E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014 No. 149 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO WASHINGTON, DC, called to order by the Speaker pro tem- TEMPORE December 9, 2014. I hereby appoint the Honorable DOUG pore (Mr. LAMALFA). The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- LAMALFA to act as Speaker pro tempore on fore the House the following commu- this day. JOHN A. BOEHNER, nication from the Speaker: Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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MORNING-HOUR DEBATE leaders and the minority whip limited Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- just 90 miles from U.S. shores the most ant to the order of the House of Janu- bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. repressive human rights abuses in our ary 7, 2014, the Chair will now recog- hemisphere are being perpetrated by a nize Members from lists submitted by f regime that has shown no respect for the majority and minority leaders for human life and that will never change morning-hour debate. REPRESSIVE CUBAN REGIME as long as the Castro brothers and their The Chair will alternate recognition The SPEAKER pro tempore. The kind remain in power in Cuba. between the parties, with each party Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Every day these brutal thugs con- limited to 1 hour and each Member Florida (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) for 5 min- tinue to repress 11 million Cubans who other than the majority and minority utes. yearn for freedom and the respect of

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A senior analyst without an explanation or any reason phones than toilets, this is something in our Defense Intelligence Agency, being given. that we can do something about. It is Ana Belen Montes was one of the mas- Along with Sonia, fighting for the seriously out of kilter. The world terminds of Cuba intelligence in the causes of freedom and liberty is this knows what to do, and we can afford a U.S. She was the top spy for the Castro young man, Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, solution. The enactment of the Water regime and undermined U.S. foreign better known as Antunez, who has been for the World legislation moves us in policy efforts throughout the world due in prison in Castro’s gulag for nearly 17 that direction by focusing the United to her nefarious espionage activities. years. Antunez and his wife, Yris, have States’ efforts on things that will She is certainly serving a long sen- repeatedly been assaulted and beaten work, areas of the world most in need, tence in Texas. by state security forces, and their scars and making sure our solutions are sus- But Castro also harbors fugitives tell a story of resilience and commit- tainable. from U.S. law, such as Joanne ment to the cause of freedom on the is- I deeply appreciate the leadership of Chesimard. She is a New Jersey cop land. They are free now, but one does my friend, colleague, and principle co- killer and earned the terrible distinc- not know for how long. sponsor of the bill, TED POE, who has tion of being the first woman on the Lastly, Mr. Speaker, there is the case been tireless in his efforts; the work of FBI’s most wanted list of terrorists. of Juan Carlos Gonzalez, another free- Chairman ROYCE and the Foreign Af- In 2001, Fidel Castro went to Iran and dom fighter I would like to highlight. fairs Committee; our partners in the met with Iranian Supreme Leader He is a lawyer who is blind. He has other body, Senators DICK DURBIN and Khamenei, and Castro said at that spent years defending the human rights BOB CORKER; and, of course, dozens of time: Together, Cuba and Iran will of the Cuban people. nongovernmental organizations that bring America to its knees. These are just a few of the faces of have been at work around the globe These are just a few of the examples the pro-human rights activists in Cuba, making progress while they have been of why it is imperative for the Obama Mr. Speaker. I could not possibly cover unrelenting advocates here at home. administration to get tough with Cas- the face of every single dissident on the I must also acknowledge the tireless tro, not only to protect our U.S. na- island, but these faces are representa- efforts of my legislative director, Mi- tional security interests, but also to tive of the horrors of the Cuban regime chael Harold, who has done as much as extend a helpful hand to the pro-de- and the horrors that liberty fighters any human alive to get this across the mocracy leaders on the island who are face there every day; and that is why, finish line. struggling for freedom. Mr. Speaker, it is our moral obligation Mr. Speaker, this is an amazing and The Cuban regime continues to re- to stand in solidarity with these pro- important accomplishment, but it press independent journalists, human democracy activists and to be a voice makes me pause. What else could we do rights activists, and commits arbitrary for 11 million people who are being op- in the spirit of bipartisan cooperation detentions every day, all to thwart any pressed and silenced in Cuba. and doing what is right? attempt at the exercise of freedom of f Might it be possible to take a small expression. I will show you just a few step, show a little courage, and em- of the names and faces of the voices of PAUL SIMON WATER FOR THE brace what Ronald Reagan and Tip those opposition leaders in the push for WORLD ACT O’Neill could do over 30 years ago? freedom on the island, and each de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The President Reagan used his radio ad- serves the attention of this body. Chair recognizes the gentleman from dress on Thanksgiving 1982 to provide Mr. Speaker, this is Berta Soler. Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- leadership to more than double the gas Berta Soler is the leader of a move- utes. tax, which he correctly pointed out was ment called Ladies in White, Las Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, really a user fee and which had not in- Damas de Blanco, a group of women yesterday, by unanimous consent mo- creased in 23 years while roads were tirelessly advocating for the release of tion offered by my friend, and the bill’s falling apart. political prisoners in Cuba. These cou- Republican lead, TED POE, the House Well, the current gas tax has not rageous women walk to mass peace- passed H.R. 2901, our Paul Simon Water been increased in almost 22 years, and fully holding up flowers and are met for the World Act. It was almost anti- America is falling apart and falling be- with brutal attacks by Castro’s state climactic, considering all the ins and hind. The highway trust fund is going security. Berta Soler became the lead- outs it has taken for years to be able to bankrupt. Everyone acknowledges an er of this organization after the death hammer out the details necessary to increase is long overdue. With gasoline of her predecessor, Laura Pollan. take the next step in reform. prices falling dramatically, seemingly Laura Pollan started this movement The hard work was all worth it, en- every week, and expected to continue in Cuba. She died under mysterious hancing our efforts to have the United doing so well into the foreseeable fu- causes in October 2011. Many people in States embrace its responsibility to ture, a nickel a gallon per year is hard- the island and outside have blamed the help the world deal with our water and ly going to be noticed. Castro regime for the unfortunate and sanitation crisis. Make no mistake But as President Reagan pointed out, suspicious circumstances of her pass- about it; it is a crisis. people will directly benefit. Today poor ing. Today 152 million hours will be spent road maintenance costs the typical We also have many pro-democracy by women and girls to get water—often family $377 per year in damage to their leaders who are still languishing in dirty, polluted water—to meet the cars, far more than they would pay in Cuban jails, and these are some of their basic needs of their families. Almost a small increase in the gas tax. Mil- faces. This first young man, his name three-quarter billion people still lack lions of hours and billions of dollars is Angel Yunier Remon. He is also access to this fundamental necessity of are wasted due to highway congestion. known as El Critico. He is another face life. So let’s square our shoulders. Let’s of repression on the island. Angel was There is an even greater crisis with show some backbone and vision and arrested in March for criticizing the inadequate sanitation. There are ap- take another step forward. Let’s raise Castro regime’s brutal human rights proximately 2.5 billion people who suf- the user fee we call the gas tax, put abuses and the oppression of 11 million fer from this lack of what most of us hundreds of thousands of people to of his fellow countrymen. To this day, take for granted. It results in horrific work all across America at family El Critico remains in prison for the disease, stunted growth, and malnutri- wage jobs, and renew and rebuild this mere crime of simply expressing his tion. In fact, the children under 5 who great country. This would be a nice

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The deaths North Carolina (Mr. JONES) for 5 min- Mr. Speaker, I would also like to of Eric Garner and Michael Brown utes. quote Pat Buchanan. Pat says: ‘‘Is it grabbed national headlines, but dec- Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, let me not a symptom of senility to be bor- ades of strife between police and many quote from Roger Simon in a recent ar- rowing from the world so we can defend poor and minority neighborhoods have ticle, titled, ‘‘Down the Opium Rat- the world?’’ I repeat: ‘‘Is it not a symp- resulted in an endemic mistrust of law hole.’’ Mr. Simon writes about Afghan- tom of senility to be borrowing from enforcement there. istan: the world so we can defend the world?’’ One need only consider a phe- nomenon almost completely foreign to If you spent 13 years pounding money down Mr. Speaker, that is so prophetic. And a rathole with little to show for it, you I thank Pat Buchanan for trying to much of America, ‘‘the talk.’’ It is a might wake up one morning and say, ‘‘Hey, wake up Congress before it is too late. ritual that plays out in Black and I’m going to stop pounding money down the Finally, Mr. Speaker, I have a poster Brown households across our Nation rathole.’’ Unfortunately, the United States beside me with Uncle Sam. And Uncle every day as parents teach their young Government does not think this way. Sam says: ‘‘I want you to understand children about the special dangers they Mr. Speaker, last week we passed a that if you can’t afford to take care of face from law enforcement. $585 billion bill known as the defense your veterans, you can’t afford to go to As a father, to hear that is heart- bill, with a large percentage of that war.’’ That, again, is what Pat breaking. As someone who has long money going into overseas contin- Buchanan is saying. worked with and on behalf of law en- gencies: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. I Mr. Speaker, those of us in Congress forcement and who has deep respect for question how much damage this bill in both parties need to understand that the bravery and integrity of so many causes our military Active Duty and we have a constitutional responsibility who wear the uniform, it is a call to ac- our retirees. to not commit our young men and tion. First, in the months since the Mi- Let me quote from Lori Falkner women to fight and die and be wounded chael Brown shooting, I have pressed Volkman, a former prosecutor and unless we debate the policy on the floor spokesman for the Keep Your Promise for greater deployment of body-worn of the House. cameras to police departments across Alliance, an online coalition of mili- And with that, Mr. Speaker, I ask the country, an idea that the President tary families and organizations. She God to please bless our men and women has now endorsed. Cameras are not a said: ‘‘This is the second Christmas in in uniform and their families, and panacea, but they are a first step on a a row that national leaders have tried please, God, continue to bless America. path to greater accountability and to cut military pay benefits. Earned f transparency. benefits should not even be on the EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW Second, since cameras alone will not table when entitlement budgets soar bridge the chasm of mistrust between The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and appropriations budgets are billions many communities of color and the po- Chair recognizes the gentleman from of dollars over budget.’’ lice there to protect them, we must in- I did not vote for the NDAA bill. It California (Mr. SCHIFF) for 5 minutes. vest in 21st century police depart- Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, equal jus- was 1,648 pages, and we did not have ments. enough time to read and comprehend tice under the law—impartial and uni- Effective policing requires mutual re- the contents of the bill. In a recent ar- formly applied—has been, for more spect between the public and the police ticle in the Jacksonville Daily News re- than two centuries, the ideological un- and a renewed emphasis on community garding my ‘‘no’’ vote on this bill, derpinning of American democracy. policing strategies. Diversifying police Mike Hayden, a retired Air Force colo- But from the very beginning, this no- forces so that they are more reflective nel and present director of govern- blest aspiration has been intertwined of the communities they patrol and im- mental relations for the Military Offi- with our struggle with race, a battle proving the training of officers to re- cers Association of America, known as that has sometimes come to define our duce the likelihood of violent con- MOAA, said: ‘‘An E–5 servicemember Nation and to divide it in ways that frontations are essential. This cannot would lose more than $800 in pur- too often cleave us still today. be accomplished overnight, however, chasing power annually when the bill Mr. Speaker, 150 years since the and generations of injustice have left takes effect. This is going to cost them Emancipation Proclamation and half a deep scars. a loss of about $600 a month just in century after the Civil Rights Act of So the third leg of any law enforce- pay.’’ 1964 formally ended Jim Crow, our ment reform agenda must be enhanced In the same article, Jim Davis, a re- President, his Attorney General, the oversight by the Department of Jus- tired marine who now lives in Jackson- Secretary of Homeland Security, and tice, which has a long record of work- ville and serves as a senior vice com- the National Security Adviser are all ing with State and local police agen- mander of the local DAV chapter, said African American. cies to modernize and improve prac- the cuts could adversely affect mili- Blacks are now prominent in every tices and behavior. tary families. facet of American life. But much of Justice Department intervention, as Charlie Brown, a quartermaster for this has occurred during my lifetime in the recent release of a report detail- the VFW post in Jacksonville, agreed because people marched and sat and ing excessive use of force by Cleveland with Mr. Davis and said the bill doesn’t voted and demanded greater equality. Police, can be instrumental in over- accurately reflect what servicemem- Yet despite the progress, equal jus- coming opposition to reform. And I bers actually deserve. tice under law is not the reality for too know that Attorney General Holder’s many of our fellow citizens, and injus- successor will make this a priority. b 1015 tice continues to limit their lives and We ask a lot from our police, who Mr. Speaker, I would like to quote their livelihoods in ways that are dif- have a difficult and often dangerous James Madison. James Madison wrote: ficult for many White Americans to job, and we grant them enormous ‘‘The power to declare war, including comprehend. power, including the right to take a the power to judge the causes of war, is Inequality manifests itself at every life under certain circumstances. It is fully and exclusively vested in the leg- rung of the criminal justice system, not only proper that we insist this islature.’’ but its most deadly consequences are power is used impartially and as a last Mr. Speaker, for too long, we have to be found in the encounters of young resort. It is fundamental to a just soci- not had policy debates on the floor of men of color with the police. ety.

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If we are a panacea, but they are a first step on a path inevitably hear some liberal law- able to keep our democracy, there to greater accountability and transparency. makers repeat one of their favorite must be one commandment: Thou shalt Second, since cameras alone will not bridge lines: all of our country’s budget prob- not ration justice.’’ the chasm of mistrust between many commu- lems would be solved if only we in- Mr. Speaker, 63 years later, on a nities of color and the police there to protect creased taxes. But our old friend across street corner in the same city, Eric them; we must invest in 21st Century police the pond, Mr. Churchill, once said: ‘‘A Garner hauntingly invoked Hand when departments. nation trying to tax itself into pros- he pleaded in vain: ‘‘Every time you Effective policing requires mutual respect perity is like a man standing in a buck- see me, you want to mess with me. I’m between the public and the police, and a re- et trying to lift himself up by the han- tired of it. It stops today. I’m minding newed emphasis on community policing strat- dle.’’ History has shown the truth of my business, officer. I’m minding my egies. Diversifying police forces so that they this statement: increasing taxes in- business. Please just leave me alone.’’ are more reflective of the communities they creases government spending and Mr. Speaker, it must stop today. patrol and improving the training of officers to crowds out private sector investment, Mr. Speaker, equal justice under law—im- reduce the likelihood of violent confrontations diminishing our prosperity. partial and uniformly applied—has been for are essential. This cannot be accomplished It is ridiculous that Americans labor, more than two centuries the ideological under- overnight, however, and generations of injus- on average, 111 days just to make lining of American democracy. tice have left deep scars. enough to pay the government before But, from the beginning, this noblest aspira- So the third leg of any law enforcement re- starting to keep what they earn for the tion has been intertwined with our struggle form agenda must be enhanced oversight by year. with race—a battle that has sometimes come the Department of Justice, which has a long At 70,000 pages long, the U.S. Tax to define our nation, and to divide it in ways record of working with state and local police Code is also far too complicated. It is that too often cleave us still today. agencies to modernize and improve practices almost five times wordier than the One hundred fifty years since the Emanci- and behavior. Bible, minus the grace and mercy. It is pation Proclamation and half a century after Justice Department intervention, as in the so complex and intimidating that the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 formally ended recent release of a report detailing excessive majority of Americans pay good money Jim Crow, our President, his Attorney General, use of force by Cleveland police, can be in- just to have someone else tell them Secretary of Homeland Security and National strumental in overcoming opposition to reform, how much the government is going to Security Advisor are all African-American. and I know that Attorney General Holder’s take from them. Blacks are now prominent in every facet of successor will make this a priority. It is also important that we reduce American life. And much of this has occurred We ask a lot from our police who have a dif- the number of loopholes in the Tax during my lifetime, because people marched ficult and often dangerous job, and we grant Code, which is why I have voted for the and sat, and voted and demanded greater them enormous power, including the right to budget proposals introduced by Chair- equality. man RYAN since Republicans regained But, despite the progress, equal justice take a life under certain circumstances. It is the majority in the House of Rep- under law is not the reality for too many of our not only proper that we insist this power is resentatives in 2011. These Path to fellow citizens and injustice continues to limit used impartially and as a last resort, it is fun- Prosperity budgets provide for com- their lives and their livelihoods in ways that damental to a just society. In a 1951 speech to the New York Legal Aid prehensive tax reform, close loopholes, are difficult for white Americans to com- Society, the great jurist Learned Hand chal- and make our country more economi- prehend. Inequality manifests itself at every rung of lenged his audience, ‘‘It is the daily; it is the cally competitive. the criminal justice system, but its most deadly small; it is the cumulative injuries of little peo- The simple truth is that the United consequences are to be found in the encoun- ple that we are here to protect. . . . If we are States has the highest corporate tax ters of young men of color with the police. able to keep our democracy, there must be rates in the developed world. Con- I have seen the video of the Eric Garner in- one commandment: Thou shalt not ration jus- tinuing to make it more expensive to cident in New York and watched the tragedy tice.’’ do business in the U.S. than elsewhere in Ferguson in the aftermath of the shooting of Sixty-three years later, on a street corner in in the world will not encourage compa- Michael Brown. The agony of their families the same city, Eric Garner hauntingly invoked nies to operate and keep jobs in this and the anger of their communities have right- Hand when he pleaded in vain: ‘‘Every time country. fully moved the nation. you see me, you want to mess with me. I’m As we move forward with comprehen- Sadly, they are not alone. tired of it. It stops today. . . . I’m minding my sive tax reform in the 114th Congress, The deaths of Eric Garner and Michael business, officer. I’m minding my business. it is vital that we enact policies that Brown grabbed national headlines, but dec- Please just leave me alone.’’ strengthen and stabilize our economy ades of strife between police and many poor Mr. Speaker, it must stop today. as well as give individuals and busi- and minority neighborhoods have resulted in f nesses long-term certainty. an endemic mistrust of law enforcement there. TAX REFORM f One need only consider a phenomenon al- RECOGNIZING MINNIE MINOSO most completely foreign to much of America— The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ‘‘the talk.’’ Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from The SPEAKER pro tempore. The It is a ritual that plays out in black and North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) for 5 min- Chair recognizes the gentleman from brown households across our nation every utes. Tennessee (Mr. COHEN) for 5 minutes. day—as parents teach their young children Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last week, Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday about the special dangers they face from law the House passed legislation to extend there was a vote by the Major League enforcement. a number of individual and business Baseball committee on who should be Even the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, tax provisions that expired on Decem- inducted into the Hall of Fame from a said last week that he and his wife had to pre- ber 31, 2013. This legislation would rein- particular area. One of the players who pare their son—‘‘as families have all over this state the provisions retroactively and was up for consideration—and, unfortu- city for decades—how to take special care in extend them through the end of 2014. nately, wasn’t chosen—was Minnie any encounter he has with police officers.’’ As a former small business owner, I Minoso, and it reminded me of the debt As a father, to hear that is heartbreaking. As recognize the tremendous cost that I owe Minnie Minoso. someone who has long worked with and on Federal policy can have on American Minnie Minoso was the first African behalf of law enforcement, and who has deep businesses and believe the temporary Latin baseball player. And in 1954, in respect for the bravery and integrity of so extension of many of these tax breaks Memphis, Tennessee—a town I was many who wear the uniform, it’s a call to ac- is necessary. However, I have long been born in and a town in the Southern tion. a consistent and vocal supporter of United States that was especially a

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In the to insist the VA leadership utilize it on A player came to give me a baseball criminal justice system, we need to see the mental health side. from the opposing team, the St. Louis that law enforcement agencies and Mr. Speaker, a 2-month wait for men- Cardinals. I thanked him. And I went prosecutions of law enforcement offi- tal health patients at the VA is obvi- and told my father. And we came down cers are done transparently and fairly ously a disservice to our veterans, but to thank him. And he said: ‘‘Don’t and justly. it is also a major safety concern for thank me. Thank that player over We need to be sure that Americans veterans, their families, and the public. there.’’ He was the blackest player on continue to have faith that this is the It might be uncomfortable to talk the field, number nine, Minnie Minoso. land of the free and the home of the about, but the fact is we have a very He didn’t feel comfortable in 1955 to brave, and that our Nation is one in high suicide rate among veterans. give me a baseball. Yet he was the which people get equal justice, as was Twenty-two veterans commit suicide player with the most compassionate planned by our Founding Fathers but every day. The tendency is even higher heart and humility on the field because was never quite implemented. for young, male veterans, the very type that was the segregated South. f that are returning home right now Minnie Minoso became my hero, and from war. The last thing that we I followed his career and became VETERANS MENTAL HEALTH should do is make it harder for vet- friends with him. We exchanged gifts. SERVICES erans to get the treatment that they He came to Memphis, and I went to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The need. Chicago. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from That is why I rise today in support of In 1960 when he came to Memphis, he Alabama (Mrs. ROBY) for 5 minutes. H.R. 5059, the Clay Hunt Suicide Pre- was staying at the Lorraine Motel—the Mrs. ROBY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today vention Act. This bipartisan bill aims segregated African American hotel in to discuss mental health services for to, number one, increase access to Memphis—because African Cuban veterans. mental health care for veterans; num- Latin players, African Americans As you know, physical injuries are ber two, better meet the demand for weren’t allowed at the Peabody Hotel, not the only ones endured in war. Many mental health professionals; and num- where the other players were. soldiers return home with wounds that ber three, improve accountability of I couldn’t believe that my baseball we cannot see. For some veterans, the suicide prevention efforts through the hero, a great all-star, was staying at psychological trauma endured on the Department of Defense and the VA. the Lorraine, which happens to be battlefield affects them and their fami- The bill is named for Clay Hunt, a where Dr. King was murdered. But that lies long after the shots stop firing. Marine veteran who served in Iraq and is where he had to stay. b 1030 Afghanistan, earning the Purple Heart. I learned about segregation from liv- He was diagnosed with PTSD and actu- ing in Memphis and from being be- Of the 2 million Americans who ally worked to raise awareness about friended by Minnie Minoso. The insan- served in combat in Iraq or Afghani- problems facing people like him re- ity of segregation and the separation of stan, as many as 300,000 meet criteria turning home from combat. people by race, that period of Jim Crow for posttraumatic stress disorder. An- Like many veterans, Clay ran into and previous slavery—which existed in other 300,000 may have suffered a trau- roadblocks in his efforts to access care this country for 250 years of slavery matic brain injury. for his PTSD. I encourage everyone to and 100-and-some-odd years of Jim Mr. Speaker, for these servicemen look up Clay Hunt’s full story and read Crow—still pervades this country. and servicewomen, access to quality about the difficulty he faced getting There are lingering consequences mental health care is crucial, so imag- needed care from the VA. For some which must be dealt with. The gen- ine being one of these soldiers who re- veterans, it might sound all too famil- tleman from California (Mr. SCHIFF) cently returned home with the lasting iar. On March 31, 2011, at the age of 28, well addressed them. Much must be psychological effects that so commonly Clay took his own life. Clay’s story is done in law enforcement and criminal result from war. sad, it is disheartening, and it is infuri- justice but also in education and oppor- Now, imagine that in seeking treat- ating. But what Clay’s story is not? It tunities for jobs, which people don’t ment from the VA, you are forced to go is not uncommon enough, 22 veterans a have today in the South and many 67 days without an appointment. Sixty- day. other places, in inner cities. seven days is the new average wait Mr. Speaker, we have a long way to So as I think about Minnie Minoso, time for new mental health patients at go as a Nation in making sure veterans and I think about segregation and the the central Alabama VA; and, Mr. in need of mental health care aren’t effect that it has had on America— Speaker, that number has gotten left behind, but let’s start this week by America’s original sin was slavery. We worse. In May, the wait time for new passing the Clay Hunt Suicide Preven- haven’t overcome it. mental health patients was 57 days. tion Act. Mr. Speaker, administrators claim Some write about it and get recogni- f tion. People read their books. Ta- that scheduling and labeling errors Nehisi Coates wrote in the Atlantic. have contributed to making the prob- HONORING PALO ALTO COLLEGE Edward Baptist has written a book lem appear worse on paper than it ac- IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS about the benefits that America got tually is, but if after all of this time we The SPEAKER pro tempore. The from the slave trade and how many haven’t figured out how to properly Chair recognizes the gentleman from people made money from it shipping schedule patients at the VA, we have Texas (Mr. GALLEGO) for 5 minutes. cotton, making clothes, insuring the worse problems than I thought. I don’t Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise slave trade. It was the great economic expect it to magically improve over- today to honor Palo Alto College on benefit of this country and made this night, but we shouldn’t be moving in the famed south side of San Antonio. country great, all on slavery. Edward the wrong direction. Making a high impact through edu- Baptist writes it well. My primary focus is improving care cation, Palo Alto College has been Michelle Alexander writes in ‘‘The for veterans in Alabama, and there are meeting the needs of first generation New Jim Crow’’ about the incarcer- ways that we can do it. I am eager to college students in the San Antonio ation rate of African Americans, that see greater utilization of the Patient- area and in the surrounding commu- it is wrongfully high. If you are African Centered Community Care program, nities. American, the likelihood that you are otherwise known as PC3, which con- In doing so, Palo Alto College pre- going to be arrested and incarcerated is nects veteran patients with local doc- pares students for a 4-year degree pro- so much greater than a Caucasian for tors or specialists. gram or to enter the workforce with

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.006 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 9, 2014 the skills and the training necessary to PAYING TRIBUTE TO MASTER really remember about Jimmy and strengthen the future of San Antonio, GUNNERY SERGEANT JIMMY think about is—it is not pictured in Bexar County, and the 23rd District of MILLS HARGROVE this picture, but his smile, Jimmy’s Texas. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The smile. He was always so optimistic, and Palo Alto College was officially char- Chair recognizes the gentleman from though he knew the bitter fruit of seg- tered by the State of Texas in 1983. Two Virginia (Mr. RIGELL) for 5 minutes. regation, he, himself, was not bitter. years later, in 1985, it began offering its Mr. RIGELL. Mr. Speaker, it is a spe- He was fully optimistic about our Na- first classes, and since then, Palo Alto cial and high honor to be in this Cham- tion, and he fought for our Nation even has quickly grown with the city of San ber of the people’s House to honor, to after his retirement. He engaged in Antonio. remember, and to pay respectful trib- shaping public policy and shaping the In 1991, because of its deep roots in ute to a most remarkable American, a way our country is headed. I deeply re- the Hispanic community and its dedi- true patriot, and one of the finest ma- spect him for this. He did not yield to cation to helping Hispanic families rines I have ever known, Master Gun- apathy’s seductive call, but he chose to overcome common barriers to higher nery Sergeant Jimmy Hargrove. He continue to fight for his country. education, Palo Alto College was was a dear friend of mine and my fam- We marines are a proud lot. It is even named a Hispanic-Serving Institution ily. embedded in our Marines’ Hymn. The by the Federal Government. Jimmy was enlisted. He was an en- last verse is: Today, Palo Alto College serves over listed marine. This is my father, Ike; If the Army and the Navy 8,000 students and offers 95 relevant he is also an enlisted marine. He is Ever look on Heaven’s scenes; academic programs that move the doing great at the age of 91. He is an They will find the streets are guarded country forward. Programs include Iwo Jima veteran. There is something By United States Marines. criminal justice and aviation tech- about enlisted marines, when we meet I think of Jimmy as still being on nology, among many others. It also each other, we often ask, ‘‘Are you a duty and in Heaven as well. He was a works very closely with employers like Parris Island marine?’’ I was. man of deep faith, and so I would say Toyota to be sure that its students are If you are a Parris Island marine, you to my friend, in respect for his life and receiving cutting-edge training. In en- usually give the other alternative, his service to our country, ‘‘Master suring the college can meet the de- which is this. You say, ‘‘Or are you a Gunnery Hargrove, mission accom- mands of Texas’ energy production, it Hollywood marine?’’ That is, did you plished. Job well done, marine. Semper also offers programs in oil and gas go through boot camp in San Diego? Fidelis. Semper Fi.’’ technology. Well, that question applies to vir- May God grant eternal rest to this It is ably led by Dr. Mike Flores who, tually all enlisted marines, but there fine American, and may God also pro- prior to assuming the presidency, had are some whom that question really vide a special measure of comfort and worked his way up through each of the doesn’t apply to because the answer is grace to his wife, Cheryl, and their en- three vice president positions at Palo neither Parris Island nor San Diego, tire family. Alto, and he has served the Palo Alto but it is a different place they went to f community for over 19 years. boot camp, Montford Point, North MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Where others have provided lip serv- Carolina. ice, Palo Alto College has found suc- From 1942 to 1949, 20,000 young Afri- A message from the Senate by Ms. cess. With a firm understanding of the can American men, young Black men Curtis, one of its clerks, announced promise that our Nation has made to from across our country like Jimmy, that the Senate has passed without its veterans, Palo Alto College is com- didn’t go to Parris Island or San Diego. amendment bills of the House of the mitted to ensuring higher education re- He went to Montford Point, and that is following titles: mains accessible to veterans and Ac- where he endured the training that de- H.R. 78. An act to designate the facility of tive Duty servicemen and service- fines, shapes, and molds young men the United States Postal Service located at women alike. and women now into marines—fully 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the Palo Alto College has been listed segregated units. ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office among the top 20 percent of schools These marines have gone on to fight Building’’. that support veteran education. It has in our Nation’s battles. Jimmy, for ex- H.R. 1707. An act to designate the facility an incredible network of people and re- of the United States Postal Service located ample, fought in Korea and then Viet- at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illi- sources available to serve veterans. I nam. Some have been grievously nois, as the ‘‘James R. Burgess Jr. Post Of- thank Palo Alto College for the work wounded. Many gave the ultimate sac- fice Building’’. that they do with our veterans and the rifice for our Nation. H.R. 2112. An act to designate the facility Active Duty military. It really is very It was fitting and proper, Mr. Speak- of the United States Postal Service located impressive. er, when in 2012 this body and the Sen- at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, Palo Alto college also plays a funda- ate unanimously passed legislation as the ‘‘National Clandestine Service of the mental role in the success of many in- which President Obama then signed Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer dividuals in our community, and its Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office’’. into law which gave to all Montford H.R. 2223. An act to designate the facility impact will be seen for many genera- Point marines, all surviving Montford of the United States Postal Service located tions. Whether it’s providing a second Point marines, the Congressional Gold at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as chance to nontraditional students Medal. It was a privilege to be at that the ‘‘Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office through its GED programs or whether ceremony. Jimmy took great pride in Building’’. it is preparing students for the next this, and he was there as well with his H.R. 2678. An act to designate the facility level of education, Palo Alto College is family and his wife, Cheryl. of the United States Postal Service located there. It is there to meet the needs of There is no question, Mr. Speaker, at 10360 Southwest 186th Street in Miami, the community and to help families that we are a better, stronger, and Florida, as the ‘‘Larcenia J. Bullard Post Of- fice Building’’. achieve prosperity in the American safer America because of our Montford H.R. 3534. An act to designate the facility Dream. Point marines, and we are a better, of the United States Postal Service located I congratulate Palo Alto College on safer, and stronger America because of at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, its upcoming birthday—30 years of edu- the life of Jimmy Hargrove. Michigan, as the ‘‘Officer James Bonneau cational excellence—and I thank them This picture from 2013 at the Marine Memorial Post Office’’. for their continued commitment to en- Corps ball is one of my favorite pic- H.R. 4939. An act to designate the facility sure education remains accessible. tures. It shows the bond between two of the United States Postal Service located Their mission to provide relevant and marines, really one generation to the at 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, Cali- fornia, as the ‘‘Neil Havens Post Office’’. needed educational opportunities is ad- next. I consider it an honor to pay trib- H.R. 5030. An act to designate the facility mirable. ute to him today. of the United States Postal Service located I look forward to seeing the many Yesterday, Jimmy was laid to rest in at 13500 SW 250 Street in Princeton, Florida, successes of those who pass through Arlington. It is fitting that he is there as the ‘‘Corporal Christian A. Guzman Ri- the doors of Palo Alto College. in Arlington in eternal rest. What I vera Post Office Building’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.007 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8875 The message also announced that the lehem, who died on a cross, and rose Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today I rise Senate has passed with an amendment again that we might have eternal life, to recognize North State Aviation, an a bill of the House of the following Jesus Christ our Lord. It is in His name aircraft maintenance company based in title: that we pray. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. H.R. 1281. An act to amend the Public Amen. In November I had the pleasure of at- Health Service Act to reauthorize programs f tending the company’s fourth anniver- under part A of title XI of such Act. sary event to celebrate the completion THE JOURNAL The message also announced that the of work on their 300th United Airlines The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Senate has passed a bill of the fol- aircraft and 400th aircraft overall. Chair has examined the Journal of the lowing title in which the concurrence In just 4 short years, North State last day’s proceedings and announces of the House is requested: Aviation has experienced exponential to the House his approval thereof. job growth, going from zero to 365 full- S. 2142. An act to impose targeted sanc- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- time employees. More than 100 of those tions on persons responsible for violations of nal stands approved. human rights of antigovernment protesters employees are military veterans. in Venezuela, to strengthen civil society in f However, the economic impact of North State Aviation goes beyond the Venezuela, and for other purposes. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE company itself. While the company’s The message also announced that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the pursuant to the provisions of Public ambitious growth plan has enabled gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. hundreds of workers to find jobs in Law 100–702, the Chair, on behalf of the FOXX) come forward and lead the House Majority Leader, announces the ap- Winston-Salem, the local community in the Pledge of Allegiance. and the region’s aviation industry have pointment of the following individual Ms. FOXX led the Pledge of Alle- benefited as well. to the board of the Federal Judicial giance as follows: As a result of North State’s success, Center Foundation: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Smith Reynolds Airport has been able Peter Kraus of Texas, vice Richard D. United States of America, and to the Repub- to afford the ongoing construction of Casey of South Dakota. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Runway 4–22, and the airport’s master indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. f plan includes an additional hangar, in f RECESS part to give North State more expan- WELCOMING DR. ROBERT sion space. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- JEFFRESS North State Aviation is a company ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without that recognized an opportunity and declares the House in recess until noon seized it through hard work and inno- today. objection, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) is recognized for 1 vation. Its resulting success is well de- Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 42 minute. served. minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- There was no objection. f cess. Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, our SOUTH SUDAN f chaplain today is Dr. Robert Jeffress, (Mr. HOYER asked and was given b 1200 senior pastor of the 11,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas. His permission to address the House for 1 AFTER RECESS opinions are ubiquitous on radio and minute and to revise and extend his re- The recess having expired, the House television, as is his radio program, marks.) Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to was called to order by the Speaker pro ‘‘Pathway to Victory.’’ express my deep concern about the on- tempore (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska) at His weekly TV program is on over going situation in South Sudan. Next noon. 1,200 stations and systems worldwide, while he has authored 21 books and is a Monday we will mark the 1-year anni- f FOX News contributor. versary of the outbreak of civil conflict PRAYER While some churches flee downtown in that young country, which gained its independence in 2011. Reverend Dr. Robert Jeffress, First areas, Dr. Jeffress led his church in a massive revitalization of downtown Since that conflict began, as many as Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, offered 2 million people have been displaced, the following prayer: Dallas. He has a bachelor’s from Baylor, master’s from Dallas Theo- while 1.5 million people are without se- Heavenly Father, we come into Your cure access to food. 50,000 civilians are presence recognizing that You are the logical Seminary, doctorates from Southwestern Theological Seminary estimated to have been killed as a re- one true God, the Lord over all cre- sult of the fighting between the rival ation. and Dallas Baptist University. He and his wife, Amy, have two factions. Father, today I want to thank You daughters, Julia and Dorothy, who are Alarmingly, Mr. Speaker, both sides for the men and women in this House here today, and son-in-law, Ryan have been stockpiling weapons and are who so selflessly serve You and serve Sadler. expected to launch fresh attacks once our Nation. I pray that You would bless Dr. Robert Jeffress is principled, bril- the rainy season ends. their work, protect their families, reas- liant, charitable, and his faith in God The international community, with sure them that they are in this place of leaves no room for fear of man. He and strong American leadership, must en- leadership because You have promoted my wife, Kathy, grew up together in courage a peaceful resolution before them here. church, and he is a dear, treasured further bloodshed occurs. Today, Father, we acknowledge that friend of mine. I want to commend the United Na- all of us are here on Earth not to do tions Mission in South Sudan peace- our will but to accomplish Your will. f keepers for their hard work bringing We affirm the words of the psalmist ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER aid to those in need, and I thank Sec- who said, ‘‘Blessed is the nation whose PRO TEMPORE retary Kerry for his efforts to achieve God is the Lord.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. a political settlement. We confess that no individual, no na- DUNCAN of Tennessee). The Chair will I traveled to Juba in 2007. As a mat- tion can experience Your favor apart entertain up to 15 further requests for ter of fact, the former chair of the For- from obeying Your commands, fol- 1-minute speeches on each side of the eign Affairs Committee, the gentle- lowing Your principles. Father, I pray aisle. woman from Florida, was with me. I You would grant these Representatives f saw a nation full of promise and hope the wisdom to lead our Nation and to for the future on the cusp of its inde- do just that, so that we may experience NORTH STATE AVIATION pendence. That bright future of possi- Your blessings and not Your judgment. (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- bilities for the people of South Sudan We pray all of these things in the mission to address the House for 1 ought not to be dimmed by violence, name of the One who was born in Beth- minute.) instability, and enmity.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE7.003 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8876 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 9, 2014 As Americans, we must exert our dip- THE NATIONAL DEFENSE resentatives Major Kevin Tann. Major lomatic arsenal to bring an end to the AUTHORIZATION ACT Tann will be leaving his post at the end fighting and restore that promise of a (Mr. DAINES asked and was given of this month but will continue to peaceful and hopeful future for South permission to address the House for 1 serve our great Nation working in Sudan. minute and to revise and extend his re- cyber intelligence at the U.S. Army f marks.) Cyber Command in Fort Belvoir, Vir- ginia. SANCTIONS IN IRAN Mr. DAINES. Mr. Speaker, last week, Originally a native of North Caro- (Mr. TIPTON asked and was given the House moved forward historic leg- islation that represents widespread lina, Kevin chose to attend college at permission to address the House for 1 my alma mater, Florida International minute and to revise and extend his re- Montana priorities. From protecting some of our State’s greatest treasures, University, where he earned a degree in marks.) criminal justice and a master of arts in Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, recently as well as access to our public lands, to developing Montana’s energy resources public administration. negotiations with Iran over the coun- Commissioned as a second lieutenant try’s nuclear program were extended and creating better certainty for our farmers and ranchers, this bill reflects in the Army’s Aviation Branch, Kevin again for another 7 months. This exten- participated in multiple combat tours sion, however, carried no additional or the concerns of Montanans from across our entire State. But just as impor- in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. strengthened economic sanctions on He has earned the Army Aviation and Iran. Disturbingly, we have now heard tantly, it represents the way we do Parachutist Badges, the Bronze Star that the administration has considered things in Montana and the kind of Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, and sanctions against Israel, our ally. change we need to see in Washington. A nuclear Iran poses an incredible In Montana, we know the importance many others. threat to the Middle East and to the of rolling up our sleeves and working It is my distinct pleasure to join with United States. The security of our al- together to get something done. By Kevin’s family, friends, peers, his wife, lies, including Israel, and the stability coming together, the Montana delega- Joy Tann, and his son, Kevin Joseph of the region is at stake. Stronger tion and Montanans from all corners of Tann, as they honor the many accom- sanctions are needed regarding Iran— our State were able to break gridlock plishments of his outstanding career. not our ally Israel—to increase pres- in Washington and bring this most im- f sure, advance negotiations, and achieve portant legislation forward. THE HOUR OF CODE a favorable outcome for the U.S. and I am proud that the House acted last all of our allies. There is no room for week and passed this bill with strong (Mr. HONDA asked and was given error, and the administration must get bipartisan support. I call on the Senate permission to address the House for 1 a strong agreement in place. to quickly do the same. minute and to revise and extend his re- H.R. 850, the Nuclear Iran Prevention marks.) f Act of 2013, seeks to strengthen and up- Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise date sanctions on Iran. This passed the RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT today to discuss the issue of gender im- House of Representatives. Despite OF STEVE SAULS balance in the computing industry. broad bipartisan support, the Senate (Mr. GARCIA asked and was given Today, women make up over half of has done nothing on this bill. The Sen- permission to address the House for 1 the American workforce but only a ate needs to take it up and increase minute and to revise and extend his re- quarter of the professional computing pressure on Iran to reach an agree- marks.) occupations. We see a similar imbal- ment. We cannot afford to wait. Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise ance in the classrooms. Girls in high f today to recognize my friend Steve school take over half of all the ad- Sauls, Florida International Univer- vanced placement exams but only a FEMA AID FOR WESTERN NEW fifth of computer science exams. YORK sity’s vice president for governmental relations, who is retiring after more This imbalance deprives the com- (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given than 30 years of commitment to the puting industry of a great resource of permission to address the House for 1 community and the State of Florida. human capital, and it limits its cre- minute.) During his tenure at FIU, Steve ativity. To address this imbalance, we Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, when a helped secure funding for the Inter- need to encourage our female students natural disaster strikes, the damage national Hurricane Center in the wake to pursue computer science as early as and cleanup costs often far exceed the of Hurricane Andrew, fought to receive possible. local government’s ability to respond authorization for the College of Law at In that spirit, I would like to recog- and to rebuild. nize Computer Science Education Week Americans take comfort in the FIU, and played a key role in creating the College of Medicine. Through these and the Hour of Code. These programs knowledge that the Federal Govern- have reached tens of millions of stu- ment will aid in the response by pro- efforts and countless others, Steve has helped develop FIU into one of the top dents worldwide. We need programs viding assistance to mitigate the often like these to ensure that the next gen- massive costs of natural disasters. public universities in the country. I have been honored to represent FIU in eration of computer professionals is di- The recent record-breaking snow- verse so we have all the best talent. storm in western New York reminded my district and work with Steve to the Nation that Buffalonians are resil- help support this vibrant educational f ient and generous people. That was on community. b 1215 display during the storm and its after- After building a long track record of RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF MAJOR math with so many instances of neigh- impressive accomplishments, Steve D. ‘‘JIM’’ OLMES, JR., OF OIL bors helping neighbors. will be sorely missed. I urge you to join The storm also left my community me in recognizing his contributions to CITY, PENNSYLVANIA with significant expenses in terms of south Florida and our country. (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania the emergency response and structures f asked and was given permission to ad- that collapsed under the weight of the dress the House for 1 minute and to re- snow. That is why I have joined the HONORING MAJOR KEVIN TANN, vise and extend his remarks.) western New York delegation to urge UNITED STATES ARMY Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. FEMA to act quickly to certify the dis- (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize aster and disburse assistance. given permission to address the House the life of Major D. ‘‘Jim’’ Olmes, Jr., Western New Yorkers are the first to for 1 minute and to revise and extend of Oil City, Venango County, Pennsyl- volunteer to aid other communities in her remarks.) vania. A World War II veteran, a be- need. Now we must ensure a helping Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I loved family member, and community hand is there for them when they are rise today to honor Army congres- leader, Mr. Olmes passed away last in need. sional liaison to the U.S. House of Rep- week at the age of 93.

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California served as an officer in the United He has kept our State prosperous by needs us to act today by passing this States Marine Corps. supporting agriculture, opening new measure while we continue to work Following his service, Olmes at- trade opportunities, reforming eco- through the process. tended the University of Pittsburgh, nomic development incentives, and im- f where he earned his law degree before proving education through greater RENEWING OUR GREAT NATION starting his own private practice. He local control. He has also been an ally was also active in the community, of taxpayers by keeping our budget bal- (Mr. YODER asked and was given serving on the Oil City school board anced and also advocating for tax re- permission to address the House for 1 and the former Northwest Pennsyl- form. Under his watch, Nebraska con- minute and to revise and extend his re- vania Bank and Trust Company board. sistently ranks among the best States marks.) Major Olmes was preceded in death to live, work, do business, and raise a Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, with each by his wife, Virginia Lee Pence, fol- family. new day brings new opportunities for lowing more than 60 years of marriage Mr. Speaker, I am thankful and our Congress to work together and together. As reported in the Oil City grateful for Governor Heineman’s lead- solve problems on behalf of the Amer- Derrick, ‘‘His greatest joy was his fam- ership and service. I join all Nebras- ican people. As the 113th Congress comes to a ily.’’ kans in wishing him and his wife, Sally close, we do so leaving almost 400 bills Mr. Speaker, let us remember the Ganem, Godspeed as they embark on that have passed the people’s House special life of Major D. ‘‘Jim’’ Olmes as the next chapter of their lives. that we sent to the Senate which cre- we pray for his family during this time f ate jobs, reduce government waste, and of mourning. CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY support investment in our Nation’s fu- f DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014 ture; yet these bills were never even considered or voted upon by the Sen- THE USE OF VIOLENCE IS (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given ABHORRENT permission to address the House for 1 ate, and they were never heard from (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was minute.) again. As evidenced by the recent elections, given permission to address the House Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rep- the American people reject this blatant for 1 minute.) resent a very rural district in northern partisanship, they reject the dysfunc- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as California which has been greatly im- tion of the Senate, and they reject the we come to this season of joy, I am al- pacted by the drought. The town of unilateral action by the executive ways committed to wishing all of my Redding, for example, has had its water branch to run roughshod over the voice supplies cut to 50 percent this year. colleagues of this body, this govern- of the people. ment, and our people a happy holiday. Farmers along the Tehama-Colusa As the national debt soared past $18 We are on the brink of the release of Canal received no water at all from the trillion last week, we were reminded a report that talks about issues of tor- Central Valley Project, leaving thou- that it is time to roll up our sleeves ture which America has stood against. sands of acres of productive farmland and get to work to reduce spending and Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commu- fallow. balance our budgets, to promote energy nicate that any report of past practices After the third year of historic independence, and to create jobs and which we abhor does not indicate our drought—the worst drought in 1,200 grow our economy, to fix our broken lack of respect for the men and women years, historic in California—it is im- immigration system, and to ensure the of the CIA, nor does it give excuse to perative that we act immediately to safety and security of the American any international provocateur or ter- prepare for another dry year. people. rorist to do violence to their own peo- H.R. 5781 by DAVID VALADAO takes Mr. Speaker, we know there is much ple. immediate action to store more water work to be done. As we turn to hopeful This is a deliberative assessment of and start on this remedy. This legisla- optimism for the next Congress, let’s how we can go forward, how we can tion is just 18 months in duration, giv- turn the page together, and let’s renew continue to protect this Nation, and as ing us time to continue working with our great Nation. a member of the Homeland Security the Senate on a longer-term solution. f Committee, it is important to protect H.R. 5781 has two simple components: our Nation. But we should not yield to creating flexibility so we can store COMMUNICATION FROM THE those who will use this recklessly and more water in preparation for the com- CLERK OF THE HOUSE violently to do terror around the ing year; and preserving the most fun- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- world. damental water right of all, the idea fore the House the following commu- Let me thank our marines who are that those who live where water origi- nication from the Clerk of the House of on high alert. Let me also bring to the nates should have access to it. Representatives: attention of my colleagues that tomor- We also protect northern California OFFICE OF THE CLERK, row is Human Rights Day, and I hope to ensure that those who live where our HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, that we will stand on this floor and water originates do not have to have Washington, DC, December 9, 2014. promote the values of human rights. their water cut off while other areas of Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, Again, Mr. Speaker, I challenge and the State receive deliveries. Under this The Speaker, U.S. Capitol, measure, northern California will be House of Representatives, Washington, DC. charge those who would use this in a DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- violent way: you are wrong, you are guaranteed access to the water that mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of wrong, and you are wrong. rains on their communities. the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- f Mr. Speaker and Members, we have tives, the Clerk received the following mes- worked in good faith to negotiate a bi- sage from the Secretary of the Senate on De- RECOGNIZING THE PUBLIC SERV- partisan bill to address California’s cember 9, 2014 at 9:22 a.m.: ICE OF NEBRASKA’S LONGEST- drought. Nothing in this measure is That the Senate passed S. 2520. With best wishes, I am SERVING GOVERNOR, DAVE controversial. It leaves the Endangered HEINEMAN Sincerely, Species Act intact, it respects water KAREN L. HAAS. (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and rights, and it helps every region of f was given permission to address the California. Twenty million Califor- House for 1 minute and to revise and nians will benefit in some fashion or ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER extend his remarks.) another. PRO TEMPORE Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- After several years of drought, it is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- er, I rise today to recognize the public imperative we get on the ball and pre- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair

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(I) a description of the funding history for on which a recorded vote or the yeas (8) STATE RESTORATION ACTIVITY.— the project; and nays are ordered, or on which the (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘State restora- (J) cost sharing; and tion activity’’ means any State program or (K) alignment with the existing Chesa- vote incurs objection under clause 6 of project carried out under State authority peake Bay Agreement, Chesapeake Execu- rule XX. that directly or indirectly protect, conserve, tive Council goals and priorities, and Annual Record votes on postponed questions or restore living resources, habitat, water re- Action Plan required by section 205 of Execu- will be taken later. sources, or water quality in the Chesapeake tive Order 13508 (33 U.S.C. 1267 note; relating f Bay watershed, including programs or to Chesapeake Bay protection and restora- projects that promote responsible land use, tion). CHESAPEAKE BAY ACCOUNT- stewardship, and community engagement in (b) MINIMUM FUNDING LEVELS.—In describ- ABILITY AND RECOVERY ACT OF the Chesapeake Bay watershed. ing restoration activities in the report re- 2014 (B) CATEGORIZATION.—State restoration ac- quired under subsection (a), the Director tivities may be categorized as follows: shall only include— Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. (i) Physical restoration. (1) for the first 3 years that the report is Speaker, I move to suspend the rules (ii) Planning. required, descriptions of— and pass the bill (S. 1000) to require the (iii) Feasibility studies. (A) Federal restoration activities that Director of the Office of Management (iv) Scientific research. have funding amounts greater than or equal and Budget to prepare a crosscut budg- (v) Monitoring. to $300,000; and et for restoration activities in the (vi) Education. (B) State restoration activities that have Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for (vii) Infrastructure development. funding amounts greater than or equal to other purposes. SEC. 3. CHESAPEAKE BAY CROSSCUT BUDGET. $300,000; and (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consulta- The Clerk read the title of the bill. (2) for every year thereafter, descriptions tion with the Chesapeake Executive Council, of— The text of the bill is as follows: the chief executive of each Chesapeake Bay (A) Federal restoration activities that S. 1000 State, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, have funding amounts greater than or equal Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- shall submit to Congress a financial report to $100,000; and resentatives of the United States of America in containing— (B) State restoration activities that have Congress assembled, (1) an interagency crosscut budget that funding amounts greater than or equal to displays, as applicable— SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. $100,000. (A) the proposed funding for any Federal This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chesapeake (c) DEADLINE.—The Director shall submit restoration activity to be carried out in the Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of to Congress the report required by sub- succeeding fiscal year, including any planned 2014’’. section (a) not later than September 30 of interagency or intra-agency transfer, for SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. each year. each of the Federal agencies that carry out EPORT.—Copies of the report required In this Act: (d) R restoration activities; by subsection (a) shall be submitted to the (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis- (B) to the extent that information is avail- Committees on Appropriations, Natural Re- trator’’ means the Administrator of the En- able, the estimated funding for any State vironmental Protection Agency. sources, Energy and Commerce, and Trans- restoration activity to be carried out in the portation and Infrastructure of the House of (2) CHESAPEAKE BAY STATE.—The term succeeding fiscal year; Representatives and the Committees on Ap- ‘‘Chesapeake Bay State’’ or ‘‘State’’ means (C) all expenditures for Federal restoration any of— propriations, Environment and Public activities from the preceding 2 fiscal years, Works, and Commerce, Science, and Trans- (A) the States of Maryland, West Virginia, the current fiscal year, and the succeeding Delaware, and New York; portation of the Senate. fiscal year; (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall (B) the Commonwealths of Virginia and (D) all expenditures, to the extent that in- apply beginning with the first fiscal year Pennsylvania; and formation is available, for State restoration after the date of enactment of this Act. (C) the District of Columbia. activities during the equivalent time period SEC. 4. INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR FOR THE (3) CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED.—The term described in subparagraph (C); and CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM. ‘‘Chesapeake Bay watershed’’ means all trib- (E) a section that identifies and evaluates, (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be an Inde- utaries, backwaters, and side channels, in- based on need and appropriateness, specific pendent Evaluator for restoration activities cluding watersheds, draining into the Chesa- opportunities to consolidate similar pro- in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, who shall peake Bay. grams and activities within the budget and review and report on— (4) CHESAPEAKE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.—The recommendations to Congress for legislative (1) restoration activities; and term ‘‘Chesapeake Executive Council’’ has action to streamline, consolidate, or elimi- (2) any related topics that are suggested by the meaning given the term by section 117(a) nate similar programs and activities within the Chesapeake Executive Council. of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act the budget; (b) APPOINTMENT.— (33 U.S.C. 1267(a)). (2) a detailed accounting of all funds re- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days (5) CHIEF EXECUTIVE.—The term ‘‘chief ex- ceived and obligated by each Federal agency after the date of submission of nominees by ecutive’’ means, in the case of a State or for restoration activities during the current the Chesapeake Executive Council, the Inde- Commonwealth, the Governor of the State or and preceding fiscal years, including the pendent Evaluator shall be appointed by the Commonwealth and, in the case of the Dis- identification of funds that were transferred Administrator from among nominees sub- trict of Columbia, the Mayor of the District to a Chesapeake Bay State for restoration mitted by the Chesapeake Executive Council of Columbia. activities; with the consultation of the scientific com- (6) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means (3) to the extent that information is avail- munity. the Director of the Office of Management able, a detailed accounting from each State (2) NOMINATIONS.—The Chesapeake Execu- and Budget. of all funds received and obligated from a tive Council may nominate for consideration (7) FEDERAL RESTORATION ACTIVITY.— Federal agency for restoration activities as Independent Evaluator a science-based in- (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal res- during the current and preceding fiscal stitution of higher education. toration activity’’ means a Federal program years; and (3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator or project carried out under Federal author- (4) a description of each of the proposed shall only select as Independent Evaluator a ity in existence as of the date of enactment Federal and State restoration activities to nominee that the Administrator determines of this Act with the express intent to di- be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year demonstrates excellence in marine science, rectly protect, conserve, or restore living re- (corresponding to those activities listed in policy evaluation, or other studies relating sources, habitat, water resources, or water subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1)), to complex environmental restoration ac- quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, in- including— tivities. cluding programs or projects that provide fi- (A) the project description; (c) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after nancial and technical assistance to promote (B) the current status of the project; the date of appointment and once every 2 responsible land use, stewardship, and com- (C) the Federal or State statutory or regu- years thereafter, the Independent Evaluator munity engagement in the Chesapeake Bay latory authority, program, or responsible shall submit to Congress a report describing watershed. agency; the findings and recommendations of reviews (B) CATEGORIZATION.—Federal restoration (D) the authorization level for appropria- conducted under subsection (a). activities may be categorized as follows: tions; SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING. (i) Physical restoration. (E) the project timeline, including bench- No additional funds are authorized to be (ii) Planning. marks; appropriated to carry out this Act. (iii) Feasibility studies. (F) references to project documents; (iv) Scientific research. (G) descriptions of risks and uncertainties The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (v) Monitoring. of project implementation; ant to the rule, the gentleman from

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BILL SHUSTER, Maryland is proposing to further delay all Members may have 5 legislative Chairman, Committee on Transportation and or undo some additional restrictions on days to revise and extend their re- Infrastructure, Rayburn House Office the applications of chicken manure and marks and include extraneous material Building, Washington, DC. other phosphate nitrogen-rich fer- on the bill under consideration. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for your letter regarding S. 1000, the Chesapeake Bay tilizers that are contributing to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there dramatic deterioration of the bay. objection to the request of the gen- Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014. I appreciate your willingness to forego a I would say this new Governor is tleman from Washington? referral of this bill, and agree that by not ex- being very shortsighted in terms of the There was no objection. ercising this authority for S. 1000, your com- benefits of the bay in total versus the Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. mittee is not prejudiced in any future juris- small cost that would be imposed upon Speaker, I yield myself as much time dictional claim over the subject matter con- farmers to get these needed restric- as I may consume. tained in the bill or similar legislation that tions in place, and I would hope that he falls within the Committee on Transpor- reconsiders and hears a lot about this Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to tation and Infrastructure’s Rule X jurisdic- commend Congressman WITTMAN, the tion. from his constituents. author of the House companion bill, As the Committee on Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, I support passage of H.R. 739, which has already passed the won’t be filing a report on S. 1000, I will in- this bill, and I reserve the balance of House earlier in this Congress. I would stead be pleased to include this exchange of my time. like to thank him for his work for this letters in the Congressional Record during Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. government efficiency bill for the consideration of the bill. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 5 Chesapeake Bay. Sincerely, minutes to the gentleman from Vir- DOC HASTINGS, ginia (Mr. WITTMAN). He is the gen- Mr. WITTMAN is a true champion for Chairman. tleman who sponsored the House the Chesapeake Bay, and this bill is an- Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. With other example of his effective leader- version of this legislation. that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the bal- Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would ship for the bay and his Virginia con- ance of my time. stituents. first like to commend and thank Chair- Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. Speaker, there are two parts to man HASTINGS for all of his efforts and myself such time as I may consume. his support in bringing this legislation this bill, and I will let Mr. WITTMAN ex- Mr. Speaker, the Chesapeake Bay is to the floor. We would not be where we plain that, but I would like to com- America’s largest estuary, and restora- ment also that while section 3(d) of the are today without his leadership, and it tion of the estuary will be an incredible has been a true pleasure and honor to bill does not require that a copy of the conservation challenge. The Federal financial report be submitted to the serve with him during his time as Government, States, localities, and chairman of the House Natural Re- Committee on Science, Space, and conservation groups have spent billions Technology, it is our intent that the sources Committee. of dollars to improve water quality, Mr. Chairman, you have been a tire- director should also transmit a copy to habitat, fisheries, recreational oppor- less champion for preserving our Na- that committee. tunities, and tributaries since the first tion’s bountiful natural resources. We Finally, I would like to thank Chair- Chesapeake Bay agreement was signed thank you so much for the legacy that man SHUSTER of the Transportation back in 1983; yet the water quality has you have left in leadership, but also for and Infrastructure Committee for his continued to deteriorate. the improvements that you have made assistance in scheduling this bill for The efforts have yielded some im- in this Nation’s natural resources, and floor consideration. I include in the pressive successes, but by many I wish you all the best. RECORD the exchange of letters on S. metrics, the bay is still in poor health. Mr. Speaker, S. 1000 is the Chesa- 1000 between our two committees. This is due in large part to the fact peake Bay Accountability and Recov- COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND that since bay cleanup began in earnest ery Act of 2014. I am the author of the INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSE OF REP- in the eighties, the population of the House companion legislation, H.R. 739, RESENTATIVES, watershed has increased dramatically which has already passed the House Washington, DC, December 5, 2014. by more than one-third. Hon. DOC HASTINGS, earlier this Congress and in previous Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, There is more wetland loss, more pol- sessions of Congress. Longworth House Office Building, Wash- luted runoff, and more nutrients in the The Chesapeake Bay is the economic ington, DC. wastewater and other sources entering and cultural backbone of our region, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I write concerning S. the bay. In a sense, the bay is being and it is one of our Nation’s most 1000, the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and loved to death by those who live near prized natural resources. Many activi- Recovery Act of 2014. S. 1000 contains provi- it. ties are currently underway to clean up sions that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction President Obama’s 2009 executive the bay, but without a coordinated ef- of the Committee on Transportation and In- order on Chesapeake Bay protection fort, it is impossible to ascertain the frastructure. and restoration has refocused Federal effectiveness of these programs or to I recognize and appreciate your desire to efforts, and that is a good thing; how- bring S. 1000 before the House in an expedi- accurately gauge their success. tious manner and, accordingly, I will not ever, taxpayers and bay advocates de- The restoration effort includes mul- seek a referral of the bill. However, this is serve to know more about how and how tiple Federal agencies and also in- conditional on our mutual understanding much money is being spent. cludes six States and the District of that forgoing consideration of the bill does S. 1000 would require the Office of Columbia, as well as more than 1,000 lo- not prejudice the Committee with respect to Management and Budget to prepare a calities and multiple nongovernmental any future jurisdictional claim over the sub- crosscut budget of Federal agency and operations. ject matters contained in the bill or similar State expenditures on bay restoration. While the drive and determination to legislation that fall within the Committee’s This exercise will help identify areas restore the bay is shared by all of these Rule X jurisdiction. where Bay partners can better coordi- entities, the effort can be muddled due I would appreciate your response to this letter, confirming this understanding, and nate or eliminate redundancy. to the complexity of various partici- would request that you insert our exchange Mr. Speaker, this is commonsense pants. As we have seen, we have taken of letters on this matter into the committee legislation that will help improve the in some instances steps forward, but in report on S. 1000 and the Congressional efficiency and effectiveness of Chesa- some instances, those steps have not

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Mr. all Members may have 5 legislative Speaker, I urge my colleagues to adopt days in which to revise and extend b 1230 this very hard bill that went through their remarks and include extraneous At the same time as we look at those arduous examination from all aspects, material on the bill under consider- efforts, it is difficult to pinpoint ex- and I commend the gentleman from ation. actly where and how much money is Virginia (Mr. WITTMAN) for his work on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there being spent across this wide scope of it. objection to the request of the gen- bay restoration activities. To remedy I yield back the balance of my time. tleman from Washington? this, we must ensure that Federal, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The There was no objection. State, and local efforts are not working question is on the motion offered by Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. at cross-purposes and that the restora- the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I tion effort, as a whole, is coordinated HASTINGS) that the House suspend the may consume. and efficient. Today, when we are in a rules and pass the bill, S. 1000. Mr. Speaker, the John Muir Historic resource-challenged environment, we The question was taken. Site was established in 1964 and cur- must get the most out of the dollars we The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the rently consists of 345 acres in Martinez, spend to restore the bay. opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being California. H.R. 5699 allows the Na- This simple legislation would require in the affirmative, the ayes have it. tional Park Service to accept the dona- a crosscut budget to ensure Federal Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. tion of 44 acres of property adjacent to dollars currently spent on bay restora- Speaker, on that I demand the yeas the John Muir National Historic Site. tion activities produce results and en- and nays. This donation will enhance the rec- sure that we are coordinating how res- The yeas and nays were ordered. reational value of the existing park by toration dollars are being spent. That The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- creating new opportunities for visitors. coordination at the local, State, and ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- It is a good bill. Federal level is critical to make sure ceedings on this motion will be post- I reserve the balance of my time. that we demonstrate results and that poned. Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield we continue those efforts that have f myself such time as I may consume. proven to be successful. It is also crit- JOHN MUIR NATIONAL HISTORIC Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Mr. MIL- ical to make sure that we are not du- SITE EXPANSION ACT LER on this legislation. H.R. 5699 will plicating efforts or unnecessarily authorize the National Park Service to Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. spending money in areas that are not expand the boundary of the John Muir Speaker, I move to suspend the rules producing results. National Historic Site and acquire, by and pass the bill (H.R. 5699) to author- Second, the bill would require the ap- donation, 44 acres of land from the ize the Secretary of the Interior to ac- pointment of an independent evaluator Muir Heritage Land Trust. It will ex- quire approximately 44 acres of land in to review restoration activities in the pand the site and help carry on Muir’s Martinez, California, and for other pur- watershed. The Chesapeake Bay Ac- legacy of conservation and environ- poses, as amended. countability and Recovery Act is a mental stewardship. The Clerk read the title of the bill. John Muir is an important historic smart, commonsense piece of legisla- The text of the bill is as follows: tion that will lead to better spending figure to me and to millions of other H.R. 5699 decisions and better government, Americans in terms of his advocacy for Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- the environment. Obviously, we owe which will ensure that more resources resentatives of the United States of America in are available to help restore the Na- Congress assembled, him a great debt of gratitude for many, tion’s largest estuary, the Chesapeake SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. many of the actions of his legacy—Yo- Bay. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John Muir Na- semite and Sequoia National Parks, This has been a truly cooperative ef- tional Historic Site Expansion Act’’. and he also founded the Sierra Club fort, and I am very grateful for the SEC. 2. JOHN MUIR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE back in the early part of the last cen- leadership of Senator MARK WARNER LAND ACQUISITION. tury. This bill will contribute to his and Senator TIM KAINE as champions of (a) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte- legacy and help protect and conserve Chesapeake Bay restoration. I would rior may acquire by donation the approximately the place where he found solace and in- 44 acres of land, and interests in such land, that also like to thank my fellow Virginia are identified on the map entitled ‘‘John Muir spiration in his later years. Representatives FRANK WOLF, JIM National Historic Site Proposed Boundary Ex- It was interesting to me. I read an ar- MORAN, BOBBY SCOTT, GERRY CON- pansion’’, numbered 426/127150, and dated No- ticle that I would describe as sort of as- NOLLY, and SCOTT RIGELL—as well as vember, 2014. cribing 21st century political correct- CHRIS VAN HOLLEN of Maryland—and (b) BOUNDARY.—Upon the acquisition of the ness on the part of a few historians— Congressman RANDY FORBES for their land authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary one from UCLA, one from Stanford, consistent support in getting this bill of the Interior shall adjust the boundaries of the and one person from the Center for Bio- through the House. John Muir Historic Site in Martinez, California, logical Diversity—essentially criti- to include the land identified on the map re- I first introduced this bill in 2008, and ferred to in subsection (a). cizing and denying the legacy of John it has been a difficult road to get to (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The land and interests Muir and using a 21st century politi- where we are now, but the Chesapeake in land acquired under subsection (a) shall be cally correct backwards telescope to Bay, too, has had a difficult road. With administered as part of the John Muir National look at it. It is just extraordinary to the House passage today, Mr. Speaker, Historic Site established by the Act of August 31, me that there are people like that who we will be one step closer to the next 1964 (Public Law 88–547; 78 Stat. 753; 16 U.S.C. exist. Sure, he didn’t live up to 21st chapter of the Chesapeake Bay’s long 461 note). century political correctness, and he (d) DATE CERTAIN.—The authority provided in history of efforts to restore her to her subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply only if certainly couldn’t have predicted the previous bounty. the lands identified on the map entitled ‘‘John phenomenal growth of the Western Today, we see that the economic Muir National Historic Site Proposed Boundary United States and the need for amen- foundation of our region remains vest- Expansion’’ are held in title by the Muir Herit- ities that relate to the environment in ed in the Chesapeake Bay, and it con- age Land Trust by May 31, 2015. major urban areas, but what he saved tinues to be a national treasure. We The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- is an extraordinary gift enjoyed by mil- hope that with today’s efforts it will ant to the rule, the gentleman from lions of Americans and people from continue to be enjoyed for generations Washington (Mr. HASTINGS) and the around the entire world every year. I and generations to come. gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) just have to say to those people that Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to each will control 20 minutes. they are a bit misguided. support the Chesapeake Bay and this The Chair recognizes the gentleman With that, I want to congratulate my commonsense bill. from Washington. friend and colleague Representative

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.017 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8881 GEORGE MILLER on this. Obviously, this from the original owner and to provide Ponca people, as generally depicted on the is coming at the end of an extraor- it in donation to the National Park map entitled ‘Chief Standing Bear National dinary career of service to America and Service. With the passage of this bill, Historic Trail Feasibility Study’, numbered protecting our environment for future that transaction will be completed. It 903/125,630, and dated November 2014. ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map de- generations. I think it is really, really will expand this park. The Nation will scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be on file appropriate that Mr. MILLER is moving have the benefit of this additional his- and available for public inspection in the ap- this bill to help perpetuate the legacy toric asset to the site for people to propriate offices of the Department of the In- of someone else who, at a much earlier visit and to understand. terior. time, also contributed phenomenally to Again, I want to thank Chairman ‘‘(C) COMPONENTS.—The feasibility study our public resources and assets. HASTINGS for making time for this leg- conducted pursuant to subparagraph (A) With that, I yield such time as he islation in his committee’s jurisdiction shall include a determination on whether the may consume to the gentleman from and deliberations, and my good friend Chief Standing Bear Trail meets the criteria in subsection (b) of for designation as a na- California (Mr. GEORGE MILLER). PETER DEFAZIO for allowing me to tional historic trail.’’. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. present this on the floor. Thank you so (b) TIMELINE.—The feasibility study au- Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for much to both of you. thorized by the amendment in subsection (a) yielding, and I want to thank Chair- I urge all of my colleagues to vote shall be completed not later than one year man HASTINGS and Ranking Member ‘‘aye’’ on this matter. after the date of the enactment of this Act. DEFAZIO for their help in bringing this Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I have no The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- bill to the floor. It has been subject to further requests for time. ant to the rule, the gentleman from negotiations that didn’t end until just I yield back the balance of my time. Washington (Mr. HASTINGS) and the a couple of weeks ago, and fortunately, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) we have this time for Congress to con- Speaker, this is a good piece of legisla- each will control 20 minutes. sider it. It is a very simple bill that tion. I urge its adoption. The Chair recognizes the gentleman will greatly benefit our national park I yield back the balance of my time. from Washington. system by expanding the John Muir The SPEAKER pro tempore. The GENERAL LEAVE National Historic Site in my congres- question is on the motion offered by sional district in Martinez at no cost to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Federal Government. HASTINGS) that the House suspend the The Muir Historic Site is a terrific rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5699, as all Members may have 5 legislative resource for people living in and vis- amended. days in which to revise and extend iting the bay area. Thousands and The question was taken. their remarks and include extraneous thousands and thousands of people The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the material on the bill under consider- come to the historic site every year. opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being ation. Schoolchildren visit it on a regular in the affirmative, the ayes have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there basis, and certainly visitors from Scot- Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. objection to the request of the gen- land come to the site to learn about Speaker, on that I demand the yeas tleman from Washington? this rather remarkable native of Scot- and nays. There was no objection. land who stirred up so much activity in The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. the United States. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I As Ranking Member DEFAZIO pointed ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- may consume. out, he was absolutely key to the ceedings on this motion will be post- Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5086, authored by founding and existence of Yosemite Na- poned. the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. FORTENBERRY), directs the Secretary of tional Park and Sequoia National f Park. In fact, he left his home site that the Interior to conduct a study on the is part of this park and walked to the CHIEF STANDING BEAR NATIONAL feasibility of designating the Chief Sierras to explore the Sierras and to HISTORIC TRAIL FEASIBILITY Standing Bear National Historic Trail. live in them and to write about them. STUDY The proposed trail would extend ap- Some of his most famous books were Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. proximately 550 miles between Ne- written on those journeys. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules braska and Oklahoma, following the This land, what we know locally as and pass the bill (H.R. 5086) to amend route taken by Chief Standing Bear the Plummer Ranch, is contiguous to the National Trails System Act to di- and the Ponca people during the Fed- the John Muir National Historic Site. rect the Secretary of the Interior to eral Indian removal. The trail would It was once part of a ranch owned by conduct a study on the feasibility of also commemorate the chief’s return to John Swett. John Swett was a very designating the Chief Standing Bear Nebraska and subsequent trial in 1879 close friend of John Muir. There are National Historic Trail, and for other when he became the first Native Amer- many historic pictures of them to- purposes, as amended. ican to be recognized as a person in a gether. John Swett was, in fact, the fa- The Clerk read the title of the bill. Federal court decision. It is a good ther of the California public school sys- The text of the bill is as follows: piece of legislation. I urge its adoption. tem. They spent a great deal of time in H.R. 5086 I reserve the balance of my time. this area, both farming, farming fruit Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield and grapes and other agricultural prod- resentatives of the United States of America in myself such time as I may consume, ucts, and were very close friends. So Congress assembled, and I rise in support of this legislation. this donation by the Muir Heritage SECTION 1. CHIEF STANDING BEAR NATIONAL Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5086 directs the Land Trust to the Federal Govern- HISTORIC TRAIL FEASIBILITY Secretary of the Interior to conduct a ment, if we accept it, will bring these STUDY. study on the feasibility of designating (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 5(c) of the Na- the Chief Standing Bear National His- two pillars of California’s history to- tional Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is gether, linking the physical connected- amended by adding at the end the following: toric Trail in Oklahoma, Nebraska, and ness of their ranches. It will connect ‘‘(ll) CHIEF STANDING BEAR NATIONAL HIS- Kansas. The trail extends 550 miles fol- this area to Mount Wanda, which was TORIC TRAIL.— lowing the same route taken by Chief named after John Muir’s daughter. He ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Standing Bear Standing Bear and the Ponca people used to have orchards at the top and Trail, extending approximately 550 miles during Federal Indian removal in 1877 side of Mount Wanda. from Niobrara, Nebraska, to Ponca City, and their subsequent return to Ne- So this is really a win-win for the Oklahoma, which follows the route taken by braska. historic community, and it is a win- Chief Standing Bear and the Ponca people Chief Standing Bear played an impor- during Federal Indian removal, and approxi- win for this historic site which is vis- mately 550 miles from Ponca City, Okla- tant role in American history. He was ited by so many people. It is a win for homa, through Omaha, Nebraska, to the first Native American recognized the taxpayers since the money was Niobrara, Nebraska, which follows the return by the United States Government as a raised locally to purchase this land route taken by Chief Standing Bear and the person under law, following his arrest

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Nearly a third of the A motion to reconsider was laid on land of his birth and traveled with his tribe died along the way from starva- the table. son’s remains, along with 20 other tion, malaria, and other illness, includ- f members of his tribe, through harsh ing Standing Bear’s own daughter, FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE conditions from Oklahoma back to Prairie Flower, and later, his son SENATE their ancestral lands in Nebraska. named Bear Shield. A message from the Senate by Ms. b 1245 Standing Bear had promised Bear Shield that he would bury him back Curtis, one of its clerks, announced Unfortunately, at that time, leaving home, back home in their native land that the Senate has passed with an the reservation was a violation of law. in the Niobrara River Valley of north- amendment bills of the House of the At the very least, 135 years later, it is east Nebraska. Embarking on that trip following titles: only right that we look into the feasi- in the winter of 1878, Standing Bear led H.R. 1204. An act to amend title 49, United bility of including this trail as part of a group of Poncas. When they reached States Code, to direct the Assistant Sec- the National Historic Trails system, to the Omaha reservation, the United retary of Homeland Security (Transpor- reflect on a not-so-proud period of States Army stopped Standing Bear tation Security Administration) to establish an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, American history in our country when and arrested him for leaving Oklahoma Native Americans were treated as sec- and for other purposes. without permission. He was then taken H.R. 2719. An act to require the Transpor- ond-class citizens and honor the cour- to Fort Omaha and held there to stand tation Security Administration to imple- age of Chief Standing Bear in living up trial. ment best practices and improve trans- to the promise he had made to his son. In the meantime, Standing Bear’s parency with regard to technology acquisi- I thank my colleagues on the other plight actually attracted national at- tion programs, and for other purposes. side of the aisle for advancing this leg- tention; first, in the predecessor to the The message also announced that the islation, and Representative FORTEN- current Omaha World Herald, the Senate has passed a bill of the fol- BERRY for his leadership on this bill. Omaha Daily Herald, which is our local lowing title in which the concurrence I support passage, and urge my col- newspaper back home, and through of the House is requested: leagues to vote in favor of this legisla- that, the story became well publicized. S. 2521. An act to amend chapter 35 of title tion. At the conclusion of his 2-day trial, 44, United States Code, to provide for reform With that, I yield back the balance of Standing Bear himself was allowed to to Federal information security. my time. speak. In doing so, he raised his hand, f Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Mr. Speaker, and he had this to say: Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 5 WESTERN OREGON INDIAN TRIBAL That hand is not the color of yours, but if LANDS ACT minutes to the gentleman from Ne- I pierce it, I shall feel pain. If you pierce braska (Mr. FORTENBERRY), the author your hand, you will feel pain. The blood that Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. of this legislation. will flow from mine will be the same color as Speaker, I move to suspend the rules Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, yours. I am a man. God made us both. and pass the bill (H.R. 5701) to require let me thank the distinguished chair- With those profound words, Mr. that certain Federal lands be held in man of the House Committee on Nat- Speaker, on that late spring day in trust by the United States for the ben- ural Resources for his leadership on 1879, I believe that Chief Standing Bear efit of federally recognized tribes in this issue and for his many, many expressed the most profound of Amer- the State of Oregon, and for other pur- years of devoted service to this body. ican sentiments: the belief in the in- poses, as amended. We will miss you. All the best in the herent dignity and, therefore, rights of The Clerk read the title of the bill. future. Thank you so much for your all persons, no matter their ethnicity, The text of the bill is as follows: service. no matter their color. To the credit of H.R. 5701 Let me also thank the ranking mem- Judge Elmer Dundy, he ruled then that Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ber, Mr. DEFAZIO, for his support on Native Americans were full persons Representatives of the United States of America this important piece of legislation. within the meaning of the law for the in Congress assembled, Mr. Speaker, this bill directs the Sec- first time in that trial. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. retary of the Interior to conduct a fea- Mr. Speaker, I believe that the story This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Western Or- egon Indian Tribal Lands Act’’. sibility study for the Chief Standing of the great Ponca chief is a story of Bear National Historic Trail. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. strength and grace and dignity in the The table of contents for this Act is as fol- Why is this important? Because, as protection of the most basic of human lows: has already been mentioned, Chief rights. I also believe it is a story that Sec. 1. Short title. Standing Bear holds a special place in needs to be told again and again, un- Sec. 2. Table of contents. Native American, as well as United derstood, and cherished by all Ameri- TITLE I—RESERVATION OF CONFED- States history. Establishing a trail in cans of coming generations. ERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND his name would be an outstanding way Mr. Speaker, I believe that the estab- RONDE COMMUNITY OF OREGON to recognize his deep contribution to lishment of the Chief Standing Bear Sec. 101. Additional lands for reservation. the well-being of our country. National Historic Trail would honor TITLE II—OREGON COASTAL LANDS I would like to provide some addi- both his courage and legacy, the legacy Sec. 201. Short title. tional background on this extraor- of this brave individual, and his con- Sec. 202. Definitions. dinary individual who, again, prevailed tribution to the civil liberties of our Sec. 203. Conveyance. in one of the most important court Nation. Sec. 204. Map and legal description. cases for Native Americans in our With that, I urge my colleagues to Sec. 205. Administration. country’s history. support the bill and, again, thank the Sec. 206. Land reclassification. Chief Standing Bear was a Ponca gentlemen for their support as well. TITLE III—COW CREEK UMPQUA LAND chief. In the 1800s, the Ponca tribe Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. CONVEYANCE made its home in the Niobrara River Speaker, I yield back the balance of Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Definitions. Valley in the area of northeast Ne- my time. Sec. 303. Conveyance. braska. In 1877, the United States Gov- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Sec. 304. Map and legal description. ernment pressured the Poncas from question is on the motion offered by Sec. 305. Administration. their homeland, compelling them to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Sec. 306. Land reclassification. move to Indian territory in Oklahoma. HASTINGS) that the House suspend the TITLE IV—SILETZ TRIBE INDIAN Not wanting to subject his people to rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5086, as RESTORATION ACT a confrontation with the government, amended. Sec. 401. Purpose; clarification.

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Sec. 402. Treatment of certain property of ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid’’; and ‘‘(ii) Any real property taken into trust the Siletz tribe of the State of (B) by adding after paragraph (1) (as des- under this paragraph shall not be eligible, or Oregon. ignated by subparagraph (A)) the following: used, for any Class II or Class III gaming ac- TITLE V—AMENDMENTS TO COQUILLE ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL TRUST ACQUISITIONS.— tivity carried out under the Indian Gaming RESTORATION ACT ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac- Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), ex- Sec. 501. Amendments to Coquille Restora- cept title to any additional number of acres cept for real property within 2 miles of the tion Act. of real property located within the bound- gaming facility in existence on the date of TITLE I—RESERVATION OF CONFED- aries of the original 1857 reservation of the enactment of this paragraph that is located ERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde on State Highway 18 in the Grand Ronde COMMUNITY OF OREGON Community of Oregon established by Execu- community of Oregon. SEC. 101. ADDITIONAL LANDS FOR RESERVATION. tive order dated June 30, 1857, comprised of ‘‘(C) RESERVATION.—All real property Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to es- land within the political boundaries of Polk taken into trust within those boundaries at tablish a reservation for the Confederated and Yamhill Counties, Oregon, if that real any time after September 9, 1988, shall be Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Or- property is conveyed or otherwise trans- part of the reservation of the Tribe.’’; and egon, and for other purposes,’’ approved Sep- ferred to the United States by or on behalf of (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the matter preceding the table, by tember 9, 1988 (Public Law 100–425; 102 Stat. the Tribe. striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approxi- 1594; 102 Stat. 2939; 104 Stat. 207; 106 Stat. ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF TRUST LAND.— mately 10,311.60’’ and inserting ‘‘in sub- 3255; 108 Stat. 708; 108 Stat. 4566; 112 Stat. ‘‘(i) Applications to take land into trust 1896), is amended— section (a)(1) are approximately 11,349.92’’; within the boundaries of the original 1857 (1) in subsection (a)— and reservation shall be treated by the Secretary (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to valid’’ and in- (B) in the table— serting the following: as an on-reservation trust acquisition. (i) by striking the following:

‘‘6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55’’;

and inserting the following:

‘‘6 7 7, 8, 17, 18 Former tax lot 800, located within the SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 7; SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 5.55’’; of Section 8; NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 17; and NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 of Section 18

(ii) in the acres column of the last item (108 Stat. 4566), by striking ‘‘240’’ and insert- (iii) by striking all text after added by section 2(a)(1) of Public Law 103–445 ing ‘‘241.06’’; and

‘‘6 7 18 E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 43.42’’;

and inserting the following:

‘‘6 8 1 W 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 20.6 6 8 1 N 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 19.99 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 9.99 6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 10.46 6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 12.99 6 7 6 SW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 37.39 6 7 5 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 24.87 6 7 5, 8 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 5; and NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Sec- 109.9 tion 8 6 8 1 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 31.32 6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 8.89 6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 78.4 6 7 8, 17 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 8; and NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 17 14.33 6 7 17 NW1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 6.68 6 8 12 SW 1⁄4 NE1⁄4 8.19 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 2.0 6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 5.05 6 8 12 SE 1⁄4, SW 1⁄4 54.64 6 7 17, 18 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 of Section 17; and SE 1⁄4, NE 1⁄4 of Section 18 136.83 6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 20.08 6 7 5 NE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, E 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 97.38 4 7 31 SE 1⁄4 159.60 6 7 17 NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 3.14 6 8 12 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 1.10 6 7 8 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 0.92 6 8 12 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.99 6 7 7 NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 7; and 6 8 12 S 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4, E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 of Section 12 86.48 6 8 12 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.56 6 7 6 W 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 6; and 6 8 1 E 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 1 35.82 6 7 5 E 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 19.88 6 8 12 NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 0.29 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 2.5 6 7 8 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 7.16 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 5.5 6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.34 Total 11,349.92’’.

TITLE II—OREGON COASTAL LANDS Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. Indians. means the Secretary of the Interior. (2) OREGON COASTAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Or- This title may be cited as the ‘‘Oregon SEC. 203. CONVEYANCE. Coastal Lands Act’’. egon Coastal land’’ means the approximately 14,408 acres of land, as generally depicted on (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. the map entitled ‘‘Oregon Coastal Land Con- rights, including rights-of-way, all right, In this title: veyance’’ and dated March 27, 2013. title, and interest of the United States in (1) CONFEDERATED TRIBES.—The term ‘‘Con- federated Tribes’’ means the Confederated and to the Oregon Coastal land, including

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any improvements located on the land, ap- trust by the United States for the benefit of (1) EXPORTS OF UNPROCESSED LOGS.—Fed- purtenances to the land, and minerals on or the Confederated Tribes under section 203. eral law (including regulations) relating to in the land, including oil and gas, shall be— (b) IDENTIFICATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN the export of unprocessed logs harvested (1) held in trust by the United States for LAND.—Not later than 18 months after the from Federal land shall apply to any unproc- the benefit of the Confederated Tribes; and date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary essed logs that are harvested from the Coun- (2) part of the reservation of the Confed- shall identify public domain land in the cil Creek land. erated Tribes. State of Oregon that— (2) NON-PERMISSIBLE USE OF LAND.—Any (b) SURVEY.—Not later than one year after (1) is approximately equal in acreage and real property taken into trust under section the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- condition as the Oregon and California Rail- 303 shall not be eligible, or used, for any retary shall complete a survey of the bound- road grant land identified under subsection gaming activity carried out under Public ary lines to establish the boundaries of the (a); and Law 100–497 (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). land taken into trust under subsection (a). (2) is located in the vicinity of the Oregon (c) FOREST MANAGEMENT.—Any forest man- SEC. 204. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. and California Railroad grant land. agement activity that is carried out on the (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable (c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the Council Creek land shall be managed in ac- after the date of enactment of this Act, the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary cordance with all applicable Federal laws. Secretary shall file a map and legal descrip- shall submit to Congress and publish in the SEC. 306. LAND RECLASSIFICATION. tion of the Oregon Coastal land with— Federal Register one or more maps depicting (a) IDENTIFICATION OF OREGON AND CALI- (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural the land identified in subsections (a) and (b). FORNIA RAILROAD GRANT LAND.—Not later Resources of the Senate; and (d) RECLASSIFICATION.— than 180 days after the date of enactment of (2) the Committee on Natural Resources of (1) IN GENERAL.—After providing an oppor- this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the House of Representatives. tunity for public comment, the Secretary the Secretary shall identify any Oregon and (b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal shall reclassify the land identified in sub- California Railroad grant land that is held in description filed under subsection (a) shall section (b) as Oregon and California Railroad trust by the United States for the benefit of have the same force and effect as if included grant land. the Tribe under section 303. in this title, except that the Secretary may (2) APPLICABILITY.—The Act of August 28, (b) IDENTIFICATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN correct any clerical or typographical errors 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), shall apply to LAND.—Not later than 18 months after the in the map or legal description. land reclassified as Oregon and California date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and Railroad grant land under paragraph (1). shall identify public domain land in the State of Oregon that— legal description filed under subsection (a) TITLE III—COW CREEK UMPQUA LAND (1) is approximately equal in acreage and shall be on file and available for public in- CONVEYANCE spection in the Office of the Secretary. condition as the Oregon and California Rail- SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. road grant land identified under subsection SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATION. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Cow Creek (a); and (a) IN GENERAL.—Unless expressly provided Umpqua Land Conveyance Act’’. (2) is located in the vicinity of the Oregon in this title, nothing in this title affects any SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. and California Railroad grant land. right or claim of the Confederated Tribes ex- In this title: (c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the isting on the date of enactment of this Act (1) COUNCIL CREEK LAND.—The term ‘‘Coun- date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary to any land or interest in land. cil Creek land’’ means the approximately shall submit to Congress and publish in the (b) PROHIBITIONS.— 17,519 acres of land, as generally depicted on Federal Register one or more maps depicting (1) EXPORTS OF UNPROCESSED LOGS.—Fed- the map entitled ‘‘Canyon Mountain Land the land identified in subsections (a) and (b). eral law (including regulations) relating to Conveyance’’ and dated June 27, 2013. (d) RECLASSIFICATION.— the export of unprocessed logs harvested (2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the (1) IN GENERAL.—After providing an oppor- from Federal land shall apply to any unproc- Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. tunity for public comment, the Secretary essed logs that are harvested from the Or- (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ shall reclassify the land identified in sub- egon Coastal land taken into trust under sec- means the Secretary of the Interior. section (b) as Oregon and California Railroad tion 203. SEC. 303. CONVEYANCE. grant land. (2) NON-PERMISSIBLE USE OF LAND.—Any (2) APPLICABILITY.—The Act of August 28, (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing real property taken into trust under section 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), shall apply to rights, including rights-of-way, all right, 203 shall not be eligible, or used, for any land reclassified as Oregon and California title, and interest of the United States in gaming activity carried out under Public Railroad grant land under paragraph (1). and to the Council Creek land, including any Law 100–497 (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). TITLE IV—SILETZ TRIBE INDIAN (c) LAWS APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL FOR- improvements located on the land, appur- RESTORATION ACT ESTRY ACTIVITY.—Any commercial forestry tenances to the land, and minerals on or in activity that is carried out on the Oregon the land, including oil and gas, shall be— SEC. 401. PURPOSE; CLARIFICATION. Coastal land taken into trust under section (1) held in trust by the United States for (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is 203 shall be managed in accordance with all the benefit of the Tribe; and to facilitate fee-to-trust applications for the applicable Federal laws. (2) part of the reservation of the Tribe. Siletz Tribe within the geographic area spec- ified in the amendment made by this title. (d) AGREEMENTS.—The Confederated Tribes (b) SURVEY.—Not later than one year after (b) CLARIFICATION.—Except as specifically shall consult with the Secretary and other the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- provided otherwise by this title or the parties as necessary to develop agreements retary shall complete a survey of the bound- amendment made by this title, nothing in to provide for access to the Oregon Coastal ary lines to establish the boundaries of the this title or the amendment made by this land taken into trust under section 203 that land taken into trust under subsection (a). title, shall prioritize for any purpose the SEC. 304. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. provide for— claims of any federally recognized Indian (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable (1) honoring existing reciprocal right-of- tribe over the claims of any other federally after the date of enactment of this Act, the way agreements; recognized Indian tribe. (2) administrative access by the Bureau of Secretary shall file a map and legal descrip- tion of the Council Creek land with— SEC. 402. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF Land Management; and THE SILETZ TRIBE OF THE STATE OF (3) management of the Oregon Coastal land (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural OREGON. that are acquired or developed under the Resources of the Senate; and Section 7 of the Siletz Tribe Indian Res- Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of (2) the Committee on Natural Resources of toration Act (25 U.S.C. 711e) is amended by 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.), consistent with the House of Representatives. adding at the end the following: section 8(f)(3) of that Act (162 U.S.C. 460l– (b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal ‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.— 8(f)(3)). description filed under subsection (a) shall ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— (e) LAND USE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.— have the same force and effect as if included ‘‘(A) TITLE.—The Secretary may accept Except as provided in subsection (c), once in this title, except that the Secretary may title to any additional number of acres of the Oregon Coastal land is taken into trust correct any clerical or typographical errors real property located within the boundaries under section 203, the land shall not be sub- in the map or legal description. of the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation ject to the land use planning requirements of (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and established by Executive order dated Novem- the Federal Land Policy and Management legal description filed under subsection (a) ber 9, 1855, comprised of land within the po- Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Act shall be on file and available for public in- litical boundaries of Benton, Douglas, Lane, of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.). spection in the Office of the Secretary. Lincoln, Tillamook, and Yamhill Counties in SEC. 206. LAND RECLASSIFICATION. SEC. 305. ADMINISTRATION. the State of Oregon, if that real property is (a) IDENTIFICATION OF OREGON AND CALI- (a) IN GENERAL.—Unless expressly provided conveyed or otherwise transferred to the FORNIA RAILROAD GRANT LAND.—Not later in this title, nothing in this title affects any United States by or on behalf of the tribe. than 180 days after the date of enactment of right or claim of the Tribe existing on the ‘‘(B) TRUST.—Land to which title is accept- this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and date of enactment of this Act to any land or ed by the Secretary under this paragraph the Secretary shall identify any Oregon and interest in land. shall be held in trust by the United States California Railroad grant land that is held in (b) PROHIBITIONS.— for the benefit of the tribe.

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A session that the chair- cessor regulations); and Further, the bill deems property man held in his district in Washington ‘‘(B) become part of the reservation of the placed in trust for the tribe after 1988 State on a cold day in February was, I tribe. to be part of the tribe’s reservation. think, very critical in helping move ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON GAMING.—Any real Finally, specific tracts of land total- that discussion and debate in a produc- property taken into trust under paragraph ing 288 acres would be placed in trust tive direction for all the stakeholders (1) shall not be eligible, or used, for any gam- for the tribe in its former reservation. and was particularly critical for a posi- ing activity carried out under the Indian Mr. Speaker, title I is identical to tion of our region in this negotiation. Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et H.R. 841, which previously passed the I am only hopeful that we will soon seq.).’’. House. get the attention of the State Depart- TITLE V—AMENDMENTS TO COQUILLE Title II and title III are similar to ment and whomever else they have RESTORATION ACT provisions found in H.R. 1526, the Re- seen fit to involve in this process and SEC. 501. AMENDMENTS TO COQUILLE RESTORA- storing Healthy Forests for Healthy have a recommendation from the State TION ACT. Communities Act, which passed the Department regarding modification or Section 5(d) of the Coquille Restoration House in September of 2014. Act (25 U.S.C. 715c(d)) is amended— termination of that treaty so we can Title IV would make it easier for the enter into meaningful negotiations (1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting Siletz Indian Tribe to apply for trust the following: with the Canadians. The gentleman land within the original boundaries of ‘‘(5) MANAGEMENT.— played a particularly key role in that, ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph the 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation, and I want to thank him for that and, (B), the Secretary, acting through the As- which encompassed a large part of the obviously, a lot of other work on for- sistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, shall coast of Oregon. Gaming on this land estry and other issues. manage the Coquille Forest in accordance to be held in trust would be prohibited. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. with the laws pertaining to the management This is identical to the Natural Re- Will the gentleman yield? of Indian trust land. sources Committee-reported version of Mr. DEFAZIO. I yield to the gen- ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.— H.R. 931. tleman. ‘‘(i) UNPROCESSED LOGS.—Unprocessed logs Finally, title V would correct a situ- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. harvested from the Coquille Forest shall be ation with respect to the management subject to the same Federal statutory re- Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for strictions on export to foreign nations that of the Coquille Tribal Forest in Oregon. yielding. apply to unprocessed logs harvested from This forest has been regulated as part Since you opened up commending Federal land. of the Northwest Forest Plan, which is DOC HASTINGS for his career in the Con- ‘‘(ii) SALES OF TIMBER.—Notwithstanding inconsistent with the management of gress, I want to join you in that. We any other provision of law, all sales of tim- other tribally-managed forests in the were both discussing yesterday that we ber from land subject to this subsection shall United States. Under this title, the started our careers battling over Cali- be advertised, offered, and awarded accord- Coquille Tribe would be able to manage fornia water when he came to the Con- ing to competitive bidding practices, with its forest under the National Indian gress and when I came to the Congress, sales being awarded to the highest respon- Forest Resources Management Act. sible bidder.’’; and on the last days of our legislative (2) by striking paragraph (9); and This will provide the tribe with the action we will, once again, be dis- (3) by redesignating paragraphs (10) ability to better manage their timber cussing California water. Those are the through (12) as paragraphs (9) through (11), resources. twists and the turns that this place respectively. Mr. Speaker, this is a good piece of takes with legislation. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- legislation, as I mentioned, encom- But I want to thank him for his serv- ant to the rule, the gentleman from passing three other pieces of legisla- ice and leadership of the Resources Washington (Mr. HASTINGS) and the tion that the House and/or the com- Committee. He knows how dear those gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) mittee has already acted on. issues are to me in many years of serv- each will control 20 minutes. With that, I reserve the balance of ice on that committee. Thank you for The Chair recognizes the gentleman my time. your fairness in dealing with a lot of Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield from Washington. the issues. As Mr. DEFAZIO pointed out, myself such time as I may consume. it wasn’t about whether we always GENERAL LEAVE Mr. Speaker, this is the last in the agreed, but it was about whether or not Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. series of bills from the Resources Com- you could work with one another with Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that mittee and, perhaps, the last time that some respect and figure out where you all Members may have 5 legislative I will be on the floor as ranking mem- could get together on particular issues. days to revise and extend their re- ber and Chairman HASTINGS will be on Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, reclaim- marks and to include extraneous mate- the floor as chairman. ing my time, for too long, Federal poli- rial on the bill under consideration. I just want to thank my colleague cies have unfairly disadvantaged In- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there from Washington State for all of the dian tribes in western Oregon and, ob- objection to the request of the gen- work we have done together. We obvi- viously, elsewhere around the country. tleman from Washington? ously don’t always agree on issues, but After signing many treaties with the There was no objection. I think the Resources Committee has western Oregon tribes, the United Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. reported out more bills and passed States removed them from their origi- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I more bills in the House than any other nal homelands throughout the western may consume. committee in this Congress. We have part of the State and put them on only Mr. Speaker, I would first like to ac- been very active. We are hoping that two reservations, which were estab- knowledge the gentlemen from Oregon, the Senate will go along with a few lished at the time to house potentially Mr. DEFAZIO and Mr. WALDEN, for their that we have pending, and we will get people from more than 60 tribal govern- hard work on this piece of legislation, some of those bills enacted into law. ments. which will benefit several Indian tribes In particular, I want to thank the Many of the tribes confederated on in the State of Oregon. chairman for his partnership on an these reservations far from their ances- H.R. 5701 is a compilation of several issue absolutely critical to the Pacific tral homes. Other tribes refused to stand-alone bills, most of which have Northwest, which is the management leave their ancestral homes and were been reported out of the Natural Re- of the Columbia River system and the basically forgotten by the United sources Committee and passed by the Bonneville Power Administration, in States, despite its promises that it had full House. the phenomenal gift of that clean and made in treaty agreements with them. Title I of H.R. 5701 would ease the inexpensive power to our region and to Later, in 1954, one of the darkest process for the Grand Ronde Tribe to the Western U.S. generally. chapters was when all but one of the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE7.006 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8886 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 9, 2014 Oregon tribes west of the Cascade Mr. Speaker, I commended two of my larly in Oregon, are somewhat conten- Mountains lost their Federal recogni- colleagues from Oregon for their work tious. I am somewhat familiar with tion in the Western Oregon Termi- on this, Mr. WALDEN and Mr. DEFAZIO. that because I do go to the Oregon nation Act. I failed to mention Mr. SCHRADER, who coast at least every other year. b 1300 was the author of H.R. 931, which is I congratulate my colleagues from title IV of this bill. I want to correct Oregon for this legislation, urge its The termination era, as scholars call that oversight that I made. passage, and I yield back the balance of it, was terrible Federal Indian policy. I want to thank my two colleagues my time. It was so bad that it was only 30 years for their very kind words. This will, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. The later that it was formally rebuked by think, be the last time that I have the question is on the motion offered by Congress. the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Starting in the seventies, Congress opportunity to manage a bill on the HASTINGS) that the House suspend the began the process of restoring the floor. I will just say that both gentle- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5701, as western Oregon tribes to Federal rec- men made the observation that while amended. ognition and of cleaning up the mess we don’t always agree on things, at The question was taken; and (two- that the United States Government least we can understand when some- thirds being in the affirmative) the made in western Oregon. In fact, I body comes from a particular position, rules were suspended and the bill, as began my congressional career as an you can deal with that. amended, was passed. original sponsor of the Coquille Res- I want to take this time then to cor- A motion to reconsider was laid on toration Act, legislation to restore one rect an assertion that my friend from the table. of Oregon’s terminated tribes. I Oregon made when I had my portrait partnered with then-Senator Mark unveiled. I say that because I think f Hatfield on that legislation, which was most of my colleagues know my posi- CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY later enacted into law. tion on wilderness areas is probably DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014 While six Oregon tribes are now fed- contrary to what their vision is. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- erally recognized, it remains difficult I want to correct the record because ant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further for these tribes to function as the sov- Mr. DEFAZIO asserted that my position consideration of the bill (H.R. 5781) to ereign nations they are and to govern on wilderness areas was because, as a provide short-term water supplies to themselves as effectively as they could. child, I was lost in the wilderness when Shifts in Federal Indian policy have we were camping. I thought that was drought-stricken California, will now made it time-consuming and expensive very clever, but it is not the truth, and resume. The Clerk read the title of the bill. for western Oregon tribes—and other so while what he said is not on the tribes around the country—and the De- record, I get the last word here and will MOTION TO RECOMMIT partment of the Interior to work to- say on the record that I was not lost in Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. gether on land-into-trust issues. These the wilderness and that is not how I de- Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recom- policy shifts have also deprived two of rived my position on wilderness areas. mit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the the tribes of sufficient land bases, and With that, Mr. Speaker, I am pre- gentleman opposed to the bill? it has created a legal anomaly with re- pared to yield back if the gentleman Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. gard to the Coquille Indian Tribe’s for- from Oregon is prepared to yield back, Mr. Speaker, I am. est. and I reserve the balance of my time. H.R. 5701, the Western Oregon Indian The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield Clerk will report the motion to recom- Tribal Lands Act, is a long overdue, no- myself such time as I may consume. cost, commonsense bill that will go a mit. You forgot I reserved, Doc, so I do The Clerk read as follows: long way to helping resolve some of the get to respond. problems the Federal Government and Mr. George Miller of California moves to I have to say we were looking for a recommit the bill H.R. 5781 to the Com- its policy shifts over more than a cen- logical reason for what I would say is tury have created for the western Or- mittee on Natural Resources with instruc- your recalcitrance to further create tions to report the same back to the House egon tribes. wilderness so that areas may remain forthwith, with the following amendment: This legislation clarifies on-reserva- undisturbed for future generations. I At the end of the bill, add the following: tion land-into-trust procedures for the thought that was potentially a plau- TITLE IV—PRESERVING FISHING INDUS- Grand Ronde and Siletz tribes, so the sible reason. TRY JOBS AND THE REGIONAL ECON- tribes don’t have to face outrageous In fact, it was so plausible that the OMY AND PROT E C T I N G EXISTING delays in dealing with the Department next day in the gym a Republican WATER RIGHTS PRIORITIES IN WEST- of the Interior. The bill also makes ERN STATES AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY good on decades-old promises to restore Member who was there that didn’t know either me or you that well asked SEC. 401. PRESERVING FISHING INDUSTRY JOBS land bases for the Coos and Cow Creek AND THE REGIONAL ECONOMY. tribes, and it puts the Coquille Indian if that indeed was a true story. I played Nothing in this Act shall adversely impact Tribe’s forest on an equal footing with him along for just a brief period of the commercial or sport fishing industries of those of other Indian tribes nation- time and said, ‘‘No.’’ I appreciate that California, Oregon, or Washington or any wide. you have corrected the record. population of west coast salmon. H.R. 5701 deals only with Oregon In the NDAA bill, we also did do a SEC. 402. PROTECTING EXISTING WATER RIGHTS PRIORITIES IN WESTERN STATES. issues, Oregon tribes, and Oregon con- wilderness package as it relates to your State and some other wilderness Provisions in this Act changing the rel- stituents. All of the provisions in this ative priority of water rights in California Oregon tribal bill have received some bills that I think were very bipartisan shall not create any legal precedent for any form of consideration by both the and reasonable. I appreciate the fact other State. House and the Senate. This package you supported that. SEC. 403. PROTECTING TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY. also enjoys bipartisan, bicameral sup- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Nothing in this Act shall undermine Na- port, the rarest of rare things, I would of my time. tive American tribal sovereignty, or reduce say, in Washington, D.C., these days. Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. the quantity or quality of the water avail- I strongly encourage my colleagues Speaker, I yield myself the balance of able to affected Indian tribes. here in the House to join with me in my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- passing this legislation swiftly, so we I will just simply say it has been a ant to the rule, the gentleman from can get it over to the Senate and hope- pleasure for me to have worked with California is recognized for 5 minutes fully get the Senate to act before the you in your position as ranking mem- in support of his motion. hopefully soon-looming adjournment of ber, and I wish you the best as you Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. the 113th Congress. move over to be the ranking member of Mr. Speaker, this is the final amend- I reserve the balance of my time. T&I in the next Congress. ment to this bill, which will not kill Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. This is a good piece of legislation. As the bill or send it back to committee. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I the gentleman from Oregon mentioned If adopted, the bill will proceed imme- may consume. several times, tribal issues, particu- diately to final passage as amended.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:48 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.026 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8887 There is no question that the under- To give you one example of a tribe Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. lying bill is controversial, but wher- that could be harmed by this legisla- Speaker, I rise in opposition to the mo- ever you stand on the goals of this bill, tion, the Hoopa Valley Tribe in Hum- tion to recommit. it is clear that it was not drafted prop- boldt County is dependent on water The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- erly. That is no surprise. It was intro- from the Trinity River. Their economy tleman from Washington is recognized duced just a week ago and did not go is dependent upon it, their fisheries are for 5 minutes. through the normal legislative process. dependent upon it, and the tourism of Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. It did not receive a hearing or a mark- the tribe is dependent upon the water Speaker, I just simply want to say that up. of this river. we kind of alluded to California water On top of that, the sponsors of the We already saw this year emergency in just a prior exchange. Yes, it is com- bill failed to consult the interested water releases from the Trinity River plicated, but I want to be very, very parties. They didn’t consult the fisher- to prevent mass fish kills. If the water specific. men, both commercial and sports fish- is all pumped out of the dam before b 1315 ermen; duck hunters; and others who then, the problem is there won’t be any The bill under consideration today is are deeply impacted by this bill, such to help the tribe or to help other parts a short-term fix to something that as the thousands of farmers who are of the economy lower in the State. needs a long-term fix. And the gen- farming hundreds of thousands of acres Truly, the House should reject this tleman made a number of arguments, and millions of dollars in crops. radical, ill-conceived bill. At a min- but I think the gentleman failed to They didn’t consult the water agen- imum, we should pass my amendment read the bill because there are two spe- cies that are responsible for delivering that would ensure that the reckless ac- cific sections in there that are con- safe and clean drinking water to the tions of this bill’s sponsors do not re- trary to what he is asserting would Western States and to many in my dis- sult in significant harm to our tribes, happen. Those are section 203 and sec- trict. They didn’t consult the tribes fishermen, and neighboring States. tion 301. whose rights may very well be affected One of the rationales for passing this Let me try to be as concise as I can by this legislation. They didn’t even bill by the supporters of it is that this on what this legislation does and why consult the Members of Congress from water just flows to the ocean, that is it is important to pass it out of this this great delta, the largest delta of sort of the way God created the plain; Congress. This legislation, to cut to the Pacific Ocean. They didn’t even but the fact of the matter is it doesn’t the chase, simply says that during consult the Members with direct inter- just flow to the ocean. rainy periods—California is getting est in this legislation. As it goes to the ocean, as it leaves rain right now. They will probably get In fact, it was only when Senator the Sierra mountains and comes down rain for another couple of months, BARBARA BOXER insisted that there be the State, it goes past the cities of Sac- hopefully. During rainy periods, this transparency in the process and that ramento, Concord, and Pittsburg, legislation simply gives Federal agen- we be given copies of the bill that nego- where hundreds of thousands of people cies and State agencies the flexibility tiations were called off and Senator live and depend upon it for their drink- to direct water to where it is needed— FEINSTEIN said that she would take up ing water supply—clean water. nothing more. It is nothing more com- this bill next year under regular order. It goes past the United States Steel Where does that leave us? With a bill mill that uses and needs clean water plicated than that because it doesn’t intended to help one region of Cali- for steel production. It goes past the preempt the Endangered Species Act. fornia at the expense of endangered DuPont chemical facility that needs It doesn’t preempt other environ- species that could end up hurting mil- clean water for production. It mixes mental laws. It simply says that when lions of dollars’ worth of commercial with the saltwater in the Suisun Marsh it rains, and we are in rainy season fishing interests, farmers, tribes, and which allows fish to survive the dif- right now, that we should have the neighboring States. ference between saltwater and fresh- ability to direct that water where it is My amendment would fix that. First, water. needed. That is why this legislation it clarifies that nothing in this bill It provides all of those kinds of bene- has an expiration date in September of would adversely impact the fishing in- fits and jobs for hundreds and thou- 2016, to give time for a more com- dustries in California, Oregon, or Wash- sands of people in the industries that prehensive solution to this. So, from my point of view, this mo- ington. Without this clarification, the are located in the delta and that are lo- tion to recommit is simply a proce- bill would result in exporting addi- cated there because of the delta. dural motion to hopefully stop this tional water, which would devastate Finally, if there is no water, it does process of trying to give short-term re- the salmon population and harm thou- not flow to the ocean. That seems to be lief to the drought in California. I urge sands of small businesses and commer- some kind of indictment against the my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the mo- cial fishermen. river systems of California, that it Second, my bill would clarify that flows to the ocean. If it doesn’t flow to tion to recommit and to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this bill would not create a precedent the ocean, then the salmon can’t get the underlying legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of impacting water rights in other out into the bay, they can’t get out of my time. States. This bill is a major rewrite of into the ocean, and the incoming salm- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without California’s water rights, plain and on can’t get up to spawn for the next objection, the previous question is or- simple. Most notably, under existing generation. dered on the motion to recommit. State water rights, the bill’s increased What happens when that happens? It There was no objection. pumping for the Central Valley Project means that in Oregon and Washington, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The would require a reduction in State it will affect the runs that come up question is on the motion to recommit. water project pumping; yet the bill spe- here and provide for commercial fish- The question was taken; and the cifically mandates that the water sup- ing; that provide for sport fishing; that Speaker pro tempore announced that ply for the State water project cannot provide for recreation; that provide for the noes appeared to have it. be reduced, contrary to California law. tourism; that provide revenues to the Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. This will mean that a small subgroup States in terms of fishing licenses, rev- Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas of water users in California will get a enues to all of the States, like Cali- and nays. higher priority access to water than fornia. It provides for the wetlands, for The yeas and nays were ordered. they are entitled to under their con- duck hunters, and preserves one of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tracts. great byways. ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Finally, my amendment clarifies That is not just going to the ocean. will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum that the bill protects tribal sov- That is an incredibly important water time for any electronic vote on the ereignty and won’t reduce the quality system. A small group of farmers here question of passage. and quantity of water provided to the want to take it all for themselves. The vote was taken by electronic de- Indian tribes under the Federal Gov- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance vice, and there were—yeas 182, nays ernment’s tribal trust obligations. of my time. 228, not voting 24, as follows:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.031 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8888 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 9, 2014 [Roll No. 552] Hudson Mica Schock Bridenstine Heck (NV) Pompeo Huelskamp Miller (FL) Schweikert Brooks (AL) Hensarling Posey YEAS—182 Huizenga (MI) Miller (MI) Scott, Austin Brooks (IN) Herrera Beutler Price (GA) Adams Gutie´rrez O’Rourke Hultgren Mullin Sensenbrenner Broun (GA) Holding Rahall Barrow (GA) Hahn Owens Hunter Mulvaney Sessions Buchanan Hudson Reed Bass Hanabusa Pallone Hurt Murphy (PA) Shimkus Bucshon Huelskamp Reichert Beatty Hastings (FL) Pascrell Issa Neugebauer Shuster Burgess Huizenga (MI) Renacci Jenkins Noem Becerra Heck (WA) Pastor (AZ) Simpson Byrne Hultgren Ribble Johnson (OH) Nugent Calvert Hunter Rice (SC) Bera (CA) Higgins Payne Smith (MO) Johnson, Sam Nunes Camp Hurt Rigell Bishop (GA) Himes Pelosi Smith (NE) Jolly Nunnelee Capito Issa Roby Bishop (NY) Hinojosa Perlmutter Smith (NJ) Jones Olson Carter Jenkins Roe (TN) Blumenauer Holt Peters (CA) Jordan Palazzo Smith (TX) Cassidy Johnson (OH) Rogers (AL) Bonamici Honda Peters (MI) Southerland Brady (PA) Horsford Joyce Paulsen Chabot Johnson, Sam Rogers (KY) Pingree (ME) Stewart Braley (IA) Hoyer Kelly (PA) Pearce Chaffetz Jolly Rohrabacher Pocan Stivers Brown (FL) Huffman King (IA) Perry Clawson (FL) Jones Rokita Polis Stockman Brownley (CA) Israel King (NY) Peterson Coble Jordan Rooney Price (NC) Stutzman Bustos Jackson Lee Kingston Petri Coffman Joyce Ros-Lehtinen Butterfield Johnson (GA) Rahall Kinzinger (IL) Pittenger Terry Cole Kelly (PA) Roskam Capps Johnson, E. B. Rangel Kline Pitts Thompson (PA) Collins (GA) King (IA) Ross Ca´ rdenas Kaptur Richmond LaMalfa Poe (TX) Thornberry Collins (NY) King (NY) Rothfus Carney Keating Roybal-Allard Lamborn Pompeo Tiberi Conaway Kingston Royce Carson (IN) Kelly (IL) Ruiz Lance Posey Tipton Cook Kinzinger (IL) Runyan Cartwright Kennedy Ruppersberger Lankford Price (GA) Turner Costa Kline Ryan (WI) Castor (FL) Kildee Rush Latham Reed Upton Cotton LaMalfa Salmon Castro (TX) Kilmer Ryan (OH) Latta Reichert Valadao Cramer Lamborn Sanford Chu Kind Sa´ nchez, Linda LoBiondo Renacci Wagner Crawford Lance Scalise Cicilline Kirkpatrick T. Long Ribble Walberg Crenshaw Lankford Schock Clark (MA) Kuster Sanchez, Loretta Lucas Rigell Walden Culberson Latham Schweikert Clarke (NY) Langevin Sarbanes Luetkemeyer Roby Walorski Daines Latta Scott, Austin Clay Larsen (WA) Schakowsky Lummis Roe (TN) Weber (TX) Davis, Rodney LoBiondo Sensenbrenner Marino Rogers (AL) Cleaver Larson (CT) Schiff Webster (FL) Denham Long Sessions Massie Rogers (KY) Dent Lucas Shimkus Clyburn Lee (CA) Schneider Wenstrup Matheson Rohrabacher DeSantis Luetkemeyer Shuster Connolly Levin Schrader Westmoreland McAllister Rokita DesJarlais Lummis Simpson Conyers Lewis Schwartz Whitfield McCarthy (CA) Rooney Diaz-Balart Marino Smith (MO) Courtney Lipinski Scott (VA) Williams McCaul Ros-Lehtinen Duffy Massie Smith (NE) Crowley Loebsack Scott, David McClintock Roskam Wilson (SC) Duncan (SC) Matheson Smith (NJ) Cuellar Lofgren Serrano McHenry Ross Wittman Duncan (TN) McAllister Smith (TX) Davis (CA) Lowenthal Sewell (AL) McKeon Rothfus Wolf Ellmers McCarthy (CA) Southerland DeFazio Lowey Sherman McKinley Royce Womack Farenthold McCaul Stewart DeGette Lujan Grisham Sinema McMorris Runyan Woodall Fincher McClintock Stivers Delaney (NM) Sires ´ Rodgers Ryan (WI) Yoder Fitzpatrick McHenry Stockman DeLauro Lujan, Ben Ray Slaughter DelBene (NM) Meadows Salmon Yoho Fleischmann McIntyre Stutzman Speier Deutch Lynch Meehan Sanford Young (AK) Fleming McKeon Terry Swalwell (CA) Dingell Maffei Messer Scalise Young (IN) Flores McKinley Thompson (PA) Takano Doggett Maloney, Forbes McMorris Thornberry Thompson (CA) NOT VOTING—24 Doyle Carolyn Fortenberry Rodgers Tiberi Thompson (MS) Edwards Maloney, Sean Barber Graves (MO) Miller, Gary Foxx Meadows Tipton Ellison Matsui Tierney Campbell Grijalva Negrete McLeod Franks (AZ) Meehan Turner Engel McCollum Titus Capuano Hall Quigley Frelinghuysen Messer Upton Enyart McDermott Tonko Cohen Jeffries Rice (SC) Gardner Mica Valadao Eshoo McGovern Tsongas Cooper Labrador Rogers (MI) Garrett Miller (FL) Wagner Esty McIntyre Van Hollen Cummings Marchant Shea-Porter Gerlach Miller (MI) Walberg Farr McNerney Vargas Davis, Danny McCarthy (NY) Smith (WA) Gibbs Mullin Walden Fattah Meeks Veasey Duckworth Meng Waxman Gibson Mulvaney Walorski Foster Michaud Vela Gingrey (GA) Murphy (PA) Weber (TX) Frankel (FL) Miller, George Vela´ zquez Gohmert Neugebauer Webster (FL) Fudge Moore Visclosky b 1343 Goodlatte Noem Wenstrup Gabbard Moran Walz Messrs. BENISHEK, SESSIONS, Gosar Nunes Westmoreland Gallego Murphy (FL) Wasserman Gowdy Nunnelee Whitfield Garamendi Nadler Schultz COFFMAN, GINGREY of Georgia, and Granger Olson Williams Garcia Napolitano Waters BRIDENSTINE changed their vote Graves (GA) Palazzo Wilson (SC) Grayson Neal Welch from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Griffin (AR) Paulsen Wittman Green, Al Nolan Wilson (FL) Mr. LEWIS of Georgia changed his Griffith (VA) Pearce Wolf Green, Gene Norcross Yarmuth Guthrie Perry Womack vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Hanna Peterson Woodall NAYS—228 So the motion to recommit was re- Harper Petri Yoder jected. Harris Pittenger Yoho Aderholt Chaffetz Flores Hartzler Pitts Young (AK) Amash Clawson (FL) Forbes The result of the vote was announced Hastings (WA) Poe (TX) Young (IN) Amodei Coble Fortenberry as above recorded. Bachmann Coffman Foxx NOES—182 Bachus Cole Franks (AZ) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Barletta Collins (GA) Frelinghuysen question is on the passage of the bill. Adams Clay Farr Barr Collins (NY) Gardner The question was taken; and the Bass Cleaver Fattah Barton Conaway Garrett Beatty Clyburn Foster Benishek Cook Gerlach Speaker pro tempore announced that Becerra Connolly Frankel (FL) Bentivolio Costa Gibbs the ayes appeared to have it. Bera (CA) Conyers Fudge Bilirakis Cotton Gibson RECORDED VOTE Bishop (GA) Courtney Gabbard Bishop (UT) Cramer Gingrey (GA) Bishop (NY) Crowley Gallego Black Crawford Gohmert Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I de- Blumenauer Cuellar Garamendi Blackburn Crenshaw Goodlatte mand a recorded vote. Bonamici Cummings Garcia Boustany Culberson Gosar A recorded vote was ordered. Brady (PA) Davis (CA) Grayson Brady (TX) Daines Gowdy Braley (IA) Davis, Danny Green, Al Brat Davis, Rodney Granger The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Brown (FL) DeFazio Green, Gene Bridenstine Denham Graves (GA) will be a 5-minute vote. Brownley (CA) DeGette Gutie´rrez Brooks (AL) Dent Griffin (AR) The vote was taken by electronic de- Bustos Delaney Hahn Brooks (IN) DeSantis Griffith (VA) vice, and there were—ayes 230, noes 182, Butterfield DeLauro Hanabusa Broun (GA) DesJarlais Grimm Capps DelBene Hastings (FL) Buchanan Diaz-Balart Guthrie not voting 22, as follows: Ca´ rdenas Deutch Heck (WA) Bucshon Duffy Hanna [Roll No. 553] Carney Dingell Higgins Burgess Duncan (SC) Harper Carson (IN) Doggett Himes Byrne Duncan (TN) Harris AYES—230 Cartwright Doyle Hinojosa Calvert Ellmers Hartzler Aderholt Barr Bishop (UT) Castor (FL) Edwards Holt Camp Farenthold Hastings (WA) Amash Barrow (GA) Black Castro (TX) Ellison Honda Capito Fincher Heck (NV) Amodei Barton Blackburn Chu Engel Horsford Carter Fitzpatrick Hensarling Bachmann Benishek Boustany Cicilline Enyart Hoyer Cassidy Fleischmann Herrera Beutler Bachus Bentivolio Brady (TX) Clark (MA) Eshoo Huffman Chabot Fleming Holding Barletta Bilirakis Brat Clarke (NY) Esty Israel

