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formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, there has been a lot of focus lately on the drama here in Washington. For weeks now, as leading Democrats blocked more pandemic relief over unrelated liberal demands, the press has covered their stonewalling like any ordinary political standoff. Who talked to whom? Who said what in which meeting? What new metaphor did Speaker Pelosi use today to explain that she was blocking progress? But it does the Nation a disservice to act like the last several weeks were just another routine political standoff. It does struggling families and laid-off workers and stressed-out school principals and healthcare professionals a disservice to act like this has just been more Washington gridlock. The New York Times proclaimed a few days ago that ``[Speaker] Pelosi is playing hardball on coronavirus relief.'' Well, that is one way to put it. You could say it is ``playing hardball'' to refuse any outcome for the country. You could say it is ``playing hardball'' to insist on non-COVID-related liberal policy changes that the Speaker and the Democratic leader know would never pass the Senate or be signed into law by the President. But if Democrats are ``playing hardball,'' their opponents aren't us Republicans--not really. They are playing hardball against kids, workers, and vulnerable Americans who need help. They are playing hardball against our medical system when the Speaker and the Democratic leader say they won't allow another dime for testing, treatments, or vaccines unless they can bring home a massive tax cut for millionaires in San Francisco and New York City. They are playing hardball against our Nation's ability to detect and fight the virus. They are playing hardball against science when the Speaker and the Democratic leader say they will not allow another cent for schools to reopen or for the job-saving PPP unless they get $1 trillion for a State and local slush fund that is completely out of proportion to actual needs. They are playing hardball against children and parents when the Speaker and the Democratic leader say they will not allow any resolution on any issue unless Democrats can pay people more not to work. They are playing hardball against millions of households that ought to get another stimulus check and against the ability of jobless people to get any Federal benefit whatsoever. There are life-and-death matters at stake, but Democrats have treated this historic national crisis as a political game. Just look at the redlines the Democratic leaders have drawn around these negotiations. Imagine sitting down with a working family at their kitchen table and explaining that these are the kinds of issues over which the Speaker and the Democratic leader are refusing--refusing--to let them have relief. First, as I mentioned, the Democratic leader has made clear he doesn't want any pandemic relief to become law unless--unless--it carries a special State and local tax carve-out for high earners in places like New York. Just imagine these Democratic leaders from New York and San Francisco going anywhere in the middle of the country and telling a working family of four, earning $40,000 a year, that they aren't getting a relief check that could increase their income by 10 percent until millionaires in Manhattan get a tax cut. Economists on all sides have panned this. A huge, costly tax cut for wealthy people in blue States is not the life raft that struggling people need. Even liberal economists have jumped ship. Here is what one self-identified progressive told reporters: ``This is not a good idea. . . . It would not help the economy heal and it would not benefit the people who need help.'' These are the economists on their side? But forget about the experts. Forget about laid-off people. Forget about Middle America. The Speaker and the Democratic leader want to cut off funding for our war with the coronavirus unless they get this special carve-out. Here is another one of those dead-on-arrival demands: Democrats insist that working families, small businesses, and healthcare providers will not get any more help unless a new trillion-dollar slush fund for poorly managed States tags along. Bear in mind that States and localities have only spent about a fourth--a fourth--of the money we already sent them last spring. Even Senate Democrats seem to acknowledge this, for example, by sponsoring legislation that would extend the deadline for the States to spend down their CARES Act aid. The States need extra time to spend what we have already sent them, and the serious estimates of the COVID shortfall that State and local governments may face are a fraction--a fraction--of the Democrats' trillion-dollar demand. Their demands aren't based on math. They aren't based on the pandemic. They want a massive slush fund to make up for decades of mismanagement. It is just how the Speaker explained her view of the crisis. This is what she said: This is an opportunity. Every crisis is. That same opportunism leads them to another absurd demand. Democrats say nobody should get any more help unless--unless--the Federal Government sends out jobless benefits that pay more than what people made working. Republicans support extending a Federal supplement for unemployment--make no mistake about that--but we share the view of Democrats like the House Democratic majority, the senior Senator from Maryland, the Democratic Governor of Connecticut, all of whom indicated it should be doable to land somewhere smarter than a flat $600. This is not complicated. Both sides want to help unemployed people. Republicans never wanted the Federal benefit to lapse to zero and tried to extend the money. But as our economy tries to reopen, there is no reason Uncle Sam should take taxes out of essential workers' paychecks to pay other people more to stay home. This is just a flavor of the Democratic demands. The two parties should have been able to agree on a huge sweep of subjects--from testing to school money, legal protection to direct payments and more. Republicans wanted to reach an agreement everywhere we could and then continue to fight over the contested questions later. Democrats said no because they know their unrelated wish-list items would have no prayer--no prayer--of standing on their own merit. Only these hostage tactics could possibly get their bad ideas across the finish line. So struggling people have waited and waited and gotten nothing. That has been the Democrats' decision. Reporters can call it ``hardball,'' like this was some ordinary standstill, but families are suffering. Americans are dying. This is not a Washington game; it is a national crisis. It would serve the Nation better if the Democratic leaders would act like it is a crisis | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-08-11-pt1-PgS5385-5 | null | 1,200 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. SCHUMER. Now, Mr. President, America is living through a crisis that exceeds anything we have seen in generations. Other countries were able to test their populations, isolate cases, and contain the spread of the disease, but here the failure of the Trump administration to develop or implement a national strategy to defeat COVID on the health front and economically has meant that the disease has raged through our country for 7 months, is still spreading, and the economy is in very bad shape. We have over 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. It just took 17 days to go from 4 million Americans with COVID to 5 million. Unemployment is higher than it ever was during the great recession. More than 150,000 Americans have died. Small businesses every day are closing, and those that are still open are struggling. Families can't afford to feed their children. Americans can't pay the rent and will be thrown out of their homes. Millions are out of work, and many more worry that they will be out of work in the month or two to come. This is a huge crisis. In this time of national emergency, Democrats believe we must focus on the health and economic security of the American people. If we don't address the health crisis, nothing else will matter, but we have to focus on economic security as well. We have to keep Americans in their homes, put food on the table, prevent them from