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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019 No. 93 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was EXECUTIVE SESSION Medicare for All is a catchy slogan. called to order by the President pro When you hear it on the campaign tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). trail, remember it really boils down to The PRESIDENT pro tempore. To- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR government-run healthcare. day’s opening prayer will be offered by The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under I yield the floor. the Reverend Pat Conroy, S.J., Chap- the previous order, the Senate will pro- I suggest the absence of a quorum. lain of the House of Representatives. ceed to executive session to resume The PRESIDING OFFICER. The consideration of the following nomina- clerk will call the roll. f tion, which the clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk PRAYER The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. read the nomination of Andrew M. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, The guest Chaplain offered the fol- Saul, of New York, to be Commissioner I ask unanimous consent that the order lowing prayer: of Social Security for the term expir- for the quorum call be rescinded. Let us pray. ing January 19, 2025. (Reappointment) The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Divine Potter, take the misshapen The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection, it is so ordered. clay that we are and fashion us into President pro tempore. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER vessels of Your honor. Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Open the hearts of our Senators to ask unanimous consent to speak as in jority leader is recognized. the fullness of life, forgiveness of sins, morning business for 1 minute. NOMINATIONS and the hope of eternity with You. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. MCCONNELL. Before the Senate Remind our lawmakers of Your wis- objection, it is so ordered. adjourned for Memorial Day, I laid out dom in Luke 12:48, which states: ‘‘From HEALTHCARE seven more nominations for our consid- everyone who has been given much, Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I eration when we returned—four to fill much will be demanded, and from the would like to take a minute to explain important vacancies in the administra- one who has been entrusted with much, why Medicare for All is a prescription tion and three to the Federal bench. So much more will be added.’’ for Medicare for None. Some folks are this week, the Senate will continue our Lord, may our legislators realize how pitching this wild, misguided idea that work to confirm more well-qualified much they have been given and strive one-size-fits-all government insurance nominees and finally let the American to use their gifts for Your glory. is a cure-all for what ails the patients people’s President have more of his We pray in Your most merciful and the people of the United States of team on the job. Name. Amen. America. This conversation needs a Yesterday we began by voting to ad- vance the nomination of Andrew Saul, f strong dose of reality medicine. Let’s look at what is really being of New York, to be Commissioner of PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE proposed—Medicare for None. Here is Social Security. Mr. Saul is a graduate The President pro tempore led the what it would do. It would dump 181 of the Wharton School at the Univer- Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: million Americans off their private sity of Pennsylvania and has spent dec- health insurance plans, double your in- ades building a successful career in I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the come taxes, and put patients with pre- business and in public administration. United States of America, and to the Repub- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, existing conditions and chronic dis- In addition to his experience in finan- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. eases on long waiting lists for medical cial management, Mr. Saul has pre- care. It would unravel the current viously served as vice chairman of the f health safety net for seniors and people New York Metropolitan Transportation RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME with disabilities, make the government Authority and as Chairman of the Fed- the gatekeeper between Americans and eral Retirement Thrift Investment The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. their doctors, and, finally, put every Board, where he oversaw programs re- FISCHER). Under the previous order, the single American who works for private lied upon by literally millions of Amer- leadership time is reserved. health insurance out of business and icans. f out of a job. It is no surprise that our colleagues The politics behind the proposal is on the Finance Committee voted CONCLUSION OF MORNING simple: free healthcare. Let me remind unanimously to favorably report Mr. BUSINESS my fellow Americans that if it sounds Saul’s nomination to the full Senate. I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning too good to be true, it is too good to be hope Members will reach the same con- business is closed. true. clusion and support his confirmation.

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Anthony Tarbert, of Maryland, to be Chairman ible uphill battle that the broader amendment have won a great victory of the Commodity Futures Trading women’s rights and suffrage movement and are justly entitled to all the praise Commission; Susan Combs, of Texas, to waged in American politics and in cul- and honor which comes with the win- be Assistant Secretary of the Interior; ture. There were the pioneering think- ning of a battle which has been fought and three nominees to preside in a dis- ers of the Seneca Falls Convention, for so long a time . . . the right of suf- trict court and the Court of Federal such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and frage [for] those noble, patriotic, and Claims. Lucretia Mott, and their famous Dec- splendid women of our country who In each case, the President has put laration of Sentiments. There was the have so long fought for this right and forward impressive and uncontroversial incredible, history-changing intellec- who so richly deserve [it].’’ individuals who, I might add, in a pre- tual and strategic partnership between Today we reflect on our gratitude for vious era, would have been candidates Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the that work, and we rejoice in that vic- for a voice vote. They are thoroughly prolific writing, coalition-building, and tory. qualified for public service. Their grassroots activism it produced. I suggest the absence of a quorum. nominations should not have been de- There were devoted organizers, such The PRESIDING OFFICER. The layed even this long. as Carrie Chapman Catt, Ida B. Wells, clerk will call the roll. In the case of Mr. Schenker, for ex- and Mary Church Terrell, and so many The senior assistant legislative clerk ample, our colleagues have forced the more—both the dynamic leaders whom proceeded to call the roll. top Middle East job at the State De- history remembers and the millions Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I partment to remain open for 1 year. more women and men who lent their ask unanimous consent that the order This is the top job at the State Depart- support to the cause and who made for the quorum call be rescinded. ment for the Middle East, and they quiet contributions of their own. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have kept it open for 1 year—a year Some of them lived to see the fruits objection, it is so ordered. that brought no shortage of crises in of their work become part of our Con- RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER that region. stitution, and many did not, but the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The So I am glad we are continuing to get progress we celebrate would not have Democratic leader is recognized. things back on track. I hope our col- been possible—it would have been lit- BORDER SECURITY leagues will join me in voting to put erally unimaginable—without them. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, each of these public servants to work So this milestone brought one chap- too much of our conversation about for the American people. ter of hard work to an end, but it really migrants seeking to enter at the south- 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT started a new chapter in our history as ern border has to do with what happens Madam President, on another mat- American women became more and when they get here. Not enough of our ter, today, June 4, 2019, marks a his- more integrated into our democracy. It conversation concerns how we deal toric anniversary for the U.S. Senate. was just 6 years after the 19th Amend- with the problems in the countries It was 100 years ago today that this ment was ratified that my own State of from which the migrants are coming. body passed the 19th Amendment to Kentucky elected our first female Many of these migrants are fleeing vi- the Constitution and sent it on to the Member of Congress, Katherine Lang- cious gang violence, corruption, domes- States for ratification. It was 100 years ley, to the House of Representatives. tic abuse, drug cartels, and economic ago today that this institution finally I could not be more glad that the hardships that are so severe that they recognized that American women de- Senate will spend today commemo- would risk a journey of 1,000 miles on served the right to vote just the same rating this historic milestone. This foot rather than to stay where they as men. afternoon, I know a number of our col- are. Of course, this victory for equality leagues plan to come to the floor to de- We simply have to do more to help and fairness had been a long time in scribe the history and significance of the countries from which these folks the making. The very same text that this day in much more depth. Later, we are coming to fix the problems that are would become the 19th Amendment was will vote on a resolution to officially causing their people to flee. That is first introduced in the Senate more mark the centennial of our prede- getting at the root causes here, not at than 40 years before, back in 1878. It cessors’ historic vote. just putting on a bandaid after they was 40 years between the first intro- Several more Senators have been get to the border, and that may be the duction and the final passage. It was working on additional legislation to most effective way to deal with the introduced by Senator Aaron Sargent help our Nation mark the whole year of overall issue. Unfortunately and as of California, who, with his wife, was a commemoration that begins this spring usual, the Trump administration has close friend of Susan B. Anthony’s. and will continue through the anniver- done the opposite. Its policies are exac- When it finally received a vote nearly a sary of final ratification. erbating the vicious conditions in these decade later, there were twice as many I want to thank a number of our col- Central American countries. votes against it as for it. By 1914, there leagues who helped lead the prepara- President Trump has cut $450 million had been progress. When it received an- tion for this. In particular, thanks to in security assistance to Central Amer- other vote that year, it failed by only Senator COLLINS for her leadership in ican countries and has provided no in- 11 votes. By February 1919, there was coordinating today and focusing the formation about why the cuts have more progress, losing by just one vote. Senate’s attention on this milestone. taken place and where the money will The old justifications were eroding. Thanks to Senator MURKOWSKI, the go. As usual, it seems it is sort of on a Our Nation’s true principles and clear lead sponsor for the resolution we will whim. He gets this idea in his head and logic were chipping away at this old be voting on this afternoon. Thanks to spews it out without checking it and mistake. our colleagues Senators BLACKBURN, without explaining it even when it has Then, precisely one century ago FEINSTEIN, ERNST, and others for their the consequence he doesn’t want, today, the right thing to do became un- hard work. which is more people coming to our deniable. Women’s suffrage cleared the I would also like to thank the mem- southern border. Senate floor. The rollcall vote was 56 bers of the Women’s Suffrage Centen- Now what the President has proposed to 25—2 more than two-thirds. News- nial Commission, led by Chairwoman are tariffs on Mexico that would be paper accounts tell us that several Kay Coles James and former Senator massively destabilizing to our economy minutes of sustained applause and Barbara Mikulski, the Vice Chair, and and theirs—a policy that will only lead cheers filled the Gallery. Then the 39 their staff, including executive director to more migration. These whimsical words that would become the 19th Rebecca Kleefisch and Anna Laymon. and erratic proposals by the President Amendment were on their way to the Madam President, 100 years ago that seem to pop into his head and States, on their way to concluding a 42- today, American women’s right to vote with which he goes forward without

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Amendment by the U.S. Senate—a crit- can we sit by idly with our arms folded The Democrats have proposed legisla- ical step in the long march for equality complacently while foreign countries tion that would do just that—stem the that began at the very founding of our try to interfere with our democracy— tide of migrants and help to reduce the country, when Abigail Adams impor- our beautiful, wonderful democracy? backlog of cases. How? tuned her husband to ‘‘remember the We have bipartisan legislation ready First, allow asylum seekers to apply ladies’’ when drafting the Constitution, right now to harden our election infra- for asylum in their home countries. If a reminder that fell on deaf ears. It was structure and to hold foreign powers the people under all of this gang vio- a march that gathered numbers and accountable for trying to meddle in our lence and viciousness and economic force at Seneca Falls, under the leader- elections, but so far, much to our dis- hardship would be able to apply for ship of brave New Yorkers like Eliza- may—much to the Nation’s dismay— asylum in Honduras or in Guatemala beth Cady Stanton, and found expres- Leader MCCONNELL has not indicated or in El Salvador instead of having to sion in the abolitionist movement. any openness to have this body con- take a dangerous and often expensive While that march for equality under sider it. 1,000-mile trek, they would do it. Why the law achieved a great and long-over- As frustrating as that is, we have don’t we do that? Let’s increase the due victory 100 years ago, it is still not made progress on my request for an all- number of immigration judges so there over. We have a lot to do. Wearing the Senators briefing on the threats of could be adjudication rather quickly, yellow rose is wonderful, but it is not election meddling. We should hear and let’s build the capacity of Central enough. from our leaders of the FBI and Home- American countries to crack down on When women in the workplace do 100 land Security about the upcoming threats. Director Wray has already said the violent gangs and vicious drug car- percent of the work but only earn 80 something publicly about this. tels. percent of the pay as a man in the Now, the good news here is that I Our bill would provide $1.5 billion in same position, the march is not over. spoke to the Republican leader, Leader security assistance to these countries, When good legislation like the House-passed Violence Against Women MCCONNELL, and he has agreed to hold which is far more than the Trump ad- Act to provide justice to survivors of such an all-Senators briefing. We ministration has cut, but it is still domestic violence and stalking lan- haven’t gotten a date yet. I urge him nonsensical to have cut this money. guishes in this Chamber in a legislative to hold it as soon as possible, and cer- This administration gets in its own graveyard because the NRA is opposed tainly it should take place during this way almost every day, but the solu- to it, that march is not over. work period. This briefing should only tions we proposed are the types we When the States are passing laws be the beginning—the beginning only— should debate. making it harder for minorities to of a larger conversation about the So we are going to push forward with vote, when State parties gerrymander steps we must take to secure our elec- these proposals. Democrats will seek to districts to limit minority representa- tions. add these policies to any package of tion, and when the Supreme Court pre- Ladies and gentlemen, Democrats border legislation that comes here be- tends that discrimination no longer ex- and Republicans, Americans, this is fore the Senate. If no legislation deal- ists in this country and guts the Vot- not optional. There aren’t two sides to ing with the border comes up, Demo- ing Rights Act, the march to equality this issue. Our democracy was at- crats will seek to add security assist- and universal suffrage is not over. tacked, and we—both Democrats and ance for Central American countries to Without universal suffrage, democ- Republicans—must take steps to pre- an appropriations bill and push for lan- racy is incomplete. That was the lesson vent an attack in the future. guage that requires the administration of the women who organized, protested, I yield the floor. to use it. This is so important that we and compelled their government to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- will push hard in whatever vehicle we pass the 19th Amendment by the slim- jority whip. can find to move this proposal. mest of margins. So let us not consider 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT Again, all of these policies would June 4 a day to look back with compla- Mr. THUNE. Madam President, be- have a far greater impact, with far less cency and remark on our historical fore I begin, I would like to take just a disruption, than slapping tariffs on one progress, but rather as a day to look second to mention the resolution the of our Nation’s largest trading part- forward and recognize what we still Senate will be passing this week cele- ners. must achieve. brating the 100th anniversary of the Now, frankly, I don’t believe Presi- There is no shortage of good work we passage and ratification of the 19th dent Trump will actually go through could take up here in the Senate—pay- Amendment. with the tariffs. When he doesn’t, we check fairness, Violence Against This was a landmark moment in the should be ready to proceed to these Women Act, the Equality Act, voting history of freedom in our country—a commonsense policies instead. rights, election reform—to make sure major step forward in realizing Amer- President Trump has a habit of talk- all Americans can enjoy the full bless- ica’s promise of liberty. It is an impor- ing tough and then retreating because ings of liberty. These pieces of legisla- tant moment to celebrate, and I look his tough talk can’t be implemented or tion have passed the House and ended forward to voting for this resolution doesn’t make sense. President Trump up in the legislative graveyard of the this week and honoring all the women has a habit of proposing asinine and Senate. I can think of no better way to whose courage resulted in the 19th dangerous policies before backing off, honor the legacy of the suffragists than Amendment’s passage. and President Trump has a habit of to continue their work on breaking STREAMLINE ACT pretending that the very act of not fol- down barriers and strengthening our Madam President, just a few years lowing through on a misguided policy democracy. ago, a lot of our current technology is somehow a victory. I wouldn’t be ELECTION SECURITY would have been unthinkable—watch- surprised at all if President Trump Madam President, finally, on elec- ing a football game on your phone, didn’t follow through on these tariffs tion security, today’s anniversary using an app to see who is ringing the either. should also be a reminder of how pre- doorbell at your house while you are We Democrats have proposed a much cious our elections are and how we across town at work, ordering groceries better solution to the problems the must guarantee that they continue to using your computer, or, with voice-ac- President is talking about, and when be fair and to be free. tivated technologies like Alexa, put- the President backs off on tariffs, as I Last week, Mr. Mueller reminded us ting groceries in your online cart with- believe he will, this is a solution ready once again that Russia conducted a out even having to click a button.

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It will be vastly Too often, rural areas, like those in technological revolution, and we can more responsive than 4G technology, my home State of South Dakota, have lead the world again in 5G. I look for- and it will be able to connect 100 times lagged behind when it comes to getting ward to continuing to work to ensure the number of devices that can be con- the most modern broadband tech- that U.S. companies have the frame- nected with 4G. nology. It is important that we remove work they need to carry America into It is hard to imagine. After all, our barriers to deployment in rural areas the 5G future. devices today are pretty fast and re- so that rural communities can have the I yield the floor. sponsive as it is, but 5G will be much, same access to the benefits of 5G. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. much faster. That means near-instant In addition to fostering tremendous SCOTT of Florida). The Senator from responsiveness from your phone and technological breakthroughs in every- Utah. computer, but it means a lot more than thing from agriculture to energy, 5G MAIDEN SPEECH that. has the potential to add $500 billion to Mr. ROMNEY. Mr. President, I have So 5G will enable massive break- the economy and to create millions of been a Member of this body for several throughs in healthcare, transportation, new jobs. But in order to achieve those months now, and I would like to offer agriculture, and other key industries, economic benefits, we need to stay at a few observations about the experi- and 5G will pave the way for auto- the head of the 5G revolution. ence. mated vehicles, which have the poten- The United States lagged behind I had been told that I might not like tial to dramatically reduce traffic inju- other countries in deploying 2G and 3G it here. Having previously been a Gov- ries and fatalities. It will facilitate technology, which had real economic ernor, some friends thought I might surgical innovation and new ways to consequences. Europe, for example, find the pace a little too slow and deci- treat chronic illnesses and to heal inju- took the lead in 2G and cornered most sion making too diffuse and cum- ries. of the market in sales of networking bersome, but that has not been the It will allow precision agriculture to equipment and telecom hardware. As case. take off, empowering America’s farm- 4G emerged, however, the United My committee assignments are inter- ers and ranchers to make better deci- States’ wireless industry stepped for- esting and the work is important, and sions about field management and sub- ward, investing billions in 4G deploy- while few bills actually become law, stantially increase their crop yields. ment. The government also took steps the fact that both political parties The U.S. Department of Agriculture es- to support the wireless industry, free- must reach consensus for a bill to pass timates that precision agriculture will ing up spectrum and making it easier reinforces the ties that bind our Repub- reduce farmers’ operational costs by up to deploy the necessary infrastructure. lic. to $25 per acre and increase farmers’ That is what we need to do again Given the public passion of our poli- yields by up to 70 percent by the year today. If we want to stay at the head of tics these days, I had also presumed 2050. the race to 5G, the government needs that the atmosphere here would vary The technology for 5G is already to make sure that wireless companies between prickly and hostile, but the here, but it requires more than simply have access to the necessary spectrum truth is that Senators on both sides of having the technology to make 5G a re- and the ability to efficiently deploy the aisle are remarkably friendly and ality. In order to deploy 5G, wireless small cell infrastructure. collegial once the cameras are off. providers need access to sufficient While we pursue licensed spectrum I have now met privately with 68 of spectrum, and they need to be able to for 5G, we must also be mindful of the my fellow Senators. Like them, I came deploy the infrastructure needed to critical role that unlicensed spectrum here in part because I believe my life support the technology in a reasonable plays in the development of 5G and experience could help us confront our and timely manner. throughout the communications land- national challenges. I also believe that Last year, the President signed the scape. Wi-Fi operating on unlicensed the values and policies practiced in bipartisan MOBILE NOW Act. It was spectrum is responsible for a tremen- Utah can inform national debates. Our legislation that I had introduced to dous and growing amount of the data State has the fastest job growth in the help secure adequate spectrum for 5G transmitted in our homes and offices country. It balances its budget every technology. and will play an increasing role in the year. It has the country’s most highly Yesterday, along with Senator future. educated workforce. SCHATZ, I reintroduced the STREAM- Identifying spectrum resources, not It is a great privilege to represent LINE Small Cell Deployment Act to just for the next few years, but for the the people of Utah in the Senate. I am address the other part of the 5G equa- next 10 years and beyond is essential if humbled by the history that has been tion, and that is infrastructure. The 5G we are to retain American leadership. made here, by the character of the pa- technology will require not just tradi- My MOBILE NOW Act was an impor- triots whose sculptures adorn our tional cell phone towers but small an- tant step forward in increasing access halls, and, of course, by the great sac- tennas called small cells that can often to both licensed and unlicensed spec- rifice made to construct the Capitol of be attached to existing infrastructure trum, but there is more work to be the greatest Nation on Earth. To serve like utility poles or buildings. done. While we have made good here is to be reminded daily of the his- Everybody has seen the cell phone progress on securing low- and high- tory and greatness of this blessed coun- towers rising a couple hundred feet band spectrum, China and South Korea try. into the air. This is going to be a dif- are far ahead of us in opening up mid- The American character has been dis- ferent type of technology. band spectrum for 5G. tinct from our very beginning. Alexis I was encouraged to see the Federal If we don’t want to lose out to China de Tocqueville observed that Ameri- Communications Commission under and South Korea on 5G, we need to sub- cans had fashioned a culture different Chairman Pai’s leadership modernize stantially increase the amount of mid- from any other he had encountered. its regulations on the approval for band spectrum available to U.S. com- Just a few weeks ago, I attended the small cells, but more work can and panies. And, of course, we need to focus 150th anniversary of the completion of should be done. That is where the on streamlining the deployment of the Transcontinental Railroad at STREAMLINE Act comes in. small cells through measures like the Promontory Summit in Utah. In his My STREAMLINE Act updates cur- STREAMLINE Act, so that companies keynote address, historian Jon rent law to better reflect emerging can get the necessary infrastructure Meacham observed that, in a number of technology. It will expedite the deploy- for 5G in place. The STREAMLINE Act ways, that endeavor revealed some of ment of small cells while respecting would substantially expedite the de- the distinct elements of the national

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But despite the gathering storm, he on the beaches in Normandy and began Alliances are absolutely essential to had both the foresight to see the im- the process of liberating a continent. America’s security, to our future. I pact of a transcontinental railroad and Americans turned the tide of two world can’t state that more plainly. Our alli- the confidence to believe it actually wars, overcame a global depression, ances are invaluable to us and to the could be constructed. We Americans conquered deadly, debilitating disease, cause of freedom. We should strengthen are drawn to visionary endeavors, and and walked on the surface of the Moon. our alliances, not dismiss or begrudge we rarely lack the confidence needed to We who have inherited this incom- them. We should enhance our trade undertake them. parably accomplished Nation might with allies, not disrupt them, and co- It is difficult from today’s vantage wonder if we will face challenges as ordinate all the more closely our secu- point to appreciate the extent of the daunting and opportunities as trans- rity and our defense with them. project’s engineering and construction formational as theirs. The decisions It is in the most vital interest of the challenges. Some have even called it each generation of Americans makes United States to see a strong NATO, a the greatest engineering triumph of affect the course of history and pro- strong Europe, stronger ties with the the 19th century. Tunnels were blasted foundly impact our prosperity and our free nations of Asia, the Pacific, the through the Rocky Mountains and the freedom. We face such decisions today. subcontinent, and with every free Eight years ago, I argued that Russia Sierra Nevada, at first only with black country. We need to hold our friends was our No. 1 geopolitical adversary. powder. There were no hotels or res- closer, not neglect them or drive them taurants along the way, no local Today, China is poised to assume that away. These alliances are a key advan- sources of energy or power tools. On distinction. Russia continues its ma- tage we have over China. America has some days, the progress through Gran- lign effort, of course—violating trea- ties, invading sovereign nations, pur- many friends; China has very few. ite Mountain was measured in inches. We have another advantage: innova- The cost was prohibitive, particu- suing nuclear superiority, interfering tion. The country that leads in innova- larly for a country preparing for a war, in elections, spreading lies and hate, tion will lead in prosperity. China so Congress made it a public-private protecting the world’s worse actors knows that as well as we do. After all, partnership. Two companies—one from from justice, and promoting China began its economic rise by steal- the West, another from the East—were authoritarianism—but Russia is on a ing our technologies. But today, China each granted tracks of land commensu- declining path. Its population is rate with the amount of track they shrinking, and its industrial base is has become an impressive innovator all laid. Fierce competition ensued, each lagging. John McCain famously opined by itself. Last year, China received al- company wanting to obtain the most that Russia is a gas station parading as most as many global patents as did the land possible. a country. As it falls further behind, United States. It is far ahead of us in There were many who opposed the we must expect Russia’s inevitable des- 5G. It is on track to surpass us in arti- idea of granting public land to private peration to lead to further and more ficial intelligence, and artificial intel- companies that stood to make fortunes aberrant conduct. ligence is a general purpose technology on the lands they received. There were Unlike Russia, China is on a rising that will have systemic impact on the others who thought the project was the path. When it was admitted to the world. height of folly—too expensive, too dan- World Trade Organization, the expecta- It is critical that we protect our gerous, and unnecessary. After all, it tion was that China would embrace the technology and propel the innovation was already possible to go from New rules of the global order, including we need in the future. Well resourced York to California in just 6 weeks by eventually respect for human rights. It and guided, our great research univer- land and 2 by sea. But having studied has done the opposite—imprisoning sities, combined with the productivity and debated the matter, Lincoln and millions in reeducation camps, bru- inherent in free enterprise, are capable Congress defied public criticism and tally repressing dissent, censoring the of reasserting America’s innovation did what they believed was in the best media and internet, seizing land and leadership. interest of the country. sea that don’t belong to it, and flouting One dimension of American innova- The construction crews numbered in the global rules of free and fair com- tion is often underestimated, however. the thousands. Fifteen thousand Chi- petition. Like Russia, China promotes America is a magnet for the world’s nese immigrants worked for the Cen- authoritarianism and protects brutal best and brightest. They want to come tral Railroad that began in Sac- dictators like Kim Jong Un and Nicolas here, not China. Over half of the 25 ramento, and roughly 7,000 Irish immi- Maduro. most valuable high-tech companies in grants labored for the Union Pacific Today, we mark the anniversary of America were founded by immigrants Railroad coming from the East. In the Tiananmen Square massacre. That or by their children. It is very much in time, veterans of the Civil War joined day, cries for freedom were brutally our national interest to keep attract- the crews, as did several thousand Mor- crushed. Since then, China has pursued ing the world’s best minds to America. mons from Utah. a relentless course to smother the We also need to tame our national The work conditions were brutal. kinds of hopes and dreams that filled debt and deficit if we are to remain Somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 that square 30 years ago. strong. The Federal Government took to 1,000 men died. The achievement was It is possible that China might some- in about $3 trillion last year and spent also marred by failures of character. day experience a discontinuity or an- about $4 trillion. Adding a trillion dol- The promoters were oblivious to the other uprising that will change its lars every year to the debt means that rights and needs of Native Americans course. But barring that, because Chi- in 10 years, we would be spending al- and to the plight of the immigrant na’s population is almost four times most as much on interest as we do on workers. When the railroad was com- our size, its economy should eventually our military. America won’t be strong pleted, Chinese laborers were denied dwarf ours, and because economic ad- enough to defend its interests and lead- citizenship. There can be a blindness in vantage enables military advantage, ership if it strains under the burden of the human mind that is clouded by am- China’s military could even pass by crippling financial debt. bition. Despite these unfavorable and ours as well. It is possible that freedom In addition to strengthening Amer- unpardonable failings, the Trans- itself would be in jeopardy. If we fail to ica, we must also confront China’s ag- continental Railroad was a grand act now, that possibility may become gression. China has focused its ambi- achievement. It joined two great reality. tion most acutely on trade. Flouting oceans and overcame the challenge of a I believe we have two imperatives: global rules and conventions, China has nation spread across vast distances and First, strengthen ourselves and, sec- corrupted the free market. China views foreboding lands. ond, stop China’s predation. companies in countries that play by

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For many years, it held down the value gress, and foreign affairs experts on May God bless us with the courage and of its currency to make its products ar- both sides of the aisle. But, to date, our wisdom to keep that sacred trust. tificially inexpensive, intending to national response has largely been ad I yield the floor. drive competitors from other countries hoc or short-term or piecemeal. It is (The remarks of Ms. CANTWELL per- out of business. More recently, China past time for us to conduct and con- taining to the introduction of S. 1703 has debased its currency to partially struct a comprehensive strategy to are printed in today’s RECORD under compensate for tariffs imposed on its meet the challenge of an ambitious and ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and goods. Today, so-called industrial pol- increasingly hostile China. Joint Resolutions.’’) icy is China’s primary weapon of I said at the outset of my remarks Ms. CANTWELL. I yield the floor. choice. China subsidizes a company by that there are two dimensions needed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- loaning it funds at submarket rates, by in a strategy to preserve American ator from Illinois. forgiving loans, by providing free re- leadership: First, strengthen America, HEALTHCARE search and development, or simply by and second, confront China’s predation. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this allowing it to use intellectual property There is a third dimension. We must Senate Chamber has had a lot of his- stolen from other nations. alert the American people to the threat toric debates. We have considered leg- Subsidy is even easier to hide when we face and unite them to the greatest islation of great seriousness and his- the company is owned by the govern- extent possible in our response. In the toric importance. ment itself. There are 140,000 state- past, an act of war or blustering I have been on the floor of the Senate owned enterprises in China, accounting threats by hostile actors have united when we voted on going to war. I can’t for 40 percent of its industrial assets. us. But don’t expect to see the Chinese think of a more serious responsibility Profitability, return on capital, and re- President pound his shoe on the that a Member of the Senate might payment of debt are mostly irrelevant counter or shout that he is going to have. You know that even at the end of in such state-owned enterprises. They bury us, as Nikita Khrushchev did long a good day, innocent people are going can employ predatory pricing—enter- ago. No, China intends to overcome us to die, and you have to cast a vote as ing a foreign market by pricing a prod- just like the cook who kills the frog in to whether America should make that uct well below its cost, driving domes- a pot of boiling water, smiling and ca- decision. tic competitors out of business. When joling as it slowly turns up the mili- I have been here when we passed leg- an American company does that, it is tary and economic heat. islation that really was transformative prosecuted under antitrust laws, but The disappearance of traditional in terms of the future of this country. proving a Chinese product is priced media and the emergence of social After we went through the great reces- below cost is extremely difficult given media have made it more difficult to sion in 2008, President Obama stepped the lack of reliable cost data. unite the country. Conspiring voices up and said that we have to do some- China’s industrial policies are killing online prey on the human tendency to thing about reforming Wall Street, and and debilitating businesses throughout diminish the dignity and worth of peo- we did. We spent months in committee the world. ple of different views, of different hearings and brought to the floor a bill Look, I am a free market, free trade races, religions, or colors. Contempt that is characterized as Dodd-Frank to guy, but free markets require rules to rather than empathy is a growing fea- change Wall Street and to make sure enforce honest competition. Slavishly ture in our politics and media. Each of we never went through that kind of accepting China’s cheating as a dy- us must make an effort to shut out the economic crisis again. namic of a free market, competitive voices of hate and fear, to ignore divi- I was here when we considered the workplace makes no sense at all. The sive and alarming conspiracies, and to Affordable Care Act 10 years ago. That President is right to use tariffs to be more respectful, more empathetic of debate went on for over a year, amend- crack down on China’s theft of intellec- our fellow Americans. And when it ment after amendment, change after tual property, but when it comes to comes to cooling the rhetoric and en- change. We were addressing an issue China’s predatory industrial policy, the couraging unity, there is no more pow- that affected virtually every single cheating will not end. We need to erful medium than the bully pulpit of American family, if not directly, then counter it directly. the President of the United States. indirectly. Classically, a country has several Bringing a nation of 330 million peo- Those are the types of things that tools to counter a predatory compet- ple together in a shared effort is a have been debated on the floor of this itor. It can ban all or certain of its greater challenge these days than Chamber. But look at it now. It is products. We did this with the Soviets bringing 2 coasts together with a rail- empty. It is so underutilized that for during the Cold War. It can employ road. But now, as then, national unity hours and hours each business day, we counterbalancing subsidies. It can re- demands that the voices of leaders come to the floor to make little quire high levels of local content. And, draw upon the better angels of our na- speeches. At best, we are going to have of course, it can align with other na- ture. They must call upon the distinc- a vote or two on another nomination tions to establish strict rules of con- tive qualities of our national character from the Republican side, usually a duct, which it then vigorously and evidenced time and again in American controversial nomination, and that is swiftly enforces. All or some mix of history. We must reaffirm the prin- it. That is it. these is needed. ciples of the Declaration of Independ- When you think of all of the possi- As we confront China’s aggression, ence. bilities of what we could do in the U.S. we must also endeavor to convince it Jon Meacham said it well: The great- Senate Chamber for the good of this to turn back from the road of eco- est words ever originally written in country, it seems like a terrible waste nomic, military, and geopolitical con- English may be these: ‘‘All Men are of space and a terrible waste of time. flict upon which it has embarked. Join- created equal.’’ That founding convic- Men and women who made great per- ing the other nations of the world in tion propelled America to become the sonal sacrifices to run for the U.S. Sen- genuinely fair and free trade and in re- greatest Nation on Earth. No people ate and who serve in this Chamber find spect for the sovereignty of its trading have done more to assuage poverty, to themselves in an empty Chamber, by partners and neighbors is very much in combat tyranny, or to advance the and large, with nothing going on. China’s, America’s, and the world’s in- God-given right of every woman and If you want to see some action, terest. China is not yet a geopolitical man to be free. That is still our com- switch your C–SPAN channel over to foe, but its actions over the last sev- mon cause, our enduring legacy, and the House of Representatives. In that

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We want to help that anymore. We don’t spend our time against the repeal of the Affordable you and your kids. We don’t want you dealing with legislation in the U.S. Care Act. to ever have to worry about health in- Senate—only with lifetime appoint- The President did not quit with that surance in the future because the kids ments to the Federal bench that Sen- legislative effort. He decided he would were born with these medical condi- ator MCCONNELL and the Federalist So- try to kill the Affordable Care Act and tions. ciety approve. the protection for people with pre- There are other things we could do. Let me give you an example of some- existing conditions. He would do it in How about this for a radical idea? thing that happened in the House, an court if he couldn’t do it in the Senate. Overwhelmingly, the American people, opportunity for the Senate. It is about President Trump’s Department of Republicans and Democrats, say: Con- the Affordable Care Act. Justice recently weighed in on a Texas gress, would you do something about The Affordable Care Act passed under court case and argued that the Afford- the cost of prescription drugs? President Obama 10 years ago. It really able Care Act should be abolished. If What have we done on the floor so far changed the way we sold health insur- that happened, of course, discrimina- when it comes to the cost of prescrip- ance in America. Before the Affordable tion based on preexisting conditions tion drugs in the Senate? Nothing. Care Act, health insurance companies would once again be legal in America. Every single day, if you own a tele- could, and often did, use people’s med- In July, the court will hear the ap- vision, you get to see night ads by pre- ical history to deny coverage or to peal of this case. If President Trump scription drug companies, and some of charge premiums they couldn’t afford has his way, Americans will lose this them you could repeat right back to to pay for. protection if they have preexisting con- them. ‘‘If you are allergic to Xarelto, What type of preexisting condition ditions. It is just that simple. don’t take Xarelto.’’ How would I fig- caused people to be rendered essen- Last month, the House of Represent- ure that out? Do you know the most tially uninsurable before the Afford- atives, not too far away from where I heavily advertised drug? It is Humira. able Care Act? Asthma, diabetes, aller- am standing, decided to do something. It is for an arthritic condition, but it gies, high blood pressure, arthritis, a They decided to legislate. Unlike the also treats psoriasis. I am learning all history of cancer, or even being a Senate, they understand that the of this because I see these ads over and woman—that was considered a pre- House of Congress can actually pass a over and over again. Do you have any existing condition. It raised your pre- bill that might become a law. So they idea how much Humira costs? AbbVie, miums and maybe even denied you cov- had a debate, and they had a vote. On the company that makes it, tells you erage. a bipartisan basis, the House of Rep- $5,500 a month. Now, if you are crippled More than 133 million Americans out resentatives, last month, passed the with arthritis, maybe that is what you of some 360 million in this country Protecting Americans with Preexisting need and want to do. If you have a red have a preexisting condition. Five mil- Conditions Act. This bill would prevent spot on your elbow from psoriasis, lion of them are from my home State President Trump or any President from probably not. So I have a bill that says: Disclose of Illinois. I bet even more are from the once again allowing health insurance the price of drugs on your ads. It is not State of Florida. companies to discriminate against peo- a radical idea, and it is a price that the Before the Affordable Care Act, in- ple with preexisting conditions. It drug manufacturers themselves pub- surance companies used to use that would affect 5 million people in my licize. We are not making it up. Put it medical history against individuals State with preexisting conditions and on your ad. It is one step but only one and families. The Affordable Care Act their families. step forward. There are so many things said, enough of that discrimination Let me tell you about one of them. we could do to deal with the high cost against people who have preexisting Her name is Cathy. She is from one of of prescription drugs that we are not medical conditions. That bill, that law, our suburban towns outside of Chi- doing on the floor of the U.S. Senate. prohibited insurance companies from cago—not the town, really—the big Instead, this empty Chamber is for denying coverage to people with pre- city of Naperville. She wrote me about Members of the Senate to come and existing conditions or from trying to her kids, especially her oldest child give speeches and maybe look charge them higher premiums because who has diabetes and the other three longingly across the Rotunda at the of it. children in her house who have cystic House of Representatives, which is ac- For the past 2 years, President Don- fibrosis. Cathy wrote: ‘‘As a con- tually legislating. What if we decided ald Trump has had a single focus on stituent and someone personally af- to do something about prescription eliminating the Affordable Care Act fected by cystic fibrosis, I’m asking drug prices? I think America would be and the protections I just described. He you to please protect access to quality, in shock to think that the Senate actu- has attempted in every way possible to specialized care for people with pre-ex- ally is legislating. eliminate protection for 133 million isting conditions.’’ We just had another tragedy in Vir- Americans with preexisting conditions. Think about what that mom has been ginia Beach, another mass shooting. He even brought it to the floor of the through with those three kids—diabe- Twelve innocent people were killed and U.S. Senate early in his Presidency. tes for the oldest and cystic fibrosis for several others seriously wounded. We I will never forget that night. It was three of her children. Can you imagine don’t know how that will end, but it is early in the morning, and it was a see- the sleepless nights, the heartache, and already a gross tragedy. It has been re- saw vote back and forth as to whether the worry she and her family have been peated over and over and over in vir- we were going to repeal the Affordable through because of those kids? Any tually every one of our States. Care Act. The Republicans, who had family who has ever had a sick kid Could we take the time on the floor been decrying this for 10 years, knows it is a special pain, and Cathy of the Senate to make sure people with couldn’t wait to repeal it, but they had has had it over and over and over a felony conviction record do not buy nothing to replace it with. So at 2:30 in again. guns in America? That is not too much the morning, through that door walked Cathy, I have to say this: The House to ask, is it? Closing that gun show a man whom I consider a national hero, of Representatives is here to help you. loophole and keeping guns out of the a Member of the U.S. Senate named Sadly, the Senate is not. Under Major- hands of people who misuse them, we John McCain. John McCain walked ity Leader MITCH MCCONNELL, Repub- could be doing that on the floor of the through that door, stood in that well, lican leader from Kentucky, the Senate Senate but not with Senator MCCON- and as he could barely move his arm, is exclusively considering partisan, NELL’s agenda. It doesn’t fit. He doesn’t having had his arms broken as a pris- controversial, lifetime appointments to have time.