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE7.016 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8889 Jackson Lee Meeks Schakowsky years 2010 through 2014’’ and inserting ELLMERS, who is managing the bill this Johnson (GA) Michaud Schiff ‘‘$4,900,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 afternoon. I am so proud to support Johnson, E. B. Miller, George Schneider through 2019’’. Kaptur Moore Schrader this effort. SEC. 3. GAO REPORT ON HHS ACTIVITIES TO PRO- Keating Moran Schwartz The prevention, treatment, and ulti- VIDE BREAST CANCER EDUCATION. Kelly (IL) Murphy (FL) Scott (VA) mately curing of diseases requires an Kennedy Nadler Not later than 2 years after the date of en- Scott, David all-hands-on-deck effort to not only Kildee Napolitano Serrano actment of this Act, the Comptroller General Kilmer Neal educate but also innovate on new cures Sewell (AL) of the United States shall submit to the ap- Kind Nolan Sherman propriate committees of the Congress a re- and treatments. Kirkpatrick Norcross Sinema port— Early this year, the Energy and Com- Kuster O’Rourke (1) listing and detailing the activities of Langevin Owens Sires merce Committee embarked on the 21st Larsen (WA) Pallone Slaughter the Department of Health and Human Serv- Century Cures initiative with a goal of Larson (CT) Pascrell Speier ices that provide or support breast cancer finding cures and treatments for thou- Lee (CA) Pastor (AZ) Swalwell (CA) education described in subsection (a), (b), (c), Levin Payne Takano or (d) of section 399NN of the Public Health sands without one, including this ter- Lewis Pelosi Thompson (CA) Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280m); and rible disease. Lipinski Perlmutter Thompson (MS) (2) identifying any such activities that are b 1400 Loebsack Peters (CA) Tierney duplicative with each other or with other Lofgren Peters (MI) Titus Sadly, we have all been touched in Lowenthal Pingree (ME) Federal breast cancer education efforts. Tonko some manner by cancer or some other Lowey Pocan Tsongas The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Lujan Grisham Polis Van Hollen ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from disease, whether it is a personal diag- (NM) Price (NC) Vargas nosis or a courageous fight by a loved ´ North Carolina (Mrs. ELLMERS) and the Lujan, Ben Ray Quigley Veasey (NM) one. We have been encouraged and Rangel Vela gentleman from Texas (Mr. GENE Lynch Richmond humbled by the support that we have Vela´ zquez GREEN) each will control 20 minutes. Maffei Roybal-Allard Visclosky The Chair recognizes the gentle- seen for this initiative, but also under- Maloney, Ruiz stand that there is a great deal of work Carolyn Ruppersberger Walz woman from North Carolina. Wasserman ahead. We look forward to meeting Maloney, Sean Rush GENERAL LEAVE Schultz Matsui Ryan (OH) Mrs. ELLMERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask that challenge, and this bill helps us. McCollum Sa´ nchez, Linda Waters I would urge my colleagues to sup- Welch unanimous consent that all Members McDermott T. port this legislation. Again, I particu- McGovern Sanchez, Loretta Wilson (FL) have 5 legislative days in which to re- McNerney Sarbanes Yarmuth vise and extend their remarks and in- larly want to commend the two gentleladies who will be speaking here NOT VOTING—22 sert extraneous materials in the this afternoon and urge all my col- RECORD on the bill. Barber Grimm Negrete McLeod leagues to vote for it, and I yield back Campbell Hall Nugent The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Capuano Jeffries Rogers (MI) objection to the request of the gentle- the balance of my time. Cohen Labrador Shea-Porter Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Cooper Marchant woman from North Carolina? Smith (WA) There was no objection. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to our col- Duckworth McCarthy (NY) Waxman Graves (MO) Meng Mrs. ELLMERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield league from Florida, Congresswoman Grijalva Miller, Gary 2 minutes to the gentleman from DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, the Democratic sponsor of this legislation. b 1352 Michigan (Mr. UPTON), the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia changed Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise this Speaker, I rise in strong support of his vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ afternoon in strong support of H.R. H.R. 5185, the reauthorization of the So the bill was passed. 5185, the EARLY Act. This very impor- Breast Health Education and Aware- The result of the vote was announced tant bipartisan bill would reauthorize ness Requires Learning Young Act, or as above recorded. education and outreach programs at the EARLY Act. A motion to reconsider was laid on the Centers for Disease Control and The EARLY Act, which I first intro- the table. Prevention created to highlight the duced in 2009 with my good friend and PERSONAL EXPLANATION breast cancer risks facing young former colleague Sue Myrick of North Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speak- women. Carolina, was cosponsored by a hum- er, I was unavoidably absent on December 9, Breast cancer, as we know, is an bling 378 Members of the House and be- 2014. If I were present, I would have voted on issue that hits close to home for many came law in 2010. the following: rollcall No. 552—On motion to Americans. While most breast cancers This law, which has been capably im- recommit with instructions—‘‘yea’’; rollcall No. are found in women who are over 50 plemented by the U.S. Centers for Dis- 553—On final passage of H.R. 5781—‘‘nay.’’ years old or older, about 11 percent of ease Control and Prevention, must now f all new cases of breast cancer in the be reauthorized so we can ensure the U.S. are found in women 45 and young- good work being done by the CDC can EARLY ACT REAUTHORIZATION OF er. And while diagnosis and treatment continue. 2014 are difficult for women of any age, I am very thankful to my good Mrs. ELMERS. Mr. Speaker, I move young survivors often find it even more friend, Congresswoman RENEE to suspend the rules and pass the bill challenging. ELLMERS, for leading the reauthoriza- (H.R. 5185) to reauthorize the Young This bill would reauthorize the im- tion effort with me this year. I also Women’s Breast Health Education and portant programs created in the deeply appreciate the support and as- Awareness Requires Learning Young EARLY Act, first passed to increase an sistance of Chairman FRED UPTON and Act of 2009, as amended. understanding of breast cancer among Ranking Member FRANK PALLONE in The Clerk read the title of the bill. young women by conducting preven- helping bring this reauthorization bill The text of the bill is as follows: tion research and a campaign to raise to the floor today. It would not have H.R. 5185 awareness among the public and med- happened without their willingness and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ical providers about early cases of their support. resentatives of the United States of America in breast cancer. Lastly, but certainly not least, thank Congress assembled, This bill continues to improve the you to Senators AMY KLOBUCHAR and SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. health and quality of life of young DAVID VITTER for sponsoring the Sen- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘EARLY Act breast cancer survivors and young ate version of this important reauthor- Reauthorization of 2014’’. women who are at a higher risk of get- ization bill. SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE YOUNG WOM- ting the disease. The EARLY Act focuses, Mr. Speak- EN’S BREAST HEALTH EDUCATION I want to particularly thank the two er, on a central tenet, that we must AND AWARENESS REQUIRES LEARN- ING YOUNG ACT OF 2009. authors of the bill, Representative empower young women to understand Section 399NN(h) of the Public Health DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, herself a their bodies and speak up for their Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280m(h)) is amended by breast cancer survivor, and Energy and health. Too many women and their striking ‘‘$9,000,000 for each of the fiscal Commerce Committee member RENEE health practitioners think that breast

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The EARLY Act created a crucial exist in education and awareness There are still far too many coura- education and outreach campaign ad- among young women and healthcare geous women fighting this disease, in- ministered by the CDC and highlights providers about breast health; sup- cluding a dear friend of mine back the breast cancer risks facing young porting young survivors through grants home in Dunn, Fonnie Godwin. Fonnie women while empowering them with to organizations focused on helping was diagnosed with breast cancer at the tools they need to fight this deadly these survivors cope with the many the age of 42, and 4 years later, she con- disease. unique challenges that they face as tinues her courageous fight against It is also designed to help education young survivors, including fertility this disease. and sensitize healthcare providers preservation and long-term survivor- The EARLY Act will serve to shed about the specific threats and warning ship challenges; and in implementing a light on this disease and give hope to signs of breast cancer in younger targeted media campaign, including in- all women like Fonnie who are still women that lead to early detection, di- novative social media efforts to reach fighting this awful, awful cancer. This agnosis, and survival. women at the highest risk. legislation ensures that all women, The EARLY Act also created the Ad- The EARLY Act has also supported young and old, have the information visory Committee on Breast Cancer in specific statewide initiatives. In Geor- and resources necessary to protect Young Women within the CDC, made gia, the State established a statewide themselves and also supports those up of breast cancer medical profes- breast cancer genetics services net- who are in remission. sionals and advocates from around the work for referrals of women at high This legislation will continue its im- Nation. The advisory committee is risk and to help collect baseline and portant work of educating future gen- hard at work developing evidence- post-implementation data. erations on the risks associated with based messages for groups at high risk, In 2012, Michigan distributed over this disease. I look forward to seeing from genetic testing to fertility preser- 14,000 Michigan Department of Commu- the EARLY Act pass this House and ad- vation and the basics of insurance cov- nity Health cancer family history vance on to the Senate today. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of erage. guides to assist providers in identifying high-risk patients for referral to ge- my time. The CDC is rolling out a number of Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. targeted media outreach strategies to netic specialists. In addition to the 30 bipartisan co- Speaker, I yield myself as much time reach specific groups of young women sponsors here in the House, the reau- as I may consume. who are more at risk for developing thorization of the EARLY Act has the Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. breast cancer. support of the Susan G. Komen founda- 5185, the EARLY Act Reauthorization Understanding these risks is critical, tion, the American Cancer Society of 2014. According to the Centers for Mr. Speaker, because the statistics are Cancer Action Network, Livestrong Disease Control and Prevention, over sobering. One in eight women we know Foundation, Young Survival Coalition, 220,000 women and 2,000 men were diag- will get breast cancer in her lifetime. Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Cancer nosed with breast cancer in 2011, mak- Breast cancer strikes women from all Support Community, FORCE, the ing breast cancer the most common backgrounds, races, and ethnicities. It Black Women’s Health Imperative, and cancer among women. Approximately strikes the rich and the poor, those the Tigerlily Foundation. 11 percent of the new breast cancer with access to quality health care and I know these groups have a deep un- cases occur in women under 45 years of those with little or no health care. derstanding of both the amazing work age. I was a young woman at high risk, we have accomplished so far but also Young women who have close rel- but I didn’t know it. Just months after the challenges that lie ahead. We must atives diagnosed with breast cancer be- a clean mammogram in late 2007—I continue these important efforts and fore age 45, have changes in certain know my colleagues here have heard empower more women with the knowl- breast cancer genes, were treated with me tell my story—I heard those ter- edge and tools they need to fight this radiation therapy to the breast or the rible words, ‘‘You have breast cancer.’’ disease, not just to survive, but to chest as a child or a young adult, or Thinking of my children and their fu- thrive. Together, we can save more of possess certain other risk factors may ture, I underwent seven surgeries, in- our moms, sisters, grandmothers, be at higher risk for getting breast cluding a double mastectomy, and for daughters, and sister friends. cancer at a young age. as much as I thought I knew as an ad- Please help us keep up the momen- The EARLY Act was first signed into vocate in the fight against breast can- tum and stand with Congresswoman law in 2010 to improve young women’s cer throughout my legislative career, ELLMERS and myself and countless breast health awareness and assist there was so much I didn’t know. young women in support of reauthor- young women diagnosed with breast I did not know that as an Ashkenazi ization of the EARLY Act. cancer. The act has supported public Jew, I was five times more likely to Mr. Speaker, if I might add, on Sun- health research on breast cancer in have a genetic mutation that dras- day, I marked a celebration of 7 years young women, communication and edu- tically increased the likelihood of get- as a survivor of breast cancer, so this is cation initiatives, and support services ting breast or ovarian cancer. I did not particularly poignant and significant, to young breast cancer survivors and know that I am in fact a carrier of the and I am so appreciative of the leader- their families. BRCA gene, which gave me up to an 85 ship of the House on both sides of the Mr. Speaker, today’s legislation re- percent lifetime chance of getting aisle for giving this bill the full atten- authorizes the EARLY Act at currently breast cancer and up to a 60 percent tion that it needs and deserves. appropriated funding levels and re- chance of getting ovarian cancer. Mrs. ELLMERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield quires a study to identify any activi- I was fortunate that I had the re- myself such time as I may consume. ties under the act that are duplicative sources I needed to learn about my Mr. Speaker, I just want to say that of other Federal breast cancer edu- risks and got the help I needed, but I I am so proud and honored to have been cation efforts. didn’t find my tumor through luck, Mr. asked to join with my good friend, I want to acknowledge Representa- Speaker. I found it through knowledge DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ from Flor- tives WASSERMAN SCHULTZ and and awareness, which is what the ida, as an original cosponsor on this ELLMERS for their work on this issue EARLY Act has been able to give so very important bipartisan EARLY Act and also thank leaders and staff on the many young women. and thrilled to see this reauthorization Energy and Commerce Committee for After I was diagnosed with breast considered in the House of Representa- helping to bring H.R. 5185 to the floor cancer and experienced the importance tives. today.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.039 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8891 I urge colleagues to join me in sup- Energy Information Administration’’ and in- ceased. While the Department of Com- porting this legislation. Breast cancer serting ‘‘the refiner price to end users of con- merce believes Congress intended is an issue that has touched almost sumer grade propane, as published by the En- PERA to focus only on residential-only every family I know, and this is one ergy Information Administration’’. propane, the text of the law does not way Congress can react to it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- limit it to the residential market. Mr. Speaker, we are ready to close, ant to the rule, the gentleman from To correct this discrepancy, the Pro- and we have no other speakers. Ohio (Mr. LATTA) and the gentleman pane Education and Research Enhance- I yield back the balance of my time. from Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN) each will ment Act of 2014 would clarify the lan- Mrs. ELLMERS. Mr. Speaker, we are control 20 minutes. guage in the law to require the Depart- ready to close. The Chair recognizes the gentleman ment of Commerce to use the proper Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time from Ohio. data and bring the application of the as I may consume. GENERAL LEAVE law back in line with Congress’ intent. I just want to say again thank you to Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- It would also amend the existing func- my good friend for allowing me to be a imous consent that all Members may tions of PERC to include training dis- part of this. I know how important it is have 5 legislative days in which to re- tributors and consumers in strategies to her and, again, thousands and thou- vise and extend their remarks and in- to mitigate the negative effects of pro- sands like her; and, again, to my friend sert extraneous materials in the pane price spikes. Fonnie Godwin back home, Fonnie has RECORD on the bill. Over the past year, I have been work- touched so many lives. She is a teach- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ing on this legislation with stake- er, she is a wife and a mother, and she objection to the request of the gen- holders and with Congressman WALZ to is involved in her church and her com- tleman from Ohio? help mitigate having another propane munity. There was no objection. shortage. This legislation is an impor- On Christmas Eve, she will be at Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- tant step in helping to achieve this, First Presbyterian Church in Dunn self such time as I may consume. and I urge full support by my col- playing the bells in the choir. I always Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support leagues for H.R. 5705. I reserve the balance of my time. see a smile on Fonnie’s face, and today, of H.R. 5705, the Propane Education Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. I want to make that smile even bigger. and Research Enhancement Act of 2014, Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gen- Again, Mr. Speaker, thank you so which I introduced along with Con- tleman from Minnesota (Mr. WALZ), gressman WALZ. This important, bipar- much for allowing this to move forward the sponsor of this bill. today, and I yield back the balance of tisan legislation directs the U.S. De- Mr. WALZ. Mr. Speaker, I thank the my time. partment of Commerce to more accu- gentleman from Texas, and a special The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. rately calculate consumer propane thank you to my friend, the gentleman FLEISCHMANN). The question is on the costs. It also enables the propane in- from Ohio (Mr. LATTA). motion offered by the gentlewoman dustry to use its resources to mitigate This is a commonsense piece of legis- from North Carolina (Mrs. ELLMERS) price spikes. lation, but I think it is important to that the House suspend the rules and Last winter in my home State of note, for many of us, and my colleague pass the bill, H.R. 5185, as amended. Ohio, as well as across 26 other States mentioned, last year when the propane The question was taken; and (two- across the country, the lives and liveli- shortage came, folks can prepare—and thirds being in the affirmative) the hoods of many Americans were threat- we understand out in Ohio and Min- rules were suspended and the bill, as ened due to the propane shortages that nesota with our harsh winters that you amended, was passed. were being experienced. Access to heat prepare for these things—but the situa- A motion to reconsider was laid on is a requirement for survival and em- tion with propane came so quickly and the table. ployment, and we want to make sure so fast that the imposition that it f that Americans do not face the same made in some cases could have become hardships again this winter or in future PROPANE EDUCATION AND RE- life threatening, where propane tanks winters. SEARCH ENHANCEMENT ACT OF were running empty and families were This bill would take the necessary 2014 counting on it to heat their homes. We steps to allow the propane industry to have a lot of agricultural uses in dry- Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I move to adequately address propane supply in ing our row crops where it is critically suspend the rules and pass the bill pricing issues so consumers are not important, and I think it is important (H.R. 5705) to modify certain provisions negatively impacted this coming win- to note that at that time the gen- relating to the Propane Education and ter. tleman from Ohio stood up and became Research Council. b 1415 a national leader on this issue and I The Clerk read the title of the bill. think helped not only alleviate at the The text of the bill is as follows: In 1996, Congress enacted the Propane time but start doing things like this H.R. 5705 Education and Research Act, PERA, looking to the future. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- authorizing the propane to collect and This is what we should be doing. This resentatives of the United States of America in use its own resources for safety, train- is smart, making sure that our mar- Congress assembled, ing, research and development, and kets work correctly and making sure SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. education for the benefit of propane that the intent of Congress is followed This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Propane consumers and the public. The law also and making sure that our consumers Education and Research Enhancement Act of established the Propane Education and are well served. I thank you for that. I 2014’’. Research Council, PERC, to accomplish think this is exactly what our con- SEC. 2. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PROPANE these goals. stituents expect. I know there are a lot EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUN- To prevent this program from cre- CIL. of folks in southern Minnesota who ating a disproportionate demand for (a) FUNCTIONS OF PROPANE EDUCATION AND have benefited from this. RESEARCH COUNCIL.—Section 5(f) of the Pro- propane, the Department of Commerce This is a fairly simple fix. It comes pane Education and Research Act of 1996 (15 is required to annually calculate the from a misinterpretation. But I think U.S.C. 6404(f)) is amended in the first sen- price for consumer grade propane and the point that the gentleman has tence by inserting ‘‘to train propane dis- compare it with an index of prices of brought up that is critically impor- tributors and consumers in strategies to specified competing fuels. If the price tant, markets are starting to function. mitigate negative effects of future propane of propane exceeds a certain threshold, We are seeing this, but this is an edu- price spikes,’’ after ‘‘to enhance consumer PERC is restricted from conducting its cation piece. I think when we educate and employee safety and training,’’. educational outreach activities. the public right on this, and you heard (b) MARKET SURVEY AND CONSUMER PROTEC- TION PRICE ANALYSIS.—Section 9(a) of the In 2009, due to a misinterpretation of some of the implications of that, by Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 the law by the Department of Com- not doing that, when they stopped all (15 U.S.C. 6408(a)) is amended in the first sen- merce, the restriction was triggered education on this, the propane short- tence by striking ‘‘only data provided by the and all educational outreach by PERC age of last winter came quickly. It

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.040 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8892 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 9, 2014 came fast, and it had immediate reper- Last winter, the United States faced a pro- ‘‘(iv) habitat and wildlife protection and cussions. pane emergency. restoration, including wetlands restoration I would say once we correct this defi- The industry has stepped up to ensure that and preservation; and ciency, amend it, it will make a dif- we don’t face another crisis like that. ‘‘(v) accountability, monitoring, evalua- But we always need to be prepared and tion, communication, and partnership activi- ference. It will enable the propane in- ties. dustry to use its resources to mitigate armed with knowledge of how to better deal ‘‘(C) PROJECTS.—Under the Initiative, the price spikes, and it will more accu- with any situation. Agency shall collaborate with Federal part- rately let consumers know what the With preparation legislation like H.R. 5705, ners, including the Great Lakes Interagency price of propane is. we can assist Americans, all over the country, Task Force, to select the best combination So I think this is a fairly simple fix. by sharing the best information possible. of programs and projects for Great Lakes But nothing is simple in Congress, as I lend my support to H.R. 5705 and I am protection and restoration using appropriate we know, and nothing is simple when pleased my colleagues do the same. principles and criteria, including whether a program or project provides— you are dealing with a complex com- I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- ‘‘(i) the ability to achieve strategic and modity such as propane. But I do think measurable environmental outcomes that that as we move into this winter, self the balance of my time. Again, as the gentleman from Min- implement the Great Lakes Action Plan and knocking on wood is one thing, but nesota pointed out, we had a great the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; leadership like the gentleman from ‘‘(ii) the feasibility of— shortage last winter that affected Ohio has shown is also helping us. ‘‘(I) prompt implementation; small family farms and large farms I encourage my colleagues to support ‘‘(II) timely achievement of results; and across the country. We had situations this commonsense piece of legislation ‘‘(III) resource leveraging; and where businesses were being affected ‘‘(iii) the opportunity to improve inter- and move this forward. Again, this is and having to shut down. So this is a agency and inter-organizational coordina- what we are sent here to do, to try to very important bill that will help folks tion and collaboration to reduce duplication make things a little bit better and make sure that hopefully we don’t have and streamline efforts. make sure our markets function cor- that situation occur again. ‘‘(D) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS.— rectly and make sure our constituents ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available to Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. are being educated correctly. carry out the Initiative shall be used to stra- 5705. Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I have no tegically implement— I yield back the balance of my time. ‘‘(I) Federal projects; and other speakers on the bill, and I re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The serve the balance of my time. ‘‘(II) projects carried out in coordination question is on the motion offered by with States, Indian tribes, municipalities, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. LATTA) institutions of higher education, and other Speaker, I yield myself such time as I that the House suspend the rules and organizations. may consume. pass the bill, H.R. 5705. ‘‘(ii) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—With amounts (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked The question was taken; and (two- made available for the Initiative each fiscal and was given permission to revise and thirds being in the affirmative) the year, the Administrator may— extend his remarks.) rules were suspended and the bill was ‘‘(I) transfer not more than $300,000,000 to Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. the head of any Federal department or agen- passed. cy, with the concurrence of the department Speaker, I support H.R. 5705, the Pro- A motion to reconsider was laid on pane Education and Research Act. or agency head, to carry out activities to the table. support the Initiative and the Great Lakes Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support H.R. f Water Quality Agreement; and 5705, the Propane Education and Research ‘‘(II) enter into an interagency agreement Enhancement Act. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION with the head of any Federal department or Today, tens of millions of Americans rely on INITIATIVE ACT OF 2014 agency to carry out activities described in propane and heating oil. Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I move to subclause (I). Propane and propane accessories are used suspend the rules and pass the bill ‘‘(E) SCOPE.— in everyday life from cooking to commercial (H.R. 5764) to authorize the Great ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Projects shall be carried agricultural uses are vital to farmers in the out under the Initiative on multiple levels, Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for including— Midwest that use propane to dry corn and other purposes. ‘‘(I) Great Lakes-wide; and feed the world. The Clerk read the title of the bill. ‘‘(II) Great Lakes basin-wide. Heating oil is used throughout the Northeast The text of the bill is as follows: ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—No funds made available to heat homes and water during the long New H.R. 5764 to carry out the Initiative may be used for England winter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- any water infrastructure activity (other Personally, in years past, I’ve relied on pro- resentatives of the United States of America in than a green infrastructure project that im- pane when I didn’t have access to the vast Congress assembled, proves habitat and other ecosystem func- network of pipelines that supply natural gas. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. tions in the Great Lakes) for which amounts This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes are made available from— Unfortunately, like many important commod- ‘‘(I) a State water pollution control revolv- ities, unless you’ve run out of propane or heat- Restoration Initiative Act of 2014’’. SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE. ing fund established under title VI; or ing oil, most people probably don’t know or Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollu- ‘‘(II) a State drinking water revolving loan understand the vast importance of this prod- tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amend- fund established under section 1452 of the uct. ed by striking paragraph (7) and inserting Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). In the early 2000s, the Energy and Com- the following: ‘‘(F) ACTIVITIES BY OTHER FEDERAL AGEN- merce Committee passed legislation that au- ‘‘(7) GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIA- CIES.—Each relevant Federal department or thorized the Propane Education and Research TIVE.— agency shall, to the maximum extent prac- Council and the National Oilheat Research Al- ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established ticable— in the Agency a Great Lakes Restoration ‘‘(i) maintain the base level of funding for liance. the Great Lakes activities of that depart- These two national entities implement con- Initiative (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘Initiative’) to carry out programs and ment or agency without regard to funding sumer education, research and development, projects for Great Lakes protection and res- under the Initiative; and and safety and training programs related to toration. ‘‘(ii) identify new activities and projects to the use of propane and heating oil. ‘‘(B) FOCUS AREAS.—The Initiative shall support the environmental goals of the Ini- While PERC and NORA are federally-au- prioritize programs and projects carried out tiative. thorized, these two organizations cost the fed- in coordination with non-Federal partners ‘‘(G) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be eral government absolutely nothing. and programs and projects that address pri- appropriated to carry out the Initiative ority areas each fiscal year, including— $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 But they play an important role in the com- through 2019.’’. munities they serve. ‘‘(i) the remediation of toxic substances and areas of concern; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- H.R. 5705 amends the Propane Education ‘‘(ii) the prevention and control of invasive and Research Act of 1996, the original legisla- species and the impacts of invasive species; ant to the rule, the gentleman from tion, and expands the ability of PERC to edu- ‘‘(iii) the protection and restoration of Ohio (Mr. GIBBS) and the gentleman cate distributors and consumers in strategies nearshore health and the prevention and from New York (Mr. BISHOP) each will to deal with future propane price spikes. mitigation of nonpoint source pollution; control 20 minutes.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.043 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8893 The Chair recognizes the gentleman Let me start by recognizing the hard crumbling infrastructure or to protect from Ohio. work of the bipartisan cosponsors of our fragile natural environment. Yet GENERAL LEAVE this legislation, including the retiring later this week, I fear that we will Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- dean of the House, Mr. DINGELL, and again be asked to vote on an appropria- mous consent that all Members may commend their efforts to move this tions package for the Federal Govern- have 5 legislative days in which to re- legislation. ment that woefully underfunds critical vise and extend their remarks and in- H.R. 5764 would authorize Federal ap- investments in our Nation’s future, clude extraneous material on H.R. 5764. propriations for the Great Lakes Res- from building the transportation infra- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there toration Initiative, a program initiated structure that will keep our country objection to the request of the gen- by this administration to coordinate competitive into the next century, to tleman from Ohio? the Federal restoration efforts of the investing in the water-related infra- There was no objection. Great Lakes. structure that protects communities, Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- For the decades leading up to the families, and businesses, to making self such time as I may consume. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, targeted improvements to our natural Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. many Federal agencies were involved environment to ensure the protection 5764, the Great Lakes Restoration Ini- in the cleanup and protection of the of human, economic, and environ- tiative Act of 2014. Great Lakes. However, their efforts mental health for generations to come. The Great Lakes are an important were far from coordinated, resulting in We need to do better. We need to rec- resource for the United States. More inefficient cleanup activities that ognize that the expenditure of Federal than 30 million people live in the Great made little progress in the overall money to invest in our Nation is not Lakes region, and the lakes help sup- health of the Great Lakes. inherently a bad thing. We need to un- port over $200 billion a year in eco- In 2010, this administration launched derstand that the Federal Government nomic activity. the initiative to accelerate efforts to needs to be an active partner in ad- To help ensure coordination between protect and restore the largest fresh dressing many of the complex chal- Federal, State, and private parties in surface water system in the world, the lenges facing our States, our commu- protecting and restoring the Great Great Lakes. Under the leadership of nities, and our everyday lives. And we Lakes, a Great Lakes Interagency Task the former EPA Administrator Lisa need to support the missions of those Force of Federal agencies was created Jackson, this initiative prioritized five Federal agencies we have charged with in 2004. In 2010, the task force released focus areas: cleaning up toxics and the ensuring the long-term economic and an action plan as part of the Great Great Lakes areas of concern; com- environmental health of this Nation. Lakes Restoration Initiative to accel- bating invasive species; promoting the These are only some of the ongoing erate efforts to protect and restore the near-shore health by protecting water- challenges that face this Nation, and Great Lakes. we need a Congress that is serious In September of this year, the Fed- sheds from polluted runoff; restoring about taking on the hard questions and eral agencies released an updated Ac- wetlands and other habitats; and making the right investments, not tion Plan II, which summarized the ac- tracking the progress made, as well as only for our own lives and livelihoods, tions that the Federal agencies planned educating and working with strategic to implement during fiscal years 2015 partners. but for those generations of Americans through 2019 using Great Lakes fund- As of August 2013, the initiative has to come. Mr. Speaker, I commend the bipar- ing. The action plan aims to strategi- funded more than 1,500 projects and tisan sponsors of this legislation for cally target the biggest threats to the programs of the highest priority to ensuring that the new authorization Great Lakes ecosystem and to accel- meet immediate cleanup and restora- shows some willingness to provide ro- erate progress toward long-term goals. tion and protection needs. As a result bust funding for these restoration ef- Congressman JOYCE introduced H.R. of these efforts, there is tangible proof 5764 to amend the Great Lakes program that the health of the Great Lakes is forts rather than simply and mind- provisions under section 118 of the improving—from the delisting of two lessly cutting these programs. I urge Clean Water Act to formally authorize additional U.S. Great Lakes Areas of support of H.R. 5764. I reserve the balance of my time. the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Concern to a list of over 30 success sto- for 5 years and to carry out projects ries recently documented by the Heal- DECEMBER 8, 2014. DEAR MEMBERS OF THE GREAT LAKES HOUSE and activities for Great Lakes protec- ing Our Waters Coalition. Yet addi- tional progress is needed, and the au- DELEGATION: We are writing to convey our tion and restoration. support for H.R. 5764, the Great Lakes Res- Under the initiative, the Environ- thorization of appropriations contained toration Initiative Act of 2014, bipartisan mental Protection Agency is to col- in H.R. 5764 is a good step forward to legislation recently introduced by Rep- laborate with other Federal partners, continuing this effort. resentatives David Joyce, Louise Slaughter, including the Great Lakes Interagency However, I would note that most of Sander Levin, and John Dingell. We under- Task Force, to select the best combina- the successes of the Great Lakes Res- stand the bill may be considered this week tion of projects and activities for Great toration Initiative can all be traced under suspension of the rules and urge you to support it. This is a top regional priority for Lakes protection and restoration. back to one factor that I have high- lighted over and over again in this Con- the Great Lakes states, local communities, Specified principles and criteria are to tribes, conservation organizations, and busi- be used in selecting projects and activi- gress: the critical need for robust Fed- ness and industry. ties, including whether they, one, im- eral funding. This legislation provides formal authoriza- prove the interagency and inter- As I noted during floor consideration tion for the Great Lakes Restoration Initia- organizational coordination and col- of the Water Resources Reform and De- tive (GLRI), an ambitious regional restora- laboration to reduce duplication and velopment Act of 2013, as well as during tion program for the Great Lakes that is numerous other authorization and ap- cleaning up degraded ‘‘toxic hotspots,’’ halt- streamline efforts; two, provide the ing Asian carp and other invasive species, ability to timely achieve strategic and propriation bills this Congress, to see real progress in the programs we estab- and preventing polluted runoff that closes measurable environmental outcomes beaches and causes harmful algal blooms. It and leverage resources with other Fed- lish, we need also to provide the crit- provides a solid legislative platform to en- eral and non-Federal partners. ical funding to our Federal agencies sure our region continues to work together The bill authorizes the initiative for that implement these programs. successfully to implement a science-based fiscal year 2015 through 2019. I encour- Too often these days we seem driven and outcomes-focused plan of action for re- age all Members to support H.R. 5764. to cut Federal spending for programs storing and protecting the Great Lakes. I reserve the balance of my time. that provide a real benefit to our Na- The bill directs U.S. EPA to collaborate Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- tion without an awareness of the con- with the Great Lakes Interagency Task sequences of these actions. This Cham- Force and state and local partners to select er, I yield myself such time as I may the best combination of projects to protect consume. ber will recognize that there are places and restore the Great Lakes. It focuses on Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. where the Federal Government can restoration projects that can be imple- 5764, the Great Lakes Restoration Ini- help and should be making increased mented quickly, will achieve environmental tiative Act of 2014. investments, such as to repair our outcomes outlined in the new Great Lakes

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.046 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8894 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 9, 2014 Action Plan and Great Lakes Water Quality and polluted runoff from farms and cities. It Mr. JOYCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Agreement, and that leverage other funding. allows the Environmental Protection Agency to offer my full support for H.R. 5764, Passing this legislation now will clarify to enter into interagency agreements with the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative the focus and accountability of our restora- other federal agencies to utilize their exist- tion efforts and ensure the program con- ing competitive grant programs allowing the Act of 2014. The reason is simple, Mr. tinues to achieve effective results. We re- region to quickly and effectively undertake Speaker: the Great Lakes are a na- cently worked with federal agencies to re- restoration work throughout the Great tional and economic treasure in the write the GL RI Action Plan, which lays out Lakes basin. U.S., which contains one-fifth of the our region’s restoration goals and objectives, Because of this coordinated effort between world’s freshwater supply. and revises how we measure progress. The federal agencies and non-federal stake- The GLRI is the most important, sig- holders, we are seeing tremendous results. new plan addresses the Government Ac- nificant, and productive effort to date countability Office’s review, which found no Since 2010, three U.S. Areas of Concern major deficiencies in the GLRI program. (Presque Isle Bay, PA; Deer Lake, MI; White to protect these five lakes that provide Restoring the Great Lakes creates jobs, Lake, MI) have been cleaned up and taken off drinking water and jobs for millions of stimulates economic development, and pro- the list of contaminated sites. Before the people. It is crucial that the GLRI be tects fresh drinking water for 30 million peo- GLRI, only one site had been delisted since formally authorized at $300 million for ple. The lakes currently generate over 1.5 1987 (Oswego River, NY). The management the next 5 years to ensure that the million jobs and $60 billion in wages annu- actions necessary for delisting the She- great work already done is not lost. ally, and provide the foundation for a $30 bil- boygan River (WI), Waukegan Harbor (IL), lion tourism economy. Clearly, the Great and Ashtabula River (OH) AOCs have also b 1430 been completed. The GLRI has accelerated Lakes are an invaluable resource worth re- This does not add any new spending storing and protecting, and this legislation the cleanup of regional toxic sites. Between is critical to our collective efforts toward 2010 through 2013, the GLRI removed 42 im- and will continue to make sure nec- this end. We urge you to support this bill. pairments—from drinking water restrictions essary resources are available. Sincerely, to swimming advisories—from 17 contami- GLRI is an action-oriented, results- TIM EDER, nated sites. The number of so-called ‘‘bene- driven initiative targeting the most Executive Director, ficial use impairments’’ that have been re- significant problems within the basin, Great Lakes Com- moved across the region has quadrupled including invasive species like Asian mission. under the GLRI. In fact, more impairments have been removed since the GLRI began in carp, toxins and contaminated sedi- TODD AMBS, ment, nonpoint source pollution, and Director, Healing Our 2010 than in the preceding 22 years. In addition, from 2004 to 2009, the Great Waters—Great Lakes habitat and wildlife protection and res- Lakes region was the only area in the coun- Coalition. toration. try to show a gain in wetland acreage. Now WILLIAM TAYLOR, The programs are working, and the the GLRI is building on that foundation with GLRI will ensure we have healthy Chair, U.S. Section, a goal to restore one million acres in the Great Lakes Fishery basin. So far, the Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Lakes, while boosting the econo- Commission. National Park Service, Natural Resources mies in this vast region. DAVID A. ULLRICH, Conservation Service, and National Oceanic The Great Lakes are one of the jew- Executive Director, and Atmospheric Administration (among els of the United States. When I talk Great Lakes and St. others) restored, protected, or enhanced over Lawrence Cities Ini- about the Great Lakes to people who 115,000 acres of wetlands and other habitat. are not from the region, I make sure to tiative. More than 1,900 river miles were cleared of JANE A. TENEYCK, over 250 barriers resulting in fish swimming point out their benefits are twofold: Executive Director, into stretches of river where they had been economic and environmental. Chippewa Ottawa absent for decades. Based on U.S. Fish and Let me give you a couple of statistics Resource Authority. Wildlife Service monitoring, GLRI-sponsored that will illustrate how important it is KATHRYN A. BUCKNER, actions are increasing self-sustaining popu- that we make this critical investment. President, Council of lations of native species important to the Six quadrillion. We are not talking Great Lakes Indus- Great Lakes, like lake sturgeon—as well as about a little freshwater here. There tries. supporting the region’s multi-billion dollar ED WOLKING, JR., outdoor recreation economy. For example, are six quadrillion gallons of water in Executive Director, efforts in the Saginaw River watershed have the Great Lakes basin. Let’s let that Great Lakes Metro contributed to the now self-sustaining wall- number soak in. Chambers Coalition. eye population in Saginaw Bay, MI. $62 billion. The Great Lakes basin However, there is still much work that supports a diverse range of industries HEALING OUR WATERS— needs to be done. Aging sewers, invasive spe- and small businesses, and that is how GREAT LAKES COALITION, cies, and toxic pollutants are just a few of much is generated by wages in the in- December 8, 2014. the pervasive threats that impact the region, House of Representatives, endangering human and wildlife health, low- dustry in the Great Lakes region. Washington, DC. ering property values, and hurting the re- Thirty million. That is the number of DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the gion’s economy. Without support restoration people who live within the Great Lakes Healing Our Waters—Great Lakes Coalition, efforts will slow allowing problems to get basin and rely on them for safe drink- we write today to ask you to vote for H.R. worse and more expensive to solve. Ulti- ing water, transportation, and recre- 5764, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative mately, reducing investment in the Great ation. Act of 2014. The legislation is vital in the on- Lakes won’t save money—it will cost the na- $14 million. That is how much money going effort to restore the Great Lakes, tion more. As the source of drinking water which supplies drinking water to more than for 30 million people, the nation cannot af- in GLRI funds that was spent to clean 30 million people. ford to stop protecting and restoring the up the Ashtabula River, in the heart of The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Great Lakes. my district. Because these programs Act helps achieve our region’s restoration We hope you will vote for the Great Lakes are working, I was able to see the Ash- goals by formally authorizing the popular Restoration Initiative Act of 2014. This bill is tabula River taken off the EPA’s des- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). important to ensure accountability, trans- ignated list of places that are ‘‘areas of The GLRI is a successful, bipartisan response parency, and results. It sets a permanent concern’’ a couple of months ago. That programmatic stage from which the GLRI to protecting and restoring one-fifth of the is a really big deal for northeast Ohio. world’s surface fresh water. Our region’s re- can continue to succeed. cent restoration efforts started when Presi- If you have any questions, please do not 1.5 million. That is how many jobs dent George W. Bush asked for a restoration hesitate to have your staff contact Chad are directly related to the Great Lakes. blueprint, which the 1,500 stakeholders that Lord, our coalition’s policy director. 3,500. That is how many diverse spe- were a part of the Great Lakes Regional Col- Sincerely, cies of plant and wildlife call the Great laboration produced in 2005. President LYNN MCCLURE, Lakes home. Barack Obama continued this effort when he Co-chair. Finally, the last and most telling recommended funding in his fiscal year 2010 KRISTY MEYER, Co-chair. statistic for you today is the number budget for the implementation of this strat- three. Three is the number of days that egy through Great Lakes Restoration Initia- NICOLE BARKER, tive. The GLRI is an innovative, action-ori- Co-chair. residents of Toledo in my home State ented approach targeting the region’s big- Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 of Ohio were unable to drink the water gest environmental problems like invasive minutes to the gentleman from Ohio in their homes because of the harmful species, legacy contaminants, habitat loss, (Mr. JOYCE), the sponsor of the bill. algal blooms in Lake Erie. The water

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But, more impor- Supporting this bill will lock in the equipment for a certified lab. It is in- tantly, it is an incredible gift from programs that work to ensure our Na- cumbent upon the GLRI to help us find God. We have to protect this area. Why tion’s largest bodies of freshwater are a way to provide the remaining would we not? protected and will continue to be pro- $147,000—not million—$147,000 we have The statistics that we talk about are tected in the future. to deliver. overwhelming. We thank a lot of peo- Before I close, I want to thank Chair- To date, the lack of response from ple for being involved in this. But do man SHUSTER, as well as my colleague our Federal agencies is astounding. you know who I want to thank more and dear friend from Ohio, Representa- Lake Erie’s water quality is an emer- than anybody else? The hardworking tive GIBBS, and the Transportation and gency due to the toxic algal blooms. American taxpayers. By our Constitu- Infrastructure Committee for their When we see Federal agencies divert- tion, we are granted the authority to help on this bill. We have spent a lot of ing hundreds of millions of dollars tax them, but we are also given the re- time working on this issue, and I am abroad to dams in Afghanistan to de- sponsibility to spend their money the very grateful for their assistance. liver freshwater, yet somehow our own right way. Why would we have a situa- I would also like to thank Majority EPA can’t identify funds to protect the tion where we can’t imagine that we Leader MCCARTHY for scheduling this American people who live along Lake would fund the Great Lakes Restora- important bill for floor consideration. Erie and Lake Michigan and draw their tion Initiative? It just doesn’t make I am very excited the GLRI enjoys so life source from it, I stand aghast. sense. much bipartisan support from Great The SPEAKER pro tempore. The One-fifth of the world’s freshwater, Lakes Members here in Congress. When time of the gentlewoman has expired. not one-fifth of Pennsylvania, not one- we make these investments in our Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- fifth of the United States, not one-fifth Great Lakes, results are produced for er, I yield the gentlewoman another 11⁄2 of North America, but one-fifth of the our constituents, the environment, and minutes. world’s freshwater resides in our Great businesses throughout the vast region. Ms. KAPTUR. When our water crisis Lakes. I would suggest to people that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The occurred, the U.S. EPA didn’t even talk about energy, you can go a lot time of the gentleman has expired. show up or have personnel on the longer without oil than you can with- Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield the ground. I asked, ‘‘Where is Homeland out drinking water. We have an oppor- gentleman an additional 1 minute. Security funding to help during the cri- tunity to do something that just Mr. JOYCE. It is critical we formally sis and after?’’ No show. As far as I am makes sense to each and every one of authorize GLRI so that people who live concerned, they are asleep at the us. We can get this done. in Toledo or Mentor or Conneaut in my wheel. Wake up. If I may, just for a minute, to para- district don’t have to worry about days As we prepare for a new spring thaw phrase Luke 12:48: ahead without fresh drinking water. and the increasing rains that will To whom much is given, much is required. Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- come, feeding the algal blooms, the Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentle- GLRI presents the hope that I still this is not an option, this is a moral woman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR), who is have that a solution can be found to obligation on behalf of the people of a cosponsor of the bill. counter the agency dithering that our this great country to look at one of the Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I thank region has experienced throughout this assets that we have, a gift from God, the ranking member Mr. BISHOP for harrowing environmental crisis. and make sure that we preserve it for yielding and thank the chairman Mr. Surely, America can do better. I real- future generations. GIBBS, and, obviously, my colleague ly think the chairman Mr. GIBBS, from I thank both gentlemen from Ohio, Mr. JOYCE, who just spoke. the State of Ohio, and my dear col- the lady from Ohio, and everybody else I rise in support strong support of league Mr. JOYCE, from the State of who was involved in this. I especially H.R. 5764. Ohio, they live at the other end of the want to do a shout-out to a young man Since the creation of the Great Lakes lake, but they get the problem. God who works in the Northeast-Midwest Restoration Initiative, our Nation has bless you. And I thank the ranking Coalition, a guy by the name of Sam made great strides in reviving and pro- member, Mr. BISHOP from the east Breene, who lives and breathes the tecting our Nation’s greatest fresh- coast, who understands how important lake’s initiatives. I want to thank him water treasure, our Great Lakes. freshwater is to sustain life in this for his hard work, and I want to thank Still, despite progress, this past sum- country. It shouldn’t be this hard. everybody involved in getting this mer presented a stark reminder of the Thank you so very much for this bill. taken care of. unfinished challenge, as a toxic algal I rise in strong support. Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- bloom shut off the fresh drinking water Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman to over half a million people and busi- minutes to the gentleman from Penn- from Minnesota (Mr. NOLAN), who is a nesses in Ohio and Michigan for 3 days sylvania (Mr. KELLY). member of the Committee on Trans- across Lake Erie’s western basin, the Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. portation and Infrastructure and a co- largest watershed in the entire Great Speaker, I would like to thank the gen- sponsor of the bill. Lakes. tleman from Ohio, but I would also like (Mr. NOLAN asked and was given The public, though shocked, was or- to thank a lady and a Member, whom I permission to revise and extend his re- derly and beneficent. We didn’t have have begun to call our ‘‘lady of our marks.) riots or civil disorder. lakes.’’ Ms. KAPTUR, thank you so Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, Members During that 3-day crisis, astound- much for speaking out the way you do of the House, my district includes Du- ingly, we learned communities along about the Great Lakes, and also Mr. luth, Minnesota, the headwaters of the the lake were not equipped locally to JOYCE, a very good colleague and a Great Lakes, and, of course, the mag- test the water so vital to their own sur- friend, because we all understand what nificent North Shore. I encourage you vival. Two precious days were wasted it is that makes the Great Lakes great. all to come and visit the first chance sending and resending vials and sam- I think that is the whole point of what you get. ples 5 hours away to EPA labs, and we are talking about. This is a gift I, too, rise in strong support of this then back and then back again. This from God. important bipartisan Great Lakes Res- simply is unacceptable. Proper testing Now, you have heard Mr. JOYCE talk toration Initiative, and I, too, would be equipment on Lake Erie is funda- about some of the statistics. But when remiss if I didn’t compliment our mental, fundamental to a response you think about it, if you just close chairman, Mr. GIBBS, and our ranking

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.048 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H8896 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 9, 2014 member, Mr. BISHOP, for bringing this Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, we have the Transportation and Infrastructure legislation forward, and, of course, our not been the best stewards of these Committee, specifically the Water Re- chief sponsor of the legislation, DAVID magnificent lakes, and we do owe it to sources and Environment Sub- JOYCE, our good Republican friend. future generations to help assure that committee. Today is the last hurrah on Thank you for your leadership in con- they are protected and that they are the floor as we lose our longtime staff vincing the Office of the President and preserved. One great way to do this for director, John Anderson, to the outside our budget operatives around here that the Great Lakes is through this contin- world. in this particular case we need a little ued funding and support of the Great John is originally from Charlotte, bit more than what they wanted or rec- Lakes Restoration Initiative that we North Carolina. He joined the Memphis ommended. are debating here on the floor today. District of the U.S. Army Corps of En- I would also remind my colleagues Over the years, Mr. Speaker, I have gineers in early 1970 as a biologist. that this is not just about preserva- seen firsthand the impact the GLRI is Later, he moved on to the Savannah tion; this is about taking responsibility having on our lakes. From dredging to District and finally to the Army Corps for some of the neglect out of past. As beach and shoreline restoration to of Engineers headquarters here in I can tell you, back in Duluth, there fighting against invasive species, these Washington, D.C. was a time when we had to haul drink- projects are critical to protecting and John joined the Committee on Trans- ing water in for the citizens of Duluth restoring the Great Lakes ecosystems. portation and Infrastructure in 1999 on because the water out of Lake Superior b 1445 detail from the Corps, and he never wasn’t drinkable. I remember a time left. In 2005, he was promoted to staff when the Great Lakes were so polluted Actually, in October, I was at a place director of the Subcommittee on Water they were catching on fire in some called Harsens Island in my district Resources and Environment. where I saw an effort underway to con- places because of neglect. So in many In John’s more than 40 years of serv- trol phragmites, which is sort of an odd respects we are stepping up and we are ice to the Nation, he has in some fash- name. It is a huge, invasive plant that assuming responsibility for neglect in ion, either at the Corps level or here in has been actually choking wetlands the past. Congress, been part of every single throughout the Great Lakes Basin, but I don’t mind telling you how impor- WRDA law since 1990. He is widely re- funding through this program is eradi- tant it has been to us up in the Lake spected in the world of transportation cating them and letting Mother Nature Superior area. We have had over 100 and infrastructure policy and is a re- breathe again. projects funded over the years accom- nowned expert in the Nation’s water Along the shoreline of the St. Clair plishing so many things: combating resources policy. River, GLRI funded the restoration of invasive species, mitigating pollution We wish John the best in his depar- natural habitats, improved stormwater of the past, identifying toxins that rep- ture from Congress. He and his wife, drainage, and improved water quality, resent a threat to the basin and our Guiomar, are the proud parents of but there is so much more to do. For public health and our public safety, three boys: John Alexander, Patrick, example, the Clinton River, which protecting wild rice—I am an old wild and Richard Anderson. They are also flows through a very major metropoli- rice picker; you can’t have enough the proud grandparents of three Ander- tan area in southeast Michigan, is in good native wild rice—and protecting son grandchildren. need of similar restoration projects. wildlife in general. What a difference It has been a privilege to work with these projects have made. We also need to look at ways that can better detect toxins in our water- John Anderson in my last 4 years as Last, but not least, I would be remiss the chairman of the subcommittee. I if I didn’t thank our Appropriations ways with real-time water quality monitoring systems, some of which we wish him well and thank him. Good Committee members—MARCY KAPTUR luck. and BETTY MCCOLLUM, in particular— have in my area as it comes through I also urge support of the bill. for your stepping up in your leadership Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, into Mr. BISHOP of New York. Will the in this. Lake St. Clair, and down the Detroit But there is still so much more to be River. It is not happening in Lake Erie, gentleman yield? done. That is why I stand here today and it has to be part of the notification Mr. GIBBS. I yield to the gentleman and strongly urge my colleagues to protocol there as well. We also are hav- from New York. give their full support to this impor- ing some of these green-blue algae Mr. BISHOP of New York. I, too, tant legislation. blooms in our area. want to add a word of both thanks and Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 As was mentioned, these are a gift congratulations to John Anderson for minutes to the gentlewoman from from God. God gave us these magnifi- his service in the Congress over a great Michigan (Mrs. MILLER). cent lakes that have provided us with many years. I came to see firsthand his Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. so much, but we do need to be better skill and dedication when we were Speaker, certainly, protecting and pre- stewards of them, and quite frankly, working so cooperatively together on serving the Great Lakes has always we have a lot of making up to do to passing the Water Resources Develop- been a principal advocacy of mine Mother Nature. ment Act of 2013. His involvement was through my entire tenure in public of- Mr. Speaker, we can start that cer- essential. fice and even before I came into public tainly today by strongly supporting That bill stands as one of the few office. I actually grew up on the Great H.R. 5764, the Great Lakes Restoration substantive pieces of bipartisan legisla- Lakes. My family was in the marina Initiative Act. I certainly rise in tion that this Congress has passed, and business. So the lakes were more than strong support of this bill from the we were able to get it in done in part just a source of recreation for us. They gentleman from Ohio (Mr. JOYCE), and because of John’s efforts. put food on the table in our family. I urge all of my colleagues to support I thank you, and I wish you a well- Like so many from the region, the it as well. earned retirement. Great Lakes are a proud part of our Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- Mr. GIBBS. Reclaiming my time, I identity. We have heard from so many er, I yield myself such time as I may would also be remiss not to say a few of the various States in the Great consume. words about my good friend, Mr. Lakes basin today the passion that we Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this BISHOP from Long Island, New York. It all have for these magnificent, mag- legislation. I think it is good, solid bi- has been a privilege having you serve nificent Great Lakes. partisan legislation that is necessary, as my ranking member on the sub- As has been said, they generate bil- and I yield back the balance of my committee for the last 4 years. I wish lions of dollars each and every year time. you well in your endeavors in the fu- through fishing, through the shipping Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- ture. industry, and recreational activities as self such time as I may consume. Mr. BISHOP of New York. I appre- well. They are 20 percent of the fresh- Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a ciate that very much. water drinking supply on the entire moment to recognize today that we Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield back planet, quite frankly. lose some institutional knowledge at the balance of my time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.049 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8897 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS, CON- (1) the requirements and processes under support of the Great Lakes Restoration Initia- DITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON section 46319 of title 49, United States Code; tive Act, and I urge all my colleagues to join THE USE, ENCUMBRANCE, CON- (2) the requirements under the National VEYANCE, AND CLOSURE OF THE Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. me in voting for this needed legislation. 4321 et seq.); ST. CLAIR REGIONAL AIRPORT In Michigan, we’re blessed to be surrounded (3) the requirements and processes under by the Great Lakes. In so many ways, the Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I move to part 157 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula- Lakes define our state, and our region, as suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. tions; or well. For many years, though, we did not treat 2759) to release the City of St. Clair, (4) the public notice requirements under Missouri, from all restrictions, condi- section 47107(h)(2) of title 49, United States them as if they were very great. For the better Code. part of a century, the Lakes and their tribu- tions, and limitations on the use, en- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- taries were polluted to the point that they were cumbrance, conveyance, and closure of ant to the rule, the gentleman from dying. the St. Clair Regional Airport. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Ohio (Mr. GIBBS) and the gentleman A century of environmental harm cannot be The text of the bill is as follows: from New York (Mr. BISHOP) each will undone overnight, but we’ve made consider- S. 2759 control 20 minutes. able progress. That’s where the Great Lakes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- The Chair recognizes the gentleman Restoration Initiative comes in. Through the resentatives of the United States of America in from Ohio. GLRI, we are finally addressing longstanding Congress assembled, GENERAL LEAVE problems, such as toxic hotspots, invasive SECTION 1. RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS, CONDI- Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- species like the Asian carp, habitat restoration, TIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE, ENCUMBRANCE, CONVEYANCE, mous consent that all Members may and runoff pollution. AND CLOSURE OF THE ST. CLAIR RE- have 5 legislative days in which to re- The GLRI was created by the Obama Ad- GIONAL AIRPORT. vise and extend their remarks and in- (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States, acting clude extraneous material on S. 2759. ministration and, since 2010, Congress has through the Administrator of the Federal wisely funded it. Now it is time for Congress The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Aviation Administration, shall release the objection to the request of the gen- to take the next step and formally authorize City of St. Clair, Missouri, from all restric- this vital program. Congress must remain a full tions, conditions, and limitations on the use, tleman from Ohio? There was no objection. partner in the restoration effort in the Great encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair Regional Airport, as described in Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Lakes, and authorizing GLRI is the best way self such time as I may consume. to do that. the most recent airport layout plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, to Mr. Speaker, S. 2759 releases the city I wish to acknowledge the efforts of my col- the extent such restrictions, conditions, and of St. Clair, Missouri, from all restric- leagues who have worked so hard to support limitations are enforceable by the Adminis- tions, conditions, and limitations on GLRI over the last five years, especially Rep- trator. the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and (b) LIMITATION.—The release under sub- resentative JOYCE, LOUISE SLAUGHTER, and my closure of the St. Clair Regional Air- section (a) shall not be executed before the good friend JOHN DINGELL. I would also like to City of St. Clair, or its designee, transfers to port. underscore the longstanding efforts of Senator the Department of Transportation of the The bill will require the city to pay CARL LEVIN and his staff in the area of Great State of Missouri— fair market value for the airport prop- Lakes restoration. (1) the amounts described in subsection (c), erty to the Missouri Department of to be used for capital improvements within Transportation, repay the unamortized As we continue to make meaningful the meaning of airport development (as de- value of Federal grants to the Missouri progress on restoration of the Great Lakes, fined in section 47102(3) of title 49, United Department of Transportation, and this will be a hopeful sign that other difficult States Code) and consistent with the obliga- transfer any remaining revenue to the environmental redemptions are also achiev- tions of the Department of Transportation of Missouri Department of Transpor- able. Let us move forward together today by the State of Missouri under the State block grant program of the Federal Aviation Ad- tation. passing the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Act. ministration; and (2) for no consideration, all airport and my time. Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, as a co- aviation-related equipment of the St. Clair Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, Regional Airport owned by the City of St. er, I yield myself such time as I may I rise in strong support of H.R. 5764, The Clair and determined by the Department of consume. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act. Transportation of the State of Missouri to be Mr. Speaker, I wish my Republican salvageable for use. colleagues were not rushing to consider This bipartisan legislation authorizes the (c) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts de- popular Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. scribed in this subsection are the following: this bill without more deliberation. This program is critical to restoring and pro- (1) An amount equal to the fair market The other body just passed this bill tecting the Great Lakes, which hold over 20 value for the highest and best use of the St. last week. We have had no hearings on percent of the world’s surface freshwater and Clair Regional Airport property determined the bill, no committee meetings, no in good faith by an independent and qualified are the source of drinking water, jobs, and markups. real estate appraiser on or after the date of I understand that several general recreation for millions of Americans. the enactment of this Act. aviation groups have expressed con- I have represented districts that span the (2) An amount equal to the unamortized cerns about the bill, and I would have portion of any Federal development grants southern coast of Lake Ontario all the way to liked the opportunity to hear from the City of Buffalo on Lake Erie and I know other than land paid to the City of St. Clair for use at the St. Clair Regional Airport, them and study their specific reserva- first hand the special bond the people of the which may be paid with, and shall be an al- tions. Great Lakes basin share with these lakes. lowable use of, airport revenue notwith- Each of the Nation’s federally-as- These magnificent bodies of water are truly standing section 47107 or 47133 of title 49, sisted airports is part of a system—a unique and we must do all that we can to pro- United States Code. national system—that is greater than tect these national treasures for future genera- (3) An amount equal to the airport reve- the sum of its parts. The Federal Gov- tions. I urge my colleagues to support the bill. nues remaining in the airport account for ernment invests $3.35 billion a year in the St. Clair Regional Airport as of the date airport improvements because each The SPEAKER pro tempore. The of the enactment of this Act and otherwise question is on the motion offered by due to or received by the City of St. Clair airport in the system not only drives the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. GIBBS) after such date of enactment pursuant to economic growth, but also is a safe that the House suspend the rules and sections 47107(b) and 47133 of title 49, United harbor for a pilot in distress. pass the bill, H.R. 5764. States Code. For those reasons, the general rule is (d) REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE RUNWAY that we invest in airports, not close The question was taken; and (two- LIGHTING SYSTEM.—The Federal Aviation Ad- them; nevertheless, I understand that thirds being in the affirmative) the ministration shall remove the runway end the airport in St. Clair, Missouri, indicator lighting system at St. Clair Re- rules were suspended and the bill was which this bill would allow to close, passed. gional Airport. (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in presents some unique circumstances. A motion to reconsider was laid on this section shall be construed to limit the Although the Federal Government the table. applicability of— has invested almost $1.1 million in the

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Community Under the bill, in order for the city to the United States courthouse referred to leaders believe that there are simply to qualify for the release from the in section 2 shall be deemed to be a reference higher and better uses for the airport FAA, it must transfer amounts pre- to the ‘‘James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep land. viously used for the airport’s capital United States Courthouse’’. Based on these extraordinary cir- improvements toward the improve- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- cumstances, this bill would allow the ment of other general aviation facili- ant to the rule, the gentleman from city of St. Clair to close the airport ties in the area. Under S. 2759, tax- Ohio (Mr. GIBBS) and the gentleman and would release the city from its ob- payers will be made whole, and the city from New York (Mr. BISHOP) each will ligations as a recipient of Federal air- will be permitted to move forward with control 20 minutes. port improvement funds, provided the new economic development plans. The Chair recognizes the gentleman city transfers remaining grant funds S. 2759 is bipartisan and has passed from Ohio. and the market value of the land to the the Senate unanimously. Mr. Chair- GENERAL LEAVE Missouri Department of Transpor- man, I ask my colleagues to join me in Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- tation. supporting this important legislation mous consent that all Members may While I have serious reservations so we can take a step forward in cut- have 5 legislative days in which to re- about the precedent that this bill could ting through this red tape for the peo- vise and extend their remarks and in- set, I recognize the unique situation in ple of St. Clair, Missouri. clude extraneous material on H.R. 1378, this particular case. Going forward, I Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- as amended. urge my colleagues to think long and er, I have no further speakers, and I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there hard about what it means for our na- yield back the balance of my time. objection to the request of the gen- tional system of airports when we start Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I tleman from Ohio? permitting airports to shut down with- urge my colleagues to join me in sup- There was no objection. out working through the Federal Avia- porting this important piece of legisla- Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- tion Administration’s administrative tion, and I yield back the balance of self such time as I may consume. process. my time. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1378 designates the I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The United States Federal Judicial Center Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 question is on the motion offered by located at 333 West Broadway in San minutes to the gentleman from Mis- the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. GIBBS) Diego, California, as the John Rhoades souri (Mr. LUETKEMEYER). that the House suspend the rules and Federal Judicial Center. The bill also Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I pass the bill, S. 2759. designates the United States Court- rise today in support of S. 2759. This The question was taken; and (two- house in San Diego, California, as the bill, introduced by Senators MCCASKILL thirds being in the affirmative) the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep and BLUNT from Missouri, authorizes rules were suspended and the bill was United States Courthouse. the closure of the St. Clair Regional passed. John S. Rhoades, Sr., was a United Airport in St. Clair, Missouri, once all A motion to reconsider was laid on States Federal judge on the United obligations to Federal taxpayers have the table. States District Court for the Southern been repaid. St. Clair is a small town of f District of California for 22 years. Be- 4,700 in my district, about 50 miles fore Judge Rhoades began practicing southwest of St. Louis. JAMES M. CARTER AND JUDITH N. law, he served in the United States The city has operated an airport KEEP UNITED STATES COURT- Navy during World War II. Early in his since the sixties, but in the past dec- HOUSE career, he practiced law for the city of ade, a consensus within the community Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I move to San Diego, California, as a prosecuting has been reached that the airport suspend the rules and pass the bill attorney and as deputy city attorney. should be closed and the land utilized (H.R. 1378) to designate the United Judge Rhoades was nominated by as part of a larger economic develop- States courthouse located at 333 West President Ronald Reagan in 1985 to ment plan for the region. This effort Broadway in San Diego, California, as serve as a Federal judge on the United has broad support in the city of St. the ‘‘James M. Carter and Judith N. States District Court for the Southern Clair from the mayor, the city council, Keep United States Courthouse’’, as District of California, where he served the school board, the fire district, and amended. until his death in 2007. the local chamber of commerce. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Judith N. Keep was nominated as a The only thing holding up this plan The text of the bill is as follows: judge to the United States District is the continued reluctance of Federal Court for the Southern District of Cali- regulators to give the go-ahead. The H.R. 1378 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- fornia in 1980 by President Jimmy Car- city approached the Missouri Depart- ter and served for 24 years. She was the ment of Transportation in 2008 and the resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, first female Federal judge in her dis- FAA in 2012, seeking closure of the air- trict. She later became its first female port, but the FAA keeps moving the SECTION 1. JUDICIAL CENTER DESIGNATION. The United States Federal Judicial Center chief judge, serving in that capacity goalposts, giving itself multiple exten- located at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, from 1991 to 1998. She continued to sions and leaving this small town con- California, shall be known and designated as serve until her death in 2004. fused and frustrated, with no end in the ‘‘John Rhoades Federal Judicial Center’’. James M. Carter was nominated by sight. The Judicial Center includes the Federal President Harry S. Truman as a judge As a small business owner myself property located at 221 West Broadway, 333 on the United States District Court for from a town even smaller than St. West Broadway, 880 Front Street, 325 West F the Southern District of California and Clair, I can tell you that red tape from Street, 808 Union Street, and the adjoining plaza. served for 17 years, including 2 years as Federal regulators is one of the biggest chief judge. In 1967, President Lyndon SEC. 2. COURTHOUSE BUILDING DESIGNATION. obstacles to economic growth in small B. Johnson nominated Carter to a seat communities. This legislation provides The United States courthouse located at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, California, on the United States Court of Appeals a simple fix to what has become an un- shall be known and designated as the ‘‘James for the Ninth Circuit, where he served necessarily complicated issue in this M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States until his death in 1979. community’s attempt to provide Courthouse’’. b 1500 growth opportunities in its area. SEC. 3. REFERENCES. I should note that there are three Any reference in a law, map, regulation, All three of these judges dem- other general aviation airports within document, paper, or other record of the onstrated their dedication to the Na- a 30-mile radius of St. Clair, and the United States to the United States Federal tion and the law. It is fitting to honor

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Mr. Speak- suspend the rules and pass the bill, er, I rise in support of this bill, and I Government, including the Substance Abuse H.R. 1378, as amended. and Mental Health Services Administration yield such time as he may consume to The question was taken; and (two- of the Department of Health and Human the gentleman from California (Mr. thirds being in the affirmative) the Services. PETERS) who is the author of this bill. rules were suspended and the bill, as (3) THIRD PARTY.—Each evaluation con- Mr. PETERS of California. Mr. amended, was passed. ducted under paragraph (1) shall be con- Speaker, I thank the gentleman for The title of the bill was amended so ducted by an independent third party unaf- yielding. as to read: ‘‘A bill to designate the filiated with the Department of Veterans Af- I rise today to support my legisla- fairs. Such third party shall submit to the United States Federal Judicial Center tion, H.R. 1378, to designate the Fed- Secretary each such evaluation. eral Courthouse on West Broadway in located at 333 West Broadway in San (b) ANNUAL SUBMISSION.—Not later than downtown San Diego as the James M. Diego, California, as the ‘John Rhoades December 1 of each year, beginning in 2015, Carter and Judith N. Keep United Federal Judicial Center’ and to des- the Secretary shall submit to the Committee ignate the United States courthouse lo- on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the States Courthouse, and to designate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House the Federal Judicial Center in San cated at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, California, as the ‘James M. of Representatives a report that contains the Diego as the John Rhoades Federal Ju- following: dicial Center. Carter and Judith N. Keep United (1) The most recent evaluations submitted In San Diego’s collaborative spirit, in States Courthouse’.’’ to the Secretary under subsection (a)(3) that order to find a name for the new build- A motion to reconsider was laid on the Secretary has not previously submitted ing, the San Diego legal community the table. to such Committees. reached out to find ideas, and through f (2) Any recommendations the Secretary this process some prominent jurists considers appropriate. CLAY HUNT SUICIDE PREVENTION SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF INTERNET WEBSITE TO clearly emerged. FOR AMERICAN VETERANS ACT These jurists were enthusiastically PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES. touted by a bipartisan coalition, in- (a) IN GENERAL.—Using funds made avail- cluding the San Diego County Bar As- I move to suspend the rules and pass able to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sociation, our district’s Federal judges, the bill (H.R. 5059) to direct the Sec- publish the Internet websites of the Depart- and both Republican and Democratic retary of Defense and the Secretary of ment of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary shall community leaders across San Diego. Veterans Affairs to provide for the con- survey the existing Internet websites and in- Judge Carter was the moving force duct of annual evaluations of mental formation resources of the Department to behind the creation of the Southern health care and suicide prevention pro- publish an Internet website that serves as a District of California. After its cre- grams of the Department of Defense centralized source to provide veterans with ation, he became the first Chief Judge information regarding all of the mental and the Department of Veterans Af- health care services provided by the Sec- of the District Court, serving in that fairs, to review the terms or character- retary. position until he was appointed to the ization of the discharge or separation (b) ELEMENTS.—The Internet website pub- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. of certain individuals from the Armed lished under subsection (a) shall provide to Judge Keep was instrumental in Forces, to require a pilot program on veterans information regarding all of the opening up the San Diego legal field to loan repayment for psychiatrists who mental health care services available in the women. She graduated from the Uni- agree to serve in the Veterans Health Veteran Integrated Service Network that the versity of San Diego School of Law as Administration of the Department of veteran is seeking such services, including, its valedictorian and went on to be- with respect to each medical center, Vet Veterans Affairs, and for other pur- Center (as defined in section 1712A of title 38, come the first female judge for the Dis- poses, as amended. trict Court of the Southern District of United States Code), and community-based The Clerk read the title of the bill. outpatient center in the Veterans Integrated California, and later the District The text of the bill is as follows: Service Network— Court’s first female Chief Judge. H.R. 5059 (1) the name and contact information of This bill also honors Judge John each social work office; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Rhoades, who served as a Federal judge (2) the name and contact information of resentatives of the United States of America in in San Diego for 22 years and was wide- each mental health clinic; Congress assembled, ly respected and beloved throughout (3) a list of appropriate staff; and the region’s legal community. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (4) any other information the Secretary de- Judges Carter, Keep, and Rhoades all This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clay Hunt termines appropriate. Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (c) UPDATED INFORMATION.—The Secretary served the public with distinction and Act’’ or the ‘‘Clay Hunt SAV Act’’. reflected the San Diego legal commu- shall ensure that the information described SEC. 2. EVALUATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE in subsection (b) that is published on the nity’s shared values of excellence and AND SUICIDE PREVENTION PRO- Internet website under subsection (a) is up- integrity. I am proud to honor their GRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF VET- dated not less than once every 90 days. ERANS AFFAIRS. legacy with this legislation. (d) OUTREACH.—In carrying out this sec- I want to thank two of my colleagues (a) EVALUATIONS.— tion, the Secretary shall ensure that the out- in particular, Congresswoman SUSAN (1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than reach conducted under section 1720F(i) of once each year, the Secretary of Veterans DAVIS, who represented this area before title 38, United States Code, includes infor- Affairs shall provide for the conduct of an I did and led this effort for the past mation regarding the Internet website pub- evaluation of the mental health care and sui- lished under subsection (a). several years, and Congressman DAR- cide prevention programs carried out under RELL ISSA for his support and great SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM FOR REPAYMENT OF the laws administered by the Secretary. EDUCATIONAL LOANS FOR CERTAIN amendments to the bill. It is better be- (2) ELEMENTS.—Each evaluation conducted PSYCHIATRISTS OF VETERANS cause of his work. under paragraph (1) shall— HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. I am proud to have worked with them (A) use metrics that are common among (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Vet- both in this Congress to move it for- and useful for practitioners in the field of erans Affairs shall carry out a pilot program ward. mental health care and suicide prevention; to repay loans of individuals described in Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I reserve (B) identify the most effective mental subsection (b) that— the balance of my time. health care and suicide prevention programs (1) were used by such individuals to finance Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- conducted by the Secretary, including such education relating to psychiatric medicine, er, we have no further speakers, so I programs conducted at a Center of Excel- including education leading to— lence; (A) a degree of doctor of medicine; or urge adoption of this bill and I yield (C) identify the cost-effectiveness of each (B) a degree of doctor of osteopathy; and back the balance of my time. program identified under subparagraph (B); (2) were obtained from any of the fol- Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, I too urge (D) measure the satisfaction of patients lowing: my colleagues to support this bill, and with respect to the care provided under each (A) A governmental entity. I yield back the balance of my time. such program; and (B) A private financial institution.

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(B) The locations in which such individuals local governments, colleges and universities, (D) Any other authorized entity as deter- were employed by the Department, including chambers of commerce and other local busi- mined by the Secretary. how many such locations were rural or urban ness organizations, and organizations that (b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— locations. provide legal aid or advice; and (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), (C) An assessment of the quality of the (D) coordinates with the Veterans Inte- an individual eligible for participation in the work performed by such individuals in the grated Service Network regarding the Vet- pilot program is an individual who— course of such employment, including the erans Integrated Service Network carrying (A) either— performance reviews of such individuals. out an annual mental health summit to as- (i) is licensed or eligible for licensure to (D) The number of psychiatrists the Sec- sess the status of veteran mental health care practice psychiatric medicine in the Vet- retary determines is needed by the Depart- in the community and to develop new or in- erans Health Administration of the Depart- ment in the future. novative means to provide mental health ment of Veterans Affairs; or (3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days services to veterans. (ii) is enrolled in the final year of a resi- before the date on which the pilot program (d) REPORTS.— dency program leading to a specialty quali- terminates under subsection (i), the Sec- (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 18 fication in psychiatric medicine that is ap- retary shall submit to the Committee on months after the date on which the pilot pro- proved by the Accreditation Council for Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Com- gram under subsection (a) commences, the Graduate Medical Education; and mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Secretary shall submit to the Committee on (B) demonstrates a commitment to a long- Representatives an update to the report sub- Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Com- term career as a psychiatrist in the Veterans mitted under paragraph (1) and any rec- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Health Administration, as determined by the ommendations that the Secretary considers Representatives a report on the pilot pro- Secretary. appropriate. gram. With respect to each Veterans Inte- (2) PROHIBITION ON SIMULTANEOUS ELIGI- (h) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pre- grated Service Network described in sub- BILITY.—An individual who is participating scribe regulations to carry out this section, section (b), the report shall include— in any other program of the Federal Govern- including standards for qualified loans and (A) a full description of the peer support ment that repays the educational loans of authorized payees and other terms and con- model implemented under the pilot program, the individual is not eligible to participate ditions for the making of loan repayments. participation data, and data pertaining to in the pilot program. (i) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry past and current mental health related hos- (c) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select out the pilot program shall expire on the pitalizations and fatalities; not less than 10 individuals described in sub- date that is three years after the date on (B) recommendations on implementing section (b) to participate in the pilot pro- which the Secretary commences the pilot peer support networks throughout the De- gram for each year in which the Secretary program. partment; carries out the pilot program. SEC. 5. PILOT PROGRAM ON COMMUNITY OUT- (C) whether the mental health resources (d) PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE.—The REACH. made available under the pilot program for Secretary shall enter into an agreement with (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Vet- members of the reserve components of the each individual selected under subsection (c) erans Affairs shall establish a pilot program Armed Forces is effective; and in which such individual agrees to serve a pe- to assist veterans transitioning from serving (D) a full description of the activities and riod of two or more years of obligated service on active duty and to improve the access of effectiveness of community outreach coordi- for the Veterans Health Administration in veterans to mental health services. nating teams under the pilot program, in- the field of psychiatric medicine, as deter- (b) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry cluding partnerships that have been estab- mined by the Secretary. out the pilot program under subsection (a) at lished with appropriate entities. (e) LOAN REPAYMENTS.— not less than five Veterans Integrated Serv- (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days (1) AMOUNTS.—Subject to paragraph (2), a ice Networks that have a large population of before the date on which the pilot program loan repayment under this section may con- veterans who— sist of payment of the principal, interest, terminates under subsection (e), the Sec- (1) served in the reserve components of the retary shall submit to the Committee on and related expenses of a loan obtained by an Armed Forces; or individual who is participating in the pilot Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Com- (2) are transitioning into communities program for all educational expenses (includ- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of with an established population of veterans ing tuition, fees, books, and laboratory ex- Representatives an update to the report sub- after having recently separated from the penses) of such individual relating to edu- mitted under paragraph (1). Armed Forces. cation described in subsection (a)(1). (e) CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not (c) FUNCTIONS.—The pilot program at each be construed to authorize the Secretary to (2) LIMIT.—For each year of obligated serv- Veterans Integrated Service Network de- ice that an individual who is participating in hire additional employees of the Department scribed in subsection (b) shall include the to carry out the pilot program under sub- the pilot program agrees to serve under sub- following: section (a). section (d), the Secretary may pay not more (1) A community oriented veteran peer (f) TERMINATION.—The authority of the than $30,000 in loan repayment on behalf of support network, carried out in partnership Secretary to carry out the pilot program such individual. with an appropriate entity with experience under subsection (a) shall terminate on the (f) BREACH.— in peer support programs, that— date that is three years after the date on (1) LIABILITY.—An individual who partici- (A) establishes peer support training guide- which the pilot program commences. pates in the pilot program and fails to sat- isfy the period of obligated service under lines; SEC. 6. COLLABORATION ON SUICIDE PREVEN- (B) develops a network of veteran peer sup- TION EFFORTS BETWEEN DEPART- subsection (d) shall be liable to the United MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND States, in lieu of such obligated service, for port counselors to meet the demands of the communities in the Veterans Integrated NON-PROFIT MENTAL HEALTH OR- the amount that has been paid or is payable GANIZATIONS. Service Network; to or on behalf of the individual under the (a) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Vet- (C) conducts training of veteran peer sup- pilot program, reduced by the proportion erans Affairs may collaborate with non-prof- port counselors; that the number of days served for comple- it mental health organizations to prevent tion of the period of obligated service bears (D) with respect to one medical center se- suicide among veterans as follows: to the total number of days in the period of lected by the Secretary in each such Vet- (1) To improve the efficiency and effective- obligated service of such individual. erans Integrated Service Network, has— ness of suicide prevention efforts carried out (2) REPAYMENT PERIOD.—Any amount of (i) a designated peer support specialist who by the Secretary and non-profit mental damages that the United States is entitled acts as a liaison to the community oriented health organizations. to recover under this subsection shall be paid veteran peer network; and (2) To assist non-profit mental health orga- to the United States not later than one year (ii) a certified mental health professional nizations with the suicide prevention efforts after the date of the breach of the agree- designated as the community oriented vet- of such organizations through the use of the ment. eran peer network mentor; and expertise of employees of the Department of (g) REPORT.— (E) is readily available to veterans, includ- Veterans Affairs. (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than two ing pursuant to the Veterans Integrated (3) To jointly carry out suicide prevention years after the date on which the pilot pro- Service Network cooperating and working efforts. gram under subsection (a) commences, the with State and local governments and appro- (b) EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES.—In carrying Secretary shall submit to the Committee on priate entities. out any collaboration under subsection (a), Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Com- (2) A community outreach team for each the Secretary and any non-profit mental mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of medical center selected by the Secretary health organization with which the Sec- Representatives a report on the pilot pro- pursuant to paragraph (1)(D) that— retary is collaborating under such subsection gram. (A) assists veterans transitioning into shall exchange training sessions and best (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by communities; practices to help with the suicide prevention paragraph (1) shall include the following: (B) establishes a veteran transition advi- efforts of the Department and such organiza- (A) The number of individuals who partici- sory group to facilitate outreach activities; tion. pated in the pilot program, including the (C) includes the participation of appro- (c) DIRECTOR OF SUICIDE PREVENTION CO- number of new hires. priate community organizations, State and ORDINATION.—The Secretary shall select

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ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE FOR CERTAIN VET- matic stress upon his separation, Clay The problems the VA health care sys- ERANS OF COMBAT SERVICE DUR- devoted himself to humanitarian work tem faces, and the mental health ING CERTAIN PERIODS OF HOS- and advocated on behalf of his fellow wounds of war that our veterans face, TILITIES AND WAR. veterans. are far too deep for any single solution Paragraph (3) of section 1710(e) of title 38, Nevertheless, in March of 2011, Clay to resolve. But it is an important first United States Code, is amended to read as follows: took his own life at the age of 28. Trag- step, and it is a step that we owe Clay ‘‘(3) In the case of care for a veteran de- ically, Clay was far from alone in his and those like him who returned home scribed in paragraph (1)(D), hospital care, struggle, and his family and friends are from honorable service troubled in medical services, and nursing home care may far from alone in their heartbreak. mind and in need of help. be provided under or by virtue of subsection On average, 22 of our Nation’s heroes With that, Mr. Speaker, I urge all of (a)(2)(F) only during the following periods: commit suicide each day, in spite of my colleagues to join me in supporting ‘‘(A) Except as provided by subparagraph significant increases in VA’s mental H.R. 5059, as amended, and I reserve the (B), with respect to a veteran described in health and suicide prevention budget, balance of my time. paragraph (1)(D) who is discharged or re- leased from the active military, naval, or air staff, and programs over the last sev- Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I yield service after January 27, 2003, the five-year eral years. myself such time as I may consume. period beginning on the date of such dis- What is more, for some groups of vet- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support charge or release. erans, including female veterans and of H.R. 5059, the Clay Hunt SAV Act, ‘‘(B) With respect to a veteran described in veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, sui- which was introduced in July of this paragraph (1)(D) who is discharged or re- cide rates are actually getting worse. year. It has 134 cosponsors, including leased from the active military, naval, or air Mr. Speaker, we must do more to myself, Chairman MILLER, and the service after January 1, 2009, and before Jan- help these veterans. With the passage chairman and ranking member of the uary 1, 2011, but did not enroll to receive of H.R. 5059, as amended, which is Health Care Subcommittee. Congress- such hospital care, medical services, or nurs- ing home care pursuant to such paragraph named in Clay’s memory, I think we man WALZ is the primary sponsor of during the five-year period described in sub- will. The Clay Hunt SAV Act will help this very important piece of legisla- paragraph (A), the one-year period beginning struggling veterans access the sup- tion. on January 1, 2015. portive services and mental health care Over the years, the Veterans Affairs’ ‘‘(C) With respect to a veteran described in they need to, hopefully, save their Committee has taken steps to address paragraph (1)(D) who is discharged or re- lives. the rise of suicide among veterans. In leased from the active military, naval, or air To improve the efficiency and effec- the 110th Congress we enacted the service on or before January 27, 2003, and did tiveness of VA programs and increase Joshua Omvig Suicide Prevention Act. not enroll in the patient enrollment system awareness of available services, the bill Earlier in this Congress we reported under section 1705 of this title on or before such date, the three-year period beginning would require an annual third-party H.R. 4971, which included a measure on January 27, 2008.’’. evaluation of VA’s mental health care sponsored by our colleague, Represent- SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON NEW APPROPRIATIONS. and suicide prevention programs, and ative SINEMA, that would protect vet- No additional funds are authorized to be it would require that VA publish an erans who have worked in classified en- appropriated to carry out this Act and the interactive Web site to serve as the vironments by ensuring that appro- amendments made by this Act, and this Act central source of information regarding priate mental health care treatment and such amendments shall be carried out VA mental health services. options exist for them. using amounts otherwise made available for To increase VA’s capacity to meet Today, we are acting again, by con- such purposes. the mental health care needs of our sidering H.R. 5059, the Clay Hunt SAV The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- veterans, it would establish a pilot pro- Act. There are no easy answers or ant to the rule, the gentleman from gram to repay education loans for indi- quick fixes to addressing veterans sui- Florida (Mr. MILLER) and the gen- viduals who have received a degree in cide. It will take a concerted effort for tleman from Maine (Mr. MICHAUD) each psychiatric medicine and who agree to all of us in Congress, the White House, will control 20 minutes. work at VA for at least 2 years. the Department of Veterans Affairs, The Chair recognizes the gentleman To create a seamless transition from and the Department of Defense to work from Florida. Active Duty to veteran status and in- together to find real solutions. Vet- GENERAL LEAVE crease community support for those in erans support groups, community em- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, need, it would establish a pilot pro- ployers, and families are part of the so- I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- gram to assist veterans during transi- lution too. bers may have 5 legislative days within tion and require VA to collaborate H.R. 5059 takes a number of steps to- which to revise and extend their re- with nonprofit mental health organiza- ward that goal. It will improve the marks on H.R. 5059, as amended. tions in their communities. safety net for at-risk veterans, while The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Importantly, the bill would also ex- introducing some accountability into objection to the request of the gen- tend an additional 1 year of eligibility the Department of Veterans Affairs tleman from Florida? for VA health care services for certain mental health care and suicide preven- There was no objection. combat veterans who have not yet en- tion programs, using a third-party Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, rolled and whose 5-year combat eligi- evaluation. I yield myself such time as I might bility period recently expired. It will provide veterans with a Web consume. Congressman WALZ from Minnesota site that will serve as a centralized Mr. Speaker, I rise today in proud introduced the bill, along with me and source of information on mental health support of H.R. 5059, as amended, the Congresswoman DUCKWORTH from Illi- services. Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for nois. I would like to express my heart- H.R. 5059 initiates a program to help American Veterans Act. felt appreciation to both of them for address some of the glaring mental In July, amidst the largest scandal— their service to our Nation in their uni- health personnel shortages at the De- an accountability scandal—the Depart- form and in this Congress. partment of Veterans Affairs. While ment of Veterans Affairs has ever I am proud to say that this bill has the incentives in this bill are limited faced, the committee heard testimony the support of numerous groups of vet- to the psychiatric field, I would like to from three mothers whose sons had eran service organizations, including see this effort expanded in the future lost their lives to suicide following Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of to all mental health professional short- their service in our military. America, the Veterans of Foreign Wars falls. One of those mothers was Susan of the United States, the American Le- H.R. 5059 also takes steps to tempo- Selke, the mother of Clay Hunt. Clay gion, the Disabled American Veterans, rarily expand peer support networks,

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And for that, I am forever grate- came from our warriors, that came window of eligibility for combat vet- ful to them for the work and for the from best practices, that came from erans who may have missed the window staff that worked on this. both sides of the aisle, and brought it of opportunity to sign up for VA health forward to find real solutions. b 1515 care. This extra time will help to en- The thing that most encourages me sure that veterans receive the health Ms. DUCKWORTH is not able to be with about this is that it is asking us, if care, including mental health care, us today. I said a lot of times that peo- things are not working, evaluate them that they need. I would encourage my ple talk about patriotism and service and get rid of them, and bring the colleagues to support this piece of leg- and heroics. In TAMMY DUCKWORTH’s things forward that are going to work. islation. case, you just state her name, and her Don’t get buried in studies for 10 years. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of life is a living testament to that, and We don’t have 10 years. We don’t have my time. she works every day. We are just happy 10 days for people. It is now. Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, she is with her little one now, but she That is, I think, the beauty of this it is a pleasure to yield 2 minutes to had a big part in this. piece of legislation. It starts to move the gentleman from the First District There are very few things that unite those things forward. It starts to bring of Michigan (Mr. BENISHEK), who is the this country in the security of our Na- the communities back into this. It chairman of the Subcommittee on tion and in the care of our warriors, as starts to understand a holistic ap- Health. I think many of us know, as do the mil- proach to dealing with the issues of Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Speaker, I thank lions who have fought the conflicts and veterans’ suicides, because this Nation the chairman, the ranking member, who have fought extremism across the cannot allow this to happen. We mor- and Mr. WALZ, thank you so much for globe—people like Clay Hunt, a young ally cannot. It attacks our soul when introducing this legislation. marine, who went and did his duty. He we do this. To be very honest, we can’t Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my was wounded in Iraq. afford to lose people like Clay Hunt. colleagues to support the Clay Hunt That was not enough for Clay, so he Clay Hunt is our leader. He is our fu- SAV Act. I am honored to be an origi- went to Afghanistan, where he experi- ture leader. He is our business leader. He would at some point have been in nal cosponsor of this important legisla- enced some of the most horrific condi- this Chamber or wherever he would tion. tions you could imagine. That was not As the father of a veteran, and a doc- enough for Clay. He came home after have chosen to have gone. That was his destiny, and this is happening over 22 tor who worked at the VA hospital in he did his service in the Marine Corps, times every day. northern Michigan, I know that the and he continued to serve. He went to Haiti, taking his skills that he had I encourage my colleagues to support challenges of military life do not end this piece of legislation but, more im- learned in the military to help after once our servicemembers return from portantly, to support the spirit that is the hurricane. active duty. behind it—bringing us together to get Then he came and sat in many of our The mental wounds of war may be in- it right: to care for our warriors with offices and had many conversations— visible, but no less real to the young the best possible use for our resources everything from the GI Bill to the men and women suffering from them. and an accountability to those re- transitioning back of our warriors who Facing high unemployment rates, the sources to make sure that the outcome are dealing with PTS and making sure stigma of post-traumatic stress dis- is most important. order, and the loss of military fellow- that we address their mental health That outcome is honoring our com- ship, returning veterans often face a issues. mitment to the reintegration of these crisis of confidence at the very mo- I know, for many of us, Clay was the warriors. Once they have done their ment they should feel nothing but re- epitome of American patriotism, of service to this country, bring them lief and rest. strength, of everything that is right, home; make them whole; make sure That is why our bill will help the VA and it comes as such a shock. I know it that they are able to continue to serve to put the very best mental health pro- sounds like a cliche, but how could this Nation as they wish. fessionals to work for our veterans and someone so strong and who had done so For that, I am grateful. I am espe- will create peer support networks to much be dealing with these demons? cially grateful for the leadership of help catch those transitioning service- We know he was, and we know this Na- Clay’s family and of his mother, Susan, members who might otherwise fall tion didn’t do enough. We know he who absolutely said this can be done; through the cracks. didn’t receive the adequate care that this must be done; and it will be done. The time to act to address the epi- he deserved and had earned. To be Thanks to these two gentlemen’s lead- demic of veterans suicide is now. With quite honest with you, it is in our Na- ership, it will. this bill, and with continued focus on tion’s best interest, both morally and Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the health of our veterans, and their security-wise and everything else, to I now yield 2 minutes to the gentle- mental health as well, we can make a give them that. woman from the Second District of In- real impact. Again, he didn’t stop there, and his diana (Mrs. WALORSKI), who is a stal- I urge my colleagues to support this parents didn’t stop there. His parents— wart supporter of veterans in her dis- legislation and pass the Clay Hunt SAV his mother and father—are here in this trict and who has a great future ahead Act. Chamber, as are his friends, to make in veteran issues. Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 sure this never happens to another Mrs. WALORSKI. I thank the distin- minutes to the gentleman from Min- family. Our friends at the veterans guished gentleman from Florida, the nesota (Mr. WALZ). I want to thank Mr. service organizations, like the IAVA chairman. WALZ for his continued effort to make and Paul Rykoff and his folks and the Mr. Speaker, every day, 22 veterans sure that our veterans are taken care VFW, have asked us to do better. take their own lives. Many of us in this of in this great Nation of ours. The result of this piece of legislation Chamber have experienced this in our Mr. WALZ. Mr. Speaker, I want to is the folks like Chairman MILLER, own districts. This has been a tragedy extend my thanks to Chairman MILLER Ranking Member MICHAUD, TAMMY in my district as well. Sadly, on March and Ranking Member MICHAUD. I think DUCKWORTH, Mr. BENISHEK, and others 31, nearly 3 years ago, Clay Hunt was an American public which, many who have come down here to speak. one of those 22 veterans who took his times, thinks all politics is is bickering Our differences are small compared to own life at the age of 28. and fighting and pettiness needs to see our commonalities, and our care for An Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran the two examples that these leaders our warriors has to be there. You heard and suicide prevention advocate, Clay

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I am pleased to Mr. Speaker, this is a matter of na- served on several missions to Iraq and have worked with John Murtha, and I tional importance, but it is also a mat- Afghanistan. After his final deploy- am pleased that his memory will live ter of personal conviction for many ment to Afghanistan, his unit returned on in the Murtha Cancer Center at families, including for a mother in my in October of 2008, and he was honor- Walter Reed. district who, on Memorial Day of this ably discharged from the Marines. I rise in support of this legislation, year, at the C.W. Bill Young VA Med- Here is the key: Clay relied on the introduced by Mr. WALZ, to help bring ical Center at Bay Pines, approached VA for medical care and received a 30 attention to the horrible problems that me to share a story about the loss of percent disability rating from the VA are affecting our Nation’s veterans. her son who took his own life while for PTSD. After realizing his PTSD is I am pleased that my colleague intro- awaiting enrollment in the VA, while what prohibited him from keeping a duced this legislation, which will re- awaiting mental health treatment steady job, he appealed the 30 percent quire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the VA. His mental health needs rating and encountered a bureaucratic and the Secretary of Defense to ar- were left untreated, and he took his nightmare, including the VA’s losing range for an outside evaluation of their own life. his files. mental health care and suicide preven- There are very few things more im- Clay had to wait months to get in to tion programs. I am also requiring any portant for this body than to give voice see a psychiatrist at a VA medical cen- servicemember who is discharged for to the voiceless. We are doing that ter. When he finally did, he told his posttraumatic stress disorder or brain today by speaking out about the tragic mother he would never go back. Two injury or military sexual trauma to get experiences of those who are no longer weeks later, Clay took his own life. treatment. Twenty-two veterans’ sui- with us and by improving a health care Five weeks after his death and 18 cides per day is too many. One suicide system that provides remarkable care months after filing an appeal with the is too many. every day to our veterans but who need VA for his PTSD rating, Clay’s appeal Again, I want to thank Mr. WALZ for this Congress and this administration went through. His PTSD rating was 100 introducing this legislation. to enact much-needed changes. Mr. percent. Last night at the White House Speaker, this is critically important Too little, too late. legislation, and I urge my colleagues to Clay’s story details the urgency our Christmas ball there were cards avail- able for Members of Congress to sign join me in its passage. Nation’s heroes deserve in care. If we Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, how are going to lower this incredibly that would be sent to servicemembers this holiday season. I have placed these many more speakers has the gentleman alarming rate of suicides, we have to from Florida? cards in the Democratic cloakroom and improve the access and effectiveness of Mr. MILLER of Florida. We have one in the Republican cloakroom, and I am mental health care available to our re- more speaker before I close. turning heroes, and this step is a step asking for Members who would to sign Mr. MICHAUD. We have one more in the right direction. The Clay Hunt these cards and send notes to our vet- speaker, and I believe she is on her SAV Act will increase access to mental erans throughout the world. way. health care and improve the quality of Mr. MILLER of Florida. I now yield 2 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of care that troops and veterans receive. minutes to the gentleman from the my time. Together, we can change this system great State of Florida (Mr. JOLLY), a Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, so no other veteran or spouse or parent colleague of mine and a fine member of I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman will ever have to do what thousands of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. from the Sixth District of Illinois (Mr. veterans have endured, including Clay. Mr. JOLLY. Thank you, Mr. Chair- ROSKAM), a gentleman who does not We owe it today to do what we can do man. serve on the committee with us but and to continue the fight for our vet- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support who has a very keen interest in vet- erans, for what they have endured, and of H.R. 5059, legislation to improve erans affairs issues. give them nothing but the best. mental health and suicide prevention Mr. ROSKAM. Thank you, Mr. Chair- Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 services for our Nation’s veterans. man. minutes to the gentlewoman from Across the country today, there are Mr. Speaker, in listening to the de- Florida (Ms. BROWN), the incoming families grieving, remembering loved bate and this discussion today, this is ranking member for the Veterans’ Af- ones who, in a moment of tragedy, really a bill about real contrasts. The fairs Committee, who has been a strong took their own lives. These families contrast, as the gentleman from Min- advocate for our veterans for the num- also have in common another mem- nesota described a couple of minutes ber of years she has been on the com- ory—the day their loved ones put on ago, is starting at a very high point, mittee. the uniform of the Armed Forces for which is a sense of calling, a sense of Ms. BROWN of Florida. Thank you, the first time, who raised their right patriotism, a sense of going forward Ranking Member MICHAUD. hands and took an oath to defend the and meeting a duty and joining the First of all, let me just thank you for Nation, to defend and protect each of Armed Forces of the United States. your service—your 12 years of service us. That is one end of the spectrum. At the to this Congress—for what you have In many ways, we as a nation have other end of the spectrum was the de- done for veterans throughout this failed to defend and protect them. We scription that Mrs. WALORSKI had, and country and also for working with you have failed to ensure sufficient access that was of Clay Hunt’s experience. on transportation. I want to salute you to mental health care and suicide pre- From one end of the spectrum to the for all that you have done. Thank you vention services. other. very much. We have remarkable caregivers and As I was sitting and listening, Mr. Mr. Speaker, earlier today, I visited mental health counselors in our VA Speaker, I was looking above your the Walter Reed National Military and DOD health systems who are on head. There is a clock over your head. Medical Center, where part of the facil- the front lines of mental health serv- If you look at these numbers, you have ity is named the Murtha Cancer Cen- ices every day, who do remarkable 22 people every day who are going to ter. Jack Murtha was a friend of mine, work; but, administratively, we must kill themselves, and we know that. If and he was the biggest advocate in do more. We must empower veterans to you think about that and if you look at Congress for men and women who serve seek immediate care for mental health that clock, you think, in a little bit in our military. I am especially proud and suicide prevention services. We more than an hour, there is going to be of the visitors’ center at the Normandy must incentivize mental health profes- a terrible thing that is going to hap- American Cemetery in France. sionals to join the VA workforce and pen. The good news is that TAMMY

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So I thank them failing these brave men and women. that we are going to make sure that for their hard work and dedication to This legislation will task an independent, this issue is not lost in the shuffle, making sure that we do what we are third party to annually review mental health that this is not a statistic, that this is here to do, and that is to serve our vet- care and suicide prevention programs and not 22. Rather, these are people who erans. make recommendations on how to improve are going to be named; these are people There is no more noble calling than care. The bill also requires the VA to create a who are going to be discussed; and serving those who have served this centralized source of information for all mental these are people who are going to be great Nation of ours. health services for Veterans. It will also ad- defended. And to my colleagues here in Con- dress the shortage of mental health care pro- gress who are veterans and to Amer- fessionals in order to ensure access to care b 1530 ica’s veterans, I will simply say, thank as demand increases. Finally, through a pilot So I am happy today to join with you. Thank you for your service to this program, Veterans will receive reintegration those who are asking for favorable pas- great Nation of ours. It is because of assistance directly from the communities in sage of the Clay Hunt SAV Act. you that we are the country that we which they live, fostering a smoother and Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I yield are today. You never turned your back. more inclusive transition to life after the uni- myself such time as I may consume. You never faltered. And some of you form. Providing sufficient and effective have made the ultimate sacrifice and Just as these Veterans remained faithful to mental health care to our veterans is have given your life for this country. our country on the battlefield, it is our turn as an issue that I believe we must focus So thank you for your service. their Representatives to remain faithful to on. It is an issue that I hope will bring Mr. Speaker, I would urge my col- them. When our service men and women comprehensive policies in the next leagues to support this bill and move it make the brave decision to seek help, we Congress. Finding real solutions will to the Senate. must ensure that they can get the quality as- require all of us working together and With that, I yield back the balance of sistance and treatment they deserve in a time- will require sufficient resources and my time. ly manner. dedication. Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of the Members to support this I know my colleague, the gentleman I yield myself such time as I may con- legislation so that we can begin to turn the sume. from Minnesota, will be at the fore- tide against suicide. I would be remiss if I did not say front of this fight, joined by Chairman The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. thank you to the gentleman from MILLER, Ranking Member-elect Ms. SALMON). The question is on the mo- Maine, MIKE MICHAUD. As the ranking BROWN, and all of the Republicans and tion offered by the gentleman from member of the Veterans’ Affairs Com- Democrats on the Veterans’ Affairs Florida (Mr. MILLER) that the House mittee, we, as a team, along with the Committee. But I will not be in the suspend the rules and pass the bill, members and the staff, have accom- House of Representatives next session H.R. 5059, as amended. plished much this year, but it has all to join that fight. The question was taken; and (two- been done in a bipartisan way. We were In my years in Congress, I have thirds being in the affirmative) the able to move large pieces of legislation worked hard toward solutions that pro- rules were suspended and the bill, as that will impact, in a positive way, vide modern and effective care and ben- amended, was passed. veterans for years to come. The title of the bill was amended so efits for our veterans. I have fought We uncovered probably the largest as to read: ‘‘A bill to direct the Sec- against inadequate budgets and for re- scandal that has ever been uncovered retary of Veterans Affairs to provide sources necessary to do the job. I have at the Department of Veterans Affairs, for the conduct of annual evaluations worked hard to improve the care and and we are now turning that agency in of mental health care and suicide pre- benefits of our newest veterans, while a direction to where it serves the vet- vention programs of the Department of never forgetting our veterans from pre- erans and not itself. Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot pro- vious conflicts. This wouldn’t have happened without gram on loan repayment for psychia- I have been encouraged by what we the steady hand of the gentleman from trists who agree to serve in the Vet- have all been able to accomplish to- Maine, MIKE MICHAUD, as the ranking erans Health Administration of the De- gether. But there is more that we have member. Again, he is a fine man. He partment of Veterans Affairs, and for to do, and I know my colleagues will has been a great Representative, and other purposes.’’. not give up the fight until we have won he is a friend that will be missed. I A motion to reconsider was laid on that battle. look forward to going to Maine one day the table. But I do want to thank Chairman and hunting moose with MIKE, whom I f MILLER for his leadership, his support, have pestered for 12 years to get a and his friendship over the years. It chance to go up and visit. But we will TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN has been an honor to work with Chair- miss him, and we wish him well. RALPH HALL man MILLER, and it has been a pleasure And with that, I want to take a mo- GENERAL LEAVE to serve with him as well. ment to express my condolences and Mr. BARTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask I also want to thank the members of my appreciation to Clay’s family, unanimous consent that all Members the House Veterans’ Affairs Com- whom I understand are in the Capitol may have 5 legislative days in which to mittee, both past and present. They with us today, as well as to all the fam- revise and extend their remarks and in- have been true colleagues, mentors, ilies of veterans who have lost their clude extraneous materials on the sub- and friends. lives to suicide. My thoughts and my ject of this 1 hour Special Order for I want to wish the gentlewoman from prayers are with each of them. RALPH HALL. Florida (Ms. BROWN), our ranking Once again, I encourage all the Mem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there member-elect, the best of luck, and I bers to support this legislation, and I objection to the request of the gen- hope that she will enjoy her time as yield back the balance of my time. tleman from Texas? ranking member as much as I have en- Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I was There was no objection. joyed my time as ranking member. proud to help introduce H.R. 5059, the Clay The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under And for the staff, both the majority Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Vet- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- and minority staff, they are the ones erans Act with Chairman JEFF MILLER and uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Texas that make Members look good. They Representative TIM WALZ. (Mr. BARTON) is recognized for 60 min- work very hard day and night to make This bipartisan bill, named after 28-year-old utes as the designee of the majority sure that the policies that the mem- Marine Veteran Clay Hunt, who tragically took leader.

