June 14, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3769 from the Gig Harbor Rotary Club. Hav- South Korea offers the Peace Medal divided and controlled by the chair and rank- ing a group of Rotarians honor a Lions to all U.S. servicemen and -women who ing minority member of the Committee on Club member is a big deal. served in the Korean war as an expres- Ways and Means; and (2) one motion to re- Beyond that service to community, sion of gratitude for their service. Dur- commit with or without instructions. SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this though, he is also a servant when it ing the Korean war, nearly 40,000 Amer- resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to comes to our kids. He served on the icans sacrificed their lives and over clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House board of the Communities In Schools 100,000 were wounded. This reward is resolved into the Committee of the Whole group in the Peninsula School District certainly well deserved by Mr. Leggett House on the state of the Union for consider- and on the Peninsula Schools Edu- and Mr. Rogers. ation of the bill (H.R. 5293) making appro- cation Foundation board. He writes a Making the ceremony even more priations for the Department of Defense for Kids’ Corner column in the Peninsula unique is that Mr. Rogers and Mr. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. The first reading of the Gateway. Anytime there is a kid in our Leggett will be only the third and bill shall be dispensed with. All points of neck of the woods doing something fourth people from the American Le- order against consideration of the bill are cool, Hugh McMillan is there with a gion Post 9 who have been awarded the waived. General debate shall be confined to camera to take their picture and make Peace Medal. I am proud to recognize the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal- them feel special. these two veterans from the First Con- ly divided and controlled by the chair and I am just very grateful for all he does gressional District of Georgia, and I ranking minority member of the Committee on behalf of kids and on behalf of our thank them for their service to the on Appropriations. After general debate, the community and our country, and I am United States. Committee of the Whole shall rise without proud to call him a friend. motion. No further consideration of the bill f shall be in order except pursuant to a subse- f ELECTING A MEMBER TO CERTAIN quent order of the House. A DAUGHTER WILL NOT BE WITH SEC. 3. Section 10002 of H.R. 5293 shall be STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE considered to be a spending reduction ac- HER FATHER THIS FATHER’S DAY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES count for purposes of section 3(d) of House (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, by direc- Resolution 5. given permission to address the House tion of the Republican Conference, I SEC. 4. (a) During consideration of H.R. 5293, it shall not be in order to consider an for 1 minute and to revise and extend offer a privileged resolution and ask his remarks.) amendment proposing both a decrease in an for its immediate consideration. appropriation designated pursuant to section Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, a The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Texas father wrote me this week: lows: Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an ‘‘I heard your statements . about H. RES. 781 increase in an appropriation not so des- removing the so-called judge in the ignated, or vice versa. Resolved, That the following named Mem- (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an Stanford swimmer’s rape case. I do ber be, and is hereby, elected to the fol- hope you pursue this all the way to his amendment between the Houses. lowing standing committees of the House of SEC. 5. During consideration of H.R. 5293, elimination. Representatives: section 3304 of Senate Concurrent Resolution ‘‘As the father of a daughter that was COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECH- 11 shall not apply. raped a number of years ago while she NOLOGY: Mr. Davidson. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. COL- was jogging at night near a college COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. David- son. LINS of New York). The gentleman from campus in Texas, I would even consider Ohio is recognized for 1 hour. The resolution was agreed to. the death penalty for the perpetrator. Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, for the A motion to reconsider was laid on Why? Because that is what happened to purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- the table. my daughter. The feeling of violation tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman and uncleanness caused her to take her f from Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), own life in later years. The judge does PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION pending which I yield myself such time not know the meaning of rape and the as I may consume. During consider- effects it has on a female.’’ OF H.R. 5053, PREVENTING IRS ABUSE AND PROTECTING FREE ation of this resolution, all time yield- Mr. Speaker, the father is correct. ed is for the purpose of debate only. Rape victims live lives of quiet hope- SPEECH ACT; AND PROVIDING lessness and despair. That is why the FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. b 1230 5293, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE weak-kneed judges like the one in Cali- GENERAL LEAVE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 fornia need to be removed. Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask Sunday is Father’s Day, and I will be Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, by direc- unanimous consent that all Members with my 4 kids and 11 grandkids. The tion of the Committee on Rules, I call have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- father I referenced here will not be up House Resolution 778 and ask for its tend their remarks. with his daughter. We must deliver jus- immediate consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tice for rape victims, daughters, and The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- objection to the request of the gen- families because, Mr. Speaker, justice lows: tleman from Ohio? is what we do in America. H. RES. 778 There was no objection. And that is just the way it is. Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, on Mon- f lution it shall be in order to consider in the day, the Rules Committee met and re- House the bill (H.R. 5053) to amend the Inter- ported a rule for H.R. 5053, the Pre- HONORING LEON LEGGETT AND nal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Sec- venting IRS Abuse and Protecting Free HERBERT ROGERS retary of the Treasury from requiring that Speech Act, and H.R. 5293, the fiscal (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and the identity of contributors to 501(c) organi- year 2017 Department of Defense Ap- was given permission to address the zations be included in annual returns. All propriations Act. House Resolution 778 House for 1 minute and to revise and points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in provides a closed rule for consideration extend his remarks.) the nature of a substitute recommended by of H.R. 5053 and a general debate rule Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- the Committee on Ways and Means now for H.R. 5293. er, I rise today in honor of Leon printed in the bill, an amendment in the na- The resolution provides 1 hour of de- Leggett and Herbert Rogers, two dis- ture of a substitute consisting of the text of bate equally divided between the chair tinguished American veterans who Rules Committee Print 114-58 shall be con- and ranking minority member of the served in the Korean war from 1950 to sidered as adopted. The bill, as amended, Committee on Ways and Means for 1953. shall be considered as read. All points of H.R. 5053, and 1 hour equally divided On June 25, the American Legion’s order against provisions in the bill, as between the chair and ranking minor- amended, are waived. The previous question Post 9 in the First Congressional Dis- shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as ity member of the Committee on Ap- trict of Georgia will present both men amended, and on any further amendment propriations for H.R. 5293. The resolu- with South Korea’s Ambassador of thereto, to final passage without intervening tion also provides for a motion to re- Peace Medal. motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally commit for H.R. 5053, with or without VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.021 H14JNPT1 smartinez on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3770 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2016 instructions. In addition, the rule in- tifiable information of American tax- In the aftermath of this terrible trag- cludes provisions related to budget en- payers. Individuals should not be edy in Orlando, the Speaker of the forcement. forced to disclose how much of their House asked for a moment of silence to Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support hard-earned money and to whom they pray for the victims: those who lost of the resolution and the underlying donate to charity.
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