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I oppose countability at every turn. even considering it on the floor of the selling weapons to Saudi Arabia under That was just the prelude to what the Senate. the current circumstances. I oppose President did last week when Congress The Senate would be a great place to putting huge tariffs on Mexico that was in its work period. The President legislate. It would almost sound like will harm American consumers and invoked a so-called emergency author- the movie or look like the movie, ‘‘Mr. American businesses. I oppose divert- ity to sell precision-guided munitions Smith Goes to Washington,’’ where ing moneys from the Defense Depart- and other arms to Saudi Arabia, the people come to the floor of the Senate, ment to spend on a wasteful, ineffec- UAE, and others. Why? It is pretty ob- elect Senators, debate issues, vote on tive wall along the entire U.S. border. vious. He knew that arms sale would be amendments, have rollcalls, make Those are my views with respect to challenged by Congress, and it would speeches, appeal to the American peo- these outcomes. I suggest that all of be very likely that Congress would not ple, and try to put the majority votes us, Republicans and Democrats alike, approve that sale. together. Wouldn’t it be a wonderful should focus not only on the outcomes What happened? Here are the facts. return to those thrilling days of yester- of each of these emergency declara- Under the law, the administration year when the Senate legislated? tions but the means the President is must submit a formal notification to But Senator MCCONNELL doesn’t have using to achieve them because, in each Congress of a proposed arms sale, if it time, no time this year for legislation. case, the President is claiming emer- is large enough. After the sale is noti- Maybe next year. If he is in charge, gency powers to justify these actions. fied, Congress has a short window in maybe never. I urge Leader MCCONNELL If this Senate stands by and allows which we can act to block the sale. We and my Republican colleagues, let’s get that to happen, we will be surrendering would do that by introducing and pass- back to work. Let’s earn our pay- our coequal powers as a separate ing a joint resolution of disapproval checks. Let’s use this Chamber for the branch of government and, in the proc- through the House and the Senate. The purpose for which it was built. Let’s ess, undermining the integrity of our President knew the Congress was not actually debate a measure. Don’t be democracy itself. We should not leave going to support that sale and that we afraid to vote, my colleagues in the this to the courts. We should not say, would likely vote to block it. What did Senate. I have done it several thousand well, we don’t think the President he do? Instead of trying persuasion, in- times. It is not that painful. I have should be able to declare these emer- stead of going through the constitu- constituents who expect nothing less of gency powers, but we are not going to tional process, the legal process, he de- us, to see the Senate at work actually deal with it here in the Senate; we are cided to fake an emergency because legislating on matters that are mean- going to leave that to the third branch under the law, the President can by- ingful. They realize the Senate has be- of government. That will undermine pass congressional review if he states come an empty Chamber, a legislative our democracy and this institution. that ‘‘an emergency exists,’’ which re- graveyard. I am ready to go to work. Whether you like the outcomes or dis- quires the sale to be made immediately Perhaps a few Republican Senators will like the outcomes, the claim of emer- ‘‘in the national security interests of join the Democrats in actually doing gency power to achieve these goals es- the United States.’’ that. tablishes a terrible precedent for our By making that declaration, the I yield the floor. democracy, and we cannot sit idly by President was able to commit an end- I suggest the absence of a quorum. and allow that claim to continue un- run against Congress, and we should The PRESIDING OFFICER. The checked. not allow it to happen because it is clerk will call the roll. I want to start by reviewing the abuse of power and, I believe, an abuse The bill clerk proceeded to call the Trump administration’s invocation of of the law. roll. so-called emergency powers to sell That emergency authority has only The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- weapons to Saudi Arabia and others. been used a handful of times in the last ator from Maryland. The President’s desire to please the few decades. In fact, the last President Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, I Saudi regime and promote the Crown to invoke it was President George H. ask unanimous consent that the order Prince’s reckless conduct apparently W. Bush following the Iraqi invasion of for the quorum call be rescinded. knows no limits. It is a bottomless pit. Kuwait. Let’s be clear. There is no The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without We all recall President Trump vetoed a emergency here, and the President is objection, it is so ordered. resolution that passed both Chambers invoking it under false pretenses sim- PRESIDENTIAL POWERS of Congress with bipartisan support to ply to hand another favor to the Saudi Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, I end U.S. military support for the disas- Crown Prince. rise to address a matter that I believe trous war in Yemen. When his own CIA Where are these bombs and muni- should alarm every Member of this Director concluded that the Crown tions going to end up? The war in Senate, regardless of party, and that is Prince of Saudi Arabia was complicit Yemen and the Saudi-led coalition’s the President’s and the executive in the murder of U.S. resident and jour- war against the Houthis in Yemen has branch’s increasing use of declared nalist Jamal Khashoggi, the President raged for 5 years now, costing the lives emergency powers to seize powers that refused to hold the Crown Prince ac- of more than 100,000 civilians. Millions are not lawfully theirs to take. countable. Instead, he ran to his de- are on the brink of starvation. The Just in the last week, we have seen fense saying that ‘‘it could very well be United Nations has declared Yemen the two examples of this. We saw an ad- that the Crown Prince had knowledge world’s largest humanitarian catas- ministration claim emergency author- of this tragic event—maybe he did and trophe. Where are we 5 years into this ity to move forward with an arms sale maybe he didn’t!’’ war? The Houthis are more entrenched to Saudi Arabia and others. Last week, That was the President’s attitude, go and militarily sophisticated. Iranian we also saw the President claim emer- ahead and murder a resident of the influence in the region has expanded. gency powers in order to threaten an United States, go ahead and murder a In short, the Trump administration’s escalating set of tariffs on the country columnist for a major U.S. paper. It strategy has been totally counter- of Mexico. doesn’t really matter. productive. Instead of prioritizing a Earlier this year, the President The administration went on to flout diplomatic solution of the conflict, the claimed emergency powers to divert the law by refusing to provide a deter- President is fueling the fire and perpet- funds away from important military mination to Congress on whether the uating a humanitarian crisis. and national security priorities to fund Saudi Crown Prince was responsible for What was the claimed emergency part of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico the murder of Khashoggi. Despite the here, the emergency the President in- border. There was a headline, May 10, fact that Saudi leaders have openly voked to try to bypass the Congress

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The admin- road of claiming emergency powers to f istration claims that the ‘‘rapidly- take further measures. evolving security situation in the re- As I said just last week, we also saw DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE gion requires an accelerated delivery of the President invoke emergency pow- HOUSE TO MAKE A CORRECTION certain capabilities to U.S. partners in ers to put in place a mechanism to dra- IN THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. the region.’’ matically increase tariffs on Mexico 2157 We all know that Iran is a malign over a period of time. That, of course, Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask would be incredibly costly to American actor in the region. This is nothing unanimous consent that the Senate consumers, costly to American busi- new. It has kept the Assad regime in proceed to the immediate consider- nesses, but it is also incredibly costly Syria alive. It supports the Hezbollah ation of H. Con. Res. 45, which was re- to our system of government and sepa- in Lebanon, the Houthi rebels in ceived from the House. ration of powers, where article I clear- Yemen, and a constellation of Shia mi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The litia groups in Iraq—all of which have ly gives this Congress power in the area of setting trade policy. Yet where clerk will report the concurrent resolu- contributed to instability in the region tion by title. for a very long time. are we? We are AWOL, totally AWOL when it comes to standing up for the The bill clerk read as follows: The administration has not explained A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 45) why all of a sudden this ongoing ma- Constitution. We are allowing this President to, time after time, claim directing the Clerk of the House to make a lign activity justifies an emergency correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2157. declaration to circumvent this body in emergency powers to accomplish cer- tain goals. Some may justify it by say- There being no objection, the Senate the House of Representatives, nor has proceeded to consider the concurrent it shown how the delivery of these ing: OK. I agree with the outcome in that particular use of emergency pow- resolution. weapons is going to provide some kind Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I fur- of an immediate benefit to either the ers. This pattern of conduct is going to ther ask unanimous consent that the United States or our allies. set a very dangerous precedent. While concurrent resolution be agreed to and What we really have is, this adminis- some of my colleagues may like some that the motion to reconsider be con- tration has, under the direction of Na- of these outcomes today, you have an- sidered made and laid upon the table tional Security Advisor John Bolton, other President in the White House with no intervening action or debate. in a calculated effort, dramatically in- who starts claiming emergency powers The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without creased tensions with Iran to a point left and right, and all of a sudden, I can objection, it is so ordered. where we could easily have a mis- assure you, my colleagues will take a The concurrent resolution (H. Con. calculation that leads to war. different view. This is the moment Res. 45) was agreed to. This administration has ripped up when people need to come together and (The concurrent resolution is printed the nuclear agreement, choked off stand up for the Constitution and do in the RECORD of June 3, 2019.) Iran’s oil exports, and, against the ad- our jobs as a separate branch of gov- vice of America’s military leadership, f ernment. We can’t contract this all out designated the Islamic Revolutionary to the courts to make these determina- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued Guard a terrorist organization while tions. Of course, earlier in the year, the accelerating the movement of Amer- NOMINATIONS President claimed emergency powers ican ships and bombers into the Per- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, this to divert moneys from important na- week, the Senate will consider another sian Gulf. tional security efforts, including the Maybe most troubling is that even batch of well-qualified nominees. These effort in Afghanistan and to build the when given multiple opportunities, are men and women who have chosen wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. to serve the American people in a vari- Secretary of State Pompeo, has refused Again, I suggest, don’t be lured into ety of ways throughout the Federal to acknowledge that the 2001 author- going along with this process simply Government, and we owe it to them to ization to use military force, AUMF, because you like the outcome. We can get them off the Senate calendar and would not justify the administration disagree about whether it is smart and on the job. taking military action against Iran. cost-effective to build a wall along the Among the nominees we are consid- The administration’s failure to make U.S.-Mexico border, but we should not that very clear shows the need and ur- disagree that it is an abuse of power to ering this week is Susan Combs, who, gency for us to act in these areas. In continue to manufacture or claim as the Presiding Officer knows, is a fel- fact, what we know from our intel- emergency authorities to override the low Texan who has been nominated to ligence communities, cited in public will of Congress. serve as the Assistant Secretary for reports, there is zero evidence that This is an important moment, espe- Policy, Management and Budget at the Iran and al-Qaida have carried out any cially as we consider the fact that Sec- Department of the Interior. Susan has joint operations against the United retary Pompeo has not clearly indi- led an impressive career in both the States. In fact, to the contrary, ISIS, cated that the 2001 AUMF does not give public and private sectors and has which we know is an al-Qaida descend- this administration or any administra- served our State as a member of the ant in Syria and Iraq, took credit for a tion the power to use military action Texas House of Representatives, then 2017 attack on Iran’s Parliament build- against Iran. as the first female agriculture commis- ing and tomb of the Islamic Republic’s If we don’t start standing up and sioner, and, later, as the Texas comp- founder, the Ayatollah Khomeini, doing our job, we will be undermining troller of public accounts. which according to Iran’s state media important constitutional principles In each job, she gained the respect of killed at least 12 people. that the Founders put in place to pre- virtually everyone she worked with. Anyone who knows anything about vent an Executive from running wild So, for those who know Susan, her the history in this region knows that over the legislative process. So I hope, nomination has come as no surprise. while Iran is a malign actor, they have as the Republicans and the Democrats What is surprising, though, is how long been an enemy of al-Qaida and an see the President invoke these emer- it has taken her to reach this point and enemy of ISIS—Iran, of course, being a gency powers of whether to sell arms be confirmed. She was nominated in majority Shia country and ISIS and al- to Saudi Arabia, to increase tariffs on July of 2017. Within 1 month, she testi- Qaida being extreme elements of a Mexico, or to build a wall, we recognize fied before the Committee on Energy Sunni ideology. that we are going down a very, very and Natural Resources, and she re- As we sit here and watch the Presi- slippery slope and that we have a con- ceived unanimous support. Suffice it to dent invoking these emergency powers stitutional obligation to protect our say, her nomination was not controver- to undermine the separation of powers, democracy and the principles outlined sial. So why has it taken 2 years for we are not doing our job so we need to in the Constitution. her to get a vote on the Senate floor?

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That is why we need to take cause it has been part of a broader ef- lows all individuals and families to a look at out-of-pocket costs for pre- fort to stymie the President and this choose what works best for them. For- scription drugs. When it comes to administration and bring the work of tunately, Senate Republicans have drugs that have just come on the mar- this body to a crawl. been working hard to create legislation ket after lengthy research and develop- With each day that has passed since that would do exactly that. ment, you would expect the prices to the President has been inaugurated, Earlier this year, I cosponsored the be higher. That is the price we pay for the growing backlog of nominations Protect Act, which is being led by our the innovation and lifesaving new has allowed hundreds of important po- colleague from North Carolina, Senator drugs. Companies patent their drugs to sitions throughout the Federal Govern- TILLIS. This bill would make sure that ensure that the money spent during ment to have remained vacant. That is no one would be denied coverage or the research and development phases not fair to the people who have been would be forced to pay a higher pre- can be recovered once the drugs hit nominated; that is not fair to the ad- mium because of one’s having a pre- pharmacy shelves. ministration; and it is particularly not existing condition. With the future of These patents—a form of individual fair to the American people, whom ObamaCare hanging in the balance, we property protection—are important in these individuals are to serve. need to provide peace of mind for the order to encourage innovation. Unfor- A couple of months ago, we passed a millions of Americans who have pre- tunately, on occasion, we see compa- modest rules change that broke the existing conditions and who worry nies that abuse this system and try to logjam, at least to some extent, and al- about the uncertainty of their get new patents on existing drugs in lowed us to finally begin to make some healthcare. order to prolong their exclusivity and, much needed progress. In the, roughly, This legislation would also prohibit of course, to maintain the high profits 3 months prior to the rules change, we discrimination against patients based they get on a patented drug. This type were able to confirm only 23 nominees. on their health status. That includes of behavior is not what Congress in- In the, roughly, 2 months since, we denying coverage, limiting what treat- tended. We cannot allow bad actors to have more than doubled that number. ments are covered, or increasing pre- game the system in order to turn high- We have begun to fill dozens of posi- miums because of one’s having a pre- er profits and prevent more Americans tions, including those of Federal existing condition. This is an impor- from getting access to these drugs at judges, ambassadorships, and sub-Cabi- tant step we can and should take to af- lower prices, which is what the system net officials at various Departments firm that all Americans deserve access is designed to do once they go off pat- and Agencies. Two weeks ago, we con- to affordable care at affordable prices. ent. firmed the 41st circuit court judge In addition, by codifying the associa- Recently, I introduced the Affordable since President Trump took office, and tion health plans, we can help self-em- Prescriptions for Patients Act, which we are making progress on filling more ployed individuals and small business encourages competition within the judicial vacancies. employees who don’t receive employer- pharmaceutical industry by stopping As we approach the 2-year anniver- provided coverage. these sorts of corrupt practices. The sary of Susan Combs’ nomination hav- Association health plans were ini- bill would define product hopping and ing been sent to the Senate, I am glad tially established by the Department of patent thickets—two practices used by we can finally vote on her confirmation Labor. They allow businesses in the some manufacturers—as anticompeti- and continue our work to confirm well- same region or industry to come to- tive behavior. Certainly, this doesn’t qualified nominees. gether and purchase insurance. These prevent manufacturers from making HEALTHCARE plans have proven to be a great solu- improvements in their products. It Mr. President, on another matter, we tion for small businesses across the doesn’t limit patent rights, and it continue to hear cries from the left country that represent a host of small doesn’t hamper innovation. Yet it does about Medicare for All—the one-size- businesses and sole proprietors because stop those who knowingly abuse the fits-all healthcare plan they continue they are afforded the opportunity of patent system by allowing the Federal to embrace. getting, essentially, the same quality Trade Commission to bring antitrust It is ironic, in having been in this of coverage provided by large employ- suits against the bad actors. Chamber during the battle over the Af- ers but at the same lower prices that In addition to these bills, I recently fordable Care Act and when President people pay who are in these large em- introduced a bill to protect the integ- Obama famously said ‘‘If you like your ployer-provided plans. rity of the Medicare part D system. policy, you can keep it,’’ that now, ap- Historically, the problem has been in This is the prescription drug system parently, the Democrats have aban- the individual market, which is where that Congress created years ago, which doned that promise. Instead, their most of these individuals would find actually provides seniors with access promise is, if you like your employer- themselves, in that the pool of risks is to prescription drugs at a modest cost. provided health insurance policy, you not sufficiently broad. Because of per- Currently, part D’s sponsors may vol- can’t keep it. verse incentives, they would actually untarily report fraud data to the CMS, The fact is that this plan would drain end up paying much higher premiums but they are not required to report the the vital program that our seniors have than other people who would be simi- specific number of instances of fraud, relied on for more than a half a cen- larly situated who would have em- waste, and abuse they identify or the tury and would force all Americans to ployer-provided plans. actions they take to correct these participate in a watered-down version, Association health plans address that problems. This bill would implement which, clearly, would not be financially directly by providing a larger pool of recommendations made by the Health sustainable. More than 180 million insured individuals, which would help and Human Services Office of Inspector Americans would be kicked off of their to bring down the premiums and help General to require plan sponsors to re- private insurance plans and be forced to bring down the deductibles over port fraud and improve oversight of onto a government-run plan. This what they are currently under the Af- this important program. strikes me as a solution in search of a fordable Care Act. Several chambers in These are the types of reforms we problem. Texas are using these association need. We don’t need Medicare for All, Don’t get me wrong. Our healthcare health plans for their members, and I which will force 180 million people off system isn’t perfect, and there are would like to be able to provide more of their private health insurance and things we need to do to make it better, flexibility for AHPs so that more bankrupt the Medicare system that we but they don’t want to pay higher Americans may take advantage of this pledged to be there to provide access to taxes and be put on the same employer-provided insurance. healthcare for our seniors once they

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One hundred sixty-thousand- that we pause for just a moment in the which forces everyone onto the same plus individuals crossed the English Senate and remember June 4, 1919, 100 plan. The government tells you what Channel by aircraft, by boat. They years later, and thank those ladies for clinic to go to, what doctor to see, moved in every way possible, starting standing up for the rights of ladies in what brand of prescription you can get in the middle of the night and with the their generation and the ladies in the access to. You lose the power to make major invasion that was the largest generations to come. decisions about your own healthcare, naval invasion in the history of the I yield the floor. and you simply have to take what you world. They would have crossed into The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- get on somebody else’s timeframe. France—what was the beginning of the ator from Montana. That is Medicare for All. It would si- end of Nazi Germany. JOB CORPS multaneously ruin Medicare by forcing The loss of lives of Americans and Al- Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, every- all 330 million Americans onto the lied forces was catastrophic as they where I go in Montana, I hear the same same plan, which will bring down the pushed in. The boys, 18, 19, 20 years old, thing from my State’s business owners quality of care for our seniors, who got on aircraft, got on ships, launched and job creators of the State; that they have paid over the years into the plan, out into the water, knowing there was need more workers. They need more and which will bankrupt our country in a tyrant on the other side who had to highly skilled welders, bricklayers, the process. be stopped. It is entirely appropriate heavy machine operators, and laborers. I think there is a better choice, a bet- for the Nation to pause to remember D- The list goes on and on. I will tell you ter option. Rather than the govern- Day, to know the freedom we have that I think the biggest limiting factor ment’s telling you what you have to right now was protected by a genera- to moving our economy forward is a do, let’s make smart, targeted reforms tion that stood for that freedom. As well-trained workforce. These busi- that allow patients to determine the the Nation looks toward Normandy a nesses give living-wage jobs to the coverage and care they want at more couple days from now, I think we folks who are able to fill them, if they affordable prices. I believe we can im- should once again thank the ‘‘greatest have the skills to fill them. plement these reforms in a way that generation’’ that guarded our freedom. That is why I was so appalled when will bring down costs without reducing 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT the Trump administration recklessly choice. Mr. President, today is also a 100- and cluelessly moved to close so many We can continue to protect Ameri- year anniversary, though. One hundred successful Job Corps programs across cans with preexisting conditions, which years ago today, June 4, 1919, the Sen- this country. is something we all agree should be ate voted to pass the right for women While we have heard there is some done. We can lower the costs of pre- to vote. As a son of a pretty amazing sort of reprieve for the Anaconda Job scriptions and out-of-pocket costs and mom and as the husband of a really re- Corps, we have not received word that stop the bad actors who game the sys- markable lady and as the dad of two actually means it is going to stay open tem. We can provide the States with daughters who are both voters now— or any of the other Job Corps across more flexibility to allow for more cov- they cannot thank the ladies enough this country—16 of which were sched- erage options so that families can pick who started in the 1800s working to- uled for privatization and 9 of which the plans that are right for them. Yes, ward a basic human dignity and right; were out-and-out closures—will stay we can also encourage innovation so that is, the right for people to vote. It open. our country will remain at the fore- is astounding to us as a nation to think In Montana’s case, we have two suc- front of medical solutions and innova- that it took that long, all the way up cessful Civilian Conservation Corps tion. until 1919, to have a vote in the Senate programs: the Anaconda Job Corps and Those are two words you don’t ordi- to allow women to vote. That vote— the Trapper Creek Job Corps. The Ana- narily see—‘‘government-run’’ plan and with 36 Republicans and 20 Democrats conda Job Corps, of course, is in Ana- ‘‘innovation’’—in the same sentence. that day who voted on June 4, 1919— conda, MT. The Trapper Creek Job As a matter of fact, they are polar op- changed the direction of how we would Corps is in Darby. These two job train- posites. vote and how we would cooperate to- ing centers play an active role in our Finally, we need to preserve Medi- gether as a nation. State’s economy. care for our seniors who have paid into Now, we have a lot of other areas to We have a foundry in Butte, MT. It is this over their lifetime. fix, but that one was a big one, and my called Montana Precision Products. I appreciate my colleagues who are family is grateful for what was done in Mike Robbins is a co-owner of that. hard at work to make these kinds of the past. People who come through the This company has hired more than 50 reforms a reality. And I have heard Rotunda of the Capitol often see a stat- Job Corps graduates in recent years from my constituents loud and clear. ue there that looks like it is not fin- alone—more than 50—most of whom, if When it comes to healthcare, they ished. It is a block of stone, and there not all, were from the Anaconda Job want more choices, more affordability, are three ladies who are carved out of Corps. He has promoted these folks— not the one-size-fits-all that Medicare it, but a part of it is not carved. I often some of them—from entry level to mid- for All would provide. hear people say they don’t understand I yield the floor. level managers. that statue. That statue is Elizabeth So when Mike and his brother Burt f Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and need high-skilled employees, the first RECESS Lucretia Mott, the three ladies who led place they look is the Job Corps. Why? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the movement of ladies all over the Because these folks come out with a the previous order, the Senate stands country to just speak out and say la- skill set that fits their needs. in recess until 2:15 p.m. dies should have the right to vote. Now, you may ask: Who is going into Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:30 p.m., Those three ladies are carved into the Job Corps? These are at-risk folks. recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassem- stone that is in our Rotunda, but what These are folks who are having a hard bled when called to order by the Pre- is interesting is, the statue is unfin- time with life and a hard time getting siding Officer (Mr. BURR). ished because the assumption was in a job, and they go in the Job Corps— f the days ahead, there would be more young people—and they give them a ladies in the future who would step out skill, a skill they can use in the private EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued and would lead a nation to make sure sector, a skill that if the Trump admin- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that we allow the rights of every single istration has their way, they will no ator from Oklahoma. individual to be honored. longer be able to receive.

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That is why I, along with United States to vote shall not be de- Needless to say, they also provide in- Senator BOOZMAN, am introducing bi- nied or abridged by the United States credible work in our forests, fighting partisan legislation that will reverse or by any State on account of sex.’’ fires, helping clean up our forests. the administration’s action to close By adopting the measure, the 66th It is just amazing to me—it is amaz- Job Corps not only in Montana but U.S. Congress paved the way for wom- ing the shortsightedness of this deci- across this country. I am going to con- en’s suffrage from sea to shining sea. sion to privatize 16 and close 9 Job tinue to fight until we get a firm prom- At the time, more than a dozen States Corps across the country. We have ise from this administration that these and Territories allowed full suffrage, heard from one of its graduates—I have Job Corps centers are going to be led by the Western States of Wyoming, heard from many of its graduates, by around for years to come. We will be Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. the way—of the Job Corps in Anaconda introducing legislation to block clo- and down in Darby at Trapper Creek. In 1919 both Chambers of Congress sures and prevent these critical em- were led by Republican majorities. The One of the graduates is named Zoey ployment centers from being subject to Huff. Zoey told me the Job Corps saved House of Representatives adopted this the whim of a President who doesn’t her life—changed it. Before her time in constitutional amendment 304 to 89 on know what is going on in rural Amer- the Job Corps, Zoey lived with her par- May 21. Two weeks later the Repub- ica. lican Senate voted 56 to 25 in favor of ents. She wasn’t sure what direction My bill will prohibit the use of appro- she wanted to take in her life. She women suffrage. That was two votes priated funds in fiscal year 2019 and more than the necessary two-thirds went through the Job Corps, and now 2020 to close any Civilian Conservation she has a CDL, which is a commercial vote required under our Constitution. Centers. It will also prohibit any Agen- Both U.S. Senators from my State of driver’s license. She has that and cer- cy Secretaries from changing the inter- tificates that make her an employee Iowa voted for passage. Senator Wil- agency agreement that facilitates the who is valued and someone whom busi- liam Kenyon, then the junior Senator operation of Civilian Conservation Cen- nesses across this country—because I from Iowa, later went on to serve as a ters, thus preventing the privatization don’t think Montana is any exception— Federal judge for the Eighth Circuit. of these programs. The other aye vote from Iowa was are competing against each other to Look, the administration’s decision cast by my predecessor, meaning he hire. to close these, whether it is in Mon- The Job Corps gave her the training was the only other Senator from Iowa tana or Arkansas or any other place, and the life tools she needs to succeed, to serve in the position I now serve in will negatively impact those States in but Zoey’s story is not unique. My of- as President pro tempore of the U.S. the whole country. So it is my hope— fice has been flooded with stories like Senate. That senior Republican Sen- it is my hope that this administration hers. I encourage folks who have been ator from Iowa was a former Governor will open their eyes and see what is impacted by the Job Corps to share of Iowa, Albert Baird Cummins. really going on in this country be- their story on my website. To a full Gallery packed with suffra- I recently heard from Carl in Mon- cause, quite frankly, Job Corps has worked for decades and decades and gists, Senator Cummins, as President tana. Carl’s father enrolled in the Job pro tempore, announced final passage Corps nearly 50 years ago. That 1-year decades. It has produced people who are valuable assets to the business commu- of the suffrage amendment. It was re- investment in Carl’s father provided ported on June 5 in the New York him with a career that has lasted him nity and who raised families and helped support our economy and are part of Times that Iowa Senator Cummins, for 45 years, that allowed him to raise presiding over the U.S. Senate, allowed 5 children and help support 11 grand- the fabric of this great country. Yet this administration, through their goal visitors in the Gallery to celebrate children. It was a good investment be- with ‘‘deafening applause,’’ and he cause 4-year colleges are great, but to making American great again, has forgotten about things that make made no effort to stop the celebration. they are not for everybody. There are As President pro tempore, Senator some folks who would rather work with America great and have made America great. Cummins from Iowa was present at the their hands than sit at a desk. These enrollment ceremony, watching over are the folks who shower after work, So whether it is businesses like Mike Robbins’ and Burt Robbins’ business or the shoulder of Vice President Thomas not before work, and I can relate to Marshall, who signed this historic bill. these folks. Without important re- whether it is students who go through After the Senate passed it, it was sources like the Job Corps, we are this program, like Zoey, we need every- then sent to the States for ratification. making it harder and harder for young body in this Chamber—everybody, In a special session of the Iowa General people in rural areas to access the job Democrats and Republicans alike be- Assembly, my State became the tenth training they need to succeed in this cause we are smarter than that—to State to ratify the 19th amendment on 21st century economy. make sure we have Job Corps around If the President tries again to close for our next generation and genera- July 2, 1919, less than a month after the the Job Corps, not only will it imme- tions after. U.S. Senate had approved it. diately reduce the amount of well- I yield the floor. Suffragists and supporters continued trained workers in rural America, but The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. the campaign they started in the it will also kill dozens of good-paying CAPITO). The Senator from Iowa. Hawkeye State prior to World War I. jobs in these small communities that 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT They mobilized support among farmers don’t support the Job Corps. It is a Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I to pave the way to the ballot box for double punch in the gut that our rural come to the floor today, on June 4, to women. The future Secretary of Agri- counties have not felt in a long, long take a look back at a very historic culture under President Harding cham- time—decades. vote by the U.S. Senate. This vote pioned women’s rights to vote in his Once they are closed, by the way— changed the course of political history widely circulated farm journal. Henry the one in Anaconda has been open in America. It strengthened the social C. Wallace of Des Moines wrote: since 1966—once they are closed, it will fabric and constitutional framework of I do not know how we can have a govern- be hard to get them back. our Republic. ment of the people, for the people and by the So when I received the news about One hundred years ago today, law- people, until women have an equal voice the Job Corps 10 days ago, I urged Sec- makers in this body cast a vote for lib- with men. They are fully as competent as retary Perdue, the Secretary of Agri- erty and equality under the law. The men to use that ballot wisely. culture, and Labor Secretary Alex Senate approved Federal suffrage legis- Now, others invoked the patriotism, Acosta to reverse course. lation. At the time it was passed, it service, and sacrifice of women during

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All The road to ratification came down across the county line in Butler Coun- Americans will recall that the battle to a tie-breaking vote in Nashville, TN. ty—submitted her ballot in a country cry of taxation without representation A young member of the State legisla- school in what I think was a school also paved the way to America’s road ture broke a deadlocked vote that oth- election. to independence from Great Britain, erwise would have tabled the measure. She was one of the first women to declared in July of 1776. His name was Harry Burn, a 24-year-old vote after the newly ratified 19th Two days after Iowa ratified the 19th Republican from East Tennessee. Amendment. amendment, Americans celebrated our The morning of the vote, he received My own mother, Ruth Corwin Grass- Nation’s 143rd year of independence on a note from his mother. She invoked ley—referred to here as Mrs. L. A. the Fourth of July. One hundred years the name of a famous suffragist with Grassley, after Louis Arthur Grassley, later, we are 1 month away from cele- long ties to my home State of Iowa. my dad—also cast a history-making brating our Nation’s 243rd year of inde- You hear it along with Susan B. An- vote that day in a local election. pendence. Wow, what a difference a thony, but not as often. The name of This picture says this is my mother century can make. that Iowa woman is Carrie Chapman here, but this is my mother right here. The historic passage of the 19th Catt. If you want to visit her historic So the Des Moines Register was wrong amendment pulled back the curtain to farm home, you can go to Charles City, in identifying this person, when this the voting booth and cracked open the IA, and visit where she grew up and person is my mother. The Waterloo glass ceiling for women to serve in pub- lived. Courier got it right that this was Ruth lic office. Today one-fourth of the U.S. Mrs. Burns, the mother of that young Grassley, but instead of with two s’s, Senate are women, including my col- Tennessee State legislator, implored the Waterloo Courier spelled it with one s. league from Iowa, Senator JONI ERNST. her son to ‘‘be a good boy and help Mrs. The Waterloo Times Tribune was She is also the first female combat vet- Catt put the ‘rat’ in ratification.’’ present at this vote and reported that eran elected to serve in the U.S. Sen- Representative Burns credited his ‘‘Black Hawk and Grundy County ate. tie-breaking vote to the influence of women gained fame Friday by being In the 116th Congress, 102 women are his mother, to justice, and for the leg- the first in the state and probably the now serving in the House of Represent- acy of the Republican Party. In a first in the nation to take advantage of atives, including two women from statement explaining his vote, Rep- the privilege of equal suffrage.’’ That is Iowa, Representative ABBY FINKENAUER resentative Burn wrote: I appreciated the fact that an opportunity from the Waterloo paper. and CINDY AXNE. You would think that I would have In the last election, Iowans elected such as seldom comes to a mortal man to known about this while my mother was our first female Governor, Kim Rey- free seventeen million women from political slavery was mine. . . . I desired that my living. I didn’t know anything about it. nolds, one of nine women now serving party in both State and nation might say I have since learned that this photo as chief executive of their respective that it was a republican from the East moun- was widely distributed in newspapers States. tains of Tennessee . . . who made national across the country, illustrating the Today I pay tribute to all those who woman suffrage possible. . . . historic victory of women’s suffrage. blazed the trail to the ballot box and On August 18, 1920, the Volunteer This election in Iowa was held just 29 helped secure women’s right to vote. State became the 36th State to ratify hours after the official announcement At long last, the sacred right of fran- the amendment, securing the three- of the ratification of the 19th Amend- chise became a reality for all Ameri- fourths of the States required under ment. cans. It had been sought by women the U.S. Constitution. This photo of my mother also immor- since the American Revolution. When the U.S. Secretary of State cer- talized her vote for posterity. She did Through the decades, it gained momen- tified the results 8 days later, the 19th so without any fanfare. She never tum through relentless advocacy at the amendment became the law of the bragged about anything, including her grassroots. land. It ensured men and women in history-making vote in the local elec- A lot of credit is due to organizers of America would share equal rights to tion. In fact, it wasn’t until after she a convention called the Seneca Falls this fundamental civic right. had passed away by maybe 20 years Convention in New York State in the Like Harry Burn, I have a personal that I learned that my mother, Ruth summer of 1848. Just think how long story about my mother. My mother in- Grassley, was one of the very first that was before the 19th amendment fluenced my interest in government. women in Iowa to cast her vote. was finally adopted. In 1848 this con- For as long as I can remember, she While I was growing up, I didn’t real- vention lit a flame that became inex- sowed the seeds of my quest for public ize what a trailblazer she was from the tinguishable. They launched a civic office and a commitment to public standpoint of women’s suffrage. I knew movement for the ages with enough ox- service. she was a trailblazer in many other ygen to become a grassroots prairie For years, she taught students in a ways. Many suffragists wore their mis- fire. one-room schoolhouse about the three sion as a badge of honor for all to see. For more than half a century, this R’s—reading, writing, and arithmetic— With 50 years of fighting to get it, I organization of mostly women orga- as well as lifelong lessons of civic re- sure don’t blame them for doing that. nized with petitions, parades, and pro- sponsibility. At home, she taught the Others, like my mother, were equally tests, building momentum and con- Grassley kids around the kitchen table as proud to carry out their newfound stituencies at the State and Federal to stand up for our beliefs. Those right and civic duty in anonymity. I level. These early suffragists succeeded teachings were to choose right over am not surprised I never knew this in laying a cornerstone of equality for wrong, to waste not, want not, and to story about my mother. My mother generations to come. One of the most value hard work and the value of hard- cast her vote to make her voice count, fundamental rights of self-government earned money. She practiced what she perhaps not even realizing she was is the right to vote, and ratification of preached, putting honesty and integ- making history at that moment. the 19th amendment enshrined their rity first and foremost. Today, at this moment, I stand here sacred civic duty into our founding This photo I have beside me today as an Iowa farm boy, a proud son of a charter of freedom. was published in the Des Moines Reg- very early voter in Iowa—one of the I often say that the ballot box holds ister on August 30, 1920. Approximately first four, according to the Des Moines elected Members of Congress to ac- 8 or 10 days after Tennessee ratified it Register—and a U.S. Senator from count for the decisions we make on be- but only 1 day after the secretary of Iowa because I want to share her story half of those we represent. Our institu- State of the State of Iowa said women on the centennial anniversary marking tions of government, civic organiza- could now vote, we have this photo of Senate passage of the 19th Amendment. tions, system of free enterprise, places my mother voting. It sets the scene of As Americans, we celebrate the of work, schools, communities, and, a historic day near my family farm. Founding Fathers who enshrined the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G04JN6.019 S04JNPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE S3184 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 4, 2019 principles of limited government, free accompanied by a friend who lived in have some very happy memories of enterprise, and personal responsibility another ward. That friend, Nannette B. joining him to play the boogie-woogie in our Constitution. Let us also pay Gardner, argued that she was a widow on the piano that was in his office. tribute, then, to our founding mothers and a taxpayer and that she should be People couldn’t believe that he actu- who fought and who secured these allowed to register. But Catharine was ally not only had a piano, but he had a cherished blessings of freedom and lib- once again told no. grand piano in his office. As someone erty for their daughters and grand- In 1872, she tried to register again. who grew up in music, we immediately daughters yet to come in the same doc- This time, she was told no, but she did bonded over that, as two people who ument. Today, we remember their leg- get election officials to admit that, in loved to play the piano. acy. Let’s respect their legacy. their words, ‘‘Mrs. Stebbins would have He was a true gentleman. If he gave A century after the Senate voted in all the required qualification of an you his word, you knew for a fact that favor of the 19th Amendment—on this elector, but for the fact of her being a he would keep it. His honesty and in- very day 100 years ago—I encourage all woman.’’ tegrity made him a joy to work with Americans to treasure their right to Catharine never did get to cast a bal- on the farm bill, as well as on so many vote. The suffragists of yesterday lot before she died in 1904. Yet I believe other issues. helped shape the course of history to she would be extremely proud of how He was deeply devoted to public serv- ensure all Americans today and for far we have come as a country and how ice, particularly fighting for his farm- sure in the future will carry the torch far we have come in Michigan. ers, for cotton farmers and others in of freedom, liberty, justice, and oppor- Last November, Michigan elected a the delta, protecting the waters of the tunity for all for generations to come. woman Governor—our second woman Mississippi Delta, and caring for Mis- I yield the floor. to be elected Governor—a woman sec- sissippi’s children. As author of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- retary of state, a woman attorney gen- Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthoriza- ator from Michigan. eral, reelected a woman to the U.S. tion Act of 2004, he helped provide Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, Senate, and elected three new women healthy food for children and families first, I want to congratulate the senior Members of the U.S. House of Rep- from Biloxi to Battle Creek and every- Senator from Iowa and say what a won- resentatives. It was extraordinary. where in between. derful story that is about his mom. That is progress, but in my mind, the Senator Cochran was a legislative And to see a picture like that—it is real progress was that being women legend in Mississippi, and he never such an inspiring story. He certainly wasn’t the story. We didn’t win because stopped fighting for his beloved Mag- has a lot to be proud of in many, many of the novelty of having all of these nolia State. He loved Mississippi, and I ways. women running for statewide office. We can tell you that Mississippi loved him I say to the Senator, now I know didn’t win thanks to some ‘‘pink wave’’ right back. I had a chance to see this more about you, knowing that you had that was talked about in the press. We lifelong love affair up close when I vis- such a smart and strong mom. That didn’t win because we focused on ited Mississippi with Senator Cochran tells me a lot. Thank you for sharing ‘‘women’s issues’’ because, as we know, back in 2013. At the time, I was chair of that. every issue is a woman’s issue. Instead, the Agriculture Committee, and Sen- I rise with two short topics today. each of us won because we were strong ator Cochran was the ranking member. First, I, too, want to commemorate the and qualified candidates who earned We were right in the middle of working 100th anniversary of the passage of the our nominations and ran forward-look- on the farm bill, and I was invited to 19th Amendment granting women the ing and positive campaigns focused on speak at the annual meeting of the Delta Council, which has been working right to vote. Even more so, I rise issues important to Michigan families. to promote economic development in today to celebrate the brave and deter- Everyone was judged on their own. People weren’t talking about our gen- Northwest Mississippi since 1935. mined women who fought so hard and I can tell you that you couldn’t find der and whether it was OK to have for so long for our right to make our a better Mississippian tour guide than women in all of these top positions; in- voices heard. Senator Cochran. I got to see the delta I remember coming into the U.S. stead, they were talking about our up close and listen to him talk about Senate in 2000 and finding out that it qualifications and who was the best the waters, the conservation programs wasn’t until 2001—the first year I was candidate. To me, that is truly his- he was such a champion for, and the here—that we actually had enough toric. people who depend on them, in that There is no question we still have a women in the Senate to have one soft drawl of his. Listening to him was long way to go. Women now make a woman on every committee, a woman’s like listening to poetry. voice on every committee. It is incred- quarter of this Chamber. We are one Senator Cochran certainly wasn’t ible, actually, that it took until 2001. out of four—a historic high. I think going to bring me all the way to Mis- But this was an important milestone at Catharine would agree with me that it sissippi without stopping by a few holy the time, as together we have been able should be at least 50 percent. That sites of that American form of music to achieve many different milestones would be a good goal. I think we are called the blues. We visited the iconic for women’s voices, and we see that maybe 54 percent of the voting popu- Po’ Monkey’s Lounge in Merigold—one continuing to happen. lation; that is good too. of the last rural juke joints in the I want to speak specifically about On this 100th anniversary of women’s State—and met its operator, a local Catharine Fish Stebbins, a woman right to vote, I am celebrating how far farmer named Willie Seaberry. We also from Detroit who was one of those we have come and the women, like stopped by Clarksdale Crossroads, women who fought so hard at the very Catharine, who worked so very hard to home of the Delta Blues Museum and beginning and on whose shoulders we get us here. Even more important, I the very spot where blues legend Rob- really stand. She may not have been as think we all should recommit ourselves ert Johnson said he sold his soul to the well known, but she was a suffragist to the fight to move forward. devil in exchange for songwriting suc- and an abolitionist. She signed the REMEMBERING THAD COCHRAN cess. Declaration of Sentiments at the first Madam President, I would like to I will never forget the picnic by the women’s rights convention in Seneca take one more minute to talk about a Mississippi River that he and others Falls in 1848. dear friend of mine who is no longer hosted for me. If you have never been One of the resolutions in that docu- with us, who had a funeral yesterday to a good old-fashioned Mississippi ment said: ‘‘It is the duty of the women and one today in Mississippi. I want to cookout, then I suggest you book a of this country to secure to themselves pay tribute to someone I was honored ticket right now. The only thing there their sacred right to elective fran- to call my friend, and I know that was more of than food was southern chise,’’ and she took that very seri- many other Members on both sides of hospitality. I might have been the ously. the aisle feel exactly the same way. token Yankee, but I was welcomed as In 1871, accompanied by her husband, Thad Cochran was the senior Senator one of their own. Catharine tried to register to vote. She from Mississippi, but he was so much At every stop along the way, Senator was told no. She tried again, this time more. He was a wonderful musician. I Cochran was just beaming with pride.