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It has been a Although Congressman HALL has man JOHNSON. great honor and privilege to represent been sidelined by a recent accident, he Before I yield to Congresswoman the good people of the Fourth Congres- is blessed to be on the mend, and he GRANGER, I want to say that most of sional District for the past 33 years. I hopes to express his thanks in person RALPH’s Washington, D.C., staff is thank them for their vote of confidence sometime next year. Hopefully he is watching this. over the years, for their wisdom and watching on C–SPAN television right Janet Poppleton, Christopher Roper good ideas, and for inspiring me to rep- now from Rockwall, Texas. I cannot Schell, Leslie Coppler, Jessica Carter, resent their views and their vision to tell him how many Members wish him Mitzyn De La Rosa, and Van Carver: the best of my ability.’’ the speediest of recoveries and wish RALPH wanted me to thank you-all for With that, I yield to the Congress- that he was with us now. your service to himself and to the peo- man representing Lubbock, Texas, RALPH has asked me to put in the ple of the Fourth District of Texas. where the Ennis Lions will play a high And with that, Mr. Speaker, I yield RECORD the following statement from school football game this Friday night, to the gentlelady from the 12th Dis- himself: the Honorable RANDY NEUGEBAUER. ‘‘I want to express my heartfelt ap- trict of Texas, the Honorable KAY b 1545 preciation to those in the Fourth Con- GRANGER. Ms. GRANGER. Thank you. It is such gressional District who gave me their Mr. NEUGEBAUER. I thank the gen- an honor to speak about our good vote of confidence time and again, who tleman. friend RALPH HALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor gave me the benefit of their wisdom His background and what he has done and good ideas, and who inspired me to the service of my friend and colleague, is really amazing. He joined the Navy Congressman RALPH HALL. You look at do my best to represent their views and in 1942. He went to war. He came back their vision in Washington. You will al- RALPH’s life, and it is a record of serv- and got an LLB from Southern Meth- ice to his country. It began in 1942 as a ways be dear to my heart.’’ odist University. He was admitted to With that, I yield to the distin- young lieutenant flying an aircraft off the Texas Bar and became a county of an aircraft carrier. After the war, guished Congressman from Collin judge, the president of the State County, Texas, Congressman SAM RALPH came back to this country and Judges and Commissioners Associa- started work in the private sector, cre- JOHNSON. tion. He was elected to the State sen- ating jobs and expanding the economy Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. ate and was president pro tem. Then in in Texas. Speaker, it is my privilege to honor my 1980, he came to the House of Rep- Later, RALPH would be the county fellow Texan and dear friend RALPH resentatives, where he still serves. judge for Rockwall, Texas, and then HALL. The most important thing in RALPH’s later would be elected as a Texas State It has been said, ‘‘A hero is someone life, something that JOE BARTON talked who has given his or her life to some- about—he said: ‘‘If you are going to senator. In 1980, he was elected to the thing bigger than oneself.’’ RALPH em- talk about how important my life is, United States Congress to represent bodies these very words. He is a man of you are going to talk about my wife, the Fourth District of Texas, where he honor and integrity, a fierce protector Mary Ellen,’’ the love of his life. They has represented that district with dis- of freedom, and a great conservative. married in 1944 and were married until tinction. He is a shining example of all that is she passed in 2008. If you ever traveled in RALPH’s dis- great about America and the great But we are really not talking about trict and you stop at the 7–Eleven and State of Texas. what RALPH HALL did but who RALPH you stop to get a little gas and you RALPH and I have known each other a HALL is. Anyone who met him one mentioned RALPH HALL, people’s faces very long time. I won’t say how long. time, the first thing you think about is light up because I bet everybody in We are blessed to represent neigh- that great smile. He was always smil- RALPH’s district has met RALPH be- boring districts. There is no greater ing. He always had a twinkle in his eye cause one of the things that he was friend and ally in Congress than and a joke on his lips. There is no one very diligent about doing was making RALPH. We have worked together on a who tells jokes better than RALPH sure that the people in his district felt number of issues. Recently, I was HALL. He has always got a story, and represented. pleased to help RALPH with a zebra he has always got a joke. Since his election, he has worked mussel water bill. That is an important I had to go to The Dallas Morning tirelessly here in Congress on a number law that helped provide clean water to News for an endorsement at the edi- of issues, and I had the honor and privi- north Texas. torial board one time, and, unfortu- lege to serve on the House Science, Now, RALPH is known both around nately, RALPH was interviewed right Space, and Technology Committee the Hill and back at home for his sense before I was. I walked in and they were with RALPH. One of the things I appre- of humor. You might say that is why still laughing at his jokes. No one ciated most about RALPH and I think he has never met a stranger. Every per- could even think of a question for me most of us appreciated is RALPH’s sense son he meets is not just a friend, but a for a while. But he was just that kind of humor. Now, that didn’t stop him close friend. of a person. Never said a mean thing from really asking very direct and On a more serious note, RALPH is also about anyone but told a lot of jokes on grilling questions of witnesses that known for his faithful love of his late a lot of people. would come before our committee, and wife, Mary Ellen. If you ever visit with So I wish RALPH were here sitting in sometimes, it would be a tense mo- RALPH, he will tell you she was the per- this Chamber with us tonight, but be- ment, but RALPH always had something son who encouraged him to enter pub- cause of his accident, he is not. But I funny or a story to tell that kind of lic service, and since then, she was know he is watching it. broke the ice. with him every step of the way. I will say to RALPH, we miss you, and You see a number of members of the When RALPH had his chairman por- we wish you the very best. It has been Texas delegation are here today, par- trait painted 2 years ago, he made sure wonderful. We are all better for having ticularly the Republican delegation. Mary Ellen was a part of that portrait. known you. Thank you. Every Thursday, we have lunch to- That love and commitment speaks so Mr. BARTON. Mr. Speaker, before I gether and talk about what is good for highly of RALPH’s character. introduce Congressman NEUGEBAUER, I Texas. The thing that we always RALPH, as your colleague, I thank have already put one statement in the looked forward to was we couldn’t wait you for your service to your constitu- RECORD that RALPH wanted me to read, until RALPH got there so RALPH could ents, our great State of Texas, and our but by electronic device, he has sent a share a funny story. One of the things great Nation. second statement. that I will miss most about RALPH is

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In Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Con- really regret that he is not here today, fact, he got so wise in 2004 that he real- gressman from the First Congressional but he wanted to be, and he planned to ized that he needed to be a part of the District, deep east Texas, the soft-spo- be, but he is not going to make it Republican Party, so he switched from ken Congressman LOUIE GOHMERT. today. the Democratic Party to the Repub- Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, it is an As all of you have had the pleasure of lican Party, and we were so glad to honor to be here honoring RALPH HALL. serving with RALPH, we are missing out welcome him to that. He has been my Congressman for many on several jokes and stories. Some of As I said, it has been an honor and a years; and, in fact, after being on the them were really funny, and some can’t privilege, RALPH, to be part of your bench for about 10 years, I had a feeling be said in some places, so I won’t try to team on the Science, Space, and Tech- that perhaps I ought to legislate, and I match him in storytelling. nology Committee, and it has been a wouldn’t do it from the bench. But my I am going to tell you a little story great honor to be one of your col- Democratic Congressman RALPH HALL, that happened when RALPH switched leagues. More importantly, RALPH, we from conversations, he talked like I want to thank you for your friendship, parties. I called him and called him did—I hope that is not disrespectful to and called him and called him, and I your kinship, and, most importantly, RALPH—but I told him, as long as he is your service to this great Nation and couldn’t get through, nor did he return my Congressman, I didn’t have any my calls until I finally said, ‘‘Well, just to the State of Texas. need to run because he would represent With that, we say, RALPH, job well tell him I still love him, and I don’t me well. care what party he is in.’’ done, God bless you, and we look for- Then we had redistricting in 2003, and ward to seeing you soon. it opened up a different district. But I Thirty seconds later, he returned my Mr. BARTON. I want to thank the felt that way then, if he had stayed my call, and he said, ‘‘I just couldn’t take gentleman from Lubbock. Congressman, I never had a need to another bawling out from a woman.’’ Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Con- He said, ‘‘I have gotten it from my sis- gressman from the 25th Congressional run, so some wish we didn’t have redis- tricting. ter. I got it from my wife.’’ District of Texas, Mr. ROGER WILLIAMS. I said, ‘‘But do you know what? Prob- Under the newest configuration, he is As I hear people talk about his age, I think about RALPH saying that when ably nobody understands more than I the only Congressman to ever rep- do because I have been watching your resent that district, so they must love he turned 90, somebody on his staff said: ‘‘Congressman HALL, would you numbers.’’ So it never interfered with him. our relationship. Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, I am rather we didn’t mention to people honored to stand here today with my that you are 90?’’ He said: ‘‘No, I am When he was chair of the Science, Texas colleagues and say a few words fine with that. I would a lot rather you Space, and Technology Committee, two about our most treasured friend, men- say he is 90 than, ‘Doesn’t he look nat- of the years that he was chair, I was the ranking member. He never hesi- tor, leader, and hero, RALPH HALL. ural?’ ’’ tated to reach across the aisle to try to RALPH’s lifetime of service to his coun- Having been with RALPH yesterday try and fellow man are full of victories, there in Rockwall as he is going reach consensus. Really, that is the as we already heard, and highlights too through rehab, actually, he doesn’t kind of spirit we need now. I will miss numerous to count. look natural at all, he looks great, and him for that. I will miss him because of As a young lieutenant in the U.S. we just look forward to the days when the history we both shared. Navy, RALPH served his country and he is fully out of the wheelchair and Our districts used to come right next flew planes in World War II. Once the that rod in his leg is not bothering him to each other. Now, there are a couple next Congress convenes, we will sorely as much as it is now. We miss him very of people that come in between us, but miss the only two remaining World much. it won’t divide our friendship, and I War II veterans currently in Congress, He did also provide me a quote that look forward to our continued friend- also including Congressman DINGELL. struck him having been chairman of ship for many years to come. RALPH HALL has an appreciation for the Science Committee. This is a quote Mr. Speaker, I have learned so much America that very few of us can under- RALPH sent: from him. I remember when I first stand. He understands sacrifice, he un- We are reminded of the responsibility came, he was the person who taught derstands service, and he understands given to us by the scripture engraved on the me how to make arrangements to go putting one’s self aside for the greater hearing room wall of the Science Committee home every week with the airline that good. from Proverbs 29:18, ‘‘Where there is no vi- we use and also taught me how to find sion, the people perish.’’ My friend has always been an accom- rooms and shortcuts of how to get plished businessman, having success- Well, RALPH’s eyesight was 20/20. He where you need to go on this Hill, fully served in a number of executive could see where we have been, and he which is rather complicated when you roles in the private sector. He brought could see where we were going. It was first get here. He will be greatly his business savvy and military experi- an honor, a pleasure, and a real privi- missed. lege to serve with my friend, RALPH ence to Congress, which undoubtedly He has meant a lot, and he has done HALL. contributed to his reputation for being a lot. The space exploration program Mr. BARTON. I thank Congressman one of the most respected and well- will be forever grateful to him. The liked Members we have ever had. GOHMERT. I now yield to the gentlewoman that Science, Space, and Technology Com- His ability to bring humor into every mittee research and all it stands for situation was not just to get a laugh; it represents part of Dallas County in will always have RALPH HALL as a part Dallas, Texas, the Honorable EDDIE was his unique way of bringing dif- of its history. ferent viewpoints together to find com- BERNICE JOHNSON, who comes from the mon ground. same hometown as I do: Waco, Texas. I appreciate the opportunity to have Mr. Speaker, Congressman RALPH Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of had a chance to work with him, to HALL has served north Texas well and Texas. I am delighted to join you in know him and his family, and to wish deserves recognition for his many leg- saying some words about RALPH HALL, him well. islative accomplishments. I am grate- my friend. Mr. BARTON. I want to thank you, ful to have served with my friend and a Mr. Speaker, it has been my honor Congressman JOHNSON. patriot whose leadership, spirit, and and privilege to serve with my col- Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the Con- statesmanship will always be greatly league and friend. We had some laughs gressman from Fort Bend County, missed. just recently when I visited him about Sugar Land, Texas, a Navy pilot him- I wish him all the best as he con- our history and working together in self, as RALPH HALL was in World War tinues to serve Texas, America, and his elective office. II, the Honorable PETE OLSON.

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Next to him, Colonel Tom hero of Texas who was a committed whole world a better name to describe Stafford, another Apollo astronaut; public servant, either in uniform or a man’s life than being born in Fate, and right by the microphone there, elected official, and always stayed true Texas. Captain Gene Cernan, the only man to to his beliefs and did everything he Fate touched RALPH in many ways. go to the Moon twice, on Apollo 10 and could for his constituents. RALPH is a young man in Rockwall, Apollo 17. Mr. Speaker, Congressman HALL will Texas, pumping gas as a teenager. Fate touched RALPH HALL’s life. Fate be sorely missed by all of us, and I Guess who drove up and bought gas touched our lives by giving RALPH want to thank him for both his hard from my friend RALPH HALL? Bonnie HALL to us. He is America’s best. He is work and dedication for years, but and Clyde, the gangsters. Texas’ best. more importantly for his friendship to Mr. BARTON. Will the gentleman RALPH, we love you. God bless you. a lot of Members—not just Texans, but yield? Bravo Zulu. May you have fair winds a lot of Members in Congress. RALPH Mr. OLSON. Yes, sir, I will yield to and following seas. will be very fondly remembered. my friend. Mr. BARTON. I thank the gentleman Mr. BARTON. Now I yield to the dis- Mr. BARTON. There is no proof of from Sugar Land. I now yield to Con- tinguished Congressman from, I be- that. I know the Congressman actually gressman GENE GREEN, who represents lieve, Flower Mound, Texas, in Denton states it as a fact, but I have repeat- the Houston ship channel and the bat- County, the Honorable MICHAEL BUR- edly asked him to prove it, and he has tleship Texas and other such notable GESS. absolutely failed. So that is an urban Texas landmarks. Mr. BURGESS. Well, thank you, myth of the Fourth Congressional Dis- Mr. GREEN. chairman, and thank you for calling trict. Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. this hour together. Mr. OLSON. Reclaiming my time, my Speaker, I am not so sure about a Of course, the ranks of those who are friend said, when he saw them, he noted Texas landmark, but I want to able to capably deliver a narrative in didn’t know who they were, but he got thank you for scheduling a Special this House suddenly have gotten a lit- a quarter, a maximum amount of Order for our good friend, RALPH HALL. tle thinner, but I did have the oppor- money for a tip. He walked in so proud I rise to pay tribute to a great Amer- tunity to sit down and visit with Mr. to show his boss what had happened; he ican who has dedicated his life to pro- HALL just a few days before Thanks- had gotten a huge tip. The paper was tecting and serving our Nation and the giving, and I know how intense was his there right beside the floor. He saw great State of Texas, Representative desire to be here and be able to talk on this man and this woman. He pumped RALPH HALL, a true gentleman. the floor today on his own behalf. gas for those two felons. RALPH began his commitment to RALPH, sadly, that didn’t come to Now, when he told his boss who they service seven decades ago when he pass. I hope you are able to watch were, he called the local sheriff. The joined the United States Navy and today. I hope you are able to hear the sheriff said: Thank you so much for served as an aircraft carrier pilot dur- accolades of all of your colleagues. We calling. I have gotten a call about two ing World War II. Returning to Texas miss you, RALPH. We wish you nothing stray dogs. Once I catch those dogs, I after the war, RALPH began private law but the best going forward. will go after Bonnie and Clyde. practice in Rockwall, Texas, where he Again, the ranks of the capable nar- Fate and RALPH HALL, but fate didn’t served as county judge in the 1950s and rative deliverer here in the House of stop there. represented that area in the Texas Representatives has gotten a little As was mentioned, RALPH was a State Senate from 1962 to 1972. thinner at the end of this term. naval aviator, a pilot in World War II. That is when I first met RALPH HALL, Mr. BARTON. I now yield to Mr. He did his flight training in Pensacola, because in 1972 he ran for Lieutenant BLAKE FARENTHOLD, the Congressman Florida. He was there with a marine, a Governor in Texas in the Democratic from Corpus Christi, Texas. guy named Ted Williams, The Splendid primary. There were a few other folks Mr. FARENTHOLD. Thank you, Splinter, batted .403 in 1941. in that race, so RALPH didn’t make it Chairman BARTON. Mr. BARTON. Will the gentleman into the runoff. But RALPH was elected It is great to be here to talk a mo- yield on that point? Mr. OLSON. I yield to my friend for to Congress in 1980 as a conservative ment or two about my good friend a minute, yes, sir. Democrat, where he served our State RALPH HALL. When I was first elected Mr. BARTON. Well, while the Bonnie honorably on the Energy and Com- to Congress a few years back, RALPH and Clyde story is more fiction than merce Committee and the Science was one of the first people that I met, fact—RALPH would have been pumping Committee, where he was chairman being a Texan, and I tell you, he has gas at the ripe old age of 8 or 9 years from 2011 to 2013. the kindest heart and always has a old for that to be true—the Ted Wil- In 2003, RALPH became a Republican. smile on his face and a good joke ready liams story is fact and is true. His votes were always conservative, at hand. Mr. OLSON. I thank my friend. though. My job in the 1990s as a deputy You know, people ask me: What do The story is RALPH knows Ted is whip on the Democratic side was to you see as your career as a Congress- there. He is in the Marines, part of the whip Texas Members. So I would go to man? Who do you look up to? Where do Navy. RALPH has an idea—baseball RALPH, and he was the distinguished you see your career in Congress going? game against Army. I will take all gentleman. And that is just not a title; I might want to grow up to be RALPH their paychecks. I have got Ted Wil- he really was. He would tell me, he HALL. liams. The day of the game comes, said: Well, GENE, what do you want me Then some of his adversaries said he knocks on Ted’s door, he had some to do? was getting too old to be in Congress, fishing gear: HALL, let’s go fishing. I said: Well, RALPH, I want you to and RALPH jumped out of a perfectly RALPH tried to stop him. vote thisaway. good airplane. I had to rethink, ‘‘I Ted, Ted, I have told my wife Mary He said: You know, GENE, I can’t want to grow up to be RALPH HALL,’’ Ellen I am coming home with a big really do that. after he jumped out of a perfectly good paycheck. I bet my whole paycheck on I said: Well, RALPH, can you vote airplane. this game. RALPH held the fence up so late? But I tell you, it is a reflection of the Ted Williams could go AWOL. Navy RALPH was always a conservative, no courage and dedication that a man like lost the game and RALPH had it rough matter what Republican or Democratic RALPH HALL has. RALPH was com- at home with Mary Ellen. label he had. I had the honor of serving mitted to serving Texas and the folks Fate touched RALPH HALL one more with RALPH in Congress since 1993 and that he represented, and he would go to time. As the chairman of the NASA on the Energy and Commerce Com- any length, including jumping out of a

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Order for a very dear friend to all of us, I appreciate the opportunity, Chair- WEBER, the Congressman from the 14th RALPH HALL. District from Friendswood, Texas. man BARTON, to be on the floor today I guess my opening remarks would be Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, to acknowledge my friend and, quite that, if you took the greater percent- you may have heard about the revered frankly, one of my strongest mentors age of all of us Members of the House Halls of Congress, but let me say that here in Congress, RALPH HALL. of Representatives, everyone would rise God bless you, RALPH. We are going there is no more revered HALL of Con- up and say ‘‘my good friend RALPH to miss you. gress than that of RALPH HALL. Let me HALL’’ and really mean it, for he was a Mr. BARTON. I now yield to the gen- tell you why that is. tleman from the 14th District of Illi- good friend and is a good friend to all of us on both sides of the aisle. nois, Congressman HULTGREN. b 1615 Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, it is When I came to the United States such a privilege to be able to say a few Congress, I went to the Science Com- RALPH HALL was a true Texan and a words for my good friend and my chair- mittee, and there was RALPH HALL, great American. He is a great example man, chairman of the Science Com- fighting for the issues that were not to us all. mittee when I first was elected to Con- only impacting the Nation, but were As a true Texas gentleman, time and gress 4 years ago. I had the privilege of impacting our great State. No one time again, I have seen him dem- serving under Chairman HALL on the could doubt that RALPH HALL was a onstrate the art of tact. He once de- Science Committee. A couple memories champion for Texas, a champion for scribed that art of tact as making that I have of so many committees the space exploration program. someone feel at home when you wish that I went to where the committee I used to love getting with him on they were. would stop because we were laughing the floor of the House and strategizing how we could continue to make sure As a true Texas gentleman, he could so hard with a statement or comment do that. As a true Texas gentleman, I or joke, perfectly timed joke that that our human space exploration, our astronauts, and the great research that saw him time and time again use the Chairman HALL would put in, and so I art of diplomacy. He explained to me: enjoyed that time so much. is done by NASA carries on. My wife and I had an incredible privi- Certainly, as a member of the Energy ‘‘Randy, you know, diplomacy is being lege this summer. We have, among our- and Commerce Committee, he was as- able to tell someone to go to Hades and selves here in Congress, some wonder- tutely concerned about the issues of make them happy to be on their way.’’ ful people we get to serve with. A few energy, but also health care and many RALPH had that gift. of them truly are heroes, and one of others. Let me tell you, RALPH HALL—and I those heroes is RALPH HALL. We had He loved his family, and he forever am going to list some descriptions of the privilege of going to the 70th anni- reminded me of a time when he came him alphabetically. He was American versary of D-day to recognize those to Houston and he had to see his grand- through and through. He was charm- World War II veterans, and RALPH son, who is now grown, and I am sure ing. He could turn that charm on. You HALL was with us on that trip. We all one of RALPH’s favorite grandsons, if have heard many of our speakers talk loved being there, but everybody want- you will—he loves his family—when he about that. He was committed. He was ed to be with RALPH HALL—again, a had to get a ride to the hospital where serious about what he did. Elegant. He true hero. To be in that place with his grandson was, and of course we are was a picture of elegance. You could RALPH HALL was a great, great honor so grateful that he recovered. He al- just see it in the way he moved and the for my wife and me. ways tells everyone that I went 30 way he worked. Funny. Gosh, he was so My greatest memory since I have miles out of my way to take him to funny. The fact is I think he was cut been here over the 4 years was with that hospital, and I can say to you I did out to be a comedian, but he was prob- Chairman HALL, and that was in the it with joy. ably sewn together wrong. Gosh, he Science Committee and having the He was always grateful and thankful was funny at times. Gracious. A true privilege of sitting about 10 feet away for friendship and kindness, and he was Texas gentleman. A mentor to us, he from Neil Armstrong and Captain Gene kind. And I must say that, if he didn’t could be stern when necessary. Strong. Cernan—the first man to walk on the have a career in the United States Con- Did I mention Texas through and Moon and the last man to walk on the gress, he could be a stand-up comic be- through? Witty. In short, RALPH was a Moon, people who changed the trajec- cause his timing was everything; his great example. tory of this Nation and this world—and jokes were unique. I don’t think they Mr. Speaker, I end with this acro- having the opportunity to talk with were written anywhere, and of course nym. When I think of RALPH—R-A-L-P- them and get to know them and to he was always saying them. H—I think of R, he was real, he was Re- hear their amazing story, but also the Let me also say, since he has had publican. I think of A, he was Amer- humility that they had, that same hu- such a long history, he reminded me of ican. I think of L, he was a leader. And mility that Chairman HALL has. Just a his friendship with the Honorable Bar- then I think of P, RALPH was prin- privilege to serve. bara Jordan and his friendship with cipled. And then I think of H, and he is RALPH, we love you. I wish so much Mickey Leland, two of the predecessors a hero. that you could be here today to be able of my particular district. I will end with this—his last name And then I would offer to say the to express your own heart for the privi- HALL. H stands for hero, A stands for lege I know that you felt serving in same remarks that were mentioned American, and both the Ls stand for this incredible place, serving the won- just earlier about how excited he was the lasting legacy he is going to leave derful constituents you have in Texas. to be in Normandy for the 70th com- here in the Halls of Congress. When it But I want you to know that we love memoration and have our own special comes to the Halls of Congress, there is iconic hero, RALPH HALL, who was hon- you, we miss you, we are praying for none better than RALPH HALL. you, and we are excited to see, hope- ored by the French and honored by RALPH, we love you, we bid you a fully soon, a full recovery for you. We many. He was a regular hero and a dy- great American and a great Texan fare- are looking forward to having you back namic hero as we went about the town. well, but only temporarily. Don’t be a here and hearing those great jokes My hat is off to RALPH. I know that stranger. once again. he will be well. I know that he knows So, RALPH, I want to let you know that we love him. But, more impor- Mr. BARTON. I thank the gentleman. that we are pulling for you and excited tantly, let me salute him as a great I now want to yield to the Honorable again for all that you have done and all American who has served his Nation DANA ROHRABACHER from California’s that you are going to do. with dignity and honor and respect and 48th District in Orange County.

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When RALPH HALL has spoken, People ask me, ‘‘What do you think body a productive body, and we weren’t when he has led, so many have fol- about the United States Congress?’’ at each other’s throats. lowed. And I always say, ‘‘It reflects what the One last note. My father was a pilot There are many reasons that it is a American people are all about.’’ during World War II and he flew in the privilege to serve in the United States This is the House of Representatives Pacific. I have a very special place in House of Representatives. But one of where we represent all of these parts of my heart for RALPH HALL and all those the great privileges is the people that our country. Well, RALPH HALL was one guys because RALPH HALL, too, was a you meet. There have been none nicer, of those Representatives who rep- pilot in World War II in the Pacific. He none wiser, and more accomplished resented the goodness in America and is the godfather to us all. than RALPH HALL. the greatness in America. RALPH HALL RALPH, we respect you, we honor you, Mr. Speaker, I will miss, Texas will was first and foremost, I believe, a pa- we love you, we are grateful to you for miss, America will miss RALPH HALL triot who put that above every other what you meant to our lives and what when he leaves this body. one of his considerations. you have done to help make our coun- Mr. BARTON. I thank the gentleman. I was proud to know RALPH. RALPH is try better off. Thank you. God bless. I now yield to the gentleman from still with us, so we shouldn’t think of Mr. BARTON. I want to thank you, Round Rock, Texas, the distinguished RALPH as being gone from the Earth. Congressman. JOHN CARTER. For Pete’s sake, RALPH is still here, I now want to yield to the gentleman Mr. CARTER. I thank the gentleman and I hope he is listening right now be- from the Fifth District in Dallas, for yielding. cause we wish him all the best. RALPH Texas, the chairman of the Financial Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak HALL is a great American still, but he Services Committee, the Honorable about my friend RALPH HALL. An amaz- has left his legacy here behind. JEB HENSARLING. ing man. He has done just about any- I worked with RALPH on the Science Mr. HENSARLING. I thank the gen- thing adventuresome you can think of and Space Committee, as they called tleman for yielding. in your life. it, at least they did then—Science, I rise to honor my dear friend and This is the man that tells us that he Space, and Technology. RALPH has this great patriot from Texas, next was a little boy when Bonnie and Clyde made enormous contributions to the door to me in Dallas, RALPH HALL. I went through, and I think he is telling well-being of our country in two areas tell you, Mr. Speaker, I feel most inad- us the truth. in particular. He tells me that he was a fight pro- Number one, he did much to help di- equate to the task. moter, and I know he was a fight pro- rect America’s space program and keep There are a number of Members who it a viable effort on the part of the come to the House floor and some pro- moter—I heard it from other people— United States to utilize space for the vide humor. Few have provided more who turned down a young man from benefit of humankind and, of course, humor than RALPH HALL at times when Kentucky named Cassius Clay because for the purpose of the United States to this body critically needs it. he thought he had a glass jaw. become a dominant power in the next Some Members come to this body and He is a man that served in the wild frontier. His leadership was indispen- they become well respected. Certainly and wily Texas Legislature and Texas sable to creating the potential that we that is RALPH HALL. Senate. He once ran for attorney gen- have today of accomplishing great Some are well liked. That is also eral, and he said he looked in the mir- things in space. And to the things that RALPH HALL. ror and thought he saw the attorney Some distinguish themselves for general, and it turned out there was we have already accomplished, RALPH was right in the middle of it, making their accomplishments. RALPH HALL another guy that he was seeing in the sure that job got done. will take second place to no one on mirror. He also very involved with energy de- what he has been able to accomplish in He served in this House both as a velopment. I know that there is a little his House career. Democrat and a Republican and is bit of confusion that just because Then there is a handful, Mr. Speaker, loved by both parties and respected by someone is from Texas that they are of true American heroes. RALPH HALL both parties. going to be backing up the oil compa- served our Nation with courage and He had an amazing talent for car- nies and things such as that. RALPH distinction in World War II. rying humor around as a tool of friend- was a guy who, yeah, he believed in the My point, Mr. Speaker, is that I am ship. I just want to share one small oil industry, and he was grateful to the not sure I know any Member who com- thing that livened up a crowd like I oil industry for the good things that it bines them all: respectability, have never seen before. has provided us, the fact that energy likability, humor, effectiveness, and We were at the laying of the keel of and the production of energy is so im- being a true American hero. the aircraft carrier George Herbert portant to our national well-being. But We will miss RALPH HALL. We will Walker Bush. There were about 50 or so he was also a man who understood that miss his wit. But, do you know, Mr. people sitting down in chairs in the hot science was going to develop new meth- Speaker, even more so I think I will sun. They put a bottle of water under ods of energy and was always pushing miss his wisdom because there are each chair. I was sitting next to RALPH our committee and the Science Com- many times that we have debated var- on the front row. He looked down there mittee to be on the cutting edge of re- ious issues either among, perhaps, the underneath his chair and he saw that search and development. Texas delegation or the House as a bottle of water. All these people were When you get people here running for whole, and occasionally the voices may sweltering behind us waiting for the Congress, they run for Congress be- get a little loud, perhaps the debate thing to start. He reached down, he cause they have strong ideas and gets a little bit confused, and then al- picked up the bottle of water, he got ideals, often which don’t agree with most out of nowhere RALPH HALL up, and he turned around to the crowd one another. You can imagine trying to comes in and imparts his wisdom, and behind him and he said: ‘‘Somebody get legislation through committees and it is like a ray of sunshine piercing the nice put a bottle of water underneath on the floor of the House, et cetera, darkness, and I will say, ‘‘Yes, that my chair. Who’s got the scotch?’’ The when you have people who are having makes sense,’’ and we come together as crowd just started laughing, everybody to interact but have different points of Members of Congress for the good of relaxed, and the ceremony began. view. Well, tensions at that moment America. RALPH made friends like nobody else. can be a blockage to making things I heard the previous speaker speak He is my friend. I think every Member better. about it. There is so much we could say of this House considers him a friend.

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RALPH HALL had endorsed with style and humor. RALPH always Mr. BARTON. Mr. Speaker, we have George H.W. Bush for President when said, ‘‘I’d rather be respected at home had a number of Congressmen come on he was a Democrat, and so he got spe- than liked in Washington.’’ RALPH has the House floor and tell anecdotes cial recognition at that Capitol Hill actually achieved that rare combina- about RALPH, about how funny he was meeting. tion of both. We thank him for his and how smart he was, and they are There have been many great Mem- service to Congress, to the great State all—at least the ones about how smart bers from Texas that served in the of Texas, and to our country. he was—very true. House since our creation as a State in RALPH has asked me to pass along his We have heard the urban myth about 1845, Mr. Speaker. Some of the ones comment, ‘‘I am especially partial to waiting on Bonnie and Clyde, which I that I have enjoyed working with in my friends from the Texas delegation do not believe is true. We have heard my tenure are people like Bill Archer who represent their district so well and about Ted Williams and RALPH and Ted of Houston, Jake Pickle, Steve Bart- whose integrity and hard work have playing on the same baseball team in lett, and Sam Hall, but none has been benefited not only our State, but also World War II, and that is true. We have more beloved and none has been more our Nation. I thank you for your heard about the offer to serve as a fight effective than RALPH HALL of friendship and countless acts of Con- promoter for Cassius Clay, who later Rockwall, Texas. gress.’’ became Muhammad Ali, and that is I have some other things to say, but Mr. BARTON. I now yield to the gen- true. I see that others are here, so I yield to tleman from Houston, Texas (Mr. CUL- A few more that you may not know: Mr. WAXMAN, the chairman emeritus BERSON). Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, time He was good friends with the Hunt and current ranking member of the En- is short this evening, but it is such a brothers in Dallas and Clint Murchi- ergy and Commerce Committee. privilege to be here to honor RALPH son, who was the original owner of the Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I want HALL. Dallas Cowboys. At one time, he was to take this opportunity to pay tribute Proverbs tell us that our good name asked to be general counsel for what to RALPH HALL, particularly for his is worth more than all the gold and sil- we today call the NFL, which he earlier years in the House of Rep- ver on Earth, and that is certainly true turned down. resentatives when he was a Democrat. of RALPH HALL, someone who I imme- He came on the Energy and Commerce b 1630 diately bonded with when I came to Committee early. I got to know RALPH when I got We sometimes think about Demo- Congress in 2001. RALPH has been a mentor, teacher, elected in 1984. He and I served dis- crats and Republicans. He became a and a dear, good friend. I could al- tricts that touch each other. We both Republican. He had been a conservative ways—as we all could—count on RALPH live in our districts in Texas, and so we Democrat. Everybody on both sides of to do the right things for the right rea- became good buddies because we were the aisle held him in the highest re- sons and be a man of his word. His first always on the first flight to Texas after spect because he was a man of integ- priority throughout his time here was the last vote at the end of the week rity and honesty. When he gave you his to do right by the State of Texas. and on the last flight before the first word, you could count on it. vote to Washington at the beginning of As LAMAR said so ably, RALPH always RALPH and I became friends. I hope believed it is better to be respected at the week. that friendship will continue into the Once we built up enough frequent home and make sure the folks there future. I want to express to him, his knew what a good job he was doing for flyer miles, when there was a com- constituents, and his family and plimentary upgrade—we never spent them. It was a real privilege for me to friends my admiration for him as a per- be able to serve with that good man. taxpayer dollars to fly in first class— son and my respect for him as a legis- we would fight over who got seat 4F. We will surely miss him. lator. What a privilege to be here tonight Because RALPH sweet-talked the spe- I know it is common to say that even to honor him on this special evening. cial service people at American Air- though we didn’t agree on all things, it Mr. BARTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to lines, he always won. The only time I didn’t make any difference. He always the chairman of the Energy and Com- have ever gotten seat 4F on American tried to do what he thought was right. merce Committee, Mr. UPTON. Airlines was when RALPH was not on As a result, he earned my respect and Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I would the plane. that of everyone else. just say that RALPH HALL is an amaz- You have heard about the fact that Mr. BARTON. I yield to Mr. SMITH, ing man. I served with him on the En- he used to be a Democrat. He was until the chairman of the House Science, ergy and Commerce Committee a lot of 2003 or 2004 when he switched parties. Space, and Technology Committee. years. I had the luxury of sitting next One of the first times that I realized Mr. SMITH of Texas. I thank the gen- to him. We have a lot of great stories, how important RALPH HALL was is tleman from Texas (Mr. BARTON), my that is for sure. when the first President Bush won the colleague, for yielding to me. I can remember when he came back election to be President of the United Mr. Speaker, today, we honor the dis- to the Science Committee, and we said States. They called a special meeting tinguished service of our friend and that we had yet another Texan. He over at the Capitol Hill Club on behalf colleague, RALPH HALL of Texas. If said, ‘‘When I’m done, you’ll wish that of the National Republican Campaign there were a congressional hall of you had another 10 or 12.’’ Committee so that the Republicans in fame, Representative HALL would be a Mr. BARTON. RALPH, we love you. the Congress, who were in the minor- first-ballot inductee. His many years of We will miss you. You are a great guy. ity, could have a meeting with the in- service were highlighted at the end of We will see you soon. coming President. We thought that was 2012 when he became the most senior Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance pretty special. Member of Congress to ever cast a vote of my time. There was a stir in the crowd. We in the House. His career has spanned 34 Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex- thought it was the President coming years. press my deepest gratitude for the privilege to in, and it was. The President walked Since he was 19 years old, he has represent the good people of the Fourth Con- into the room of the Eisenhower made his contributions to our country. gressional District of Texas for the past 33 Lounge, which the Republicans will As a lieutenant in the Navy during years. Other than my faith and my family, this know is on the first floor at the Capitol World War II, he served as a pilot. has been the greatest blessing of my life and Hill Club. Since then, he has never hesitated to one for which I will always be grateful.

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America’s abundant energy resources and alongside some of the most dedicated and in- As I bid farewell to this great body, I do so seeking alternative sources to reduce costs fluential leaders in America’s history—men with an abiding faith in this institution and in and increase national security, and maintain- and women on both sides of the aisle whose the commitment of those who work here. We ing America’s preeminence in space. integrity and hard work have served our Na- are reminded of the responsibility given to us RALPH will be sorely missed by the Texas tion well. in a scripture that is engraved on the hearing Delegation, Members of Congress and their To all of you—former and current Members room wall of the Science, Space, and Tech- staffs of the United States House of Rep- of the House—I thank you for your leadership nology Committee—Proverbs 29:18, ‘‘Where resentatives. RALPH, I wish you fair winds and and for your friendship. It has been an honor there is no vision, the people perish.’’ following seas. Godspeed, my Friend. to work with you, and we have had our share Throughout my more than 50 years of public Mr. Speaker, there is no one like Texas of agreements and disagreements on many service, in the State of Texas and here in Congressmen RALPH HALL. issues. I respect each of you and the people Washington, America has faced many chal- Congressman RALPH HALL is the oldest you represent back home—and I am proud to lenges, and there are many still facing our Na- serving member of Congress, the oldest per- call so many of you my good friends. tion today. At 91 years of age, I am looking son to ever serve in the House of Representa- I have been fortunate to serve on two great forward—not back—and I am confident that tives, the oldest person ever elected to a Committees—the Energy and Commerce my colleagues will continue to strive to House term and the oldest House member Committee and the Science, Space, and achieve a vision that is worthy of this great ever to a cast a vote. Mr. HALL is also the last Technology Committee—throughout these 33 Nation, our people, and our children and remaining Congressman who served our na- years, with the exception of a two-year leave grandchildren. May God bless your efforts, tion during World War II. of absence from Energy and Commerce. and may God continue to bless America. And for all of these accomplishments, I When I first came to Congress after the Mr. STOCKMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise would like to thank and congratulate RALPH 1980 election, future Speaker Jim Wright to pay tribute to a dear friend and colleague, one more time for his service to the country asked me what committees I would like to the Dean of the Texas Congressional Delega- and his leadership in the Texas Congressional serve on. I asked for Energy because Texas tion: Congressman RALPH HALL of the Fourth Delegation. is an energy state, and I asked for Science District of Texas. RALPH has served the Fourth Born in Fate, Texas on May 3, 1923, HALL and Space because of the importance of the District with unqualified distinction since his did not know of his successful future which space program to our Nation and the role of first election in 1980. Throughout his service was ahead of him. At the age of 19, HALL en- the Johnson Space Center in Houston. I was to the Fourth District and the United States rolled into the U.S. Navy where he served as fortunate to have the opportunity to serve on Congress, he always focused on his constitu- a lieutenant and combat aircraft carrier pilot both of these. ents and at the end of the day, what is best from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. The Science, Space, and Technology Com- for America and her future. After serving for three years, HALL then mittee has helped define the vision and estab- Twenty years ago when I arrived as a went on to finish college and received his lish the course for our space program, the young Congressman, RALPH, being a kind and LL.B. from Southern Methodist University in International Space Station, and scientific re- generous man, reached out and helped me. 1951. He was admitted to the Texas Bar, and search and development. The Energy and While he may have forgotten, I remember his practiced law in Rockwall. Mr. HALL also par- Commerce Committee has spurred energy de- kindness to this day. Many are asking him to ticipated in the business side of Rockwall velopment and innovation, telecommunications write a book, and I hope he does. Readers where he took part in serving as President/ breakthroughs, and healthcare reforms, just to CEO of Texas Aluminum Corp., General name a few. To the members and Chairmen would enjoy his great sense of humor and Counsel of Texas Extrusion Co., Chairman of of these Committees, I express my gratitude deep understanding of Texas history. Mr. Speaker, December 7, 2014 marked the Lakeside News, Inc., and was a founding for your leadership, hard work, and collabora- forty-third anniversary of the attack on Pearl member of Lakeside National Bank in tion. A special thanks goes to Speaker BOEHNER Harbor. I want to recognize two departing Rockwall where he currently serves as Chair- and our Leadership for their confidence in members who were veterans of World War man of the Board. RALPH had the calling to naming me as the Ranking Member of the Two (WW II). First, RALPH HALL joined the serve Texas in the political arena in Texas Science Committee for four years and as United States Navy in December 1942 and politics, a combat sport. So he began his pub- Chairman of the Committee in the past Con- served as an aircraft carrier pilot from 1942 to lic service from 1950 to 1962 when he served gress, for allowing me to return to Energy and 1945 rising to the rank of Lieutenant (Senior as County Judge of Rockwall County, Texas. Commerce after the leave of absence, and for Grade). Secondly, JOHN DINGELL, joined the Mr. HALL also served as President of the granting a waiver to serve on the Science United States Army in 1944, rose to the rank State Judges and Commissioners Association Committee again in this Congress. I also want of Second Lieutenant. And, Mr. Speaker, I in 1958–1959. From 1962 to 1972, Mr. HALL to express my gratitude to my good friend and should point out that JOHN is the not only the was elected and served as a Texas State Texas colleague LAMAR SMITH, Chairman of Dean of the Michigan Delegation but also, the Senator where he served as President Pro the Science Committee, for naming me Chair- Dean of the House of Representatives. Tempore in 1968–1969. man Emeritus for the 113th Congress. Unfortunately, RALPH and JOHN are depart- Congressman RALPH HALL was first elected I am of course partial to the Texas Delega- ing at the end of this session of Congress. to serve the 4th District of Texas in the U.S. tion—to this great group of men and women With their departures, when the 114th Con- House of Representatives in 1980 and has who not only represent Texas so well but who gress convenes in January 2015 and for the been re-elected to each succeeding Congress. also have such a strong commitment to our first time since the 113th Congress convened On November 27, 2012, Congressman HALL Nation’s prosperity and security. We are like last year, Congress will be without a member became the oldest member in the U.S. House family, and I thank you for your friendship and of Congress who served in WW II. of Representatives to ever cast a vote. The countless acts of kindness. Throughout RALPH’s congressional career, following month, on December 25, 2012, he As Members of Congress, we could not per- he would seek compromise and reach across became the oldest-serving Member of the U.S. form our duties without the aid of dedicated the aisle to ensure legislation was passed in House of Representatives in recorded history. and loyal staff. To my wonderful staff who a bi-partisan manner. RALPH represents what Congressman HALL always ensured to serve have guided my office operations and sup- is best about Congress when members work his people and made sure their voice was ported me with their hard work, advice, and together towards a common good and not for heard on different issues throughout Con- friendship, I will always be indebted. A special a sound bite. gress. A noteworthy quote Mr. HALL often said thanks also goes to the talented and dedi- RALPH was a distinguished member of the was ‘‘I’d rather be respected at home than cated staff of the Science, Space, and Tech- House Science, Space and Technology Com- liked in Washington.’’ nology Committee who supported me so ably mittee. In, 2013, he was named Chairman RALPH is a hardcore Texan with the unique as Ranking Member and as Chairman. Emeritus of the committee for his focus on knowledge of understanding all people from And once again, I want to express my heart- promoting science, technology, engineering, the rich and famous to the infamous and felt appreciation to those in the Fourth Con- and math (STEM) education. Further, RALPH downtrodden. He was a proud conservative

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democrat and personally knew the likes of RALPH’s career in the House of Representa- personable nature that he did business with. LBJ, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Muhammad Ali, tives and his commitment to his constituents in He will most certainly be missed in Congress. baseball great Mickey Mantle, war veteran the 4th District of Texas spans 34 years. But Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, RALPH HALL Audie Murphy, Senator John F. Kennedy, Ted his contributions to our country began before has been a fervent and steadfast presence in Williams, President Ronald Reagan, Texas that. Congress for almost thirty-five years. Governor John Connally, Texas Governor Wil- Since he was 19 years old, RALPH has led Before coming to Washington, he served as liam ‘‘Bill’’ P. Clements, Jr., Texas Governor a life of service. As a lieutenant in the Navy a county judge and as a member of the Texas Ann Richards, Texas Governor Rick Perry, during World War Two, he served as a pilot, State Senate. Curtis Cokes, General Tommy Franks, Lieu- and since then has never hesitated to accom- Before that he flew Hellcat fighters for the tenant General Tom Stafford, astronauts Gene plish a mission. Navy during World War II; married the love of Cernan, Buzz Aldrin, Neal Armstrong, U.S. That mentality has made him a distin- his life, Mary Ellen; and tells the story of work- Representative Ray Roberts, U.S. Senator guished member of Congress, and a very ef- ing at his local pharmacy as a kid and selling Phil Gramm, famous aviator Claire Chennault, fective Chairman of the Science, Space, and a carton of cigarettes and a couple of bottles President George H.W. Bush, President Technology Committee. of Coke to the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. George W. Bush, U.S. Senator JOHN CORNYN, Throughout his tenure, RALPH has been a Congressman HALL has led an extraordinary U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Sen- consistent advocate for scientific research and and dynamic life, and he readily brought that ator Lloyd Bentsen, T. Boone Pickens, H. development. energy to his work in Congress. Ross Perot, Red Adair, Bo Derek; Chuck Nor- As Science Committee Chairman he worked Serving with him on the Science Committee, ris, Ted Williams, Tom Hanks and The Ink to ensure that business owners are not bur- and especially on the Space Subcommittee, Spots. He works well with both Republicans dened by excessive EPA regulations. has been a true honor. Congressman HALL and Democrats, but he ‘‘got religion,’’ in 2004, RALPH has fostered programs to better un- has a deep respect for the basic science work and became a Republican. Never forgetting derstand extreme weather and to ensure that done by NASA, especially that done aboard his Democrat roots, he commented, ‘‘Being a citizens are prepared for natural disasters. the International Space Station. Democrat was more fun.’’ He has worked to advance science edu- He has also been a firm champion of Amer- RALPH HALL always has a story and a new, cation and programs that promote techno- ica’s space exploration program—and it was in but often used joke. He runs 2 miles a day logical breakthroughs to benefit future genera- fact he who added the word ‘‘Space’’ back into and certainly symbolizes the best of the Great- tions. the name of the Committee on Science, est Generation. RALPH HALL’s service and And throughout his time in Congress, RALPH Space, and Technology during the 112th Con- leadership has shaped him into an important HALL has served this institution with style and gress. As he has said many times, human role model that members of the Texas Delega- humor. space exploration is one of the best methods tion in Congress, on both sides of the aisle RALPH HALL has always said, ‘‘I’d rather be we have for engaging and inspiring the next admire. His dedication and love for his public respected at home than liked in Washington.’’ generation. service illustrates how success is attainable RALPH—you actually have achieved that rare I join my colleagues today in honoring when mixed with hard work and determination, combination of both. Thank you for your serv- RALPH HALL—who has inspired us all with his along with a love of America and of course, ice to Congress, to the great state of Texas dedication to public service and to our nation. Texas. and to our country. f And that’s just the way it is. RALPH has asked me to pass along his comment, ‘‘I am especially partial to my HONORING CONGRESSMAN JOHN Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, one word that DINGELL ON HIS RETIREMENT will always be synonymous with RALPH HALL is friends in the Texas Delegation who represent ‘gentleman.’ their districts so well and whose integrity and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under I met Congressman HALL when I was first hard work have benefited not only our State the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- elected to Congress in 1993 and was ap- but also our Nation. I thank you for your uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Illi- pointed to the Science, Space and Technology friendship and countless acts of kindness.’’ nois (Mr. RUSH) is recognized for 60 Committee where he served as Chairman at Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, today I would minutes as the designee of the minor- the time when he was a Democrat. As Chair- like to thank our colleague, and my friend, ity leader. man of the Committee, his bipartisan work RALPH HALL for his years of service in the GENERAL LEAVE there was marked by promotion of science, House of Representatives. I have had the Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- technology, engineering and math education; pleasure of working with Mr. HALL for many mous consent that all Members may advancing American competitiveness through years in the Science Committee, and I have have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- research and development of new tech- always appreciated the way he has gone tend their remarks and include extra- nologies; and maintaining our country’s pre- about his job. Mr. HALL has always been a neous material on the subject of our eminence in space. public servant in the truest sense of the word. Special Order. I’ve never known Congressman HALL as a His lifetime of service began with his service The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there person who rests. His work as a policymaker in the navy as an aircraft carrier pilot during objection to the request of the gen- will endure, and he is a natural politician with World War II. We owe a huge debt of grati- tleman from Illinois? a knack for coalescing conflicting viewpoints. tude to Mr. HALL and other members of the There was no objection. Congressman HALL is also one of the greatest generation for fighting to preserve the Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, 21 years ago, kindest Members in Congress. His geniality freedoms that we all hold dear. Once he left January of 1993, I was sworn into the helps make this institution a better place for the armed services, Mr. HALL’s service contin- 103rd Congress as the 28th Representa- the American people. And no matter who you ued in the Texas state legislature before mov- tive of the historic First Congressional are—astronaut, president, or next door neigh- ing on to DC to begin his distinguished service District of Illinois. bor—Congressman HALL is always one to put in the House beginning in 1981. One of the first Members of Congress a generous hand forward. As Science Committee Ranking Member to welcome me with the most heart- I wish Congressman HALL every blessing to- and Chairman, Mr. HALL did a great deal to warming words and smile was none gether with his three sons and five beautiful keep up the proud history we have in this other than my friend from the great grandchildren. I’m grateful to know him, to country of support for science and space ex- State of Michigan, Congressman JOHN have served with him, and to call him my ploration. During Mr. HALL’s tenure, the Com- DAVID DINGELL, JR. friend. mittee passed the original America COM- JOHN DINGELL has trained me, Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today we PETES Act in 2007 as well as its reauthoriza- worked with me, and inspired me far honor the distinguished service of our friend tion in 2010. These landmark bills helped in- more than most other Members of this and colleague, RALPH HALL of Texas. crease funding for science and education to House. I can’t think of any other Mem- If there were a congressional ‘‘Hall of help the US keep pace in an increasingly ber in Congress who has spent the kind Fame,’’ Representative HALL would be a first competitive world. Though we have not always of time and energy teaching me the ballot inductee. His many years of service agreed on every issue, I know that Mr. HALL ropes than JOHN DINGELL. were highlighted at the end of 2012 when he cares greatly about the US scientific enterprise JOHN DINGELL, Mr. Speaker, will go became the most senior member of Congress and the economic benefits it has provided our down in U.S. history as being one of to ever cast a vote in the House of Represent- nation over the years. Those of us that know the most powerful House committee atives. Mr. HALL know him best for his stories and the chairmen of all times. That is why, Mr.

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Since 1955, Congress- Children’s Health Insurance Program, er, in my experience with JOHN and man DINGELL has represented the among many others. watching him operate as chairman, he southeastern Michigan area and served Congressman DINGELL is a masterful used a scalpel more than a sledge- on the Committee on Energy and Com- legislator but, most importantly, a hammer to score his legislative wins merce and twice as chairman. man of conscience. As he passes the and to gather up and earn the respect When I learned that Mr. DINGELL torch on to another extraordinary lead- of all the Members not only of the would retire at the end of this term, I er, Congresswoman-elect Debbie Din- Committee on Energy and Commerce, was saddened to know that we would gell, I am so proud to salute his legacy but the Members of this House on both lose such a fine leader and advocate for of compassion and service. sides of the aisle. social democracy; however, we must Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I yield to Many will say that the secret to continue Mr. DINGELL’s fight for all my friend from Texas (Mr. BARTON), JOHN’s success has been his unrivaled Americans. the former chairman of the Energy and mastery of parliamentary procedures He is well-known for his battles on Commerce Committee, and institutional memory. I would behalf of civil rights, clean water, Mr. BARTON. I want to thank the agree that he has superb parliamentary Medicare, and workers’ rights. He is Congressman from Chicago, the Rev- also the author of many pieces of legis- knowledge of the parliamentary proce- erend BOBBY RUSH, for recognizing me. dures, and there is a remarkable aspect lation that enhance the protection of Mr. Speaker, we always in Texas public health such as the Affordable to his institutional memory. refer to the former Speaker of the Care Act. But what made JOHN DINGELL suc- House Sam Rayburn who served for 48 While he expanded public health and cessful and a genuine American treas- years as ‘‘Man of the House.’’ In fact, advocated for environmental ure—he was just last week awarded the there have been books written about conservationism, Mr. DINGELL also Rayburn with that title, ‘‘The Man of highest civilian award that this Nation combated corruption and waste via his the House.’’ I am a six-generation na- bestows upon an individual, the Presi- chairmanship of the Committee on En- tive Texan, so I certainly would be con- dential Medal of Freedom—is that he ergy and Commerce. He exerted strong, knows how to deal with people. He sidered to be somewhat Texas-centric. unwavering oversight of the executive In all honesty, I would have to say knows how to work with people. branch through his committee, and his that the ultimate and true man of the JOHN doesn’t go around talking about successes in Congress earned him the House is the Honorable JOHN DINGELL all his great exploits. I recall a few 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom. years back, Mr. Speaker, I was trav- Through his career in Congress, he of Michigan. His father served before eling to Michigan to campaign for was willing and able to work across the him, elected, I believe, while President JOHN. He was in a primary challenge. aisle to accomplish tasks that made Roosevelt was President of the United Little did I know that the man who I Americans’ lives better. A true advo- States, and JOHN DINGELL literally grew up in the House of Representa- was championing had at one time been cate for the people, Mr. DINGELL dedi- scorned in his own district because he cated his life to ensuring that public tives. voted for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. health safety of the American people When the Japanese attacked Pearl I didn’t know that about JOHN DIN- was always in the forefront. Whether Harbor on December 7, 1941, President GELL. I didn’t know that, but my re- authoring the Clean Air Act or the Pa- Roosevelt, I believe, the very next day, December 8, addressed a joint session spect for him mushroomed to the top tients’ Bill of Rights, Mr. DINGELL was even more than it had been before be- unwavering in his questions to protect of Congress in his famous Day of In- cause he was a man who when he be- Americans. famy speech. JOHN DINGELL was on the lieved in something has the commit- I urge my colleagues to recognize the floor to hear that speech in person, not ment and courage to stand behind his accomplishments of Congressman JOHN as a Congressman, but as the son of a beliefs. DINGELL and join me in congratulating Congressman. Mr. Speaker, JOHN means what he him on an outstanding career in public He got elected to replace his father says, and he says what he means. No- service. when his father passed away in 1955 body can say anything different about Mr. RUSH. I thank the gentlelady. and, as has been mentioned, has served JOHN DAVID DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman longer than any other Member of Con- JOHN DINGELL, Chairman DINGELL, from Michigan (Mr. CONYERS), the gress in the history of this Nation. If my friend, I wish you continued health. ranking member on the Judiciary Com- you count not only his service in Con- I wish you continued strength and mittee, the one who will ascend to the gress, but the time he spent as a child prosperity as you leave this House of dean of the House, the legendary civil when his father was in Congress, he has Representatives, this House of the peo- rights icon. literally been in the House for almost a ple, and return to your family and Mr. CONYERS. I thank my colleague third of its existence as an institution. friends and constituents in Michigan. for yielding. I am not sure how many Members he May God bless you and keep you. I Mr. Speaker and members of the has served with, but it is in the neigh- will forever hold you dear. I will for- committee, I rise today to honor a true borhood of 2,500 Members that he has ever look toward your example in statesman in every sense of the word, personally served with. terms of committee work and work on the dean of the House, chairman emer- When I got elected to Congress in this floor. I want to thank you, JOHN itus of the Energy and Commerce Com- 1984, I did not get on the Energy and DINGELL, for all that you have contrib- mittee, and a champion of the people of Commerce Committee in my freshman uted to this Nation, to your constitu- Metropolitan Detroit, the Honorable year, but I did my sophomore year in ents, to this House, and certainly to Congressman JOHN DINGELL. 1986. JOHN DINGELL was then chairman the Committee of Energy and Com- Now, I have had the distinct honor of and was chairman until the Repub- merce. working with Congressman DINGELL for licans took the majority in the elec- Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend the last six decades, first as a member tion in 1994, so I served with Chairman from Texas, the ranking member of the of his congressional staff and then as Dingell for my first 10 years in the Science, Space, and Technology Com- his colleague in the Michigan delega- Congress. mittee, EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON. tion. Over these six decades, we have He was a chairman in every sense of fought together successfully for Medi- the word. The legislation that he b 1645 care, for clean air and water, for work- helped craft during his chairmanship is Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of ers’ rights, and most importantly, for some of the most important in the his- Texas. Thank you very much, Mr. civil rights. tory of this Congress. Certainly, things

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There have been a lot of different health care to every American. 1990, some of the health care legisla- issues that we have worked on, and he b 1700 tion, and some of the telecommuni- took me under his wing a lot of years cations legislation. ago, and we discovered too that, for Decades after his father introduced Those are laws that were passed me, it is better to have DINGELL on our such a bill, he never gave up. under his chairmanship and are still side than to be on a different side, but So I stand here today to thank you, the basic law in their field in this coun- when he is on the other side, he is cer- JOHN DINGELL, for the Affordable Care try. tainly a powerful adversary. Act. They call it many things— When I became chairman in 2003, he Our delegation in Michigan is pretty ‘‘ObamaCare’’—but I am getting ready was the ranking Democrat on the com- close. We are involved in so many dif- to call it ‘‘DingellCare’’ because you mittee. He helped me, sometimes in ferent issues, jobs and the economy, worked without ceasing. Thank you for public, sometimes behind the scenes. particularly the auto sector is one of your service to this Nation, where you Even when he didn’t agree with the leg- the things where JOHN DINGELL has stood in the shadows of World War II islation that the Republican majority really led and cared about. and stood as an American, willing to was pushing, he was always thoughtful As we know, he is the longest-serving serve. I am grateful for the service that he and giving me tips on procedure and Member of Congress ever in the history has given and for his long years of serv- process and sometimes policy. of this institution. He is cared about so When we passed a bill to move tele- well. ice as the chairman of the House En- vision from analog to digital, I wanted I can remember bringing over CON- ergy and Commerce Committee. Let me conclude by saying that there to put a date certain very quickly. GRESSIONAL RECORDs from years past is much more that all of us can say, With his counsel, he convinced me that and, as JOE BARTON said, he served but you can see so many Members have we should draw that out, and he also with some 2,500 Members here, actually come to the floor. On a personal note, said: ‘‘The final date of the transition going through the vote Journal on there are two items that I want to ac- shouldn’t be until after the Super some of the big issues of the day, the knowledge: Bowl; just in case there is a problem, Voting Rights Act and others, and ac- Thank you, JOHN DINGELL, for recog- people will get to watch the Super tually talking about some of the Mem- bers and what they said on that par- nizing my voting rights—my oppor- Bowl and won’t be cussing you and the tunity to vote as an African Amer- Congress for moving from analog to ticular day. He was a fair chairman, always went ican—and those of the thousands of digital.’’ He was absolutely right on by the rules, had a command of the millions that you helped in 1965. I will that. issues, a brilliant staff, and their loy- never forget your willingness to sac- With Chairman UPTON’s leadership, alty still exists today. Of course, the rifice personal political stature to do who is on the floor this evening—sev- light of his life, the lovely Deborah, a what is right. I also want to thank you eral years ago, I went to Chairman great person who we know is going to so very much for being the kind of per- UPTON and suggested that we ask the be taking his place, serving those son on the floor of the House who Speaker to name the Energy and Com- 700,000 people from southeast Michigan asked about every Member. For every merce main committee room on the in the next Congress. Member who came to your attention, first floor of the Rayburn Building, If you look back at his life, he has you asked them how they were doing. 2123, the JOHN DINGELL Room. Chair- served his country from the first day I conclude with these remarks, his man UPTON thought that was a great through today, a World War II vet, final words about the Civil Rights Act. idea. He recommended it to the Speak- something that he has always been so, He said that he was glad to vote for a er, and that now is the John Dingell so proud of, chairman of the most pow- bill that solved a problem that was eat- Room. erful committee here in the House. ing at the soul and heart and liver of I could go on and on, Mr. Speaker, In addition to all that, he has been a the country. but I do want to say that we are truly friend, a father, a husband, and a col- Only JOHN DINGELL. losing one of the giants of the Congress league whose word has always been his JOHN DINGELL, I salute you as a great when JOHN DINGELL retires at the end bond and who has defined the very ut- and a grand American. of this session. most of what we would like this place Thank you, Debbie Dingell. I will He is still going to be here. His wife, to be. He is a great American. continue to look forward to your serv- Debbie, has been elected to succeed Thank you, JOHN DINGELL. ice. him, so hopefully, we will still see him Mr. RUSH. I want to thank the chair- JOHN, we are going to look forward to in the Congress, but I really have dif- man. your service and, of course, to your ficulty imagining a Congress that JOHN Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- long life here in this great country and DINGELL is not a member of. He will be woman from the great State of Texas in your great State of Michigan. Again, missed. We honor him, and I consider it (Ms. JACKSON LEE). JOHN, thank you so very much. a personal privilege that he calls me a Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the dis- Serving nearly six decades in the House of friend. tinguished gentleman, Mr. RUSH, and I Representatives, JOHN DINGELL has earned I thank the gentleman from Chicago thank Mr. PALLONE for convening this the distinction of being both the longest-serv- for yielding me some time. Special Order and all of the members of ing Member of Congress in U.S. history and Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I yield to this committee and Members of this one of the most influential legislators of all the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. House of Representatives that have time. UPTON), chairman of the Energy and come on the floor today with joy. After serving his country in the Army during Commerce Committee, and I want to It is often said, ‘‘It is not how long World War II, JOHN was first elected to Con- just remind people that we have a you serve, but how you serve.’’ For gress in 1955—representing the people of growing list of speakers. JOHN DINGELL, that is not mutually ex- southeastern Michigan in a seat previously Mr. UPTON. Thank you, Mr. RUSH. I clusive. He served six decades, and he held by his father. will try to be brief. served it greatly and grandly and with In Washington, JOHN risked his seat to sup- I do want to put a statement in the distinction. port the Civil Rights Act of 1964, fought to RECORD from Mr. CAMP who was here a I am reminded of a description of him pass Medicare in 1965, and penned legislation little while ago and wanted to speak. as a 6-foot-3-inch distinguished gen- like the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water I just want to say, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. tleman, towering over witnesses, but Act, and the Endangered Species Act that Chairman is what we still call him. I having the biggest of hearts, coming have kept millions of Americans healthy and have known him since 1977 when I came from the best of legacies in his father preserved our natural beauty for future gen- here as a staffer, and I have got to say that served 22 years, reminded of his erations. that he treated me just as well as a commitment to the Clean Air Act, safe But of all JOHN’s accomplishments, perhaps staffer, which was great, as he has as a drinking water, the endangered species. the most remarkable has been his tireless colleague and now, for me, as chairman JOHN has always reminded us new fight to guarantee quality, affordable health of the committee. ones, relatively speaking, that his care for every American.

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But make no mistake—JOHN the peace of mind of knowing they won’t lose been a player on every significant piece of DINGELL has played a role in every major leg- everything if they get sick. legislation that has helped make America a islative victory over the last sixty years. One of the proudest moments in my career more just, fair, and free country for over half Throughout his time in Congress, he has been in the House was watching the distinguished a century. a champion for the American worker, for a gentleman from Michigan preside over debate It has been a privilege to walk the Halls of clean environment, for health care, for civil on the rule for the Affordable Care Act. Congress with JOHN DINGELL. rights, for consumers. Today, the people of Michigan—and the I have never known a person who has been When I arrived in the House, I received a American people—are better off because of a better champion of the American worker, seat on the Public Works and Transportation JOHN DINGELL’s service to this country. and he deserves a great deal of credit for the Committee as my freshman assignment. How- Ending a career that is among the most sin- resurgence of the iconic American automobile ever, I soon realized that my interests and gular in congressional history, U.S. Rep. JOHN industry. principles were outside the scope of that par- DINGELL—who helped pass, if not author, The House and the American people are ticular committee. One day, I passed 2123 many of the most iconic legislative achieve- losing a great public servant. Rayburn and sat down to watch a hearing of ments of the last 60 years is, concluding a But JOHN is gaining a well-deserved retire- the Energy and Commerce Committee term of service to metro Detroit, Michigan and ment, and I wish him many happy years with For the first time, I saw firsthand our Com- the nation unprecedented in its length and re- his family. mittee at work. And, for the first time, I saw markable in its scope. JOHN DINGELL has always been more than JOHN DINGELL in action. He filled the whole JOHN DINGELL’s length of service stretches Mr. Chairman to me. room. You couldn’t miss him. That day back to before Alaska and Hawaii were states He has been Dean, the longest serving changed everything. What I quickly realized and his father, John Sr., sat in the seat for 22 Member of Congress and one of the most ef- was that the Energy and Commerce Com- years before him. fective in our history. mittee had the ability to make improvements in Last June, he became the longest-serving There has never been a colleague I have the lives of everyday Americans. And JOHN member of Congress. admired more. DINGELL was leading the way. JOHN DAVID DINGELL, Jr., was 29 years old Happy retirement, JOHN, and thank you for I have had the privilege to learn so much when the Detroit native was elected in a 1955 your service. from JOHN ever since I started on the Energy special election to serve out the remainder of Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I yield to and Commerce Committee. A quarter century his late father’s term. my colleague, the gentleman from the later, I am still humbled by the work that we Since then, he has cast tens of thousands great State of Illinois, Mr. JOHN SHIM- do in 2123—now known fondly, and rightly so, of votes and played a role in everything from KUS. as the JOHN DINGELL Room. And I can only the Civil Rights Act and Medicare to the Clean Mr. SHIMKUS. I thank my colleague. hope to one day live up to the example set by Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Mr. Speaker, I know there are a lot a titan like JOHN DINGELL. Species Act and, in 2010, the Affordable Care of Members, so I will be quick, but you A few weeks ago, our new colleague, Act. have to really come down to the floor Known throughout Washington as Big Debbie Dingell, said that she could never fill to recognize a man who has served hon- the shoes of JOHN DINGELL—and I feel the JOHN—at 6-foot-3, he literally towered over orably for so many years—58 years to many witnesses before his House Energy and same way. When people think of the Energy be exact. and Commerce Committee, they cannot help Commerce Committee—JOHN DINGELL cut a I would like to highlight the fact but think of JOHN DINGELL. It is my own hope, distinctive figure in the Capitol. that, at 18, he joined the United States A progressive when it came to workers’ that as I step into the committee’s leadership Army and rose to the rank of second rights, he is also a staunch defender of Michi- I will be able to accomplish a small fraction of lieutenant and was prepared to be part gan industries, including its automakers, and what JOHN had achieved. His commitment, of the invasion of Japan until the bomb at times ran afoul of environmentalists. charisma and charm were the hallmarks of his He counts as among his most important ac- was dropped and the war ended. JOHN leadership when he sat at the committee’s complishments the creation of the Detroit won a special election to follow his fa- helm. International Wildlife Refuge and the River ther, and he has been here ever since. More importantly, he will be remembered for Raisin Battlefield. He was the leading congressional sup- all he accomplished on behalf of the American In 1964, he voted for the Civil Rights Act. porter of organized labor, of social wel- people. Though the 114th Congress will be He called that vote the most important one he fare measures, and of traditional pro- difficult for so many of us, who have served by ever took—one that ‘‘solved a problem that gressive policies. He was also known as your side, we are all so thrilled that your wife was eating at the soul and heart and liver of a big hunter and fisher, which we heard Debbie will take up the mantle. For those of this country.’’ many, many times. us who have known her we know that there is JOHN DINGELL vastly expanded the scope of I also want to highlight that he was no one more able and ready to carry on your the House Energy and Commerce Commit- well-known for Dingell-grams, which legacy—the people of Michigan’s 12th will tee’s purview during his first stint as chair- were missives sent to the administra- continue to be well served. While you may be man—which lasted 1981–95—to the point tion, regardless of party, that held retiring, we know that you aren’t going away. where it was said it handled four out of every them to account for public policies and I know that for so many of us who have called 10 bills in the House. the excesses of the executive branch. you a mentor and a friend we will still be able By example, he had a photo of the Earth He is well-known for that. to call on your sage advice and wisdom. from space behind his desk and when anyone I know he will be followed ably by his Congratulations on your many accomplish- asked him to define the committee’s jurisdic- wife, Debbie, and I look forward to ments and service in this great body. It has tion, he would point to it. working with her. been the honor of a lifetime to serve alongside House Speaker Tip O’Neill used to say ‘‘All May God bless you, JOHN DINGELL, you. politics is local’’, but in JOHN DINGELL’s case, and may God bless the United States of Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, JOHN DINGELL is all politics has always been personal. It is only America. a legend in the Congress and a national treas- when you have a personal relationship with Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I yield back ure. someone that you establish trust, even when the balance of my time. As the Dean of the House of Representa- you’re on opposite sides of an issue. Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it’s an honor to tives, Congressman DINGELL will be retiring at Through 60 years of public service, JOHN rise tonight and speak on behalf of my friend the end of the 113th Congress, and his body fought for what he believed in, and got things and colleague—the Dean of the House of of legislative achievements will continue to be done through relationships and his deep re- Representatives—JOHN DINGELL. A proud son experienced by every American for genera- spect for others. of Michigan, JOHN DINGELL has dedicated his tions to come. And there was no one he respected more life to helping those on society’s margins and From protecting the environment, to pro- than his constituents. He respected their improving quality of life for all Americans. moting civil and worker rights, Congressman

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DINGELL’s legislative hand shaped it. He fa- clean water, you can thank JOHN DINGELL for Throughout his tenure, he has been at the mously introduced health care reform legisla- his vision. He brought Republicans and Demo- forefront of passing groundbreaking, common- tion in 1955 and in every Congress since then crats together to pass legislation that protects sense legislation. to provide affordable, accessible care for our environment. Most notably, JOHN has been a strong, tire- every American. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, On a personal note, I want to thank JOHN less leader in Congress in enacting important the 1965 Medicare Act, the Endangered Spe- DINGELL for his wisdom and good counsel over civil rights laws. cies Act of 1973, the 1990 Clean Air Act the years. His guidance and effort were es- Not only does this includes his work on the amendments, the Safe Drinking Water Act of sential to passing the DISCLOSE Act in the Civil Rights Act, but also his work to renew the 1974, and the 2011 FDA Food Safety Mod- House in 2010. That bill would have required Voting Rights Act and pass the Employment ernization Act were all championed by Con- groups spending millions of dollars on political Nondiscrimination Act. gressman DINGELL. campaign ads to disclose to voters who is His meritorious contributions to society span bankrolling them. Unfortunately, the bill failed This type of diligent persistence and strong his time serving in Congress and in the U.S. by one vote in a filibuster in the Senate. If leadership is something every one of us can Army, where at the age of 18 he had orders JOHN DINGELL had been in the Senate, he learn from going forward. to take part in the first wave of the planned in- would have gotten it passed. 1JOHN served for many years as Chairman vasion of Japan in 1945. Congressman DIN- Thank you JOHN DINGELL for all that you’ve and Ranking Member of the House Energy GELL is the longest serving Member of the done for our country. and Commerce Committee, where he drafted House, and he is one of two World War II vet- Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, the life and ca- landmark legislation and conducted pains- erans still serving in Congress. President reer of the Dean of the House, JOHN DINGELL taking oversight of the federal agencies within Obama recently awarded him the Presidential has been remarkable and historic. the Committee’s jurisdiction. John has been a friend . . . colleague . . . Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award This includes championing environmental in the United States. and a true leader in Congress. During his nearly 60 years serving in the protection—from the groundbreaking legisla- I recall so well the first time I walked into tion of the 1970s to the revolutionary Clean Air the Energy and Commerce Committee hearing House . . . JOHN has served with passion and integrity. His commitment to public service and Act Amendments of 1990 to fighting in recent room. It was 1995 and my eyes immediately years against efforts to roll back the progress went to an enormous picture of the Earth deep understanding of this institution has been unmatched. that we’ve made. hanging on the wall. I asked Chairman DIN- JOHN has shaped policies that have im- GELL about the picture and his response has His passion for the environment and the proved the lives of countless Americans. From inspired and guided my legislative work be- outdoors is unmatched, and his accomplish- backing landmark Civil Rights legislation, to cause he said the painting represented the ju- ments reflect his deep determination to make ensuring our environment is protected by au- risdictions of the Energy and Commerce Com- America a better place. thoring the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act mittee. Impressively, along with the issues I’ve al- and Endangered Species Act. The Committee has the broadest jurisdic- ready mentioned, he has had a tremendous Most significantly, JOHN has never given up tions which reach into the daily lives of mil- impact on policies as varied as consumer pro- on the fight for affordable, quality health care lions of Americans. Those jurisdictions include tection and health care. for all Americans. Early in his career, he health care, commerce, trade, manufacturing, helped to pass Medicare, and achieved what Few Members of Congress have done as energy and the environment, technology, com- he set out to accomplish with passage of the much to improve Americans’ lives as JOHN munications and consumer protection. It is a Affordable Care Act in 2010. DINGELL, and we can’t thank him enough for reminder for members of the Committee to There is no question that his work here will his service. serve our constituents by fighting for meaning- have a lasting impact on Congress . . . and JOHN’s record of public service will be hard ful and lasting opportunity. And it is a reminder this country . . . for generations to come. to match. that our job at the Committee has the most It has been an honor to serve with JOHN on potential to create lasting impact. As a youth, JOHN served as a Congres- the Energy & Commerce Committee . . . sional page. Congressman DINGELL’s service and legisla- where I have had the privilege to work with tion is unmatched in the history of our country him on a number of issues, including helping After serving our country in the Army in and it has been a great honor to serve with to spur clean energy manufacturing jobs in World War II, JOHN served as a county assist- him. I wish him and Debbie my full wishes for this country; and helping American small busi- ant prosecutor before succeeding his father in every blessing. nesses export their clean energy products and Congress in 1955. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today services abroad. Since then, he has served 29 remarkably to honor the incredible service of the Dean of I thank him for his service and his friend- productive terms in the U.S. House of Rep- the House of Representatives, JOHN DINGELL. ship. JOHN, I wish you nothing but the best in resentatives. In his 59 years in the House, JOHN DINGELL your next adventure. You will be truly missed has experienced dizzying twists in national I am proud to call JOHN DINGELL a good in this body. friend and respected colleague. politics and turns in world events. And through I also look forward to working with your wife, it all, he succeeded in building a consistent Congresswoman Elect Debbie Dingell, in the It has been an honor working with him on record of achievements true to his core prin- coming years on important issues facing our the House Energy and Commerce Committee. ciple of social justice. country. He has been a great mentor, a gifted lead- If you rely on Medicare—or plan to in your Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay er, a skilled policy-maker, and a dedicated retirement—you can thank JOHN DINGELL. tribute to one of the greatest legislators of re- public servant. After fighting for its creation, he was the one cent decades, JOHN DINGELL, who will retire at I wish JOHN, his wife Debbie, and the entire presiding over the House for its historic pas- the end of the 113th Congress. Dingell family all of the best. sage in 1965. JOHN DINGELL has diligently served the peo- Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com- If you’ve benefited from the Affordable Care ple of Michigan’s 12th district and our nation memorate the congressional career of our col- Act, you can thank JOHN DINGELL for his piv- for nearly 60 years. league, the Dean of the House, JOHN DINGELL. otal role in passing this landmark legislation, JOHN is recognized as the Dean of the and for continuing his father’s fight to make af- House and the longest-serving Member of As the longest-serving member of Congress fordable health care available to all Ameri- Congress in our nation’s history, but it’s not ever, it is hard to imagine our nation, this Con- cans. his longevity that has made him so special— gress, and the Energy and Commerce Com- If you’ve benefitted from a safe workplace or it’s the impact that his legislative accomplish- mittee without him as he retires at the end of fair pay, you can thank JOHN DINGELL for ments have had on our society. the 113th Congress. I am happy that he is being a champion of the American worker and Through his service in Congress, he has leaving on his own terms and I wish him every a tireless advocate for policies to help our crafted a legislative legacy that I believe to be happiness as he moves onto the next phase businesses create jobs and our middle class unparalleled in its scope and its importance. of his life as a congressional spouse. get ahead. JOHN developed his reputation as a legisla- I am just so honored to be here to celebrate And if you simply enjoy outdoor recreation tive giant with years of hard work, persistence, and honor somebody I call a friend—JOHN and the ability to breathe clean air and drink and shrewd coalition-building. DINGELL.

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I will never for- words because they echo my own sentiments. of his district. get that moment because for me it was what I was not yet born when JOHN DINGELL was The Marching Chiefs of Wyandotte Roo- we do as legislators, but it also felt very per- first sworn into the House on December 13, sevelt High School in Mr. Dingell’s congres- sonal. It felt so wonderful to know that in JOHN 1955. It was about two and a half years before sional district were invited to play in the 2009 DINGELL’ s service, he has never stopped for I entered the world. When he took that coura- inaugural parade for President Obama. Some- a single day of those 59 years to make sure geous vote in support of the Voting Rights Act how or another, they booked a hotel in Her- that millions of Americans like me could have (VRA) and civil rights, I was six-years-old. I re- shey, Pennsylvania, that was approximately health care that was quality, affordable, and call at the time living here in the Washington 130 miles and a couple of hours away from accessible. So I thank him very much for his metropolitan area that my father and mother Washington, DC. Those students and their service, and I am so honored to have had the used to bring us to this Capitol almost every chaperones would have had to get up at 2:00 opportunity over these past seven years to Sunday after church. They would bring us and or 3:00 in the morning to get to the inaugural serve with him and to learn from him. we would run up and down the east front of staging area on time. I have the honor of rep- JOHN DINGELL’s retirement will leave a void the Capitol. We would picnic on the west front resenting a congressional district just outside in this House that cannot be filled. I wish him, of the Capitol. of Washington, DC, in Maryland. JOHN DIN- his wife Debbie, his children Chris, Jennifer, I am thinking today how wonderful it is to GELL reached out to me and he told me this John, and Jeanne, and his grandchildren con- know there was someone who was in this story, and I said, Well, maybe we can figure tinued success, happiness, and hopefully chamber who so valued this institution and out something. some well-earned rest. I know they have been who, even when I was a six-year old, JOHN We found a willing partner in Wise Junior of tremendous support to him in his service to DINGELL was working to protect my rights. High School in Prince George’s County, Mary- this House and our nation. He leaves behind When I think about that, I think of the need to land, where they could stay in the gym. The a legacy of service that others can and should create a formula for the VRA that the Su- parent-teacher organization, the staff, and the aspire to. preme Court can support that institutes the students welcomed those students from Michi- Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join way that we protect our voting rights in section gan that they didn’t know at all into their high my colleagues to pay tribute to the distin- 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Almost none of us, school. They fed them and provided sleeping guished member of the Michigan Delegation: including JOHN LEWIS, would be here had bags, blankets, and even an ironing board. the Honorable JOHN DINGELL, as we mark the JOHN DINGELL not had the courage to take that So, the Marching Chiefs were able to actually end of his long and dedicated service to this vote in 1964. get to the inaugural parade much easier and body and, more importantly, to the constitu- So, it’s such an honor to serve with him and on time. ents of Michigan’s 16th, 15th, and 12th Con- to know that while that may have been the Those students were so grateful to JOHN gressional Districts. battle in 1964, he remains fully prepared to DINGELL. What I saw in this great legislator is However, Mr. DINGELL’S service to this engage in the battle here in 2014. It is also an that the people of his district really did come country dates back well before he began his honor that we all have the great privilege of first and he looked out for them, and they Congressional career in 1955. At the age of being able to serve with JOHN DINGELL. knew that he looked out for them. I thought 18, he enlisted as an infantryman for the U.S. I believe there is hardly anything that im- that that is the kind of Member of Congress Army during World War II. He entered the mili- pacts our modern day laws that we can’t at- that I want to be. tary as a Private and was discharged as a tribute to the great hard work and public serv- JOHN DINGELL and I have been locked at the Second Lieutenant while serving in the Pan- ice of JOHN DINGELL. The fact that I got up this hand and the hip ever since. In 2011, I was ama Canal Zone. For his service defending morning and turned on a faucet and ran a scheduled to speak at a Washtenaw County, our country, he received a medal presented by glass of water and was able to drink it and Michigan, Democratic Club dinner. I flew into Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks as part of the know that it was clean, was about JOHN DIN- the Detroit Metropolitan Airport and as I ‘‘Salute to the Citizen Soldier’’ in 2004. GELL. That I walked outside today and knew walked through the terminal, the Wyandotte After serving in the Army, Mr. DINGELL was that I could breathe air that was okay—we still Roosevelt High School Marching Band started elected to fill the seat and the shoes of his fa- have work to do—but to know that that clean to play. Unbeknownst to me, JOHN DINGELL ther, who passed away while still in office. To- air, and the cleaner we make our air, is attrib- had coordinated with the school as a surprise gether, he and his father have served the citi- uted to JOHN DINGELL. thank you. zens of Southeast Michigan for well over 80 I think back to my grandmother who came I think there are so many of us who serve years. Blazing his own path, Mr. DINGELL has to live with us at a point when she was in this institution who really do value the mes- personally impacted every major piece of leg- aging—and it was actually just prior to the en- sage that JOHN DINGELL has given us about islation for over half a century. Even though actment of Medicare—and how different fami- the need to work together and to preserve and we come from different political parties, we lies’ lives are now because of the protections protect our democracy by working in a way can and do agree on many issues that con- that they have for health care as they age and that gives value and service to all of our com- cern the people of Michigan. As Chairman of are disabled. Those things are attributable to munities and to this great nation. So for that, the Energy and Commerce Committee, or its the great work, the legislative legacy, and the I want to thank JOHN DINGELL for being such Ranking Member, he has always pushed for service of JOHN DINGELL. an important part of this institution and impor- solutions to the problems Americans face. Im- When I first came into Congress, I won a tant part of the way I have learned to become pressive in both stature and tenacity, Mr. DIN- primary election against an incumbent mem- a Member of Congress. GELL has lent his life to public service. It has ber. One day JOHN DINGELL pulled me aside in Finally, I want to say a word about JOHN truly been an honor to serve alongside such the cloak room and he said, ‘‘Come sit down, DINGELL’s efforts on health care. As many of an outspoken advocate for not only his con- I want to talk to you, I want to get to know my colleagues know, JOHN DINGELL, like his stituents, but the state and country as well. you.’’ And I was, frankly, afraid of him. I knew father before him, has introduced a universal And I must add that the dignity and respect he his history, I had watched him Chair several health care bill at the beginning of each new has shown his colleagues—and including this Energy and Commerce hearings, and I knew Congress. Before I came to the Congress, I colleague—even as a brand new Member of that he was a great friend of my predecessor had an experience of not having had health Congress—is a testament to the respect he in this chamber. care and getting very sick, which required a has for his fellow Members and this institution. I sat down and I talked to him, and what I trip to the emergency room. I ended up having Mr. Speaker, the good citizens of Michigan’s gained from JOHN DINGELL was the kind of a lot of bills that I couldn’t pay because I didn’t 12th district and colleagues on both sides of honor and dedication that he has, and rev- have health insurance. When we began to the aisle are all better for Mr. DINGELL’S long erence that he has, for this institution. It is un- consider what is today known as the Afford- and steady tenure in the House of Represent- like any that we see, and we learn from that. able Care Act (ACA), it was JOHN DINGELL sit- atives. I congratulate him again on his remark- So we talked, and we became friends. ting as speaker pro tempore who gaveled in able career and join my colleagues today in Then a funny thing happened. Barack the House with the gavel that he used for the paying tribute to the gentleman from Trenton, Obama was elected President of the United passage of Medicare. the Honorable JOHN DINGELL.

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Mr. Speaker, one of holds the distinction of being the longest serv- mainder of the hour as the designee of ing member in the history of Congress. How- my distinct pleasures in serving for 38 the minority leader. years in this body has been to work ever, it’s not the length of his tenure that will Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield with the dean of the House, Mr. JOHN earn him a place in the history books, but his to the gentleman from California (Mr. many accomplishments that have improved DINGELL. Throughout our almost four WAXMAN), the ranking member of the decades of serving the people of our re- the health of our entire nation and its citizens. Energy and Commerce Committee. I spective districts and those of our Na- JOHN DINGELL presided over this chamber don’t know if he knows, but we are during passage of Medicare in 1965, just one tion, my respect and sincere apprecia- going to be honoring him tomorrow tion for this son of Michigan has only of the laws he shaped over the course of his night. distinguished career. He helped write the En- grown each and every day. Mr. WAXMAN. Thank you very Few, if any, who have served here in dangered Species Act, the Clean Air Act and much, Congressman PALLONE, for rec- the people’s House over the last nearly the Safe Drinking Water Act. He has fought ognizing me and for acknowledging the 60 years would have a different view of diligently to protect Social Security, a program fact that I am the ranking member at the worth and of the value of JOHN DIN- his father helped create, and he was a cham- the present time, but, of course, you GELL’s contributions to the day-to-day pion of the Affordable Care Act following years will now take on that job very ably, I work of this distinguished body. In of advocacy on his own part to create an ac- am sure, and both of us will follow in fact, Representative DINGELL’s vast cessible and affordable system of universal the tradition of JOHN DINGELL. legacy will assuredly be the legions of health care. Mr. Speaker, it is so appropriate that Members and staff who have learned so Those of us who have been lucky enough to the room where the Energy and Com- many lasting lessons of leadership serve with Representative DINGELL will remem- merce Committee meets is now known under JOHN’S tutelage. Basic, funda- ber him as a man of unparalleled fortitude and as the ‘‘JOHN DINGELL Room.’’ JOHN mental, timeless lessons on how to get passion, tempered with a sense of respect for DINGELL has been the leader of that the people’s business done were always his fellow colleagues and the legislative proc- committee and a leader in the Congress at the ready for any Member to par- ess, who raised the overall tenor of discourse longer than anybody else has served in take in and adopt for their own future and debate in the House of Representatives. either the Senate or in the House; yet, use. All of us can remember times Although we are extremely sad to see his what I want to say is from my own per- when Big John felt it appropriate, service in this chamber come to an end, his sonal perspective. timely, and beneficial to just gently contributions will continue to impact our coun- I have served on that committee for impose one of his lessons on Members, try for years to come, and the DINGELL name 40 years, and I have learned more from even on this body as a whole, if he felt will continue to grace the halls of Congress JOHN DINGELL than I have from any- it would move our country forward. through his wife, Debbie, who will carry the body else I have served with as a col- First and foremost, JOHN DINGELL mantle of public service on behalf of Michi- league. There were times when we had has always valued good, old-fashioned gan’s 15th District. disagreements, and we argued them out trust. He sees a person’s word as his Representative DINGELL, on behalf of a and then resolved them and com- bond—a bond that never shifts even in grateful country, I thank you for your service to promised on them; but most of the the strongest political winds. In JOHN’S this Congress and to our nation. time, he was a stalwart defender of the playbook, loyalty, particularly loyalty Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, others on the floor interests of the working people of this to principles, is a powerful force that are recounting Representative JOHN DINGELL, country, a protector of the environ- can move the entire country forward. JR.’S historic legislative record, his breath- ment, a person who led the efforts for He insists on one other useful attribute taking parliamentary skills, and his powerful civil rights, a man who cared about for success—time-tested hard work. advocacy. I won’t repeat all of that here. people and understood that govern- One must put in the time to do the But I would like to say something about my ment had a very important role to play hard work, the homework, with great good friend, JOHN DINGELL, JR., and recount in people’s lives. attention to the details, ensuring that an event that shows a great man in the mak- From his father, who was active in every T is crossed and that every I is ing. On December 8, 1941, soon after Presi- the New Deal, under President Frank- dotted. dent Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his lin Roosevelt, who led this Nation to These virtues exercised by my friend, speech saying that December 7th is a day that use the government in a positive way— whether by his hand’s wielding the will live in infamy, the House briefly recessed to help people who had nowhere else to gavel or in his sizable arm’s embracing and then reconvened to debate and declare turn—JOHN DINGELL carried on that your future in the back of the House war on Japan. tradition. It is the Liberal-Progressive Chamber, he has served our Nation pro- As I understand it, it was the job of a 15 tradition, and I associate myself with ductively. Upon this virtuous founda- year-old page, JOHN DINGELL, JR., to go up to it. tion, many compromises have been the press gallery to tell Fulton Lewis of the I learned everything I knew as a struck to forge stable vehicles to serve Mutual Broadcasting System to turn off the member of the committee—and I the people, their environment, their microphones now that the House was going learned everything I knew as a poten- health, and their livelihoods. A cham- back into session because back then there tial chairman and as a short-term pion of the American worker, of the was no audio recording of Congressional ac- chairman—from JOHN DINGELL. He is a autoworker, and of our Nation’s coal tivities. Member’s Member, and he is going to miner, JOHN DINGELL fully appreciates Instead JOHN told the famous newscaster to go down in the history books as one of the role that our government can and leave the microphone on and the tape run- the outstanding Members of Congress should play in supporting the bread- ning. The world now has the recording of that and leaders and chairmen of the oldest winners in every American family. House debate and declaration of war. Here we committee in the House of Representa- From the moment JOHN DINGELL see JOHN DINGELL, JR. already with a sense of tives. came here to the moment he leaves and history and an understanding of the impor- Mr. Speaker, I know we don’t have a well beyond, these tenets are the leg- tance of Congressional action. lot of time, so I just want to say to acy that will always burn brightly in JOHN, who knew that my father was serving JOHN DINGELL: my mind as well as warm my heart. in Congress at the same time as his father, I wish you all the best, and I know Had I but served a single term with befriended me early when I arrived in this you will whisper to Debbie, if she has JOHN DINGELL, I would have counted Chamber, has shown me the warmest friend- any questions, the right course to take. many blessings because of it. Multi- ship and wisest counsel. For that I am most Of course, she has been with you long plied 29 times, suffice it to say, the en- grateful and full of admiration. enough that she probably, by this time, tire Nation can itself count many

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blessings thanks to the good work of Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New JOHN’S impact on Congress and on this our dear friend, JOHN DINGELL, the York. Mr. Speaker, I am testifying be- country will be felt for generations to come. dean of the House of Representatives. fore the Rules Committee right now, His unyielding commitment to do what is Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield but I will submit my statement for the right—for his country and his Michigan con- to the gentleman from New York (Mr. RECORD. stituents has been an inspiration to us all. TONKO). To know him is to love JOHN DIN- I fear we may never see his like again in Mr. TONKO. ‘‘Thank you’’ to the gen- GELL. He taught me that dedication to this Congress—but I shall hope that each and tleman from New Jersey for the rec- the legislative process and getting it every day—every Member of Congress will ognition and for leading us in this Spe- done comes first. strive to live up to the example that was once cial Order that pays tribute to Rep- It is a great privilege to speak about the ca- set by the great JOHN DINGELL, Dean of the resentative JOHN DINGELL. reer and accomplishments of my good friend, House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to stand JOHN DINGELL. Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I now on the House floor this afternoon to JOHN has been one of the giants in this yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. say ‘‘thank you’’ to JOHN DINGELL. body a man with countless friends, but few GENE GREEN). Thank you for your service to coun- peers. Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. I thank try. Thank you for your service to the His impact on this Institution and this coun- my colleague and our new ranking State of Michigan. Thank you for your try cannot be overstated. member of the Energy and Commerce service to your congressional districts Over the course of six decades, John has Committee. through the years, and, certainly, led some of the most important fights in the Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay trib- thank you for your interaction and history of our country—fights for health care, ute to one of the great lawmakers of networking with your colleagues, civil rights, social justice, consumer protec- our era, who has dedicated his life to which has crossed over party lines and tions, and so much more. fighting for civil rights, to strength- has shown, in exemplary fashion, how In 1964, he helped push the Civil Rights Bill ening our Nation’s safety net for the to get business done in the House. In through Congress. vulnerable and elderly, and in pushing your tribute this evening, it is impor- In 1965, JOHN DINGELL presided over the for workers’ rights and protecting tant to make mention over and over House as it considered and then passed Medi- American jobs. again of your service to the military by care. I am honored to call this man a men- serving us in the Army and by serving JOHN wrote the Endangered Species Act. tor and a friend—the dean of the us during World War II. He wrote the 1990 Clean Air Act, the Safe House, Congressman JOHN DINGELL. Also, the Great Lakes State, Michi- Drinking Water Act, and legislation to build Mr. Speaker, I ask that my full state- gan, has produced a leader of greatness North America’s first international wildlife ref- ment be placed in the RECORD. in JOHN DINGELL. uge. JOHN’s illustrious career speaks for JOHN, it is an honor to say here, dur- He authored Affordable Care Act and then ing this special tribute, that you were, itself: the longest-serving Member in fought tirelessly for its passage. the history of the House of Representa- indeed, everyone’s coach. I know the Thanks to JOHN, millions of Americans are person of humility that you are. You tives; the author of dozens of Federal getting the benefits today of the Patient’s Bill laws, including the Endangered Species shed that praise when it comes your of Rights, the Children’s Health Insurance Pro- way, but make no mistake about it Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and gram, the Mammography Quality Standards the Affordable Care Act; the chairman that it has been your coaching, your Act, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, reinforcement, your encouragement to or ranking member of the Energy and and the Prescription Drug User Fee Act. Commerce Committee for 28 years; a each and every one of us. Certainly, to JOHN DINGELL’s towering list of accomplish- veteran of the Second World War. those of us who entered as freshmen, ments are the best representations of what you were right there to shadow us and What the history books will never be Members of Congress can do when the long- able to fully share is the respect and to guide us and to remind us that there term needs of the people—the country—are kindness JOHN has given to all who is a nobleness—with a small ‘‘n’’—of elevated beyond the fleeting politics of the mo- service through the House that can in- have been fortunate enough to work ment. with him. fluence policy and speak to the needs Whenever the history of this country is JOHN has always been generous with of those most marginalized in our soci- told—The Civil Rights Act, Medicare, the Af- his time and with sharing his unparal- ety. fordable Case Act, Environmental Protection, leled institutional knowledge of the To that end, I want to thank you for Workers Rights will stand out as the hallmarks people’s House. In 2005, JOHN was a identifying so very strongly with of the Democratic Party—our core principles. vital voice, and he supported efforts to struggle. You saw a struggle, and you They are the legislative actions that deliv- pass the Energy Policy Act, which be- moved to address it. Whether that be ered on the promise of the American dream— came one of the key Federal supports through health care, through human and helped to put it within reach for millions. for the current energy renaissance that services, through education, and cer- These pillars of social justice all bear JOHN is providing jobs and lower energy tainly through all sorts of efforts that DINGELL’s name writ large. speak to public safety, our environ- JOHN DINGELL is also a strong advocate for prices for the American people today. ment, and our energy policy, you saw a women, a long-time champion for the Equal Outside of Washington, I was fortunate struggle, and you met it head-on, and Rights Amendment, and a leader in the fight to spend time with JOHN on hunting you made certain that the challenges for Equal Pay for Equal work. trips, where I had the opportunity to were responded to. You showed us how JOHN was here in 1963 when the Equal Pay get to know him better as a man, as a to work across party lines, and you Act was signed into law father, as a husband, and as an avid showed us how to be factual and to see In the 108th Congress, he and I requested sportsman. your word as your honor. a report from the GAO on the Glass Ceiling. Mr. Speaker, before I conclude, I With all of that, I salute you, JOHN That report analyzed 18 years of data on would like to personally thank JOHN DINGELL, as being an awesome leader over 9,300 Americans and found that women for his decades of public service in who taught by example how to conduct working fulltime were being paid an average of fighting for America’s working fami- yourself in this public arena. You are 80 cents for every dollar that men are paid. lies. Our Chamber will not be the same proud of your heritage. We have talked He has been fighting to realize the goal of without him. God bless JOHN DINGELL about that many times over. Those the Equal Pay act for decades and it is a fight and the United States of America. roots have fed you so very well and that JOHN’S wife Debbie is sure to continue in Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to have enabled you to be this person of the next Congress. one of the great lawmakers of our era, who greatness coming from the Great Lakes For more than 80 years, there has been a has dedicated his life fighting for civil rights, State. So thank you so much for your Mr. DINGELL from Michigan representing strengthening our nation’s safety net for the service to country and to all of us here Democratic Values and the people of Michi- vulnerable and elderly, and pushing for work- in the Chamber. gan. ers’ rights and protecting American jobs. Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield I know I speak for all members of the House I am honored to call this man a mentor and to the gentlewoman from New York when I say that I look forward to working a friend, the Dean of the House, Congress- (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY). alongside the first Mrs. Dingell from Michigan! man JOHN DINGELL.

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JOHN’S illustrious career speaks for itself: from every part of industry, account- seek and find some way in this institu- longest-serving member in the history of the able to the American public. And tion to operate the way JOHN DINGELL House of Representatives; author of dozens of today, it is up to all of us, as members saw so much of his career, and why he federal laws, including the Endangered Spe- of his distinguished committee, to take felt it was such a loss when it dwin- cies Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the up the great mantle of that legacy and dled. Affordable Care Act; Chairman or Ranking to make the powerful tell the truth to So I would like to just join everybody Member of the Energy and Commerce Com- the American public. else with some emotion. Our two fami- mittee for 28 years; a veteran of the Second I commit myself today, along with lies have been so close for so many dec- World War. all of us, to carry on his legacy, to do ades. Our two families, the Levins and What the history books will never be able to just that, to make this committee a the Dingells, the Dingells and the Lev- fully share is the respect and kindness JOHN committee that JOHN DINGELL will be ins, have had their lives so interwoven, gave to all who have been fortunate enough to proud of. so interwoven, coming from somewhat work with him. I am going to miss my dear friend, different backgrounds. But those JOHN has always been generous with his my wise mentor, and my trusted col- weren’t an obstacle. Those were really time and sharing his unparalleled institutional league. All of us will. We all recognize opportunities. knowledge of the People’s House. In 2003, the great contributions he made to this So I join so many others in saying to during the DeLay redistricting fiasco in Texas, institution and, most importantly, to JOHN and to Debbie, who has been his which gerrymandered out many longtime this country. partner, more than a job well done—a House Members, JOHN advised me on what Few retirements are as well deserved, path that all of us should seek to fol- avenues were available to Members to voice with such distinguished service as Mr. low. disapproval. DINGELL’s. And so I want to say, JOHN, Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield In 2005, JOHN was a vital voice and sup- job well done. Godspeed. now to the gentlewoman from Cali- ported efforts to pass the Energy Policy Act, Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield fornia (Mrs. CAPPS). which has become one of the key federal sup- to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mrs. CAPPS. I thank my colleague ports for the current energy renaissance that’s LEVIN), the ranking member of the for yielding. providing jobs and lower energy prices for the Ways and Means Committee. It is such an honor, in paying my American people today. Mr. LEVIN. I thank the gentleman tribute, to follow one of Mr. DINGELL’s Outside of Washington, I have been fortu- for yielding. best friends, SANDY LEVIN, his col- nate to spend time with JOHN on hunting trips, If a test of a career is whether you league from Michigan. where I had the opportunity of getting to know made a difference, Big JOHN’s career Mr. Speaker, I rise with great pride him better as a man, a father and husband, has been a big success. In so many as well as deep humility to honor the and as an avid outdoorsman. ways, JOHN was tall in stature phys- longest-serving Member of Congress, Mr. Speaker, before I conclude, I would like ically and in every other way. the dean of the United States House of to personal thank JOHN for his decades of There has been much note about his Representatives, the Congressman for public service in fighting for America’s working particular accomplishments. I would the 12th District of Michigan and my families. Our chamber will not be the same like to spend just a few minutes today personal friend, Mr. JOHN DINGELL. without him. talking not about those accomplish- JOHN has served his country with God Bless JOHN DINGELL and the United ments that are so vivid and so clear, such honor and such distinction, first States of America. but to talk about JOHN DINGELL and his as a second lieutenant in the United Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield character. States Army during World War II and, to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. He remembered his roots, never for- for the past 59 years, right here in Con- DEGETTE). got them. There was always, I think, a gress over the terms of 11—that is 11— Ms. DEGETTE. Thank you so much. sense of the underdog. I think his fam- United States Presidents. Mr. Speaker, in 1997, when I was a 39- ily came to this country and felt, in a But it is not just his longevity that year-old freshman, JOHN DINGELL took sense, like the underdog, but were has made JOHN such a force in the a risk on me. He put me on the Energy thankful that they had an opportunity United States Congress. Yes, we are and Commerce Committee as a fresh- in this country to rise. And it is so losing this man’s incredible institu- man. Since that day, I have learned at clear that JOHN succeeded. tional memory, but hopefully neither his knee every single day. He has be- You might sum it up this way: JOHN he nor we will ever lose our love for come a friend; he has become a men- DINGELL was a legislator’s legislator. this institution. tor—and like so many of us on both He combined courage and civility, dedi- JOHN DINGELL’s hand has helped con- sides of the aisle, our experience here cation and decency, strong views with struct nearly every major advancement in Congress would not be the same strong friendships. in social policy that this country has without him. I don’t remember exactly when it was known over the past six decades, poli- that, down the hall here, when JOHN cies that support working families, b 1715 was being honored, he decided to talk that strengthen our middle class, and A lot of us know about the long arm about this institution and what he had support the United States economy. of JOHN DINGELL. Over the years, when seen happen to it. And it was a very Many of us here speak of significant Chairman DINGELL would put his long frank talk. And he really bemoaned re- events in United States history, but arm around your shoulders, and he cent events here, where it was much JOHN DINGELL can speak of these his- would say, ‘‘Diana, I have a little chore more difficult to have strong views but toric events because he was often right for you,’’ you knew that that little to have strong camaraderie, to have there, standing by the President’s side. chore was anything but little. It was a strong views but have the ability to JOHN knows this institution inside and part of something much, much bigger. compromise on them, to have strong out. And it is that knowledge, coupled Whether he was just moving a minor views but find a way to seek and find with his belief that Congress does have amendment to a bill or a large bill common ground. That was so con- a vital role in making this country bet- itself, and no matter what the issue vincing, so persuasive for someone who ter for all of us, that has made him so was, it was always an honor to work has been in this institution longer than influential over the years. together with JOHN DINGELL to get anyone else in the history of this coun- But for all he has done for the Na- something done for the American peo- try. tion, JOHN has been and continues to be ple. So I think our best salute to JOHN, such a great friend to each of us, no As the now-ranking member on JOHN maybe the best way to remember his matter which side of the aisle we sit DINGELL’s subcommittee, the Oversight contributions—in addition to all of the on. and Investigations Subcommittee of particular legislation that came to be When I first came to Congress, JOHN Energy and Commerce, I feel a special and meant so much to millions of peo- DINGELL took me under his wing and responsibility to his legacy. JOHN DIN- ple in this country—is to try to pick up helped me to earn a seat on the Energy GELL, over the years, held powerful the mantle that surrounded him all of and Commerce Committee, his beloved people from all around the country, his career here, to really see if we can committee. He told me that we did

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It almost cost him his seat. dent Roosevelt delivered his famous sionate and brilliant Representative, But all of us who know JOHN under- speech asking for a declaration of war and what I am told is the best Twitter stand why he was willing to risk every- as a result of the Japanese attack on feed on the Hill. And I am losing a per- thing for a cause that was just. Pearl Harbor on that Day of Infamy. sonal friend on the floor of the House Americans did not have the Clean Air Four years later, while serving in the and a real mentor on the dais at the Act, the Clean Water Act, or the Safe United States Army, Second Lieuten- Committee on Energy and Commerce. Drinking Water Act, nor did they have ant JOHN DINGELL was preparing to in- But we won’t be sad for long. Next the Endangered Species Act or the Na- vade Japan when the bombing of Hiro- year, we will have another Dingell who tional Environmental Policy Act. JOHN shima and Nagasaki brought the war to will be here as one of us, and that is realized before many of his contem- an end and quite possibly saving his JOHN’s very own lovely wife, Deborah. I poraries that if Congress did not act to life. We are all grateful for that, that look forward to working with Deborah protect our environment, future gen- Providence spared him, so he could and have no doubt that she will con- erations would inherit a Nation spoiled come to the people’s House and do the tinue the legacy of service that JOHN by pollution and neglect, so he became people’s work for 59 years. and his father before him have estab- a crusader for conservation. We will miss him dearly. I will miss lished. And the American people did not him. I take comfort in knowing that he So with that, I do not say good-bye, have SCHIP or the Affordable Care will still be here among us as a private dear friend, but I do say best wishes. Act—SCHIP being children’s health in- citizen, as the husband of the new And know that we are all so full of surance. JOHN DINGELL fought his en- Member from Michigan’s 12th District, gratitude and in great debt to you for tire life in public office to make afford- and as an elder statesman for our coun- your service, as you have for so long able quality health care accessible to try who I hope will always be ready to been of enormous service to each of us. all who need it. share the wisdom of his experience Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield In between his work to pass Medicare with those who will continue his work now to our Democratic whip, Mr. in 1965 and the enactment of health in this House. HOYER. care reform in 2010, JOHN DINGELL suc- JOHN DINGELL has been a great Amer- Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman cessfully pushed for incremental ican, a citizen who loved his country for yielding, and I thank him for tak- progress that made the Affordable Care and served it well. God bless you, JOHN ing this Special Order. Act possible. And when Leader PELOSI DINGELL, and thank you. Mr. Speaker, when this new House struck the gavel to signify the passage convenes on January 6, it will be the Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I now of that law, it was the same gavel that yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio first in 59 years not to include the dis- was used by JOHN when he announced (Ms. KAPTUR). tinguished dean of this House, Mr. the passage of the Medicare Act nearly Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, it is an JOHN DINGELL of Michigan. 50 years before. We will still have a Dingell from understatement to say dean and Chair- Michigan. It will be his wife, Debbie, b 1730 man JOHN DINGELL is a gentleman of whom so many of us in this House have I was proud to nominate JOHN for the this House and a respected man of the come to know and admire. I have Presidential Medal of Freedom, our Na- law. He has served our Republic his en- worked with Debbie every year that I tion’s highest civilian honor, and to be tire life, beginning as a page for this have been in the Congress. She won the on hand last month as President House at the age of 12, followed by his election to succeed JOHN, and surely we Obama presented that Medal of Free- enlistment in the United States Army will continue to have him in our midst dom to him at the White House. and his service during World War II. He as a congressional spouse. But he will Let no one mistake JOHN’s legacy as is a bona fide representative of the be very, very sorely missed among the one of simply longevity. Had he served Greatest Generation’s dedication and Members of this body, all of whom he nine terms and not 29, we would surely enduring legacy. welcomed to the House over the course be here on this floor to praise him as a He is a Member’s Member, always of his service as the longest-serving man of vision, of principle, of courage available for counsel and always with Member in the history of the Congress. and achievement, and of a deep love for an encouraging word. How many of us A lot of people like to point to JOHN’s this country, its people, and for this in- have benefited from his astute advice? tenure in the House and note that when stitution. This Chamber says thank you to a man he came to Congress, Americans had I have had the privilege of serving who knows how to negotiate, who Dwight Eisenhower as President, with JOHN in this House for 33 years. knows how to legislate, and knows how Brooklyn had a champion Dodgers Throughout that time, he has been a to foster great change. He is a master baseball team, and Elvis Presley had dear friend from whom I have learned of the art of compromise. his first gold record. much and with whom I shared many His service has been honorable for But what I will point out is what memorable experiences on and off this over half a century. He has been inde- Americans did not have. They did not floor. fatigable. JOHN has walked forthrightly have Medicare. Seniors were unpro- JOHN DINGELL, my colleagues, has in the shoes of his beloved father before tected from the rising costs of health been and is a man of conviction, he has him, and he served our Nation nobly in care in their golden years until JOHN embodied civility, and he has worked this House and the people of Michigan DINGELL became their champion and in a bipartisan fashion. His example is who reelected him 30 times. His service introduced legislation that was the one that if we follow, it would benefit has established a historical record 59 precursor to Medicare. And he presided the country and the House. years long of consistent dedication to over this House when it passed Medi- As chairman of the Committee on liberty and to the people of our coun- care in 1965. Energy and Commerce, JOHN was in- try. Americans did not have the Civil strumental in supporting a strong auto Historically, he has assumed his Rights Act or the Voting Rights Act. industry and jobs for America and place as one of the House’s strongest When JOHN DINGELL took his first oath measures to promote manufacturing timbers, truly a foundational Member, of office as a Member of this House, here in this country. a master of the rules and decorum that millions of African Americans across Americans remember with gratitude should attend to our privileged service the South could not vote for Rep- his determined effort as chairman to here. He is a champion of the dignity of resentatives in this House. Just 4 root out waste, fraud, and abuse across the House.

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Mr. Speaker, I thank centrality in steering progress for our floor in the couple of days ahead to say the gentlewoman. democratic Republic. more about Mr. DINGELL because so Mr. Speaker, as a freshman, I have He is a champion of civil rights, of many Members are waiting, and I hope learned to be brief, and I will be brief. living wage jobs in America and labor more time will be afforded for us to Coming from Michigan and growing up rights here and abroad, of American sing the praises of this great man. in a political family and actually suc- manufacturing and the auto industry, Every now and then, you hear the ex- ceeding my own uncle, Dale Kildee, in of energy independence for America, of pression ‘‘somebody is a living legend.’’ this seat, one would think that Dale is Medicare and Social Security as his fa- That doesn’t even begin to describe the first Congressman that I really ther was before him, of our natural en- JOHN DINGELL. He is a living legend. He knew, but if you are from Michigan and vironment and the legal basis for re- has had a hand in nearly every major you were born any time after the mid- specting it—our Great Lakes, the fish, legislative accomplishment over the dle of the 1950s, JOHN DINGELL is the fauna, and creatures that form the wild past six decades from protecting civil first Congressman that we knew. kingdom, the park systems and wildlife rights and workers’ rights—and I am so He was a strong voice for our State, refuges, the river and ocean ecosystems glad to see JOHN LEWIS here—to ensur- and he was really the picture of a Mem- that maintain and sustain the stunning ing food safety, to enacting essential ber of Congress for so many years. His beauty and bounty of our land and consumer protections, and to creating longevity is obviously remarkable, but frankly sustain us. He is the heartbeat jobs in Michigan’s Twelfth District and it is what JOHN did and stood for that of Motown. throughout our country. is most remarkable over his long ten- I personally will always treasure the Among his countless achievements, ure. moments we spent working on legisla- none holds greater significance than He first was a witness to history in tion to refinance the U.S. auto indus- his contribution to the good health of this place when 73 years ago this past try and our tours of the auto giants’ the American people. Each congres- Monday, his father was here and he was manufacturing platforms, of the times sional term since 1955, he introduced a page, he sat and watched Franklin we spent together creating the first legislation to secure affordable health Roosevelt give that famous speech on international wildlife refuge in our care for all Americans. December 7. country in the Great Lakes region In 1965, he held the gavel in his hand He made history in this body. I re- spanning our shared Michigan-Ohio as Medicare became law of the land, member just a few months ago watch- border with Canada, the clean water and in 2010, more than half a century ing on C–SPAN, as I do occasionally, and clean air achievements, the tours later, it was my privilege to hold that and watching the signing of the 1964 of the La-Z-Boy company and that same gavel in my hand as we passed Civil Rights Act and watching JOHN firm’s stellar involvement in environ- the Affordable Care Act, realizing the DINGELL stand there and receive a pen mental stewardship of our Ohio-Michi- dream of the Dingell family. from President Johnson as that act gan region. To work alongside JOHN DINGELL is was signed into law. I sat with him the Mr. Speaker, I shall always treasure to be inspired by his strength, by the next day and discussed that time in our our encounters, countless as they are, history of our institution, and by the history and realized what an amazing along the Ohio-Michigan border that seriousness of his work, not only the privilege I have been given to serve in we shared, the hundreds of plane rides length of his service for sure, but the the same body with JOHN DINGELL. together, often with Deborah along, quality of his leadership. He is our dis- He is a witness to history, and he with dear colleagues like JOHN CON- tinguished chairman, our distinguished made history, but more importantly, YERS, Billy Ford, as well as our car ride dean, a cherished colleague and friend, for 59 years, JOHN DINGELL was on the back to Michigan together after 9/11. a living legend as I said, but that only right side of history. Look at his We have shared the priceless oppor- begins to tell the tale. record. Look at what he has stood for. tunity to guard liberty and extend her His experience, his leadership, his He has always been ahead of the rest of welcoming arms to the people of Po- partnership, and his passion will be the country. land, our shared ancestral heritage, as sorely missed by all of us who had the The one thing I do hope is that we Poland cast off the shackles of Com- honor to serve alongside him. We wish can take a lesson from his service and munist oppression. Though each of us him and his beloved wife, our soon-to- realize that there has been a time in dreamed of the day when that incred- be colleague, Debbie, and the entire this body when you can be a strong and ible moment might transpire, its Dingell family the very best. achievement remains one of world his- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join in passionate voice, when you can hold to tory’s most glorious moments. the tributes to a public servant of un- principle, but still find ways to work So the patriotic gentleman from matched leadership and quality. across the partisan divide and find Michigan, House seniority rank num- The distinguished gentleman from compromise and get things done. That ber one, our dean, you have not only New Jersey has followed the many is the lesson of his legacy, and it is one earned your title as ‘‘Man of the footsteps of Mr. DINGELL on the Energy that I think we all have an obligation House,’’ you have inspired millions of and Commerce Committee. to try to live up to. people and ably met the call of DANIEL The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I now WEBSTER in your time and generation time of the gentleman has expired. yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. BISHOP). to perform something worthy to be re- f membered. You have met that test. Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. I thank the My colleague, may God bless you and AMERICA: LAND OF LIBERTY gentleman for yielding. Deborah and hold you and your loved The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Mr. Speaker, you have heard that ones dearly. America thanks you, and the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Representative JOHN DINGELL from so do I, as dean of Ohio’s delegation. uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the Michigan is the longest-serving Mem- Godspeed. gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. ber of the House of Representatives in Mr. PALLONE. I thank the gentle- BACHMANN) for 30 minutes. the history of this institution. You woman. Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I have heard that he has been a Member Mr. Speaker, I yield now to the gen- yield to the gentleman from New Jer- since 1955 and has held a seat in this tlewoman from California (Ms. PELOSI), sey (Mr. PALLONE). body since President Eisenhower sat in our Democratic leader. HONORING CONGRESSMAN JOHN DINGELL ON HIS the White House. Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank RETIREMENT You heard that exactly 1 day and 73 the gentleman for yielding, and I ap- Mr. PALLONE. I want to thank the years ago, a young JOHN DINGELL, then preciate his friendship with the distin- gentlewoman and remind my col- a page in the House, was standing in guished leader of the entire Congress, leagues that we have a lot of speakers, this very room when President Roo- the dean number one, as Congress- so if you can limit your remarks, we sevelt gave his declaration-of-war woman KAPTUR said. would appreciate it. speech against Japan. He was a page.