slipping into further hardship and poverty. That is what animated Democrats to develop a $3.4 trillion plan to finally crush the virus and rescue American families. It was based on the needs of our country, both health and economic, the needs of our schools and businesses and workers and our healthcare system. We Democrats tell America, We have your back. Unfortunately, our Republican friends do not. In our negotiations with the White House, Chief of Staff Meadows and Secretary Mnuchin were unable to go above $1 trillion, and their $1 trillion was far short of the country's needs. Democrats offered to come down by $1 trillion. We asked our counterparts--Secretary Mnuchin, Mr. Meadows--to come up by $1 trillion, meet us in the middle. They said no. So last Friday, after our negotiating session with the White House, I made it clear that the reasons our talks had stalled was that the White House had basically declared ``my way or the highway.'' They were unwilling to meet us in the middle. They said that in the room. I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery because now Leader McConnell is blaming Democrats for the breakdown in negotiations, using the exact same language. He said Democrats are the ones saying ``my way or the highway.'' Seriously, that is what the Republican leader, who wasn't even in the room and will not dare go in the room, claims. Let's go over the facts--the facts. We said to the White House: We are willing to come down by $1 trillion. Will you come up by $1 trillion and meet us in the middle? The White House said: No, we are not budging. So to whom does this logic apply? Who is intransigent? Who is really saying ``my way or the highway?'' The answer is obvious. This is not a ``both sides to blame'' situation. Democrats are willing to compromise. Republicans are being intransigent and will not move from their position, which is totally inadequate for the needs of America during the greatest economic crisis we have had in 75 years and the greatest health crisis in 100. That is where we are: Democrats willing to move and meet in the middle, Republicans intransigent. Republicans declared ``my way or the highway,'' and rather than defend their position, they falsely accuse Democrats of doing the same. Now, rather than trying to break the logjam, as a true Presidential leader should, President Trump sits on the sidelines and just issued a bunch of weak and unworkable Executive orders. He slashed the enhanced unemployment benefits, asked the Americans who are out of work, through no fault of their own, to take a pay cut. He deferred the payroll tax, which even Republicans admit will do nothing to help our workers and the economy and would undermine Social Security and Medicare to boot. And the President's Executive order on evictions is more like an Executive suggestion. It doesn'teven guarantee a moratorium on evictions. It merely instructs Federal agencies to ``review'' or ``consider'' one and does nothing to help renters actually afford the rent. Here in Congress, the Senate Republican majority delayed for 4 long months, failed to come up with a proposal that had the support of their own caucus, and then gave up and left it for someone else to figure it out. That is why McConnell is not in the room. Facing the greatest domestic crisis in the 21st century, where Americans are hurting healthwise and economically, the Senate Republican majority ran down the clock, tossed up an air ball, and then subbed themselves out of the game. Even now, as Leader McConnell claims that Democrats are blocking relief, there are 20 Members of the Republican caucus, according to their own leader, who will not vote for anything--no more relief. A group of Republican Senators came to the floor last week to warn America about the national debt, not the health crisis, not the economic crisis, not the looming housing crisis but the national debt. It is something that concerned those same Members very little when adding nearly $2 trillion to the debt in order to give big corporations a giant tax cut in 2017. Listen to this one: The Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. Johnson, said yesterday: From my standpoint, the breakdown in talks is very good news. I hope the talks remain broke down. Let me repeat that. Senator Johnson said: From my standpoint-- Reflecting the views of many Republican Senators-- the breakdown in talks is very good news. I hope the talks remain broke down. Why did he say that? Because he doesn't want to spend one more nickel. Despite the huge health crisis, the huge economic crisis, people losing their jobs, small businesses closing, we shouldn't spend a nickel. This is not both sides. This is one side only. When President Trump called COVID-19 a hoax and told the country to go take bleach and other quack medicines, some of my friends here made disappointed noises. But when the President said the virus would just disappear, it seems the Republican Senate bought it. After we came together to pass the CARES Act, Republican Senators pushed all their chips to the middle to bet with President Trump that the virus was going to miraculously disappear. The Republican leader said: I am going to put the Senate on ``pause'' and see what happens. Last week, he actually defended that position, saying that his delay ``allowed us to learn the coronavirus didn't mysteriously disappear.'' Millions more people out of work, hundreds of thousands of small businesses closing, many more people getting COVID and some more people dying, and, now, after all that, the Republican leader says his delay ``allowed us to learn the coronavirus didn't mysteriously disappear.'' So while President Trump and his aides have certainly been an impediment--an awful impediment to an agreement, the Republican Senate is equally culpable, and the American people know it. They know that Democrats have their back, healthwise and economically. Republicans, so many of them, are saying: Don't do a thing. Don't do a thing. They are glad the negotiations have broken down. We are not | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2020-08-11-pt1-PgS5386-4 | null | 1,201 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | Mr. SCHUMER. Now, Mr. President, America is living through a crisis that exceeds anything we have seen in generations. Other countries were able to test their populations, isolate cases, and contain the spread of the disease, but here the failure of the Trump administration to develop or implement a national strategy to defeat COVID on the health front and economically has meant that the disease has raged through our country for 7 months, is still spreading, and the economy is in very bad shape. We have over 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. It just took 17 days to go from 4 million Americans with COVID to 5 million. Unemployment is higher than it ever was during the great recession. More than 150,000 Americans have died. Small businesses every day are closing, and those that are still open are struggling. Families can't afford to feed their children. Americans can't pay the rent and will be thrown out of their homes. Millions are out of work, and many more worry that they will be out of work in the month or two to come. This is a huge crisis. In this time of national emergency, Democrats believe we must focus on the health and economic security of the American people. If we don't address the health crisis, nothing else will matter, but we have to focus on economic security as well. We have to keep Americans in their homes, put food on the table, prevent them from slipping into further hardship and poverty. That is what animated Democrats to develop a $3.4 trillion plan to finally crush the virus and rescue American families. It was based on the needs of our country, both health and economic, the needs of our schools and businesses and workers and our healthcare system. We Democrats tell America, We have your back. Unfortunately, our Republican friends do not. In our negotiations with the White House, Chief of Staff Meadows and Secretary Mnuchin were unable to go above $1 trillion, and their $1 trillion was far short of the country's needs. Democrats offered to come down by $1 trillion. We asked our counterparts--Secretary Mnuchin, Mr. Meadows--to come up by $1 trillion, meet us in the middle. They