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She showed great We were from different political parties 1870, Louisa Ann Swain, of Laramie, courage and resolve by then running and different generations, but we both WY, became the first woman in the for election—and she did this against loved the blues and loved to play the United States—in the history of the en- the advice of close family and friends— piano. We were both passionate about tire country—to vote in a general elec- and she won. On January 5, 1925, Nellie agriculture and protecting the waters tion. Tayloe Ross became the first U.S. in our States, and we both deeply be- Twenty years later, Wyoming re- woman to be sworn in as Governor, lieved in bridging differences and work- affirmed its commitment to women’s serving with distinction until 1927. She ing together to keep our country mov- rights as we sought statehood. Wyo- didn’t stop there. Nellie Ross went on ing forward. ming, categorically, refused to enter to become the first female Director of In his final speech on the Senate the Union without the right for women the United States Mint, serving five floor, Senator Cochran said this: to vote. When standing on principle be- terms here in Washington from 1933 to We have engaged in heated arguments. But came a major sticking point, Wyoming 1953. She died in 1977 at the age of 101. even in full disagreement, I believe all our stuck to its guns on women’s equality. I want to recognize another Wyoming motivations begin at the same point: the sin- In fact, retaining women’s right to trailblazer today—educator Estelle cere desire to serve our States and country. vote was so essential that Charles Reel. Estelle Reel was the first woman Senator Cochran was always able to Burritt, of Johnson County, a delegate elected to Wyoming’s statewide office see the good in others, and I firmly be- to the Wyoming Constitutional Con- as the superintendent of public instruc- lieve that the Senate and our country vention, famously declared: ‘‘If we can- tion. Only 1 year later, in 1895, she be- would be a kinder, better place if more not come into the union of states with came the first woman confirmed by the of us would follow his lead. a platform of right, why then we will U.S. Senate to a Federal position, the Senator Cochran was, above all, a stay out and willingly remain in a ter- Superintendent of Indian Schools. statesman, and he was my friend. For ritorial form of government until all of There are a few more Wyoming that, I will always be grateful. I want us have passed away to the grave.’’ women firsts whom I would like to to offer his family and friends and the That is how important this issue was mention. entire State of Mississippi my deepest to the people of my home State of Wyo- On March 7, 1870, Esther Hobart Mor- condolences. ming. ris was the first woman to serve on a I yield the floor. In Congress, Joseph Carey was here jury. That jury was in Laramie, WY. I suggest the absence of a quorum. as a Wyoming delegate to the U.S. She was also the first female justice of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The House of Representatives. He presented the peace, appointed on February 17, clerk will call the roll. the case for statehood in the House of 1870. The senior assistant legislative clerk Representatives. He emphasized the In 1870, Wyoming’s Mary Atkinson proceeded to call the roll. strong values of the people of Wyo- became our country’s first female The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. ming, values that included political court bailiff. BLACKBURN). The Senator from Wyo- parity between men and women. Mem- Wyoming was also home to the first ming. bers of Congress opposed to women’s all-woman city government, elected in Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I suffrage meanwhile argued strongly 1920 in Jackson, WY, and they are ask unanimous consent that the order against Wyoming becoming a State. shown here in this photograph as Wyo- for the quorum call be rescinded. One Representative opposed to state- ming’s trailblazing women. The Jack- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without hood even remarked—and I will quote son Press dubbed them ‘‘the petticoat objection, it is so ordered. him from the RECORD of the House of government.’’ 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT Representatives. He said: ‘‘Mr. Speak- Clearly, the people of Wyoming and Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I er, I do not hesitate to say that in my all Americans owe an incredible debt of come to the floor today as part of our judgment the franchise has been too gratitude to the Nation’s extraordinary national celebration of the 100th anni- liberally extended.’’ It is a Member of women leaders, past and present, so versary of U.S. women’s suffrage. the House of Representatives arguing this year, we celebrate those first laws Now, 100 years ago today, on June 4, against allowing Wyoming to become a that gave women the right to vote and 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amend- State. ensured their full participation in our ment to the Constitution giving women Well, Wyoming, of course, won the democracy. the right to vote. This hard-fought leg- debate narrowly. On March 26, 1890, the Thank you, Madam President. islative victory would ensure women’s U.S. House of Representatives nar- I yield the floor. full participation in our democracy. rowly passed the Wyoming statehood The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- On August 18 of 1920, women’s suf- bill by a vote of 139 to 127. The measure ator from Alabama. frage became U.S. law. Now, some of passed the Senate a few months later, Mr. JONES. Madam President, before the people watching may not know and then on July 10, 1890—that is the I get into my initial remarks, let me that Wyoming was actually more than day we became a State—President Ben- commend my colleague, the Senator 50 years ahead of the Nation when it jamin Harrison signed Wyoming’s from Wyoming. I didn’t know about all came to women voting. That is a fact. statehood into law, naming the 44th of the Wyoming women having been This year, people back home in Wyo- State the ‘‘Equality State’’—not the first in women’s issues. I congratulate ming are celebrating both the 100th an- ‘‘Cowboy State,’’ not a ‘‘Western that State, and I hope that, given the niversary of the U.S. women’s right to State’’ but the ‘‘Equality State.’’ Let record number of women we have in vote and the 150th anniversary of Wyo- me just say that my State may have this body and in the Congress of the ming women’s right to vote. Wyoming been the 44th State to enter the Union, United States, we will continue that truly is the Nation’s trailblazer when but Wyoming will always be the first march toward progress that Wyoming it comes to women’s equality. when it comes to women’s rights. started over 150 years ago. Many people think of Wyoming as Wyoming has declared 2019 as ‘‘The H.R. 2157 the Cowboy State, and that name hon- Year of Wyoming Women,’’ and on De- Madam President, today I rise to ors our State’s great western heritage, cember 10 of this year, Wyoming will speak about a disaster so many of our but Wyoming is also known as the celebrate Wyoming’s Women’s Suffrage American citizens have experienced Equality State—the first State in the Day. It is a time to pay tribute to Wyo- over the last few months. I am not Nation to grant women the right to ming’s many women trailblazers, such talking about the historic flooding vote, long before statehood, actually, as Nellie Tayloe Ross, who was Wyo- that has taken place in the Midwest. I because, on December 10, 1869, the Wyo- ming’s 14th Governor and the first am not talking about the devastating

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On the left loving people everywhere march with you. In tragic and deadly natural disasters, but company with our brave Allies and brothers- the disaster I want to talk about for a side of this graphic is the ‘‘before’’ pic- in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring few moments today is the self-imposed ture. We had a record cotton crop that about the destruction of the German war disaster that was created by this U.S. was ready to be harvested, and every- machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny Government that has taken place in one was excited about the bumper crop over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and se- the wake of these storms and natural we had. Hurricane Michael came curity for ourselves in a free world. disasters. through, and, with no pun intended, it He ended his comments by saying: President Trump and certain Mem- was just gone with the wind—literally I have full confidence in your courage, de- bers of Congress on both sides of the wiped out. That was last fall. votion to duty and skill in battle. We will ac- aisle have managed to take what has Then it was in March that the tor- cept nothing less than full Victory! traditionally been a bipartisan process nado season once again hit Alabama. Good luck! And let us all beseech the bless- and turn it into a political mess. It This is one photograph, but I can show ing of Almighty God upon this great and began last December when the Presi- you many of the devastating effects of noble undertaking. dent decided to insist on funding for the tornado that touched down in Lee It was an undertaking not just re- some type of wall along our southern County in March, killing 23 people. I markable for its logistical effort and border. That demand resulted in the myself visited there with the first re- massive supply planning but for what longest government shutdown in our sponders to comfort those who had lost it meant to humanity: a mobilization Nation’s history. It also set off a series loved ones and had lost everything. in the name of freedom to stand What you cannot see in this picture of delays for badly needed disaster re- against evil and a massive undertaking is the littered countryside of Lee Coun- lief. Only after the President dropped uncertain of outcome to fight oppres- ty, littered with not only the splin- his demand for wall funding could the sion for a free world. tered trees but with people’s lives— government once again open and re- I hope every American will take their homes, their belongings, their sume full operations. some time this week to reflect on that After the government reopened and mobile homes that were scattered massive undertaking 75 years ago that disaster relief was proposed in this new throughout the entire area. All was ultimately led to the liberation of Eu- Congress, the President was locked lost in that area and in Beauregard and rope, the destruction of Adolf Hitler, in Smith Station. Yet these folks into a political dispute with leaders in and the end of World War II and to re- couldn’t get the disaster relief they Puerto Rico and refused to provide the flect on the sacrifice and courage, the needed in a timely manner because it necessary aid to those American citi- selfless acts of bravery, and the stories was being held up by the President and zens—American citizens—and yet an- of families who never saw a loved one Congress. These folks had been through other stalemate thus began. As that return. so much already, and the fact that we stalemate dragged on, the President The decision to move forward with put them through so many months of once again injected the issue of border the invasion was reached in late 1943. uncertainty while they were waiting security and immigration into the un- By May of 1944, nearly 3 million Allied for help from their elected representa- related discussions regarding disaster troops were amassed in southern Eng- tives is really unconscionable. land. Gathered along with the millions relief. Finally, after a delay of several Now that this bill has passed—and I months that saw the occurrence of ad- of soldiers was the largest armada in am assuming that as soon as the Presi- world history, with over 4,000 ships ditional weather-related disasters, the dent comes back, he will sign it, as he President, just as he had done with the from Canada, the United States, and signaled he would—I want to thank my Great Britain. There were 11,000 air- most recent government shutdown in senior colleague from Alabama, Sen- planes that participated in the inva- January, resumed his political de- ator SHELBY, and Senator LEAHY for sion, pounding the shores and Nazi po- mands and signaled he would sign a their leadership in getting this bill sitions, and delivering supplies and clean bill that included only disaster across the finish line. I want to also thousands of troops up and down the relief. say a special word of thanks to my coast of France. That bill passed the Senate a couple neighbors from Georgia, Senator ISAK- The assault began shortly after mid- of weeks ago by unanimous consent. SON and Senator PERDUE, who worked night on June 6, 1944, with Allied Unfortunately, it did not pass the tirelessly—so hard—to make this bi- bombers attacking targets along the House last week because of three indi- partisan deal such that the President coast and inland. More than 24,000 viduals who refused to let it pass the would sign it. House also with unanimous agreement. Although it took far too long, I am American, British, and Canadian air- It was only after the President with- certainly grateful that farmers and borne assault troops and 1,200 aircraft drew his demands that the bill got to Americans across the country who followed the air bombardment. At 1:30 the Senate floor with enough support have suffered from these disasters, ex- a.m., the 101st Airborne Division began to garner the necessary votes to pass. perienced them firsthand, can finally landing behind Utah Beach, and the What was interesting about the bill breathe a sigh of relief today because 82nd Airborne Division began landing that passed by unanimous consent in of the disaster relief bill that has fi- at 2:30 a.m. The second phase on the the Senate a couple of weeks ago and nally been passed. coast began at 5:30 a.m. when six Allied passed the House of Representatives (The remarks of Mr. JONES per- divisions and numerous small units just last night was the ‘‘lo and behold’’ taining to the introduction of S. 1708 began landing on five beaches. In total, moment as Republicans voted for the and S. 1709 are printed in today’s the Allies landed more than 160,000 bill last night. A month ago, they had RECORD under ‘‘Statements on Intro- troops at Normandy—73,000 American, voted against an almost identical bill duced Bills and Joint Resolutions.’’) along with 83,115 British and Canadian in order to please the President. They Mr. JONES. I yield the floor. forces—on Gold, Juno, and Sword obediently switched their votes to aye The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Beaches. when the President signaled his sup- ator from Colorado. By the end of the first day, Allied port. 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY casualties were estimated at 10,000 Folks, I think it is somewhat shame- Mr. GARDNER. Madam President, 75 killed, wounded, and missing in action: ful to play politics with people’s lives years ago tomorrow, June 5, 1944, Gen- 6,603 Americans, 2,700 British, and 946 the way we have done in this Congress eral Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a Canadians. From D-Day through Au- over the last few months—to play poli- speech to U.S. soldiers the day before gust 21, the Allies landed more than 2 tics with people’s lives and their liveli- the invasion of Normandy. million men in northern France and

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Here is the rub: With- mandy, France, are the words: ‘‘From Federal Reserve Bank of San Fran- out a clear market signal in the form the heart of our land flows the blood of cisco; the investment giant BlackRock; of a price on carbon, there will be little our youth, given to you in the name of EPA economists and scientists; the incentive to innovate. How do you in- freedom.’’ Let us never forget the sac- Urban Land Institute; the investment novate away a $650 billion annual sub- rifice of the greatest treasure this Na- advisory firm Mercer; the European sidy? How does the market work to re- tion has and what these men and Central Bank; and the investment advi- duce carbon pollution when carbon pol- women did for a free world and free sory firm Sarasin & Partners. All have lution is free? Innovations like carbon people. separately warned about climate capture and storage aren’t cheap. I yield the floor. change’s tanking the economy. There is not much of a business case The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- There are agricultural as well as fi- for these innovations—it is hard to see ator from Rhode Island. nancial warnings. In April, the big food the revenue proposition—unless we put CLIMATE CHANGE companies—Danone, Mars, Nestle, and a price on carbon. Then innovation Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Presi- Unilever—announced that they would happens. dent, one of the things I have noticed begin advocating for Federal action on Am I wrong about market theory? over the years that I have given these climate change. They see the risk cli- Let’s go to Milton Friedman, the climate speeches is that corporate en- mate change poses to the world’s agri- Nobel Prize-winning patron saint of gagement on climate change has been cultural and water supplies. market theory. He was unambiguous one-sided, let’s just say. It is clear who Their preferred solution? A price on about pricing pollution. my adversaries have been—Big Oil, the carbon: He was asked: Was there a case for coal lobby, the Koch brothers, and Establish an ambitious carbon pricing sys- the government to do something about some very powerful corporate trade as- tem that sends a clear signal to the market- pollution? sociations—the American Petroleum place to reduce economy-wide greenhouse He responded: gas emissions aligned with the Paris Agree- Institute, the National Association of ment goal to keep global temperature in- Yes, there’s a case for the government to Manufacturers, and the most powerful crease well below 2-degrees centigrade. An do something. There’s always a case for the of all, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, appropriate carbon pricing structure should government to do something about it . . . so-called. In my view, it is more prop- be transparent in how prices are set, equi- when what two people do affects a third erly called the U.S. Chamber of Carbon. table in how revenue is appropriated to miti- party [ . . . ] But the question is, What’s the gate costs on the most vulnerable commu- best way to do it? And the best way to do it These adversaries have managed a big- is not to have bureaucrats in Washington money campaign, first, to sow doubt nities, and built to ensure our global com- petitiveness. write rules and regulations. . . . The way to about or outright deny climate change do it is to impose a tax on the cost of the and, second, to block action in Con- I fully agree. pollutants . . . and make an incentive for gress and Federal agencies to limit car- Following on those food companies’ . . . manufacturers and for consumers to bon pollution. heels, Microsoft announced that it, too, keep down the amount of pollution. The International Monetary Fund would begin advocating in Congress for So, yes, putting a price on pollution just estimated fossil fuel subsidies in Federal climate action. It joined the to give an incentive to innovation is the United States at $650 billion for Climate Leadership Council—a group core free market principle. 2015. Yes, that is ‘‘billion’’ with a ‘‘b.’’ of economists, policymakers, busi- I happen to share that faith in the When you are defending that kind of nesses, and environmental groups— power of the market to drive innova- subsidy, you spare no expense, which formed in 2017, to advance a price on tion when the market is working. But explains the millions of dollars spent carbon. Like the food companies, it is not going to happen when the mar- by the fossil fuel industry and its trade Microsoft sees a Federal price on car- ket is distorted by a $650 billion sub- group cronies in opposing climate bills, bon as the best policy to tackle climate sidy. in supporting phony climate denial change. That is why I filed a carbon pricing front groups, and in funding election Then, in May, 13 more companies an- bill to help correct that fossil fuel sub- attacks against candidates who might nounced the CEO Climate Dialogue to sidy and balance the market, so those try to limit carbon pollution. advocate for climate action. Once principles can go to work. While the fossil fuel industry has again, these companies declared that At the end of May, 75 companies been running roughshod around Wash- they supported a price on carbon: came to Capitol Hill to advocate for ington, the rest of corporate America An economy-wide price on carbon is the carbon pricing. Together, those compa- has sat on its hands. Even companies best way to use the power of the market to nies operate in all 50 States, have an- achieve carbon reduction goals, in a simple, with gauzy website offerings on cli- coherent and efficient manner. We desire to nual revenues over $2.5 trillion, and mate and strong sustainability policies do this at the least cost to the economy and have a market value of nearly $2.5 tril- within the company have done vir- households. Markets will also spur innova- lion. tually nothing to support climate ac- tion, and create and preserve quality jobs in These companies met with dozens of tion in Congress. I could name names, a growing low-carbon economy. lawmakers, both Democrats and Re- but that would make it a very long Note that last sentence: ‘‘Markets publicans, to make the case for a price speech because, basically, everybody in will also spur innovation, and create on carbon—that it is the commonsense corporate America has been absent and preserve quality jobs in a growing policy to dramatically reduce carbon here. low-carbon economy.’’ pollution, drive the transition to a low There are, at long last, signs that One of the weird things about all of carbon economy, and grow jobs and the corporate America is waking up to the the remorseless opposition to climate economy. There is enormous economic climate fight it has been losing in action out of the U.S. Chamber of Com- and scientific support for that argu- Washington. When and if corporate merce and the National Association of ment. There is little opposition to that America finally engages in the serious Manufacturers is that there is a heck argument or at least little opposition support of climate action, Congress of a lot of commerce and a heck of a lot that can’t be traced back to the mis- will, once again, spring to life. After a of manufacturing in climate change so- chief of the fossil fuel industry and its 10-year drought, we could again see bi- lutions. So why are they so against front groups. I hope my colleagues lis- partisan legislation to reduce carbon them? It is an anomaly but not the tened. pollution. only anomaly in climate denial. I also hope that other companies join Why this new spurt of corporate en- Republican colleagues who wax po- in and help the American business gagement on climate change? etic about the free market seem not to community make climate action a

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G04JN6.030 S04JNPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE S3188 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 4, 2019 Washington, DC, priority. It can’t just More than three decades ago, Rep- during symbol of the victory that we be talk. The fossil fuel industry isn’t resentative Claudine Schneider and celebrate today. going to just walk away from a $650 bil- Senator John Chafee, both Republicans It has often been said, as Emerson lion annual subsidy. To offset the mil- from Rhode Island, introduced com- put it, that ‘‘there is properly no his- lions spent by the fossil fuel bandits prehensive legislation to address cli- tory; only biography.’’ The story of defending their license to pollute for mate change—from Republicans, three women’s suffrage is an anthology of re- free is going to require some real effort decades ago. Since then, the fossil fuel markable biographies. on the part of corporate America. industry’s campaign to obstruct cli- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia It is also going to take corporate mate progress has succeeded, but at a Mott led the Seneca Falls Convention America getting control over the U.S. terrible price. Every day that we fail to of 1848. This marked the first time that Chamber of Commerce and the Na- address our climate crisis is a day that American women formally demanded tional Association of Manufacturers. we mortgage our children’s and our the vote. The convention produced the The watchdog group InfluenceMap has grandchildren’s futures. landmark Declaration of Sentiments. analyzed business associations around Through these long decades, the good Using the Declaration of Independence the world. They found that the Cham- guys in corporate America have been as a template, it states: ‘‘We hold these ber and NAM—the National Associa- conspicuously absent. This recent ac- truths to be self-evident: That all men tion of Manufacturers—are the worst— tivity makes me optimistic—opti- and women are created equal.’’ the worst—the most obstructive when mistic that the business community The early women’s rights movement it comes to climate action. Here they seems to be finally stepping up and op- was closely linked to the abolition of are, rock bottom: U.S. Chamber of timistic that bipartisanship can be re- slavery. Lucretia Mott made her posi- Commerce, National Association of stored. tion clear. She said: Manufacturers—tail end of the worst. Eyes are beginning to flutter open ‘‘I have no idea of submitting tamely to in- Why? Why are the Chamber and NAM around here. Now it is time not just to justice inflicted either on me or on the slave. the worst? If the majority of large wake up but to get to work. I will oppose it with all the moral powers companies in America support climate I yield the floor. with which I am endowed.’’ action, why do these two trade associa- I suggest the absence of a quorum. Among the most vigorous advocates tions remain so opposed? Why are they The PRESIDING OFFICER. The of women’s suffrage were those who the worst? clerk will call the roll. knew too well the lash of oppression, I strongly recommend that if you are The bill clerk proceeded to call the the escaped slaves Frederick Douglass, a corporate member of one of these two roll. Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman. organizations—if you are a corporate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Another very important incident in member of the U.S. Chamber of Com- ator from Maine. the march of history occurred in 1872. merce, if you are a corporate member Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, I Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women of the National Association of Manu- ask unanimous consent that the order in Rochester, New York, illegally voted facturers—that you demand an audit— for the quorum call be rescinded. in that year’s Presidential election. that you demand an audit of these The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without They were promptly arrested. Susan B. trade associations’ funding because objection. Anthony was put on trial, convicted, here is what I expect you will find: You 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT and ordered to pay a fine of $100 or face will find that while they had you out Ms. COLLINS. As the senior Repub- imprisonment. Imagine—for voting. on the front porch as a prop for the lican woman in the Senate today, I am She bravely refused, saying that she neighbors to see, they were in the back pleased to begin a series of speeches, would never submit to this ‘‘high-hand- room, secretly pocketing big money along with my good friend from Cali- ed outrage upon my citizen’s rights.’’ from fossil fuel interests to stop cli- fornia, the senior Democratic woman The authorities wisely chose not to mate legislation. My belief is that the Senator, Mrs. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, to pursue collecting the fine. fossil fuel industry has given both the commemorate a significant milestone Suffrage leaders realized that noth- Chamber and NAM so much money in our Nation’s history. One hundred ing short of a constitutional amend- that those two organizations have years ago today, the Senate finally ment would do—one modelled after the chumped—chumped—their member or- passed the 19th Amendment, which af- 15th Amendment, which granted the ganizations by ignoring their views on firmed the right of women to vote in vote to all men regardless of race. climate in order to keep the money elections. With new leaders—such as Carrie pouring in secretly from the fossil fuel All of us recall that in 1775, as the Chapman Catt and, later, Alice Paul— industry. Second Continental Congress was forg- stepping forward, a strategy was devel- The members are in a position to find ing a new Nation conceived in liberty, oped to use every peaceful instrument out. Ask. Demand an audit. Find out if Abigail Adams admonished her hus- to change the hearts and minds of po- you have been chumped by the organi- band John to ‘‘remember the ladies.’’ litical leaders and the public. In addi- zations you support. Despite Abigail Adam’s advice, it took tion to marches, rallies, and petitions, This trade association obstruction by nearly a century and a half for women they enlisted the power of the pulpit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the to achieve their rightful place as full and the press in their just cause. National Association of Manufacturers U.S. citizens. It took more than four decades for has to change, but it will not until On June 4, 1919, the U.S. Senate this strategy to succeed, and strong these trade associations’ member com- passed the 19th Amendment to our Maine women played key roles. Kath- panies demand a stop to the obstruc- Constitution. The courage and deter- erine Reed Balentine, the daughter of tion and demand real support for car- mination exhibited by generations of the legendary Speaker of the House of bon pricing. women and men were rewarded in just Representatives, Thomas Brackett Let me close with a word of warning. two sentences: Reed, led the Maine Woman Suffrage The alarms are ringing loudly. As one The rights of citizens of the United States Association. Author and activist Flor- scientist recently said: ‘‘The ocean is to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the ence Brooks Whitehouse became a na- screaming.’’ Financial crises loom. Our United States or by any State on account of tionally known suffrage organizer and failure over the last three decades to sex. Congress shall have the power to enforce offered these words to opponents of address the climate crisis is a black this article by appropriate legislation. this cause: ‘‘This you must know; the mark against both our democracy and That is it. Those are the words of the world is mine, as yours.’’ our system of free market capitalism. 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women I am proud to report that when the Creepy-crawly political subservience to the right to vote. 19th Amendment came to the Senate fossil fuel interests has degraded Amer- It is an honor today to join my 24 floor on that historic day, exactly 100 ican democracy, and free market cap- women Senate colleagues in cospon- years ago, both of Maine’s Senators, italism is conspicuously failing to soring a resolution commemorating Republicans Bert Fernald and Fred- meet the climate challenge. That can this centennial. The yellow roses that erick Hale, were among the 56 voting in change, but it has to change fast. we are wearing are a historic and en- favor. Following Senate passage, all

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G04JN6.032 S04JNPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE June 4, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3189 that remained was for 36 of the 48 here, for your care, for your concern, Last Congress, I became the first States to vote for ratification. and for your vigilance on all issues woman to serve as the ranking member Maine became the 19th State to rat- that affect women. Thank you so of the Senate Judiciary Committee. ify the 19th Amendment, but it wasn’t much. This is especially significant for me be- easy. An earlier popular referendum on Madam President, I am very proud to cause I was inspired by Anita Hill’s tes- women’s suffrage in Maine got clob- join SUSAN COLLINS and all of my col- timony before the all-male Senate Ju- bered at the polls by a margin of nearly leagues on the floor today to celebrate diciary Committee to run for this of- 2 to 1. Of course, women were not al- the 100th anniversary of Congress’s fice. lowed to vote on their own future, passing the 19th Amendment to the Even though there are more women which obviously skewed the results. U.S. Constitution. in leadership positions across indus- Recognizing the inherent unfairness Before the 19th Amendment, women tries, there is still work to be done. Ac- of the situation, Maine’s Republican were actually denied the same basic cording to the American Association of Governor, Carl Milliken, called an civil rights as men. We were not al- University Women, in 2017 women emergency session of the State legisla- lowed to attend a college. We could not earned between 77 cents and 53 cents ture and ushered the measure through become doctors, lawyers, or politicians. for every dollar earned by men. by a vote of 72 to 68. Married women had no right to prop- SUSAN COLLINS, we still have a long By the summer of 1920, only one more erty, and even though women were re- way to go, it seems to me. State was needed to reach the magic quired to follow the law, they had no In addition, women continue to face number of 36. The Nation’s eyes were say in electing their lawmakers. discrimination and harassment at on the State of Tennessee, where the Simply put, women were second-class school and in the office, as well as high amendment was before the legislature. citizens. So it is against this backdrop rates of sexual violence. The outlook was discouraging. After that the women’s suffrage movement Before I close, I would like to address two rollcall votes, suffrage opponents, took shape decades ago to fight to an issue that has unfortunately been in who wore red roses on their lapels, achieve equality for us, and the fight the news quite a bit lately; that is, the were in a dead heat with the yellow began at the polls. latest attacks on women’s health and rose supporters. If the measure failed In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson reproductive rights. We should not for- to pass in Tennessee, the 19th Amend- faced a tough reelection campaign. At get what Justice Ginsburg told the ment would not be ratified. the time, 12 States allowed women to Senate Judiciary Committee during At the last possible moment, the vote. The newly formed Women’s Party her confirmation hearings in 1992. I was youngest Tennessee lawmaker, Harry campaigned forcefully in most States there, and here is what she said: Burn, despite the red rose that he against Wilson because of his strong The decision whether or not to bear a child wore—which indicated you were in op- opposition to women’s suffrage. As a is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being position—cast his vote in favor of rati- result, women voted against Wilson by and dignity. It is a decision she must make fication. notable margins, causing the first for herself. When Government controls that After evading an angry mob by known gender gap in a Presidential decision for her, she is being treated as less climbing out of a third floor window in election. than a fully adult human responsible for her the Maine Capitol Building and hiding Although Woodrow Wilson ulti- own choices. in the attic, Representative Burn ex- mately won a second term, the Wom- In the past month, six States have plained that he changed his mind after en’s Party made clear that they were a passed blatantly unconstitutional laws he received a letter from his mother, force to be reckoned with. I could not that effectively ban abortion, even in telling him: ‘‘Don’t forget to be a good be more proud of the suffragists who cases of rape and incest. These new re- boy’’ and to do the right thing. fought for decades to secure our right strictions are especially concerning in I am sure the Presiding Officer is to vote and laid the groundwork for a light of the new conservative majority very familiar with this story. woman’s right to hold office. It is be- on the Supreme Court, which has long One of my inspirations in public serv- cause of fearless, hardworking women signaled its opposition to women’s re- ice, Maine Senator Margaret Chase like Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Doro- productive rights. Just last month, in a Smith, once addressed the question of thy Day that I stand here today on the case challenging abortion restrictions what is a woman’s proper place. Her fa- floor of the Senate representing the in Indiana, Justice Thomas authored mous short answer was this: ‘‘Every- largest State in the Union, California. an opinion comparing contraceptives where.’’ In the first elections held after the to eugenics and demonstrated a clear The rest of her answer describes the 19th Amendment was ratified, women hostility to Griswold and Roe. Between importance of the struggle and the suc- won public office in 23 States. Today, the Indiana case, the various unconsti- cess that we celebrate today. She said: women are represented in all levels of tutional State laws, and other repro- ‘‘If there is any proper place for women government—Federal, State, and local. ductive rights cases on the Court’s today, it is that of alert and respon- In 1992, the first year I was elected to docket, many legal observers believe sible citizens in the fullest sense of the the Senate, a historic number of Roe today remains in jeopardy. word.’’ women won elected office. Twenty-four As a U.S. Senator, I will continue It is a great pleasure to join my col- new women were elected to the U.S. fighting for equal rights for women, leagues—particularly the senior Demo- House of Representatives that year, and I will honor the legacy of women cratic woman Senator, DIANNE FEIN- and four women—Senators MURRAY, who blazed the trail. I am honored to STEIN of California—in saluting those Boxer, Mosley-Braun, and I—were recognize those women and the great, courageous, and persistent elected to the Senate. Last year, near- progress we have made as we com- women who, over many long decades ly a century after Congress passed the memorate the 100th anniversary of and through much difficulty, guided 19th Amendment, women set another Congress passing the 19th Amendment our Nation to that proper place by giv- record with 102 women serving in Con- to the U.S. Constitution. ing women the long, overdue right to gress and 3 more holding seats on the I yield the floor. be full citizens in this country—the U.S. Supreme Court. So women are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- right to vote. still shattering the glass ceilings. ator from Maine. Madam President, it is now my great In 2014, Janet Yellen became the first Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, I pleasure to yield to my friend and dis- woman to lead the Federal Reserve. In thank the Senator from California for tinguished colleague, Senator FEIN- 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first her remarks and yield time now to the STEIN. woman to be nominated by a major po- Senator from Illinois, Ms. DUCKWORTH. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- litical party for President of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from California United States. And just this year, after ator from Illinois. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I want to thank being elected the first female Speaker Ms. DUCKWORTH. Madam President, my distinguished colleague from the of the House in 2007, NANCY PELOSI be- I come to the floor today to honor great State of Maine. Thank you so came the first woman to be reelected some of the Founders of our Nation much, Susan. Thank you for your work Speaker of the House. who all too often don’t get their due—

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It wasn’t perfected in the 18th cen- The senior assistant legislative clerk as a ‘‘demanding screecher’’ and ‘‘a tury when the ink dried on the four proceeded to call the roll. woman who ought to have more sense.’’ original pages of the Constitution. Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, I Walking in parades in support of the It was shaped by women like Abigail ask unanimous consent that the order right to vote, women had insults and Adams, whom I named my first daugh- for the quorum call be rescinded. worse hurled at them. Suffragists were ter after. It was strengthened by suf- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without physically attacked. fragists like Sojourner Truth, who objection, it is so ordered. Beginning in June of 1917, it got worked tirelessly to better the country Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, I much worse. Here in Washington, DC, that had kept her in chains, who used recognize the Senator from Alaska, Ms. police began arresting women who were her emancipation to call for freedom MURKOWSKI. picketing the White House in support and a voice for all women—Black, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- of suffrage for ‘‘obstructing sidewalk White, you name it. It was formed by ator from Alaska is recognized. traffic.’’ Throughout the summer and Illinoisans like Ida B. Wells, who de- Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, into the fall, women who refused to pay manded that women of color have a I rise today to join my colleagues as we the fine were sent to the Women’s place at the forefront of the suffrage commemorate the 100th anniversary of Workhouse in Lorton, VA, or the dis- movement. It was forged by women the date Congress sent to the States trict jail, where conditions were de- like Mary Livermore, who channeled this question: the ratification of a con- plorable. Rats ran free in the prison. her frustration over women’s inequal- stitutional amendment granting The food was infested with maggots. ity into action, spearheading Chicago’s women the right to vote. Alice Paul, a leader of the National first-ever suffrage convention 150 years Our ancestors have long sought the Woman’s Party, and about 71 other ago and marking Illinois as a leader in promise of a better life for themselves women began a hunger strike while in the fight for women’s rights. and their children. Many of our jail and for months suffered force-feed- Our democracy was sharpened by a forebearers came to this country seek- ing of raw eggs in milk through nasal group of Illinoisans who traveled to ing religious liberty, economic secu- gastric tubes. In November, 33 of the Washington, DC, in 1913, joining thou- rity, or personal freedom. imprisoned suffragists were beaten by sands of other women in their march Since 1788, they were drawn to the guards by order of the prison super- down Pennsylvania Avenue—protesters promise of these words: ‘‘We the People intendent. One woman’s hands were who were vilified, berated, jostled, of the United States, in Order to form handcuffed high above her head on the tripped, and even jailed but who with- a more perfect Union, establish Jus- prison door for an entire night. Some stood it all to call for a constitutional tice, insure domestic Tranquility, pro- were left unconscious. amendment giving women the right to vide for the common defence, promote Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone, Julia vote. the general Welfare, and secure the Ward Howe, Ida B. Wells, Mary Church This Union was made more perfect Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and Terrell, Alice Paul, and others are when the 19th Amendment finally our Posterity, do ordain and establish widely known as suffragist leaders. passed Congress 100 years ago today. this Constitution for the United States There were millions of others across These women raised their voices on of America.’’ the country doing what they could in the picket lines so that we could make Today, most in this body and across their own families, in their own com- ours heard at the polls. They risked the country would agree that a wom- munities and States, to advance wom- safety and security, withstood hypoc- an’s full participation in the life of her en’s rights. They marched, protested, risy and overcame misogyny, refusing community and Nation are crucial if sewed flags and banners, and spoke up to stay silent so that their daughters the promise laid out in our Constitu- at home and in their hometowns. and their daughters’ daughters would tion’s preamble is ever to be fully real- inherit the democracy they deserved. ized. In the following 100 years since the For that, we are forever in their debt. But in 1788 and for many years there- Senate sent the women’s right to vote Of course, every American’s right to after, women could not own property, to the States for ratification, the right vote wasn’t truly secured that day in could not open a bank account on their to vote gave women the power to 1919, nor was it secured later that own, or even control the money that change their lives and to impact our week, when Illinois became one of the they earned through their own work. Nation in so many positive and pro- first States to ratify the amendment, They could not control their destiny found ways. As a result, our Nation has or in 1965, when Lyndon B. Johnson or, indeed, their own bodies. Justice, made incredible strides. picked up a pen and signed the Voting tranquility, the general welfare, and Today, in 2019, it may be difficult for Rights Act into law. the blessings of liberty were, for some to imagine an America without It still is not secure today—not when women, what men said they were. women leaders in every conceivable en- voter suppression tactics still block so That all began to change on June 4, deavor. Amazing women have contrib- many people of color from the ballot, 1919, the date when finally, after so uted to our Nation in countless ways, when voter roll purges are still com- many years of struggle and failure, the both large and small. We have moved mon and some in power are still fight- required number of Senators voted aye from the horse and buggy era to put- ing to install modern-day poll taxes. for House Joint Resolution 1, ‘‘pro- ting a man on the moon, but man So we can’t get complacent. What posing an amendment to the Constitu- would not have gotten there and back began at Seneca Falls continues with tion extending the right of suffrage to without women mathematicians and us today, as it now falls to our genera- women.’’ It was very simple yet in- engineers. tion to keep alive the work of yester- tensely powerful, a resolution with just While few colleges admitted women a day’s suffragists, to keep pushing for one article that read: century ago, by 1980 more women than bills like the Voting Rights Advance- The right of citizens of the United States men earned bachelor’s degrees. Since ment Act to ensure that bigoted State to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the 1919, women are able to enter any pro- laws don’t disenfranchise any Amer- United States or by any State on account of fession for which they are qualified, ican. It falls on us to keep fighting for sex. Congress shall have the power to enforce keep their own wages, start and run that more perfect Union, to keep mak- this article by appropriate legislation. corporations, lead scientific and med- ing our voices heard—whether that is That remarkable moment, we know, ical advances, and fly into space. here on the Senate floor or anywhere did not come easily. For decades, Women have the right to be heard in

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And we can not only run for of- in the march for equality, it is inspir- records and barriers across the coun- fice, but we can vote for ourselves. ing to see how far women have come try, and afterwards, several States Women can do anything we put our over the last century. When we passed started breaking down some of the bar- minds to, but if it had not been for the the 19th Amendment, there was only riers that were put up to block people right to vote—the basic, legal right to one woman in Congress—Jeannette from voting. I believe that momentum be recognized—would we be where we Rankin. Before I ran for the Senate in is going to continue to build, especially are today? Would we have women like 1992, there were two women Senators. I as women continue to reach out to Sandra Day O’Connor, Condoleezza was very proud to join the Senate in other women to build a bigger and Rice, Christiane Amanpour, or Sally 1993 and to join with Senator Barbara more inclusive coalition. Ride? Would we have the benefit of the Mikulski, who is here today, and we be- So today, as we celebrate the Senate voices of countless American women came six women in the Senate. Today, vote to pass the 19th Amendment, I who share their views with Congress there are 25 women serving in the Sen- want to not only remember how hard because they know that their opin- ate and 102 in the House of Representa- women fought to get that right to vote ions—backed up by their votes—matter tives. Today, women are Governors, but to promise that we are going to on issues as varied as childcare, cli- Fortune 500 CEOs, Nobel Prize-winning keep fighting just as hard to protect it mate change, and national security? researchers, and candidates for Presi- for everyone in this country, and then Would the young women of today have dent. we are going to keep using it to fight the faith that they really can do any- It is clear we have come a long way, hard for the change we want to see in thing they set their minds to? Maybe but we still have more work to do. our communities. not. Women may have more representation, Thank you. I rise today to call on all Americans but we still make up less than a quar- I yield the floor. to commemorate this day, to remem- ter of Congress. Women of color are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ber all those who made it possible, and still particularly underrepresented. ator from Maine. to honor them by recognizing that the And we still have some ceilings left to Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank right to vote, to be heard, and to be crack. Women are still paid less than the Senator for her good remarks valued is a precious right. It has not al- men for the same work, and the same today. ways been implemented fairly, and it gap is even wider for women of color. I am very pleased to yield time to the must be guarded and defended. Women still bear most of the burden of Senator from Tennessee, Mrs. BLACK- As we look to honor the past, we being a working parent, especially BURN. must also acknowledge that, like our when so many lack access to affordable The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ancestors, we have more progress to childcare and paid family leave. Nearly ator from Tennessee. make. Gaining the right to vote was 50 years after Roe v. Wade was decided, Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I the first step toward full equality. De- women are still fighting to defend their thank the Senator from Maine for her spite the passage of the Civil Rights right to make their own decisions leadership in today’s activity as we Act, which makes discrimination on about their own bodies. commemorate the Senate’s action in the basis of sex illegal, and despite the These injustices even extend to vot- passing the 19th Amendment and send- Equal Pay Act and the Pregnancy Dis- ing rights. Even after the 19th Amend- ing that to the States for ratification. crimination Act, our Constitution ment was ratified, many women of It is amazing to think that it was 100 gives us the right to vote but does not color were still denied the right to vote years ago today—today—that women protect us from discrimination. by discriminatory barriers designed to in this country still did not have the So in the spirit of women who fought keep them from the ballot box. Today, right to vote. When we think about for the rights of women who would there are still far too many States that Nashville, TN, today, we are thinking come after them, I hope the Senate will have put into effect voter-suppression about country music, bachelorette par- pass S.J. Res. 6 to remove the deadline efforts that disproportionately hurt ties, pro-sports; in the summer of 1920, for ratification of the Equal Rights communities of color, like harsh voter Nashville, TN, was the focus of individ- Amendment. That will be something ID laws, limits on early voting, polling uals on both sides of the debate over we will bring up at another point in machines, voting locations, and ‘‘exact women’s suffrage because that summer time. But today, I am able to stand match’’ requirements that make it was the final push to get the 19th with my friends and my colleagues easy to purge someone from the voter Amendment ratified so that women here in the Senate as we recognize and rolls due to a typo. would forever have the right to vote. honor those who paved the way and After all the years women spent Suffragists from all across the country have allowed for this right to vote, fighting for their right to vote, it is un- looked to Tennessee in that last-ditch that right and value to be heard. acceptable that these kinds of efforts effort to pass an amendment before the I yield the floor. would strip that right away from any- 1920 Presidential elections. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- one, which is why we need to pass leg- As it all came together and as every- SIDY). The Senator from Maine. islation to restore the Voting Rights body was coming into Nashville—you Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank Act to its full power to protect the had the red roses on one side and the the Senator from Alaska for her elo- rights of voters across our country. yellow roses on the other side—the bat- quent comments. While there is still a lot of work tle was heating up. The Tennessee I now yield to Senator MURRAY. ahead to make good on the promise of House of Representatives had been The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the 19th Amendment and make sure called back into a special session so ator from Washington. that everyone in our country who is en- that they could debate this issue: Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, 150 titled to vote is actually able to vote Would women receive the right to years ago, in Washington State, a suf- and that every woman is able to exer- vote? Would Tennessee agree to vote fragette named Mary Olney Brown cise all of her rights under our Con- for ratification of the 19th Amend- went to vote, and like so many others stitution, I am confident we can get ment? at the time, her vote was rejected. there, and I want to say why. The pro and anti suffragists flooded Why? Because she was a woman. She After 2016, I watched as women across that city. Those who opposed enfran- said: ‘‘The idea of a woman voting was the country stood up, spoke out, and chisement, wearing those red roses, regarded as an absurdity.’’ fought back. I saw as much energy as I went to extreme lengths to prevent a Fifty years later, thanks to the tire- have seen in my lifetime as women vote. At one point, legislators actually less efforts of women like Mary Olney joined together against countless dif- fled the State to prevent a quorum.