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Over his illustrious career, he fought reason we were able to pass the Afford- JOHN DINGELL, a great, great Member for civil rights, for clean water, for able Care Act in 2010. of Congress. Medicare, for American workers’ Because of JOHN DINGELL, today more Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I just rights. than 120 million Americans have access want to thank the gentlewoman from On a more personal note, he has al- to health insurance in large part be- Minnesota for yielding us extra time. ways been helpful to me even when I cause of his leadership and vision. I am Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, it was just a wet-behind-the-ears fresh- so grateful to have had the privilege of was a privilege to yield to the gen- man, and he shared his overflowing res- serving with and learning from JOHN tleman from New Jersey on behalf of ervoir of knowledge and wisdom about DINGELL. I hope that we will follow his our colleague who set a historical the history and customs of this body strong legacy and continue to make record of serving this Chamber and the and the workings of Congress. He will improvements in health care so that people of his district so well for 60 be missed. we can improve the lives and well- years. Mr. Speaker, I will always remember being of all Americans. And it is a privilege for me now also, and appreciate his character, his integ- Thank you, JOHN DINGELL, for your Mr. Speaker, to be in this well to de- rity, and his courage in the fight for a unparalleled service to this country. liver what is my last speech on this better quality of life for the American Mr. PALLONE. I yield to the gen- floor. people. tleman from Georgia (Mr. LEWIS). It has been the privilege and the A poet wrote: Mr. LEWIS. Mr. Speaker, I am honor of a lifetime for me to serve as a The tree that never had to fight pleased to join my colleagues tonight Member of the United States Congress, For sun and sky and air and light, to honor my friend, my brother, the serving as the first woman ever elected But stood out in the open plain longest serving Member of Congress, from the State of Minnesota in the ca- And always got its share of rain, the Honorable JOHN DINGELL. Never became a forest king pacity of being a Republican. It is an I had heard of Congressman DINGELL honor, and it is the ride of a lifetime. But lived and died a scrubby thing. long before I came to the House. I knew The man who never had to toil As I stand here in the well of this he had followed in his father’s foot- by hand or mind in life’s turmoil, House, I am so filled with joy and so steps on his path to public service, that Who never had to earn his share much happiness in understanding that he was one of the youngest Members of Of sun and sky and light and air, the privilege I have is one of being Congress at the time. But most impor- Never became a manly man really a link on a chain that has gone But lived and died as he began. tant, I heard that he would stand up, on for hundreds of years. Good timber does not grow in ease: speak out, and fight for the issues of I stand right here on the soil, in the The stronger winds, the stronger trees; civil rights and social justice. square feet that are the freest square The further sky, the greater length; JOHN DINGELL is one of the most able The rougher the storm, the greater strength. and respected Members of this body. feet in the world because you see, Mr. By wind or rain, by sun and snow, Yes, he is the dean of the House of Rep- Speaker, it is here where any voice In trees and men good timbers grow. resentatives. He had the capacity and that holds an election certificate can JOHN DINGELL is good timber. Sir, the ability to say we have a right to speak forth the words, words that you will be sorely missed. Thank you know what is in the food we eat, what maybe a President of the United States for your service. is in the air we breathe, and what is in would vehemently agree with, disagree b 1745 the water that we drink. with, words that maybe colleagues from one’s own party and the opposing Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield He battled on the front lines for party may vehemently disagree with, to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Medicare and Medicaid. He is the only words that in some sense might incent SCHAKOWSKY). Member of Congress still serving today Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I who voted for the Civil Rights Act of people to anger or to even riot in some am so proud to join with many of my 1964. He also helped win passage of the cases, but words, nonetheless, that are colleagues in celebrating JOHN DINGELL Voting Rights Act of 1965. free—free, free—because a price was and recognizing the many, many things In closing, Mr. Speaker, I just want paid so that speech could be given. It is that he has achieved for our country. It to say that JOHN DINGELL is the embod- an honor. Where else could we find this is not just that JOHN DINGELL has been iment of a time when legislators did level of freedom anywhere in the the longest serving Member in history; not hesitate to use the power of the world? it is what he did in his 30 terms in the Federal Government to do good for all. That is why at the very top of this House. Many today will honor him for JOHN, my friend, my brother, my col- Capitol on the rotunda dome standing his support of civil rights and voting league, thank you for your service. a full 20 feet tall is a statute called rights, his lifelong support for working Thank you for all of the good that you ‘‘Freedom.’’ It is a woman, and her men and women and their unions, for have done to make our country and to name is Freedom. She stands as the up- the environment and much, much make our world a better place. permost point in this part of our Na- more. But for me, it is his passionate Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield tion’s Capital. She faces east because advocacy for national health care. to the gentleman from California (Mr. she faces toward the sunrise so that I came to Congress with the number GARAMENDI). every day Freedom’s face looks into one priority of winning affordable, Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I the morning sun, and, happily, we quality, and comprehensive health care thank the gentleman. begin yet one more day of liberty in for all Americans. I worked to join the As a new insurance commissioner in this country. Energy and Commerce Committee so California in 1991, I had lots of prob- You see, I am so proud to be a part of that I could learn from JOHN DINGELL, lems with pensions, a lot of problems this Nation. I am so proud to be an who has been called a legend in the with insurance companies going broke. American citizen because I recognize fight for universal coverage. Following I was summoned to Washington to ap- the costs of my freedom, the price that in the footsteps of his father, a key pear before the Commerce Committee was paid for it by those who have gone player in the passage of Social Secu- to explain. I had great fear in my mind. before. I am so thrilled to have this op- rity in 1935 and himself a strong fighter The very famous JOHN DINGELL was portunity. for national health care, Chairman chairing that committee. But I very Just behind me, Mr. Speaker, above DINGELL introduced the U.S. National quickly realized his goal and mine were where you are standing, is our Nation’s Health Insurance Act in his very first the same, that is, to find ways to pro- motto. It says, ‘‘In God We Trust.’’ term, and he has been fighting to make tect people. A deep friendship then en- What a fabulous motto. Could any bet- health care a right ever since. sued for many years. ter motto be written for any nation to

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These words were Mr. Speaker, it could be no coinci- ple all across the country who said to mouthed by the Founders of our coun- dence that this Nation, knowing and me, MICHELE, thank you, you speak for try, those who decided to leave the enjoying the heights of such great hap- me, and I am so thankful that you have comforts of their home to come here to piness and such great prosperity, could fought for me here in Washington. what was essentially an untested, un- be built upon that foundation of the They knew that I wasn’t here to tapped world where there were people, Ten Commandments and of the law speak for special interests. They knew the Native Americans who populated given by the God in whom we trust. that I wasn’t bought and paid for. They this land, but where a brand-new cul- What a privilege we have been given. knew that I was speaking for them. I ture was about to be born, one that What an unparalleled foundation. We want to say for those that did donate would be again the fulcrum to bless the have so much to be grateful for and money to my campaigns, I am the entire world, where people would know thankful for. same person today as I was when I that they could come from any portion Before I continue my remarks, I want came here 8 years ago, and I fought for of the world and find freedom as indi- to also say thank you to people in their you and for the values that you sent viduals, but also as a nation. individual capacity who have done so me here to fight for. We have so much to be thankful for, much to help me in my service in the I also want to say thank you to the so much to be grateful for. For many House of Representatives. I want to God who saved me. I am so grateful to people who have never had the privi- thank, first of all and most impor- the Holy God who created us, the Cre- lege of being in this House Chamber be- tantly, the people of the Sixth Congres- ator God, the God that Jefferson point- fore, this is the room where the laws of sional District of Minnesota who ed to in the Declaration of Independ- our Nation are formulated. Our Found- thought enough of my campaign to ence. It is because of Him and because ers meant that the House of Represent- give me the election certificate that I He created me in His image and like- atives would be the most powerful form have been privileged to hold for these ness, as He has each one of us, that I of government. Why? Because it would four terms that I have served in office even have the possibility of coming be these 435 Members that we eventu- for 8 years. Had the people of the Sixth here to be able to serve. ally became would hold the power of Congressional District not elected me I also thank my parents, my father, the purse. We would hold the Nation’s to service, I would have never known who has passed away. I thank my credit card. It would be up to us to de- what a privilege it would be to serve mother, Jean LaFave, and my step- cide what we spent money on and what them here in this Chamber. I thank the father, Ray LaFave, for their love and we didn’t. We would formulate policy great people of the Sixth District. It is their support over the years as well. I for what is now some 300 million-plus known as Lake Wobegon country, the am thankful to my brothers, David and American people. greatest people in this country as far Gary and Paul, and my stepbrothers We are the lawgivers because the peo- as I am concerned—people where all of and my stepsisters. ple of this country have given us the the men are good looking and the chil- I am thankful to my husband of 36 privilege of the election certificate to dren are above average. It is a State years, Marcus; to our five wonderful make the laws. We must never forget unlike any other, and I am privileged children, Lucas, and his wife, Chris- that it is by the consent of the gov- to have served. tine; Harrison, Elisa, Caroline, and So- erned that we rule and that we decide I also want to thank the many nu- phia; and also to our wonderful 23 fos- our laws. merous volunteers who worked on my ter children whom we were privileged As I look about this Chamber, we are campaigns to send me here. Without to raise over the years. As I often joke, ringed with the silhouettes of law- their tireless work stuffing envelopes yes, I am the old woman in the shoe. I givers throughout history— and serving on the campaigns and mak- have raised 28 children, and I am so Hammurabi, various lawgivers ing phone calls, it never would have grateful for each one of them. throughout all of time, lawgivers for happened. I am thankful for my very dear whom veneration is required. And yet friends over the years who prayed for only one lawgiver has the distinction b 1800 me and stood by me and helped me to of not having a silhouette but having I was a homemaker at home with our get to this position, to my supporters the full face be revealed by the artist. family. I had been a Federal tax litiga- from the great State of Minnesota, and That lawgiver is Moses. Moses is di- tion attorney. I had had the privilege most particularly to the prayer war- rectly above the double doors that lead of starting a charter school. My hus- riors. The very first committee that we into the centermost part of this Cham- band and I started our own company, formed every time I ran for political ber. In the face of Moses, his eyes look but I was essentially nobody from no- office was our prayer committee, and I straight upon not only our Nation’s where, and because people believed in thank you to the intercessors who motto, ‘‘In God We Trust,’’ but Moses’ me, they elected me, and they brought prayed routinely for me. Those prayers face looks full on into the face of the me here. I want to thank again the I believe were answered. Speaker of the House. people of the Sixth District and the I also say thank you to the men and Daily the Speaker of the House, as he volunteers who sent me here. women who serve today in our Armed stands up in his authority and in his I also want to thank the donors who Forces. It was the privilege of a life- podium, recognizes that he, too, is a very generously gave their money also time for me to go and travel across the man under authority, just as Moses so that I could be here. I had very hard- world to Iraq, to Afghanistan, to Ger- was a man under authority. Because fought campaigns. I was often the top many, and various places around the you see, Mr. Speaker, Moses is given nemesis for the opposite political party world where I was able to meet you in for the full honor as the greatest law- in election after election, and millions your service, and I thank you for al- giver in this Chamber because he was of dollars were spent to make sure that lowing me to meet you there. chosen by the God that we trust to be I would not have the privilege of stand- I say thank you to our veterans who entrusted with the basis of all law. The ing in the well of this House. have gone before. You know how near basis of all law, as was written by I want to thank those who gave me and dear you are to my heart. I am the Blackstone, the famous English jurist, the money to be able to come and who daughter of a veteran, stepdaughter of was the Ten Commandments that were sacrificed so that I could be here. Over a veteran, sister of a veteran, and I am given by none other than the God we the years my races were so expensive so grateful because I recognize we trust on Mount Sinai. We know those that at one point mine was the most would not be here today if it wasn’t for laws. Those laws are the fundamental expensive race in the country. That our veterans, and I thank you for your

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09DE7.083 H09DEPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8925 service to our country because you an- mittee, on which I have been privileged did. The generations benefited, and our swered the call. to serve for 8 years, for the committee generation has benefited like nothing I want to also say thank you to my staff on the Intel Committee. No one before. And that is what we too must staff: knows how hard they work and what a do. My longest-serving staff member, vital service they play to our Nation. As I wind down my remarks, I say Kim Rubin, who came with me on day I am grateful for Bonnie, the elevator thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you one and who has served me every single lady, who is always so happy. that I could have that privilege of also day so superbly as my scheduler. There I am grateful for the two ladies at being a stepping stone to look to the is no one quite like her, and I have ab- our lunch counter back in the cloak- future so that the next generation solutely no idea how I will order my room, to Ms. Pat and Ms. Doris. You would live better than we do today. life once I leave here without Kim are such good cooks, you make wonder- Thank you for the privilege. Rubin. ful sandwiches, and I always knew that Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance I say thank you to my chief of staff, if I was short $2, you would see me of my time. Robert Boland, who has stepped in and through to the next day. So thank you f done a wonderful job with our well or- for believing in my creditworthiness. ganized machine in our office. He More than anything, I want to say REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- makes it a joy for everyone in our of- thank you to the Founders of this Na- VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF fice to serve. tion, who gave us the most incredible S. 2244, TERRORISM RISK INSUR- I say thank you to my press commu- ride by believing in us and in our fu- ANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZA- nications director, Dan Kotman, who ture, by recognizing that these truths TION ACT OF 2014; PROVIDING has done such a wonderful job every are self-evident, that all men and all FOR CONSIDERATION OF MO- day challenging me to make sure that women are created equal, that we are TIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES; I can be as good as I can and to keep endowed by our Creator with certain AND PROVIDING FOR PRO- me from making the mistakes that I inalienable rights, that among those CEEDINGS DURING THE PERIOD am all too prone to make; rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit FROM DECEMBER 12, 2014, For Mikayla Hall, who keeps me on of happiness. THROUGH JANUARY 3, 2015 the current edge in absolutely every- What that means to me is this: no Ms. FOXX from the Committee on thing that she does, with a brilliant ca- government gave me rights that only Rules, submitted a privileged report reer in front of her; For Renee Doyle, my dear longtime God can give, and no government can (Rept. No. 113–654) on the resolution (H. friend and legislative director, who has take away the rights that only God can Res. 775) providing for consideration of a heart of gold and who has served tire- give. The only reason that we even the bill (S. 2244) to extend the termi- lessly in every form of her capacity; have a government and the only reason nation date of the Terrorism Insurance For Jason Frye, Sergeant Frye, who it was instituted among men is to se- Program established under the Ter- has served our Nation as a veteran but cure for me and for you the rights that rorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and who now will be a legislative director God gave us: life, liberty, and the pur- for other purposes; providing for con- for my successor, and he will do a won- suit of happiness. Beyond that, we rule sideration of motions to suspend the derful job serving. by the consent of the governed. rules; and providing for proceedings For Kevin Wysocki, who has served This is a pretty simple gig to figure during the period from December 12, me so well. I thank him, Mr. Speaker, out here. There are things that govern- 2014, through January 3, 2015, which for the brilliant, high-quality man of ment can’t touch. Would that we would was referred to the House Calendar and integrity that he is; learn that. But there are things that ordered to be printed. For Jessica Cahill, who has always we do, and those things that we do f been there to serve me in every pos- should be for the happiness of man- kind. You see, it is our job not to think HONORING CONGRESSMAN JOHN sible capacity that she was asked to do; DINGELL ON HIS RETIREMENT For our intern Julie; for our district only of ourselves, but to think of the director Deb Steiskal, who has been so generations that are yet to come. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under faithful to me during my time in serv- My favorite Americans are people the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- ice; for Barbara Harper, who has been who didn’t know they were Americans. uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the with me through thick and thin They were the Pilgrims. They came gentlewoman from California (Ms. through 16 years of activism and polit- here before our Nation was founded. I SPEIER) for 30 minutes. ical life; for Nicole Severson Pelzer, love the story that was written by Gov- Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, one of the who serves our veterans; for Karen Mil- ernor Bradford. He wrote in his jour- great privileges of serving in this body ler, who will continue to serve our dis- nal, which I have read in the King’s is that occasionally we walk among gi- trict. English multiple times. The Pilgrims ants. Most of us 435 Members are ordi- I am so grateful for the Capitol Po- are one of my favorite groups of people. nary, but among us are a few extraor- lice, for all that they have done to se- Governor Bradford wrote that with dinary citizens who become Members cure my safety; for the Sergeant at the sorrow and the sacrifice that the of Congress and serve this great coun- Arms; for our chaplains; our Bible Pilgrims made—you know, the very try. study leaders; for the Clerk’s Office. first year when they came over, fully We are saying good-bye this week to I want to give a special shout-out to half of them died in that first starving one of those giants. JOHN DINGELL, James, who runs the railroad car in the winter. Governor Bradford wrote that after serving some 59 years in this basement of the Rayburn Building. it was worth it all because the Pilgrims Chamber, is leaving us, and leaving us James has become a wonderful friend, a saw themselves, in his words, as step- with a legacy of legislation that is man of God, and we literally have tears ping stones. He said they willingly laid truly astonishing: the Endangered Spe- in our eyes when we are saying good- down their lives and sacrificed them- cies Act, the 1990 Clean Air Act amend- bye to each other in these last days. He selves because they looked into the fu- ments, the Safe Drinking Water Act, has brought joy to my heart, and I ture, Mr. Speaker, and they saw you, legislation to create the first inter- thank him as well as I thank Maria, and they saw me, and they saw all of national wildlife refuge in North Amer- who stands right out here outside the the American generations that would ica, not to mention the Civil Rights door. She has to fetch me all the time come after them, and they saw what a Act or the Affordable Care Act or any because I am usually the last one in marvelous land filled with natural re- number of other giant pieces of legisla- the Chamber, trying to get more busi- sources, the ability to have freedom, a tion. ness done, and Maria says it is time to completely new covenant, a completely He has often said when asked about go, Congresswoman, and I thank God new promise that we could make with the jurisdiction that he was in charge for Maria and what a darling that she the future and with the God that we of as chair of the Energy and Com- has been. trust. merce Committee that he would point I am grateful for the committee staff We could have here a brand new, or- to a map of the Earth when asked from the Financial Services Com- dered experiment in liberty, and we about his jurisdiction and would say,

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Congress, and I look forward to work- tended to find legislation that related Some 40 years ago, I was elected to ing with her on so many very impor- to something that I knew. I realized the Congress of the United States for tant issues. that I never went to the doctor. The the first time. Before I had even been So to JOHN DINGELL I say, I walked only time I went to the doctor was to sworn in, I faced my first big challenge. among many here in this Chamber, visit my OB/GYN once a year. The Congressman that I preceded had none as giant as you, and forevermore When primary care providers were passed some legislation called the Big I will remember your great leadership being identified, I thought: Why Stone Wildlife Management Area. The to this body and to this country. shouldn’t OB/GYNs be allowed to be editor of our biggest newspaper had ap- MEDICAID PRIMARY CARE PAY BUMP AND primary care providers as well? So I in- plauded him for that. I supported it in WOMEN’S HEALTH troduced legislation in California my campaign. I said: ‘‘I’ll do every- Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I now which became law that specified that thing I can do see that it’s fully imple- would like to shift gears, Mr. Speaker, indeed OB/GYNs could be primary care mented and fully funded.’’ and speak about an issue that, frankly, providers. Well, I had just been elected, and the What we do know is almost 6 in 10 President of the United States an- JOHN DINGELL would be very concerned women report seeing their OB/GYN on about as well, and that has to do with nounced that the project was not going a regular basis. It is the one thing that Medicaid primary care pay bump. to go forward, it was not going to be women do at least once a year. One- At the end of this year there will be implemented, and it was not going to third of women view their OB/GYN pro- up to 7 million more women who are el- be funded. Here I am, I have just been viders as their main source of care, so igible for Medicaid through the Med- elected, at least it appears as though I Federal recognition of the primary icaid expansion program who will not am already doing harm and damage to care role that OB/GYNs play for women be able to get health care because they the district, and I haven’t even been in the ACA’s Medicaid pay bump lags can’t find a doctor. sworn in yet. behind this general recognition in We came out here for a little orienta- b 1815 many other sectors of our health care tion session, and I decided I would Medicaid pays less than Medicare and infrastructure. check with the chairman of the Inte- private insurance for primary care. Thirty-five States and the District of rior Subcommittee that is responsible That is not surprising. In 2012, the av- Columbia classify OB/GYNs as primary for this kind of legislation, to see if he erage Medicaid rates were only 59 per- care providers for their Medicaid pro- had any advice for me on how I could cent of Medicare rates for primary care grams. In TRICARE, the Federal effectively deal with this. services. health care program for our military He said: ‘‘Come see me tomorrow.’’ Now, you may be scratching your servicemembers, OB/GYNs are recog- So I went to see him the next day and head and saying: Well, why would we nized as primary care case managers. he said: ‘‘Put out a press release. The OB/GYNs are included under the pri- somehow cheat the poor out of health project is going to be fully staffed, it’s mary care provider definition in com- care? That is precisely what we are going to be fully funded, it’s going to munity health teams, a grant program doing. By reducing the amount of be fully implemented.’’ that supports primary care practices I said to him, questioningly: ‘‘Gee, money available to physicians who pro- and patient-centered medical homes. In Mr. Chairman, the President of the vide care to the poor in this country, the primary care residency program United States of America says it’s not we are basically saying: ‘‘Find it if you called the Teaching Health Center going to be fully funded, it’s not going can.’’ Graduate Medical Education program, to be fully implemented.’’ In my home State of California, the which aims to increase the number of He put his arm around me and he Medi-Cal reimbursement rates are on primary care residents and dentists said: ‘‘Son, let me tell you something. average only 43 percent of Medicare trained in geographically isolated, eco- Presidents come and go around this rates for primary care services. This nomically, or medically vulnerable town with quite regularity. Old dogs map shows what the situation is. The communities, OB/GYNs are included as like me have been here forever, and I’m very light color are those States which one of the primary care disciplines. going to be here forever. The bureauc- were at 33 to 57 percent, the medium Let’s be clear. Lack of recognition of racy will listen to an old dog like me blue is at 59 to 82, and the dark blue is OB/GYNs as primary care providers before they’ll listen to some darn fool at 85 to 98 percent of Medicare rates. under the ACA pay bump puts women President of the United States.’’ As you see, most States are in that 59 who receive their health care from Well, needless to say, apprehensively, to 82 percent range, but many large Medicaid at a disadvantage. Twenty- I put out the press release saying the States, like California and Florida, are three percent of women Medicaid bene- project was going to be fully funded, between 33 and 57 percent. ficiaries report a problem finding a new fully implemented, and indeed, it was. The Affordable Care Act addressed doctor who will accept their insurance, In the process, I learned an incredibly this issue by creating a 2-year Medicaid compared to 7 percent of Medicare valuable lesson from Mr. DINGELL, and pay bump for certain primary care beneficiaries and 13 percent of women that is there are many ways to effect services for millions of low-income in- with private insurance, due very sim- public policy beyond the legislative ac- dividuals newly eligible for Medicaid- ply to the very low payment plans and tions—which of course are perhaps covered care. Without congressional rates that exist for Medicaid. most important—that we make here in action by the end of this year, that pay I urge my colleagues to extend the this Chamber. bump expires and, with it, health care Medicaid pay bump past 2014 and ex- By getting a hold of these bureauc- for millions of Americans. pand it to include a protection for racies and talking to them and telling I come to the floor today to demand women’s health by officially including them what you would like to see hap- that we extend the Medicaid pay bump OB/GYNs as primary care providers. pen and, when appropriate, being sup- past 2014 and protect health care for With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the portive of their mission and their our low-income constituents. gentleman from Minnesota, Congress- goals, they are inclined to be sup- Additionally, the way the current man RICK NOLAN, my very good friend portive of you as well. pay bump is structured disadvantages and someone who I admire greatly as That little story happened 40 years women, many of whom prefer to see well. ago. Well, then I went on a 32-year hia- their trusted OB/GYNs to access pri- (Mr. NOLAN asked and was given tus. I spent the next 32 years of my life mary and preventive care services. As permission to revise and extend his re- in the private sector, in business, com- we know, primary care and preventive marks.) munity service, and raising my family.

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I believe needs, aspirations, and expectations of amid cantankerous partisan relations he has served longer than any other one’s constituents. both here in Congress as well as in our Member of the Congress in the history We introduce legislation, we vote on country generally, I would be remiss if of the country; perhaps, most impor- bills that come before us, and we un- I did not call on all of my colleagues tantly, he is maybe the greatest Mem- dertake day-to-day constituent serv- here to renew their commitment to ber to ever serve in the Congress. ices that hopefully improve the quality work together across ideological and There are so many good things that of life of our fellow citizens and move partisan lines to find the best public have happened in this country over the our great Nation forward. policy that will move our country for- better part of a half a century that we The majority of this work is done ward. can attribute to the good work of the outside of the political limelight and is We share a common purpose as Mem- honorable Representative, the great rarely reported on by the media, but bers: to represent and advocate on be- Representative JOHN DINGELL. the real, important work that all half of our respective districts and re- JOHN, we are all so grateful for your House Members do every day boils flect the will of the voters who have incredible service. I am thrilled and down to being the strong and pas- sent us here. honored to be able to be here to join sionate voice for the 700,000 citizens we But the American people want some- my many other colleagues in saluting serve, both in this legislative Hall, as thing more. They have a burning hope you for your great service to the people well through the constituent services that Members, regardless of party af- that you have represented so ably from we provide. filiation, will work through their polit- I have had the great fortune of hav- your own district, but your larger vi- ical differences and find the common ing some bills passed in both the House sion as well of what has been so impor- ground that is the bedrock of our coun- and Senate and then signed into law. tant for the progress of the people here try. So now, more than ever, public Those experiences were very heart- in America. service must be infused with the com- warming and satisfying, but I also as- Thank you for your wisdom. Thank mitment to achieve and not just to sisted in having constituents get vet- you for sharing that with so many of us argue. erans benefits or Social Security who benefited from having sought your I wish all of those being sworn into checks sent to them or their son or wisdom. Thank you for your effective- office at the start of the 114th Congress daughter receiving an appointment to ness and all the great things you have in a few weeks the best of success as done for this country. We salute you, one of our fine military academies. Each and every one of those legisla- they work towards historic achieve- Mr. DINGELL. tive and constituent experiences has ments in the next 2 years. We love you, and we will miss you, added to the richness and fulfillment I Leaving Congress gives one time to but we will be forever grateful. This have received from my experience here, pause and think and ask a simple ques- country will always be a better place and so I must express my gratitude and tion: Why did I come here in the first for you having served in this Chamber. my appreciation to the numerous peo- place? Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield Well, the answer to that question is back the balance of my time. ple who have assisted in supporting me along the way. pretty clear to me and pretty simple: f I have been blessed with wonderful to provide my constituents with a A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THE supporters back home who have helped strong and passionate voice in the leg- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES me through some very tough and com- islative process, to provide a level of petitive campaigns. They were always constituent service that is second to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under none, and to serve with honesty and in- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- there to lend their energy and commit- ment, and I especially thank them for tegrity in all actions. uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the As I look back, I hope and believe I gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. the faith they placed in me. I have had a terrific staff, both in my have accomplished these goals, and I GERLACH) for 30 minutes. am most appreciative of all the great Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Speaker, I now D.C. and district offices, who have tire- lessly worked on behalf of my constitu- friends that I have met in my time have the opportunity to offer remarks here. But above all, I thank all of those concerning my six terms of service in ents and supported me in my efforts. I would particularly like to recognize who voted me into public office over the House of Representatives. What a the past six terms for their confidence distinct honor and privilege it has been the various chiefs of staffs I had over the years: Linda Pedigo, Guy and for their trust. It has been an in- to serve 700,000 fellow citizens from credible honor and a privilege to serve. southeastern Pennsylvania in these Ciarrocchi, Bill Tighe, Annie Fultz Dutton, and Lauryn Schothorst. They Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance hallowed halls. of my time. From the moment I stepped foot in have been incredibly helpful and re- this building during freshman orienta- sponsible for allowing us to accomplish f tion back in 2002, I knew I was joining all that we have. ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT On a more personal note, I would also an institution that has been at the epi- RESOLUTION SIGNED like to thank my mother for the unbe- center of landmark legislative deci- lievable inspiration and example she Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, sions during the course of our Repub- was for me over the years through her reported and found truly enrolled bills lic’s history, and I knew that I would work ethic, her honesty and integrity, and a Joint Resolution of the House of put up scores of historically important and her passion for civic responsibility. the following titles, which were there- votes on behalf of my constituents. I also want to thank my two sisters, upon signed by the Speaker: From sitting in Statuary Hall during Hedy and Eve, for always supporting H.R. 78. An act to designate the facility of our freshman orientation dinner, where me in my decisions to run for public of- the United States Postal Service located at the likes of Abraham Lincoln and John fice and in helping me any way they 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the Quincy Adams served, to sitting in this could. ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Hall during my first State of the Union Building’’. address, to meeting with the President b 1830 H.R. 1707. An act to designate the facility in the White House or on Air Force A special thank you to my children— of the United States Postal Service located One, I have had more than my fair Katie, Jimmy, and Robby—and my at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illi- share of ‘‘pinch me’’ moments in this nois, as the ‘‘James R. Burgess Jr. Post Of- stepchildren—Joel, Jay, and Katelyn— fice Building’’. job. for their unwavering support for my H.R. 2112. An act to designate the facility However, the essence of the service public life. of the United States Postal Service located that we all provide to our constituents Finally, I want to thank my great at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, is not the number of special moments partner in life, my wife, Karen, who as the ‘‘National Clandestine Service of the

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To provide for the approval of of Treasury to mint coins in commemoration Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, the Amendment to the Agreement Between of the centennial of World War I. reported that on December 8, 2014, she the Government of the United States of H.R. 2678. An act to designate the facility America and the Government of the United of the United States Postal Service located presented to the President of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire- at 10360 Southwest 186th Street in Miami, United States, for his approval, the fol- land for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Florida, as the ‘‘Larcenia J. Bullard Post Of- lowing bills: Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes. fice Building’’. H.R. 43. To designate the facility of the H.R. 4924. To direct the Secretary of the In- H.R. 3534. An act to designate the facility United States Postal Service located at 14 terior to enter into the Big Sandy River- of the United States Postal Service located Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Min- Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, nesota, as the ‘‘Officer Tommy Decker Me- Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe Bill Wil- Michigan, as the ‘‘Officer James Bonneau morial Post Office.’’ liams River Water Rights Settlement Agree- Memorial Post Office’’. H.R. 451. To designate the facility of the ment, to provide for the lease of certain land H.R. 4939. An act to designate the facility United States Postal Service located at 500 located within Planet Ranch on the Bill Wil- of the United States Postal Service located North Brevard Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Flor- liams River in the State of Arizona to ben- at 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, Cali- ida, as the ‘‘Richard K. Salick Post Office.’’ efit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species fornia, as the ‘‘Neil Havens Post Office’’. H.R. 1391. To designate the facility of the Conservation Program, and to provide for H.R. 5030. An act to designate the facility United States Postal Service located at 25 the settlement of specific water rights of the United States Postal Service located South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the claims in the Bill Williams River watershed at 13500 SW 250 Street in Princeton, Florida, ‘‘London Fallen Veterans Memorial Post Of- in the State of Arizona. as the ‘‘Corporal Christian A. Guzman Ri- fice.’’ H.R. 5069. To amend the Migratory Bird vera Post Office Building’’. H.R. 3085. To designate the facility of the Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to in- H.R. 5462. An act to amend title 49, United United States Postal Service located at 3349 crease in the price of Migratory Bird Hunt- States Code, to provide for limitations on West 111th Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the ing and Conservation Stamps to find the ac- the fees charged to passengers of air carriers. ‘‘Captain Herbert Johnson Memorial Post Of- quisition of conservation easements for mi- H.R. 5739. An act to amend the Social Se- fice Building.’’ gratory birds, and for other purposes. curity Act to provide for the termination of H.R. 3375. To designate the community- based outpatient clinic of the Department of Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, social security benefits for individuals who also reported that on December 9, 2014, participated in Nazi persecution, and for Veterans Affairs to be constructed at 3141 other purposes. Centennial Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Col- she presented to the President of the H.J. Res. 105. Joint resolution conferring orado, as the ‘‘PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom De- United States, for his approval, the fol- honorary citizenship of the United States on partment of Veterans Affairs Clinic.’’ lowing bills: H.R. 3682. To designate the community Bernardo de Ga´ lvez y Madrid, Viscount of H.R. 4812. To amend title 49, United States based outpatient clinic of the Department of Galveston and Count of Ga´ lvez. Code, to require the Administrator of the Veterans Affairs located at 1961 Premier Transportation Security Administration to f Drive in Mankato, Minnesota, as the ‘‘Lyle establish a process for providing expedited C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient and dignified passenger screening services SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED Clinic.’’ The Speaker announced his signature H.R. 3957. To designate the facility of the for veterans traveling to visit war memorials United States Postal Service located at 218– built and dedicated to honor their service, to enrolled bills of the Senate of the and for other purposes. following titles: 10 Merrick Boulevard in Springfield Gardens, New York, as the ‘‘Cynthia Jenkins Post Of- H.R. 5108. To establish the Law School S. 229. An act to designate the medical cen- fice Building.’’ Clinic Certification Program of the United ter of the Department of Veterans Affairs lo- H.R. 4189. To designate the facility of the States Patent and Trademark Office, and for cated a 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadel- United States Postal Service located at 4000 other purposes. phia, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Corporal Mi- Leap Road in Hilliard, Ohio, as the ‘‘Master H.R. 5462. To amend title 49, United States chael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Sergeant Shawn T. Harmon, Master Ser- Code, to provide for limitations on the fees Affairs Medical Center.’’ geant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memo- charged to passengers of air carriers. S. 1434. An act to designate the Junction rial Post Office Building.’’ City Community-Based Outpatient Clinic lo- H.R. 4443. To designate the facility of the f cated at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, United States Postal Service located at 90 Kansas, as the Lieutenant General Richard Vermilyea Avenue, in New York, New York, ADJOURNMENT J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clin- as the ‘‘Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara Post ic. Office Building.’’ Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Speaker, I move S. 2673. An act to enhance the strategic H.R. 4919. To designate the facility of the that the House do now adjourn. partnership between the United States and United States Postal Service located at 715 The motion was agreed to; accord- Israel. Shawan Falls Drive in Dublin, Ohio, as the ingly (at 6 o’clock and 31 minutes S. 2917. An act to expand the program of ‘‘Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Cap- p.m.), under its previous order, the priority review and encourage treatments for tain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Of- tropical diseases. fice.’’ House adjourned until tomorrow, S. 2921. An act to designate the community H.R. 5106. To designate the facility of the Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at 10 based outpatient clinic of the Departmenth of United States Postal Service located at 100 a.m. for morning-hour debate. EXPENDITURE REPORTS CONCERNING OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL Reports concerning the foreign currencies and U.S. dollars utilized for Official Foreign Travel during the third and fourth quarters of 2014, pursuant to Public Law 95–384, are as follows:

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, JAMES BRANDELL, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 5 AND OCT. 8, 2014

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

James Brandell ...... 10 /5 10 /7 Belgium ...... 918.00 ...... 918.00 10/7 10/8 England ...... 521.00 ...... 521.00 10/4 10/8 ...... 1,644.70 ...... 1,644.70

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Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Committee total ...... 1,439.00 ...... 1,644.70 ...... 3,083.70

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. JAMES BRANDELL, Nov. 18, 2014.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, REBECCA TALLENT, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 23 AND OCT. 31, 2014

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Rebecca Tallent ...... 10/23 10/25 Greece ...... 336.00 ...... 13,145.00 ...... 13,481.00 10/25 10/28 Turkey ...... 1,293.00 ...... 1,293.00 10/28 10/31 Italy ...... 1,311.00 ...... 1,311.00

Committee total ...... 2,940.00 ...... 13,145.00 ...... 16,085.00

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. REBECCA TALLENT, Nov. 21, 2014.

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN JULY 1 AND SEPT. 30, 2014

Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Hon. Mark Meadows ...... 8 /9 8/12 United Kingdom ...... 1,210.49 ...... 214.95 ...... 1,425.44 8/12 8/12 Belgium ...... 87.39 ...... 87.39 8/12 8/15 Hungary ...... 744.90 ...... 287.17 ...... 1,032.07 8/14 8/14 Croatia ...... 44.91 ...... 44.91 8/15 8/16 France ...... 516.00 ...... 203.18 ...... 719.18 Hon. John J. Duncan ...... 8/9 8/12 United Kingdom ...... 1,210.49 ...... 214.95 ...... 1,425.44 8/12 8/12 Belgium ...... 87.39 ...... 87.39 8/12 8/15 Hungary ...... 744.90 ...... 287.17 ...... 1,032.07 8/14 8/14 Croatia ...... 44.91 ...... 44.91 8/15 8/16 France ...... 516.00 ...... 203.18 ...... 719.18 Hon. Michele Bachmann ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Eric Burgeson ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Larry Bucshon ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Jeff Denham ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Janet Erickson ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Blake Farenthold ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Bob Gibbs ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Duncan Hunter ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Fleming M. Legg ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Stephen Martinko ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Markwayne Mullin ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Thomas Rice ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Mark Sanford ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Hon. Bill Shuster ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62 Dennis Wirtz ...... 8/13 8/18 China ...... 1,338.54 ...... 361.70 ...... 375.70 ...... 2,075.94 8/18 8/19 Hong Kong ...... 451.26 ...... 146.06 ...... 137.63 ...... 734.95 8/19 8/20 Korea ...... 329.10 ...... 100.75 ...... 157.77 ...... 587.62

Committee total ...... 36,726.28 ...... 9,392.25 ...... 11,477.10 ...... 57,595.63

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. HON. BILL SHUSTER, Chairman, Nov. 18, 2014.

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A letter from the Chief Executive Of- Case 2014-011; Item II; Docket No.: 2014-0011, 653). Referred to the Committee of the Whole ficer, Corporation for National and Commu- Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 9000-AM83) received House on the state of the Union. nity Service, transmitting the Inspector December 1, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Mr. SESSIONS: Committee on Rules. General’s semiannual report to Congress and 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed House Resolution 775. Resolution providing the Corporation for National and Commu- Services. for consideration of the bill (S. 2244) to ex- nity Service’s Response and Report on Final 8187. A letter from the Senior Procurement tend the termination date of the Terrorism Action for the reporting period April 1, 2014, Executive, General Services Administration, Insurance Program established under the through September 30, 2014; to the Com- transmitting the Administration’s final rule Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for mittee on Oversight and Government Re- — Federal Acquisition Regulation; Incor- other purposes; providing for consideration form. of motions to suspend the rules; and pro- porating Section K in Contracts [FAC 2005- 8196. A letter from the Under Secretary, viding for proceedings during the period 78; FAR Case 2014-001; Item I; Docket No.: Department of Defense, transmitting the De- from December 12, 2014, through January 3, 2014-0001, Sequence No. 1] (RIN: 9000-AM78) partment’s response to alleged violations of 2015 (Rept. 113–654). Referred to the House received December 1, 2014, pursuant to 5 the Antideficiency Act; to the Committee on Calendar. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Armed Services. 8197. A letter from the Under Secretary, f 8188. A letter from the Senior Procurement Department of Defense, transmitting the De- Executive, General Services Administration, partment’s Fiscal Year 2014 Agency Finan- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS transmitting the Administration’s final rule cial Report; to the Committee on Oversight Under clause 2 of rule XII, public — Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal and Government Reform. bills and resolutions of the following Acquisition Circular 2005-78; Small Entity 8198. A letter from the Associate General Compliance Guide [Docket No.: FAR 2014- titles were introduced and severally re- Counsel for General Law, Department of ferred, as follows: 0052; Sequence No. 6] received December 1, Homeland Security, transmitting a report 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform By Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. Committee on Armed Services. Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight LOEBSACK): 8189. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- and Government Reform. H.R. 5811. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- ment of Energy, transmitting a report enti- 8199. A letter from the Chairman, Federal enue Code of 1986 to provide a charitable de- tled ‘‘American Energy Manufacturing Tech- Maritime Commission, transmitting the duction for the service of volunteer fire- nical Corrections Act of 2012 — Section 8 Commission’s Performance and Account- fighters and emergency medical and rescue Best Practices for Advanced Metering’’; to ability Report for FY 2014; to the Committee personnel; to the Committee on Ways and the Committee on Energy and Commerce. on Oversight and Government Reform. Means. 8190. A letter from the Assistant General 8200. A letter from the Chairman, Federal By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself and Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and En- Maritime Commission, transmitting the Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois): ergy Efficiency, Department of Energy, Commission’s annual report for Fiscal Year H.R. 5812. A bill to support innovation, and transmitting the Department’s final rule — 2014, prepared in accordance with Title II, for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy Conservation Program: Test Proce- Section 203 of the Notification and Federal Science, Space, and Technology, and in addi- dures for Commercial Clothes Washers Employee Antidiscrimination and Retalia- tion to the Committees on Education and [Docket No.: EERE-2013-BT-TP-0002] (RIN: tion Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), Public Law the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and 1904-AC93) received December 3, 2014, pursu- 107-174; to the Committee on Oversight and Oversight and Government Reform, for a pe- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Government Reform. riod to be subsequently determined by the on Energy and Commerce. 8201. A letter from the Director, Office of Speaker, in each case for consideration of 8191. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Administration, transmitting the personnel such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, report as required by 3 U.S.C. 113 (2014), for tion of the committee concerned. Department of Justice, transmitting the De- personnel employed in the White House Of- By Mr. GRIMM (for himself and Mr. partment’s interim final rule — Exemption fice, the Executive Residence at the White NUNNELEE): From Registration for Persons Authorized House, the Office of the Vice President, the H.R. 5813. A bill to allow for a contract for Under U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Policy Development, and the Office operation of Melville Hall at the United or Agreement State Medical Use Licenses or of Administration for FY 2014; to the Com- States Merchant Marine Academy, after re- Permits and Administering the Drug Prod- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- ceipt of a gift from the United States Mer- uct DaTscan [Docket No.: DEA-394] (RIN: form. chant Marine Academy Alumni Association

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A bill to adapt to changing crude er, in each case for consideration of such pro- particular State.’’ oil market conditions; to the Committee on visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. HARRIS: Energy and Commerce, and in addition to committee concerned. H.R. 5819. the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a pe- f Congress has the power to enact this legis- riod to be subsequently determined by the lation pursuant to the following: Speaker, in each case for consideration of CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Article 1 Section 8 such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- STATEMENT By Mr. HARRIS: tion of the committee concerned. H.R. 5820. By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for him- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of Congress has the power to enact this legis- self and Mr. LOEBSACK): the Rules of the House of Representa- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 5815. A bill to amend title XVIII of the tives, the following statements are sub- Article 1 Section 8 Social Security Act to provide for pharmacy mitted regarding the specific powers By Mr. KINGSTON: benefits manager standards under the Medi- granted to Congress in the Constitu- H.R. 5821. care prescription drug program to further tion to enact the accompanying bill or Congress has the power to enact this legis- transparency of payment methodologies to joint resolution. lation pursuant to the following: pharmacies, and for other purposes; to the Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in By Mr. McKINLEY: The Congress shall have Power to make all addition to the Committees on Ways and H.R. 5811. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for Means, Armed Services, and Oversight and Congress has the power to enact this legis- carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Government Reform, for a period to be sub- lation pursuant to the following: ers, and all other Powers vested by the Con- sequently determined by the Speaker, in According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 stitution in the Government of the United each case for consideration of such provi- of the Constitution, ‘‘The Congress shall States, or in any Department or Officer sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the have power to enact this legislation to regu- thereof. committee concerned. late commerce with foreign nations, and By Mr. LIPINSKI: By Mr. ROYCE: among the several states, and with Indian H.R. 5822. H.R. 5816. A bill to extend the authoriza- tribes.’’ Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion for the United States Commission on By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: lation pursuant to the following: International Religious Freedom; to the H.R. 5812. Article I, Section 8 of the United States Committee on Foreign Affairs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related By Ms. DUCKWORTH: lation pursuant to the following: to regulation of Commerce among the sev- H.R. 5817. A bill to amend section 701 of the Article I, Section 8, Clause 2: The Congress eral States). Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability shall have power to lay and collect taxes, du- By Mr. MATHESON: Act of 2014 to clarify the period of eligibility ties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts H.R. 5823. during which certain spouses are entitled to and provide for the common defense and gen- Congress has the power to enact this legis- assistance under the Marine Gunnery Ser- eral welfare of the United States; but all du- lation pursuant to the following: geant John David Fry Scholarship; to the ties, imposts and excises shall be uniform Article I, Section 8 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. throughout the United States; By Mr. NADLER: By Mr. FLEMING: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate H.R. 5818. A bill to relinquish all Federal H.R. 5824. commerce with foreign nations, and among Congress has the power to enact this legis- interests in certain lands in the State of the several states, and with the Indian Louisiana to correct errors resulting from lation pursuant to the following: tribes; Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11 and 18. possible omission of lands from previous sur- By Mr. GRIMM: veys, and for other purposes; to the Com- H.R. 5813. f mittee on Natural Resources. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS By Mr. HARRIS: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 5819. A bill to amend title IV of the Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Con- Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Public Health Service Act to ensure that sci- stitution were added to public bills and resolu- entists are being funded at the age when By Mr. BARTON: tions, as follows: they are most likely to make breakthroughs; H.R. 5814. to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 139: Mr. SMITH of Washington and Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. By Mr. HARRIS: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 5820. A bill to amend title IV of the H.R. 140: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Article I, Sec 8, clause 3. To regulate com- Public Health Service Act to allocate addi- H.R. 1318: Mr. TAKANO. merce with foreign nations, and among the tional funding through the Common Fund H.R. 1354: Mr. PASCRELL. several states, and with the Indian tribes for research by emerging scientists; to the H.R. 2376: Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia: Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 2482: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 5815. By Mr. KINGSTON: H.R. 2856: Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. H.R. 5821. A bill to expand the boundary of Congress has the power to enact this legis- MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Fort Frederica National Monument in the lation pursuant to the following: and Mr. CARNEY. State of Georgia, and for other purposes; to The Constitutional authority in which this H.R. 3424: Mr. SESSIONS. the Committee on Natural Resources. bill rests is the power of Congress to regulate H.R. 3708: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. By Mr. LIPINSKI: Commerce as enumerated in Article I, Sec- H.R. 3750: Mr. FOSTER and Mr. CONNOLLY. H.R. 5822. A bill to establish a Hazardous tion 8, Clause 3, as applied to healthcare. H.R. 4169: Mr. CAPUANO. Materials Information Advisory Committee By Mr. ROYCE: H.R. 4240: Mr. TAKANO. to develop standards for the use of electronic H.R. 5816. H.R. 4324: Mr. RUSH. shipping papers for the transportation of Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4351: Mr. MCNERNEY. hazardous materials, and for other purposes; lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4510: Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HUFFMAN, and to the Committee on Transportation and In- Article I, section 8 of the United States Mr. COSTA. frastructure. Constitution. H.R. 4772: Mr. SCHIFF. By Mr. MATHESON: By Ms. DUCKWORTH: H.R. 4790: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 5823. A bill to amend title XVIII of the H.R. 5817. H.R. 4865: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Social Security Act to create incentives for Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4920: Mr. JORDAN. healthcare providers to promote quality lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4930: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. healthcare outcomes, and for other purposes; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United GRAYSON, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. GARDNER, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, States Constitution. and Mr. LEWIS. and in addition to the Committee on Ways By Mr. FLEMING: H.R. 4960: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. ROSS, Mr. and Means, for a period to be subsequently H.R. 5818. CHABOT, and Mr. PETERSON. determined by the Speaker, in each case for Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 5059: Mr. FOSTER, Ms. GABBARD, Mrs. consideration of such provisions as fall with- lation pursuant to the following: NAPOLITANO, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. REED, and in the jurisdiction of the committee con- The constitutional authority of Congress Mr. LOWENTHAL. cerned. to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- H.R. 5130: Mr. VAN HOLLEN. By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. CON- cle 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Con- H.R. 5182: Mr. RANGEL. YERS, and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY stitution, which states ‘‘The Congress shall H.R. 5267: Mr. CROWLEY and Mr. RYAN of of New York): have Power to dispose of and make all need- Ohio.

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H.R. 5320: Mr. COLE. H.R. 5655: Mr. REED. H.R. 5803: Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. BORDALLO, H.R. 5407: Mr. COHEN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. H.R. 5656: Mr. NOLAN, Mr. PAULSEN, and and Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. DOGGETT, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of Mr. ROONEY. H.R. 5806: Mr. GERLACH, Mr. KELLY of New Mexico, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. H.R. 5686: Mr. HENSARLING. Pennsylvania, Mr. REED, and Mr. SCHOCK. CLEAVER, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, and Mrs. H.R. 5709: Mr. GARRETT. H.R. 5807: Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali- NAPOLITANO. H.R. 5742: Mr. SHERMAN. fornia, Mr. POLIS, and Ms. WILSON of Florida. H.R. 5474: Mr. PERLMUTTER. H.R. 5747: Mrs. BLACKBURN. H. Res. 190: Mr. CARTWRIGHT and Ms. H.R. 5481: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania and H.R. 5764: Mr. LIPINSKI and Mrs. WALORSKI. DELAURO. Mr. MEEHAN. H.R. 5780: Mr. TIBERI and Ms. JENKINS. H. Res. 688: Mr. BERA of California, Ms. H.R. 5484: Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CONNOLLY, H.R. 5782: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida and Mr. WATERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS and Mr. LOWENTHAL. RANGEL. of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. H.R. 5589: Ms. MOORE, Mr. HONDA, and Mr. H.R. 5783: Mr. GRIJALVA. TAKANO. ROONEY. H.R. 5792: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. H. Res. 762: Mr. FORBES.

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Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014 No. 149 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was The guest Chaplain offered the fol- in our hearts through music and dance, called to order by the President pro lowing prayer: poetry and prose, arts and sciences. We tempore (Mr. LEAHY). Let us pray. thank You as day begins, and the ener- Father whose presence is so imme- f gies of Your daughters and sons are fo- diate and mysterious, whose personal PRAYER care brings this planet and the entire cused on the day’s business. Inspire The PRESIDENT pro tempore. To- universe into existence by Your cre- these here assembled with the gifts of day’s opening prayer will be offered by ative Word, may we not lose our capac- peace and justice, as Your Word in- our guest Chaplain, Rev. Claude ity for wonder, to listen and care for spires them with courage and compas- Pomerleau, with the congregation of Your creation. It is wisdom and con- sion for all. Holy Cross Priests, Portland, OR, and templation that allow us to read the Amen. also a Vermonter. signs of the times. You put these signs

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Mr. President, we note you imous consent that the Rockefeller- Tester substitute amendment, which is notify the Committee on Commerce, open the Senate every day, but today Science, and Transportation of the Senate you had a little extra something in at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as and the Committee on Homeland Security of your step and a gleam in your eye be- amended, be read a third time and the House of Representatives on such feed- cause of the guest Chaplain, who is passed, and there be no intervening ac- back, and provide a briefing upon request. your lovely wife Marcelle’s brother, so tion or debate. ‘‘(7) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Prior to brief- I am glad you have had the chance to The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With- ing the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the have a small visit with him again. out objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3977) in the na- Committee on Homeland Security of the f ture of a substitute was agreed to, as House of Representatives under paragraph SCHEDULE follows: (6), the Assistant Secretary shall submit to such committees a report containing infor- Mr. REID. Following my remarks (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) mation relating to the recommendations and those of the Republican leader, the Strike all after the enacting clause and in- transmitted by the Advisory Committee in Senate will be in a period of morning sert the following: accordance with paragraph (4). business until 10:30 a.m. this morning. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.— At 10:30 a.m., the Senate will proceed This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aviation Se- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days to two rollcall votes on the Lodge and curity Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014’’. after the date of enactment of the Aviation Walter nominations. If cloture is in- SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COM- Security Stakeholder Participation Act of voked on either nomination, a con- MITTEE. 2014, the Assistant Secretary shall appoint firmation vote will occur at 6 p.m. this (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter the members of the Advisory Committee. evening. 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amend- ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The membership of the The Senate will recess from 1 p.m. to ed by adding at the end the following: Advisory Committee shall consist of individ- uals representing not more than 34 member 2 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus ‘‘§ 44946. Aviation Security Advisory Com- organizations. Each organization shall be luncheons. mittee represented by 1 individual (or the individ- f ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Sec- ual’s designee). retary shall establish within the Transpor- ‘‘(C) REPRESENTATION.—The membership of MEASURES PLACED ON THE tation Security Administration an aviation the Advisory Committee shall include rep- CALENDAR—H.R. 5759 AND H.R. 5771 security advisory committee. resentatives of air carriers, all-cargo air Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am told ‘‘(b) DUTIES.— transportation, indirect air carriers, labor ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary organizations representing air carrier em- there are two bills at the desk due for shall consult the Advisory Committee, as ap- a second reading. ployees, labor organizations representing propriate, on aviation security matters, in- transportation security officers, aircraft The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The cluding on the development, refinement, and manufacturers, airport operators, airport leader is correct. implementation of policies, programs, rule- construction and maintenance contractors, The clerk will report the bills by making, and security directives pertaining labor organizations representing employees title for the second time. to aviation security, while adhering to sen- of airport construction and maintenance The legislative clerk read as follows: sitive security guidelines. contractors, general aviation, privacy orga- ‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.— A bill (H.R. 5759) to establish a rule of con- nizations, the travel industry, airport-based ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Com- struction clarifying the limitations on exec- businesses (including minority-owned small mittee shall develop, at the request of the utive authority to provide certain forms of businesses), businesses that conduct security Assistant Secretary, recommendations for immigration relief. screening operations at airports, aero- improvements to aviation security. A bill (H.R. 5771) to amend the Internal nautical repair stations, passenger advocacy ‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS OF SUBCOMMIT- Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expi- groups, the aviation security technology in- TEES.—Recommendations agreed upon by the dustry (including screening technology and ration provisions and make technical correc- subcommittees established under this sec- biometrics), victims of terrorist acts against tions, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of tion shall be approved by the Advisory Com- aviation, and law enforcement and security 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of mittee before transmission to the Assistant experts. ABLE accounts established under State pro- Secretary. ‘‘(2) TERM OF OFFICE.— grams for the care of family members with ‘‘(3) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The Advisory ‘‘(A) TERMS.—The term of each member of disabilities, and for other purposes. Committee shall periodically submit to the the Advisory Committee shall be 2 years. A Mr. REID. Mr. President, I object to Assistant Secretary— member of the Advisory Committee may be any further proceedings with respect to ‘‘(A) reports on matters identified by the reappointed. both of these bills. Assistant Secretary; and ‘‘(B) REMOVAL.—The Assistant Secretary The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objec- ‘‘(B) reports on other matters identified by may review the participation of a member of tion is heard. a majority of the members of the Advisory the Advisory Committee and remove such The bills will be placed on the cal- Committee. member for cause at any time. ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Advisory Com- ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—The endar. mittee shall submit to the Assistant Sec- members of the Advisory Committee shall f retary an annual report providing informa- not receive pay, allowances, or benefits from AVIATION SECURITY STAKE- tion on the activities, findings, and rec- the Government by reason of their service on ommendations of the Advisory Committee, the Advisory Committee. HOLDER PARTICIPATION ACT OF including its subcommittees, for the pre- ‘‘(4) MEETINGS.— 2014 ceding year. Not later than 6 months after ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- the date that the Secretary receives the an- shall require the Advisory Committee to imous consent that the commerce com- nual report, the Secretary shall publish a meet at least semiannually and may convene mittee be discharged from further con- public version describing the Advisory Com- additional meetings as necessary. mittee’s activities and such related matters ‘‘(B) PUBLIC MEETINGS.—At least 1 of the sideration of H.R. 1204 and the Senate as would be informative to the public con- meetings described in subparagraph (A) shall proceed to its immediate consider- sistent with the policy of section 552(b) of be open to the public. ation. title 5. ‘‘(C) ATTENDANCE.—The Advisory Com- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With- ‘‘(5) FEEDBACK.—Not later than 90 days mittee shall maintain a record of the persons out objection, it is so ordered. after receiving recommendations trans- present at each meeting. The clerk will report the bill by title. mitted by the Advisory Committee under ‘‘(5) MEMBER ACCESS TO SENSITIVE SECURITY The legislative clerk read as follows: paragraph (4), the Assistant Secretary shall INFORMATION.—Not later than 60 days after respond in writing to the Advisory Com- the date of a member’s appointment, the As- A bill (H.R. 1204) to amend title 49, United mittee with feedback on each of the rec- sistant Secretary shall determine if there is States Code, to direct the Assistant Sec- ommendations, an action plan to implement cause for the member to be restricted from retary of Homeland Security (Transpor- any of the recommendations with which the possessing sensitive security information. tation Security Administration) to establish Assistant Secretary concurs, and a justifica- Without such cause, and upon the member an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, tion for why any of the recommendations voluntarily signing a non-disclosure agree- and for other purposes. have been rejected. ment, the member may be granted access to There being no objection, the Senate ‘‘(6) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not sensitive security information that is rel- proceeded to consider the bill. later than 30 days after providing written evant to the member’s advisory duties. 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Aviation Security Advisory Com- visory Committee. mittee.’’. thriving economy based on that Ells- ‘‘(d) SUBCOMMITTEES.— The amendment was ordered to be worth Air Force Base. ‘‘(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Com- engrossed, and the bill to be read a During his tenure in the House and mittee chairperson, in coordination with the third time. Senate he fought for water, which is so Assistant Secretary, may establish within important. People from so many other the Advisory Committee any subcommittee The bill was read the third time. The bill (H.R. 1204), as amended, was States don’t realize how important that the Assistant Secretary and Advisory water is to States such as South Da- Committee determine to be necessary. The passed. kota and many Western States. Water Assistant Secretary and the Advisory Com- f mittee shall create subcommittees to ad- is something you always have to keep dress aviation security issues, including the TRANSPORTATION SECURITY your eye on. He secured funding for the following: ACQUISITION REFORM ACT Mni Wiconi Rural Water Project and ‘‘(A) AIR CARGO SECURITY.—The implemen- the Lewis and Clark Rural Water Sys- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent tation of the air cargo security programs es- tem. Combined, those two projects pro- that the Committee on Commerce, tablished by the Transportation Security vided clean drinking water to some Science, and Transportation be dis- Administration to screen air cargo on pas- 400,000 people. That is half the popu- senger aircraft and all-cargo aircraft in ac- charged from further consideration of lation of the State of South Dakota. cordance with established cargo screening H.R. 2719 and the Senate proceed to its mandates. Without question though, TIM’s big- immediate consideration. gest fight took place in 2006. I can still ‘‘(B) GENERAL AVIATION.—General aviation The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With- facilities, general aviation aircraft, and heli- remember that so clearly. I got a call copter operations at general aviation and out objection, it is so ordered. from his chief of staff saying: You need The clerk will report the bill by title. commercial service airports. to go to the hospital. TIM has been ‘‘(C) PERIMETER AND ACCESS CONTROL.—Rec- The legislative clerk read as follows: taken by ambulance to George Wash- ommendations on airport perimeter secu- A bill (H.R. 2719) to require the Transpor- ington. So I went there because TIM rity, exit lane security and technology at tation Security Administration to imple- had suffered a very bad bleed on the commercial service airports, and access con- ment best practices and improve trans- trol issues. parency with regard to technology acquisi- brain. He was born with this situa- ‘‘(D) SECURITY TECHNOLOGY.—Security tion programs, and for other purposes. tion—no one knew of course—but it suddenly hit him. Lots of people have technology standards and requirements, in- There being no objection, the Senate cluding their harmonization internationally, this condition, but most people don’t proceeded to consider the bill. technology to screen passengers, passenger have a bleed on their brain, but TIM Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent baggage, carry-on baggage, and cargo, and did. I was there in the hospital with that the Ayotte amendment, which is a biometric technology. him. Barbara was there, his daughter substitute amendment, be agreed to, ‘‘(2) RISK-BASED SECURITY.—All subcommit- Kelsey, and his two boys, Brendan and tees established by the Advisory Committee the bill, as amended, be read a third Brooks, came in as soon as they could. chairperson in coordination with the Assist- time and passed, and the motion to re- One was serving in the military after ant Secretary shall consider risk-based secu- consider be considered made and laid having seen combat duty as a member rity approaches in the performance of their upon the table. functions that weigh the optimum balance of of the U.S. Army. The other boy is a The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With- costs and benefits in transportation security, lawyer and is now a U.S. attorney in out objection, it is so ordered. including for passenger screening, baggage South Dakota. screening, air cargo security policies, and The amendment (No. 3978) in the na- It was a very difficult time for his general aviation security matters. ture of a substitute was agreed to. family and a difficult time for him es- ‘‘(3) MEETINGS AND REPORTING.—Each sub- (The amendment is printed in today’s pecially. He was in surgery on more committee shall meet at least quarterly and RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) submit to the Advisory Committee for inclu- than one occasion. His life was threat- The amendment was ordered to be ened. Many people don’t survive this sion in the annual report required under sub- engrossed, and the bill to be read a section (b)(4) information, including rec- difficult situation he was hit with. But ommendations, regarding issues within the third time. he is a huge man. I, frankly, never real- subcommittee. The bill was read the third time. ized how physically big and strong he ‘‘(4) SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS.—Each sub- The bill (H.R. 2719), as amended, was was until I saw him lying there in the passed. committee shall be co-chaired by a Govern- hospital. But TIM met these physical ment official and an industry official. f challenges, and they were very dif- ‘‘(e) SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.—Each sub- committee under this section shall include TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING ficult. Ten months later he was back subject matter experts with relevant exper- SENATORS working in the Senate. He was here on tise who are appointed by the respective sub- the floor. committee chairpersons. TIM JOHNSON After this incident, his physical body ‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Fed- Mr. REID. Mr. President, if the words would never be the same, but his men- eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) Hemingway said so clearly—‘‘man is tal capacity is better than ever. With shall not apply to the Advisory Committee not made for defeat’’—applied to any- the support of his wife Barbara, since and its subcommittees. one in the world, they certainly apply 1969, and their three children, whose ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: to TIM JOHNSON. He is a testament to names I have already mentioned, he ‘‘(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘Ad- this sentiment because he never ever made this remarkable recovery. It was visory Committee’ means the aviation secu- acknowledged defeat. He refuses to be rity advisory committee established under all very difficult. He had to learn to subsection (a). defeated. talk again, he had to learn to walk ‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘As- TIM never lost an election. He served again, and much of his life now is phys- sistant Secretary’ means the Assistant Sec- in the House of Representatives from ically different than it was before. He retary of Homeland Security (Transpor- 1987 to 1997—for 10 years. He served in is now, a lot of times, in a wheelchair, tation Security Administration). the State legislature. They weren’t all but he has never asked for any sym- ‘‘(3) PERIMETER SECURITY.— easy votes and weren’t all easy elec- pathy. He has pushed forward as he al- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘perimeter se- tions. He won his election in 2002 by 524 ways has his whole life. curity’ means procedures or systems to mon- votes. Hundreds of thousands of votes Regardless of these changes to his itor, secure, and prevent unauthorized access to an airport, including its airfield and ter- were cast, but he won by 524 votes. body, his honorable, indomitable spirit minal. Senator TIM JOHNSON refused to suc- is the same. One newspaper recently ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘perimeter se- cumb to defeat because he knew he was said, in speaking of TIM’s return to the curity’ includes the fence area surrounding fighting for the people of South Da- Senate:

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Funding and just fight to do the things he needs In 1974 he was elected to represent hasn’t been adequate the last 6 years. to do. Iowa’s Fifth Congressional District, a The only boost we got in NIH funding TIM is retiring after 18 years in the seat he held for 10 years. When he came was in the stimulus, the first few Senate and 10 years in the House. To to the Senate in 1984, TOM, similar to months of the Obama administration say he will be missed by the people of President Lincoln before him, encoun- where we got additional money. That South Dakota is a gross understate- tered many thistles. was done as a result of the work by ment. He worked here with my prede- He was especially motivated to help TOM HARKIN and Arlen Specter, and cessor, the Democratic leader Tom millions of Americans with disabilities, that money now is not there. We need Daschle, and they got so many good as I have already said. Here is what to do more for the National Institutes things done for the State of South Da- TOM HARKIN said once: of Health. kota. Senator Daschle is missed as TIM TOM HARKIN has been tireless. He I heard stories from individuals who had to will be missed, but their friendship is crawl on their hands and knees to go up a worked to triple the funding for the something I have long admired. flight of stairs, who couldn’t ride a bus be- Centers for Disease Control. In fact, in To show the type of person he is, the cause there wasn’t a lift or couldn’t cross a ObamaCare he is the one who was re- person he beat by 524 votes came back street in a wheelchair because there were no sponsible for the prevention title in the next election and endorsed him—a curb cuts. Millions of Americans were denied that bill. Republican and long-time Member of access to their own communities and to the He has spent his career coming to the the House and Senate, Larry Pressler. American dream. defense of the defenseless. A longtime He endorsed TIM JOHNSON in his reelec- TOM did a lot to make sure people did defender of human rights, TOM has tion. That is the kind of integrity TIM have the ability to dream. What did he worked to fight child labor, both do- JOHNSON has. People admire him very do? He encountered the injustice faced mestically and abroad. His tireless ef- much. by millions of disabled Americans and forts gave him the U.S. Labor Depart- TIM JOHNSON leaves the Senate as he responded by authoring the Americans ment’s Award for the Elimination of entered it, undefeated. I will miss him with Disabilities Act. Child Labor. very much. My wife will miss Barbara. People don’t realize now what those I have spent much of my Senate life They are members of a book club, and disabled people had to go through. on the Senate floor. I can remember I have seen their exchange of emails There was a big dispute here in the when I would look and see one of his back and forth as to what books they Senate and in the House as to whether staff come to the floor, and I thought: should read, what they thought of the Members of Congress should vote for Oh, no. I knew we were in for some book, and where they are going to this. It created a lot of issues for busi- trouble. His name was Richard Bender. meet. So the Reids will miss the John- nesses. A former Member of the House I really have such admiration for Sen- sons. South Dakota will miss the John- of Representatives, James Bilbray of ator HARKIN’s staff, but it was epito- sons. But TIM will still proceed forward Nevada, was getting a lot of pressure mized when Richard Bender walked in and be a great blessing to the State of not to vote for this, but he voted for this door because I knew HARKIN was South Dakota, as he has always been, this, and here is why he voted for it: going to do something we had not and to his family. Just like TOM HARKIN saw this long planned. Sometimes it took a lot TOM HARKIN before many of us did, James Bilbray longer to get things done because of Mr. President, Abraham Lincoln once had a friend whose daughter was con- Bender and HARKIN, but in the end it said: fined to a wheelchair. This man wanted was always better for our country. So after a lifetime of service, TOM I want it said of me by those who knew me to visit Congressman Bilbray and his best, that I always plucked a thistle and family here in Washington, DC. What will finally be able to spend his post- planted a flower where I thought a flower an ordeal it was. They couldn’t find a Senate time in another direction, still would grow. place with a hotel room. They had involved in a form of public service. I Today I stand for just a few minutes trouble getting airline reservations. It have such great admiration for Ruth, to honor a man by the name of TOM was extremely difficult. So Jimmy whom I know extremely well. I don’t HARKIN. Throughout his time in the Bilbray said: That is enough for me. I know Amy and Jenny, his daughters, Senate he has planted many flowers— am voting for this. but I do know they are going to be able so many we can’t count them all. TOM This landmark legislation that was to spend a little more time with their HARKIN’s legacy of fighting for all pushed and pushed by TOM HARKIN has dad and her husband. Americans, particularly those who are helped to move areas of employment, On a side note, TOM HARKIN is one of disadvantaged, will never be forgotten. public services, transportation, and the few Senators who has been to my In fact, no one in the history of this in- telecommunications for people with home in Searchlight. I was there one day, and I got a call. He said: ‘‘Are you stitution has done more for people who disabilities. TOM HARKIN’s work to pro- have a physical disadvantage, an emo- tect the disadvantaged hasn’t been just going to be home?’’ reactive, it has been preventative. ‘‘Yes.’’ tional disadvantage, a mental dis- ‘‘Do you mind if we drop by?’’ advantage, and disadvantages gen- TOM has lost four siblings to cancer. ‘‘No, I don’t mind if you drop by.’’ erally, than TOM HARKIN. In response to that heartbreak, what So within an hour he was at my home TOM’s life wasn’t easy. His father was has he done? Senator HARKIN fought to in Searchlight. a miner. His mother, a Slovenian im- double the funding for groundbreaking So as TOM HARKIN closes a chapter of migrant, died when TOM was 10 years medical research at the National Insti- service to the American people, I sa- old. He and his family pushed forward, tutes of Health. He had a partner in lute TOM HARKIN on a job very well living in a house without hot water or this for many years, Arlen Specter done. He has become the longest-serv- a furnace. from Pennsylvania. They worked on ing Democratic Senator in Iowa’s his- Not one to use his difficult upbring- that subcommittee, Labor-HHS, and tory, and he will be greatly missed. ing as an excuse, TOM HARKIN pushed Appropriations. Some will remember f himself very hard. He attended Iowa that this was an unbelievable thing he State University. He came there on a did to force us to spend more money on RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY Navy ROTC scholarship. Upon gradua- medical research. But in hindsight, LEADER tion, he enlisted in the Navy and be- what a blessing this was for America The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. came an Active-Duty pilot—a naval and for Members of the Senate who BOOKER). The Republican leader is rec- pilot. voted for this. It was good for us, and ognized.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:42 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.004 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6403 HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES After two semesters, he told me he was recognize the responsibility we have as thinking of joining the Army. I asked him to PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BRANDON T. PICKERING a nation to honor and always remem- give school another semester and if he still ber the sacrifices of brave heroes like Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I felt the same, I would support his decision. her son, PFC Brandon T. Pickering. We rise to pay tribute to a fallen soldier The third semester came and went, and from Kentucky who was lost in battle. Brandon was firm on his decision. are in awe of his life of service, and we are humbled by his final sacrifice. PFC Brandon T. Pickering of Fort He enlisted and in September 2009 he From Germany to Afghanistan to Fort Thomas, KY, died on April 10, 2011, in left for basic training at Fort Benning, Thomas, we can see the lives he Germany from wounds sustained on GA. After basic training he was sta- touched and the people he left better April 8 in Wardak Province, Afghani- tioned at Fort Polk, LA. off for having known him. stan, when enemy combatants at- Tammy said: tacked his unit with small arms fire There was a small town outside of Fort f and a rocket-propelled grenade. He was Polk named Pickering; Brandon thought RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME 21 years old. that was neat and so did I. For his service in uniform, Private Brandon was an only child, but when he The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under First Class Pickering received several got to Fort Polk he found brothers. the previous order, the leadership time awards, medals, and decorations, in- Assigned to Fort Polk in April of is reserved. cluding the Bronze Star Medal, the 2010, Brandon was assigned to the 1st f Purple Heart Medal, the National De- Platoon, Company C, 2nd Battalion, fense Service Medal, the Afghanistan 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry MORNING BUSINESS Campaign Medal, the Global War on Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Division. He was soon deployed to Af- the previous order, the Senate will be Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service ghanistan for Operation Enduring in a period of morning business, for de- Ribbon, the Army Good Conduct Freedom in October of 2010. Part of a bate only, until 10:30 a.m., with the Medal, the NATO Medal, and the Com- two-man machinegun team, Brandon time equally divided in the usual form. bat Infantryman Badge. was 6 months into his first combat tour The Senator from Vermont. Says Tammy Moore, Brandon’s when he was fatally wounded. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I am mother: Brandon was flown to Landstuhl Re- looking at the clock, and I ask unani- To know Brandon was to know love and gional Medical Center in Germany be- mous consent that the Senate be able laughter. fore he died. Because of this, his family to continue in morning business for up When Brandon was boarding the plane to was able to be with him before he to 5 minutes. go back to Afghanistan, he turned and passed away. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without looked at me and I thought, ‘‘My God, my Brandon made one final gift by vol- objection, it is so ordered. son’s a man.’’ It was the first time I looked unteering to be an organ donor. His at him and didn’t see him as my little boy. f final sacrifice was an offering of life for Brandon grew up in Fort Thomas, in four Germans, including a 6-year-old WELCOMING THE GUEST northern Kentucky and attended girl. CHAPLAIN Woodfill Elementary, Highlands Middle Tammy said: School, and Highlands High School. As Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the CON- Even in his death, Brandon saved the lives GRESSIONAL RECORD will show the in- a kid growing up he loved to fish and of four people. played baseball and football. Brandon troduction of and prayer by our vis- I often wondered how I could have raised iting Chaplain today, Father Claude also practiced tae kwon do as a kid, such a wonderful human being and then I and he earned his black belt by age 10. think, only by the grace of God. Pomerleau of Portland, OR, a member of the Holy Cross priests. That is as Brandon’s high school classmates and The Fort Thomas, KY, road where much of a thumbnail as saying any one teachers remember him as an unassum- Brandon grew up was fittingly renamed of us is a U.S. Senator, period. There is ing student with a big heart, a good in his honor as a permanent reminder a lot more to it. sense of humor, and a dedication to of his life and his deeds. The portion of Claude Pomerleau has been nearly 50 helping others. River Road in Fort Thomas that runs years a priest. I know because he is my Says Highlands High School principal from State Route 8 along the Ohio brother-in-law, and my wife Marcelle Brian Roberts: River to South Fort Thomas Avenue and I, as well as his wonderful parents, As a school, we join the Fort Thomas com- next to the Cincinnati VA Medical Cen- Phil and Cecile Pomerleau, joined him munity and the family in mourning his loss. ter is now named the Private First in Rome nearly 50 years ago when he Says former high school classmate Class Brandon T. Pickering Memorial was ordained a priest. My family—my Stephanie Orleck: Highway. parents, my brothers and sisters, and We are thinking of Brandon’s family Even on bad days, I was always able to also our children—has always had such turn to Brandon to bring out a smile on my as I recount his story for my Senate a wonderful relationship with Father face. colleagues, including his mother Pomerleau. It is great now to see the Tammy Moore, his father David Pick- Brandon also had a mischievous side. young grandchildren come in and give ering, his grandfather Thomas Pick- His mother recalls: him a hug and say: Hi, Uncle Claude. ering, and many other beloved family Brandon loved a good prank. In high school I also look at his distinguished ca- members and friends. he decided it would be funny to place a reer. He is not just a brother and broth- mouse trap in another student’s locker. Brandon was laid to rest with full er-in-law, an uncle and friend, he is a When the principal called him, he admitted military honors at the Alexandria man who has taught, speaks many lan- it right away. Cemetery in Alexandria, KY. His tomb- guages, and who has a Ph.D. from the That was the worst trouble Brandon stone bears the words, ‘‘Live a life wor- University of Denver. He teaches now ever gave his parents. thy of my sacrifice.’’ at the University of Portland even in As a teenager, Brandon also enjoyed Tammy had some final thoughts on semiretirement and also in Santiago, the freedom that came with his driver’s the words that mark her son’s grave. license. where he is a well-respected visiting People should think about that—not just professor, and where I am told his While teaching Brandon how to drive, he for my son, but for all the sons and daugh- told me, ‘‘Mom, I know you don’t want to ters, and the ones in the past. Spanish is like that of a native. hear this, but this is the happiest I’ve ever What people have sacrificed to keep this He was born in Vermont. His parents been.’’ country free—freedom isn’t free, and it’s not are French Canadians, two people who I told him, ‘‘Brandon, I know you don’t cheap. It comes at a high cost, and we all strongly practiced their religion, be- want to hear this, but this is the most scared have a responsibility to each other and to lieved in it, and brought up their chil- I’ve ever been!’’ this nation. dren speaking French at home. They After graduating high school in 2008, I couldn’t agree more with Tammy instilled in him the values that really Brandon attended Cincinnati State. Moore’s thoughts, and I want her to make our country great and make a Tammy recalls: know that this Senate certainly does human being even greater.

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He is the YEAS—63 Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Al Franken, man we turn to when we want guid- Alexander Flake Murkowski Robert P. Casey, Jr., Martin Heinrich, ance. He is a man both of us love great- Ayotte Franken Murphy Elizabeth Warren, Richard J. Durbin, ly. And I would like to say, as the long- Baldwin Gillibrand Murray Christopher Murphy, Bernard Sanders. Begich Graham Nelson est serving Member of the Senate, what The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- an honor it was to have him open with Bennet Hagan Pryor Blumenthal Harkin Reed imous consent, the mandatory quorum the prayer. Booker Heinrich Reid call has been waived. Mr. President, I thank my colleagues Boxer Heitkamp Sanders for allowing this. Brown Hirono Schatz The question is, Is it the sense of the I yield the floor. Cantwell Johnson (SD) Sessions Senate that debate on the nomination Cardin Kaine Shaheen f Carper King Shelby of Ronald Anderson Walter, of Ten- Casey Klobuchar Stabenow nessee, to be a Member of the Board of CONCLUSION OF MORNING Coats Leahy Tester Directors of the Tennessee Valley Au- BUSINESS Collins Levin Udall (NM) thority, shall be brought to a close? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning Coons Manchin Vitter Corker Markey Walsh The yeas and nays are mandatory business is closed. Cornyn McCaskill Warner under the rule. f Donnelly Menendez Warren Durbin Merkley Whitehouse The clerk will call the roll. EXECUTIVE SESSION Feinstein Mikulski Wyden The assistant bill clerk called the NAYS—32 roll. CLOTURE MOTION Barrasso Hatch Moran Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Blunt Heller Paul The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Boozman Hoeven Portman Senator from Louisiana (Ms. LAN- the previous order, there will be 2 min- Burr Inhofe Risch DRIEU) and the Senator from Colorado Chambliss Isakson Roberts (Mr. UDALL) are necessarily absent. utes of debate prior to a vote on the Coburn Johanns motion to invoke cloture on the Lodge Rubio Cochran Johnson (WI) Scott Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators nomination. Crapo Kirk Thune are necessarily absent: the Senator Enzi Lee Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Toomey from Georgia (Mr. CHAMBLISS) and the Fischer McCain Wicker unanimous consent all time be yielded Grassley McConnell Senator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ). back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without NOT VOTING—5 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. KING). Are there any other Senators in objection, all time is yielded back. Cruz Rockefeller Udall (CO) Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays Landrieu Schumer the Chamber desiring to vote? before the Senate the pending cloture The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 65, motion, which the clerk will state. vote, the yeas are 63, the nays are 32. nays 31, as follows: The legislative clerk read as follows: The motion is agreed to. [Rollcall Vote No. 319 Ex.] CLOTURE MOTION f We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- YEAS—65 ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the NOMINATION OF VIRGINIA TYLER Alexander Franken Murray Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move LODGE TO BE A MEMBER OF Ayotte Gillibrand Nelson to bring to a close debate on the nomination THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF Baldwin Graham Pryor of Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, to be Begich Hagan Reed THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AU- Bennet Harkin a Member of the Board of Directors of the Reid THORITY Blumenthal Heinrich Rockefeller Tennessee Valley Authority. Booker Heitkamp Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Patty The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sanders Boxer Hirono Schatz Brown Johnson (SD) Murray, Tom Udall, Brian Schatz, clerk will report the nomination. Schumer Cantwell Kaine Charles E. Schumer, Barbara Boxer, The legislative clerk read the nomi- Sessions Cardin King Benjamin L. Cardin, Richard nation of Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Ten- Shaheen Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Al Franken, Carper Klobuchar nessee, to be a Member of the Board of Casey Leahy Shelby Robert P. Casey, Jr., Martin Heinrich, Directors of the Tennessee Valley Au- Coats Levin Stabenow Elizabeth Warren, Richard J. Durbin, Tester thority. Collins Manchin Christopher Murphy, Bernard Sanders. Coons Markey Udall (NM) The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- f Corker McCaskill Vitter Cornyn Menendez Walsh imous consent, the mandatory quorum CLOTURE MOTION Donnelly Merkley Warner call has been waived. Durbin Mikulski Warren The question is, Is it the sense of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Feinstein Murkowski Whitehouse Senate that debate on the nomination the previous order, there will be 2 min- Flake Murphy Wyden utes of debate prior to a vote on the of Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, NAYS—31 to be a Member of the Board of Direc- motion to invoke cloture on the Walter Barrasso Heller Paul tors of the Tennessee Valley Author- nomination. Who yields time? Blunt Hoeven Portman ity, shall be brought to a close? Boozman Inhofe Risch The yeas and nays are mandatory Mr. LEAHY. I ask unanimous con- Burr Isakson Roberts under the rule. sent all time be yielded back. Coburn Johanns Rubio The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Cochran Johnson (WI) Scott The clerk will call the roll. Crapo Kirk The legislative clerk called the roll. objection, all time is yielded back. Thune Enzi Lee Toomey Fischer McCain Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays Wicker Senator from Louisiana (Ms. LAN- before the Senate the pending cloture Grassley McConnell Hatch Moran DRIEU), the Senator from West Virginia motion, which the clerk will state. (Mr. ROCKEFELLER), the Senator from The assistant bill clerk read as fol- NOT VOTING—4 Colorado (Mr. UDALL), and the Senator lows: Chambliss Landrieu from New York (Mr. SCHUMER) are nec- CLOTURE MOTION Cruz Udall (CO) essarily absent. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the is necessarily absent: the Senator from Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move vote, the yeas are 65, the nays are 31. Texas (Mr. CRUZ). to bring to a close debate on the nomination The motion is agreed to.

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Not the The report released today examines clerk will report the nomination. press, not Senators, nor the public, or the CIA’s secret overseas detention of The assistant bill clerk reported the outside organizations have the ability at least 119 individuals and the use of nomination of Ronald Anderson Wal- to investigate the CIA. But we did it. coercive interrogation techniques, in ter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of The implications of this report are pro- some cases amounting to torture. the Board of Directors of the Tennessee found. Not only is torture wrong, but it Over the past couple of weeks, I have Valley Authority. does not work. For people today, we gone through a great deal of introspec- hear them coming from different places tion about whether to delay the release f saying, It was great. It was terrific of this report to a later time. This MORNING BUSINESS what we did. It has got us so much. clearly is a period of turmoil and insta- It has got us nothing, except a bad The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under bility in many parts of the world. Un- name. Without this report, the Amer- the previous order, the Senate will be fortunately, that is going to continue ican people would not know what actu- in a period of morning business for de- for the foreseeable future whether or ally took place under the CIA’s torture bate only until 6 p.m., with the time not this report is released. program. This critical report high- equally divided in the usual form. There are those who will seize upon lights the importance of Senate over- The majority leader. the report and say ‘‘See what the sight and the role Congress must play Mr. REID. Mr. President, what is the Americans did,’’ and they will try to in overseeing the executive branch of matter before the Senate? use it to justify evil actions or incite government. The only way our country The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- more violence. We can’t prevent that, can put this episode in the past is to ate is currently in a period of morning but history will judge us by our com- come to terms with what happened and business for debate only. mitment to a just society governed by commit to ensuring it will never hap- The majority leader. law and the willingness to face an ugly pen again. This is how we as Americans truth and say ‘‘never again.’’ f make our Nation stronger. When we re- There may never be the right time to CIA OVERSIGHT REPORT alize there is a problem, we seek the release this report. The instability we evidence; we study it; we learn from it. see today will not be resolved in Mr. REID. Mr. President, today for Then we set about to enact change. the first time the American people are months or years. But this report is too Americans must learn from our mis- important to shelve indefinitely. going to learn the full truth about tor- takes. We learned about the Pentagon ture that took place under the CIA dur- My determination to release it has papers. They were helpful to us as a also increased due to a campaign of ing the Bush administration. I have country. The Iran contra affair. I was served for 22 years with the chairman mistaken statements and press articles here when it went on. It was hard on launched against the report before any- of the Intelligence Committee, DIANNE us, but it was important that we did one has had the chance to read it. As a FEINSTEIN. She is dignified. She is very this. More recently, what happened in thorough in whatever she does. She is matter of fact, the report is just now, that prison in Iraq, Abu-Ghraib. as I speak, being released. This is what intelligent and she cares a great deal. We have three separate branches of She has proven herself to be the one of it looks like. government, the judicial, the execu- Senator CHAMBLISS asked me if we the most thoughtful and hard-working tive, and the legislative branches of Members of this body. The people of could have the minority report bound government. To me, this work done by with the majority report. For this California are, as well they should be, the Intelligence Committee, of which very proud of this good woman. draft that is not possible. In the filed the Presiding Officer is a member, cries draft it will be bound together. But I am appreciative of the work the out for our Constitution, three sepa- Senate Intelligence Committee has this is what the summary of the 6,000 rate, equal branches of government. pages looks like. done under her direction. We are here We are here today to talk about the today because of her efforts. She has My words give me no pleasure. I am work done by the legislative branch of releasing this report because I know persevered, overcome obstacles that government. We can protect our na- have been significant, to make this there are thousands of employees at tional security as a country without the CIA who do not condone what I will study available to the American peo- resorting to methods like torture. ple. speak about this morning and who They are contrary to the fundamental work day and night, long hours, within I am gratified for the work done by values of America. So I call upon the Democrats on the Intelligence Com- the law, for America’s security in what administration, the Intelligence Com- is certainly a difficult world. My col- mittee. We are here today, again I re- mittee, and my colleagues in Congress peat, because of their efforts. We do leagues on the Intelligence Committee to join me in that commitment, that and I are proud of them, just as every- not often mention, as certainly we what took place, the torture program, should, the work of our staffs. I want one in this Chamber is, and we will al- is not in keeping with our country. ways support them. to throw a big bouquet to the intel- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ligence staff. They have worked so In reviewing the study in the past ator from California. few days, with the decision looming hard. Under the direction of Senator f FEINSTEIN, they have worked for 7 over the public release, I was struck by years—7 years—working on this vitally SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON a quote found on page 126 of the execu- important matter. It is a report that INTELLIGENCE STUDY OF THE tive summary. It cites a former CIA in- was not easy, but they did it. CIA’S DETENTION AND INTERRO- spector general, John Helgerson, who Here is what they did: Committee GATION PROGRAM in 2005 wrote the following to the then- members and staff combed through Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I Director of the CIA, which clearly more than 6 million pages—6 million want to thank the leader for his words states the situation with respect to pages—of documents to formulate the and for his support. They are extraor- this report years later as well: report. The full committee report is dinarily welcome and appreciated. We have found that the Agency over the 6,700 pages long—7 years, I repeat, in Today, a 500-page executive summary decades has continued to get itself in messes the making. of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s related to interrogation programs for one overriding reason: we do not document and 1 The unclassified executive summary, 5 ⁄2 year review of the CIA’s detention learn from our experience—each generation which is going to be released today, is and interrogation program, which was of officers is left to improvise anew, with more than 500 pages. I want everyone conducted between 2002 and 2009, is problematic results for our officers as indi- to understand, the Select Committee being released publicly. The executive viduals and for our Agency.

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Over the past 5 years a small ligence the CIA has claimed. the Attorney General’s investigation, team of committee investigators pored I will go into further detail on this would not instruct its employees to over the more than 6.3 million pages of issue in a moment, but let me make participate in interviews. CIA records the leader spoke about to clear that these comments are not a Notwithstanding, I am very confident complete this report or what we call condemnation of the CIA as a whole. of the factual accuracy and comprehen- the study. It shows that the CIA’s ac- The CIA plays an incredibly important sive nature of this report for three rea- tions a decade ago are a stain on our part in our Nation’s security and has sons: values and on our history. The release thousands of dedicated and talented No. 1, it is 6.3 million pages of docu- of this 500-page summary cannot re- employees. ments reviewed, and they reveal move that stain, but it can and does What we have found is that a surpris- records of actions as those actions took say to our people and the world that ingly few people were responsible for place, not through recollections more America is big enough to admit when it designing, carrying out, and managing than a decade later. is wrong and confident enough to learn this program. Two contractors devel- No. 2, the CIA and CIA senior officers from its mistakes. Releasing this re- oped and led the interrogations. There have taken the opportunity to explain port is an important step to restore our was little effective oversight. Analysts, their views on CIA detention and inter- values and show the world that we are, on occasion, gave operational orders rogation operations. They have done in fact, a just and lawful society. about interrogations, and CIA manage- this in on-the-record statements in Over the next hour I wish to lay out ment of the program was weak and dif- classified committee hearings, written for Senators and the American public fused. testimony and answers to questions, the report’s key findings and conclu- Our final report was approved by a and through the formal response to the sions. I ask that when I complete this, bipartisan vote of 9 to 6 in December of committee in June 2013 after reading Senator MCCAIN be recognized. Before I 2012 and exposes brutality in stark con- this study. get to the substance of the report, I trast to our values as a nation. No. 3, the committee had access to wish to make a few comments about This effort was focused on the ac- and utilized an extensive set of reports why it is so important that we make tions of the CIA from late 2001 to Janu- of interviews conducted by the CIA in- this study public. ary of 2009. The report does include spector general and the CIA’s oral his- All of us have vivid memories of that considerable detail on the CIA’s inter- tory program. Tuesday morning when terrorists actions with the White House, the De- So while we could not conduct new struck New York, Washington, DC, and partments of Justice, State, and De- interviews of individuals, we did utilize Pennsylvania. Make no mistake—on fense, and the Senate Intelligence transcripts or summaries of interviews September 11, 2001, war was declared on Committee. of those directly engaged in detention the United States. Terrorists struck The review is based on contempora- and interrogation operations. These our financial center, they struck our neous records and documents during interviews occurred at the time the military center, and they tried to the time the program was in place and program was operational and covered strike our political center and would active. These documents are important the exact topics we would have asked have had brave and courageous pas- because they aren’t based on recollec- about had we conducted interviews sengers not brought down the plane. tion, they aren’t based on revision, and ourselves. We still vividly remember the mix of they aren’t a rationalization a decade These interview reports and tran- outrage, deep despair, and sadness as later. It is these documents, referenced scripts included but were not limited we watched from Washington—smoke repeatedly in thousands of footnotes, to the following: George Tenet, Direc- rising from the Pentagon, the pas- that provide the factual basis for the tor of the CIA when the Agency took senger plane lying in a Pennsylvania study’s conclusions. The committee’s custody and interrogated the majority field, and the sound of bodies striking majority staff reviewed more than 6.3 of detainees; Jose Rodriguez, Director canopies at ground level as innocents million pages of these documents pro- of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, jumped to the ground below from the vided by the CIA, as well as records a key player in the program; CIA Gen- World Trade Center. Mass terror that from other departments and agencies. eral Counsel Scott Mueller; CIA Dep- we often see abroad had struck us di- These records include finished intel- uty Director of Operations James rectly in our front yard, killing 3,000 ligence assessments, CIA operational Pavitt; CIA Acting General Counsel innocent men, women, and children. What happened? We came together as and intelligence cables, memoranda, John Rizzo; CIA Deputy Director John a nation with one singular mission: emails, real-time chat sessions, inspec- McLaughlin; and a variety of interro- Bring those who committed these acts tor general reports, testimony before gators, lawyers, medical personnel, to justice. But it is at this point where Congress, pictures, and other internal senior counterterrorism analysts, and the values of America come into play, records. managers of the detention and interro- where the rule of law and the funda- It is true that we didn’t conduct our gation program. mental principles of right and wrong own interviews, and I wish to state why The best place to start on how we got become important. that was the case. In 2009 there was an into this situation—and I am delighted In 1990 the Senate ratified the Con- ongoing review by the Department of that the previous Chairman Senator vention against Torture. The conven- Justice Special Prosecutor, John Dur- ROCKEFELLER is on the floor—is a little tion makes clear that this ban against ham. On August 24, Attorney General more than 8 years ago, on September 6, torture is absolute. It states: Holder expanded that review. This oc- 2006, when the committee met to be No exceptional circumstances whatso- curred 6 months after our study had briefed by then-Director Michael Hay- ever— begun. Durham’s original investigation den. Including what I just read— of the CIA’s destruction of interroga- At that 2006 meeting the full com- whether a state of war or a threat or war, in- tion videotapes was broadened to in- mittee learned for the first time—the ternal political instability or any other pub- clude possible criminal actions of CIA first time—of the use of so-called en- lic emergency, may be invoked as a justifica- employees in the course of CIA deten- hanced interrogation techniques or tion of torture. tion and interrogation activities. EITs. Nonetheless, it was argued that the At the time, the committee’s vice It was a short meeting, in part be- need for information on possible addi- chairman, Kit Bond, withdrew the mi- cause President Bush was making a tional terrorist plots after 9/11 made nority’s participation in the study, cit- public speech later that day disclosing extraordinary interrogation techniques ing the Attorney General’s expanded officially for the first time the exist- necessary. investigation as the reason. ence of CIA black sites and announcing

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.015 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6407 the transfer of 14 detainees from CIA In my March 11, 2014, floor speech ings and conclusions which fall into custody to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It about the study, I described how in 2009 four general categories: First, the was the first time the interrogation the committee came to an agreement CIA’s enhanced interrogation tech- program was explained to the full com- with the new CIA Director, Leon Pa- niques were not an effective way to mittee, as details had previously been netta, for access to documents and gather intelligence information; sec- limited to the chairman and vice chair- other records about the CIA’s deten- ond, the CIA provided extensive man. tion and interrogation program. I will amounts of inaccurate information Then, on December 7, 2007, The New not repeat that here. From 2009 to 2012, about the operation of the program and York Times reported that CIA per- our staff conducted a massive and un- its effectiveness to the White House, sonnel in 2005 had destroyed videotapes precedented review of CIA records. the Department of Justice, Congress, of the interrogation of two CIA detain- Draft sections of the report were pro- the CIA inspector general, the media, ees—the CIA’s first detainee Abu duced by late 2011 and shared with the and the American public; third, the Zubaydah, as well as Abd al-Rahim al- full committee. The final report was CIA’s management of the program was Nashiri. The committee had not been completed in December 2012 and ap- inadequate and deeply flawed; and informed of the destruction of the proved by the committee by a bipar- fourth, the CIA program was far more tapes. tisan vote of 9 to 6. brutal than people were led to believe. Days later, on December 11, 2007, the After that vote, I sent the full report Let me describe each category in committee held a hearing on the de- to the President and asked the admin- more detail. The first set of findings struction of the videotapes. Director istration to provide comments on it be- and conclusions concern the effective- Hayden, the primary witness, testified fore it was released. Six months later, ness or lack thereof of the CIA interro- the CIA had concluded the destruction in June of 2013, the CIA responded. I di- gation program. The committee found of videotapes was acceptable, in part rected then that if the CIA pointed out that the CIA’s coercive interrogation because Congress had not yet requested any error in our report, we would fix it, techniques were not an effective means to see them. My source is our commit- and we did fix one bullet point that did of acquiring accurate intelligence or tee’s transcript of the hearing on De- not impact our findings and conclu- gaining detainee cooperation. cember 11, 2007. Director Hayden stated sions. If the CIA came to a different The CIA and other defenders of the that if the committee had asked for the conclusion than the report did, we program have repeatedly claimed the videotapes, they would have been pro- would note that in the report and ex- use of so-called interrogation tech- vided. But of course the committee had plain our reasons for disagreeing, if we niques was necessary to get detainees not known the videotapes existed. disagreed. You will see some of that to provide critical information and to We now know from CIA emails and documented in the footnotes of that ex- bring detainees to a ‘‘state of compli- records that the videotapes were de- ecutive summary as well as in the 6,000 ance,’’ in which they would cooperate stroyed shortly after CIA attorneys pages. and provide information. The study raised concerns that Congress might In April 2014, the committee prepared concludes both claims are inaccurate. find out about the tapes. an updated version of the full study The report is very specific in how it In any case, at that same December and voted 12 to 3 to declassify and re- evaluates the CIA’s claims on the effec- 11 committee hearing, Director Hayden lease the executive summary, findings tiveness and necessity of its enhanced told the committee that CIA cables re- and conclusions and minority and addi- lated to the interrogation sessions de- interrogation techniques. Specifically, tional views. we used the CIA’s own definition of ef- picted in the videotapes were ‘‘ . . . a On August 1, we received a declas- fectiveness as ratified and approved by more than adequate representation of sified version from the executive the Department of Justice’s Office of the tapes and therefore, if you want branch. It was immediately apparent Legal Counsel. The CIA claimed that them, we will give you access to the redactions to our report prevented the EITs were necessary to obtain them.’’ That is a quote from our tran- a clear and understandable reading of ‘‘otherwise unavailable’’ information script of the December 11, 2007, hear- the study and prevented us from sub- ing. stantiating the findings and conclu- that could not be obtained from any Senator ROCKEFELLER, then-chair- sions, so we obviously objected. other source to stop terrorist attacks man of the committee, designated two For the past 4 months, the com- and save American lives, that is a members of the committee staff to re- mittee and the CIA, the Director of Na- claim we conclude is inaccurate. view the cables describing the interro- tional Intelligence, and the White We took 20 examples that the CIA gation sessions of Abu Zubaydah and House have engaged in a lengthy nego- itself claimed to show the success of al-Nashiri. Senator Bond, then-vice tiation over the redactions to the re- these interrogations. These include chairman, similarly directed two of his port. We have been able to include cases of terrorist plots stopped or ter- staffers to review the cables. The des- some more information in the report rorists captured. The CIA used these ignated staff members completed their today without sacrificing sources and examples in presentations to the White review and compiled a summary of the methods or our national security. House, in testimony to Congress, in content of the CIA cables by early 2009, I ask unanimous consent to have submissions to the Department of Jus- by which time I had become chairman. printed in the RECORD following my re- tice, and ultimately to the American The description in the cables of CIA’s marks a letter from the White House, people. interrogations and the treatment of de- dated yesterday, transmitting the un- Some of the claims are well known: tainees presented a starkly different classified parts of report, and it also the capture of Khalid Shaikh Moham- picture from Director Hayden’s testi- points out that the executive summary med, the prevention of attacks against mony before the committee. They de- is 93 percent complete and that the the Library Tower in Los Angeles, and scribed brutal, around-the-clock inter- redactions amount to 7 percent. the takedown of Osama bin Laden. rogations, especially of Abu Zubaydah, Mr. President, this has been a long Other claims were made only in classi- in which multiple coercive techniques process. The work began 7 years ago fied settings to the White House, Con- were used in combination and with sub- when Senator ROCKEFELLER directed gress, and Department of Justice. stantial repetition. It was an ugly, vis- committee staff to review the CIA ca- In each case, the CIA claimed that ceral description. bles describing the interrogation ses- critical and unique information came The summary also indicated that sions of Abu Zubaydah and al-Nashiri. from one or more detainees in its cus- Abu Zubaydah and al-Nashiri did not, It has been very difficult, but I believe tody after they were subjected to the as a result of the use of these so-called documentation and the findings and CIA’s coercive techniques, and that in- EITs, provide the kind of intelligence conclusions will make clear how this formation led to a specific counterter- that led the CIA to stop terrorist plots program was morally, legally, and ad- rorism success. Our staff reviewed or arrest additional suspects. As a re- ministratively misguided and that this every one of the 20 cases and not a sin- sult, I think it is fair to say the entire Nation should never again engage in gle case holds up. committee was concerned and it ap- these tactics. In every single one of these cases, at proved the scope of an investigation by Let me now turn to the contents of least one of the following was true: a vote of 14 to 1, and the work began. the study. As I noted, we have 20 find- One, the intelligence community had

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They The CIA similarly withheld informa- plot either did not exist or posed no were not. tion or provided false information to real threat to Americans or U.S. inter- The committee’s report demonstrates the CIA inspector general during his ests. that these techniques were physically conduct of a special review by the IG in Some critics have suggested the very harmful, and that the constraints 2004. study concludes that no intelligence that existed on paper in Washington Incomplete and inaccurate informa- was ever provided from any detainee did not match the way techniques were tion from the CIA was used in docu- the CIA held. That is false and the used at CIA sites around the world. ments provided to the Department of study makes no such claim. What is Of particular note was the treatment Justice and as a basis for President true is that actionable intelligence of Abu Zubaydah over a span of 17 days Bush’s speech on September 6, 2006, in that was ‘‘otherwise unavailable’’ was in August 2002. This involved nonstop which he publicly acknowledged the not obtained using these coercive in- interrogation and abuse, 24/7, from Au- CIA program for the first time. terrogation techniques. gust 4 to August 21, and included mul- In all of these cases, other CIA offi- The report also chronicles where the tiple forms of deprivation and physical cers acknowledged internally that in- use of interrogation techniques that do assault. The description of this period, formation the CIA had provided was not involve physical force were effec- first written up by our staff in early wrong. tive. Specifically, the report provides 2009 while Senator ROCKEFELLER was The CIA also misled other CIA and examples where interrogators had suf- chairman, was what prompted this full White House officials. When Vice Presi- ficient information to confront detain- review. dent Cheney’s counsel David Addington ees with facts, know when they were But the inaccurate and incomplete asked CIA General Counsel Scott Mull- lying and when they applied rapport- descriptions go far beyond that. The er in 2003 about the CIA’s videotaping building techniques that were devel- CIA provided inaccurate memoranda the waterboarding of detainees, Muller oped and honed by the U.S. military, and explanations to the Department of deliberately told him that videotapes the FBI, and more recently the inter- Justice while its Office of Legal Coun- ‘‘were not being made,’’ but did not dis- sel was considering the legality of the agency High-Value Detainee Interroga- close that videotapes of previous coercive techniques. tion Group, called the HIG, that these waterboarding sessions had been made In those communications to the De- and still existed. Source: E-mail from techniques produced good intelligence. partment of Justice, the CIA claimed Let me make a couple of additional Scott Muller dated June 7, 2003. the following: The coercive techniques comments on the claimed effectiveness There are many more examples in would not be used with excessive rep- of CIA interrogations. At no time did the committee’s report. All are docu- etition; detainees would always have the CIA’s coercive interrogation tech- mented. an opportunity to provide information The third set of findings and conclu- niques lead to the collection of intel- prior to the use of the techniques; the sions notes the various ways in which ligence on an imminent threat that techniques were to be used in progres- CIA management of the Detention and many believe was the justification for sion, starting with the least aggressive Interrogation Program—from its incep- the use of these techniques. The com- and proceeding only if needed; medical tion to its formal termination in Janu- mittee never found an example of this personnel would make sure that inter- ary of 2009—was inadequate and deeply hypothetical ticking timebomb sce- rogations wouldn’t cause serious harm, flawed. nario. and they could intervene at any time There is no doubt that the Detention The use of coercive technique meth- to stop interrogations; interrogators and Interrogation Program was, by any ods regularly resulted in fabricated in- were carefully vetted and highly measure, a major CIA undertaking. It formation. Sometimes the CIA actu- trained, and each technique was to be raised significant legal and policy ally knew detainees were lying. Other used in a specific way without devi- issues and involved significant re- times the CIA acted on false informa- ation, and only with specific approval sources and funding. It was not, how- tion, diverting resources and leading for the interrogator and detainee in- ever, managed as a significant CIA pro- officers or contractors to falsely be- volved. lieve they were acquiring unique or ac- None of these assurances, which the gram. Instead, it had limited oversight tionable intelligence and that its inter- Department of Justice relied on to and lacked formal direction and man- rogations were working when they form its legal opinions, were consist- agement. were not. ently or even routinely carried out. For example, in the 6 months be- Internally, CIA officers often called In many cases, important informa- tween being granted detention author- into question the effectiveness of the tion was withheld from policymakers. ity and taking custody of its first de- CIA’s interrogation techniques, noting For example, foreign intelligence com- tainee, Abu Zubaydah, the CIA had not how the techniques failed to elicit de- mittee chairman Bob Graham asked a identified and prepared a suitable de- tainee cooperation or produce accurate number of questions after he was first tention site. It had not researched ef- information. briefed in September of 2002, but the fective interrogation techniques or de- The report includes numerous exam- CIA refused to answer him, effectively veloped a legal basis for the use of in- ples of CIA officers questioning the stonewalling him until he left the com- terrogation techniques outside of the agency’s claims, but these contradic- mittee at the end of the year. rapport-building techniques that were tions were marginalized and not pre- In another example, the CIA, in co- official CIA policy until that time. sented externally. ordination with White House officials In fact, there is no indication the CIA The second set of findings and con- and staff, initially withheld informa- reviewed its own history—that is just clusions is that the CIA provided ex- tion of the CIA’s interrogation tech- what Helgerson was saying in 2005— tensive inaccurate information about niques from Secretary of State Colin with coercive interrogation tactics. As the program and its effectiveness to Powell and Secretary of Defense Don- the executive summary notes, the CIA the White House, the Department of ald Rumsfeld. There are CIA records had engaged in rough interrogations in Justice, Congress, the CIA inspector stating that Colin Powell wasn’t told the past. general, the media, and the American about the program at first because In fact, the CIA had previously sent a public. there were concerns that ‘‘Powell letter to the Intelligence Committee in This conclusion is somewhat personal would blow his stack if he were 1989—and here is the quote—that ‘‘in- for me. I remember clearly when Direc- briefed.’’ Source: Email from John humane physical or psychological tech- tor Hayden briefed the Intelligence Rizzo dated July 31, 2003. niques are counterproductive because Committee for the first time on the so- CIA records clearly indicate, and de- they do not produce intelligence and called EITs at that September 2006 finitively, that after he was briefed on will probably result in false answers.’’