said no. So last Friday, after our negotiating session with the White House, I made it clear that the reasons our talks had stalled was that the White House had basically declared ``my way or the highway.'' They were unwilling to meet us in the middle. They said that in the room. I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery because now Leader McConnell is blaming Democrats for the breakdown in negotiations, using the exact same language. He said Democrats are the ones saying ``my way or the highway.'' Seriously, that is what the Republican leader, who wasn't even in the room and will not dare go in the room, claims. Let's go over the facts--the facts. We said to the White House: We are willing to come down by $1 trillion. Will you come up by $1 trillion and meet us in the middle? The White House said: No, we are not budging. So to whom does this logic apply? Who is intransigent? Who is really saying ``my way or the highway?'' The answer is obvious. This is not a ``both sides to blame'' situation. Democrats are willing to compromise. Republicans are being intransigent and will not move from their position, which is totally inadequate for the needs of America during the greatest economic crisis we have had in 75 years and the greatest health crisis in 100. That is where we are: Democrats willing to move and meet in the middle, Republicans intransigent. Republicans declared ``my way or the highway,'' and rather than defend their position, they falsely accuse Democrats of doing the same. Now, rather than trying to break the logjam, as a true Presidential leader should, President Trump sits on the sidelines and just issued a bunch of weak and unworkable Executive orders. He slashed the enhanced unemployment benefits, asked the Americans who are out of work, through no fault of their own, to take a pay cut. He deferred the payroll tax, which even Republicans admit will do nothing to help our workers and the economy and would undermine Social Security and Medicare to boot. And the President's Executive order on evictions is more like an Executive suggestion. It doesn'teven guarantee a moratorium on evictions. It merely instructs Federal agencies to ``review'' or ``consider'' one and does nothing to help renters actually afford the rent. Here in Congress, the Senate Republican majority delayed for 4 long months, failed to come up with a proposal that had the support of their own caucus, and then gave up and left it for someone else to figure it out. That is why McConnell is not in the room. Facing the greatest domestic crisis in the 21st century, where Americans are hurting healthwise and economically, the Senate Republican majority ran down the clock, tossed up an air ball, and then subbed themselves out of the game. Even now, as Leader McConnell claims that Democrats are blocking relief, there are 20 Members of the Republican caucus, according to their own leader, who will not vote for anything--no more relief. A group of Republican Senators came to the floor last week to warn America about the national debt, not the health crisis, not the economic crisis, not the looming housing crisis but the national debt. It is something that concerned those same Members very little when adding nearly $2 trillion to the debt in order to give big corporations a giant tax cut in 2017. Listen to this one: The Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. Johnson, said yesterday: From my standpoint, the breakdown in talks is very good news. I hope the talks remain broke down. Let me repeat that. Senator Johnson said: From my standpoint-- Reflecting the views of many Republican Senators-- the breakdown in talks is very good news. I hope the talks remain broke down. Why did he say that? Because he doesn't want to spend one more nickel. Despite the huge health crisis, the huge economic crisis, people losing their jobs, small businesses closing, we shouldn't spend a nickel. This is not both sides. This is one side only. When President Trump called COVID-19 a hoax and told the country to go take bleach and other quack medicines, some of my friends here made disappointed noises. But when the President said the virus would just disappear, it seems the Republican Senate bought it. After we came together to pass the CARES Act, Republican Senators pushed all their chips to the middle to bet with President Trump that the virus was going to miraculously disappear. The Republican leader said: I am going to put the Senate on ``pause'' and see what happens. Last week, he actually defended that position, saying that his delay ``allowed us to learn the coronavirus didn't mysteriously disappear.'' Millions more people out of work, hundreds of thousands of small businesses closing, many more people getting COVID and some more people dying, and, now, after all that, the Republican leader says his delay ``allowed us to learn the coronavirus didn't mysteriously disappear.'' So while President Trump and his aides have certainly been an impediment--an awful impediment to an agreement, the Republican Senate is equally culpable, and the American people know it. They know that Democrats have their back, healthwise and economically. Republicans, so many of them, are saying: Don't do a thing. Don't do a thing. They are glad the negotiations have broken down. We are not | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2020-08-11-pt1-PgS5386-4 | null | 1,202 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, oftentimes, when I am home and I am talking to constituents in Nevada, they look at Washington as a bubble. They don't really think that things happen here unless they see it on the news or they have no trust in us really coming together to work on behalf of our constituents. I think it is time we focus on what needs to be done in the best interest of our country than focusing on political gain or gamesmanship. The reason why I say that is, I don't know about the President pro tempore, but I know every single Senator comes from a State, and they care about their constituents. They get emails from their constituents and letters from their constituents. When we go home, we claim to be in a recess, but it is not really a recess. We are home working. We are talking to our constituents and businesses and the individuals who are there. And if we are really listening to our constituents, particularly at a time like now, when this pandemic has created the worst health crisis we have seen not just in this country but around the world and has contributed to an economic crisis, then we are hearing from our constituents that they are struggling right now. The reason they are struggling is because we have asked them to stay at home and shelter in place to stem the spread of this virus. We have said: Listen, we don't have a vaccine. We are working on it, but we don't have it right away. We need to ramp up our tests so we can make sure you can get it, and quickly, to determine whether you have this virus or the antibodies so we can then quarantine you and shelter you. But until we even get to that point, we have asked everybody to stay home. And they have done it. I know in my State of Nevada, we have the highest unemployment rate in this country right now--25 percent.Businesses have shuttered. People have stayed home to help us stem the spread of this virus. What we told them months ago is that, if you do this, we will be there. Our Federal Government will be there to work with you. We will help you. We will make sure you have money in your pocket so you can afford healthcare, so you can pay your bills, so you can pay your rent, you can pay for your food, so you do not have to have any economic insecurity. We made that commitment to them. We promised them. I have to say that we still have to follow that obligation. They are doing their part, so why aren't we doing ours? At the end of the day, the President pro tempore and I both know, and all of our colleagues know, that there is more economic insecurity in this country right now than we have ever seen before because of this pandemic: food insecurity, housing insecurity, job insecurity, education insecurity. There is a homework gap. We know it. It is happening. So now it is time for us to stop the posturing, stop the political gamesmanship and really do what we committed when we swore an oath to this office when we