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To be hon- their yellow roses, those legislators for guidance and feel very proud of est, I don’t know if the suffragettes never stood a chance. what they learn about the women suf- completely understood the tremendous You have all heard of Susan B. An- fragists, that the little girl who is fol- impact their efforts would have now a thony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but lowing her mom into the voting booth century later. let me introduce you to a few more of will begin to understand and appreciate They secured more than just the those fierce female fighters from the why so many women are standing in right to vote. The passage of the 19th summer of 1920. There was Anne Dallas line at the polls to cast their vote, and Amendment has led to immeasurable Dudley from Nashville, who was really that women who want to change things progress in the right for women’s quite an organizer; Abby Crawford Mil- in their community or their State or equality on all fronts. I see their spirit ton; Sue Shelton White from West Ten- their country will stop waiting for in the girls and women, young and old, nessee; and, as has been mentioned, Ida someone else to take the lead and will I meet each and every day in my job as B. Wells, who was from Memphis. They realize they are empowered to do this a U.S. Senator. are all Tennesseans who fought tire- because of actions that were taken I was recently at a women’s net- lessly on behalf of suffrage and brought over 100 years ago. working event where Gen. Jennifer the State’s house of representatives to In 1916, famed suffragist Carrie Chap- Walter, the first female Iowa Air Guard that fateful vote on August 18, 1920. man Catt stood before the National general in the Iowa National Guard, The Senator from Maine talked a mo- American Woman Suffrage Associa- talked about her career options when ment earlier about a young legislator, tion, and she declared: she graduated high school over four the youngest member of the House of The time has come to shout aloud in every decades ago. They were very limited, to Representatives in the State of Ten- city, village, and hamlet, and in tones so say the least. She could be a typist or nessee. His name was Harry T. Burn. clear and jubilant that they will reverberate work in a clerking job in the Air Force from every mountain peak and echo from Harry was from Niota, TN. He was a or she could be a nurse. Those were the freshman house of representatives shore to shore: The Woman’s Hour has struck. options that were open to her, but Gen- member. He switched his vote from nay eral Walter is not one to be boxed in. to yea, broke a tie, and made history. Indeed, the woman’s hour did strike and shout, these ladies did. She decided to forge her own path As the Senator from Maine said, he did forward. That led her to the Air Na- it because of a letter written to him by I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tional Guard, first in Kansas and then his mother, who reminded him that he in my home State of Iowa. There were should be a good boy and help Ms. ator from Maine. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank still plenty of obstacles, but she was Catt—Carrie Chapman Catt—put the unwavering. Walter was going to prove ‘‘rat’’ in ‘‘ratification.’’ He did, and so the Senator from Tennessee for giving us such a great history lesson, and I ap- she belonged and could reach her full it was official: Tennessee had become potential. the 36th and final State needed for rati- preciate her remarks. Even in my own life, I have benefited fication of the 19th Amendment. Next on our list of speakers is Sen- That journey from Seneca Falls, NY, ator ERNST followed by Senator SHA- from the hard work and the commit- to Nashville, TN, was hard-fought. HEEN. ment of these women trailblazers. That Sometimes we don’t think about how I yield to Senator ERNST of Iowa. is especially clear when I look back on long it took. It was a 72-year journey— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- my 23 years of service in the Army Re- 72 years—from the Seneca Falls Con- ator from Iowa. serve and the Iowa Army National vention to that final vote in Nashville, Ms. ERNST. Mr. President, I thank Guard. TN. Senator COLLINS and Senator FEIN- When I joined the service after col- Think about this: The women who STEIN for arranging this afternoon’s lege, there were no opportunities for started this push for women’s suffrage visit on the floor of the U.S. Senate. It women in combat. By 2003, I was a were not alive to see it become the law is a privilege to have the opportunity company commander leading supply of the land and become a constitu- to come to the floor today to recognize convoys in combat zones in Iraq. Like tionally guaranteed right. And the the courageous and determined women me, hundreds of women were serving women who voted in that 1920 Presi- behind the women’s suffrage move- the cause of freedom, and some were dential election, many—most of them ment. even paying the ultimate price for our were not even alive when the fight These trailblazing women, and count- Nation. Yet women could not even for- began. But the women who started the less more like them, paved the way for mally serve in combat fields or occupa- fight did it because they knew that women in my home State of Iowa and tions until 2013. women receiving the right to vote was across the Nation to have the right to Now I look at my daughter, Libby, as a worthy fight. Today, we owe them so vote. They forged a path for women she prepares to enter her second year much gratitude for the work they did like me and all of my absolutely re- at West Point, and she also considers 100 years ago today in pushing this markable female colleagues joining me entering combat arms. She has so through the U.S. Senate. on the Senate floor today. many opportunities ahead of her be- My colleague, Senator KIRSTEN On this 100th anniversary of the pas- cause of the strong women that came GILLIBRAND of New York, has joined me sage of the 19th Amendment, it is easy before her. in working to pass the Women’s Suf- to think of these courageous women as It is truly an honor to be in the com- frage Centennial Commemorative Coin institutions and visions of strength and pany of so many remarkable women on Act. We are doing that here in the Sen- perseverance, and that is absolutely the Senate floor today to commemo- ate, and in the House, two of our col- what those women are. rate the 100th anniversary of the pas- leagues—Representative ELISE They were also once young girls and sage of the 19th Amendment giving STEFANIK from New York and BRENDA young women seeking to understand women the right to vote, and it is all LAWRENCE—have introduced a com- the answer to simple questions like: the more fitting that we do so during a panion bill. Why can’t my mother vote in an elec- time when there are more women serv- The legislation authorizes the Treas- tion? Why can’t I pursue my dreams? ing in the U.S. Senate than any other ury to mint silver coins honoring the All too often, the response back then time in history. work of women suffrage activists. The to these questions was simply to tell We come from every imaginable coins will be issued in 2020, which also women that politics and government background and from every corner of marks the centennial anniversary of were too complicated or important for our great and beautiful country. I will the passage, the ratification of the 19th our gender to have a role in it. ‘‘Best continue to challenge every one of our

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The leaders of the women’s suffrage serve on school committees. I think it Again, I offer my great thanks to movement understood the fundamental is interesting that we were eligible to Senator SUSAN COLLINS and Senator truth; that the rights protected under serve on school committees before we DIANNE FEINSTEIN of California for the the Constitution are merely privileges were eligible to serve in the legisla- opportunity to speak today. if they are not enjoyed by everyone in ture. But, nevertheless, not only did I yield the floor. our society. she help women become eligible to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- As Susan B. Anthony put it in 1873, serve on school committees, but she se- ator from Maine. ‘‘It was we, the people; not we, the cured women a vote in local school dis- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, before I white male citizens; not yet we, the trict elections. yield to my friend and neighbor from male citizens; but we, the whole people, Sadly, Armenia never lived to see New Hampshire, I recognize, in the who formed the Union. And we formed women secure the right to vote with back of the Chamber, a truly extraor- it, not to give the blessings of liberty, the passage of the 19th Amendment, dinary woman, an outstanding former but to secure them; not to the half of but her efforts to improve equality in U.S. Senator who served in this Cham- ourselves . . . . but to the whole peo- New Hampshire and throughout the ber from 1987 to 2017, some 30 years, ple—women as well as men.’’ Nation left an enduring impact on the Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland. The suffrage movement was, of movement. It is an impact that, as the She has served on the Commission that course, an effort to achieve political first woman elected to be Governor of has worked very hard to make sure we equality for women, but it was also an New Hampshire and then elected to be commemorate this centennial of wom- effort to secure a more perfect Union Senator there, I have benefited from. I en’s suffrage, and she has been a men- by giving life to the ideals laid out in feel a deep sense of gratitude to Arme- tor and friend to all of us who had the our founding documents. This pursuit nia and to so many women who came pleasure of serving with her. for equality continues today, and it is before me for forging a path so that I welcome Senator Mikulski back to in the spirit of our trailblazers that women could one day serve in public the U.S. Senate, which was her home women carry on the fight for full office and so that one day we could for so many years and where she still equality under the law. vote. has so many friends and admirers, of It is in that spirit that we are here Alice Paul, the leader of the women’s whom I count myself one. this afternoon on the floor of the Sen- suffrage movement, once described The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ate to talk about the importance of women’s suffrage saying: Chair counts himself one as well. carrying on the tradition of our Found- I always feel the movement is a sort of mo- Ms. COLLINS. The Chair is a very ing Mothers. These figures are an im- saic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and wise man. portant part of our history, and be- then you get a great mosaic at the end. Now I yield to Senator JEANNE SHA- cause of the generations of women they As we recognize and celebrate the HEEN. inspired, their legacy lives on today. passage of the 19th Amendment, we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- We must remember their stories and must remember that there is still so ator from New Hampshire. honor their sacrifices. Those sacrifices much work to do, and even the small- Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I have helped shape the identity of our est stones contribute to this great mo- thank my neighbor and friend, Senator Nation, and it is why we celebrate saic. COLLINS, and Senator FEINSTEIN—the these women in the same regard as we I thank the Presiding Officer and two of them for organizing this after- have our Founding Fathers. It is why thank again my colleagues, Senator noon’s conversation on the floor in rec- the issue, for me, of keeping a promise COLLINS and Senator FEINSTEIN, for ognition of the 100th anniversary of the to redesign the $20 bill with the like- leading this effort. passage of the 19th Amendment. ness of Harriet Tubman is so impor- We still have a lot of work to do. I also begin by recognizing Senator tant. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mikulski, who was such a trailblazer The United States was not shaped ex- ator from Maine. for so many women. I remember being clusively by men, and our living his- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank a young woman involved in politics in tory, which our currency is a part of, the Senator from New Hampshire, and the late eighties in New Hampshire should reflect that because the symbols it is now my pleasure to yield time to right after she was elected to the Sen- that we have for our country matter. the Senator from Nebraska, Mrs. ate, and she came up and spoke to us. Leaders of the women’s suffrage FISCHER. At the time, I was not sure there was movement rose from communities The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ever an opportunity for a woman in across this country, but today I would ator from Nebraska. New Hampshire to go anywhere, and like to recognize one of the pioneers of Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I, too, listening to her made me realize there that movement from my own State of would like to thank the senior Senator were opportunities for women every- New Hampshire, Armenia S. White. from Maine and the senior Senator where, and we need to take advantage Armenia spent most of her life in from California for organizing the col- of them, so I thank Senator Mikulski. Concord, NH, which is our capital. She loquy we are having on the floor today Today we celebrate not only the pas- was active in the community, includ- in recognition of a very historic mo- sage of the 19th Amendment but the ing supporting the abolitionist and ment. countless women who fought for dec- temperance movements, but the cause To have Senator COLLINS be a leader ades before 1919 so that women would for which she was most passionate was here in the U.S. Senate has been just a one day realize the full rights pro- securing the vote for women. wonderful experience for me and to tected under the Constitution. Armenia was the first signer of the share with her the last 7 years that I As so many of my colleagues have call for an equal suffrage convention in have been here. She is truly a leader, said, we remember women like Eliza- New Hampshire, which was held in and she is a mentor to both men and beth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, Concord in 1868. She was also the first women here in the Senate. I always tell who organized the first women’s rights president of the New Hampshire people, if you want to see a true legis- convention at Seneca Falls in 1848; Woman Suffrage Association, a posi- lator, you need to watch SUSAN COL- Susan B. Anthony, who took up the tion that she held for nearly 50 years. LINS. fight following the first convention, When the time came for New Hamp- Mr. President, I rise today with great and Harriet Tubman, Ida Wells, and So- shire to send a delegate to the Amer- honor and pride to join my colleagues journer Truth, who worked tirelessly ican Woman Suffrage Association, or- in recognizing the 100th anniversary of

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There was toric milestone, and we honor the suf- for her very kind comments and her el- a lot of focus on funding and logistics fragists, women of courage who were oquent remarks, and I am now pleased and finger pointing at which body in pioneers and leaders. to yield time to the Senator from Wis- government should bear this responsi- These women who fought for their consin, Ms. BALDWIN. bility. At first, they didn’t seem to God-given right to vote in the greatest The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- think that the city council should take democracy the world has ever seen ator from Wisconsin. action to add another bus route. must be remembered. Nearly 100 years Ms. BALDWIN. Thank you, Mr. Then I began hearing the voices of ago, with picket signs in hand, Alice President. Thank you, Senator COL- my female colleagues. They began Paul led hundreds of brave suffragists LINS. speaking of and describing their experi- to the White House to advocate for the I rise today proudly wearing a yellow ence traveling to campus. They spoke essential role of women’s right to vote rose in solidarity with 24 other women about evening classes and having to in this Republic. who serve in the U.S. Senate to recog- walk a long distance down a poorly lit Today, almost a century later, nize what is a very historic milestone road to get to the nearest bus stop. women make up half of the electorate. in our Nation’s history. Almost 100 They spoke about the dangers of walk- According to the Pew Research Center, years ago, after decades and decades of ing home alone at night. Most women more women voted than men in the struggle by brave women and men, our can identify with the fear of walking or 2018 elections. Nation finally extended to women the commuting home late at night. It As I stand today in this Chamber most fundamental right of our democ- seemed that the men in the debate alongside the women of the Senate, I racy—the right to vote. The struggle hadn’t thought about it in the same am so grateful for the strength of the for women’s suffrage was fought in way before that moment. The whole de- women who came before us. On this every corner of our country, and com- bate changed as soon as women’s voices historic day, I would like to reflect on munities all over the Nation are plan- were heard, and the city council ulti- some of Nebraska’s strong and very in- ning to recognize their contributions mately voted to fund a new route that fluential women who have made a dif- over the next year. went right to the campus door. ference. Susette LaFlesche Tibbles Today marks precisely 100 years to Women bring their life experiences to served as a translator for Chief Stand- the day that the Senate passed the 19th the job. It helps inform our debate, our ing Bear during his famous speech Amendment. I am proud to state that a votes, and the policies that we deliver. when he fought for Native Americans week later, on June 10, 1919, Wisconsin My experience with the women of the to keep their land. Pulitzer Prize-win- became the first State in our Union to U.S. Senate, past and present, is that ning author Willa Cather is renowned ratify the 19th Amendment. I am al- they ran for office and came to Wash- for her work chronicling life on the ways proud to say that my home State ington to solve problems. I feel like we Great Plains. And biographer, histo- was the very first to ratify women’s are guided by the idea that our job is rian, and teacher Mari Sandoz invested right to vote, narrowly beating our to work together and to get things in the next generation of creative writ- neighbor to the south, the State of Illi- done. That is what we do, both Demo- ers. nois, because of a paperwork error. You crats and Republicans, as we work to- I also think of women in politics know, we are still first. I am especially gether to deliver solutions. from my home State of Nebraska who happy that I will forever have bragging I worked with my colleague Senator inspired me to serve my community, rights over my friend from Illinois, the SUSAN COLLINS to pass legislation to my State, and my country. I think of co-chair of the Senate caucus, Senator better support the more than 40 million Kay Orr, Nebraska’s first female Gov- TAMMY DUCKWORTH, because Illinois family caregivers in this country who ernor and the first female Republican wasn’t quite quick enough and Wis- contribute millions of dollars each Governor in the United States. I think consin did it first. year in uncompensated care for their of Virginia Smith, my congressional I am also proud today to wear a pur- loved ones. I worked with my colleague Representative and the first woman ple ribbon. This ribbon is in recogni- Senator JONI ERNST to pass legislation from Nebraska to hold a seat in the tion of the women of color who fought to provide our Nation’s farmers and ag- U.S. House of Representatives. and marched alongside their White col- ricultural workers with the mental Let’s not forget the stories of the suf- leagues in the suffrage movement but health resources they need to deal with fragists and all of the women through- whose contributions went largely un- the extreme economic stress that our out our Nation’s history whose courage sung and many of whom were still de- farmers have faced in recent years. I and brilliance changed the world. It is nied the right to vote after the 19th worked with my colleague Senator because of them that we stand today in Amendment was ratified. LISA MURKOWSKI to pass legislation the hallowed Chamber of the U.S. Sen- As we observe and celebrate this his- that will bring more obstetricians to ate, with a record number of women toric moment, we must be careful not rural areas and expand access to ma- serving in Congress and record num- to mistake progress for victory. With ternity care to women so they no bers of women exercising their con- just 131 women currently serving in longer have to drive hours to get the stitutional right to vote. We will never Congress, we are well short of equal healthcare they need or to deliver their forget the path that brought us here representation in government. Govern- babies. today and the pioneers who fought for ment works best when legislatures re- I appreciate these partnerships and the rights of millions of women to par- flect the people they work for—when the many others that I have been able ticipate in the core function of our Re- they look like America. That is why it to experience, and I look forward to public. is important to increase the number of continuing to work together on a bi- I encourage my Senate colleagues to women who serve in public office. partisan basis to deliver results for the swiftly pass the resolution before us Women are half the population. We American people. With more women in today, and I hope in doing so that it should be half of our Nation’s govern- public office, you will see more solu- serves as encouragement and inspira- ment, too. tions to the challenges and problems tion for future generations of women When I first entered public service, I we face. Women get stuff done. who will continue to write America’s had the opportunity to sit on the Madi- In 2017, I was proud to lead bipartisan story. son City Council. I remember well a legislation to establish the Women’s Thank you again to Senators COLLINS meeting when I had one of those light Suffrage Centennial Commission and and FEINSTEIN and to all of my col- bulb moments of the difference that ensure that we give this important an- leagues for sharing their stories, their women make when we serve. niversary the recognition and celebra- past, and their future vision for this The city council that day was debat- tion it deserves. I am thrilled to say country. ing whether to extend service and add that the Commission is now hard at I yield the floor. an additional bus route that went di- work in developing, supporting, and

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Legally, finan- more to help women. at every level to encourage and help fa- cially, and socially, more women have In the State of Maryland, I am proud cilitate their events. entered the workforce than ever before. that 39 percent of our small businesses I give a particularly heartfelt thank- Women are filling key leadership posts are owned by women, but women do you to my friend and former Senator in increasing numbers, but we still not have equal access to the tools with Barbara Mikulski, who helped to get have an unfinished agenda for equality which to access capital. We can do bet- the Commission started and is now ac- for women. ter with the 7(a) Program and with the tually serving as a Commissioner. I think most people in this country Community Advantage Pilot Program, I look forward to seeing the great would be surprised to learn that there particularly in making it permanent. work of the Women’s Suffrage Centen- is nothing in the Constitution of the So there are still steps we can take to nial Commission as we get closer to the United States that guarantees equal help advance equal rights and equal op- formal anniversary celebration of when rights for women. As the late Justice portunity for women. the 19th Amendment finally became Scalia said, there is nothing in the There is women’s healthcare. The part of our Nation’s charter. Constitution that requires discrimina- constitutional right of women to make I am grateful today for the brave tion against women, but there is noth- their own choices about their own women who came before us and fought ing that protects women against dis- health and well-being is again being for the right of all American women to crimination. challenged by some of our States and have a say in their own government. Senator MURKOWSKI and I introduced here on Capitol Hill. Whether it is Thanks to their struggle, their persist- S. Res. 6, which extends the date for abortion, preventive screening, or con- ence, and their determination to bring the ratification of the Equal Rights traception, access to reproductive women the right to vote, I stand here Amendment. In 1972, we passed the healthcare provides women with great- today as one of 25 women who serves in Equal Rights Amendment here for rati- er economic opportunity. Treating the U.S. Senate and represents the fication for the States and extended it women as less than equal was wrong at great State of Wisconsin. one time, and 10 years later, 35 States the start of our Nation, and it is wrong We have more work to do, but in 2018, had ratified the Equal Rights Amend- today. more women ran for office and won ment—3 short of the required 38. Ne- As we celebrate the 100th anniversary than ever before in our Nation’s his- vada and Illinois have since ratified of women’s suffrage, let us do several tory. As a result, we have a new Con- the amendment, so it is one State things. First, I urge all of our col- gress that is starting to look just a lit- short. However, we need to pass the leagues to support the resolution that tle bit more like the people it aims to resolution to extend the time limit. is pending, S. Res. 212, in regard to represent. Let’s keep building on that As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has celebrating the women’s suffrage and, progress, and let’s keep working to- said—and this is interesting—every gether on solutions to the challenges second, that we work for full equality constitution written since the end of we face today. for women in our Constitution, in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- World War II includes a provision that workplace, in entrepreneurship, and in ator from Maine. men and women are citizens of equal healthcare. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I am stature. Ours does not. It is well past I yield the floor. now pleased to yield to the Senator time that we passed the Equal Rights The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- from Maryland, Mr. CARDIN. Amendment. ator from Maine. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The 27th Amendment to the Con- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I am ator from Maryland. stitution took over 200 years to ratify. pleased to yield to the Senator from Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I thank It deals with congressional pay in- Minnesota, Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Senator COLLINS for arranging for us to creases. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- celebrate the 100th anniversary of the We can pass and should pass in this ator from Minnesota. passage of women’s suffrage here in the Congress a fitting tribute to the cele- Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I Senate. bration of women’s suffrage—the Equal thank my colleague, Senator CAPITO I thank my colleague Senator FEIN- Rights Amendment for women. from West Virginia, who, in the spirit STEIN for working together so that we We need to do more for equal pay for of today, has allowed me to take her all have a chance to reflect on the equal work. I acknowledge the extraor- place, and she will go next. progress we made and the commitment dinary leadership that we had in Mary- I rise to join my colleagues to cele- to make sure we continue to move for- land and this Nation in Senator Bar- brate the centennial anniversary of the ward. bara Mikulski. She was a true cham- 19th Amendment. I thank Senator COL- It was June 4, 1919—100 years ago pion in so many ways—as a social LINS and Senator FEINSTEIN for taking today—that the Senate passed the worker, as a city councilperson, as a the lead in bringing us together today. women’s suffrage constitutional Member of the House of Representa- Just think. One hundred years ago amendment, but the campaign started tives, and as a U.S. Senator—in ad- today, the Senate voted to guarantee with the birth of our Nation. On March vancing rights for women, particularly and protect a woman’s constitutional 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter in the workplace. I remember, with right to vote, marking an important to her husband, who was serving in the pride, seeing her stand next to Presi- milestone in our democracy. My home Continental Congress. dent Obama as he signed his very first State of Minnesota was the 15th State She wrote: bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, to ratify the 19th Amendment, and I desire you would remember the ladies and which enforced rights for women in the women like Dr. Mary Jackman be more generous and favorable to them than workplace. As Senator Mikulski would Colburn, Sarah Burger Stearns, Clara your ancestors. Do not put such an unlimited point out, we still have work to do. We Ueland, and Sarah Tarleton Colvin power in the hands of the husbands. . . . If particular care and attention is not paid to still have not passed equal pay for fought to make it happen. the ladies, we are determined to foment a re- equal work in this country, and this By the way, on a historical note, bellion and will not hold ourselves bound by Congress should deal with that. when President Wilson refused at first any laws in which we have no voice or rep- We have a wealth gap. There is no to support a constitutional amendment resentation. question that women do not have the to grant women equal voting rights, I am sorry that our Founding Fa- same wealth as men. In working with suffragists like Sarah Colvin of Min- thers did not listen to Abigail Adams. Senator RUBIO on the committee on nesota chained themselves to the fence Over 144 years later, the 19th Amend- which I serve as ranking member, the of the White House and burned an ef- ment was adopted to our Constitution, Small Business and Entrepreneurship figy of the President. After weeks of providing for women’s suffrage. It Committee, we must look at whether similar protest fires and intense pres- passed first in the House of Representa- the tools of the Small Business Admin- sure to support equal rights, he an- tives on May 21, 1919, and then in the istration’s are providing help to women nounced his support of a constitutional Senate on June 4, 1919. to develop their own businesses. amendment.

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Ruffin, and Margaret Murray Wash- Mikulski, who once said—and I still re- Finally, our country was acknowl- ington. member this—when we took up a wom- edging that women had a voice and The women’s suffrage movement en- an’s issue on the floor, to put on your that their voice was needed to be a part countered strong opposition. It doesn’t suits, square your shoulders, put on of this democracy. Don’t get me feel like that would have happened your lipstick, and get ready for a revo- wrong—women were not instantly now, but it did back then, and those lution. I don’t know what revolution made political equals of men over- who opposed equality came up with she was talking about, but hers was the night, at least not in practice. Even creative reasons to keep women from voice of those before us. We all stand today, despite making up more than voting. on their shoulders, and we are happy to half of the population, women do not The National Association Opposed to take up their torch. make up half of the Congress, and that Woman Suffrage was a real organiza- I yield the floor. is something we are working hard on tion and published a pamphlet full of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- every day. Over the years, thanks to propaganda. The pamphlet read that if ator from Maine. the pioneering efforts of the suffragists women were granted the right to vote, Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I yield and others who came before them, we some States would be under ‘‘petticoat to the Senator from West Virginia, have made progress, yes, and we have rule.’’ The pamphlet also provided a Mrs. CAPITO. celebrated many victories, from the list of household cleaning tips for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- very small to the very significant. women, such as not needing a ballot to ator from West Virginia. Just think, when I first came to Con- clean out your sink spout and that Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. President, I thank gress in 2001—I saw my colleague from there is no method known by which a all of my colleagues, particularly my Tennessee, but I don’t believe she was mud-stained reputation may be cleaned colleague from Maine, Senator COL- here then—we had to work to just get after bitter political campaigns. Post- LINS, for her leadership on this issue a woman’s restroom put in off the floor ers were scattered across cities that de- and many others. of the House of Representatives. picted men at home taking care of ba- It is great to be here with our former Today, I am one of 127 women who have bies and cooking and cleaning because colleague Senator Mikulski, who the honor of serving our districts and they had been abandoned by their vot- taught me how to be tough on the Ap- our States and our country in Con- ing wives. propriations Committee—if I could gress. That is the most women to ever One hundred years later, I think we only be that tough. serve in the Congress. And across the can safely say that none of the dire I join my colleagues today to com- Nation, there are countless future lead- warnings described in the propaganda memorate and celebrate the centennial ers. That is why I think this day is so came to pass and that the United anniversary of the 19th Amendment. important. States of America did not perish under We all know the history—at least we I am very proud of the history my the ‘‘petticoat rule.’’ What did happen should—and we have talked a lot about home State of West Virginia has al- is, in 1920, in the first Federal election it today. We have heard the names in ready made when it comes to having in which women could vote, the total documentaries and have read about women participate in our democracy. popular vote increased dramatically them in history books—Elizabeth Cady In 1951, Elizabeth Kee of Bluefield from 18.5 million to 26.8 million by 1920. Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner took the place of her husband, the Hon- When I arrived in the Senate, there Truth, and so many others. These suf- orable Congressman John Kee, to be were only 16 women, led by the dean of fragists, these leaders paved the way the first woman to represent West Vir- the women Senators, who is here with for women to exercise their right to ginia in the U.S. Congress. us today, Senator Barbara Mikulski. vote, changing history and the fabric of I am also proud to say we have CAROL As noted by my colleagues, we now our Nation in the process. I think it MILLER—another woman—on the other have 25 women Senators. That is an goes without saying that this was no side representing our State. alltime high because, when you look at small or easy feat. In fact, it was a Elizabeth Kee had been her husband’s the history of the Senate, there have pretty tough fight, and it wasn’t won longtime secretary—which, by the way, been nearly 2,000 male Senators and overnight. It took a total of 9 years for is not allowed today—and actually only 56 women. I was on the Trevor the amendment to reach the Senate stood up against party leaders who said Noah show a few months ago, and he floor. she should retain her position as sec- said that if a nightclub had that kind In 1887, the vote for suffrage was ac- retary for the incoming appointee. She of ratio, they would shut it down. Yet, tually defeated—hard for us to imag- didn’t listen to that, thank goodness. in fact, we are at an alltime high with ine. I think experiencing legislative de- When the 26th Amendment to the 25 women Senators and with more to feat is something we all have experi- Constitution was ratified in 1971, come. ence with in this body. But that was changing the voting age from 21 to 18, Someone once said that women not the end. It certainly took too much this was done at the dogged insistence should speak softly and carry a big sta- time, and things started to really heat of my predecessor, Senator Jennings tistic. Well, I don’t agree with the up around 1916. That year, the people of Randolph. But a proud West Virginian, ‘‘speak softly’’ part, but there is some Montana made the monumental move Ella Mae Thompson Haddix, was the merit to the big statistic. Maybe be- of electing Jeannette Rankin to the first person in the United States of cause it was harder for them to get House of Representatives. Interestingly America—a young woman from West where they are, I have found women enough, with a woman finally serving Virginia—to register to vote as an 18- Senators to be accountable, to say in Congress, it didn’t seem so crazy year-old. what they are going to do, and to get it that a woman should be able to have a I am very honored to be the first done. There was actually a study from say when it comes to who serves. woman to represent my State, and Harvard—the University of Minnesota Eventually, the Senate passed the many of us are that in our States. With of the East—that showed that it was, resolution proposing the 19th Amend- that honor, I feel a special obligation in fact, true. ment. The date was June 4, 1919, ex- to help the next generation of young My colleagues have mentioned the actly 100 years ago. I am proud to say leaders. I started a program called challenges ahead. We have to make that both of West Virginia’s Senators West Virginia Girls Rise Up, and with sure that more people can vote and at the time, Senator Howard Suther- that program, I travel and talk to fifth that we don’t suppress votes. We need land and Senator Davis Elkins, voted grade girls, encouraging them to set to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. in favor of the resolution—I would ex- goals for themselves and then work to We need to make sure that we have pect nothing more from tough moun- achieve them. We talk about what it

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She helped win the people that this truly is a historic oc- vote but women who aren’t afraid to right to vote for women in Idaho in casion, a date on which we celebrate run for office or run a boardroom or 1896 and led campaigns in other States, the Senate’s passage of the 19th pursue a STEM career or anything else speaking and organizing rallies and sit- Amendment granting women a long- they might desire. ins, and she helped found the National overdue right to vote. I want to thank The 19th Amendment—hard fought— Council of Women Voters to continue all of my colleagues who participated brought women more than just the the nationwide suffrage movement and in the speeches. The history they right to vote; in many ways, it gave us educate newly enfranchised women brought from their individual States women more courage to run, to advo- about politics across the country. Her was fascinating indeed. cate, and to lead. efforts got her the nickname ‘‘the It is my understanding that we will I thank my colleagues for taking Mother of Woman’s Suffrage.’’ now move to pass commemorative coin time today to celebrate the 19th May Hutton, the other activist from legislation introduced by the Senator Amendment, to celebrate civic-minded our State, overcame a very difficult from Tennessee. women, courageous women, and to cel- childhood. She and her husband became I yield the floor. ebrate that our country is stronger successful entrepreneurs and devoted The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- now and will be stronger in the future much of their self-made wealth to ac- ator from Tennessee. because women are voting and leading. tivism. f I yield the floor. When they moved to Spokane from The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Idaho in 1906, May actually lost her WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL MCSALLY). The Senator from Maine. right to vote in the process. She quick- COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, ear- ly set out to work to change that injus- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Presi- lier, I recognized Senator Barbara Mi- tice and win the franchise for women in dent, as in legislative session, I ask kulski, an outstanding leader and every State in the territory. unanimous consent that the Com- former colleague and member of the She wrote: mittee on Banking, Housing, and Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commis- Women should vote because they have the Urban Affairs be discharged from fur- sion. I also want to acknowledge that intelligence to vote. They should vote be- ther consideration of S. 1235 and the there are other members of the Com- cause it gives them responsibilities, and re- Senate proceed to its immediate con- mission who are here with us today. We sponsibilities better fit women for all condi- sideration. welcome them as they observe this de- tions of life. Equality before the law gives The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without bate, and we thank them for their hard women a fair chance with men in a question objection, it is so ordered. work to make sure this significant oc- of wages for the same work. The clerk will report the bill by title. casion is recognized. There you go—a century ago, some- It is now my great pleasure to yield one standing up for women to have the The legislative clerk read as follows: time to the Senator from Washington, same wage in work, and that is the A bill (S. 1235) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemora- Senator CANTWELL. work we continue here today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- She continued: tion of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giv- In other words, the enfranchisement of ator from Washington. ing women in the United States the right to women means a square deal for all. Ms. CANTWELL. Madam President, I vote. thank the Senator from Maine for help- May stood tall for more than just There being no objection, the com- ing us coordinate this very important women’s rights; she proposed extending mittee was discharged, and the Senate moment today, and I, too, want to rec- the franchise to all adults, regardless proceeded to consider the bill. ognize the presence of our former col- of sex, race, or color. league, who is playing such a great role Washington’s territorial legislature Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Presi- in helping us commemorate next year gave women the right to vote in 1883, dent, I ask unanimous consent that the as such a very important time for us to but it was struck down by the courts. Barrasso amendment at the desk be recognize the important role of wom- Because of the continuous efforts of considered and agreed to; the bill, as en’s voices in American politics. Ms. DeVoe, Ms. Hutton, and so many amended, be considered read a third I join my colleagues today to com- others, women finally gained the fran- time and passed; and that the motions memorate the 100th anniversary of the chise in Washington in 1910—a full dec- to reconsider be considered made and Senate’s passing of the 19th Amend- ade before this right was guaranteed laid upon the table. ment and to honor all the women who nationally. Emma Smith DeVoe and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without struggled hard and long to make sure May Hutton paved the way for so many objection, it is so ordered. our democracy included our voices, the women. Washington State is proud of The amendment (No. 251) was agreed voices of all women, all those women their work, and we are proud of their to as follows: who saw the promise of the United accomplishments. (Purpose: To add Esther Hobart Morris to a States and fought for their place in it. As we honor them today, we must list of suffrage activists) Those women helped craft a more per- also recognize that the struggle for On page 2, line 18, insert ‘‘Esther Hobart fect union. For nearly a century, these equal rights is still not over. We have Morris,’’ before ‘‘and’’. women fought to be heard, and their ef- more to do. We know that our country The bill (S. 1235), as amended, was or- forts fundamentally transformed our is stronger, more representative, and dered to be engrossed for a third read- democracy and our country. more successful when we include ing, was read the third time, and I am very proud to represent a State women at every table and in every passed as follows: with a long tradition of women activ- boardroom and at every ballot box and S. 1235 ists and leaders. Today, I want to rec- in every discussion in our families and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ognize two influential suffragists from in our communities, but we need to be resentatives of the United States of America in my State—Emma Smith DeVoe and reminded of the example of Emma and Congress assembled, May Hutton. Both women were pio- May so that other suffragists know SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. neers in the struggle to get the right to This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women’s that we remember their work and are Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin vote. In an era when women were given grateful for it and that we are going to Act’’. few opportunities, these two women re- continue the fight to get equal access SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. fused to be held back. They instead and equal representation in all issues (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol- paved a way for women to fully engage in the United States. lowing: in the political process. I yield the floor. (1) Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Tacoma resident Emma Smith DeVoe The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mott organized the first Women’s Rights built the Washington Equal Suffrage ator from Maine. Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

