability, to produce a live birth payday while their victims await bil- ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE and preserve the life and health of the child lions of dollars in compensation. PRACTITIONERS.—In the case of an abortion born alive; or Madam Speaker, I have introduced or attempted abortion that results in a child ‘‘(ii) to remove a dead unborn child. legislation, the Justice for Victims of born alive (as defined in section 8 of title 1, ‘‘(2) ATTEMPT.—The term ‘attempt’, with Iranian Terrorism Act, which prohibits United States Code (commonly known as the respect to an abortion, means conduct that, the removal of sanctions until Iran ‘Born-Alive Infants Protection Act’)): under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial pays every penny it owes. It is the ‘‘(1) DEGREE OF CARE REQUIRED; IMMEDIATE ADMISSION TO A HOSPITAL.—Any health care step in a course of conduct planned to cul- least we can do for victims like Chief practitioner present at the time the child is minate in performing an abortion.’’. Petty Officer Stethem and the families born alive shall— (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of that suffered at Iran’s hands, and I ‘‘(A) exercise the same degree of profes- sections for chapter 74 of title 18, United urge my colleagues to support it. sional skill, care, and diligence to preserve States Code, is amended by inserting after

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18SE7.004 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6144 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 18, 2015 the item pertaining to section 1531 the fol- here’’—at the chin—‘‘and goes, I would As we vote today, I ask that we, as a lowing: say, maybe a little bit through the nation, grasp the value of life and, also, ‘‘1532. Requirements pertaining to born-alive mouth, and she’s like, ‘Ok. Can you go grasp that baby’s back, lift its tiny abortion survivors.’’. the rest of the way?’. . . And so she body off the ground, and take it to a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill gave me the scissors and told me that hospital—and not leave her with the shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally I have to cut down the middle of the abortionist. divided and controlled by the chair and face. And I can’t even describe what I reserve the balance of my time. ranking minority member of the Com- that feels like.’’ Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam mittee on the Judiciary or their re- The House Judiciary Committee, Speaker, I yield myself such time as I spective designees. which I chair, is undergoing a com- may consume. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. prehensive investigation of the issues Contrary to its misleading title, this GOODLATTE) and the gentlewoman from raised by these videos. But as that and bill is not about protecting children California (Ms. JUDY CHU) each will other investigations continue, Con- born alive. Its real intent is to further control 30 minutes. gress must move immediately to pro- undermine a woman’s right to choose, The Chair recognizes the gentleman tect any children born alive during the a right that has been constitutionally from Virginia. course of a failed abortion. guaranteed for more than 42 years by GENERAL LEAVE The bill before us today is simple, yet Roe v. Wade. Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I profound, insofar as it might be a re- Not only does this bill attempt to po- ask unanimous consent that all Mem- flection of the Nation’s conscience. liticize women’s health and to limit bers may have 5 legislative days within Its operative provisions provide that, women’s access to abortion, it would which to revise and extend their re- in the case of an abortion that results interfere with the sacred doctor-pa- marks and to include extraneous mate- in a child’s being born alive, any tient relationship and substitute a phy- rials on H.R. 3504, currently under con- healthcare practitioner present must sician’s best judgment with the judg- sideration. exercise the same degree of profes- ment of a handful of politicians’. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there sional care to preserve the life of the We must not forget that this bill has objection to the request of the gen- child as he or she would render to any come to the floor at the same time as tleman from Virginia? other child born alive at the same ges- the push to defund Planned Parent- There was no objection. tational age. The bill also provides hood. Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I that the child must be immediately This attack on a venerable and re- yield myself such time as I may con- transported and admitted to a hospital. spected provider of high-quality health sume. If a baby born alive is left to die, the care would have a devastating impact penalty can be up to 5 years in jail. If Millions of people have viewed videos on women, especially women in rural the child is cut open for its body parts of representatives of the organization communities, low-income women, and or some other overt act is taken, the Planned Parenthood, which performs women of color, and it would deny punishment is that for first degree some 40 percent of all abortions each women access to preventive care, life- murder, which can include life in pris- year. Those videos, recorded under- saving cancer screenings, and family on or the death penalty. cover, include discussions of instances Babies are born alive during failed planning services. in which during the course of an at- abortions. Just last week, the com- Approximately one woman in five has tempted abortion a baby is born ‘‘in- mittee heard direct testimony by two relied on Planned Parenthood for tact.’’ grown women who, as babies, survived health care at some point in her life- As one doctor caught on tape said: attempted abortions. The mother of time. It is a blatant attack on women ‘‘Sometimes . . . if someone delivers one of them, Gianna Jessen, was ad- and families to defund an organization before we get to see them for a proce- vised by Planned Parenthood to have that uses Federal funds to prevent dure, then they’’—the babies—‘‘are in- an abortion. abortions and to help families stay tact. But that’s not what we go for.’’ But, as Ms. Jessen testified, ‘‘Instead healthy and cannot even use Federal Another business executive said: ‘‘If of dying, after 18 hours of being burned funding for abortion. you had intact cases, which we’ve done in my mother’s womb, I was delivered It would be the saddest of ironies a lot, we sometimes ship those back to alive in an abortion clinic in Los Ange- that, by defunding Planned Parent- our lab in its entirety.’’ les.’’ Her medical records state clearly hood’s critical contraception and other A procurement manager says on a that she was ‘‘born alive’’ during an reproductive health services in the video: ‘‘I literally have had women abortion. name of opposing abortion, we would come in and they’ll go in the OR’’—the She continued: ‘‘Thankfully, the see more unintended pregnancies and, operating room—‘‘and they’re back out abortionist was not at work yet. Had therefore, more abortions. in 3 minutes, and I’m going, ‘What’s he been there, he would have ended my Among its flaws, H.R. 3504 proposes a going on?’ ‘Oh, yeah. The fetus was al- life with strangulation, suffocation, or standard of care for abortion providers ready in the vaginal canal whenever we leaving me there to die. Instead, a that could interfere with the ability of put her in the stirrups. It just fell nurse called an ambulance, and I was physicians to make medical decisions out.’ ’’ rushed to a hospital. Doctors did not for their patients. A former employee of the same com- expect me to live. I did. I was later di- In doing so, the bill represents an un- pany told investigators that she was agnosed with cerebral palsy, which was precedented level of intrusion by the shown the results of one abortion by a caused by a lack of oxygen to my brain government into medical decisions. doctor, and she recalls: ‘‘This is the while surviving the abortion. I was For instance, the bill requires an most gestated fetus and the closest never supposed to hold my head up or abortion provider to immediately thing to a baby I’ve seen . . . and walk. I do. And cerebral palsy is a transport a fetus to a hospital in some she’’—the doctor—‘‘taps the heart and great gift to me.’’ cases even if the fetus is not viable it starts beating . . . The nodes were Just think of that for a moment. Ms. under existing law and under the still firing and I don’t know if that Jessen says cerebral palsy is a gift to standards of care applicable to neo- means it’s technically dead or it’s her because it came with the gift of natal physicians. alive. It had a face. It wasn’t com- life. Ms. Jessen presented a picture at This requirement is so broad and the pletely torn up. Its nose was very pro- the hearing, showing the results of the penalties so severe—up to 5 years in nounced. It had eyelids . . . Since the sort of abortion she survived. prison—that one can only conclude fetus was so intact, she said, ‘Ok. Well, Today, I ask the Nation to see in its that the real purpose of the bill is to this is a really good fetus and it looks collective mind the body of a baby, intimidate abortion providers out of like we can procure a lot from it. We’re much like this one, on the floor, born service. going to procure a brain . . . That alive during a failed abortion. I ask The bill also requires doctors and em- means we’re going to have to cut the that we collectively reach down into ployees of hospitals and clinics that head open.’ She takes a scissors and our hearts and, also, reach down to the provide abortion services to report any she makes a small incision right floor. violations of the bill’s standard of care

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This nothing stamped with the divine image The abortion industry has labored all is not just the doctors but the cleaning and likeness was sent into the world to these decades to convince the world crew and the receptionists. be trodden on or degraded and that unborn children and born children On top of this, the language in this imbruted by its fellows.’’ should be completely separated in our bill completely fails to distinguish be- He reminded those he called pos- minds, that while born children are tween a viable and non-viable fetus, terity that ‘‘when in the distant future persons worthy of protection, unborn which is the constitutional line that some man, some factions, some inter- children are not persons and are not separates abortions that may be per- ests should set up a doctrine that some worthy of protection. formed without restrictions from those were not entitled to life, liberty, and But, Madam Speaker, those who op- that may be regulated or prohibited. the pursuit of happiness that ‘their pose this bill to protect born-alive ba- The bill’s vague and broad mandates, posterity’ ’’—that is us, Madam Speak- bies now have the impossible task of combined with severe penalties, will ef- er—‘‘might look up again to the Dec- trying to join born children and unborn fectively intimidate doctors and ulti- laration of Independence and take children back together again and then mately drive them away from the abor- courage to renew the battle which trying to convince all of us to condemn tion practice, which appears to be the their fathers began.’’ them both as inhuman and not worthy true intent of this troubling bill. of protection after all. b 0930 This is why so many organizations To anyone who has not invincibly are opposed to this bill, those like the Madam Speaker, the sincerest pur- hardened their heart and soul, Madam National Women’s Law Center, the pose of the Born-Alive Abortion Sur- Speaker, an honest consideration of AAUW, the ACLU, and Physicians for vivors Protection Act is to renew that this absurd inconsistency is profoundly Reproductive Choice and Health. noble battle to respect and protect enlightening. In fact, the American Congress of Ob- those little fellow human beings among Because, you see, this country has stetricians and Gynecologists, which us who are this moment being trodden faced such paradox and self-imposed represents 58,000 physicians, opposes on and degraded and imbruted by their blindness before. There was a time that H.R. 3504 because it represents a gross fellows. our own House rules banned any discus- interference in the practice of medi- Not long ago, in the land of the free sion or debate in this Chamber about cine, inserting a politician between a and the home of the brave, authorities the effort to end human slavery in woman and her doctor. entered the clinic of Dr. Kermit America. By intimidating doctors and thereby Gosnell and found a torture chamber But, Madam Speaker, that debate did making abortion unavailable as a prac- for little born-alive babies that defies come and with it came a time when the tical matter, abortion opponents seek description within the constraints of humanity of the victims and the inhu- to accomplish, in fact, what they have the English language. manity of what was being done to them not accomplished in the courts or in The grand jury report at that time became so glaring even to the hardest public opinion. Simply put, H.R. 3504 is said, ‘‘Dr. Kermit Gosnell had a simple of hearts that it moved an entire na- yet another attack on women’s health solution for unwanted babies: he killed tion of people to find the compassion and rights. them. He didn’t call it that. He called and the courage in their own souls to When the Born-Alive Infant Protec- it ‘ensuring fetal demise.’ The way he change their position. tion Act, or BAIPA, became law 13 ensured fetal demise was by sticking Now, to this generation, Madam years ago, the bill’s sponsors clarified scissors in the back of the baby’s neck Speaker, that time has come again. that the law was not intended to affect and cutting the spinal cord. He called Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam abortion practice or a woman’s right to it ‘snipping.’ Over the years there were Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- choose. hundreds of ‘snippings’.’’ tleman from New York (Mr. NADLER), We did not want to constrain or chill Ashley Baldwin, one of Dr. Gosnell’s an outstanding and leading member of medical decisions regarding patient employees, said she saw babies breath- our Judiciary Committee. care. That is why Judiciary Committee ing, and she described one as 2 feet long Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, God Democrats voted to support it. that no longer had eyes or a mouth, bless the United States Supreme Court The bill before us today appears to but, in her words, was making like this for its Roe v. Wade decision that liber- directly contradict those assurances. screeching noise and it ‘‘sounded like a ated the women of this country to Let’s not forget that politicians are little alien.’’ make their own decisions, to exercise not doctors. And now, in recent days, Madam their own consciences in the most in- We should be concerned about doing Speaker, numerous video recordings tensely private matter of whether they our jobs and fully funding high-quality have been released that demonstrate should carry a pregnancy to term. women’s health care instead of trying that Kermit Gosnell was just the tip of Now, I recognize, of course, that to keep doctors from doing theirs. I the iceberg of the abortion industry’s there are those who hold the religious strongly urge my colleagues to oppose unspeakable cruelty to these little conviction that a one-celled orga- this dangerous bill. children of God. nism—one cell, two cells—is a fully I reserve the balance of my time. The veil has now been pulled back, formed human being. Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I and all of us now see the walls behind They are entitled to religious convic- yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from the abortion industry and the horri- tion. They are not entitled to impose Arizona (Mr. FRANKS), the chairman of fying plight of its little human victims, that religious conviction on all the the Constitution and Civil Justice Sub- who we must not forget, are also the women of this country who may not committee and the author of this legis- least of these, our little brothers and share it. That is essentially the abor- lation. sisters. tion debate. Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. I thank the Our response, as a people and a Na- We are not debating abortion today, gentleman. I also thank the gentleman tion, to these horrors shown in these although some people would like to. We for his commitment to protecting these videos is vital to everything those are debating this ridiculous Born-Alive little babies. lying out in Arlington National Ceme- Survivors Protection Act. Madam Speaker, the United States of tery died to save. Fifteen years ago, I stood on this America is an exceptional nation, The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors floor and supported the Born-Alive In- whose unique core premise is that de- Protection Act, Madam Speaker, pro- fants Protection Act. I said it was un- clared conviction that we are all cre- tects little children who have been necessary. It simply repeated existing ated equal and that each of us is en- born alive. No one in this body can ob- law. dowed by our Creator with the inalien- scure the humanity and the personhood It has always been the law that, if an able right to live. of these little born-alive babies, nor infant is born, whether that birth was

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It just added su- yield 1 minute to the gentleman from on misleading, badly doctored videos perfluous language to the law. Its only Louisiana (Mr. FLEMING). released by an extreme antichoice purpose was to try to paint people who Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, as a group as the basis for a slew of legisla- support the right to choose and sup- physician, a father and a grandfather, tion to decrease access to care for porters of infanticide. let me first respond and say that, in women in this country who can least So we said, no, it is silly because it the process of a birth, an abortion, afford it. Millions of women rely on doesn’t add anything to the law. It there is no way one can tell whether Planned Parenthood for their basic simply duplicates the existing law, but that child is viable until you actually health care. we will support it so we cannot be slan- apply health-saving tools and tech- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The dered that way. niques to that baby. So that argument time of the gentlewoman has expired. Ms. JUDY CHU of California. I yield Now we have this bill, which does es- that viability and all of that made in an additional 30 seconds to the gentle- sentially two things. One, it repeats, in advance really makes no sense whatso- woman. different language, exactly the same ever. Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New provisions from 15 years ago. Look, committing abortions is not York. There is no choice in this coun- It doesn’t change the law that we en- health care for women. The baby dies a try which has been guaranteed by our acted 15 years ago, and it doesn’t horrifically painful and ghastly death. Supreme Court without access to change the law that preexisted in every Her tiny hands and feet, brain, and spi- choice. This bill attempts to stop the State of the Union. If you kill a child, nal tissues are dissected and sold to the access to choice by putting doctors in it is murder, period. highest bidder, and her mother is ago- jail by absurd requirements. Dr. Gosnell, I would point out, is in nizing over the loss of a child. I urge my colleagues to respect the jail for life because he committed mul- What happens if a child survives this relationship between women and their tiple murders. Nobody, but nobody, barbaric and inhumane murder at- doctors, respect their need for afford- supports what he does and nobody, ex- tempt? Abortionists have been known able and available health care, and cept in some of their fantasies that Mr. to snip babies’ spines, throw children vote ‘‘no’’ on this punitive and intru- FRANKS says, thinks that Planned Par- into plastic bags, or leave the infant to sive bill. enthood or anybody else supports such die, away from a human touch and Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I actions. healing care. yield 1 minute to the gentleman from This bill, however, cannot be sup- Today’s bill, however, will put a stop Illinois (Mr. ROSKAM). ported because it does one harmful to the double murder attempt on a Mr. ROSKAM. Madam Speaker, my thing. This bill says that the born-alive baby’s life. It will protect children, in- heart is heavy with this debate. My child must be given the same standard fants, who are born alive, affording heart becomes very heavy when I hear of care whether he is born alive in an these tiny patients immediate medical the descriptions of this awful proce- attempted abortion or from a regular attention. dure. birth. Ms. JUDY CHU of California. I yield My heart becomes even heavier, That is already the law. Of course, it 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Madam Speaker, when I listen to the is the law. It ought to be the law. It New York (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY). twisted logic and the distortions of must be the law. It always has been the Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New people who find themselves implicitly law. York. Madam Speaker, I stand in defending this. What it also does is it says that, as strong opposition to this punitive and President Obama has said that he soon as the doctor has given that child intrusive bill. I am both disturbed and will veto this because it is related to the proper standard of care, he must offended that this latest attempt to re- abortion services. Yet, Mr. NADLER mo- rush him to the hospital, regardless of strict women’s access to reproductive ments ago said this has nothing to do whether that might be good or bad for health care is based on a series of vid- with abortion, that everybody agrees the child, regardless of the standard of eos that have been found to be gro- that these babies are born and deserve care, regardless of whether the nearby tesquely deceptive and purposefully the protections of the law. He says, ba- hospital has neonatal intensive care misleading. sically, it is a sideshow. It is either one units. This is politics at its most manipula- or the other, Madam Speaker, and they The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tive, and politics should never be per- don’t get to argue it both ways. But I think we ought to be able to time of the gentleman has expired. mitted to come between a patient and agree on this, that we are talking Ms. JUDY CHU of California. I yield her doctor. an additional 1 minute to the gen- This bill attempts to criminalize about people who are born, who are breathing, whose hearts are pumping, tleman. legal medical care and punish millions whose fingers are twitching, who have Mr. NADLER. Of course, everybody of women by rolling back reproductive full feeling and deserve every benefit of associated with the doctor, under exist- choices. It wages a kind of guerilla the doubt and every protection of the ing law, has the duty of giving the best warfare against Roe v. Wade by threat- law. possible medical care under any cir- ening doctors with jail time for pro- cumstances. That may be to transport viding care to their patients. b 0945 the baby to the hospital. It may be The American Congress of Obstetri- Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam that the baby is too frail to transport. cians and Gynecologists calls the vague Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- But along comes this bill that says: requirements and drastic penalties— tleman from California (Mr. RUIZ), a We don’t care about the real situation unnecessary requirements like going to leading physician in our Congress. that doctor faces with that infant. We the hospital—scare tactics that are un- Mr. RUIZ. Madam Speaker, as an know how to practice medicine in necessary and wrong. emergency physician I am deeply dis- every situation—we, in Congress—so This bill would have the Federal Gov- turbed by the provisions in this legisla- we are going to say it must be brought ernment threaten doctors who do their tion. The Born-Alive Infants Protec- to the hospital even if that might kill job taking care of their patients with tion Act was signed into law in 2002. the child. up to 5 years’ imprisonment. The pro-choice community did not op- It is just stupid, and that is why this To make it all even more outrageous, pose it, and it passed the House by a bill must be opposed, not because it this bill is based on a series of unsup- voice vote under suspension of the changes the standard of law or has any- ported allegations and it ignores the rules. It was consistent with the al- thing to do with born-alive infants, but fact that there has been no evidence of ready high medical and ethical stand- because it mandates that a child be wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood. ards within the physician community.

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What they want is a staffs that do not have medical train- champion TRENT FRANKS, simply says country that is free of many of the im- ing to inform law enforcement of their any child who survives an abortion migrants who have come to this coun- nonmedical questioning of a physi- must be given the same care as any try and made it great, particularly cian’s sound judgment under the threat other premature baby born at the same from South America, the Caribbean— of prosecution and imprisonment. This gestational age. This legislation builds and that country is not going to come also gives anti-choice lawyers the abil- on the landmark Born-Alive Infants back. ity to bully, threaten, and harm a phy- Protection Act of 2002, authored by In my State of Tennessee, the Repub- sician’s reputation and practice. STEVE CHABOT, by adding important licans have filed a bill to declare the Infanticide is already illegal in this enforcement provisions. Supreme Court decision on same-sex country. This bill is highly intrusive to Tragically, President Obama, the marriage as illegal in Tennessee, nul- the patient-doctor relationship. Let’s abortion President, has vowed to veto lification dripping from their lips, as be clear. This is yet another attempt this pro-child, human rights legisla- George Wallace would say, in the by anti-choice bully politicians to re- tion, a position that is extreme, courthouse door. strict a woman’s right to choose and antichild, inhumane, and indefensible. It is the same thing today: Take our doctors’ ability to provide sound, com- Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam country back—no Hispanics, no wom- passionate, and safe care for women. It Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- en’s choice, no civil rights, no voting is an aggressive, bullish scare tactic tleman from Tennessee (Mr. COHEN), rights, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1950 that puts the relationship of the the ranking member of our Sub- America. And Dwight D. Eisenhower woman and her physician in jeopardy committee on the Constitution and wasn’t at fault. He tried to bring us and forces politicians in the middle of Civil Justice. forward. decisions that they have no business Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, these These bills are part of that same at- being involved in. are very important bills—this bill and tack on the progress that we have I agree with the American College of the next bill—to the women of this Na- made in America. They have not gone Obstetricians and Gynecologists and tion and to the people in America be- through the proper process, and they other physician groups in opposing this cause these are rights that are being are attempts to change America in a legislation. I stand with the women under attack. There is this Born-Alive way that would affect American across this great country that have bill, which came to the floor through women adversely. This bill has a defini- continued to fight for decades to defend the Committee on Rules, and the next tion of abortion that is new, shouldn’t their legal right to choose. bill, which stops funding of Planned be done. Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I Parenthood, but they are all part of I oppose both bills and the rule. yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from the same thing. They are the same bill. Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I New Jersey (Mr. SMITH), a champion of They are the same message. Because yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from this cause. what we are doing here in this Con- Ohio (Mr. CHABOT), a member of the Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam gress is messaging, and the message is Committee on the Judiciary. Speaker, undercover videos by The the Republican Party wants to defeat Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, a few Center for Medical Progress have again Roe v. Wade. They think that that was years ago, a so-called doctor in Phila- brought into sharp focus that some ba- a bad bill and that it is wrong to have delphia by the name of Kermit Gosnell bies actually survive abortion. legalized, in America, for women to was killing babies—literally. He ran an Dr. Ginde, medical director of have choice. Most of the Democrats abortion clinic there, and as can hap- Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains, don’t think that. pen in these houses of horror, some of says: ‘‘sometimes we get—if somebody Neither of these bills went through these innocent, unborn children were delivers before we see them for a proce- the committee process, which is really actually born alive before they could dure that they are intact . . .’’ That is, abhorrent. In fact, yesterday, we be exterminated in the womb. Madam Speaker, born alive, breathing, passed a bill about new and novel ideas, So there you have a little now-born crying, gasping for air. One fetal tissue saying that you get sanctions, you baby squirming, kicking, sometimes broker describes in the video watching would be sanctioned as a lawyer, if you crying right there in front of you on a fetus that just ‘‘fell out’’ and was left brought some case that was frivolous the table. So what did Gosnell do? He to die. and didn’t really come through the would take a pair of scissors, plunge We have a duty to protect these vul- proper procedures. them into the baby, and sever his or nerable children from violence, exploi- If we had that kind of rule in Con- her spinal cord. No care whatsoever tation, and death. Humanitarian due gress, these bills wouldn’t be allowed about the pain involved. One of diligence requires that born-alive ba- to be on the floor, because they are Gosnell’s employees who witnessed this bies be taken to a hospital to obtain supposed to go through committee barbarism described the baby’s scream care and enhance his or her prospects where the public has notice, the public as follows: ‘‘I can’t describe it. It of survival. Abortion clinics, to the has an opportunity to have a witness. sounded like a little alien.’’ contrary, do not have neonatal inten- The majority side has three witnesses; Well, this wasn’t an alien. It was a sive care units. They are not equipped the minority side has one witness. human being, just like you and me, al- to protect those children. They are in There is a discussion; there are ques- though in an earlier form of develop- the business of killing those children— tions; there are answers; there are ment. Gosnell, thank God, is in prison. not saving them. statements; there is thought; there is But we have now learned that the larg- The grand jury in the abortionist input; there is due process; there is pe- est abortion provider in this country, Kermit Gosnell case said: ‘‘Gosnell had titioning grievances. Planned Parenthood, is not only de- a simple solution for unwanted babies. All of this has been abrogated—no stroying the lives of little unborn chil- He killed them.’’ He euphemistically due process, no regular order. These dren, but selling their body parts for called ‘‘snipping’’ the born-alive baby’s come straight to the floor because profit. spinal cord ‘‘ensuring fetal demise.’’ these are messaging bills for the Amer- I might add that Planned Parenthood Last week, Gianna Jessen, as BOB ican public. The Republican Party and aborts more babies each year in this GOODLATTE noted earlier, an abortion parts of the Republican Party often country than the population of the city survivor, told his Committee on the say: We want our country back. What of Cincinnati that I represent. That is Judiciary she had survived a Planned they want back is a country that is every single year, the population of a Parenthood late-term, multihour abor- pre-1971, before Roe v. Wade. What they city, Cincinnati.