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Decisions about how and when to rather than research interrogation The two contractors that CIA al- apply interrogation techniques were ad practices and coordinate with other lowed to develop, operate, and assess hoc and not proposed, evaluated, and parts of the government with extensive its interrogation operations conducted approved in a manner described by the expertise in detention and interroga- numerous ‘‘inherently governmental CIA in written descriptions and testi- tion of terrorist suspects, the CIA en- functions’’ that never should have been mony about the program. Detainees gaged two contract psychologists who outsourced to contractors. These con- were often subjected to harsh and bru- had never conducted interrogations tractors, referred to in the report in tal interrogation and treatment be- themselves or ever operated detention special pseudonyms, SWIGERT and cause CIA analysts believed, often in facilities. DUNBAR, developed the list of so- error, that they knew more informa- As the CIA captured or received cus- called enhanced interrogation tech- tion than what they had provided. tody of detainees through 2002, it main- niques that the CIA employed. Sometimes CIA managers and inter- tained separate lines of management at They developed a list of so-called en- rogators in the field were uncomfort- headquarters for different detention fa- hanced interrogation techniques that able with what they were being asked cilities. the CIA employed. They personally to do and recommended ending the No individual or office was in charge conducted interrogations of some of abuse of a detainee. Repeatedly in such of the Detention and Interrogation the CIA’s most significant detainees, cases they were overruled by people at Program until January of 2003, by using the techniques including the CIA headquarters who thought they which point more than one-third of CIA waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah, knew better, such as by analysts with detainees identified in our review had Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and al- no line authority. This shows again been detained and interrogated. Nashiri. how a relatively small number of CIA One clear example of flawed CIA The contractors provided the official personnel—perhaps 40 to 50—were mak- management was the poorly managed evaluations of whether detainees’ psy- ing decisions on detention and interro- detention facility referred to in our re- chological states allowed for the con- gation despite the better judgments of port by the code name COBALT to hide tinued use of the enhanced techniques, other CIA officers. the actual name of the facility. It even for some detainees they them- The fourth and final set of findings began operations in September of 2002. selves were interrogating or had inter- and conclusions concerns how the in- The facility kept few formal records of rogated. Evaluating the psychological terrogations of CIA detainees were ab- the detainees housed there, and un- state of the very detainees they were solutely brutal, far worse than the CIA trained CIA officers conducted frequent interrogating is a clear conflict of in- represented them to policymakers and unauthorized and unsupervised interro- terest and a violation of professional others. gations using techniques that were not, guidelines. Beginning with the first detainee, and never became, part of the CIA’s The CIA relied on these two contrac- Abu Zubaydah, and continuing with formal enhanced interrogation pro- tors to evaluate the interrogation pro- others, the CIA applied its so-called en- gram. gram they had devised and in which hanced interrogation techniques in The CIA placed a junior officer with they had obvious financial interests. combination and in near nonstop fash- no relevant experience in charge of the Again, it is a clear conflict of interest ion for days and even weeks at a time site. In November 2002, an otherwise and an avoidance of responsibility by on one detainee. In contrast to the CIA healthy detainee—who was being held the CIA. representations, the detainees were mostly nude and chained to a concrete In 2005, the two contractors formed a subjected to the most aggressive tech- floor—died at the facility from what is company specifically for the purpose of niques immediately—stripped naked, believed to have been hypothermia. expanding their work with the CIA. diapered, physically struck, and put in In interviews conducted in 2003 by From 2005 to 2008, the CIA outsourced various painful stress positions for long the CIA Office of the Inspector General, almost all aspects of its detention and periods of time. They were deprived of CIA’s leadership acknowledged that interrogation program to this company sleep for days—in one case up to 180 they had little or no awareness of oper- as part of a contract valued at more hours; that is 71⁄2 days, over a week, ations at this specific CIA detention than $180 million. Ultimately, not all with no sleep—usually in standing or site, and some CIA senior officials be- contract options were exercised. How- in stress positions, at times with their lieved, erroneously, that enhanced in- ever, the CIA has paid these two con- hands tied together over their heads, terrogation techniques were not used tractors and their company more than chained to the ceiling. there. $80 million. In the COBALT facility I previously The CIA, in its June 2013 response to Of the 119 individuals found to have mentioned, interrogators and guards the committee’s report, agreed that been detained by the CIA during the used what they called rough takedowns there were management failures in the life of the program, the committee in which a detainee was grabbed from program, but asserted that they were found that at least 26 were wrongfully his cell, clothes cut off, hooded, and corrected by early 2003. While the held. These are cases where the CIA dragged up and down a dirt hallway study found that management failures itself determined that it had not met while being slapped and punched. improved somewhat, we found they the standard for detention set out in The CIA led several detainees to be- persisted until the end of the program. the 2001 Memorandum of Notification lieve they would never be allowed to Among the numerous management which governed the covert action. De- leave CIA custody alive, suggesting to shortcomings identified in the report tainees often remained in custody for Abu Zubaydah that he would only are the following: The CIA used poorly months after the CIA determined they leave in a coffin-shaped box. That is trained and nonvetted personnel. should have been released. CIA records from a CIA cable on August 12, 2002. Individuals were deployed—in par- provide insufficient information to jus- According to another CIA cable, CIA ticular, interrogators—without rel- tify the detention of many other de- officers also planned to cremate evant training or experience. Due to tainees. Zubaydah should he not survive his in- the CIA’s redactions to the report, Due to poor recordkeeping, a full ac- terrogation. Source: CIA cable, July 15, there are limits to what I can say in counting of how many specific detain- 2002. this regard, but it is a clear fact that ees were held and how they were spe- After the news and photographs the CIA deployed officers who had his- cifically treated while in custody may emerged from the U.S. military deten- tories of personnel, ethical, and profes- never be known. Similarly, in specific tion of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib, the Intel- sional problems of a serious nature. instances we found that enhanced in- ligence Committee held a hearing on These included histories of violence terrogation techniques were used with- the matter on May 12, 2004. Without and abusive treatment of others that out authorization in a manner far dif- disclosing any details of its own inter- should have called into question their ferent and more brutal than had been rogation program, CIA Director John

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This, of course, sively until her departure from the and conversations, the President supports was false. committee in 2011. making public the declassified version of the CIA detainees at one facility, de- Other key contributors to the draft- Committee’s important report as he believes scribed as a dungeon, were kept in ing, editing, and review of the report that public scrutiny and debate will help to complete darkness, constantly shack- were Jennifer Barrett, Nick Basciano, inform the public’s understanding of the pro- led in isolated cells with loud noise or Mike Buchwald, Jim Catella, Eric gram and to ensure that such a program will music and only a bucket to use for Chapman, John Dickas, Lorenzo Goco, never be repeated. As we have also shared Andrew Grotto, Tressa Guenov, Clete with you, in advance of release of the Com- human waste. mittee report, the Administration has The U.S. Bureau of Prisons personnel Johnson, Michael Noblet, Michael planned to take a series of security steps to went to that location in November 2002 Pevzner, Tommy Ross, Caroline Tess, prepare our personnel and facilities overseas. and, according to a contemporaneous and James Wolfe; and finally, David We have already initiated those security pre- internal CIA email, told CIA officers Grannis, who has been a never-fal- cautions and will continue to implement they had never ‘‘been in a facility tering staff director throughout this them consistent with prior conversations where individuals are so sensory de- review. about the timing of the Committee’s ex- prived.’’ Source: CIA email, sender and This study is bigger than the actions pected release of its report. of the CIA. It is really about American The Committee report reflects a signifi- recipient redacted, December 5, 2002. cant five year effort, and we commend the Throughout the program, multiple values and morals. It is about the Con- Committee and its staff on its completion. CIA detainees subjected to interroga- stitution, the Bill of Rights, our rule of The report also reflects extraordinary co- tions exhibited psychological and be- law. These values exist regardless of operation by the Executive Branch to ensure havioral issues including halluci- the circumstances in which we find access to the information necessary to re- nations, paranoia, insomnia, and at- ourselves. They exist in peacetime and view the CIA’s former program, including tempts at self-harm and self-mutila- in wartime, and if we cast aside these more than six million pages of records. We tion. Multiple CIA psychologists iden- values when convenient, we have failed must now, however, begin to look forward to to live by the very precepts that make the future. The men and women in the Intel- tified the lack of human contact expe- ligence Community are fundamental to rienced by the detainees as a cause of our Nation a great one. America’s national security. They perform psychiatric problems. There is a reason why we carry the an important service to our country in very The executive summary includes far banner of a great and just nation. So trying circumstances. They make extraor- more detail than I am going to provide we submit this study on behalf of the dinary sacrifices to keep the American peo- here about things that were in these committee to the public in the belief ple safe, often without any expectation of interrogation sessions, and the sum- that it will stand the test of time, and credit or acknowledgment. As they carry on mary itself includes only a subset of with it the report will carry the mes- the nation’s critical work, they have the the treatment of the 119 known CIA de- sage: ‘‘Never again.’’ President’s support and appreciation, as I There being no objection, the mate- know they have yours. tainees. There is far more detail—all Sincerely, rial was ordered to be printed in the documented—in the full 6,700-page W. NEIL EGGLESTON, study. This briefly summarizes the RECORD, as follows: Counsel to the President. committee’s findings and conclusions. THE WHITE HOUSE, I very much appreciate your atten- Washington, December 8, 2014. Before I wrap up, I wish to thank the tion, and I yield to Senator MCCAIN. people who made this undertaking pos- Hon. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. sible. First, I thank Senator JAY Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. HEITKAMP). The Senator from Arizona. ROCKEFELLER. He started this project DEAR CHAIRMAN FEINSTEIN: I write in re- Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, I by directing his staff to review the sponse to your letters to the President trans- wish to begin by expressing my appre- operational cables that described the mitting versions of the executive summary, ciation and admiration to the per- first recorded interrogations after we findings, and conclusions of the Senate Se- sonnel who serve in our intelligence learned that the videotapes of those lect Committee on Intelligence’s report re- agencies, including the CIA, who are sessions had been destroyed. That re- garding the Central Intelligence Agency’s out there every day defending our Na- port was what led to this multiyear in- (CIA) former detention and interrogation tion. program. vestigation, and without it we wouldn’t The President believes that the Agency’s I have read the executive summary have had any sense of what happened. former detention and interrogation program and I also have been briefed on the en- I thank other Members of the Senate was inconsistent with our values as a Nation. tirety of this report. I rise in support of Intelligence Committee, one of whom To reflect our values, one of his first acts in the release—the long-delayed release— is on the floor today, from the great office was to sign an Executive Order that of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s State of New Mexico. Others have been brought an end to the program. summarized unclassified review of the on the floor who voted to conduct this Since the Committee first delivered a so-called enhanced interrogation tech- investigation and to approve its result version of its executive summary, findings, and conclusions of the report (report) in niques that were employed by the pre- and make the report public. April, the Administration has worked in vious administration to extract infor- Most importantly, I want to thank good faith with the Committee on the declas- mation from captured terrorists. It is a the Intelligence Committee staff who sification effort. On August 1, the Adminis- thorough and thoughtful study of prac- performed this work. They are dedi- tration provided a version of the report, as tices that I believe not only failed their cated and committed public officials well as minority and additional views that purpose to secure actionable intel- who sacrificed a significant portion of would declassify 85 percent of the text. Since ligence to prevent further attacks on their lives to see this report through to then, at the request of the Committee, the the United States and our allies, but Administration has continually sought to re- its publication. They have worked actually damaged our security inter- days, nights, and weekends for years in duce further the redactions in the report in a manner that also protects U.S. national se- ests as well as our reputation as a force some of the most difficult cir- curity. We have appreciated the constructive for good in the world. cumstances. It is no secret to anyone dialogue with the Committee over the last I believe the American people have a that the CIA does not want this report few months, which allowed us to work right—indeed a responsibility—to know coming out, and I believe the Nation through more than 400 of the Committee’s what was done in their name, how owes them a debt of gratitude. They requests for declassification. these practices did or did not serve our are Dan Jones, who has led this review Today, we are delivering to the Committee interests, and how they comported since 2007, and more than anyone else, a version of the Committee report, as well as minority and additional views, that are over with our most important values. today’s report is a result of his effort. 93 percent declassified. The minimal I commend Chairwoman FEINSTEIN Evan Gottesman and Chad Tanner, the redactions are the result of a considerable ef- and her staff for their diligence in two other members of the study staff, fort by the Director of National Intelligence, seeking a truthful accounting of poli- each wrote thousands of pages of the working with the CIA, Department of De- cies I hope we will never resort to

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It sometimes causes us dif- dedicated to securing justice for vic- I suspect the objection of those same ficulties at home and abroad. It is tims of terrorist attacks and to pro- officials to the release of this report is sometimes used by our enemies in at- tecting Americans from further harm. I really focused on that disclosure—tor- tempts to hurt us. But the American know their responsibilities were grave ture’s ineffectiveness—because we gave people are entitled to it nonetheless. and urgent and the strain of their duty up much in the expectation that tor- They must know when the values that was onerous. I respect their dedication, ture would make us safer—too much. define our Nation are intentionally dis- and I appreciate their dilemma. But I Obviously, we need intelligence to regarded by our security policies, even dispute wholeheartedly that it was defeat our enemies, but we need reli- those policies that are conducted in se- right for them to use these methods able intelligence. Torture produces cret. They must be able to make in- which this report makes clear were nei- more misleading information than ac- formed judgments about whether those ther in the best interests of justice, nor tionable intelligence. And what the ad- policies and the personnel who sup- our security, nor the ideals we have vocates of harsh and cruel interroga- ported them were justified in compro- sacrificed so much blood and treasure tion methods have never established is mising our values, whether they served to defend. that we couldn’t have gathered as good a greater good, or whether, as I believe, The knowledge of torture’s dubious or more reliable intelligence from they stained our national honor, did efficacy and my moral objection to the using humane methods. much harm, and little practical good. The most important lead we got in What were the policies? What was abuse of prisoners motivated my spon- the search for bin Laden came from their purpose? Did they achieve it? Did sorship of the Detainee Treatment Act they make us safer, less safe, or did of 2005, which prohibits ‘‘cruel, inhu- using conventional interrogation meth- they make no difference? What did man or degrading treatment’’ of cap- ods. I think it is an insult to the many they gain us? What did they cost us? tured combatants, whether they wear a intelligence officers who have acquired What did they gain us? What did they nation’s uniform or not, and which good intelligence without hurting or cost us? The American people need the passed the Senate by a vote of 90 to 9. degrading prisoners to assert that we Subsequently, I successfully offered answers to these questions. Yes, some can’t win these wars without such amendments to the Military Commis- things must be kept from public disclo- methods. Yes, we can, and we will. sions Act of 2006, which, among other But in the end torture’s failure to sure to protect clandestine operations, things, prevented the attempt to weak- serve its intended purpose isn’t the sources, and methods, but not the an- en Common Article 3 of the Geneva main reason to oppose its use. I have swers to these questions. By providing Conventions and broadened definitions often said and I will always maintain them, the committee has empowered in the War Crimes Act to make the fu- that this question isn’t about our en- the American people to come to their ture use of waterboarding and other emies; it is about us. It is about who we own decisions about whether we should ‘‘enhanced interrogation techniques’’ were, who we are, and who we aspire to have employed such practices in the punishable as war crimes. be. It is about how we represent our- past and whether we should consider There was considerable misinforma- selves to the world. permitting them in the future. tion disseminated then about what was We have made our way in this often This report strengthens self-govern- and wasn’t achieved using these meth- dangerous and cruel world not by just ment and ultimately, I believe, Amer- ican security and stature in the world. ods in an effort to discourage support strictly pursuing our geopolitical in- I thank the committee for that valu- for the legislation. There was a good terests but by exemplifying our polit- able public service. amount of misinformation used in 2011 ical values and influencing other na- I have long believed some of these to credit the use of these methods with tions to embrace them. When we fight practices amounted to torture as a rea- the death of Osama bin Laden. And to defend our security, we fight also for sonable person would define it, espe- there is, I fear, misinformation being an idea—not for a tribe or a twisted in- cially but not only the practice of used today to prevent the release of terpretation of an ancient religion or waterboarding, which is a mock execu- this report, disputing its findings and for a King but for an idea that all men tion and an exquisite form of torture. warning about the security con- are endowed by the Creator with in- Its use was shameful and unnecessary, sequences of their public disclosure. alienable rights. How much safer the and, contrary to assertions made by Will the report’s release cause out- world would be if all nations believed some of its defenders and as the com- rage that leads to violence in some the same. How much more dangerous it mittee’s report makes clear, it pro- parts of the Muslim world? Yes, I sup- can become when we forget it our- duced little useful intelligence to help pose that is possible and perhaps like- selves, even momentarily. us track down the perpetrators of 9/11 ly. Sadly, violence needs little incen- Our enemies act without conscience. or prevent new attacks and atrocities. tive in some quarters of the world We must not. This executive summary I know from personal experience that today. But that doesn’t mean we will of the committee’s report makes clear the abuse of prisoners will produce be telling the world something it will that acting without conscience isn’t more bad than good intelligence. I be shocked to learn. The entire world necessary. It isn’t even helpful in win- know victims of torture will offer in- already knows we waterboarded pris- ning this strange and long war we are tentionally misleading information if oners. It knows we subjected prisoners fighting. We should be grateful to have they think their captors will believe it. to various other types of degrading that truth affirmed. I know they will say whatever they treatment. It knows we used black Now, let us reassert the contrary think their torturers want them to say sites, secret prisons. Those practices proposition: that is it essential to our if they believe it will stop their suf- haven’t been a secret for a decade. Ter- success in this war that we ask those fering. Most of all, I know the use of rorists might use the report’s reidenti- who fight it for us to remember at all torture compromises that which most fication of the practices as an excuse to times that they are defending a sacred distinguishes us from our enemies—our attack Americans, but they hardly ideal of how nations should be gov- belief that all people, even captured en- need an excuse for that. That has been erned and conduct their relations with emies, possess basic human rights their life’s calling for a while now. others—even our enemies. which are protected by international What might come as a surprise not Those of us who give them this duty conventions the United States not only just to our enemies but to many Amer- are obliged by history, by our Nation’s joined but for the most part authored. icans is how little these practices did highest ideals and the many terrible I know too that bad things happen in aid our efforts to bring 9/11 culprits to sacrifices made to protect them, by our war. I know that in war good people justice and to find and prevent ter- respect for human dignity, to make

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It was dur- those who would destroy us. provide me or anybody else with any ing this period that the House and Sen- Madam President, I yield the floor. additional information about the pro- ate considered the 2008 Intelligence Au- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- gram. They further refused to notify thorization Act and a potential provi- ator from West Virginia. the full committee about the program’s sion that set the Army Field Manual— Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Madam Presi- existence. My colleagues will remem- which is the only way to go—as the dent, I ask unanimous consent to speak ber there was always the Gang of 4, the standard for the entire American Gov- in a seated position. Gang of 6, or the Gang of 8. They would ernment, including the CIA. This would The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without take the chairman and vice chairman, have effectively ended the CIA’s en- objection, it is so ordered. take them to the White House, give hanced interrogation techniques, a Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Madam Presi- them a flip chart, 45 minutes for the term eerily sanitized in bureaucratic dent, I come to the floor to wholly sup- Vice President, and off he would go. jargon for what, in a number of cases, port the comments of my colleagues, Senator ROBERTS and I went down by amounted to torture. the Senator from California and the car and were instructed we couldn’t As chairman, I knew the inclusion of Senator from Arizona, to speak about a talk to each other on the way back the Army Field Manual provision matter of great importance to me per- from one of those meetings. It was ab- would jeopardize the entire bill. I sonally but more importantly to the surd. They refused to do anything to be thought it might bring it down. People country. of assistance. would think it was too soft or too rad- The Senate Intelligence Committee’s The briefings I received provided lit- ical or whatever, but I was committed entire study of the CIA’s detention and tle or no insight into the CIA’s pro- to seeing the bill signed into law. In interrogation program—I will just call gram. Questions or followup requests the end, it was an easy decision. it the program—is the most in-depth, were rejected, and at times I was not I supported including the provision the most substantive oversight initia- allowed to consult with my counsel. I to end the CIA’s program because it tive the committee has ever taken. I am not a lawyer. There are legal mat- was the right thing to do. I did it be- doubt any committee has done more ters involved here. They said we cause Congress needed to send a clear signal that it did not stand by the Bush than this. It presents extremely valu- couldn’t talk to any of our staff, legal administration’s policy. able insights into crucial oversight counsel or not, or other members of the questions and problems that need to be The House and Senate went on to committee who knew nothing about pass the bill with bipartisan votes. Al- addressed by the CIA. this because they had not been in- Moreover, this study exemplifies why though the Bush administration vetoed formed at all. the bill to preserve its ability to con- this committee was created in the first It was clear these briefings were not tinue these practices, it was an impor- place following the findings of the meant to answer any questions but Church Committee nearly 40 years ago, tant symbolic moment. were intended only to provide cover for In the same period, I also sent two and I commend my friend and the com- the administration and the CIA. It was committee staffers, as our chairwoman mittee’s leader, the Senator from Cali- infuriating to me to realize I was part has indicated, to begin reviewing ca- fornia, for shepherding this landmark of a box checking exercise that the ad- bles at the CIA regarding the agency’s initiative to this point. For years, ministration planned to use, and later interrogations of Abu Zubaydah and al- often behind closed doors, without any did use, so they could disingenuously Nashiri. I firmly believed we had to re- recognition, she has been a strong and claim they had—in a phrase I will view those cables, which are now the tireless advocate, and she deserves our never be able to forget—‘‘fully briefed only source of important historical in- thanks and recognition. Congress.’’ formation on this subject, because the It is my hope and expectation that In the years that followed I fought CIA destroyed its tapes of some of their beyond the initial release of the execu- and lost many battles to obtain cred- interrogation sessions. The CIA de- tive summary and findings and conclu- ible information about the detention stroyed those tapes against the explicit sions, that the entire 6,800 pages, with and interrogation program. As vice direction from the White House and the 37,500 footnotes, will eventually be chair I tried to launch, as has been Director of National Intelligence. made public—and I am sure it will— mentioned, a comprehensive investiga- The investigation that began in 2007 with the appropriate redactions. Those tion into the program, but that effort grew under Chairman FEINSTEIN’s dedi- public findings will be critical to fully was blocked. cation and tremendous leadership into learning the necessary lessons from Later in 2005, when I fought for ac- a full study of the CIA’s detention and this dark episode in our Nation’s his- cess to over 100 specific documents interrogation program. The more the tory and to ensure that it never hap- cited in the inspector general report, committee dug, the more the com- pens again. It has been a very long, the CIA refused to cooperate. mittee found, and the results we uncov- very hard fight to get to this point. Es- The first time the full Senate Intel- ered are both shocking and deeply pecially in the early years of the CIA’s ligence Committee was given any in- troubling. detention program, it was a struggle formation about this detention pro- First, the detention and interroga- for the committee to get the most gram was September 2006. This was tion program was conceived by people basic information or any information years after the program’s inception and who were ignorant of the topic and at all about the program. the same day the President informed made it up on the fly based on the un- The committee’s study of the deten- the Nation. tested theories of contractors who had tion and interrogation program is not The following year when I became never met a terrorist or conducted a just the story of the brutal and ill-con- chairman, the vice chairman, Kit Bond, real-world interrogation of any kind. ceived program itself; this study is also and I agreed to push for significant ad- Second, it was executed by personnel the story of the breakdown in our sys- ditional access to the program. For with insufficient linguistic and interro- tem of governance that allowed the heaven’s sake, at least allow both the gation training and little, if any, real- country to deviate in such a significant Senate Intelligence Committee and the world experience. and horrific way from our core prin- House Intelligence Committee, on a Moreover, the CIA was aware that ciples. One of the profound ways that full basis, to be informed about this some of these personnel had a stag- breakdown happened was through the and also to include our staff’s counsel gering array of personal and profes- active subversion of meaningful con- on these matters. We finally actually sional failings—enumerated by the gressional oversight—a theme mirrored prevailed and got this access. I think I committee’s chairman—including po- in the Bush administration’s withheld something from them until tentially criminal activity, that should

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But if Nevertheless, it was consistently rep- transparency and has muddied what this report had not been released, the resented that these interrogators were should be a clear and unequivocal leg- country would have felt that everybody professionalized and carefully vetted— acy on this issue. at the CIA—and the world would have their term—and that became a part of While aspiring to be the most trans- felt it—was involved in this program. the hollow legal justification of the en- parent administration in history, this It is important to say that that was tire program. White House continues to quietly with- not the case. It was just 30 or 40 people Third, the program was managed in- hold from the committee more than at the top. Many of the people you see competently by senior officials who 9,000 documents related to the CIA’s on television blasting this report were paid little or no attention to critical programs. I don’t know why. They intimately involved in carrying it out details. It was rife with troubling per- won’t say, and they won’t produce. and setting it up. sonal and financial conflicts of interest In addition to strongly supporting The CIA developed the detention pro- among the small group of the CIA offi- the CIA’s insistence on the unprece- gram in a time of great fear, anxiety, cials and contractors who promoted dented redaction of fake names in the and unprecedented crisis. It is at these and defended it. Obviously it was in report, which obscures the public’s times of crisis when we need sound their interest to do so. ability to understand the important judgment, excellence, and profes- Fourth, as the chairman indicated, connections which are so important for sionalism from the CIA the most. the program was physically very se- weaving together the tapestry, the ad- When mistakes are made, they call vere, far more so than any of us outside ministration also pushed for the redac- for self-reflection and scrutiny. For the CIA ever knew. Although tion of information in the committee’s that process to begin, we first have to waterboarding has received the most study that should not be classified, make sure there is an absolutely accu- attention, there were other techniques contradicting the administration’s own rate public record of what happened. I personally believe—one in par- Executive order on classification. We are doing that. The public release ticular—that may have been much Let me be clear. of the executive summary and findings worse. That order clearly states that in no and conclusions is a tremendous and Finally, its results were unclear at case shall information fail to be declas- consequential step toward that end. best, but it was presented to the White sified in order to conceal violations of For some, I expect there will be the House, the Department of Justice, the law and efficiency or administrative temptation to reject and cast doubt, to Congress, and the media as a silver bul- error or prevent embarrassment to a trivialize, to attack or rationalize let that was indispensable to saving person, organization, or agency. parts of the study that are disturbing lives. That was their mantra. In fact, it In some instances, the White House or are embarrassing. Indeed, the CIA did not provide the intelligence it was asked not only that information be re- program’s dramatic divergence from supposed to provide or the CIA argued dacted but that the redaction itself be the standards that we hold ourselves to that it did provide. removed so it would be impossible for is hard to reconcile. However, we must To be perfectly clear, these harsh the reader to tell that something was fight that shortsighted temptation to techniques were not approved by any- already hidden. Strange. wish away the gravity of what this one ever for the low-bar standard of Given this, looking back, I am deeply study found. learning useful information from de- disappointed, rather than surprised, How we deal with this opportunity to tainees. These techniques were ap- that even when the CIA inexplicably learn and improve will reflect on the proved because the Bush officials were conducted an unauthorized search of maturity of our democracy. As a coun- told, and therefore believed, that these the committee’s computer files and try, we are strong enough to bear the coercive interrogations were abso- emails at an offsite facility, which was weight of the mistakes we have made. lutely necessary to elicit intelligence potentially criminal, and even when it As an institution, so is the Central In- that was unavailable by any other col- became clear that the intent of the telligence Agency. We must confront lection method and would save Amer- search was to suppress the committee’s this dark period in our recent history ican lives. That was simply not the awareness of an internal CIA review with honesty and critical introspec- case. that corroborated parts of the intel- tion. We must draw lessons, and we For me, personally, the arc of this ligence committee’s study and contra- must apply those lessons as we move story comprises more than a decade of dicted public CIA statements, the forward. Although it may be uncom- my 30 years of work in the Senate and White House continued to support the fortable at times, ultimately we will one of the hardest fights—I think the CIA leadership, and that support was grow stronger, and we will ensure that hardest fight—I have ever been unflinching. this never happens again. through. Many of the worst years were Despite these frustrations, I have I thank the Presiding Officer and during the Bush administration. also seen how hard Chairman FEIN- yield the floor. However, I did not fully anticipate STEIN has fought against great odds, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- how hard these last few years would be stubborn odds, protective odds, mys- ator from California. in this administration to get this sum- terious odds, which are not really clear Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, mary declassified and to tell the full to me. I have tried to support her I know the time for recess for caucus is story of what happened. Indeed, to my thoughtful and determined efforts at approaching and I know there are other great frustration, even after months of every opportunity to make sure as Members on the Democratic side who endless negotiations, significant as- much as of the story can be told as pos- want to speak. It is now time for a pects of the story remain obscured by sible, and I am deeply proud of the Member from the Republican side to black ink. product the committee ended up with. speak. I have great admiration for the Presi- Now it is time to move forward. For I ask unanimous consent that the re- dent, and I am appreciative of the lead- all of the misinformation, incom- cess be delayed for 5 minutes so the ership role he has taken to depart from petence, and brutality of the CIA’s pro- distinguished Senator from South the practices of the Bush administra- gram, the committee’s study is not and Carolina might speak. tion on these issues. His Executive must not be simply a backward-looking The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without order formally ended the CIA’s deten- condemnation of the past. The study objection, it is ordered. tion program practices, and that is a presents a tremendous opportunity to The Senator from South Carolina. good example. It is a great example. develop forward-looking lessons that Mr. GRAHAM. Thank you very much. It was, therefore, with deep dis- must be central to all future activities. I have been a military lawyer for over appointment that over the course of a The point has been made—I thor- 30 years. That has been one of the high- number of private meetings and con- oughly agree—that the vast majority lights of my life—to serve in the Air versations I came to feel that the of people who work at the CIA—and Force. During the debate about these

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We stand reattach itself to who she is, the worse by the Geneva Convention since its in- for due process. We stand for humane off the enemy will be. ception. I am convinced that the tech- treatment. We stand for the ability to I yield the floor. niques in question violate the Geneva have a say when you are accused of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Convention. I am also convinced that something. Our enemies stand for none ator from Alaska. they were motivated by fear, fear of of that. That is their greatest weak- f another attack. Put yourself in the ness. Our greatest strength is to offer a ALASKA SAFE FAMILIES AND shoes of the people responsible for de- better way. VILLAGES ACT OF 2014 fending the country right after 9/11. We When you go to Anbar Province and had been hit. We had been hit hard. Ev- you go to other places in the Mideast Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask erybody thought something else was that have experienced life under ISIS— unanimous consent that the Senate coming. ISIL—and Al Qaeda, the reaction has proceed to the immediate consider- As we rounded these guys up, there almost been universal: We do not like ation of Calendar No. 524, S. 1474. was a sense of urgency and a commit- this. When America comes over the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ment to never let it happen again that hill, and they see that flag, they know clerk will report the bill by title. generated this program. help is on the way. The assistant legislative clerk read Who knew what, when? I do not To the CIA officers who serve in the as follows: know. All I can tell you is the people shadows, who intermingle with the A bill (S. 1474) to encourage the State of involved believed they were trying to most notorious in the world, who are Alaska to enter into intergovernmental defend the country and what they were always away from home never knowing agreements with Indian tribes, to improve doing was necessary. Did they get some if you are going back: Thank you. the quality of life in rural Alaska, to reduce good information? Probably so. Has it There is a debate about whether this alcohol and drug abuse, and for other pur- poses. been a net loser for us as a country? report is accurate line by line. I do not Absolutely so. All I can say is the tech- know. Is this the definitive answer to There being no objection, the Senate niques in question were motivated by the program’s problems? I do not know, proceeded to consider the bill, which fear of another attack, and people at but I do know the program hurt our had been reported from the Committee the time thought this was the best way country. on Indian Affairs, with an amendment to defend the Nation. I accept that on Those days are behind us. The good to strike all after the enacting clause their part. guys air their dirty laundry. I wished and insert in lieu thereof the following: But as a nation, I hope we have we had waited because the world is in S. 1474 learned the following: In this ideolog- such a volatile shape right now. I do SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ical struggle, good versus evil, we need fear this report will be used by our en- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska Safe to choose good. There is no shortage of emies. But I guess there is no good Families and Villages Act of 2014’’. people who will cut your head off. The time to do things like this. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. techniques in question are nowhere So to those who helped prepare the (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— near what the enemies of this Nation report, I understand where you are (1) residents of remote Alaska villages suffer coming from. To those on my side who disproportionately from crimes and civil disturb- and radical Islam would do to people ances rooted in alcohol abuse, illicit drug use, under their control. There is no com- believe that we have gone too far, I un- suicide, and domestic violence; parison. derstand that too. But this has always (2) the alcohol-related suicide rate in remote The comparison is between who we been easy for me. I have been too asso- Alaska villages is 6 times the average in the are and what we want to be. In that re- ciated with the subject matter for too United States and the alcohol-related mortality gard, we made a mistake. No one is long. Every time our Nation cuts a cor- rate is 3.5 times that of the general population going to jail because they should not, ner, and every time we act out of fear of the United States; because the laws in question—the laws and abandon who we are, we always re- (3) Alaska Native women suffer the highest rate of forcible sexual assault in the United that existed at the time of this pro- gret it. That has happened forever. States and an Alaska Native woman is sexually gram—were, to be generous, vague. This is a step toward righting a wrong. assaulted every 18 hours; I spent about a year of my life with To our enemies: Take no comfort from (4) according to the Alaska Native Tribal Senator MCCAIN working with the Bush the fact that we have changed our pro- Health Consortium, one in two Alaska Native administration and colleagues on the gram. We are committed to your de- women experience physical or sexual violence; Democratic side to come up with the mise. We are committed to your incar- (5) according to the 2006 Initial Report and Detainee Treatment Act which clearly ceration and killing you on the battle- Recommendations of the Alaska Rural Justice puts people on notice of what you can field, if necessary. and Law Enforcement Commission, more than 95 percent of all crimes committed in rural Alas- and cannot do. Going forward we fixed To our friends, because we choose a ka can be attributed to alcohol abuse; this problem. How do I know it is a different path, do not mistake that for (6) the cost of drug and alcohol abuse in Alas- problem? I travel. I go to the Mideast a weakness. What we are doing today is ka is estimated at $525,000,000 per year; lot. I go all over the world. It was a not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of (7) there are more than 200 remote villages in problem for us. Whether we like it or the ultimate strength—that you can Alaska, which are ancestral homelands to In- not, we are seen as the good guys. I self correct, that you can reevaluate dian tribes and geographically isolated by riv- like it. and you can do some soul searching, ers, oceans, and mountains making most of Sometimes good people make mis- and you can come out with a better those villages accessible only by air; (8) small size and remoteness, lack of connec- takes. We have corrected the problem. product. The tools available to our in- tion to a road system, and extreme weather con- We have interrogation techniques now telligence community today over time ditions often prevent or delay travel, including that I think can protect the Nation and will yield better results, more reliable that of law enforcement personnel, into remote are within our values. The one thing I results. The example we are setting villages, resulting in challenging law enforce- want to stress to my colleagues is that will, over time, change the world. ment conditions and lack of ready access to the this is a war of an ideological nature. To defeat radical Islam you have to State judicial system; There will be no capital to conquer. We show separation. Today is a commit- (9) less than 1⁄2 of remote Alaska villages are are not going to take Tokyo. We are ment to show separation. The tech- served by trained State law enforcement entities and several Indian tribes provide peace officers not going to take Berlin. There is no niques they employ to impose their or tribal police without adequate training or air force to shoot down; there is no will have been used for thousands of equipment; navy to sink. You are fighting a radical years. They are always, over time, re- (10) the centralized State judicial system relies extreme ideology that is motivated by jected. The values we stand for—toler- on general jurisdiction Superior Courts in the

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regional hub communities, with only a handful (8) TRIBAL LAW PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘tribal (v) the adjudication by the Indian tribe of of staffed magistrate courts outside of the hub law program’’ means the Alaska Safe Families State drug- and alcohol-related misdemeanor of- communities; and Villages Tribal Law Program established fenses; (11) the lack of effective law enforcement and under section 5. (vi) the transfer of information and evidence accessible judicial services in remote Alaska vil- SEC. 4. ALASKA SAFE FAMILIES AND VILLAGES between tribal law enforcement entities and the lages contributes significantly to increased SELF GOVERNANCE INTERGOVERN- court system of the State; crime, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, domestic vio- MENTAL GRANT PROGRAM. (vii) the detention of offenders; lence, rates of suicide, poor educational achieve- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall (viii) searches and seizures of alcohol and ment, and lack of economic development; establish a program in the Office of Justice Pro- drugs at municipal and State airports; and (12) Indian tribes that operate within remote grams of the Department of Justice, to be known (ix) jurisdictional or financial matters. Alaska villages should be supported in carrying as the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Self (B) REMEDIES.—Subject to title II of Public out local culturally relevant solutions to effec- Governance Intergovernmental Grant Program, Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 et seq. ) (commonly tively provide law enforcement in villages and to make grants to Indian tribes acting on behalf known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of access to swift judicial proceedings; of 1 or more Indian tribes to assist Indian tribes 1968’’), an intergovernmental agreement de- (13) increasing capacities of local law enforce- in planning for and carrying out intergovern- scribed in paragraph (1) may include remedies ment entities to enforce local tribal laws and to mental agreements described in subsection (d). to be imposed by the applicable Indian tribe re- achieve increased tribal involvement in State (b) ADMINISTRATION.— lating to the enforcement of State law, includ- law enforcement in remote villages will promote (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Indian tribe desiring to ing— a stronger link between the State and village participate in the grant program shall submit to (i) restorative justice, including circle sen- residents, encourage community involvement, the Attorney General an application in accord- tencing; and create greater local accountability with re- ance with this section. (ii) community service; spect to violence and substance abuse; (2) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT PROGRAM.—To be (iii) fines; (14) the United States has a trust responsi- eligible to participate in the grant program, an (iv) forfeitures; bility to Indian tribes in the State; Indian tribe in the State shall— (v) commitments for treatment; (15) the report of the Indian Law and Order (A) request participation by resolution or (vi) restraining orders; Commission to the President and Congress enti- other official action by the governing body of (vii) emergency detentions; and tled ‘‘A Roadmap to Making Native America the Indian tribe; (viii) any other remedies agreed to by the Safer’’ and dated November 2013 found that the (B) have for the preceding 3 fiscal years no State and Indian tribe. crisis in criminal justice in the State is a na- uncorrected significant and material audit ex- (e) ANNUAL REPORT.— tional problem and urged the Federal Govern- ceptions regarding any Federal contract, com- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1 of each ment and the State to strengthen tribal sov- pact, or grant; year, the Attorney General shall submit to the ereignty and self-governance and for Congress (C) demonstrate to the Attorney General suffi- Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and to create a jurisdictional framework to support cient governance capacity to conduct the grant the Committee on Natural Resources of the tribal sovereignty and expand the authority of program, as evidenced by the history of the In- House of Representatives an annual report Indian tribes in the State; and dian tribe in operating government services (in- that— (16) it is necessary to invoke the plenary au- cluding public utilities, children’s courts, law (A) describes the grants awarded under the thority of Congress over Indian tribes under ar- enforcement, social service programs, or other grant program; ticle I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution to activities); (B) assesses the effectiveness of the grant pro- improve access to judicial systems in remote (D) certify that the Indian tribe has entered gram; and Alaska Native villages and provide for the pres- into, or can evidence intent to enter into nego- (C) includes any recommendations of the At- ence of trained local law enforcement. tiations relating to, an intergovernmental agree- torney General relating to the grant program. (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— ment with the State described in subsection (d); (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each report shall be pre- (1) to improve the delivery of justice in Alaska (E) meet such other criteria as the Attorney pared in consultation with the government of Native villages by— General may promulgate, after providing public each participating Indian tribe and the State. (A) encouraging the State and Indian tribes to notice and an opportunity to comment; and SEC. 5. ALASKA SAFE FAMILIES AND VILLAGES enter into intergovernmental agreements relat- (F) submit to the Attorney General of the SELF GOVERNANCE TRIBAL LAW ing to the enforcement and adjudication of State State a copy of the application. PROJECT. laws relating to drug and alcohol offenses; and (c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Each participating In- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall (B) supporting Indian tribes in the State in dian tribe shall use amounts made available establish a project in the Office of Justice Pro- the enforcement and adjudication of tribal laws under the grant program— grams of the Department of Justice, to be known relating to child abuse and neglect, domestic vi- (1) to carry out a planning phase that may in- as the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Self olence, and drug and alcohol offenses; and clude— Governance Tribal Law Project, to make grants (2) to enhance coordination and communica- (A) internal governmental and organizational to Indian tribes acting on behalf of 1 or more In- tion among Federal, State, tribal, and local law planning; dian tribes to assist Indian tribes in planning enforcement agencies. (B) developing written tribal law or ordi- for and carrying out concurrent jurisdiction ac- SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. nances, including tribal laws and ordinances tivities described in subsection (d). In this Act: detailing the structure and procedures of the (b) APPLICATION.— (1) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Attorney tribal court; (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Indian tribe desiring to General’’ means the Attorney General of the (C) developing enforcement mechanisms; and participate in the tribal law program shall sub- United States. (D) negotiating and finalizing any intergov- mit to the Attorney General an application in (2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘grant pro- ernmental agreements necessary to carry out accordance with this section. gram’’ means the Alaska Safe Families and Vil- this section; and (2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate lages Self Governance Intergovernmental Grant (2) to carry out activities of the Indian tribe in in the tribal law program, an Indian tribe in the Program established under section 4. accordance with an applicable intergovern- State shall— (3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ mental agreement with the State. (A) request participation by resolution or has the meaning given the term in section 102 of (d) INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS.— other official action by the governing body of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act (1) IN GENERAL.—The State (including polit- the Indian tribe; of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a). ical subdivisions of the State) and Indian tribes (B) have for the preceding 3 fiscal years no (4) PARTICIPATING INDIAN TRIBE.—The term in the State are encouraged to enter into inter- uncorrected significant and material audit ex- ‘‘participating Indian tribe’’ means an Indian governmental agreements relating to the en- ceptions regarding any Federal contract, com- tribe selected by the Attorney General to partici- forcement of certain State laws by the Indian pact, or grant; pate in the grant program or the tribal law pro- tribe. (C) demonstrate to the Attorney General suffi- gram, as applicable. (2) CONTENTS.— cient governance capacity to conduct the tribal (5) REMOTE ALASKA VILLAGE.—The term ‘‘re- (A) IN GENERAL.—An intergovernmental agree- law program, as evidenced by the history of the mote Alaska village’’ means an Alaska Native ment described in paragraph (1) may describe Indian tribe in operating government services Village Statistical Area delineated for the Direc- the duties of the State and the applicable In- (including public utilities, children’s courts, law tor of the Census by the officials of the village dian tribe relating to— enforcement, social service programs, or other for the purpose of presenting data for the decen- (i) the employment of law enforcement offi- activities); nial census conducted under section 141(a) of cers, probation, and parole officers; (D) meet such other criteria as the Attorney title 13, United States Code. (ii) the appointment and deputization by the General may promulgate, after providing for (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State State of tribal law enforcement officers as spe- public notice; and of Alaska. cial officers to aid and assist in the enforcement (E) submit to the Attorney General of the (7) TRIBAL COURT.—The term ‘‘tribal court’’ of the criminal laws of the State; State a copy of the application submitted under means any court, council, or a mechanism of (iii) the enforcement of punishments imposed this section. any court or council sanctioned by an Indian by the Indian tribe under tribal law; (3) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS.—On completion tribe for the adjudication of disputes, including (iv) the transfer of enforcement duties for of the planning phase described in subsection the violation of tribal laws, ordinances, and reg- State drug- and alcohol-related misdemeanor of- (c), the Indian tribe shall provide to the Attor- ulations. fenses to the Indian tribe; ney General—

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. equivalent organic documents showing the the Committee on Natural Resources of the (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may structure of the tribal government and the House of Representatives a brief annual report enter into contracts with Indian tribes in the placement and authority of the tribal court that— State to provide— within that structure; (A) details the activities carried out under the (1) training and technical assistance on tribal (B) written tribal laws or ordinances gov- tribal law program; and court development to any Indian tribe in the erning tribal court procedures and the regula- (B) includes an assessment and any rec- State; and tion and enforcement of child abuse and neglect, ommendations of the Attorney General relating (2) the training for proper transfer of evidence domestic violence, drugs and alcohol, and re- to the tribal law program. and information— lated matters; and (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each report shall be pre- (A) between tribal and State law enforcement (C) such other information as the Attorney pared— entities; and General may, by public notice, require. (A) in consultation with the government of (B) between State and tribal court systems. (c) PLANNING PHASE.— each participating Indian tribe; and (b) COOPERATION.—Indian tribes may cooper- (1) IN GENERAL.—Each participating Indian (B) after the participating Indian tribe and ate with other entities for the provision of serv- tribe shall complete a planning phase that in- the State have an opportunity to comment on ices under the contracts described in subsection cludes— the report. (a). (A) internal governmental and organizational SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. SEC. 8. FUNDING. planning; (a) EFFECT OF ACT.—Nothing in this Act— The Attorney General shall use amounts made (B) developing written tribal law or ordi- (1) limits, alters, or diminishes the civil or available to the Attorney General for the Office nances detailing the structure and procedures of criminal jurisdiction of the State, any subdivi- of Justice Programs to carry out this Act. the tribal court; and sion of the State, or the United States; SEC. 9. REPEAL OF SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE OF (C) enforcement mechanisms. (2) limits or diminishes the jurisdiction of any ALASKA. (2) CERTIFICATION.— Indian tribe in the State, including inherent Section 910 of the Violence Against Women (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days and statutory authority of the Indian tribe over Reauthorization Act of 2013 ( 18 U.S.C. 2265 after receiving an application under subsection alcohol, and drug abuse, child protection, child note; Public Law 113–4 ) is repealed. (b), the Attorney General shall certify the com- custody, and domestic violence (as in effect on pletion of the planning phase under this sec- Mr. BEGICH. I further ask unani- the day before the date of enactment of this tion. mous consent that the committee-re- Act); (B) TIMING.—The Attorney General may make (3) creates a territorial basis for the jurisdic- ported substitute amendment be with- a certification described in subparagraph (A) on tion of any Indian tribe in the State (other than drawn, the Begich substitute amend- the date on which the participating Indian tribe as provided in section 5) or otherwise establishes ment, which is at the desk, be agreed submits an application under subsection (b) if Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of to, the bill, as amended, be read a third the Indian tribe demonstrates to the Attorney title 18, United States Code) in any area of the General that the Indian tribe has satisfied the time and passed, the title amendment, State; requirements of the planning phase under para- which is at the desk, be agreed to, and (4) confers any criminal jurisdiction on any the motions to reconsider be consid- graph (1). Indian tribe in the State unless agreed to in an (d) CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.— ered made and laid upon the table with intergovernmental agreement described in sec- (1) IN GENERAL.—Unless otherwise agreed to no intervening action or debate. by the Indian tribe in an intergovernmental tion 4(d); (5) diminishes the trust responsibility of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without agreement, beginning 30 days after the date on United States to Indian tribes in the State; objection, it is so ordered. which the certification described in subsection (6) abridges or diminishes the sovereign immu- The committee-reported substitute (c)(2) is made, the participating Indian tribe nity of any Indian tribe in the State; may exercise civil jurisdiction, concurrent with amendment was withdrawn. (7) alters the criminal or civil jurisdiction of the State, in matters relating to child abuse and The amendment (No. 3981) in the na- the Metlakatla Indian Community within the neglect, domestic violence, drug-related offenses, ture of a substitute was agreed to, as Annette Islands Reserve (as in effect on the date and alcohol-related offenses over— follows: before the date of enactment of this Act); or (A) any member of, or person eligible for mem- (8) limits in any manner the eligibility of the (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) bership in, the Indian tribe; and State, any political subdivision of the State, or Strike all after the enacting clause and in- (B) any nonmember of the Indian tribe, if the any Indian tribe in the State, for any other Fed- sert the following: nonmember resides or is located in the remote eral assistance under any other law. Alaska Native village in which the Indian tribe SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SPECIAL RULE FOR (b) NO LIABILITY FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA.— STATE OF ALASKA. operates. The State, including any political subdivision of Section 910 of the Violence Against Women (2) SANCTIONS.—A participating Indian tribe the State, shall not be liable for any act or omis- exercising jurisdiction under paragraph (1) shall Reauthorization Act of 2013 (18 U.S.C. 2265 sion of a participating Indian tribe in carrying impose such civil sanctions as the tribal court note; Public Law 113–4) is repealed. out this Act, including any act or omission of a has determined to be appropriate, consistent The bill (S. 1474), as amended, was or- participating Indian tribe undertaken pursuant with title II of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1301 dered to be engrossed for a third read- to an intergovernmental agreement described in et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil section 4(d). ing, was read the third time and Rights Act of 1968’’) and tribal law, including— (c) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General passed. (A) restorative justice, including community The title amendment (No. 3982) was or circle sentencing; shall promulgate such regulations as the Attor- (B) community service; ney General determines are necessary to carry agreed to, as follows: (C) fines; out this Act. (Purpose: To amend the title) (d) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS.— (D) forfeitures; Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to (1) IN GENERAL.—Participating Indian tribes (E) commitments for treatment; amend the Violence Against Women Reau- shall be eligible for the same tribal court and (F) restraining orders; thorization Act of 2013 to repeal a special law enforcement programs and level of funding (G) emergency detentions; and rule for the State of Alaska, and for other (H) any other remedies the tribal court deter- from the Bureau of Indian Affairs as are avail- purposes.’’. mines are appropriate. able to other Indian tribes. (3) INCARCERATION.—A person shall not be in- (2) APPLICABILITY IN THE STATE.—Nothing in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- carcerated by a participating Indian tribe exer- this Act limits the application in the State of— ator from Rhode Island. cising jurisdiction under paragraph (1) except (A) the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 f pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement de- (Public Law 111–211; 124 Stat. 2261); scribed in section 4(d). (B) the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza- SSCI STUDY OF THE CIA’S RETEN- (4) EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES.—Nothing in tion Act of 2013 (Public law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54); TION AND INTERROGATION PRO- this subsection prevents a participating Indian or GRAM tribe exercising jurisdiction under paragraph (1) (C) any amendments made by the Acts re- from— ferred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B). Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Presi- (A) assuming protective custody of a member (e) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.— dent, while Chairman FEINSTEIN and of the Indian tribe or otherwise taking action to (1) IN GENERAL.—Each of the 50 States shall Chairman ROCKEFELLER are still here prevent imminent harm to that member or oth- give full faith and credit to all official acts and on the floor, may I just take a moment ers; and decrees of the tribal court of a participating In- to thank them for the work they did on (B) taking immediate, temporary protective dian tribe to the same extent and in the same this report. I am very proud of the measures to address a situation involving an im- manner as that State accords full faith and moral certainty of leadership that both minent threat of harm to a member of the Indian credit to the official acts and decrees of other tribe by a nonmember. States. Chairman ROCKEFELLER and Chairman (e) ANNUAL REPORT.— (2) OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this subsection FEINSTEIN showed. (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1 of each impairs the duty of the State to give full faith It was, as they know better than I, year, the Attorney General shall submit to the and credit under any other law. through many troubles, toils, and

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Even worse, despite the fact aftermath of the worst terrorist attack telligence Committee staff: David, that the administration and many in in our Nation’s history—had flaws. The Dan, Alissa—who is not with us any the majority are aware of these con- CIA has admitted as much in its June longer. I thank you for mentioning An- sequences, they have chosen to release 27, 2013, response to the study. There is drew Grotto, who was my staff mem- the report today. also no doubt that there were instances ber, who worked on this report. I feel The United States today is faced in which CIA interrogators exceeded we have done a very good thing here. I with a wide array of security chal- their authorities and certain detainees appreciate very much in particular lenges across the globe, including in may have suffered as a result. However, Senator MCCAIN coming forward. He Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq, the executive summary and findings brings a unique moral perspective and Yemen, north Africa, Somalia, and conclusions released today contain force to this conversation. He has Ukraine, and the list goes on. Instead a disturbing number of factual and an- wielded that moral perspective and of focusing on the problems right in alytical errors. These factual and ana- force with great courage. front of us, the majority side of the In- lytical shortfalls ultimately led to an I yield the floor. telligence Committee has spent the unacceptable number of incorrect last 5 years and over $40 million fo- claims and invalid conclusions that I f cused on a program that effectively cannot endorse. RECESS ended over 8 years ago, while the world The study essentially refuses to admit that CIA detainees—especially The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under around us burns. In March 2009, when the committee CIA detainees subjected to enhanced the previous order, the Senate stands first undertook the study, I was the interrogation techniques—provided in- in recess until 2 p.m. only member of the Intelligence Com- telligence information which helped Thereupon, the Senate, at 1:11 p.m., mittee who voted against moving for- the U.S. Government and its allies to recessed until 2 p.m. and reassembled ward with it. I believed then, as I still neutralize numerous terrorist threats. when called to order by the Presiding do today, that vital committee and in- On its face, this refusal does not make Officer (Ms. BALDWIN). telligence community resources would sense given the vast amount of infor- f be squandered over a debate that Con- mation gained from these interroga- MORNING BUSINESS gress, the executive branch, and the tions, the thousands of intelligence re- Supreme Court had already settled. ports that were generated as a result of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who This issue has been investigated or re- them, the capture of additional terror- yields time? viewed extensively by the executive ists, and the disruption of the plots If no one yields time, time will be branch, including criminal investiga- those captured terrorists were plan- equally charged to both sides. tions by the Department of Justice, the ning. The Senator from Georgia. Senate Armed Services Committee, the Instead of acknowledging these reali- f International Committee of the Red ties, the study adopts an analytical ap- Cross, as well as other entities. proach designed to obscure the value of SSCI STUDY OF THE CIA’S DETEN- Congress has passed two separate the intelligence obtained from the pro- TION AND INTERROGATION PRO- acts directly related to detention and gram. For example, the study falsely GRAM interrogation issues—specifically, the claims that the use of enhanced inter- Mr. CHAMBLISS. Madam President, Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and the rogation techniques played ‘‘no role’’ I rise today as the vice chairman of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The in the identification of Jose Padilla be- Senate Select Committee on Intel- executive branch terminated the CIA cause Abu Zubaydah, a senior member ligence to respond to the public release program and directed that future inter- of Al Qaeda with direct ties to Osama of the declassified version of the execu- rogations be conducted in accordance bin Laden, provided the information tive summary and findings and conclu- with the U.S. Army Field Manual on about Padilla during an interrogation sions from the committee’s study of Interrogation. Also, the Supreme Court by FBI agents who were ‘‘exclusively’’ the CIA’s detention and interrogation decided Rasul v. Bush in 2004, Hamdi v. using what is called ‘‘rapport-building’’ program. Rumsfeld in 2004, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld techniques against him more than 3 This is not a pleasant duty for me. in 2006, as well as Boumediene v. Bush months prior to the CIA’s ‘‘use of DOJ- During my 4 years as the vice chair- in 2008, all of which established that approved enhanced interrogation tech- man of the Intelligence Committee, I detainees were entitled to habeas cor- niques.’’ What the study ignores, how- have enjoyed an excellent relationship pus review and identified certain defi- ever, is the fact that Abu Zubaydah’s with our chairman, Senator DIANNE ciencies in both the Detainee Treat- earlier interrogation in April of 2002 FEINSTEIN. We have worked closely to ment Act and the Military Commis- actually did involve the use of interro- conduct strong bipartisan oversight of sions Act. gation techniques that were later in- the U.S. intelligence community, in- By the time I became the vice chair- cluded in the list of enhanced interro- cluding the passage and enactment of man, the minority had already with- gation techniques. Specifically, the significant national security legisla- drawn from active participation in the facts demonstrate that Abu Zubaydah tion. However, this particular study study as a result of Attorney General was subjected to ‘‘around the clock’’ has been one of the very, very few Holder’s decision to reopen the crimi- interrogation that included more than areas where we have never been able to nal inquiry related to the interrogation 4 days of dietary manipulation, nudity, see eye-to-eye. of certain detainees in the CIA’s deten- and more than 126 hours—which is Putting this report out today is tion program. This unfortunate deci- about 5 days—of sleep deprivation dur- going to have significant consequences. sion deprived the committee of the ing a 136-hour period by the time the In addition to reopening a number of ability to interview key witnesses who FBI finished up the 8.5-hour interroga- old wounds both domestically and participated in the CIA program and tion shift in which Abu Zubaydah fi- internationally, it could be used to in- essentially limited the committee’s nally yielded the identification of Jose cite unrest and even attacks against study to the review of a cold documen- Padilla. So during a 5-day time period, our servicemembers, other personnel tary record. Now, how can any credible Abu Zubaydah got less than 10 hours of overseas, and our international part- investigation take place without inter- sleep, yet the majority does not ac- ners. This report could also stoke addi- viewing witnesses? This is a 6,000-page knowledge that this was an enhanced tional mistreatment or death for report, and not one single witness was interrogation. In light of these facts,

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As a general More important, the actionable intel- read two pages of our minority views. rule, I want our committee findings, ligence gleaned from the enhanced in- Pages 96 and 97 delineate exactly a conclusions, and recommendations to terrogation of Abu Zubaydah that chronology of significant intelligence be unassailable in every investigation started in April of 2002 served as the that allowed for the takedown of indi- we conduct. Unfortunately, that didn’t foundation for the capture of addi- viduals. happen, and I am very concerned about tional terrorists and the disruption of It seems as though the study takes the unintended consequences that will the plots those captured terrorists every opportunity to unfairly portray result from the study’s erroneous and were planning. His information was the CIA in the worst light possible, pre- inflammatory conclusions. also used to gather additional action- supposing improper motivations and I imagine some members of the able intelligence from these newly cap- the most detestable behavior at every media may choose to repeat the study’s tured terrorists, which in turn led to a turn. The very enemies whom the pro- false headlines contained in the report series of successful capture operations gram helped keep at bay for all of without checking the underlying facts. and plot disruptions. By the study’s those years, as well as adversarial na- By doing so they will only be damaging own count, the numerous interroga- tions, will be able to exploit what is es- their own credibility. I invite anyone tions of Abu Zubaydah resulted in 766 sentially a dangerously insightful and who reads the study’s executive sum- sole-source disseminated intelligence instructive treasure trove of informa- mary and findings and conclusions to reports. That is an awful lot of action- tion about our intelligence operations. pay particular attention to how often able intelligence collected under the I am all for pointing out and correcting the text uses absolutes, such as CIA program that this study tries to problems with the intelligence commu- ‘‘played no role,’’ ‘‘no connection’’ or quietly sweep under the carpet in an ef- nity and I have been very outspoken on ‘‘no indication.’’ Please then read our fort to support its false headline that some of them, but I prefer our over- minority views to find the clear the CIA’s use of enhanced interroga- sight be conducted quietly and in a counter examples that disprove most of tion techniques was not effective. manner that does not jeopardize the these absolute claims. I suspect the The study also overlooks several cru- national security of the United States. readers who make this effort will be cial intelligence successes that pre- Ultimately, our minority views ex- disappointed, as I was, that this study vented terror attacks against the amined eight of the study’s most prob- makes so many inaccurate claims and United States and our allies around the lematic conclusions, many of which at- conclusions. world. Al Qaeda-affiliated extremists tack the CIA’s integrity and credibility Our minority views also explain how subjected to the program’s enhanced in developing and implementing the this study was crippled by numerous interrogation techniques made admis- program. These problematic claims and procedural irregularities that ham- sions that led to the identification of conclusions created the false impres- pered the committee’s ability to con- the man responsible for plotting the sion that the CIA was actively mis- duct a fair and objective review of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh leading policymakers and impeding the CIA’s detention and interrogation pro- Mohammed, or KSM. counterterrorism efforts of other Fed- The program also helped stop ter- gram. These procedural defects re- eral Government agencies during the sulted in a premature committee vote rorist attacks in the U.S. homeland program’s operation. We found these and against our military forces over- in December of 2012 to approve the claims and conclusions were largely study before the text was adequately seas. Al Qaeda affiliate Abu Zubaydah’s not supported by the documentary statements to interrogators led to the reviewed by the committee member- record and were based upon flawed rea- ship or subjected to a routine fact identification of Jose Padilla—an Al soning. Qaeda operative tasked with con- check by the intelligence community. Specifically, we found that: Typically, once a Senate committee ducting a terrorist attack inside the No. 1, the CIA’s detention and inter- United States. The interrogation of report has been approved, staff are only rogation program was effective and authorized to make technical and con- KSM and Guleed Hassan Ahmed dis- produced valuable and actionable intel- rupted Al Qaeda’s plotting against forming changes. The executive sum- ligence. mary and findings and conclusions re- Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, a critical No. 2, most of the CIA’s claims of ef- leased this week have undergone such base of operations in the war on terror fectiveness with respect to the use of extensive and unprecedented revisions in Africa and at that time home to EITs were accurate. some 1,600 U.S. military personnel. No. 3, the CIA attempted to keep the since the study was approved back in There is no telling how many lives this Congress informed of its activities and December of 2012 that the traditional program saved in those particular in- did so on a regular basis. As a member concept of technical and conforming terrogations alone. of the committee, I can attest to that. changes has now been rendered mean- Intelligence gathered under the de- No. 4, the CIA did not impede White ingless. Amazingly, the majority made tention and interrogation program also House oversight. The White House was significant changes in the substance of prevented terrorist attacks on our al- very involved in doing oversight of the the study for months after it was voted lies in the United Kingdom. Terrorist program. on by the committee. In addition, after plots against London’s Heathrow Air- No. 5, the CIA was not responsible we submitted our minority views, the port and Canary Wharf—a major Lon- nor did it have control over sharing or majority staff then went back and don financial center—were disrupted dissemination of information to other made a few changes to specifically cor- because key conspirators were appre- executive branch agencies or to mem- rect some of the more blatant errors hended and questioned on the basis of bers of the Principals Committee. that we identified in the views and that intelligence gathered using several in- No. 6, many of the study’s claims the CIA identified in their review. terrogation techniques, including en- about the CIA providing inaccurate in- While I am pleased our views led to hanced interrogation techniques. formation to the Department of Jus- some minor improvements in the Finally, information from detainees tice were themselves totally inac- study, those untimely changes required held in the program was critical to curate. us to add text explaining the validity ascertaining the true significance of No. 7, the CIA did not significantly of our initial conclusions and criti- Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, the Al Qaeda impede oversight by the CIA Office of cisms. Simply put, the documents re- facilitator who served as Osama bin the Inspector General. leased today are very different from Laden’s personal courier and the man No. 8, the White House determined the documents that were approved al- who ultimately lead CIA intelligence that the CIA would have the lead on most exactly 2 years ago by the com- analysts and the Navy Seals to bin dealing with the media regarding de- mittee at the end of the last Congress Laden himself. tainees. on a partisan basis. For anyone interested in a nice, These findings are not meant as a de- Another significant weakness of this chronological survey of the significant fense of the CIA. The CIA is fully capa- study is its disregard of the context

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The tion and interrogation program where burdensome and confusing Federal reg- fear of a follow-on attack was perva- interrogators exceeded their authorized ulations that frequently hinder eco- sive, and it was genuine. The Nation limits, such instances were relatively nomic growth. MIKE was also an origi- was traumatized by the horrific mur- few and far between. nal cosponsor of the Jobs Through ders of nearly 3,000 Americans and at In this, my last week of service on Growth Act, and many others. the CIA there was no greater impera- the floor of the U.S. Senate and as the I am also grateful that he joined in tive than stopping another attack from vice chairman of the Intelligence Com- helping replenish the Forest Service’s happening. This context is entirely ab- mittee, I wish to thank the men and aging air tanker fleet. A decade ago the sent from the study. women of the CIA and the rest of the Forest Service had roughly 40 large air In addition, everyone must remember intelligence community and the mem- tankers to fight wildfires that burned that the CIA was directed to conduct bers of our Armed Forces who have millions of acres of land across West- this program by the President. I have served us so well since the 9/11 terrorist ern States, including Nebraska and Ar- spoken with a number of CIA officers attacks. Their efforts and their sac- izona. over the years who remember the con- rifices have not gone unnoticed. I will Today they own eight large air tank- tentious debates about the program at be forever grateful for their patriotic ers. Senator JOHANNS and I saw an op- the time it was being considered, but service to our beloved country. May portunity to transfer several excess De- at the end of the day the Agency did God bless them all and may God bless partment of Defense aircraft to the what the President directed them to do the United States of America. Forest Service to temporarily address under the color of law and based upon I yield the floor. this shortage, and that has happened. opinions issued and updated by the De- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- While MIKE and I have had disagree- partment of Justice. ator from Arizona. ments along the way, I have always re- Many of my colleagues continue to f spected his knowledge and experience discuss the brutality of many of the en- TRIBUTES TO MIKE JOHANNS as a farmer, foreign trade expert, and hanced interrogation techniques. I the Nation’s former Agriculture Sec- Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, I agree that waterboarding, which only come to the floor to praise the public retary. I am proud of the areas where we occurred against three detainees, is service of and bid farewell to my friend agree: reining in certain farm subsidy particularly severe. Many of the other and valued colleague from Nebraska, techniques were not. By comparison, programs, advocating for free trade Senator MIKE JOHANNS. KSM, who was one of the detainees who With my remarks, I celebrate not agreements with Colombia, Panama, was subjected to waterboarding, per- just MIKE’s last 6 years in the Senate and South Korea, and even working to- sonally beheaded Wall Street Journal but also his 30-plus years in public gether to kill the proposed USDA cat- reporter Daniel Pearl, and a number of service that will culminate with the fish office—a little known $15 million other U.S. citizens have been tortured end of this term. program inside the last farm bill that and beheaded by Al Qaeda-inspired At the highest levels of government we both highlighted as wasting tax- groups since. in both the legislative and executive payer money and that, from a trade In my opinion, the current threat branches, MIKE’s life of public service perspective, was negatively impacting level posed by ISIL and other Al Qaeda- has been punctuated by great accom- our cattlemen and soy farmers. affiliated terrorist groups may be plishment. From the Lancaster County We also agree on the need to help re- greater today than what we faced prior Board in Nebraska to the Lincoln City turning veterans seeking to reenter the to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. They are Council, from his service as mayor of workforce as beginning farmers, an ef- better funded, better equipped, and Lincoln to his service as the 38th Gov- fort he championed in our last farm have recruited hundreds of terrorists ernor of Nebraska, from his service as bill. I have long applauded Senator who have American as well as Euro- the 28th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture JOHANNS for calling on Congress to pass pean passports. ISIL terrorists are and throughout his tenure in the Sen- laws to stop farm subsidies from going using social media to encourage new ate, MIKE has demonstrated a commit- to millionaires while he was a sitting recruits to conduct ‘‘lone wolf’’ attacks ment to those with muted voices in our Secretary of Agriculture. in their home countries such as the political system, including small busi- As much as I respect the substance of United States. They are murdering and ness owners, veterans, those impaired MIKE’s accomplishments in public serv- beheading captured hostages and plan- by mental illness and most certainly ice, I have valued how he has achieved ning terrorist attacks against U.S. citi- America’s farmers and ranchers. them with a quiet, purposeful dignity zens. In the Senate, MIKE’s leadership and and, indeed, a vibrant sense of humor. In light of these significant threats, bipartisan efforts to repeal purposeless He has never been opposed to bipar- the President is still attempting to tax reporting requirements in tisan cooperation whenever it is needed make good on a misguided campaign ObamaCare, his championing new trade to further the interests of his constitu- promise to close down Guantanamo agreements, and his contribution to ents or the greater Nation. Bay. It doesn’t seem to matter to him the development and final passage of a For these reasons, his approach to that we are now down to the worst of new farm bill this year all describe a governance in legislating has earned the worst or that his own review strong conservative legislator com- him the respect of colleagues and con- groups have strongly recommended mitted to stimulating economic growth stituents across the political con- against the release of these remaining through reduced government spending, tinuum. It should also serve as an ex- terrorists. Instead, he has returned to lower tax rates, and reduced regulatory ample to all of us in this body who re- the pre-9/11 practice of treating terror- burdens on American business. main behind. ists like ordinary criminals. We are I have appreciated MIKE’s partner- In an email MIKE wrote to his friends reading terrorists their Miranda rights ship on key legislation, including his last February announcing his decision instead of conducting extended intel- joining me to cosponsor the bipartisan not to seek reelection in 2014, MIKE ligence interrogations to develop ac- Congressional Accountability and wrote: ‘‘With everything in life, there tionable intelligence that might lead Line-Item Veto Act of 2009. During the is a time and a season.’’ to additional captures or plot disrup- 112th Congress, we were both cospon- Well, to my friend and valued col- tions. sors of the Foreign Earnings Reinvest- league, MIKE JOHANNS, I bid fair winds I think we would be better off if we ment Act, a bipartisan effort to let cor- and following seas in all that he and were to return to a mindset where we porations reinvest earnings kept over- his lovely wife Stephanie do, and I attempt to capture the enemy and use seas by our high corporate tax rates thank him for his service and his authorized interrogation techniques to back into the American economy. friendship.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:24 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.033 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6420 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 9, 2014 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- FAREWELL TO THE SENATE blessed by the privilege of meeting ator from Georgia. Mr. JOHANNS. I wish to start by some very extraordinary people. Mr. CHAMBLISS. Madam President, saying I so appreciate the kind words In my various roles I have been with I rise and second what my friend and by Senators MCCAIN, CHAMBLISS, and world leaders, spiritual heads, cultural colleague from Arizona said. ISAKSON. I see there are others in the icons, Presidents, Vice Presidents, It has been a privilege of mine to Chamber who may weigh in and offer a Prime Ministers, Queens, and Kings— serve in this body for 12 years—and I thought or two. I can’t express how all memorable experiences to be sure. will be making some comments about much I appreciate it. But I will say they are not the extraor- that tomorrow—but during my early I would like to offer a few thoughts— dinary people I speak about today. My years in the Senate the Secretary of my farewell thoughts—today. real inspiration comes from ordinary Agriculture was Secretary MIKE I rise, first, to convey a very deep people whom I have observed and JOHANNS. and sincere appreciation to the people watched do remarkable, extraordinary Being a very active member of the of a really great State, the State of Ne- things. Agriculture Committee and being braska. They have entrusted me with Each year for the past 6 years, I have chairman for 2 years during then-Sec- the high privilege and the solemn re- had the privilege of selecting a Ne- retary JOHANN’s tenure, I had the op- sponsibility of representing them in braska family to be honored as ‘‘Angels portunity to work with MIKE on a day- this body. in Adoption.’’ Each year their stories to-day basis and, boy, what a pleasure I am honored to have served as a Sen- of unconditional love show the limit- it is to work with one of the finest gen- ator from Nebraska, and I hope and less capacity of the human heart. tlemen and public servants I have ever pray that I have done so in a manner One family, the Welchels of Harris- known. He is smart, and he is political that upholds the high standards that burg, NE, went from two children to when he needs to be political, but he Nebraskans have rightly established seven. They adopted five children, all has as much or more common sense as, for their elected office holders. with special needs, but their selfless- If I could turn back the clock 32 again, any public servant I have ever ness did not stop there. They created a years I would do it again—from my known. camp where these very special kids first day as the county commissioner, For the past 6 years, he has been my could share life’s journeys. How power- throughout my service as a Lincoln next-door neighbor in the Russell ful is that? City Council member, as mayor of our building, so we see a lot of each other I have learned that heroes walk capital city, Lincoln, as the Governor among us daily whose courage is re- coming and going and have the oppor- of Nebraska, in President Bush’s Cabi- tunity to visit on a regular basis. vealed in split-second decisions, and in net, and now as a Senator. No doubt that split second they put the lives of As I leave at the end of this term, about it, if I could turn back the clock, one of the real Members of the Senate others in front of their own. I would just do it again. Two Nebraskans did exactly that in I am going to miss is MIKE JOHANNS. I I am so grateful for the trust placed 2012. A school bus had collided with a publicly thank him for his service and in me and the support of so many peo- semitrailer on a rural road near a com- thank him for his commitment. I wish ple who have made this service pos- munity called Blue Hill, NE. These in- him and Stephanie the best, but what I sible. dividuals, Ron Meyer and Phil Petr, ar- really thank him for is the great Let me start with the top of the list, rived on this horrific scene. They friendship he and I developed over the and that would be my family. My wife, bravely ran onto that burning bus and years. Stephanie, has been an incredible pillar pulled five children to safety. A wit- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- of support. ness who was there at the scene ex- ator from Georgia. One of my best friends refers to her pressed absolutely no doubt those five as ‘‘spirited.’’ That would be an under- Mr. ISAKSON. Madam President, I children would have perished, as others statement. She is a true partner. She join the Senator from Arizona and the sadly did, if not for the remarkable has given her whole heart to public Senator from Georgia—my senior Sen- courage of Ron and Phil. service—both her own service as a ator, Mr. CHAMBLISS—to rise for a I have been so moved beyond words State senator and as a county commis- minute and talk about MIKE JOHANNS. by my conversations with the parents sioner when we first met—and to mine. I want to amend that. I don’t want to of our fallen men and women in uni- just talk about MIKE JOHANNS, I want I thank my children, Justin and Michaela, who are now grown up. They form. I would call them to offer them to talk about him and Stephanie my condolences, and I have found their Johanns. have their own families. We have five beautiful grandchildren. They have strength to be so astounding. To a per- In the South what we have is what son, they speak with such passion we call a two-for. MIKE and Stephanie been a source of true joy and pride. They too have cheerfully supported me about love of country and pride in their are a two-for. They are a great pair for loved one’s service, despite sorrow. America, and they are a great pair for despite the sometimes long hours and the missed birthdays—I could go on They honor their children with their the State of Nebraska. patriotism. They honor their children As a Senator from an agricultural and on. It cut into that dad and grandpa time. with their fortitude. Their grace State, I know the value that MIKE I offer a special word of thanks to the through incomprehensible grief in- brought to the Cabinet of the United hundreds or thousands of volunteers spires immeasurable gratitude. May States when he was Secretary of Agri- whom I could never thank individually. God bless them and all of the families culture. They went out there, pounded the yard of the fallen. I know from his serving the State of signs, walked the precincts, worked the Walking the streets of a tornado-rav- Nebraska when he was Governor what a phone banks, and they probably wrote aged community—and I have done that great job they did. I know the past 6 checks when the bank account was too many times as Governor and as a years, working side-by-side with MIKE pretty low. Their belief in me is what Senator—I saw ordinary people doing JOHANNS has been a real treat. He is a has been inspiring in those campaigns. extraordinary things. gentleman, and he is a scholar. He Another group of people near and One stands out especially in my doesn’t do anything where he doesn’t dear to my heart are my current and mind. I watched in amazement as Kim know what he is doing, and if he is not former staff, campaign or government Neiman, the Pilger, NE, city clerk, at- always right, he is almost always right related. We have always called our- tempted to take care of every conceiv- because he always has Stephanie there selves Team Johanns. It is an extended able need of every single resident fol- to guide him in the right direction. family and for good reason. Their hard lowing a devastating tornado that lit- I pay tribute to a great Senator, and work, their commitment, and their erally leveled this Nebraska commu- a great personal friend, MIKE JOHANNS, professionalism enabled me to rep- nity. and his lovely wife Stephanie. resent and serve our great State and Her tireless advocacy, her raw deter- I yield the floor. our country. mination was focused entirely on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I have not only been truly blessed by community she loved. She had vir- ator from Nebraska. the privilege to serve, but I have been tually no regard for her personal loss.

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They inspired Senator JOHANNS has dedicated more in love with the people of Africa, and me, and they have motivated me to than three decades of his life to serving he has worked here in the Senate to de- search for solutions to break through the people of Nebraska and also this velop food aid programs that not only partisan rancor that too often domi- Nation. His career in public service feed but also empower hungry popu- nates this government. began at the local level, where he was lations around the world. But they also fuel my optimism for elected to the Lancaster County Board Senator JOHANNS has tirelessly the future. You see, I believe that of Commissioners. He later joined the worked for our State and our Nation. America’s strength is in the fabric of Lincoln City Council, and eventually He brought to the Senate a unique per- which we are woven. The threads of became mayor of Nebraska’s capital spective, having served virtually every this fabric include both the character city where he served for two terms. level of government. His well-rounded of our people and the wisdom reported Perhaps the most infamous decision approach to his work here reflects that in our Constitution. Senator JOHANNS ever made through- rare wisdom. Many of us here have had It is a very strong and very durable out his career in public service was in the pleasure of working closely with fabric that withstands the overreach of his days as mayor of Lincoln. After an him because he always makes a point any one President and the misguided early season winter storm dropped to work with his colleagues regardless policies of any one administration. more than a foot of heavy wet snow on of party affiliation, whether it be on That is why I look back, not with Lincoln in late October, Mayor complex legislation or that annual any regret—I would do it all over JOHANNS decided to cancel Halloween. Senate secret Santa tradition. again—but with gratitude. There were He cited power outages and hazardous We are all familiar with the con- victories won during my time here, and downed power lines. fident, peaceful demeanor he brings to I am pleased to have lead some of those As you can imagine, this news was the Senate, and his plain-spoken clar- charges. But I have to admit many bat- not received well among some of those ity will truly be missed once he leaves tles remain. Lincolnites. To this day, constituents Congress. This is who MIKE JOHANNS is. I would be dishonest if I denied some haven’t forgotten and they still occa- It is who he has always been: a quiet feelings of frustration about the ab- sionally remind him of how he deprived workhorse with a soft spot for the sence of the will to address issues of an entire city of trick or treats on that world’s most disadvantaged, and a paramount importance to our country, fateful October evening. He made up burning desire to help wherever he can. but I know that no issue is powerful for it, though, when he and his wife Friends back home who have known enough to shred the fabric of this great Stephanie treated children who came him since before he began his career in Nation. Rather, these challenges are to trick or treat at the mansion. public service will tell you that he is overpowered by the ordinary people Fortunately, this incident didn’t deal the same man today he was back who do extraordinary things, by the a death blow to Senator JOHANNS’ po- then—never losing sight of his goal of character of our people, and by the wis- litical career. He went on to serve as helping people, never getting a big dom of our Founders. So I reject the Governor of Nebraska and was re- head, and always putting Nebraska prophecy of hopelessness. elected to a second term. first. As the challenges we face grow more As Governor, he focused on fiscal dis- The Senator’s wife Stephanie has urgent—and they will—so grows the cipline and the responsible use of lim- been by his side throughout every step collective fortitude to address them, ited State tax dollars, principles he of this tremendous journey, always and I believe that is about to intensify. upheld here in the Senate as well. At supportive and steadfast. Anyone who On January 3, I will officially pass one point, as Governor, he even vetoed knows MIKE knows he and Steph are in- the baton to Senator-elect Ben Sasse, an entire 2-year budget proposal be- separable. I am sure they are both and I wish him the best. With the 114th cause it raised taxes to expand govern- looking forward to having more time Congress, there will be a new day in ment power. to spend with family next year. this Chamber, a new majority, and a He also championed ambitious men- MIKE, you are a statesman and a lot of new faces. I hope they embrace tal health reforms that allowed pa- model citizen. I am thankful for all the the new opportunities to exemplify tients to receive care in the stability work you have done for Nebraska and true statesmanship. and in the security of their own com- for the entire Nation. You have set Although confidence in our Nation’s munities where they could be near such a great example for your fellow ability to solve problems may be shak- their loved ones. A decade later, these Senators, and we all appreciate your en, I still believe ordinary people can reforms in Nebraska are still regarded dedication over these past 32 years. do extraordinary things—even here in as a major milestone in improving You have served Nebraska with dignity Washington, DC. May God guide those mental health care. and integrity. Good luck. I wish you efforts and may God bless this great Before he was a Senator or a Gov- and Stephanie all the best. God bless country, the United States of America. ernor or a mayor or a city councilman, you both. I yield the floor. he worked on his family’s dairy farm. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Re- That is not easy work. And as MIKE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- publican leader. puts it, it is a job that builds character ator from Ohio. f and humility. Growing up on a dairy Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, farm, he would milk cows every day be- this is a bittersweet time for all of us. TRIBUTES TO MIKE JOHANNS fore school, sometimes even taking the As you have heard, as we close the Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, tractor halfway to town in the winter book on one term of Congress and look I had an opportunity to address the ex- months when the roads were so bad forward to the next, we are here to say traordinary career of the Senator from that the schoolbus couldn’t get out to goodbye to one of our esteemed col- Nebraska the other day, and he was on his farm. leagues who is finishing his service in the floor, which was welcomed, and his This upbringing gave Senator the Senate. It is always tough, but it is staff was in the gallery. I wanted to JOHANNS a great appreciation and a especially hard for me with regard to say again, in a much shorter version, deep understanding for the needs of our Senator MIKE JOHANNS—a guy I con- how much we all appreciate his re- Nation’s ag producers, so it was no sur- sider a fine Senator, also a good friend, markable contributions to our country, prise when President George W. Bush and sort of the perfect example of the to his State, and to the Senate and selected him to lead the Department of statesman. Through his impressive ca- wish him well in the future. Agriculture as its Secretary. MIKE du- reer as mayor, Governor, Cabinet mem- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tifully served in this role, overseeing a ber, and Senator, as his colleague has ator from Nebraska. new reform-oriented farm bill and just said, he has displayed that.

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I was the for the fireworks and then he would the U.S. Trade Representative, and I chairman of the sometimes powerful leave and he would always go home— truly believe I have traveled around House Committee on Agriculture, and I because he had a home very close on the world more with MIKE than I have had made a pitch to get the Secretary Capitol Hill—to be with Stephanie. with my family. We went all over, from of Agriculture to actually come to the She is absolutely wonderful. She has Asia to Europe to South America and fair, thinking that MIKE JOHANNS the best smile ever. You cannot be un- Africa. We fought for farmers and would be a far better speaker than my- happy or in a bad mood ever when you ranchers. Our ideal was that we could self and maybe I could avoid some see Stephanie. expand exports, and we were able to do trouble. So I had the Secretary come So I would come to work in the Hart that and make some progress with his and I made the promise that every Building or here in the Capitol and I hard work. farmer who wanted to ask the Sec- would happen to run into Stephanie We went to far-flung corners of the retary of Agriculture a question would and she would always come up with world, such as Burkina Faso, to deal have that opportunity. I hadn’t both- that big smile on her face and say: Hi, with cotton issues important to U.S. ered to tell MIKE about it, but when he PAT. How are things going? farmers. We spent countless—and I arrived on the scene, he nodded his What are you going to do? I mean, I mean countless—hours on something head and said: Fine. He had this yellow am trying to be the curmudgeon of the called the green room negotiating ses- tablet under his arm, and with ample Senate, but GRASSLEY keeps edging me sions, trying to reach a deal in the staff, some who used to work for me, out. So here I would be in sort of a bad Doha round of talks with the World but that is beside the point. or a grumpy mood and she would flash Trade Organization. So cutting things short, all the ac- that smile, and I would say: Just fine. I remember one time MIKE and I had tivities in the State fair he attended, Then I would be feeling pretty good the opportunity to brief reporters as and he dutifully went around to every and I would go into the office. They we were going across Africa. We were exhibit, and we finally ended up in the would say: What is wrong? You have a racing across the Sahara desert to amphitheater and there must have smile on your face. I would say, ‘‘I’ve make our way to an airport. Because been 150 to 175 farmers all lined up been Stephanized.’’ I am truly going to the airport had no lights, the pilots in- waiting to speak to or to question the miss that. sisted we get there while there was Secretary of Agriculture. I thought to I remember the time we were sitting still light so they could see where they myself: Oh, my gosh, what have I done? probably right about here in the back. were landing. The Secretary is coming in—I didn’t We had just concluded the farm bill for He taught me a lot, not just about ar- know MIKE that well at that particular the first time, and then it took us 400 cane agricultural issues, such as what time—and what have I gotten him days to get the rest of it. MIKE is an ex- is a green box or an amber box subsidy into? pert on agriculture program policy. in agriculture—fun issues such as But MIKE didn’t seem to be bothered Ask anybody else if they would like to that—but he also taught me a lot about at all. He was absolutely comfortable, talk about agriculture program policy negotiating and about how, as we said unflappable. He had the microphone and you would get a high glaze after earlier, to be a statesman. and he sat down at a table, put down about 8 seconds—but not MICHAEL. We had some tough negotiating ses- the yellow tablet and said: Yes, sir, and MIKE knows agriculture farm program sions, but MIKE was always a proud and what is your first question and what is policy. We call it farm program policy relentless representative and champion your name? The individual would give in Nebraska and Kansas, but he knows for the interests of our great country his name and the question, and MIKE an awful lot about it. and the interests of the farmers and would write down the question. He I asked him: How many people do you ranchers he knew so well. He always said: Thank you very much for that. It think in this body, in this Senate, ab- did his job on the global stage with will receive all of our attention. Next. solutely understand farm program pol- honor and with dignity. If there has He went through the whole 125 or 150 icy? He retorted: How many people ever been a more forceful advocate for and never answered a question, but he want to understand agriculture pro- American farmers, whether it was wrote it down. Every farmer who came gram policy? We decided there were there or here in the Senate, I don’t up later to me said: You know, the Sec- about 5 in the Senate and maybe about know who it is. retary wrote down my question. They 10 in the House—which shows you why In 2007, he told me he was going to were tremendously impressed, as op- we have a tough time getting the farm leave the administration and go home posed to me. Silly me, I would have bill done. to Nebraska, and that he was consid- tried to answer their questions, and we I relied on his advice and counsel ering running for the Senate. I never would have been there 2 or 3 hours, when I was the ranking member. I am thought I would be able to serve with Lord knows how long. So I asked MIKE: so sorry—I regret—should I have the him, because I didn’t know I was going How do you get by with that? He said: privilege of becoming chairman of the to follow him, but I knew when he told Well, it saves a lot of time and you Senate agriculture committee, I would me that, he would be in the Senate and never get in trouble by what you don’t look forward to a dynamic duo with re- that he would put in the same level of say, which always sort of stuck with gard to what we could accomplish. But dedication to this body as he had as me and what a class act he was. Senator JOHANNS is like Shane: Come Secretary of Agriculture, and that has County commissioner, mayor of Lin- back, Shane. Come back, MIKE. But been true. coln, Governor, Secretary of Agri- Shane rode away, and the Senator is He is not flashy. His colleague from culture, U.S. Senate. I suppose if I going to ride back to Nebraska. I give Nebraska has just called him a work- floated a balloon for you to be Presi- him that, and I give him all of the suc- horse. I hope he takes that as a com- dent that you might—no, Stephanie cess he can possibly have. pliment. I would. He has never sought wouldn’t buy it and you wouldn’t ei- Six years is all this man has served. out the cameras or, for that matter, ther. But that would be the logical Some people have been here a lot sought out recognition for his good next step, MIKE, and I think we cer- longer. I have. You can accomplish a work. He just does the right thing. A tainly could and probably will do a lot lot in 6 years. People say: What can true statesman. worse. But at any rate, since I brought you do in 6 years? So, MIKE JOHANNS, we are going to up Stephanie, Franki and I extend our No. 1, you can work on legislation miss you. We are going to miss Steph- very best wishes and love. and you can know what you are talking anie. And we wish you Godspeed. I do have somewhat of a minor dis- about and you can earn people’s re- I yield the floor. comfort, it isn’t a quarrel—I would spect and you can be smart about it. I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- never quarrel with Stephanie—but don’t mean smart smart. I mean just ator from Kansas. some degree of discomfort. smart, so that what you say and when

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My only of our country and of the people he so be for First Lady or First Man, if you complaint with the people of Nebraska proudly represents. will, if you have a female Governor. is they chose to go play in the Big Ten In an interview shortly before he an- I will never forget when I first met and are finding it a little more difficult nounced that he would be leaving the him. I was talking about Stephanie and than running the track meets they Senate, Senator JOHANNS said he hoped how we know each other and so forth, used to run against Kansas State and he would be remembered as ‘‘a guy who and he told me this great story about— KU. But if you want to go to the Big was good to work with.’’ I think they were county commis- Ten and do that, why that is your busi- Working with Senator MIKE JOHANNS sioners together. It was Lancaster ness—but we have the same kind of has been more than just good. It has County. roots. been an honor and a privilege and I I have always said there are no self- wish him and Stephanie all the best. I might be mistaken, I think he used made men or women in public office. It Thank you for your service. to be in those days maybe a Democrat, is our friends and the people we rep- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and a long time ago I was a young Re- resent who make us what we are, and ator from North Dakota. publican for Barry Goldwater, when I Senator JOHANNS has spoken so elo- Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I rise to was a 17-year-old Republican freshman quently to that. also express my appreciation for Sen- student at Ohio State, and later found MICHAEL, I was trying to think of a ator MIKE JOHANNS and for his wife out Hillary Clinton was a Goldwater tag I could label you with that might Stephanie. ‘‘Golden Girl’’ at the Republican con- be noteworthy of everything you stand I first met MIKE shortly after I was vention in 1964. elected Governor of my State. At that for. Others will do better than I and In any event, I just want to say one others have already said that. I simply time MIKE was serving as Governor of Nebraska. Right away when I went and of the reasons he is so thoughtful, and come up by saying that you are an un- I hope maybe the reason I am fairly common man with a very common visited with MIKE I could tell this was somebody who was not only somebody thoughtful, is because we have the abil- touch, and I am going to miss you—and ity to work across the aisle and to see everybody in the conference is going to we could count on but who had the and appreciate the views of other peo- miss you and I suspect everybody in right motivation in public service, had ple. the Senate is going to miss you for the great ideas, and was somebody I could way you have conducted yourself and look to as a mentor, and I have ever The story about how he and Steph- the job you have done for Nebraska. since. anie, when they were on county council We wish you all the best and we love From his experience at the local together, they met, started liking each you. level as commissioner, then as mayor, other, started dating, fell in love and The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. then as Governor, then as Secretary of later got married—they even had lunch MANCHIN). The Senator from Maine. Agriculture, and then as a Senator, together every day they were on coun- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, when MIKE has been somebody all of us have ty council, and every day he was Gov- Senator MIKE JOHANNS stated in Feb- counted on and somebody whose advice ernor they continued to have lunch to- ruary of last year that he had decided we have sought when we wrestled with gether and here, too, for many days. not to seek a second term in the Sen- tough decisions. That is a love, the kind you just don’t ate, he did so in a way that revealed so So I just want to add my voice as see. You just don’t see that very much. well to the others who have expressed much about his character. There was I just want to say: You are such an our appreciation for Senator MIKE no dramatic press conference, there inspiration to the rest of us, you and JOHANNS and for Stephanie and to say were no weeks of rumors, there were no your wife, the way you cherish each guessing games. Instead, there was just how much we are going to miss him. other and hold together and support a simple and brief press release. We are going to miss him not only on each other and stand by each other. It Then, the very next day it was back a personal level—because he is a great is just a real source of inspiration. to work for Senator JOHANNS, traveling guy and a great friend and somebody throughout the State of Nebraska for a we can count on—but we are going to There is an old saying: It doesn’t series of townhall meetings with the miss his advice, his counsel, his par- matter who gets credit for something people he is honored to serve. ticipation in this process on behalf of when you get a lot more done. You de- Nine months later, in October of 2013, the American people. fine that, a guy who doesn’t need head- his character again shone through. The I think MIKE epitomizes the kind of lines, a lot of attention. I hope the rest Federal Government was shut down approach we need to have in this body of us are that way, but you define that due to a massive failure to govern re- to get work done—to listen, to think for us. sponsibly. It was stifling our economy carefully, and to remember always that We love working with you. We are and causing great harm to the trust we work for the American people, and going to miss you. We wish you the the American people deserve to have in he has a long and distinguished career best and wish you Godspeed. As we say their government. doing that. in the Navy, fair winds. God bless you. As a key member of our Common He is somebody who will be truly The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Sense Coalition, Senator JOHANNS missed, and I think he is somebody who ator from Oregon. worked effectively and quietly to re- exemplifies the very best of this body store government operations and to re- and of public service on behalf of our Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I am store citizen trust in government. great Nation. here to talk about the Intelligence Again, no dramatics, no search for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Committee report, but before the Sen- limelight, just solid results, just effec- ator from Delaware. ator leaves the floor, I just want to tell tive leadership. Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, our col- my colleague from Nebraska how much Quiet, effective leadership guided by leagues know the Presiding Officer is a I appreciate his service. I note for the common sense has been the hallmark recovering Governor, I am a recovering body that in the effort to build a bipar- throughout the Senator’s 32 years in Governor, MIKE JOHANNS is a recov- tisan coalition for major tax reform, public service. From Lancaster County ering Governor. So we are sort of a sup- MIKE JOHANNS was the Senator whose commissioner and mayor of Lincoln to port group for one another, men and counsel we all thought we needed, and Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Sec- women who used to be somebody spe- I thank him. I will have more to say retary of Agriculture, he has been well cial. I am kidding because I think we about his career before the end of this informed, thoughtful, and untiring. still are. week.

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In every one of these cases join with Senator ROCKEFELLER in call- pose of their human waste, but in fact the CIA statements about the unique ing for the committee to investigate CIA detainees were routinely placed in effectiveness of coercive interrogation the CIA’s interrogation activities and diapers for extended periods of time, techniques were contradicted in one the possible use of torture. In 2009 I and CIA cables show multiple instances way or another by the Agency’s own in- joined my Intelligence Committee col- in which interrogators withheld waste ternal records. leagues in voting to approve Chair buckets from detainees. I am going to repeat that because I FEINSTEIN’s motion to launch an inves- CIA records indicate that some CIA think it is a particularly important tigation into these activities. prisoners may not have been terrorists finding. In every one of these 20 cases, I said at the time, I continue to be- at all. Some of these individuals were CIA statements about the unique effec- lieve it today, that what this debate in fact ruthless terrorists with blood tiveness of coercive interrogation was over torture requires is an infusion of already on their hands, but one of the contradicted in one way or another by facts. Americans can hear me and report’s most important findings is the Agency’s own internal records. We other policymakers argue that the that this did not seem to be the case in are not talking about minor inconsist- CIA’s so-called enhanced interrogation every instance. In one particularly encies. We are talking about funda- techniques constituted torture and did troubling case, the CIA held an intel- mental contradictions. not work, and Americans can also hear lectually challenged man prisoner and For example, in congressional testi- various former officials argue that attempted to use tapes of him crying mony and documents prepared for these techniques are not torture and as leverage against another member of White House briefings, the CIA claimed that they produced uniquely valuable the individual’s family. that a detainee had identified Khalid information. What is important is that At another point the CIA official Shaikh Mohammed as the mastermind today all Americans finally have ac- noted in writing that the CIA was hold- of the 9/11 attacks after he was de- cess to the facts so they can make up ing a number of detainees about whom tained by the CIA and subjected to the their own minds. Personally, I hope we know very little, and the CIA on CIA’s coercive interrogation tech- this report closes the door on the possi- multiple occasions continued to hold niques, but in fact CIA records clearly bility of our country ever resorting to people even after CIA officers con- show that Abu Zubaydah provided this torture again. cluded there was not information to de- information during noncoercive inter- Americans have known since the tain them. The review even found rogations by the FBI prior to the be- days of the Salem witch trials that tor- email records that described Director ginning of his coercive CIA interroga- ture is an unreliable means of obtain- Hayden instructing a CIA officer to tions and days before he was even ing truthful information in addition to underreport the total number of CIA moved to the CIA’s secret detention being morally reprehensible. But fol- detainees. To this day the CIA’s official site. I personally expected that there lowing the terrorist attacks of Sep- response to this report indicates that would be at least one or two cases tember 11, 2001, a small number of CIA senior CIA officials are alarmingly un- where vague or incomplete records officials chose to follow the advice of interested in determining exactly how might appear to support the Agency’s private, outside contractors who told many detainees the CIA even held. claims, but in fact in every one of these them the way to quickly get important To be clear, the report doesn’t at- 20 examples they and the arguments information from captured terrorist tempt to determine the motivation be- for them crumble under close scrutiny. suspects was by using coercive interro- hind these misrepresentations. The re- The report that is being released gation techniques that had been devel- port doesn’t reach judgments about today includes a number of redactions oped and used by Communist dictator- whether individuals deliberately lied or aimed at protecting our national secu- ships during the Cold War. unknowingly passed along inaccurate rity. I will say in my view some of I would note that the CIA officials information. It simply compares the these redactions are unnecessary and a later paid these same contractors to representations the CIA made to Con- few of them even obscure some details evaluate the effectiveness of their own gress, the Justice Department, the pub- that would help Americans understand work. lic, and others to the information parts of the report. Overall I am satis- CIA officials repeatedly represented found in the CIA’s own internal fied that the redactions do not make to the public, to the Congress, to the records, and it notes where those com- the report unreadable and it would be White House, and to the Justice De- parisons reveal significant contradic- possible for Americans to read the re- partment that the techniques were tions. port to learn not only what happened safe, that they were only used against One of the biggest sets of contradic- but how it happened, and learning that high-level terrorist captives, and that tions revolve around the repeated is essential to keep it from happening their use provided unique otherwise un- claim that the use of these techniques again. available intelligence that saved lives. produced unique, otherwise unavailable One of the reasons this public release After 5 long years of investigation, our intelligence that saved lives. CIA offi- is necessary is that the current CIA committee found that none of these cials made this claim to the White leadership has been resistant to ac- claims held up. The CIA’s so-called en- House, the Justice Department, the knowledging the full scope of the mis- hanced interrogation techniques in- Congress, and the public. The claim takes and misrepresentations that cluded a number of techniques that our was repeated over and over and over have surrounded this program. Some of country has long considered torture. again. Over the years CIA officials this resistance is made clear in the Furthermore, the CIA’s own interroga- came up with a number of examples to Agency’s official response to the com- tion records make it clear that the use try to support the claim, such as the mittee’s report, and I suspect some of of these techniques in the CIA’s secret names of particular terrorists sup- it will be echoed by former officials prisons was far harsher than was de- posedly captured as a result of coercive who were involved in the program. scribed in representations by the CIA. interrogations or plots that had been Finally, I want to wrap up by re- CIA Director Michael Hayden testi- supposedly thwarted based on this minding people about the documents fied that any deviation from approved unique, otherwise unavailable informa- that have come to be known as the Pa- procedures were reported and cor- tion. netta review. When former CIA Direc- rected, but CIA interrogation logs de- The committee took the 20 most tor Panetta came to the Agency in scribed a wide variety of harsh tech- prominent or frequently cited exam- 2009, he made it clear from the outset niques that the Justice Department’s ples used by the CIA and our investiga- that he wanted to work to put the infamous torture memos did not even tors spent years going through them. Agency’s history of torture behind it

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When the fight to declassify this re- duct a study of the CIA’s detention and began to identify some of the same port got bumpy—and let me tell you it interrogation program and nearly 2 mistakes and misrepresentations that did a lot of times. I think some of you years after approving the report, the are identified in our committee’s re- heard this weekend we had an elev- American people will finally know the port. Unfortunately, it does not appear enth-hour objection to the report get- truth about a very dark chapter in our that this review ever made it to the Di- ting out. People asked me what I Nation’s history. rector’s desk. Instead, publicly avail- thought, and I said it was not particu- I had two goals at the beginning of able documents made it clear this re- larly surprising because there were ob- this long process, and I still hold those view was quietly terminated by CIA at- jections practically every hour on the two goals today. First, I have been torneys who thought it was moving too hour for months and months. Yet when committed to correcting the public fast. the fight to declassify the report got record on the CIA’s multiple misrepre- Earlier this year the Agency con- very difficult, some people said: This is sentations to the American people, to ducted an unprecedented and secret going to get buried forever. That is other agencies, the executive branch, search of Senate files in an effort to what happens when you try to get ac- the White House, and to Congress. find out whether the committee had countability and transparency. Senator Second, my goal has been to ensure obtained copies of the Panetta review. MARK UDALL made it clear that wasn’t that the truth comes out about the ter- After it was found that committee in- going to be allowed to happen on MARK rible acts committed in the name of vestigators had in fact obtained the UDALL’s watch. the American people. Why? Because I Panetta review, the CIA actually at- I am going to wrap up by saying to want this to be our way of going for- tempted to file unsupported criminal Senator UDALL, I remember when we ward, that neither the CIA nor any fu- allegations against Senate staff mem- started this battle together and we got ture administration repeats the griev- bers. After the search was publicly re- a handful of votes, sometimes like 13 to ous mistakes this important oversight vealed by the press, the CIA’s own 2 or whatever. We thought it was going work reveals. spokesperson acknowledged in USA to be a long time before there was re- This has been a careful and very de- Today that the search had taken place form. We went from those days to even- liberative process. We have compiled, and it had been done because the CIA tually getting up to 15 or 20 votes. Col- drafted, redacted, and now released was looking to see if our investigators leagues, today, to a great extent be- this report. It has been much harder had found a document the CIA didn’t cause of Senator UDALL, in the last than it needed to be. Senator WYDEN want the Congress to have. Incredibly, vote for real surveillance reform, we and many others pointed it out. that same week CIA Director John were up to 58 votes—58 votes for real It brings no joy to discuss the CIA’s Brennan told reporter Andrea Mitchell surveillance reform. That, to a great brutal and appalling use of torture or of NBC that the CIA had not spied on extent, is possible because of the ex- the unprecedented actions that some in Senate files and that ‘‘nothing could be traordinary service of my good friend the intelligence community and the further from the truth.’’ Senator MARK UDALL from Colorado. administration have taken in order to I think this incident and the dif- We westerners always make sure we cover up the truth. By releasing the In- ference between what was said to An- stay in touch, and you know that is telligence Committee’s landmark re- drea Mitchell and what the Agency’s going to be the case with this par- port, we affirm that we are a nation own people said to USA Today reflects ticular friend from the West, a wonder- that does not hide from its past but once again what I call an alarming cul- ful Senator, Mr. MARK UDALL. learns from it. An honest examination ture of misinformation. Instead of ac- With that, I yield the floor. of our shortcomings is not a sign of knowledging the serious organizational The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- weakness but of the strength of our problems that are laid out in this re- ator from Colorado. great Republic. port, the Agency’s leadership seems in- f We have made significant progress clined to try to sweep them under the since the CIA first delivered its heav- SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON rug. This means organizational prob- ily—underline ‘‘heavily’’—redacted INTELLIGENCE STUDY OF THE lems aren’t going to be fixed unless version of the executive summary to CIA’S DETENTION AND INTERRO- they are laid out publicly, and there is the committee in August. The report GATION PROGRAM also a danger that other countries or we released today cuts through the fog even future administrations might be Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Presi- the CIA’s redactions created and will tempted to use torture if they don’t dent, today is a historic day, as Sen- give the American people a candid, have all the facts about the CIA’s expe- ator WYDEN made clear, Senator FEIN- brutal, and coherent account of the rience. That is why the release today is STEIN, Senator ROCKEFELLER, and CIA’s torture program. so important. many other Senators to follow. As the chairman said earlier today, In concluding, I thank all of the staff Before I talk about my involvement even when public tensions were high, who have put in hours and hours and in the efforts that were put forth to our committee continued to work be- nights and weekends and time away reach this day, I want to say to Sen- hind the scenes to successfully whittle from their families to get this inves- ator WYDEN, my good friend, you honor down 400 instances of unnecessary tigation completed. I praise Chair me with those comments. I want to ac- redactions to just a few. We didn’t FEINSTEIN and our former Chair Sen- knowledge that when you are in a make all the progress we wanted, and ator ROCKEFELLER, who together were fight, it matters whom you are in the the redaction process was filled with resolute in pushing for this kind of fight with. It has been my privilege and unwarranted and completely unneces- congressional oversight. honor to fight on the side of trans- sary obstacles, but all told, after re- f parency, on the side of protecting the viewing the final version, I believe our Bill of Rights, and this has been a landmark report accomplishes the TRIBUTE TO MARK UDALL righteous cause. We are going to con- goals I laid out at the outset and tells Mr. WYDEN. I close with just a word tinue to work to find the right balance the story that needs to be told. It also about our friend and colleague Senator between privacy and security. As Ben represents a significant and essential MARK UDALL of Colorado. I have had Franklin famously implied, we can step toward restoring faith in the cru- the pleasure of serving with Senator have both, but we don’t end up with cial role of Congress to conduct over- UDALL on the Intelligence Committee both if we set aside the Bill of Rights sight of the intelligence community. and have admired his commitment to and those fundamental principles that Congressional oversight is important American security and core American are enshrined into the Bill of Rights. It to all of government’s activities, but it

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:24 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.052 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6426 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 9, 2014 is especially important to those parts ating under color of law. In other so beloved back home in Texas. Why of government that operate in secret, words, this isn’t just something they would they return him election after as the Church committee discovered decided to cook up; this was something election over these many years? decades ago. that was vetted at the highest levels of First, RALPH is someone whom a lot The challenges the Church com- the Justice Department and the De- of Texans look up to as a role model. mittee confronted four decades ago partment of Defense. He is a happy warrior. Having proudly persists today—namely, how to ensure We had hearing upon hearing on served this country and Texas for over that those government actions which these various enhanced interrogation 50 years, he is a man of extraordinary are necessarily conducted in secret are techniques. There were disagreements, character and remarkable integrity. nonetheless conducted within the con- but we do know they were effective in Thinking about RALPH, the first fines of the law. gleaning intelligence that helped keep thing that comes to mind is his service The release of this executive sum- Americans safer. That is not just me to others, from his military service to mary is testament to the power of ef- saying that. Ask Leon Panetta, the im- being the oldest and among the longest fective oversight and the determina- mediate past Director of the Central serving Members of Congress. RALPH tion of Chairman FEINSTEIN and mem- Intelligence Agency and the Secretary has lived a life of service to others and bers of the committee to doggedly beat of the Department of Defense—a proud leaves behind a considerable legacy— back obstacle after obstacle in order to Democrat but also a patriot in his own one that will be long remembered and reveal the truth to the American peo- right. Ask John Brennan, President celebrated by people in my State and I ple. I have much more to say about Obama’s choice to be the current CIA believe the people of the United States these obstacles and about the critical Director. He said virtually the same too. importance of reforming an agency thing. Those who know RALPH know he is that refuses to even acknowledge what So much of this should have proven the man who, wherever he goes— it has done. I will deliver those re- to be unnecessary after two separate whether it is back home or here in marks soon. For now, I wish to con- U.S. attorneys conducted criminal in- Washington—before leaving a room, he gratulate the chairman and her staff vestigations. There was one done ear- will have hugged or shaken the hand of on this very important achievement. lier and then one done later when At- every person in the room, not to men- The document we are finally releas- torney General Eric Holder reopened tion telling a few bad jokes and leaving ing today is the definitive history of the investigation. These men and everybody laughing in the process. He what happened in the CIA’s detention women who risk their lives to do what is a man who truly cares about others, and interrogation program. We have al- their government asks them to do to and that is evident by the way he ar- ways been a forward-looking nation, keep us safe were subjected to at least ranged his desk in his Washington of- but to be so, we must be mindful of our two Justice Department investiga- fice. He said one of his favorite things own history. That is what this study is tions, and obviously no decision to pro- about his office is the view. Even so, he all about. That is why I have no doubt ceed with any kind of criminal charges arranged his desk with his back to the that we will emerge from this dark epi- was decided upon. window so others could sit and enjoy I think you have to wonder about the sode with our democracy strengthened the view. This speaks to the kind of timing of this in a lameduck session and our future made even brighter. man he is, always putting other people where we have basically three items of Mr. President, I yield the floor. first. business to do before we break for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- As I said, he is also well known for Christmas holidays and a new Con- ator from Vermont. his excellent sense of humor and an oc- Mr. LEAHY. I see the distinguished gress. It is clear that this report was casional bad joke. He is a great story- senior Senator from Texas on the floor pushed out in an attempt to make a po- teller and raconteur. He does have litical statement, but I have to tell you seeking recognition. I have been told to some pretty good stories to tell, that I think it is a reckless act, and it come here at 3:30 p.m., but obviously I though, from selling cigarettes to the is a disservice not only to the men and yield to my friend from Texas and ask famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, to women who risked their lives but also unanimous consent that when he com- putting President Reagan on hold, to to the American people who should ex- pletes his remarks I be recognized. his interesting encounters and friend- pect more of us. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without This was not a bipartisan Senate In- ships with Mickey Mantle, Muhammad objection, it is so ordered. telligence Committee report. Once Re- Ali, Ted Williams, Neil Armstrong, The Senator from Texas. publicans on the Senate Intelligence John Glenn, among others. There are Mr. CORNYN. I thank my friend from Committee figured out what was hap- his many stories about flying Hellcat Vermont. All of this got pushed back a pening, they simply disassociated fighter aircraft in the U.S. Army dur- little bit with the laudatory speeches themselves from it. This is purely a ing World War II. for our retiring colleague from Ne- partisan report. There are absolutely RALPH has led a full and exciting life. braska. We are backed up a little bit, no recommendations made for any re- During his time in Congress, he has not but I won’t be long. forms in this report. It was simply just been the hometown Congressman I have to say that I came to the floor done to embarrass and to hold up our from Rockwall, TX; he has been the when the Senators from Oregon and brave men and women who serve our hometown Congressman to everyone he Colorado were talking about Senator country and the intelligence commu- has encountered. It doesn’t matter who FEINSTEIN’s decision to release this re- nity to ridicule, and it is a shame. you are—RALPH just naturally wants port. I get it that different people see to try to find out how he can be helpful the same subject matter sometimes f to you, from the person he met on the through a different lens, but I can’t TRIBUTE TO RALPH HALL street, to the colleagues in the Texas think of any more reckless or irrespon- Mr. CORNYN. I came to the floor to delegation, to the President of the sible thing to do to our brave men and talk about another topic, and that is United States. That is just the way he women who fight in our military, who about my friend and fellow Texan Con- is. have fought our wars for the last 13 gressman RALPH HALL, who at the end Knowing RALPH, he probably has years, and the intelligence community of this year will be retiring from rep- something up his sleeve that he is not that has worked while risking their resenting Texas’s Fourth District in telling us about what he is going to do lives to keep us safe. the House of Representatives for more after he leaves Congress next month. In We all remember what happened on 9/ than three decades. It is hard to speak fact, when asked about his plans after 11/2001, but apparently with time our to the entirety of RALPH’s 34 years in leaving Congress, RALPH mentioned he memories have faded. What we do know Congress in just a few minutes. I will would probably go to work at Walmart for a fact is we would not have avoided try. I would be remiss if I didn’t men- because he has to have a job. another attack on our own soil if it tion some of his greatest hits, so to RALPH has always got to have some- were not for the dedication and the pa- speak. thing to do. But it goes to show that no triotism of men and women in our in- Let me begin with what I admire matter what he does next, he will not telligence community who were oper- most about RALPH HALL and why he is be slowing down anytime soon.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:42 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.054 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6427 RALPH HALL will be greatly missed in but on our moral leadership. Our Na- taxpayers’ money. They did not know this Congress. I am privileged to call tion needed back then a full accounting what they were doing, but they said: him a colleague and a friend. I would of the CIA’s treatment of detainees, Give us the money. Eventually the CIA like to wish him Godspeed and all the and we need it today. With this report, outsourced all aspects of the program best as he continues to recover from a at long last we have it. to the company these contractors set recent car accident at home in This is not the first report to record up. Did they make a few thousand dol- Rockwall. I look forward to seeing or condemn the detention and interro- lars? No. They made $80 million. This what he accomplishes in the next chap- gation policies and practices that were was a program out of control. It is yet ter of his long and storied life. used during the last administration, another reason why Congress has to ex- I yield the floor. but it is the first to fully chronicle the ercise its oversight responsibility. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- actions of the most secretive of our The report also disproves CIA claims ator from Vermont government agencies, the Central In- that torture programs were necessary f telligence Agency. The final report to protect our Nation, and that it lays bare the dark truth about their thwarted attacks. How many times SSCI STUDY OF THE CIA’S DETEN- program. That truth is far worse and it have we heard it before—that we need TION AND INTERROGATION PRO- is far more brutal than most Ameri- this to protect us; we need this to pro- GRAM cans ever imagined. tect us from another 9/11? We had all of Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I listened We have all seen the shocking pic- the evidence we needed to stop 9/11, but with interest to the tremendous state- tures from Abu Ghraib. We have read the government had not even bothered ment made by the Senator from Cali- the cold, clinical description of to translate some of the material that fornia, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, earlier today. ‘‘harsh’’ or ‘‘enhanced’’ techniques our intelligence people had already ob- She has spoken of this issue on other written by Department of Justice at- tained. After the fact, they decided: We occasions, and we Americans should torneys to justify such treatment. We should really translate some of that listen. know that what was done at Abu material we have. Then we found it More than a decade ago the Central Ghraib terribly diminished the image could have been stopped. Intelligence Agency began detaining of the United States throughout the This program of torture did not make and torturing human beings in the world. It did not make us safer by one us safer. As laid out in meticulous de- name of the war on terrorism. Then iota. In fact, many would argue it tail in the report, the use of these tech- employees and contractors of the U.S. made us less safe. niques did not generate uniquely valu- Government, paid for by our taxpayers’ The report makes clear one funda- able intelligence. In fact, the report dollars, abused and degraded, dehuman- mental truth: The CIA tortured people. thoroughly repudiates each of the most ized people. They stripped them of That is the bottom line. No euphe- commonly cited examples of plots their basic humanity. But more than mistic description or legal obfuscation thwarted and terrorists captured. That stripping them of their basic human- or pettifoggery can hide that fact any should not come as a surprise. ity, they stripped America of its stand- longer. The Intelligence Committee re- The Senate Judiciary Committee ing in the world as the leader of pro- port shows that techniques such as held numerous hearings on the Bush moting and protecting human rights. waterboarding and sleep deprivation administration’s interrogation policies Instead of protecting us as Americans, were used in ways far more frequent and practices. What we heard time and by their actions they hurt all Ameri- and cruel and harmful than previously again from witness after witness is cans. known. It shows that gross mismanage- that torture and other cruel treat- President Obama banned torture and ment by those in charge at the CIA and ments do not work. But there are still cruel treatment when he took office, a shocking indifference to human dig- some who continue to argue, even in but only now, because of the courage nity led to horrendous treatment and the face of overwhelming testimony and conviction of Senator FEINSTEIN conditions of confinement that went and actually now hard evidence to the and the other members of the Intel- far beyond even what they had been ap- contrary, that the program thwarted ligence Committee and their staffs, do proving. It turns out that the senior attacks and saved lives. They defend we have a full and public accounting of CIA leadership did not even know that the CIA’s action. They argue that the the CIA’s actions—an accounting the ‘‘enhanced’’ techniques were being used report does not tell the full story. But American people deserve. at one CIA detention facility. In fact, these are often the same people who The decision to release this historic in one instance, one of their prisoners participated in the rampant misrepre- report, as Senator FEINSTEIN has coura- died as a result, left shackled on a con- sentations detailed in this report. geously said, has been difficult, but it crete floor in a dungeon room, and The report shows that CIA officials was the right and moral thing to do. If likely died of hypothermia. consistently misled virtually everyone something is right and something is This is America? This is what we outside the Agency about what was ac- moral, no matter how difficult it is, stand for? This is the image we want to tually going on and about the results you should do it. Releasing the report give the rest of the world? This Amer- of the CIA interrogations—very similar demonstrates that America—the Amer- ican does not think so. This American to what we heard leading up to the war ica I love—is different. As Americans, does not think so. It is not what in Iraq after 9/11. I remember being in we cannot sweep our mistakes under brought my grandparents and great- those hearings. I remember listening to the rug and pretend they did not hap- grandparents to this country. the then-Vice President. I remember pen. We have to acknowledge our mis- These so-called ‘‘enhanced’’ interro- listening to others in those secret hear- takes. We have to learn from our mis- gation techniques were not just used ings and thinking: It does not ring takes. In this case, we as Americans on the worst of the worst either. In true. I stated to others that I thought must and will do everything we can to some instances, the CIA did not even some of the things they were telling us ensure that our government never tor- know whom it was holding. CIA records did not ring true. tures again. show that at least 26 people detained I remember walking early one morn- Five years ago, in 2009, I called for a by the CIA did not meet the CIA’s own ing with my wife near our home and commission of inquiry to review the standard for detention. Some of these two joggers coming up, calling us by Bush administration’s detention and individuals were subjected to—and this name. These were people we had never interrogation program and other is a wonderful slogan—‘‘enhanced’’ seen before in the neighborhood. sweeping claims of executive power by techniques. What an evil slogan. Some One of them said, ‘‘I hear you have the Bush administration. I believe that detainees were determined not even to some questions.’’ He asked whether I in order to restore America’s moral be members of Al Qaeda. had asked to see a particular docu- leadership, we have to acknowledge Moreover, the CIA relied on contrac- ment. what happened in our name because tors—not even CIA personnel but con- I said, ‘‘I haven’t. I didn’t know there much of the leadership we can show tractors—who had no experience as in- was such a thing.’’ around the world is not based on our terrogators to develop this program. He said, ‘‘You might find it inter- wealth or on the power of our military They were happy to take American esting to read.’’

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Both joggers—my wife remem- not have a responsibility to examine on which our great Nation was founded. bers this so well—they said, ‘‘I see you the systemic failure that allowed this In trying times, such as those we read the document.’’ to happen and then to ensure that it faced after September 11 and those we I said, ‘‘I did.’’ does not happen again? face now, we look to our intelligence, ‘‘But did they tell you about this Those who attack the credibility of military, and law enforcement profes- other document?’’ this report are wrong. This report is sionals to keep us safe. We are fortu- I said, ‘‘I didn’t know there was such not based on conjecture or theory or nate to have so many dedicated and a document.’’ insinuation. Anyone who reads it can talented people serving in the intel- ‘‘You may find it interesting.’’ see that this careful, thorough report ligence community, military, and law And so I then reviewed it. It was ob- was meticulously researched and writ- enforcement. But one lesson for their vious from what I read that they were ten. It is based on more than 6 million sake, our sake, and our country’s sake, withholding evidence that Saddam pages of CIA cables, emails, and other is that we should never become so Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11, documents containing descriptions blinded by fear that we are willing to contrary to what the Vice President that CIA employees and contractors sacrifice our own principles, laws, and and others were saying; that there were themselves recorded. humanity. We are the greatest, most powerful no weapons of mass destruction; and I believe Senator FEINSTEIN and the Nation on Earth. We cannot turn our that in fact, they were actually well other members of the Intelligence backs on our laws, our history, and our penned in by the no-fly zone we had set Committee who worked on this deserve Constitution because we are afraid. up. But instead we rushed into war be- our respect and our appreciation. cause we sought to avenge 9/11, even This Senator is not afraid. Intelligence Committee staffers, too, No matter what, our enemies are though they had nothing to do with have dedicated years of their lives to human beings. And no matter how 9/11. Now almost $3 trillion later, look this report. They have demonstrated hardened and evil they are, no matter at the mess we are in. courage and dedication in the face of how repulsive their actions—and many The report released today details enormous challenges, because they are—no matter how horribly they have how, like the run-up to the war in Iraq, thought first and foremost about the treated their own victims, we do not material that was held back from peo- United States of America. torture them—because we don’t join ple who should have seen it. This in- In the past year they were even them on that dark side of history. We cluded Members of Congress, White threatened with criminal prosecution. stand on the other side of history as House officials, even Justice Depart- Why? For doing the job they are sup- Americans. Generations of men and ment lawyers who were being asked to posed to do for the United States of women have given their lives and many review the legality of CIA techniques. America. But they would not allow have even endured torture themselves In the coming weeks, as we go into themselves to be intimidated. They in order to protect this Nation. They the new Congress, we are going to hear have served their country well, and did so not to protect our way of life, a lot about the need for oversight. I they have my deepest appreciation for but to protect our principles, our un- would hope the new leadership would bringing us this truly historic study. derstanding of right and wrong, of hu- look at the report Senator FEINSTEIN I thank their families, because they manity, of evil. and her committee have come out couldn’t tell their families the things The shameful actions uncovered by with, because this is where oversight they were reading. I imagine the fami- this report dishonored those men and should be—at the top of the list. So too lies knew of some of these attacks on women who have fought to protect should the unprecedented spying by the them. Their families too deserve our what is the best of our Nation, as well CIA on the congressional staff inves- thanks. as the men and women even today who tigating this program. Just think I am disappointed that those same continue to put their lives at risk for about that. They investigated Members honorable staffers had to spend so this country. of Congress who were asking them many months arguing with this White Americans know, throughout this about things they had done wrong. House about redactions to this report— country, that we are better than this. Then there is also the troubling pat- a White House that is supposed to be As we heard after Abu Ghraib and we tern of intimidation, which includes dedicated to transparency. This report will hear now, we are better than this the CIA referring its own congressional should have been issued months ago, and we should never let this happen overseers to the Justice Department and it still contains more redactions again. Let’s show the rest of the world, for criminal prosecution. My God, we than it should. I can think of some who too. are going back to the Joseph McCarthy will wonder why the redactions are I have spoken much longer than I days with things like this. This report there, but I am gratified that we can fi- normally do, but this is important to and those actions show a CIA out of nally shed light on this dark chapter. me. control. It is incumbent upon all of Among the many lessons we can take I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- us—Republicans and Democrats alike— from this report is that Americans de- ator from Maine. in the Congress to hold the Agency ac- serve more government transparency, Mr. KING. Mr. President, I also want countable. and that is essential to a strong democ- to address the report that was released The Judiciary Committee should racy. Just yesterday the Senate unani- this morning by the Chair of the Intel- take a hard look at the role of the De- mously passed a bipartisan bill, the ligence Committee. I come at this in a partment of Justice and its legal jus- Leahy-Cornyn FOIA Improvement Act. slightly different way than some of my tifications for this program. Much ink It significantly improves the Freedom colleagues, because I came to this proc- has been spilled criticizing the OLC of Information Act. Today’s release of ess late. opinion written during the Bush ad- this report is another important vic- I joined the Intelligence Committee ministration by John Yoo, Jay Bybee, tory for greater government trans- in January of 2013. By that time the re- and Stephen Bradbury. The OLC has al- parency. port had been authorized, had been ways had a good reputation, but these I strongly disagree with those who written, and actually had been final- opinions sullied the reputation of that argue that the reports should not come ized. So I came to it as a final product office, and they have been rightly repu- out and who have tried to pressure and and the decision was whether it should diated. But the report also dem- silence Senator FEINSTEIN. Don’t place be released. onstrates that even those opinions the blame on those who are telling the Before talking about the report, were the result of key misrepresenta- truth. Place the blame squarely where there are two very important points tions by the CIA about the seniority of it belongs: on those who authorized and that should be made.