were sworn in, that we were going to do right by people across this country, looking out for their interests--not our interests but the best interests of this country. So I come to the floor today to really ask my colleagues: Let's try and do what is right for the best interests of this country, now more than ever. I know you get them. I get letters. I have letters from constituents right now--I can't tell you--and I have been inundated with them. A constituent from Nevada wrote: I urge you to extend the federal eviction moratorium and include at least $100 billion in funding for emergency rental assistance in the next . . . relief [package]. [This] assistance will enable households, including those who have lost jobs or who already were struggling to pay rent before the pandemic, to remain stably housed and avoid the devastating and long-lasting harms of eviction. That is from a constituent. I didn't write that. They sent it to my office. In this letter, this constituent from Nevada goes on to say: It is important to be kind and compassionate. Especially during this time. We have the opportunity to learn and to do better always. No one should be forced out of their home during a global pandemic. Those are similar to other letters I receive. I know you receive them. I know our colleagues receive them. That is why, today, it is important for us to focus on so much that is happening, including that economic security. Right now I want to focus on one piece of it that we need to address that should be part of a global piece, which is this idea that, right now, millions of Americans are concerned about being evicted from their homes. In the middle of a pandemic, when people need a safe place to call home, they are concerned that they don't have the money to pay their rent because we have asked them to stay home. I have said this before on the floor of the Senate. I will say it again. In the middle of a pandemic, housing is healthcare. Security in your own home is healthcare. Yet we have millions of people across the country on the brink of eviction. In mid-July, a quarter of adults reported that they were housing insecure. That is one in four. In more than half of the States in America, eviction bans have expired. That means, across the Nation, more and more families will have to pack up everything that they can carry in the space of hours. There could be 40 million evictions nationwide by the end of the year, and what we have seen amongst the data that comes in to all of our offices is that families of color are likely to be the hardest hit. In my home State of Nevada, experts believe that nearly half a million people are at risk of eviction--perhaps as many as 300,000 of them in Nevada by September. Among renters, up to 47 percent face that risk. Staving off Nevada evictions could cost Nevada $850 billion in rental assistance over the next year. That is just one State. But do you know what? The States, the local governments, everyone has been impacted by this pandemic, and they are rightly looking to Congress to address it. They are desperate for us to pass meaningful legislation to get them money to pay their bills, to enact protections that let them stay in their homes and apartments. We need to help them now. We can't turn our backs. We cannot turn our backs on Americans now, more than ever. They need our help. And we need the administration, we need leadership--Republican leadership--coming to the negotiating table to get real relief passed, not hollow political gestures. We need a package that will include housing and rental assistance, prevent an epidemic of homelessness, and stabilize the housing markets because, if we don't, the consequences are going to haunt families and our economy for years. Now, I know this. Take it from me. In Nevada, we saw 200,000 families lose their homes because of the 2008 housing crisis. That foreclosure crisis hit Nevada so hard, and it has been a long, long road back for so many Nevadans. I am determined not to ever see that happen again and to bring relief. If I am in a position--as we all are here in Congress--to bring that relief, why aren't we in a room negotiating it? Why are we not talking regularly? We did it with the CARES Act immediately. We saw the need, and we did something about it. Nevadans are already struggling to find work, to afford food, and to stay healthy during this pandemic; plus, they are helping their children learn as schools start to reopen. They cannot effectively do that--none of it--without a safe place to stay, a roof over their head. Housing is the key to any sense of stability in our chaotic world right now. It is time to end the political games. Americans expect it. They need a roof over their head. That is why it is so vital we pass legislation, not just to help Nevadans but people all over the country pay their rent and utility bills when they cannot safely go to work because of this health pandemic We already have legislation that is out there. We know it. The House, months ago, passed the Heroes Act, which addresses this issue. Our colleagues have introduced legislation--Senator Brown's Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act is out there--that can do the job. We can talk about how we bring this bill forward that helps so many families. It is not just rental stabilization but to help families keep a roof over their head. Remember, there are a lot of small businesses that are landlords. There are many businesses that are landlords who are shouldering the missed opportunities, and they are struggling. Landlords have bills to pay as well. They have mortgages; they have taxes; they have insurance, staff--let alone their families whom they have to take care of. Without assistance, many of them will go bankrupt or can be forced to sell their properties. So let's focus on the essentials, the basic need for things like shelter. Let's keep people safe and off the streets. Let's pass Senator Brown's rental assistance bill. Senator Reed has a housing assistance fund bill to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. Senator Menendez has a housing counseling bill. There are so many others. They are in front of us. We have an opportunity to do the right thing here. The Senate just needs to do its part by making sure those homes are safe and stable, by passing legislation that is going to have a positive impact on so many Americans across this country. I thank the Presiding Officer for listening. I thank my colleagues for at least having the ability and the will to try to do something through the legislation that was introduced, but now more needs to be done. We can't just introduce legislation. Now is the time to do our jobs as Senators: to come to the floor of the Senate, bring legislation to the floor, and debate it. Let the American public actually see us work and do our jobs that we promised them we would be doing. It is OK to debate legislation. It is OK to compromise and come forth with good government and good policy that is going to lift all of us up. That is what the Senate should be doing, and that is what I look forward to from my colleagues. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. CORTEZ MASTO | Senate | CREC-2020-08-11-pt1-PgS5387-2 | null | 1,203 |