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How can we not take outstanding doctor. gressman TRENT FRANKS, improves a step back and look at this objec- Mr. BERA. Madam Speaker, as a doc- that law and will protect more inno- tively? tor, I find these bills troubling. The cent babies. The gentlewoman from California oath I took is to do what is best for my Please, for God’s sake, let’s pass it mentioned that these videos were high- patients. today and protect those among us who ly edited. I don’t know if they have One of these bills that is coming up cannot protect themselves. watched the videos, but if you watch today criminalizes the practice of med- Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam the videos, how can you say that the icine and questions doctors’ judgments. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I doctor who is pulling salad from a It attempts to intimidate doctors from may consume. salad bowl and mentions that she can providing safe, evidence-based medi- I would like to reiterate, this is a bill take the babies and crush the top and cine and from doing our job, which is that has been introduced with virtually the bottom parts of the babies and har- to sit with our patients, answer their no process. This was introduced less vest the body parts in between is high- questions, and give them the best med- than 48 hours ago, with no hearings and ly edited? This is not. These are not. ical advice and let them make the deci- no expert testimony. In fact, those on This information on these videos shows sions that affect their lives. This is unprecedented. It sets a the other side of the aisle are citing, as the barbaric activity. precedent where those without any evidence, videos that have been shown These bills before us today deal with medical training can dictate medical to be highly edited, that are misleading this problem. Madam Speaker, I im- practice and make choices for patients. and fraudulently obtained. There were plore that this Chamber take a step This definitely oversteps any legal 47 edits in the video that are shown. back and look at what is on these vid- bounds. These are choices that should Even though Planned Parenthood doc- eos and the information that we have be made between doctors and patients. tors said 10 times that such procedures on these videos and realize that we Congressional interference into how were not done for profit, that was all must move forward on these two bills we practice is overreach. It is a dra- edited out. and stop this barbaric action. matic overreach, and it is dangerous This is legislation based on sound b 1000 because it sets a dangerous legislative bites and anti-choice rhetoric and not Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam precedent. on facts. What makes the healthcare delivery Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- I continue to reserve the balance of system in America so great is that it is ance of my time. my time. accessible to folks and that we under- Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I stand and protect the doctor-patient it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from privilege. That is at the very founda- the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Kansas (Mr. HUELSKAMP). tion of the oath we take when we enter PALMER). Mr. HUELSKAMP. Madam Speaker, the profession of medicine. earlier this year, many of my col- Mr. PALMER. Madam Speaker, this Now, the other bill that we are vot- leagues and I stood on this floor con- is a fundamental American value. For ing on today also dramatically re- demning abortionist Kermit Gosnell our Founders, life was the first right. stricts access. If you think about the for his barbaric murder of babies born They understood that there is an order number of women in America who get alive during attempted abortions. In- to things that even nature teaches us. their care from Planned Parenthood, stead of providing compassionate care They understood and fully embraced the preventive health services that for these precious little babies, Gosnell that the first and foremost right is life Planned Parenthood provides is re- muffled their cries by snipping the because, without life, there is no lib- markable. back of their necks with scissors, and erty; without life, there is no pursuit of One in five women in this country we have people on the floor today de- happiness; without life, there is no dis- have used a Planned Parenthood facil- fending that. cussion of a right to privacy or a right ity. It is a remarkably effective way No child should be treated with such to choose; because, without life, there for women to get their health care— violence, and no man or woman should is nothing to choose. and it is not just women; many men be free to perform such heinous acts of Life presupposes and precedes all also use Planned Parenthood. murder. other rights. Our Founders understood We should be having the exact oppo- As an adoptive parent of four incred- this, but somewhere along the way to site debate. We should be talking about ible children, I cannot help but think where we are now, we have gone from how we can improve access to care, of the countless couples across Amer- protecting the right that is the basis of how we can make sure every American ica who would have given anything to all rights to deciding that unborn chil- has access to all of their reproductive care for these babies. dren and even children born alive can options. We should want to be talking This bill rightly affirms the human- have their lives taken because their or- about how we strengthen the doctor- ity of all babies born alive, rightly af- gans and tissues are more valuable patient relationship, how we take the fords them the full protection of the than they are. government out of the exam room, how law, and punishes any abortionist who It is inconceivable that a nation we leave some of the most intimate denies these infants their dignity and founded on the idea that life is the in- choices to the doctor and the patient. right to life. dispensable right, the indisputable Again, the oath that I took when I Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam right, could be at this place in our his- entered the profession was to sit with Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- tory when living children in their my patients, answer their questions, ance of my time. mother’s womb—and even some who but then empower them to make the Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, have been born alive—can be killed choices that fit their life cir- may I inquire how much time is re- with the callousness and cold- cumstances. That is what we should be maining on each side? bloodedness that none of our fore- fighting for. Those are our principles. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- fathers would have dreamed could exist That is who we are as Americans with tleman from Virginia has 121⁄2 minutes in America. those freedoms. remaining. The gentlewoman from This decision whether to continue Madam Speaker, let’s talk about how California has 121⁄2 minutes remaining. funding this barbaric practice is really we improve access to care. Let’s talk Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I about exposing the charade of the Fed- about how we strengthen the doctor- yield 1 minute to the gentleman from eral Government supporting women’s patient relationship. This is about pro- Indiana (Mr. STUTZMAN). health care, when in fact it is really tecting people.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18SE7.011 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6149 Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, those videos, disregard and devalue the the House Republican Policy Com- it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to sanctity of the most innocent human mittee. the gentleman from California (Mr. lives? Mr. MESSER. Madam Speaker, Prov- MCCARTHY), the majority leader. The gruesome videos that we have erbs 31:8 calls us all to speak for those Mr. MCCARTHY. Madam Speaker, seen opened the eyes of America. As we who can’t speak for themselves. That is last week, the Judiciary Committee struggle to understand how something why I am here today. heard testimony from people who had so barbaric could happen in this coun- I refuse to say nothing while Planned survived abortions. They spoke as part try, we need to get all the facts. Are Parenthood executives are revealed of the House’s ongoing investigation patients giving sufficient informed casually putting a price tag on human into the practices depicted in the hor- consent? Were the body parts of babies life and haggling over the dollar value rific videos that we have all seen. sold for profit? of an aborted child’s lungs, kidneys, One of these people who spoke was These—and more—are the questions and heart. These actions are unthink- Gianna Jessen. She told the committee we need to answer. While we find those able. that, when her biological mother was answers, we have a moral responsi- This legislation is actually a modest 71⁄2 months pregnant, she went to bility to put a moratorium on the fund- proposal that would place an imme- Planned Parenthood, where they ad- ing. There is no reason the American diate 1-year moratorium on all Federal vised her mother to have an abortion. people should be forced to give their funding of Planned Parenthood. It also That is what her mother did. money to such an organization. There funds women’s health by taking the By a miracle—and despite the best ef- is no reason—absolutely no reason— half-billion dollars that taxpayers send forts to end her life—Gianna was born that we must choose between funding to Planned Parenthood every year and alive; and because she was born before women’s health and compelling tax- putting it instead in the hands of com- the abortionist had gotten into work, a payers to support abortion. munity organizations and health clin- nurse called an ambulance. Gianna was As we approach this vote, I want ics that focus on saving lives, not end- rushed to the hospital—and she lived— every Member to ask themselves a sim- ing them. though she suffers from cerebral palsy ple question: In the face of these videos Madam Speaker, no matter where because of the attempted abortion. and with all the alternatives women you fall on the abortion debate, we can There are so many others who aren’t have for health, why would you want to all agree that no unborn child should as lucky as Gianna. The Born-Alive force your constituents to pay for be dismembered and sold part by part. Survivors Protection Act—that is what something so evil? Where that is happening, let’s stop it we are voting on today—will help save Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam and join together to speak for those the lives of those children. It would im- Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- who can’t speak for themselves. pose criminal penalties on any medical ance of my time. Ms. JUDY CHU of California. I yield professional who fails to give the same Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, 3 minutes to the gentleman from Flor- medical attention to children born it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to ida (Mr. DEUTCH). after an abortion as they would to any the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Mr. DEUTCH. Madam Speaker, I rise other premature newborn baby. ROTHFUS). today to urge my colleagues to reject The simple fact is that, when a baby Mr. ROTHFUS. Madam Speaker, to these bills and to get to work. The U.S. is born alive, it doesn’t matter how he reflect on what the gentleman from Federal Government is set to shut or she was born. They are living human California was saying, recalling the down in a matter of days. Shouldn’t we beings who deserve our care. testimony last week of survivors of be working together to stop a prevent- We are also here today, Madam abortion, their stories are remarkable. able crisis that will hurt our economy Speaker, to talk in particular about They show the deep appreciation that and tarnish our Nation’s image? It is Planned Parenthood, the organization they have for their lives, and they are our job. That is what we are here to do. that tried to take Gianna’s life. I so grateful to have survived the at- Instead, we are debating a bill that is think, for the purpose of this debate, it tacks on their life. So many others who based on a false premise. I am not talk- is very important to understand what did not survive will never have the ing about some debunked and discred- this organization is. chance to express such gratitude. ited viral videos on the Internet, nor Many on the other side say that they We also know that ultrasound tech- am I talking about the lie that are just devoted to women’s health. nology allows us to see how unborn defunding Planned Parenthood will The facts say something different. In children grow and develop; their hu- prevent Federal dollars from funding the last year on record, they performed manity is abundantly clear and so abortion. 327,653 abortions. That was in 1 year. should be their right to life. Anyone who tells you that they are not Our Declaration of Independence rec- b 1015 in the abortion business doesn’t know ognizes that the right to life is inalien- As many of my colleagues have al- that number. able. It is given by our Creator. Indeed, ready pointed out, our laws have long Some defend them because they pro- President Kennedy, 54 years ago, prohibited Federal dollars from being vide women’s health services, but they pushed back against those who would used to pay for abortion. don’t have a monopoly on women’s undermine this fundamental precept of What I am talking about, Madam health. There are tens of thousands of our Nation when he recognized that Speaker, is the 28 men who wrote alternatives all across the country for ‘‘the same revolutionary beliefs for Speaker BOEHNER this summer de- women, from community health cen- which our forebears fought are still at manding—demanding—that we either ters to pregnancy health centers to issue around the globe—the belief that defund Planned Parenthood or stop maternity homes, medical clinics, and the rights of man come not from the funding the Federal Government: 28 more. Community health clinics actu- generosity of the state but from the men who, I guarantee you, have never ally outnumber Planned Parenthood hand of God.’’ relied on just one health provider in clinics by the thousands, and they offer Giving abortion survivors the same their community to get a Pap smear; 28 the same health services to women, if care and legal protection that any men who, I guarantee you, have never not more. other child born at the same level of had to end a sentence about their edu- If we know that this organization gestation would receive at birth is hu- cational goals or their financial or ca- performs hundreds of thousands of mane and essential. It also complies reer aspirations with the phrase, ‘‘un- abortions per year and we know that with the equal protection bedrock of less I get pregnant’’; 28 men who women have access to other sources for our country. hatched this plan to deny basic health care, the question is: Should we force Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam care to millions of women—millions of taxpayers to fund a business that Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- women, I might add, that have been spends its money aborting 372,653 chil- ance of my time. marginalized by this Congress. Their dren per year? Should we force tax- Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I voices are not being heard today nor payers to fund an organization whose yield 1 minute to the gentleman from are they being represented, not in barbaric practices, as vividly shown in Indiana (Mr. MESSER), the chairman of these bills.

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This bill holds healthcare profes- Last week’s hearing with Gianna That is what we should be doing. sionals accountable for making the Jessen and another abortion survivor Madam Speaker, these bills defund health and well-being of a baby who underscores the fact that there are access to health care that has noth- survives an abortion their first priority abortion survivors. I remember, years ing—absolutely nothing—to do with and for making every effort to provide ago, there was a Philadelphia Inquirer abortion unless, Madam Speaker, I the resources needed to keep that child article, called, ‘‘The Dreaded Complica- should say that we are talking about alive. tion,’’ and it was all about all of the the more than 350,000 abortions that This bill should not divide us. It is children who survived later-term abor- Planned Parenthood prevents every about saving lives. We all talk about tions. year by providing contraception and giving voice to the most vulnerable And do you know what the response health care and education. children in our communities and to the of the abortion lobby was? We need a I understand that my colleagues elderly with disabilities. Who is more better death ensuring method of abor- don’t recognize the reproductive rights vulnerable than a child whose life be- tion, a more effective and efficacious of women. I understand that is their gins just as someone tries to end it? method, to destroy those babies. That view. I, Madam Speaker, recognize that My mother gave me the gift of life, was part of the genesis of the hideous women have those rights, and I urge and I believe every child should receive partial-birth abortion method—a meth- my colleagues to reject these bills. that same gift. od that actually suctions out the brain Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I This is not about the ‘‘Wizard of Oz’’ tissue of a child before birth, thus en- yield 1 minute to the gentleman from strategy the other side wants to por- suring there won’t be a child born- Texas (Mr. BABIN). tray and that doesn’t pay any atten- alive. Mr. BABIN. Madam Speaker, we tion to the man behind the curtain. Let me also say, people on the other must pass this bill today, the Born- This is about the true sense of pro- side were talking earlier about the re- Alive Abortion Survivors Protection tecting life. lationship between doctor and patient. Act. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor What about the new patient, that un- We have seen the gruesome videos. of this bill. born child who is now a newly born They are not doctored. Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam child? Where is the doctor-patient rela- I dare say, none of these folks that Speaker, I reserve the balance of my tionship to help that child? Abortion clinics are in the business we are hearing from the other side of time. of exterminating children through dis- the aisle have watched them all. How Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, memberment and chemical poisoning. can they make a recommendation or may I inquire how much time is re- That is what abortionists do. Getting an appraisal? maining on each side? this child to a hospital ensures that They show senior Planned Parent- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. lifesaving care will be provided. Heal- hood officials, former employees, and a FOXX). The gentleman from Virginia ers have a mindset that says we need tissue procurement company dis- has 51⁄2 minutes remaining. The gentle- to save these children, the means to do cussing the sale of ‘‘intact’’ unborn woman from California has 7 minutes so, including intensive care capability. baby parts. This is disgusting. It is in- remaining. Abortionists believe abortion means humane. Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I A society and culture that refuses to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from dead baby—born or newly born. Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam stand up and say this will not be toler- Texas (Mr. BRADY). Speaker, I reserve the balance of my ated is a society that is in grave dan- Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speak- time. ger. er, my wife and I are adoptive parents. Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I A child born alive during an abortion We have a family only because two yield 1 minute to the gentleman from procedure is the most vulnerable living women in very difficult situations Tennessee (Mr. ROE). human being on Earth, and they should chose life. So this issue of protecting Mr. ROE of Tennessee. I thank the be granted full legal protections. Med- the unborn is dear to me and my fam- chairman for yielding. ical practitioners who fail to provide ily, which is why, whether you are pro- Madam Speaker, I rise today with a necessary care for that baby must be choice or strongly pro-life, as I am, I heavy heart. Having spent over 30 prosecuted to the fullest extent of the think Americans can agree, we should years as a practicing OB/GYN physi- law, and this bill does just that. never use taxpayer dollars to fund cian, delivering almost 5,000 babies and While it is so sad that an act of Con- these abortions, and we should never trying to save every life of every moth- gress is required to ensure such com- use taxpayer dollars to reward organi- er and every baby, I don’t see why this passionate care, we must do all we can zations that harvest the unborn lives is not something that brings us all to- to provide for the safety of babies that or tissues for profit or compensation. gether. are born alive as a result of failed abor- These are gruesome practices. Whether you are pro-life or pro- tion procedures. It is absolutely nec- It is time to defund any organization, choice, if a baby survives an abortion, essary that we end this inhumane prac- Planned Parenthood or others, and to we should do everything we can to save tice today. begin to seek criminal penalties that baby’s life and to give it the same Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam against those who profited from the chance that everybody else has. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my sale of body parts of unborn children. I am getting emotional here because time. This is the true human rights issue of it is an emotional issue for me. I can- Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I our time, and those who defend this not imagine, as a physician, standing yield 1 minute to the gentleman from funding or these gruesome practices beside a baby that has been delivered— Virginia (Mr. WITTMAN). are on the wrong side of history. no one in this room can; I don’t believe Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam there is another person in this room rise in support today of the Born-Alive Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- that has done what I have—and not try Abortion Survivors Protection Act. I ance of my time. to save that baby’s life. would like to thank the chairman and Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I I strongly support this bill. It should Mr. FRANKS for their leadership on this yield 1 minute to the gentleman from pass overwhelmingly, and it should be issue. New Jersey (Mr. SMITH). the law of the land. This issue is very personal to me. My Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam mother chose life, and I was adopted as Speaker, I do thank the distinguished Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- a newborn. gentleman for yielding and, again, I ance of my time.

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Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to ployees of hospitals and clinics that This should be a place where we can the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. provide abortion services to report any all come together, a place where we SCHAKOWSKY). violation of the bill’s standard of care can all agree that we, as a House, can Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. I thank the gen- to State or Federal law enforcement come together and stand up and give tlewoman for yielding to me. authorities, and any person—remem- that protection in law to those babies Madam Speaker, I just want to say ber, we are talking doctors, cleaning that are born alive. that there is the implication in the tes- crew, receptionists—that fails to com- I would hope that all of my col- timony and in the speeches that are ply with these requirements is threat- leagues would join in, that we could made here that the other side of the ened with fines and up to 5 years in send this bill over to the Senate, that aisle is somehow more concerned about prison. they can have the same debate and the life of a child born alive, that That is why the 58,000 physicians of agree to pass that on, and that, ulti- somehow Democrats just don’t care the American Congress of Obstetricians mately, the President would recognize that this is a bill that ought to become about that, and I just want to tell you and Gynecologists oppose this bill and law. I resent that so very, very much. says: ‘‘This legislation represents gross We unanimously voted to protect Mr. GOODLATTE. I yield back the interference in the practice of medi- that life. And if, in fact, a baby is born balance of my time. cine, inserting a politician between a into this world and can survive and is Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I rise in woman and her trusted doctor.’’ strong opposition to H.R. 3504, the ‘‘Born- alive, it is considered homicide to kill Let us not forget, politicians are not that baby. There are laws. There are Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.’’ doctors. We should be concerned about Contrary to its misleading title, H.R. 3504 is laws that would protect the life of an doing our jobs and fully fund high-qual- infant, a real child that is born that not about protecting children born alive. Its ity women’s health care instead of try- real intent is to further undermine a woman’s can sustain life. ing to keep doctors from doing theirs. I just want to tell you that somehow right to choose, a right that has been constitu- I strongly urge my colleagues to op- making this division about people who tionally guaranteed for more than 42 years by pose this dangerous bill. really care about a living person that Roe v. Wade. I yield back the balance of my time. H.R. 3504 constitutes an unprecedented is born is just false. And I think I am Mr. GOODLATTE. Madam Speaker, I speaking for all people, for all Demo- level of intrusion by the government into med- yield such time as he may consume to ical decision making. crats and, clearly, for all Republicans, the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. It also completely fails to distinguish be- that we need to make sure that we pro- SCALISE), the House majority whip for tween a viable and a non-viable fetus, which tect that life. But I believe that we the purpose of closing our debate. is the constitutional line that separates abor- have every law in place. Mr. SCALISE. I thank the gentleman tions that may be performed without restriction What this bill does is go further and from Virginia for yielding. from those that may be regulated or prohib- create fear among physicians, healers, Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- ited. people who are educated and com- port of the Born-Alive Abortion Sur- These restrictions, in conjunction with the mitted to health and life, and put fear vivors Protection Act offered by my bill’s draconian criminal penalties, will effec- into them that if they don’t provide for friend and colleague from Arizona, tively intimidate doctors, thereby making abor- the exact procedures that you are talk- TRENT FRANKS. tion services unavailable as a practical matter. ing about, that they could spend 5 Madam Speaker, this bill is about Further yet, there is absolutely no need for years in jail for providing the standing up for the sanctity of life. this legislation. No evidence has been uncov- healthcare services that a woman Specifically, this bill deals with babies ered that necessitates congressional inter- needs. That is, I believe, part of this that are born alive. ference in the doctor-patient relationship. ongoing effort to say that we should Whether it was the result of an abor- Even if wrongdoing were to occur, many end the full range of health services tion or a normal birth, all people in federal and state laws already protect babies that are available to women. This is a this country deserve that same protec- ‘‘born alive.’’ further attack on women’s health. tion. Madam Speaker, why should a In truth, abortion practice is safe, legal, and We all agree on what the outcome humane and any evidence of wrongdoing can baby that is born alive be denied that should be, and let’s not get into this and should be handled under existing law. For same right? ongoing fight against women’s health. Our Founding Fathers, in the Dec- example, the criminal Kermit Gosnell, who ran an illegal abortion front in Philadelphia, was b 1030 laration of Independence, made it crys- prosecuted under existing law and is rightfully tal clear: ‘‘We hold these truths to be Ms. JUDY CHU of California. I yield in prison serving multiple life sentences. myself such time as I may consume. self-evident, that all men are created In sum, the bill’s vague and broad man- Madam Speaker, this bill politicizes equal, that they are endowed by their dates, combined with its severe penalties, will women’s health and limits women’s ac- Creator with certain unalienable undermine the ability of women to access safe cess to abortion. It interferes with the rights, that among these are life, lib- affordable abortion services, which unfortu- sacred doctor-patient relationship and erty and the pursuit of happiness.’’ nately appears to be the underlying intent of substitutes a physician’s best judgment Madam Speaker, the first this flawed legislation. with the judgment of a handful of poli- unalienable right mentioned by our As the Administration, in its Statement of ticians—and, in fact, male politicians. Founders—and these were not rights Administration Policy, warns ‘‘H.R. 3504 would I would note that not a single woman given to us by our Founders; they were impose new legal requirements related to the on the other side of the aisle has spo- given to us by our Creator—that first provision of abortion services in certain cir- ken on this bill. right is life. cumstances, which would likely have a chilling Let me note, it is already illegal to If a baby is born alive, they ought to effect, reducing access to care.’’ fail to provide care to an infant born have that protection. That is what this In addition, this legislation is opposed by alive. There was a bill passed 13 years bill is about. It is about giving that Planned Parenthood, which states that H.R. ago, the Born-Alive Infants Protection protection that is enumerated in the 3504 would ‘‘add new criminal penalties Act, and that bill was not intended to Constitution and in the Declaration of against doctors and clinicians as a scare tactic affect abortion practices or a woman’s Independence itself to say they ought that serves the sole purpose of scaring right to choose. In fact, that is why Ju- to have that protection in law, that if women away from seeking safe, legal, abor- diciary Committee Democrats voted to they are born alive, that they ought to tion.’’ support it. have that same medical protection. Further, NARAL Pro-Choice America cor- But what this bill does is to vilify So, Madam Speaker, when you saw rectly observes that H.R. 3504 is ‘‘part of an abortion providers. This bill is so broad the President come out yesterday and unprecedented assault on reproductive rights.’’

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MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO the images of Kermit Gosnell killing Accordingly, I urge my colleagues to join me PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERA- babies who were born alive after a in opposing H.R. 3504, an anti-choice, anti- TION OF AMERICA, INC. botched abortion. woman, and thoroughly unnecessary measure. (a) IN GENERAL.—For the one-year period We know that those are sickening, The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time beginning on the date of the enactment of and we know that they have renewed this Act, subject to subsection (b), no funds the demand for accountability from the for debate has expired. authorized or appropriated by Federal law Pursuant to House Resolution 421, may be made available for any purpose to American people. That is why we come the previous question is ordered on the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, before you today with H.R. 3134, the bill. Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of Planned Defund Planned Parenthood Act of The question is on the engrossment Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., un- 2015. and third reading of the bill. less such entities certify that Planned Par- New documentation of these heinous enthood Federation of America affiliates and practices that we have seen in videos, The bill was ordered to be engrossed clinics will not perform, and will not provide and read a third time, and was read the videos that have come out of Planned any funds to any other entity that performs, Parenthood abortion clinics of har- third time. an abortion during such period. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not vesting the body parts of babies as part question is on the passage of the bill. apply to an abortion— of the abortion process, have raised se- The question was taken; and the (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act rious questions about the possible sys- of rape or incest; or tematic and repeated violation of State Speaker pro tempore announced that (2) in the case where a woman suffers from the ayes appeared to have it. and Federal laws. a physical disorder, physical injury, or phys- H.R. 3134 provides a 1-year morato- Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam ical illness that would, as certified by a phy- rium, a freezing—a freezing—on the Speaker, on that I demand the yeas sician, place the woman in danger of death Federal funding to Planned Parenthood and nays. unless an abortion is performed, including a Federation of America and all of its af- The yeas and nays were ordered. life-endangering physical condition caused filiates while investigations are ongo- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- by or arising from the pregnancy itself. (c) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health ing regarding the practices of the abor- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- and Human Services and the Secretary of tion industry. ceedings on this question will be post- Agriculture shall seek repayment of any Madam Speaker, most people think poned. Federal assistance received by Planned Par- that is common sense. If there is rea- f enthood Federation of America, Inc., or any son to investigate, then there is reason affiliate or clinic of Planned Parenthood DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD Federation of America, Inc., if it violates the to withhold taxpayer dollars during ACT OF 2015 terms of the certification required by sub- that period of time. Those dollars section (a) during the period specified in sub- would be given to other facilities that Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, section (a). provide women’s health services. pursuant to House Resolution 421, I SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PRO- The American taxpayer has been call up the bill (H.R. 3134) to provide GRAM. very clear for a long time that they do for a moratorium on Federal funding to (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be not want taxpayer money spent on appropriated, and appropriated, $235,000,000 Planned Parenthood Federation of abortion; 68 percent of Americans op- America, Inc., and ask for its imme- for the community health center program under section 330 of the Public Health Serv- pose it. What is so interesting to me is diate consideration in the House. ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), in addition to any that we know that 71 percent of all The Clerk read the title of the bill. other funds made available to such program, millennials oppose this. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- for the period for which the funding limita- I would remind my colleagues, ant to House Resolution 421, the tion under section 3(a) applies. Madam Speaker, there is no difference amendment printed in House Report (b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds author- between men and women on this. There ized or appropriated pursuant to subsection 114–262 is adopted and the bill, as is bipartisan opposition from men and amended, is considered read. (a) may be expended for an abortion other than as described in section 3(b). women to this practice. Additionally, The text of the bill, as amended, is as SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. the majority of Americans are opposed follows: Nothing in this Act shall be construed to to the sale of body parts of babies ob- H.R. 3134 reduce overall Federal funding available in tained after abortion. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- support of women’s health. So the discussion today is not about resentatives of the United States of America in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill videos or women’s health access. We Congress assembled, shall be debatable for 1 hour equally di- know there are other ways to get that SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. vided and controlled by the chair and access. It is about our most basic right. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defund ranking minority member of the Com- It is about the right to life. Planned Parenthood Act of 2015’’. mittee on Energy and Commerce or It is also about doing what the tax- SEC. 2. FINDINGS. their designee. payers sent us to D.C. to do. It is also Congress finds the following: The gentlewoman from Tennessee about continuing the process to protect (1) State and county health departments, (Mrs. BLACKBURN) and the gentle- our most vulnerable citizens, innocent community health centers, hospitals, physi- woman from Florida (Ms. CASTOR) each little babies. cians offices, and other entities currently will control 30 minutes. I reserve the balance of my time. provide, and will continue to provide, health The Chair recognizes the gentle- Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam services to women. Such health services include relevant diagnostic laboratory and ra- woman from Tennessee. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I diology services, well-child care, prenatal GENERAL LEAVE may consume. and postpartum care, immunization, family Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Madam Speaker, I rise in strong op- planning services (including contraception), I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- position to the ‘‘Deny Women Health cervical and breast cancer screenings and re- bers may have 5 legislative days to re- Care Act.’’ ferrals, and sexually transmitted disease vise and extend their remarks and to Madam Speaker, congressional ap- testing. include extraneous material on H.R. proval ratings are at an all-time low, (2) Many such entities provide services to 3134. and here is another example of why: all persons, regardless of the person’s ability The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Republicans in Congress have failed to pay, and provide services in medically un- to fulfill their fundamental responsi- derserved areas and to medically under- objection to the request of the gentle- served populations. woman from Tennessee? bility to our great Nation again. (3) All funds that are no longer available to There was no objection. Republicans have pushed America to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, the brink of another government shut- Inc. and its affiliates and clinics pursuant to I yield myself such time as I may con- down, and we are a mere 5 legislative this Act will continue to be made available sume. days away.

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Instead, The bill brought to the floor today is long list of Republican assaults on this legislation reallocates the funding an attempt by Republican leaders to women’s health care over the last two to more than 13,500 facilities nation- distract the American public from decades because simply defunding wide that provide true preventative their failure to do their job. Planned Parenthood would leave mil- care to those who need it the most, and Last spring, we urged Republicans in lions of American women without key they do not perform abortions. Congress to sit down and hammer out preventative services, including birth What is more, Planned Parenthood an appropriations plan. They refused. control, family planning, lifesaving can get their money back. Read the Instead, the Congress adjourned at cancer screenings, testing and treat- bill. They can get their money back if the end of July. Nothing happened in ment of infections, well-women exams, they fully commit to what they talk August. Nothing has happened since and advice on family planning. about in doing women’s health care the Congress has returned after Labor Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- and stop performing abortions for this Day. ance of my time. year. Now the Republican dysfunction in Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Madam Speaker, if there exists even this House will have very serious con- I was beginning to think that we were a possibility that Planned Parenthood sequences for our neighbors back home. off on a different bill there for just a violated our laws, as I believe they did, A Republican shutdown would hurt moment. then pro-life and pro-choice Members thousands of disabled veterans, dis- Madam Speaker, I yield 15 seconds to of Congress alike must act to reallo- advantaged children, small businesses, myself to respond. cate the funds now so that we are not working families, and taxpayers. Madam Speaker, we are not on a bill trying to chase down the taxpayer dol- The last time Republicans shut down about a government shutdown. We are lars that already went out the door the government for 16 days, the econ- on a bill that will make certain that later on. This is ensuring that our laws omy lost $24 billion and 120,000 private women have access to health care, H.R. are followed, that Americans know how sector jobs. 3134. I will remind my colleagues that their money is being spent, and that Here is what happened: The Repub- it does remove the funds from Planned the conscience rights of taxpayers are lican shutdown stalled veterans dis- Parenthood, and it does enable them to respected. Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote ability claims, creating additional go to women’s health clinics. on H.R. 3134. needless delays for our heroes seeking Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam help. Speaker, I will reiterate again, there is Hundreds of critically sick Ameri- BLACK), who is the author of this legislation and has been such an advocate no evidence whatsoever of any wrong- cans were prevented from enrolling in doing, and I maintain that this is a dis- for addressing women’s healthcare the NIH clinical trials, with 98 percent traction from the Republican’s funda- needs. of the National Science Foundation, mental failure to pass a budget 5 legis- nearly three-quarters of NIH, and two- Mrs. BLACK. Madam Speaker, as a nurse for more than 40 years and a be- lative days before a government shut- thirds of CDC employees furloughed. down. liever in the God-given purpose of Head Start grantees, serving thou- Madam Speaker, I am honored to every human being, I am passionately sands of children, were forced to close. yield 1 minute to the gentleman from pro-life. But do you know what? You American entrepreneurs and small New Jersey (Mr. PALLONE), the ranking businesses were cut off from millions of don’t have to agree with me to support member of the Energy and Commerce dollars in SBA loans. this bill. No matter our views on abor- Committee. Small businesses with government tion or the party label beside our Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I contracts faced abrupt payment delays name, we should all have an interest in listened to the previous Republican and cutbacks. Almost $4 billion in IRS ensuring that laws are followed and speaker, and the deception that she refunds were delayed. that the taxpayer dollars are spent re- poses to this Congress is unbelievable The Republican Congress’ continuing sponsibly. If a law is broken, particu- in my opinion. dysfunction and inability to govern are larly by those receiving government First of all, she talks about these having real impacts on hard-working money, that should be remedied. That videos which we know have been mis- Americans. The American people are is not a political statement. That, leading—edited, all kinds of changes tired of their relentless failure to gov- quite literally, is our job here in Con- have been made to them. The accuracy ern and the culture of crisis. gress. of them is totally unacceptable. They Again and again Republicans have Two months ago, Madam Speaker, a are not accurate. Then she says, well, chosen to put their radical special in- series of undercover videos were re- just because they may be accurate that terest agenda ahead of the priorities of leased implicating Planned Parenthood we should pass this bill defunding hard-working Americans. in the illegal trafficking of aborted Planned Parenthood. The American people deserve better, baby tissue and organs. Now, some of Well, when did this Congress get into especially in this case, because the my colleagues have tried to dismiss the business of saying, well, before we Deny Women Health Care Act is a cyn- these videos even without ever watch- decided whether you have actually bro- ical attack on the ability of women ing them. I get it. It is easier to try to ken the law and before we have any across America to receive the health discredit the source than to defend evidence that you have done so, we are services that they need at trusted what is happening on these tapes. just going to shut you down? That is Planned Parenthood clinics. Well, Madam Speaker, I did watch not the way we operate. That is not these videos, and I saw full conversa- due process. That is not the American b 1045 tions of Planned Parenthood employees way. I know many are passionate about in their own words discussing poten- Then, Madam Speaker, she suggests these personal issues. That is why the tially lawbreaking activities. Congres- that somehow this money is going to Republicans advance this bill on this sional investigations are underway, but be given to other providers. I think she topic. They know it is sure to inflame there are more than enough lingering is probably talking about community passions. But to date, despite congres- questions to stop the flow of money— health centers. Well, I will tell you, sional inquiries into these false video- taxpayer dollars—to this abortion from my own experience with commu- tapes, there has been no wrongdoing giant until our work is complete. nity health centers, that they don’t uncovered whatsoever, no evidence to For this reason, I have introduced have the ability to provide the wom- substantiate the allegations. What has the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of en’s health needs that are being pro- emerged since the false videos were 2015. This legislation enacts a 1-year posed here that are actually provided

