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, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014 No. 117 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was appoint the Honorable JOHN E. WALSH, a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- called to order by the Honorable JOHN Senator from the State of Montana, to per- pore. The clerk will read the bill by E. WALSH, a Senator from the State of form the duties of the Chair. title for the second time. Montana. PATRICK J. LEAHY, The assistant legislative clerk read President pro tempore. as follows: PRAYER Mr. WALSH thereupon assumed the A bill (S. 2648) making emergency supple- Chair as Acting President pro tempore. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- mental appropriations for the fiscal year f ending September 30, 2014, and for other pur- fered the following prayer: poses. Let us pray. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY Mr. REID. Mr. President, I object to Eternal God, our rock and fortress, LEADER any further proceedings with respect to thank You for even giving us credit for The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- this legislation. our good intentions. You examine our pore. The majority leader is recog- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- motives, discerning the nuances of our nized. pore. Objection having been heard, the motivation and the chasm between bill will be placed on the calendar. what we desire and what we are able to f f accomplish. Lord, we are grateful for SCHEDULE Your mercy that does not make our REMEMBERING OFFICERS JOHN Mr. REID. Mr. President, following limitations the standard for judging us, GIBSON AND JACOB CHESTNUT my remarks and those of the Repub- but You accept our faith in Your re- lican leader, the Senate will resume Mr. REID. Mr. President, many years demptive power. consideration of the motion to proceed ago I came to Washington, DC, to go to Give our Senators a blessed day. May to Calendar No. 453, the Bring Jobs law school. I came back here because they produce a harvest of good deeds Home Act. This will be postcloture Nevada did not have a law school. Al- for Your glory. Help them to submit to time. Cloture has been invoked on this though I had opportunities to go other Your spirit’s control. Provide them measure. places, I came back here because it was with vision, wisdom, and courage to At 1:45 this afternoon there will be a kind of the thing Nevadans did. I got a meet today’s challenges. voice vote on the adoption of the mo- job through my Nevada Congressman— We pray in Your great Name. Amen. we only had one at the time—Walter S. tion to proceed to the Bring Jobs Home Baring. I had what was called a patron- f Act. There will be a rollcall vote on the age job. I was a Capitol police officer. I motion to invoke cloture on the nomi- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was assigned here to the Capitol, as- nation of Pamela Harris to be a U.S. signed to the House side. That is what The Presiding Officer led the Pledge circuit judge for the Fourth Circuit, I did. My badge is still in my con- of Allegiance, as follows: followed by a voice vote on confirma- ference room. I worked the evening I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the tion of the nomination of Lisa Disbrow United States of America, and to the Repub- shift—from 3 to 11, as I recall. to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air When I was a member of the Capitol lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Force. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Police Force, as I have said here on the ORDER OF PROCEDURE floor, I did not do anything that was f I ask unanimous consent that at 3:40 very dangerous. The most dangerous APPOINTMENT OF ACTING this afternoon, the Senate conduct a thing I did was direct traffic out on PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE moment of silence in memory of the Constitution Avenue. At that time 1998 Capitol shooting that resulted in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The they had subway tracks in the road, the deaths of Special Agent John Gib- clerk will please read a communication and cars would bounce around. I did son and Officer Jacob Chestnut. to the Senate from the President pro not do anything that was very dan- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tempore (Mr. LEAHY). gerous; but I was a police officer. I am pore. Without objection, it is so or- The assistant legislative clerk read very proud of that. dered. In this Senate Chamber, as we speak, the following letter: f there are people who are assigned to U.S. SENATE, take care of us, staff, and all of the PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, MEASURE PLACED ON THE tourists who come in. We have tourists Washington, DC, July 24, 2014. CALENDAR—S. 2648 To the Senate: in the galleries. The police officers are Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, Mr. REID. Mr. President, S. 2648 is assigned everyplace. Some have uni- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby due for a second reading. forms; most of them do not. Their job ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S4851 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:49 Jul 25, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JY6.000 S24JYPT1 smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S4852 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 24, 2014 is to do everything they can to make much: Officer J.J. Chestnut and Detec- Coal Jobs Act. He has already blocked sure this magnificent Capitol Complex tive John Gibson. Exactly 16 years ago this bill once before, but I will give is safe. Every day there are people who, these Capitol policemen were shot in him a chance to reconsider. if they could, would do damage to this the line of duty, paying a terrible price Everyone knows the administration’s Capitol and to the people who work in defense of every one of us—Senators, war on coal jobs is little more than an here. staffers, pages, fellow officers, and elitist crusade that threatens to under- In 1998 two of our Capitol police offi- every American citizen who passes mine Kentucky’s traditionally low cers were on duty. A crazed man—16 through these hallowed halls. These utility rates, splinter our manufac- years ago—came into the Capitol and men knew the grave risk that came turing base, and ship well-paying jobs shot Jacob Chestnut cold dead, right with the job. Yet they chose to wear overseas. My amendment seeks to push there at what we call the Memorial the badge anyway. They made the deci- back against this war on coal, this war Door. John Gibson heard this commo- sion to stand in defense of the demo- on ordinary American livelihoods, and tion and saved many tourists and staff cratic ideal this building symbolizes. it seeks to help protect the administra- from this crazed man, but in the proc- We owe these men a debt that can tion’s targets too—Kentucky coal fam- ess he was also killed. Both officers never be repaid. So let’s never forget ilies who want little more than to put died that day. They had served a com- their lives or their final act of heroism. food on the table and give their chil- bined 36 years on the force protecting We are reminded every time we pass dren a better life. It is really not too all of us and all of the many people the Capitol Police headquarters, which much to ask. So the majority leader who come to this Capitol Complex. bears both of their names. We are re- has a choice. Is he in favor of shipping I know the families of these two offi- minded every time we notice the Kentucky jobs overseas or will he help cers. I have met with them on a yearly plaque in the Capitol that commemo- me protect the middle class by sup- porting this amendment? basis. I know nothing can make up for rates them. We are reminded by observ- Regardless of what he decides, the loss of these two fine men 16 years ing today’s men and women of the U.S. though, I am going to keep fighting ago, but I hope their families and Capitol Police as they continue to pro- against this administration’s unfair friends take comfort in knowing that tect this institution, honorably con- regulations. Yesterday the EPA Ad- those of us who were here that day hold tinuing the watch of these two fallen ministrator came to Capitol Hill to de- them in our memories and in our officers. fend the administration’s extreme pro- hearts. Today the Senate honors Officer posed energy regulations. She tried to While it is little solace to their fami- Chestnut and Detective Gibson for assure legislators that the administra- lies, the tragedy that day made the their sacrifice. We send our sincere tion wanted input from the public as it Capitol a safer place. It was because of condolences to the family and friends went about developing and imple- them that we finally were able to make left behind. menting its job-killing agenda. But it this a safer place.