E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 114 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 162 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2016 No. 114 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was accompany S. 2943, which the clerk will John Thune, Orrin G. Hatch, Johnny called to order by the President pro report. Isakson, Mike Crapo, Thom Tillis, tempore (Mr. HATCH). The legislative clerk read as follows: John Hoeven, Joni Ernst, Deb Fischer, Jeff Sessions, David Perdue, Richard Resolved, That the House insist upon its f Burr, Dan Sullivan. amendment to the bill (S. 2943) entitled ‘‘An PRAYER Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- year 2017 for military activities of the De- consent that the mandatory quorum fered the following prayer: partment of Defense, for military construc- call be waived. tion, and for defense activities of the Depart- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Let us pray. ment of Energy, to prescribe military per- objection, it is so ordered. God of peace, help us to receive Your sonnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for peace today and become Your instru- MEASURES PLACED ON THE CALENDAR—H.R. 10, other purposes,’’ and ask a conference with H.R. 4465, H.R. 4487, AND H.R. 4901 ments of reconciliation on Earth. For- the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I two Houses thereon. give us for the times we have permitted understand there are four bills at the RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER acrimony to deface Your image in hu- desk due for a second reading. manity. Use our lawmakers to commu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nicate Your peace, bringing hope and jority leader is recognized. clerk will read the bills by title for the healing to our Nation and world. Lord, COMPOUND MOTION second time. make our Senators channels of Your Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The legislative clerk read as follows: grace to transform discord into har- move to disagree in the amendment of A bill (H.R. 10) to reauthorize the Scholar- mony and conflict into cooperation. the House, agree to the request from ships for Opportunity and Results Act, and Help us to hear the drumbeat of Your the House for a conference, and appoint for other purposes. direction and march to the cadence of the following conferees: Senators A bill (H.R. 4465) to decrease the deficit by Your guidance. MCCAIN, INHOFE, SESSIONS, WICKER, consolidating and selling Federal buildings and other civilian real property, and for And Lord, bless the illustrious sum- AYOTTE, FISCHER, COTTON, ROUNDS, mer 2016 Senate page class that pre- other purposes. ERNST, TILLIS, SULLIVAN, LEE, GRAHAM, A bill (H.R. 4487) to reduce costs of Federal pares to leave Capitol Hill. Thank You CRUZ, REED, NELSON, MCCASKILL, real estate, improve building security, and for the faithfulness of these out- MANCHIN, SHAHEEN, GILLIBRAND, for other purposes. standing young people. BLUMENTHAL, DONNELLY, HIRONO, A bill (H.R. 4901) to reauthorize the Schol- We pray in Your wonderful Name. KAINE, KING, and HEINRICH. arships for Opportunity and Results Act, and for other purposes. Amen. CLOTURE MOTION f Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Mr. MCCONNELL. In order to place the bills on the calendar under the pro- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- visions of rule XIV, I object to further The President pro tempore led the ture motion having been presented proceedings en bloc. Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: under rule XXII, the Chair directs the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the clerk to read the motion. tion having been heard, the bills will be United States of America, and to the Repub- The legislative clerk read as follows: placed on the calendar. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- CLOTURE MOTION indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. jority leader. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- LEGISLATION BEFORE THE SENATE f ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, it is RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the mo- hard to understand why our Demo- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. tion to disagree in the House amendment, cratic friends continue to filibuster the HELLER). Under the previous order, the agree to the request from the House for a funding needed to fight Zika. leadership time is reserved. conference, and the appointing of the fol- We have already shown the reality lowing conferees: Senators McCain, Inhofe, f behind various claims and half-truths Sessions, Wicker, Ayotte, Fischer, Cotton, about the compromise anti-Zika con- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- Rounds, Ernst, Tillis, Sullivan, Lee, Graham, ference report: the idea that it would TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 Cruz, Reed, Nelson, McCaskill, Manchin, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Donnelly, underfund Zika; the idea that it would The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Hirono, Kaine, King, Heinrich. prohibit funding for or deny access to the previous order, the Chair lays be- Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Tom birth control; the idea that it would ac- fore the Senate the House message to Cotton, Kelly Ayotte, James Lankford, tually weaken clean water protections; ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S5099 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Jul 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JY6.000 S14JYPT1 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S5100 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 14, 2016 the idea that its offsets don’t have any [A bill] without actual appropriations . parts and fuel consumed in training bipartisan support; the idea that it is like a Hollywood movie set: Something and operations and the ammunition would cut funding for veterans. We that appears real on the surface but has no they will need to execute their mis- have shown that all of these claims substance and no life behind its false facade. sions. It also includes resources to fund just don’t stand up to scrutiny. Here is what my friend the Demo- basic pay, deliver necessary medical Despite all this, Democrats now say cratic leader said: services, and support quality-of-life they will only accept the Zika bill if it Authorizing legislation is a start, but programs that military families count limits health care funding in the terri- without resources, it’s very, very meaning- on. The President has made a commit- tories that need it most, drops critical less. ment to our allies, and we must meet funding for our veterans, and even re- Very, very meaningless. A false fa- our commitment to the force. stricts the ability to kill mosquitos. cade. Harsh words from Democrats Our men and women in uniform cou- That is apparently their position. My about their own actions on defense rageously put themselves in harm’s friend the Democratic leader warns funding. way to help keep our country safe. that these mosquitos are ‘‘vicious,’’ In an attempt to make a misleading They do so willingly. They do so volun- ‘‘awful,’’ and ‘‘ravaging.’’ He is just not political point about the CARA bill—a tarily. They don’t ask for much in re- all that interested in killing them. point that doesn’t hold water, of turn, and they never ever forsake their So I would like to echo the words of course—these Democratic leaders inad- commitment. Senators shouldn’t for- the senior Senator from Texas, who vertently stepped on their own party’s sake their commitment, either. said that our Democratic colleagues message for opposing the funding bill Today, our Democratic colleagues seem to be operating in a ‘‘logic-free our military needs. If they really be- will have the opportunity to join us in zone’’ when it comes to Zika. It is time lieve what they said to be true, then meeting the first part of that commit- to get back to reality. This is a serious why are Senate Democrats blocking ment by voting to go to conference on crisis that demands serious solutions. the Defense appropriations bill when the Defense authorization bill. Then It is time for our friends to start wor- they talk about how important it is to they will have the opportunity to join rying less about pleasing outside polit- actually provide ‘‘real funding’’? This us in meeting the second part of that ical groups and start worrying more is a defense funding bill that the top commitment by voting to end their fil- about actually helping the Americans Democrat on the Defense Sub- ibuster of the defense funding bill so we who are counting on all of us. committee called ‘‘a responsible ap- can pass it. We have a conference report. It is be- proach to protecting our country.’’ It America’s men and women in uni- fore us. It contains the exact level of is a bill that every single Democrat form don’t need ‘‘false facades’’ or funding to fight Zika that Democrats and every single Republican supported ‘‘very, very meaningless’’ gestures already agreed to—$1.1 billion. It in- in the Appropriations Committee. It from our Democratic colleagues. They cludes more health care funding than also respects the budget caps in place. need Democrats to put politics aside the bill that originally passed the Sen- It is the epitome of regular order—the and join us in advancing a strong De- ate.