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That is certain that there is access to health against Planned Parenthood. what they are all about. care. Cancer screenings and prevention Madam Speaker, yesterday in the En- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, services from Planned Parenthood have ergy and Commerce Committee, my I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from been cut in half over the past 7 years. Republican colleagues in their radical Kentucky (Mr. GUTHRIE), a member of They do not perform mammograms. effort went so far as to show a photo of the Energy and Commerce Committee They perform over 300,000 abortions an- a stillborn baby, implying that that and vice chair of the Health Sub- nually. baby was a fetus being used for fetal committee. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to tissue development. What is worse, Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, I the gentleman from Florida (Mr. BILI- that photo was shown without the thank the gentlewoman for yielding. RAKIS), the vice chairman of the Vet- woman’s consent. It had no relation to Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- erans’ Affairs Committee and a mem- Planned Parenthood. It was used with- port of H.R. 3134. ber of the Energy and Commerce Com- out the mother’s consent. This bill would defund Planned Par- mittee. What I want to know from the major- enthood and its clinics for 1 full year. Mr. BILIRAKIS. Madam Speaker, I ity: Is this the evidence that you are This summer, a series of disturbing rise today in support of the Defund using to decide that you are going to videos shined a light on the gruesome Planned Parenthood Act, a bill I am deny funding for Planned Parenthood practice being done in clinics across proud to cosponsor. and all the well-women visits women the country. No one has ever disputed Madam Speaker, as the Energy and use? that the employees of Planned Parent- Commerce Committee continues its in- Madam Speaker, my colleagues hood said what they said in the video. vestigation into the troubling Planned ought to be ashamed of showing this, These videos have shocked and ap- Parenthood videos, it is crucial we do and my colleagues ought to be ashamed palled countless Americans. everything in our power to protect of putting this bill on the floor today. Federal dollars should not be going human life and hold organizations such We are seeing shamelessness right here to an agency that is involved in such a as Planned Parenthood accountable. on the floor today. horrific and disturbing practice. I have With this legislation, we have the op- My colleagues on the other side are voted in the past to defund Planned portunity to both save lives and re- trying to do everything they can to in- Parenthood, and I will do so again spect the rights of the American peo- sert themselves between American today. ple. Taxpayers should not be forced to women and their right to make their Madam Speaker, life is a precious financially support organizations own healthcare decisions. It is wrong, gift, and I firmly believe we should do whose behavior is at best unethical and and I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this legisla- all we can to advance and support it. possibly illegal. tion. Today, I urge my colleagues to support When it comes to defunding Planned Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, this legislation to stop Planned Par- Parenthood, the issue should not be I will never be ashamed of standing up enthood from continuing these prac- partisan. This is about protecting the and defending life—ever—and I find it tices. rights of taxpayers, but also, more im- so interesting that our efforts to pro- Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam portantly, protecting the basic right of tect life are termed ‘‘radical.’’ That is Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gen- human life. an interesting turn of events, if I say so tleman from New York (Mr. ENGEL). Madam Speaker, I will continue to myself. Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I rise give a voice to our most fragile Ameri- Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to in opposition to this bill. We are here cans who cannot speak for themselves. the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. because some have again chosen to re- I thank Representative BLACK for her BUCSHON), a member of the Energy and ignite the same tired battles of years efforts on this important piece of legis- Commerce Committee. past—and bring our government to the lation, and I urge my colleagues to sup- b 1100 brink of shutdown—to restrict women’s port it. Mr. BUCSHON. Madam Speaker, with control over their own health and bod- Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam all due respect, a radical agenda is pro- ies. I should not be deciding what is Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- tecting an organization that dis- best for a woman’s health. She should, tlewoman from Colorado (Ms. members body parts and sells them for and her doctor should. DEGETTE). profit. That we are even having this de- Ms. DEGETTE. Madam Speaker, For the record, I am probably the bate—based on contrived, unsubstan- Planned Parenthood provides basic only Member of this body to have oper- tiated allegations—about an organiza- health services to millions of Ameri- ated on babies as young as 23 weeks’ tion that provides critical care to more cans: Pap smears, breast cancer gestation. In fact, the smallest baby I than 2 million Americans is not only screenings, family planning, and birth operated on weighed only 650 grams. outrageous, it is downright irrespon- control. In fact, there were over 4 mil- As a physician, I spent my career sible. lion visits to Planned Parenthood clin- caring for patients regardless of their More than half of Planned Parent- ics last year, and over 90 percent of situations. So I take access to health hood centers are in rural or medically this was basic women’s health care and care very seriously. underserved areas where access to not abortions. I find it troubling that those on the health care is already too limited. Yet So why are we talking about this other side, most of whom have never my colleagues want to make it even today? Why are we talking about this spent a day caring for patients, con- harder for women and men there to ac- legislation? tinue to mislead the American people cess HIV and STI tests, breast cancer Planned Parenthood does these serv- about the facts of Planned Parenthood. screenings, cervical cancer screenings, ices and no Federal funds are spent on Here are a few: By its own statistics, and other lifesaving services. abortion services that Planned Parent- Planned Parenthood only treats 2 per- Madam Speaker, this attempt to de- hood does provide, but yet the majority cent of the Nation’s women for any monize Planned Parenthood is dis- will take the radical step of denying reason. graceful. women the basic health care they need. Planned Parenthood doesn’t offer Again, it is important to underscore This radical agenda is wrong. It is women some of the most basic primary that Federal insurance coverage of wrong for American women, and it is care. It doesn’t provide services like abortion is already restricted, so to wrong for us when the Federal budget mammograms, cardiovascular blood defund Planned Parenthood is to expires in just 13 days. tests, or bone mass measurements.

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Let me tell you and ices compared to only 700 Planned Par- clearly intended to misled the public and Con- the American people that Planned Par- enthood facilities that really don’t progress. enthood is not good health care. vide these services at all. They’ve wasted time and resources on futile You can see that this chart clearly Madam Speaker, taxpayers should investigations that have produced absolutely shows that the 13,000 federally qualified not be forced to fund this organization no evidence of wrongdoing on behalf of healthcare centers in this country pro- when we have so many other alter- Planned Parenthood. vide comprehensive health care for natives. In contrast, there is growing evidence that women. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam the Center for Medical Progress broke several You can see this chart is just a mere Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gen- laws. example of 17 provided basic healthcare tlewoman from Illinois (Ms. SCHA- I recently sent a letter to the Department of services for women to Planned Parent- KOWSKY). Justice and the California Attorney General hood’s 6. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, asking them to investigate the potentially ille- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the previous speaker said something gal practices of this organization. time of the gentlewoman has expired. completely false. Planned Parenthood My letter raises concerns about fake identi- Mrs. BLACKBURN. I yield the gen- does not sell fetal tissue. fication that was used to gain access to tlewoman an additional 30 seconds. Mrs. BLACKBURN. I object. Planned Parenthood facilities, fraudulent tax Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina. I The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- documents that were filed to create a fake cor- thank the gentlewoman. tlewoman from Illinois will suspend. porate entity, and violations of California’s In- Basically, what you have been told Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, vasion of Privacy Act. and what women in this country have I withdraw. In response, the California AG has initiated been told is a false choice for American Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, an investigation. There are also several legal women from Planned Parenthood. a complete falsehood was just stated. actions pending against the Center for Medical That false choice says that, if one Planned Parenthood does not sell any Progress. Planned Parenthood facility is body parts for profit. That is a fact. But we all know that Republicans are not defunded, thousands of women and So here we go again: Republicans really interested in the truth here. This entire children who are in need will go with- threatening to shut down the govern- charade is a thinly veiled attempt to erode a out health care. ment in order to deny women access to woman’s ability to make decisions about her Let me tell you, if that false logic health care. When the Republicans own body. follows in Dunn, North Carolina, it ba- For proof, look no further than their budget took control of the House in 2011, the sically says, if there are 18 grocery proposal. first thing they did was nearly shut stores and 1 closes its doors, thousands Their budget eliminated Title X, the only fed- down the government over funding for of families, including my own, will eral grant program dedicated to providing Planned Parenthood, and 4 years later, starve. women with family planning services, and cuts Republicans are once again seriously This is absolutely untrue. We need to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program by considering shutting down the govern- support everything we can in this over 80 percent—programs that would reduce ment over the exact same thing. country for good women’s health care. the need for abortion. This time, they have manufactured a Republicans have made it clear that women This chart provides the actual truth— witch hunt based on heavily edited vid- are fair game. They can’t even pass a con- the truth. Good health care takes care eos that were clearly intended to mis- tinuing resolution without interfering in the per- of the whole woman, not just parts. lead the public and the Congress. They sonal lives of American women. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam have wasted time and resources on fu- Republicans can’t overturn Roe v. Wade so Speaker, I yield myself such time as I tile investigations that have produced they try every other way possible to erode this may consume. absolutely no evidence of wrongdoing fundamental right. The nonpartisan Congressional Budg- on behalf of Planned Parenthood. In They try to cut off funding to the clinics that et Office has established that not all contrast, there is growing evidence provide abortions, they try to criminalize doc- services currently provided by Planned that The Center for Medical Progress tors who perform abortions, and they restrict Parenthood could be furnished by other broke several laws. access for millions of women every year health clinics and medical practi- I recently sent a letter to the Depart- through the Hyde Amendment. tioners if Planned Parenthood were ment of Justice and to the California Enough is enough. I strongly urge my col- defunded. Attorney General, asking them to in- leagues to oppose this terrible bill and to stop A George Washington University pro- vestigate the practices of this organi- interfering in the personal lives of American fessor confirmed this in a column this zation. women. week. The reason is that so many of My letter raises concerns about fake Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, the services provided relate to gyneco- identification that was used to gain ac- I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman logical services and personal female cess to Planned Parenthood facilities, from North Carolina (Mrs. ELLMERS), a healthcare needs. fraudulent tax documents that were member of the Energy and Commerce Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes filed to create a fake corporate entity, Committee and the chairman of the to the gentleman from Massachusetts and violations of California’s Invasion Republican Women’s Policy Com- (Mr. KENNEDY). of Privacy Act. mittee. Mr. KENNEDY. I thank my colleague In response, the California Attorney Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina. I from Florida for the recognition. General has initiated an investigation. thank the gentlewoman from Ten- Madam Speaker, it is important that There are also several legal actions nessee for holding this important dis- we do get our facts straight. pending against The Center for Medical cussion today. This year, over 2 million babies will Progress. I would like to thank Chairman be born to women on Medicaid. That is Enough is enough. I urge my col- UPTON, Chairman PITTS, and the full nearly half of all of the births in this leagues to oppose this harmful bill for committee and staff of Energy and country. women’s health. Commerce for their hard work. At the same time, more than half of Here we go again—Republicans threatening Madam Speaker, I support H.R. 3134, the Medicaid providers in our country to shut down the government to deny women and I proposed an amendment to be in- are not accepting new patients. That access to health care. cluded within that bill, which redirects leaves hundreds of thousands of expect- When the Republicans took control of the $235 million to health centers across ant mothers without access to essen- House in 2011, the first thing they did was this country. tial prenatal care and treatment, and

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Madam for their basic health needs. we should call it the ‘‘Depriving Speaker, the repeated reference to Eighty percent of the patients that Women of their Health Care Act.’’ these false videos is a true disservice to Planned Parenthood serves have in- This bill is just the latest political this Congress and to the people all comes at or below 150 percent of the attack on millions of American women. across America. These false claims poverty line. This bill is a step backward for our Na- against Planned Parenthood have been Those patients are sitting inside tion’s healthcare system. widely discredited. waiting rooms at Planned Parenthood Defunding Planned Parenthood would The SPEAKER pro tempore. The centers across the Nation at this very deprive American women and their time of the gentleman has expired. moment who are facing some of the families of access to preventative serv- Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam most emotional decisions and chal- ices like cancer screenings and access Speaker, I yield myself such time as I lenging tests of their entire lives. to contraception and to prenatal coun- may consume. The practitioners and nurses who seling that helps women maintain Again, the repeated references to will treat them won’t just tend to their healthy pregnancies. these false videos do a real disservice immediate medical needs. They will Sadly, I am not surprised that my to this Congress and to people all make sure that the patient knows that Republican colleagues continue this re- across America. The false claims he or she is not alone. lentless attack on the autonomy of against Planned Parenthood have been If we pass this bill, we are turning women. We have seen it countless widely discredited. our backs on those patients. We are times before: Congress telling this The videos that so many have ref- telling low-income families in every country that a politician’s judgment is erenced are heavily edited. They have corner of this country that we count superior to that of an American wom- edited content out, and they have edit- their health and happiness less. an’s. ed false images in. I urge my colleagues to consider What does surprise me, however, is Politicians who are latching onto those patients and the impact of this that now Republicans are willing to this smear campaign do so to further legislation. shut down our government and put our their personal agendas to the det- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, economy at risk in order to deny riment of women’s health care across I yield myself 5 seconds to respond. women access to the healthcare pro- America. For 98.5 percent of the pregnant viders of their choosing. What has happened here since these women who received a pregnancy-re- We can’t allow Members of Congress videos were released in July is a co- lated service at Planned Parenthood, to substitute their judgment for a ordinated smear campaign against that service was an abortion. woman’s right to make decisions about trusted Planned Parenthood clinics. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman her own body. Let me give you some evidence directly This bill does nothing more than from my home State of Florida. from North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER), a member of the Energy and Commerce take away healthcare options for low- b 1115 income women because of a difference Committee. In July, with absolutely no evidence Mr. CRAMER. Madam Speaker, in beliefs over just 3 percent of the many vital services that Planned Par- of wrongdoing, Florida Republican North Dakotans affirm life every day Governor Rick Scott ordered investiga- through strong, stable family struc- enthood provides. Congress needs to get back to work tions of Planned Parenthood clinics. It tures and a culture that values life and on the real issues facing American had all the trappings of a witch hunt. that, frankly, values ending the cir- women and their families. In August, after the Agency for cumstances that cause a woman to be- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Health Care Administration had deter- lieve that her best option is an abor- I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from mined and written a draft press release tion. New Jersey (Mr. SMITH), the chairman that said: ‘‘However, there is no evi- We have over 70,000 square miles and of the Pro-Life Caucus. dence of the mishandling of fetal re- thousands of women who need Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I thank mains at any of the 16 clinics we inves- healthcare services, but we don’t have the gentlewoman for yielding. tigated across the State.’’ a Planned Parenthood clinic because Madam Speaker, undercover videos That didn’t fit Governor Scott’s po- North Dakota women somehow don’t show and expose Planned Parenthood litical narrative, so his office scrubbed meet its business model. directors cheerfully talking about dis- the press release of that language. There are, however, compassionate memberment and crushing babies to I submit for the RECORD a copy of the providers offering more comprehensive death all while altering abortion meth- press release that was drafted by the services across my State. This map ods in a way that preserves organs and Agency for Health Care Administration shows the localities of 71 federally body parts for sale. for Florida before Governor Scott’s of- qualified health centers that provide Watch the videos. fice scrubbed the language on the find- quality care to underserved and low-in- One senior director who talks about ing. come women in rural and urban com- preserving a liver says they use [For Immediate Release—Aug. 5, 2015] munities throughout my State. ultrasound guidance because that is ORIGINAL PROPOSED RELEASE FROM AHCA TO The patients who go through the where they will know where to put the THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE doors of these clinics are treated as forceps. Of course, forceps are used to PLANNED PARENTHOOD INSPECTIONS FIND valued community members, not as a literally rip the child to pieces in what DEFICIENCIES AT CLINICS fee for service and certainly not as a is called a dismemberment abortion. Agency findings include issues with the $45 specimen. One technician, Holly O’Donnell, record keeping of fetal remains at one clin- This Congress and its relevant com- talks about getting brain tissue. She ic and unlicensed procedures being per- mittees must complete a thorough in- said her supervisor ‘‘gave me the scis- formed at three clinics vestigation of the disturbing accusa- sors and told me that I had to cut down TALLAHASSEE, FL.—Our investigations last tions evidenced—yes, evidenced—in the the middle of the face. I can’t even de- week into Planned Parenthood clinics found Planned Parenthood videos that we all scribe,’’ she says, ‘‘what that feels three facilities performing procedures be- have seen before another taxpayer dol- yond their licensing authority, as well as one like.’’ facility not keeping proper logs relating to lar goes to this controversial organiza- Some of our colleagues on the other fetal remains. However, there is no evidence tion. These funds can be better used to side have said that there is no evi- of the mishandling of fetal remains at any of provide legitimate health services for dence. Watch the videos. There is the 16 clinics we investigated across the women in places like North Dakota. ample evidence. state.

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Agency findings include issues with the with my colleagues to speak up for the As the state-wide representatives of com- record keeping of fetal remains at one clin- voiceless and the defenseless by voting munity clinics and health centers in Cali- ic and unlicensed procedures being per- to deny Planned Parenthood further fornia, who serve 5.6 million patients annu- formed at three clinics taxpayer subsidies for the harvesting of ally, we believe this action would negatively TALLAHASSEE, FL.—Our investigations last baby body parts. impact the health of our community. week into Planned Parenthood clinics found Planned Parenthood currently operates 115 three facilities performing procedures be- Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam health centers in California and serves near- 1 yond their licensing authority, as well as one Speaker, I yield 1 ⁄2 minutes to the gen- ly 800,000 patients through 1.5 million en- facility not keeping proper logs relating to tlewoman from California (Mrs. counters annually. Eliminating Planned Par- fetal remains. CAPPS). enthood from our state’s comprehensive net- Ms. CASTOR of Florida. In fact, the Ms. CAPPS. Madam Speaker, I rise work of care would put untenable stress on remaining health centers. We do not have press secretary for the agency said: ‘‘I today in staunch opposition to this dangerous bill. Planned Parenthood the capacity for such an increase in care, would have thought a line on no han- even for a year, and should Congress seek to dling of fetal remains would be in- provides exactly the types of interven- extend the moratorium building such capac- cluded, as that is what questions will tions that prevent unintended preg- ity would require significant capital invest- be on.’’ nancies and the need for an abortion in ment on par with the Patient Protection and The agency’s secretary wrote back, the first place, like birth control op- Affordable Care Act expansion. and she said she agreed. tions and medically accurate sexual Even then, the legislation would still Reporters subsequently obtained the health education. eliminate patient’s ability to choose the pro- If this bill becomes law, these impor- vider with which they feel most comfortable. scrubbed press release. Apparently, Planned Parenthood is seen by many as these had to go to the Governor’s office tant services Planned Parenthood women’s health centric, which provides their to be purified and sanctified. brings to our communities will dis- patients with a level of comfort that cannot What happened earlier this week is appear, and the health of our commu- be easily replicated. The women’s health that the communications director for nities will pay the price. focus allows them to be a provider of choice the Florida Agency for Health Care Ad- We keep hearing that the work of to hundreds of thousands of women who seek ministration resigned. This is another Planned Parenthood would be done by out a variety of services that include well example of the coordinated smear cam- other healthcare providers, mostly woman exams, breast exams, birth control and sexually transmitted disease testing. paign based upon the false videos that community health centers, and while In 2013 alone, Planned Parenthood con- have captured attention. They are out- that might sound like an easy shift, it ducted 733,641 tests for Chlamydia—the lead- rageous, but they are false, and they doesn’t work that way. ing cause of preventable infertility—that re- have been proven to be false. Madam Speaker, I have a letter here sulted in 37,014 positive results and follow-up Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- from the California Primary Care Asso- treatment. ance of my time. ciation. In it, they write: ‘‘Eliminating Planned Parenthood is a vital component Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Planned Parenthood from our State’s of the health care system in California and I yield myself 10 seconds to respond. comprehensive network of care would for that reason, we are opposed to legislation We are hearing words such as ‘‘de- that will diminish their capacity to provide put untenable stress on remaining pro- care in our state. We respectfully request nied,’’ ‘‘deprived,’’ ‘‘detriment’’ to viders. We do not have the capacity for that you oppose this legislation. women’s healthcare. We are increasing such an increase in care.’’ Sincerely, women’s health care. Tennessee has This is the direct quote from the CARMELA CASTELLANO GARCIA, ESQ., four Planned Parenthood clinics and 26 health centers that the majority ex- President and CEO, federally qualified health clinics. pects to pick up the slack if Planned California Primary Care Association. Also, I would remind my colleagues Parenthood is defunded. It would be Mrs. BLACKBURN. I yield 1 minute the investigation is ongoing. It is ongo- untenable. to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. ing. It started yesterday at Energy and Supporters of this bill are willfully BOUSTANY), who chairs the Sub- Commerce. We will continue through putting their heads in the sand. They committee on Human Resources at this to get to the bottom of it. think it is no big deal to shut down Ways and Means. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman hundreds of clinics offering essential Mr. BOUSTANY. Madam Speaker, as from Texas (Mr. HENSARLING), the services that are not available any- a newly minted physician fresh out of chairman of the Financial Services where else. They think it is worth medical school, I took an oath to pro- Committee. shutting down the government to tect life. As a cardiovascular surgeon, I Mr. HENSARLING. Madam Speaker, achieve this goal. This political the- worked day and night performing thou- life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, ater has to stop. sands of cardiovascular operations on as a people, we have no more sacred We need to trust women and their premature infants, all the way up to values; and the right to life is foremost healthcare providers to make their own the elderly. Now, in Congress, I intend among these. medical decisions. It is not the govern- to uphold that oath that I took to save Recently, shocking, appalling, hor- ment’s business. life. rific videos have come to light that I strongly urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this The practices we have seen described show senior employees at Planned Par- dangerous bill. recently released in the undercover enthood casually discussing the har- I insert the letter from the California videos of top Planned Parenthood ex- vesting and selling of organs of aborted Primary Care Association into the ecutives detailing the methods they children in ways to alter their proce- RECORD. employ to harvest tissues and organs dures in order to ‘‘obtain intact fetal during abortions performed at these CALIFORNIA PRIMARY cadavers,’’ which they refer to as ‘‘line CARE ASSOCIATION, clinics is nothing short of atrocious. items.’’ Sacramento, CA, September 17, 2015. After the release of the first video in In perhaps the most chilling video, Hon. LOIS CAPPS, July, I joined my pro-life colleagues to we see one of these so-called intact House of Representatives, call immediately for thorough inves- fetal cadavers with its heart still beat- Washington, DC. tigations into this activity, and now, ing. Madam Speaker, its heart was still DEAR CONGRESSWOMAN CAPPS: The Cali- these investigations are underway. The beating. fornia Primary Care Association has re- American people deserve and they need Madam Speaker, whether one con- cently become aware of new legislation, H.R. to know the truth. While these inves- 3134 combined with the Ellmers amendment, siders themselves pro-life or pro- by Congresswoman Diane Black that would tigations are ongoing, it is important choice, can we not agree that the har- redirect federal funding from Planned Par- that we take action to prevent tax- vesting and trafficking of baby organs enthood to federally qualified health centers. payer dollars from going to this type of violates the sanctity with which every The purported goal of such legislation is to activity.

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Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam Finally, with Pope Francis coming I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gen- next week, he said: ‘‘The defense of the Colorado (Mr. LAMBORN). tlewoman from California (Ms. SPEIER). unborn life is closely linked to the de- Mr. LAMBORN. Madam Speaker, I Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, fense of each and every other human urge my colleagues to join me in sup- Planned Parenthood provides 865,000 right. It involves the conviction that a porting H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned pap smears and breast exams a year. human being is always sacred and invi- Parenthood Act of 2015. That is more than the entire popu- olable in any situation, every stage of Recent videos released by brave whis- lation of States like Wyoming, South development.’’ tleblowers have definitively shown that Dakota, North Dakota. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam it is well past time to defund Planned I want to introduce you, Members on Speaker, while the investigation may Parenthood. For far too long and to the the other side of the aisle, to Colleen be ongoing, there have been no cases of tune of one-half billion dollars a year, from Albany, New York, who is 27 born alive. The one case from some taxpayers have been forced to subsidize years old. I want you to look into her time ago, a doctor is in prison for that. Planned Parenthood’s abortion on de- eyes, and I want you to tell me that This simply is not accurate. Now, what mand. you would rather see her dead because we know from ongoing investigations Thanks to these unsettling revela- Colleen went to Planned Parenthood here currently is there has been no sub- tions, we now know that taxpayers because she was in between jobs and stantiated allegation against Planned have also been subsidizing the traf- sought health care. Parenthood. ficking of aborted baby body parts. She received a breast cancer exam at What we have seen is this Center for This is not health care, Madam Speak- Planned Parenthood. She had stage II Medical Progress that posted these er. breast cancer, and she is alive today YouTube video. They have made a There are over 13,000 publicly sup- because it was identified at a Planned number of misrepresentations that ported health centers in our country Parenthood clinic. They operated, and may have broken several Federal and that do provide excellent women’s she is healthy. State laws, including violating Federal health care. In my home State of Colo- She is not the only one. There are tax laws, violating criminal laws, vio- rado, there are 240 such healthcare al- 86,000 men and women who seek serv- lating the Invasion of Privacy Act out ternatives versus 21 Planned Parent- ices at Planned Parenthood every year of California, violating California’s hood locations. for breast cancer or for pap smears for penal code by making false charitable This important legislation will not cervical cancer who are identified as solicitations. remove funds from women’s health having a positive test result. As a re- Now, we have heard that the attor- care, but shift it to responsible pro- sult, they get care—86,000. What you neys for the director, Mr. Daleiden, for viders. Taxpayers won’t have to fund are saying is that it is okay for 86,000 CMP, his attorneys have advised a Fed- Planned Parenthood’s deplorable bar- people to die because that is how they eral district court that he intends to barism. I urge my colleagues to support this were accessing their health care. invoke his Fifth Amendment in the in- bill. Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, vestigation of him for his violation of I yield myself 10 seconds to respond to Federal and State laws. b 1130 some of the comments and to remind At this time, I yield 1 minute to the Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam my colleagues this investigation that gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gen- we are conducting is ongoing. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ). tleman from Maryland (Mr. VAN HOL- Cancer screenings and prevention Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. LEN). services have been cut in half at Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Speaker, Planned Parenthood over the past 7 opposition to the Defund Planned Par- this legislation is the latest attempt to years. They do not perform mammo- enthood Act of 2015. This bill is pos- take essential healthcare services grams; they outsource it. They perform sibly the most dangerous bill for wom- away from women. over 300,000 abortions annually; that is en’s health to come to the House floor Our Republican colleagues know that their own number. of this Congress. none of the Planned Parenthood Fed- Madam Speaker, 98.5 percent of the State and Federal investigations of eral funds are used for abortion, per pregnant women who go there go for an Planned Parenthood have produced no the Hyde amendment. They know there abortion. evidence of violations of laws or med- is no evidence that Planned Parent- At this time, I yield 1 minute to the ical standards, and independent audi- hood has violated any Federal laws. gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. tors confirm the videos referenced were They know that 90 percent of Planned PITTS), the chairman of the Health heavily altered. Parenthood services go to essential Subcommittee. What really happens in Planned Par- cancer screenings, family planning Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, this enthood clinics every year is this: 2.7 counseling, pregnancy tests, contracep- morning we are debating, actually, two million Americans receive critical tive care, and other things. bills. One is the delay of funds to health services, 78 percent of which live This bill will deny women those serv- Planned Parenthood until the inves- below the poverty level; doctors deliver ices. When this bill fails in the Senate, tigation is over and redistributing that approximately 400,000 pap smear our Republican colleagues are appar- money to the rural and federally quali- exams; and women receive nearly half ently prepared to shut down the gov- fied community health clinics of which a million breast exams, including ernment in order to shut down those there are over 13,000—only 656 Planned screenings to 88,000 women whose can- women’s health services. Parenthood clinics—and they actually cer was detected early. Madam Speaker, our Republican col- do women’s health, like mammograms, This legislation threatens those serv- leagues are entitled to their views, but as we have heard, and other issues, not ices and the health of patients, includ- they should not harm our economy; just refer. I would urge support for ing 7,000 women in my district annu- they should not harm America’s that. ally who rely on Planned Parenthood women; they should not shut down the The other bill we are debating, which for health care. government to try to impose their is sometimes infants are born alive As a woman, mother, and breast can- views on the country. after an abortion. We had two wit- cer survivor, I refuse to take that Madam Speaker, I rise to raise my opposi- nesses last week before the Judiciary threat lying down. Republicans’ own tion to H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood

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So I am not surprised publicans are willing to hold our country hos- tect those who do not have a voice and that these doctored videos are on tage to further their harmful agenda against to ensure that tax dollars are sup- YouTube. women. porting organizations that truly pro- Mammograms are done in imaging The Defund Planned Parenthood Act is just vide health care for women. centers, so no health center does an ac- another shameful attempt to take essential I have seen the videos, and I can tell tual mammogram. So let’s stop trying healthcare services away from women. Re- you, that is not health care. I have to mislead the American people with publicans are so focused on defunding spent my entire life caring for patients, this sham. Planned Parenthood that they are willing to and it is important to note that there If you like YouTube so much, and shut down the government again, and cause are alternatives for women to receive that is where you are going to get your billions of dollars of damage to our economy. care besides Planned Parenthood. I information, I have another video you Planned Parenthood has been investigated strongly support withholding tax dol- can watch right now on YouTube. It is multiple times and each investigation has lars from Planned Parenthood until called, ‘‘Dumb and Dumber.’’ shown that Planned Parenthood has not vio- congressional investigators have had a Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, lated any federal laws. Moreover none of chance to review the matter. I am I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Planned Parenthood’s federal funds are used proud to encourage my colleagues to Michigan (Mr. WALBERG). Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, it to perform abortions, in accordance with the support this important bill. has been said that none are so blind as Hyde Amendment. Republicans are ignoring Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam those who will not see, and so I rise facts and relying on doctored footage to con- Speaker, may I please inquire how today on behalf of the unborn babies tinue their crusade against women’s much time is left on each side. who can’t stand up for themselves. healthcare. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Florida has 81⁄2 minutes Many of my colleagues have already This bill will have a devastating impact on described the horrifying videos that women. Approximately one in five American remaining. The gentlewoman from 1 shock the conscience and have sparked women, in her lifetime, has relied on a Tennessee has 11 ⁄4 minutes remaining. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam several congressional investigations. Planned Parenthood center for care. It serves Speaker, I yield myself such time as I No matter what party you belong to, a total of 2.7 million patients per year—women may consume. we should all agree that taxpayer dol- and men. Again, the videos keep being ref- lars should not be used for harvesting More than ninety percent of their much- erenced here on the floor. I want Mem- baby parts for profit. The debate today needed services go toward providing essential bers to understand, I want the Amer- is about more than these barbaric prac- health services that includes contraceptive ican public to understand that the first tices. It is about the very character of care, family planning counseling, pregnancy four short videos released on YouTube our Nation. Will we turn a blind eye to tests, prenatal care, and essential cancer have 40 separate splices and edits that this callous disregard for human life? screenings. remove crucial context. They remove Is this the country we want to be? There are not enough community health exculpatory statements like, ‘‘Nobody Two weeks ago today, my newest centers to care for all of those who would lose should be selling tissue; that is not the granddaughter, Naomi Gail, was born access to healthcare if this bill is passed. A di- goal here,’’ and, ‘‘This is not a service after an emergency C-section from a rect threat would be posed to seventy-eight they should be making money from. It doctor who understood the need for life percent of Planned Parenthood patients who is something they should be able to for both the mother and the child. earn incomes of 150 percent of the federal offer to their patients in a way that Holding her in my arms was a vivid re- poverty level or less. doesn’t impact them,’’ or, ‘‘We are not minder that all life is sacred, and every It is time to focus on this country’s real con- looking to make money from this. Our child deserves dignity, respect, and a cerns and stop trying to deprive women of es- goal is to keep access available.’’ In chance for a full life. sential health services. I strongly oppose this one of the videos there are at least 16 America was founded on the values of bill and any other efforts to defund Planned substantial unexplained edits, includ- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi- Parenthood. ing the removal of nine instances ness. Madam Speaker, it all begins Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, where Planned Parenthood staff said with life. I yield myself 10 seconds to respond. there is no profit related to tissue do- Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam Madam Speaker, they sure want that nation. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentle- government shutdown. I do want to re- Doesn’t that seem misleading and woman from California (Ms. LEE). mind them that we have over 13,000 fundamentally dishonest to remove Ms. LEE. Madam Speaker, I want to community health centers in the coun- statements like that, and then base a thank Representative CASTOR for her try. Planned Parenthood has cut their smear campaign and bring it to the tremendous leadership. cancer screening and prevention serv- floor of the United States Congress for I rise in strong opposition to H.R. ices in half in the past 7 years, and policymaking? I think so. 3134, which is nothing more than yet they do not perform mammograms, but That is why these videos have been another ideological attack on women’s they do over 300,000 abortions. denounced across the country by inde- health care. It would defund Planned Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to pendent editorial writers. They have Parenthood for a year, leaving millions the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. called them distorted and unfair, dis- of women across the country without ROE). honest, grossly misleading, and politi- access to critical healthcare services. Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Madam cally irresponsible and swift boating. Planned Parenthood centers often Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to serve as a primary care health facility 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. for women seeking birth control, can- Act of 2015. PAYNE), my friend cer and STI screenings, and other crit- As an OB/GYN physician who has de- Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise ical preventive care. In 2013 alone, livered close to 5,000 babies, I was today in strong opposition to H.R. 3134, Planned Parenthood provided sickened and disturbed by the release the Defund Planned Parenthood Act. healthcare services to more than of several videos showing Planned Par- There is nothing thoughtful about 800,000 Californians and provided more enthood executives casually discussing this legislation. This is a shameful and than 93,000 Pap tests and 97,000 breast the dismemberment of babies to sell shocking sham. This has always been exams. body parts. about Republicans wanting to restrict Denying access to the healthcare Madam Speaker, this bill isn’t about the right of women to make their own services such as Planned Parenthood whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, healthcare decisions. provides will harm those who most though I am proud to say that I will al- Let me say, you know, these doc- need these services, including low-in- ways be a defender of the right to life. tored videos on YouTube, my children come women and women of color. This

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I stand war on women and stop these ideolog- Now, with just 5 legislative days be- before you today not as a Republican ical attacks and stop using women’s fore a shutdown, we are wasting our and not as a Member of this House, but health care to divert attention from a time on a bill the President has said he as a fellow human being, and I wonder: looming government shutdown because will veto. It is past time for Congress How did we get to this point? How do Republicans refuse to pass a budget. to stop focusing on ideology and start we somehow compromise in our mind Vote ‘‘no’’ on this deceptive and dis- focusing on the facts. The fact is what it is that we are talking about honest bill. defunding Planned Parenthood would today? Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, have a devastating effect on women’s I want you to disconnect from any I yield myself 20 seconds to respond to access to health care. That care in- organization or agency and con- something. cludes cancer screenings, immuniza- centrate on the act of what is taking Our colleagues across the aisle have a tions, and birth control. place. colleague from New Jersey who pre- As my colleagues are well aware, cur- This is not a blob of tissue. This is viously spoke. I want to reference a rent law already prevents Federal fund- one of America’s sons or daughters press release that was sent out August ing for abortion services. It is shameful waiting to be born. They are taken 15 from his office on community health that the House is allowing the reckless from the safety of their mother’s womb centers: actions of a few extremists to jeop- and they are taken out very carefully Community health centers attend to hard- ardize the critical safety net provided so they can harvest certain body parts: to-reach populations and are a vital resource by Planned Parenthood. We can’t let hearts, lungs, heads. that have a significant impact in improving that happen. You can sit here and try to make it health in New Jersey. I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no.’’ something about an agency and turn a Talking about reaching hard-to-serve Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, blind eye to the act that is taking populations, this is what we are doing. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from place in a country that will go to any Let’s put the money where it meets the Ohio (Mr. GIBBS). length to protect life, in a people that most needs. Mr. GIBBS. Madam Speaker, we have believes in the sanctity of life from its I now yield 1 minute to the gen- seen in the videos released this summer very conception to its natural death. tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. DUFFY), the horrific practices of harvesting the And somehow harvesting the parts who is the author of H.R. 3495, the body parts of aborted children for prof- from these little baby boys and girls Women’s Public Health and Safety Act, it. We have also known that Planned has become a political issue? and commend him for his commitment Parenthood provides abortion proce- This is an issue human being to in those efforts. human being. This is an issue of con- Mr. DUFFY. ‘‘It is a boy,’’ or, ‘‘it is dures, and the pro-life movement has for years worked very hard to ensure science and conviction. Please, do not a girl’’; any parent knows that phrase. make it a political battle. It is one of the most memorable mo- that no taxpayer dollars will be used to fund the procedure of abortion. This is about our sons and daughters. ments that they will ever have in their This is about a horrific act that is re- lives. Planned Parenthood is not about women’s health care. We know this be- pulsive and repugnant and has no place Recently, we heard that same phrase, in America. America’s taxpayers refuse but it was said by an abortion provider cause not one clinic performs mammograms. The despicable actions that to pay for that type of act. Wake up. at Planned Parenthood, and it was as Ms. CASTOR of Florida. I reserve the were uncovered in these videos show that provider—we will use that term balance of my time. the true nature of Planned Parenthood. loosely—was siphoning through the Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, It shows their complete disregard for body parts of a little baby, taking I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from life. It shows how careless they are hearts and lungs for sale, but noticed it Illinois (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS). with the responsibility to treat our is a boy. Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. I most vulnerable and innocent with re- What a perversion. What a perversion thank the many colleagues who stood spect. of who we are as a people. I think it here and stand with me now to rise in calls into question this debate. This is We cannot give taxpayer dollars to support of ensuring that hard-earned not a debate about women’s health. We an organization that profits from the taxpayer dollars do not go to private are providing the same amount of sale of organs from aborted children. entities that are trafficking in fetal money for women’s health to great Planned Parenthood officials have been baby parts. clinics that provide great care. It is caught haggling over the price of body We have to put a stop to this heinous about Planned Parenthood. parts from aborted children, and they practice. We have to ensure that this Why is it about Planned Parenthood? have been recorded on camera fearing problem is investigated. We have to en- If you watch this debate, you have to the consequences if their actions were sure that the Federal Government is ask, how could anybody defend the revealed to the world. We have two not condoning these actions. practices at Planned Parenthood, har- House committee investigations. We I believe that we need to ensure that vesting body parts? How could anyone have an obligation to suspend Federal Planned Parenthood understands that defend that? It is an easy answer. Look funding to Planned Parenthood while the money that they have access to in political season. Millions of dol- the investigations are being conducted. from the Federal Treasury is not man- lars—millions of dollars—are spent by Now is the time for all Americans to datory money that is given to that Planned Parenthood to elect Demo- reflect on the fragile nature of life and agency. crats to the House of Representatives how we treat the unborn. I want to We need to ensure that women’s and to the Senate. This isn’t about ba- thank Congresswoman BLACK for lead- health is a priority, but let’s put the bies. This is about money. ing the efforts to defund Planned Par- tax dollars into the agencies and the Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam enthood. I urge my colleagues to sup- community health centers that are Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentle- port this bill. providing access to women’s health woman from Washington (Ms. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. I reserve the care every day throughout this great DELBENE). balance of my time. Nation. We can do that. Ms. DELBENE. Madam Speaker, this Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Let’s stand together. Let’s ban this feels like deja vu. Once again, the how much time is remaining? heinous practice. Let’s make sure we House is ignoring the challenges facing The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- move forward. our Nation in order to attack women’s tlewoman from Florida has 41⁄2 minutes Ms. CASTOR of Florida. I yield 1 health. Already this year, the House remaining. The gentlewoman from minute to the gentlewoman from Flor- has voted to restrict reproductive Tennessee has 8 minutes remaining. ida (Ms. FRANKEL).

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I thank the gentle- want to say this as respectfully as pos- tions every year. woman for yielding. sible, but this bill is dumb, it is foolish, Federally funded clinics that serve The appalling videos that have been and it is mean-spirited, with only one women’s health and do not perform released revealing Planned Parent- purpose, and that is to punish one of abortions outnumber Planned Parent- hood’s horrific activities should spur our country’s premier health organiza- hood clinics by between two to one. deep concern in every American. tions because it provides women access Let’s send the funds to those clinics. In a recent hearing with Secretary to an array of services that we need to I urge my colleagues to support this Burwell, I asked her whether the De- lead healthy lives. The bill is based legislation. partment of Health and Human Serv- upon lies and exaggerations. Ms. CASTRO of Florida. I yield 1 ices would probe into these allegations, Now, if you want to have a truthful minute to the gentleman from Cali- but she refused to commit to an investigation. debate, then let’s talk about the 400,000 fornia (Mr. FARR). We have a moral responsibility to act Pap smears, the 500,000 breast exams, Mr. FARR. I don’t think anybody on to investigate this organization’s ac- and the 4.5 million STD and HIV tests your side has read the bill. It doesn’t tions and hold them accountable. that Planned Parenthood does each do anything that you have talked Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam year. Now, that is saving lives. That is about. Speaker, may I inquire how much time the truth. It doesn’t stop abortions. It doesn’t is remaining? Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, stop any of those other issues that are The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- I yield 1 minute to gentleman from already illegal. It does one thing: It 1 tlewoman from Florida has 2 ⁄2 minutes North Carolina (Mr. PITTENGER). shuts down Planned Parenthood clin- remaining. The gentlewoman from Mr. PITTENGER. Madam Speaker, ics. Tennessee has 33⁄4 minutes remaining. many years ago, I was in London with I represent the largest affiliate of Mrs. BLACKBURN. I yield 30 seconds my family at the British Museum and Planned Parenthood in the United to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. watched a little movie about the devel- States. And guess what. Twenty-two JODY B. HICE). opment and growth of a baby inside a percent of the patients are men. So you Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia. mother’s womb. The video was all are going to deny access not only to Madam Speaker, the recent allegations about life, tracking the baby’s develop- women, but to men. and videos that have come forth have ment week by week. You say: ‘‘Oh, we will shift the literally shocked the world by show- Recently, we have all watched videos money somewhere else.’’ There is no- casing the morally bankrupt practices where Planned Parenthood executives where else. These are the only clinics of Planned Parenthood. candidly talked about death. How can around in many of the communities. I am honored to stand with my col- anyone defend the sale of a little So what you are doing is taking this leagues to try to prevent tax dollars baby’s body parts? Why should Federal angry white man’s caucus on the Re- from going to this organization that taxpayers support organizations that publican side that have been for years has now stooped to the practice of traf- rob little ones of their right to life, lib- trying to use this as a political issue, ficking innocent baby parts, they say, erty, and the pursuit of happiness? using a bill that says you are going to for the purpose of advancing medical Planned Parenthood has betrayed the do all these things. It only does one research, but we all know that there is rights and life of America’s most de- thing: it penalizes Planned Parenthood. no excuse that can possibly be given to fenseless. Today I am asking that you Penalizing Planned Parenthood pe- provide for the moral bankruptcy of join me in supporting the Defund nalizes us all. It is about access to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, which health care, particularly, access to It is time to defund this while the in- effectively halts Federal funding of health care for women. vestigation occurs. The blood and body Planned Parenthood for 1 year or until Stop beating up on women. Stop try- parts of children should be looked at as they can certify that their affiliates ing to make this a political issue. The a sacred entity rather than an indus- and clinics are not and will not per- reason we haven’t been able to legis- try. form abortions. late against abortion is because you Ms. CASTOR of Florida. I yield 1 I thank Congresswoman DIANE BLACK can’t find a law that can enforce it. minute to the gentlewoman from for her leadership on this issue. The This is really a moral issue and a Maine (Ms. PINGREE). Ms. PINGREE. I thank my friend for character of our Nation is at stake. We medical issue that ought to be dis- yielding and for her excellent remarks must restore the value and sanctity of cussed with women and their doctors. every life and fight back against those on the floor this morning. Congress Members ought to stay out of Madam Speaker, defunding Planned unfathomable acts. Life is precious. this. Let’s cherish each and every one. Parenthood would have a real, pro- We haven’t been successful in solving found, negative impact on the 10,000 Ms. CASTOR of Florida. I reserve the these problems. This only hurts people, balance of my time. people in Maine who get health care particularly in rural areas, because the from Planned Parenthood every year, Mrs. BLACKBURN. I yield 30 seconds majority of Planned Parenthood clinics to the gentleman from Pennsylvania many of whom have no other access to are in rural areas. care. (Mr. ROTHFUS). Stop being so mean. Solve problems, Mr. ROTHFUS. Madam Speaker, Planned Parenthood provides basic not create them. health care like cancer screenings, vac- what we have learned about Planned The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- Parenthood through these videos is ap- cinations, wellness exams, and STD bers are reminded to address their re- testing, basic care that will mean the palling, barbaric, and indefensible. marks to the Chair and not to other Here are some of the quotes: difference between health and sickness, Members. prosperity and poverty, or even life and We’ve been very good at getting heart, Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, lung, liver . . . so I’m not gonna crush that death for women in my State. part. I yield myself 15 seconds. Let’s be clear. Who is really behind Using a ‘‘less crunchy’’ technique to get I would encourage all Members to the attempts to defund Planned Par- more whole specimens. read the bill. It is very short. It is enthood? Radical antiabortion groups We’re going to procure brain . . . so what about three pages. What it will do is who want to shut down Planned Par- you do is you go through the face . . . freeze this funding for a year so we can enthood and deny women access to safe And when discussing the sale of body do the investigation, and it sends it to and legal abortions. These are groups parts, a Planned Parenthood official some of the 13,000 community health who want to deny women the right to asks: centers that are in the country. make a private, personal medical deci- Well, why don’t you start by telling me We have even got a press release from sion. what you’re used to paying? one of their colleagues extolling the In the process, they want to take Madam Speaker, our Nation is so values of these community health cen- away the access to birth control, fam- much better than this. The cold indif- ters. ily planning services, and even basic

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This ‘‘Deny here on the floor of the House of Rep- and those that did occur, did not result in Women Health Care Act’’ is a cynical resentatives. harm to women. attack on the ability of women to re- I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ Because of their efforts, Oregon’s 11 ceive the health services they need. and stand up for women’s rights to Planned Parenthood centers provided care to I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote, and I urge my Re- make their own decisions about health over 70,000 women in 2013, including over publican colleagues to keep the govern- care and protect their access to basic 25,000 breast and cervical cancer screenings. ment open for hard-working Ameri- medical services. Nationally, Planned Parenthood services over cans. Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, 2.5 million women annually. Planned Parent- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman hood centers serve a greater share of safety- ance of my time. from Texas (Mr. FARENTHOLD). net clients than any other type of safety-net Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Mr. FARENTHOLD. Madam Speaker, providers. Nearly 80 percent of women using I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman during the recent Presidential debates Planned Parenthood have incomes at or from Texas (Mr. POE). Carly Fiorina called and dared Presi- below 150 percent of poverty—these clinics Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, dent Obama and Hillary Clinton to offer affordable health care options for women where have we gone? Where is the watch these appalling videos. who may have no alternate source of care. moral compass of the United States? I realize we only have a few minutes The fact that we are engaged in a concerted Do we want to continue the issue of left, but I want to dare Members on the assault against the provision of essential serv- taking body parts of babies and selling other side to watch these videos, too. ices to women, especially women of color and them on the open market and pro- There are computers in the cloakroom low-income status is appalling. If people would tecting that enterprise? Or do we want where they can watch them. take the time, as I have, to visit these facili- to back up and say, if that is occurring, If they want to send one taxpayer ties, meet the employees, and most impor- we are not funding it? dime to Planned Parenthood after tantly, know these community leaders that All this legislation does is say: Wait watching it, shame on them. There are have made it possible to protect women’s a minute, if that is occurring in Amer- much better places to send it, like health, to prevent countless abortions, and to ica, we are not going to tolerate it. these community health centers cre- promote wellbeing and education, they would Until we find out, no more money, and ated under President Obama’s bill. see the lies behind this heated rhetoric and it should go to other agencies that There are lots of places women can go misguided attacks. don’t harvest the body parts of babies. for health care, not just Planned Par- b 1200 Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, enthood. Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Go watch the videos. I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman I am going to close and draw to an Ms. CASTOR of Florida. I am pleased from Ohio (Mr. WENSTRUP). end this debate. I do want to remind all to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman Mr. WENSTRUP. Madam Speaker, I my colleagues that we are not dis- from Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER). serve on the board of health in Cin- cussing government shutdown. What (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was cinnati, Ohio, and I am very familiar we are talking about is a bill that given permission to revise and extend with FQHCs. I might say that FQHCs would withhold funds from Planned his remarks.) provide services, expansive services, Parenthood for a period of a year, Mr. BLUMENAUER. It is bizarre to not only to women, but men and chil- while we have an investigation. watch the manufactured controversy dren as well. Now, I know they have called this a surrounding ambush-type, heavily edit- My wife and I are currently in the smear campaign. We are investigating ed filming used to discredit Planned process of adoption, and it sickens me the operations of Planned Parenthood. Parenthood. to see these parts of young children sit- Why are we doing this? Planned Par- These attacks do not reflect my expe- ting there, knowing that we could take enthood is big abortion in this coun- rience and knowledge of the amazing, them, love them, and nurture them try—300,000 abortions a year, as op- dedicated, civic-minded men and into a wonderful life. I don’t know how posed to 1,800 adoption services; 98.5 women—pillars of our community— people look at themselves in the mir- percent of all women who go there for who have built, supported, and led ror and think that this is okay. a prenatal service, it is an abortion. Planned Parenthood in my community. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam Think about that, 98.5 percent. There is no question that, because of Speaker, I yield myself the balance of There is reason to review how they their efforts, tens of thousands of abor- my time. use taxpayer funding, and we are justi- tions never occurred. Because of their The Republican Congress has fun- fied in withholding taxpayer funds efforts, 70,000 women in Oregon last damentally failed to fulfill its basic re- until we finish that. year received services. sponsibility to work out an appropria- Now, our colleagues have chosen to They are people who know their com- tions plan that will keep this govern- say that we are radical, dumb, shame- munities, Planned Parenthood leader- ment open. This bill, to inflame the ful, disrespectful, foolish, extremists, ship understands that this heated rhet- passion that is based on false videos, deniers, deprivers, mean-spirited, and oric, outrageous claims, and attack distorted clips that was part of a co- beating up on women. Think about against service to low-income women ordinated smear campaign all across that. All because we stand for life, for is not just false, it is wrong. the country, is being used as the foun- liberty. We stand for life rights, a first It is bizarre to watch the manufactured con- dation to close the government. right, and these are the names that you troversy surrounding ambush-type, heavily- I hope it doesn’t happen, but it ap- attach to people who defend those edited journalism used to discredit Planned pears that the dysfunction in the Re- rights. Parenthood. publican Congress is going to lead us Saturday, I went to a baby shower. It’s not just the blatantly manipulative and down that path, at the expense of wom- An excited grandmother said, Meet my misleading tactics that are being used, which en’s health care, their basic funda- granddaughter. It was an ultrasound, a should be enough for most people to reject mental services all across this country. 3–D ultrasound. Her name is Jessica. the allegations on their face. These attacks do Last spring, we asked the Repub- That is a baby with a life, and Planned not reflect my experience and knowledge of licans in Congress to sit down and Parenthood is aborting 300,000 of those the amazing, dedicated, civic-minded men and hammer out an appropriations plan. lives each year. women who have built, supported, and led They refused. They adjourned at the It is time for taxpayer money to be Planned Parenthood in my community. end of July. Nothing happened in Au- withheld. I support the bill. For decades, I have admired these pillars of gust. Nothing has happened here in Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- community, leaders in education, religion, September, except for these inflam- ance of my time. business, and other civic affairs that provided matory bills based upon false YouTube Mrs. WAGNER. Madam Speaker, today I the vision, the volunteer effort, and personal videos. speak in support of H.R. 3134, the Defund

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In issue and her unwavering support for the lives Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong opposi- 2012, the first full year following the dev- of the unborn. tion to H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parent- astating cuts to family planning funding and This summer, we have learned of the hood Act. implementation of the ‘‘affiliate rule,’’ shocking nature of Planned Parenthood’s This bill is partisan politics at its worst. The Texas met only 13 percent of the need for practice of selling babies’ hearts, lungs, livers, attacks on Planned Parenthood are nothing publicly funded contraception—less than more than political witch-hunts led by anti- half of national totals for the same year. brains and other organs, often for a profit, to Furthermore, defunding PPFA would have the highest bidder. abortion extremists. Their efforts to mislead a devastating impact on the Latino/a com- We were disturbed by what we learned the public and tarnish the reputation of munity which experiences higher rates of re- about these practices, but perhaps even more Planned Parenthood are downright shameful. productive cancers, unintended pregnancy, so by the cold indifference in which countless Here are the facts: millions of American and sexually transmitted infections than employees dehumanized unborn children, ef- families, particularly in underserved areas, rely most other groups of people in the U.S. In fectively turning them into line item revenue on Planned Parenthood for family planning fact, according to the latest statistics from sources, rather than human life in its most services and basic women’s healthcare. Sev- the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- tion, Latinas have the highest cervical can- precious form. enty-eight percent of Planned Parenthood pa- cer incidence rates. Latinos/as, including After discovering the grotesque nature of tients live with incomes at 150 percent of the LGBTQ Latinos/as, immigrant women, and these practices, the U.S. House of Represent- federal poverty level or less, and almost half women of color experience system barriers atives responded to these abhorrent activities a million of their patients are Latinos. Were it such as cost, lack of available clinics, insuf- by launching investigative hearings, the first of not for Planned Parenthood, these families, in- ficient culturally and linguistically com- which began in the House Judiciary Com- cluding over 25 thousand in my district, would petent health systems, and discriminatory mittee last week. have nowhere to turn for basic health care immigration policies that make it difficult for individuals and communities to access Yet the very same week we began inves- needs. routine healthcare. For decades, Latinos/as tigating the extent of the wrongdoing, the Ex- Defunding Planned Parenthood has implica- have been the most uninsured racial and eth- ecutive Branch, through the Centers for Medi- tions for the 2.7 million Americans across the nic group. care and Medicaid Services, awarded Planned country who count on Planned Parenthood for That is why our communities rely on Parenthood of Missouri, Iowa and Montana STD and STI testing, cancer screenings, con- Planned Parenthood for quality healthcare. with over $1 million in taxpayer support. traceptive care, and other health services. In 2013, PPFA’s clinics served 575,000 Latinos/ The only response to this unthinkable action These basic and critical healthcare services as, which was 22 percent of their overall patients. We will not tolerate any attempts to is for the U.S. House of Representatives, the which account for 97% of those provided at cut Latinos/as off from this care. legislative body with constitutional authority Planned Parenthood, are what is really being We strongly urge you to oppose all pro- over federal funds, to pass legislation ex- defunded here. posals to defund PPFA and stand with the pressly prohibiting the federal government It’s been 42 years since the United States undersigned organizations to protect the from supporting Planned Parenthood. Supreme Court ruled that a woman has the right to health care for Latinos/as and other Madam Speaker, it is not enough for the constitutional right to choose what is best for persons of color. If you have any questions, U.S. House of Representatives to deny funds her health and her body. Since then, anti- please do not hesitate to contact Ann Marie from a single continuing resolution or omnibus abortion extremists have been working tire- Benitez, Senior Director of Government Re- lations, at National Latina Institute for Re- spending package. lessly to chip away at this constitutional pro- productive Health. Instead we must do so permanently and tection. This time, Madam Speaker, the rami- Signed, Congresswoman BLACK’s legislation gives fications of their efforts extend far beyond Casa de Esperanza, Farmworker Justice, Congress an opportunity to continue our in- abortion. They threaten the health and well- Hispanic Federation, Labor Council for vestigations into Planned Parenthood and being of millions of hard-working American Latin American Advancement, work toward the day when we are no longer families in my district and across the country. LatinoJustice PRLDEF, League of funding this abhorrent organization. The majority always argues for small gov- United Latin American Citizens, Mexi- In the short term, there is much work to be ernment. I guess this time they want a govern- can American Legal Defense and Edu- ment small enough to fit inside the exam room cational Fund, National Alliance of done. Latin American and Caribbean Com- The U.S. House of Representatives is re- with a woman and her doctor. munities, National Hispanic Media Co- sponsible for acting on behalf of the American Madam Speaker, I’d like to submit a letter alition, National Latina Institute for people and investigating the extent to which signed by 13 Latino advocacy groups in oppo- Reproductive Health, Presente, U.S.- Planned Parenthood’s has profited from this sition to defunding Planned Parenthood. Mexico Foundation, VotoLatino. activity. AUGUST 3, 2015. Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Madam Speaker, I rise in Furthermore we must make sure that U.S. SENATE, opposition to this brazen assault on women’s Planned Parenthood has not been engaging in Washington, DC. health, which would harm lower income illegal partial birth abortions. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, women around this nation. We must determine whether or not Planned Washington, DC. DEAR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: As organiza- The legislation we are debating today would Parenthood has been breaking the law by al- tions committed to the civil and human mean that women with limited health options tering abortion procedures to preserve certain rights, health equity, and well-being of will find it harder to secure lifesaving serv- organs for sale. Latino/as, our families, and our commu- ices—like breast exams and pap tests. In New We must protect women and unborn chil- nities, we the thirteen undersigned organiza- York alone, cutting Planned Parenthood fund- dren from these dangerous procedures that tions urge you to oppose all efforts to defund ing would mean that nearly 50,000 fewer are designed to increase revenue for this Planned Parenthood Federation of America breast exams would occur. 37,000 women group and profit from the destruction innocent (PPFA) or other healthcare providers that would no longer receive pap tests. Millions of Latinos/as rely on for high quality care. life. The recent manipulated and misleading at- women nationwide would no longer have ac- And perhaps most importantly, we must pro- tacks on PPFA are yet another political at- cess to STI screenings and treatments, to say vide funding for other organizations that pro- tempt to target providers of reproductive nothing of additional unplanned pregnancies. vide women’s health care support and serv- health services. The real agenda behind these These are just some of the critical treat- ices—without also offering abortions. attacks is to block access to basic health ments and procedures Planned Parenthood And we must not continue taxpayer funding services, particularly for low-income com- provides—some of which save women’s lives. for groups like Planned Parenthood that be- munities, women of color, and young people. If you want to proclaim yourself ‘‘pro-life’’ then lieve they are above the laws of the United These tactics also create an atmosphere of you should care about women’s lives—not States. fear and shame intended to intimidate women who seek abortion and those who pro- focus on depriving them of health care serv- We have a duty, as elected Representatives vide the much needed care. ices and contraception. to stand up for the most vulnerable among us, Such attacks on PPFA, a critical provider Today, we have just a few legislative days to lend a voice to the voiceless, and fight back of vital health services to low-income women left before another Republican-fueled govern- against injustice. and women of color, threatens to unravel the ment shutdown. We know this misguided bill