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The Secretary shall take such actions as directly to the founding ideals of the United (2) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On may be necessary to ensure that— States. each coin minted under this Act, there shall (1) minting and issuing coins under this (3) Suffrage activists, including Elizabeth be— Act will not result in any net cost to the Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet (A) a designation of the value of the coin; United States Government; and Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2020’’; and (2) no funds, including applicable sur- Jovita Idar, Inez Millholland, Mary Church (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, charges, shall be disbursed to any recipient Terrell, Anne Dallas Dudley, Carrie Chap- ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer- designated in section 7(b) until the total cost man Cat, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Esther Ho- ica’’, ‘‘E Pluribus Unum.’’ of designing and issuing all of the coins au- bart Morris, and many others, conducted (b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins thorized by this Act (including labor, mate- over 900 local, State, and Federal campaigns minted under this Act shall— rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex- over a 72-year time span to win women the (1) contain motifs that honor Susan B. An- penses, marketing, and shipping) is recov- right to vote. thony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chap- ered by the United States Treasury, con- (4) On November 6, 1917, New York granted man Catt, Harriet Tubman, Mary Church sistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of women the right to vote, which was an act Terrell, Alice Paul, Lide Meriwether, Ida B. title 31, United States Code. that created momentum for the national Wells, and other suffrage activists of the late movement that culminated in the ratifica- 19th century and early 20th centuries; tion of the 19th Amendment to the Constitu- (2) be selected by the Secretary, after con- f tion of the United States 3 years later. sultation with the Smithsonian Institution’s (5) The 19th Amendment to the Constitu- American Women’s History Initiative, and NOMINATION OF ANDREW M. SAUL tion of the United States (‘‘The Susan B. An- the Commission of Fine Arts; and thony Amendment’’) guarantees all United (3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Ad- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Presi- States women the right to vote and was visory Committee. dent, I oppose the nomination of An- passed by the 66th Congress of the United SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. drew Saul to be Commissioner of So- States on June 4, 1919. (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under cial Security. I am deeply concerned (6) On August 9, 1920, right before the rati- this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and fication period was set to expire, Governor about the treatment of unions who rep- proof qualities. resent workers at the Social Security Albert H. Roberts called a special session of (b) MINT FACILITIES.—Only 1 facility of the the Tennessee General Assembly to consider United States Mint may be used to strike Administration, and Mr. Saul declined the amendment. Pro-suffrage and anti-suf- any particular quality of the coins minted to give meaningful assurances that frage activists from around the country de- under this Act. anything will change under his leader- scended on Nashville, Tennessee, intent on (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary ship. Americans everywhere count on influencing the legislature. may issue coins under this Act only during the Federal employees of the Social Se- (7) After the amendment was defeated in a the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and curity Administration to ensure fair- 48–48 tie vote, Tennessee State Representa- ending on December 31, 2020. tive Harry T. Burn from McMinn County ness and efficiency in the benefits pro- SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. cast the deciding favorable vote after receiv- vided by Social Security for retirees, (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under ing a note from his mother, Phoebe this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a people with disabilities, and surviving Ensminger Burn, imploring him to vote yes price equal to the sum of— spouses and dependents. for ratification. (1) the face value of the coins; (8) On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became The Social Security Administration (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) the 36th and final State needed to pass the demonstrated particular hostility to- with respect to such coins; and 19th Amendment, ensuring its ratification wards its workforce in the way it im- (3) the cost of designing and issuing the pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of plemented Executive orders that were the United States. machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, issued by President Trump on May 25, (9) The 19th Amendment was ratified on and shipping). 2018, which would have undermined August 26, 1920, when Secretary of State (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall lawful civil service protections. De- Bainbridge Colby issued a proclamation an- make bulk sales of the coins issued under spite a court order striking down sig- nouncing it has become part of the Constitu- this Act at a reasonable discount. tion of the United States. nificant portions of these Executive or- (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— (10) The ratification of the 19th Amend- ders, management at the Social Secu- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ac- rity Administration has continued to ment marked the single largest extension of cept prepaid orders for the coins minted voting rights in United States history, under this Act before the issuance of such insist on positions in collective bar- enfranchising 27,000,000 American women in coins. gaining agreements that closely mirror the United States. (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to the invalidated Executive orders. The (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is— prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be Federal Service Impasses Panel re- (1) to honor and commemorate the work of at a reasonable discount. women suffrage activists in the late 19th and cently imposed a contract on one of the early 20th centuries; SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. unions representing Social Security (2) to increase public awareness and appre- (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued workers that hews closely to the Exec- ciation for the history of the women’s suf- under this Act shall include a surcharge as utive orders, including provisions to frage movement; and follows: deny the union use of office space in (1) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 (3) to encourage all women in the United government buildings and slash the of- States to exercise their hard-won franchise coin described under section 3(a)(1). (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section ficial time available to the union to and to become involved in civic life if they fulfill their statutory duties to rep- so choose. 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code, and section 8(2), all surcharges received by the resent workers. SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. Secretary from the sale of coins issued under (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the When asked about these attacks on this Act shall be promptly paid by the Sec- Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the rights of Social Security workers, the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue not retary to the Smithsonian Institution’s American Women’s History Initiative for the Mr. Saul provided only vague state- more than 400,000 $1 coins, which shall— ments that included no commitments (1) weigh 26.73 grams; purpose of— (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and (1) collecting, studying, and establishing to take meaningful action to improve (3) contain at least 90 percent silver. programs relating to women’s contributions labor practices at Social Security. (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted to various fields and throughout different pe- Workers at the Social Security Admin- under this Act shall be legal tender, as pro- riods of history that have influenced the di- istration and the American people who vided in section 5103 of title 31, United States rection of the United States; and are counting on Social Security de- (2) creating exhibitions and programs that Code. serve better, and I hope Mr. Saul will (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of recognize diverse perspectives on women’s sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United history and contributions. prove me wrong by proactively engag- States Code, all coins minted under this Act (c) AUDITS.—The Smithsonian Institution’s ing with his workforce and reversing shall be considered to be numismatic items. American Women’s History Initiative shall the damage that has been done.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:53 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04JN6.039 S04JNPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE June 4, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3199 LEGISLATIVE SESSION Whereas the advanced age of the last remain- S. RES. 135 ing veterans of, and the gradual disappearance Whereas June 6, 2019, marks the 75th anni- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under of any living memory of, World War II and the the previous order, the Senate will now versary of the Allied assault at Normandy, Normandy landings make it necessary to in- France, by troops of the United States, the resume legislative session. crease activities intended to pass on the history United Kingdom, Canada, and Free France, f of those events, particularly to younger genera- known as ‘‘Operation Overlord’’; tions; EXPRESSING THE GRATITUDE AND Whereas, before Operation Overlord, the Whereas the young people of Normandy and German Army still occupied France and the APPRECIATION OF THE SENATE the United States have displayed unprecedented Nazi government still had access to the raw commitment to, and involvement in, cele- FOR THE ACTS OF HEROISM AND materials and industrial capacity of Western brating— VALOR BY THE MEMBERS OF Europe; THE UNITED STATES ARMED (1) the veterans of the Normandy landings; and Whereas the naval phase of the Allied as- FORCES WHO PARTICIPATED IN (2) the freedom brought by those veterans in sault at Normandy was code-named ‘‘Oper- THE JUNE 6, 1944, AMPHIBIOUS 1944; ation Neptune’’, and the date of June 6, 1944, LANDING AT NORMANDY, Whereas the significant material remains of is referred to as ‘‘D-Day’’ to denote the day FRANCE the Normandy landings found on the Normandy on which the combat attack was initiated; beaches and at the bottom of the sea in the ter- Whereas the D-Day landing was the largest Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ritorial waters of France, such as shipwrecks combined arms amphibious assault in his- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- and various items of military equipment, bear tory, consisting of— ate proceed to the consideration of Cal- witness to the remarkable and unique nature of (1) approximately 132,600 members of the endar No. 98, S. Res. 135. the material resources used by the Allied forces Allied Expeditionary Force, including 57,500 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to execute the Normandy landings; members of the United States Armed Forces; clerk will report the resolution by Whereas 5 Normandy beaches and a number (2) more than 23,000 airborne troops sup- of sites on the Normandy coast, including porting the seaborne landings; title. Pointe du Hoc, were the scene of the D-Day (3) approximately 7,000 naval vessels; and The legislative clerk read as follows: landings and constitute, and will for all time (4) more than 14,000 sorties by Allied air- A resolution (S. Res. 135) expressing the constitute— craft; gratitude and appreciation of the Senate for (1) a unique piece of world heritage; and Whereas soldiers of 6 divisions (3 from the the acts of heroism and valor by the mem- (2) a symbol of peace and freedom, the United States, 2 from the United Kingdom, bers of the United States Armed Forces who unspoilt nature, integrity, and authenticity of which included troops of Free France, and 1 participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious which must be protected at all costs; and from Canada) and 3 British armored brigades landing at Normandy, France, and com- Whereas the world owes a debt of gratitude to stormed ashore in 5 main landing areas on mending those individuals for leadership and the members of the ‘‘Greatest Generation’’ who beaches in Normandy, which were code- bravery in an operation that helped bring an assumed the task of freeing the world from Nazi named ‘‘Utah’’, ‘‘Omaha’’, ‘‘Gold’’, ‘‘Juno’’, end to World War II. and Fascist regimes and restoring liberty to Eu- and ‘‘Sword’’; rope: Now, therefore, be it Whereas, of the approximately 10,000 Allied The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Resolved, That the Senate— casualties incurred on the first day of the objection to proceeding to the meas- (1) recognizes the 75th anniversary of the landing, more than 6,000 were members of ure? amphibious landing of the Allies on D-Day, the United States Armed Forces; There being no objection, the Senate June 6, 1944, at Normandy, France, during Whereas the Allied assault and following World War II; proceeded to consider the resolution operations were supported by ships, aircraft, (2) expresses gratitude and appreciation to which had been reported from the Com- and troops from Australia, Belgium, Czecho- the members of the United States Armed mittee on Foreign Relations, without slovakia, Free Norway, Greece, the Nether- Forces who participated in the D-Day oper- amendment, and with an amendment lands, New Zealand, and the Polish Armed ations; Forces in the West; to the preamble, as follows: (3) thanks the young people of Normandy Whereas the advanced age of the last re- Whereas June 6, 2019, marks the 75th anniver- and the United States for their involvement maining veterans of, and the gradual dis- sary of the Allied assault at Normandy, France, in events celebrating the 75th anniversary of appearance of any living memory of, World by troops of the United States, the United King- the Normandy landings with the aim of mak- War II and the Normandy landings make it dom, Canada, and Free France, known as ‘‘Op- ing future generations aware of the acts of necessary to increase activities intended to eration Overlord’’; heroism and sacrifice performed by the Al- pass on the history of those events, particu- Whereas, before Operation Overlord, the Ger- lied forces; larly to younger generations; man Army still occupied France and the Nazi (4) recognizes the efforts of France and the Whereas the young people of Normandy government still had access to the raw materials people of Normandy to preserve for future and the United States have displayed unprec- and industrial capacity of Western Europe; generations the unique world heritage rep- edented commitment to, and involvement in, Whereas the naval phase of the Allied assault resented by the Normandy beaches and the celebrating— at Normandy was code-named ‘‘Operation Nep- sunken material remains of the Normandy (1) the veterans of the Normandy landings; tune’’, and the date of June 6, 1944, is referred landings by inscribing those beaches and re- and to as ‘‘D-Day’’ to denote the day on which the mains on the United Nations Educational, (2) the freedom brought by those veterans combat attack was initiated; Scientific and Cultural Organization (com- in 1944; Whereas the D-Day landing was the largest monly referred to as ‘‘UNESCO’’) World Her- Whereas the significant material remains combined arms amphibious assault in history, itage List; and of the Normandy landings found on the Nor- consisting of— (5) requests that the President issue a mandy beaches and at the bottom of the sea (1) approximately 132,600 members of the Al- proclamation calling on the people of the in the territorial waters of France, such as lied Expeditionary Force, including 57,500 mem- United States to observe the 75th anniver- shipwrecks and various items of military bers of the United States Armed Forces; sary of the Normandy landings with appro- equipment, bear witness to the remarkable (2) more than 23,000 airborne troops sup- priate ceremonies and programs to honor the and unique nature of the material resources porting the seaborne landings; sacrifices made by their fellow countrymen used by the Allied forces to execute the Nor- (3) approximately 7,000 naval vessels; and to liberate Europe. (4) more than 14,000 sorties by Allied aircraft; mandy landings; Whereas soldiers of 6 divisions (3 from the Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous Whereas 5 Normandy beaches and a num- United States, 2 from the United Kingdom, consent that the resolution be agreed ber of sites on the Normandy coast, includ- which included troops of Free France, and 1 to, the committee-reported amendment ing Pointe du Hoc, were the scene of the D- from Canada) and 3 British armored brigades to the preamble be agreed to, the pre- Day landings and constitute, and will for all stormed ashore in 5 main landing areas on amble, as amended, be agreed to, and time constitute— beaches in Normandy, which were code-named the motions to reconsider be consid- (1) a unique piece of world heritage; and ‘‘Utah’’, ‘‘Omaha’’, ‘‘Gold’’, ‘‘Juno’’, and ered made and laid upon the table. (2) a symbol of peace and freedom, the ‘‘Sword’’; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without unspoilt nature, integrity, and authenticity Whereas, of the approximately 10,000 Allied objection, it is so ordered. of which must be protected at all costs; and casualties incurred on the first day of the land- The resolution (S. Res. 135) was Whereas the world owes a debt of gratitude ing, more than 6,000 were members of the United to the members of the ‘‘Greatest Genera- States Armed Forces; agreed to. tion’’ who assumed the task of freeing the Whereas the Allied assault and following op- The committee-reported amendment world from Nazi and Fascist regimes and re- erations were supported by ships, aircraft, and to the preamble was agreed to. storing liberty to Europe: Now, therefore, be troops from Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, The preamble, as amended, was it Free Norway, Greece, the Netherlands, New agreed to. Resolved, That the Senate— Zealand, and the Polish Armed Forces in the The resolution with its preamble, as (1) recognizes the 75th anniversary of the West; amended, was agreed to, as follows: amphibious landing of the Allies on D-Day,

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Under (3) thanks the young people of Normandy women’s suffrage, to the Constitution of the the previous order, the Senate will re- and the United States for their involvement United States. sume executive session to consider the in events celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings with the aim of mak- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Saul nomination. ing future generations aware of the acts of question is on agreeing to the resolu- All postcloture time is expired. heroism and sacrifice performed by the Al- tion. The majority leader. lied forces; Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas ORDER OF BUSINESS (4) recognizes the efforts of France and the and nays. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, people of Normandy to preserve for future The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a I ask unanimous consent that the re- generations the unique world heritage rep- sufficient second? maining votes be 10 minutes in length. resented by the Normandy beaches and the There appears to be a sufficient sec- sunken material remains of the Normandy The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ond. objection, it is so ordered. landings by inscribing those beaches and re- The clerk will call the roll. mains on the United Nations Educational, The question is, Will the Senate ad- The senior assistant legislative clerk Scientific and Cultural Organization (com- vise and consent to the Saul nomina- called the roll. monly referred to as ‘‘UNESCO’’) World Her- tion? itage List; and Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, I ask (5) requests that the President issue a for the yeas and nays. proclamation calling on the people of the from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER) and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a United States to observe the 75th anniver- the Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN). sary of the Normandy landings with appro- Further, if present and voting, the sufficient second? priate ceremonies and programs to honor the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- There appears to be a sufficient sec- sacrifices made by their fellow countrymen ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea’’ and the ond. to liberate Europe. Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) The clerk will call the roll. f would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THE Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Mr. THUNE. The following Senators HONORABLE WILLIAM THAD are necessarily absent: the Senator COCHRAN, FORMER UNITED BLUMENTHAL), the Senator from New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER) and STATES SENATOR FOR THE the Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN). STATE OF MISSISSIPPI from California (Ms. HARRIS), the Sen- ator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and Further, if present and voting, the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- WARREN), are necessarily absent. ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea’’ and the ate proceed to the consideration of S. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) Res. 229, submitted earlier today. MCSALLY). Are there any other Sen- would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the clerk will report the resolution by The result was announced—yeas 93, Senator from Connecticut (Mr. title. nays 0, as follows: BLUMENTHAL), the Senator from New The legislative clerk read as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 132 Leg.] York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND), the Senator A resolution (S. Res. 229) relative to the YEAS—93 from California (Ms. HARRIS), the Sen- death of the Honorable William Thad Coch- ator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and ran, former United States Senator for the Baldwin Gardner Peters State of Mississippi. Barrasso Graham Portman the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Bennet Grassley Reed WARREN) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Blackburn Hassan Risch The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there objection to proceeding to the meas- Blunt Hawley Roberts any other Senators in the Chamber de- ure? Booker Heinrich Romney There being no objection, the Senate Boozman Hirono Rosen siring to vote? Braun Hoeven Rounds The result was announced—yeas 77, proceeded to consider the resolution. Brown Hyde-Smith Rubio Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous Burr Inhofe Sasse nays 16, as follows: consent that the resolution be agreed Cantwell Isakson Schatz [Rollcall Vote No. 133 Ex.] Capito Johnson Schumer YEAS—77 to, the preamble be agreed to, and the Cardin Jones Scott (FL) motions to reconsider be considered Carper Kaine Scott (SC) Barrasso Fischer Peters made and laid upon the table with no Casey Kennedy Shaheen Bennet Gardner Portman intervening action or debate. Cassidy King Shelby Blackburn Graham Risch Collins Klobuchar Sinema Blunt Grassley Roberts The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Coons Lankford Smith Boozman Hassan Romney objection, it is so ordered. Cornyn Leahy Stabenow Braun Hawley Rosen The resolution (S. Res. 229) was Cortez Masto Lee Sullivan Brown Hoeven Rounds agreed to. Cotton Manchin Tester Burr Hyde-Smith Rubio Cantwell Inhofe The preamble was agreed to. Cramer Markey Thune Sasse Crapo McConnell Tillis Capito Isakson Schumer (The resolution, with its preamble, is Cardin Johnson Cruz McSally Toomey Scott (FL) Carper Jones printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- Daines Menendez Udall Scott (SC) Casey Kaine mitted Resolutions.’’) Duckworth Merkley Van Hollen Shaheen Durbin Murkowski Warner Cassidy Kennedy Shelby f Enzi Murphy Whitehouse Collins King Sinema Ernst Murray Wicker Coons Lankford Stabenow CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNI- Feinstein Paul Wyden Cornyn Leahy Sullivan VERSARY OF THE PASSAGE AND Fischer Perdue Young Cortez Masto Lee RATIFICATION OF THE 19TH Cotton Manchin Tester NOT VOTING—7 Thune AMENDMENT, PROVIDING FOR Cramer McConnell Alexander Harris Warren Crapo McSally Tillis WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE, TO THE Blumenthal Moran Cruz Menendez Toomey CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED Gillibrand Sanders Daines Murkowski Warner STATES Durbin Murphy Wicker The resolution was agreed to. Enzi Paul Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Ernst Perdue Young the previous order, S. Res. 212 is dis- the previous order, the preamble is NAYS—16 charged from the Committee on the Ju- agreed to, and the motions to recon- Baldwin Feinstein Klobuchar diciary, and the Senate will proceed to sider are considered made and laid Booker Heinrich Markey its immediate consideration. upon the table. Duckworth Hirono Merkley

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Under Scott (SC) Cotton Leahy HOLLEN), and the Senator from Massa- the previous order, the motion to re- Shaheen Cramer Lee chusetts (Ms. WARREN) are necessarily Shelby consider is considered made and laid Crapo Manchin Sinema absent. upon the table and the President will Cruz McConnell Sullivan The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there be immediately notified of the Senate’s Daines McSally Duckworth Menendez Tester any other Senators in the Chamber de- action. Durbin Merkley Thune siring to vote? Enzi Murkowski Tillis The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 82, f Ernst Murphy Toomey nays 9, as follows: Feinstein Murray Van Hollen CLOTURE MOTION Fischer Paul Warner [Rollcall Vote No. 135 Ex.] Gardner Perdue Whitehouse YEAS—82 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Graham Peters Wicker Baldwin Fischer Peters to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Grassley Portman Wyden Barrasso Gardner Portman Hassan Reed Young Senate the pending cloture motion, Bennet Graham Risch which the clerk will state. NAYS—10 Blackburn Grassley Roberts Blunt Hassan The senior assistant bill clerk read as Baldwin Kaine Stabenow Romney Boozman Hawley Booker Klobuchar Rosen follows: Udall Braun Heinrich Brown Markey Rounds CLOTURE MOTION Brown Hoeven Hirono Smith Rubio Burr Hyde-Smith We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Sasse Cantwell Inhofe NOT VOTING—7 Scott (FL) ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Capito Isakson Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Alexander Harris Warren Cardin Johnson Scott (SC) move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Blumenthal Moran Casey Jones Shaheen nation of David Schenker, of New Jersey, to Gillibrand Sanders Cassidy Kaine Shelby be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Collins Kennedy Sinema Eastern Affairs). Coons King Smith vote, the yeas are 83, the nays are 10. Stabenow Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Steve Cornyn Lankford The motion is agreed to. Cortez Masto Leahy Sullivan Daines, John Barrasso, Tim Scott, f Cotton Lee Tester Lindsey Graham, John Boozman, Roger Cramer Manchin Thune F. Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Richard CLOTURE MOTION Crapo McConnell Tillis Burr, Mike Crapo, David Perdue, John Cruz McSally Toomey Thune, Tom Cotton, Rick Scott, Mike The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Daines Menendez Warner Rounds, John Cornyn. to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Duckworth Murkowski Whitehouse Senate the pending cloture motion, Durbin Murphy Wicker The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- which the clerk will state. Enzi Murray Wyden imous consent the mandatory quorum Ernst Paul The senior assistant legislative clerk Young call has been waived. Feinstein Perdue read as follows: The question is, Is it the sense of the NAYS—9 CLOTURE MOTION Senate that debate on the nomination Booker Markey Schatz of David Schenker, of New Jersey, to We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Hirono Merkley Schumer ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Klobuchar Reed Udall be an Assistant Secretary of State Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby NOT VOTING—9 (Near Eastern Affairs), shall be brought move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- to a close? nation of Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to Alexander Gillibrand Sanders The yeas and nays are mandatory be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Blumenthal Harris Van Hollen Carper Moran Warren under the rule. Trading Commission. The clerk will call the roll. Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Steve The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this The senior assistant bill clerk called Daines, John Barrasso, Tim Scott, vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 9. the roll. Lindsey Graham, John Boozman, Roger The motion is agreed to. F. Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Richard f Mr. THUNE. The following Senators Burr, Mike Crapo, David Perdue, John are necessarily absent: the Senator Thune, Tom Cotton, Rick Scott, Mike CLOTURE MOTION from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER) and Rounds, John Cornyn. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant the Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN). The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Further, if present and voting, the imous consent, the mandatory quorum Senate the pending cloture motion, Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- call has been waived. which the clerk will state. ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea’’ and the The question is, Is it the sense of the The senior assistant legislative clerk Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) Senate that debate on the nomination read as follows: would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ of Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to be CLOTURE MOTION Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Chairman of the Commodity Futures We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Trading Commission, shall be brought ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the BLUMENTHAL), the Senator from New to a close? Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND), the Senator The yeas and nays are mandatory move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- from California (Ms. HARRIS), the Sen- under the rule. nation of Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to ator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and The clerk will call the roll. be a Commissioner of the Commodity Fu- the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. The senior assistant legislative clerk tures Trading Commission for a term expir- WARREN) are necessarily absent. called the roll. ing April 13, 2024. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Steve Mr. THUNE. The following Senators Daines, John Barrasso, Tim Scott, any other Senators in the Chamber de- are necessarily absent: the Senator Lindsey Graham, John Boozman, Roger siring to vote? from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER) and F. Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Richard The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 83, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN). Burr, Mike Crapo, David Perdue, John nays 10, as follows: Further, if present and voting, the Thune, Tom Cotton, Rick Scott, Mike [Rollcall Vote No. 134 Ex.] Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- Rounds, John Cornyn. YEAS—83 ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea’’ and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) imous consent, the mandatory quorum Bennet Blunt Braun would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ call has been waived.

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Madam President, in Normandy’s Omaha Beach in the to a close? tomorrow, a number of us will be trav- third wave and fought the Nazis for The yeas and nays are mandatory eling from Washington to France, to months. under the rule. Normandy, for the 75th anniversary of Chet was awarded the Bronze Star for The clerk will call the roll. D-Day on Thursday. We will commemo- his heroism in crossing a flooded road The legislative clerk called the roll. rate the heroic, selfless efforts of a cou- to deliver ammunition to his stranded Mr. THUNE. The following Senators rageous group of Allied forces, and we comrades. are necessarily absent: the Senator will honor all of our World War II vet- His battalion stopped only 7 miles from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER) and erans. from Berlin, Germany, before he re- the Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN). The 156,000 Americans and British turned home to Glenrock and to his Further, if present and voting, the and Canadian troops who stormed the lifelong love of family ranching. In Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- beaches of Normandy, France, on that fact, he was still ranching at the age of fateful day, June 6, 1944, turned the ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea’’ and the 92 when he died in 2014. tide to win the war in Europe. So I will be thinking of Wyoming’s D- Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) Launched from England, the Allies’ would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Day heroes and all of our State’s World landing in France was carefully War II veterans during the tribute at Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the planned and really brilliantly exe- Normandy. Senator from Delaware (Mr. CARPER), cuted. In his D-Day message to the I will also be thinking of my dad. He the Senator from New York (Mrs. troops, General Dwight David Eisen- was part of the liberation of France, GILLIBRAND), the Senator from Cali- hower instilled confidence. His message fighting in the pivotal Battle of the fornia (Ms. HARRIS), the Senator from was this: Bulge. Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and the Sen- The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving I will carry his dog tags with me ator from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) people everywhere march with you. when I go overseas, the dog tags that are necessarily absent. In company with our brave Allies and he wore during World War II in the lib- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there brothers-in-arms on other fronts, you will eration of France. any other Senators in the Chamber de- bring about the destruction of the German I will also carry with me the medal siring to vote? war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyr- anny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, that was given to the brave soldiers The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 83, who fought in the liberation of France. nays 10, as follows: and security for ourselves in a free world. That was the message from General The medal says ‘‘1944.’’ There is a chain [Rollcall Vote No. 136 Ex.] Eisenhower. around France with breaks in the YEAS—83 Well, because of the tremendous sac- chain, and on the back, it says ‘‘la Baldwin Fischer Peters rifices of our Allied forces, Nazi Ger- France’’; it says ‘‘liberateurs’’—the lib- Barrasso Gardner Portman many surrendered unconditionally less eration of France. Bennet Graham Risch than a year later, on May 7, 1945. I will also have with me the missal Blackburn Grassley Roberts he carried, his prayer book. It says: My Blunt Hassan Romney The price for European peace and se- Boozman Hawley Rosen curity proved high. In all, there were military missal. There is a crucifix on Braun Heinrich Rounds 4,414 Allied deaths on D-Day alone, and the front and on the back, a rosary, the Brown Hoeven Rubio crucifix, and then the beads that were Burr Hyde-Smith 2,501 Americans were killed that day. Sasse elevated in the printing so that one Cantwell Inhofe Scott (FL) Allied deaths in the Battle of Nor- Capito Isakson Scott (SC) mandy, which lasted until August, could, in a foxhole, in a time of war, Cardin Johnson Shaheen with this in your pocket, pray to your Casey Jones topped 226,000. Shelby Cassidy Kaine Now, 75 years later, thousands of vet- Lord and God. Sinema Collins Kennedy erans and world leaders will gather on You know, from the time I was a lit- Coons King Smith tle boy, my dad would always say: Stabenow this hallowed ground to honor the self- Cornyn Lankford John, you should thank God every day Cortez Masto Leahy Sullivan sacrificing soldiers who fought for our Cotton Lee Tester freedom. because you live in America. You don’t Cramer Manchin Thune My home State of Wyoming lost five know how fortunate you are. Crapo McConnell Tillis of its finest sons on D-Day. I want to We are truly blessed to live in this Cruz McSally Toomey great country, and it is due to the self- Daines Menendez Van Hollen recognize these heroes who never made Duckworth Murkowski Warner it home: Private Raymond Dahlman, less actions of our troops—those brave Durbin Murphy Whitehouse PFC Thompson Dicks, Private Thomas soldiers who risked their lives—and Enzi Murray Wicker Offutt, Jr., PFC Steven Serkovich, and many gave their lives for the rest of us. Ernst Paul Wyden As President Franklin Roosevelt said Feinstein Perdue Young Private Jack Simpson. I also salute Wyoming’s 602 living in his D-Day prayer: ‘‘Almighty God: NAYS—10 World War II veterans, including my Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day Blumenthal Markey Schumer wife Bobbie’s father, Bob Brown of have set upon a mighty endeavor, a Booker Merkley Udall struggle to preserve our Republic, our Hirono Reed Thermopolis, WY, who served not only Klobuchar Schatz in World War II in Europe and then was religion, and our civilization.’’ sent to the Pacific, but he was also We must never forget those who NOT VOTING—7 called up to serve our Nation once fought for our freedoms. So many gave Alexander Harris Warren again in the Korean war. their lives to protect our way of life. Carper Moran We owe an incredible debt of grati- Gillibrand Sanders In all, 16 million Americans fought in World War II; more than 400,000 U.S. tude to our Gold Star families and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this servicemembers were killed in the war; sacrifices of those families and of their vote, the yeas are 83, the nays are 10. and most of those who returned home loved ones. The motion is agreed to. have now passed away. So on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, f So today I want to highlight one of it is a time to remember all of our my home State’s D-Day heroes who brave service men and women, to re- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR died 5 years ago at the age of 92: SSG flect on their faithful service to this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chester ‘‘Chet’’ Stephens of Glenrock, country, and to recall the sacrifices clerk will report the nomination. WY. that they have made and continue to The legislative clerk read the nomi- Chet was born in Casper, WY, in 1911 make in defense of this great Nation. nation of Heath P. Tarbert, of Mary- and moved with his family to a ranch Let me close by saying God bless our land, to be a Commissioner of the Com- south of Glenrock. troops who fought and died in World

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RECORD, as follows: F–16 engine parts f DEFENSE SECURITY Amendment to previously Congressionally COOPERATION AGENCY, notified case for ScanEagle and Integrator ORDER OF PROCEDURE Arlington, VA. Unmanned Aerial Systems For Jordan: Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I Hon. JAMES E. RISCH, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Transfer of Paveway II Precision Guided ask unanimous consent that notwith- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Munitions from the United Arab Emirates. standing the provisions of rule XXII, if DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: On May 23, 2019, the This determination shall be published in cloture is invoked on the Combs nomi- Secretary of State, pursuant to section 36(b) the Federal Register and, along with the ac- nation, the Senate vote on confirma- of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, companying Memorandum of Justification, tion of the Combs nomination at 1:45 determined that an emergency exists which shall be transmitted to Congress. p.m., Wednesday, June 5. I further ask requires the immediate sale of the defense (U) MEMORANDUM OF JUSTIFICATION FOR EMER- GENCY ARMS TRANSFERS AND AUTHORIZA- that following disposition of the Combs articles and defense services identified in the attached transmittals to the Kingdom of TIONS TO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, THE nomination, the Senate vote on the Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AND THE HASHEMITE motions to invoke cloture on the through the Foreign Military Sales process, KINGDOM OF JORDAN TO DETER IRANIAN MA- Holte, Alston Jr., and Hertling nomina- including any further amendments specific LIGN INFLUENCE tions in the order listed; finally, that if to costs, quantity, or requirements, occur- (U) Iranian malign activity poses a funda- cloture is invoked on those nomina- ring within the duration of circumstances mental threat to the stability of the Middle tions, the confirmation votes on the giving rise to these emergency sales, in order East and to American security at home and nominations occur at a time to be de- to deter further the malign influence of the abroad. Iran’s actions have led directly to termined by the majority leader in Government of Iran throughout the Middle the deaths of over six hundred U.S. military East region. personnel in Iraq, untold suffering in Syria, consultation with the Democratic lead- Please find attached (Tab 1) the Secretary and significant threats to Israeli security. In er and that if confirmed, the motions of State Determination and Justification Yemen, Iran helps fuel a conflict creating to reconsider be considered made and waiving the Congressional review require- the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis. laid on the table and the President be ments under Section 36(b)(l) and 36 (b)(5)(C) Iran directed repeated attacks on civilian immediately notified of the Senate’s of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, and military infrastructure in Saudi Arabia action. for the attached list of Transmittals of pro- and the United Arab Emirates by Iranian-de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there posed Letters of Offer and Acceptance to the signed explosives-laden drones and ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis, also known as objection? United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for defense articles and serv- Ansar Allah, who receive financial, tech- Without objection, it is so ordered. ices pursuant to the notification require- nical, and materiel support from Iran. f ments of Section 36(b)(1) and Section (U) Current threat reporting indicates Iran 36(b)(5)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act engages in preparations for further malign LEGISLATIVE SESSION (AECA), as amended. The determination and activities throughout the Middle East re- detailed justification are a part of each gion, including potential targeting of U.S. Transmittal. After this letter is delivered to and allied military forces in the region. As MORNING BUSINESS your office, we plan to issue a news release the Administration publicly noted and to notify the public of the proposed sales. briefed to Congress in greater detail in the Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask Sincerely, appropriate setting, a number of troubling unanimous consent that the Senate CHARLES W. HOOPER, and escalatory indications and warnings proceed to legislative session for a pe- Lieutenant General, USA, Director. from the Iranian regime have prompted an riod of morning business, with Sen- Enclosures. increased U.S. force posture in the region. The Iran-backed Houthis publicly threatened ators permitted to speak therein for up DETERMINATION UNDER THE ARMS EXPORT to increase operations targeting vital mili- to 10 minutes each. CONTROL ACT tary targets in the United Arab Emirates, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Subject: Emergency Arms Sales to Saudi Saudi Arabia, and Saudi-Led Coalition posi- objection, it is so ordered. Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and tions in Yemen. The rapidly-evolving secu- Jordan f rity situation in the region requires an ac- Pursuant to sections 36(b)(1), 36(c)(2), and celerated delivery of certain capabilities to ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION 36(d)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S. partners in the region. U.S.C. 2776, I hereby state that an emergency (U) As President Trump noted in National Mr. RISCH. Madam President, on exists which requires the immediate sale of Security Memorandum 11 of May 8, 2018, May 24, 2019, pursuant to section 36(b) the following foreign military sales and di- ‘‘the actions and policies of the Government of the Arms Export Control Act, the rect commercial sales cases, including any of Iran, including its proliferation and devel- Secretary of State determined ‘‘that an further amendments specific to the cost, opment of missiles and other asymmetric emergency exists which requires the quantity, or requirements of these cases, in and conventional weapons capabilities, its immediate sale of the following mili- the national security interest of the United network and campaign of regional aggres- sion, its support for terrorist groups, and the tary sales’’ to the Kingdom of Saudi States: For the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: malign activities of the Islamic Revolu- Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. F–15 Support tionary Guard Corps and its surrogates con- The Arms Export Control Act indicates Paveway Precision Guided Munitions (sale tinue to pose an unusual and extraordinary that, in the Senate, the notification of and co-production) threat to the national security, foreign pol- such a determination shall be sent to Aircraft Maintenance Support icy, and economy of the United States.’’ the chairman of the Senate Foreign Aurora Bomb Fuzing System (U) Iran’s actions pose a critical threat to regional stability and the national security Relations Committee. 120mm M933A1 Mortar Bombs Fl10 Engines for F–15s of the United States, which has been long ac- In keeping with the committee’s in- F/A–18 Panel Manufacture in Saudi Arabia knowledged. Since 1984, Iran remains des- tention to see that relevant informa- for other end-users ignated by the United States as a State tion is available to the full Senate, I Advising and support of Ministry of De- Sponsor of Terrorism pursuant to section 6(j) ask unanimous consent to have printed fense reform of the Export Administration Act, section 40 in the RECORD the Secretary’s deter- Continuation of follow-on logistics support of the Arms Export Control Act, and section mination and transmittals submitted and services for Royal Saudi Air Force, in- 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act. In addi- to the committee by the Defense Secu- cluding Tactical Air Surveillance System tion, the recent designation of Iran’s Islamic support Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a For- rity Cooperation Agency regarding For the United Arab Emirates: eign Terrorist Organization under section 219 sales under section 36(b). The Sec- AH–64 Equipment of the Immigration and Nationality Act retary’s emergency determination and APK WS Laser-guided Rockets notes the Government of Iran, through the transmittals for sales conducted pursu- Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles IRGC-Quds Force, provides material support