formal | welfare | null | racist | The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated: POM-232. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Nevada urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to provide flexible funding for state, local, and tribal governments to account for anticipated public budget shortfalls as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on Finance. Assembly Joint Resolution No. 1 Whereas, The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, and a national emergency by President Donald J. Trump on March 13, 2020; and Whereas, State, local and tribal governments have been on the front lines of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking decisive and dramatic actions, including ordering the closure of nonessential businesses and issuing stay-at-home orders, in an effort to comply with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and protect the health and welfare of their citizens; and Whereas, As the result of these momentous actions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, state, local and tribal governments, many of which were flourishing economically before the outbreak of COVID-19, now face economic and fiscal crises of unprecedented proportions; and Whereas, The Honorable Steve Sisolak, Governor of the State of Nevada, rapidly took action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Nevada, issuing a series of Emergency Directives which, among other things, directed Nevadans to stay at home and provided for the closure of schools, casinos and gaming establishments and nonessential businesses; and Whereas, The unemployment rate in the State of Nevada, which stood at a historically low 3.6 percent in February 2020, increased in just two months to 30.1 percent in April 2020, which is the highest level ever reported by a state in modern history; and Whereas, The State of Nevada's General Fund now faces an estimated shortfall of approximately $1.2 billion in Fiscal Year 2020-2021; and Whereas, The State of Nevada and local and tribal governments in this State will be forced, just as other state, local and tribal governments in similar positions will be forced, to implement deep cuts in services and programs, many of which affect persons most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, unless federal relief is granted; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, Jointly, That the members of the 31st Special Session of the Nevada Legislature hereby urge President Donald J. Trump and the Congress of the United States of America to provide further flexible funding for state, local and tribal governments to assist with anticipated public budget shortfalls as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States as the presiding officer of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and each member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be it further Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon passage. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-08-11-pt1-PgS5389-6 | null | 1,204 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, yesterday, I spoke about the disconnect between the discourse here in Washington and the pain and uncertainty that American families are feeling all across our country. I spoke about the human toll of the Democrats' choice to play politics with billions and billions of aid and block it all over non-COVID-related wish list items. It has been clear for some weeks that the Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader are treating this crisis like an ordinary political game. The New York Times says Speaker Pelosi is ``playing hardball.'' POLITICO says she is ``taking a huge risk . . . as she remains almost entirely unyielding in her demands.'' More than 160,000 Americans have been killed by the worst infectious disease outbreak in more than a century. More than 16 million Americans are out of work. An entire school year for our kids is in limbo, but Democrats are playing political games like this were some run-of-the-mill typical negotiation. Speaker Pelosi's own Democratic House Members call her proposal ``Washington gamesmanship,'' ``partisan gamesmanship,'' and ``playing politics.'' Those are House Democrats I am quoting on the House Democratic bill. Yesterday, literally a few minutes after I said on the floor that Democrats should stop treating this crisis like a game, the Democratic leader came to the floor to talk about who ``ran down the clock,'' who ``tossed up an air ball,'' and who ``subbed themselves out of the game.'' So, look, the Democrats aren't taking this as a serious issue. They aren't acting like this is serious, and the American people are hurting in the meantime. Let's get outside the beltway and listen to how this crisis has impacted real American families and how the Democrats' stonewalling continues to hurt them. Since we passed the CARES Act, I have been visiting healthcare facilities in my home State of Kentucky--places like St. Claire's Healthcare in Morehead and King's Daughters MedicalCenter in Ashland--always wearing a mask and social distancing, of course. I have thanked the frontline workers and heard how the Senate's last rescue package has helped them save lives and stay safer themselves while doing it. That is because the CARES Act provided $1.3 billion for Kentucky healthcare providers alone, on top of more than $120 million we had already sent for testing. But Kentucky's incredible nurses, doctors, and hospitals are not finished fighting the battle on behalf of their communities, and Congress must not be finished helping them do it. That is why Senate Republicans proposed major new investments in health providers. We want to send tens of billions more to expand testing, to reimburse healthcare facilities for unplanned pandemic expenses, to speed the development and rapid distribution of COVID-19 treatments, and to find a vaccine to finish this fight once and for all. That is what Republicans would like to do, but Democrats have about blocked all of it over non-COVID-related, liberal demands. Let's talk about the PPP--the historic program from Chairman Collins and Chairman Rubio that has kept Main Street alive and kept millions of Americans from losing their jobs. This program has been transformational for Kentucky. Our small businesses and their workers have received more than $5 billion of payroll support. As the director of the Dare to Care Food Bank in Louisville told me recently, PPP funding is what has allowed his facility to keep its entire workforce--precisely when our community needs were the greatest. And I heard from the director of a Kentucky museum that ``[t]he PPP program was the one hope that we had to keep our business alive.'' But these small businesses and nonprofits are now nearing the end of that help. The PPP had to close its doors last Saturday for new applications, and many employers are exhausting the money they had already received. Our country is approaching another small business tipping point, and workers could begin getting pink slips instead of paychecks. That is why Senate Republicans wrote up plans for another whole round of PPP--a full second draw for the hardest hit businesses. House Democrats left this out of their bill entirely and essentially turned their backs on those benefiting from PPP. But Republicans want to keep helping Main Street workers. One woman-owned small business in Northern Kentucky shared: We are grateful for the $465,000 in the PPP. [But] we have used all of it for payroll and employee related costs . . . 18 weeks of expenses. We are seeking [more] financial help to keep our most treasured asset, our people, employed. And the president of an inspection company in Louisville says this: You have no idea how much this second draw on PPP will help us. We were actually in the process of figuring out how we were going to make it through to our fall work season. . . . If we get this, we could make it into our season with no layoffs. Republicans want to get more aid to these workers, but Senate Democrats have blocked every bit of it over non-COVID-related liberal demands. Let's talk about our university presidents who are worried about testing and funding in the fall. Our K-12 school boards and superintendents want legal protections so they can reopen. So Republicans proposed billions for education--actually, even more than House Democrats in their bill. But now Democrats are blocking it all over unrelated, liberal demands. Republicans want another round of direct checks--direct checks to households across Kentucky and across America. I just heard from one constituent who said: With my first one, I was able to get an eye exam and new glasses. . . . I appreciate all you can do. Some of us are hurting and need help. I want to put more cash in her pocket right now, but Democrats are blocking every penny over unrelated, liberal demands. So do you see the pattern? Kentuckians need more help; Americans need more help. The American people are not done fighting this virus, and Republicans are not done crafting policies to help them. But the difference between now and March is that Democrats seem to be finished being reasonable. The Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader have cut all their colleagues--all of them, all of their committees--out of negotiations. They are doing this alone, and they have declared that none