June 5, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2993 (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor prevent providers from offering their Whereas industrial hemp holds great po- of S. 2764, a bill to amend and enhance full medical recommendations to their tential to bolster the agricultural economy the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Morato- patients. of the United States: Now, therefore, be it rium Protection Act to improve the Resolved, That the Senate— S. RES. 527 (1) designates the week of June 4 through conservation of sharks, and for other At the request of Mr. PERDUE, the June 10, 2018, as ‘‘Hemp History Week’’; purposes. name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. (2) recognizes the historical relevance of S. 2880 RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. industrial hemp; and At the request of Mr. NELSON, the Res. 527, a resolution congratulating (3) recognizes the growing economic poten- name of the Senator from Wisconsin the people of Georgia on the 100th anni- tial of industrial hemp. (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a cospon- versary of its declaration of independ- f sor of S. 2880, a bill to establish a pilot ence as a democratic republic and re- SENATE RESOLUTION 533—COM- program for long-term rental assist- affirming the strength of the relation- MEMORATING THE COMMIS- ance for families affected by major dis- ship between the United States and SIONING OF THE USS ‘‘MAN- asters in 2017. Georgia. CHESTER’’ S. 2934 AMENDMENT NO. 2269 Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. HAS- At the request of Mr. NELSON, the At the request of Mr. MORAN, the SAN, Mr. JONES, and Mr. WICKER) sub- name of the Senator from Montana names of the Senator from New York mitted the following resolution; which (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor (Mr. SCHUMER) and the Senator from was considered and agreed to: ILLIBRAND of S. 2934, a bill to increase the recruit- New York (Mrs. G ) were S. RES. 533 ment and retention of school-based added as cosponsors of amendment No. Whereas the State of New Hampshire has a mental health services providers by 2269 intended to be proposed to H.R. long and distinguished history of military low-income local educational agencies. 5515, to authorize appropriations for service dating back to 1680, when militia S. 2938 fiscal year 2019 for military activities companies were formed in the State to pro- At the request of Mr. SASSE, the of the Department of Defense, for mili- tect the citizens of New Hampshire; names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. tary construction, and for defense ac- Whereas New Hampshire sent 3 regiments of minutemen to Boston in the wake of the NELSON), the Senator from Wyoming tivities of the Department of Energy, skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, and (Mr. ENZI), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for many of those minutemen went on to fight CRAPO) and the Senator from Min- gallantly under the command of then Colo- nesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were added as other purposes. nel, and future Major General, John Stark at cosponsors of S. 2938, a bill to require f the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775; the Secretary of Transportation to Whereas Portsmouth shipbuilder John SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS modify provisions relating to hours of Langdon, who would later become a United service requirements with respect to States Senator, oversaw the construction of transportation of livestock and insects, some of the first vessels of the United States SENATE RESOLUTION 532—DESIG- Navy, including the sloop-of-war the USS and for other purposes. NATING THE WEEK OF JUNE 4 Ranger, which was built and equipped for S. 2955 THROUGH JUNE 10, 2018, AS naval hero Captain John Paul Jones; At the request of Mr. WICKER, the ‘‘HEMP HISTORY WEEK’’ Whereas the city of Manchester, New Hampshire (commonly known as the ‘‘Queen names of the Senator from Missouri Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. (Mr. BLUNT) and the Senator from Min- City’’), is— MERKLEY, Mr. PAUL, and Mr. MCCON- (1) the largest city in northern New Eng- nesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were added as NELL) submitted the following resolu- land; cosponsors of S. 2955, a bill to reform tion; which was considered and agreed (2) an engine for the economy of New the Mobility Fund Phase II challenge to: Hampshire; and process conducted by the Federal Com- (3) the namesake of the first industrialized munications Commission. S. RES. 532 city in the world, Manchester, England; Whereas Hemp History Week will be held S. 2979 Whereas the first vessel of the United from June 4 through June 10, 2018; States Navy to be named for the city of Man- At the request of Mr. LEE, the name Whereas the goals of Hemp History Week chester, New Hampshire, was the USS Man- of the Senator from Florida (Mr. are to commemorate the historical relevance chester (CL–83), which— RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. of industrial hemp in the United States and (1) was a Cleveland class light cruiser com- 2979, a bill to rescind certain budget to promote the full growth potential of the missioned on October 29, 1946; authority proposed to be rescinded in industrial hemp industry; (2) served with distinction in 3 combat special messages transmitted to the Whereas industrial hemp is an agricultural tours during the Korean War; and Congress by the President on May 8, commodity that has been used for centuries (3) received 9 battle stars for her service; to produce many innovative industrial and Whereas, on April 16, 2013, Secretary of the 2018, in accordance with title X of the consumer products, including soap, fabric, Navy Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., announced Congressional Budget and Impound- textiles, construction materials, clothing, that an Independence class Littoral Combat ment Control Act 1974. paper, cosmetics, food, and beverages; Ship (commonly known as an ‘‘LCS’’) would S. RES. 220 Whereas the global market for hemp is es- be named the ‘‘USS Manchester’’ (referred to At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the timated to consist of more than 25,000 prod- in this preamble as the ‘‘USS Manchester name of the Senator from Massachu- ucts; (LCS–14)’’); Whereas the value of hemp imported into Whereas, on June 29, 2015, there was a keel- setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- the United States for use in the production laying ceremony for the USS Manchester sponsor of S. Res. 220, a resolution ex- of other retail products is estimated at ap- (LCS–14) in Mobile, Alabama; pressing solidarity with Falun Gong proximately $76,000,000 annually; Whereas, on May 7, 2016, the USS Man- practitioners who have lost lives, free- Whereas the United States hemp industry chester (LCS–14) was christened in Mobile, doms, and rights for adhering to their estimates that the annual market value of Alabama, and sponsored by United States beliefs and practices and condemning hemp retail sales in the United States is Senator Jeanne Shaheen; the practice of non-consenting organ more than $688,000,000; Whereas, on May 12, 2016, the United States harvesting, and for other purposes. Whereas, despite the legitimate uses of Navy launched the USS Manchester (LCS–14); hemp, many agricultural producers of the and S. RES. 526 United States are prohibited under current Whereas the USS Manchester (LCS–14)— At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the law from growing hemp; (1) will join the USS New Hampshire (SSN– names of the Senator from Connecticut Whereas, because most hemp cannot be 778) fast attack submarine in the United (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) and the Senator grown legally in the United States, raw States Navy fleet; and from New Hampshire (Ms. HASSAN) hemp material and hemp products are im- (2) will be commissioned in Portsmouth, were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 526, ported for sale in the United States; New Hampshire, on May 26, 2018: Now, there- Whereas the United States is the largest fore, be it a resolution expressing the sense of the consumer of hemp products in the world, but Resolved, That the Senate commemorates Senate that politicians should not the United States is the only major industri- the commissioning of the United States Ship interfere with a woman’s personal alized country that restricts hemp farming; Manchester (LCS–14), the mission of which health care decisions or attempt to and will be to act as a networked, agile, stealthy VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:38 Jun 06, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A05JN6.016 S05JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S2994 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 5, 2018 surface combatant capable of defeating anti- year, and for other purposes; which was or- production did so overseas largely because of access and asymmetric threats in the dered to lie on the table. this far more attractive capital and invest- littorals. SA 2272. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. ment environment for manufacturing start- ROBERTS) submitted an amendment intended ups, which is a huge loss for the future of f to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5515, manufacturing in the United States; SENATE RESOLUTION 534—SUP- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. (11) if the United States loses the first gen- PORTING THE GOALS AND SA 2273. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an eration of production for a new technology IDEALS OF ‘‘NATIONAL TRAVEL amendment intended to be proposed by him or manufacturing process, history suggests to the bill H.R. 5515, supra; which was or- that it is an uphill battle once lost to re- AND TOURISM WEEK’’ AND HON- dered to lie on the table.