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Yet, House Republicans remain obsessed effort will be the women who live in one of the With all we know about what goes on at with attacking Planned Parenthood and reduc- 20 states that have declined the Medicaid ex- Planned Parenthood’s abortion factories, why ing women’s healthcare options—to the point pansion provided by the Affordable Care Act are we voting on a bill to ‘‘defund’’ Planned where they are ready to engender another and who rely on Planned Parenthood for life- Parenthood for one year? government shutdown. saving health care. We need to reject this legislation so we get Defunding Planned Parenthood would also What’s worse, H.R. 3134 does not defund back to the serious business of governing. be devastating for low-income communities, Planned Parenthood. The exceptions included Support women’s health care, vote no on the women of color, and young people. It would in this bill allow taxpayer dollars to be used to bill. unravel our nation’s reproductive health safety fund abortions performed at Planned Parent- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. net. Planned Parenthood health centers com- hood. In effect, this bill is a proactive vote by Madam Speaker, I stand in strong opposition prise 10% of all publicly funded family plan- the GOP-controlled House of Representatives to H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act ning centers, and serve 36% of all clients who to affirmatively fund abortions at Planned of 2015. obtain care from the nation’s network of family Parentlgd facilities. The very bill leadership This debate and vote are another attempt to planning providers. The view of some Repub- has promoted as the solution to this grisly deny women basic health care, including re- licans that federal funding could simply be re- problem—the taxpayer funded mutilation of productive health services. 2.7 million pa- distributed to other health care centers and fully formed children—actually rubber stamps tients—both men and women—all across providers ignores where Planned Parenthood the existing situation. America depend on Planned Parenthood for health centers are located. They are not typi- Furthermore, the certification process in this critical medical services every year. In my dis- cally on Main Street, but rather in areas and bill is ripe for fraud and abuse. All Planned trict, if you go to a Planned Parenthood clinic neighborhoods where they are most needed. Parenthood needs to do is certify it is already at the end of the day, women, many of mod- For example, a new Planned Parenthood cen- following federal law and the Hyde Amend- est means, will be lined up through the waiting ter currently under construction here in D.C. is ment to continue to receive funding. Who en- room and, often, down the street, waiting to be located in a underserved area in Ward 5 sures this certification? Once Planned Parent- seen. whose population greatly needs access to the hood receives federal funding and is found to While supporters of this bill claim women health services that Planned Parenthood pro- violate this Act, what is the process for the ex- will have other comparable options, the ex- vides. ecutive branch to seek repayment of this perts tell us that is simply not the case. The Unfortunately, we in the District of Columbia money? H.R. 3134 does not go far enough to non-partisan Congressional Budget Office know all too well this type of assault on wom- address concerns for fraud and abuse. found that if this bill is passed, as many as en’s reproductive health and Planned Parent- 630,000 Planned Parenthood patients could hood. Whenever Republicans have controlled Because of my serious concerns with the lose access to birth control, STD screening, the House, they have imposed a devastating substance of H.R. 3134, I offered an amend- and other reproductive health services. And rider on the District that prevents us from ment to the Rules Committee on Wednesday, researchers at the Guttmacher Institute esti- spending our locally raised taxes on abortion September 16, 2015. My amendment states: mate that in 103 of America’s 491 counties, services for low-income women, singling us ‘‘No funds authorized or appropriated by Planned Parenthood is the only safety-net out as the only jurisdiction in the country that Federal law may be made available for any family planning clinic. cannot spend its local tax dollars for such pur- purpose to—(1) Planned Parenthood Federa- I am outraged by this attempt to use a poses. We were successful in getting that tion of America, Inc.; (2) any affiliate or clinic heavily edited and thoroughly discredited rider removed from the Senate’s fiscal year of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, video to vilify an organization that plays a vital 2016 D.C. Appropriations bill, and we will con- Inc.; or (3) any successor of Planned Parent- role in communities across the nation. tinue to fight to have the rider removed from hood Federation of America, Inc. or any such Planned Parenthood should be celebrated, not any final spending bill. affiliate or clinic.’’ demonized, and I hope my colleagues reject I urge my colleagues to vote no on this My amendment is simple: no federal funds this dangerous and disingenuous piece of leg- hyper-partisan bill, which would devastate to Planned Parenthood. Period. No one-year islation. women’s access to health services, most dras- moratorium. No exceptions. That should be Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, today, I tically in low-income and minority commu- the goal of this debate and any legislation to come to the House floor to stand up for wom- nities. defund Planned Parenthood. en’s health. Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Speaker, I rise to Republicans are using a heavily edited, express several serious concerns with the Unfortunately, the Rules Committee did not agenda-driven series of videos that falsely flawed process that led to a flawed product, approve my amendment for debate on the portray Planned Parenthood’s participation in H.R. 3134, the ‘‘Defund Planned Parenthood floor or adopt it as part of the underlying bill. tissue donation programs that support life- Act of 2015.’’ If my amendment was considered on the floor, saving scientific research. These outrageous Ten shocking videos released over the last I am confident that my colleagues would have and false claims about Planned Parenthood few months document what many already overwhelming support and adopted my have been discredited. Edited and distorted knew was happening at Planned Parenthood amendment into the underlying bill. video should not undermine the incredible facilities around our nation—the selling and The funding fight starts now—this is our work that Planned Parenthood does across trafficking of fetal organs for a profit. For the marker—H.R. 3134 is not a sufficient vote to this country in providing critical health care to vast majority of Americans who view human defund Planned Parenthood. I expect much millions of women. life as sacred, these videos halve caused stronger language than this in the CR coming This bill to defund Planned Parenthood righteous anger and disgust that the taxpayer- up in the next few weeks. Innocent, unborn would not defund abortion. Only three percent subsidized ‘‘non-profit organization’’ is not only babies deserve more than just a show vote. of all health services provided by Planned Par- extinguishing human life but also making For these reasons, I will cast a present vote. enthood are abortion services, and these serv- money off of human parts—at the taxpayers’ ices already cannot be paid for with federal expense. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time funding. What this bill would defund is basic This is the moment for the pro-life move- for debate has expired. health services for millions of women. Planned ment to hold this evil organization accountable Pursuant to House Resolution 421, Parenthood provides family planning coun- by completely and unequivocally defunding the previous question is ordered on the seling and contraception to 2.1 million pa- Planned Parenthood. bill, as amended. tients, 400,000 lifesaving screenings for cer- Rather than fighting to protect life and actu- vical cancer, nearly 500,000 breast exams, ally defunding Planned Parenthood, we are The question is on the engrossment and nearly 4.5 million tests and treatments for voting today on a weak bill, without teeth, that and third reading of the bill. sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. does not defund Planned Parenthood. The bill was ordered to be engrossed Despite news this week that the number of H.R. 3134 only places a one-year morato- and read a third time, and was read the uninsured Americans decreased by 8.8 million rium on federal funding of Planned Parent- third time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:03 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18SE7.020 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6165 MOTION TO RECOMMIT Defunding Planned Parenthood would What this bill does is to put a 1-year Ms. ESTY. Madam Speaker, I have a have a devastating impact on women, moratorium while we conduct the in- motion to recommit at the desk. especially low-income women, women vestigation. Let’s be real clear about The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the in rural communities, and women of that, a 1-year moratorium while we do gentlewoman opposed to the bill? color. our due diligence. That is what you Ms. ESTY. I am, in its current form. It is not only women who receive call smart business, doing your due Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, health care at Planned Parenthood. diligence, being a steward of the tax- I reserve a point of order. Men receive health care at Planned payers’ money. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point Parenthood, too. Now, I have found it so interesting of order is reserved. Here are some facts about Planned that they continue to say this will cut The Clerk will report the motion to Parenthood’s critical role in providing access to women’s health care. No, it recommit. health services to Americans every will not. The Clerk read as follows: year. Do you know Planned Parenthood Ms. Esty moves to recommit the bill, H.R. Planned Parenthood provides family sees less than 2 percent of all American 3134, to the Committee on Energy and Com- planning counseling and contraceptive women in a given year? There is an merce with instructions to report the same care to 2.1 million Americans, more amendment on this legislation by Mrs. back to the House forthwith with the fol- than 1.1 million pregnancy tests, near- ELLMERS, it redirects $235 million to lowing amendment: ly 400,000 Pap smear tests, and nearly At the end of the bill, add the following: the FQHCs, the federally qualified 500,000 lifesaving breast exams. health centers. SEC. 6. NO IMPACT ON FUNDING FOR ORGANIZA- Let’s remember that, in many areas, TIONS PROVIDING WOMEN’S It will increase access because we Planned Parenthood is the only source HEALTH SERVICES. have more of those centers in more un- Notwithstanding section 3, nothing in this of family planning services. That is derserved areas, and they are required Act shall impact the amount of funding why, in 1976, as a college freshman, I to provide services which include diag- available for any organization that provides volunteered for Planned Parenthood nostic lab and radiological services. women’s health services, such as preventive because I had seen the impact on young Planned Parenthood has cut those care and cancer screenings, in appropriations women in my rural high school who legislation for fiscal year 2016, including any screenings and cancer screenings and had no access to family planning serv- continuing resolution. those services in half over the last few ices. Too many got pregnant, dropped The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- years, while they have increased their out of school, and never pursued their ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from abortions to 300,000 a year. dreams. Connecticut is recognized for 5 minutes Today, with only 5 legislative days b 1215 in support of her motion. left, we should be focusing on avoiding Ms. ESTY. Madam Speaker, this is a reckless and unnecessary government We are right in restricting these the final amendment to the bill which shutdown. funds to Planned Parenthood while we will not stop the bill or send it back to Do you remember the last govern- conduct this investigation. We are committee. If adopted, this bill will ment shutdown, the one that cost us right to be a steward of the taxpayer immediately proceed to final passage, $24 billion? No wonder some don’t money. as amended. think America is great right now. Dys- Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote I rise today as a mother, as a woman, function in this Congress is under- on the motion to recommit and a ‘‘yes’’ and as a Representative to offer this mining the American people’s faith in vote on the passage of H.R. 3134. straightforward amendment to protect democracy. I yield back the balance of my time. women’s access to vital health care. We, in Congress, have the power to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Contrary to what many Americans act. We have the opportunity, and we objection, the previous question is or- have been led to believe, the bill before have the duty to set aside ideological dered on the motion to recommit. us today is not about abortion. This battles and, instead, take up the ur- There was no objection. bill would, however, restrict women’s gent business of the American people. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The access to health care all across the We should reauthorize the Export- question is on the motion to recommit. country by entirely eliminating all Import Bank and pass a long-term, The question was taken; and the Federal funding for Planned Parent- well-funded highway trust fund bill, in- Speaker pro tempore announced that hood. vesting in America’s infrastructure, to the noes appeared to have it. Let’s be very clear. No Federal tax ensure that America will continue to Ms. ESTY. Madam Speaker, on that I dollars go towards abortions, and none be great throughout the 21st century. demand the yeas and nays. have since 1976. That is not what this I urge my colleagues to support my The yeas and nays were ordered. bill is about. amendment to ensure that American The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- We all know a woman who has been women have access to vital health ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, diagnosed with cancer—cervical can- care, no matter where they live and no this 15-minute vote on the motion to cer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer. It matter how much they earn. recommit will be followed by 5-minute may be your mother, your neighbor, or Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- votes on passage of the bill, if ordered, your wife who sought preventive care ance of my time. and passage of H.R. 3504. or cancer screening from a doctor of Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, The vote was taken by electronic de- her choice. I withdraw my reservation of a point of vice, and there were—yeas 183, nays Yes, we all know a woman who has order. 245, not voting 6, as follows: received quality medical care at The SPEAKER pro tempore. The res- [Roll No. 504] Planned Parenthood. In fact, one in ervation of the point of order is with- YEAS—183 five American women have sought drawn. medical care from Planned Parent- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Adams Capps Costa Aguilar Capuano Courtney hood. It may be your daughter. It may I claim the time in opposition to the Ashford Carney Crowley be your boss. It may be your colleague. motion. Bass Carson (IN) Cuellar My amendment will ensure that any The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Beatty Cartwright Cummings qualified organization that provides Becerra Castor (FL) Davis (CA) tlewoman from Tennessee is recognized Bera Castro (TX) Davis, Danny women’s health services can receive for 5 minutes. Beyer Chu, Judy DeFazio funding. It is simple, and it is fair. Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, Bishop (GA) Cicilline DeGette We need more access to quality we all know that Planned Parenthood Blumenauer Clark (MA) Delaney Bonamici Clarke (NY) DeLauro health care, not less. We need to stop receives hundreds of millions of tax- Boyle, Brendan Clay DelBene trying to restrict access to lifesaving payer dollars. For them to get that F. Cleaver DeSaulnier cancer screenings, birth control, and money, while they are under investiga- Brady (PA) Clyburn Deutch well-woman exams. We need to stop tion for profiting off the sale of body Brown (FL) Cohen Dingell Brownley (CA) Connolly Doggett fighting 40-year-old battles on women’s parts, baby body parts, is just abso- Bustos Conyers Doyle, Michael rights. lutely abhorrent. Butterfield Cooper F.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18SE7.036 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 18, 2015 Duckworth Lawrence Richmond Mullin Rogers (AL) Thompson (PA) Graves (GA) Marino Ross Edwards Lee Roybal-Allard Mulvaney Rogers (KY) Thornberry Graves (LA) Massie Rothfus Ellison Levin Ruiz Murphy (PA) Rohrabacher Tiberi Graves (MO) McCarthy Rouzer Engel Lewis Ruppersberger Neugebauer Rokita Tipton Griffith McCaul Royce Eshoo Lieu, Ted Rush Newhouse Rooney (FL) Trott Grothman McClintock Russell Esty Loebsack Ryan (OH) Noem Ros-Lehtinen Turner Guinta McHenry Ryan (WI) Farr Lofgren Sa´ nchez, Linda Nugent Roskam Upton Guthrie McKinley Salmon Fattah Lowenthal T. Nunes Ross Valadao Hardy McMorris Sanford Foster Lowey Sanchez, Loretta Olson Rothfus Walberg Harper Rodgers Scalise Palazzo Rouzer Walden Frankel (FL) Lujan Grisham Sarbanes Harris McSally Schweikert Fudge (NM) Palmer Royce Walker Hartzler Meadows Schakowsky Scott, Austin Gabbard Luja´ n, Ben Ray Paulsen Russell Walorski Heck (NV) Meehan Schiff Sensenbrenner Gallego (NM) Pearce Ryan (WI) Walters, Mimi Hensarling Messer Schrader Sessions Garamendi Lynch Perry Salmon Weber (TX) Herrera Beutler Mica Scott (VA) Shimkus Graham Maloney, Peterson Sanford Webster (FL) Hice, Jody B. Miller (FL) Shuster Scott, David Pittenger Grayson Carolyn Scalise Wenstrup Hill Miller (MI) Simpson Serrano Pitts Schweikert Westerman Green, Al Maloney, Sean Holding Moolenaar Smith (MO) Green, Gene Matsui Sewell (AL) Poe (TX) Scott, Austin Westmoreland Hudson Mooney (WV) Smith (NE) Grijalva McCollum Sherman Poliquin Sensenbrenner Whitfield Huelskamp Mullin Smith (NJ) Gutie´rrez McDermott Sinema Pompeo Sessions Williams Huizenga (MI) Mulvaney Smith (TX) Hahn McGovern Sires Posey Shimkus Wilson (SC) Hultgren Murphy (PA) Stefanik Hastings McNerney Slaughter Price, Tom Shuster Wittman Hunter Neugebauer Stewart Heck (WA) Meeks Speier Ratcliffe Simpson Womack Hurd (TX) Newhouse Stivers Higgins Meng Reed Smith (MO) Woodall Hurt (VA) Noem Swalwell (CA) Stutzman Himes Moore Takai Reichert Smith (NE) Yoder Issa Nugent Hinojosa Moulton Renacci Smith (NJ) Yoho Jenkins (KS) Nunes Thompson (PA) Takano Thornberry Honda Murphy (FL) Thompson (MS) Ribble Smith (TX) Young (AK) Jenkins (WV) Olson Hoyer Nadler Rice (SC) Stefanik Young (IA) Johnson (OH) Palazzo Tiberi Titus Tipton Huffman Napolitano Tonko Rigell Stewart Young (IN) Johnson, Sam Palmer Roby Stivers Zeldin Trott Israel Neal Torres Jolly Paulsen Jackson Lee Nolan Roe (TN) Stutzman Zinke Jones Pearce Turner Tsongas Jeffries Norcross Jordan Perry Upton Van Hollen Johnson (GA) O’Rourke NOT VOTING—6 Joyce Peterson Valadao Vargas Johnson, E. B. Pallone Ca´ rdenas Fortenberry Thompson (CA) Katko Pittenger Walberg Veasey Kaptur Pascrell Fincher Smith (WA) Wagner Kelly (MS) Pitts Walden Keating Payne Vela Kelly (PA) Poe (TX) Walker ´ Kelly (IL) Pelosi Velazquez b 1239 King (NY) Poliquin Walorski Kennedy Perlmutter Visclosky Kinzinger (IL) Pompeo Walters, Mimi Kildee Peters Walz Messrs. COFFMAN, MULVANEY, and Kline Posey Weber (TX) Kilmer Pingree Wasserman ROGERS of Alabama changed their Knight Price, Tom Webster (FL) Schultz Wenstrup Kind Pocan vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Labrador Ratcliffe Kirkpatrick Polis Waters, Maxine LaHood Reed Westerman Kuster Price (NC) Watson Coleman Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, LaMalfa Reichert Westmoreland Langevin Quigley Welch Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New Lamborn Renacci Whitfield Larsen (WA) Rangel Wilson (FL) York, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN changed Lance Ribble Williams Larson (CT) Rice (NY) Yarmuth Latta Rice (SC) Wilson (SC) their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Lipinski Rigell Wittman NAYS—245 So the motion to recommit was re- LoBiondo Roby Womack Long Roe (TN) Woodall Abraham DesJarlais Issa jected. The result of the vote was announced Loudermilk Rogers (AL) Yoder Aderholt Diaz-Balart Jenkins (KS) Love Rogers (KY) Yoho Allen Dold Jenkins (WV) as above recorded. Lucas Rohrabacher Young (AK) Amash Donovan Johnson (OH) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Luetkemeyer Rokita Young (IA) Amodei Duffy Johnson, Sam question is on the passage of the bill. Lummis Rooney (FL) Young (IN) Babin Duncan (SC) Jolly MacArthur Ros-Lehtinen Zeldin Barletta Duncan (TN) Jones The question was taken; and the Marchant Roskam Zinke Barr Ellmers (NC) Jordan Speaker pro tempore announced that Barton Emmer (MN) Joyce NOES—187 Benishek Farenthold Katko the ayes appeared to have it. Bilirakis Fitzpatrick Kelly (MS) RECORDED VOTE Adams Cummings Himes Bishop (MI) Fleischmann Kelly (PA) Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam Aguilar Davis (CA) Hinojosa Bishop (UT) Fleming King (IA) Ashford Davis, Danny Honda Black Flores King (NY) Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. Bass DeFazio Hoyer Blackburn Forbes Kinzinger (IL) A recorded vote was ordered. Beatty DeGette Huffman Blum Foxx Kline The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Becerra Delaney Israel Bost Franks (AZ) Knight Bera DeLauro Jackson Lee Boustany Frelinghuysen Labrador will be a 5-minute vote. Beyer DelBene Jeffries Brady (TX) Garrett LaHood The vote was taken by electronic de- Bishop (GA) Dent Johnson (GA) Brat Gibbs LaMalfa vice, and there were—ayes 241, noes 187, Blumenauer DeSaulnier Johnson, E. B. Bridenstine Gibson Lamborn answered ‘‘present’’ 1, not voting 5, as Bonamici Deutch Kaptur Brooks (AL) Gohmert Lance Boyle, Brendan Dingell Keating Brooks (IN) Goodlatte Latta follows: F. Doggett Kelly (IL) Buchanan Gosar Lipinski [Roll No. 505] Brady (PA) Dold Kennedy Buck Gowdy LoBiondo Brown (FL) Doyle, Michael Kildee Bucshon Granger Long AYES—241 Brownley (CA) F. Kilmer Burgess Graves (GA) Loudermilk Abraham Bucshon DesJarlais Bustos Duckworth Kind Byrne Graves (LA) Love Aderholt Burgess Diaz-Balart Butterfield Edwards Kirkpatrick Calvert Graves (MO) Lucas Allen Byrne Donovan Capps Ellison Kuster Carter (GA) Griffith Luetkemeyer Amash Calvert Duffy Capuano Engel Langevin Carter (TX) Grothman Lummis Amodei Carter (GA) Duncan (SC) Ca´ rdenas Eshoo Larsen (WA) Chabot Guinta MacArthur Babin Carter (TX) Duncan (TN) Carney Esty Larson (CT) Chaffetz Guthrie Marchant Barletta Chabot Ellmers (NC) Carson (IN) Farr Lawrence Clawson (FL) Hanna Marino Barr Chaffetz Emmer (MN) Cartwright Fattah Lee Coffman Hardy Massie Barton Clawson (FL) Farenthold Castor (FL) Foster Levin Cole Harper McCarthy Benishek Coffman Fitzpatrick Castro (TX) Frankel (FL) Lewis Collins (GA) Harris McCaul Bilirakis Cole Fleischmann Chu, Judy Fudge Lieu, Ted Collins (NY) Hartzler McClintock Bishop (MI) Collins (GA) Fleming Cicilline Gabbard Loebsack Comstock Heck (NV) McHenry Bishop (UT) Collins (NY) Flores Clark (MA) Gallego Lofgren Conaway Hensarling McKinley Black Comstock Forbes Clarke (NY) Garamendi Lowenthal Cook Herrera Beutler McMorris Blackburn Conaway Foxx Clay Graham Lowey Costello (PA) Hice, Jody B. Rodgers Blum Cook Franks (AZ) Cleaver Grayson Lujan Grisham Cramer Hill McSally Bost Costello (PA) Frelinghuysen Clyburn Green, Al (NM) Crawford Holding Meadows Boustany Cramer Garrett Cohen Green, Gene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Crenshaw Hudson Meehan Brady (TX) Crawford Gibbs Connolly Grijalva (NM) Culberson Huelskamp Messer Brat Crenshaw Gibson Conyers Gutie´rrez Lynch Curbelo (FL) Huizenga (MI) Mica Bridenstine Culberson Gohmert Cooper Hahn Maloney, Davis, Rodney Hultgren Miller (FL) Brooks (AL) Curbelo (FL) Goodlatte Costa Hanna Carolyn Denham Hunter Miller (MI) Brooks (IN) Davis, Rodney Gosar Courtney Hastings Maloney, Sean Dent Hurd (TX) Moolenaar Buchanan Denham Gowdy Crowley Heck (WA) Matsui DeSantis Hurt (VA) Mooney (WV) Buck DeSantis Granger Cuellar Higgins McCollum

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18SE7.014 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6167 McDermott Quigley Speier Franks (AZ) LoBiondo Rohrabacher Maloney, Sean Polis Speier McGovern Rangel Swalwell (CA) Frelinghuysen Long Rokita Matsui Price (NC) Swalwell (CA) McNerney Rice (NY) Takai Garrett Loudermilk Rooney (FL) McCollum Quigley Takai Meeks Richmond Takano Gibbs Love Ros-Lehtinen McDermott Rice (NY) Takano Meng Roybal-Allard Thompson (MS) Gibson Lucas Roskam McGovern Richmond Thompson (MS) Moore Ruiz Titus Gohmert Luetkemeyer Ross McNerney Roybal-Allard Titus Moulton Ruppersberger Tonko Goodlatte Lummis Rothfus Meeks Ruiz Tonko Murphy (FL) Rush Torres Gosar MacArthur Rouzer Meng Ruppersberger Torres Nadler Ryan (OH) Moore Rush Tsongas Gowdy Marchant Royce Tsongas Napolitano Sa´ nchez, Linda Granger Marino Russell Moulton Ryan (OH) Van Hollen Van Hollen Neal T. Graves (GA) Massie Ryan (WI) Murphy (FL) Sa´ nchez, Linda Vargas Vargas Nolan Sanchez, Loretta Graves (LA) McCarthy Salmon Nadler T. Veasey Veasey Norcross Sarbanes Graves (MO) McCaul Sanford Napolitano Sanchez, Loretta Vela O’Rourke Schakowsky Griffith McClintock Scalise Neal Sarbanes Vela Vela´ zquez Pallone Schiff Grothman McHenry Schweikert Nolan Schakowsky Vela´ zquez Pascrell Schrader Visclosky Guinta McKinley Scott, Austin Norcross Schiff Visclosky Payne Scott (VA) Walz Guthrie McMorris Sensenbrenner O’Rourke Schrader Walz Pelosi Scott, David Wasserman Hanna Rodgers Sessions Pallone Scott (VA) Wasserman Perlmutter Serrano Schultz Hardy McSally Shimkus Pascrell Scott, David Schultz Peters Sewell (AL) Waters, Maxine Harper Meadows Shuster Payne Serrano Waters, Maxine Pingree Sherman Watson Coleman Harris Meehan Simpson Pelosi Sewell (AL) Watson Coleman Pocan Sinema Welch Hartzler Messer Smith (MO) Perlmutter Sherman Welch Polis Sires Wilson (FL) Heck (NV) Mica Smith (NE) Peters Sinema Wilson (FL) Price (NC) Slaughter Yarmuth Hensarling Miller (FL) Smith (NJ) Pingree Sires Yarmuth Herrera Beutler Miller (MI) Smith (TX) Pocan Slaughter ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 Hice, Jody B. Moolenaar Stefanik King (IA) Hill Mooney (WV) Stewart ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 Holding Mullin Stivers Garamendi NOT VOTING—5 Hudson Mulvaney Stutzman Fincher Smith (WA) Wagner Huelskamp Murphy (PA) Thompson (PA) NOT VOTING—8 Fortenberry Thompson (CA) Huizenga (MI) Neugebauer Thornberry Delaney Kind Thompson (CA) Hultgren Newhouse Tiberi Fincher Rangel Wagner ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Hunter Noem Tipton Fortenberry Smith (WA) The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Hurd (TX) Nugent Trott ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Hurt (VA) Nunes Turner Issa Olson Upton The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. ing. Jenkins (KS) Palazzo Valadao Jenkins (WV) Palmer Walberg LUMMIS) (during the vote). There are 2 b 1247 Johnson (OH) Paulsen Walden minutes remaining. Johnson, Sam Pearce Walker So the bill was passed. Jolly Perry Walorski b 1254 The result of the vote was announced Jones Peterson Walters, Mimi Jordan Pittenger Weber (TX) So the bill was passed. as above recorded. The result of the vote was announced A motion to reconsider was laid on Joyce Pitts Webster (FL) Katko Poe (TX) Wenstrup as above recorded. the table. Kelly (MS) Poliquin Westerman A motion to reconsider was laid on Kelly (PA) Pompeo Westmoreland f King (IA) Posey Whitfield the table. King (NY) Price, Tom Williams PERSONAL EXPLANATION BORN-ALIVE ABORTION Kinzinger (IL) Ratcliffe Wilson (SC) SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT Kline Reed Wittman Mrs. WAGNER. Madam Speaker, due to ex- Knight Reichert Womack tenuating circumstances, I was unable to at- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Labrador Renacci Woodall tend votes for the week of September 14 finished business is the vote on passage LaHood Ribble Yoder through September 18, 2015. of the bill (H.R. 3504) to amend title 18, LaMalfa Rice (SC) Yoho Lamborn Rigell Young (AK) On passage of H.R. 1214—National Forest United States Code, to prohibit a Lance Roby Young (IA) Small Tracts Amendments Act of 2015 (rollcall healthcare practitioner from failing to Langevin Roe (TN) Young (IN) vote No. 495), had I been present I would exercise the proper degree of care in Latta Rogers (AL) Zeldin Lipinski Rogers (KY) Zinke have voted ‘‘yes.’’ the case of a child who survives an On passage of H.R. 1949—National Liberty abortion or attempted abortion, on NAYS—177 Memorial Clarification Act of 2015 (rollcall vote which the yeas and nays were ordered. Adams Courtney Higgins No. 496), had I been present I would have The Clerk read the title of the bill. Aguilar Crowley Himes voted ‘‘yes.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Ashford Cummings Hinojosa On passage of H.R. 758—Lawsuit Abuse question is on the passage of the bill. Bass Davis (CA) Honda Beatty Davis, Danny Hoyer Reduction Act (rollcall vote No. 501), had I This is a 5-minute vote. Becerra DeFazio Huffman been present I would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ The vote was taken by electronic de- Bera DeGette Israel On passage of H.R. 3134—Defund Planned vice, and there were—yeas 248, nays Beyer DeLauro Jackson Lee Parenthood Act of 2015 (rollcall vote No. 505), 177, answered ‘‘present’’ 1, not voting 8, Bishop (GA) DelBene Jeffries Blumenauer DeSaulnier Johnson (GA) had I been present I would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ as follows: Bonamici Deutch Johnson, E. B. On passage of H.R. 3504—Born Alive Abor- [Roll No. 506] Boyle, Brendan Dingell Kaptur tion Survivors Protection Act (rollcall vote No. F. Doggett Keating YEAS—248 Brady (PA) Doyle, Michael Kelly (IL) 506), had I been present I would have voted Abraham Buchanan Cuellar Brown (FL) F. Kennedy ‘‘yes.’’ Aderholt Buck Culberson Brownley (CA) Duckworth Kildee Allen Bucshon Curbelo (FL) Bustos Edwards Kilmer f Amash Burgess Davis, Rodney Butterfield Ellison Kirkpatrick Amodei Byrne Denham Capps Engel Kuster CONGRATULATING LEW MOHR Babin Calvert Dent Capuano Eshoo Larsen (WA) (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was Barletta Carter (GA) DeSantis Ca´ rdenas Esty Larson (CT) Barr Carter (TX) DesJarlais Carney Farr Lawrence given permission to address the House Barton Cartwright Diaz-Balart Carson (IN) Fattah Lee for 1 minute and to revise and extend Benishek Chabot Dold Castor (FL) Foster Levin his remarks.) Bilirakis Chaffetz Donovan Castro (TX) Frankel (FL) Lewis Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I Bishop (MI) Clawson (FL) Duffy Chu, Judy Fudge Lieu, Ted Bishop (UT) Coffman Duncan (SC) Cicilline Gabbard Loebsack rise in recognition of an exemplary Black Cole Duncan (TN) Clark (MA) Gallego Lofgren member of my district in Bucks Coun- Blackburn Collins (GA) Ellmers (NC) Clarke (NY) Graham Lowenthal ty, Pennsylvania. Blum Collins (NY) Emmer (MN) Clay Grayson Lowey Bost Comstock Farenthold Cleaver Green, Al Lujan Grisham For decades, Lew Mohr has been a Boustany Conaway Fitzpatrick Clyburn Green, Gene (NM) tireless advocate for Scouting in Bucks Brady (TX) Cook Fleischmann Cohen Grijalva Luja´ n, Ben Ray County and an outstanding leader for Brat Costello (PA) Fleming Connolly Gutie´rrez (NM) countless young men. Bridenstine Cramer Flores Conyers Hahn Lynch Brooks (AL) Crawford Forbes Cooper Hastings Maloney, Both in the Playwicki District and Brooks (IN) Crenshaw Foxx Costa Heck (WA) Carolyn the Washington Crossing Council, there