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The guts of this report are an us off that something is going on that have met with them here. They are pa- analysis of the 20 principal cases the we should be concerned about. triotic, they are dedicated, they are CIA presented as justification for the I wrestled with this decision. It was smart, and they are brave. The problem torture to say that it worked, that it not easy. There is risk involved. There with this situation is their reputation led to intelligence that was reliable has been a lot of commentary today. has been sullied by a relatively small and current, and the report goes Our people are on alert. Will someone group of people early in the prior dec- through in excruciating detail looking attack us because of this report? ade. at each one of those allegations. I can’t deny that risk. I think it is So I want to make clear, at least as It basically finds that the informa- impossible to say. But we have already far as I am concerned, this is not an at- tion was either already available, it learned that these people will attack tempt to discredit or otherwise under- was available in our hands, it was us for any or no reason. They have been mine the CIA or the good people who available in other ways, and the wit- trying to attack us for 10 years. That is are there, but to point out that mis- nesses had given up the data prior to their reason for existing. takes were made. their being subjected to these extraor- ISIL has beheaded Americans, not be- No. 2, I think we need to acknowl- dinary measures. I am going to talk, as cause of this report, but because that is edge that those were extraordinary I mentioned, in a couple of minutes their agenda. Now they may issue a times, the year or so after September about this issue of effectiveness. press release or a YouTube video and 11. We thought there was going to be I should have said this at the begin- say we are doing this because of the re- another attack. There was a lot of ning. My poor words can’t contribute a port, but I would submit they are going pressure to uncover that information. great deal to this debate, but the to do it anyway. It is easy, 10 years later, to look back speech Senator JOHN MCCAIN made on What they are going to cite—it is not and say: Well, we shouldn’t have done this floor this morning should be re- the report, it is what we did that has this or we shouldn’t have done that. I quired viewing for every schoolchild in inflamed opposition around the world, understand that. We have to acknowl- America, every Member of this body, and it has done so for many years al- edge that. However, those cir- every Member of this Congress, and ready. cumstances cannot justify a basic vio- every American. He spoke eloquently Finally, on the question of the risk, lation of who we are as Americans and about the violation of our ideals of this when the terrible activities at Abu what our values are. program and the fact that it cannot, Ghraib came to the attention of the The process is the report was com- will not, and could not work. Congress, we did a report. The Armed pleted and accepted by the committee The final point we take from the re- Services Committee did a study and on a bipartisan basis. My predecessor, port is this program was continually issued a report in grisly detail of what Olympia Snowe, voted in favor of the misrepresented. It was misrepresented was done, and at that point we had acceptance of the report in December to the President, it was misrepresented 100,000 troops in Iraq. If ever there was of 2012. to the Justice Department, it was mis- a report that would have inflamed pub- It was then sent to the CIA. They re- represented to the Congress, and it was lic opinion in a foreign country and sponded, a rather full response. It took misrepresented to the Intelligence generated retribution against us, it about 6 months, and then they sub- Committee. was that. We cannot be intimidated by mitted their response to the com- The problem is that continues today. people who tell us that we cannot exer- mittee. In the past few days we have seen an cise and be true to our own ideals. I knew the vote was going to be com- outburst of statements, speeches, and But if there is any risk, why should ing up last spring as to whether to re- interviews on television saying it was we do it? Because these actions are so lease the report. I went to the secure effective. It wasn’t effective, and the alien to our values, they are so alien to site in one of our buildings and sat report makes that clear. our principles that we simply can’t down every night for a week and read There is a semantic sleight of hand countenance them. this executive summary, every single going on, and I have already seen it in By the way, if this wasn’t torture, if word—all 500 pages, all of the foot- two or three interviews on television this wasn’t a problem, why did the CIA notes—and made my own judgment as where people slide from the report and destroy the tapes of one of these inter- one who was in no way invested in this they say: The program of detention of rogations? That is what started all of report. Here are the conclusions I people whom we captured after Sep- this, when the Senate learned they had reached. I must say, until I sat and tember 11 was effective in generating destroyed tapes. If they thought this read it, I didn’t fully comprehend what intelligence. was not torture—which is what they this issue was, why we needed this Absolutely true. There is no doubt of were telling us—then why are they de- large report, why we needed to do this that. People were detained, they were stroying the tapes? That is what began study. After reading it, I was shaken interrogated, they gave good intel- this process. and convinced that the report was im- ligence, it taught us what we know To me, one of the most telling quotes portant and should be released. about Al Qaeda, and it was very helpful in the whole report was a back-and- Basically, it has four conclusions. I to the country in preventing future forth between the CIA and I think the am not going to go through them in de- plots. White House—but I think it was within tail, but No. 1 was: We committed tor- The question for the House, though, the CIA where the statement was ture. I am not going to argue that. I is was the torture effective? If you made: ‘‘Whatever you do, don’t let would say, as I said repeatedly, read have somebody in custody, they give Colin Powell find out about this, he’ll the report. No person can read the de- up good information, and then later blow his stack.’’ Now that tells me scription of what was done in our name you torture them and they don’t give they knew they were doing something and not conclude that it was way out- you anymore information, the torture that wasn’t acceptable to our country side the values of our country and con- didn’t create that information or that and to the American people. But the stituted torture by any definition. intelligence. The question is did the ex- second reason to release this report is No. 2, it was terribly managed. That traordinary methods create additional the key: so it will never happen again. is not a very exciting point about man- evidence. That is the whole deal here. agement, but nobody was in charge. People should cock their ears when The campaign of the last few days of Contractors were actually designing they hear people say the program cre- people saying it worked and it wasn’t the program and assessing whether it ated this good intelligence. It did. But torture and you shouldn’t do it because

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It is about who we want to government officials who authorized the which could be wiped out in the first be as a people. It is a hard debate. It is CIA’s so-called ‘‘enhanced interrogation’’ week of a new Presidency or in the difficult. It is hard to talk about these program after 9/11 claim that it produced a first month of a new Presidency. We things. This was a dark period. But I significant and sustained stream of accurate cannot have this happen again. believe that having this discussion, and reliable intelligence that helped disrupt The oratory is that it works. I have a having this debate, getting this infor- terrorist plots, save American lives, and even locate Osama Bin Laden. While some of letter, which I will submit for the mation out—and by the way, all the in- the particular claimed successes of the pro- RECORD, from 20 former terrorist inter- formation is going to be out: the re- gram have been disproven based on publicly rogators—Army, Air Force, CIA, FBI— port; the CIA’s response was made pub- available information, the broader claim saying these kinds of tactics don’t lic today; the minority had their own that the EIT program was necessary to dis- work and, in fact, they produce bad in- statement that is quite substantial. So rupt terrorist plots and save American lives telligence. There is an article in Polit- the public is going to be able to look at is based on classified information unavail- ico today by Mark Fallen, who is a 30- all this information and make their able to the public. year interrogator, saying it doesn’t own decisions. I looked at the informa- The SSCI study—based on a review of more than 6 million pages of official records—pro- work. tion, and the decision I made was that vides an important opportunity to shed light We have to have this discussion and this is important information the peo- on these important questions. We understand lay that to rest because the people who ple of America are entitled to, they that the SSCI minority and CIA have sepa- are saying it works are really saying: should understand, and we should move rate views regarding the meaning and sig- And we will do it again if we have to. forward consistent with our ideals and nificance of the official documentary record. And that is not who we are as people. our principles as a nation and see that Those views are important and should also Interestingly, in the CIA’s response something like this never happens be made public so that the American people to the report—all during the early part again. have an opportunity to decide for themselves of this past decade the argument was— whether the CIA program was ultimately Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- worth it. and we are hearing it today—it works. sent to have printed in the RECORD the It is beyond time for this critical issue of We are certain it works. We got valu- letter I referred to earlier. national importance to be driven by facts— able intelligence. We got Osama bin There being no objection, the mate- not rhetoric or partisan interest. We there- Laden. rial was ordered to be printed in the fore urge you to vote in favor of declas- The CIA is not saying that today. RECORD, as follows: sifying and releasing the SSCI study on the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation program. When they submitted their response to FEBRUARY 4, 2014. Sincerely, the committee’s report, what they said Hon. ANGUS KING, about effectiveness was that it is un- U.S. Senate, 359 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tony Camerino, Glenn Carle, James T. Washington, DC. Clemente, Jack Cloonan, Gerry knowable whether it was effective. I Downes, Mark Fallon, Brigadier Gen- DEAR SENATOR KING: We write to you as believe the migration from the cer- eral David R. Irvine, USA (Ret.), Ste- tainty they gave to Members of Con- current and former professional interroga- tors, interviewers, and intelligence officials ven Kleinman, Marcus Lewis, Mike gress and the President and the De- regarding the Senate Select Committee on Marks, Robert McFadden, Charles partment of Justice—the migration Intelligence’s (SSCI) 6000-plus page study of Mink, Joe Navarro, Torin Nelson, Erik from ‘‘certainty’’ to ‘‘unknowable’’ the CIA’s post-9/11 rendition, detention, and Phillips, William Quinn, Buck Revell, speaks volumes because they couldn’t interrogation program. We understand that Mark Safarik, Haviland Smith, Lieu- refute the facts that are in this report. the SSCI may soon take up the issue of tenant General Harry E. Soyster (Ret.). If this idea that this kind of interro- whether to pursue declassification and public Mr. KING. I yield the floor. gation works becomes conventional release of the study. In the interest of trans- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- wisdom, it will definitely happen parency and furthering an understanding of ator from New Mexico. again. effective interrogation policy, we urge you Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I ask to support declassification and release of as unanimous consent that Senator LEVIN I go back in conclusion to JOHN much of the study as possible, with only such MCCAIN’s statement this morning. I redactions as are necessary to protect na- be permitted to follow my remarks and can’t match his eloquence. It was one tional security. speak for up to 10 minutes. of the most powerful messages I have Since the CIA program was established The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ever heard in this body or anywhere over a decade ago, there has been substantial objection, it is so ordered. else. He talked about who we are as public interest in, and discussion of, the fun- Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, tor- Americans, and he also talked from damental efficacy of the so-called ‘‘enhanced ture is wrong, it is un-American, and it personal experience about what torture interrogation techniques’’ (EITs). Despite doesn’t work. Recognizing these impor- the employment of these methods, critical tant realities, the President signed an will do and whether it will produce questions remain unanswered as to whether good information, and I would submit EITs are an appropriate, lawful, or effective Executive order in January of 2009 that that JOHN MCCAIN knows more about means of consistently eliciting accurate, limited interrogations by any Amer- that particular subject than all the timely, and comprehensive intelligence from ican personnel to the guidelines that rest of us in this body put together. individuals held in custody. Based on our ex- are in the Army Field Manual, and he I got a critical note from a friend in perience, torture and other forms of abusive reinforced U.S. commitment to the Ge- Maine this morning that said ‘‘You or coercive techniques are more likely to neva Conventions. This closed the book know, you are naive’’ and all those generate unreliable information and have re- on the Bush administration’s interro- kinds of things. I just wrote him back peatedly proven to be counterproductive as a gation program. But make no mis- means of securing the enduring cooperation and said, ‘‘Don’t take it from me; of a detained individual. They increase the take—these weren’t enhanced interro- watch what JOHN MCCAIN had to say.’’ likelihood of receiving false or misleading gations. This was torture. I would chal- We are exceptional, but we are not information, undermine this nation’s ability lenge anyone to read this report and exceptional because of natural re- to work with key international partners, and not be truly disturbed by some of these sources or because we are smarter and bolster the recruiting narratives of terrorist techniques. better looking than anybody else; we groups. Releasing the Intelligence Commit- are exceptional because of our values. We would like to emphasize that this view tee’s study of the CIA’s detention and We are one of the few countries in the is further supported by relevant studies in interrogation program to the American the behavioral sciences and publicly avail- world that was founded on explicit val- able evidence, which show that coercive in- people today will finally provide a ues and ideals and principles. And prin- terrogation methods can substantially dis- thorough accounting of what happened ciples aren’t something you discard rupt a subject’s ability to accurately recall and how it happened. In addition, like when times get tough. That is when and convey information, cause a subject to my colleague and friend from Maine

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Some have sug- debate over its practical merits. This is it needs to be fully understood so that gested that releasing this report could about torture being immoral, being un- future generations will not make the put American lives at risk. But let’s be American. Reducing a human being to same mistakes that our country made clear. It has been the use of torture a state of despair through systematic out of fear. that has unnecessarily put Americans subjugation, pain, and humiliation is When America engages in these acts, in harm’s way. unquestionably immoral. It should with authorization from the highest There is no question that there will never happen again with the blessing of levels of government, we invite others never be a good time to release this the Government of the United States of to treat our citizens and our soldiers study. We all know that for months, America. the same way. This study should serve terrorists in the extremist group ISIS As my colleague who spoke before as a warning to those who would make have been kidnapping and barbarically me—Senator KING of Maine—said so similar choices in the future or argue killing innocent Americans because of well in an interview this morning, about the efficacy of these techniques. what we as a nation stand for. The re- ‘‘This is not America. This is not who Let us learn from the mistakes of the sponse to their threats and terrorism we are.’’ I think that sums up how I past, and let us never repeat these mis- should not be for us to change our view the revelations in that report. takes again. American values; it should be to stand The information in the study re- Before I close, I wish to say how im- firm in our values and work with our leased today to the public will finally portant it is to acknowledge that the allies to root out extremism and ter- pull back the curtain on the terrible Intelligence Committee’s study of the rorism in all its forms. judgment that went into creating and CIA’s detention and interrogation pro- The release of this study will finally implementing this interrogation pro- gram represents many, many years of let us face what was done in the name gram. hard work by Members and staff who of the American people and allow for The decision to use these techniques faced incredible obstacles in com- future generations to use these find- and the defense of the program were pleting their work. The fact that this ings to learn from the mistakes made the work of a relatively small number study is finished is a testament to by the architects of this program. This of people at the CIA. This study is in their dedication, and it is a testament is an objective, fact-based study. It is a no way a condemnation of the thou- to the dedication and focus of Chair- fair study. And it is the only com- sands of patriotic men and women at man ROCKEFELLER and Chairman FEIN- prehensive study conducted of this pro- this great Agency who work tirelessly STEIN in deciding that oversight is our gram and the CIA’s treatment of its de- every day to protect and defend our job, regardless of how long it takes. tainees in the aftermath of the Sep- Nation from very real and imminent Mr. President, I yield the floor. tember 11 attacks. Today marks an threats using lawful measures; using The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen- enormous, albeit painful, step into our effective measures. In fact, the insist- ior Senator from Michigan. future. ence that so many intelligence suc- Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, the report It is important to know that these cesses were the result of enhanced in- released today by the Intelligence torture methods were the brainchild of terrogations negates and marginalizes Committee is an important addition to a few CIA officials and their contrac- the effective work done by thousands the public’s knowledge about the CIA’s tors. When I joined the Intelligence of other CIA officers not involved in use of torture, euphemistically de- Committee two years ago, I began to these activities. scribed by some as ‘‘enhanced interro- read the classified report and was sur- What this study does is show that gation techniques’’ in the period fol- prised to learn this. Frankly, it was multiple levels of government were lowing the September 11, 2001, terrorist not consistent with all of my assump- misled about the effectiveness of these attacks. tions. It wasn’t what my prejudices techniques. If secretive government The use of these techniques was a told me to expect. But that is exactly agencies want to operate in a democ- failure, both moral and practical. why a fact-based study is so important. racy, there must be trust and trans- These tactics violated the values this Furthermore, it is important to parency with those who are tasked Nation has long stood for, while adding know that at every turn, CIA leader- with the oversight of those agencies. little benefit to our security. As GEN ship avoided congressional oversight of As the committee carries out future David Petraeus and others have point- these activities and, even worse, misled oversight, we will benefit from the les- ed out, their use has placed U.S. per- Congress. That leadership deliberately sons in this study. I hope we never sonnel at greater risk of being tor- kept the vast majority of the Senate again let the challenges of difficult tured. They have tarnished America’s and House Intelligence Committees in times be used as an excuse to frustrate standing in the world and undermined the dark on the interrogation tech- and defer oversight the way it was in our moral authority to confront ty- niques until the day the President re- the early years described in this report. rants and torturers. I am glad this re- vealed the detention and interrogation Although President Obama ended the port will fully inform a public debate program to the rest of the world in program by signing that Executive with facts that have remained classi- 2006—4 years after it began. order in 2009, any future President fied for too long, and I hope it ensures Even then, misrepresentations to the could reverse it. It is worth remem- that our Nation never again resorts to committee about the effectiveness of bering that years before this detention such brutal and misguided methods. this program continued, in large part and interrogation program even began, The report lays out clearly that, con- because the CIA had never performed the CIA had sworn off the harsh inter- trary to claims by former CIA and any comprehensive review of the effec- rogations of its past. But in the wake Bush administration officials, these tiveness of the interrogation tech- of the terrorist attacks against the techniques did not produce uniquely niques or the actions of its officers. United States, it repeated those mis- valuable intelligence that saved lives. Myths of the effectiveness of torture takes by once again engaging in brutal The report examines 20 such specific have been repeated, perpetuating the interrogations that undermined our representations that were used fre- fable that this was a necessary pro- Nation’s credibility on the issue of quently by the CIA to make the case to gram that somehow saved lives. human rights, produced information of policymakers for continued use of abu- The committee examined the CIA’s dubious value, and wasted millions and sive techniques. In all 20 cases, the claims of plots thwarted and detainees millions of taxpayer dollars. CIA’s claims about the value of intel- captured as a result of intelligence The public interest in this issue too ligence gathered through torture were gained through torture. In each and often has centered on the personalities inaccurate. At the same time the CIA

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Some have argued against releasing to be able to have an idea to pursue a This is not at all surprising when we this report, suggesting that it could business plan, to save for your family’s consider the origin of these abusive in- spark violence against American inter- and children’s education, to save for terrogation techniques. In 2008 the Sen- ests. Fundamentally, the idea that re- your own retirement, to prepare your- ate Armed Services Committee pro- lease of this report undermines our se- self for a bright financial future. Unfor- duced a detailed investigative report curity is a massive exercise in blame tunately, many Americans struggle to into the treatment of detainees in mili- shifting. Telling the truth about how do that. tary custody. That report traced the we engaged in torture doesn’t risk our Certainly, one of the aspects of that path of techniques such as security. It is the use of torture that circumstance is there is very little sav- waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and undermines our security. Release of ings that goes on in our country today. forced nudity from the military’s sur- this report is hopefully an insurance People are unable or unwilling, or per- vival, evasion, resistance, and escape policy against the danger that a future haps undisciplined, in a way that al- training, or SERE training, the path to President, a future intelligence com- lows them to prepare for their financial interrogations of U.S. detainees. SERE munity, and a future Congress might security and their financial future. The training was not designed to train U.S. believe that we should compromise our problem is—and statistics bear this personnel to torture detainees. Rather, values in pursuit of unreliable informa- out—people aren’t saving. The reality it was designed to prepare U.S. per- tion through torture. If a future Amer- is, according to a recent survey, 44 per- sonnel to survive torture at the hands ica believes that what America’s CIA cent of American households lack the of our enemies. SERE training simu- did in 2001, 2002, and 2003 was accept- savings to cover basic expenses for 3 lated techniques that were used by the able and useful, we are at risk of re- months if unemployment or medical Chinese interrogators during the Ko- peating the same horrific mistakes. emergency or another crisis leads to a rean War—techniques designed to elicit That is a threat to our security. loss of stable income. Many Americans a confession—any confession—whether Torture is never the American way. have the inability—almost the major- true or false. Those who tortured U.S. Concealing the truth is never the ity of Americans have the inability to troops were not after valuable action- American way. Our Nation stands for care for themselves and their families able intelligence. They were after con- something better. Our people deserve if there is an emergency or a problem fessions they could use for propaganda something better—they deserve an in- for more than 3 months. That is some- purposes. telligence community that conducts thing we ought to try to resolve. Defenders of the CIA’s actions have itself according to the law, according I also think there has been over a pe- claimed that abusive techniques pro- to basic human values, and with the riod of time a disparity of incomes. We duced key intelligence on locating bin safety of our troops always in mind. want to make certain those at the low- Laden that couldn’t have been acquired They deserve better than intelligence est income levels have an opportunity through other means. This is false, as tactics that are likely to produce use- to increase their income and to in- the Intelligence Committee’s report less lies from people trying to end their crease their financial stability. In fact, demonstrates in detail. Not only was torture being used against them, in- the Senator from Oregon, Senator the key information leading to bin stead of producing valuable intel- WYDEN, and I created sometime ago the Laden obtained through other means ligence. Senate Economic Mobility Caucus, try- not involving abusive interrogation I thank Chairman FEINSTEIN for her ing to make certain that people have a techniques by the CIA, but, in fact, the leadership in completing and releasing chance to move up the ladder of eco- CIA detainee who provided the most this report. I thank Senator ROCKE- nomic success and security in our econ- significant information about the cou- FELLER for his longstanding effort in omy and in our country. Senator rier provided the information prior to this regard. I thank Senator MCCAIN WYDEN and I came together to bring being subjected to abusive interroga- and others for speaking out on the need some of the best minds from conserv- tion. to ensure that the United States never ative to more liberal thought-pro- There has been a great deal of con- again repeats these mistakes. voking organizations and policy orga- versation, and rightly so, about the Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I nizations to visit with Republican and need for effective congressional over- suggest the absence of a quorum. Democratic Senators and their staffs The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sight of our intelligence community about what ideas are out there that and the obstacles that exist to that clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to might increase the chances that a per- oversight. This report highlights many son or a family has the chance to im- such obstacles. In one case, this report call the roll. Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask prove their financial circumstances. makes public the likely connection be- unanimous consent that the order for One of the ideas that arose from that tween the Senate’s efforts to oversee the quorum call be rescinded. caucus’s discussions was this legisla- intelligence and the destruction of CIA The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion called the American Savings Pro- tapes documenting abusive interroga- objection, it is so ordered. motion Act, again, with the realization tion of detainees. In 2005 I sponsored a that people are not saving for their f resolution, with the support of ten col- own financial security, that they lack leagues, to establish an independent AMERICAN SAVINGS PROMOTION stability in times of emergency and national commission to examine treat- ACT difficult economic challenges to care ment of detainees since 9/11. According Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I am on for themselves, how can we encourage to emails quoted in the report released the floor this afternoon to speak brief- Americans to save more? today, Acting CIA General Counsel ly about the American Savings Pro- One of the ideas that came forth in John Rizzo wrote on October 31, 2005, motion Act, H.R. 3374. this regard is the opportunity to link that the commission proposal ‘‘seems My understanding is that this bill savings to prizes. When I first heard to be gaining some traction,’’ and ar- may soon pass the Senate—it was this, I thought it sounded a little bit gued for renewed efforts ‘‘to get the passed by the House of Representatives odd, a little bit like a gimmick. But right people downtown’’—that is, at in September—and I wish to speak the reality is with little savings, people the White House—‘‘on board with the briefly about its value to our country, still believe—in fact, 20 percent of notion of our destroying the tapes.’’ to its citizens, and to our country’s fu- Americans believe that winning the Does it sound a little bit like Water- ture. lottery is a meaningful strategy to gate? The videos were destroyed at the I believe this is a fairly narrow cir- build wealth. Americans spend more direction of Jose Rodriguez, then the cumstance with broad consequences. I than $60 billion every year on lottery

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Well, the agency that tery, but about allowing financial in- encouraged. least wanted to see this report come stitutions the opportunity to provide I appreciate that it is likely that out and most wanted to hammer at it prizes for those who save, who open a later today or tomorrow H.R. 3374 will had 6 months with full access to all of savings account and deposit money pass, again, an example of where we the files and the underlying knowledge into that account. In our country, be- have been able to work together and of what was done. The best they could cause of the way financial institutions bring new ideas to the cause of making come up with was a single correction. are regulated, that has been an oppor- certain that everybody has the oppor- So I hope we can get past whether it tunity in a number of States in credit tunity to increase their economic was correct. union financial institutions for a pe- value, to increase the economic worth The other thing we should get past is riod of time. In fact, the statistics and for their family available for the fu- this was a bunch of second-armchair the facts that arise from that experi- ture, to pay their bills, and to make thinking by people who approved the ment or that experience indicate that certain their future is bright, again, in program originally and now, on reflec- savings increases when there is a prize my mind making sure the American tion, want to look good. The Senate associated with the savings behavior. dream is more alive and all American was not briefed on this program until So it is one of the reasons this makes families are better off. the public found out about it. The Sen- sense. Prize-linked savings is an inno- Mr. President, I thank you for the ate Intelligence Committee was not vation, a tool to encourage savings opportunity to address the Senate, and briefed on this program until the pub- while offering the chance to win a larg- I suggest the absence of a quorum. lic found out about it. The only people er prize. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The who were briefed on it were the Chairs, We know these programs work be- clerk will call the roll. the Chair and the Vice Chair on the cause of the evidence in the States that The assistant bill clerk proceeded to House and the Senate side. They were I mentioned in which credit unions call the roll. told strictly not to talk to anybody, have been offering these prizes associ- Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Presi- not to talk to staff, not to consult with ated with savings, and that has oc- dent, I ask unanimous consent that the lawyers, in some cases not even to talk curred in Nebraska and North Carolina order for the quorum call be rescinded. with each other. So the idea that the and Washington. Since 2009, over 50,000 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. WAR- Senate is now having some kind of sec- accountholders have collectively saved REN). Without objection, it is so or- ond thoughts about this, having once more than $94 million, and it only is dered. approved it—part of the findings of the available in the credit union setting f report are that the Senate was misled. and not available in a bank setting be- Not only was the Senate misled, but it SSCI STUDY OF THE CIA’S DETEN- cause of Federal barriers that prevent appears the executive branch was mis- TION AND INTERROGATION PRO- banks and thrifts from offering these led as well. GRAM prize-linked savings products. The point that I would like to con- With the passage of this legislation— Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Presi- clude with is that when you have a again, which is a pretty straight- dent, I had a chance briefly earlier, wrong, a considerable wrong that has forward, commonsense kind of oppor- when Chairman DIANNE FEINSTEIN of taken place—and I think that for an tunity—this legislation will update the Senate Intelligence Committee and American agency to torture a human Federal laws to allow States to expand her predecessor as Chairman of the being is a very considerable wrong—it prize-linked savings to other financial Senate Intelligence Committee, Com- tends to affect nearby areas. You can- institutions beyond credit unions. merce Chairman JAY ROCKEFELLER, not contain the wrong. So congres- Increasing savings is a win-win for were on the floor, to express my appre- sional oversight was compromised in individuals. It is certainly valuable to ciation to them for the leadership they order to protect this program. People boost the financial institutions’ ac- showed in bringing the Senate Intel- simply were not told. When they were counts and an improvement to the ligence Committee report through a told, they were given watered-down, American economy. very long ordeal and finally before the misleading, or outright false versions. This legislation was introduced by American public today. The separation of powers has been me, with the cosponsorship efforts of I am not going to revisit what the re- compromised by this. A Federal execu- Senator SHERROD BROWN, the Senator port says. I was on the Intelligence tive agency has actually used its tech- from Ohio, in an effort to create one Committee as it was prepared. I was nological skills to hack into the files of more opportunity, one more piece of closely involved in its preparation. The a congressional investigative com- encouragement for people to save for points I would like to make here today mittee. That has to be a first in this their own financial well-being, to care are, first, to once again thank Chair- country’s history. A subject of a con- for themselves and their families, and man ROCKEFELLER and Chairman FEIN- gressional investigation was allowed to to increase the savings rate in this STEIN for persisting through this proc- file a criminal referral with the De- country for the benefit of the entire ess, particularly Chairman FEINSTEIN, partment of Justice against members economy, but most importantly for the who I think saw very intense resist- of the investigative committee’s staff. benefit of low-income individuals who ance both within the Senate and within That, I believe, is a first in the history need a boost of encouragement to save. the CIA to this effort. They, I think, of separation-of-powers offenses in this I wish to thank my colleagues in the have done something that is in the country. House. As I say, this legislation passed very best traditions of the Senate. The integrity of reporting not only in the House where Congressman KIL- The second thing I will say is that in through congressional oversight, but MER and Congressman COTTON led the my opinion, in America, an open de- up into the executive branch, appears effort in the House, and my colleague, mocracy like ours lives and dies by the to have been compromised to protect the Senator from Ohio, Senator BROWN, truth. If we have done something this program with information that the for his efforts in supporting this legis- wrong, if we have done something we government already knew, from legiti- lation here in the Senate. It is an op- should not have done, then we should mate, proper, professional interroga- portunity for us to do something mod- come clean about it. That is what this tion, being ascribed to the torture pro- est but useful, something based upon report does, in excruciating, pains- gram. You can line up the timeline. common sense, and something that ac- taking detail. You can see that the information was complishes a goal we all should have of Let me credential the report for a disclosed first. You can see where high- making certain the American dream is minute. When the CIA was offered a er-ups in the executive branch were alive and well, that individuals and chance to challenge the facts of the re- told that that information was due to families take personal responsibility port, they had it for 6 months. My un- the torture which occurred after the

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New York said: ‘‘The average middle- that they have since been withdrawn Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent class person thought, ‘the Democrats by the Department of Justice. that the order for the quorum call be aren’t paying enough attention to The Presiding Officer is a very able rescinded. me.’ ’’ and experienced lawyer. Those of us The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Well, Democrats weren’t paying who have been in the Department of objection, it is so ordered. enough attention to middle-class fami- Justice know well that the Office of f lies. The American people didn’t sup- Legal Counsel stands at the pinnacle of port the health care law, and they UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREE- the Department of Justice in terms of made that clear. But Democrats just MENT—EXECUTIVE CALENDAR legal talent, ability, and acumen. Many ignored their objections and forced it of us believe the Department of Justice Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent through anyway. stands at the pinnacle of the American that following the vote on confirma- They were far from frank about what legal profession. So those are the peo- tion of Executive Calendar No. 1081, was in the bill. In fact, ObamaCare ar- ple who ordinarily are the best of the Walter, the Senate consider Calendars chitect Jonathan Gruber essentially best. When they write legal opinions so Nos. 1094 and 1095; that there be 2 min- admitted that Democrats were delib- shoddy that they have to be with- utes for debate equally divided between eratively deceptive when passing their drawn, when they overlook and fail to the two leaders or their designees prior health reform law. Gruber said: even address the U.S. Circuit Court de- to each vote; that upon the use or cisions that describe waterboarding as This bill was written in a tortured way to yielding back of time the Senate pro- make sure CBO did not score the mandate as torture when they are answering the ceed to vote without intervening ac- taxes. . . . Lack of transparency is a huge question, is waterboarding torture, tion or debate on the nominations in political advantage. And basically, call it that is shoddy legal work. the order listed; that any rollcall the ‘stupidity of the American voter’ or When I first got a look at this and votes, following the first in the series, whatever, but basically that was really, real- came to the Senate floor to speak be 10 minutes in length; that if any ly critical to getting the thing to pass. about it, I described it as ‘‘fire the as- nomination is confirmed, the motion to That is from Jonathan Gruber, as I sociate’’ quality legal work. That is reconsider be considered made and laid said, an architect of ObamaCare. what we got from the very top of the 1 upon the table with no intervening ac- Well, 4 ⁄2 years after the law has Department of Justice. It is not be- tion or debate; that no further motions passed, it is clear Americans were right cause there was a lack of talent there. be in order to the nomination; that any to be concerned. The law that was sup- It is because things were bent and statements related to the nomination posed to reduce the cost of health care twisted to support this program. So it be printed in the RECORD; that the for American families is actually driv- is very important that the truth just President be immediately notified of ing up prices. came out. Each Friday my office puts out a doc- I am very glad this has happened. It the Senate’s action and the Senate then resume legislative session. ument featuring the ObamaCare head- is a sad day in many respects because lines of the week. I would like to read these are hard truths. These are hard The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? a few headlines from the past week facts to have to face. But we are better that I think give a picture of where we off as a country if we face hard truths Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. REID. For the information of all are with this law. and hard facts. This is from the Associated Press: I will close by saying this. I have Senators, these two nominations are ‘‘Healthcare.gov average premiums traveled all over that theater looking Peter Michael McKinley to be Ambas- going up in 2015.’’ From the Wall Street at the way our Central Intelligence sador to the Republic of Afghanistan Journal: ‘‘More Cost of Health Care Agency operates and the way our other and Richard Rahul Verma to be Am- Shifts to Consumers.’’ From covert operations operate. I am ex- bassador to India. Businessweek: ‘‘Obamacare’s Future: tremely proud of what our intelligence We expect that the nominations will services do. I am incredibly impressed be considered and confirmed by voice Cancer Patients Paying More for Medi- by the courage and the talent of the vote. cation.’’ From Gallup: ‘‘Cost Still a young officers who go overseas into I suggest the absence of a quorum. Barrier Between Americans and Med- often very difficult and dangerous situ- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ical Care.’’ From the Fiscal Times: ations and do a brilliant job. In many clerk will call the roll. ‘‘High Deductible Plans Have More respects, it is for them that I think The assistant legislative clerk pro- People Delaying Treatment.’’ From this report needs to be out. It needs to ceeded to call the roll. U.S. News & World Report: ‘‘Americans be known that this was not the whole Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask Unhappy With Obamacare Shopping department, that there are many offi- unanimous consent that the order for Experience.’’ And from The Hill: ‘‘Se- cers who had nothing to do with it and the quorum call be rescinded. curity Flaws Found in Obamacare Fee would want nothing to do with it and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Calculator.’’ knew better. There were many people objection, it is so ordered. And I could go on. Those are just who were professionals in interrogation f headlines from last week. I could read similar headlines from the week before who knew how amateurish this was. It OBAMACARE was done by a bunch of contractors, ba- and from the week before that. sically. Mr. THUNE. Madam President, a Any way you look at it, ObamaCare So I think we should be well aware, Bloomberg headline Monday noted: is a mess. The President promised the as we reflect on this, of their courage ‘‘Half of the Senators Who Voted for law would lower premiums by $2,500. In and of the sacrifice and of the ability ObamaCare Will be Gone in 2015.’’ fact, the average family health care and of the discipline of the young men ObamaCare, it seems, has not been premium has increased by $3,064 since and women who put themselves in kind to the party that jammed it the law was passed, and family pre- harm’s way to make sure that this through Congress. miums are still going up. country has the information and the In fact, the third ranking Democrat The President promised Americans intelligence it needs to succeed in the in the Senate admitted as much 2 could keep the health care plans they world. I am proud of them. weeks ago when he told an audience had and liked. In reality, ObamaCare I am also proud of the Intelligence that Democrats made a mistake after has forced millions of Americans off Committee and our staffs who worked the 2008 election by putting all their their plans.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:26 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.073 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6435 The President promised that Ameri- We will work with the President to maybe that is why we have been as suc- cans would be able to keep the doctors expand trade promotion authority to cessful as we have. they liked. In fact, Americans have open new markets for American agri- I also wish to recognize the hard lost the doctors they liked and trusted, cultural products and manufactured work of so many of the staff members not to mention access to convenient goods, and we will take up legislation on both sides, the work they put in, hospitals and needed medications. to repeal the President’s national en- and the cooperative nature under The President promised that shop- ergy tax, which could eliminate tens of which they have worked. ping for ObamaCare would be like thousands—hundreds of thousands—of We have before us a bill we are trying shopping on Amazon or Kayak. The re- jobs and devastate entire communities. to clear called the Taxpayers Right-to- ality is the President’s own former We also intend to take up big Know Act, and it is actually a continu- Health and Human Services Secretary projects that would help put our econ- ation of a bill that Senator CARPER, recently admitted it was more like omy on a path to long-term health, myself, and several others—including buying an airline ticket using your fax such as legislation to simplify and the President—started when we started machine. streamline our costly and inefficient the transparency act back in 2009. This We are still just talking about the Tax Code. follows along with the DATA Act ways ObamaCare has harmed Ameri- The election results were pretty deci- which was passed this year. cans’ health care. But the damage sive. Americans made it very clear What this bill does is says the Amer- hasn’t been confined to health care. they were tired of the Democrats’ poli- ican people ought to know where the ObamaCare is also hurting our already cies and they wanted a change in Wash- money is being spent, and so it says sluggish economy. ington, and Republicans are listening. the agencies are going to list the pro- Take the ObamaCare tax on life- Our priorities in the next Congress will grams they have. It is done in a saving medical devices, such as pace- be the American people’s priorities. We stepwise fashion so it doesn’t put too makers and insulin pumps. This tax will focus on creating jobs and growing much pressure on OMB as they try to has already eliminated thousands of our economy, and we hope the Demo- implement it. I believe at this time we jobs in the medical device industry, crats will join us. The American people are waiting to make sure we have and it is on track to eliminate thou- have been waiting long enough. clearance for this before we ask for a sands more if it isn’t repealed. In fact, Madam President, I yield the floor, unanimous consent. this tax is so bad that even Democrats and I suggest the absence of a quorum. I yield my remaining time to the who voted for ObamaCare support re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The chairman of the committee, Senator pealing the tax. clerk will call the roll. CARPER. Then there is the ObamaCare 30-hour The assistant bill clerk proceeded to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- workweek rule, which has forced em- call the roll. ator from Delaware. ployers to cut workers’ hours and Mr. COBURN. Madam President, I Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I wages, and there are the numerous— ask unanimous consent that the order would like to say to my colleague, Ted numerous—ObamaCare rules and regu- for the quorum call be rescinded. Kennedy said to me when I first got lations that are making it difficult for Mr. CARPER. I object, just for a mo- here a number of years ago, talking small businesses to hire and create ment. about compromise and that sort of jobs. It is no wonder that Democrats The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- thing—he always said: I am willing to are rethinking their decisions to sup- tion is heard. compromise on policy, not on prin- port this law. The assistant bill clerk continued ciple. Americans have made it clear they with the call of the roll. I think if we look at what we have do not like ObamaCare, and Repub- Mr. COBURN. Madam President, I accomplished in the last 2 years, that licans are listening. One of our top pri- ask unanimous consent that the order is exactly what we have done. I thank orities when we take the majority in for the quorum call be rescinded. my colleague for being a great leader— the Senate in the new Congress will be The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there not just of his caucus but of our body working to repeal this law and replac- objection? and for being my friend. ing it with real reforms—reforms that Without objection, it is so ordered. With that, I would say on the legisla- will actually cut costs and improve Mr. COBURN. I ask unanimous con- tion that is before us, as he suggested, Americans’ access to health care. sent to speak for at least 5 minutes. the Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act does In the meantime, we will focus on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without build on previous legislation reported chiseling away at the law’s most harm- objection, it is so ordered. out of our committee. Some of those ful provisions. We want to repeal the f bills, the DATA Act, the Government job-killing medical device tax and re- Performance and Results Moderniza- store the 40-hour workweek so that em- TAXPAYERS RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT tion Act, and some others have been ployers will no longer be forced to cut Mr. COBURN. Madam President, I signed into law with bipartisan sup- workers’ hours in order to afford first wish to spend a few minutes talk- port, including by the current Presi- health care costs. Many Democrats as ing about my colleague and chairman dent. well as Republicans opposed these of the Homeland Security and Govern- The Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act is ObamaCare provisions, so I look for- mental Affairs Committee. a good government bill that will pro- ward to bipartisan repeals. The last 2 years have been a real vide better and more detailed informa- The senior Senator from New York pleasure on my part, and I have grown tion to Congress and the American peo- was right when he said Democrats to have a great friendship with the ple about Federal spending. Congress made a mistake when they decided to chairman of the committee. I can truly has passed several bills in the last few focus on the President’s health care say in our committee we have done a years to improve transparency on gov- law instead of on jobs and the econ- lot of great work. We have both com- ernment spending and to get this infor- omy. In poll after poll, Americans have promised on a lot of issues to try to mation online. Unfortunately, the in- made it clear they want their rep- move the country forward, and to him formation has not always been pro- resentatives in Washington focused on I am thankful for that. I don’t think ei- vided at the level of detail taxpayers creating jobs and on growing the econ- ther of us have had to break on any and a number of my colleagues and I omy, and that is what the new Repub- principles we have had to be able to do would prefer. lican majority in the Senate intends to that. I think our committee has been a This bill builds on the Government do. model in terms of doing bipartisan bills Performance and Results Moderniza- We will take up legislation to ap- and on bipartisan approval of nomi- tion Act passed in 2010 and that I coau- prove the Keystone XL Pipeline and nees. For him, I would say I appreciate thored with Senators WARNER and the 42,000-plus jobs it would support. his leadership this past year. He has Akaka. That bill required OMB to work We will take up House-passed bills that the unfortunate attribute of having the with agencies to create a list of all have been gathering dust on the Demo- same initials I do, so it is somewhat Federal programs that can be accessed cratic leader’s desk. confusing on our committee. But on a single Web site.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:26 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.076 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6436 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 9, 2014 Unfortunately, there has been no NOMINATION OF VIRGINIA TYLER Executive Calendar No. 1095, the Sen- consistency whatsoever across the gov- LODGE TO BE A MEMBER OF ate consider Calendar Nos. 800 and 801; ernment in how agencies define the THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF that there be 2 minutes for debate term ‘‘program.’’ GAO has agreed that THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AU- equally divided between the two lead- the current program list isn’t giving us THORITY—Continued ers or their designees prior to each the kind of transparency we want be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under vote; that upon the use or yielding cause agencies took different ap- the previous order, there will now be 2 back of that time, the Senate proceed proaches in defining their programs. minutes of debate prior to a vote on to vote without intervening action or The Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act ad- the Lodge nomination. debate on the nominations in the order dresses this problem by defining the Mr. REID. I yield back all time. listed; that any rollcall votes following term ‘‘program.’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the first in the series be 10 minutes in GAO has also noted that the current objection, all time is yielded back. length; that if any nomination is con- program inventory does not allow Con- The question occurs on the Lodge firmed, the motion to reconsider be gress and the GAO to compare similar nomination. considered made and laid upon the programs, which is an obstacle to Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, table with no intervening action or de- measuring government performance. I ask for the yeas and nays. bate; that no further motions be in Additionally, budget and cost informa- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a order to the nomination; that any tion is not available for all programs. sufficient second? statements related to the nomination There appears to be a sufficient sec- This bill will ensure that agencies be printed in the RECORD; that the ond. provide a full list of their programs The question is, Will the Senate ad- President be immediately notified of along with important information vise and consent to the nomination of the Senate’s action and the Senate about each program. For grants and Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, to then resume legislative session. other types of direct assistance, it will be a Member of the Board of Directors The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there provide information on how many peo- of the Tennessee Valley Authority? objection? ple a program serves and how many The clerk will call the roll. Without objection, it is so ordered. people it takes to run it. The assistant bill clerk called the Mr. REID. We expect the nomina- A complete inventory of Federal pro- roll. tions to be considered by voice vote. grams, along with budget and financial Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the information at the program level, will Senator from Iowa (Mr. HARKIN) and f allow Congress to compare similar pro- the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. LAN- NOMINATION OF RONALD ANDER- grams and identify overlap and dupli- DRIEU) are necessarily absent. cation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there SON WALTER TO BE A MEMBER The bill has strong bipartisan sup- any other Senators in the Chamber de- OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS port in our committee and was re- siring to vote? OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AU- ported out without dissent. Seeing it to The result was announced—yeas 86, THORITY—Continued final passage would be a good win for nays 12, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under this Congress. [Rollcall Vote No. 320 Ex.] the previous order, there will be 2 min- I am pleased to yield back to our col- YEAS—86 utes of debate prior to a vote on the league from Oklahoma for a unanimous Alexander Gillibrand Murphy Walter nomination. consent request. Ayotte Graham Murray Mr. REID. I yield back that time. Baldwin Grassley Nelson The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Barrasso Hagan Portman ator from Oklahoma. Begich Hatch Pryor objection, all time is yielded back. Bennet Heinrich Reed The question is, Will the Senate ad- f Blumenthal Heitkamp Reid vise and consent to the nomination of Booker Hirono Rockefeller Ronald Anderson Walter, of Tennessee, UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST— Boozman Hoeven Rubio Boxer Inhofe Sanders to be a Member of the Board of Direc- S. 2113 Brown Isakson Schatz tors of the Tennessee Valley Author- Cantwell Johanns Schumer Mr. COBURN. Madam President, I Cardin Johnson (SD) ity? Scott ask unanimous consent that the Sen- Carper Johnson (WI) Mr. CARDIN. I ask for the yeas and Sessions Casey Kaine ate proceed to the immediate consider- Shaheen nays. ation of Calendar No. 531, S. 2113; that Coats King The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Cochran Kirk Shelby the committee-reported substitute be Collins Klobuchar Stabenow sufficient second? agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read Coons Leahy Tester There appears to be a sufficient sec- a third time and passed, and that the Corker Lee Thune ond. Cornyn Levin Udall (CO) motion to reconsider be considered Cruz Manchin Udall (NM) The clerk will call the roll. made and laid upon the table. Donnelly Markey Vitter The bill clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Durbin McCain Walsh Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Warner objection? Enzi McCaskill Senator from Iowa (Mr. HARKIN) and Feinstein Menendez Warren Mr. REID. Madam President, I don’t Fischer Merkley Whitehouse the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. LAN- like this bill. The White House doesn’t Flake Mikulski Wicker DRIEU) are necessarily absent. like the bill. I object. Franken Murkowski Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DON- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- NAYS—12 NELLY). Are there any other Senators tion is heard. Blunt Crapo Paul in the Chamber desiring to vote? Burr Heller Risch The result was announced—yeas 86, f Chambliss McConnell Roberts nays 12, as follows: Coburn Moran Toomey [Rollcall Vote No. 321 Ex.] CONCLUSION OF MORNING NOT VOTING—2 YEAS—86 BUSINESS Harkin Landrieu Alexander Carper Fischer The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning The nomination was confirmed. Ayotte Casey Flake business is closed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Baldwin Coats Franken jority leader. Barrasso Cochran Gillibrand f Mr. REID. This vote we are about to Begich Collins Graham Bennet Coons Grassley have will be the last recorded vote of EXECUTIVE SESSION Blumenthal Corker Hagan the day. Booker Cornyn Hatch The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT—EXECUTIVE Boozman Cruz Heinrich Boxer Donnelly Heitkamp the previous order, the Senate will re- CALENDAR Brown Durbin Hirono sume executive session to consider the I now ask unanimous consent that Cantwell Enzi Hoeven Lodge and Walter nominations. following the vote on confirmation of Cardin Feinstein Inhofe

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:26 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.078 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6437 Isakson Merkley Sessions The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there through questioning assumptions will Johanns Mikulski Shaheen objection? they successfully lead TVA through to- Johnson (SD) Murkowski Shelby Johnson (WI) Murphy Stabenow Without objection, it is so ordered. day’s challenges. Kaine Murray Tester VOTE ON MCKINLEY NOMINATION Also of importance is TVA’s contin- King Nelson Thune ued maintenance and eventual comple- Kirk Portman The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Udall (CO) the previous order, the question is, Will tion of the Bellefonte nuclear power Klobuchar Pryor Udall (NM) Leahy Reed plant. In the 1970s, TVA made plans to Vitter the Senate advise and consent to the Lee Reid Walsh nomination of Peter Michael McKin- build a large number of nuclear reac- Levin Rockefeller Warner tors, but it abandoned those plans after Manchin Rubio ley, of Virginia, a Career Member of Markey Sanders Warren the Senior Foreign Service, Class of completing several plants while oth- McCain Schatz Whitehouse Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador ers—including two units at McCaskill Schumer Wicker Bellefonte—were only partially com- Menendez Scott Wyden Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Is- pleted. TVA continues to maintain its NAYS—12 lamic Republic of Afghanistan? assets at Bellefonte, where it has in- Blunt Crapo Paul The nomination was confirmed. vested $6 billion. I know that these Burr Heller Risch nominees will examine the cost to VOTE ON VERMA NOMINATION Chambliss McConnell Roberts complete Bellefonte and the baseload Coburn Moran Toomey The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under demand forecasts for TVA to best de- the previous order, the question is, Will NOT VOTING—2 termine when the plant should be com- the Senate advise and consent to the Harkin pleted. Landrieu nomination of Richard Rahul Verma, I believe the nominees have dem- of Maryland, to be Ambassador Ex- The nomination was confirmed. onstrated the ability to serve effec- traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the tively and I look forward to their serv- f United States of America to the Repub- ice on the Board and to working with NOMINATION OF PETER MICHAEL lic of India? them for the betterment of the region MCKINLEY, A CAREER MEMBER The nomination was confirmed. in the years to come. VOTE ON HAMMOND NOMINATION OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERV- f ICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUN- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under LEGISLATIVE SESSION SELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- the previous order, the question is, Will TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- the Senate advise and consent to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED nomination of Tony Hammond, of Mis- ate will resume legislative session. STATES OF AMERICA TO THE IS- souri, to be a Commissioner of the f Postal Regulatory Commission? LAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANI- PROTECTING VOLUNTEER FIRE- The nomination was confirmed. STAN FIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RE- VOTE ON LANGLEY NOMINATION SPONDERS ACT OF 2014 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under NOMINATION OF RICHARD RAHUL the previous order, the question is, Will Mr. REID. I ask the Chair to lay be- VERMA TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- the Senate advise and consent to the fore the Senate a message from the TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- nomination of Nanci E. Langley, of Ha- House with respect to H.R. 3979. The Presiding Officer laid before the POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED waii, to be a Commissioner of the Post- Senate the following message from the STATES OF AMERICA TO THE al Regulatory Commission? House of Representatives: REPUBLIC OF INDIA The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. the previous order, the motions to re- 3979) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Internal NOMINATION OF TONY HAMMOND consider are considered made and laid Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emer- TO BE A COMMISSIONER OF THE upon the table and the President will gency services volunteers are not taken into POSTAL REGULATORY COMMIS- be immediately notified of the Senate’s account as employees under the shared re- SION actions. sponsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care LODGE AND WALTER NOMINATIONS Act,’’ with an amendment. Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I MOTION TO CONCUR NOMINATION OF NANCI E. LANG- voted to confirm Virginia Lodge and Mr. REID. I move to concur in the LEY TO BE A COMMISSIONER OF Ron Walter to be members of the Board House amendment to the Senate THE POSTAL REGULATORY COM- of the Tennessee Valley Authority. I MISSION amendment to H.R. 3979. believe that these nominees are quali- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under fied and have demonstrated the charac- clerk will report the motion. the previous order, the Senate will pro- teristics that will enable them to ful- The bill clerk read as follows: ceed to the consideration of the fol- fill their duties in supporting the mis- The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] moves lowing nominations, which the clerk sion of the TVA. to concur in the House amendment to the will report. According to the TVA Act, the Board Senate amendment to H.R. 3979. The assistant bill clerk read the sets the broad strategies and goals of CLOTURE MOTION nominations of Peter Michael McKin- the Tennessee Valley Authority. Given Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion ley, of Virginia, a Career Member of the many changes facing our elec- at the desk. I ask that the Chair order the Senior Foreign Service, Class of tricity system, those strategies for it reported. Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador TVA—one of the Nation’s biggest utili- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of ties—are critical. As technology ture motion having been presented the United States of America to the Is- changes the future of energy produc- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the lamic Republic of Afghanistan; Richard tion and energy use, the administra- clerk to read the motion. Rahul Verma, of Maryland, to be Am- tion is busy unleashing costly regula- The bill clerk read as follows: bassador Extraordinary and Pleni- tions that risk damaging our economy CLOTURE MOTION potentiary of the United States of for little environmental gain. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- America to the Republic of India; Tony Navigating these crosscurrents, ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Hammond, of Missouri, to be a Com- TVA’s Board must strive to keep elec- Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move missioner of the Postal Regulatory tricity costs low through prudential to bring to a close debate on the motion to Commission; Nanci E. Langley, of Ha- and nonideological decisionmaking. concur in the House amendment to the Sen- ate amendment to H.R. 3979. waii, to be a Commissioner of the Post- They must continue the work of TVA’s Harry Reid, Carl Levin, Brian Schatz, al Regulatory Commission. current management to cut costs with- Martin Heinrich, John E. Walsh, Patty Mr. REID. Mr. President, I yield back out impacting service. Only through Murray, Jack Reed, Tom Udall, Shel- the time. demanding decisions based on data and don Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar,

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The efforts to keep student loan interest The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. rates low. We traveled together to Iraq, clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: Afghanistan, and Pakistan in 2010. She The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] pro- has been a tremendous advocate, espe- The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] moves poses an amendment numbered 3988 to cially for our military families and for to concur in the House amendment to the amendment No. 3987. small businesses. Senate amendment to H.R. 3979 with an The amendment is as follows: amendment numbered 3984. TOM HARKIN In the amendment, strike ‘‘4’’ and insert The amendment is as follows: TOM HARKIN has been a great friend, ‘‘5’’. a longtime advocate for students, for At the end, add the following: Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent workers, for individuals with disabil- This Act shall become effective 1 day after that the mandatory quorum required enactment. ities. As Chairman of the Health, Edu- under rule XXII be waived. cation, Labor, and Pensions Com- Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mittee, he has worked to end the log- on that. objection, it is so ordered. jam and pass reauthorizations of our The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- childcare programs and the workforce sufficient second? ator from Rhode Island. investment system, and he recently There appears to be a sufficient sec- TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING SENATORS worked with me to pass a bipartisan ond. Mr. REED. Mr. President, I would The yeas and nays were ordered. bill I helped author to ensure con- like to take a few minutes to salute my sumers have access to the safest, most AMENDMENT NO. 3985 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3984 colleagues who are departing the Sen- effective sunscreens available. Mr. REID. I have an amendment at ate at the end of this year with the He has been a steadfast advocate for the desk. conclusion of the 113th Congress: MARK increasing our investment in medical The PRESIDING OFFICER. The BEGICH of Alaska, SAXBY CHAMBLISS of research at the NIH. An extraordinary clerk will report the amendment. Georgia, TOM COBURN of Oklahoma, Senator, we have so much to thank The bill clerk read as follows: KAY HAGAN of North Carolina, TOM him for on behalf of every American. The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] pro- HARKIN of Iowa, MIKE JOHANNS of Ne- His legacy is going to be so profound. It poses an amendment numbered 3985 to braska, TIM JOHNSON of South Dakota, is hard to pick one. But his efforts, amendment No. 3984. MARY LANDRIEU of Louisiana, CARL along with Arlen Specter’s, to double The amendment is as follows: LEVIN of Michigan, MARK PRYOR of Ar- NIH funding was a landmark in terms In the amendment, strike ‘‘1 day’’ and in- kansas, JAY ROCKEFELLER of West Vir- of not only successful investment in sert ‘‘2 days’’. ginia, MARK UDALL of Colorado, and programs that matter to Americans MOTION TO REFER WITH AMENDMENT NO. 3986 JOHN WALSH of Montana. and the world but bipartisan efforts to Mr. REID. I have a motion to refer They have all worked hard, cease- lead the country forward. the House message with respect to H.R. lessly giving their energy and consider- MIKE JOHANNS 3979 with instructions. able time and service to their constitu- I have been proud to work with MIKE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ents, to their home States and to our JOHANNS, an extraordinary Senator and clerk will report. country. I want to thank them for an extraordinary gentleman, on a num- The bill clerk read as follows: their service and for their kindness to ber of issues. We were particularly The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] moves me over many, many years in so many happy—both of us—when the HAVEN to refer the House message on H.R. 3979 to cases. In particular, I want to say a few Act was incorporated into the pending the Committee on Armed Services with in- words about these colleagues. version of the National Defense Au- structions to report back forthwith with an MARK BEGICH thorization Act. This legislation will amendment numbered 3986. MARK BEGICH and I worked together allow disabled and low-income veterans The amendment is as follows: to address the challenges facing the the ability to finance improvements to At the end, add the following: fishing industry, which is vital to both their homes so they are safer and more This Act shall become effective 3 days of our States. He has continually accessible. We also worked together on after enactment. fought to address the unique challenges healthy housing efforts and to reduce Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and facing Alaskans, particularly with re- lead hazards. This is consistent with so nays. spect to access to VA health care. I sa- many things he has done, particularly The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a lute him and wish him the best. with respect to veterans. Again, I wish sufficient second? SAXBY CHAMBLISS him the best as he goes forward. There appears to be a sufficient sec- I have served with SAXBY CHAMBLISS TIM JOHNSON ond. on the Armed Services Committee and TIM JOHNSON and I served in the The yeas and nays were ordered. joined him in his efforts to support the House of Representatives together. We AMENDMENT NO. 3987 National Infantry Museum and Soldier came to the Senate together in 1997. As Mr. REID. I have an amendment to Center. Saxby has been a strong sup- chairman of the banking committee, the instructions which is at the desk. porter of our men and women in uni- he has been an extraordinary leader. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The form. He has also been a leader on He has dedicated himself particularly clerk will report the amendment. homeland security and intelligence to community banks and to rural hous- The bill clerk read as follows: matters. I wish him well. ing, which is consistent with the inter- The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] pro- TOM COBURN ests of his constituents in South Da- poses an amendment numbered 3987 to the TOM COBURN has always been pas- kota. instructions of the motion to refer the House sionate on the issues he cares about. He has worked to build bipartisan message on H.R. 3979. We have engaged in vigorous debate, compromise on issues like TRIA and The amendment is as follows: demonstrating, I hope, that principled FHA reform, among so many other In the amendment, strike ‘‘3 days’’ and in- disagreement can lead ultimately to matters. As the chairman of the Appro- sert ‘‘4 days’’. principled progress. My thoughts are priations Subcommittee on Military Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and with him, particularly as he battles Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Re- nays. health issues, his cancer. I hope and lated Agencies he has been a tireless

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:42 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.096 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6439 advocate for our military personnel. I men and women in uniform and for the I yield the floor. thank him. benefit of us all. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- MARY LANDRIEU CARL and I have traveled many times ator from Iowa. MARY LANDRIEU and I also came to together—Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Af- TAX EXTENDERS the Senate together in 1997. We served ghanistan, Pakistan, Israel, Syria, Co- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, this together on the Appropriations Com- lombia. We were there to visit with week it seems that the Senate is fi- mittee, where she has been an extraor- commanders and local leaders, but es- nally ready to take up and pass a tax dinary advocate for Louisiana, particu- pecially to see our troops and to thank extenders bill. Congress’ procrasti- larly after Hurricane Katrina. In fact, them. In the faces of those troops I saw nation on tax extenders has been caus- her efforts have been so profoundly in- the trust and respect they felt—some ing a lot of headaches and indigestion fluential in her home State, she is one to their own surprise—when they met to many of my constituents back home that we all look to as a model for what the chairman—the powerful chairman in Iowa. it is to be an advocate for your con- of the Armed Services Committee. He Small business owners and farmers stituents. She has done it so well. was there. He had traveled across the want to know whether the enhanced globe to listen to them, to work for expensing rules under section 179 will MARK PRYOR them, and to thank them. be extended so that they can invest in MARK PRYOR and I have worked to- It was profoundly moving to me to new machinery. Retirees want to know gether on the Appropriations Com- see this—inspiring indeed. As the whether they can make a charitable mittee. We have worked together on a chairman of one of the other major donation from their IRA to meet their number of initiatives. I want to thank committees, the Permanent Sub- required minimum distribution. The him particularly for his role in trying committee on Investigations, he has renewable energy sector wants to know to help states like Rhode Island be in- pursued the powerful on behalf of the what investments they should make to cluded in the Commodity Supple- powerless, on behalf of the people. He increase production. mental Food Program. I thank MARK has not only uncovered abuse, but he The Senate could have made strides for that. I offer him my fondest wishes. has sent a powerful message to an in- towards answering these questions just JAY ROCKEFELLER creasingly discouraged America that this past spring. The Finance Com- Today, we are recognizing the work there is someone who will fight for mittee acted in a bipartisan fashion to of JAY ROCKEFELLER as chairman of the them, who understands that everyone report an extenders package to the Intelligence Committee, along with deserves a fair chance at a better fu- floor that would have extended all ex- Senator FEINSTEIN. But he has been ture. piring provisions for 2 years. By all ac- such a stalwart in so many different CARL LEVIN has been a friend, a role counts, this package could have been areas: as chairman of the commerce model. I will miss working with him. passed by the Senate with broad sup- committee, someone who has cham- Along with all of my other colleagues port on both sides of the aisle. pioned the Children’s Health Insurance who are leaving us at the conclusion of Unfortunately, movement of this Program, someone who has been in the the 113th Congress, let me thank them package in the Senate stalled in May lead with respect to advocacy for the for their service, their dedication to due to procedural maneuvering on the E-Rate, which helps bring broadband improving the lives of Americans, and Senate floor. That maneuvering was connectivity to all of our libraries and on a very personal level for their meant to prevent votes on all amend- schools, to EPSCoR. I can go on and on friendship. I wish them all well. ments—even those with broad, bipar- for a remarkable career by a remark- SSCI STUDY OF THE CIA’S DETENTION AND tisan support. With the Senate failing able individual, a real gentleman, INTERROGATION PROGRAM to take action, the hopes of getting the someone whom I am proud to call a Let me conclude on a slightly dif- extenders done in a timely fashion friend and am deeply indebted to his ferent topic; that is, to commend Sen- faded last spring. friendship. ator ROCKEFELLER again and Senator However, there were high hopes that MARK UDALL FEINSTEIN for their extraordinary lead- a bipartisan deal could be worked out MARK UDALL and I served together on ership today in bringing forward to the with the House that could provide indi- the Armed Services Committee. I am American public the Intelligence Com- viduals and businesses much-needed grateful to have traveled with him also mittee report on the CIA’s interroga- tax certainty. Before Thanksgiving, to Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2011. tion program. House and Senate negotiators were Again, he is committed to our troops, But I particularly want to commend making real headway towards a bipar- committed to our national security, and thank Senator MCCAIN. For many tisan agreement that would have ex- committed to his home State. He has years, Senator MCCAIN has spoken out, tended most provisions for 2 years and been an advocate for clean energy, for and many times alone, against the des- made several provisions permanent. natural resources, for things that will picable and heinous actions that have The President then thwarted negotia- be a legacy for generations to come in been illustrated today. He has led our tions by threatening to veto that pack- Colorado and throughout the United efforts. No one has led them more vig- age before it was even finalized. States. orously and more intensely and more Why the President would threaten to successfully than JOHN MCCAIN—to veto a package that, by all accounts, JOHN WALSH prohibit the use of torture and abusive recognized bipartisan priorities as well JOHN WALSH is a friend that I met methods by the United States of Amer- as priorities of the administration is and served with over the last several ica, to remind us that our highest beyond me. The President’s stated years. I want to salute him, not only as ideals require us to do something else— complaint is that the deal was geared a Senator but as a combat veteran. He something better—and also to remind too heavily toward business. From an has had the greatest privilege that I us that what is at stake—very much at administration that has regularly been believe any American has—the privi- stake—are the lives and the health of advocating business-only tax reform, lege to lead American soldiers. He did our soldiers. this complaint rings hollow. it well. I thank him for that. We cannot expect others to follow However, all of the business provi- CARL LEVIN the law if we do not. We cannot expect sions that would have been made per- But let me say, especially, a few our forces to be treated according to manent under the proposed deal have words about my dear, dear friend CARL the conventions and laws that govern had strong support from both sides of LEVIN. For 18 years, CARL LEVIN has ei- civilized society if we depart from the aisle here in the Senate as well as ther been chairman or ranking member them. That is a powerful message. It is from the White House. For instance, of the Armed Services Committee. The no surprise coming from someone the President’s fiscal package that was U.S. military, the most powerful and whose personal experience, whose per- in the 2015 budget calls for both the re- professional force in the world, has in sonal courage lends incredible credi- search and development tax credit and countless ways been shaped because bility, incredible support to these ef- the enhanced expensing rules under CARL LEVIN repeatedly helped form a forts. Section 179 to be made permanent. new common ground to move us for- To these three colleagues, I extend The bipartisan deal would have ac- ward as a Nation for the benefit of our my thanks. complished this. The proposed deal also

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The preneurs across the country break and the FY 15 NDAA legislation will do President’s other named priorities were through the glass ceiling. just that. the enhanced refundable child tax cred- Earlier this year, as chairwoman of Twenty years ago, Congress estab- it and the earned-income tax credit. the Senate Committee on Small Busi- lished the goal of awarding 5 percent of But it was the President’s own actions ness and Entrepreneurship, I released a all Federal contracts to women-owned on immigration—using presidential report entitled ‘‘21st Century Barriers small businesses, but we did not make edict—that made their inclusion a very to Women’s Entrepreneurship.’’ These sure there was fair representation in tough sell. Many on my side of the barriers, according to our report, show the marketplace to achieve this goal. aisle have long had concerns about that women entrepreneurs were not Last year, the Department of Defense fraud and abuse in both of these cred- getting a fair shot at access to capital, accounted for 68 percent of Federal pro- its. The President’s Executive action not getting a fair shot at competing for curement opportunities; yet the De- only served to enhance these concerns Federal contracts, and needed more partment of Defense only issued 3.6 and added fuel to the fire by eroding es- programs tailored specifically to their percent of those contracts to women- tablished policy that prohibits undocu- needs and certainly needed more access owned small businesses. In my State, mented immigrants from receiving to capital and at smaller amounts of the State of Washington, women re- their earned-income credit. money. ceived only 1.67 percent of Federal con- The President may have a phone and This chart shows the various things tracts. We heard from women across a pen. He says he has it, and it seems that were relevant from that report: America, when they came to testify be- as if he is always using it. But the last equal access to Federal contracts, ac- fore the Small Business Committee time I checked, Congress is still a co- cess to capital, and relevant business this summer, exactly how challenging equal branch of government under the training. this process is. Constitution. When the President acts We heard an earful from women en- I want to point out a last chart, unilaterally, it should not surprise him trepreneurs all across America, and it which shows that 28 percent of busi- when Congress responds. spurred us to take action and make nesses in the United States are women- So it is true that the deal did not in- major changes. owned, and we certainly want to in- clude everything the President wanted, That is why we introduced legisla- crease that. Part of our challenge eco- but it didn’t include everything Repub- tion called the Women’s Small Busi- nomically is to make sure various licans wanted either. Nobody ever gets ness Ownership Act of 2014, and this groups are getting access to adequate everything they want in bipartisan ne- legislation did three things: It said, capital, getting opportunities to com- gotiations. The point of negotiating is let’s focus on sole-source contracting pete for federal contracts, and getting to get something the majority of us authority for women-owned businesses the counseling and training they need, can support. when they are working with the Fed- so they can participate in the economy By cutting off negotiations, the eral Government, let’s improve the as small business owners. But we can White House has left us with voting on counseling to women, and let’s make see on this chart that the percentage of something that is barely better than sure women get the access to capital federal contracts to women-owned nothing for individuals and industries. that they deserve. businesses is minuscule. We want to This includes industries the President Additionally, the issue of sole-source make sure we are doing everything we claims to be a priority of his, such as contracting was taken up by two of my can to help these women. the renewable energy sector, which is colleagues, Senator SHAHEEN and Sen- Trena Payton, a business owner and very much a high priority for me. ator GILLIBRAND. I should say that my Forward policy guidance is critically veteran from my home state of Wash- predecessor on the committee, Senator important to the renewable energy sec- ington, is one of these voices fighting tor. The proposed deal would have pro- LANDRIEU, had worked on this issue of for this provision to be made into law. vided certainty to wind energy through access to capital for women for a long Trena testified at a Small Business a multiyear phaseout that would have time, and we certainly applaud all she Committee hearing on Veterans’ Entre- provided a glidepath to self-sustain- did as chairwoman of the Small Busi- preneurship. In 2003, Trena decided to ability. Other renewable provisions ness Committee. open her own business. It took her would have been extended for 2 years. The sole-source contracting provision more than a year to land her first con- Instead, Congress is now faced with is in the Defense bill we are going to be tract. She said at the hearing: settling for a 1-year retroactive exten- taking up shortly. As the head of a women-owned small busi- sion that fails to provide any meaning- I thank all of my colleagues—as I ness, I can tell you that access to the federal marketplace is a huge issue. ful incentive for the further develop- said, Senator SHAHEEN, Senator GILLI- ment of renewable energy. BRAND, Senator LANDRIEU—and also the Today, Trena’s company, ABN Tech- It also fails to provide certainty to SBA Administrator, Maria Contreras- nologies, has grown to employ twelve other businesses and to individuals as Sweet, for their support in getting people and last year generated reve- well. These are provisions that will more federal contracts to women- nues of 8.1 million dollars. On sole- once again expire almost as soon as owned businesses. source contracting, Trena said, this they go into law. I think we all agree There are more than 8 million change ‘‘would help millions of women that making tax law 1 year at a time in women-owned businesses in the United break through barriers to accessing retroactive fashion is not the way to do States, but they only get a tiny per- federal contracts.’’ business. Yet that is the reality we cent—about 4 percent—of Federal con- I also want to talk about Charlotte currently face because of this adminis- tracts. We want to make sure this is Baker, who owns Digital Hands in tration’s refusal to compromise. changed. I think we have a second Tampa, FL. Charlotte’s company pro- While I would prefer longer exten- chart that describes this problem. vides cyber security services and IT sions of these provisions, that is no We have a Federal goal of making business to the government. Her com- longer a viable option as we close down sure that small businesses get access to pany is developing new, innovative so- this Congress. As a result, I intend to contracts at each Federal agency so lutions to deter cyber threats. That is support the House package. My only that we are doing all we can to grow a service we need, but she may never hope is that in the new Congress we small businesses in America. If you win a contract through the regular can make strides toward putting some think about it, many small businesses process. certainty back into the Tax Code. have the technological expertise to do I urge my colleagues to support this I yield the floor. the work. What they often don’t have legislation that is coming over from The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- is the manpower to wade through the the House and give women the tools ator from Washington. lengthy and complicated federal con- they need to be successful.

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CARL’s tenacity in uncovering into law: Women Impacting Public Pol- important work done in Congress. wrongdoing sparked significant icy—especially Ann Sullivan, Barbara When Members disagree in com- changes in the financial sector. mittee—often heatedly—it is because Kasoff, John Stanford, and Martin I also commend CARL LEVIN on zeal- Feeney; the National Women’s Busi- we feel passionately about whatever ously and effectively pursuing his in- ness Council; the Women’s Business issue is in dispute. Even then we try to vestigations in a way that has Enterprise National Council; the behave civilly and respectfully to each furthered the subcommittee’s long- Women President’s Organization; the other, and we do not let our disagree- standing tradition of bipartisanship. ments prevent us from completing the National Association of Women Busi- While CARL LEVIN and I may have had ness Owners; the National Women committee’s business. CARL won’t let our disagreements, we never let them Business Owners Corporation; the U.S. us. That we have managed to keep that get in the way of finding common Black Chambers; the U.S. Hispanic reputation in these contentious times ground where we could. Chamber of Commerce; the Association is a tribute to CARL LEVIN. He has kept for Enterprise Opportunity; the Busi- the committee focused on its duties While CARL’s retirement may come ness and Professional Women’s Foun- and not on the next election or the lat- as a relief to some of those on Wall dation; Enterprising Women; the Path est rush-to-the-barricades partisan Street, his patience, thoughtfulness, Forward Center for Innovation and En- quarrel. He does so in a calm, meas- and commitment to bipartisanship will trepreneurship; the REDC Center for ured, patient, and thoughtful manner. be deeply missed on the subcommittee Women’s Enterprise; the Small Busi- He seems, in fact, to be calmer and and in the Senate. ness & Entrepreneurship Council; more patient the more heated our dis- Indeed, from CARL LEVIN’s long and Women in Trucking; the Women’s Busi- agreements are. As members’ emotions distinguished service in the Senate, ness Development Council; the Wom- and temperatures rise, CARL’s Carl has obtained the respect of his col- en’s Exchange; and the Association of unperturbed composure and focus bring leagues on both sides of the aisle. We Women’s Business Centers. From staff, our attention back to the business at all listen to him, and we listen closest I’d like to thank Jonathan Hale, Alison hand. You could safely say he and I to him on the occasions when we dis- Mueller, Nick Sutter, Ami Sanchez, have slightly different leadership agree with him. That, in my view, is a Carl Seip, Jane Campbell, Kevin Wheel- styles. I am gentler and less great compliment from one Senator to er and LeAnn Delaney. confrontational. But Carl’s style seems another. It is a tribute paid to only the I yield the floor. to work for him. It works well for the most respected Members. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- committee too, for the armed services, Of course, the greatest compliment ator from Arizona. and for the country. one Senator can pay another is to cred- Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask The committee has a heavy workload it him or her as a person who keeps his unanimous consent to address the Sen- every year, and CARL manages to keep or her word. That has become too rare ate as in morning business. us all in harness and working together in Washington but not so in my experi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without at a good pace and with a constructive, objection, it is so ordered. ences with CARL LEVIN. He has never results-oriented approach that is the broken his word to me. He has never TRIBUTE TO CARL LEVIN envy of the dozen or so lesser commit- backed out of a deal, even when doing Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I wish to tees of the Senate. Our principal re- so would have been personally and po- offer a few words of tribute to my de- sponsibility is to produce the Defense litically advantageous. When we are in parting colleague, Senator CARL authorization bill—one of the most im- agreement on an issue, CARL usually LEVIN—a model of serious purpose, portant and comprehensive pieces of argues more effectively than I can, and firm principle, and personal decency, legislation the Senate considers on an when we disagree, we usually find a and whose example ought to inspire the annual bases. The committee has never way to settle our dispute without aban- service of new and returning Senators. failed to report the bill, and the Senate doning our responsibilities. CARL LEVIN We could not aspire to better service has never failed to pass it. That is not deserves most of the credit for that than what he has given our country. an accomplishment that some of the too. CARL and I have served together on lesser committees I just referred to can the Senate Armed Services Committee claim every year, and no one deserves One of the great satisfactions in life for the better part of three decades. He more of the credit than CARL LEVIN. is to fight for a common cause with is my senior in this body by 8 years and When CARL LEVIN first joined the someone you haven’t always agreed has been my chairman for more than 10 committee, he explained his reason for with, someone whose background, years in total. It has been a privilege seeking the assignment this way: views, and personality are different to serve under his very able, honorable, I had never served, and I thought there was from yours. Yet you discover that de- and fair leadership. a big gap in terms of my background and, spite your differences, you have always CARL and I sit on opposite sides of frankly, felt it was a way of providing serv- been on the same side on the big the aisle. The difference is quite obvi- ice. things. ous on any number of issues, but I hope He might never have served in the Thank you, CARL, for the privilege it is also obvious how much I admire military, but he has surely served the and for your friendship and example. and respect my friend from Michigan. military well, and he has served the na- The committee is going to miss you, We have had our moments on the tional interests our Armed Forces pro- the Senate is going to miss you, the committee. Debate there can get a lit- tect in an exemplary manner that the men and women of the U.S. Armed tle passionate from time to time, per- rest of us would be wise to emulate. Forces are going to miss you, and I will haps a little more passionate on my More recently, I have had the honor miss you a lot. part than CARL’s, but that, as all my and privilege of serving alongside CARL colleagues would surely attest, is my on the Permanent Subcommittee on I suggest the absence of a quorum. problem, not CARL’s. We are, however, Investigations. His tireless efforts and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The both proud of the committee’s tradi- steadfast dedication to exposing mis- clerk will call the roll. tion of bipartisan cooperation which conduct and abuse by financial institu- The assistant legislative clerk pro- CARL has worked diligently to preserve tions and government regulators have ceeded to call the roll. and strengthen. We both know how im- set a new standard for thoughtful and portant that tradition is to faithfully thorough congressional investigations. Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask discharging our responsibilities to help Whether the topic was the 2008 finan- unanimous consent that the order for maintain the defense of this country cial crisis, Swiss banking secrecy, or the quorum call be rescinded. and do right by the men and women of JPMorgan’s ‘‘London Whale’’ debacle, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the U.S. Armed Forces. We both feel professionals in the industry and the objection, it is so ordered.

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Given that the release objection, it is so ordered. guage in the committee report on the of confidential or sensitive information abuse of discretion standard and its ap- f relating to oversight of regulated enti- plication to make clear that it is the FOIA IMPROVEMENT ACT ties could cause harm to such entities, intent of Congress that judicial review individuals, or the financial system, a of agency decisions to withhold infor- Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I financial regulatory agency could rea- mation relating to current law enforce- ask unanimous consent to engage in a sonably foresee that disclosure of such ment actions under the foreseeable colloquy with Senator LEAHY of information requested under FOIA may Vermont, chairman of the Senate Judi- harm standard be subject to an abuse harm an interest protected by Exemp- ciary Committee, regarding S. 2520, the of discretion standard. tion 8. This is precisely why Congress FOIA Improvement Act of 2014. Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Furthermore, if The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without we are going to potentially burden our continues to provide these statutory objection, it is so ordered. government agencies with increased exemptions. Mr. ROCKEFELLER. I thank Senator costs that will be associated with com- Mr. LEAHY. I thank Senator JOHN- LEAHY for attempting to address my plying with the bill, then I think Con- SON for his remarks and for his interest concerns about this bill. I thank his gress should also provide these agen- and support for this legislation. I agree committee staff for working with my cies with sufficient funding to deal that it is important to ensure that our committee staff to insert clarifying re- with what is sure to be an increased financial regulators are able to do the port language. workload. work required to maintain the safety Mr. LEAHY. I would like to acknowl- While I still have concerns about this and soundness of our financial institu- edge the chairman of the Senate Com- bill’s effect on consumer protection, I tions. I also agree that the free flow of mittee on Commerce, Science, and think the accommodation made by information between regulators and fi- Senator LEAHY will help. I thank him Transportation for highlighting impor- nancial institution is important to this for inserting clarifying language in the tant concerns of the agencies his com- process. Exemption 8 was intended by report with regard to this congres- mittee works with closely. This legisla- Congress, and has been interpreted by sional intent on review of information tion seeks to further the goal of gov- the courts, to be very broadly con- withheld under the foreseeable harm ernment transparency; but we also un- strued to ensure the security of finan- derstand the need for government standard. cial institutions and to safeguard the agencies to dutifully and carefully ful- Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. relationship between financial institu- fill their responsibilities. President, I ask consent to engage in a tions and their supervising agencies. Mr. ROCKEFELLER. From the be- colloquy with Senator LEAHY, chair- ginning, I have recognized that this bill man of the Senate Judiciary Com- The proposed amendments to the Free- would make important changes to the mittee, regarding important aspects of dom of Information Act, FOIA, are not Freedom of Information Act. My con- S. 2520, the FOIA Improvement Act of intended to undermine the broad pro- cerns have been rooted in the possible 2014. tection in Exemption 8 or to undermine unintended consequences this bill While I support the ultimate goal of the integrity of the supervisory exam- would have on consumer protection. I this legislation, which seeks to in- ination process. Moreover, much of the was concerned this bill would make it crease government transparency, as information that the government is harder for our consumer protection the chairman of the Senate Banking permitted to withhold under Exemp- agencies to bring enforcement actions Committee, I am also mindful of the tion 8, is also protected under Exemp- against corporate wrongdoers. need for government agencies to duti- tion 4, which exempts from disclosure Specifically, I am concerned that re- fully and carefully fulfill their over- commercial and financial information quiring government law enforcement sight responsibilities of our Nation’s fi- that is privileged or confidential. Ex- agencies to show foreseeable harm that nancial institutions and the health and emption 4 covers information prohib- is not ‘‘speculative or abstract’’ when welfare of our financial systems at- ited from disclosure under the Trade invoking FOIA exemptions for attor- large. Financial regulatory agencies Secrets Act and similar laws, and as ney-client, work-product, and delibera- are tasked with ensuring the safety such does not provide for discretionary tive process privileges will undermine and soundness of the financial system, disclosure under FOIA. As with other law enforcement efforts. compliance with Federal consumer fi- exemptions that are based on separate Hundreds of years of American legal nancial law, and promoting fair, or- legal restrictions, it is understood that tradition has generally protected work- derly, and efficient financial markets. the foreseeable harm standard will not product documents and attorney-client A critical component of effective over- apply to most of the information fall- communications from the discovery sight is the ability of a financial regu- ing under Exemption 4. I will address process in civil litigation. Further, the lator to have unfettered access to in- these concerns, and I appreciate all the deliberative process privilege has al- formation from a regulated institution. time and attention the Senator from lowed government agencies’ law en- A financial institution should not have South Dakota has given to this impor- forcers to freely exchange ideas and to fear that its regulator will be unable tant legislation. legal strategies as part of their inter- to protect the institution’s confiden- nal decision making process. tial information from disclosure. Since Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. I I am concerned that the bill could the passage of the Freedom of Informa- thank the Senator from Vermont for have a ‘‘chilling effect’’ on internal tion Act, Congress has recognized the his work on this important matter and communications and deliberations of importance of protecting this type of for working with me to clarify the agencies’ law enforcement personnel supervisory information as evidenced scope of this bill. I hope the Senator who are preparing law enforcement ac- specifically in 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(8), com- from Vermont continues to work on tions against alleged wrongdoers, in monly referred to as Exemption 8, and these issues with the agencies to en- order to avoid the prospect of increased more generally in other exemptions. It sure that this new standard will not litigation. is my understanding that nothing in S. serve to undermine the broad protec- We do not want to hinder the robust, 2520 is intended to limit the scope of tions currently afforded to confidential internal exchange of rigorous ideas and the protections under Exemption 8, or supervisory information and in turn legal strategies within government other exemptions relevant to financial undermine the cooperative relationship agencies when they are bringing en- regulators; nor is the bill intended to between regulators and their super- forcement actions. require release of confidential informa- vised institutions.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:41 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.091 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6443 TRIBUTE TO MARK PRYOR I wish him Godspeed in his future ef- nipulated by some CIA officials over Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, forts. many years. As I said during the Intel- today we honor the dedicated public f ligence Committee’s hearing con- firming John Brennan as CIA Director, service of my dear friend and col- SSCI STUDY OF THE CIA’S DETEN- ‘‘I’m going to be blunt and this will be league, Senator MARK PRYOR from Ar- TION AND INTERROGATION PRO- no surprise to you, sir—but I’ve been kansas. GRAM For MARK PRYOR, public service is a on this Committee for more than 10 calling—one that goes to the roots of Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I would years, and with the exception of Mr. who he is. MARK PRYOR is the fifth gen- like to personally commend Senator Panetta, I feel I’ve been jerked around eration in his family to serve in public FEINSTEIN for releasing this report by every CIA Director.’’ office. today. We have all heard the Justice My views against torture have been Louis Brandeis quote that ‘‘sunlight is Beholden to no party, no special in- consistent with those of Senator JOHN the best disinfectant’’ but occasionally terests, Senator PRYOR’s singular ob- MCCAIN, whose stance against torture jective in Washington has been to we need a real world reminder. Today, is particularly compelling given his make lives better for the people of the Senator FEINSTEIN and the members own experiences as a prisoner of war. I State his family calls home. The sign and staff of the Intelligence Committee have also supported the use of interro- on his desk says ‘‘Arkansas comes have provided that. The findings of this gation techniques as laid out in the first.’’ It was his father’s campaign slo- report are truly remarkable, laying Army Field Manual and have decried gan a generation ago, and that’s the bare that the CIA interrogation pro- the use of contractors by the CIA in priority that guided MARK PRYOR from gram was simultaneously far more bru- the torture of detainees. tal and far less effective than pre- the day he arrived in the Senate. Some people have raised concerns When Senator PRYOR learned that a viously claimed. about the timing of the release of this widow in Greenwood, AR, was being de- This 600-page report is long overdue report and that our enemies could use prived death benefits because her hus- and makes clear that the CIA’s so- it as a pretext for violence. Long before band died at home, instead of in com- called ‘‘enhanced interrogation tech- the release of this report, however, ter- bat, Senator PRYOR crafted an amend- niques’’ failed to produce any other- rorist groups made their violent inten- ment to change that Pentagon rule, re- wise unavailable intelligence that tions towards America clear. They hate storing the full death benefit for the saved lives. At no time were these coer- America and our freedoms. They use widow—and fixing it permanently so it cive interrogation techniques effective. violence for the sake of violence. No would be available to other surviving But more critically, this report public action is without risks, whether spouses. makes clear to all Americans that A deeply patriotic man, with a pro- what took place was not in keeping by President or Congress, but we also found respect for those who serve, Sen- with our ideals as a nation. We have no risk who we are as Americans by sup- pressing the facts in this report. ator PRYOR is the author of the HIRE greater duty than to protect the Amer- At Home Act, which encourages com- ican people and our national security. I would like to reiterate that this re- panies to consider military experience But the single best way to do that is— port was reviewed and redacted in con- for servicemembers reentering the and always has been—to do that in a junction with the CIA and White workforce. manner consistent with our laws and House, and the Director of National In- But he has also fought to bring down our traditions. Horrific and torturous telligence approved its declassification. the costs of Arkansans’ prescriptions practices are explicitly prohibited and It was a difficult process that took and to protect the social safety net. are never necessary. I thank Senator over a year, but we finally got to a When FEMA demanded back pay for FEINSTEIN, Senator UDALL and other place where the narrative of the report Federal disaster aid it provided to Ar- members of the committee for the was adequately preserved while ensur- kansas, Senator PRYOR made sure the months and years they have committed ing that CIA personnel and operations rule got changed. to making this release a reality. were not compromised. The DNI And I was honored this past year to Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I rise weighed the risks and ultimately cer- partner with Senator PRYOR on the today to speak on the release of the de- tified the declassification of the report. Bring Jobs Home Act, to prevent com- classified Senate Select Intelligence To be clear, my support for this re- panies from being rewarded for ship- Committee report on the CIA’s past port in no way diminishes my respect ping jobs overseas and giving them an rendition, detention and interrogation for the men and women of the CIA, who incentive to bring those jobs that have practices. are faithfully and legally doing their left our borders back home again. As a longtime member of the com- duties. The CIA’s intelligence profes- Of course, Senator PRYOR served as mittee, I strongly support today’s re- sionals put their lives at risk for our chairman of the Senate Appropriations lease of the declassified Executive country. They deserve our support and Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Summary, Findings, Conclusions and respect. Development, Food and Drug Adminis- Additional and Minority Views of the tration and Related Agencies. So as au- committee’s report. With the release of I would like to thank Select Com- thor of the 2014 Farm Bill, I relied on this report, the American people fi- mittee on Intelligence Chairman DIANNE FEINSTEIN for her leadership, as Senator PRYOR as a partner. He intro- nally have the information they need duced the Forest Products Fairness to understand the CIA’s interrogation well as my committee colleagues from Act, which helps timber farmers in Ar- practices that spanned 2001 through both sides of the aisle who supported kansas and across the Nation qualify 2009, when President Obama put an end this investigation. Throughout the for USDA’s BioPreferred Program. to the Bush-era program. frustrating and sometimes contentious During an age of partisan strife, Sen- The CIA’s practices went against our process of producing this report, we ator PRYOR has provided sanctuary for values as Americans and damaged never gave up on pursuing the truth. those who seek compromise. I share America’s global reputation. The com- Thanks also to the committee staff the sentiment he expressed in his fare- mittee’s report shows not only that who worked tirelessly on this report at well address—it is imperative that we torture did not extract the ‘‘otherwise great sacrifice to themselves and their come to work not wearing jerseys of unavailable’’ intelligence that some families. red or blue but ones that have red, CIA officials claimed, it did not work This report sheds light on a com- white and blue. as a policy or in practice. plicated episode in America’s history, It saddens me that my dear friend, I have consistently opposed the re- but it is also a testament to the value Senator PRYOR, cannot join us in this pugnance, legality and efficacy of tor- of never giving up on the search for enterprise, because he has truly been a ture. I supported FBI Director Robert truth and accountability. I hope that voice of civility and reason. But I have Mueller’s directive saying FBI agents future generations will read it, study no doubt he will find new ways to serve may not participate in torture. I have it, learn from it and make sure that the country and the State that he repeatedly and publicly expressed my torture is never again used by the U.S. loves. frustration about being lied to and ma- government.

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Ms. Clemencia Spizzirri was son to climb the completely vertical Range Climbing Stewards trail crew. recently announced as the 2015 Iowa southeast face of Mount Asgard on Baf- The project moved forward, inspired by Teacher of the Year. This award honors fin Island. In 1986, he made the first as- Mark’s lifetime of work, and in 2014 the the great work she has done as a for- cent up the northeast buttress of Kangtega in Nepal, a prominent Hima- trail crew performed more than $120,000 eign language teacher at Merrill Mid- worth of work, in both Eldorado Can- dle School in Des Moines, IA. layan peak with a summit of over 20,000 feet. These ascents, among yon and the Flatirons, including the Ms. Spizzirri has been teaching Span- spectacular rebuild of the iconic Royal ish to eager young minds at Merrill countless others, inspired him to advo- cate for conservation and accomplish Arch Trail that was destroyed in the Middle School for 5 years. Despite her flood of 2013. relatively short time there, her pro- so much for Colorado’s environment. He is survived by Julie Asmuth, his Colorado lost an irreplaceable indi- found impact is evident. The high wife of 30 years, his two daughters vidual with the passing of Mark Hesse. praise she receives from her students, Hartley and Laurel, his mother Flor- I, along with many others, have lost a colleagues, and community members ence, brothers Jon, Paul, Phil, and sis- respected leader, visionary, and friend. are a testament to the work ethic and ters Anne Ness and Maria Hesse Vasey. Let his life be a reminder of what every passion she displays in her classroom Mark was a loyal and devoted hus- American is capable of accomplishing. every schoolday. band and father. He had a warm per- I ask that my colleagues join me in As an immigrant herself, Ms. sonality and a great sense of humor. He remembering Mark Hesse for his pas- Spizzirri embodies the importance of a also had an amazing knack for turning sion for the outdoors, his vast wealth broad-based education that helps stu- ordinary outings into epic adventures, of experiences, and his leadership in dents understand the world beyond and thus was well known for adventure showing us how to be good stewards of our public lands. their own country. Born in Quito, Ec- stories that seemed almost too absurd uador’s capital city, Ms. Clemencia was to be true. These qualities enabled him f the youngest of seven children. She to inspire and educate his children and ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS learned quickly that success was near- their peers, as well as the friends and ly impossible without a quality edu- colleagues he had through climbing cation. This drove her to become a and service projects he was part of. TRIBUTE TO CHARLES NIX teacher. She witnessed firsthand the Mark was devoted to taking his family ∑ Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I wish struggles that accompany poverty and on trips to some of the most remote to honor Charles Nix, who will retire as knew she could make a difference places possible, including the the Poinsett County judge after three through teaching. She started her ca- rainforests in South America and the terms of honorable service to the citi- reer teaching English in Quito. When ocean reefs of South East Asia. He be- zens of Arkansas in this elected posi- the conditions in her country began to lieved in supporting ecotourism and tion. worsen, she obtained a visa and moved educating himself and his family about As Poinsett County judge, Charles to the United States. After immi- different cultures and natural wonders faced and overcame several disasters grating to this country, Ms. Spizzirri of the world before they disappeared. including the 2011 flood and multiple received a bachelor’s degree in New Mark loved the environment, be- tornadoes. Charles played a pivotal York. She then moved to Des Moines, lieved in a higher standard for man- role in leading the county through the IA, where she received her master’s de- aging public spaces, and was com- storms, repairing the damages and re- gree from Drake University. mitted to preserving the natural beau- storing the livelihood of the citizens. Ms. Spizzirri attributes her passion ty of our great Nation. He received sev- Beyond his county judge duties, for educating young minds to unfortu- eral distinguished awards for his work, Charles served as a member of the nate circumstances she has witnessed such as the American Alpine Club’s County Judges Association of Arkan- in her own life. This passion ensures a David Brower Award for Mountain Con- sas, Crowley’s Ridge Development Council Board, Eastern Arkansas Plan- quality education for all her students servation in 1995, the Bob Marshall ning and Development Council Board, and contributes well-rounded citizens Champion of Wilderness Award pre- and Northwest Arkansas Workforce In- to the community. Great teachers are sented by the U.S. Forest Service in vestment. He also presided as president an invaluable resource to all of our 2005 and 2007, and the U.S. Bureau of of the Harrisburg Area Chamber of communities and Ms. Spizzirri deserves Land Management’s Making a Dif- Commerce and served in the Army Na- nothing but praise for her tremendous ference National Volunteer Award for tional Guard for 6 years. work. I thank Ms. Spizzirri for her outstanding service on public lands in service to the people of her community Charles Nix has displayed honor, per- 2014. He was the co-founder and execu- severance, and an eagerness to serve and wish her nothing but the best in tive director of the Santa Fe Mountain her future school years and beyond. his community that we can all admire. Center from 1977 to 1980, the program I am truly grateful for his years of f director of the Southwest Outward dedicated service and commitment to Bound School, and co-founder of the REMEMBERING MARK HESSE Poinsett County and the State of Ar- Colorado Fourteeners Initiative Pro- kansas.∑ Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Presi- gram. He worked with the Bureau of f dent, I wish to remember an upstand- Land Management to preserve two pop- ing Coloradan and accomplished moun- ular climbing destinations: Shelf Road RECOGNIZING ST. PATRICK taineer who passed away unexpectedly and Penitente Canyon. Perhaps most SCHOOL this year while doing what he was so notably, Mark founded the Rocky ∑ Mr. DONNELLY. Mr. President, I passionate about: climbing. Mark Mountain Field Institute in 1982, which wish to applaud St. Patrick School of Hesse was a man of exceptional char- has engaged more than 16,000 volun- Chesterton, IN for being recognized as acter, exhibited a strong sense of ad- teers to contribute 200,000 hours to pub- a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School by venture, and was a devoted admirer of lic land stewardship projects. These ef- the U.S. Department of Education. nature; all of which are qualities of a forts amounted to more than $4 million Established in 1982, the National Blue true conservationist. He was an inspi- in on-the-ground restoration efforts. Ribbon Schools program has recognized ration to many of us in the great State One of Mark’s final projects, and a over 7,000 public and nonpublic schools of Colorado. dream he had been nurturing for many that demonstrate a vision of edu- Mark grew up in Colorado Springs, years, was to create a hot-shot trail cational excellence for all students, re- CO, where he became an Eagle Scout. crew with high-end rock working skills gardless of their social or economic

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:42 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.060 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6445 background. Since its inception, this He immediately launched the which supplies prescription pads to program has offered the opportunity groundbreaking Unified Medical Lan- health providers to point their patients for schools in every State to gain rec- guage System, now broadly used to to trusted health care information ognition for educational accomplish- help computer systems behave as if from the NIH. At the urging of the Sen- ments in closing the achievement gaps they understand biomedical meaning. ate Appropriations Committee, Dr. among student groups. He also greatly expanded NLM’s Lindberg has also made high-quality Recognition as a National Blue Rib- informatics research training pro- health information available to physi- bon School by the U.S. Department of grams, increasing the Nation’s supply cians and their patients via NIH’s first Education is based on a school being of informatics researchers and health consumer magazine, NIH MedlinePlus. measured as either an ‘‘Exemplary information technology leaders. The li- This free magazine is now available in High Performing School’’—where brary, its grantees, and its former Spanish and online around the Nation schools are among the State’s highest trainees continue to play essential and worldwide. scorers in English and mathematics— roles in the development of electronic Over the past three decades, Dr. or as an ‘‘Exemplary Achievement Gap health records, health data standards, Lindberg greatly expanded the scope of Closing School’’—where schools with at and the exchange of health informa- the National Network of Libraries of least 40 percent of their student body tion. Medicine. Now, NLM and this network coming from disadvantaged back- One of the proudest achievements of of more than 6,000 academic, hospital, grounds have reduced the achievement Dr. Lindberg’s tenure was the estab- and public libraries partner with com- gap in English and mathematics within lishment of the National Center for munity-based organizations to bring the last 5 years. St. Patrick School has Biotechnology Information, NCBI, in high-quality information to health pro- made great strides in the area of im- 1988. It expanded the scope of the NLM fessionals and the public-regardless of proved proficiency in both English and and provided a national resource for location, socioeconomic status or ac- mathematics. molecular biology information and es- cess to computers and telecommuni- As a Four Star School, St. Patrick’s sential support for mapping the human cations. NLM has entered into long- takes great care to integrate elements genome. Today, NCBI is home to standing and successful partnerships of Catholic faith into its curriculum. GenBank, dbGaP, PubChem, and with minority-serving institutions, Consisting of strong morals, a deeply PubMed Central and is an indispen- tribal and community-based organiza- rooted faith in community, and a sable international repository and soft- tions, and the public health commu- strong sense of respectful conduct, the ware tool developer for genetic se- nity. NLM’s marvelous exhibitions staff at St. Patrick challenges its stu- quences and other genomic data, and a which Dr. Lindberg championed, such dents to put their faith into action pioneer and leader in linking data and as Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Con- through community service and social published research results to promote cepts of Health and Illness, expand engagement on global issues. new scientific discoveries. NLM’s reach with electronic and trav- I wish to acknowledge Principal In another unprecedented move, Dr. eling versions, bringing important Richard John Rupcich of St. Patrick Lindberg asked NLM to create the issues and scholarship to persons un- School, the entire staff, and the stu- Visible Humans, a library of digital im- able to make it through NLM’s Be- dent body. It undoubtedly took hard ages representing the complete anat- thesda doors. Moreover, Dr. Lindberg work and dedication to achieve this omy of a man and a woman—giving a helped set the U.S. standards for the prestigious award. unique and detailed look inside the public’s use of the Internet. He was the On behalf of the citizens of Indiana, I body. People around the world can and founding Director of the National Co- congratulate St. Patrick School, and I do use the images in a variety of ways. ordination Office for High Performance wish them continued success in the fu- They have been used to help students Computing and Communications in the ture.∑ learn anatomy; to develop products President’s Office of Science and Tech- f like artificial limbs; and to create nology Policy and was named by the tools to help surgeons rehearse oper- TRIBUTE TO DONALD LINDBERG HHS Secretary to be the U.S. National ations. Coordinator for the G–7 Global ∑ Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, as a As access to the World Wide Web and healthcare Applications Project. member of the Senate who has spent the Internet spread throughout the It gives me great pleasure pay trib- many years leading efforts to build country, Dr. Lindberg seized the oppor- ute to Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, one of support for biomedical research and tunity to make high quality medical this country’s visionaries, for his many improved public health, I would like to information freely available to the contributions in science and tech- pay tribute to a great public servant public. In a 1997 press briefing that I nology that have transformed access to and trailblazer in medical informatics, sponsored with the late Senator Arlen biomedical information and clearly had Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director of the Specter, R–PA, and then Vice Presi- a lasting positive impact on the Na- National Library of Medicine, NLM, dent Al Gore, we announced free Inter- tion.∑ the world’s largest biomedical library, net access to MEDLINE via PubMed. In and a part of the National Institutes of 1998, Dr. Lindberg went on to create f Health. Dr. Lindberg recently an- the consumer-friendly MedlinePlus.gov nounced that he will retire next year and a new era of timely and trusted on- TRIBUTE TO COLONEL ROBERT J. after over 30 years of distinguished line health information for the general McALEER public service. public began. ClinicalTrials.gov, now ∑ Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I wish Trained as a pathologist, Dr. the world’s largest trial registry and a to pay tribute to my constituent COL Lindberg is recognized worldwide as a unique source of summary results data Robert J. McAleer for his exemplary pioneer in medical information tech- for many trials, followed soon after in dedication to duty and his service to nology, artificial intelligence, com- 2000, providing patients, families and the U.S. Army and to the United States puter-aided medical diagnosis and elec- members of the public easy access to of America. He has served his last 2 tronic health records. When Dr. information about the location of clin- years in the Army as Chief of the Lindberg joined NLM in 1984, the li- ical trials, their design and purpose, Army’s Senate Liaison Division, rep- brary had no electronic journals, per- and criteria for participation. resenting the Army on Capitol Hill. sonal computers were few and far be- In 2003, I again joined the NLM and A native of Washington State, Colo- tween, and only a relatively small the National Institute on Aging in nel McAleer earned a commission as a number of research institutions had ac- launching NIHSeniorHealth.gov, a distinguished graduate from the U.S. cess to the Internet. Today millions of website that features authoritative, Military Academy in 1988. Colonel scientists, health professionals, and up-to-date information from the NIH, McAleer has served in a broad range of members of the public use NLM’s high- in a format that addresses the cog- challenging operational assignments quality electronic information re- nitive changes that come with aging and an unusually diverse set of Army sources billions of times a year. and allows easy use. In that same year, units: cannon artillery, rocket and Dr. Lindberg arrived at NLM with a I partnered with Dr. Lindberg and re- missile, air defense, light infantry, cav- belief in the potential of advanced spected national physician groups to alry, Ranger, Special Forces, and computing and telecommunications. launch the Information Rx project, Stryker.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:42 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.049 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6446 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 9, 2014 Colonel McAleer spent more than a S. 229. An act to designate the medical cen- H.R. 5794. An act to designate the facility decade overseas, including two tours ter of the Department of Veterans Affairs lo- of the United States Postal Service located each in Germany and Korea, and two cated at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadel- at 16105 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield, 15-month tours in Iraq. As a lieutenant, phia, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Corporal Mi- Missouri, as the ‘‘Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher chael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Post Office’’. he completed critical assignments in Affairs Medical Center’’. austere locations on the Demilitarized ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION S. 1434. An act to designate the Junction SIGNED Zone in Korea. As a captain and major City Community-Based Outpatient Clinic lo- At 4:51 p.m., a message from the with the Army Special Operations cated at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, Command, he participated in the de- Kansas, as the Lieutenant General Richard House of Representatives, delivered by tention of Bosnian war criminals, J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clin- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- served as a fire support officer for ic. nounced that the Speaker has signed twenty AC–130 gunship and similar S. 2921. An act to designate the community the following enrolled bills and joint based outpatient clinic of the Department of resolution: missions in Kosovo, an operation to Veterans Affairs located at 310 Home Boule- S. 229. An act to designate the medical cen- rescue American hostages in South vard in Galesburg, Illinois, as the ‘‘Lane A. ter of the Department of Veterans Affairs lo- America, and numerous exercises that Evans VA Community Based Outpatient cated at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadel- Clinic’’. served as blueprints for post-9/11 oper- phia, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Corporal Mi- ations. In Iraq, as battalion operations The message also announced that the chael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans officer and, later, Squadron Com- House has passed the following bill, in Affairs Medical Center’’. mander, he worked to secure dangerous which it requests the concurrence of S. 1434. An act to designate the Junction areas in southwest Baghdad, Abu the Senate: City Community-Based Outpatient Clinic lo- cated at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, Ghraib, and then Diyala Province. His H.R. 2901. An act to strengthen implemen- Kansas, as the Lieutenant General Richard units were marked by their discipline, tation of the Senator Paul Simon Water for J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clin- determination, purposeful operations, the Poor Act of 2005 by improving the capac- ic. ity of the United States Government to im- and focus on the needs of the civilian S. 2673. An act to enhance the strategic plement, leverage, and monitor and evaluate population. He led efforts in intel- partnership between the United States and programs to provide first-time or improved ligence, governance, essential services, Israel. access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and reconciliation. As a colonel, serv- S. 2917. An act to expand the program of and hygiene to the world’s poorest on an eq- priority review to encourage treatments for ing as Chief of Future Operations for uitable and sustainable basis, and for other tropical diseases. Combined Forces Command in Korea, purposes. S. 2921. An act to designate the community he synchronized the U.S. and South ENROLLED BILL SIGNED Korean response to North Korea’s artil- based outpatient clinic of the Department of At 3:46 p.m., a message from the Veterans Affairs located at 310 Home Boule- lery shelling of Yong Pyong Island, the House of Representatives, delivered by vard in Galesburg, Illinois, as the ‘‘Lane A. death of Kim Jong Il, and a North Ko- Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, Evans VA Community Based Outpatient rean ballistic missile launch. He led announced that the Speaker has signed Clinic’’. major joint and international planning the following enrolled bill: H.R. 2366. An act to require the Secretary efforts on the Korean Peninsula to pre- of the Treasury to mint coins in commemo- H.R. 5462. An act to amend title 49, United pare military forces and governments ration of the centennial of World War I. States Code, to provide for limitations on H.R. 5739. An act to amend the Social Se- for contingencies, especially in the the fees charged to passengers of air carriers. areas of rear area logistics, noncombat- curity Act to provide for the termination of The enrolled bill was subsequently social security benefits for individuals who ant evacuation, and countering and signed by the President pro tempore participated in Nazi persecution, and for preventing the use of weapons of mass (Mr. LEAHY). other purposes. destruction. H.J. Res. 105. Joint Resolution conferring With the exception of his current as- At 4:04 p.m., a message from the honorary citizenship of the United States on signment as an Army legislative liai- House of Representatives, delivered by Bernardo de Galvez y Madrid, Viscount of son, Colonel McAleer spent his entire Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, Galveston and Count of Galvez. career in combat units, either in com- announced that the House has passed The enrolled bills and joint resolu- mand or operations positions. He spent the following bills, in which it requests tion were subsequently signed by the 6 years in command of four units: the concurrence of the Senate: President pro tempore (Mr. LEAHY). Bravo Battery 1–39 Field Artillery, Air- H.R. 579. An act to designate the United ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED borne; Bravo Battery 1–321 Field Artil- States courthouse located at 501 East Court At 6:18 p.m., a message from the lery, Airborne; 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ‘‘R. House of Representatives, delivered by Artillery; and Fires Squadron, 2nd Jess Brown United States Courthouse’’. Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, Stryker Cavalry Regiment. A soldier’s H.R. 4030. An act to designate the facility announced that the Speaker has signed of the United States Postal Service located soldier, focused on his assigned mission the following enrolled bills: and the wellbeing of those under his at 18640 NW 2nd Avenue in Miami, Florida, as H.R. 78. An act to designate the facility of command, he touched thousands of the ‘‘Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building’’. the United States Postal Service located at lives, developing countless leaders and H.R. 4926. An act to designate a segment of 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the young soldiers in his units. Interstate Route 35 in the State of Min- ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office On behalf of a grateful nation, I join nesota as the ‘‘James L. Oberstar Memorial Building’’. my colleagues today in recognizing and Highway’’. H.R. 1707. An act to designate the facility commending Colonel McAleer for over H.R. 5146. An act to designate the United of the United States Postal Service located 26 years of service to his country. He States courthouse located at 700 Grant at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illi- played a key role in defending our na- Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the nois, as the ‘‘James R. Burgess Jr. Post Of- tional interests while positively im- ‘‘Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Court- fice Building’’. house’’. H.R. 2112. An act to designate the facility pacting the soldiers and families under H.R. 5385. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located his command. He has been an excellent of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, Army liaison to the Senate. We wish at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as as the ‘‘National Clandestine Service of the Bob, his wife Kate, daughter Catherine, the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer and son Colin all the best as they con- H.R. 5562. An act to designate the facility Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office’’. tinue their journey of service.∑ of the United States Postal Service located H.R. 2223. An act to designate the facility at 801 West Ocean Avenue in Lompoc, Cali- of the United States Postal Service located f fornia, as the ‘‘Federal Correctional Officer at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office the ‘‘Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office At 10:02 a.m., a message from the Building’’. Building’’. H.R. 5687. An act to designate the facility H.R. 2678. An act to designate the facility House of Representatives, delivered by of the United States Postal Service located of the United States Postal Service located Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- at 101 East Market Street in Long Beach, at 10360 Southwest 186th Street in Miami, nounced that the House has passed the California, as the ‘‘Juanita Millender- Florida, as the ‘‘Larcenia J. Bullard Post Of- following bills, without amendment: McDonald Post Office’’. fice Building’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:18 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09DE6.081 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6447 H.R. 3534. An act to designate the facility the Congressional Record on November 12, Air Force nomination of Allyson M. of the United States Postal Service located 2014. (minus 1 nominee: Colonel Barry K. Yamaki, to be Major. at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, Taylor) Air Force nominations beginning with Michigan, as the ‘‘Officer James Bonneau Army nomination of Brig. Gen. Darsie D. Aaron J. Agirre and ending with Gregory S. Memorial Post Office’’. Rogers, Jr., to be Major General. Zilinski, which nominations were received H.R. 4939. An act to designate the facility Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Frederick by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- of the United States Postal Service located S. Rudesheim, to be Lieutenant General. sional Record on December 3, 2014. at 2551 Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, Cali- Army nomination of Col. Stephen J. Hager, Air Force nominations beginning with fornia, as the ‘‘Neil Havens Post Office’’. to be Brigadier General. Erika S. Abraham and ending with Fei H.R. 5030. An act to designate the facility Army nomination of Col. Eugene J. Zhang, which nominations were received by of the United States Postal Service located LeBoeuf, to be Brigadier General. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- at 13500 SW 250 Street in Princeton, Florida, Army nomination of Brig. Gen. John C. sional Record on December 3, 2014. as the ‘‘Corporal Christian A. Guzman Ri- Harris, to be Major General. Air Force nominations beginning with vera Post Office Building’’. Army nomination of Brig. Gen. Lewis G. Rhett B. Casper and ending with Stacey Eliz- Irwin, to be Major General. The enrolled bills were subsequently abeth Zaikoski, which nominations were re- Army nomination of Maj. Gen. David E. ceived by the Senate and appeared in the signed by the President pro tempore Quantock, to be Lieutenant General. Congressional Record on December 3, 2014. (Mr. LEAHY). Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Anthony R. Air Force nominations beginning with Jose Ierardi, to be Lieutenant General. f C. Aguirre and ending with Sandy K. Yip, Marine Corps nomination of Maj. Gen. Vin- which nominations were received by the Sen- cent R. Stewart, to be Lieutenant General. ate and appeared in the Congressional MEASURES PLACED ON THE Air Force nomination of Lt. Gen. Andrew Record on December 3, 2014. CALENDAR E. Busch, to be Lieutenant General. Air Force nominations beginning with Army nomination of Brig. Gen. Richard D. The following bills were read the sec- Jason D. Eitutis and ending with Brian K. ond time, and placed on the calendar: Clarke, Jr., to be Major General. Army nomination of Lt. Gen. John F. Wyrick, which nominations were received by H.R. 5759. An act to establish a rule of con- Mulholland, Jr., to be Lieutenant General. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- struction clarifying the limitations on exec- Army nomination of Col. Aaron T. Walter, sional Record on December 3, 2014. utive authority to provide certain forms of to be Brigadier General. Air Force nominations beginning with immigration relief. Army nomination of Col. David W. Ling, to Sarahann Beal and ending with Carol C. Wal- H.R. 5771. An act to amend the Internal be Brigadier General. ters, which nominations were received by the Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expir- Navy nomination of Rear Adm. Troy M. Senate and appeared in the Congressional ing provisions and make technical correc- Shoemaker, to be Vice Admiral. Record on December 3, 2014. tions, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of Navy nomination of Vice Adm. Scott H. Air Force nominations beginning with 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of Swift, to be Admiral. David P. Abbott and ending with Kevin D. ABLE accounts established under State pro- Underwood, which nominations were re- Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, for the ceived by the Senate and appeared in the grams for the care of family members with Committee on Armed Services I report disabilities, and for other purposes. Congressional Record on December 3, 2014. favorably the following nomination Air Force nominations beginning with Mo- f lists which were printed in the hammed H. Aljallad and ending with Anita REPORTS OF COMMITTEES RECORDS on the dates indicated, and M. Yates, which nominations were received ask unanimous consent, to save the ex- by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- The following reports of committees pense of reprinting on the Executive sional Record on December 3, 2014. were submitted: Calendar that these nominations lie at Army nomination of Kimberely By Mrs. FEINSTEIN, from the Select Com- Derouenslaven, to be Colonel. the Secretary’s desk for the informa- Army nomination of Barry C. Busby, to be mittee on Intelligence: tion of Senators. Special Report entitled ‘‘Committee Study Major. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Army nominations beginning with Lamar of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Deten- D. Adams and ending with G001317, which tion and Interrogation Program’’ (Rept. No. objection, it is so ordered. nominations were received by the Senate and 113–288). Additional and minority views filed. Air Force nominations beginning with Taft Owen Aujero and ending with Jeffery Lynn appeared in the Congressional Record on f Richard, which nominations were received September 15, 2014. (minus 6 nominees begin- ning with Steven R. Berger) EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- sional Record on May 15, 2014. (minus 105 Army nominations beginning with Eric C. COMMITTEES nominees beginning with Peter G. Bailey) Anderson and ending with D011466, which The following executive reports of Air Force nominations beginning with nominations were received by the Senate and nominations were submitted: Peter Brian Abercrombie II and ending with appeared in the Congressional Record on Jason C. Zumwalt, which nominations were September 15, 2014. (minus 9 nominees begin- By Mr. LEVIN for the Committee on received by the Senate and appeared in the ning with Steven R. Ansley, Jr.) Armed Services. Congressional Record on July 31, 2014. Army nominations beginning with Randy *Alissa M. Starzak, of New York, to be Air Force nominations beginning with L. Brandt and ending with Kenneth R. Wil- General Counsel of the Department of the George W. Clifford III and ending with Young liams, Jr., which nominations were received Army. J. Jun, which nominations were received by by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- *Robert M. Scher, of the District of Colum- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- sional Record on September 15, 2014. bia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. sional Record on September 15, 2014. Army nominations beginning with Michael *David J. Berteau, of Maryland, to be an Air Force nominations beginning with D. Acord and ending with D006516, which Assistant Secretary of Defense. Travis K. Acheson and ending with Paul C. nominations were received by the Senate and Army nomination of Brig. Gen. Margaret Zurkowski, which nominations were received appeared in the Congressional Record on C. Wilmoth, to be Major General. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- September 15, 2014. (minus 8 nominees begin- Marine Corps nomination of Maj. Gen. sional Record on November 13, 2014. ning with Treavor J. Bellandi) James B. Laster, to be Lieutenant General. Air Force nomination of Jennifer C. Alex- Army nomination of Darrell R. V. Tran, to Navy nomination of Rear Adm. James G. ander, to be Colonel. be Major. Foggo III, to be Vice Admiral . Air Force nomination of Joyce P. Fiedler, Army nominations beginning with George Air Force nomination of Brig. Gen. Derek to be Colonel. W. Mason III and ending with Alvin D. Wil- P. Rydholm, to be Major General. Air Force nominations beginning with son, which nominations were received by the Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Larry D. Robert B. O. Allen and ending with Keith M. Senate and appeared in the Congressional Wyche, to be Lieutenant General. Vollenweider, which nominations were re- Record on September 15, 2014. Army nomination of Col. Lawrence F. ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Army nominations beginning with John W. Thoms, to be Brigadier General. Congressional Record on December 3, 2014. Bozicevic and ending with James E. Scalf, *Navy nomination of Adm. Harry B. Har- Air Force nominations beginning with which nominations were received by the Sen- ris, Jr., to be Admiral. Richard Y. Baird and ending with Jerome L. ate and appeared in the Congressional Air Force nomination of Col. Shelley R. Vinluan, which nominations were received Record on September 15, 2014. Campbell, to be Brigadier General. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Army nomination of Patrick M. McGrath, Air Force nomination of Maj. Gen. Mark C. sional Record on December 3, 2014. to be Major. Nowland, to be Lieutenant General. Air Force nominations beginning with Army nominations beginning with Peggy Army nominations beginning with Colonel Richard M. Burgon and ending with Joshua E. D. McGill and ending with Elena M. Michael G. Amundson and ending with Colo- N. Scott, which nominations were received Scarbrough, which nominations were re- nel Clifford W. Wilkins, which nominations by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- ceived by the Senate and appeared in the were received by the Senate and appeared in sional Record on December 3, 2014. Congressional Record on September 17, 2014.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:41 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE6.013 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6448 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 9, 2014 Army nominations beginning with Delroy Army nominations beginning with Edwin Marine Corps nomination of Timothy E. A. Brown and ending with Richard G. B. Bales and ending with Ryan M. Zipf, Robertson, to be Lieutenant Colonel. Schmid, which nominations were received by which nominations were received by the Sen- Marine Corps nomination of Christopher E. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- ate and appeared in the Congressional Hall, to be Major. sional Record on September 17, 2014. Record on November 13, 2014. Navy nomination of Angela M. Rowell, to Army nominations beginning with Brian Army nominations beginning with Paul P. be Lieutenant Commander. R. Coleman and ending with Robert W. McBride and ending with Paul E. Reynolds, Navy nomination of Gregory L. Koontz, to Thompson, Jr., which nominations were re- Jr., which nominations were received by the be Lieutenant Commander. ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Navy nomination of Timothy S. Roush, to Congressional Record on September 17, 2014. Record on November 13, 2014. be Captain. (minus 1 nominee: Spencer T. Price) Army nomination of John E. Atwood, to be Navy nomination of Kimberly M. Freitas, Army nominations beginning with Vance Colonel. to be Lieutenant Commander. J. Argo and ending with Gregory W. Teisan, Army nominations beginning with Daniel Navy nomination of Adam B. Yost, to be which nominations were received by the Sen- H. Aldana and ending with David R. Lieutenant Commander. ate and appeared in the Congressional Navorska, which nominations were received Navy nomination of Charles S. Eisenberg, Record on September 17, 2014. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- to be Lieutenant Commander. Army nominations beginning with Scott A. sional Record on November 13, 2014. Navy nomination of Jack W.L. Tsao, to be Arcand and ending with William D. Weaver, Army nomination of Eric Graham, to be Captain. which nominations were received by the Sen- Lieutenant Colonel. Navy nomination of James M. Ross, to be ate and appeared in the Congressional Army nominations beginning with Susan Lieutenant Commander. Record on September 17, 2014. Davis and ending with Matthew G. Navy nomination of Lakeeva B. Gunder- Army nominations beginning with Dawn Stlaurent, which nominations were received son, to be Lieutenant Commander. M. Flynn and ending with Sandra J. Hetzel, by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Navy nominations beginning with Travis which nominations were received by the Sen- sional Record on November 13, 2014. (minus 1 S. Anderson and ending with Julian G. Wil- ate and appeared in the Congressional nominee: Raymond L. Phua) son III, which nominations were received by Record on September 17, 2014. (minus 1 nomi- Army nominations beginning with Shelley the Senate and appeared in the Congres- nee: Paul V. Rahm) P. Honnold and ending with Neal E. Woollen, sional Record on November 17, 2014. Army nominations beginning with Scott B. which nominations were received by the Sen- By Mr. ROCKEFELLER for the Committee Byers and ending with Charlene A. ate and appeared in the Congressional on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Weingarten, which nominations were re- Record on November 13, 2014. *Willie E. May, of Maryland, to be Under Army nominations beginning with Susan ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Secretary of Commerce for Standards and J. Argueta and ending with Jason S. Wind- Congressional Record on September 17, 2014. Technology. sor, which nominations were received by the (minus 1 nominee: Michele M. Spencer) *Tho Dinh-Zarr, of Texas, to be a Member Army nominations beginning with Donna Senate and appeared in the Congressional of the National Transportation Safety Board K. Ayers and ending with Mary E. Woodard, Record on November 13, 2014. (minus 1 nomi- for the remainder of the term expiring De- which nominations were received by the Sen- nee: Susan R. Cloft) cember 31, 2018. Army nominations beginning with John R. ate and appeared in the Congressional *Mark R. Rosekind, of California, to be Ad- Bailey and ending with D004653, which nomi- Record on September 17, 2014. (minus 2 nomi- ministrator of the National Highway Traffic nations were received by the Senate and ap- nees: Lesley A. Watts; Roy Wilms) Safety Administration. peared in the Congressional Record on No- Army nominations beginning with Felix J. *Carlos A. Monje, Jr., of Louisiana, to be vember 13, 2014. (minus 2 nominees: Roger S. E. Andujar and ending with Terence R. an Assistant Secretary of Transportation. Giraud; Neil I. Nelson) Woods, which nominations were received by Army nominations beginning with Gary L. *Nomination was reported with rec- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Gross and ending with Craig D. Shriver, ommendation that it be confirmed sub- sional Record on September 17, 2014. (minus which nominations were received by the Sen- ject to the nominee’s commitment to 1 nominee: Jerry L. Tolbert) ate and appeared in the Congressional respond to requests to appear and tes- Army nominations beginning with Bryan Record on November 13, 2014. D. Brown and ending with Nicholas D. tify before any duly constituted com- Army nominations beginning with Melissa mittee of the Senate. Young, which nominations were received by R. Beauman and ending with Michael W. Ste- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- (Nominations without an asterisk phens, which nominations were received by were reported with the recommenda- sional Record on September 17, 2014. (minus the Senate and appeared in the Congres- 4 nominees: Timothy A. Doherty; William R. sional Record on November 13, 2014. tion that they be confirmed.) Elliott; Lynnell D. Peace; Craig A. Yunker) Army nomination of Richard M. Hester, to f Army nominations beginning with An- be Lieutenant Colonel. thony J. Labadia and ending with Joseph F. Army nomination of Jay E. Clasing, to be INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Tommasino, which nominations were re- Lieutenant Colonel. JOINT RESOLUTIONS ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Army nominations beginning with Scott J. The following bills and joint resolu- Congressional Record on September 17, 2014. Anderson and ending with Stefania V. tions were introduced, read the first Army nominations beginning with Marta Wilcox, which nominations were received by E. Acha and ending with Ricord W. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- and second times by unanimous con- Torgerson, which nominations were received sional Record on December 3, 2014. (minus 1 sent, and referred as indicated: by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- nominee: Marion A. Alston) By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. sional Record on September 17, 2014. (minus Army nominations beginning with Rachel COLLINS, and Mrs. SHAHEEN): 1 nominee: Jacob A. Johnson) R. Anthony and ending with D011532, which S. 2990. A bill to establish a State Trade Army nominations beginning with Zenaida nominations were received by the Senate and and Export Promotion Grant Program; to M. Cofie and ending with Todd L. Stewart, appeared in the Congressional Record on De- the Committee on Small Business and Entre- which nominations were received by the Sen- cember 3, 2014. (minus 1 nominee: Steven A. preneurship. ate and appeared in the Congressional Brewer) By Mr. BEGICH: Record on September 17, 2014. Army nominations beginning with Nadine S. 2991. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Ste- Army nomination of Joseph T. Morris, to M. Alonzo and ending with D012299, which vens Fishery Conservation and Management be Colonel. nominations were received by the Senate and Act to promote sustainable conservation and Army nomination of Richard T. Knowlton, appeared in the Congressional Record on De- management for the Nation’s fisheries and to be Colonel. cember 3, 2014. the communities that rely on them, and for Army nominations beginning with Robert Army nominations beginning with Mark other purposes; to the Committee on Com- A. Borcherding and ending with Dean L. Acopan and ending with Timothy R. Yourk, merce, Science, and Transportation. Whitford, which nominations were received which nominations were received by the Sen- By Mrs. GILLIBRAND: by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- ate and appeared in the Congressional S. 2992. A bill to amend title 10, United sional Record on November 13, 2014. Record on December 3, 2014. (minus 1 nomi- States Code, to reform procedures for deter- Army nomination of Steven E. Baker, to nee: James Lawhorn, Jr.) minations to proceed to trial by court-mar- be Major. Army nominations beginning with Kath- tial for certain offenses under the Uniform Army nomination of Arun Sharma, to be arine M. E. Adams and ending with Hans P. Code of Military Justice, and for other pur- Major. Zeller, which nominations were received by poses; read the first time. Army nomination of James M. Brumit, to the Senate and appeared in the Congres- be Lieutenant Colonel. sional Record on December 3, 2014. f Army nominations beginning with Samuel Army nominations beginning with Robert ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS Agostosantiago and ending with John R. J. Abbott and ending with D011857, which Wilt, which nominations were received by nominations were received by the Senate and S. 209 the Senate and appeared in the Congres- appeared in the Congressional Record on De- At the request of Mr. PAUL, the name sional Record on November 13, 2014. cember 3, 2014. of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. KIRK)