of the priorities I have named will see a single dime unless--the two of them have declared none of the priorities I have named will see a single dime unless millionaires in Brooklyn and San Francisco get a massive tax cut, States get a trillion-dollar slush fund to cover budget problems long before the pandemic, and we tax essential workers to pay unemployed people a higher salary to stay home. Republicans wanted to reach agreement on all these issues where we could find common ground and fight over the last few issues later. But the Speaker and the Democratic leader say nothing can move unless every one of these unrelated, far-left items tags along. These two individuals are letting the wish lists of wealthy coastal elites stand between every working family in America and the additional help they deserve. So maybe in a few moments the Democratic leader or somebody on the other side will try again to explain how this is all some big political game. Well, Kentuckians know differently. They need results. All of our States need results. And Republicans will fight until we actually get an outcome | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-08-12-pt1-PgS5391-8 | null | 1,205 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, yesterday, I spoke about the disconnect between the discourse here in Washington and the pain and uncertainty that American families are feeling all across our country. I spoke about the human toll of the Democrats' choice to play politics with billions and billions of aid and block it all over non-COVID-related wish list items. It has been clear for some weeks that the Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader are treating this crisis like an ordinary political game. The New York Times says Speaker Pelosi is ``playing hardball.'' POLITICO says she is ``taking a huge risk . . . as she remains almost entirely unyielding in her demands.'' More than 160,000 Americans have been killed by the worst infectious disease outbreak in more than a century. More than 16 million Americans are out of work. An entire school year for our kids is in limbo, but Democrats are playing political games like this were some run-of-the-mill typical negotiation. Speaker Pelosi's own Democratic House Members call her proposal ``Washington gamesmanship,'' ``partisan gamesmanship,'' and ``playing politics.'' Those are House Democrats I am quoting on the House Democratic bill. Yesterday, literally a few minutes after I said on the floor that Democrats should stop treating this crisis like a game, the Democratic leader came to the floor to talk about who ``ran down the clock,'' who ``tossed up an air ball,'' and who ``subbed themselves out of the game.'' So, look, the Democrats aren't taking this as a serious issue. They aren't acting like this is serious, and the American people are hurting in the meantime. Let's get outside the beltway and listen to how this crisis has impacted real American families and how the Democrats' stonewalling continues to hurt them. Since we passed the CARES Act, I have been visiting healthcare facilities in my home State of Kentucky--places like St. Claire's Healthcare in Morehead and King's Daughters MedicalCenter in Ashland--always wearing a mask and social distancing, of course. I have thanked the frontline workers and heard how the Senate's last rescue package has helped them save lives and stay safer themselves while doing it. That is because the CARES Act provided $1.3 billion for Kentucky healthcare providers alone, on top of more than $120 million we had already sent for testing. But Kentucky's incredible nurses, doctors, and hospitals are not finished fighting the battle on behalf of their communities, and Congress must not be finished helping them do it. That is why Senate Republicans proposed major new investments in health providers. We want to send tens of billions more to expand testing, to reimburse healthcare facilities for unplanned pandemic expenses, to speed the development and rapid distribution of COVID-19 treatments, and to find a vaccine to finish this fight once and for all. That is what Republicans would like to do, but Democrats have about blocked all of it over non-COVID-related, liberal demands. Let's talk about the PPP--the historic program from Chairman Collins and Chairman Rubio that has kept Main Street alive and kept millions of Americans from losing their jobs. This program has been transformational for Kentucky. Our small businesses and their workers have received more than $5 billion of payroll support. As the director of the Dare to Care Food Bank in Louisville told me recently, PPP funding is what has allowed his facility to keep its entire workforce--precisely when our community needs were the greatest. And I heard from the director of a Kentucky museum that ``[t]he PPP program was the one hope that we had to keep our business alive.'' But these small businesses and nonprofits are now nearing the end of that help. The PPP had to close its doors last Saturday for new applications, and many employers are exhausting the money they had already received. Our country is approaching another small business tipping point, and workers could begin getting pink slips instead of paychecks. That is why Senate Republicans wrote up plans for another whole round of PPP--a full second draw for the hardest hit businesses. House Democrats left this out of their bill entirely and essentially turned their backs on those benefiting from PPP. But Republicans want to keep helping Main Street workers. One woman-owned small business in Northern Kentucky shared: We are grateful for the $465,000 in the PPP. [But] we have used all of it for payroll and employee related costs . . . 18 weeks of expenses. We are seeking [more] financial help to keep our most treasured asset, our people, employed. And the president of an inspection company in Louisville says this: You have no idea how much this second draw on PPP will help us. We were actually in the process of figuring out how we were going to make it through to our fall work season. . . . If we get this, we could make it into our season with no layoffs. Republicans want to get more aid to these workers, but Senate Democrats have blocked every bit of it over non-COVID-related liberal demands. Let's talk about our university presidents who are worried about testing and funding in the fall. Our K-12 school boards and superintendents want legal protections so they can reopen. So Republicans proposed billions for education--actually, even more than House Democrats in their bill. But now Democrats are blocking it all over unrelated, liberal demands. Republicans want another round of direct checks--direct checks to households across Kentucky and across America. I just heard from one constituent who said: With my first one, I was able to get an eye exam and new glasses. . . . I appreciate all you can do. Some of us are hurting and need help. I want to put more cash in her pocket right now, but Democrats are blocking every penny over unrelated, liberal demands. So do you see the pattern? Kentuckians need more help; Americans need more help. The American people are not done fighting this virus, and Republicans are not done crafting policies to help them. But the difference between now and March is that Democrats seem to be finished being reasonable. The Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader have cut all their colleagues--all of them, all of their committees--out of negotiations. They are doing this alone, and they have declared that none of the priorities I have named will see a single dime unless--the two of them have declared none of the priorities I have named will see a single dime unless millionaires in Brooklyn and San Francisco get a massive tax cut, States get a trillion-dollar slush fund to cover budget problems long before the pandemic, and we tax essential workers to pay unemployed people a higher salary to stay home. Republicans wanted to reach agreement on all these issues where we could find common ground and fight over the last few issues later. But the Speaker and the Democratic leader say nothing can move unless every one of these unrelated, far-left items tags along. These two individuals are letting the wish lists of wealthy coastal elites stand between every working family in America and the additional