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:03 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18SE7.019 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6168 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 18, 2015 is no doubt that throughout his long that face our Nation. It is time for the to do everything we can to bring them career in Scouting Lew has done his President to go on record for his oppo- home with the honor and dignity that best to do his duty to God and country, sition to commonsense solutions that they deserve. to obey the Scout law, and to help put America first. This can only hap- I encourage all my colleagues to sign other people at all times. pen if the Senate employs the nuclear on to H. Con. Res. 56. This evening, Mr. Mohr is again option. It is time to change the Senate f going to be recognized by the local rules and force this President and the ANTISHUTDOWN Scouting community for his decades of Senate to work for the American peo- great work. ple instead of against them. (Mr. PETERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 As a fellow Scouter and a friend, it is f my honor to congratulate Lew on an- minute.) other well-deserved recognition and CALLING FOR BIPARTISAN Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, unless we highlight a life of Scouting well lived. BUDGET AGREEMENT act soon, our government’s functions will cease in 10 days. At the end of Oc- f (Mr. TAKAI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 tober, transportation and highway con- b 1300 minute and to revise and extend his re- structions will halt. Instead, Congress LOOMING GOVERNMENT marks.) can do the right thing to create jobs SHUTDOWN Mr. TAKAI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for millions of Americans across this to discuss an issue of great importance, country. (Mr. HOYER asked and was given This summer, the regular process for permission to address the House for 1 the need to pass a budget bill and prevent a government shutdown. funding the government broke down minute.) because the majority couldn’t figure Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, we are I think many of us here on Capitol Hill heard all the buzz when former out its stance on the Confederate flag. going to be in session next week. Nor- Today, partisan extremists are threat- mally, as you know, we have a colloquy Daily Show host Jon Stewart came into town, but what I hope is not lost ening another shutdown over women’s on the schedule. There is no colloquy health care that would be a self-in- today because, essentially, there is no in all the excitement was his reason for coming. flicted hit to our economy. schedule. We don’t know what is going We know that shutting down the gov- He came to deliver a message to Con- to be proposed to fund government, ernment would be devastating for our gress to pass the reauthorization of the which will shut down in approximately economy. Standard & Poor’s estimated James Zadroga 9/11 First Responders 14 days if this body does not act. Actu- that the 2013 shutdown cost our econ- Act, of which I am a proud cosponsor. ally, it is less than 14 days. It is 6 legis- omy $24 billion in economic activity; It expires at the end of this month. lative days, Mr. Speaker. so instead of flirting with the govern- Instead of working to subsidize the The Export-Import Bank has been al- ment shutdown disaster, we should be health care of our courageous first re- lowed to essentially go out of business investing in our future. sponders, Congress is fixated on cre- for new loans, and we are losing jobs, Twice this summer, Congress did the ating another manufactured crisis. In- Mr. Speaker, but there is no schedule. bare minimum by passing multiple, stead of providing a firefighter burned The highway bill on which States, cit- short-term extensions to the highway so badly while saving a victim of the ies, counties, localities, and private trust fund, mostly through accounting attack of the Twin Towers or a police sector relies for some degree of cer- gimmicks. Across the board, from officer suffering from lung cancer be- tainty, there is no schedule, Mr. Speak- workers organizations to business cause of exposure to toxic chemicals er. groups, there is opposition to a govern- free health care and really thanking I regret that we do not have a col- ment shutdown and support for long- them for their heroic sacrifices, Con- loquy today. I regret that the Export- term investments in infrastructure. Import Bank was not moved yesterday, gress again took no action. We should get to work, making it today, or is not on the schedule for I truly hope my colleagues recognize easier for Americans to grow their next week. the gravity of the situation and come businesses and to create high-quality Mr. Speaker, it is time that the ma- together to get back to conducting the jobs instead of punishing our infra- jority party sets forth a schedule to business of this Nation. structure, our military, and our econ- make sure America succeeds. f omy with foolish partisanship. f NATIONAL POW-MIA DAY f CHANGE SENATE RULES (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania WELCOME POPE FRANCIS (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given asked and was given permission to ad- (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 dress the House for 1 minute and to re- permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his revise and extend his remarks.) minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. marks.) Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, the Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, in just a American people are sick and tired of today as National POW-MIA Recogni- matter of days, we will welcome Pope talk. They want action. tion Day, in honor of missing service- Francis to the Nation’s Capital. For 3 years now, Senate Democrats men and -women across our Nation. Pope Francis is the 266th Bishop of have blocked votes on bills important Sadly, more than 80,000 American Rome, following a line of succession to all Americans. They have blindly soldiers ranging from World War II, the that goes all the way back to St. Peter supported the President’s failed poli- Korean war, and Vietnam are still un- 2,000 years ago. The sixteenth chapter cies and have shielded him from having accounted for. While we are thankful of the Gospel of Matthew teaches that to defend his policies to the American that several nations have worked to as- Jesus told Peter that he would be the people. sist the United States in research and rock on whom Jesus would build his House Republicans have heard the recovery efforts, there are still hurdles church. American cry for help. We fought to re- to clear when it comes to negotiations Now, for the first time in history, peat ObamaCare. We fought to stop the and operations. That is why I drafted Peter’s successor will address Congress. reckless Iranian nuclear agreement. H. Con. Res. 56, entitled ‘‘Keeping Our Here is an interesting perspective: Once again, we are fighting to defend Promise to MIAs and POWs.’’ America remains a young Nation com- the defenseless. We have passed budg- This bipartisan, noncontroversial pared to the 2,000-year-old Catholic ets that will reduce our national debt, resolution seeks to increase coopera- church. While we have had 44 different stop job-killing regulations, provide for tion with nations that we enter into Presidents—President Obama is the our national defense, and get Ameri- trade agreements in the research and 45th President because count Grover cans working again. recovery of our unaccounted soldiers. Cleveland as the 22nd and 24th Presi- Republicans control Congress. We With so many servicemen and dent—just 16 of the church’s 266 popes have better solutions to the problems -women still unaccounted for, we need have governed the church since 1776.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18SE7.046 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6169 The Pope’s visit offers all Americans, We all remember the lavish Las Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Catholics and non-Catholics alike, a Vegas GSA conference that cost under the President’s nuclear deal, the chance to reflect on the great issues of $823,000 for 300 employees, including United States agreed to give the the day, including the sanctity of life, tens of thousands of dollars spent on world’s largest state sponsor of ter- threats to the family, religious free- gifts. The IRS spent a whopping $50 rorism a billion-dollar oil boom. The dom, economic justice, care for the less million—taxpayer dollars—on con- United States will allow Iran to export fortunate, war and peace, and steward- ferences alone during a 3-year period. its crude oil, but ironically, it still ship of the Earth. These agencies need more account- bans exports of our crude oil. Pope Francis’ visit is an invitation to ability. That is why my colleague, RON The administration has the power to dialogue, and I look forward to his ad- KIND, and I have introduced the bipar- lift the American ban on crude oil ex- dress. tisan TRACE Act. This legislation sim- ports, but the White House seems to be f ply requires the head of a Federal agen- more worried about playing the Cham- cy who is hosting a conference to sub- berlain and appeasing Iran than help- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK mit a summary of that event to Con- ing the United States economy. (Mr. TONKO asked and was given gress for review. The United States is the largest permission to address the House for 1 This initiative will hold agencies ac- crude oil producer in the world. There minute and to revise and extend his re- countable. It will improve oversight is a world demand for this oil, but the marks.) and transparency. It will save hard- White House will not allow exports, so Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, this week, earned taxpayer money, and it will cre- the oil stays stagnant in the ground. one of the largest employers in my dis- ate a more efficient and effective gov- This ban is one factor that has led to trict, General Electric, announced it ernment. 70,000 jobs being lost in the energy sec- would be cutting hundreds of jobs na- f tor in America. Exporting U.S. crude tionwide due to Congress’—due to the oil will lower gas prices, create jobs, leadership in this House—inability to STANDING UP FOR AMERICA and increase our influence worldwide. renew the Export-Import Bank. (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was If the President won’t act, Congress This politics over people and Repub- given permission to address the House must. It is time to stop putting the in- lican dysfunction has plagued this body for 1 minute and to revise and extend terests of the mullahs and the haters of since the GOP won the majority. It has her remarks.) the United States above Americans led to a government shutdown, obses- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, citizens. Export American oil. sion with blocking the President at this Nation has a great history, and I And that is just the way it is. every turn, and now a loss of hundreds would ask the question: What would f of jobs in my district, Schenectady, Franklin Delano Roosevelt do, Presi- b 1315 New York. dent Eisenhower, or Ronald Reagan, or The blame game is played all too John F. Kennedy, when a question IN RECOGNITION OF THE often in Washington and at the desks from someone in the room attacked CRESCENTA VALLEY HIGH of cable news pundits. and presented a negative attitude SCHOOL JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM This, however, is a fact: hundreds of about Muslims or Catholics or those in (Mr. SCHIFF asked and was given jobs in my district are gone because the Jewish faith or Protestant? permission to address the House for 1 Republican House leadership decided it Well, it happened in a townhall meet- minute and to revise and extend his re- was more important to appease the ex- ing of a Presidential candidate. This marks.) treme conservative flank of their own person thought that they were malign- Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise to party than to renew an agency that ing and deriding the President of the recognize the Crescenta Valley High creates jobs while cutting the deficit. United States when they called him School Air Force Junior ROTC. As the Albany Times-Union accu- Muslim and that he was not a citizen; Under the distinguished leadership of rately phrased it: ‘‘This is the price tag yet no voice rang out in this townhall Lieutenant Colonel David Worley, the of a Congress ruled by drown-govern- meeting to oppose that heinous and Crescenta Valley Air Force JROTC is a ment-in-the-bathtub ideologues who horrific attitude toward individuals of well-respected and integral part of the have no regard for facts: 500 American the Muslim faith, who actually have foothills communities. jobs bound for France, Hungary, and fought on behalf of the flag of the The cadets who participate in this China.’’ United States of America. We malign program truly learn the value of com- I invite anyone in this body to visit no people for a general issue that all of munity service and personal responsi- Schenectady, New York. There, they us know we are all against, the world bility. It is a tremendous opportunity will find families that work hard and family is against. for young men and women to embrace play by the rules and don’t expect a Now, I ask this Congress to likewise the core values of ‘‘Integrity First, handout. In this case, a dysfunctional fund this government because the last Service Before Self, and Excellence in Congress shut down a program that time, when the Republicans shut the All We Do.’’ lost families in my district their jobs. government down in 2013, we lost $24 The cadets from the program are That is morally reprehensible and com- billion. among the most impressive young peo- pletely unacceptable. Because you are denying women ple I have had the privilege to meet. Let’s do our job and not have other health care, you now want to defund We are so fortunate to have a program people lose their job because of inac- the government and, at the same time, in our community that provides a tion in this House. keep jobs away from the American peo- structured, vibrant environment to de- f ple by not reauthorizing the Export- velop future leaders. I wish to offer my heartfelt congratu- FEDERAL AGENCIES NEED MORE Import Bank. Not only were 300 jobs lost, but 400 lations and thanks to Lieutenant Colo- OVERSIGHT jobs may be lost by a businessman in nel Worley and all the participants at (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given Kenya who was waiting for the Export- Crescenta Valley High School. I am permission to address the House for 1 Import Bank. He is an American, and confident there is no program any- minute and to revise and extend his re- he had 400 jobs. where in the Nation that is a better marks.) I say, Mr. Speaker, stop the foolish- representative of the Air Force JROTC. Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, Con- ness. Act like the history of this Na- I speak for all my constituents when I gress has a duty to ensure that tax- tion, and stand up for what is right. say, Job well done. payer dollars by hard-working Ameri- f f cans are spent wisely and responsibly. However, too often, we have seen Fed- GIVE AMERICA THE SAME DEAL IF YOU WANT TO DESTROY ISIS, eral agencies that have acted in a way IRAN GETS YOU MUST DESTROY BASHAR that waste taxpayer money by holding (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was AL-ASSAD excessive conferences with extravagant given permission to address the House (Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois asked gifts, luxuries, and perks. for 1 minute.) and was given permission to address

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When you have all of the thority to disobey more than 750 laws en- today, but I just wanted to remind the power located in any one place, tyr- acted since he took office, asserting that he American people, as I hear that the anny is the result. has the power to set aside any statute passed United States is about to enter talks We learn at an early age in our by Congress when it conflicts with his inter- pretation of the Constitution. with Russia over their presence in the schools, Mr. Speaker, about separation Middle East, Russia is there for one of powers. We learn about checks and Now, Mr. Speaker, you and I were not reason. They are there to prop up a balances. We learn about the legisla- in Congress during the Bush adminis- man named Bashar al-Assad, who has tive branch on Capitol Hill, the Su- tration. You and I did not have an killed a quarter million of his own peo- preme Court right behind us, the exec- oversight role of the Bush administra- ple. utive branch headquartered at 1600 tion, but I would tell you that Repub- Many of those people that Bashar al- Pennsylvania Avenue, and the natural licans and Democrats are each Assad has killed include women and tension that is created within those complicit in their own way in allowing children. These children may look dif- branches. the people’s power, not the House’s ferent or speak a different language, in John Adams said, Mr. Speaker: power, but the people’s power to slowly some cases, than in the United States, A question arises whether all the powers of drift down Pennsylvania Avenue, away but these are children with the same government, legislative, executive, and judi- from the people’s representatives on dreams as many American children. cial, shall be left in this body. Capitol Hill and into the hands of a They may want to grow up to be police They were struggling at that time Chief Executive. officers or teachers or doctors or phar- trying to create our form of govern- This was going on during the Bush macists or work on the family farm ment. He says: administration. This was a part of the and raise a family. These are young I think a people cannot long be free, nor national conversation during the Bush lives that have been snuffed out by the ever happy, whose government is in one As- administration, but most Republicans barrel bombs of this evil dictator. sembly. remained silent. This is not a Repub- As we wrestle with the failures in the Constitution Day yesterday, Mr. lican or a Democratic issue. This is an Middle East and what to do with it, let Speaker, represents the culmination of American issue. This is a constitu- me remind the American people that all of the challenges, all of the tional issue. If we are to prevent tyr- the choice is not between ISIS or thoughts, all of the prayers to spawn a anny, we have to stand and be counted. Mr. Speaker, Barack Obama was in Assad, but the choice is if you want to new nation. But what they grappled Congress during the Bush administra- destroy ISIS, you must destroy Bashar with for the entirety of that summer tion. While you and I were not, Barack al-Assad. was how to create a system that would prevent a return to tyranny. Obama was, and he says this in March f The accumulation of all powers in the of 2008: CONSTITUTION DAY same hands, whether one, few, or many, I take the Constitution very seriously. The The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. whether hereditary, whether self-appointed, biggest problems that we are facing right whether elective, may justly be pronounced now have to do with the President— POLIQUIN). Under the Speaker’s an- the very definition of tyranny. nounced policy of January 6, 2015, the then President Bush— James Madison. gentleman from Georgia (Mr. trying to bring more and more power into I talk about that, Mr. Speaker, here, the executive branch and not go through WOODALL) is recognized for 60 minutes the day after Constitution Day, be- Congress at all. And that is what I intend to as the designee of the majority leader. cause this is something that I have reverse when I’m President of the United Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, we have seen come up over and over again in States. talked about a lot this week. There has my lifetime in a bipartisan and a bi- Mr. Speaker, that is almost laugh- been a lot going on in Congress. We cameral way. able, as we sit here in September of haven’t gotten to spend much time rec- So often we find ourselves talking 2015. The words of then-Senator, now- ognizing that yesterday was Constitu- about President Obama, Mr. Speaker, President Barack Obama: tion Day, September 17, celebrating and I will certainly do that later on in I take the Constitution very seriously. The that summer in 1787 where they worked this hour, but I want to begin by talk- biggest problems that we are facing right all summer long and all the way up ing about President Bush. The headline now have to do with the President trying to until September 17 to craft this docu- I have here coming from The Wash- bring more and more power into the execu- ment that I would argue has preserved ington Post, Mr. Speaker, says: tive branch and not go through Congress at our freedoms for over 200 years. I want all, and that’s what I intend to reverse when ‘‘Bush’s Tactic of Refusing Laws is I’m President of the United States. to talk about what I would argue is a Probed.’’ The Washington Post says May of that same year, Mr. Speaker, national threat, a bipartisan threat to this: those principles embodied in that Con- then Senator Obama, now President The President is indicating that he will Obama says this: stitution. not either enforce part or the entirety of By way of background, Mr. Speaker, congressional bills, according to the ABA We have got a government designed by the I want to put up a quote from James president, a Massachusetts attorney. ‘‘We Founders so that there would be checks and Madison. You can’t see it from where will be close to a constitutional crisis,’’ the balances. You don’t want a President who is you are, but James Madison says this: ABA president says, ‘‘when the President of too powerful or a Congress who is too powerful or a court that is too powerful. The accumulation of all powers, legisla- the United States’ use of signing statements is left unchecked.’’ Everybody’s got their own role. Congress’ job tive, executive, and judiciary, in the same is to pass legislation. The President can veto hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and This is where you are signing a bill it or he can sign it. I believe in the Constitu- whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elec- into law. We have all seen the ‘‘I am tion, and I will obey the Constitution of the tive, may justly be pronounced the very defi- just a bill sitting here on Capitol Hill.’’ United States. We are not going to use sign- nition of tyranny. We all know how laws are made. Con- ing statements as a way of doing an end run Mr. Speaker, we talk a lot about tyr- gress deliberates, crafts, passes, sends around Congress. anny in different governments around to the President for his signature. When President Obama was Senator the globe. What James Madison says is Well, a signing statement is when you Obama, he saw separation of powers we are not talking about one evil dic- sign a bill into law and say: Oh, but by clearly; he saw the checks and balances tator. the way, this particular part of the law clearly. On the campaign trail, while Mr. KINZINGER was down here just a I don’t recognize as being valid. Well, he was seeking to be the next President moment ago talking about how one the veto pen gives you an opportunity of the United States, he recognized the evil dictator can change the entire to reject a law if you don’t like it. A transgressions of the Bush administra- makeup of regional peace and stability. signing statement says: I like this tion, and he said: James Madison portrays it even larger. part, and I am going to enforce it, but Not on my watch, I will not follow in that He says it does not matter whether it I don’t like this part, and I am not. path.

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The President says this: long as the ends are correct, the means There are things that happen in this In a normal political environment, it don’t matter. country, Mr. Speaker, that you and I would have been easier for me to simply call b 1330 may agree with the ends. But if the up the Speaker, then Speaker BOEHNER, and means are not the correct means, we say, you know what, this is a tweak that That is not okay. It is not okay for have to stand up and say no. doesn’t go to the essence of the law—it has any of us, Republican or Democrat. Any American who works in manu- to do with, for example, are we able to sim- You may like the way that goes today. plify the attestation of employers to whether facturing knows that, if you have a As a Republican, we may have liked it flawed process, you are going to they’re already providing health insurance when President Bush was doing it. As a or not. produce a flawed product. Democrat, you might like it when Mr. Speaker, if you don’t recall this Process matters. It matters most President Obama is doing it. when we are talking about protecting press conference, the President, having But it is not the right way to run just begun to implement the Affordable individual liberty. But Americans have this country, and it is dangerous—dan- become so frustrated, Mr. Speaker. Care Act—remember, it was jammed gerous—to the folks who actually hold through Congress, completely partisan Americans have put that label on the power, and that is each individual Washington, D.C., as either being inept vote, wasn’t quite ready for prime citizen of the United States. time, but they lost the Senate election; or ineffective, intransigent, not able to I will use the Affordable Care Act, work together, not able to move things they had to move through the unfin- Mr. Speaker, as one minor example. ished product. As that bill is being im- forward. They have come to a place The individual mandate delay said where they say the ends justify the plemented, obviously there are prob- every American must go out and buy lems because it was not a conference means. It is a dangerous place to be. health insurance. Well, the plans Mr. Speaker, going back to the Af- bill. It was not a bill that had worked weren’t available. fordable Care Act, ‘‘The renewal of its way through the committee proc- Again, the law wasn’t ready for noncompliant plans’’ is the headline I ess. The President says: Well, ordi- prime time. We all knew it wasn’t have here. I am sure you remember narily, when you are trying to fix these going to work. The President knew it that from May, Mr. Speaker. kind of problems, I would have just wasn’t going to work. These were the plans that the Presi- called up the Speaker. I would have Congress introduced not one bill, not dent said are so bad, they are so dam- said, Mr. Speaker, the law didn’t work two bills, not three bills, but four dif- aging to American families, we have out quite the way we wanted it to. We ferent bills to fix the individual man- got to outlaw them. If you have one of need a few tweaks to make the law date. These were not Republican bills. these plans, we are going to outlaw work. These were bipartisan bills. these plans, because they are unworthy The President continues. He says: It But the President, in the press con- of Americans. looks like there may be some better ference that we talked about from Au- Well, when it actually came time for ways to do this, better ways than the gust 2013, decided by himself to act uni- that part of the law to go into effect, it way the law was drafted. Let’s make a laterally to change the law. It wasn’t turns out there was a reason these technical change to the law, the Presi- that Congress wouldn’t do it. Congress plans existed: because folks couldn’t dent says, what he would have asked wanted to do it. afford more of an insurance policy than for, had he called Speaker BOEHNER. The President said: that. They needed these plans. The President says: That would be the No. I don’t want to work with Congress to So what the President did is he said: normal thing that I would prefer to do, do it. I am going to do it on my own. but we are not in a normal atmosphere He didn’t just do it in October of 2013. We know this isn’t going to work. We know this part of the law is flawed. We have to fix around here when it comes to He waived it again in March 2014 and it. ObamaCare. We did have the executive again in February 2015, all on the one Congress said: authority to do so—by doing so, he very specific section of the individual means waiving parts of the Affordable mandate. You are absolutely right. Care Act—and we did so. We could have worked together. The House bill, Senate bill, bipartisan As candidate Obama, he saw clearly Constitution requires that we work to- bills to solve the problem. The Presi- that the Bush administration was over- gether. The Constitution requires that dent acted alone, first in November of stepping its bounds as the executive, the law either be followed or be 2013, then in March of 2014, waiving the failing to either veto a law or pass a changed. law, saying: law, failing to recognize the separation Changes of the law have to come I advocated for this law. I signed this law. of powers, Mr. Speaker. The President through Congress, have to be signed by I made this language the law of the land. But recognized that when he was a United the President. In the case of Barack now I don’t like it. Rather than seeking a so- States Senator. He recognized that Obama, neither happened. lution from Congress—which Congress had— I am going to act alone. while he was on the campaign trail, but The employer mandate delay, Mr. when he was sworn into the office of Speaker, again, it is not that the House And, finally, on the Affordable Care President of the United States of didn’t want to deal with this issue. As Act, Mr. Speaker, the penalty waivers America, upholder and defender of the you recall, the employers were not where you were going to be fined. If United States Constitution, he says: ready for this. you didn’t do what the law said you were supposed to do, you were going to What I would have liked to have done was Again, this was not a fully baked follow the law. What I would have liked to idea. The White House knew this be fined by the law. That wasn’t going have done was to contact the Speaker and wasn’t going to work. The Congress to work. try to change the law, but we are not in nor- knew this wasn’t going to work. The system was not in place for mal circumstances around here. So I just did And so the House, of which I was a Americans to follow the law. The pa- it myself. I had the authority, and I did it Member at that time, didn’t just come perwork trail, as you know, is amaz- myself. up with a bill. We passed a bill. There ingly burdensome. Folks could not Mr. Speaker, that was one press con- wasn’t just one bill. comply with the law. ference in August of 2013, but the list There were three bills—House bills The White House knew it. The Con- goes on. I am not having this conversa- and Senate bills—to solve this problem gress knew it. The American people tion today to pick on the President of that the White House knew existed, know it. That is why we had not one the United States, not this President of that Congress knew existed, and that bill, not two bills, not three bills, but the United States in particular, but the American people knew existed. four bills, not just in the House, but in

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The President went and make it happen. acted alone, first in January 2015, Mr. Speaker, these are the words of That is pretty powerful, Mr. Speaker. again in February 2015. President Obama shortly after he be- I wanted Congress to do what I wanted Mr. Speaker, I am not down here to came President. These are the senti- Congress to do, but they didn’t. It didn’t. So argue about the results of what the ments of President Obama echoing the I’m going to do it myself. I have said that I President did. I supported this legisla- couldn’t. I said it was illegal to do. But I sentiments of then-Senator Obama have rethought it. I now think it is perfectly tion to achieve all of the goals that the when he said there is a way that this legal to do, and I’m going to do it. But goods President achieved by acting alone. government is supposed to run and it news, Congress, good news, American people. But the President cannot write the takes all three branches to make it As soon as Congress does do what I want it law. The Congress must write the law. happen. Nobody can do it alone. to do, I’m going to stop doing what I’m not We, as the American people—not we, President Obama, May 2010: allowed to do. as the House of Representatives—we, Comprehensive reform. That is how we are Where was the outcry? Not the out- as the American people, cannot support going to solve this problem. Anybody who cry over the policy, Mr. Speaker. The a President amassing all of that au- tells you it is going to be easy or that I can outcry over the process. We heard the thority to do whatever that President just waive a magic wand and make it happen outcry from Democrats when President likes alone. hasn’t been paying attention to how this Bush was overreaching. We heard the town works. Our Framers knew it. John Adams outcry from Republicans as President knew it. James Madison knew it. They He knows that it has to be a collabo- Obama has been overreaching. worked throughout the summer of 1787 rative effort in order to change the But where is the outcry from Amer- to prevent it from ever taking root law. ica that says: here in America. If we fail to keep July 2010, President Obama: You know what? There might just be some watch, it is going to be on our watch There are those in the immigrants’ rights wisdom in what John Adams and James that those liberties slip away. community who have argued passionately Madison had to say. You know what? There I will go back to President George that we should simply provide those who are might just be some merit to this whole sepa- Bush. Because it makes me sad, Mr. here illegally with legal status or at least ig- ration of powers, checks and balances idea. Speaker, that when we try to have a nore the laws on the books and put an end to You know what? Perhaps the ends don’t jus- conversation where we are critical of deportations until we have better laws. tify the means. Let’s stick with constitu- the White House, it sounds like we are That is what folks were asking of tional authority. just picking on a President that is not President Obama: Mr. Speaker, this is not just a con- of our party. Nonsense. Can’t you just ignore the laws? If you can’t gressional or an executive branch I am not saying that doesn’t go on. ignore the laws, won’t you just put deporta- issue. I quote Jonathan Turley, law Of course that goes on. I am just say- tions on hold? professor, one of the eminent constitu- ing that is not where we are today. So The President responded with this: tional scholars of our time. I want to take it back to President I believe that such an indiscriminate ap- He says this: Bush one more time. proach would be both unwise and unfair. It Our government requires consent and com- President Bush worked on immigra- would suggest to those thinking about compromise to function. It goes without saying tion reform. Goodness knows we need ing here illegally that there will be no reper- that, when we are politically divided as a Na- immigration reform. I support immi- cussions for such a decision, and this could tion, less tends to get done. gration reform. We have a system that lead to a surge in more illegal immigration. I don’t believe that shocks you, Mr. is broken. Did you see that was a little different Speaker. It certainly doesn’t shock me. Folks who need to get here can’t get conversation than what the President However, such division is no license to go here. Folks who shouldn’t be here are was talking about a little earlier? it alone, as President Obama has suggested. able to get here. Anyway, it is a prob- Statement after statement, speech You have only two choices in our system lem and challenge that America has after speech, conversation after con- when facing political adversaries. You can been facing not just this year, not last versation, the President said: either seek to convince them or you can re- year, but for decades. No, I can’t do this because it is against the place them. President Bush said this: law. No, I can’t do this because the Constitu- That is pretty powerful. As we talked Legal immigration is one of the top con- tion doesn’t give me these powers. No, I about Constitution Day yesterday, Mr. cerns of the American people. And Congress’ can’t do this because that is not what a Speaker, that is pretty powerful. failure to act on it is a disappointment. President in the United States of America is When we disagree in this country, we allowed to do. The American people understand the have two options. We can either change status quo is unacceptable when it But then the conversation begins to one another’s minds or we can replace comes to our immigration laws. A lot change. What I just read to you, Mr. the people that we put in authority to of us worked hard to see if we couldn’t Speaker, was a quote about policy: make those decisions. find common ground, but it didn’t Well, I just don’t think it is a good Jonathan Turley continues: work. idea to do it. This is obviously frustrating for our Presi- President Bush, wanting to achieve It is not it is illegal, not it is uncon- dents and their supporters who want to see immigration reform, chastised Con- stitutional to do it. real change and to transcend gridlock. How- gress for not acting on immigration re- I just don’t think it is a good idea to do it. ever, there is nothing noble in circumventing form, championing the cause, asking Mr. Speaker, fast-forward to Novem- the Constitution. The claim of any one per- for Congress to do more, but under- ber of last year. The President talked son that they can get the job done unilater- standing what his limitations are. ally is the very siren’s call that our Framers about his unilateral actions to suspend warned us to resist. President Obama, March 2011: deportations, exactly as he said years With respect to the notion that I can just earlier he was not allowed to do under b 1345 suspend deportations through an executive the law. order, that is just not the case, because there The very notion that anyone can get are laws on the books that Congress has. He says this: the job done alone, Mr. Speaker, is the In March of 2011, when asked about The actions I’m taking are not only lawful, siren’s call that our framers warned us they’re the kinds of actions taken by every to respect. Jonathan Turley continues: deportations and what is going on with single Republican President, every single It is certainly true that the Framers ex- immigration law and why won’t Con- Democratic President of the past half-cen- pected much from us, but no more than they gress move forward, the President says: tury. demanded from themselves. The notion that I can just suspend deporta- And to those Members of Congress who tions just isn’t the case because there are question my authority to make our immi- Mr. Speaker, this was November of laws that govern deportations. gration system work better or question the 2014, when the President did his last