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:45 Aug 29, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S09DE4.REC S09DE4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6449 was added as a cosponsor of S. 209, a DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. terest of the United States to work in bill to require a full audit of the Board 2898, a bill to provide consumer protec- close coordination with international of Governors of the Federal Reserve tions for students. partners to help prevent and mitigate System and the Federal reserve banks S. 2911 acts of genocide and mass atrocities. by the Comptroller General of the At the request of Mr. MURPHY, the f United States, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from New Jersey AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND S. 318 (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor PROPOSED At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, the of S. 2911, a bill to establish a task name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. force to review policies and measures SA 3977. Mr. REID (for Mr. ROCKEFELLER HELLER) was added as a cosponsor of S. to promote, and to develop best prac- (for himself and Mr. TESTER)) proposed an 318, a bill to rescind funds made avail- tices for, reduction of short-lived cli- amendment to the bill H.R. 1204, to amend able to the Administrator of the Envi- mate pollutants, and for other pur- title 49, United States Code, to direct the As- sistant Secretary of Homeland Security ronmental Protection Agency if the poses. (Transportation Security Administration) to Administrator fails to meet certain S. 2930 establish an Aviation Security Advisory deadlines. At the request of Mr. MCCAIN, the Committee, and for other purposes. S. 631 name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. SA 3978. Mr. REID (for Ms. AYOTTE) pro- At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the DONNELLY) was added as a cosponsor of posed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2719, to name of the Senator from New Jersey S. 2930, a bill to direct the Secretary of require the Transportation Security Admin- istration to implement best practices and (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cospon- Defense and the Secretary of Veterans improve transparency with regard to tech- sor of S. 631, a bill to allow Americans Affairs to provide for the conduct of an nology acquisition programs, and for other to earn paid sick time so that they can evaluation of mental health care and purposes. address their own health needs and the suicide prevention programs of the De- SA 3979. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an health needs of their families. partment of Defense and the Depart- amendment intended to be proposed by her S. 769 ment of Veterans Affairs, to require a to the bill H.R. 3979, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emer- At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the gency services volunteers are not taken into name of the Senator from New Jersey account as employees under the shared re- (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor Veterans Health Administration of the sponsibility requirements contained in the of S. 769, a bill to designate as wilder- Department of Veterans Affairs, and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; ness certain Federal portions of the red for other purposes. which was ordered to lie on the table. rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau S. 2946 SA 3980. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. and the Great Basin Deserts in the At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the PORTMAN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. State of Utah for the benefit of present name of the Senator from Washington SCHUMER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. and future generations of people in the DONNELLY, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. WICKER) (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- submitted an amendment intended to be pro- United States. sor of S. 2946, a bill to provide im- posed by him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend S. 1695 proved water, sanitation, and hygiene the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the programs for high priority developing certain expiring provisions and make tech- name of the Senator from New Jersey countries, and for other purposes. nical corrections, to amend the Internal Rev- enue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor S. 2965 treatment of ABLE accounts established of S. 1695, a bill to designate a portion At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge under State programs for the care of family of the Senator from Texas (Mr. COR- members with disabilities, and for other pur- as wilderness. NYN) was added as a cosponsor of S. poses; which was ordered to lie on the table. S. 1861 2965, a bill to provide that members of SA 3981. Mr. BEGICH proposed an amend- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the the Armed Forces performing haz- ment to the bill S. 1474, to amend the Vio- name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. ardous humanitarian services in West lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of LEE) was added as a cosponsor of S. Africa to combat the spread of the 2014 2013 to repeal a special rule for the State of 1861, a bill to save taxpayer money and Ebola virus outbreak shall be entitled Alaska, and for other purposes. SA 3982. Mr. BEGICH proposed an amend- end bailouts of financial institutions to tax benefits in the same manner as ment to the bill S. 1474, supra. by providing for a process to allow fi- if such services were performed in a SA 3983. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an nancial institutions to go bankrupt. combat zone. amendment intended to be proposed by her S. 2206 S. 2971 to the bill H.R. 3979, to amend the Internal At the request of Mr. COBURN, the At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emer- name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. names of the Senator from New Hamp- gency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared re- HELLER) was added as a cosponsor of S. shire (Ms. AYOTTE) and the Senator sponsibility requirements contained in the 2206, a bill to streamline the collection from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) were added Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; and distribution of government infor- as cosponsors of S. 2971, a bill to pro- which was ordered to lie on the table. mation. mote energy efficiency, and for other SA 3984. Mr. REID proposed an amendment S. 2689 purposes. to the bill H.R. 3979, supra. SA 3985. Mr. REID proposed an amendment At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the S. 2975 name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. to amendment SA 3984 proposed by Mr. REID At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the to the bill H.R. 3979, supra. NELSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from Colorado SA 3986. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 2689, a bill to amend title XVIII of the (Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor to the bill H.R. 3979, supra. Social Security Act to specify coverage of S. 2975, a bill to amend title XVIII of SA 3987. Mr. REID proposed an amendment of continuous glucose monitoring de- the Social Security Act to require to amendment SA 3986 proposed by Mr. REID vices, and for other purposes. State licensure and bid surety bonds to the bill H.R. 3979, supra. S. 2807 for entities submitting bids under the SA 3988. Mr. REID proposed an amendment Medicare durable medical equipment, to amendment SA 3987 proposed by Mr. REID At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, to the amendment SA 3986 proposed by Mr. the name of the Senator from Delaware prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies REID to the bill H.R. 3979, supra. (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition SA 3989. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment of S. 2807, a bill to encourage States to program, and for other purposes. intended to be proposed by him to the bill report to the Attorney General certain S. RES. 413 H.R. 3979, supra; which was ordered to lie on information regarding the deaths of in- At the request of Mr. COONS, the the table. dividuals in the custody of law enforce- name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. SA 3990. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment ment agencies, and for other purposes. intended to be proposed by him to the bill DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. H.R. 3979, supra; which was ordered to lie on S. 2898 Res. 413, a resolution recognizing 20 the table. At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the years since the genocide in Rwanda, SA 3991. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. and affirming it is in the national in- intended to be proposed by him to the bill

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:41 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE6.027 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6450 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 9, 2014 H.R. 3979, supra; which was ordered to lie on retary an annual report providing informa- not receive pay, allowances, or benefits from the table. tion on the activities, findings, and rec- the Government by reason of their service on SA 3992. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amend- ommendations of the Advisory Committee, the Advisory Committee. ment intended to be proposed by him to the including its subcommittees, for the pre- ‘‘(4) MEETINGS.— bill H.R. 3979, supra; which was ordered to lie ceding year. Not later than 6 months after ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary on the table. the date that the Secretary receives the an- shall require the Advisory Committee to SA 3993. Mr. SCHATZ (for Mr. COONS) pro- nual report, the Secretary shall publish a meet at least semiannually and may convene posed an amendment to the resolution S. public version describing the Advisory Com- additional meetings as necessary. Res. 413, recognizing 20 years since the geno- mittee’s activities and such related matters ‘‘(B) PUBLIC MEETINGS.—At least 1 of the cide in Rwanda, and affirming it is in the na- as would be informative to the public con- meetings described in subparagraph (A) shall tional interest of the United States to work sistent with the policy of section 552(b) of be open to the public. in close coordination with international title 5. ‘‘(C) ATTENDANCE.—The Advisory Com- partners to help prevent and mitigate acts of ‘‘(5) FEEDBACK.—Not later than 90 days mittee shall maintain a record of the persons genocide and mass atrocities. after receiving recommendations trans- present at each meeting. SA 3994. Mr. SCHATZ (for Mr. COONS) pro- mitted by the Advisory Committee under ‘‘(5) MEMBER ACCESS TO SENSITIVE SECURITY posed an amendment to the resolution S. paragraph (4), the Assistant Secretary shall INFORMATION.—Not later than 60 days after Res. 413, supra. respond in writing to the Advisory Com- the date of a member’s appointment, the As- SA 3995. Mr. SCHATZ (for Mrs. FEINSTEIN) mittee with feedback on each of the rec- sistant Secretary shall determine if there is proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4681, ommendations, an action plan to implement cause for the member to be restricted from to authorize appropriations for fiscal years any of the recommendations with which the possessing sensitive security information. 2014 and 2015 for intelligence and intel- Assistant Secretary concurs, and a justifica- Without such cause, and upon the member ligence-related activities of the United tion for why any of the recommendations voluntarily signing a non-disclosure agree- States Government, the Community Man- have been rejected. ment, the member may be granted access to agement Account, and the Central Intel- ‘‘(6) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not sensitive security information that is rel- ligence Agency Retirement and Disability later than 30 days after providing written evant to the member’s advisory duties. The System, and for other purposes. feedback to the Advisory Committee under member shall protect the sensitive security f paragraph (5), the Assistant Secretary shall information in accordance with part 1520 of notify the Committee on Commerce, title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Science, and Transportation of the Senate ‘‘(6) CHAIRPERSON.—A stakeholder rep- SA 3977. Mr. REID (for Mr. ROCKE- and the Committee on Homeland Security of resentative on the Advisory Committee who FELLER (for himself and Mr. TESTER)) the House of Representatives on such feed- is elected by the appointed membership of proposed an amendment to the bill back, and provide a briefing upon request. the Advisory Committee shall chair the Ad- ‘‘(7) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Prior to brief- visory Committee. H.R. 1204, to amend title 49, United ing the Committee on Commerce, Science, ‘‘(d) SUBCOMMITTEES.— States Code, to direct the Assistant and Transportation of the Senate and the ‘‘(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Com- Secretary of Homeland Security Committee on Homeland Security of the mittee chairperson, in coordination with the (Transportation Security Administra- House of Representatives under paragraph Assistant Secretary, may establish within tion) to establish an Aviation Security (6), the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the Advisory Committee any subcommittee Advisory Committee, and for other such committees a report containing infor- that the Assistant Secretary and Advisory purposes; as follows: mation relating to the recommendations Committee determine to be necessary. The transmitted by the Advisory Committee in Assistant Secretary and the Advisory Com- Strike all after the enacting clause and in- accordance with paragraph (4). mittee shall create subcommittees to ad- sert the following: ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— dress aviation security issues, including the SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.— following: This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aviation Se- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days ‘‘(A) AIR CARGO SECURITY.—The implemen- curity Stakeholder Participation Act of after the date of enactment of the Aviation tation of the air cargo security programs es- 2014’’. Security Stakeholder Participation Act of tablished by the Transportation Security SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COM- 2014, the Assistant Secretary shall appoint Administration to screen air cargo on pas- MITTEE. the members of the Advisory Committee. senger aircraft and all-cargo aircraft in ac- (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The membership of the cordance with established cargo screening 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amend- Advisory Committee shall consist of individ- mandates. ed by adding at the end the following: uals representing not more than 34 member ‘‘(B) GENERAL AVIATION.—General aviation ‘‘§ 44946. Aviation Security Advisory Com- organizations. Each organization shall be facilities, general aviation aircraft, and heli- mittee represented by 1 individual (or the individ- copter operations at general aviation and ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Sec- ual’s designee). commercial service airports. retary shall establish within the Transpor- ‘‘(C) REPRESENTATION.—The membership of ‘‘(C) PERIMETER AND ACCESS CONTROL.—Rec- tation Security Administration an aviation the Advisory Committee shall include rep- ommendations on airport perimeter secu- security advisory committee. resentatives of air carriers, all-cargo air rity, exit lane security and technology at ‘‘(b) DUTIES.— transportation, indirect air carriers, labor commercial service airports, and access con- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary organizations representing air carrier em- trol issues. shall consult the Advisory Committee, as ap- ployees, labor organizations representing ‘‘(D) SECURITY TECHNOLOGY.—Security propriate, on aviation security matters, in- transportation security officers, aircraft technology standards and requirements, in- cluding on the development, refinement, and manufacturers, airport operators, airport cluding their harmonization internationally, implementation of policies, programs, rule- construction and maintenance contractors, technology to screen passengers, passenger making, and security directives pertaining labor organizations representing employees baggage, carry-on baggage, and cargo, and to aviation security, while adhering to sen- of airport construction and maintenance biometric technology. sitive security guidelines. contractors, general aviation, privacy orga- ‘‘(2) RISK-BASED SECURITY.—All subcommit- ‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.— nizations, the travel industry, airport-based tees established by the Advisory Committee ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Com- businesses (including minority-owned small chairperson in coordination with the Assist- mittee shall develop, at the request of the businesses), businesses that conduct security ant Secretary shall consider risk-based secu- Assistant Secretary, recommendations for screening operations at airports, aero- rity approaches in the performance of their improvements to aviation security. nautical repair stations, passenger advocacy functions that weigh the optimum balance of ‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS OF SUBCOMMIT- groups, the aviation security technology in- costs and benefits in transportation security, TEES.—Recommendations agreed upon by the dustry (including screening technology and including for passenger screening, baggage subcommittees established under this sec- biometrics), victims of terrorist acts against screening, air cargo security policies, and tion shall be approved by the Advisory Com- aviation, and law enforcement and security general aviation security matters. mittee before transmission to the Assistant experts. ‘‘(3) MEETINGS AND REPORTING.—Each sub- Secretary. ‘‘(2) TERM OF OFFICE.— committee shall meet at least quarterly and ‘‘(3) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The Advisory ‘‘(A) TERMS.—The term of each member of submit to the Advisory Committee for inclu- Committee shall periodically submit to the the Advisory Committee shall be 2 years. A sion in the annual report required under sub- Assistant Secretary— member of the Advisory Committee may be section (b)(4) information, including rec- ‘‘(A) reports on matters identified by the reappointed. ommendations, regarding issues within the Assistant Secretary; and ‘‘(B) REMOVAL.—The Assistant Secretary subcommittee. ‘‘(B) reports on other matters identified by may review the participation of a member of ‘‘(4) SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS.—Each sub- a majority of the members of the Advisory the Advisory Committee and remove such committee shall be co-chaired by a Govern- Committee. member for cause at any time. ment official and an industry official. ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Advisory Com- ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—The ‘‘(e) SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.—Each sub- mittee shall submit to the Assistant Sec- members of the Advisory Committee shall committee under this section shall include

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App.) ‘‘Subtitle B—Transportation Security airports will address potential negative im- shall not apply to the Advisory Committee Administration Acquisition Improvements pacts on commercial passengers or airport and its subcommittees. ‘‘SEC. 1611. 5-YEAR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT operations; and ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: PLAN. ‘‘(12) in consultation with the National In- ‘‘(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘Ad- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator stitutes of Standards and Technology, an visory Committee’ means the aviation secu- shall— identification of security-related technology rity advisory committee established under ‘‘(1) not later than 180 days after the date interface standards, in existence or if imple- subsection (a). of the enactment of the Transportation Se- mented, that could promote more interoper- ‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘As- curity Acquisition Reform Act, develop and able passenger, baggage, and cargo screening sistant Secretary’ means the Assistant Sec- submit to Congress a strategic 5-year tech- retary of Homeland Security (Transpor- nology investment plan, that may include a systems. tation Security Administration). classified addendum to report sensitive ‘‘(e) LEVERAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR.—To ‘‘(3) PERIMETER SECURITY.— transportation security risks, technology the extent possible, and in a manner that is ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘perimeter se- vulnerabilities, or other sensitive security consistent with fair and equitable practices, curity’ means procedures or systems to mon- information; and the Plan shall— itor, secure, and prevent unauthorized access ‘‘(2) to the extent possible, publish the ‘‘(1) leverage emerging technology trends to an airport, including its airfield and ter- Plan in an unclassified format in the public and research and development investment minal. domain. trends within the public and private sectors; ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘perimeter se- ‘‘(2) incorporate private sector input, in- shall develop the Plan in consultation with— curity’ includes the fence area surrounding cluding from the aviation industry stake- an airport, access gates, and access con- ‘‘(1) the Under Secretary for Management; ‘‘(2) the Under Secretary for Science and holder advisory committee established by trols.’’. the Administrator, through requests for in- (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis Technology; for subchapter II of chapter 449 of title 49, ‘‘(3) the Chief Information Officer; and formation, industry days, and other innova- United States Code, is amended by adding at ‘‘(4) the aviation industry stakeholder ad- tive means consistent with the Federal Ac- the end the following new item: visory committee established by the Admin- quisition Regulation; and istrator. ‘‘(3) in consultation with the Under Sec- ‘‘44946. Aviation Security Advisory Com- ‘‘(c) APPROVAL.—The Administrator may retary for Science and Technology, identify mittee.’’. not publish the Plan under subsection (a)(2) technologies in existence or in development until it has been approved by the Secretary. that, with or without adaptation, are ex- SA 3978. Mr. REID (for Ms. AYOTTE) ‘‘(d) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The Plan shall in- pected to be suitable to meeting mission clude— proposed an amendment to the bill needs. ‘‘(1) an analysis of transportation security H.R. 2719, to require the Transpor- risks and the associated capability gaps that ‘‘(f) DISCLOSURE.—The Administrator shall tation Security Administration to im- would be best addressed by security-related include with the Plan a list of nongovern- plement best practices and improve technology, including consideration of the ment persons that contributed to the writing transparency with regard to tech- most recent quadrennial homeland security of the Plan. review under section 707; nology acquisition programs, and for ‘‘(g) UPDATE AND REPORT.—Beginning 2 ‘‘(2) a set of security-related technology other purposes; as follows: years after the date the Plan is submitted to acquisition needs that— Strike all after the enacting clause and in- Congress under subsection (a), and biennially sert the following: ‘‘(A) is prioritized based on risk and associ- ated capability gaps identified under para- thereafter, the Administrator shall submit SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. to Congress— This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transpor- graph (1); and ‘‘(1) an update of the Plan; and tation Security Acquisition Reform Act’’. ‘‘(B) includes planned technology programs and projects with defined objectives, goals, ‘‘(2) a report on the extent to which each SEC. 2. FINDINGS. security-related technology acquired by the Congress finds the following: timelines, and measures; (1) The Transportation Security Adminis- ‘‘(3) an analysis of current and forecast Administration since the last issuance or up- tration has not consistently implemented trends in domestic and international pas- date of the Plan is consistent with the Department of Homeland Security policies senger travel; planned technology programs and projects ‘‘(4) an identification of currently deployed and Government best practices for acquisi- identified under subsection (d)(2) for that se- security-related technologies that are at or tion and procurement. curity-related technology. near the end of their lifecycles; (2) The Transportation Security Adminis- ‘‘(5) an identification of test, evaluation, ‘‘SEC. 1612. ACQUISITION JUSTIFICATION AND RE- tration has only recently developed a PORTS. modeling, and simulation capabilities, in- multiyear technology investment plan, and cluding target methodologies, rationales, ‘‘(a) ACQUISITION JUSTIFICATION.—Before has underutilized innovation opportunities and timelines necessary to support the ac- the Administration implements any secu- within the private sector, including from quisition of the security-related technologies small businesses. rity-related technology acquisition, the Ad- expected to meet the needs under paragraph ministrator, in accordance with the Depart- (3) The Transportation Security Adminis- (2); tration has faced challenges in meeting key ment’s policies and directives, shall deter- ‘‘(6) an identification of opportunities for mine whether the acquisition is justified by performance requirements for several major public-private partnerships, small and dis- conducting an analysis that includes— acquisitions and procurements, resulting in advantaged company participation, reduced security effectiveness and wasted ex- intragovernment collaboration, university ‘‘(1) an identification of the scenarios and penditures. centers of excellence, and national labora- level of risk to transportation security from SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINIS- tory technology transfer; those scenarios that would be addressed by TRATION ACQUISITION REFORM. ‘‘(7) an identification of the Administra- the security-related technology acquisition; (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVI of the Home- tion’s acquisition workforce needs for the ‘‘(2) an assessment of how the proposed ac- land Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; management of planned security-related quisition aligns to the Plan; 116 Stat. 2312) is amended to read as follows: technology acquisitions, including consider- ‘‘(3) a comparison of the total expected ‘‘TITLE XVI—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ation of leveraging acquisition expertise of lifecycle cost against the total expected ‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions other Federal agencies; quantitative and qualitative benefits to ‘‘SEC. 1601. DEFINITIONS. ‘‘(8) an identification of the security re- transportation security; ‘‘In this title: sources, including information security re- ‘‘(4) an analysis of alternative security so- ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘Adminis- sources, that will be required to protect se- lutions, including policy or procedure solu- tration’ means the Transportation Security curity-related technology from physical or tions, to determine if the proposed security- Administration. cyber theft, diversion, sabotage, or attack; related technology acquisition is the most ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis- ‘‘(9) an identification of initiatives to effective and cost-efficient solution based on trator’ means the Administrator of the streamline the Administration’s acquisition cost-benefit considerations; Transportation Security Administration. process and provide greater predictability ‘‘(5) an assessment of the potential privacy ‘‘(3) PLAN.—The term ‘Plan’ means the and clarity to small, medium, and large busi- and civil liberties implications of the pro- strategic 5-year technology investment plan nesses, including the timeline for testing and posed acquisition that includes, to the ex- developed by the Administrator under sec- evaluation; tent practicable, consultation with organiza- tion 1611. ‘‘(10) an assessment of the impact to com- tions that advocate for the protection of pri- ‘‘(4) SECURITY-RELATED TECHNOLOGY.—The mercial aviation passengers; vacy and civil liberties; term ‘security-related technology’ means ‘‘(11) a strategy for consulting airport ‘‘(6) a determination that the proposed ac- any technology that assists the Administra- management, air carrier representatives, and quisition is consistent with fair information

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SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING Administration of a contract for any secu- high priority need in the most recent Plan; GOALS. rity-related technology acquisition exceed- and ‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of ing $30,000,000, the Administrator shall sub- ‘‘(B) shall ensure that the use of inde- enactment of the Transportation Security mit to the Committee on Commerce, pendent reviewers does not unduly delay the Acquisition Reform Act, and annually there- Science, and Transportation of the Senate schedule of any acquisition. after, the Administrator shall submit a re- and the Committee on Homeland Security of ‘‘(6) STREAMLINING ACCESS FOR INTERESTED port to the Committee on Commerce, the House of Representatives— VENDORS.—The Administrator shall establish Science, and Transportation of the Senate ‘‘(A) the results of the comprehensive ac- a streamlined process for an interested ven- and the Committee on Homeland Security of quisition justification under subsection (a); dor of a security-related technology to re- the House of Representatives that includes— and quest and receive appropriate access to the ‘‘(1) the Administration’s performance ‘‘(B) a certification by the Administrator baseline requirements and test and evalua- record with respect to meeting its published that the benefits to transportation security tion plans that are necessary for the vendor small-business contracting goals during the justify the contract cost. to participate in the acquisitions process for preceding fiscal year; ‘‘(2) EXTENSION DUE TO IMMINENT TERRORIST that technology. ‘‘(2) if the goals described in paragraph (1) ‘‘(b) REVIEW OF BASELINE REQUIREMENTS THREAT.—If there is a known or suspected were not met or the Administration’s per- AND DEVIATION; REPORT TO CONGRESS.— imminent threat to transportation security, formance was below the published small- ‘‘(1) REVIEW.— the Administrator— business contracting goals of the Depart- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate acquisi- ‘‘(A) may reduce the 30-day period under ment— tion official of the Department shall review paragraph (1) to 5 days to rapidly respond to ‘‘(A) a list of challenges, including devi- and assess each implemented acquisition to the threat; and ations from the Administration’s subcon- determine if the acquisition is meeting the ‘‘(B) shall immediately notify the Com- tracting plans, and factors that contributed baseline requirements established under sub- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- to the level of performance during the pre- section (a). tation of the Senate and the Committee on ceding fiscal year; ‘‘(B) TEST AND EVALUATION ASSESSMENT.— Homeland Security of the House of Rep- ‘‘(B) an action plan, with benchmarks, for The review shall include an assessment of resentatives of the known or suspected im- addressing each of the challenges identified whether— minent threat. in subparagraph (A) that— ‘‘(i) the planned testing and evaluation ac- ‘‘(i) is prepared after consultation with the ‘‘SEC. 1613. ACQUISITION BASELINE ESTABLISH- tivities have been completed; and Secretary of Defense and the heads of Fed- MENT AND REPORTS. ‘‘(ii) the results of that testing and evalua- eral departments and agencies that achieved ‘‘(a) BASELINE REQUIREMENTS.— tion demonstrate that the performance mile- their published goals for prime contracting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Administra- stones are technologically feasible. with small and minority-owned businesses, tion implements any security-related tech- ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after including small and disadvantaged busi- nology acquisition, the appropriate acquisi- making a finding described in clause (i), (ii), nesses, in prior fiscal years; and tion official of the Department shall estab- or (iii) of subparagraph (A), the Adminis- ‘‘(ii) identifies policies and procedures that lish and document a set of formal baseline trator shall submit a report to the Com- could be incorporated by the Administration requirements. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- in furtherance of achieving the Administra- ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The baseline requirements tation of the Senate and the Committee on tion’s published goal for such contracting; under paragraph (1) shall— Homeland Security of the House of Rep- and ‘‘(A) include the estimated costs (including resentatives that includes— ‘‘(3) a status report on the implementation lifecycle costs), schedule, and performance ‘‘(A) the results of any assessment that of the action plan that was developed in the milestones for the planned duration of the finds that— preceding fiscal year in accordance with acquisition; ‘‘(i) the actual or planned costs exceed the paragraph (2)(B), if such a plan was required. ‘‘(B) identify the acquisition risks and a baseline costs by more than 10 percent; plan for mitigating those risks; and ‘‘(ii) the actual or planned schedule for de- ‘‘SEC. 1616. CONSISTENCY WITH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION AND DE- ‘‘(C) assess the personnel necessary to livery has been delayed by more than 180 manage the acquisition process, manage the PARTMENTAL POLICIES AND DIREC- days; or TIVES. ongoing program, and support training and ‘‘(iii) there is a failure to meet any per- ‘‘The Administrator shall execute the re- other operations as necessary. formance milestone that directly impacts se- sponsibilities set forth in this subtitle in a ‘‘(3) FEASIBILITY.—In establishing the per- curity effectiveness; manner consistent with, and not duplicative formance milestones under paragraph (2)(A), ‘‘(B) the cause for such excessive costs, of, the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the appropriate acquisition official of the delay, or failure; and the Department’s policies and directives.’’. Department, to the extent possible and in ‘‘(C) a plan for corrective action. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of consultation with the Under Secretary for ‘‘SEC. 1614. INVENTORY UTILIZATION. contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se- Science and Technology, shall ensure that ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Before the procurement curity Act of 2002 is amended by striking the achieving those milestones is techno- of additional quantities of equipment to ful- items relating to title XVI and inserting the logically feasible. fill a mission need, the Administrator, to the following: ‘‘(4) TEST AND EVALUATION PLAN.—The Ad- extent practicable, shall utilize any existing ministrator, in consultation with the Under ‘‘TITLE XVI—TRANSPORTATION units in the Administration’s inventory to SECURITY Secretary for Science and Technology, shall meet that need. develop a test and evaluation plan that de- ‘‘(b) TRACKING OF INVENTORY.— ‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions scribes— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall ‘‘Sec. 1601. Definitions. ‘‘(A) the activities that are expected to be establish a process for tracking— ‘‘Subtitle B—Transportation Security required to assess acquired technologies ‘‘(A) the location of security-related equip- Administration Acquisition Improvements against the performance milestones estab- ment in the inventory under subsection (a); ‘‘Sec. 1611. 5-year technology investment lished under paragraph (2)(A); ‘‘(B) the utilization status of security-re- plan. ‘‘(B) the necessary and cost-effective com- lated technology in the inventory under sub- ‘‘Sec. 1612. Acquisition justification and re- bination of laboratory testing, field testing, section (a); and ports. modeling, simulation, and supporting anal- ‘‘(C) the quantity of security-related equip- ‘‘Sec. 1613. Acquisition baseline establish- ysis to ensure that such technologies meet ment in the inventory under subsection (a). ment and reports. the Administration’s mission needs; ‘‘(2) INTERNAL CONTROLS.—The Adminis- ‘‘Sec. 1614. Inventory utilization. ‘‘(C) an efficient planning schedule to en- trator shall implement internal controls to ‘‘Sec. 1615. Small business contracting goals. sure that test and evaluation activities are ensure up-to-date accurate data on security- ‘‘Sec. 1616. Consistency with the Federal ac- completed without undue delay; and related technology owned, deployed, and in quisition regulation and depart- ‘‘(D) if commercial aviation passengers are use. mental policies and direc- expected to interact with the security-re- ‘‘(c) LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT.— tives.’’. lated technology, methods that could be used ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall (c) PRIOR AMENDMENTS NOT AFFECTED.— to measure passenger acceptance of and fa- establish logistics principles for managing Nothing in this section may be construed to

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OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after TERMINE TO PROCEED TO TRIAL BY the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp- COURT-MARTIAL ON CHARGES ON (E) An attempt to commit an offense speci- CERTAIN OFFENSES WITH AUTHOR- fied in subparagraph (A) through (D) as pun- troller General of the United States shall IZED MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF CON- ishable under section 880 of title 10, United submit a report to Congress that contains an FINEMENT OF MORE THAN ONE States Code (article 80 of the Uniform Code assessment of the Transportation Security YEAR. of Military Justice). Administration’s implementation of rec- (a) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.— (4) REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.—The ommendations regarding the acquisition of (1) IN GENERAL.— disposition of charges pursuant to paragraph security-related technology that were made (A) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—With respect (1) shall be subject to the following: by the Government Accountability Office be- to charges under chapter 47 of title 10, (A) The determination whether to try such fore the date of the enactment of this Act. United States Code (the Uniform Code of charges by court-martial shall be made by a Military Justice), that allege an offense (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBTITLE B OF commissioned officer of the Armed Forces specified in paragraph (2) and not excluded TITLE XVI.—Not later than 1 year after the designated in accordance with regulations under paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense date of enactment of this Act and 3 years prescribed for purposes of this subsection shall require the Secretaries of the military thereafter, the Comptroller General of the from among commissioned officers of the departments to provide for the determina- United States shall submit a report to Con- Armed Forces in grade O–6 or higher who— tion under section 830(b) of such chapter (ar- gress that contains an evaluation of the (i) are available for detail as trial counsel ticle 30(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Transportation Security Administration’s under section 827 of title 10, United States Justice) on whether to try such charges by progress in implementing subtitle B of title Code (article 27 of the Uniform Code of Mili- XVI of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as court-martial as provided in paragraph (4). tary Justice); amended by section 3, including any effi- (B) HOMELAND SECURITY.—With respect to (ii) have significant experience in trials by ciencies, cost savings, or delays that have re- charges under chapter 47 of title 10, United general or special court-martial; and sulted from such implementation. States Code (the Uniform Code of Military (iii) are outside the chain of command of Justice), that allege an offense specified in SEC. 5. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF INVENTORY the member subject to such charges. TRACKING. paragraph (2) and not excluded under para- (B) Upon a determination under subpara- graph (3) against a member of the Coast Not later than 90 days after the date of en- graph (A) to try such charges by court-mar- Guard (when it is not operating as a service actment of this Act, the Administrator of tial, the officer making that determination in the Navy), the Secretary of Homeland Se- the Transportation Security Administration shall determine whether to try such charges curity shall provide for the determination shall submit a report to Congress on the fea- by a general court-martial convened under under section 830(b) of such chapter (article sibility of tracking security-related tech- section 822 of title 10, United States Code 30(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Jus- nology, including software solutions, of the (article 22 of the Uniform Code of Military tice) on whether to try such charges by Administration through automated informa- Justice), or a special court-martial convened court-martial as provided in paragraph (4). tion and data capture technologies. under section 823 of title 10, United States (2) COVERED OFFENSES.—An offense speci- Code (article 23 of the Uniform Code of Mili- SEC. 6. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE fied in this paragraph is an offense as fol- tary Justice). REVIEW OF TSA’S TEST AND EVALUA- lows: TION PROCESS. (C) A determination under subparagraph (A) An offense under chapter 47 of title 10, (A) to try charges by court-martial shall in- Not later than 1 year after the date of en- United States Code (the Uniform Code of clude a determination to try all known of- actment of this Act, the Comptroller General Military Justice), that is triable by court- fenses, including lesser included offenses. of the United States shall submit a report to martial under that chapter for which the (D) The determination to try such charges Congress that includes— maximum punishment authorized under that by court-martial under subparagraph (A), (1) an evaluation of the Transportation Se- chapter includes confinement for more than and by type of court-martial under subpara- curity Administration’s testing and evalua- one year. graph (B), shall be binding on any applicable tion activities related to security-related (B) An offense under section 892a of title convening authority for a trial by court- technology; 10, United States Code (article 92a of the martial on such charges. (2) information on the extent to which— Uniform Code of Military Justice), as added (E) The actions of an officer described in (A) the execution of such testing and eval- by section 599B of this Act, regardless of the subparagraph (A) in determining under that uation activities is aligned, temporally and maximum punishment authorized under that subparagraph whether or not to try charges otherwise, with the Administration’s annual chapter for such offense. by court-martial shall be free of unlawful or budget request, acquisition needs, planned (C) An offense under section 907a of title 10, unauthorized influence or coercion. procurements, and acquisitions for tech- United States Code (article 107a of the Uni- (F) The determination under subparagraph nology programs and projects; and form Code of Military Justice), as added by (A) not to proceed to trial of such charges by (B) security-related technology that has section 599C of this Act, regardless of the general or special court-martial shall not op- been tested, evaluated, and certified for use maximum punishment authorized under that erate to terminate or otherwise alter the au- by the Administration but was not procured chapter for such offense. thority of commanding officers to refer such by the Administration, including the reasons (D) A conspiracy to commit an offense charges for trial by summary court-martial the procurement did not occur; and specified in subparagraph (A) through (C) as convened under section 824 of title 10, United (3) recommendations— punishable under section 881 of title 10, States Code (article 24 of the Uniform Code (A) to improve the efficiency and efficacy United States Code (article 81 of the Uniform of Military Justice), or to impose non-judi- of such testing and evaluation activities; and Code of Military Justice). cial punishment in connection with the con- (B) to better align such testing and evalua- (E) A solicitation to commit an offense duct covered by such charges as authorized tion with the acquisitions process. specified in subparagraph (A) through (C) as by section 815 of title 10, United States Code SEC. 7. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF AP- punishable under section 882 of title 10, (article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military PROPRIATIONS. United States Code (article 82 of the Uniform Justice). No additional funds are authorized to be Code of Military Justice). (5) CONSTRUCTION WITH CHARGES ON OTHER appropriated to carry out this Act or the (F) An attempt to commit an offense speci- OFFENSES.—Nothing in this subsection shall amendments made by this Act. fied in subparagraphs (A) through (E) as pun- be construed to alter or affect the disposi- ishable under section 880 of title 10, United tion of charges under chapter 47 of title 10, SA 3979. Mrs. GILLIBRAND sub- States Code (article 80 of the Uniform Code United States Code (the Uniform Code of mitted an amendment intended to be of Military Justice). Military Justice), that allege an offense tri- (3) EXCLUDED OFFENSES.—Paragraph (1) able by court-martial under that chapter for proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3979, to does not apply to an offense as follows: which the maximum punishment authorized amend the Internal Revenue Code of (A) An offense under sections 883 through under that chapter includes confinement for 1986 to ensure that emergency services 917 of title 10, United States Code (articles 83 one year or less. volunteers are not taken into account through 117 of the Uniform Code of Military (6) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.— as employees under the shared respon- Justice). (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of the sibility requirements contained in the (B) An offense under section 933 or 934 of military departments and the Secretary of Patient Protection and Affordable Care title 10, United States Code (articles 133 and Homeland Security (with respect to the Act; which was ordered to lie on the 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). Coast Guard when it is not operating as a (C) A conspiracy to commit an offense service in the Navy) shall revise policies and table; as follows: specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) as pun- procedures as necessary to comply with this At the end of title V, add the following: ishable under section 881 of title 10, United subsection.

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(B) UNIFORMITY.—The General Counsel of personnel so detailed or assigned, as the case cept that the maximum punishment author- the Department of Defense and the General may be, shall be detailed or assigned from ized for such offense may not exceed dishon- Counsel of the Department of Homeland Se- personnel billets in existence on the date of orable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and al- curity shall jointly review the policies and the enactment of this Act. lowances, and confinement for not more than procedures revised under this paragraph in SEC. 599. DISCHARGE USING OTHERWISE AU- five years.’’. order to ensure that any lack of uniformity THORIZED PERSONNEL AND RE- (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of in policies and procedures, as so revised, SOURCES. sections at the beginning of subchapter X of among the military departments and the De- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of the chapter 47 of such title, as amended by sec- partment of Homeland Security does not military departments and the Secretary of tion 599B(b)(2) of this Act, is further amend- render unconstitutional any policy or proce- Homeland Security (with respect to the ed by inserting after the item relating to dure, as so revised. Coast Guard when it is not operating as a section 907 (article 107) the following new (7) MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL.—The Sec- service in the Navy) shall carry out sections item: 597 and 598 (and the amendments made by retary of Defense shall recommend such ‘‘907a. Art. 107a. Obstruction of justice.’’. changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial as section 598) using personnel, funds, and re- are necessary to ensure compliance with this sources otherwise authorized by law. Mr. BROWN (for himself, subsection. (b) NO AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PER- SA 3980. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.— SONNEL OR RESOURCES.—Sections 597 and 598 Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. Subsection (a), and the revisions required by (and the amendments made by section 598) CASEY, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. STABENOW, that subsection, shall take effect on the date shall not be construed as authorizations for Mr. CARDIN, Mr. DONNELLY, Ms. BALD- that is 180 days after the date of the enact- personnel, personnel billets, or funds for the WIN, and Mr. WICKER) submitted an ment of this Act, and shall apply with re- discharge of the requirements in such sec- amendment intended to be proposed by spect to charges preferred under section 830 tions. him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the of title 10, United States Code (article 30 of SEC. 599A. MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Uniform Code of Military Justice), on or MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES ON after such effective date. COURTS-MARTIAL BY INDEPENDENT certain expiring provisions and make SEC. 598. MODIFICATION OF OFFICERS AUTHOR- PANEL ON REVIEW AND ASSESS- technical corrections, to amend the In- IZED TO CONVENE GENERAL AND MENT OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide SPECIAL COURTS-MARTIAL. UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUS- TICE. for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section counts established under State pro- 822 of title 10, United States Code (article 22 Section 576(d)(2) of the National Defense of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub- grams for the care of family members amended— lic Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1762) is amended— with disabilities, and for other pur- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) (1) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as poses; which was ordered to lie on the as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and subparagraph (K); and table; as follows: (2) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol- On page 6, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following new subparagraph (J): lowing new paragraph (8): following: ‘‘(8) the officers in the offices established ‘‘(J) Monitor and assess the implementa- pursuant to section 598(c) of the Military tion and efficacy of sections 597 through 599 SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT. Justice Improvement Act of 2014 or officers of the Military Justice Improvement Act of (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of sec- in the grade of O–6 or higher who are as- 2014, and the amendments made by such sec- tion 35(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Janu- signed such responsibility by the Chief of tions.’’. ary 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2016’’. Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Oper- SEC. 599B. EXPLICIT CODIFICATION OF RETALIA- ations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, TION FOR REPORTING A CRIME AS (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment the Commandant of the Marine Corps, or the AN OFFENSE UNDER THE UNIFORM made by this section shall apply to coverage CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. Commandant of the Coast Guard, but only months beginning after December 31, 2013. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 893 of title 10, with respect to offenses to which section United States Code (article 93 of the Uniform 597(a)(1) of the Military Justice Improve- SA 3981. Mr. BEGICH proposed an Code of Military Justice), is amended by in- ment Act of 2014 applies;’’. amendment to the bill S. 1474, to serting ‘‘, or retaliating against any person (b) NO EXERCISE BY OFFICERS IN CHAIN OF amend the Violence Against Women COMMAND OF ACCUSED OR VICTIM.—Such sec- subject to his order for reporting a criminal offense,’’ after ‘‘any person subject to his or- Reauthorization Act of 2013 to repeal a tion (article) is further amended by adding special rule for the State of Alaska, at the end the following new subsection: ders’’. ‘‘(c) An officer specified in subsection (a)(8) (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— and for other purposes; as follows: may not convene a court-martial under this (1) SECTION (ARTICLE) HEADING.—The head- Strike all after the enacting clause and in- section if the officer is in the chain of com- ing of such section (article) is amended to sert the following: mand of the accused or the victim.’’. read as follows: SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SPECIAL RULE FOR (c) OFFICES OF CHIEFS OF STAFF ON COURTS- ‘‘§ 893. Art. 93. Cruelty and maltreatment; re- STATE OF ALASKA. MARTIAL.— taliation for reporting a crime’’. Section 910 of the Violence Against Women (1) OFFICES REQUIRED.—Each Chief of Staff (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS (ARTICLES).—The Reauthorization Act of 2013 (18 U.S.C. 2265 of the Armed Forces or Commandant speci- table of sections at the beginning of sub- note; Public Law 113–4) is repealed. fied in paragraph (8) of section 822(a) of title chapter X of chapter 47 of such title is 10, United States Code (article 22(a) of the amended by striking the item relating to SA 3982. Mr. BEGICH proposed an Uniform Code of Military Justice), as amend- section 893 (article 93) and inserting the fol- amendment to the bill S. 1474, to ed by subsection (a), shall establish an office lowing new item: to do the following: amend the Violence Against Women ‘‘893. Art. 93. Cruelty and maltreatment; re- (A) To convene general and special courts- Reauthorization Act of 2013 to repeal a taliation for reporting a martial under sections 822 and 823 of title 10, special rule for the State of Alaska, crime.’’. United States Code (articles 22 and 23 of the and for other purposes; as follows: (c) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROHIBITION.— Uniform Code of Military Justice), pursuant Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to to paragraph (8) of section 822(a) of title 10, Section 1709 of the National Defense Author- ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law amend the Violence Against Women Reau- United States Code (article 22(a) of the Uni- thorization Act of 2013 to repeal a special form Code of Military Justice), as so amend- 113–66; 127 Stat. 962; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is re- pealed. rule for the State of Alaska, and for other ed, with respect to offenses to which section purposes.’’. 592(a)(1) applies. SEC. 599C. ESTABLISHMENT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AS A SEPARATE OFFENCE (B) To detail under section 825 of title 10, SA 3983. Mrs. GILLIBRAND sub- United States Code (article 25 of the Uniform UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. Code of Military Justice), members of mitted an amendment intended to be (a) PUNITIVE ARTICLE.—Subchapter X of courts-martial convened as described in sub- proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3979, to chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the paragraph (A). amend the Internal Revenue Code of Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amend- (2) PERSONNEL.—The personnel of each of- 1986 to ensure that emergency services ed by inserting after section 907 (article 107) fice established under paragraph (1) shall volunteers are not taken into account the following new section (article): consist of such members of the Armed Forces as employees under the shared respon- and civilian personnel of the Department of ‘‘§ 907a. Art. 107a. Obstruction of justice sibility requirements contained in the Defense, or such members of the Coast Guard ‘‘Any person subject to this chapter who Patient Protection and Affordable Care or civilian personnel of the Department of wrongfully does a certain act with the intent Homeland Security, as may be detailed or as- to influence, impede, or otherwise obstruct Act; which was ordered to lie on the signed to the office by the Chief of Staff or the due administration of justice shall be table; as follows: Commandant concerned. The members and punished as a court-martial may direct. ex- At the end of title V, add the following:

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MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO DE- ishable under section 882 of title 10, United curity shall jointly review the policies and TERMINE TO PROCEED TO TRIAL BY States Code (article 82 of the Uniform Code procedures revised under this paragraph in COURT-MARTIAL ON CHARGES ON of Military Justice). order to ensure that any lack of uniformity CERTAIN OFFENSES WITH AUTHOR- (E) An attempt to commit an offense speci- in policies and procedures, as so revised, IZED MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF CON- fied in subparagraph (A) through (D) as pun- among the military departments and the De- FINEMENT OF MORE THAN ONE partment of Homeland Security does not YEAR. ishable under section 880 of title 10, United render unconstitutional any policy or proce- (a) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.— States Code (article 80 of the Uniform Code dure, as so revised. (1) IN GENERAL.— of Military Justice). (7) MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL.—The Sec- (A) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—With respect (4) REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.—The retary of Defense shall recommend such to charges under chapter 47 of title 10, disposition of charges pursuant to paragraph changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial as United States Code (the Uniform Code of (1) shall be subject to the following: are necessary to ensure compliance with this Military Justice), that allege an offense (A) The determination whether to try such subsection. specified in paragraph (2) and not excluded charges by court-martial shall be made by a (b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.— commissioned officer of the Armed Forces under paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense Subsection (a), and the revisions required by shall require the Secretaries of the military designated in accordance with regulations that subsection, shall take effect on the date departments to provide for the determina- prescribed for purposes of this subsection that is 180 days after the date of the enact- tion under section 830(b) of such chapter (ar- from among commissioned officers of the ment of this Act, and shall apply with re- ticle 30(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Armed Forces in grade O–6 or higher who— spect to charges preferred under section 830 Justice) on whether to try such charges by (i) are available for detail as trial counsel of title 10, United States Code (article 30 of court-martial as provided in paragraph (4). under section 827 of title 10, United States the Uniform Code of Military Justice), on or (B) HOMELAND SECURITY.—With respect to Code (article 27 of the Uniform Code of Mili- after such effective date. charges under chapter 47 of title 10, United tary Justice); SEC. 598. MODIFICATION OF OFFICERS AUTHOR- States Code (the Uniform Code of Military (ii) have significant experience in trials by IZED TO CONVENE GENERAL AND Justice), that allege an offense specified in general or special court-martial; and SPECIAL COURTS-MARTIAL. paragraph (2) and not excluded under para- (iii) are outside the chain of command of (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section graph (3) against a member of the Coast the member subject to such charges. 822 of title 10, United States Code (article 22 Guard (when it is not operating as a service (B) Upon a determination under subpara- of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is in the Navy), the Secretary of Homeland Se- graph (A) to try such charges by court-mar- amended— curity shall provide for the determination tial, the officer making that determination (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) under section 830(b) of such chapter (article shall determine whether to try such charges as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and 30(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Jus- by a general court-martial convened under (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol- tice) on whether to try such charges by section 822 of title 10, United States Code lowing new paragraph (8): court-martial as provided in paragraph (4). (article 22 of the Uniform Code of Military ‘‘(8) the officers in the offices established (2) COVERED OFFENSES.—An offense speci- Justice), or a special court-martial convened pursuant to section 598(c) of the Military fied in this paragraph is an offense as fol- under section 823 of title 10, United States Justice Improvement Act of 2014 or officers lows: Code (article 23 of the Uniform Code of Mili- in the grade of O–6 or higher who are as- (A) An offense under chapter 47 of title 10, tary Justice). signed such responsibility by the Chief of United States Code (the Uniform Code of (C) A determination under subparagraph Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Oper- Military Justice), that is triable by court- (A) to try charges by court-martial shall in- ations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, martial under that chapter for which the clude a determination to try all known of- the Commandant of the Marine Corps, or the maximum punishment authorized under that fenses, including lesser included offenses. Commandant of the Coast Guard, but only chapter includes confinement for more than (D) The determination to try such charges with respect to offenses to which section one year. by court-martial under subparagraph (A), 597(a)(1) of the Military Justice Improve- (B) An offense of retaliation for reporting a and by type of court-martial under subpara- ment Act of 2014 applies;’’. crime under section 893 of title 10, United graph (B), shall be binding on any applicable (b) NO EXERCISE BY OFFICERS IN CHAIN OF States Code (article 93 of the Uniform Code convening authority for a trial by court- COMMAND OF ACCUSED OR VICTIM.—Such sec- of Military Justice), as amended by section martial on such charges. tion (article) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 599B of this Act, regardless of the maximum (E) The actions of an officer described in ‘‘(c) An officer specified in subsection (a)(8) punishment authorized under that chapter subparagraph (A) in determining under that may not convene a court-martial under this for such offense. subparagraph whether or not to try charges section if the officer is in the chain of com- (C) An offense under section 907a of title 10, by court-martial shall be free of unlawful or mand of the accused or the victim.’’. United States Code (article 107a of the Uni- unauthorized influence or coercion. (c) OFFICES OF CHIEFS OF STAFF ON COURTS- form Code of Military Justice), as added by (F) The determination under subparagraph MARTIAL.— section 599C of this Act, regardless of the (A) not to proceed to trial of such charges by (1) OFFICES REQUIRED.—Each Chief of Staff maximum punishment authorized under that general or special court-martial shall not op- of the Armed Forces or Commandant speci- chapter for such offense. erate to terminate or otherwise alter the au- fied in paragraph (8) of section 822(a) of title (D) A conspiracy to commit an offense thority of commanding officers to refer such 10, United States Code (article 22(a) of the specified in subparagraph (A) through (C) as charges for trial by summary court-martial Uniform Code of Military Justice), as amend- punishable under section 881 of title 10, convened under section 824 of title 10, United ed by subsection (a), shall establish an office United States Code (article 81 of the Uniform States Code (article 24 of the Uniform Code to do the following: Code of Military Justice). of Military Justice), or to impose non-judi- (A) To convene general and special courts- (E) A solicitation to commit an offense cial punishment in connection with the con- martial under sections 822 and 823 of title 10, specified in subparagraph (A) through (C) as duct covered by such charges as authorized United States Code (articles 22 and 23 of the punishable under section 882 of title 10, by section 815 of title 10, United States Code Uniform Code of Military Justice), pursuant United States Code (article 82 of the Uniform (article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military to paragraph (8) of section 822(a) of title 10, Code of Military Justice). Justice). United States Code (article 22(a) of the Uni- (F) An attempt to commit an offense speci- (5) CONSTRUCTION WITH CHARGES ON OTHER form Code of Military Justice), as so amend- fied in subparagraphs (A) through (E) as pun- OFFENSES.—Nothing in this subsection shall ed, with respect to offenses to which section ishable under section 880 of title 10, United be construed to alter or affect the disposi- 592(a)(1) applies. States Code (article 80 of the Uniform Code tion of charges under chapter 47 of title 10, (B) To detail under section 825 of title 10, of Military Justice). United States Code (the Uniform Code of United States Code (article 25 of the Uniform (3) EXCLUDED OFFENSES.—Paragraph (1) Military Justice), that allege an offense tri- Code of Military Justice), members of does not apply to an offense as follows: able by court-martial under that chapter for courts-martial convened as described in sub- (A) An offense under sections 883 through which the maximum punishment authorized paragraph (A). 917 of title 10, United States Code (articles 83 under that chapter includes confinement for (2) PERSONNEL.—The personnel of each of- through 117 of the Uniform Code of Military one year or less. fice established under paragraph (1) shall Justice). (6) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.— consist of such members of the Armed Forces (B) An offense under section 933 or 934 of (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of the and civilian personnel of the Department of title 10, United States Code (articles 133 and military departments and the Secretary of Defense, or such members of the Coast Guard 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). Homeland Security (with respect to the or civilian personnel of the Department of (C) A conspiracy to commit an offense Coast Guard when it is not operating as a Homeland Security, as may be detailed or as- specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) as pun- service in the Navy) shall revise policies and signed to the office by the Chief of Staff or

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THORIZED PERSONNEL AND RE- (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of not taken into account as employees SOURCES. sections at the beginning of subchapter X of under the shared responsibility re- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of the chapter 47 of such title, as amended by sec- quirements contained in the Patient military departments and the Secretary of tion 599B(b)(2) of this Act, is further amend- Protection and Affordable Care Act; Homeland Security (with respect to the ed by inserting after the item relating to which was ordered to lie on the table; Coast Guard when it is not operating as a section 907 (article 107) the following new as follows: service in the Navy) shall carry out sections item: Strike section 1209. 597 and 598 (and the amendments made by ‘‘907a. Art. 107a. Obstruction of justice.’’. section 598) using personnel, funds, and re- Mr. LEE submitted an sources otherwise authorized by law. SA 3990. SA 3984. Mr. REID proposed an amendment intended to be proposed by (b) NO AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PER- amendment to the bill H.R. 3979, to SONNEL OR RESOURCES.—Sections 597 and 598 him to the bill H.R. 3979, to amend the (and the amendments made by section 598) amend the Internal Revenue Code of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure shall not be construed as authorizations for 1986 to ensure that emergency services that emergency services volunteers are personnel, personnel billets, or funds for the volunteers are not taken into account not taken into account as employees discharge of the requirements in such sec- as employees under the shared respon- under the shared responsibility re- tions. sibility requirements contained in the quirements contained in the Patient SEC. 599A. MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF Patient Protection and Affordable Care Protection and Affordable Care Act; MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES ON Act; as follows: COURTS-MARTIAL BY INDEPENDENT which was ordered to lie on the table; PANEL ON REVIEW AND ASSESS- At the end, add the following: as follows: MENT OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE This Act shall become effective 1 day after At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUS- enactment. following: TICE. Section 576(d)(2) of the National Defense SEC. 1080. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CON- SA 3985. Mr. REID proposed an TRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NA- Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub- amendment to amendment SA 3984 pro- TIONS. lic Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1762) is amended— posed by Mr. REID to the bill H.R. 3979, (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days (1) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as to amend the Internal Revenue Code of after the date of the enactment of this Act, subparagraph (K); and and annually thereafter, the Director of the (2) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account Office of Management and Budget shall sub- following new subparagraph (J): mit to Congress a report on all assessed and ‘‘(J) Monitor and assess the implementa- as employees under the shared respon- voluntary contributions, including in-kind, tion and efficacy of sections 597 through 599 sibility requirements contained in the of the United States Government to the of the Military Justice Improvement Act of Patient Protection and Affordable Care United Nations and its affiliated agencies 2014, and the amendments made by such sec- Act; as follows: and related bodies during the previous fiscal tions.’’. In the amendment, strike ‘‘1 day’’ and in- year. SEC. 599B. EXPLICIT CODIFICATION OF RETALIA- sert ‘‘2 days’’. (b) CONTENT.—The report required under TION FOR REPORTING A CRIME AS subsection (a) shall include the following ele- AN OFFENSE UNDER THE UNIFORM ments: CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. SA 3986. Mr. REID proposed an (1) The total amount of all assessed and (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 893 of title 10, amendment to the bill H.R. 3979, to voluntary contributions, including in-kind, United States Code (article 93 of the Uniform amend the Internal Revenue Code of of the United States Government to the Code of Military Justice), is amended by in- 1986 to ensure that emergency services United Nations and United Nations affiliated serting ‘‘, or retaliating against any person volunteers are not taken into account agencies and related bodies. subject to his orders for reporting a criminal as employees under the shared respon- (2) The approximate percentage of United offense,’’ after ‘‘any person subject to his or- States Government contributions to each ders’’. sibility requirements contained in the United Nations affiliated agency or body in (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Patient Protection and Affordable Care such fiscal year when compared with all con- (1) SECTION (ARTICLE) HEADING.—The head- Act; as follows: tributions to such agency or body from any ing of such section (article) is amended to At the end, add the following: source in such fiscal year. read as follows: This Act shall become effective 3 days (3) For each such contribution— ‘‘§ 893. Art. 93. Cruelty and maltreatment; re- after enactment. (A) the amount of the contribution; taliation for reporting a crime’’. (B) a description of the contribution (in- (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS (ARTICLES).—The SA 3987. Mr. REID proposed an cluding whether assessed or voluntary); table of sections at the beginning of sub- amendment to amendment SA 3986 pro- (C) the department or agency of the United chapter X of chapter 47 of such title is posed by Mr. REID to the bill H.R. 3979, States Government responsible for the con- amended by striking the item relating to to amend the Internal Revenue Code of tribution; section 893 (article 93) and inserting the fol- 1986 to ensure that emergency services (D) the purpose of the contribution; and lowing new item: volunteers are not taken into account (E) the United Nations or United Nations ‘‘893. Art. 93. Cruelty and maltreatment; re- as employees under the shared respon- affiliated agency or related body receiving the contribution. taliation for reporting a sibility requirements contained in the crime.’’. (c) SCOPE OF INITIAL REPORT.—The first re- Patient Protection and Affordable Care port required under subsection (a) shall in- (c) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROHIBITION.— Act; as follows: Section 1709 of the National Defense Author- clude the information required under this ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law In the amendment, strike ‘‘3 days’’ and in- section for the previous four fiscal years. (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 113–66; 127 Stat. 962; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is re- sert ‘‘4 days’’. Not later than 14 days after submitting a re- pealed. SA 3988. Mr. REID proposed an port required under subsection (a), the Direc- SEC. 599C. ESTABLISHMENT OF OBSTRUCTION OF tor of the Office of Management and Budget JUSTICE AS A SEPARATE OFFENCE amendment to amendment SA 3987 pro- shall post a public version of the report on a UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF posed by Mr. REID to the amendment MILITARY JUSTICE. text-based, searchable, and publicly avail- SA 3986 proposed by Mr. REID to the able Internet website. (a) PUNITIVE ARTICLE.—Subchapter X of bill H.R. 3979, to amend the Internal chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amend- Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that SA 3991. Mr. LEE submitted an ed by inserting after section 907 (article 107) emergency services volunteers are not amendment intended to be proposed by the following new section (article): taken into account as employees under him to the bill H.R. 3979, to amend the ‘‘§ 907a. Art. 107a. Obstruction of justice the shared responsibility requirements Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure ‘‘Any person subject to this chapter who contained in the Patient Protection that emergency services volunteers are wrongfully does a certain act with the intent and Affordable Care Act; as follows: not taken into account as employees to influence, impede, or otherwise obstruct In the amendment, strike ‘‘4’’ and insert under the shared responsibility re- the due administration of justice shall be ‘‘5’’. quirements contained in the Patient

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Enhanced contractor level assess- (f) LIMITATION ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS activities of the United States Govern- PENDING CERTIFICATION ON DEFENSE BUDGETS ments for the intelligence com- ment, the Community Management Ac- OF NATO EUROPEAN ALLIES.—Funds avail- munity. able for the European Reassurance Initia- count, and the Central Intelligence Sec. 328. Assessment of the efficacy of tive, other than funds covered by subsection Agency Retirement and Disability Sys- memoranda of understanding to (b)(1), may not be used for purposes described tem, and for other purposes; as follows: facilitate intelligence-sharing. Sec. 329. Report on foreign man-made elec- in subsection (a) unless, not later than 10 Strike all after the enacting clause and in- tromagnetic pulse weapons. days before the commencement of the ex- sert the following: penditure of such funds for such purposes, Sec. 330. Report on United States counter- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. the President certifies to Congress in writing terrorism strategy to disrupt, that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda (NATO) allies in Europe are— the ‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fis- and its affiliated or associated (1) appropriately prioritizing current de- cal Year 2015’’. groups. fense resources towards deterring aggression (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- Sec. 331. Feasibility study on retraining vet- by the Russian Federation; and tents for this Act is as follows: erans in cybersecurity. (2) taking steps— Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. (A) to reverse declining defense spending, Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act: as most recently agreed to in the Wales Sec. 3. Budgetary effects. (1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT- Summit Declaration issued on September 5, TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence 2014; and Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. committees’’ means— (B) to increase defense spending towards Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authoriza- (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence the goal of defense spending in an amount tions. of the Senate; and equal to two-percent of gross domestic prod- Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. (B) the Permanent Select Committee on uct (GDP). Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Manage- Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ment Account. (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term SA 3992. Mr. CRUZ submitted an ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE amendment intended to be proposed by given that term in section 3(4) of the Na- AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DIS- him to the bill H.R. 3979, to amend the tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). ABILITY SYSTEM Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. that emergency services volunteers are The budgetary effects of this Act, for the not taken into account as employees TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS purpose of complying with the Statutory under the shared responsibility re- Subtitle A—General Matters Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be deter- quirements contained in the Patient Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation mined by reference to the latest statement Protection and Affordable Care Act; and benefits authorized by law. titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legisla- which was ordered to lie on the table; Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intel- tion’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of as follows: ligence activities. Sec. 303. National intelligence strategy. the Senate Budget Committee, provided that Strike title XXX. Sec. 304. Software licensing. such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. SA 3993. Mr. SCHATZ (for Mr. COONS) Sec. 305. Reporting of certain employment proposed an amendment to the resolu- activities by former intel- TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ligence officers and employees. tion S. Res. 413, recognizing 20 years SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Sec. 306. Inclusion of Predominantly Black Funds are hereby authorized to be appro- since the genocide in Rwanda, and af- Institutions in intelligence offi- firming it is in the national interest of priated for fiscal year 2015 for the conduct of cer training program. the intelligence and intelligence-related ac- the United States to work in close co- Sec. 307. Management and oversight of fi- tivities of the following elements of the ordination with international partners nancial intelligence. United States Government: to help prevent and mitigate acts of Sec. 308. Analysis of private sector policies (1) The Office of the Director of National genocide and mass atrocities; as fol- and procedures for countering Intelligence. lows: insider threats. (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. Sec. 309. Procedures for the retention of in- On page 6, beginning on line 14, strike (3) The Department of Defense. cidentally acquired commu- ‘‘events; and’’ and all that follows through (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. nications. ‘‘(8) supports’’ on line 15 and insert the fol- (5) The National Security Agency. Sec. 310. Clarification of limitation of re- lowing: ‘‘events; (6) The Department of the Army, the De- view to retaliatory security (8) clarifies that nothing in this resolution partment of the Navy, and the Department clearance or access determina- shall be construed as an authorization for of the Air Force. tions. the use of force or a declaration of war; and (7) The Coast Guard. Sec. 311. Feasibility study on consolidating (9) supports (8) The Department of State. classified databases of cyber (9) The Department of the Treasury. SA 3994. Mr. SCHATZ (for Mr. COONS) threat indicators and malware (10) The Department of Energy. proposed an amendment to the resolu- samples. (11) The Department of Justice. Sec. 312. Sense of Congress on cybersecurity (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. tion S. Res. 413, recognizing 20 years threat and cybercrime coopera- since the genocide in Rwanda, and af- (13) The Drug Enforcement Administra- tion with Ukraine. tion. firming it is in the national interest of Sec. 313. Replacement of locally employed the United States to work in close co- (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. staff serving at United States (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence ordination with international partners diplomatic facilities in the Rus- Agency. to help prevent and mitigate acts of sian Federation. (16) The Department of Homeland Secu- genocide and mass atrocities; as fol- Sec. 314. Inclusion of Sensitive Compart- rity. lows: mented Information Facilities in United States diplomatic fa- SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZA- Amend the twelfth whereas clause of the TIONS. cilities in the Russian Federa- preamble to read as follows: (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PER- tion and adjacent countries. Whereas, in September 2005, the United SONNEL LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to States joined other members of the United Subtitle B—Reporting be appropriated under section 101 and, sub- Nations in adopting United Nations General Sec. 321. Report on declassification process. ject to section 103, the authorized personnel Assembly Resolution 60/1, which affirmed Sec. 322. Report on intelligence community ceilings as of September 30, 2015, for the con- that the international community has a re- efficient spending targets. duct of the intelligence activities of the ele- sponsibility to use appropriate diplomatic, Sec. 323. Annual report on violations of law ments listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of humanitarian and other peaceful means to or executive order. section 101, are those specified in the classi- help protect populations from genocide, war Sec. 324. Annual report on intelligence ac- fied Schedule of Authorizations prepared to crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against tivities of the Department of accompany the bill H.R. 4681 of the One Hun- humanity; Homeland Security. dred Thirteenth Congress.

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(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE authorized to be appropriated for the Com- ‘‘(6) outline the organizational roles and OF AUTHORIZATIONS.— munity Management Account for fiscal year missions of the elements of the intelligence (1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule 2015 such additional amounts as are specified community as part of an integrated enter- of Authorizations referred to in subsection in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prise to meet customer demands for intel- (a) shall be made available to the Committee referred to in section 102(a). Such additional ligence products, services, and support; on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com- amounts for advanced research and develop- ‘‘(7) identify sources of strategic, institu- mittee on Appropriations of the House of ment shall remain available until September tional, programmatic, fiscal, and techno- Representatives, and to the President. 30, 2016. logical risk; and (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Sub- (2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi- ‘‘(8) analyze factors that may affect the in- ject to paragraph (3), the President shall pro- tion to the personnel authorized by sub- telligence community’s performance in pur- vide for suitable distribution of the classified section (b) for elements of the Intelligence suing the major national security missions Schedule of Authorizations, or of appropriate Community Management Account as of Sep- identified in paragraph (3) during the fol- portions of the Schedule, within the execu- tember 30, 2015, there are authorized such ad- lowing 10-year period. tive branch. ditional personnel for the Community Man- ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Direc- (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President agement Account as of that date as are spec- tor of National Intelligence shall submit to shall not publicly disclose the classified ified in the classified Schedule of Authoriza- the congressional intelligence committees a Schedule of Authorizations or any portion of tions referred to in section 102(a). report on each national intelligence strategy such Schedule except— TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN- required by subsection (a) not later than 45 (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im- CY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYS- days after the date of the completion of such plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 TEM strategy.’’. Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (B) to the extent necessary to implement table of contents in the first section of the There is authorized to be appropriated for the budget; or National Security Act of 1947 is amended by the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement (C) as otherwise required by law. inserting after the item relating to section and Disability Fund for fiscal year 2015 the 108 the following new item: SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. sum of $514,000,000. (a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Direc- ‘‘Sec. 108A. National intelligence strategy.’’. TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS tor of National Intelligence may authorize SEC. 304. SOFTWARE LICENSING. Subtitle A—General Matters employment of civilian personnel in excess Section 109 of the National Security Act of of the number authorized for fiscal year 2015 SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSA- 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3044) is amended— by the classified Schedule of Authorizations TION AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘usage; BY LAW. referred to in section 102(a) if the Director of and’’ and inserting ‘‘usage, including— Appropriations authorized by this Act for National Intelligence determines that such ‘‘(A) increasing the centralization of the salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits action is necessary to the performance of im- management of software licenses; for Federal employees may be increased by portant intelligence functions, except that ‘‘(B) increasing the regular tracking and such additional or supplemental amounts as the number of personnel employed in excess maintaining of comprehensive inventories of may be necessary for increases in such com- of the number authorized under such section software licenses using automated discovery pensation or benefits authorized by law. may not, for any element of the intelligence and inventory tools and metrics; community, exceed 3 percent of the number SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTEL- ‘‘(C) analyzing software license data to in- LIGENCE ACTIVITIES. of civilian personnel authorized under such form investment decisions; and The authorization of appropriations by Schedule for such element. ‘‘(D) providing appropriate personnel with this Act shall not be deemed to constitute (b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.— sufficient software licenses management authority for the conduct of any intelligence The Director of National Intelligence shall training; and’’; activity which is not otherwise authorized establish guidelines that govern, for each (2) in subsection (b)— by the Constitution or the laws of the United element of the intelligence community, the (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ States. treatment under the personnel levels author- and inserting a semicolon; ized under section 102(a), including any ex- SEC. 303. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘usage.’’ emption from such personnel levels, of em- (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Se- and inserting ‘‘usage, including— ployment or assignment in— curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is ‘‘(A) increasing the centralization of the (1) a student program, trainee program, or amended by inserting after section 108 the management of software licenses; similar program; following: ‘‘(B) increasing the regular tracking and (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed an- ‘‘SEC. 108A. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY. maintaining of comprehensive inventories of nuitant; or ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in 2017, and software licenses using automated discovery (3) details, joint duty, or long term, full- once every 4 years thereafter, the Director of and inventory tools and metrics; time training. National Intelligence shall develop a com- ‘‘(C) analyzing software license data to in- (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE prehensive national intelligence strategy to form investment decisions; and COMMITTEES.—The Director of National In- meet national security objectives for the fol- ‘‘(D) providing appropriate personnel with telligence shall notify the congressional in- lowing 4-year period, or a longer period, if sufficient software licenses management telligence committees in writing at least 15 appropriate. training; and’’; and days prior to each exercise of an authority ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each national intel- (C) by adding at the end the following new described in subsection (a). ligence strategy required by subsection (a) paragraph: SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGE- shall— ‘‘(3) based on the assessment required MENT ACCOUNT. ‘‘(1) delineate a national intelligence strat- under paragraph (2), make such rec- (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— egy consistent with— ommendations with respect to software pro- There is authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘(A) the most recent national security curement and usage to the Director of Na- the Intelligence Community Management strategy report submitted pursuant to sec- tional Intelligence as the Chief Information Account of the Director of National Intel- tion 108; Officer considers appropriate.’’; and ligence for fiscal year 2015 the sum of ‘‘(B) the strategic plans of other relevant (3) by adding at the end the following new $507,400,000. Within such amount, funds iden- departments and agencies of the United subsection: tified in the classified Schedule of Author- States; and ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDA- izations referred to in section 102(a) for ad- ‘‘(C) other relevant national-level plans; TIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date vanced research and development shall re- ‘‘(2) address matters related to national on which the Director of National Intel- main available until September 30, 2016. and military intelligence, including counter- ligence receives recommendations from the (b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The intelligence; Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence elements within the Intelligence Community ‘‘(3) identify the major national security Community in accordance with subsection Management Account of the Director of Na- missions that the intelligence community is (b)(3), the Director of National Intelligence tional Intelligence are authorized 794 posi- currently pursuing and will pursue in the fu- shall, to the extent practicable, issue guide- tions as of September 30, 2015. Personnel ture to meet the anticipated security envi- lines for the intelligence community on soft- serving in such elements may be permanent ronment; ware procurement and usage based on such employees of the Office of the Director of ‘‘(4) describe how the intelligence commu- recommendations.’’. National Intelligence or personnel detailed nity will utilize personnel, technology, part- SEC. 305. REPORTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT from other elements of the United States nerships, and other capabilities to pursue the ACTIVITIES BY FORMER INTEL- Government. major national security missions identified LIGENCE OFFICERS AND EMPLOY- (c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— in paragraph (3); EES. (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ‘‘(5) assess current, emerging, and future (a) RESTRICTION.—Title III of the National addition to amounts authorized to be appro- threats to the intelligence community, in- Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.) is priated for the Intelligence Community Man- cluding threats from foreign intelligence and amended by inserting after section 303 the agement Account by subsection (a), there are security services and insider threats; following new section:

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INCLUSION OF PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NICATIONS. ment of the intelligence community shall INSTITUTIONS IN INTELLIGENCE OF- (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: FICER TRAINING PROGRAM. issue regulations requiring each employee of (1) COVERED COMMUNICATION.—The term such element occupying a covered position Section 1024 of the National Security Act ‘‘covered communication’’ means any non- to sign a written agreement requiring the of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3224) is amended— public telephone or electronic communica- regular reporting of covered employment to (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and tion acquired without the consent of a per- the head of such element. Predominantly Black Institutions’’ after son who is a party to the communication, in- ‘‘universities’’; and ‘‘(b) AGREEMENT ELEMENTS.—The regula- cluding communications in electronic stor- (2) in subsection (g)— tions required under subsection (a) shall pro- age. (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para- vide that an agreement contain provisions (2) HEAD OF AN ELEMENT OF THE INTEL- graph (5); and requiring each employee occupying a covered LIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘head of an (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- position to, during the two-year period be- element of the intelligence community’’ lowing new paragraph: ginning on the date on which such employee means, as appropriate— ‘‘(4) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.— ceases to occupy such covered position— (A) the head of an element of the intel- The term ‘Predominantly Black Institution’ ‘‘(1) report covered employment to the ligence community; or has the meaning given the term in section head of the element of the intelligence com- (B) the head of the department or agency 318 of the Higher education Act of 1965 (20 munity that employed such employee in containing such element. U.S.C. 1059e).’’. such covered position upon accepting such (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term covered employment; and SEC. 307. MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF FI- ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning NANCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ‘‘(2) annually (or more frequently if the given that term in section 101 of the Foreign (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.—Not later head of such element considers it appro- Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 than 90 days after the date of the enactment priate) report covered employment to the U.S.C. 1801). of this Act, the Director of National Intel- head of such element. (b) PROCEDURES FOR COVERED COMMUNICA- ligence shall prepare a plan for management TIONS.— ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: of the elements of the intelligence commu- (1) REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT.—Not later than ‘‘(1) COVERED EMPLOYMENT.—The term ‘cov- nity that carry out financial intelligence ac- 2 years after the date of the enactment of ered employment’ means direct employment tivities. this Act each head of an element of the intel- by, representation of, or the provision of ad- (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required vice relating to national security to the gov- by subsection (a) shall establish a govern- ligence community shall adopt procedures ernment of a foreign country or any person ance framework, procedures for sharing and approved by the Attorney General for such whose activities are directly or indirectly harmonizing the acquisition and use of fi- element that ensure compliance with the re- supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or nancial analytic tools, standards for quality quirements of paragraph (3). subsidized, in whole or in major part, by any of analytic products, procedures for over- (2) COORDINATION AND APPROVAL.—The pro- government of a foreign country. sight and evaluation of resource allocations cedures required by paragraph (1) shall be— ‘‘(2) COVERED POSITION.—The term ‘covered associated with the joint development of in- (A) prepared in coordination with the Di- position’ means a position within an element formation sharing efforts and tools, and an rector of National Intelligence; and of the intelligence community that, based on education and training model for elements of (B) approved by the Attorney General prior the level of access of a person occupying the intelligence community that carry out to issuance. such position to information regarding sen- financial intelligence activities. (3) PROCEDURES.— sitive intelligence sources or methods or (c) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Not later than (A) APPLICATION.—The procedures required other exceptionally sensitive matters, the 180 days after the date of the enactment of by paragraph (1) shall apply to any intel- head of such element determines should be this Act, the Director of National Intel- ligence collection activity not otherwise au- subject to the requirements of this section. ligence shall brief the congressional intel- thorized by court order (including an order ‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY.— ligence committees on the actions the Direc- or certification issued by a court established The term ‘government of a foreign country’ tor proposes to implement the plan required under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of has the meaning given the term in section by subsection (a). the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act SEC. 308. ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE SECTOR POLI- 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803)), subpoena, or similar of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(e)).’’. CIES AND PROCEDURES FOR COUN- legal process that is reasonably anticipated TERING INSIDER THREATS. to result in the acquisition of a covered com- (b) REGULATIONS AND CERTIFICATION.— (a) ANALYSIS.—Not later than 180 days munication to or from a United States per- (1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, son and shall permit the acquisition, reten- after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in con- tion, and dissemination of covered commu- the head of each element of the intelligence sultation with the National Counterintel- nications subject to the limitation in sub- community shall issue the regulations re- ligence Executive, shall submit to the con- paragraph (B). quired under section 304 of the National Se- gressional intelligence committees an anal- (B) LIMITATION ON RETENTION.—A covered curity Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) ysis of private sector policies and procedures communication shall not be retained in ex- of this section. for countering insider threats. cess of 5 years, unless— (2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days (b) CONTENT.—The analysis required by (i) the communication has been affirma- after the date of the enactment of this Act, subsection (a) shall include— tively determined, in whole or in part, to the Director of National Intelligence shall (1) a review of whether and how the intel- constitute foreign intelligence or counter- submit to the congressional intelligence ligence community could utilize private sec- intelligence or is necessary to understand or committees— tor hiring and human resources best prac- assess foreign intelligence or counterintel- (A) a certification that each head of an ele- tices to screen, vet, and validate the creden- ligence; ment of the intelligence community has pre- tials, capabilities, and character of appli- (ii) the communication is reasonably be- scribed the regulations required under sec- cants for positions involving trusted access lieved to constitute evidence of a crime and tion 304 of the National Security Act of 1947, to sensitive information; is retained by a law enforcement agency; as added by subsection (a) of this section; or (2) an analysis of private sector policies for (iii) the communication is enciphered or (B) if the Director is unable to submit the holding supervisors and subordinates ac- reasonably believed to have a secret mean- certification described under subparagraph countable for violations of established secu- ing; (A), an explanation as to why the Director is rity protocols and whether the intelligence (iv) all parties to the communication are unable to submit such certification, includ- community should adopt similar policies for reasonably believed to be non-United States ing a designation of which heads of an ele- positions of trusted access to sensitive infor- persons; ment of the intelligence community have mation; (v) retention is necessary to protect prescribed the regulations required under (3) an assessment of the feasibility and ad- against an imminent threat to human life, in such section 304 and which have not. visability of applying mandatory leave poli- which case both the nature of the threat and (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The cies, similar to those endorsed by the Fed- the information to be retained shall be re- table of contents in the first section of the eral Deposit Insurance Corporation and the ported to the congressional intelligence com- National Security Act of 1947 is amended— Securities and Exchange Commission to mittees not later than 30 days after the date (1) by striking the second item relating to identify fraud in the financial services indus- such retention is extended under this clause; section 302 (Under Secretaries and Assistant try, to certain positions within the intel- (vi) retention is necessary for technical as- Secretaries) and the items relating to sec- ligence community; and surance or compliance purposes, including a tions 304, 305, and 306; and (4) recommendations for how the intel- court order or discovery obligation, in which (2) by inserting after the item relating to ligence community could utilize private sec- case access to information retained for tech- section 303 the following new item: tor risk indices, such as credit risk scores, to nical assurance or compliance purposes shall

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be reported to the congressional intelligence SEC. 312. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CYBERSECU- (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- committees on an annual basis; or RITY THREAT AND CYBERCRIME CO- TEES DEFINED.—In this section, the term (vii) retention for a period in excess of 5 OPERATION WITH UKRAINE. ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ years is approved by the head of the element It is the sense of Congress that— means— of the intelligence community responsible (1) cooperation between the intelligence (1) the congressional intelligence commit- for such retention, based on a determination and law enforcement agencies of the United tees; that retention is necessary to protect the na- States and Ukraine should be increased to (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the tional security of the United States, in improve cybersecurity policies between Committee on Foreign Relations, and the which case the head of such element shall these two countries; Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; provide to the congressional intelligence (2) the United States should pursue im- and committees a written certification describ- proved extradition procedures among the (3) the Committee on Armed Services, the ing— Governments of the United States, Ukraine, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com- (I) the reasons extended retention is nec- and other countries from which mittee on Appropriations of the House of essary to protect the national security of the cybercriminals target United States citizens Representatives. United States; and entities; (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in (II) the duration for which the head of the (3) the President should— this section shall be construed to infringe on element is authorizing retention; (A) initiate a round of formal United the power of the President, by and with the (III) the particular information to be re- States-Ukraine bilateral talks on cybersecu- advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint tained; and rity threat and cybercrime cooperation, with ambassadors, other public ministers, and (IV) the measures the element of the intel- additional multilateral talks that include consuls.’’ other law enforcement partners such as ligence community is taking to protect the SEC. 314. INCLUSION OF SENSITIVE COMPART- privacy interests of United States persons or Europol and Interpol; and MENTED INFORMATION FACILITIES persons located inside the United States. (B) work to obtain a commitment from the IN UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FA- Government of Ukraine to end cybercrime SEC. 310. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION OF RE- CILITIES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERA- VIEW TO RETALIATORY SECURITY directed at persons outside Ukraine and to TION AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES. CLEARANCE OR ACCESS DETER- work with the United States and other allies (a) SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMA- MINATIONS. to deter and convict known cybercriminals; TION FACILITY REQUIREMENT.—Each United Section 3001(b)(7) of the Intelligence Re- (4) the President should establish a capac- States diplomatic facility that, after the form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ity building program with the Government date of the enactment of this Act, is con- (50 U.S.C. 3341(b)(7)) is amended— of Ukraine, which could include— structed in, or undergoes a construction up- (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) a joint effort to improve cyber capacity grade in, the Russian Federation, any coun- (A), by striking ‘‘2014—’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, building, including intelligence and law en- try that shares a land border with the Rus- and consistent with subsection (j)—’’; forcement services in Ukraine; sian Federation, or any country that is a (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to ap- (B) sending United States law enforcement former member of the Soviet Union shall be peal a determination to suspend or revoke a agents to aid law enforcement agencies in constructed to include a Sensitive Compart- security clearance or access to classified in- Ukraine in investigating cybercrimes; and mented Information Facility. formation’’ and inserting ‘‘alleging reprisal (C) agreements to improve communica- (b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Sec- for having made a protected disclosure (pro- tions networks to enhance law enforcement retary of State may waive the requirement vided the individual does not disclose classi- cooperation, such as a hotline directly con- under subsection (a) if the Secretary deter- fied information or other information con- necting law enforcement agencies in the mines that such waiver is in the national se- trary to law) to appeal any action affecting United States and Ukraine; and curity interest of the United States and sub- an employee’s access to classified informa- (5) the President should establish and mits a written justification to the appro- tion’’; and maintain an intelligence and law enforce- priate congressional committees not later (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘infor- ment cooperation scorecard with metrics de- than 180 days before exercising such waiver. mation,’’ inserting ‘‘information following a signed to measure the number of instances (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- protected disclosure,’’. that intelligence and law enforcement agen- TEES DEFINED.—In this section, the term SEC. 311. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON CONSOLI- cies in the United States request assistance ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ DATING CLASSIFIED DATABASES OF from intelligence and law enforcement agen- means— CYBER THREAT INDICATORS AND cies in Ukraine and the number and type of (1) the congressional intelligence commit- MALWARE SAMPLES. responses received to such requests. tees; (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days SEC. 313. REPLACEMENT OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the after the date of the enactment of this Act, STAFF SERVING AT UNITED STATES Committee on Foreign Relations, and the the Director of National Intelligence, in con- DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN THE Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; sultation with the Secretary of Homeland RUSSIAN FEDERATION. and Security, the Director of the National Secu- (a) EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.— (3) the Committee on Armed Services, the rity Agency, the Director of the Central In- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com- telligence Agency, and the Director of the shall ensure that, not later than one year mittee on Appropriations of the House of Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall con- after the date of the enactment of this Act, Representatives. duct a feasibility study on consolidating every supervisory position at a United classified databases of cyber threat indica- States diplomatic facility in the Russian Subtitle B—Reporting tors and malware samples in the intelligence Federation shall be occupied by a citizen of SEC. 321. REPORT ON DECLASSIFICATION PROC- community. the United States who has passed, and shall ESS. (b) ELEMENTS.—The feasibility study re- be subject to, a thorough background check. Not later than December 31, 2016, the Di- quired by subsection (a) shall include the fol- (2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of State rector of National Intelligence shall submit lowing: may extend the deadline under paragraph (1) to Congress a report describing— (1) An inventory of classified databases of for up to one year by providing advance writ- (1) proposals to improve the declassifica- cyber threat indicators and malware samples ten notification and justification of such ex- tion process throughout the intelligence in the intelligence community. tension to the appropriate congressional community; and (2) An assessment of actions that could be committees. (2) steps the intelligence community could carried out to consolidate such databases to (3) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 180 take, or legislation that may be necessary, achieve the greatest possible information days after the date of the enactment of this to enable the National Declassification Cen- sharing within the intelligence community Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to ter to better accomplish the missions as- and cost savings for the Federal Govern- the appropriate congressional committees a signed to the Center by Executive Order No. ment. report on progress made toward meeting the 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707). (3) An assessment of any impediments to employment requirement under paragraph SEC. 322. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMU- such consolidation. (1). NITY EFFICIENT SPENDING TAR- (4) An assessment of whether the Intel- (b) PLAN FOR REDUCED USE OF LOCALLY EM- GETS. ligence Community Information Technology PLOYED STAFF.—Not later than 180 days after (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, Enterprise can support such consolidation. the date of the enactment of this Act, the 2016, and April 1, 2017, the Director of Na- (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Secretary of State, in coordination with tional Intelligence shall submit to the con- 30 days after the date on which the Director other appropriate government agencies, gressional intelligence committees a report of National Intelligence completes the feasi- shall submit to the appropriate congres- on the status and effectiveness of efforts to bility study required by subsection (a), the sional committees a plan to further reduce reduce administrative costs for the intel- Director shall submit to the congressional the reliance on locally employed staff in ligence community during the preceding intelligence committees a written report United States diplomatic facilities in the year. that summarizes the feasibility study, in- Russian Federation. The plan shall, at a (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under sub- cluding the information required under sub- minimum, include cost estimates, timelines, section (a) shall include for each element of section (b). and numbers of employees to be replaced. the intelligence community the following:

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(2) include, with respect to each political (2) A description of the status and effec- prison camp in North Korea to the extent in- (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in tiveness of efforts to limit costs related to this section or the amendments made by this formation is available— hosting and attending conferences. section shall be construed to alter any re- (A) the estimated prisoner population of (3) A description of the status and effec- quirement existing on the date of the enact- each such camp; tiveness of efforts to assess information ment of this Act to submit a report under (B) the geographical coordinates of each technology inventories and usage, and estab- any provision of law. such camp; lish controls, to reduce costs related to un- (C) the reasons for confinement of the pris- SEC. 324. ANNUAL REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE derutilized information technology equip- ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT oners at each such camp; ment, software, or services. OF HOMELAND SECURITY. (D) a description of the primary industries (4) A description of the status and effec- (a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year and and products made at each such camp, and tiveness of efforts to limit the publication along with the budget materials submitted the end users of any goods produced in such and printing of hard copy documents. in support of the budget of the Department camp; (5) A description of the status and effec- of Homeland Security pursuant to section (E) information regarding involvement of tiveness of efforts to improve the perform- 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the any non-North Korean entity or individual ance of Federal fleet motor vehicles and Under Secretary for Intelligence and Anal- involved in the operations of each such limit executive transportation. ysis of the Department shall submit to the camp, including as an end user or source of (6) A description of the status and effec- congressional intelligence committees a re- any good or products used in, or produced by, tiveness of efforts to limit the purchase of port for such fiscal year on each intelligence in such camp; extraneous promotional items, such as activity of each intelligence component of (F) information identifying individuals and plaques, clothing, and commemorative the Department, as designated by the Under agencies responsible for conditions in each items. Secretary, that includes the following: such camp at all levels of the Government of (7) A description of the status and effec- (1) The amount of funding requested for North Korea; tiveness of efforts to consolidate and stream- each such intelligence activity. (G) a description of the conditions under line workforce training programs to focus on (2) The number of full-time employees which prisoners are confined, with respect to the highest priority workforce and mission funded to perform each such intelligence ac- the adequacy of food, shelter, medical care, needs. tivity. working conditions, and reports of ill-treat- (8) Such other matters relating to efforts (3) The number of full-time contractor em- ment of prisoners, at each such camp; and to reduce intelligence community adminis- ployees (or the equivalent of full-time in the (H) unclassified imagery, including sat- trative costs as the Director may specify for case of part-time contractor employees) ellite imagery, of each such camp. purposes of this section. funded to perform or in support of each such (c) FORM.—The report required by sub- SEC. 323. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF intelligence activity. section (a) shall be submitted in an unclassi- LAW OR EXECUTIVE ORDER. (4) A determination as to whether each fied form and may include a classified annex (a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National such intelligence activity is predominantly if necessary. Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is in support of national intelligence or depart- SEC. 326. ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OF DOMES- amended by adding at the end the following: mental missions. TIC OIL REFINERIES AND RELATED RAIL TRANSPORTATION INFRA- ‘‘SEC. 511. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF (5) The total number of analysts of the In- STRUCTURE. LAW OR EXECUTIVE ORDER. telligence Enterprise of the Department that (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Under Secretary of ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Di- perform— Homeland Security for Intelligence and rector of National Intelligence shall annu- (A) strategic analysis; or Analysis shall conduct an intelligence as- ally submit to the congressional intelligence (B) operational analysis. sessment of the security of domestic oil re- committees a report on violations of law or (b) FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY RE- fineries and related rail transportation infra- executive order relating to intelligence ac- PORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date structure. tivities by personnel of an element of the in- of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary (b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days telligence community that were identified of Homeland Security, acting through the after the date of the enactment of this Act, during the previous calendar year. Under Secretary for Intelligence and Anal- the Under Secretary of Homeland Security ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted ysis, shall submit to the congressional intel- for Intelligence and Analysis shall submit to under subsection (a) shall, consistent with ligence committees a report that— the congressional intelligence committees— the need to preserve ongoing criminal inves- (1) examines the feasibility and advis- (1) the results of the assessment required tigations, include a description of, and any ability of including the budget request for all under subsection (a); and action taken in response to, any violation of intelligence activities of each intelligence (2) any recommendations with respect to law or executive order (including Executive component of the Department that predomi- intelligence sharing or intelligence collec- Order No. 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note)) relating nantly support departmental missions, as tion to improve the security of domestic oil to intelligence activities committed by per- designated by the Under Secretary for Intel- refineries and related rail transportation in- sonnel of an element of the intelligence com- ligence and Analysis, in the Homeland Secu- frastructure to protect the communities sur- munity in the course of the employment of rity Intelligence Program; and rounding such refineries or such infrastruc- such personnel that, during the previous cal- (2) includes a plan to enhance the coordina- ture from potential harm that the Under endar year, was— tion of department-wide intelligence activi- Secretary considers appropriate. ‘‘(1) determined by the director, head, or ties to achieve greater efficiencies in the SEC. 327. ENHANCED CONTRACTOR LEVEL AS- general counsel of any element of the intel- performance of the Department of Homeland SESSMENTS FOR THE INTEL- ligence community to have occurred; Security intelligence functions. LIGENCE COMMUNITY. ‘‘(2) referred to the Department of Justice (c) INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT OF THE DE- Section 506B(c) of the National Security for possible criminal prosecution; or PARTMENT.—In this section, the term ‘‘intel- Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3098(c)) is amended— ‘‘(3) substantiated by the inspector general ligence component of the Department’’ has (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or con- of any element of the intelligence commu- the meaning given that term in section 2 of tracted’’; nity.’’. the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. (2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para- (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report re- 101). graph (13); and quired under section 511 of the National Se- SEC. 325. REPORT ON POLITICAL PRISON CAMPS (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol- curity Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a), IN NORTH KOREA. lowing: shall be submitted not later than one year (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National ‘‘(12) The best estimate of the number of after the date of the enactment of this Act. Intelligence, in consultation with the Sec- intelligence collectors and analysts con- (c) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days retary of State, shall submit to the congres- tracted by each element of the intelligence after the date of the enactment of this Act, sional intelligence committees, the Com- community and a description of the func- the Director of National Intelligence, in con- mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, tions performed by such contractors.’’. sultation with the head of each element of and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the SEC. 328. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF the intelligence community, shall— House of Representatives a report on polit- MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING (1) issue guidelines to carry out section 511 ical prison camps in North Korea. TO FACILITATE INTELLIGENCE- of the National Security Act of 1947, as added (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by sub- SHARING. by subsection (a); and section (a) shall— Not later than 90 days after the date of the (2) submit such guidelines to the congres- (1) describe the actions the United States enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary sional intelligence committees. is taking to support implementation of the of Homeland Security for Intelligence and (d) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The recommendations of the United Nations Analysis, in consultation with the Director table of sections in the first section of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and

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Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- (D) An assessment of the strengthening or f ernmental Affairs of the Senate, the Com- weakening of al-Qaeda and the groups re- AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO mittee on Homeland Security of the House of ferred to in subparagraph (B) from January MEET Representatives, the Committee on the Judi- 1, 2010, to the present, including a descrip- ciary of the Senate, and the Committee on tion of the metrics that are used to assess COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND the Judiciary of the House of Representa- strengthening or weakening and an assess- TRANSPORTATION tives an assessment of the efficacy of the ment of the relative increase or decrease in Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask memoranda of understanding signed between violent attacks attributed to such entities. unanimous consent that the Com- Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial (E) An assessment of whether or not an in- mittee on Commerce, Science, and agencies to facilitate intelligence-sharing dividual can be a member of al-Qaeda core if Transportation be authorized to meet within and separate from the Joint Ter- such individual is not located in Afghanistan on December 9, 2014, at 6 p.m., in room rorism Task Force. Such assessment shall or Pakistan. S–216 of the Capitol Building. include— (F) An assessment of whether or not an in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (1) any language within such memoranda dividual can be a member of al-Qaeda core as of understanding that prohibited or may be well as a member of a group referred to in objection, it is so ordered. construed to prohibit intelligence-sharing subparagraph (B). COMMITTEE ON FINANCE between Federal, State, local, tribal, and (G) A definition of defeat of core al-Qaeda. Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask territorial agencies; and (H) An assessment of the extent or coordi- unanimous consent that the Com- (2) any recommendations for memoranda nation, command, and control between core mittee on Finance be authorized to of understanding to better facilitate intel- al-Qaeda and the groups referred to in sub- meet during the session of the Senate ligence-sharing between Federal, State, paragraph (B), specifically addressing each on December 9, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in local, tribal, and territorial agencies. such group. room SD–215 of the Dirksen Senate Of- (I) An assessment of the effectiveness of SEC. 329. REPORT ON FOREIGN MAN-MADE ELEC- fice Building, to conduct a hearing en- TROMAGNETIC PULSE WEAPONS. counterterrorism operations against core al- titled ‘‘Social Security: Is a Key Foun- (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after Qaeda and the groups referred to in subpara- the date of the enactment of this Act, the graph (B), and whether such operations have dation of Economic Security Working Director of National Intelligence shall sub- had a sustained impact on the capabilities for Women?’’ mit to the congressional intelligence com- and effectiveness of core al-Qaeda and such The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mittees, the Committee on Armed Services groups. objection, it is so ordered. (4) FORM.—The report required by para- of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified Services of the House of Representatives a Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask report on the threat posed by man-made form, but may include a classified annex. (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS unanimous consent that the Com- electromagnetic pulse weapons to United mittee on Foreign Relations be author- States interests through 2025, including DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro- threats from foreign countries and foreign priate committees of Congress’’ means— ized to meet during the session of the non-State actors. (1) the congressional intelligence commit- Senate on December 9, 2014, at 2 p.m., tees; (b) FORM.—The report required under sub- to conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Author- (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified ization for the use of Military Force and the Committee on Armed Services of the form, but may include a classified annex. Senate; and Against ISIL SEC. 330. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTER- (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without TERRORISM STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, the Committee on Armed Services of the objection, it is so ordered. DISMANTLE, AND DEFEAT AL-QAEDA COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND ITS AFFILIATED OR ASSOCI- House of Representatives. ATED GROUPS. SEC. 331. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON RETRAINING Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask VETERANS IN CYBERSECURITY. (a) REPORT.— unanimous consent that the Com- Not later than 180 days after the date of (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days mittee on the Judiciary be authorized the enactment of this Act, the Director of after the date of the enactment of this Act, National Intelligence, in consultation with to meet during the session of the Sen- the Director of National Intelligence shall the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of ate on December 9, 2014, at 10 a.m., in submit to the appropriate committees of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of Home- room SD–226 of the Dirksen Senate Of- Congress a comprehensive report on the land Security, shall submit to Congress a fice Building, to conduct a hearing en- United States counterterrorism strategy to feasibility study on retraining veterans and disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and titled ‘‘Campus Sexual Assault: the retired members of elements of the intel- Roles and Responsibilities of Law En- its affiliated or associated groups. ligence community in cybersecurity. (2) COORDINATION.—The report required by forcement.’’ paragraph (1) shall be prepared in coordina- f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion with the Secretary of State, the Sec- NOTICE OF HEARING objection, it is so ordered. retary of the Treasury, the Attorney Gen- SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION, CIVIL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL eral, and the Secretary of Defense, and the RIGHTS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS head of any other department or agency of RESOURCES Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask the United States Government that has re- unanimous consent that the Com- sponsibility for activities directed at com- would like to announce for the infor- bating al-Qaeda and its affiliated or associ- mation of the Senate and the public mittee on the Judiciary, Sub- ated groups. that a business meeting has been committee on the Constitution, Civil (3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by scheduled before the Committee on En- Rights, and Human Rights, be author- paragraph (1) shall include the following: ergy and Natural Resources. The busi- ized to meet during the session of the (A) A definition of— ness meeting will be held on Wednes- Senate on December 9, 2014, at 2:30 (i) al-Qaeda core, including a list of which day, December 10, 2014, at 10 a.m., room p.m., in room SH–216 of the Hart Sen- known individuals constitute al-Qaeda core; SD–366 of the Dirksen Senate Office ate Office Building, to conduct a hear- (ii) an affiliated group of al-Qaeda, includ- ing entitled ‘‘The State of Civil and ing a list of which known groups constitute Building. The purpose of the business an affiliate group of al-Qaeda; meeting is to consider the nomination Human Rights in the United States.’’ (iii) an associated group of al-Qaeda, in- of Colette D. Honorable to be a Member The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cluding a list of which known groups con- of the Federal Energy Regulatory Com- objection, it is so ordered. stitute an associated group of al-Qaeda; and mission. SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, (iv) a group aligned with al-Qaeda, includ- Because of the limited time available AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ing a description of what actions a group for the hearing, witnesses may testify Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask takes or statements it makes that qualify it by invitation only. However, those unanimous consent that the Com- as a group aligned with al-Qaeda. wishing to submit written testimony mittee on Banking, Housing, and (B) A list of any other group, including the Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Hous- organization that calls itself the Islamic for the hearing record should send it to State (also known as ‘‘ISIS’’ or ‘‘ISIL’’), that the Committee on Energy and Natural ing, Transportation, and Community adheres to the core mission of al-Qaeda, or Resources, United States Senate, Development be authorized to meet who espouses the same violent jihad ideology Washington, DC 20510–6150, or by email during the session of the Senate on De- as al-Qaeda. to [email protected]. cember 9, 2014, at 11 a.m., to conduct a

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:41 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE6.019 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6463 hearing entitled ‘‘Inequality, Oppor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (9) supports tunity, and the Housing Market.’’ objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The bill (H.R. 1067) was ordered to a is no further debate, the question is on objection, it is so ordered. third reading, was read the third time, agreeing to the resolution, as amended. SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS and passed. The resolution (S. Res. 413), as AND ORGANIZATIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOC- f amended, was agreed to. RACY, AND GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask DORIS MILLER DEPARTMENT OF Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Coons VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL unanimous consent that the Com- amendment to the preamble be agreed CENTER mittee on Foreign Relations be author- to, the preamble, as amended, be ized to meet during the session of the Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask agreed to, and the motions to recon- Senate on December 9, 2014, at 10 a.m., unanimous consent that the Com- sider be considered made and laid upon to hold an International Operations mittee on Veterans’ Affairs be dis- the table with no intervening action or and Organizations, Human Rights, De- charged from further consideration of debate. mocracy, and Global Women’s Issues H.R. 4199 and the Senate proceed to its The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without subcommittee hearing entitled ‘‘ISIL’s immediate consideration. objection, it is so ordered. Reign of Terror: Confronting the Grow- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The amendment (No. 3994) was agreed ing Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq and objection, it is so ordered. to, as follows: Syria.’’ The clerk will report the bill by title. (Purpose: To amend the preamble) The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The legislative clerk read as follows: Amend the twelfth whereas clause of the objection, it is so ordered. A bill (H.R. 4199) to name the Department preamble to read as follows: f of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Whereas, in September 2005, the United Texas, as the ‘‘Doris Miller Department of States joined other members of the United PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR Veterans Affairs Medical Center.’’ Nations in adopting United Nations General Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask There being no objection, the Senate Assembly Resolution 60/1, which affirmed unanimous consent that Kelly Tribble proceeded to consider the bill. that the international community has a re- Spencer, a detailee in my office, be Mr. SCHATZ. I ask unanimous con- sponsibility to use appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other peaceful means to granted privileges of the floor for the sent that the bill be read a third time help protect populations from genocide, war remainder of the 113th Congress. and passed, and the motion to recon- crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sider be considered made and laid upon humanity; objection, it is so ordered. the table with no intervening action or The preamble, as amended, was Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask debate. agreed to. unanimous consent that William The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (The resolution, as amended, with its Conlon, an intern in my personal of- objection, it is so ordered. preamble, as amended, will be printed fice, be granted floor privileges for De- The bill (H.R. 4199) was ordered to a in a future edition of the RECORD.) cember 11, 2014. third reading, was read the third time, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and passed. f objection, it is so ordered. f INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION Mr. KING. Mr. President, I ask unan- ACT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2014 imous consent that James Reeve, a de- RECOGNIZING 20 YEARS SINCE THE AND 2015 GENOCIDE IN RWANDA fense fellow in Senator KAINE’s office, Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask be granted floor privileges for the dura- Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Intelligence tion of the 113th Congress. unanimous consent that the Senate Committee be discharged from further The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without proceed to the immediate consider- consideration of H.R. 4681 and the Sen- objection, it is so ordered. ation of Calendar No. 363, S. Res. 413. ate proceed to its consideration. Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without unanimous consent that Alison clerk will report the resolution by objection, it is so ordered. Mueller, of the Committee on Small title. The clerk will report the bill by title. Business and Entrepreneurship, be The legislative clerk read as follows: The legislative clerk read as follows: granted floor privileges for the rest of A resolution (S. Res. 413) recognizing 20 A bill (H.R. 4681) to authorize appropria- December 9, 2014. years since the genocide in Rwanda, and af- tions for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for intel- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without firming it is in the national interest of the ligence and intelligence-related activities of objection, it is so ordered. United States to work in close coordination the United States Government, the Commu- with international partners to help prevent f nity Management Account, and the Central and mitigate acts of genocide and mass Intelligence Agency Retirement and Dis- MAKING REVISIONS TO TITLE 36 atrocities. ability System, and for other purposes. UNITED STATES CODE There being no objection, the Senate There being no objection, the Senate Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask proceeded to consider the resolution. proceeded to consider the bill. unanimous consent that the Judiciary Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask Mr. SCHATZ. I ask unanimous con- Committee be discharged from further unanimous consent that the Coons sent that the Feinstein substitute consideration of H.R. 1067 and the Sen- amendment to the resolution, which is amendment, which is at the desk, be ate proceed to its immediate consider- at the desk, be agreed to and the Sen- agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read ation. ate proceed to vote on the resolution, a third time, and the Senate proceed to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without as amended. vote on passage. objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The clerk will report the bill by title. objection, it is so ordered. objection, it so ordered. The legislative clerk read as follows: The amendment (No. 3993) was agreed The amendment (No. 3995) in the na- A bill (H.R. 1067) to make revisions in title to, as follows: ture of a substitute was agreed to. 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep (Purpose: To provide that nothing in the res- (The amendment is printed in today’s the title current and make technical correc- olution shall be construed as an authoriza- RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) tions and improvements. tion for the use of force or a declaration of The amendment was ordered to be There being no objection, the Senate war) engrossed, and the bill to be read a proceeded to consider the bill. On page 6, beginning on line 14, strike third time. Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask ‘‘events; and’’ and all that follows through The bill was read the third time. ‘‘(8) supports’’ on line 15 and insert the fol- unanimous consent that the bill be lowing: ‘‘events; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing read a third time and passed, and the (8) clarifies that nothing in this resolution no further debate, the bill having been motion to reconsider be considered shall be construed as an authorization for read the third time, the question is, made and laid upon the table. the use of force or a declaration of war; and Shall the bill pass?