help they deserve. So maybe in a few moments the Democratic leader or somebody on the other side will try again to explain how this is all some big political game. Well, Kentuckians know differently. They need results. All of our States need results. And Republicans will fight until we actually get an outcome | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-08-12-pt1-PgS5391-8 | null | 1,206 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, returning to the latest coronavirus emergency aid package--currently, the package doesn't exist. There have been no bipartisan negotiations on it since last Friday. That is disappointing to all of us who are here, ready and willing to negotiate and vote for a strong bipartisan relief package. The House of Representatives passed its strong package back on May 15, now nearly 3 months ago. Today is August 12. There was some hope that maybe COVID-19 cases were ticking downward. At the end of May, there was some hope that maybe the economic devastation was reducing, but COVID cases did not tick down over the summer as some had hoped. In fact, they have ticked up in many parts of the country, and the Senate has not taken any votes on the House bill or indeed on any bill. That is disappointing. More than that, it is disappointing for millions of Americans who are in the midst of hard times right now. They are worried about their own health or the health of their loved ones. They are worried about whether they will receive unemployment benefits or how they will make rent or mortgage or how their children will get an education. We know in this body we can transcend politics as usual to address the coronavirus because we did so in March by passing the CARES Act, even as Members of the body, including me, were getting coronavirus as we were having those negotiations. Even as staffers were getting it, even as Senate spouses were getting it, we stayed at the table and found a bipartisan bill that helped us deal with the challenge for a few critical months. But we are here debating this again because the magnitude of the crisis is not a crisis of a few months. No, it is such that the aid provided thus far is running out while Americans' hardships continue. That is why it is essential that we not give up and that we stay here as long as it takes to come through for the American people. I have heard some in Congress and, indeed, some in this body say about more Federal aid for the coronavirus response say: I just don't see the need for it. Indeed, the majority leader has candidly acknowledged that approximately 20 Members of the Republican caucus will not vote for more aid. Well, I want to make the case first that there is need for it, and the need is undeniable because the circumstances that people are living in are dire. Last Friday, we found out that the unemployment rate in July was 10.2 percent, which is a number that is higher than at any point during the 2008, 2009 recession. The President called these ``Great Jobs Numbers!'' But I don't see anything great about 1 in 10 Americans who are in the workforce not being able to find work. More than 30 million Americans are collecting unemployment benefits, and last week their benefit checks were cut by more than 50 percent. In Virginia, just as an example, unemployed workers are now receiving a maximum--a maximum--of $378 a week. That is not enough to pay rent, let alone rent, groceries, childcare, electric bills, and many other costs that families face every day. Because they lost their jobs and other income, millions of Americans are now at risk of eviction or foreclosure. The $600 Federal unemployment benefit and Federal eviction moratorium were holding this off for many, but with those relief measures expiring, families are unable to continue paying their August or September bills. One estimate is that 12 million evictions will be filed by October, and 12 million is essentially the combined population of about 6 or 7 States. There could be that many evictions filed by October. Just in Virginia there was a State-imposed eviction moratorium that lapsed for 5 weeks, and just in those 5 weeks, nearly 10,000 evictions were filed, potentially forcing people out of their homes. Three in ten Virginia renters surveyed a couple weeks ago said that they were uncertain how they could pay August rent, and it was more than half of all African-American renters surveyed who said that was the case. Housing instability is difficult at any point in time, but imagine losing your housing during a pandemic. What are people supposed to do during a pandemic? The advice is, if you can stay home and don't go out and don't be with others, that will help keep your family safe. But how can you quarantine at home if you are in danger of losing your home? Like the majority leader, who quoted from constituents in Kentucky, I am hearing from Virginia constituents every day. From Allison in Henrico: I have now exhausted my savings account and have rent due, groceries to buy and bills to pay. I am now desperate for immediate help. From Rhys in Mechanicsville: I have three children, one with significant special needs. My wife cannot work now due to covid-19 and the school closures. I am behind on numerous bills, including mortgage, utility, and other bills. From Dominique in Fairfax: My rent is now 3 months behind as well as my other bills and I am receiving letters [threatening] evictions and services being turned off. Unfortunately, these examples are now not aberrations, but they are common. We all know people--we all know people--who are at risk of losing their home or being hungry or losing healthcare or their savings being depleted because of the absence of work. So we have to make sure that people are not removed from their homes in the middle of a health crisis. We need to make sure they can continue to pay bills until the health crisis is sufficiently addressed and the economy gets back to where it was. Schools and colleges across the country are trying to reopen right now. It doesn't matter if it is in person, online, or a hybrid model, we want them to reopen safely right now, and this is the time to provide schools with the resources they need to deliver quality instruction, not punish them for following public health guidance and data. Working families are struggling to find childcare options. This is critical to reopening the economy. Childcare providers themselves are struggling. Virginia, according to national surveys, is at risk of losing 45 percent of its licensed childcare capacity; that is, 130,000 childcare slots in Virginia without the additional support they would need to help them stay viable. If we lose childcare capacity, that will have a significant consequence in terms of the ability of people to go back to work so that the economy can start to grow again. On the nutrition front, we are facing an unprecedented rise in food insecurity as thousands of Virginians and millions of Americans have newly enrolled in the SNAP program. The Brookings Institute estimates that nearly 14 million children are living in food-insecure households--14 million children. That is nearly six times the number of children who were food insecure just as recently as 2018, and nearly three times as many who were food insecure at the peak of the great recession in 2008 and 2009. I bet all of my colleagues have experienced this because we are all out in our States talking to folks. Food banks have been slammed with demand they have never witnessed before, and it has been harder for food banks to get grocery access because grocery store shelves have also been ravaged because people are going to grocery stores while restaurants are closed. What do food banks do with increasing demand and fewer donations from grocery stores? The Capital Area Food Bank purchased 100 semitruck loads of food in April, which is triple what the food bank purchased in all of 2019. Just in 1 month, they tripled their purchases compared to 2019. The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, which serves the western part of Virginia, saw the number of new families seeking food assistance quadruple from last year, just as of May. Americans are in a dire state. Their basic needs are at stake. We Democrats want to address that hardship. We did address that hardship in the Heroes Act, which we passed