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It does not mat- ‘‘Federal Judge Blocks Obama’s Execu- and women who put their obligation to ter whether you were a Clinton, tive Actions on Immigration.’’ their constituents above their obliga- Reagan, Bush, or even Obama ap- These aren’t issues for the courts, tion to party, who put their obligation pointee, nominee to the Supreme Mr. Speaker. If Congress passes a law to the Constitution above their pas- Court. Every single one of them agreed and the President signs a law and that sions for the direction of public policy. that the President overstepped his law is unconstitutional, that is the Taught the first environmental law bounds. issue for the courts. The issue of class 45 years ago. Coping with climate My question, Mr. Speaker, is: You re- whether or not we want Presidents to change is a vital end, but it does not member that spring of 2012, but how be able to amass all the power so that justify using unconstitutional means. many American citizens do, those they can get the job done alone is not I go on, Laurence Tribe: cheering high school students in Ohio, an issue for the courts. It is an issue Even more fundamentally, the EPA, like that campaign stop at a high school for every single one of us as citizens. every administrative agency, is constitu- auditorium to say, I’m going to go it Mr. Speaker, I went through the Af- tionally forbidden to exercise powers Con- alone. Do they remember when nine fordable Care Act. I went through im- gress never delegated in the first place. Supreme Court Justices said: No, you migration. It is not like the list is The brute fact is that the Obama ad- won’t; no, you won’t. short. ministration failed to get climate leg- Where does it stop, Mr. Speaker? Climate change, do you remember islation through Congress, yet the EPA Congress says: No, you won’t. Con- the climate change bill when Demo- is acting as though it has the legisla- gress says: This is our responsibility. crats had complete control of the U.S. tive authority to reengineer the Na- The President says: You are not get- House and the United States Senate tion’s electric generating system and ting it done my way; I’m going to go it and the White House the first 2 years of power grid. It does not. alone. So it goes to the Supreme Court. President Obama’s first term? They Mr. Speaker, we are going to have The Supreme Court says, unanimously: worked and worked and worked and this case litigated, and nine men and No, Mr. President, you are not going to worked and worked to pass a climate women in black robes across the street go it alone. change bill. They couldn’t do it. It was are going to decide this issue. And we It is only one short step between the rejected in a bipartisan way on Capitol know how they are going to decide this executive branch ignoring the coequal Hill. issue. branch of the government that is the Headline from the Washington Post, My fear is not that we are not going legislature and the executive branch last month, August, 2015, ‘‘What You to get the right decision. We are. This ignoring the coequal branch of govern- Need to Know About Obama’s Biggest isn’t our first rodeo here, Mr. Speaker. ment that is the Federal courts. Global Warming Move Yet, His Clean Remember the recess appointments That burden lies on us, Mr. Speaker. Power Plan.’’ This is an editorial from from January 2012, where the President It is not a Republican burden or a Laurence Tribe, another constitutional stood, and he was giving a speech in a Democratic burden. It is an American law professor recognized by absolutely high school in Ohio. He was giving a burden. everyone on both sides of the aisle for speech to high school students, and he I signed up to be on the Oversight his knowledge. I would tell you he is went and he told the tale, Mr. Speaker, Committee, Mr. Speaker. You know not a particularly conservative law of how there was gridlock in Wash- the Oversight Committee here on Cap- professor. I would tell you that he ington, D.C. He told the tale of how he itol Hill. It has jurisdiction over abso- stands with my liberal friends more wanted to get the people’s business lutely everything, and its job is to often than he stands with my conserv- done and how Congress was standing in make sure the executive branch is ative friends. the way. doing what the executive branch is sup- But he is not talking about lib- Every time he spoke up and talked posed to do. eralism. He is not talking about con- about how there was gridlock in Con- I signed up to be on the Oversight servatism. He is not talking about pub- gress, there were boos in the crowd. Committee because I thought Mitt lic policy. He is talking about constitu- Every time he spoke up and said, ‘‘But Romney was going to win the last elec- tional law, and he says this: don’t worry, I’m going to go it alone,’’ tion, and I wanted to be the guy who As a law professor, I taught the Nation’s there was applause throughout the said to the next Republican President: first environmental law class 45 years ago; crowd. No, Mr. President, you can’t do that. and as a lawyer, I have supported countless Our students who are studying con- We are Article I of the Constitution; environmental causes. And as a father and stitutional principles today, our stu- you are Article II of the Constitution. grandfather, I want to leave the Earth in dents who are being trained to be that There is a process here, and process better shape than when I arrived. next generation of leader, that citizen matters. All of his policy goals support the en- who sits on the board of directors of Well, Mitt Romney didn’t win that vironment, support those causes—want the United States of America, 330 mil- election, so we are doing oversight over to leave the Earth in better shape than lion of us, stood and applauded when the Obama administration; and every I found it. He says: the President said Congress won’t do single legitimate issue the Oversight Nonetheless, I recently filed comments it, so I will do it without them. Committee took up, headlines in the with the Environmental Protection Agency He was applauded by Democrats, Mr. papers about just political hacks going urging the Agency to withdraw its Clean Speaker. He was criticized by Repub- after their political opposition. It is Power Plan, a regulatory proposal to reduce licans. He went right ahead and did not true, and it is too important to dis- carbon emissions from the Nation’s electric what he said he would do. He brought miss in that way. power plants. In my view, coping with cli- out a legal memorandum that still sits mate change is a vital end. James Madison, Mr. Speaker: on the Justice Department Web site Hear that. In his view, solving the The accumulation of all powers, legisla- outlining why it was absolutely per- tive, executive, and judiciary, in the same problem that the President aims to missible to do what he was doing, even hands, whether of one or few or many, and solve is a vital end. though the Constitution clearly said it whether hereditary, self-appointed or elec- Laurence Tribe continues: was not. tive, may justly be pronounced the very defi- But it does not justify using unconstitu- That case made its way through the nition of tyranny. tional means. Supreme Court, Mr. Speaker. It was This President has just over a year Mr. Speaker, I don’t admire the men the NLRB v. Noel Canning case, and it left in the White House, Mr. Speaker. I and women in this Chamber who rise to was decided 9–0. am not here to talk about President their feet to cheer the causes that they If you were a Supreme Court Justice Obama. I am here to talk about our re- support. I admire the men and women appointed by President Reagan, you sponsibility as 435 Members of the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K18SE7.056 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6174 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 18, 2015 House. I am here to talk about Amer- We have two ways to change policy and protect those little fellow human ica’s responsibility as 330 million indi- in this country: You can either change beings among us who are at this mo- vidual members of America’s board of your neighbor’s mind, or you can re- ment being trodden on and degraded directors. place your delegate to office. Changing and imbruted by their fellows. Does process matter or do the ends minds and changing people are the only Not long ago, in the land of the free justify the means? Hold Republicans two methods we have in this country. and the home of the brave, authorities accountable for not standing up to It is the consequence of our constitu- entered the clinic of Dr. Kermit President Bush. Hold Democrats ac- tional structure. Gosnell and found a torture chamber countable for not standing up to Presi- I do not fear gridlock. I am not con- for little born-alive babies that defies dent Obama. Hold your friends and cerned that we cannot find a pathway description within the constraints of your neighbors and your coworkers ac- forward. I do fear one man, one group, the English language. countable if you hear them say the one party having all of the control. The grand jury report at the time said, ‘‘Dr. Kermit Gosnell had a simple ends justify the means. b 1415 We can only imagine how dangerous solution for unwanted babies: he killed these times were. We can only imagine I do fear folks short-circuiting a them. He didn’t call it that. He called the summer of 1787 as the entire future process that our Founders put in place it ‘ensuring fetal demise.’ The way he of the Republic hung in the balance. to keep us safe for generations to ensured fetal demise was by sticking We can only imagine 1776 when we were come. scissors in the back of the baby’s neck declaring our freedom from the world’s Mr. Speaker, I hope you will join me, and cutting the spinal cord. He called largest superpower. We can only imag- as Constitution Day has just passed, in it ‘snipping.’ Over the years, there were ine what it meant to sign our name on celebrating the wisdom in that summer hundreds of ’snippings.’ ’’ a document pledging our lives, our for- of 1787 and committing ourselves—Re- Ashley Baldwin, one of Dr. Gosnell’s tunes, and our families’ lives to the publicans and Democrats alike, House employees, said she saw babies breath- cause. Members and Senate Members alike— ing and that she described one as 2 feet And as they grappled with those deci- to ensuring that policy does not trump long that no longer had eyes or a sions in 1776, in 1787, they knew one process, to ensure that we get to where mouth, but, in her words, was making thing with certainty: having all of the all of America wants us to be, but that like this ‘‘screeching’’ noise and that it ‘‘sounded like a little alien.’’ power accumulate anywhere, with any- we get there the right way, not just be- Now, in recent days, Mr. Speaker, nu- one, was a threat to individual liberties cause it matters, but because that is what the Constitution and the law re- merous video recordings have been re- and freedoms. leased that demonstrate to the world The President disagrees with me on a quires. that Kermit Gosnell is just the tip of lot of public policy, and I welcome him Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. the iceberg of the abortion industry’s to come down here to Congress and ad- unspeakable cruelty to these little ba- vocate for it; and if you get the votes f bies. in this body and you get the votes BORN-ALIVE ABORTION The veil has now been pulled back, across the way and you beat me on SURVIVORS Mr. Speaker, and all of us now see be- public policy, fair and square. That is hind the walls of the abortion industry the way it is supposed to be. But when The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. RATCLIFFE). Under the Speaker’s an- and the horrifying plight of its little any one of us decides that our prior- human victims who, we must not for- ities, our policy preferences, are so im- nounced policy of January 6, 2015, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from get, are also the least of these, our lit- portant that the Constitution takes a tle brothers and sisters. Arizona (Mr. FRANKS) for 30 minutes. backseat, we are not long for this form Our response, as a people and a na- Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speak- of government, this greatest experi- tion, to these horrors shown in these er, I have a special guest with me to- ment the world has ever known in self- videos is vital to everything those night, my son Joshua, who was allowed governance. lying out in Arlington National Ceme- the privileges of the floor. He has given It is easy to talk about health care, tery died to save. Mr. Speaker. It is easy to talk about me a speech tonight, and I appreciate Before any Senator, Mr. Speaker, de- environmental policy. It is easy to talk it very much. cides to join a Democrat filibuster in about water policy. The list goes on Mr. Speaker, the United States of the Senate against legislation that and on and on. What is hard is chang- America is an exceptional Nation would protect little born-alive human ing that policy, and it is deliberately whose unique core premise is that de- babies, I hope they ask of themselves so. It is deliberately so. clared conviction that we are all cre- one question in the core of their own As the Courts have taken these chal- ated equal and that each of us is en- souls: Is filibustering against a bill to lenges on, Mr. Speaker, 9–0, reining in dowed by our Creator with the protect born-alive human babies from a the President from his overreach. And unalienable right to live. torturous death at the hands of mon- in that 9–0 case, Noel Canning, just 2 Abraham Lincoln called upon all of sters like Kermit Gosnell who I truly years ago, the Supreme Court said this: us in this Chamber and beyond to re- am? The recess appointments clause—that was member those words of the Founding Now, I know that legislation like this what they were arguing about at the time— Fathers and ‘‘their enlightened belief has been attacked by President Obama is not designed to overcome serious institu- that nothing stamped with the divine and even others because of the many tional friction. It simply provides a sub- image and likeness was sent into the obvious similarities these born-alive sidiary method for appointing officials when world to be trodden on or degraded and children have with late-term, pain-ca- the Senate is away during a recess. imbruted by its fellows.’’ pable, unborn children. Here, as in other contexts, global He reminded those he called pos- Mr. Speaker, this was an unborn warming, health care, water policy, on terity that ‘‘when in the distant future child, but she was born alive and she and on and on, here, as in other con- some man, some factions, some inter- survived. As hard as it is to consider texts, friction between the branches is ests should set up a doctrine that some that that could happen, she did. an inevitable consequence of our con- were not entitled to life, liberty, and President Obama explained his rea- stitutional structure. the pursuit of happiness that ‘their sons for voting four times—Mr. Speak- Mr. Speaker, I challenge you to go posterity’ ’’—that is us, Mr. Speaker— er, let me say that again. President home to your constituents, as townhall ‘‘that their posterity might look up Obama explained his reasons for voting meeting after townhall meeting after again to the Declaration of Independ- four times against the Born-Alive In- townhall meeting talks about the grid- ence and take courage to renew the fants Protection Act, which would have lock in Washington, D.C. Friction be- battle which their fathers began.’’ protected children born alive. tween the branches is an inevitable Mr. Speaker, the sincerest purpose of He was afraid it might give born- consequence of our constitutional the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Pro- alive babies personhood under the structure. We must celebrate that fric- tection Act that we voted on today is Equal Protection Clause of the 14th tion, Mr. Speaker. to renew that noble battle, to respect Amendment.

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Bishop, Jr., dent Obama had a very sad and ironic, ADJOURNMENT FROM TUESDAY, Diane Black, Marsha Blackburn, Rod Blum, if also completely merciless, point. SEPTEMBER 22, 2015, TO THURS- Earl Blumenauer, John A. Boehner, Suzanne Indeed, it does require enormous de- DAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 Bonamici, Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Mike Bost, liberate self-deception to say that Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Brendan F. Boyle, Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask those who deliberately kill a child who Kevin Brady, Robert A. Brady, Dave Brat, unanimous consent that when the is born alive after 5 months of preg- Jim Bridenstine, Mo Brooks, Susan W. House adjourns today, it adjourns to nancy are guilty of murder and deserve Brooks, Corrine Brown, Julia Brownley, meet at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September Vern Buchanan, Ken Buck, Larry Bucshon, prison, but those who deliberately kill 22, 2015; and further, when the House Michael C. Burgess, Cheri Bustos, G. K. the same exact pain-capable child at adjourns on that day, it adjourn to Butterfield, Bradley Byrne, Ken Calvert, the same exact age and development, meet at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sep- Lois Capps, Michael E. Capuano, Tony but are not yet born—those individuals ´ ´ tember 24, 2015. Cardenas, John C. Carney, Jr., Andre Carson, are merely furthering freedom of Earl L. ‘‘Buddy’’ Carter, John R. Carter, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there choice and should actually get paid for Matt Cartwright, Kathy Castor, Joaquin objection to the request of the gen- doing it. Castro, Steve Chabot, Jason Chaffetz, Judy But it still bears repeating, Mr. tleman from Georgia? Chu, David N. Cicilline, Katherine M. Clark, There was no objection. Yvette D. Clarke, Curt Clawson, Wm. Lacy Speaker. The Born-Alive Abortion Sur- Clay, Emanuel Cleaver, James E. Clyburn, f vivors Protection Act that we voted on Mike Coffman, Steve Cohen, Tom Cole, Chris today and passed out of this Chamber LEAVE OF ABSENCE Collins, Doug Collins, Barbara Comstock, K. protects little children who have been Michael Conaway, Gerald E. Connolly, John born alive. By unanimous consent, leave of ab- Conyers, Jr., Paul Cook, Jim Cooper, Jim No matter how blind opponents try sence was granted to: Costa, Ryan A. Costello, Joe Courtney, to make themselves or convince others Mr. FORTENBERRY (at the request of Kevin Cramer, Eric A. ‘‘Rick’’ Crawford, to be, no one can truly obscure the hu- Mr. MCCARTHY) for today on account of Ander Crenshaw, Joseph Crowley, Henry manity and personhood of these little attending a family funeral. Cuellar, John Abney Culberson, Elijah E. Mr. HASTINGS (at the request of Ms. Cummings, Carlos Curbelo, Danny K. Davis, born-alive children of God, nor can Rodney Davis, Susan A. Davis, Peter A. they take refuge within the schizo- PELOSI) for today for the second and DeFazio, Diana DeGette, John K. Delaney, phrenic paradox Roe v. Wade to which third vote. Rosa L. DeLauro, Suzan K. DelBene, Jeff this country has been subjected for f Denham, Charles W. Dent, Ron DeSantis, now more than 40 years. Mark DeSaulnier, Scott DesJarlais, Theo- The abortion industry has labored for ENROLLED BILL SIGNED dore E. Deutch, Mario Diaz-Balart, Debbie all these decades to convince the world Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, Dingell, Lloyd Doggett, Robert J. Dold, Dan- that born children and unborn children reported and found truly enrolled a bill iel M. Donovan, Jr., Michael F. Doyle, should be completely separated in our Tammy Duckworth, Sean P. Duffy, Jeff Dun- of the House of the following title, can, John J. Duncan, Jr., Donna F. Edwards, minds, that while born children are which was thereupon signed by the Keith Ellison, Renee L. Ellmers, Tom persons worthy of protection, unborn Speaker pro tempore, Mr. THORNBERRY, Emmer, Eliot L. Engel, Anna G. Eshoo, Eliz- children, on the other hand, are not on Thursday, September 17, 2015: abeth H. Esty, Blake Farenthold, Sam Farr, persons and are not worthy of protec- H.R. 23. An act to reauthorize the National Chaka Fattah, Stephen Lee Fincher, Michael tion. Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and G. Fitzpatrick, Charles J. ‘‘Chuck’’ But, Mr. Speaker, those who oppose for other purposes. Fleischmann, John Fleming, Bill Flores, J. Randy Forbes, Jeff Fortenberry, Bill Foster, this bill today or those who might op- f pose it in the Senate that protects Virginia Foxx, Lois Frankel, Trent Franks, SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, Marcia L. Fudge, born-alive children now have the im- Tulsi Gabbard, Ruben Gallego, John possible task of trying to rejoin born The Speaker pro tempore, Mr. Garamendi, Scott Garrett, Bob Gibbs, Chris- children and unborn children back to- THORNBERRY, on Wednesday, Sep- topher P. Gibson, Louie Gohmert, Bob Good- gether again and then trying to con- tember 16, 2015, announced his signa- latte, Paul A. Gosar, Trey Gowdy, Gwen Gra- vince us all that to condemn them both ture to enrolled bills of the Senate of ham, Kay Granger, Garret Graves, Sam as inhuman and not worthy of protec- the following titles: Graves, Tom Graves, Alan Grayson, Al Green, Gene Green, H. Morgan Griffith, Rau´ l tion after all is the thing to do. S. 230. An act to provide for the convey- Mr. Speaker, to anyone who has not M. Grijalva, Glenn Grothman, Frank C. ance of certain property to the Yukon ´ invincibly hardened their heart and Guinta, Brett Guthrie, Luis V. Gutierrez, Kuskokwim Health Corporation located in Janice Hahn, Richard L. Hanna, Cresent soul to this absurd inconsistency, there Bethel, Alaska. Hardy, Gregg Harper, Andy Harris, Vicky is an opportunity for a profoundly en- S. 501. An act to make technical correc- Hartzler, Alcee L. Hastings, Denny Heck, Jo- lightening moment because, you see, tions to the Navajo water rights settlement seph J. Heck, Jeb Hensarling, Jaime Herrera Mr. Speaker, this country has faced in the State of New Mexico, and for other Beutler, Jody B. Hice, Brian Higgins, J. such paradox and self-imposed blind- purposes. French Hill, James A. Himes, Rube´n Hino- ness and heartlessness before. f josa, George Holding, Michael M. Honda, There was a time that our own House Steny H. Hoyer, Richard Hudson, Tim ADJOURNMENT rules banned any discussion or debate Huelskamp, Jared Huffman, Bill Huizenga, in this Chamber about the effort to end Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I move Randy Hultgren, Duncan Hunter, Will Hurd, that the House do now adjourn. Robert Hurt, Steve Israel, Darrell E. Issa, human slavery in America. But, Mr. Sheila Jackson Lee, Hakeem S. Jeffries, Speaker, that debate did come. The motion was agreed to; accord- Evan H. Jenkins, Lynn Jenkins, Bill John- And with it came a time when the ingly (at 2 o’clock and 11 minutes son, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Henry C. humanity of the victims and the inhu- p.m.), under its previous order, the ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., Sam Johnson, David manity of what was being done to them House adjourned until Tuesday, Sep- W. Jolly, Walter B. Jones, Jim Jordan, David became so glaring that even the hard- tember 22, 2015, at 4 p.m. P. Joyce, Marcy Kaptur, John Katko, Wil- liam R. Keating, Mike Kelly, Robin L. Kelly, est of hearts began to see the truth, f and it moved an entire generation of Trent Kelly, Joseph P. Kennedy III, Daniel people to find the compassion and the OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED T. Kildee, Derek Kilmer, Ron Kind, Peter T. INFORMATION King, Steve King, Adam Kinzinger, Ann courage within their own souls to Kirkpatrick, John Kline, Stephen Knight, change their position. And now to this Under clause 13 of rule XXIII, the fol- Ann M. Kuster, Rau´ l R. Labrador, Darin generation, Mr. Speaker, that time has lowing Members executed the oath for LaHood, Doug LaMalfa, Doug Lamborn, come again. access to classified information: Leonard Lance, James R. Langevin, Rick

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A letter from the Director, Budget ticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0574; meyer, Ben Ray Luja´ n, Michelle Lujan Gris- and Performance Management, Farm Service FRL-9933-00] received September 15, 2015, ham, Cynthia M. Lummis, Stephen F. Lynch, Agency, Department of Agriculture, trans- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- Thomas MacArthur, Carolyn B. Maloney, mitting the Department’s proposed rule — mittee on Energy and Commerce. Sean Patrick Maloney, Kenny Marchant, Changes to Fees and Payment Methods (RIN: 2852. A communication from the President Tom Marino, Thomas Massie, Doris O. Mat- 0518-AA05) received September 15, 2015, pur- sui, Kevin McCarthy, Michael T. McCaul, of the United States, transmitting a notifi- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Pub- cation that the national emergency declared Tom McClintock, Betty McCollum, James P. lic Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on McGovern, Patrick T. McHenry, David B. with respect to persons who commit, threat- Agriculture. en to commit, or support terrorism, declared McKinley, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Jerry 2844. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- McNerney, Martha McSally, Mark Meadows, in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, retary, Personnel and Readiness, Depart- Patrick Meehan, Gregory W. Meeks, Grace 2001, is to continue in effect beyond Sep- ment of Defense, transmitting a letter au- Meng, Luke Messer, John L. Mica, Candice tember 23, 2015, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); thorizing ten United States Marine Corps of- S. Miller, Jeff Miller, John R. Moolenaar, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ficers to wear the insignia of the grade of Alexander X. Mooney, Gwen Moore, Seth 2853. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- brigadier general, as indicated, in accord- Moulton, Markwayne Mullin, Mick ment of the Treasury, transmitting a semi- ance with 10 U.S.C. 777; to the Committee on Mulvaney, Patrick Murphy, Tim Murphy, annual report detailing telecommunications- Armed Services. Jerrold Nadler, Grace F. Napolitano, Richard related payments made to Cuba pursuant to 2845. A letter from the Chief Counsel, E. Neal, Randy Neugebauer, Dan Newhouse, Department of the Treasury licenses during Kristi L. Noem, Richard M. Nolan, Donald FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, the period from January 1 through June 30, Norcross, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Richard transmitting the Department’s final rule — 2015, as required by Sec. 1705(e)(6) of the B. Nugent, Devin Nunes, Alan Nunnelee*, Final Flood Elevation Determinations (Clay Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, as amended by Pete Olson, Beto O’Rourke, Steven M. County, MO, et al.) [Docket ID: FEMA-2015- Sec. 102(g) of the Cuban Liberty and Demo- Palazzo, Frank Pallone, Jr., Gary J. Palmer, 0001] received September 14, 2015, pursuant to cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, 22 Bill Pascrell, Jr., Erik Paulsen, Donald M. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law U.S.C. 6004(e)(6), and pursuant to Executive Payne, Jr., Stevan Pearce, Nancy Pelosi, Ed 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Finan- Order 13313 of July 31, 2003; to the Committee Perlmutter, Scott Perry, Scott H. Peters, cial Services. on Foreign Affairs. Collin C. Peterson, Pedro R. Pierluisi, 2846. A letter from the Secretary, Securi- 2854. A letter from the Director, Office of Chellie Pingree, Robert Pittenger, Joseph R. ties and Exchange Commission, transmitting Federal Contract Compliance Programs, De- Pitts, Stacey E. Plaskett, Mark Pocan, Ted the Commission’s final rule — Removal of partment of Labor, transmitting the Depart- Poe, Bruce Poliquin, Jared Polis, Mike Certain References to Credit Ratings and ment’s final rule — Government Contractors, Pompeo, Bill Posey, David E. Price, Tom Amendment to the Issuer Diversification Re- Prohibitions Against Pay Secrecy Policies Price, Mike Quigley, Amata Coleman quirement in the Money Market Fund Rule and Actions (RIN: 1250-AA06) received Sep- Radewagen, Charles B. Rangel, John [Release No.: IC-31828; File No.: S7-07-11] tember 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Ratcliffe, Tom Reed, David G. Reichert, (RIN: 3235-AL02) received September 17, 2015, 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, James B. Renacci, Reid J. Ribble, Kathleen pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Sec. 251; to the Committee on Oversight and M. Rice, Tom Rice, Cedric L. Richmond, E. Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- Government Reform. Scott Rigell, Martha Roby, David P. Roe, mittee on Financial Services. 2855. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Harold Rogers, Mike Rogers, Dana Rohr- 2847. A letter from the Director, Regu- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- abacher, Todd Rokita, Thomas J. Rooney, latory Management Division, Environmental tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Peter J. Roskam, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Den- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- tion, transmitting the Administration’s nis A. Ross, Keith J. Rothfus, David Rouzer, cy’s direct final rule — Approval and Pro- modification of fishing seasons — Fisheries Lucille Roybal-Allard, Edward R. Royce, mulgation of Air Quality Implementation Off West Coast States; Modifications of the Raul Ruiz, C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Bobby Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollut- West Coast Commercial Salmon Fisheries; L. Rush, Steve Russell, Paul Ryan, Tim ants; Missouri; Commercial and Industrial Inseason Actions #14 and #15 [Docket No.: Ryan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Matt Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) Units 150316270-5270-01] (RIN: 0648-XE054) received Salmon, Linda T. Sa´ nchez, Loretta Sanchez, [EPA-R07-OAR-2015-0514; FRL-9933-97-Region September 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Mark Sanford, John P. Sarbanes, Steve Sca- 7] received September 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, lise, Janice D. Schakowsky, Adam B. Schiff, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural Re- Aaron Schock*, Kurt Schrader, David 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy sources. 2856. A letter from the Director, Office of Schweikert, Austin Scott, David Scott, Rob- and Commerce. Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- ert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott, F. James Sensen- 2848. A letter from the Director, Regu- anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- brenner, Jr., Jose´ E. Serrano, Pete Sessions, latory Management Division, Environmental mitting the Administration’s temporary rule Terri A. Sewell, Brad Sherman, John Shim- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone kus, Bill Shuster, Michael K. Simpson, cy’s direct final rule — Approval and Pro- Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in Kyrsten Sinema, Albio Sires, Louise mulgation of Air Quality Implementation the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Manage- McIntosh Slaughter, Adam Smith, Adrian Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollut- ment Area [Docket No.: 141021887-5172-02] Smith, Christopher H. Smith, Jason Smith, ants; Missouri; Sewage Sludge Incinerators (RIN: 0648-XE139) received September 14, Lamar Smith, Jackie Speier, Elise M. [EPA-R07-OAR-2015-0543; FRL-9933-95-Region 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added Stefanik, Chris Stewart, Steve Stivers, Mar- 7] received September 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- lin A. Stutzman, Eric Swalwell, Mark Takai, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- mittee on Natural Resources. Mark Takano, Bennie G. Thompson, Glenn 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy 2857. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Thompson, Mike Thompson, Mac Thorn- and Commerce. fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- berry, Patrick J. Tiberi, Scott R. Tipton, 2849. A letter from the Director, Regu- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Dina Titus, Paul Tonko, Norma J. Torres, latory Management Division, Environmental tion, transmitting the Administration’s final David A. Trott, Niki Tsongas, Michael R. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- rule — Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Turner, Fred Upton, David G. Valadao, Chris cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Van Hollen, Juan Vargas, Marc A. Veasey, of Implementation Plans; Texas; Revision to Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2015-2016 Biennial Filemon Vela, Nydia M. Vela´ zquez, Peter J. Control Volatile Organic Compound Emis- Specifications and Management Measures; Visclosky, Ann Wagner, Tim Walberg, Greg sions from Storage Tanks and Transport Inseason Adjustments [Docket No.: 140904754- Walden, Mark Walker, Jackie Walorski, Vessels [EPA-R06-OAR-2011-0079; FRL-9932- 5188-02] (RIN: 0648-BF27) received September Mimi Walters, Timothy J. Walz, Debbie 51-Region 6] received September 15, 2015, pur- 14, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Wasserman Schultz, Maxine Waters, Bonnie suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Pub- Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Watson Coleman, Randy K. Weber, Sr., Dan- lic Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Committee on Natural Resources. iel Webster, Peter Welch, Brad R. Wenstrup, Energy and Commerce. 2858. A letter from the Director, Office of Bruce Westerman, Lynn A. Westmoreland, 2850. A letter from the Director, Regu- Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- Ed Whitfield, Roger Williams, Frederica S. latory Management Division, Environmental anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- Wilson, Joe Wilson, Robert J. Wittman, Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- mitting the Administration’s modification of Steve Womack, Rob Woodall, John A. Yar- cy’s final rule — Fluensulfone; Pesticide Tol- fishing seasons — Fisheries Off West Coast muth, Kevin Yoder, Ted S. Yoho, David erances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0375; FRL-9933-02] States; Modifications of the West Coast Young, Don Young, Todd C. Young, Lee M. received September 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty In- Zeldin, Ryan K. Zinke U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- dian Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #16