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to the Taliban, Lebanese Hizballah, Hamas, TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–0B and enhance interoperability with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensi- United States. Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Gen- tivity of Technology or Capability (Sec. (vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The AH–64E eral Command (PFLP-GC). Iran is also iden- 36(8)(5)(C), AECA) Apache Attack Helicopter weapon system tified as constituting an unusual and ex- contains communications and target identi- (i) Purchaser: Government of the United traordinary threat to the national security, fication equipment, navigation equipment, Arab Emirates (UAE). foreign policy and economy of the United aircraft survivability equipment, displays, (ii) Sec. 36(b)(l), AECA Transmittal No.: 16– States under Executive Orders dating back and sensors. The airframe itself does not 15. to the Carter and Clinton Administrations. contain sensitive technology; however, the (U) In 2014, the Houthis, an Iran-supported Date: 8 December 2016. pertinent equipment listed below will be ei- force increasingly contributing to the Ira- Military Department: Army. ther installed on the aircraft or included in nian regime’s efforts to destabilize the Ara- (iii) Description: On December 8, 2016, Con- the sale: bian Peninsula, attempted to overthrow the gress was notified by Congressional certifi- a. The Radar Electronic Unit (REU) is a internationally recognized government of cation transmittal number 16–15 of the pos- component upgrade to the AN/APO–78 Fire Yemen. The Houthis have greatly increased sible sale under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Control Radar (FCR). The REU replaces two regional instability, threatened the global Export Control Act of twenty-eight (28) AH– legacy Line Replaceable Units (Program- economy, destroyed infrastructure, and ter- 64E Remanufactured Apache Attack Heli- mable Signal Processor and Low Power rorized the Yemeni people. copters; nine (9) new AH–64E Apache Attack Radio Frequency), achieving a weight reduc- (U) The Houthis have attacked civilian Helicopters; seventy-six (76) T700–GE–701D tion of approximately 85 pounds, with im- areas within Saudi Arabia and the UAE with Engines (56 remanufactured, 18 new, 2 proved reliability, increased processing ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle spares); thirty-nine (39) AN/ASQ–170 Modern- power, growth for new modes/capabilities attacks in addition to cross-border raids; ized Target Acquisition and Designation and replacement of obsolete components. these have resulted in the deaths of over five Sight/AN/AAR–11 Modernized Pilot Night Vi- Critical system information is stored in the hundred Saudi civilians, and the Kingdom of sion Sensors (28 remanufactured, 9 new, 2 FCR/REU in the form of mission executable Saudi Arabia was fortunate in 2017 to have spares); thirty-two (32) remanufactured AN/ code, target detection, classification algo- intercepted a ballistic missile aimed at APR–48B Modernized Radar Frequency rithms and coded threat parametric. This in- Mecca which could have led to a regional Interferometers; forty-six (46) AAR–57 Com- formation is provided in a form that cannot conflagration. mon Missile Warning Systems (31 remanu- be extracted by the foreign user via anti- (U) The Houthi threat to stability extends factured, 9 new, 6 spares); eighty-eight (88) tamper provisions built into the system. beyond the security of their immediate Embedded Global Positioning Systems with b. The AN/APG–78 Fire Control Radar neighbors. Over 10% of global shipping passes Inertial Navigation (72 new, 16 spares); forty- (FCR) is an active, low probability of inter- through the Bab-el-Mandeb straits sepa- four (44) Manned-Unmanned Teaming-Inter- cept, millimeter-wave radar, combined with rating Yemen from Africa, including an esti- national (MUMTi) systems (28 remanufac- a passive AN/APR–48B Modernized Radar mated 4.8 million barrels of oil per day, or tured, 9 new, 7 spares); and fifteen (15) new Frequency Interferometer (M–RFI) mounted about 5% of the global oil trade. Since 2016, MUMTi System Upper Receivers, training on top of the helicopter mast. The FCR the Houthis have repeatedly targeted inter- devices, helmets, simulators, generators, Ground Targeting Mode detects, locates, national shipping transiting these straits to transportation, wheeled vehicles and organi- classifies and prioritizes stationary or mov- or from the Suez Canal. Houthi-controlled zation equipment, spare and repair parts, ing armored vehicles, tanks and mobile air media recently announced the Houthis’ in- support equipment, tools and test equip- defense systems as well as hovering heli- tent to target Saudi ARAMCO infrastruc- ment, technical data and publications, per- copters, helicopters, and fixed wing aircraft ture. Utilizing anti-ship cruise missiles, sonnel training and training equipment, U.S. in normal flight. If desired, the radar data small boat attacks, and remote-controlled government and contractor engineering, can be used to refer targets to the regular explosive vessels, the Houthis continue to technical, and logistics support services, and electro-optical Modernized Target Acquisi- strike not only commercial oil tankers, but other related elements of logistics support. tion and Designation Sight (MTADS). This also struck a cargo ship carrying grain to a The estimated cost was $3.5 billion. Major information is provided in a form that can- Yemeni port. The Houthis conducted mari- Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $1.68 not be extracted by the foreign user. The time attacks on the USS Mason and the USS billion of this total. content of these items is classified SECRET. Ponce, demonstrating the direct nature of This transmittal reports: User Data Module (UDM) on the RFI proc- the Houthi threat to U.S. personnel, assets, 1. the addition of thirty (30) Radar Elec- essor, contains the Radio Frequency threat and our national security. tronic Units (REU) as MDE, which were in- library. The UDM, which is a hardware as- (U) Within Yemen, the Houthis severely cluded in the total value of the original semblage, is classified CONFIDENTIAL when limited the ability of the international com- transmittal, but were not properly identified programmed with threat parameters, threat munity to provide humanitarian assistance as MDE; and priorities and/or techniques derived from to the population under their control. Inter- 2. the inclusion of additional quantities of U.S. intelligence information. national humanitarian organizations report the following items: one (1) new AH–64E c. The AN/ASQ–170 Modernized Target Ac- the ‘‘Houthi forces’ widespread use of land- Apache Attack Helicopter, six (6) T700–GE– quisition and Designation Sight/AN/AAQ–11 mines along Yemen’s western coast since 701D engines (2 installed, 4 spares), one (1) Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS) mid-2017 has killed and injured hundreds of new AN/ASQ–170 Modernized Target Acquisi- provides day, night, and limited adverse civilians and prevented aid groups from tion and Designation Sight/AN/AAR–11 Mod- weather target information, as well as night reaching vulnerable communities.’’ Despite ernized Pilot Night Vision Sensor, one (1) navigation capabilities. The PNVS provides the humanitarian catastrophe, the Houthis new AAR–57 Common Missile Warning Sys- thermal imaging that permits nap-of-the- continue to escalate the conflict in Yemen, tem, sixty-two (62) Embedded Global Posi- earth flight to, from, and within the battle most recently disregarding their own com- tioning Systems with Inertial Navigation area, while TADS provides the co-pilot gun- mitments under the UN-sponsored ceasefire (EGIs) (60 remanufactured, 2 new), and one ner with search, detection, recognition, and deal regarding the port city of Hudaydah. (1) new Manned-Unmanned Teaming-Inter- designation by means of Direct View Optics (U) The United States strongly backs peace national (MUMTi) system. The total MDE (DVO), EI2 television, and Forward Looking efforts brokered by UN Special Envoy Martin value of these items is $101,518,591. The addi- Infrared (FLIR) sighting systems that may Griffiths. Griffiths’ painstaking endeavor to tion will not add to the total notified value be used singularly or in combinations. Hard- have parties reach agreements in peace talks of MDE, which will remain $1.68 billion. The ware is UNCLASSIFIED. Technical manuals in Sweden in 2018 would lay a solid track for total notified case value will remain $3.5 bil- for authorized maintenance levels are UN- a political process to end the conflict. lion. CLASSIFIED. Reverse engineering is not a (U) For the reasons cited above, an emer- (iv) Significance: This notification is being major concern. gency exists requiring immediate provision provided to report the inclusion of MDE and d. The AAR–57 Common Missile Warning of certain defense systems to Saudi Arabia, non-MDE items that were not included in System (CMWS) detects energy emitted by the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan in the the original notification. The UAE lost a hel- threat missiles in-flight, evaluates potential national security interest of the United icopter during recent operations and has re- false alarm emitters in the environment, de- States. Such transfers, whether provided via quested to replace this loss. clares validity of threat and selects appro- the Foreign Military Sales system, or (v) Justification: The Secretary of State priate countermeasures. The CMWS consists through the licensing of Direct Commercial has determined and provided detailed jus- of an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), Electro- Sales, must occur as quickly as possible in tification that an emergency exists that re- Optic Missile Sensors (EOMSs), and Se- order to deter further Iranian adventurism quires the immediate sale to the United Arab quencer and Improved Countermeasures Dis- in the Gulf and throughout the Middle East. Emirates of the above defense articles (and penser (ICMD). The ECU hardware is classi- The Secretary of State, therefore, has cer- defense services) in the national security in- fied CONFIDENTIAL; releasable technical tified an emergency exists under sections terests of the United States, thereby waiving manuals for operation and maintenance are 36(b)(l), 36(c)(2), and 36(d)(2) of the Arms Ex- the Congressional review requirements under classified SECRET. port Control Act, 22 U.S.C. 2776, thereby Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control e. The Embedded Global Positioning Sys- waiving the congressional review require- Act, as amended. This equipment will sup- tem/Inertial Navigation System plus Multi- ments of those provisions. port the capabilities of UAE’s Apache fleet Mode Receiver (EGI+MMR) The aircraft has

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The EGI unit houses a GPS re- in the Defense Article or Defense Services 4) The GCS is a workstation that is used to ceiver. The receiver is capable of operating Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex. plan missions, control and monitor the RQ– (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: in either non-encrypted or encrypted. When 21A AV, and manage the data received from May 24, 2019. keyed, the GPS receiver will automatically the air vehicle. * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms b. The RQ–21 UAS is capable of transport use anti-spoof/jam capabilities when they are Export Control Act. in use. The EGI will retain the key through via ground, air, or ship. The RQ–21 UAS per- power on/off/on cycles. Because of safeguards POLICY JUSTIFICATION forms a wide variety of reconnaissance, in- built into the EGI, it is not considered clas- United Arab Emirates (UAE)—RQ–21A telligence, and special missions. Operation- sified when keyed. Integrated within the EGI Blackjack Unmanned Air Vehicles ally or tactically vital data may be obtained is an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for The Government of the UAE has requested cost-effectively by exploiting the UAS mis- processing functions. Each EGI also houses a to buy twenty (20) RQ–21A Blackjack Un- sion systems and payload options. The RQ– Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR). The MMR is in- manned Air Vehicles (UAVs). Also included 21A AV is designed to perform air reconnais- corporated to provide for reception of ground are forty (40) Global Positioning Systems sance (AR) based missions. It is equipped to based NAVAID signals for instrument aided (GPS) with Selective Availability Anti- carry a forward turret to support the pri- flight. Provides IMC I IFR integration and Spoofing Module (SAASM) Type II (MPE–S); mary mission of reconnaissance and an as- certification of improved Embedded Global air vehicle support equipment including sortment of specialized, mission specific, Positioning System and Inertial (EGI) unit, eight (8) Ground Control Stations (GCS), payloads within the center payload bay. The with attached MMR, with specific cockpit four (4) launchers, and four (4) retrievers; Electro Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Imager instrumentation allows Apaches to operate spare and repair parts; publications; train- Counter Countermeasures sensor ball is the within the worldwide IFR route structure. ing; and technical support services. The esti- Alticam 11 EOIR4, which provides excep- Also includes integration of the Common mated total case value is $80 million. tional day/night capability in a small, light- Army Aviation Map (CAAM), Area Naviga- The Secretary of State has determined and weight, low power solution, or the EOIR5 tion (RNAV), Digital Aeronautical Flight In- provided detailed justification that an emer- which adds a laser designator capability. It formation File (DAFIF) and Global Air Traf- gency exists that requires the immediate uses mid-wave infrared (MWIR) electro-opti- fic Management (GATM) compliance. sale to the United Arab Emirates of the cal image, a gyrostabilized gimbal system, f. Manned-Unmanned Teaming-Inter- above defense articles (and defense services) has multiple operating modes, is compatible national (MUMT–I) provides Manned-Un- in the national security interests of the with the Alticam video processing board manned Teaming with Unmanned Aerial United States, thereby waiving the Congres- (AVS), and has a laser pointer and range- Systems (UASs), other Apaches and other sional review requirements under Section finder. It is designed for small unmanned interoperable aircraft and land platforms. 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as aerial vehicles (UAVs), and is also used on Provides ability to display real-time UAS amended. piloted airplanes, blimps, ground vehicles, This proposed sale will contribute to the sensor information to aircraft and transmit and unmanned surface vehicles. foreign and national security of the United MTADS video. Capability to receive video c. The imagery and electronic reconnais- States by improving the security of an im- sance functions of the RQ–21A AV support in- and metadata from Interoperability Profile portant ally in the Middle East. This sale is compliant (IOP) as well as legacy systems. It telligence functions and operational consistent with U.S. national security objec- warfighting missions. Intelligence-based sup- is a data link for the AH–64E that provides a tives of assisting the UAE in developing and fully integrated multiband, interoperable ca- port functions range from intelligence, sur- maintaining a strong and ready self-defense veillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) to intel- pability that allows pilots to receive off- capability and enhancing interoperability board sensor video streaming from different ligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) with U.S. forces. The UAE will have no dif- including imagery associated sub-tasks. platforms in non-Tactical Common Data ficulty absorbing these UAVs into its armed Link (TCDL) bands. The MUMT–I data link Operational functions are enhanced by a forces. laser rangefinder and infrared marking sys- can retransmit UAS or Apache Modernized The proposed sale of this equipment and Target Acquisition Designation Sight full- tem. The turret, with laser system, facili- support will not alter the basic military bal- tates target acquisition and terminal guid- motion sensor video and metadata to an- ance in the region. other MUMT–I-equipped Apache. It can also ance operations in support of a wide breadth The prime contractor will be Insitu, of aviation support to MAGTF operations transmit to ground forces equipped with the Bingen, WA, a wholly owned subsidiary of One Station Remote Video Terminal. It pro- mission. These include but are not limited to the Boeing Company. There are no known point, area, and route reconnaissance; con- vides Apache aircrews with increased situa- offset agreements proposed in connection tional awareness and net-centric interoper- voy escort; call for indirect fires; battle dam- with this potential sale. age assessment; and tactical recovery of air- ability while significantly reducing sensor- Implementation of this proposed sale will craft and personnel. The aircraft also pas- to-shooter timelines. This combination re- require multiple trips by U.S. Government sively supports radio communications relay sults in increased survivability of Apache and contractor representatives to participate and the vessel traffic function of automatic aircrews and ground forces by decreasing in program and technical reviews plus train- their exposure to hostile fire. identification. ing and maintenance support in country, on d. The GCS includes an operator work sta- (vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: a temporary basis, for a period of twenty- tion (OWS), a ground data terminal for C2 May 24, 2019. four (24) months. It will also require one (1) communication and video downlink, and a TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–39 contractor representative to reside in coun- GPS electronics module (GEM) integration Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of try for a period of two (2) years to support kit for navigation. The GCS is composed of a Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the this program. standard component package. If installed on There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- Arms Export Control Act, as amended a ship, the GCS will be composed of the same fense readiness as a result of this proposed components as the land based system, but (i) Prospective Purchaser: United Arab sale. Emirates. the number and arrangement of each of the (ii) Total Estimated Value: TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–39 components will vary depending on the spe- Major Defense Equipment * $35 million. Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of cific class of ship on which the GCS is in- Other $45 million. Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(l) of the stalled. The RQ–21 GCS is comprised of the Total $80 million. Arms Export Control Act following components: (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- Annex Item No. vii 1) Two operator work stations. The OWS tities of Articles or Services under Consider- (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: consist of four modules: electronics power ation for Purchase: 1. The following components and technical module (EPM), network computer module Major Defense Equipment (MDE): documentation for the program are classified (NCM), user interface module (UIM), and the Twenty (20) RQ–21A Blackjack Unmanned as listed below: data storage module (DSM). The EPM pro- Air Vehicles (UAVs). a. The RQ–21 unmanned aircraft system vides the power source for the GCS. The Non-MDE: This request also includes the (UAS) is a runway-independent, modular un- EPM is the bottom module in the OWS. The following Non-MDE: Forty (40) Global Posi- manned aircraft system that is designed for UIM is not installed in the GCS for ship- tioning Systems (GPS) with Selective Avail- a variety of missions. The RQ–21 UAS has based operations. ability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Type four subsystems: RQ–21A air vehicle (AV), 2) Ground data terminal. The GDT includes II (MPE–S), air vehicle support equipment to launcher, retriever, and ground control sta- the antenna interface module (AIM), direc- include eight (8) Ground Control Stations tions (GCS). tional antenna, and omni antennas (for ship- (GCS), four (4) launchers, and four (4) re- 1) The RQ–2IA AV is a fixed-wing, single board operations only). The AIM models are trievers, spare and repair parts, publications, engine AV remotely controlled by an oper- different between land and ship-based con- training and technical support services. ator via the GCS. figurations.

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Three hundred thirty-one (331) Javelin Annex Item No. vii e. The launcher provides the initial RQ–21A Guided Missiles with Containers. (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: AV speed required for air vehicle flight over Non-MDE: Also included are System Inte- 1. The Javelin Weapon System is a me- a wide range of wind and density altitude gration & Checkout (SICO) service; Field dium-range, man portable, shoulder- conditions, and enables expeditionary em- Service Representative; U.S. Government launched, fire and forget, anti-tank system ployment of the UAS in locations without and contractor technical, engineering and lo- for infantry, scouts, and combat engineers. suitable runways. The launcher is designed gistics support services’ tools and test equip- It may also be mounted on a variety of plat- for transport by air, ship, or towed by light ment; support equipment; publications and forms including vehicles, aircraft and vehicles into rugged terrain. The launcher is technical documentation; spare and repair watercraft. The system weighs 49.5 pounds made up of the launcher core and systems parts; and other related elements of logistics and has a maximum range in excess of 2,500 and the accessory components. The launcher and program support. meters. The system is highly lethal against core is attached lengthwise on the launcher (iv) Military Department: Army (AE–B– tanks and other systems with conventional trailer deck at two interface towers. The ZAO, Amendment 3). and reactive armors, The system possesses a trailer is used to transport the launcher (v) Prior Related Cases. if any: AE–B–ZUB. secondary capability against bunkers. components and serves as a platform for the (vi) Sales Commission, Fee. etc., Paid, Of- 2. Javelin’s key technical feature is the use launcher core and systems. fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. of fire-and-forget technology which allows f. The retriever system is comprised of the (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained the gunner to fire and immediately relocate recovery system and trailer. The recovery in the Defense Article or Defense Services or take cover. Additional special features are system is a hydraulically-controlled tele- Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex. the top attack and/or direct fire modes, an scoping crane mast that uses a vertical cap- (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: advanced tandem warhead and imaging in- ture rope to catch the RQ–21A AV. The May 24, 2019. frared seeker, target lock-on before launch, vertical capture rope features a bungee and * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms and soft launch from enclosures or covered rope energy dissipation system. The re- Export Control Act. fighting positions. The Javelin missile also triever is mounted to a modified MIL–STD POLICY JUSTIFICATION has a minimum smoke motor thus decreas- ing its detection on the battlefield. trailer chassis. The trailer frame and hitch UAE—JaVELIN Guided Missiles and 3. The Javelin Weapon System is com- assembly connects the retriever to a towing Associated Materiel and Services vehicle. The trailer has one axle and four prised of two major tactical components, The Government of the United Arab Emir- outriggers that are installed for use. which are a reusable Command Launch Unit ates (UAE) has requested to buy three hun- g. While no part of the RQ–21A UAS is (CLU) and a round contained in a disposable dred thirty-one (331) Javelin Guided Missiles itself classified, the following performance launch tube assembly. The CLU incorporates with container. Also included are System In- data and technical characteristics are classi- an integrated day-night sight that provides a tegration & Checkout (SICO) service; Field fied as annotated: target engagement capability in adverse Service Representative; U.S. Government RQ–21 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) weather and countermeasure environments. GPS P/Y Code navigation equipment: SE- and contractor technical, engineering and lo- The CLU may also be used in a stand-alone CRET when keyed. gistics support services’ tools and test equip- mode for battlefield surveillance and target UAS Susceptibility to Jamming: SECRET. ment; support equipment; publications and detection. The CLU’s thermal sight is a sec- UAS TEMPEST Characteristics: SECRET. technical documentation; spare and repair ond generation Forward Looking Infrared UAS Vulnerabilities: SECRET. parts; and other related elements of logistics (FLIR) sensor. To facilitate initial loading UAS Survivability: SECRET. and program support. The estimated total and subsequent updating of software, all on- UAS Radar Cross Section: Up to SECRET. case value is $102 million. board missile software is uploaded via the UAS Infrared Signature: SECRET. The Secretary of State has determined and CLU after mating and prior to launch. UAS Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) provided detailed justification that an emer- 4. The missile is autonomously guided to Vulnerability: SECRET. gency exists that requires the immediate the target using an imaging infrared seeker UAS Threat Data: SECRET. sale to the United Arab Emirates of the and adaptive correlation tracking algo- Communications Relay Tactical Employ- above defense articles (and defense services) rithms. This allows the gunner to take cover ment: CONFIDENTIAL. in the national security interests of the or reload and engage another target after fir- Electro Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Imager United States, thereby waiving the Congres- ing a missile. The missile has an advanced Counter Countermeasures: SECRET. sional review requirements under Section tandem warhead and can be used in either EO/IR Imager Operational Characteristics: 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as the top attack or direct fire modes (for tar- Up to SECRET. amended. get undercover). An onboard flight computer Automatic Information System This proposed sale will contribute to the guides the missile to the selected target. Vulnerabilities: SECRET. foreign policy and national security of the 5. The Javelin Missile System hardware 2. If a technologically advanced adversary United States by improving the security of and the documentation are UNCLASSIFIED. obtains knowledge of the specific hardware an important partner that has been, and con- The missile software which resides in the and software elements, the information tinues to be, a force for political stability CLU is considered SENSITIVE. The sensi- could be used to develop countermeasures or and economic progress in the Middle East. tivity is primarily in the software programs equivalent systems that might reduce weap- This sale is consistent with U.S. initiatives which instruct the system how to operate in on system effectiveness or be used in the de- to provide key partners in the region with the presence of countermeasures. The overall velopment of a system with similar or ad- modem systems that will enhance interoper- hardware is also considered sensitive in that vanced capabilities. ability with U.S. forces and increase secu- the infrared wavelengths could be useful in 3. A determination has been made that the rity. attempted countermeasure development. United Arab Emirates can provide substan- The proposed program will enhance the 6. If a technologically advanced adversary tially the same degree of protection for the UAE’s capability to meet current and future were to obtain knowledge of specific hard- sensitive technology being released as the enemy threats. The UAE will use the capa- ware, the information could be used to de- U.S. Government. This proposed sale of the bility as a deterrent to regional threats and velop countermeasures which might reduce RQ–21 UAS and associated equipment is nec- to strengthen its homeland defense. The weapons system effectiveness or be used in essary to the furtherance of the U.S. foreign UAE previously procured Javelin missiles the development of a system with similar or policy and national security objectives out- and will have no difficulty absorbing these advanced capabilities. lined in the policy justification. additional missiles into its armed forces. 7. A determination has been made that the 4. All defense articles and services listed in The proposed sale of this equipment and United Arab Emirates can provide substan- this transmittal are authorized for release support will not alter the basic military bal- tially the same degree of protection for sen- and export to the Government of the United ance in the region. sitive technology being released as the U.S. Arab Emirates. The prime contractor will be is Raytheon, Government. This proposed sustainment pro- Tucson, AZ. There are no known offset gram is necessary to the furtherance of the TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–70 agreements proposed in connection with this U.S. foreign policy and national security ob- Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of potential sale. jectives outlined in the policy justification. Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Implementation of this proposed program 8. All defense articles and services listed in Arms Export Control Act, as amended will not require additional Contractor or this transmittal are authorized for release (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of U.S. Government personnel in country for an and export to the Government of United the United Arab Emirates. extended period of time. Arab Emirates.

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TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–73 The prime contractor will be BAE Sys- (ii) Total Estimated Value: Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of tems, Nashua, NH. There are no known offset Major Defense Equipment * $0 million. Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the agreements proposed in connection with this Other $800 million. Arms Export Control Act, as amended potential sale. Total $800 million. Implementation of this proposed sale will (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- require up to 20 U.S. Government and up to the United Arab Emirates. tities of Articles or Services under Consider- (ii) Total Estimated Value: 30 contractor representatives to travel to ation for Purchase: Major Defense Equipment * $850 million. UAE. Major Defense Equipment (MDE): None Other $50 million. There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- Non-MDE: Follow-on support and services Total $900 million. fense readiness as a result of this proposed for Royal Saudi Air Force aircraft, engines, (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- sale. and weapons; publications and technical doc- tities of Articles or Services under Consider- TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–73 umentation; support equipment; spare and ation for Purchase: Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of repair parts; repair and return; calibration Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(l) of the support and test equipment; personnel equip- Twenty thousand four (20,004) Advanced Arms Export Control Act ment; U.S. Government and contractor tech- Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS) II Annex Item No. vii nical and logistics support, and other related All-Up-Rounds. elements of program support. Equipment and (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: Non-MDE: Also included is weapon support spares will be procured for support of, but and test equipment, spares, technical publi- 1. The APKWS II All-Up-Round (AUR) is an air-to-ground weapon that consists of an not limited to, F–5, RG–5, F–15, C–130, KC– cations, personnel training, other training APKWS II Guidance Section (GS), legacy 130, E–3, RE–3, and KE–3 aircraft. equipment, transportation, U.S. Government 2.75-inch MK66 Mod 4 rocket motor and leg- (iv) Military Department: Air Force (QAH). and contractor engineering, technical and lo- acy MK152, MK282 and MK435/436 warhead/ (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS Case gistics support services, and other related fuze. The APKWS II GS is installed between QAY–$100,000,000–05 June 2010 and QAY elements of logistical and program support. Amendment 7–$739,508,525–30 October 2016. (iv) Military Department: Navy (AE–P– the rocket motor and warhead and provides a Semi-Active Laser (SAL) precision capa- (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Of- ABL). fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: AE–P–ABH bility to legacy unguided 2.75-inch rockets. The APKWS II is procured as an independent (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained (P&A) and AE–P–ABI (P&A). in the Defense Article or Defense Services (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Of- component to be mated to the appropriate 2.75-inch warhead/fuze. The GS is manually Proposed to be Sold: None. fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained set with the appropriate laser code during May 24, 2019. in the Defense Article or Defense Services loading and is launched from any platform configured with a LAU–68F/A, or similar * As defined in Section 471(6) of the Arms Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex. Export Control Act. (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: launcher(s). After launch, the GS activates May 24, 2019. and the seeker detects laser energy reflected POLICY JUSTIFICATION * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms from a target designated with a remote or Saudi Arabia—Follow-on Support and Serv- Export Control Act. autonomous laser. The control system then ices for the Royal Saudi Air Force Aircraft POLICY JUSTIFICATION guides the rocket to the target. The only Saudi Arabia has requested to purchase interface required with the host platform is United Arab Emirates (UAE)—Advanced follow-on support and services for Royal a 28V direct current (DC) firing pulse. Saudi Air Force aircraft, engines, and weap- Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) 2. APKWS II increases stowed kills by pro- ons; publications and technical documenta- The Government of the United Arab Emir- viding precise engagements at standoff tion; support equipment; spare and repair ates has requested a possible sale of twenty ranges with sufficient accuracy for a high thousand four (20,004) Advanced Precision single-shot probability of hit against soft parts; repair and return; calibration support Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS) II All-Up- and lightly armored targets, thereby mini- and test equipment; personnel equipment; Rounds. Also included is weapon support and mizing collateral damage. The APKWS II is U.S. Government and contractor technical test equipment, spares, technical publica- capable of day and night operation and per- and logistics support, and other related ele- tions, personnel training, other training formance in many adverse environments. ments of program support. Equipment and equipment, transportation, U.S. Government 3. The APKWS II requires no depot mainte- spares will be procured for support of, but and contractor engineering, technical and lo- nance. Activities to prepare the APKWS II not limited to, F–5, RG–5, F–15, C–130, KC– gistics support services, and other related for use include setting the laser code switch- 130, E–3, RE–3, and KE–3 aircraft. The total elements of logistical and program support. es, turning on the Electronic Thermal Bat- estimated program cost will be $800 million. The estimated total case value is $900 mil- tery Initiator, and loading the AUR into the The Secretary of State has determined and lion. launcher. Wing Slot Seals (WSS) may be re- provided detailed justification that an emer- The Secretary of State has determined and placed, if necessary, at an I-level mainte- gency exists that requires the immediate provided detailed justification that an emer- nance facility. sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of the gency exists that requires the immediate 4. All training for APKWS II is unclassi- above defense articles (and defense services) sale to the United Arab Emirates of the fied. The training required is: in the national security interests of the above defense articles (and defense services) a. Pilot training to effectively employ the United States, thereby waiving the Congres- in the national security interests of the APKWS II, sional review requirements under Section United States, thereby waiving the Congres- b. Ordnance Handler training for safe han- 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as sional review requirements under Section dling and preparation of the APKWS II and amended. 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as AUR, and This proposed sale will support U.S. for- amended. c. Maintenance training for replacement of eign policy and national security objectives This proposed sale will contribute to the WSS. by helping to improve the security of a foreign policy and national security of the 5. If a technologically advanced adversary friendly country, which has been, and con- United States by improving the security of were to obtain knowledge of specific hard- tinues to be, an important force for political an important partner in the region. This sale ware, the information could be used to de- stability and economic growth in the Middle is consistent with U.S. initiatives to provide velop countermeasures which might reduce East. This potential sale is a continuation of key partners in the region with modern sys- weapons system effectiveness or be used in current support. Saudi Arabia will have no tems that will enhance interoperability with the development of a system with similar or difficulty absorbing this support and services U.S. forces and increase security. advanced capabilities. into its armed forces. The APKWS will provide the UAE with 6. A determination has been made that the Implementation of this sale will sustain flexibility in the use of proportional, preci- United Arab Emirates can provide substan- Saudi Arabia’s flight and maintenance activ- sion fires when operating in remote and tially the same degree of protection for sen- ity. It will improve sustainability and con- mountainous regions as well as populated sitive technology being released as the U.S. tinue support for the fleet. areas. The APKWS will complement the Government. This proposed sustainment pro- The proposed sale of this equipment and Hellfire II missile as a secondary precision gram is necessary to the furtherance of the support will not alter the basic military bal- munition with lower collateral damage po- U.S. foreign policy and national security ob- ance in the region. tential. These aspects make the APKWS, em- jectives outlined in the policy justification. There will be various contractors associ- 7. All defense articles and services listed in ployed in conjunction with UAE’s multiple ated with the equipment involved with this this transmittal are authorized for release types of helicopters and Hellfire II missiles, case, and there is no prime contractor. There and export to the Government of the United an appropriate munition for the UAE’s are no known offset agreements proposed in Arab Emirates. counterterrorism operations. UAE will have connection with this potential sale. no difficulty absorbing the APKWS into its TRANSMITTAL NO. 18–21 Implementation of this proposed sale will armed forces. Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of require the assignment of a small number of The proposed sale of this equipment and Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the additional U.S. Government or contractor support will not alter the basic military bal- Arms Export Control Act, as amended representatives to Saudi Arabia for mainte- ance in the region. (i) Prospective Purchaser: Saudi Arabia. nance, training, and sustainment.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04JN6.051 S04JNPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE S3208 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 4, 2019 There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- Total Estimated Value: fense readiness as a result of this proposed fense readiness as a result of this proposed Major Defense Equipment* $0 billion. sale. sale. Other $1.8 billion. Total $1.8 billion. TRANSMITTAL NO. 18–31 TRANSMITTAL NO. 19–18 (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of tities of Articles or Services under Consider- Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the ation for Purchase: Arms Export Control Act, as amended Arms Export Control Act, as amended Major Defense Equipment (MDE): None. (i) Prospective Purchaser: Saudi Arabia. (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Non-MDE: Follow-on logistics support and (ii) Total Estimated Value: the United Arab Emirates. services for the Royal Saudi Air Force air- Major Defense Equipment * $0 million. (ii) Total Estimated Value: craft, engines, and weapons; publications and Other $136 million. Major Defense Equipment* $0 million. technical documentation; support equip- Total $136 million. Other $100 million. ment; spare and repair parts; repair and re- (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- Total $100 million. turn; calibration support and test equip- (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- tities of Articles or Services under Consider- ment; personnel equipment; U.S. Govern- tities of Articles or Services under Consider- ation for Purchase: ment and contractor technical and logistics ation for Purchase: support, and other related elements of pro- Major Defense Equipment (MOE): None. Major Defense Equipment (MOE): None. gram support. Equipment and spares will be Non-MOE: Continued spare and repair Non-MDE: Follow-on blanket order U.S. procured for support of, but not limited to, parts, U.S. Government and Contractor engi- Marine Corps training, training support, and F–5, F–15, KA–350, C–130, KC–130, E–3, RE–3, neering, technical, and logistics support other training related services in support of and KE–3 aircraft. The total estimated pro- services, and other related elements of pro- the United Arab Emirates Presidential gram cost is $1.8 billion. gram support for the TASS (Tactical Air Guard Command. (iv) Militarv Department: Air Force. Surveillance System) aircraft program. Ad- (iv) Military Department: Navy (AE–P– (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: SR–D–QAY, ditionally, the sale will support the rehabili- TAM). SR–D–QDE, SR–D–QBO, SR–D–QBD, SR–D– tation of the integrated lab located in the (v) Prior Related Cases. if any: AE–P–TAM. United States used for testing and trouble- (vi) Sales Commission, Fee. etc., Paid, Of- QBI, SR–D–QDF, SR–D–QAH. (vi) Sales Commission. Fee, etc., Paid, Of- shooting. fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. (iv) Military Department: Air Force (SR– (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained fered. or Agreed to be Paid: None. (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained D–QDJ). in the Defense Article or Defense Services in the Defense Article or Defense Services (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: SR–D–QAS, Proposed to be Sold: None. SR–D–QCH. (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: Proposed to be Sold: None. (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Of- May 24, 2019. May 24, 2019. fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. * As defined in Section 47 * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained (6) of the Arms Export Control Act. Export Control Act. in the Defense Article or Defense Services POLICY JUSTIFICATION POLICY JUSTIFICATION Proposed to be Sold: None. United Arab Emirates (UAE)—Follow-On Saudi Arabia—Follow-on Logistics Support (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: Blanket Order Training May 24, 2019. and Services The Government of the United Arab Emir- * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Saudi Arabia has requested to buy follow- ates (UAE) has requested follow-on blanket Export Control Act. on logistics support and services for the order U.S. Marine Corps training, training Royal Saudi Air Force aircraft, engines, and POLICY JUSTIFICATION support, and other training related services weapons; publications and technical docu- Saudi Arabia—Sustainment Support for in support of the UAE Presidential Guard mentation; support equipment; spare and re- Tactical Air Surveillance System (TASS) Command. The total value for this sale is pair parts; repair and return; calibration $100 million. Saudi Arabia has requested to purchase support and test equipment; personnel equip- spare and repair parts, U.S. Government and The Secretary of State has determined and provided detailed justification that an emer- ment; U.S. Government and contractor tech- contractor engineering, technical, and logis- nical and logistics support, and other related tics support services, and other related ele- gency exists that requires the immediate sale to the United Arab Emirates of the elements of program support. Equipment and ments of program support for their TASS spares will be procured for support of, but (Tactical Air Surveillance System) aircraft above defense articles (and defense services) in the national security interests of the not limited to, F–5, F–15, KA–350, C–130, KC– program. Additionally, the sale will support 130, E–3, RE–3, and KE–3 aircraft. The total rehabilitation of the integrated lab located United States, thereby waiving the Congres- sional review requirements under Section estimated program cost will be $1.8 billion. in the United States used for testing and The Secretary of State has determined and 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as troubleshooting. The total estimated pro- provided detailed justification that an emer- amended. gram cost will be $136 million. gency exists that requires the immediate The Secretary of State has determined and This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of the provided detailed justification that an emer- above defense articles (and defense services) gency exists that requires the immediate United States by helping to improve the se- curity of an important partner in the region. in the national security interests of the sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of the United States, thereby waiving the Congres- above defense articles (and defense services) The proposed sale will provide the continu- ation of U.S. Marine Corps training of the sional review requirements under Section in the national security interests of the 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as United States, thereby waiving the Congres- UAE’s Presidential Guard for counterter- rorism, counter-piracy, critical infrastruc- amended. sional review requirements under Section This proposed sale will support U.S. for- 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as ture protection, and national defense. This training also provides engagement opportu- eign policy and national security objectives amended. by helping to improve the security of a This proposed sale will support the foreign nities through military exercises, training, and common equipment. UAE will have no friendly country that continues to be an im- policy and national security of the United portant force for political stability and eco- States by helping to improve the security of difficulty absorbing this training. The proposed sale of training will not alter nomic growth in the Middle East. Saudi Ara- a key regional ally which is an important bia will have no difficulty absorbing this force for political stability and economic the basic military balance in the region. There will be no principal contractor asso- support and services into its armed forces. progress in the Middle East. ciated with this proposed sale. There are no The proposed sale will sustain Saudi Ara- The proposed sale will improve Saudi Ara- known offset agreements proposed in connec- bia’s operations and maintenance activity, bia’s surveillance capability to counter cur- tion with this potential sale. improve sustainability and ensure capability rent and future regional threats and Implementation of this proposed amend- for near and long term air operations across strengthen its homeland defense. This is a ment to a current sale will allow for the con- the fleet. continuation of a previous sustainment case tinued permanent assignment of thirty-four The proposed sale of this equipment and and Saudi Arabia will have no difficulty ab- (34) U.S. Marine Corps active duty personnel support will not alter the basic military bal- sorbing addition support in country. to the UAE. ance in the region. The proposed sale of this equipment and There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- There will be various contractors associ- support will not alter the basic military bal- fense readiness as a result of this proposed ated with the equipment involved with this ance in the region. sale. case, and there is no prime contractor. There The prime contractor will be L3 Tech- are no known offset agreements proposed in TRANSMITTAL NO. 19–01 nologies, Greenville, Texas. There are no connection with this potential sale. known offsets proposed with this sale. Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Implementation of this proposed sale will Implementation of this proposed sale will Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(l) of the require the assignment of a small number of require the assignment of up to 25 additional Arms Export Control Act, as amended additional U.S. Government or contractor L3 contractor representatives to Saudi Ara- Prospective Purchaser: Kingdom of Saudi representatives to Saudi Arabia for mainte- bia. Arabia. nance, training, and sustainment.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04JN6.056 S04JNPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE June 4, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3209 There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- ran played a central role in security re- of retired U.S. Army National Guard fense readiness as a result of this proposed lief funds for Gulf States, especially for SSG Jordy James Soesbe. Staff Ser- sale. his home State of Mississippi. During geant Soesbe passed away on May 20, f his tenure as chairman of the Agri- 2019, at the age of 44. REMEMBERING THAD COCHRAN culture Committee, Senator Cochran Jordy Soesbe was born in Burke, SD, was a champion of the farm bill’s nu- and raised on his family’s farm and Mr. ENZI. Madam President, today I trition programs. Senator Cochran ranch in Gregory, SD. wish to honor the life and legacy of the served as a tireless advocate for farm Soesbe spent more than 20 years in late Senator Thad Cochran. families and America’s agricultural in- the U.S. Army and Army National I appreciate having this opportunity dustry. Guard, retiring in 2017 at the rank of to celebrate the life and accomplish- Senator Cochran authored the Mis- staff sergeant in the National Guard. ments of Senator Cochran. His loss will sissippi Wilderness Act, which was the He completed two tours of duty in Af- be deeply felt by all of us here in the first Federal legislation ever passed for ghanistan, serving as a gunner on a Senate, not only by those of us who the perpetual protection of lands in the Humvee, sniper, and prison guard. He served with him, but also by the many State of Mississippi. He was greatly in- served with the Army’s 82nd Airborne staff and individuals he has worked volved in land and wildlife conserva- Division and 25th Infantry Division and with over time. Elected to the House of tion in Mississippi, a legacy of his that the South Dakota National Guard’s Representatives in 1972, Senator Coch- will endure for future generations to 235th Military Police Company. ran touched many lives in his 46 years enjoy. During his time in the military, he faithfully serving his State of Mis- Senator Cochran was an effective earned numerous commendations and sissippi in Congress. lawmaker who was a tireless advocate medals, including the Afghanistan As the son of a school principal and a for his constituents. His model of pub- Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, math teacher, Senator Cochran under- lic service was that the constituents Armed Forces Reserve Medal with ‘‘M’’ stood the value of hard work and dedi- are always right. He said we are in Device and 10-year Hourglass Device, cation. He emerged as a leader among Congress to serve, not to be served. Army Commendation Medal, and four Army Achievement Medals. his peers from a young age. He was an Senator Cochran’s model of public Aside from his career in the military, Eagle Scout who helped establish a new service is one to look up to and his troop and valedictorian of his class in he also served as a reserve sheriff’s dep- style of leadership will serve as an in- uty with the Meade County Sheriff’s high school where he earned varsity spiration for future generations to Office. letters in football, basketball, baseball, come. In his spare time, he was an avid and tennis. At the University of Mis- Senator Cochran was a committed pheasant and deer hunter. He also en- sissippi, Senator Cochran was a frater- man of faith. A member of the South- joyed spending time at his local shoot- nity president, student body vice presi- ern Baptist Church, he was always one ing range. dent, and a member of Omicron Delta to do what he thought was right rather Staff Sergeant Soesbe was not only a Kappa, a national honorary leadership than what was easiest. hero in life, but also a hero in death. fraternity. Senator Cochran began his My wife Diana joins me in sending As an organ donor, he saved at least service to our country while at the our deepest condolences to his loved three lives. I commend this hero for his University of Mississippi as a company ones and know he will find eternal service, both in life and death, and commander in the Navy ROTC and, peace and happiness knowing he had a offer my sincerest condolences to his once graduated, was commissioned an profound effect on all that knew him a family and friends. He is survived by ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve and colleague, as a father, and as a friend. his mother Virginia; brother Brett; assigned to duty aboard the USS f daughters Alexandra, McKenna, and Macon. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS Alyssa; and numerous nieces, nephews, As a fellow Eagle Scout, Senator aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws.∑ Cochran demonstrated core scouting f values like trust, loyalty, courtesy, TRIBUTE TO BRIGADIER GENERAL MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE and reverence. He displayed these val- ERIK H. TORRING ues not only in his nearly five-decade- ∑ At 10:03 a.m., a message from the Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I am House of Representatives, delivered by long career in Congress, but also as a proud to recognize BG Erik H. Torring father to his two children, Kate and Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks III, who is retiring after 30 years in the announced that the House has passed Clayton. U.S. Army. General Torring has been a Described as gentle and soft-spoken, the following bills, in which it requests leader in not only our soldiers’ health, the concurrence of the Senate: Senator Cochran was a defender of Sen- but the health of all the service ani- ate procedure and often worked across H.R. 559. An act to amend section 6 of the mals that support our soldiers, sailors, Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolu- the aisle. Senator Cochran was known airmen, and marines on the battlefield. to hold strong opinions; yet he devel- tion to approve the Covenant To Establish a General Torring’s career culminated Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- oped close working relationships with in his current post as both Deputy lands in Political Union with the United members of both parties. Senator Coch- Chief of Staff for Operations in the States of America, and for other purposes’’ . ran was determined that, if you look Army’s Office of the Surgeon General H.R. 1261. An act to establish a national hard enough, there is common ground and Chief of the U.S. Army Veterinary program to identify and reduce losses from landslide hazards, to establish a national 30 to be found with everyone. He earned Corps, where he oversees the recruit- his nickname of the Quiet Persuader Elevation Program, and for other purposes. ment, training, and equipment of al- H.R. 2940. An act to extend the program of through a determined yet respectful most 3,000 veterinary personnel in the block grants to States for temporary assist- approach to negotiations. U.S. Army. He spearheaded the devel- ance for needy families and related programs I had the honor of working with Sen- opment of the Army’s electronic vet- through September 30, 2019. ator Cochran in his role as chairman of erinary records program and main- The message also announced that the the Appropriations Committee while I tained standards for food safety across House has agreed to the following con- was chairmen of the Budget Com- the Armed Forces. current resolution, in which it requests mittee. He was a hard worker and al- For his service to the United States the concurrence of the Senate: ways guided by his core values. As a of America, I am proud to recognize H. Con. Res. 45. Concurrent resolution di- good statesman, he didn’t let party pol- Brigadier General Torring and welcome recting the Clerk of the House to make a itics get in the way and always did him home to Texas.∑ correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2157. what he thought was right. f The message further announced that In a nearly five-decade-long career in the House has agreed to the amend- Congress, it is difficult to pinpoint REMEMBERING STAFF SERGEANT ment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. Senator Cochran’s single greatest JORDY SOESBE 2157) making supplemental appropria- achievement. Following Hurricane ∑ Mr. ROUNDS. Madam President, tions for the fiscal year ending Sep- Katrina’s devastation, Senator Coch- today I would like to remember the life tember 30, 2019, and for other purposes.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04JN6.059 S04JNPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE S3210 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 4, 2019 EXECUTIVE AND OTHER reau of Industry and Security, Department ments for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard’’ COMMUNICATIONS of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, (FRL No. 9993–84–Region 1) received during the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Implementa- adjournment of the Senate in the Office of The following communications were tion of Certain New Controls on Emerging the President of the Senate on May 28, 2019; laid before the Senate, together with Technologies Agreed at Wassenaar Arrange- to the Committee on Environment and Pub- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- ment 2018 Plenary’’ (RIN0694–AH69) received lic Works. uments, and were referred as indicated: during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- EC–1486. A communication from the Direc- EC–1467. A communication from the Direc- fice of the President of the Senate on May 30, tor of the Regulatory Management Division, tor of the Regulatory Management Division, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- and Urban Affairs. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–1478. A communication from the Assist- titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; Michigan, Permit titled ‘‘Pyriofenone; Pesticide Tolerances’’ ant Secretary for Export Administration, to Install Public Hearing Provisions’’ (FRL No. 9994–64–Region 5) received during ad- (FRL 9993–11–OCSPP) received during ad- Bureau of Industry and Security, Depart- journment of the Senate in the Office of the journment of the Senate in the Office of the ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant President of the Senate on May 28, 2019; to President of the Senate on May 29, 2019; to to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Revi- the Committee on Environment and Public the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, sions to Country Group Designations for Venezuela and Conforming Changes for Li- Works. and Forestry. EC–1487. A communication from the Direc- EC–1468. A communication from the Direc- cense Requirements’’ (RIN0694–AH78) re- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ceived during adjournment of the Senate in Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- the Office of the President of the Senate on ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- May 30, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air titled ‘‘Clofentezine; Pesticide Tolerances’’ Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC–1479. A communication from the Assist- Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware, (FRL 9993–48–OCSPP) received during ad- Revision to the Regulatory Definition of a journment of the Senate in the Office of the ant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, Bu- reau of Industry and Security, Department Volatile Organic Compound’’ (FRL No. 9994– President of the Senate on May 28, 2019; to 42–Region 3) received during adjournment of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Temporary the Senate in the Office of the President of and Forestry. the Senate on May 28, 2019; to the Committee EC–1469. A communication from the Under General License’’ (RIN0694–AH86) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- on Environment and Public Works. Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and EC–1488. A communication from the Direc- fice of the President of the Senate on May 30, Sustainment), transmitting, pursuant to tor of the Regulatory Management Division, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, law, a report entitled ‘‘Fiscal Year 2018 Oper- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- and Urban Affairs. ational Energy Annual Report’’; to the Com- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- mittees on Appropriations; and Armed Serv- EC–1480. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations and Standards Branch, titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air ices. Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsyl- EC–1470. A communication from the Alter- Bureau of Safety and Environmental En- forcement, Department of the Interior, vania; Commercial Fuel Oil Sulfur Limits nate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office for Combustion Units in Philadelphia Coun- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of of the Secretary, Department of Defense, ty’’ (FRL No. 9994–40–Region 3) received dur- a rule entitled ‘‘Oil and Gas and Sulfur Oper- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ing adjournment of the Senate in the Office ations on the Outer Continental Shelf—Oil a rule entitled ‘‘Right to Financial Privacy of the President of the Senate on May 28, and Gas Production Safety Systems; Correc- Act’’ (RIN0790–AK01) received during ad- 2019; to the Committee on Environment and tions’’ (RIN1014–AA37) received during ad- journment of the Senate in the Office of the Public Works. President of the Senate on May 30, 2019; to journment of the Senate in the Office of the EC–1489. A communication from the Direc- the Committee on Armed Services. President of the Senate on May 29, 2019; to tor of the Regulatory Management Division, EC–1471. A communication from the Sec- the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- retary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant sources. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–1481. A communication from the Divi- to law, a report relative to the export to the titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of State People’s Republic of China of items not det- sion Director for Policy, Legislation, and Implementation Plan, Louisiana; Attain- rimental to the U.S. space launch industry; Regulation, Employment and Training Ad- ment Demonstration for the St. Bernard to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and ministration, Department of Labor, trans- Parish 2010 SO2 Primary National Ambient Urban Affairs. mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule Air Quality Standard Nonattainment Area: EC–1472. A communication from the Sec- entitled ‘‘Labor Certification Process for Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rule- retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- Temporary Employment in the Common- making’’ (FRL No. 9988–27–Region 6) received ant to law, a six-month periodic report on wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CW– during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- the national emergency that was declared in 1 Workers)’’ (RIN1205–AB92) received during fice of the President of the Senate on May 28, Executive Order 13712 of November 22, 2015, adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 2019; to the Committee on Environment and with respect to Burundi; to the Committee the President of the Senate on May 29, 2019; Public Works. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- EC–1490. A communication from the Direc- EC–1473. A communication from the Sec- sources. tor of the Regulatory Management Division, retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- EC–1482. A communication from the Assist- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ant to law, a six-month periodic report on ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- the national emergency that was declared in transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- titled ‘‘Approval of Source Specific Air Qual- Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018, ative to the Resacas Ecosystem Restoration ity Implementation Plans; New Jersey’’ with respect to Nicaragua; to the Committee Project in the vicinity of the City of Browns- (FRL No. 9994–39–Region 2) received during on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ville, Texas; to the Committee on Environ- adjournment of the Senate in the Office of EC–1474. A communication from the Sec- ment and Public Works. the President of the Senate on May 28, 2019; retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- EC–1483. A communication from the Assist- to the Committee on Environment and Pub- ant to law, a six-month periodic report on ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), lic Works. the national emergency with respect to transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- EC–1491. A communication from the Direc- Belarus that was declared in Executive Order ative to the navigational improvement tor of the Regulatory Management Division, 13405 of June 16, 2006; to the Committee on project for the Norfolk Harbor, Virginia; to Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. the Committee on Environment and Public ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–1475. A communication from the Sec- Works. titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval and Promulgation retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- EC–1484. A communication from the Assist- of State Implementation Plan, Louisiana; ant to law, the six-month periodic report on ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Attainment Demonstration for the St. Ber- the national emergency with respect to transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- nard Parish 2010 SO2 Primary National Am- North Korea that was declared in Executive ative to the Little Colorado River at Wins- bient Air Quality Standard Nonattainment Order 13466 of June 26, 2008; to the Com- low, Flood Risk Management Project, Nav- Area’’ (FRL No. 9993–79–Region 6) received mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- ajo County, Arizona; to the Committee on during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- fairs. Environment and Public Works. fice of the President of the Senate on May 29, EC–1476. A communication from the Presi- EC–1485. A communication from the Direc- 2019; to the Committee on Environment and dent and Chief Executive Officer, tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Public Works. NeighborWorks America, transmitting, pur- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–1492. A communication from the Direc- suant to law, the Agency’s fiscal year 2019 ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, operating plan and performance goals; to the titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; Massachusetts; Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Nonattainment New Source Review Program ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Affairs. Revisions; Infrastructure Provisions for Na- titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; AK; Updates to EC–1477. A communication from the Assist- tional Ambient Air Quality Standards; Non- Curtailment Program’’ (FRL No. 9994–32–Re- ant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, Bu- attainment New Source Review Require- gion 10) received during adjournment of the