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:41 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE6.029 S09DEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S6464 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 9, 2014 The bill (H.R. 4681), as amended, was Section 104. Intelligence Community Manage- an analysis of private sector policies and passed. ment Account procedures for countering insider threats. Mr. SCHATZ. I ask unanimous con- Section 104 authorizes appropriations for Section 309. Procedures for the retention of inci- sent that the motion to reconsider be the Intelligence Community Management dentally acquired communications made and laid upon the table with no Account (ICMA) of the DNI and sets the au- Section 309 requires the head of each ele- thorized personnel levels for the elements ment of the IC to adopt Attorney General- intervening action or debate. within the ICMA for Fiscal Year 2015. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without approved procedures that govern the reten- TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY tion of nonpublic telephone or electronic objection, it is so ordered. RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM communications acquired without consent of f Section 201. Authorization of appropriations a person who is a party to the communica- Section 201 authorizes appropriations in tions, including communications in elec- JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT the amount of $514,000,000 for Fiscal Year tronic storage. TO ACCOMPANY THE INTEL- 2015 for the Central Intelligence Agency Re- The procedures required under this section LIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT tirement and Disability Fund. shall apply to any intelligence activity that is reasonably anticipated to result in the ac- FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS quisition of such telephone or electronic The following consists of the explanatory SUBTITLE A—GENERAL MATTERS communications to or from a United States material to accompany the Intelligence Au- Section 301. Increase in employee compensation person not otherwise authorized by court thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. and benefits authorized by law order, subpoena, or similar legal process, re- This joint explanatory statement shall Section 301 provides that funds authorized gardless of the location where the collection have the same effect with respect to the im- to be appropriated by the Act for salary, pay, occurs. The procedures shall prohibit the re- plementation of this Act as if it were a joint retirement, and other benefits for federal tention of such telephone or electronic com- explanatory statement of a committee of employees may be increased by such addi- munications for a period in excess of five conference. tional or supplemental amounts as may be years, unless the communications are deter- This explanatory statement is accom- necessary for increases in compensation or mined to fall within one of several cat- panied by a classified annex that contains a benefits authorized by law. egories, enumerated in subsection (b)(3)(B), classified Schedule of Authorizations. The Section 302. Restriction on conduct of intel- for which retention in excess of five years is classified Schedule of Authorizations is in- ligence activities authorized, to include communications that corporated by reference in the Act and has Section 302 provides that the authorization have been affirmatively determined to con- the legal status of public law. of appropriations by the Act shall not be stitute foreign intelligence or counterintel- The classified annex and classified Sched- deemed to constitute authority for the con- ligence, communications that are reasonably ule of Authorizations are the result of nego- duct of any intelligence activity that is not believed to constitute evidence of a crime tiations between the Senate Select Com- otherwise authorized by the Constitution or and are retained by a law enforcement agen- mittee on Intelligence and the House Perma- laws of the United States. cy, and communications that are enciphered nent Select Committee on Intelligence to Section 303. National intelligence strategy or reasonably believed to have a secret reconcile differences in their respective meaning. Section 303 amends the National Security versions of the Intelligence Authorization Because it may be necessary in certain in- Act of 1947 to require the DNI to develop a Act for Fiscal Year 2015. The congressionally stances for IC elements to retain commu- comprehensive national intelligence strat- directed actions described in Senate Report nications covered by this section for a period egy every four years beginning in 2017. No. 113–233, the classified annex that accom- in excess of five years that do not fall into panied Senate Report No. 113–233, and the Section 304. Software licensing the categories specifically enumerated in classified annex that accompanied House Re- Section 304 amends Section 109 of the Na- subsection (b)(3)(B), subsection (b)(3)(B)(vii) port No. 113–463 should be carried out to the tional Security Act of 1947, which requires provides flexibility for the head of each ele- extent they are not amended, altered, sub- chief information officers within the IC to ment of the intelligence community to au- stituted, or otherwise specifically addressed prepare biennial inventories and assessments thorize such extended retention where the in either this Joint Explanatory Statement concerning the use and procurement of soft- head of the element determines that it is or in the classified annex to this Statement. ware licenses, to make certain enhance- necessary to protect the national security of SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS AND ments to the biennial assessments required the United States. In the absence of such a EXPLANATION under Section 109. determination, Section 309 is intended to es- The following is a section-by-section anal- Section 305. Reporting of certain employment tablish a default rule for intelligence collec- ysis and explanation of the Intelligence Au- activities by former intelligence officers and tion activities, not otherwise authorized by thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. employees legal process, that requires agencies to de- Section 305 requires the head of each ele- lete communications covered by this section TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ment of the IC to issue regulations that re- after five years, unless a determination is Section 101. Authorization of appropriations quire an employee occupying positions with made that the communications constitute Section 101 lists the United States Govern- access to particularly sensitive information foreign intelligence or counterintelligence or ment departments, agencies, and other ele- within such element to sign a written agree- otherwise meet the retention requirements ments for which the Act authorizes appro- ment that requires the regular reporting of set forth in this section. priations for intelligence and intelligence-re- any employment by, representation of, or Section 310. Clarification of limitation of review lated activities for Fiscal Year 2015. the provision of advice relating to national to retaliatory security clearance or access Section 102. Classified Schedule of Authoriza- security to the government of a foreign determinations tions country, or any person whose activities are Section 310 makes a technical amendment Section 102 provides that the details of the supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or to Section 3001(b)(7) of the Intelligence Re- amounts authorized to be appropriated for subsidized by any government of a foreign form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to intelligence and intelligence-related activi- country, for a two-year period after the em- clarify that the policies and procedures pre- ties and the applicable personnel levels by ployee ceases employment with the IC ele- scribed by that section (to permit individ- program for Fiscal Year 2015 are contained in ment. uals to appeal adverse security clearance or the classified Schedule of Authorizations and Section 306. Inclusion of Predominantly Black access determinations) are only required to that the classified Schedule of Authoriza- Institutions in intelligence officer training apply to adverse security clearance or access tions shall be made available to the Commit- program determinations alleged to be in reprisal for tees on Appropriations of the Senate and Section 306 amends the National Security having made a protected whistleblower dis- House of Representatives and to the Presi- Act of 1947 to include predominantly black closure. dent. institutions in the intelligence officer train- Section 311. Feasibility study on consolidating Section 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments ing programs established under Section 1024 classified databases of cyber threat indica- of the Act. tors and malware samples Section 103 is intended to provide addi- Section 307. Management and oversight of fi- tional flexibility to the DNI in managing the Section 307 requires the DNI to conduct a nancial intelligence civilian personnel of the Intelligence Com- feasibility study on consolidating classified munity (IC). Section 103 provides that the Section 307 requires the DNI to prepare a databases of cyber threat indicators and DNI may authorize employment of civilian plan for management of the elements of the malware samples in the IC and to provide a personnel in Fiscal Year 2015 in excess of the IC that carry out financial intelligence ac- report to the congressional intelligence com- number of authorized positions by an tivities. mittees summarizing the feasibility study. amount not exceeding three percent of the Section 308. Analysis of private sector policies Section 312. Sense of Congress on cybersecurity total limit applicable to each IC element and procedures for countering insider threat and cybercrime cooperation with under Section 102. The DNI may do so only if threats Ukraine necessary to the performance of important Section 308 directs the DNI to submit to Section 312 expresses the sense of Congress intelligence functions. the congressional intelligence committees concerning cybersecurity threat and

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Mr. President, I ask and Analysis. It has not been used to fund Federation is occupied by a citizen of the unanimous consent that the Senate the activities of the non-IC components in United States who has passed a background proceed to the immediate consider- the DHS that conduct intelligence-related check and to provide Congress with a plan to ation of Calendar No. 616, H. Con. Res. activities. As a result, there is no com- further reduce reliance on locally employed 107. prehensive reporting to Congress regarding staff. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the overall resources and personnel required Section 314. Inclusion of Sensitive Compart- in support of the Department’s intelligence clerk will report the concurrent resolu- mented Information Facilities in United activities. tion by title. States diplomatic facilities in the Russian The legislative clerk read as follows: Section 325. Report on political prison camps in Federation and adjacent countries A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 107) North Korea Section 314 requires that each U.S. diplo- denouncing the use of civilians as human matic facility that is constructed in, or un- Section 325 requires the DNI to submit a shields by Hamas and other terrorist organi- dergoes a construction upgrade in, the Rus- report on political prison camps in North zations in violation of international humani- sian Federation, any country that shares a Korea to the congressional intelligence com- tarian law. land border with the Russian Federation, or mittees. There being no objection, the Senate any country that is a former member of the Section 326. Assessment of security of domestic proceeded to consider the concurrent Soviet Union, shall be constructed to include oil refineries and related rail transportation resolution, which had been reported a Sensitive Compartmented Information Fa- infrastructure from the Committee on Foreign Rela- cility. The Secretary of State may waive the Section 326 requires the Under Secretary of tions, with an amendment and an requirements of this section upon a deter- Homeland Security for Intelligence and amendment to the preamble and an mination that it is in the national security Analysis to conduct an intelligence assess- interest of the United States. amendment to the title. ment of the security of domestic oil refin- (Strike out all after the resolving SUBTITLE B—REPORTING eries and related rail transportation infra- clause and insert the part printed in structure. Section 321. Report on declassification process italic.) Section 321 requires the DNI to submit a Section 327. Enhanced contractor level assess- (Strike the preamble and insert the report to Congress describing proposals to ments for the intelligence community part printed in italic.) improve the declassification process and Section 327 amends the National Security H. CON. RES. 107 steps the IC could take or legislation that Act of 1947 to require that the annual per- Whereas the use of human shields is uncon- may be necessary, to enable the National De- sonnel level assessments for the IC, required scionable and morally unacceptable; classification Center to better accomplish under Section 506B of the Act, include a sep- Whereas since June 15, 2014, there have been the missions assigned to the Center by Exec- arate estimate of the number of intelligence over 2,000 rockets fired by Hamas and other ter- utive Order 13526. collectors and analysts contracted by each rorist organizations from Gaza into Israel; element of the IC and a description of the Section 322. Report on intelligence community Whereas Hamas uses civilian populations as functions performed by such contractors. efficient spending targets human shields by placing their missile batteries Section 322 requires the DNI to submit a Section 328. Assessment of the efficacy of memo- in densely populated areas and near schools, report to the congressional intelligence com- randa of understanding to facilitate intel- hospitals, and mosques; mittees on the status and effectiveness of ef- ligence-sharing Whereas Israel dropped leaflets, made an- forts to reduce administrative costs for the Section 328 requires the Under Secretary of nouncements, placed phone calls, and sent text IC during the preceding year. Homeland Security for Intelligence and messages to the Palestinian people in Gaza Section 323. Annual report on violations of law Analysis to provide appropriate congres- warning them in advance that an attack was or executive order sional committees with an assessment of the imminent, and went to extraordinary lengths to target only terrorist actors and to minimize col- Section 323 requires the DNI to report an- efficacy of the memoranda of understanding lateral damage; nually to the congressional intelligence com- signed between Federal, State, local, tribal, Whereas Hamas urged the residents of Gaza to mittees on violations of law or executive and territorial agencies to facilitate intel- ignore the Israeli warnings and to remain in order by personnel of an element of the IC ligence-sharing within and separate from the their houses and encouraged Palestinians to that were identified during the previous cal- Joint Terrorism Task Force. This study gather on the roofs of their homes to act as endar year. Under the National Security Act, should help identify any obstacles to intel- human shields; the President is required to keep the con- ligence sharing between agencies, particu- Whereas on July 23, 2014, the 46-Member UN gressional intelligence committees fully and larly any obstacles that might have impeded Human Rights Council passed a resolution to currently informed of the intelligence activi- intelligence sharing in the wake of the April form a commission of inquiry over Israel’s oper- ties of the United States government. None- 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon, and ations in Gaza that completely fails to condemn theless, this annual reporting requirement is find improvements to existing intelligence Hamas for its indiscriminate rocket attacks and necessary to ensure that the intelligence sharing relationships. its unconscionable use of human shields, with oversight committees of the House and Sen- Section 329. Report on foreign man-made elec- the United States being the lone dissenting vote; ate are made fully aware of violations of law tromagnetic pulse weapons Whereas public reports have cited the role of or executive order, including, in particular, Section 329 requires the DNI to provide ap- Iran and Syria in providing material support violations of Executive order 12333 for activi- propriate congressional committees with a and training to Hamas and other terrorist ties not otherwise subject to the Foreign In- report on the threat posed by manmade elec- groups carrying out rocket and mortar attacks telligence Surveillance Act. tromagnetic pulse weapons to United States from Gaza; Section 324. Annual report on intelligence ac- interests through 2025. Whereas throughout the summer of 2006 con- tivities of the Department of Homeland Se- Section 330. Report on United States counterter- flict between the State of Israel and the terrorist curity rorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and organization Hezbollah, Hezbollah forces uti- Section 324 requires the Under Secretary defeat al-Qaeda and its affiliated or associ- lized innocent civilians as human shields; for Intelligence and Analysis of the DHS to ated groups Whereas al Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Islamic State provide the congressional intelligence com- Section 330 requires the DNI to provide ap- of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and other foreign mittees with a report on each intelligence propriate congressional committees with a terrorist organizations typically use innocent ci- activity of each intelligence component of report on the United States counterter- vilians as human shields; the Department that includes, among other rorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and Whereas the United States and Israel have co- things, the amount of funding requested, the defeat al Qaeda and its affiliated or associ- operated on missile defense projects, including number of full-time employees, and the num- ated groups. Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and the Arrow Anti- ber of full-time contractor employees. In ad- Missile System, projects designed to thwart a di- dition, Section 324 requires the Secretary of Section 331. Feasibility study on retraining vet- verse range of threats, including short-range Homeland Security to submit to the congres- erans in cybersecurity missiles and rockets fired by non-state actors, sional intelligence committees a report that Section 331 requires the DNI to submit to such as Hamas; examines the feasibility and advisability of Congress a feasibility study on retraining Whereas the United States provided consolidating the planning, programming, veterans and retired members of elements of $460,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 for Iron Dome re- and resourcing of such activities within the the IC in cybersecurity. search, development, and production;

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Con. ceedings be approved to date, and the tacks from Gaza, Iron Dome successfully inter- Res. 107), as amended, was agreed to. time for the two leaders be reserved for cepted dozens of rockets that were launched The committee-reported amendment their use later in the day; and that fol- against Israeli population centers; and Whereas 5,000,000 Israelis are currently living to the preamble in the nature of a sub- lowing any leader remarks, the Senate under the threat of rocket attacks from Gaza: stitute was agreed to. resume consideration of the motion to Now, therefore, be it The preamble, as amended, was concur in the House message to accom- Resolved by the House of Representatives (the agreed to. pany H.R. 3979. Senate concurring), The committee-reported amendment The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without That Congress— to the title was agreed to, as follows: objection, it is so ordered. (1) strongly condemns the use of innocent ci- Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A concur- vilians as human shields; (2) calls on the international community to rent resolution denouncing the use of civil- f recognize and condemn Hamas’ use of human ians as human shields by Hamas and other terrorist organizations.’’. shields; ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. (3) places responsibility for the rocket attacks f against Israel on Hamas and other terrorist or- TOMORROW MEASURE READ THE FIRST ganizations, such as Palestine Islamic Jihad; Mr. SCHATZ. If there is no further TIME—S. 2992 (4) supports the sovereign right of the Govern- business to come before the Senate, I ment of Israel to defend its territory and its citi- Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I under- zens from Hamas’ rocket attacks, kidnapping at- ask unanimous consent that it adjourn tempts, and the use of tunnels and other means stand that S. 2992, introduced earlier under the previous order. to carry out attacks against Israel; today by Senator GILLIBRAND, is at the There being no objection, the Senate, (5) expresses condolences to the families of the desk and I ask for its first reading. at 8:53 p.m., adjourned until Wednes- innocent victims on both sides of the conflict; The PRESIDING OFFICER. The day, December 10, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. (6) supports Palestinian civilians who reject clerk will read the bill by title for the Hamas and all forms of terrorism and violence, first time. desiring to live in peace with their Israeli neigh- f bors; The assistant legislative clerk read (7) supports efforts to demilitarize the Gaza as follows: CONFIRMATIONS Strip, removing Hamas’s means to target Israel, A bill (S. 2992) to amend title 10, United including its use of tunnels, rockets, and other States Code, to reform procedures for deter- Executive nominations confirmed by means; and minations to proceed to trial by court-mar- the Senate December 9, 2014: (8) condemns the United Nations Human tial for certain offenses under the Uniform POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Rights Council’s biased resolution establishing a Code of Military Justice, and for other pur- TONY HAMMOND, OF MISSOURI, TO BE A COMMIS- commission of inquiry into Israel’s Gaza oper- poses. SIONER OF THE POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR ations. A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 14, 2018. Mr. SCHATZ. I ask unanimous con- Mr. SCHATZ. I now ask for its second NANCI E. LANGLEY, OF HAWAII, TO BE A COMMIS- SIONER OF THE POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR sent that the committee-reported reading and object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 22, 2018. amendment to the resolution be agreed TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY to, the resolution, as amended, be tion is heard. The bill will be read for the second VIRGINIA TYLER LODGE, OF TENNESSEE, TO BE A MEM- agreed to, and that the committee-re- BER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TENNESSEE ported amendment to the preamble be time on the next legislative day. VALLEY AUTHORITY FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 18, 2019. RONALD ANDERSON WALTER, OF TENNESSEE, TO BE A agreed to, the preamble, as amended, f MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEN- be agreed to, and that the committee- NESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FOR A TERM EXPIRING ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2019. reported amendment to the title be DECEMBER 10, 2014 agreed to, and that the motions to re- DEPARTMENT OF STATE consider be considered made and laid Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask PETER MICHAEL MCKINLEY, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER unanimous consent that when the Sen- MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF upon the table. MINISTER–COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ate completes its business today, it ad- DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES journ until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, De- OF AMERICA TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANI- objection, it is so ordered. STAN. The committee-reported amendment cember 10, 2014; that following the RICHARD RAHUL VERMA, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AM- prayer and pledge, the morning hour be BASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF in the nature of a substitute was THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF agreed to. deemed expired, the Journal of pro- INDIA.

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HONORING CONGRESSMAN TOM president and the first African American presi- tions between physicians and management, LATHAM ON HIS RETIREMENT dent in the history of the organization. contained costs while increasing productivity, Throughout his distinguished career, Mr. and helped develop a strategic plan for the SPEECH OF Antoine has used his success to empower combined hospitals. Under his leadership a those around him. Well known by his friends new 241 bed acute care facility, Mills-Penin- HON. JOHN A. BOEHNER and family for a seemingly inexhaustible sula Medical Center was constructed. It is a OF OHIO amount of energy, Mr. Antoine spends much state-of-the-art, $640 million, 450,000 square IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of his weekends volunteering at his local foot facility that is a source of pride to our en- Monday, December 8, 2014 church as a deacon and assistant pastor, in tire community. addition to also mentoring youth. Bob Merwin is married to Jean Merwin and Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, I rise On many weeknights, he can be found he is the father of Michael and Megan. He en- today to honor my friend and colleague, the teaching real estate classes, where he passes joys golf, tennis and photography. gentleman from Iowa, Mr. LATHAM. I know my on the practical business skills he has accu- Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of Rep- colleagues will agree that his retirement is a mulated through years of shaping the Atlanta resentatives to join me in honoring Bob loss for the House and his constituents. real estate market. Merwin for his stellar career in hospital man- Ten times beginning in 1994, the people of When Hurricane Katrina decimated his agement and for his extraordinary contribu- Iowa had the wisdom to send a good man to hometown of New Orleans, Mr. Antoine took tions to our community and our country. Washington. in over 40 friends and relatives whose homes He brought with him true and much-needed and livelihoods had been destroyed by the f Iowa values, fighting the good fight for indi- flood waters. vidual liberty, fiscal responsibility, and eco- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to not only honor MEDICAID AND WOMEN’S HEALTH nomic opportunity. the impressive achievements of this man and His work on the Appropriations Committee his recent election as the President of the At- HON. DAVID LOEBSACK for first responders, the Iowa National Guard, lanta Board of Realtors, but also to commend OF IOWA agriculture, and education will long outlast his compassionate contributions to my Con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES him—a legacy of leadership many aspire to, gressional district and to the great State of but few truly achieve. Georgia. I ask my colleagues to join me in Tuesday, December 9, 2014 venerating this distinguished individual. In addition, as the House is well-aware, Mr. Mr. LOEBSACK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today LATHAM is my best friend. This, like all his f to urge my colleagues to act before the end of other duties, he has handled with grace and this year to improve access to care for low-in- good humor. TRIBUTE TO ROBERT MERWIN CEO OF MILLS-PENINSULA HEALTH come women in America. The Medicaid pri- On behalf of the House, I thank Mr. LATHAM SERVICES ON THE OCCASION OF mary care bump, which expires on December for his service and wish him and his wife, HIS RETIREMENT 31st, should be extended and must be ex- Kathy, all the best. panded to include women’s health. f The current program has improved access HON. ANNA G. ESHOO to care for low-income Americans by increas- TRIBUTE TO MR. ENNIS ANTOINE OF CALIFORNIA ing reimbursement for primary care and vac- JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cine administration codes in Medicaid to Medi- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 care levels. However, women’s health was left HON. DAVID SCOTT Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor out of the original provision. I think it is critical OF GEORGIA the accomplished career of a distinguished that we correct this oversight. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Californian, Mr. Robert Merwin of San Mateo Ob-gyns deliver primary and preventative care to women, and an ob-gyn is often the Tuesday, December 9, 2014 County, who is retiring at the end of 2014 from his position as Chief Executive Officer of Mills- only doctor a woman sees on a regular basis. Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Peninsula Health Services, a post he has held In Iowa, Ob-gyns are considered primary care I rise today to pay tribute to the accomplish- since January, 1996. under our state Medicaid program. However, ments of a dear friend and colleague, Mr. A resident of San Carlos, California, Bob the federal law as written says they are not, Ennis Antoine Jr. Over the last twenty years, Merwin is a 1971 graduate of the United making it harder for low-income women to get Mr. Antoine has left an indelible impression on States International University, and earned his needed care. Extending and expanding the the city of Atlanta, Georgia through his entre- M.B.A. from UCLA in 1973. He began his ca- Medicaid primary care access bump would preneurial advances in real estate and philan- reer in hospital management in 1973 as As- make care available to women in need. thropic endeavors. sistant Executive Director of the Long Beach In Iowa, providers receive only 77% in Med- Whether it be in his church, his community, Community Hospital. He progressed up the icaid reimbursement compared to Medicare for or business, Mr. Antoine strives to turn any corporate ladder at Long Beach, joined Pacific primary services. This affects a physician’s challenge into an opportunity. In 2004, Mr. Presbyterian Medical Center, then came to willingness to accept new Medicaid patients, Antoine moved from a promising career in Mills-Peninsula in 1987 as Executive Vice and 23% of women Medicaid beneficiaries re- journalism to pursue his passions in the realm President and Chief Operations Officer. port problems with finding a new doctor who of real estate, marking the beginning of a ca- Bob Merwin has served our community as a will accept their insurance due to low Medicaid reer that would be recognized as among the member of the San Mateo Rotary Club, the payment rates, compared to 7% of Medicare most prolific in the booming real estate market American College of Health Care Executives, beneficiaries and 13% of women with private of Atlanta. Later, in 2008, Mr. Antoine made as Chair of the West Bay Hospital Con- insurance. history by becoming the first African American ference, and Chair of the Hospital Consortium I support extending the Medicaid primary to be honored with the Realtor of the Year of San Mateo County. care access bump and expanding it to include award for his outstanding commercial accom- He is a past director of the American Red women’s health so that all Iowa women can plishments during a time in which Georgia was Cross Bay Area and a member of the Finance access the critical primary and preventative still reeling from the Great Recession. Re- Committee of the Health Plan of San Mateo. care services they need. I would like to thank cently, the Atlanta Board of Realtors elected to Mills-Peninsula has thrived under Bob colleagues of both parties for introducing legis- honor Mr. Antoine by making him their 90th Merwin’s leadership. He has improved rela- lation to do just this.

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In 1980, David Tuesday, December 9, 2014 On behalf of the residents of the Twenty- became an Industrial Specialist and has Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Second Congressional District of Texas, con- served in that capacity until the present time. I rise today to honor retired United States gratulations to the Pearland Patriots for win- During his time with the Department of De- Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 William C. Smith ning the Bay Area Football League champion- fense, Mr. Glowinski built up a reputation for who passed away on Friday, November 28, ship. We look forward to their continued suc- being an outstanding worker and vigilant stew- 2014. cess both on and off the field. ard of resources. David was well known for his William ‘‘Bill’’ Smith made the decision at a f superior technical skills and constantly relied young age to join the military and serve our on for his technical expertise at General Dy- country. After graduating from high school, he HONORING BARBARA BAYMON namics. He was often called upon to complete enlisted to serve in the United States Army. complex delivery predictions and notices for Soon after joining the Army, Bill came back HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON Top 500 contractors. In addition, Mr. Glowinski home to marry his 3rd grade sweetheart, OF MISSISSIPPI managed expedited customer requests which Mona Joye Swanson of Mount Jewett, Penn- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES assisted early delivery in support of critical worldwide missions. Because of his dedica- sylvania. He was named Honor Graduate in Tuesday, December 9, 2014 1951 at his graduation from the Non-Commis- tion, Mr. Glowinski was recognized for out- sioned Officer (NCO) Academy, achieving the Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- standing performance in each of his 37 years highest grades in all phases of the course. He er, I rise today to honor Ms. Barbara Baymon at General Dynamics. also attended Winona State University in Min- who is a remarkable Leader and Public Serv- I take great honor in congratulating Mr. nesota. Bill continued to serve in the Army for ant. Glowinski on his retirement from federal serv- 22 years at duty stations in New York, Massa- Ms. Barbara Baymon holds a B.A. degree in ice. His career with the Defense Contract chusetts, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Penn- Speech Communication from Mississippi Val- Management Agency has been exceptional. I sylvania, Minnesota, Germany, and Korea. ley State University and an M.A. degree from offer my thanks for his service to our country, In his later military years, he served in Arkansas State University. and I wish him the best in retirement. Bravo Battery, 3rd battalion (Hercules), 68th Ms. Baymon teaches a variety of speech f courses in the department of Communication Artillery, Army Air Defense Command, as a HONORING THE FRALINGER and is also the Director of Theater. She is the Nike missile technician, and retired as a Chief STRING BAND’S 100TH ANNIVER- Coordinator for the Speech Communication Warrant Officer 2. During his service he was SARY awarded with an Army Commendation Medal, major. National Defense Service Medal, Army Forces Each semester, Ms. Baymon directs one or HON. ROBERT A. BRADY Reserve Medal, and an Expert Missile Man more productions that features MVSU stu- OF PENNSYLVANIA Badge. dents and is performed on campus and on the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES After leaving the military in 1968, Bill ac- road. Her duties also include serving on var- cepted a job with Texas Instruments (TI) and ious departmental and university committees. Tuesday, December 9, 2014 the family settled in Plano, Texas. He worked Ms. Baymon is also active in her commu- Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I for TI until 1990, when he retired after 22 nity. She is an Alderwoman for Isola and rise today to honor the Fralinger String Band years, attaining the ‘‘Gold Badge’’ level. President of Humphrey County Hospital Board as it celebrates its 100th anniversary on De- On November 28, 2014, William Carl Smith of Directors. cember 18, 2014. was laid to rest. His legacy will live on for Her memberships include Alpha Kappa Mu The Fralinger String Band was founded on many generations, as Bill is survived by his Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, December 18, 1914 by a group of young men and Mona’s nine children, 20 grandchildren, Inc, Mississippi Theater Association, Mis- playing music on a street corner in South 24 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and sissippi Communication Association, Inter- Philadelphia where physician Dr. John nephews. He will forever be remembered as a national Communication Association and Fralinger operated a neighborhood drug store, caring man who cherished family values and Southern Conference on Afro-American Stud- in the heart of Pennsylvania’s 1st Congres- who was dedicated to serving our Great Na- ies, Inc. sional District. The doctor, known for his inter- tion. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me est in promoting promising youth, would spon- America thanks Bill and his family for their in recognizing Ms. Barbara Baymon, a leader sor the band. The J.J. Fralinger String Band service and sacrifice on behalf of our country. and public servant, for her dedication to serv- would make its debut in the New Year’s Day As I close, I ask everyone to continue pray- ing others and giving back to the African Mummers Parade, a Philadelphia tradition, on ing for our country during these difficult times. American community. January 1, 1915, just two weeks after its I also ask everyone to pray for our military f founding. men and women who protect us from external The band has won an unmatched 16 first- IN RECOGNITION OF DAVID E. threats and our first responders who protect place prizes in the Mummer’s Parade in the GLOWINSKI FOR 37 YEARS OF us from internal threats right here at home. last 50 years, and was the first string band to FEDERAL SERVICE IN THE DE- God bless our military men and women, and use the saxophone and the first to appear in FENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT God bless the United States of America. a major motion picture. The band served as a AGENCY f goodwill ambassador for Philadelphia and traveled throughout both the United States FUTURE PEARLAND FOOTBALL HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT and the world, in Miss America Pageant Pa- HEROES ARE YOUNG BUT MIGHTY OF PENNSYLVANIA rades, and the International Chinese New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Year Parade in Hong Kong. Over its 100-year history, the Fralinger HON. PETE OLSON Tuesday, December 9, 2014 OF TEXAS String Band has been led by the friends and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise family members of Dr. Fralinger and operates today to recognize the life’s work of David E. today as a non-profit corporation run entirely Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Glowinski. For the better part of four decades, by volunteers. The band’s clubhouse is still lo- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. Glowinski has served the Defense Con- cated in the heart of South Philadelphia, just congratulate the Pearland Patriots for winning tract Management Agency with distinction. On feet from the original Fralinger Pharmacy. the 2014 Bay Area Football League champion- January 2, 2015, Mr. Glowinski will retire from I invite you and all of my colleagues to join ship. federal service after more than 37 years. me in commemorating the 100th anniversary Their dominating victory caps off a year of David E. Glowinski was born in Wilkes- of the Fralinger String Band. May its commit- excellent performance against tough oppo- Barre, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Wilkes ment to performing for and entertaining people

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She was a tireless advocate for her OF TENNESSEE f members at the Associated General Contrac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JAMES L. OBERSTAR MEMORIAL tors of America and later at the National Retail Tuesday, December 9, 2014 HIGHWAY Federation. Many of us had the pleasure of Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I working with Kelly on tough policy issues over wish today to recognize one of the most ad- SPEECH OF the years, and we appreciated her patience, mired public servants in my District on the oc- HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON her perseverance and her friendship through all. casion of his 80th birthday. OF TEXAS Harry Wampler has served my State with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Kelly came to Washington, DC from Con- distinction for many decades, and he has one Monday, December 8, 2014 necticut with a bachelor’s degree from St. of the most well-known last names in my Dis- Mary’s College, Notre Dame in Indiana, and trict. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. she earned a master’s degree in political man- His family founded Wampler’s Sausage in Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. agement from George Washington University. 1937 with just $38 worth of supplies, and 4926 and to honor the life of a truly remark- She got her start on Capitol Hill with the late today, most folks in East Tennessee could able man that we lost this year, Jim Oberstar. Representative Mel Hancock from south- probably sing the Wampler’s Sausage jingle— This legislation would designate the ‘‘James L. western Missouri, and I’m sure it didn’t take ‘‘made on the farm in Tennessee.’’ Oberstar Memorial Highway’’ and the ‘‘James Wampler’s Sausage is an iconic Tennessee L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway’’ in the long for her colleagues in Mr. Hancock’s office company that Harry helped lead. During his State of Minnesota, but more importantly, it to recognize that Kelly was a team player and successful business career, he has also would honor the legacy of one of our most be- a quiet leader who was always eager to pitch served as President and CEO of Family loved former colleagues. in and help. Brands International and as a member of the Jim grew up appreciating the value of hard The staff and members of the Associated Board of Emeritus of Sun Trust Bank and the work and he innately understood the impor- General Contractors of America were fortunate Board of Trustees of Baptist Hospital. He is a tance of cultivating strong relationships and enough to work with Kelly through her mar- longtime member of the Civitan Club, serving tirelessly fighting for what was right. riage to Stewart and birth of her three chil- as President twice and named Civitan ‘‘Man of He left the House of Representatives and dren. She was a thoughtful, informed and ag- the Year.’’ the nation quite frankly, in a better place than gressive member of the AGC team. She had For several decades, Harry Wampler has when he found it. He was the consummate a unique way of asserting her position without also served the people of Lenoir City in public public servant and has an incredible lasting being too disagreeable. She made friends in office, including the Lenoir City Council, the legacy. the association, became a favorite of mem- Loudon County Planning Commission, and the In the 18 terms he served in Congress, he bers who came to town and had a good way Tennessee State Legislature. had a remarkable impact on the transportation of guiding constituent comments back to the He has also held the post of Vice Mayor of industry in America and upon all of his col- topic of concern without getting in their way. Lenoir City, member of the Lenoir City Utilities leagues. He was uniquely aware of the value Most of all she was a friend and a person who Power Board, Chairman of the Republican of jobs, the economy, and the interconnected- used her warmth and charm to make others Party of Loudon County, and Deacon of First ness of goods and people throughout the feel good. Baptist Church of Lenoir City, where he country. served as Chairman several times. In a profession not always known for brevity Later on, even though her own family was Harry’s hard work, personal faith and love of of remarks, his speeches, as we can all attest, still quite young, Kelly’s effective leadership East Tennessee is very well known by his were amongst the most lengthy. However, was again at the fore as she became a men- constituents. when delivering remarks, he spoke passion- tor mom to other young working mothers who He is a very patriotic American and one of ately and with great intellect, never failing to learned to count on her as a source of wisdom the finest public servants I have ever known. effectively convey his point to a wide variety of on balancing work and family responsibilities. Mr. Speaker, I urge my Colleagues and audiences. While her work was important to Kelly, family other Readers of the RECORD to join me in More importantly, he understood the value always came first. In the last hours of her wishing a very happy birthday to my friend of bipartisanship in Washington and never let fight, her thoughts were not about the busi- Harry Wampler and celebrate his impressive politics get in the way of good policy. ness of continuing resolutions, issue briefs or service to the people of Loudon County, While we mourn the loss of our dear friend, committee assignments, but of simply ensur- Tennessee. we celebrate his life and service to this nation. ing that the right Christmas tree was brought f I urge my colleagues to support this resolu- home to her house so that her treasured chil- tion. APPLAUDING THE PEARLAND OIL- dren would have all that they needed for ERS—A TEXAS FOOTBALL POW- f Christmas. ERHOUSE TRIBUTE TO KATHERINE ‘‘KELLY’’ Kelly was a wonderful friend and colleague KRAUSER KNOTT to so many, a trusted advocate on many HON. PETE OLSON issues, a loving wife, and a beautiful and en- OF TEXAS HON. GARY G. MILLER during role model for her children. We have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA worried about and prayed for Kelly and her Tuesday, December 9, 2014 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES family during the course of her illness. We will Tuesday, December 9, 2014 continue to worry about and pray for her fam- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ily as we all deal with the hole in our lives that congratulate the Pearland Oilers for winning Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Mr. comes from her passing. We know that her the 2014 South Texas Youth Football Associa- Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a wonderful shoes will be impossible to fill; we are privi- tion championship. young woman, Katherine ‘‘Kelly’’ Krauser leged to say that we were given the oppor- Their overpowering performance highlighted Knott, who passed away last week after a long tunity to call her a friend and colleague. the athletic ability and relentless work ethic and courageous battle with breast cancer. We that carried the Oilers past tough opponents will miss Kelly dearly. She brought grace and I am sure that many of my colleagues join all season. The lessons of previous seasons warmth to everything she did. She was a great me today in saying that our hearts go out to and defensive greatness have helped these colleague, a great wife and mother, and a Kelly’s husband Stewart, her three beautiful terrific athletes achieve success at the highest great friend to all she knew. children, Carson (9), Halle (6) and Kendall (6), level of youth football and will continue to Kelly was one of the best parts of the fabric her loving family, and her friends, too numer- serve them well in future challenges. of life for those of us who have the privilege ous to count.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognize the Girls Cross Country Team of Mississippi where he graduated in 1999 with a partnership with my colleagues, Representa- Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Arizona, technical certification in Barbering. His awards and decorations include: the tive CHARLIE DENT, Representative PAT MEE- home of the Thunder. On November 8, 2014, the team won the Division One State Cham- Army Commendation Medal, Army Reserve HAN, and Representative JOE PITTS, to recog- pionship in Cross Country, and the team’s Components Achievement Medal (3RD nize Boscov’s, one of the nation’s largest fam- captain, Senior Dani Jones, set a new course Award), National Defense Service Medal With ily-owned department store chains, on the oc- record for Arizona. Bronze Star (2ND Award), Iraqi campaign casion of its 100th Anniversary. This year, for the first time in Desert Vista Medal with Campaign Star, Global War on Boscov’s, headquartered in Berks County, High School history, the team qualified for the Terrorism Service Medal with Campaign Star, Pennsylvania, was founded by Solomon Nike Cross Nationals, a meet that brings to- Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Boscov in 1914 at 9th and Pike Streets in gether the fastest high school cross country Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Serv- Reading, Pennsylvania. Solomon emigrated to teams and individuals from around the coun- ice Ribbon, and Armed Forces Reserve Medal the United States in 1911, purchased $8 worth try. On Saturday December 6, 2014, the team with M Device (2nd Award). of merchandise, and traveled on foot through took 5th place at this meet, and Dani Jones Sergeant First Class Roach has two daugh- Lancaster and Berks Counties selling his took 3rd place in the individual category. ters: Laliya and Brianna; and one son, Tony wares. Within a year, he had saved enough to This past year, I have had the great honor Cordale. Sergeant First Class Roach is the purchase a horse and wagon and increase his of running with the team during their early son of Freddy Bryant and Gloria Roach and inventory. morning practices. The focus, dedication and has 6 siblings: Gloria, Dellia, Nicole, Lee, spirit of these exceptional young women are James, and Isaac. From these humble beginnings, Boscov’s inspiring. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me has grown to a chain of 43 stores in 6 states Congratulations to the Desert Vista High in recognizing an amazing American Soldier. with a yearly revenue of over $1 billion. Cur- School Girls Cross Country Team, to Team f rently headed by Solomon’s son, Albert, who Captain Dani Jones, and to Head Coach Jeff serves as Chairman and CEO, Boscov’s is Messer and his dedicated coaching staff. This IN RECOGNITION OF THE SAN one of the last family-owned department store amazing team consists of exceptional young BRUNO CENTENNIAL chains in the United States. In addition to of- female athletes, dedicated coaches, and sup- fering fine merchandise at outstanding value, portive parents. HON. JACKIE SPEIER Albert Boscov has been a tireless advocate for I am very proud to represent the students OF CALIFORNIA the Greater Reading area and his devotion to and families of Desert Vista High School, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the community, through civic and charitable I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing Tuesday, December 9, 2014 activities, is unrivaled. Throughout its long and the accomplishments of these remarkable storied history, Boscov’s has exemplified the young women. Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the 100th birthday of the city of San Bruno, notion that quality never goes out of style. And f Albert has exemplified the principle of cor- California, a city of about 40,000 residents HONORING MR. TONY ROACH spreading over 5.5 square miles between the porate leaders being involved in their commu- flat lowlands near San Francisco Bay and the nity’s life and reaching beyond the company foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains rising office to help those in need. HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON OF MISSISSIPPI 700 feet above the Pacific Ocean. San Bruno Mr. Speaker, in recognition of its 100 years IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is adjacent to San Francisco International Air- of faithful service to its customers and commu- port and bestrides the Golden Gate National nity, I and my Pennsylvania colleagues ask Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Cemetery. San Bruno is located in my Con- that the House join us today in recognizing Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- gressional District and its scenic beauty and Boscov’s on the exciting occasion of its 100th er, I rise today to honor a remarkable Amer- community life make it one of the most be- Anniversary. ican Soldier, Sergeant First Class Tony loved cities on the Peninsula. Roach, a resident of Shaw, Mississippi. San Bruno is filled with natural beauty and f Sergeant First Class Roach entered the stunning views of the ocean and bay. It has Army Reserves on February 9, 1990, and superb schools, a beautiful main city park, and OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL completed Basic and Advanced Individual top-notch businesses. The city has also con- DEBT Training as an armor crewman at Fort Knox, tributed to popular culture and sports as it is Kentucky directly after graduating from Shaw the hometown of actress Suzanne Somers, High School. He was stationed at Fort Hood, soprano Luana DeVol, musician Ron ‘‘Pigpen’’ HON. MIKE COFFMAN Texas and Camp Shelby, Mississippi. His McKernan and three famous baseball players: overseas assignment include Log Base Seitz Wally Bunker, Keith Hernandez and Pablo OF COLORADO in Iraq. Sandoval. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SFC Roach was deployed in support of Op- Long before the city of San Bruno was in- eration Iraqi Freedom, OIF 2004–2005, in sup- corporated, the Ohlone people lived in a vil- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 port of Operation Enduring Freedom, and lage here named Urebure. In 1769, the area Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, OEF was explored by a Spanish expedition led by 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- 2006–2014. Most recently, he served eight Gaspar de Portola, followed by a more exten- fice, the national debt was years as an Observer Controller Team Leader sive exploration by Bruno de Heceta. That at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. second exploration resulted in the naming of $10,626,877,048,913.08. SFC Roach has served with overwhelming San Bruno Creek which eventually gave the Today, it is $17,991,068,498,107.32. We’ve admiration at every level within a Tank Pla- community its name. added $7,364,191,449,194.24 to our debt in 5 toon to include: Tank Gunner, Tank Com- When Mission San Francisco de Asis was years. This is over $7.3 trillion in debt our na- mander, Squad Leader and Platoon Sergeant. established to the north, much of the land tion, our economy, and our children could He has served as an Interim Observer Con- around today’s San Bruno became pasture for have avoided with a balanced budget amend- troller Team Leader, Battalion Operations Ser- livestock. Grazing continued even after the de- ment. geant, and Observer Controller Group Leader. cline of the missions.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:28 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A09DE8.010 E09DEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1759 The city had its origins in Clark’s Station, an phere that makes San Bruno so special. There Australia, where they spent Christmas until 1849 inn that served as a stop on the might be some millionaires or someday per- boarding a Dutch ship and setting sail for Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach route. haps even a billionaire living in San Bruno, but Java, an island in the Dutch East Indies, This inn was eventually renamed Uncle Tom’s fundamentally the community is where Amer- shortly before New Year’s Day. They arrived Cabin. Significant development of San Bruno ican families live so that they may enjoy great at Java on January 11 and stayed for nearly didn’t begin until after the 1906 earthquake. schools and great fun amidst like-minded peo- two months, sharing the island with troops The first public school was completed that ple dedicated to hard work, honest commerce, from the Netherlands and Australia, among year. The paving of California’s first state high- and civic engagement. other allied countries. way, El Camino Real, began in 1912 in front Its 40,000 residents are a wonderful mix of After weeks of uncertainty, the boys started of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, eventually replaced by ethnic backgrounds and ages. Under the to grow restless as they pondered what their 14 Mile House and subsequently by other steady guidance of Mayor Jim Ruane and next assignment would be. Then, on February structures and businesses. In 1914, San councilmembers Rico Medina, Ken Ibarra, 28, their lives would change forever as they Bruno was incorporated following a campaign Irene O’Connell and Michael Salazar, City heard a quick succession of loud explosions. by the San Bruno Herald, the local news- Manager Connie Jackson and an amazing city At this point explosions were sounding off fast- paper. Incorporation allowed more streets to staff, San Bruno has reached the remarkable er than they could count and it became evi- be paved and the population rapidly grew from age of 100 years and yet it is still in its youth. dent that the war’s Pacific Theater was quickly 1,500 residents in 1920 to 3,610 residents in No challenge, not even a 2010 explosion that encompassing their temporary island home of 1930. cost the lives of eight precious souls and Java. As the melting pot of troops watched the San Francisco International Airport opened changed the laws of this nation, can dampen horizon, they noticed something that appeared in 1927. One of the first visitors to SFO was the love of residents for this beautiful city. to be men swimming ashore. The dozens they Charles Lindbergh after his historic trans- Some like to define a city by its history, but first saw quickly turned into hundreds and the atlantic flight. More aviation history was made I prefer to defy convention and to instead de- onshore troops soon learned that the men when Eugene Ely completed the first success- fine it by the predominant characteristic of its were all sailors aboard the USS Houston (a ful shipboard aircraft landing, taking off from residents. When people ask me to describe ship that was anchored nearby). The USS San Bruno’s Tanforan race track, and landing San Bruno I offer one word in reply: Optimism. Houston was made up almost entirely of vol- on the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San It is the defining characteristic of those who unteers from the city of Houston, many of Francisco Bay. create families, the defining characteristic of whom were just teenagers. That evening, Jap- Golden Gate National Cemetery was cre- those who remain after their children have left, anese forces surrounded and attacked the ated in 1939 under the direction of the Pre- and the defining characteristic of a long series USS Houston, killing all but 368 of the 1,011 sidio in San Francisco. Today, the cemetery is of public servants who have walked in the hills men aboard. The surviving sailors swam the hallowed final resting place of citizen sol- of San Bruno, gazed upon its boundaries, and ashore, joined the 534 men of the 2nd Bat- diers who defended our freedom from World seen only a bright future in the land that lies talion, and would soon become known as the War II to the present. San Bruno annually between a wonderful college in the hills, the ‘‘Lost Battalion.’’ honors their sacrifices through multiple cere- grand city park in the south, the great bay to Though the allied troops on the beaches of monies great and small. This is a community the east, and precious neighbors to the north. Java held off for as long as they could, they that cherishes those who gave their all so that Optimism is the drummer boy in the parade of finally succumbed to Japanese forces on all might live in freedom and at peace. San Bruno’s story. March 8 after days of relentless, back-and- The era of World War II left a dark stain on Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Represent- forth artillery fire. Within a matter of weeks, all American history in the form of the internment atives to rise with me to celebrate the centen- of the remaining soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of Japanese American citizens. Tanforan race nial of San Bruno, California. Yesterday, the and the USS Houston were together at one track became a temporary internment center. Ohlone made their livelihoods upon its shores. camp as Japanese prisoners of war. This Today a memorial plaque at Tanforan mall Today, America thrives in its bosom. Tomor- group of 902 men, nearly all of whom hailed serves as a reminder that we must learn from row, history will be the child of its remarkable from Texas, soon disappeared, not to be seen history and never again allow such an infringe- citizenry. Congratulations San Bruno, you are again for three and a half years. They would ment on civil liberties. America’s heartland upon its western shore! go on to be known as the ‘‘Lost Battalion.’’ For 42 months, these captured American After the war, San Bruno continued to grow. f U.S. Route 101, the Bayshore freeway, sailors toiled away in different parts of Pacific opened in 1947. San Bruno high school stu- THE ‘‘LOST BATTALION’’ Asia. Forced together through a tragic turn of dents had to travel to San Mateo and Bur- events, these men banded together to over- lingame, but in 1950, San Bruno finally had its HON. TED POE come a set of truly awful circumstances. Phys- own high school, Capuchino. Capuchino was OF TEXAS ical beatings were daily and torture came to the school of a remarkable history teacher IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be expected. Hard labor and starvation were who soon entered the State Assembly and now part of their daily routines. But, perhaps Tuesday, December 9, 2014 then the House of Representatives: Leo J. the hardest part of it all was being separated Ryan. Congressman Ryan loved Capuchino Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, over 72 from their families without any chance at com- and would sometimes reflect on the lessons years ago, the 2nd Battalion of the 131st Field municating with them. Their wives, children, that he learned in the classroom from his Artillery Regiment (36th Division—Texas Na- parents and siblings all believed they were bright, energetic San Bruno students. tional Guard) gathered and met for the first dead. Though the Japanese camps attempted In 1954, the city dedicated a library and city time. The 2nd Battalion was predominately to make them wish for that fate, they never hall. Skyline College, a two year community made up of a scrappy group of Northwest gave up hope. It was the memory of their fam- college, was established in 1960. Later in the Texas farmhands who hailed from towns like ilies back in Texas that kept them going each 60s, Interstate 280 and 380 were built making Abilene, Wichita Falls and Lubbock. About a day. Moving from island to island in the dark- San Bruno further accessible and attractive to year after their initial encounter, the group was est, dampest bowels of the Japanese ships’ retail businesses. In 2003, the Bay Area Rapid detached from its division in Texas and sent smallest compartments, the men were treated Transit system extended further into San out west to the San Francisco Bay where they like cattle. Then, once reaching their destina- Mateo County, and a station was opened in were told that they would soon be on route to tions they would be immediately forced into San Bruno, further tying this town to others in PLUM, a code-name for a destination un- hard slave labor. Some built roads, some our region. Just this year, a new train station known to the boys from the prairie lands of worked in Burmese jungles chopping down opened, making rail transit from San Francisco Texas. trees and some mined coal. One of the worst to San Jose even more convenient for San The 2nd Battalion arrived in Pearl Harbor a physical punishments was working on a rail- Bruno residents and markedly improving few days later on November 28, but imme- way that became known as ‘‘The Railroad of cross-town mobility and safety. diately departed after being warned of a pos- Death.’’ Working on this railroad amounted to Mr. Speaker, San Bruno’s daily life is based sible Japanese attack. The tragic prediction constant torture. Over 70,000 allied soldiers upon families. Families go to its churches. came true, and on December 7, 1941, the 2nd died after being subjected to these horrible 20- Families flock to sporting events, including na- Battalion was informed that Pearl Harbor was plus hour work days. They were constantly tionally-competitive youth baseball. Families indeed attacked by the Japanese and that the starved, and when they did have the oppor- play in San Bruno Park and walk throughout United States was now at war. After leaving tunity to eat, their food was rotten and full of the community enjoying the small-town atmos- Hawaii, the Battalion headed over to Brisbane, insects. These men overcame slavery, torture,

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With all of this war, and when it was all said and done, 163 This bill will make our existing water, sanita- history, the family has also created a niche by of the 902 men had tragically lost their lives. tion and hygiene (WASH) programs more ef- selling hundreds of frozen pizzas to customers Among these 163 were 89 from the 2nd Bat- fective by establishing priorities and focusing around the country each month. talion of the 36th Division of the Texas Na- on areas with the greatest need and the most Anthony Zuppardi had a simple philosophy tional Guard and 74 sailors from the USS potential. It will enhance oversight and coordi- ‘‘The last bite has to be as good as the first Houston. When the surviving men were finally nation by requiring the designation of a Global when people eat our pizza.’’ Today, his liberated from their hell on earth, they headed Water Coordinator at USAID and a Global daughters Lori and Cheryl still hold true to that back to Texas where a celebration in Wichita Water Advisor at the Department of State, and simple message. Customers are valued and Falls was waiting for them. The boys from it will update strategic planning by calling for they take pride in putting forth a quality pizza. Texas had such a good time at the celebration an improved Global Water Strategy. These That is what makes Zuppardi’s so special. I that they decided to make it an annual get-to- changes will enhance the investments we are am happy to rise today to join the West Haven gether. They used this get-together to not only already making through USAID and the De- community in extending my heartfelt congratu- celebrate their families and lives, but to re- partment of State. lations to Lori, Cheryl, and the entire Zuppardi member their 163 comrades who perished in Through these steps, H.R. 2901 will help family as they mark this remarkable milestone. Japanese war camps. Though they were now ensure that our water development programs Happy 80th Anniversary! safe and back home with their families, many continue to save lives and improve health for f of them would go on to suffer from Post Trau- millions of people in need around the world. I HONORING MASTER SERGEANT matic Stress Disorder. However, their mental encourage my colleagues to support this im- CHARLES E. MILLER fortitude helped them overcome many of the portant bill and hope the other body will give adversities they faced as POW’s and then as this legislation the expedited consideration it victims of PTSD. deserves. HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON OF MISSISSIPPI The lesson the ‘‘Lost Battalion’’ taught us, f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and continues to teach us each day, goes fur- ther than just patriotism. Their resiliency, CONGRATULATING ZUPPARDI Tuesday, December 9, 2014 friendship, and faith in each other and in God APIZZA ON ITS 80TH ANNIVER- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- are all important values that would benefit SARY er, I rise today to honor a remarkable Amer- every American individual who chooses to ob- ican Soldier, Master Sergeant Charles Miller, a serve them. HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO resident of Clarksdale, Mississippi. The ‘‘Lost Battalion’’ is yet another group of OF CONNECTICUT Master Sergeant Charles E. Miller started that rare breed we call the Greatest Genera- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his military career, June 1978, at Fort McClel- tion. Tuesday, December 9, 2014 lan, Alabama. Master Sergeant Miller was in And that’s just the way it is. the first group of Soldiers to participate in the f Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is my great One Station Unit Training (OSUT), this pro- pleasure to rise today to join the West Haven gram entailed Soldiers going through Basic SENATOR PAUL SIMON WATER community in extending my sincere congratu- Training and Military Occupation Specialty FOR THE WORLD ACT OF 2013 lations to the Zuppardi family as they cele- (MOS) training, at the same military post with brate the 80th Anniversary of their restaurant, the same Drill Sergeants. After completing SPEECH OF and cherished local treasure, Zuppardi’s basic training and his military occupation spe- HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL Apizza. cialty training in January 1978, he is now OF NEW YORK As you may know, New Haven and many of qualified to be a Military Policeman (MP). IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES its surrounding communities are well known Master Sergeant Miller was stationed at Fort for their Italian cuisine—particularly for our Monday, December 8, 2014 Sill, Oklahoma as a Military Policeman, with pizza. Zuppardi’s Apizza has been a local fa- the 546th MP Company. After 18 months at Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to vorite since its opening eight decades ago. Fort Sill, Oklahoma Master Sergeant Miller re- commend Mr. BLUMENAUER and Mr. POE for Like so many other businesses in and around ceived orders to report to Baumholder, West their hard work on H.R. 2901, the Senator New Haven, Zuppardi’s speaks to the immi- Germany, as a Physical Security Specialist. At Paul Simon Water for the World Act. I am grant experience. Domenico Zuppardi, an im- the end of June 1981, MSG Miller ended his proud to be a cosponsor of this legislation, migrant from Maiori, Italy arrived in New time in service, receiving an honorable dis- and was pleased to work closely with the bill’s Haven in 1921 with little more than a dream charge. sponsors and Chairman ROYCE to bring the and a talent for the family business, bread. He In January 1982, MSG Miller re-enlisted in bill through our Foreign Affairs Committee and worked as a bread baker with family members the U.S. Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to at- onto the floor today. before moving to West Haven in 1934, where tend Truck Driving School. March 1982, after This legislation enjoys broad support from a he opened his own business, Salerno Bakery. successfully completing the Truck Driver coalition of nearly 80 civil society groups that His specialty was bread and pizza. Joined by School, he was reassigned to the 66th Engi- are dedicated to developing access to clean his son, Anthony, upon his return from the neer (ADM) Company, Fort Hood, Texas. De- water around the world, and it has more than Navy in 1946, they opened Zuppardi’s Apizza cember 1983, MSG Miller was reassigned to 100 bipartisan cosponsors in the House. as an extension of the bakery. Though both Charlie Company 249th Engineer BN., Congress has long been committed to mak- flourished, in later years Anthony made the Karlsruhe, West Germany. December 1986, ing the United States a global leader in im- decision to keep his focus on the pies and the he returned stateside where he was dis- proving access to water, sanitation, and hy- rest, as they say is history. charged with an Honorable Discharge. giene. America and its international partners Zuppardi’s Apizza is a family business in Master Sergeant Miller still wanted to serve have provided clean water to millions of the every sense of the word. Anthony and his his country so he enlisted in the U.S. Army world’s poorest people. This investment has wife, Frances, lived above the restaurant, and Reserve, 479th Ordinance Company, Lyon saved countless lives, but there is much more their children spent their free time watching, Mississippi. The 479th ORD. CO. was acti- work to be done. learning, and working there. Now run by those vated to active duty, September 1990 to sup- More than 750 million people still lack ac- third and fourth generations, Zuppardi’s Apizza port the Gulf War. The 479th Ord. Co., arrived cess to clean water. Twenty percent of the is the 7th oldest continuously run family piz- in Saudi Arabia, November 1990. In July global population remains dependent on water zeria in the country, and the 2nd oldest exist- 1991, the 479th ORD. Company returned that is either polluted or drastically overdrawn. ing pizzeria in Connecticut. Just last year, home to receive a Heroes’ Welcome. Two and a half billion do not have proper sani- ‘‘The Special,’’ a pie made with mozzarella, In July 2001, Master Sergeant Miller was tation facilities. Nearly 1 in every 5 deaths mushrooms, and their homemade sausage, transferred to the 412th Engineer Command, among children under age 5 are caused by made the Daily Meal’s list of 101 Best Pizzas Vicksburg, Mississippi. April 2006, Master Ser- water-related diseases, and 3.4 million people in the nation, coming in at #50. ‘‘The Special’’ geant Miller was called to active duty to sup- die from inadequate water, sanitation, and hy- was named by Anthony and Frances Zuppardi port Operation Iraqi Freedom where he was

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As a calls when he was stationed in Germany, as- their remarkable win, but also for the Hoosier businessperson, he was aware that new ways signed to the 249th ENG BN, his First Ser- sportsmanship that they each displayed of doing things were needed to help close the geant at the time asked him if he wanted to throughout the game. Their dedication to ex- deficit. It is difficult for a community to change, go to Drill Sergeant School and he declined. cellence and their perseverance was evident but if any community can pull together to find Master Sergeant Miller wishes today that his not just in this game, but throughout the entire solutions, I have faith that Pacifica is that com- First Sergeant would have asked him several 2014 season. I want to commend Coach Kyle munity. Len, who participated in countless times and given him more information on be- Ralph and all of the assistant coaches who led budget and study sessions, demonstrated the coming a Drill Sergeant. In the reserve com- these young men through this historic season. energy that many Pacifica residents possess ponent the First Sergeant is just the manager I want to again congratulate the New Pal- when confronted with challenges. of the unit, he or she does not have to be a estine Dragons on both their hard-earned vic- Mr. Speaker, it is never easy or simple to Drill Sergeant. tory in the state finals, as well as on their serve in local government. If times are good As of March 17, 2014, Master Sergeant Mil- record-breaking 2014 football season. I look then your neighbors expect a great deal. If ler is now re-assigned to the 412th Theater forward to hearing about the accomplishments times are not so great then your neighbors Engineer Command, Vicksburg, Mississippi. of each of these young men in the future, and wonder why you are shuttering a popular local He speaks highly about the 412th Theater I wish the Dragons the best of luck in the field or laying off longtime personnel or con- Command, he says, he is now back home. 2015 season. sidering changes in the services of the city. Master Sergeant Miller is fully aware that his f Len Stone is an example of local military career is now coming to an end, and IN RECOGNITION OF LEN STONE councilmembers throughout our nation: he is when he does retire it will be a difficult transi- smart, tenacious, and deeply committed to the tion. Serving in the military was never a mis- community that he serves at great expense to take to him, it is a privilege which he is so HON. JACKIE SPEIER his personal time and family life. Please join OF CALIFORNIA glad that he took advantage of to serve our with me in honoring the public service of Len IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES great country. Stone, departing city councilmember of Master Sergeant Miller has numerous mili- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Pacifica. Thankfully, he will retire from public tary occupation specialties, he is qualified as Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor life but not from the community that he and his an Army Maintenance Management System Len Stone who is departing the Pacifica City family love. Pacifica will therefore continue to Clerk, Prescribed Load List Clerk, Ammunition Council after serving with distinction during have the talents of this resourceful young man Specialist, Transportation Operator, Military these past four years. to call upon in the years to come. Police, Physical Security Specialist, and Sup- Mr. Stone is a local business owner and f ply Specialist. resident of Pacifica since 2002. He and his During Master Sergeant Miller’s military ca- wife, Jessica, have two young children. In ad- S. 1691: ‘‘BORDER PATROL AGENT reer, he has received numerous awards, not dition to his service to the community while on PAY REFORM ACT OF 2014’’ listed in prestigious order to include: Meri- the city council, Len Stone served for five torious Service Medal, Army Occupation years on the Board of Directors of the Pacifica HON. CANDICE S. MILLER Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Iraq Cam- Chamber of Commerce. OF MICHIGAN paign Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Pacifica is a city nestled between the Pacific IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ocean and the hills. Its young families are en- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Overseas ergetic and often part of Silicon Valley’s high Service Ribbons, Army Good Conduct Medal, tech businesses. Its longtime residents are Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I Army Reserve Overseas Training Ribbons, rightfully proud of many traditions of environ- rise in support of S. 1691, the Border Patrol Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army NCO mental protection that have shaped modern Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014. Professional, Development Ribbon, Army Pacifica. Newer residents move to Pacifica to This measure would replace the current an- Service Ribbon, Southwest Asia Service Rib- enjoy the ocean, Pacifica’s great beaches, its tiquated overtime system used by the Border bons and Drivers Badge. strong schools and its natural beauty. Patrol and create a new pay system that re- Master Sergeant Miller is married to Mrs. During his four years on the Pacifica City sults in more hours worked on the border, pro- Florine Miller and they have 3 daughters: Council, Len Stone focused tirelessly on all of vides more reliable schedules and paychecks Lakechia, Tiffany, and Alexis; one son, French the qualities of Pacifica that make it a special for agents, and saves taxpayers millions of and 6 grandchildren. Master Sergeant Miller is place in this nation. He led the effort to im- dollars each year. son of Eddie & Evelyn Brown, and Willard prove economic development. He successfully As Chairman of the Border and Maritime Hughes and has 2 sisters: Jackie and Shelia; sought to have an economic development di- Security Subcommittee, I have been focused and 5 brothers: Willous, Allen, Reginald, Mi- rector position created in city government. He on increasing border security efforts along our chael and Willard. worked to recruit new businesses to town, and long and porous border and supporting the Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me he wanted to expand the tax base by filling men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol in recognizing a distinguished American Sol- the vacant storefronts that sometimes exist in who defend our nation against drug and dier. shopping centers and shopping areas in this human smugglers and others who would do f marvelous community. us harm. Len is deeply committed to making Pacifica This measure supports that effort. HONORING THE NEW PALESTINE a destination for more people from outside the The men and women who secure our bor- HIGH SCHOOL DRAGONS community, and so his support of tourism is ders often work alone, in very remote loca- energetic. To this end, he and another tions on the border. They cannot simply punch HON. LUKE MESSER councilmember recently negotiated an option a clock at the end of their shift if they are in OF INDIANA on land that will, if purchased and improved, pursuit of illicit border crossers. Instead they IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fill the missing link in the coastal trail. With the work irregular hours to track and apprehend opening of the Devil’s Slide trail just south of dangerous criminal aliens. Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Pacifica, the city is an even greater magnet for This bill will allow front line supervisors to Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tourists seeking vigorous, outside excursions. better manage agents’ work schedules, saving honor the New Palestine High School Dragons During both his term as mayor and while on taxpayers millions of dollars each year. In fact, on their first state football championship. the council, Len sought to position Pacifica as according to the Congressional Budget Office, The Dragons faced off against the New an unrivaled place to bring a family for an out- this bill will save taxpayers up to $100 million Prairie Cougars on November 28th at Lucas door adventure. a year. Oil Stadium. During their first appearance in Len joined the city council during the worst Last year, the Office of Special Counsel the Indiana state football finals in more than economic downturn in modem times. This issued a scathing report about the misuse and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:28 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A09DE8.018 E09DEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1762 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 9, 2014 abuse of the current overtime system by Cus- until he had approved of the man she married. survival. It was the foundation of his approach toms and Border Protection. This legislation He had to be assured the man was not abu- on how to survive in life: will end such abuse in the future, at the same sive and was a good provider for Alma. Financial Policy—never spend all your time increasing the number of hours the Bor- A Young Man and Family Man: As a young money. Save some for a rainy day. der Patrol can secure the border, which is the man working in Shaw he was able to acquire Child Rearing—everybody has a role and equivalent of adding an additional 1,500 Bor- many skills and a reputation as a fast learner, place. Only adults are in charge and children der Patrol agents. hard worker, and a person of good moral are to stay in their place and do as they are With additional hours on the border, our na- character, which equated to a nonsense type told. He called it his no nonsense approach to tion will be more secure as additional agent of reputation. He was still determined to have raising children. He would often paraphrase hours will help gain control of the border, carry a better life and wanted to be respected and Proverbs 13:24, by saying ‘‘Spare the rod and out additional law enforcement missions, and treated like a man so he carried himself like a spoil the child.’’ apprehend dangerous criminals. man. Nottie eventually earned that reputation Preparation—your future depends on your Mr. Speaker, the mission carried out by the and people began calling him Mr. Nottie or Mr. education. ‘‘All my children are going to col- men and women of the Border Patrol is ex- Gunns. Some of the jobs he worked included lege. I had enough children to work and chip tremely dangerous—more than one hundred driving trucks to haul logs, a loader at the in to help pay for everyone’s college,’’ he agents have given their lives protecting our Shaw lumber yard, and sharecropping as a would say. nation. small farmer. While working at the Shaw lum- The End: The first of Mr. Gunns’ children to We owe it to them to give them a stable, ber yard, he learned the skill of carpentry; and go to college was Berna at the age of 16. This predicable paycheck that takes into account became known as a master carpenter around was made possible by two reasons: (1) every- the irregular nature of the arduous work they Shaw. Everyone wanted him to do their work. one in the family picked and chopped cotton, do every day on the border. Mr. Gunns eventually met and married, and (2) his financial policy of saving money. So, I want to commend the leadership of the Nancy Hunt of Shaw, MS. The couple had ten The children all knew their earnings went to Chief of the Border Patrol, Michael Fisher, and children, 2 died shortly after child birth. Mr. their parents to help provide for the family and the Deputy Chief of the Border Patrol, Ronald Gunns wanted a big loving family that was full save for college. Berna went to Tuskegee In- Viteillo, for their commitment to finding sus- of happy times but serious about life. He di- stitute in 1950 in Tuskegee, AL. Berna grad- tainable reforms for agent pay, while also im- rected his journey and based goals in life on uated before he died. He was able to see the proving the security of our border. his childhood, all that he never had, he was first of his children to get a college education. I urge my colleagues to support this com- determined to experience before dying. His His daughter, Berna remembers her father mon sense bill that saves the taxpayers mil- and Nancy’s children are Berna ‘‘BB’’ Gunns- and mother faces as they watched her grad- lions of dollars. Williams, Nathaniel ‘‘Baby Sister’’ Gunns- uate with all her sisters and brothers watching f Clark, Tommy ‘‘Win’’ Gunns, Jr. (although he as well. They knew they had to do it too. is the 3rd), Christine Gunns-Gardner, Torries Berna went on to become a self-employed, HONORING TOMMY ‘‘MR. NOTTIE’’ Gunns, Maurine ‘‘Morgan’’ Gunns-Gray, Shir- self-made millionaire. She started her own GUNNS, JR. ley Ann ‘‘Shelly’’ Gunns-Juette, and Lonnie company ‘‘Scrubbles Janitorial Service’’ in her Lee Gunns. home and grew it to become a multi-million HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON As a husband, father, and community mem- dollar company in Washington, DC. She was OF MISSISSIPPI ber, Mr. Gunns saw the need to become more able to live that better life because of her fa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES involved. You see he wanted to be a role thers’ determination to clear the path. model for his children; he wanted to make Mr. Gunns didn’t live to see another one of Tuesday, December 9, 2014 sure they had a good upbringing and edu- his children to go to college, he died in 1954 Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- cation, so he felt he needed to get involved in but he had already planted the seeds for suc- er, I rise today to honor a man of noble char- the community and help make it happen. Mr. cess. Everyone in the family knew their place acter from Shaw, MS in Bolivar County. Gunns served as a volunteer fireman for the and role. Mrs. Gunns, his wife and eldest I believe that when you give honor and rec- city. He wasn’t trying to be a hero or win a daughter, Berna carried on his mantra for ognition to someone they should truly deserve popularity campaign; he just wanted a better every child of his going to college. Mrs. Gunns it. I am always happy when I meet someone life for his children. Mr. Gunns number one continued to work as the cafeteria manager or hear their story about overcoming, rising priority was education for all colored children. and cook for the Shaw Colored School. from obscurity, coming from meager begin- Since he was very vocal about education he Tommy, his eldest son, became the father nings but leaving a legacy although unaware; was asked to become a member of the Board figure for his siblings. Since his father had which doesn’t get the recognition and thanks of Trustees for the Shaw Colored School. taught him the carpentry trade, Tommy was it really deserves. This is why I want to honor The Shaw Colored School only educated able to get his father’s job at the Shaw Lum- Mr. Tommy Gunns, Jr. a man of ‘‘noble’’ char- children to the 8th grade. Beyond 8th grade ber Yard. It was a year later in 1958 that he acter. the colored children had to travel to Greenville got the job because graduating from high Childhood: Nottie was originally from Egypt, or surrounding towns for a high school edu- school was priority in 1957. The family never MS in Chickasaw County, MS. He was born in cation. Mr. Gunns helped changed that. He missed a check; he knew the money was the year 1900 to Mr. Tommy Gunns, Sr. and convinced the Board of Trustees to agree to going to help pay for his siblings to finish high Mrs. Alberta Gunns. Nottie was raised in a vote on establishing a curriculum for 9th school and attend college. Tommy eventually home with his mother, his only sister named through 12th grades for Shaw students to be went to college in 1959 by getting a job with Alma, and his stepfather, ‘‘Mr. Brick’’. His par- able to get their high school education. So, Mississippi Vocational College (now called ents were sharecroppers and struggled; which under his tutelage the first high school grad- Mississippi Valley State University-MVSU) was the backdrop for an unstable home envi- uating class from the Shaw Colored High driving the school bus picking up students in ronment that easily led to abuse. And Nottie School was in 1949. Bolivar and Sunflower County. That was one was often times the one subjected to the How did he do it? Mr. Gunns had an of the ways he was able to pay his way abuse (verbal and physical) by his stepfather. unyielding faith. That was the same faith that through college, as well as it served as his Since his mother would not protect him and brought him as a young teenage runaway with transportation to and from the College. The because of years of abuse, he developed the his little sister, Alma, safely to Shaw, MS dur- other way was when Dean Isaac offered him drive early in life to want ‘‘better,’’ so he ing the early 1900s. His faith in God provided a work study job to help build other buildings planned to run away, someday. In his plan, he him with jobs to take care of himself and his on campus (i.e., the auditorium, and campus always included Alma, his young sister. sister as a young boy, alone in the Mississippi maintenance) because he had seen his work The day came when he ran away and took Delta. His ability to pick up on things and learn as a student. As a requirement for graduation, Alma with him, never returning home. Nottie fast paid off because he became that master Tommy had to build something to show he ran away and arrived in Shaw, MS in 1914. carpenter. His daughter, Maurine said he had mastered his trade. But the requirement He was a young teenager when he ran away. could build a house from the ground up. He was reconsidered when he drove his instructor When Nottie arrived in Shaw, he worked as was a devoted member and deacon of the to Shaw and showed him the house he built many odd jobs as he could find and raised his Strangers Home M.S. Church in Shaw, where along with the blueprint he had drawn. When sister alone; vowing to never let anyone else he was laid to rest for eternity. And those try- asked how, Tommy told him ‘‘My Dad is a abuse him or his little sister. In fact, he was ing times were no match for his common master carpenter and he taught me this stuff so protective of her that he never eased up sense, the old folks called it ‘‘mother wit’’ for a long time ago.’’ That house was for his best

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:28 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A09DE8.021 E09DEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1763 friend, Roy Magee and the family still lives tion to the City Council in June of 1994 and ProEnglish, a national grassroots organization there. In fact, Tommy still has the blueprints re-elected later that year in November. She based in Arlington, VA. he drew. Tommy was a part of the team that was re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010. ProEnglish works on Capitol Hill, in the During Carol’s 21 years on the City Council, built the first house on campus for the first states, in the courts, and in the court of public she served as Mayor five times, and earned a president of Mississippi Valley State Univer- opinion to defend English as our common lan- sity, Dr. James H. White. The house now reputation as one of the hardest working elect- ed officials in San Mateo County. She has guage and to make it the official language at serves as the National Alumni House on the all levels of government. campus of the University. Tommy did not served on numerous local, county and re- graduate until 1964 because of split session gional boards like the Association of the Bay ProEnglish is an effective and vigorous ad- with his degree in Industrial Arts. He became Area Governments (ABAG), the Bay Air Qual- vocate for English language unity, and for the the Industrial Art instructor for the Shaw ity Management District, the Clean Community past 20 years, ProEnglish has worked hard to School District, working for 30 years until his Committee, the Anti-Graffiti Committee, the stop harmful, divisive policies such as bilingual retirement. Airport Land Use Committee, the Airport education and multilingual ballots. Roundtable, the Daly City Host Lions, the Mis- All of Mr. Gunns’ children went to college At the time of their founding, only 18 states and became very successful in their own sion Street Merchants Association, and the North Peninsula Food Pantry & Dining Center had passed laws establishing English as the rights with good jobs, homes, cars, money to official language, yet thanks to ProEnglish send their children to college, and blessed to of Daly City, just to name a few. While on the City Council, Carol served with along with other patriots, 31 states and count- see retirement, etc. But Benam and Tommy numerous Daly City Mayors like Al Teglia, less towns, cities, and counties have official stood out as the oldest daughter and son after Mike Nevin, and Adrienne Tissier, each of English laws today. their father’s death. As for Mr. Gunns master whom had a tremendous impact on San carpentry skills, his son, Tommy and grand- Originally founded in 1994 as English Lan- Mateo County. As you can see from her nu- guage Advocates, it was renamed ProEnglish son, Undra Gunns (son of Torries and Dorothy merous volunteer and civic endeavors, Carol Washington-Gunns) acquired that skill. So, he and helped defend Arizona’s state official Klatt has her own proud legacy of county English law. This law was the subject of a 10- lives on in many ways and in many accom- achievements, and she currently serves with plishments without even trying to do so, he left year long federal court challenge, Arizonans Mayor David Canepa, Councilmember Mike for Official English v. Arizona (1997). The case a legacy. Guingona, Councilmember Sal Torres, and One more mention on how did he do it? Mr. was eventually appealed all the way to the Councilmember Ray Buenaventura. U.S. Supreme Court, and the ruling there was Gunns received only a 2nd grade education. Daly City was born out of a small town important in upholding official English laws in He never learned to read or write. But, his known as Vista Grande over one hundred other states. stepfather, ‘‘Mr. Brick’’ taught him how to years ago. Vista Grande was a town of about count. And passed that on to his children by two thousand people, made up mostly of refu- ProEnglish has filed amicus curiae briefs in teaching them how to add, subtract, multiply, gees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake a number of successful landmark English and divide. That’s all he could do in terms of and fire. The name Daly City was chosen to cases, including Home v. Flores (2009), where academics. It was his faith in God, his com- honor John D. Daly, a local farmer who the U.S. Supreme Court found that bilingual mon sense, determination, and ability to count opened his land to refugees of the disaster. education (where children are segregated by money and perform mathematical operations Today, Daly City is home to a Bay Area- language and taught primarily in their native in his head, and serve on the school board, wide rail system, a developing shopping cen- tongue) was not the most effective way of which sparked change in education in Shaw. ter, and a population of more than 100,000 teaching children. All those things got him through life and he residents. The city prides itself on its ethnic di- In Anderson v. Utah (2001), ProEnglish suc- was destined to accomplish the things he did. versity, with many newcomers from Asia and cessfully argued in defense of a year 2000 of- ‘‘If you don’t walk in purpose, you won’t walk Central or South American nations. Daly City in destiny. Find your purpose in life and walk is known as the Gateway of the Peninsula, as ficial English ballot initiative that passed by it out’’ (Quote by: Farrah Gray). Now, that’s Carol Klatt regularly reminds residents and 67% of the popular vote. This ballot initiative how he did it. visitors. declared English as Utah’s official language. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Carol has not only been a friend to me, but ProEnglish has even come to the aid of var- today in recognizing the legacy of Tommy ‘‘Mr. to everyone seeking advice on the daily activi- ious small business owners, like Richard and Nottie’’ Gunns, Jr. from the Second Congres- ties occurring in the city. I am sure Carol will Shauna Kidman in EEOC v. Kidmans (2002), sional District of Mississippi. be missed dearly by her city council col- who were bullied by the Equal Employment f leagues and countless Daly City residents. I Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for imple- want to wish Carol and her husband John a menting lawful English-language workplace IN RECOGNITION OF CAROL KLATT happy retirement as they move to their new policies. home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nelson Mandela once said: ‘‘What counts in The organization has testified before Con- HON. JACKIE SPEIER gress and various local and state legislatures OF CALIFORNIA life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives with the goal of restoring the Melting Pot prin- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of others that will determine the significance of ciple inherent in having a common language. Tuesday, December 9, 2014 the life we lead.’’ Carol’s life exemplifies the Our common English language has helped Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor way one should meet this standard. make the U.S. the most successful multi-eth- Daly City Vice-Mayor Carol Klatt, who after I ask that the House of Representatives rise nic and multi-racial nation on earth. serving on the City Council for 21 years, will with me to commend Carol Klatt for her many Over 90% of the world’s nations have an be retiring on December 2, 2014. years of outstanding public service to the com- established official language, but despite the Carol’s commitment to Daly City can be munity she loves. Daly City returns her love high levels of public support, the United States traced back to 1965, when she served as a with the same gusto as a player at the tables is not one of them. Polls continue to show that Girl Scout Leader, fostering good citizenship proclaiming a royal flush—loudly and with immigrants—like all Americans—support offi- among Daly City’s next generation of women great pride. Las Vegas may be getting Carol cial English in overwhelming numbers. leaders. In 1980, Carol was elected as the Klatt as a resident, but she will remain the The vast majority of Americans agree that President and Secretary of the Serramonte Queen of Hearts in Daly City. Homeowners Association, and that same year f official English laws are necessary to prevent she started to follow the City Council’s activi- waste, protect freedom, and protect national CELEBRATING THE 20TH unity. Official English laws are nondiscrim- ties closely. Then in 1991, Carol’s enduring ANNIVERSARY OF PROENGLISH commitment to serve the Daly City community inatory, because they treat all Americans, of resulted in her appointment to the Parks and whatever background, alike. Recreation Commission. HON. STEVE KING Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to recognize OF IOWA Carol continued to serve on the Parks and ProEnglish for its 20th anniversary. I ask all of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Recreation Commission until she was ap- my distinguished colleagues to join me in pointed by the City Council to fill the unexpired Tuesday, December 9, 2014 commending ProEnglish on its commitment to term of former Councilmember Jane Powell in Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today preserve English’s role as the nation’s unifying 1993. Carol was first elected in a special elec- to recognize the 20th anniversary of tongue.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:28 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE8.022 E09DEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1764 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 9, 2014 SOUL SANCTUARY OF THE While in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Dr. staff of The North Carolina Law Review and DESERT 10TH ANNIVERSARY Osunde served as the Creative Director/Senior President of Phi Alpha Delta, a law school LUNCHEON Copywriter for Partnership Advertising and service and social fraternity. During his final Ampoule Advertising Companies. He has pro- year of law school he met Miss Joan Purser, HON. DAVID SCHWEIKERT duced numerous copywriting for advertise- whom he would go on to marry in 1957. ments, publicity packets for release to tele- OF ARIZONA Horace joined McLean & Stacy law firm, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vision, radio, and newspapers, has created visualized concepts for product advertising where I would later practice early in my own Tuesday, December 9, 2014 and serves as advertising consultant to mass legal career under his kind and knowledgeable Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise media companies throughout the United mentorship. A brilliant jurist, Horace became a today in support of the Soul Sanctuary of the States, Europe and Africa. prominent attorney in general practice, both Desert and the Heart and Soul Luncheon. This Dr. Osunde’s research interests include criminal and civil. He also became a distin- month, the Sanctuary is celebrating ten years ‘‘The Role of Mass Media in Perception Influ- guished civic leader. In 1964, the Mayor and of helping at-risk families in the community ence,’’ ‘‘Media Effects Theory,’’ ‘‘Intercultural/ Lumberton City Council appointed him to chair break the cycle of substance abuse and do- International Communication’’ and ‘‘Mass the first Tri-Racial Committee to help prepare mestic violence. The dedicated volunteers and Communication Development’’. His profes- for the pending enactment of the Civil Rights sponsors who make rehabilitation possible will sional memberships include: Mississippi Com- Act. be honored at the Luncheon. I commend the munication Association, National Communica- Notably, Horace has been an effective ad- Soul Sanctuary of the Desert and all those tion Association, Speech Communication As- vocate for our state and local libraries. He who have participated in this important work in sociation and the American Communication served as President of Friends of the Robeson the last ten years. Association. County Public Library, has been a library trust- f Dr. Osunde is the recipient of many aca- demic and professional awards that include, ee since 1998 and was honored as the Public RECOGNIZING THE HONORABLE President’s Scholar, Chancellor’s Scholar Library Trustee of the Year in our state in NICK JOE RAHALL Teaching Fellow and the Certificate of Com- 2010. In 2004, North Carolina Governor Mike mendation for Outstanding Scholastic Achieve- Easley appointed Horace to be a member of HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON ment. the State Library Commission of North Caro- OF TEXAS Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me lina, which he would chair for two years. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in recognizing an Outstanding Professor, State Library is the main depository for North Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Leader and Extraordinaire, Dr. Samuel O. Carolina state publications and provides state government agencies with information critical Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Osunde, for his dedication to serving others to the formation of public policy. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the ca- and giving back to the African American com- reer of our distinguished colleague from West munity. Horace served as President of the Robeson Virginia, the Honorable NICK JOE RAHALL. f County Bar Association in 1970. He was a NICK, the current Ranking Member of the TRIBUTE TO MR. HORACE E. member of the state Board of Law Examiners House Transportation and Infrastructure Com- STACY, JR. for 23 years and Chairman for five years. He mittee and former Chairman of the House Nat- served on numerous committees of the North ural Resources Committee, was first elected to HON. MIKE McINTYRE Carolina Bar Association and in 2002 was in- Congress in 1976. ducted into the General Practice Hall of Fame. OF NORTH CAROLINA Born in West Virginia, NICK tirelessly worked Ever a Tar Heel at heart, Horace also served IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to improve the lives of his constituents and re- as District Chairman of the Morehead Scholar- mained firmly committed to the economic de- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 ship Selection Committee. velopment of his state. Mr. MCINTYRE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to His dedication to our country’s transpor- Driven by love for his community and its pay tribute to Mr. Horace E. Stacy, Jr., of tation and infrastructure systems led him to be people, Horace served as President of the Lumberton, North Carolina, for his commit- a key architect of many transportation reau- Lumberton Jaycees in 1964 and 1965, and ment and service to his community, state, and thorizations, including the Transportation eq- also chaired the Southeastern Regional Med- nation. Mr. Stacy is a veteran, public servant, uity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21). ical Center Foundation from 1998 to 2000. In community leader, honorable attorney, de- Having served in this body since 1977, NICK 2005, he was instrumental in the founding of voted family man, and he has been both a understands the value of bipartisanship and the Robeson County Community Foundation, mentor to me and a dear friend to my family. being able to work with all members, regard- which raises money and awards grants to I ask you to join me in recognizing his long less of their party. As such, NICK never let a nonprofit organizations. Horace’s tireless serv- and honorable career. party label stand in the way of good policy. ice to his community through these and other As Helen Sharpe and Bob Horne note in NICK’s friendship and professionalism will be their article in The Robesonian, Horace was leadership roles has resulted in his being re- greatly missed and I wish him the best of luck vered as ‘‘the Dean of Lumberton.’’ Appro- in all his future endeavors. born to Horace and Lillian Stacy in my home- town of Lumberton, North Carolina, on Sep- priately, he was selected to speak on behalf of f tember 14, 1929. Horace attended Lumberton Lumberton when the city won the All-America HONORING DR. SAMUEL O. High School where he started at offensive and City Award in 1970. OSUNDE defensive left guard on the football team. After A true brother in Christ, Horace has held graduation from Lumberton High in 1946, Hor- several offices in Trinity Episcopal Church and HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON ace began college at the University of North served as chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese OF MISSISSIPPI Carolina at Chapel Hill. He graduated in 1950 of East Carolina from 1970 to 1980. with an English degree after being inducted IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing into the Order of the Golden Fleece, UNC’s the service, goodness, humility, and character Tuesday, December 9, 2014 most selective honor society. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- Horace went on to begin law school at UNC that defines Horace E. Stacy, Jr. His life has er, I rise today to honor Dr. Samuel Osunde, shortly after the Korean War started and after created a legacy of civic service that will ben- who is a remarkable Leader, Director and only one semester enlisted in the U.S. Air efit the citizens of Robeson County and North Public Servant. Force to serve his country. He attended the Carolina for years to come. His personal Dr. Samuel Osunde received his Ph.D. in Air Force language school at Syracuse Univer- mentorship and friendship has been a blessing Mass Communication from Howard University sity for one year, where he learned to read, to my family and me, but we are not alone. in Washington D.C. Dr. Osunde has more write, and speak Russian. While stationed in Horace Stacy gives of himself freely and in- than 28 years of professional, academic and Germany during the Cold War he was a mem- spires goodness in all who know him. May administrative experience. From 1986 to 1989 ber of a security squadron monitoring Russian God bestow His richest blessings upon Hor- he served as the Special Assistant to the aircraft. ace and Joan Stacy, their three children, President for special projects at Southern Uni- Horace returned to law school at UNC in Robin, Jody and Mark, and their six versity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1954 and graduated in 1956. He was on the grandsons.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:28 Dec 10, 2014 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09DE8.025 E09DEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1765 TRIBUTE TO MONTY HALL memory by considering a bill that aims to fulfill been nearly impossible to secure this impor- one of his greatest passions. This country tant victory for water and sanitation. HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN owes him a great deal for his vision and fore- I want to conclude by thanking my staff. It OF CALIFORNIA sight. Thank you, Senator Paul Simon, and to seems like generations of Team Blumenauer IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his wife, Patti, who continues to support his have been involved in this effort at one point important work. or another. From Judah Ariel to Steph Cappa, Tuesday, December 9, 2014 The passage of the Water for the World Act to Michael Harold, thank you! Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to is historic. Let’s hope this shining example of bipartisan pay tribute to a great humanitarian and philan- Never before has the U.S. had a Global cooperation is not only a source of holiday thropist, Monty Hall. Water Strategy for how to effectively deal with cheer, but also an example all of us in Con- Monty Hall is widely known for his iconic growing water scarcity in all corners of the gress can draw on in the New Year. work in daytime television, but what many world. We now have a blueprint on how to f Americans don’t know is that he has spent his help those in need, while at the same time life engaged in philanthropic work. Monty Hall planning for, and then implementing, efforts to CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ANNA has traveled extensively throughout the United prevent and mitigate water-related conflict. E. BARRY SCHOOL FOR BEING States, Canada, and Europe and raised an es- The U.S. can no longer afford to play a mod- NAMED A NATIONAL BLUE RIB- timated $1 billion for charities. He has been est role, and instead must take up the mantle BON SCHOOL honored with more than 500 awards for his of leadership. This bill ensures that will hap- tireless work. pen. HON. RICHARD E. NEAL In 1975, Monty Hall was elected President None of this would have been possible if it OF MASSACHUSETTS of the world’s largest children’s charity, Variety weren’t for efforts of literally thousands of peo- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Clubs International, and in 1981 he was hon- ple all across the country that took action and Tuesday, December 9, 2014 ored with the lifetime title of International urged Congress to pass the Water for the Chairman. In 1988, he was awarded the pres- World Act. In October, I joined CHARLIE DENT Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I wish to congratu- tigious Order of Canada for his humanitarian and over 60,000 of our closest friends in Cen- late the Anna E. Barry School of Chicopee, works around the world. In 2002, he was in- tral Park for a rally calling on Congress to act Massachusetts for the honor of being named ducted into the Order of Manitoba. For the on this critical legislation. It worked. a National Blue Ribbon School for 2014, and past 35 years, he has hosted the annual The Water for the World Act was endorsed to recognize their achievements both in aca- Monty Hall/Cedars-Sinai Tennis Tournament by over 80 NGOs, nearly half of whom are demic excellence and in narrowing education to benefit the Diabetes Center and Pancreatic faith-based organizations. While all played a gaps between students. Cancer Program. critical role, there are a few that deserve indi- The Anna E. Barry School currently enrolls It is a tribute to Monty Hall’s commitment vidual recognition. students from kindergarten through fifth grade. that the children’s wings of four hospitals— Going all the way back to 2005, we would In its mission statement, the school states that UCLA Medical Center, Hahnemann Hospital in have barely moved the needle if it weren’t for its purpose is ‘‘to educate children . . . in Philadelphia, Mount Sinai in Toronto, and Malcolm Morris and Mark Winter of Living order that they may successfully continue with Johns Hopkins in Baltimore—all bear his Water International. their education, pursue their aspirations and name. David Douglas has been a constant source eventually become contributing community Monty Hall has received honorary doctor- of encouragement and support. members.’’ ates from the University of Manitoba, Haifa I also want to thank Lisa Schechtman of The National Blue Ribbon School Program University in Israel, and Hahnemann Medical WaterAid, John Sparks of the Millennium was established in 1982 to honor elementary, College. He and Marilyn, his beloved wife of Water Alliance, Lisa Bos of World Vision, John middle and high schools which have excellent 66 years, have three children and five grand- Oldfield of WASH Advocates, and Erin Rein performance, or which have substantially re- children. (‘‘Reen’’) of InterAction. They have been on duced the performance gap for disadvantaged I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking the front lines of this effort, ready to jump into student populations. Created under Secretary Monty Hall for his tremendous contributions, action at a moment’s notice. of Education Terrel H. Bell, the program was which have made lives better for countless in- Others have been indispensible as well, in- designed to celebrate achievement among dividuals in our nation and around the world. cluding Habitat for Humanity, Water.org, and public and private schools alike, as well as to f the Global Poverty Project. encourage the sharing of successful teaching I also want to thank my House colleagues strategies. COMMEMORATING THE PASSAGE who personally invested a great deal of time With just fewer than 7,900 educational insti- OF H.R. 2901, THE PAUL SIMON into bringing this bill to the floor. Without TED tutions having been named National Blue Rib- WATER FOR THE WORLD ACT OF POE, the issue of increasing access to clean bon Schools, it is an extraordinary achieve- 2014 drinking water and sanitation would not have ment for the Anna E. Barry School to be rec- the bipartisan support and appreciation it de- ognized with this award. The uniting feature of HON. EARL BLUMENAUER serves. He made this happen. Thank you, National Blue Ribbon Schools is their commit- OF OREGON TED. I also want to thank Chairman ROYCE. ment and dedication to outstanding edu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Chairman went out of his way to make cational outcomes for their pupils, and I am Water for the World a priority and is the latest proud to count a school from the First District Tuesday, December 9, 2014 extension of his efforts to meaningfully reform of Massachusetts among them. Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, nearly our aid programs. In being named a National Blue Ribbon three-and-a-half years ago, Congressman TED Just as important to this effort have been School, the Anna E. Barry School has been POE and I set out on a joint effort to increase our friends and allies at USAID and the De- recognized for their outstanding work improv- access to clean drinking water and sanitation partment of State. Starting with former Sec- ing the results of both students with special for the world’s poorest. His commitment to retary of State Clinton, who made water a educational needs, and those who have work together on this effort was for all of the focal point of her time in Foggy Bottom, and English as a second language. The school’s right reasons. The most important, however, her Special Advisor for Water Resources, Dr. accomplishment has been the product of tai- was his clear understanding that politics stops Aaron Salzberg. And Christian Holmes at lored student teaching, the integration of tech- at water. USAID, the first-ever Global Water Coordi- nology, and the engagement of the commu- And last night, our years of work and shared nator, with whom I look forward to continuing nity. By focusing on individual achievement efforts were rewarded when the House passed to work. and establishing positive lines of communica- the bipartisan Senator Paul Simon Water for Finally, as every Member of Congress tion with families, the Anna E. Barry School the World Act. knows, we wouldn’t make much progress on has not only improved educational outcomes, My efforts began over a decade ago, and anything if it weren’t for the dedicated, hard- but has made learning a collaborative exercise were encouraged by the late Senator Paul working staff that actually run the place. With- between students, parents and teachers. Simon, the namesake of this bill and my 2005 out the tireless efforts and expertise from Joan The success of the school can also be at- Water for the Poor Act. It’s fitting that on this Condon and her colleagues on the House For- tributed to the dedication of its teachers and day—the anniversary of his passing on De- eign Affairs Committee, and from Luke Murry administrators in promoting and advancing the cember 9, 2003—Congress would honor his in Congressman POE’s office, it would have students’ education. I wish the school, its staff

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MIKE McINTYRE with the Livermore Area Recreation and Park built and guided Oracle to its current position OF NORTH CAROLINA District and the Livermore Valley Joint Unified as the world’s largest database-software com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES School District. pany and one of the biggest providers of busi- Prior to serving on the City Council, Mr. ness programs. Oracle has a market capital- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Horner was an active member of the Liver- ization of $185 billion and annual revenues of Mr. MCINTYRE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay more Community, having served on the Liver- $38 billion, numbers that attest to Ellison’s tribute to Major Kevin Tann, United States more Planning Commission, the Design Re- technical brilliance, strategic genius and un- Army, for his extraordinary dedication to duty view Committee, and the City’s General Plan surpassed business acumen. and service to the United States of America. Review Committee. Larry Ellison worked as a technician for Major Tann will be moving on from his current Mr. Horner’s commitment to open space Firemen’s Fund, Wells Fargo Bank and as a assignment as an Army Congressional Liaison and the viticulture industry has helped main- programmer at Amdahl Corporation, where he for the House of Representatives to Fort tain the character and quality of life of Liver- was part of a team that built the first IBM-com- Belvoir, Virginia. more, maintaining the best of aspects of his patible mainframe system. In 1999, Ellison, to- gether with his Amdahl colleagues Robert Army Congressional Liaisons provide an in- community for future generations. valuable service to both the Military and Con- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Miner and Ed Oates, founded Software Devel- opment Labs which became Oracle after build- gress. They assist Members and staff in un- in thanking Mr. Horner for his many years of ing a database named Oracle for the Central derstanding the Army’s policies, actions, oper- service to the community and wishing him the ations, and requirements. Their first hand Intelligence Agency. best in his future endeavors. A Silicon Valley legend, Larry Ellison is a knowledge of military needs, culture, and tradi- f man of widely diverse interests. He has re- tion is a tremendous benefit to Congressional CELEBRATING THE 85TH ANNIVER- ceived many honors, including being inducted Staff. into the Academy of Achievement in 1997. He A native of North Carolina, Major Tann SARY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE (DOP) is number five on the Forbes list of world bil- graduated from Florida International University lionaires, and is a generous philanthropist who in 1999 and was commissioned as Second has given millions to many causes, particularly Lieutenant in the Army’s Aviation Branch. He HON. NIKI TSONGAS in the field of medicine. He has signed the has served in a variety of assignments includ- OF MASSACHUSETTS Giving Pledge which is a commitment to do- ing service in Alabama, Texas, South Caro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nate most of his wealth to non-profit organiza- lina, and the Pentagon. Major Tann was se- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 tions. He is the father of two, film producers lected for the highly competitive Congressional Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com- David and Megan. He’s also a pilot and com- Fellowship Program and has participated in memorate the 85th anniversary of the Daugh- petitive sailor whose team won the America’s multiple combat tours in support of Operation ters of Penelope, one of our nation’s pre- Cup in 2010 and in 2013. Iraqi Freedom. President John F. Kennedy said, ‘‘Ameri- Major Tann’s military awards include the eminent international women’s organizations. Since its founding in 1929, these committed cans by nature, are optimistic. They are exper- Army Aviator and Parachutist Badges and women of Hellenic descent and admirers of imental, inventors, and are builders who build Bronze Star Medal, as well as the Iraq Cam- best when called upon to build greatly.’’ Mr. Greek culture have worked tirelessly to pro- paign Medal. He holds a Bachelor of Science Speaker, I ask the entire House of Represent- mote the ideals of ancient Greece in the fields Degree in Criminal Justice from Florida Inter- atives to join me in honoring Larry Ellison, an of education, philanthropy and civic duty. national University; a Master of Arts in Public American icon, for his extraordinary vision and Today, the Daughters of Penelope and its Administration from Florida International Uni- great contributions to American technology. 250 chapters around the world strive to versity; and, a Master of Political Science from He has enhanced the leadership of our nation strengthen the status of women in society, George Washington University. around the world by ‘‘building greatly.’’ help the victims of domestic violence both in Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to recognize the the United States and in Greece, and raise f selfless service of Major Tann as he proceeds funding for some of today’s most important A FOND FAREWELL TO THE CON- to the next chapter in his remarkable career medical research—among other philanthropic STITUENTS OF THE 33RD CON- and continues to serve our great Nation. On causes. GRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF CALI- behalf of a grateful Nation, I join my col- In 2009, this body along with our colleagues FORNIA leagues in recognizing and commending Major in the Senate recognized the work of the Tann for his dedicated service to our Country. Daughters of Penelope and passed resolu- HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN For all he and his family have given and con- tions commemorating its many achievements. tinue to give to our Country, we are in their OF CALIFORNIA After five more years of exceptional work IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES debt. We wish him, his wife Joi, and his son and dedication, I rise to acknowledge these Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Kevin, all the best as they continue their jour- truly outstanding women and their many ac- ney in the United States Army. complishments. Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f f express my profound appreciation to the con- stituents of the 33rd Congressional District of IN RECOGNITION OF DOUG TRIBUTE TO LARRY J. ELLISON, California. It has been a tremendous privilege HORNER FOUNDER OF ORACLE for me to serve as their representative in Con- gress for forty years. While the numbers and HON. ERIC SWALWELL HON. ANNA G. ESHOO boundaries of the district have changed four OF CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA times, generous constituent support has given IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES me latitude to pursue comprehensive solutions to problems that not only benefit us in the dis- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Tuesday, December 9, 2014 trict, but benefit our nation as a whole. Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to It also has been extremely gratifying for me I rise today to honor Mr. Doug Horner on the honor an extraordinary American visionary, to have the opportunity to assist individuals occasion of his departure from elected office Mr. Larry Ellison, as he steps down from his and families on a more personal level, from in my district. position as CEO of Oracle, the world-re- helping reunify families more quickly, to get- Mr. Horner was first appointed to the Liver- nowned company he founded in Redwood ting Section 8 housing vouchers more effi- more City Council in July of 2007 and suc- City, California. ciently, expediting Social Security and Medi- ceeded to a second term in 2009. During his Larry Ellison was born in the New York City care benefits, cutting red tape to ensure mili- time in office, he was twice appointed to serve borough of the Bronx in 1944, and from an tary heroes receive the medals they’ve

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In 1976, he served as a page at Santa Monica Airport, helicopter noise, vet- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 eran homelessness, attempts to commer- in the U.S. House of Representatives, begin- cialize the West LA VA property, traffic grid- Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, it is with sadness ning his long career in public service. His ex- lock, beach pollution, and so many more. Of that we mourn the loss of Edward J. Leong, perience includes working as a district rep- course these challenges remain and new ones who passed away on December 7th, after a resentative for U.S. Representative Tony Coel- will emerge, but I have full confidence in the lengthy battle with cancer. ho and as a legislative assistant for Assembly ability of Representative-Elect Ted Lieu to suc- Ed served for 36 years in the Office of the Members Gary Condit and Jack O’Connell. In cessfully tackle them. House Legislative Counsel, 16 of them as 1988, he secured his real estate license and Senior Counsel. He specialized in titles 5 and began working at Coldwell Bank Central Val- It has been an honor to work with some of 39 of the United States Code, the law gov- ley Realtors. the finest elected state and local officials in erning the federal workforce and the United John Lazar was first elected to the Turlock the nation. I thank my colleagues in the cities States Postal Service. His sharp mind, relent- City Council in 1992 and served on the council of the 33rd Congressional District, the Los An- less pursuit of perfection, and skill ensured the for 14 years until elected as Mayor of Turlock geles County Board of Supervisors, and the bills considered by the Committee on Over- in 2006. He was appointed to the Stanislaus California State Legislature for fiercely advo- sight and Government Reform and the Con- County Council of Governments, where he cating on behalf of our constituents and work- gress were written in a manner that allow for served from 1999–2000, California State Man- ing closely with me on federal policies that af- effective implementation. dates Commission from 2000–2005, and the fect our State. Ed was a mentor and teacher to many cur- Stanislaus County Local Agency Formation I have had a long career and an eventful rent and former staff. His professionalism and Commission from 2000–2006. He is currently one—and I wouldn’t trade any of it. I woke dedication to his work are an example to this a member of the Emanuel Medical Center each day looking forward to opportunities to institution. Ed’s soft-spoken manner, kind na- Governing Board. make our country stronger, healthier, and fair- ture, and laugh made him a pleasure to work Over the years, Mayor Lazar has received er. I will always be grateful for this opportunity with. several honors; including receiving the 2007 and privilege and for the many friendships I’ve As Chairman, I extend the sympathy and Turlock Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of forged over the last forty years. condolences of the Oversight and Government the Year, 2002 Central Valley Association of Reform Committee to Ed’s wife, Chee Lee, his Realtors’ Realtor of the Year Award, and the f children Stephen and Anna, and his col- 1995 California Junior Chamber of Commerce leagues—in particular those in the House Of- Outstanding Young Californian Award. PERSONAL EXPLANATION fice of Legislative Counsel. He has sat on numerous boards, including f the Rotary Club of Turlock, Stanislaus County Organization of Governments, Turlock Com- HON. GEORGE MILLER HONORING TURLOCK MAYOR JOHN munity Auditorium, and the California Associa- LAZAR OF CALIFORNIA tion of Realtors. Mayor Lazar and his wife, Nellie, have three IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JEFF DENHAM sons. His hobbies include reading history and Tuesday, December 9, 2014 OF CALIFORNIA biographies and collecting political buttons. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Turlock Mayor John Lazar on his retirement Speaker, during last week’s vote on Roll No. Tuesday, December 9, 2014 from the Turlock City Council and thanking 551, I inadvertently voted ‘‘yea.’’ I intended to Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to him for his exemplary leadership and service vote ‘‘nay’’ on Roll No. 551. acknowledge and honor Turlock Mayor John to the community.

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of international humanitarian law, after agreeing to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Au- the committee amendment in the nature of a sub- thority for a term expiring May 18, 2019. stitute, and a committee amendment to the title. Pages S6404, S6436, S6466 Pages S6465–66 During consideration of this nomination today, House Messages: Senate also took the following action: By 63 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 318), Senate Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon Na- agreed to the motion to close further debate on the tional Defense Authorization Act—Agreement: nomination. Page S6404 Senate began consideration of the amendment of the By 86 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. EX. 321), Ron- House of Representatives to the amendment of the ald Anderson Walter, of Tennessee, to be a Member Senate to H.R. 3979, to amend the Internal Revenue of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services vol- Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2019. unteers are not taken into account as employees Pages S6404–05, S6436–37, S6466 under the shared responsibility requirements con- During consideration of this nomination today, tained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Senate also took the following action: Act, taking action on the following motions and By 65 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 319), Senate amendments proposed thereto: Pages S6437–42 agreed to the motion to close further debate on the Pending: nomination. Page S6404 Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the Peter Michael McKinley, of Virginia, to be Am- House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. bassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Page S6437 Pages S6437, S6466 Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the Richard Rahul Verma, of Maryland, to be Ambas- House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, sador to the Republic of India. Pages S6437, S6466 with Reid Amendment No. 3984 (to the amend- Tony Hammond, of Missouri, to be a Commis- ment of the House to the amendment of the Senate sioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for a to the bill), to change the enactment date. term expiring October 14, 2018. Pages S6437, S6466 Page S6438 Nanci E. Langley, of Hawaii, to be a Commis- Reid Amendment No. 3985 (to Amendment No. sioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for a 3984), of a perfecting nature. Page S6438 term expiring November 22, 2018. Reid motion to refer the message of the House on Pages S6437, S6466 the bill to the Committee on Armed Services, with Messages from the House: Page S6446–47 instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3986, to change the enactment date. Page S6438 Measures Referred: Page S6447 Reid Amendment No. 3987 (to (the instructions) Measures Placed on the Calendar: Amendment No. 3986), of a perfecting nature. Pages S6400, S6447 Page S6438 Measures Read the First Time: Page S6466 Reid Amendment No. 3988 (to Amendment No. Pages S6447–48 3987), of a perfecting nature. Page S6438 Executive Reports of Committees: A motion was entered to close further debate on Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6448–49 the motion to concur in the amendment of the Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII Additional Statements: Pages S6444–46 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on clo- Amendments Submitted: Pages S6449–62 ture will occur on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S6462 Page S6437 Authorities for Committees to Meet: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- viding for further consideration of the motion to Pages S6462–43 concur in the amendment of the House to the Privileges of the Floor: Page S6463 amendment of the Senate to the bill at approxi- Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. mately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, December 10, (Total—321) Pages S6404, S6436–37 2014. Page S6466 Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- journed at 8:53 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednes- lowing nominations: day, December 10, 2014. (For Senate’s program, see By 86 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. EX. 320), Vir- the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s ginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, to be a Member of Record on page S6466.)

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There were no quorum calls. partment of Veterans Affairs, to review the terms or characterization of the discharge or separation of cer- Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and ad- tain individuals from the Armed Forces, to require journed at 6:31 p.m. a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Adminis- Committee Meetings tration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. SETTING FISCAL PRIORITIES Pages H8899–H8904 Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Agreed to amend the title so as to read ‘‘To direct Health held a hearing entitled ‘‘Setting Fiscal Prior- the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the ities’’. Testimony was heard from Mark Miller, Exec- conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care utive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commis- and suicide prevention programs of the Department sion; and public witnesses. of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve EXAMINING OBAMACARE TRANSPARENCY in the Veterans Health Administration of the De- FAILURES partment of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full poses.’’. Page H8904 Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Examining California Emergency Drought Relief Act of ObamaCare Transparency Failures’’. Testimony was 2014: The House passed H.R. 5781, to provide heard from Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator, Cen- short-term water supplies to drought-stricken Cali- ters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department fornia, by a recorded vote of 230 ayes to 182 noes, of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. Roll No. 553. Consideration of the measure began TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE PROGRAM yesterday, December 8. Pages H8886–89 REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2014 Rejected the George Miller (CA) motion to re- Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on commit the bill to the Committee on Natural Re- S. 2244, the ‘‘Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Re- sources with instructions to report the same back to authorization Act of 2014’’. The committee granted, the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea- by voice vote, a closed rule for H.R. 2244. The rule and-nay vote of 182 yeas to 228 nays, Roll No. 552. provides one hour of debate equally divided and con- Page H8888 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member H. Res. 770, amended, the rule providing for con- of the Committee on Financial Services. The rule sideration of the bills (H.R. 3979), (H.R. 5759), and waives all points of order against consideration of the (H.R. 5781), was agreed to on December 4. bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the Suspensions—Proceedings Postponed: The House nature of a substitute printed in the Rules Com- debated the following measures under suspension of mittee report shall be considered as adopted and the the rules. Further proceedings were postponed. bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The John Muir National Historic Site Expansion rule waives all points of order against provisions in Act: H.R. 5699, amended, to authorize the Secretary the bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion of the Interior to acquire approximately 44 acres of to commit with or without instructions. In section land in Martinez, California and Pages H8880–81 2, the rule provides that it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of December 11, 2014, Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House Act of 2014: S. 1000, to require the Director of the suspend the rules and that the Speaker or his des- Office of Management and Budget to prepare a ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader or her crosscut budget for restoration activities in the designee on the designation of any matter for consid- Chesapeake Bay watershed. Pages H8878–80 eration pursuant to this section. In section 3, the Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate rule provides that on any legislative day of the sec- by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the ond session of the 113th Congress after December House today and messages received from the Senate 11, 2014: the Journal of the proceedings of the pre- today appear on pages H8874–75, H8877 and vious day shall be considered as approved; and the H8882. Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned

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In section 5, the rule provides that each day Office, and Daniel Henry Marti, of Virginia, to be Intel- during the period addressed by section 3 shall not lectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Of- constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of fice of the President, 10 a.m., SD–226. the War Powers Resolution. In section 6, the rule Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Presi- provides that each day during the period addressed dent’s executive action on immigration and the need to by section 3 of the resolution shall not constitute a pass comprehensive reform, 2:30 p.m., SD–226. legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII House (resolutions of inquiry). Testimony was heard from Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Chairman Hensarling, and Representatives Waters, Health, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining FDA’s Role in the and Carolyn Maloney of New York. Regulation of Genetically Modified Food Ingredients’’, 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. TIMELESS HONOR: REVIEWING CURRENT Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing OPERATIONS OF OUR NATIONAL entitled ‘‘Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress?’’, CEMETERIES 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on Dis- Trade; and Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Com- ability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held a hear- mittee on Armed Services, joint hearing entitled ‘‘Russian ing entitled ‘‘Timeless Honor: Reviewing Current Arms Control Cheating and the Administration’s Re- Operations of our National Cemeteries’’. Testimony sponses’’, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn. was heard from Ronald E. Walters, Acting Under Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Secretary for Memorial Affairs, National Cemetery Threats, hearing entitled ‘‘The United States as an Arctic Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Pat- Nation: Opportunities in the High North’’, 2 p.m., 2200 rick K. Hallinan, Executive Director, Army National Rayburn. Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; Military Cemeteries, Department of the Army; Max and the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, joint Cleland, Secretary, American Battle Monuments hearing entitled ‘‘After the Withdrawal: The Way For- Commission; and public witnesses. ward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Part III)’’, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigra- Joint Meetings tion and Border Security, hearing entitled ‘‘The Impact No joint committee meetings were held. on Local Communities of the Release of Unaccompanied f Alien Minors and the Need for Consultation and Notifi- cation’’, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Sub- DECEMBER 10, 2014 committee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitle- (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) ments, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining EPA’s Management of the Renewable Fuel Standard Program’’, 9:30 a.m., Senate 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Serv- hearings to examine the Commodity Futures Trading ice, and the Census, hearing entitled ‘‘Addressing the Commission, focusing on the effective enforcement and Backlog in the Federal Employee Retirement Process’’, the future of derivatives regulation, 10 a.m., SR–328A. 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee hold an oversight hearing to examine cybersecurity, focus- on Space, hearing entitled ‘‘An Update on the Space ing on enhancing coordination to protect the financial Launch System and Orion: Monitoring the Development sector, 10 a.m., SD–538. of the Nation’s Deep Space Exploration Capabilities’’, 10 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- a.m., 2318 Rayburn. committee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Ma- rine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- to examine passenger rail, focusing on investing in our committee on Aviation, hearing entitled ‘‘U.S. Unmanned nation’s future, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. Aircraft Systems: Integration, Oversight, and Competi- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business tiveness’’, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. meeting to consider the nomination of Colette Dodson Select Committee on Benghazi, Full Committee, hearing Honorable, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Federal entitled ‘‘Hearing 2’’, relating to reviewing efforts to se- Energy Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD–366. cure U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel, 10 a.m., Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African HVC–210. Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the Ebola epidemic,

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 10 10 a.m., Wednesday, December 10

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Wednesday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Wednesday: Consideration of S. 2244— ation of the motion to concur in the amendment of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 3979, 2014 (Subject to a Rule). Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De- fense Authorization Act.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E1758 Olson, Pete, Tex., E1756, E1757 Issa, Darrell E., Calif., E1767 Poe, Ted, Tex., E1759 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E1765 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E1757, E1764 Schweikert, David, Ariz., E1764 Boehner, John A., Ohio, E1755 Johnson, Sam, Tex., E1756 Scott, David, Ga., E1755 Brady, Robert A., Pa., E1756 King, Steve, Iowa, E1763 Sinema, Kyrsten, Ariz., E1758 Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E1756 Loebsack, David, Iowa., E1755 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1758 McIntyre, Mike, N.C., E1764, E1766 Speier, Jackie, Calif.,E1758, E1761, E1763 DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E1760 Messer, Luke, Ind., E1761 Swalwell, Eric, Calif., E1766 Denham, Jeff, Calif., E1767 Miller, Candice S., Mich., E1761 Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E1756, E1758, E1760, Duncan, John J., Tenn., E1757 Miller, Gary G., Calif., E1757 E1762, E1764 Engel, Eliot L., N.Y., E1760 Miller, George, Calif., E1767 Tsongas, Niki, Mass., E1766 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E1755, E1766 Neal, Richard E., Mass., E1765 Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E1765, E1766

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