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18SE7.030 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6177 Through #21 [Docket No.: 150316270-5270-01] 2866. A letter from the Director, Regu- Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only (RIN: 0648-XE111) received September 14, latory Management Division, Environmental rule — Companion Notice to Rev. Proc. 2015- 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 43 Announcing Issues Under Study and Re- by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- cy’s final rule — Ocean Dumping: Modifica- questing Comments [Notice 2015-59] received mittee on Natural Resources. tion of Final Site Designation [EPA-R06-OW- September 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2859. A letter from the Director, Office of 2015-0121; FRL-9934-25-Region 6] received Sep- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oce- tember 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways and anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Means. mitting the Administration’s temporary rule Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- 2876. A letter from the Chief, Publications — Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South At- tation and Infrastructure. and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue lantic; 2015 Recreational Accountability 2867. A letter from the Chief Impact Ana- Service, transmitting the Service’s final reg- Measure and Closure for South Atlantic lyst, Regulation Policy and Management ulations — Controlled Group Regulation Ex- Hogfish [Docket No.: 120403249-2492-02] (RIN: Staff, Office of the General Counsel (02REG), amples [TD 9737] (RIN: 1545-BK96) received 0648-XE088) received September 14, 2015, pur- Department of Veterans Affairs, transmit- September 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Pub- ting the Department’s final rule — Copay- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, lic Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on ments for Medications in 2015 (RIN: 2900- Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways and Natural Resources. AP15) received September 15, 2015, pursuant Means. 2860. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 2877. A letter from the Chief, Trade and fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Vet- Commercial Regulations Branch, U.S. Cus- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- erans’ Affairs. toms and Border Protection, Department of tion, transmitting the Administration’s 2868. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Homeland Security, transmitting the De- Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Department of modification of fishing seasons — Fisheries partment’s final rule — Disclosure of Infor- the Treasury, transmitting the Department’s Off West Coast States; Modifications of the mation for Certain Intellectual Property final rule — Offset of Tax Refund Payments West Coast Commercial Salmon Fisheries; Rights Enforced at the Border [Docket No.: to Collect Certain Debts Owed to States Inseason Actions #7 through #13 [Docket No.: USCBP-2012-0011] (RIN: 1515-AD87) received (RIN: 1530-AA02) received September 15, 2015, 150316270-5270-01] (RIN: 0648-XE020) received September 16, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by September 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways and mittee on Ways and Means. Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural Re- Means. sources. 2869. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue 2878. A letter from the Chairman and Board 2861. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Members, Railroad Retirement Board, trans- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- Service, transmitting the Service’s final regulations — Determination of Minimum Re- mitting the Board’s budget request for fiscal tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- year 2017, in accordance with Sec. 7(f) of the tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- quired Pension Contributions [TD 9732] (RIN: 1545-BH71) received September 15, 2015, pur- Railroad Retirement Act; jointly to the porary rule — Fisheries of the Caribbean, Committees on Appropriations, Transpor- Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2015 suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Pub- lic Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on tation and Infrastructure, and Ways and Commercial Accountability Measure and Means. Closure for Gulf of Mexico Greater Ways and Means. 2870. A letter from the Chief, Publications 2879. A letter from the Chair, Federal Elec- Amberjack [Docket No.: 1206013412-2517-02] and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue tion Commission, transmitting the Commis- (RIN: 0648-XE028) received September 15, Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only sion’s fiscal year Office of Management and 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added rule — Update to procedures for entering Budget 2017 budget request, pursuant to 52 by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- into a FET closing agreement based on pro- U.S.C. 30107(d); jointly to the Committees on mittee on Natural Resources. House Administration, Appropriations, and 2862. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- visions of an income tax treaty (Rev. Proc. 2015-46) received September 15, 2015, pursuant Oversight and Government Reform. fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- f 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- and Means. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON porary rule — Fisheries of the Northeastern 2871. A letter from the Chief, Publications PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS United States; Northeast Multispecies Fish- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue ery; Possession Limit Adjustments for the Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of Common Pool Fishery [Docket No.: 150105004- rule — Procedures for Requesting a Waiver committees were delivered to the Clerk 5355-01] (RIN: 0648-XD984) received September of the Electronic Filing Requirements for for printing and reference to the proper 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Form 8955-SSA and Form 5500-EZ (Rev. Proc. calendar, as follows: Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 2015-47) received September 15, 2015, pursuant Committee on Natural Resources. Mr. CHAFFETZ: Committee on Oversight to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law and Government Reform. S. 136. An act to 2863. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- amend chapter 21 of title 5, United States and Means. Code, to provide that fathers of certain per- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- 2872. A letter from the Chief, Publications tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- manently disabled or deceased veterans shall and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue be included with mothers of such veterans as porary rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Eco- Service, transmitting the Service’s final and preference eligibles for treatment in the civil nomic Zone Off Alaska; Kamchatka Floun- temporary regulations — Clarification of the service (Rept. 114–263). Referred to the Com- der in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Coordination of the Transfer Pricing Rules mittee of the Whole House on the state of Management Area [Docket No.: 141021887- with Other Code Provisions [TD 9738] (RIN: the Union. 5172-02] (RIN: 0648-XD974) received September 1545-BM72) received September 15, 2015, pur- Mr. CHAFFETZ: Committee on Oversight 16, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Pub- and Government Reform. H.R. 3089. A bill to Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the lic Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on close out expired grants, and for other pur- Committee on Natural Resources. Ways and Means. 2864. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, 2873. A letter from the Chief, Publications poses; with an amendment (Rept. 114–264). U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Referred to the Committee of the Whole Security, transmitting the Department’s Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only House on the state of the Union. temporary final rule — Security Zone, Sew- rule — No-Rule on Certain Section 355 Trans- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin: Committee on ard, AK [Docket No.: USCG-2015-0800] (RIN: actions (Rev. Proc. 2015-43) received Sep- Ways and Means. H.R. 692. A bill to ensure 1625-AA87) received September 8, 2015, pursu- tember 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. the payment of interest and principal of the ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, debt of the United States (Rept. 114–265). Re- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways and ferred to the Committee of the Whole House Transportation and Infrastructure. Means. on the state of the Union. 2865. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, 2874. A letter from the Chief, Publications f U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Security, transmitting the Department’s Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS temporary final rule — Special Local Regu- rule — Revenue Procedure Applying the Con- Under clause 2 of rule XII, public lations; Marine Events held in the Sector trolled Group Rules to Certain Fund of bills and resolutions of the following Long Island Sound Captain of the Port Zone Funds (Rev. Proc. 2015-45) received Sep- titles were introduced and severally re- — Correction [Docket No.: USCG-2015-0705] tember 15, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 8, 2015, 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, ferred, as follows: pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways and By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Ms. Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- Means. TSONGAS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- 2875. A letter from the Chief, Publications LOWENTHAL, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. ture. and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue NORCROSS):

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L18SE7.000 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6178 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 18, 2015 H.R. 3556. A bill to prepare the National are packaged for direct human consumption; ployed individuals; to the Committee on Park Service for its Centennial in 2016 and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Ways and Means. for a second century of protecting our na- By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Ms. ESHOO, By Mrs. NOEM (for herself and Mr. tional parks’ natural, historic, and cultural and Mr. HUFFMAN): RENACCI): resources for present and future generations, H.R. 3565. A bill to expand the boundary of H.R. 3575. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- and for other purposes; to the Committee on the California Coastal National Monument, enue Code of 1986 to deny tax exemption to Natural Resources, and in addition to the and for other purposes; to the Committee on organizations which violate the Federal pro- Committees on Agriculture, and Education Natural Resources. hibitions regarding human fetal tissue; to and the Workforce, for a period to be subse- By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. the Committee on Ways and Means. quently determined by the Speaker, in each BARLETTA, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. By Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself and Mr. case for consideration of such provisions as BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. COLLINS of PEARCE): fall within the jurisdiction of the committee New York, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. DUN- H.R. 3576. A bill to increase transparency, concerned. CAN of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN of accountability, and community engagement By Mr. GARRETT (for himself and Mr. Tennessee, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, provide independent oversight of border se- HURT of Virginia): Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. JONES, Mr. WIL- H.R. 3557. A bill to amend the Financial SON of South Carolina, Mr. LAMALFA, curity activities, improve training for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Mr. OLSON, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, officers, and for other purposes; to the Com- Stability Oversight Council to hold open Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, mittee on Homeland Security, and in addi- meetings and comply with the requirements Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. HARRIS, and tion to the Committees on the Judiciary, of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to Mr. KING of Iowa): and Ways and Means, for a period to be sub- provide additional improvements to the H.R. 3566. A bill to prohibit an alien who is sequently determined by the Speaker, in Council, and for other purposes; to the Com- not in a lawful immigration status in the each case for consideration of such provi- mittee on Financial Services. United States from being eligible for post- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. secondary education benefits that are not committee concerned. CROWLEY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BENISHEK, available to all citizens and nationals of the By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. and Mr. COOK): United States; to the Committee on the Ju- H.R. 3558. A bill to provide for the issuance MURPHY of Florida): diciary, and in addition to the Committee on H.R. 3577. A bill to amend title 44, United of a forever stamp to honor the sacrifices of Education and the Workforce, for a period to States Code, to restrict the printing and dis- the brave men and women of the Armed be subsequently determined by the Speaker, tribution of paper copies of Congressional Forces who are still prisoner, missing, or un- in each case for consideration of such provi- documents; to the Committee on House Ad- accounted for, and for other purposes; to the sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the ministration, and in addition to the Com- Committee on Oversight and Government committee concerned. mittee on Rules, for a period to be subse- Reform. By Mr. BRAT (for himself and Mr. quently determined by the Speaker, in each By Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. CON- CHABOT): case for consideration of such provisions as YERS, and Mr. HUFFMAN): H.R. 3567. A bill to repeal the Home Mort- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee H.R. 3559. A bill to establish minimum gage Disclosure Act of 1975, and for other concerned. standards of disclosure by franchises whose purposes; to the Committee on Financial By Mr. RATCLIFFE (for himself and franchisees use loans guaranteed by the Services. Mr. RICHMOND): Small Business Administration; to the Com- By Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and H.R. 3578. A bill to amend the Homeland mittee on Energy and Commerce. Mr. MCDERMOTT): Security Act of 2002 to strengthen and make By Mr. STEWART: H.R. 3568. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- improvements to the Directorate of Science H.R. 3560. A bill to provide for the convey- enue Code of 1986 to extend the authority of and Technology of the Department of Home- ance of certain land to Washington County, the Internal Revenue Service to require land Security, and for other purposes; to the Utah, to authorize the exchange of Federal truncated social security numbers on Form Committee on Homeland Security. land and non-Federal land in the State of W-2 wage and tax statements; to the Com- By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Utah, and for other purposes; to the Com- mittee on Ways and Means. WITTMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. mittee on Natural Resources. By Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. DELBENE, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, By Mr. BLUMENAUER: QUIGLEY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. GOODLATTE, H.R. 3561. A bill to amend the section 484(r) Ms. NORTON): Ms. KUSTER, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ex- H.R. 3569. A bill to require the Attorney Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. THOMP- clude certain marijuana-related offenses General to establish a ‘‘Good Neighbor‘‘ code SON of California): from the drug-related offenses that result in of conduct for federally licensed firearms H.R. 3579. A bill to amend section 5542 of students being barred from receiving Federal dealers, and for other purposes; to the Com- title 5, United States Code, to provide that educational loans, grants, and work assist- mittee on the Judiciary. any hours worked by Federal firefighters ance, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. HANNA (for himself and Mr. under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement mittee on Education and the Workforce. ISRAEL): shall be excluded for purposes of determina- By Mr. NOLAN: H.R. 3570. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- tions relating to overtime pay; to the Com- H.R. 3562. A bill to prohibit the pay of enue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Members of Congress during periods in which education in the areas of science, tech- form. a Government shutdown is in effect, and for nology, engineering, and mathematics; to By Mr. TIBERI: other purposes; to the Committee on House the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 3580. A bill to establish in the Depart- Administration, and in addition to the Com- By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for ment of Veterans Affairs a continuing med- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- himself, Mr. GIBSON, and Mr. TONKO): ical education program for non-Department form, for a period to be subsequently deter- H.R. 3571. A bill to extend and modify cer- medical professionals who treat veterans and mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- tain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code family members of veterans to increase sideration of such provisions as fall within of 1986 relating to fuel cells and hydrogen; to knowledge and recognition of medical condi- the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. the Committee on Ways and Means. tions common to veterans and family mem- By Mr. MASSIE (for himself, Ms. PIN- By Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. bers of veterans, and for other purposes; to GREE, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi): the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. ROHRABACHER, Mr. JONES, Mr. BRAT, H.R. 3572. A bill to amend the Homeland By Mr. VAN HOLLEN: Mr. POLIS, Mr. AMASH, Mr. MEADOWS, Security Act of 2002 to reform, streamline, H.R. 3581. A bill to require full funding of Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. GOHMERT): and make improvements to the Department part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec- H.R. 3563. A bill to authorize the interstate of Homeland Security and support the De- ondary Education Act of 1965 and the Indi- traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk prod- partment’s efforts to implement better pol- viduals with Disabilities Education Act; to ucts that are packaged for direct human con- icy, planning, management, and perform- the Committee on Education and the Work- sumption; to the Committee on Energy and ance, and for other purposes; to the Com- force. Commerce. mittee on Homeland Security. By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. By Mr. MASSIE (for himself, Ms. PIN- By Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. MCKINLEY): GREE, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. GRIFFITH, BABIN): H.R. 3582. A bill to support the develop- Mr. RIGELL, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. ROHR- H.R. 3573. A bill to amend the Immigration ment, implementation, and evaluation of in- ABACHER, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. JONES, and Nationality Act to require the enact- novative strategies and methods to increase Mr. BRAT, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. POLIS, ment into law of a joint resolution approving out-of-school access to digital learning re- Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. the number of refugees who may be admitted sources for eligible students in order to in- LABRADOR, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. in any fiscal year, and for other purposes; to crease student and educator engagement; to GOHMERT): the Committee on the Judiciary. the Committee on Education and the Work- H.R. 3564. A bill to prohibit Federal inter- By Mr. MCNERNEY: force. ference with the interstate traffic of H.R. 3574. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for unpasteurized milk and milk products that enue Code of 1986 to encourage hiring unem- himself and Mr. FORBES):

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Sep 19, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L18SE7.100 H18SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 18, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6179 H. Con. Res. 78. Concurrent resolution ex- Congress has the power to enact this legis- ment XIV (the Enforcement Clause). In Or- pressing the sense of Congress that the lation pursuant to the following: egon v. Mitchell, the Supreme Court de- President in consultation with the Depart- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (The Congress clared that Congress may ban state actions ment of the Treasury should apply economic shall have Power ‘‘To regulate Commerce that violate the Fourteenth Amendment sanctions against Chinese businesses and with foreign Nations, and among the several Furthermore, in the Chamber of Commerce state-owned enterprises that can be linked to States and within the Indian Tribes’’) and v. Whiting and Cox v. Shalala, the Supreme cyberattacks against United States entities; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (The Congress Court found that state laws are preempted if to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. shall have Power ‘‘to make all Laws which they conflict with federal law. By Mr. FLEMING (for himself, Mr. shall be necessary and proper for carrying By Mr. BRAT: WENSTRUP, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MOONEY into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all H.R. 3567. of West Virginia, Mr. POSEY, Mr. other Powers vested by this Constitution in Congress has the power to enact this legis- CHABOT, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. HARRIS, the Government of the United States, or in lation pursuant to the following: Mr. FLORES, and Mr. CULBERSON): any Department or Officer thereof’’). Much financial regulation is purportedly H. Res. 430. A resolution calling upon the By Mr. BILIRAKIS: authorized as necessary and proper (Article President to declare a National Day of Pray- H.R. 3558. I, Section 8, Clause 18) for carrying into exe- er to end targeted violence against law en- Congress has the power to enact this legis- cution Congress’ power to ‘‘provide for the forcement officers and schedule appropriate lation pursuant to the following: . . . general Welfare of the United States’’ public events in support of such a day; to the This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) in the form of Committee on Oversight and Government Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the expenditures associated with federal credit Reform. United States and Article I, Section 8, programs. Regardless, Congress has the By Mr. GRIFFITH (for himself, Mr. Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United power to repeal existing statutes whether or WITTMAN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. GOOD- States. not they were passed pursuant to the Con- LATTE, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. By Mr. ELLISON: stitution’s enumerated powers. WESTERMAN, Mr. ABRAHAM, and Mr. H.R. 3559. By Mr. BUCHANAN: BURGESS): Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3568. H. Res. 431. A resolution expressing the lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- sense of the House of Representatives in dis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and 3. lation pursuant to the following: approval of the Senate’s modern filibuster By Mr. STEWART: Article I, Sec. 8. rule; to the Committee on Rules. H.R. 3560. By Mr. GALLEGO: By Mr. MURPHY of Florida (for him- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3569. Congress has the power to enact this legis- self and Mr. ROONEY of Florida): lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: H. Res. 432. A resolution expressing support Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 allows that Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 for designating of February 2016 as ‘‘National ‘‘The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations By Mr. HANNA: Spine Ability Month’’; to the Committee on H.R. 3570. Energy and Commerce. respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing Congress has the power to enact this legis- f in this Constitution shall be so construed as lation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the to Prejudice any Claims of the United MEMORIALS United States Constitution. States, or of any particular State.’’ By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut: Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials By Mr. BLUMENAUER: H.R. 3571. were presented and referred as follows: H.R. 3561. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- 131. The SPEAKER presented a memorial lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: of the Legislature of the State of California, Clause 1, Section 8, Article I Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- relative to Assembly Joint Resolution No. By Mr. MCCAUL: 19, urging the Congress of the United States tion. H.R. 3572. to enact legislation allowing immigrants to By Mr. NOLAN: Congress has the power to enact this legis- serve in the military if they are eligible H.R. 3562. lation pursuant to the following: under the President’s Executive Order for Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18—To make all Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or lation pursuant to the following: Laws which shall be necessary and proper for Executive Order for Deferred Action for Par- Congress can determine salaries and com- carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- ents of Americans and Lawful Permanent pensation of Members of Congress under Ar- ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- Residents; jointly to the Committees on ticle 1, Section 6 of the US Constitution. stitution in the Government of the United Armed Services and the Judiciary. By Mr. MASSIE: States, or in any Department or Officer 132. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of H.R. 3563. thereof. Congress has the power to enact this legis- the State of California, relative to Assembly By Mr. MCCAUL: Joint Resolution No. 18, urging the Congress lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3573. of the United States to support H.R. 167, the The Commerce Clause of the United States Congress has the power to enact this legis- federal Wildlife Disaster Funding Act; ; Constitution gives Congress the power to lation pursuant to the following: jointly to the Committees on the Budget, regulate commerce among the States, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 4: ‘‘Congress Agriculture, and Natural Resources. therefore grants Congress the power to pre- shall have Power To . . . establish an uni- vent federal agencies from interfering with f form Rule of Naturalization . . .’’ citizens’ ability to purchase, sell, or dis- By Mr. MCNERNEY: CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY tribute unpasteurized milk across state H.R. 3574. STATEMENT lines. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. MASSIE: lation pursuant to the following: Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of H.R. 3564. Article I, section 8 of the United States the Rules of the House of Representa- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution. tives, the following statements are sub- lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. NOEM: mitted regarding the specific powers The Commerce Clause of the United States H.R. 3575. granted to Congress in the Constitu- Constitution gives Congress the power to Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion to enact the accompanying bill or regulate commerce among the States, and lation pursuant to the following: therefore grants Congress the power to pre- joint resolution. Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. vent federal agencies from interfering with Constitution and amendment 16 of the U.S. By Mr. GRIJALVA: citizens’ ability to purchase, sell, or dis- Constitution. H.R. 3556. tribute unpasteurized milk across state By Mr. O’ROURKE: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lines. H.R. 3576. lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. CAPPS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3 H.R. 3565. lation pursuant to the following: To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- Congress has the power to enact this legis- To make all Laws which shall be necessary tions, and among the several States, and lation pursuant to the following: and proper for carrying into Execution the with the Indian tribes; Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 of the Con- foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- U.S. Cont. art. IV, sec. 3, cl. 2, sen. a stitution. ed by the Constitution in the Government of The Congress shall have Power to dispose By Mr. GOSAR: the United States, or in any Department or of and make all needful Rules and Regula- H.R. 3566. Office thereof tions respecting the Territory or other Prop- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. PETERS: erty belonging to the United States; lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3577. By Mr. GARRETT: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 (the Natu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3557. ralization Clause) and Section 5 of Amend- lation pursuant to the following:

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Article 1, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 1222: Mr. HONDA and Mr. DUNCAN of H.R. 3115: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Constitution. Tennessee. H.R. 3137: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia and By Mr. RATCLIFFE: H.R. 1258: Mr. MURPHY of Florida. Mr. ISRAEL. H.R. 3578. H.R. 1286: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of H.R. 3177: Mr. NORCROSS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- New Mexico. H.R. 3183: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1312: Mr. HUFFMAN and Mr. GIBSON. Mr. PALAZZO, and Mr. ROUZER. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18—To make all H.R. 1342: Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. HINOJOSA, and H.R. 3189: Mr. TIPTON and Mr. PITTENGER. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for Ms. SINEMA. H.R. 3215: Mrs. HARTZLER and Mr. ROUZER. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- H.R. 1384: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 3247: Mr. LOBIONDO and Mr. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 1464: Mr. GRIJALVA and Ms. ROYBAL- FITZPATRICK. stitution in the Government of the United ALLARD. H.R. 3284: Mr. POCAN, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. States, or in any Department or Officer H.R. 1475: Mrs. MILLER of Michigan and Mr. VISCLOSKY. thereof. KENNEDY. H.R. 3299: Mr. FLORES. By Mr. SARBANES: H.R. 1516: Mr. NORCROSS. H.R. 3312: Mr. PETERS. H.R. 3579. H.R. 1546: Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GRAVES of Mis- H.R. 3326: Mr. COHEN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- souri, and Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 3337: Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1553: Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HECK of Wash- BLUMENAUER. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- ington, and Mrs. HARTZLER. H.R. 3338: Mrs. WAGNER. tion under the General Welfare Clause. H.R. 1559: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania and H.R. 3340: Mr. PITTENGER and Mr. TIPTON. By Mr. TIBERI: Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. H.R. 3351: Mr. SABLAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. H.R. 3580. H.R. 1598: Mr. DENT. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1604: Mr. NORCROSS. CARTWRIGHT. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1610: Mr. HURD of Texas. H.R. 3364: Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. Article I, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 1624: Mr. GOODLATTE. TAKANO, Ms. LOFGREN, and Ms. FUDGE. Constitution. H.R. 1684: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 3365: Mr. LOWENTHAL. By Mr. VAN HOLLEN: H.R. 1708: Mrs. DAVIS of California. H.R. 3381: Mr. KNIGHT. H.R. 3581. H.R. 1714: Mr. PALLONE. H.R. 3393: Mr. TIPTON. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1728: Mrs. DAVIS of California. H.R. 3423: Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. STIVERS, and lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1769: Mr. AMODEI and Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. RUSH. This bill is enacted pursuant to Clause 1 of H.R. 1786: Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. H.R. 3442: Mr. BOUSTANY. Section 8 of Article I of the United States GARAMENDI, Mr. DOLD, Ms. MOORE, Mr. H.R. 3455: Mr. QUIGLEY. Constitution. KINZINGER of Illinois, and Mr. LIPINSKI. H.R. 3457: Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mrs. By Mr. WELCH: H.R. 1805: Mrs. LOVE. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. H.R. 3582. H.R. 1814: Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. GRAYSON, Mrs. HOLDING, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Congress has the power to enact this legis- WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. and Mr. MARCHANT. lation pursuant to the following: HAHN, Mr. CLAY, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. NOR- H.R. 3459: Mr. PALMER, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Con- CROSS, and Mr. HASTINGS. TIBERI, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsyl- gress shall have Power To . . . make all H.R. 1856: Mr. TAKANO. vania, Mr. LONG, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 1934: Mr. HUDSON. Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- H.R. 1943: Mr. KIND and Mrs. LOWEY. CRAMER, Mr. FORBES, and Mr. ABRAHAM. H.R. 3463: Mr. RUSH. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 2017: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. H.R. 3471: Mr. AMODEI. stitution in the Government of the United GRIFFITH, and Mr. HUDSON. H.R. 3472: Mr. MILLER of Florida and Mr. States, or in any Department or Officer H.R. 2023: Mr. MOULTON. ABRAHAM. thereof. H.R. 2030: Ms. TSONGAS. H.R. 2050: Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. HIMES, and Mr. H.R. 3477: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. f AL GREEN of Texas. H.R. 3495: Mr. GARRETT, Mr. MEADOWS and H.R. 2061: Mr. LOWENTHAL and Mr. ISSA. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. ADDITONAL SPONSORS H.R. 2096: Mr. ELLISON, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. H.R. 3522: Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DEUTCH, Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors REED, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, and Mr. SESSIONS. and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 2124: Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. H.R. 3546: Mr. HUNTER. tions, as follows: EDWARDS, and Mrs. LOWEY. H.R. 3555: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. H.R. 2141: Mr. JOLLY, Mr. EMMER of Min- H.J. Res. 22: Mr. LOEBSACK. H.R. 27: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. nesota, and Mr. POSEY. H.J. Res. 48: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H.R. 140: Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. H.R. 2169: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H. Con. Res. 19: Mr. HECK of Washington. H.R. 281: Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. H.R. 2264: Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. NAPOLI- H. Con. Res. 65: Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. H.R. 343: Ms. DELBENE and Mr. THOMPSON TANO, and Ms. LOFGREN. LEVIN, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. LEE, Mr. FATTAH, of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2282: Mr. COHEN. Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. H.R. 576: Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. WALZ, Mr. H.R. 2404: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. SHERMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. NADLER, Ms. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CLARK of Massa- H.R. 2406: Mr. NUGENT. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. chusetts, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, H.R. 2477: Mr. MESSER. DESAULNIER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HASTINGS, and Mr. POCAN, and Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 2494: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. BECERRA. H.R. 592: Mr. KNIGHT. H.R. 2515: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. H. Con. Res. 75: Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. LONG, Mr. H.R. 619: Mr. NORCROSS. H.R. 2553: Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. H.R. 638: Mr. NUGENT. NUGENT, Mr. GRAYSON, and Mr. DEUTCH. MESSER, and Mr. HONDA. H.R. 662: Mr. CLEAVER and Mrs. BLACK. H.R. 2568: Mr. BABIN and Mr. KNIGHT. H. Con. Res. 76: Mr. MCCAUL. H.R. 713: Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BROOKS of Ala- H.R. 2692: Mr. MURPHY of Florida. H. Res. 28: Mrs. DINGELL and Mr. CICILLINE. bama, and Mr. ROUZER. H.R. 2697: Mr. LYNCH. H. Res. 54: Mr. DOGGETT and Ms. TSONGAS. H.R. 745: Ms. DELAURO. H.R. 2698: Mr. ROUZER. H. Res. 277: Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. H.R. 757: Mr. ISRAEL. H.R. 2737: Mr. FARR. H. Res. 293: Mr. COOK and Mr. STIVERS. H.R. 799: Mr. FORTENBERRY. H.R. 2799: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. H. Res. 294: Ms. DUCKWORTH and Mrs. DAVIS H.R. 822: Mr. LONG. H.R. 2811: Mrs. DINGELL and Mr. HUFFMAN. of California. H.R. 836: Mr. FLEISCHMANN. H.R. 2847: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. H. Res. 343: Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. H.R. 842: Mrs. MILLER of Michigan and Mr. H.R. 2855: Mr. COHEN. DONOVAN, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. TIPTON, Ms. SCHA- BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2862: Mr. GOSAR. KOWSKY, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. H.R. 879: Mr. FORBES, Mr. TROTT, and Mrs. H.R. 2863: Mr. GOSAR and Mr. SENSEN- MCDERMOTT, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. WALORSKI. BRENNER. KAPTUR, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. H.R. 885: Mr. COSTA. H.R. 2867: Mr. BEYER, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. STIVERS. H.R. 920: Mrs. LOVE. HINOJOSA, and Mrs. LOWEY. H. Res. 346: Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. DAVID SCOTT H.R. 932: Mr. SERRANO and Mr. JEFFRIES. H.R. 2894: Mr. JOLLY, Mr. KING of New of Georgia, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. HASTINGS, and H.R. 962: Mrs. LOVE. York, and Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. ROONEY of Florida. H.R. 963: Mr. CLAY and Mr. DESAULNIER. H.R. 2903: Mr. SCHRADER. H. Res. 393: Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CUMMINGS H.R. 969: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. H.R. 2918: Mr. JOLLY. and Ms. LOFGREN. DUFFY, and Mr. BEYER. H.R. 2937: Mr. LIPINSKI. H. Res. 394: Mr. RUSH and Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 973: Ms. DUCKWORTH. H.R. 2957: Mr. TED LIEU of California. H. Res. 402: Mr. SHERMAN. H.R. 1057: Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 2989: Mr. DIAZ-BALART. H. Res. 417: Mr. ABRAHAM. H.R. 1215: Mr. FORBES. H.R. 3018: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. H. Res. 419: Ms. LEE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. H.R. 1220: Ms. SINEMA, Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 3025: Mr. PETERS. MCCOLLUM, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. Mississippi, and Mr. SHUSTER. H.R. 3107: Ms. DEGETTE. ISRAEL, and Mr. HANNA.

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