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A communication from the Direc- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Report of the Inspector General for the pe- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, report of a rule entitled ‘‘Amount Deter- riod from October 1, 2018 through March 31, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- mined Under Section 956 for Corporate 2019; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- United States Shareholders’’ (RIN1545–BO88) rity and Governmental Affairs. titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; OR; Infrastruc- received during adjournment of the Senate EC–1512. A communication from the Chair ture Requirements for the 2015 Ozone Stand- in the Office of the President of the Senate of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve ard’’ (FRL No. 9994–49–Region 10) received on May 28, 2019; to the Committee on Fi- System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- nance. Inspector General’s Semiannual Report for fice of the President of the Senate on May 31, EC–1502. A communication from the Chief the six-month period from October 1, 2018 2019; to the Committee on Environment and of the Publications and Regulations Branch, through March 31, 2019; to the Committee on Public Works. Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Homeland Security and Governmental Af- EC–1494. A communication from the Direc- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the fairs. tor of the Regulatory Management Division, report of a rule entitled ‘‘Certified Profes- EC–1513. A communication from the Acting Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- sional Employer Organizations; Final Regu- Commissioner of the Social Security Admin- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- lations’’ (RIN1545–BN19) received during ad- istration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; Texas; Control of journment of the Senate in the Office of the Administration’s Semiannual Report of the Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles’’ (FRL President of the Senate on May 28, 2019; to Inspector General for the period from Octo- No. 9994–06–Region 6) received during ad- the Committee on Finance. ber 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019 and the journment of the Senate in the Office of the EC–1503. A communication from the Assist- Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the re- President of the Senate on May 31, 2019; to ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative port; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- the Committee on Environment and Public Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- rity and Governmental Affairs. Works. ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Re- EC–1514. A communication from the Chair- EC–1495. A communication from the Direc- port of the Attorney General to the Congress man of the Federal Trade Commission, tor of the Regulatory Management Division, of the United States on the Administration transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commis- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of sion’s Semiannual Report of the Inspector ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- 1938, as amended, for the six months ending General for the period from October 1, 2018 titled ‘‘Modifications to Fuel Regulations to June 30, 2018’’; to the Committee on Foreign through March 31, 2019 and the Uniform Re- Provide Flexibility for E15; Modifications to Relations. source Locator (URL) for the report; to the RFS RIN Market Regulations’’ (FRL No. EC–1504. A communication from the Assist- Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- 9994–87–OAR) received during adjournment of ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative ernmental Affairs. the Senate in the Office of the President of Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- EC–1515. A communication from the Board the Senate on May 31, 2019; to the Committee ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Re- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm on Environment and Public Works. port of the Attorney General to the Congress Credit Administration, transmitting, pursu- EC–1496. A communication from the Direc- of the United States on the Administration ant to law, the Administration’s Semiannual tor of Congressional Affairs, Office of New of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of Report of the Inspector General and the Reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1938, as amended, for the six months ending Semiannual Management Report on the Sta- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of June 30, 2018’’; to the Committee on Foreign tus of Audits for the period from October 1, a rule entitled ‘‘Toughness Fracture Re- Relations. 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the Com- quirements—Reactor Coolant Systems and EC–1505. A communication from the Assist- mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- Connected Systems’’ (NUREG–0800, Chapter ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- mental Affairs. 5) received during adjournment of the Senate ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to EC–1516. A communication from the Board in the Office of the President of the Senate law, a report relative to telecommunications Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm on May 30, 2019; to the Committee on Envi- in Cuba; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- Credit Administration, transmitting, pursu- ronment and Public Works. tions. ant to law, the Administration’s Semiannual EC–1497. A communication from the Direc- EC–1506. A communication from the Sec- Report of the Inspector General and the tor of Congressional Affairs, Office of New retary of Education, transmitting, pursuant Semiannual Management Report on the Sta- Reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Out- tus of Audits for the period from October 1, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of dated Regulations—Expanding Opportunity 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the Com- a rule entitled ‘‘Physical Security—Com- Through Quality Charter Schools Program mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- bined Licensing and Operating Reactors’’ (CSP)—Grants for Credit Enhancement for mental Affairs. (NUREG–0800, Chapter 13) received during Charter School Facilities’’ (RIN1810–AB56) EC–1517. A communication from the Board adjournment of the Senate in the Office of received in the Office of the President Pro Members of the Railroad Retirement Board, the President of the Senate on May 30, 2019; Tempore of the Senate; to the Committee on transmitting, pursuant to law, the Board’s to the Committee on Environment and Pub- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Semiannual Report of the Inspector General lic Works. EC–1507. A communication from the Sec- for the period from October 1, 2018 through EC–1498. A communication from the Direc- retary of Agriculture, transmitting, pursu- March 31, 2019; to the Committee on Home- tor of Congressional Affairs, Office of New ant to law, the Semiannual Report of the In- land Security and Governmental Affairs. Reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, spector General for the period from October EC–1518. A joint communication from the transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the Com- Chairman and the General Counsel, National a rule entitled ‘‘Operational Programs— mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- Labor Relations Board, transmitting, pursu- Combined Licensing and Operating Reac- mental Affairs. ant to law, the Office of Inspector General tors’’ (NUREG–0800, Chapter 13) received dur- EC–1508. A communication from the Sec- Semiannual Report for the period of October ing adjournment of the Senate in the Office retary of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the Com- of the President of the Senate on May 30, pursuant to law, the Department of Veterans mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- 2019; to the Committee on Environment and Affairs’ Semiannual Report of the Inspector mental Affairs. Public Works. General for the period from October 1, 2018 EC–1519. A communication from the Agen- EC–1499. A communication from the United through March 31, 2019; to the Committee on cy Director, Court Services and Offender Su- States Trade Representative, Executive Of- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- pervision Agency for the District of Colum- fice of the President, transmitting, pursuant fairs. bia, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agen- to law, a draft Statement of Administrative EC–1509. A communication from the Chair- cy’s fiscal year 2018 annual report relative to Action (SSA) to implement the United man, Board of Governors, United States the Notification and Federal Employee Anti- States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Postal Service, transmitting, pursuant to discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 and a current copy of the final legal text; to law, the Postal Services’ Semiannual Report (No FEAR Act); to the Committee on Home- the Committee on Finance. of the Inspector General for the period from land Security and Governmental Affairs. EC–1500. A communication from the Chief October 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the EC–1520. A communication from the Chair of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com- Internal Revenue Service, Department of the ernmental Affairs. mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the EC–1510. A communication from the Ad- Commission’s Semiannual Report of the In- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Current Refundings ministrator of the General Services Adminis- spector General and the Semiannual Man- for Certain Targeted State, Local, and In- tration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the agement Report for the period from October dian Tribal Government Bond Programs’’ Administration’s Semiannual Report of the 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the Com- (Notice 2019–39) received during adjournment Inspector General for the period from Octo- mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- of the Senate in the Office of the President ber 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the mental Affairs. of the Senate on May 28, 2019; to the Com- Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- EC–1521. A communication from the Assist- mittee on Finance. ernmental Affairs. ant Secretary for Legislation, Department of

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A communication from the Ad- Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- ment No. 3852’’ (RIN2120–AA65) received in ministrator, United States Agency for Inter- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled the Office of the President of the Senate on national Development, transmitting, pursu- ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone June 3, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, ant to law, the Agency’s Semiannual Report Off Alaska; Sablefish Managed Under the In- Science, and Transportation. of the Inspector General for the period from dividual Fishing Quota Program’’ (RIN0648– EC–1538. A communication from the Man- October 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the XG019) received during adjournment of the agement and Program Analyst, Federal Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- Senate in the Office of the President of the Aviation Administration, Department of ernmental Affairs. Senate on May 30, 2019; to the Committee on Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to EC–1523. A communication from the Regu- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘IFR Alti- lation Policy Development Coordinator, Of- EC–1531. A communication from the Direc- tudes; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amend- fice of Regulation Policy and Management, tor, National Marine Fisheries Service, De- ment No. 546’’ (RIN2120–AA63) received in the Department of Veterans Affairs, transmit- partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- Office of the President of the Senate on June ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled 3, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, titled ‘‘Removing Net Worth Requirement ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Science, and Transportation. from Health Care Enrollment’’ (RIN2900– Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Ber- EC–1539. A communication from the Man- AP37) received during adjournment of the ing Sea and Aleutian Islands Management agement and Program Analyst, Federal Senate in the Office of the President of the Area’’ (RIN0648–XF646) received during ad- Aviation Administration, Department of Senate on May 30, 2019; to the Committee on journment of the Senate in the Office of the Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Veterans’ Affairs. President of the Senate on May 30, 2019; to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Aviation EC–1524. A communication from the Dep- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Safety Organization Changes’’ ((RIN2120– uty Chief, Consumer and Governmental Af- Transportation. AL05) (Docket No. FAA–2018–0119)) received fairs Bureau, Federal Communications Com- EC–1532. A communication from the Direc- in the Office of the President of the Senate mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the tor, National Marine Fisheries Service, De- on June 3, 2019; to the Committee on Com- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Improving Video partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- merce, Science, and Transportation. Relay Service and Direct Video Calling, Re- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled EC–1540. A communication from the Man- port and Order, Further Notice of Proposed ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone agement and Program Analyst, Federal Rulemaking’’ (CG Docket Nos. 10–51 and 03– Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2017 Aviation Administration, Department of 123) received in the Office of the President of Gulf of Alaska Pollock Seasonal Apportion- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to the Senate on May 23, 2019; to the Committee ments’’ (RIN0648–XF647) received during ad- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Establish- on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. journment of the Senate in the Office of the ment of the Hawaiian Islands High and the EC–1525. A communication from the Chief President of the Senate on May 30, 2019; to Hawaiian Islands Low Offshore Airspace of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communica- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Areas; Hawaii’’ ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket No. Transportation. tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to FAA–2017–1013)) received in the Office of the EC–1533. A communication from the Acting law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Amend- President of the Senate on June 3, 2019; to Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, ment of Part 74 of the Commission’s Rules Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Regarding FM Translator Interference, Re- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Transportation. port and Order’’ (MB Docket No. 18–119) re- EC–1541. A communication from the Man- ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone ceived during adjournment of the Senate in agement and Program Analyst, Federal Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2017 the Office of the President of the Senate on Aviation Administration, Department of Gulf of Alaska Pollock Seasonal Apportion- May 29, 2019; to the Committee on Com- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ments’’ (RIN0648–XF725) received during ad- merce, Science, and Transportation. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Amend- journment of the Senate in the Office of the EC–1526. A communication from the Dep- ment of Class E Airspace; Hawaiian Islands; President of the Senate on May 30, 2019; to uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Hawaii’’ ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket No. FAA– Programs, National Marine Fisheries Serv- Transportation. 2018–1074)) received in the Office of the Presi- ice, Department of Commerce, transmitting, EC–1534. A communication from the Direc- dent of the Senate on June 3, 2019; to the pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled tor, National Marine Fisheries Service, De- Committee on Commerce, Science, and ‘‘Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- Transportation. Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to ant to law, the report of a rule entitled EC–1542. A communication from the Man- United States Air Force Launches and Oper- ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone agement and Program Analyst, Federal ations and Vandenberg Air Force Base Cali- Off Alaska; Exchange of Flatfish in the Ber- Aviation Administration, Department of fornia’’ (RIN0648–BI44) received during ad- ing Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to journment of the Senate in the Office of the Area’’ (RIN0648–XF762) received during ad- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- President of the Senate on May 29, 2019; to journment of the Senate in the Office of the ness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes’’ the Committee on Commerce, Science, and President of the Senate on May 30, 2019; to ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2018–0790)) Transportation. the Committee on Commerce, Science, and received in the Office of the President of the EC–1527. A communication from the Acting Transportation. Senate on June 3, 2019; to the Committee on Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, EC–1535. A communication from the Acting Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, EC–1543. A communication from the Man- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- agement and Program Analyst, Federal ‘‘Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlan- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Aviation Administration, Department of tic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries’’ (RIN0648–XF534) ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to received during adjournment of the Senate Off Alaska; Exchange of Flatfish in the Ber- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- in the Office of the President of the Senate ing Sea and Aleutian Islands Management ness Directives; Leonardo S.p.A. (Type Cer- on May 30, 2019; to the Committee on Com- Area’’ (RIN0648–XF767) received during ad- tificate Previously Held by Finmeccanica merce, Science, and Transportation. journment of the Senate in the Office of the S.p.A., AgustaWestland S.p.A.) Helicopters’’ EC–1528. A communication from the Acting President of the Senate on May 30, 2019; to ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2018–0726)) Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and received in the Office of the President of the Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- Transportation. Senate on June 3, 2019; to the Committee on suant to law, the report of a rule entitled EC–1536. A communication from the Man- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. ‘‘Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlan- agement and Program Analyst, Federal EC–1544. A communication from the Man- tic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries’’ (RIN0648–XF606) Aviation Administration, Department of agement and Program Analyst, Federal received during adjournment of the Senate Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Aviation Administration, Department of in the Office of the President of the Senate law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Standard Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to on May 30, 2019; to the Committee on Com- Instrument Approach Procedures, and Take- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthi- merce, Science, and Transportation. off Minimums and Obstacle Departure Proce- ness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc. Air- EC–1529. A communication from the Acting dures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amend- planes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, ment No. 3851’’ (RIN2120–AA65) received in 2019–0350)) received in the Office of the Presi- Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- the Office of the President of the Senate on dent of the Senate on June 3, 2019; to the suant to law, the report of a rule entitled June 3, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Committee on Commerce, Science, and ‘‘Fisheries of the Northeastern United Science, and Transportation. Transportation. States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota EC–1537. A communication from the Man- EC–1545. A communication from the Man- Transfer’’ (RIN0648–XF721) received during agement and Program Analyst, Federal agement and Program Analyst, Federal

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AA64) (Docket No. FAA–2019–0410)) received Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- in the Office of the President of the Senate ernmental Affairs. POM–77. A concurrent resolution adopted on June 3, 2019; to the Committee on Com- SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 96 by the Legislative Assembly of the Common- merce, Science, and Transportation. wealth of Puerto Rico requesting the United Whereas, World War II, the most wide- States Congress to take action to appro- f spread war in history, lasted from 1939 until priate funds and resources as necessary to 1945; and PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS dredge the Dos Bocas, Loco, Loiza (Carraizo), Whereas, the United States entered the and Lucchetti reservoirs, which were ad- The following petitions and memo- war in 1941, following an attack on Pearl versely affected by excessive sedimentation rials were laid before the Senate and Harbor by Japanese fighter planes; and in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Whereas, over sixteen million Americans were referred or ordered to lie on the Puerto Rico; to the Committee on Energy served their country and the Allied powers table as indicated: and Natural Resources. over the course of the war; and POM–75. A resolution adopted by the Sen- SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 60 ate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Whereas, the men and women who served designating May 2019 as ‘‘Amyotrophic Lat- our country in World War II have been col- It is a known fact that Puerto Rico has no eral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month’’ in lectively called the ‘‘greatest generation’’ natural lakes. Hence, in the early 20th cen- Pennsylvania; to the Committee on Health, for their selfless sacrifice; and tury, it was necessary to build the first res- Education, Labor, and Pensions. Whereas, the Medal of Honor is the highest ervoir or artificial lake, so as to address fun- military decoration that is awarded by the damental needs such as water storage for SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 122 United States government; and residential or industrial consumption, hydro- Whereas, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Whereas, the Medal of Honor is presented power generation, irrigation of agricultural (ALS) is better known as Lou Gehrig’s dis- by the President of the United States, in the lands, and flooding control and mitigation, ease; and name of Congress; and among other important uses. Today, we have Whereas, ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative Whereas, the Medal of Honor is only con- thirty-six (36) main reservoirs formed by the disease characterized by degeneration of cell ferred upon members of the United States dams built in the rivers located in the moun- bodies of the upper and lower motor neurons Armed Forces who distinguished themselves tain region in the center of the Island, and in the gray matter of the anterior horn of through conspicuous gallantry and intre- two (2) outside of the main riverbeds in the the spinal cord; and pidity at the risk of life above and beyond eastern region. Whereas, The initial symptom of ALS is the call of duty while engaged in action It is true that reservoirs are Puerto Rico’s weakness of the skeletal muscles, especially against an enemy of the United States, while most important source of water, however, those of the extremities; and engaged in military operations involving issues such as sedimentation, the lack of re- Whereas, As ALS progresses, the patient conflict with an opposing foreign force, or forestation plans, and the accelerated ero- experiences difficulty in swallowing, talking while serving with friendly forces engaged in sion caused by urban development, among and breathing; and an armed conflict against an opposing armed other aspects, have seriously affected the Whereas, ALS eventually causes muscles force in which the United States was not a storage capacity of these bodies of water. to atrophy and the patient becomes a func- belligerent party; and In addition to the foregoing, after hurri- tional quadriplegic; and Whereas, more than 3,400 Medals of Honor canes Irma and Maria made landfall on Sep- Whereas, Patients with ALS typically re- have been awarded to our nation’s bravest tember 2017, many of our lakes were severely main alert and are aware of their loss of soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast affected by a sudden accumulation of sedi- motor functions and the inevitable outcome guardsmen since the creation of the award in ment. The path followed by hurricane Irma— of continued deterioration and death; and 1861; and a category-5 hurricane—brought it really Whereas, ALS affects military veterans at Whereas, the Medal of Honor was awarded close to the island, and two weeks later, hur- twice the rate of the general population; and Whereas, ALS occurs in adulthood, most to 353 Americans during World War II; and ricane Maria made landfall on the island. commonly between 40 and 70 years of age, Whereas, only four of those 353 Americans Hurricane Maria has been classified as one of peaking at approximately 55 years of age, are still alive today; and the most powerful natural disasters to ever and affects both men and women without Whereas, each of these courageous service- affect Puerto Rico in recent history. The lat- bias; and men, Charles H. Coolidge of Tennessee, ter left a lot of devastation, flooding, tor- Whereas, More than 5,000 new ALS patients Francis S. Currey of New York, Robert D. rential rain, and severe damage across the is- are diagnosed throughout the nation each Maxwell of Oregon, and Hershel Woodrow land. year; and Williams of West Virginia, risked his life The catastrophic effects of these weather Whereas, In Pennsylvania there are cur- while serving his country with conspicuous events had a significant impact on four (4) of rently more than 1,000 individuals who have gallantry and intrepidity and therefore de- our most important reservoirs. Out of the been formally diagnosed with ALS; and serves the gratitude of the American people; lakes that supply our drinking water, Loı´za Whereas, The $750,000 in State funding ap- and (Carraı´zo) is one of the most affected by sedi- propriated by the General Assembly for ALS Whereas, the President of the United mentation. Said sedimentation has reduced support services for 2018–2019 provided serv- States has the sole authority to designate a the depth of the lake thus impairing its ca- ices to nearly 1,000 constituents and a sub- state funeral; and pacity to collect water, despite being fed pri- stantial savings to the State budget and tax- Whereas, historically, the President of the marily by the Rı´o Grande de Loı´za, which is payers; and United States has designated state funerals the largest river on the island. The storage Whereas, The ALS Association reports for former presidents, generals, and other ex- capacity of the Loı´za reservoir (Carraı´zo) has that on average, patients diagnosed with traordinary Americans; and been nearly halved as a result of sedimenta- ALS only survive two to five years from the Whereas, our nation is currently divided tion. time of diagnosis; and and yearns for a unifying national event; and Sedimentation is also the main problem af- Whereas, ALS has no known cause, preven- Whereas, designating a state funeral when fecting the Dos Bocas, Lucchetti, and Loco tion or cure; and the last surviving World War II Medal of Lakes, all of which are at critical levels, Whereas, ‘‘Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Honor recipient dies would be a wonderful threatening their storage capacity and water Awareness Month’’ increases the public’s way for the American people to unite and quality, because water turbidity increases as awareness of ALS patients’ circumstances honor all sixteen million soldiers, sailors, reservoir levels decrease. The rapid sediment and acknowledges the negative impact this airmen, marines, and coast guardsmen who accumulation has reduced the useful life of disease has on ALS patients and their fami- served in our Armed Forces from 1941 to 1945: the most important reservoirs by sixty (60) lies and recognizes the research being done Now, therefore, be it percent. Therefore, the United States Con- to eradicate ALS; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate of the One Hundred gress failure to take immediate action and Resolved, That the Senate of the Common- Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Ten- appropriate the funds needed to dredge the wealth of Pennsylvania designate the month nessee, the House of Representatives concurring, Dos Bocas, Loco, Loiza (Carraı´zo), and of May 2019 as ‘‘Amyotrophic Lateral Scle- That this General Assembly urges the Presi- Lucchetti reservoirs would hinder the hydro- rosis Awareness Month’’ in Pennsylvania; dent of the United States to designate a power generation and drinking water supply and be it further state funeral for the last surviving Medal of for the thousands U.S. citizens who reside on Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be Honor recipient from World War II when the Island. The critical levels of these four transmitted to the President of the United such recipient passes away; and be it further (4) reservoirs calls for the urgent dredging States, the presiding officers of each house of Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Sen- and restoration of these bodies of water, so Congress and to each member of Congress ate is instructed to transmit a certified copy that they may serve the purposes for which from Pennsylvania. of this resolution to the President of the they were built, as well as to mitigate and

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The lat- ate of the State of Michigan urging the funds and resources as are necessary to ter left a lot of devastation, flooding, tor- United States Congress to continue full fund- dredge the Dos Bocas, Loco, Loiza (Carraı´zo), rential rain, and severe damage across the is- ing of the Great Lakes Restoration Initia- and Lucchetti reservoirs, which were ad- land. tive; to the Committee on Environment and versely affected by hurricanes Irma and The catastrophic effects of these weather Public Works. Marı´a. events had a significant impact on four (4) of SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 25 Be it resolved by the Legislative Assembly of our most important reservoirs. Out of the Whereas, the Great Lakes are a critical re- Puerto Rico: lakes that supply our drinking water, Loı´za source for our nation, supporting the econ- Section 1.—The Congress of the United (Carraı´zo) is one of the most affected by sedi- omy and a way of life in Michigan and the States of America is hereby requested to mentation. Said sedimentation has reduced other seven states within the Great Lakes take action to appropriate funds and re- the depth of the lake thus impairing its ca- region. The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of sources as are necessary to dredge the Dos pacity to collect water, despite being fed pri- the world’s surface freshwater and 90 percent Bocas, Loco, Loı´za (Carraı´zo), and Lucchetti marily by the Rı´o Grande de Loı´za, which is of the United States’ surface freshwater. reservoirs, which were adversely affected by the largest river on the island. The storage This globally significant freshwater resource excessive sedimentation in the catastrophic capacity of the Loı´za reservoir (Carraı´zo) has provides drinking water for more than 30 wake of hurricanes Irma and Marı´a in Puerto been nearly halved as a result of sedimenta- million people and directly supports 1.5 mil- Rico. tion. lion jobs, generating $62 billion in wages; and Section 2.—It is hereby directed that a Sedimentation is also the main problem af- Whereas, the Great Lakes Restoration Ini- true and correct copy of this Concurrent fecting the Dos Bocas, Lucchetti, and Loco tiative (GLRI) has provided crucial funding Resolution, certified and translated into Lakes, all of which are at critical levels, to support long overdue work to protect and English, be delivered to the President of the threatening their storage capacity and water restore the Great Lakes. In partnership with U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House quality, because water turbidity increases as the states, local governments, and other or- of Representatives as well as the Leadership reservoir levels decrease. The rapid sediment ganizations, the federal government has in- of the Congress of the United States of accumulation has reduced the useful life of vested more than $3 billion and supported America. the most important reservoirs by sixty (60) over 4,700 projects over the last decade, in- Section 3.—It is hereby directed that a percent. Therefore, the United States Con- cluding around $600 million for more than true and correct copy of this Concurrent gress failure to take immediate action and 1,100 projects in Michigan. These projects Resolution, certified and translated into appropriate the funds needed to dredge the have cleaned up toxic pollution. reduced run- English, be delivered to the President of the Dos Bocas, Loco, Loı´za (Carraı´zo), and off from cities and forms, combatted United States of America. Lucchetti reservoirs would hinder the hydro- invasive species, and restored fish and wild- Section 4.—Provided, further, that a cer- power generation and drinking water supply life habitat; and tified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be for the thousands U.S. citizens who reside on Whereas, the Great Lakes Restoration Ini- delivered to the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs the Island. The critical levels of these four tiative has made a significant difference and Administration (PRFAA) and the Office of (4) reservoirs calls for the urgent dredging represents a sound investment in both the the Resident Commissioner in Washington, and restoration of these bodies of water, so environment and the economies of the Great D.C., the Honorable Jenniffer A. Gonza´ lez- that they may serve the purposes for which Lakes region. A 2018 study calculated that Colo´ n, to join the efforts of the members of they were built, as well as to mitigate and for every federal dollar invested in Great the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico to control future flooding in the communities Lakes restoration there is $3.35 in additional promote and to achieve that funds be appro- surrounding these bodies of water. economic activity, with older industrial cit- priated to Puerto Rico for the dredging of For all of the foregoing, this Legislative ies like Detroit seeing an even higher return these important bodies of water. Assembly deems it necessary and convenient on investment; and Section 5.—This Concurrent Resolution to request the Congress of the United States Whereas, the Great Lakes Restoration Ini- shall take effect upon its approval. of America, on behalf of the U.S. citizens born in this U.S. Territory, to appropriate tiative has made a particular difference in addressing toxic hot spots around the Great POM–78. A concurrent resolution adopted funds and resources as are necessary to Lakes. Prior to the GLRI, only one of these by the Legislative Assembly of the Common- dredge the Dos Bocas, Loco, Loiza (Carraı´zo), 31 ‘‘areas of concern’’ within the United wealth of Puerto Rico requesting the United and Lucchetti reservoirs, which were ad- States had been cleaned up in more than 20 States Congress to take action to appro- versely affected by hurricanes Irma and years. Since 2010, GLRI funding has facili- priate funds and resources as necessary to Marı´a. tated the cleanup of six additional areas of dredge the Dos Bocas, Loco, Loiza (Carraizo), Be it resolved by the Legislative Assembly of concern, five in Michigan. Cleaning up these and Lucchetti reservoirs, which were ad- Puerto Rico: areas of concerns makes a real difference to versely affected by excessive sedimentation Section l.—The Congress of the United the environment as well as local economies in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria in States of America is hereby requested to by improving water quality, restoring fish Puerto Rico; to the Committee on Energy take action to appropriate funds and re- and wildlife habitat, enhancing recreational and Natural Resources. sources as are necessary to dredge the Dos Bocas, Loco, Loı´za (Carraı´zo ), and Lucchetti opportunities, and facilitating new develop- SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 60 reservoirs, which were adversely affected by ment; and It is a known fact that Puerto Rico has no excessive sedimentation in the catastrophic Whereas, far more work needs to be done. natural lakes. Hence, in the early 20th cen- wake of hurricanes Irma and Marı´a in Puerto Whether toxic algal blooms shutting down tury, it was necessary to build the first res- Rico. Toledo’s drinking water supply, invasive ervoir or artificial lake, so as to address fun- Section 2.—It is hereby directed that a carp threatening billion-dollar fisheries, or damental needs such as water storage for true and correct copy of this Concurrent contaminated sediments restricting rec- residential or industrial consumption, hydro- Resolution, certified and translated into reational opportunities, substantial limita- power generation, irrigation of agricultural English, be delivered to the President of the tions and threats to the use of the Great lands, and flooding control and mitigation, U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House Lakes remain. Twenty-four areas of concern among other important uses. Today, we have of Representatives as well as the Leadership still need additional cleanup work done, in- thirty-six (36) main reservoirs formed by the of the Congress of the United States of cluding eight in Michigan. These problems dams built in the rivers located in the moun- America. require a collaborative effort to solve; and tain region in the center of the Island, and Section 3.—It is hereby directed that a Whereas, less than 40 percent of the avail- two (2) outside of the main riverbeds in the true and correct copy of this Concurrent able funds have been spent in recent years eastern region, Resolution, certified and translated into cleaning up the federally designated areas of It is true that reservoirs are Puerto Rico’s English, be delivered to the President of the concern. Greater emphasis should be placed most important source of water, however, United States of America. on addressing these sites, including having issues such as sedimentation, the lack of re- Section 4.—Provided, further, that a cer- most of the available dollars designated to- forestation plans, and the accelerated ero- tified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be wards completing cleanup of the remaining sion caused by urban development, among delivered to the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs areas of concern. While other needs have other aspects, have seriously affected the Administration (PRFAA) and the Office of merit as well, cleaning up these sites would storage capacity of these bodies of water. the Resident Commissioner in Washington, bring significant benefits to impacted com- In addition to the foregoing, after hurri- DC, the Honorable Jenniffer A. Gonza´ lez- munities; and canes Irma and Maria made landfall on Sep- Colo´ n, to join the efforts of the members of Whereas, the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 tember 2017, many of our lakes were severely the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico to federal budget proposes to reduce funding for affected by a sudden accumulation of sedi- promote and to achieve that funds be appro- the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by 90

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A bill to direct the Secretary of TON, and Mr. RUBIO): Resolved by the Senate, That we memori- Transportation to assist States to rehabili- S. Res. 228. A resolution supporting meas- alize the Congress of the United States to tate or replace certain bridges, and for other ures taken by the Government of Taiwan to continue full funding of the Great Lakes purposes; to the Committee on Environment deter, or if so compelled, defeat, aggression Restoration Initiative; and be it further and Public Works. by the Government of the People’s Republic Resolved, That we encourage that funding By Mr. JONES: of China; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- be prioritized towards cleaning up and tions. delisting the remaining Great Lakes areas of S. 1708. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. concern and that a detailed comprehensive enue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable HYDE-SMITH): strategy and schedule be developed to direct tax credit for the installation of a storm S. Res. 229. A resolution relative to the the use of funding for the areas of concern; shelter at a qualified residence; to the Com- death of the Honorable William Thad Coch- and be it further mittee on Finance. ran, former United States Senator for the Resolved, That copies of this resolution be By Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. KEN- State of Mississippi; considered and agreed transmitted to the President of the United NEDY, and Mr. CASSIDY): to. States Senate, the Speaker of the United S. 1709. A bill to direct the Secretary of By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. States House of Representatives, and the Transportation to establish a grant program CASSIDY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. REED, Mr. members of the Michigan congressional dele- to improve evacuation routes in rural com- COONS, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. gation. munities, and for other purposes; to the KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BROWN, Committee on Environment and Public Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. JONES, Ms. SMITH, POM–80. A resolution adopted by the Coun- Works. Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KING, Mrs. FEIN- cil of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, urging the By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. STEIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. Ohio congressional delegation to support the PETERS): MANCHIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. proposed Energy Innovation and Carbon Div- DUCKWORTH, Ms. COLLINS, and Ms. idend Act; to the Committee on Finance. S. 1710. A bill to prohibit funds made avail- MCSALLY): able under the airport improvement program f S. Res. 230. A resolution recognizing the from being provided to entities that have significant milestone of Senior Corps volun- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES violated the intellectual property rights of teers serving 50,000,000 hours in 2018; consid- United States entities and therefore pose a ered and agreed to. The following reports of committees threat to national security, and for other f were submitted: purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, By Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Science, and Transportation. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS Homeland Security and Governmental Af- By Mr. MERKLEY: S. 9 fairs, without amendment and with a pre- S. 1711. A bill to require online retailers to amble: At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the disclose the country of origin of products im- name of the Senator from Montana S. Con. Res. 15. A concurrent resolution ex- ported into the United States, and for other (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor pressing support for the designation of Octo- purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, ber 28, 2019, as ‘‘Honoring the Nation’s First Science, and Transportation. of S. 9, a bill to amend the Federal Responders Day’’ (Rept. No. 116–43). By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clar- f CASEY, and Mr. MENENDEZ): ify the Food and Drug Administra- S. 1712. A bill to amend title XVIII of the tion’s jurisdiction over certain tobacco INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND products, and to protect jobs and small JOINT RESOLUTIONS Social Security Act to encourage the devel- opment and use of DISARM antimicrobial businesses involved in the sale, manu- The following bills and joint resolu- drugs, and for other purposes; to the Com- facturing and distribution of tradi- tions were introduced, read the first mittee on Finance. tional and premium cigars. and second times by unanimous con- By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. S. 10 MORAN): sent, and referred as indicated: At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. S. 1713. A bill to secure the technological name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. YOUNG, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. ISAKSON): edge of the United States in civil and mili- SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 1703. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- tary aviation, and for other purposes; to the 10, a bill to require the Inter-Agency Committee on Commerce, Science, and enue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms housing credit, and for other purposes; to the Transportation. Committee on Finance. By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, and Hypoxia to develop a plan for re- By Mr. WHITEHOUSE: Mr. TESTER, and Mr. MANCHIN): ducing, mitigating, and controlling S. 1704. A bill to provide grants to States S. 1714. A bill to amend the charter of the harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in to ensure that all students in the middle Gold Star Wives of America to remove the South Florida, and for other purposes. grades are taught an academically rigorous restriction on the federally chartered cor- S. 80 curriculum with effective supports so that poration, and directors and officers of the At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the students complete the middle grades pre- corporation, attempting to influence legisla- name of the Senator from Tennessee pared for success in secondary school and tion; to the Committee on the Judiciary. postsecondary endeavors, to improve State (Mrs. BLACKBURN) was added as a co- By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, sponsor of S. 80, a bill to repeal the an- and local educational agency policies and Mr. MORAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. program relating to the academic achieve- MENENDEZ, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. nual fee on health insurance providers ment of students in the middle grades, to de- KAINE): enacted by the Patient Protection and velop and implement effective middle grades Affordable Care Act. S. 1715. A bill to award a Congressional models for struggling students, and for other S. 91 purposes; to the Committee on Health, Edu- Gold Medal, collectively, to all Gold Star At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the cation, Labor, and Pensions. Families in recognition of their sacrifice and By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. service to the United States; to the Com- name of the Senator from New York mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- GARDNER): (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- S. 1705. A bill to authorize the Every Word fairs . sponsor of S. 91, a bill to amend title We Utter Monument to establish a com- By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, 38, United States Code, to authorize per memorative work in the District of Colum- Mr. MANCHIN, and Mrs. MURRAY): diem payments under comprehensive bia and its environs, and for other purposes; S. 1716. A bill to provide for the issuance of service programs for homeless veterans to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- a ‘‘Gold Star Families Forever Stamp’’ to to furnish care to dependents of home- sources. honor the sacrifices of families who have lost less veterans, and for other purposes. By Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. a loved one who was a member of the Armed COONS): Forces in combat; to the Committee on S. 133 S. 1706. A bill to amend the National En- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the ergy Conservation Policy Act to encourage fairs. name of the Senator from Wisconsin

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World War II, in recognition of their to adjust imports that are determined S. 569 dedicated and vital service during to threaten to impair national secu- At the request of Mr. YOUNG, the World War II. rity, and for other purposes. names of the Senator from Tennessee S. 178 S. 289 (Mr. ALEXANDER) and the Senator from At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the Florida (Mr. SCOTT) were added as co- name of the Senator from Oklahoma name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. sponsors of S. 569, a bill to direct the (Mr. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor Secretary of Transportation to issue of S. 178, a bill to condemn gross of S. 289, a bill to amend title XVIII of regulations relating to commercial human rights violations of ethnic the Social Security Act to support motor vehicle drivers under the age of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and call- rural residency training funding that is 21, and for other purposes. ing for an end to arbitrary detention, equitable for all States, and for other S. 640 torture, and harassment of these com- purposes. At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the munities inside and outside China. S. 402 names of the Senator from West Vir- S. 192 At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the ginia (Mr. MANCHIN), the Senator from At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the name of the Senator from Montana Arkansas (Mr. BOOZMAN) and the Sen- names of the Senator from North Da- (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor ator from Mississippi (Mr. WICKER) kota (Mr. CRAMER) and the Senator of S. 402, a bill to plan, develop, and were added as cosponsors of S. 640, a from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were make recommendations to increase ac- bill to amend title XVIII of the Social added as cosponsors of S. 192, a bill to cess to sexual assault examinations for Security Act to require pharmacy-ne- provide extensions for community survivors by holding hospitals account- gotiated price concessions to be in- health centers, the National Health able and supporting the providers that cluded in negotiated prices at the Service Corps, teaching health centers serve them. point-of-sale under part D of the Medi- that operate GME programs, and the S. 457 care program, and for other purposes. special diabetes programs. At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the S. 758 S. 203 name of the Senator from South Caro- At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH, At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon- the names of the Senator from Nevada name of the Senator from New York sor of S. 457, a bill to require that $1 (Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) and the Senator (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- coins issued during 2019 honor Presi- from Rhode Island (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) sponsor of S. 203, a bill to amend the were added as cosponsors of S. 758, a Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to per- dent George H.W. Bush and to direct bill to ensure affordable abortion cov- manently extend the railroad track the Secretary of the Treasury to issue erage and care for every woman, and maintenance credit, and for other pur- bullion coins during 2019 in honor of for other purposes. poses. Barbara Bush. S. 512 S. 785 S. 215 LOBUCHAR At the request of Mr. TESTER, the At the request of Mr. THUNE, the At the request of Ms. K , the name of the Senator from Missouri names of the Senator from Maryland name of the Senator from New Hamp- shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co- (Mr. HAWLEY) was added as a cosponsor (Mr. VAN HOLLEN), the Senator from of S. 215, a bill to amend the Internal Maine (Mr. KING), the Senator from sponsor of S. 785, a bill to improve Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the es- New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) and the mental health care provided by the De- tate and generation-skipping transfer Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. partment of Veterans Affairs, and for taxes, and for other purposes. SHAHEEN) were added as cosponsors of other purposes. S. 803 S. 237 S. 512, a bill to establish an advisory OOMEY At the request of Mr. BROWN, the office within the Bureau of Consumer At the request of Mr. T , the name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Protection of the Federal Trade Com- name of the Senator from Missouri SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. mission to prevent fraud targeting sen- (Mr. HAWLEY) was added as a cosponsor 237, a bill to amend title XVIII of the iors, and for other purposes. of S. 803, a bill to amend the Internal Social Security Act to permit nurse S. 518 Revenue Code of 1986 to restore incen- practitioners and physician assistants At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the tives for investments in qualified im- to satisfy the documentation require- name of the Senator from Missouri provement property. ment under the Medicare program for (Mr. HAWLEY) was added as a cosponsor S. 814 coverage of certain shoes for individ- of S. 518, a bill to amend title XVIII of At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the uals with diabetes. the Social Security Act to provide for name of the Senator from Alabama S. 238 Medicare coverage of certain (Mr. JONES) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the lymphedema compression treatment of S. 814, a bill to amend title XVIII of name of the Senator from Washington items as items of durable medical the Social Security Act to improve ac- (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- equipment. cess to diabetes outpatient self-man- sor of S. 238, a bill to amend the State S. 532 agement training services, and for Department Basic Authorities Act of At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the other purposes. 1956 to monitor and combat anti-Semi- name of the Senator from Montana S. 826 tism globally, and for other purposes. (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the S. 286 of S. 532, a bill to amend the Higher name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the Education Act of 1965 to provide that MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of name of the Senator from Montana an individual may remain eligible to S. 826, a bill to require the Secretary of (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor participate in the teacher loan forgive- Transportation to modify the final rule of S. 286, a bill to amend title XVIII of ness program under title IV of such Act relating to flightcrew member duty the Social Security Act to provide for if the individual’s period of consecutive and rest requirements for passenger op- the coverage of marriage and family years of employment as a full-time erations of air carriers to apply to all- therapist services and mental health teacher is interrupted because the indi- cargo operations of air carriers, and for counselor services under part B of the vidual is the spouse of a member of the other purposes. Medicare program, and for other pur- Armed Forces who is relocated during S. 827 poses. the school year pursuant to military At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, S. 287 orders for a permanent change of duty the name of the Senator from Vermont At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the station, or the individual works in a (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- name of the Senator from Missouri school of the defense dependents’ edu- sor of S. 827, a bill to designate certain

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At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH, necting corridors, and for other pur- S. 1083 the name of the Senator from New poses. At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a S. 846 names of the Senator from Delaware cosponsor of S. 1401, a bill to establish At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the (Mr. COONS) and the Senator from eligibility requirements for education name of the Senator from West Vir- Pennsylvania (Mr. CASEY) were added support professionals under the Family ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co- as cosponsors of S. 1083, a bill to ad- and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and for sponsor of S. 846, a bill to amend title dress the fundamental injustice, cru- other purposes. 49, United States Code, to limit certain elty, brutality, and inhumanity of slav- S. 1402 rolling stock procurements, and for ery in the United States and the 13 At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH, other purposes. American colonies between 1619 and the name of the Senator from New S. 851 1865 and to establish a commission to Mexico (Mr. HEINRICH) was added as a At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the study and consider a national apology cosponsor of S. 1402, a bill to direct the name of the Senator from Alabama and proposal for reparations for the in- Secretary of Labor to recognize em- (Mr. JONES) was added as a cosponsor stitution of slavery, its subsequent de ployers with a commitment to helping of S. 851, a bill to direct the Secretary jure and de facto racial and economic employees balance workplace respon- of Labor to issue an occupational safe- discrimination against African-Ameri- sibilities and family obligations. cans, and the impact of these forces on ty and health standard that requires S. 1416 covered employers within the health living African-Americans, to make rec- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the ommendations to the Congress on ap- care and social service industries to de- name of the Senator from Missouri velop and implement a comprehensive propriate remedies, and for other pur- (Mr. HAWLEY) was added as a cosponsor poses. workplace violence prevention plan, of S. 1416, a bill to amend the Federal and for other purposes. S. 1102 Trade Commission Act to prohibit S. 901 At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the anticompetitive behaviors by drug At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the name of the Senator from Michigan product manufacturers, and for other names of the Senator from Massachu- (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor purposes. setts (Ms. WARREN) and the Senator of S. 1102, a bill to promote security S. 1445 from Hawaii (Mr. SCHATZ) were added and energy partnerships in the Eastern At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the as cosponsors of S. 901, a bill to amend Mediterranean, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Pennsyl- the Older Americans Act of 1965 to sup- S. 1218 vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- port individuals with younger onset At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, sponsor of S. 1445, a bill to provide a Alzheimer’s disease. the names of the Senator from Mon- coordinated regional response to man- S. 1007 tana (Mr. TESTER) and the Senator age effectively the endemic violence At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the from New Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) and humanitarian crisis in El Salvador, names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. were added as cosponsors of S. 1218, a Guatemala, and Honduras. MERKLEY) and the Senator from bill to require the review of the service S. 1472 Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) were added as of certain members of the Armed cosponsors of S. 1007, a bill to amend Forces during World War I to deter- At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the the Horse Protection Act to designate mine if such members should be award- name of the Senator from Washington additional unlawful acts under the Act, ed the Medal of Honor, to authorize the (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- strengthen penalties for violations of award of the Medal of Honor based on sor of S. 1472, a bill to amend the Help the Act, improve Department of Agri- the results of the review, and for other America Vote Act of 2002 to require culture enforcement of the Act, and for purposes. paper ballots and risk-limiting audits other purposes. S. 1233 in all Federal elections, and for other purposes. S. 1026 At the request of Mr. ROUNDS, the At the request of Mr. CASEY, the name of the Senator from Louisiana S. 1475 names of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mr. THUNE, the (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and the Senator sor of S. 1233, a bill to provide relief to names of the Senator from Minnesota from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) were added community banks, to promote access (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) and the Senator from as cosponsors of S. 1026, a bill to amend to capital for community banks, and Michigan (Mr. PETERS) were added as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to for other purposes. cosponsors of S. 1475, a bill to amend allow workers an above-the-line deduc- S. 1273 the Internal Revenue Code to extend tion for union dues and expenses and to At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the and modify certain charitable tax pro- allow a miscellaneous itemized deduc- name of the Senator from New Hamp- visions. tion for workers for all unreimbursed shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- S. 1481 expenses incurred in the trade or busi- sponsor of S. 1273, a bill to amend title At the request of Mr. BROWN, the ness of being an employee. 17, United States Code, to establish an name of the Senator from Michigan S. 1055 alternative dispute resolution program (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the for copyright small claims, and for sor of S. 1481, a bill to amend title name of the Senator from Alabama other purposes. XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (Mr. JONES) was added as a cosponsor S. 1384 to provide for a special enrollment pe- of S. 1055, a bill to amend the Home- At the request of Mr. ROMNEY, the riod for pregnant women, and for other land Security Act of 2002 regarding the name of the Senator from Tennessee purposes. procurement of certain items related (Mrs. BLACKBURN) was added as a co- S. 1531 to national security interests for De- sponsor of S. 1384, a bill to reform pre- At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the partment of Homeland Security front- scription drug pricing and reduce out- name of the Senator from Minnesota line operational components, and for of-pocket costs by ensuring consumers (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- other purposes. benefit from negotiated rebates. sponsor of S. 1531, a bill to amend the S. 1077 S. 1394 Public Health Service Act to provide At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the protections for health insurance con- name of the Senator from Minnesota name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. sumers from surprise billing.

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RES. 212 have not kept pace with the amount of provide for payment for services of ra- At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the housing stock, and, thus, the supply diologist assistants under the Medicare names of the Senator from Maryland and pricing has resulted in astronom- program, and for other purposes. (Mr. VAN HOLLEN), the Senator from ical challenges to provide affordable S. 1564 North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) and the housing within a region that doesn’t At the request of Mr. TILLIS, the Senator from Indiana (Mr. YOUNG) were leave people driving hours a day just to name of the Senator from Arkansas added as cosponsors of S. Res. 212, a commute to their jobs. (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- resolution celebrating the 100th anni- We have the remnants of our eco- sor of S. 1564, a bill to require the Secu- versary of the passage and ratification nomic crisis during the great recession rities and Exchange Commission and of the 19th Amendment, providing for that left so many people without af- certain Federal agencies to carry out a women’s suffrage, to the Constitution fordable housing and the fact that we study relating to accounting standards, of the United States. did not keep pace with supply. and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. SASSE, his Over the last 2 years, I have worked with many organizations at the na- S. 1615 name was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 212, supra. tional level and participated in the an- At the request of Mr. UDALL, the S. RES. 221 nouncement of many reports done by name of the Senator from Montana practically every institution of any (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the names of the Senator from Maryland significance in the United States. They of S. 1615, a bill to amend titles 10 and all came to the same conclusion: We 37, United States Code, to provide com- (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. HAWLEY) were need to increase supply. pensation and credit for retired pay That is why I am introducing the Af- purposes for maternity leave taken by added as cosponsors of S. Res. 221, a resolution recognizing the 30th anni- fordable Housing Tax Credit Improve- members of the reserve components, ment Act of 2019, along with my col- and for other purposes. versary of the Tiananmen Square mas- sacre and condemning the intensifying leagues Senator YOUNG of Indiana, Sen- S. 1664 repression and human rights violations ator ISAKSON of Georgia, and Senator At the request of Mr. SCOTT of Flor- by the Chinese Communist Party and WYDEN of Oregon, to strengthen and ida, the name of the Senator from the use of surveillance by Chinese au- improve the affordable tax credit that Texas (Mr. CORNYN) was added as a co- thorities, and for other purposes. we already have in place. My col- sponsor of S. 1664, a bill to require re- leagues in the House—Representatives f porting on prescription drug expendi- DELBENE, MARCHANT, BEYER, and tures under group health plans and on STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED WALORSKI—are also introducing com- prescription drug price changes, and BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS panion legislation today. for other purposes. By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, We did make progress in the last S. RES. 99 Mr. YOUNG, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. Congress in increasing the affordable At the request of Mr. PETERS, the ISAKSON): tax credit. This tax credit helps pro- names of the Senator from Arkansas S. 1703. A bill to amend the Internal vide resources for 90 percent of the fed- (Mr. BOOZMAN) and the Senator from Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low- erally-funded affordable housing that is New Mexico (Mr. HEINRICH) were added income housing credit, and for other built in the United States of America. as cosponsors of S. Res. 99, a resolution purposes; to the Committee on Fi- That is because it takes the tax credit expressing the sense of the Senate that nance. to incent people to build at this more Congress should take all appropriate Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I affordable rate. measures to ensure that the United rise today to speak about the introduc- I have always said to my colleagues States Postal Service remains an inde- tion of Senate legislation to help us that I am willing to consider any other pendent establishment of the Federal deal with the affordable housing crisis ideas that we have to increase afford- Government and is not subject to pri- in the United States of America. able housing and will work with any- vatization. Many of my colleagues know how body to increase supply in the United S. RES. 120 pervasive this problem is. Not only is States, and I am open to any ideas. But until we have ideas that are more suc- At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the affordable housing a crisis, but the name of the Senator from Louisiana homeless population that results from cessful than this, I am going to con- tinue to push the affordable housing (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor not having enough housing stock in the of S. Res. 120, a resolution opposing ef- United States of America is also a cri- tax credit and push to increase the sup- forts to delegitimize the State of Israel sis and ends up costing us more money ply of the tax credit so that we can in- and the Global Boycott, Divestment, to deal with the same population. crease the supply of affordable housing. We have a housing crisis in the State and Sanctions Movement targeting This is not a new issue. It is not a of Washington. It doesn’t matter Israel. new problem. We have been trying to fight to address this issue in the U.S. whether you are in Spokane or Walla S. RES. 184 Senate and to deal with the affordable Walla or Yakima or Vancouver. Our At the request of Mr. RISCH, the housing crisis for years, but the mag- urban areas feel it the most and are name of the Senator from New York nitude of the problem is getting worse. most pinched. It causes problems for (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- We need to respond by helping to in- our law enforcement. It causes prob- sponsor of S. Res. 184, a resolution con- crease supply. That is because we have lems for our healthcare delivery sys- demning the Easter Sunday terrorist so many demographic trends which we tem. It causes problems for our trans- attacks in Sri Lanka, offering sincere see in report after report citing and portation system. The way out of this condolences to the victims, to their documenting what is happening in the problem is to build more affordable families and friends, and to the people United States of America. housing. and nation of Sri Lanka, and express- We have an ever-increasing senior Increasing the amount of tax credit ing solidarity and support for Sri population that is living longer and by 50 percent over the next 10 years Lanka. baby boomers reaching retirement, will give our States, our cities, and our S. RES. 195 many of whom need more affordable counties more resources to build af- At the request of Mr. COTTON, the housing than there is in the market- fordable housing. It will also provide name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. place. stability in the value of affordable SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. We have returning veterans from our housing tax credits used in the bond fi- Res. 195, a resolution opposing the lift- overseas missions who are coming nance markets and place a 4-percent

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I want to use this opportunity today to poses: to build State and local con- It also maximizes the availability of urge every single one of my colleagues nector roads that would improve access the private activity bonds by recycling to support these bills and these efforts to the broader thoroughfares and to ex- any multifamily bonds that are used so that all of our communities can be pand existing roads and bridges so that along with housing credits to build af- better prepared when natural disasters folks can evacuate safely during ex- fordable housing. Together, these steps strike, and they will. treme weather events. These infra- would help us build hundreds of thou- In Lee County, I have been discussing structure investments would also have sands of new units of affordable hous- with local officials these two bills, the additional benefit of serving rural ing over the next 10 years. which are just a step. They are obvious Alabama communities year-round and In my State and other States, it steps to me. Not everybody can afford expanding and improving some of our would mean that we would see a 50-per- to buy a storm shelter, so the tax cred- aging roadways. With expanding and cent increase in the amount of credit it would not be available. So, working improving aging roadways and giving available over the next 10 years. That with the Lee County M.A. and officials better access to rural communities, is so important because each housing on the ground, we are trying to learn economic expansion will follow. project that is built takes more people best practices. What can we better do f out of the dire situations they are in, to harden those areas where people live SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS takes the vulnerable population and in the rural communities so they will gives them the opportunity to move not lose their lives, much less all of forward. their possessions? That is what we are SENATE RESOLUTION 228—SUP- It also saves us dollars. The Senate planning to do, and the two bills today PORTING MEASURES TAKEN BY Finance Committee has heard time and are first steps. THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN again from those testifying—whether it I sincerely hope going forward that TO DETER, OR IF SO COM- is the homebuilders or the health in- helping fellow Americans who have suf- PELLED, DEFEAT, AGGRESSION surance industry—that it is more cost- fered disasters will no longer be the BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ly to deal with this population while partisan issue that it suddenly became PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA they are homeless. That is to say, you this year and that we can get back to Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. COT- can’t deliver job training to a tent. the business of taking care of our citi- TON, and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the fol- And somebody who doesn’t have proper zens and those who have sent us here to lowing resolution; which was referred home and a stable place to live is more represent them. to the Committee on Foreign Rela- likely to show up in our healthcare de- tions: livery system, costing us more money. By Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. S. RES. 228 This legislation will also make it KENNEDY, and Mr. CASSIDY): Whereas the Government of the People’s easier for formerly homeless students S. 1709. A bill to direct the Secretary Republic of China has reaffirmed its intent to also get help from the affordable of Transportation to establish a grant to seize control of Taiwan, including by housing tax credit under current HUD program to improve evacuation routes force; rules of the program. in rural communities, and for other Whereas, on May 28, 2019, Taiwan con- It also helps those who are protected purposes; to the Committee on Envi- ducted the annual Han Kuang Exercise, dem- onstrating the ability of Taiwanese forces to under the Violence Against Women Act ronment and Public Works. Mr. JONES. Mr. President, while it is defend against invasion and other military can also qualify for affordable housing threats; as they have in the past. critical that communities get the dis- Whereas, in May 2019, United States and We know that the challenge of mov- aster relief they need after the fact, it Taiwanese national security advisors met in ing forward on affordable housing is is also important that folks can better Washington for the first time since Taiwan something that is a bipartisan issue. prepare for natural disasters and help and the United States ended formal diplo- The tax credit has had bipartisan sup- make our communities safer so that we matic ties in 1979; port for many, many years in the U.S. can reduce the impact and costs of the Whereas the Government of Taiwan has gone to great lengths to cooperate and build Congress. We just need to put the pedal inevitable severe weather we will have in this country. relations with the Government of the United to the metal and provide more of the States and other nations; and tax credit so that we can get more af- The 2019 hurricane season is upon us. Whereas the United States and Taiwan fordable housing built in the United It started just last Saturday. Folks in have continued to strengthen their relation- States of America. my neck of the woods and especially ship, even as the Government of the People’s I hope my colleagues will help by down in South Alabama know that Republic of China has intensified its threats signing on to this legislation, and as means storms can come at any time. against the Government of Taiwan: Now, we discuss various proposals in the Fi- Fortunately with hurricanes, they can therefore, be it get some warning, but for tornadoes Resolved, That the Senate— nance Committee regarding tax policy, (1) reaffirms and encourages strengthening I hope my colleagues will help us push like the ones that hit Lee County, it is of United States-Taiwanese relations; to our States and communities more just minutes. (2) condemns threats by the Government of solutions that will deal with this crisis. It is not a question of whether severe the People’s Republic of China against the weather will happen; it is a question of Government of Taiwan, including— By Mr. JONES: when and where. It is also a question of (A) continued rhetoric that could insinuate S. 1708. A bill to amend the Internal whether we will be prepared when it an attack on the people or the Government Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a re- strikes again. That is why today I am of Taiwan; fundable tax credit for the installation introducing two bills. The first is co- (B) military exercises demonstrating in- sponsored by my Louisiana colleagues, tent to invade or otherwise attack Taiwan; of a storm shelter at a qualified resi- and dence; to the Committee on Finance. Senators KENNEDY and CASSIDY. It (C) propaganda used by the Government of Mr. JONES. Mr. President, the sec- would establish a new grant program the People’s Republic of China; ond bill I have introduced today would through the U.S. Department of Trans- (3) applauds the Government of Taiwan’s create a one-time refundable tax credit portation that would award up to $100 adoption of the Overall Defense Concept; of up to $2,500 for homeowners to build million for projects to improve emer- (4) urges the Government of Taiwan to con- or purchase a storm shelter for their gency evacuation routes in small and tinue development of a more lethal and resil- home. It would ensure that people rural communities. ient defensive posture in accordance with the won’t have to travel dangerous dis- Generally in our State and in a lot of new Overall Defense Concept; and (5) calls on the governments of all nations tances to seek shelter in the event of the coastal States, there is only one or to support a strong, prosperous, and demo- sudden severe weather. two major evacuation routes, which is cratic Taiwan as part of a shared commit- Alabamians know all too well that just not enough to handle the situation ment to the security and stability of the extreme weather can strike at any should another hurricane hit the gulf. Indo-Pacific region.

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RES. 230 HYDE-SMITH) submitted the following Guard, and other critical Federal organiza- Whereas volunteers in the United States resolution; which was considered and tions and the military bases and installa- who are 55 years of age and older (referred to agreed to: tions in the State of Mississippi and across in this preamble as ‘‘senior volunteers’’) pro- the United States; S. RES. 229 vide much needed services to their commu- Whereas the Honorable William Thad nities, neighbors, and friends; Whereas the Honorable William Thad Cochran was the chief sponsor of the Na- Whereas Senior Corps, through the RSVP, Cochran was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, tional Missile Defense Act of 1999 (Public Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion in 1937; Law 106–38; 113 Stat. 205), which made the programs administered by the Corporation Whereas the Honorable William Thad United States exponentially safer by cre- for National and Community Service, pro- Cochran graduated from Byram High School ating the missile defense system used by the vides meaningful volunteer opportunities to in Hinds County, Mississippi, as valedic- United States as of June 2019; 220,000 senior volunteers and recruits thou- torian, an Eagle Scout, a member of 4-H, and Whereas the Honorable William Thad sands of additional community volunteers; a student athlete; Cochran was a leader in agriculture and Whereas, for more than 5 decades, RSVP Whereas the Honorable William Thad worked to promote United States agricul- Cochran studied at the University of Mis- volunteers, Foster Grandparents, and Senior tural innovation around the world through Companions have played an important role sissippi in Oxford, Mississippi; the development of the Cochran Fellowship Whereas, while a student at the University in strengthening communities by contrib- Program of the Department of Agriculture, uting their experience, knowledge, and ac- of Mississippi, the Honorable William Thad which trains fellows from middle-income Cochran was president of Pi Kappa Alpha complishments in order to— countries to strengthen and enhance trade (1) help their neighbors recover from nat- fraternity, vice president of the student linkages between the countries of the fellows body, company commander in the Navy Re- ural and manmade disasters; and agricultural interests in the United (2) provide nutrition services; serve Officers’ Training Corps, and head States; cheerleader; (3) mentor and tutor schoolchildren; Whereas the Honorable William Thad Whereas the Honorable William Thad (4) support veterans and military families; Cochran led the effort to provide critical Cochran was commissioned an Ensign in the and Federal assistance to the State of Mississippi United States Naval Reserve, served aboard (5) provide respite care to caregivers; and other Gulf Coast States devastated by the USS MACON from 1959 to 1961, served on Whereas in 2018, Senior Corps volunteers Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the worst natural staff of the Commandant of the Eighth Naval provided more than 50,000,000 hours of direct disaster in the history of the United States; District in New Orleans, Louisiana, taught service through more than 23,000 nonprofit, Whereas the Honorable William Thad military law and naval orientation at the Of- educational, and faith-based community Cochran was a devoted father, grandfather, ficer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Is- groups nationwide; and husband; land, from 1962 to 1964, and was promoted to Whereas structured volunteering by senior the rank of Lieutenant in the United States Whereas the Honorable William Thad volunteers— Naval Reserve; Cochran was awarded honorary degrees from (1) keeps those senior volunteers active, Whereas the Honorable William Thad Kentucky Wesleyan College, Mississippi Col- healthy, and engaged; Cochran studied at the University of Mis- lege, Blue Mountain College, the University (2) helps communities across the United sissippi School of Law in Oxford, Mississippi, of Richmond, Belhaven University, and States by solving local problems; and at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Tougaloo College; (3) helps the United States by saving tax- in Dublin, Ireland, on a Rotary Foundation Whereas the Honorable William Thad payer dollars, reducing health care costs, Graduate Fellowship; Cochran was recognized as the tenth-longest and strengthening democracy; and Whereas the Honorable William Thad serving Senator in the history of the United (4) helps seniors live independent and pro- Cochran joined the law firm of Watkins & States; ductive lives; Eager in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964, was Whereas the service of the Honorable Wil- Whereas the RSVP, Foster Grandparent, made a partner at that firm in less than 3 liam Thad Cochran on behalf of the people of and Senior Companion programs have proven years, and served as chairman of the Mis- the State of Mississippi and all people of the to be cost-effective ways to engage senior sissippi Law Institute, lawyers’ chairman for United States earned the Honorable William volunteers in volunteer service that meets the Heart Fund and United Givers Fund, Thad Cochran the respect and devotion of pressing community needs; president of the Young Lawyers Division of colleagues and the title ‘‘the Quiet Per- Whereas recent research suggests that— the Mississippi Bar Association, a board suader’’; and (1) volunteering not only slows the cog- member of the Jackson Rotary Club, and Whereas the death of the Honorable Wil- nitive decline of aging for older individuals chairman of the Legal Services program of liam Thad Cochran has deprived the State of in the United States, but also provides an the Jackson Junior Bar; Mississippi and the United States of one of important pathway for alleviating loneli- Whereas the Honorable William Thad the most distinguished statesmen: Now, ness; and Cochran was elected to the House of Rep- therefore, be it (2) throughout the United States, and espe- resentatives to represent the Fourth District Resolved, That the Senate— cially in rural areas, older individuals are of Mississippi in 1972, and was reelected in (1) has heard with profound sorrow and ‘‘aging in place’’ and are thereby particu- 1974 and 1976; deep regret the announcement of the death larly susceptible to loneliness, which under- Whereas the Honorable William Thad of the Honorable William Thad Cochran, mines health and is linked to early mor- Cochran was elected to the Senate in 1978, former Senator for the State of Mississippi; tality; becoming the first Republican in more than and Whereas the United States should expand 100 years to win a statewide election in the (2) respectfully requests that the Secretary senior volunteer service opportunities to State of Mississippi, and was reelected in of the Senate— take advantage of the talents and experi- 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014, with a (A) communicate this resolution to the ences of the 10,000 baby boomers who will re- total period of service lasting from Decem- House of Representatives; and tire each day for the next 20 years; ber 27, 1978, to April 1, 2018; (B) transmit an enrolled copy of this reso- Whereas, at a time of mounting social need Whereas the Honorable William Thad lution to the family of the Honorable Wil- and growing interest in service by older indi- Cochran served as Chair of the Senate Re- liam Thad Cochran. viduals in the United States, the United publican Conference from 1991 to 1997; f States has an unprecedented opportunity to Whereas the Honorable William Thad harness the talents of senior volunteers to Cochran served as Chairman of the Com- SENATE RESOLUTION 230—RECOG- address community challenges; and mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- NIZING THE SIGNIFICANT MILE- Whereas the people of the United States estry of the Senate from 2003 to 2005; STONE OF SENIOR CORPS VOL- should join in the celebration of Senior Whereas the Honorable William Thad UNTEERS SERVING 50,000,000 Corps volunteers during ‘‘Older Americans Cochran served as Chairman of the Com- HOURS IN 2018 Month’’ in May 2019: Now, therefore, be it mittee on Appropriations of the Senate from Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Resolved, That the Senate— 2005 to 2007 and from 2015 to 2018; (1) acknowledges the contributions that Whereas the Honorable William Thad CASSIDY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. REED, Mr. Senior Corps volunteers make to— Cochran championed education programs, in- COONS, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. (A) the communities in which those volun- cluding programs to increase educational KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BROWN, teers live and serve; and achievement among disadvantaged children, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. JONES, Ms. SMITH, (B) the United States; and

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Mrs. BLACKBURN (for Mr. BAR- of the Senate on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, ask unanimous consent that the pre- RASSO) proposed an amendment to the bill S. at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing. 1235, to require the Secretary of the Treas- SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE amble be agreed to and that the mo- tions to reconsider be considered made ury to mint coins in commemoration of rati- The Select Committee on Intel- and laid upon the table with no inter- fication of the 19th Amendment to the Con- ligence is authorized to meet during stitution of the United States, giving women vening action or debate. the session of the Senate on Tuesday, in the United States the right to vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without June 4, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a f objection, it is so ordered. closed roundtable. TEXT OF AMENDMENTS The preamble was agreed to. SUBCOMMITTEE ON CLEAN AIR AND NUCLEAR (The resolution, with its preamble, is SAFETY SA 251. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for Mr. printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- The Subcommittee on Clean Air and BARRASSO) proposed an amendment to mitted Resolutions.’’) the bill S. 1235, to require the Sec- Nuclear Safety of the Committee on retary of the Treasury to mint coins in Environment and Public Works is au- f commemoration of ratification of the thorized to meet during the session of 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the Senate on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, the United States, giving women in the 11:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing. 2019 United States the right to vote; as fol- SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I lows: The Subcommittee on Intellectual ask unanimous consent that when the On page 2, line 18, insert ‘‘Esther Hobart Property of the Committee on the Ju- Senate completes its business today, it Morris,’’ before ‘‘and’’. diciary is authorized to meet during adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, f the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 5; further, that following the AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO June 4, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a prayer and pledge, the morning hour be MEET hearing. deemed expired, the Journal of pro- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have 9 f ceedings be approved to date, the time requests for committees to meet during PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business today’s session of the Senate. They Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I have the approval of the Majority and be closed, and the Senate proceed to ask unanimous consent that Anthony executive session and resume consider- Minority leaders. Spanos and Edith Spear, interns from Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph ation of the Schenker nomination my office, be granted privileges of the under the previous order. 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- floor for the remainder of the year. ate, the following committees are au- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. thorized to meet during today’s session objection, it is so ordered. of the Senate: Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask for the information of all Senators, at COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES unanimous consent that floor privi- 11 a.m., tomorrow, the Senate will vote The Committee on Armed Services is leges be granted to Marli Pasternak, a on confirmation of the Schenker, authorized to meet during the session member of my staff, during today’s ses- Tarbert nominations in the order list- of the Senate on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, sion of the Senate. ed. at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN objection, it is so ordered. f AFFAIRS f The Committee on Banking, Housing, ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANT and Urban Affairs is authorized to TOMORROW meet during the session of the Senate MILESTONE OF SENIOR CORPS Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, if on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at 10 a.m., to VOLUNTEERS SERVING 50,000,000 there is no further business to come be- conduct a hearing. HOURS IN 2018 fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL sent that it stand adjourned under the RESOURCES ask unanimous consent that the Sen- previous order, and under the provi- The Committee on Energy and Nat- ate proceed to the consideration of S. sions of S. Res. 229, as a further mark ural Resources is authorized to meet Res. 230, submitted earlier today. of respect for the late Thad Cochran, during the session of the Senate on The PRESIDING OFFICER. The former Senator from Mississippi. Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at 10 a.m., to clerk will report the resolution by Thereupon, the Senate, at 7:43 p.m., conduct a hearing. title. adjourned until Wednesday, June 5, The legislative clerk read as follows: COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC 2019, at 9:30 a.m. WORKS A resolution (S. Res. 230) recognizing the The Committee on Environment and significant milestone of Senior Corps volun- f Public Works is authorized to meet teers serving 50,000,000 hours in 2018. during the session of the Senate on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there CONFIRMATION Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at 10 a.m., to objection to proceeding to the meas- Executive nomination confirmed by conduct a hearing. ure? the Senate June 4, 2019: COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND There being no objection, the Senate SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS proceeded to consider the resolution. The Committee on Homeland Secu- Mr. BARRASSO. I know of no further ANDREW M. SAUL, OF NEW YORK, TO BE COMMIS- SIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THE TERM EXPIRING rity and Governmental Affairs is au- debate on the measure. JANUARY 19, 2025.

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