in mid-May. We want to keep people from losing their jobs, being evicted, and going hungry. I know there are many Republicans who share these same goals, but the proposals that have been on the table in this body are simply inadequate. There are areas that we agree on. Aid to small business is important. Broadband is important because as people telecommute or get telehealth or get educational content online, they have to have access to broadband. Testing is important. Childcare is important to open the economy. These are important priorities I believe we can come together on, but the Republican plan that the Senate GOP introduced in this body, which the majority leader again acknowledges that at least 20 Members of the caucus will not support, has large cuts to unemployment aid, no State and local government aid to prevent layoffs of first responders and vital programs and services. The majority leader characterized State and local government agencies as a ``slush fund.'' I was a mayor. I was a Governor. I know what is happening to State and local budgets, and when the revenues to State and local governments decline, there is about one place they can go, and the one place they can go is furloughs, waivers, salary cuts, and cutting personnel. The overwhelming majority of first responders in this country work for State and local governments. It is never a good time to cut police, fire, EMT, ambulance, healthcare workers--never a good time--but the worst time to do it is in the midst of a global health pandemic. It is not a slush fund; it is a necessity that the communities where people live and work have basic services to get through this challenge. The Republican proposal has inadequate education aid, no aid for the eviction tsunami that is facing us to provide rent or mortgage assistance, no nutrition aid in the SNAP program or otherwise to help the 14 million kids who, today, are living in food-insecure households. The Republican proposal did include a comprehensive liability shield to prevent anyone from suing if their employer's negligence causes a virus outbreak. I thought it was interesting that so often on the other side of the aisle in this body, when this prospective bill has been talked about, that has been in the front of the line as if the worry about lawsuits is the biggest concern that the American people have right now. No one in Virginia, when they tell me about their concerns, is putting worries about lawsuits up at the top of the list. We are talking about food, hunger, healthcare, and housing. The liability shield proposal in the GOP goes even further than protecting against liability; it wipes out States' abilities to pass safety regulations. Virginia became the first State in the country to do an emergency temporary standard to provide guidance to public places and employers about safety standards that they could use on the job. It is good to get advice about safety standards because most businesses don't have an NIH or CDC or a health department, so advice about standards that should be followed in workplaces is a great idea. Virginia became the first State in the country to do that. The Republican liability shield would not only give people liability protections, but it would take away the ability of the States to do what Virginia did to try to create lifesaving protections for workers and customers. That is unacceptable--unacceptable. Democrats offered to meet halfway. We knew when the Heroes Act passed--I mean, we have been around the block a few times. It wasn't as if Senate Republicans were just going to say: That is a good idea. We will just vote for it. That is not the way things work. The Senate Republicans would have their proposal just as the House Democrats have their proposal. The two proposals have dramatically different pricetags. The Senate proposal, together with the White House, came in the neighborhood of $1 trillion and the House proposal came in the neighborhood of $3 trillion. There is nothing magic about these numbers, but it is important to understand that willingness to compromise is something Americans expect of us right now. Democrats said: OK, you have a package that is worth $1 trillion, and we have a package that is worth $3 trillion. Let's split the difference. We will have to decide how to compose the $2 trillion package, but let's split the difference. The White House refused. The White House got an offer to meet halfway and said: That is not what we are going to do. We insist on the skinny version. The skinny version is inadequate to meet the challenge of the moment. This is the worst economic contraction in the 145 years that we have had measured quarterly economic growth in this country. This is the worst pandemic that the United States has dealt with since the Spanish flu of 1917 and 1918. A narrow bill isn't enough. If you don't like the Democratic bill because you think the pricetag is too big, how about meeting us halfway? That is the way negotiations so often happen. After the White House rejected the notion of meeting halfway, the President issued Executive orders that he claims break through the logjam. Like many things the President does, though, an analysis of the Executive orders demonstrates there is little substance there. The President proposed a deferred payroll tax collection. That doesn't actually give Americans more money; it just gives them a larger tax bill next year. Because it is a deferral, the President cannot lift the obligation off either the employers or the employees. It is also very confusing to employers to suggest: OK, you should defer, but it is likely to start back up again. That is very, very hard for employers, especially small employers, to figure out. We all know that the payroll tax is the main pillar of Social Security, as every generation pays into the system while they are working so they can enjoy retirement with dignity in their senior years. President Trump has said that this isn't just a deferral, but if he has his way and is reelected, he is going to permanently cancel the tax. That would undermine retirement security for all future generations. The Executive order with respect to housing did actually nothing. It just ordered agencies to look into delaying evictions and foreclosures, but no assistance and no dollars for those facing eviction or for those facing foreclosures. Look into ``can you delay them.'' Governors are already saying that the Executive order dealing with unemployment aid is unworkable. It would be very difficult for them to reconfigure their UI systems to do what the President has asked them to do and asked them to help pay for in the Executive order. Even if States could figure out how to launch a completely new system, the benefits would run out in 5 weeks. On the surface, the Executive order with respect to student loan relief looks like an extension, but if you dig into it, that is not what it is. The order still leaves out 8 million Federal student loan borrowers, and it doesn't even mention whether borrowers' credit ratings and credit scores will be protected if they take advantage of what is offered to them under the EO. What about the millions of students who are struggling to financially find a way to go back to college, or the schools that are trying to find a way to still make sure students get an education when they reopen, or the working families that are struggling to find childcare? School boards and superintendents around the country have come with a proposal saying that to open schools safely would cost about $175 billion, and that is what Democrats have put on the table. That is not addressed at all in the Executive orders, even as we stand at the threshold of schools reopening. In sum, the President's Executive orders address virtually none of the hardships, solve virtually none of the hardships, and lift virtually none of the burdens that Americans are suffering through right now. We are having hardtimes. We are having hard times, and it is our duty to try to address that hardship. Democrats are willing to compromise. When we say, ``Hey, we have a plan but we will meet you halfway in your plan,'' and the White House says, ``No,'' you know, what are we supposed to do? What are we supposed to do? A skinny version isn't sufficient for the magnitude of the crisis. The Senate Republican proposal has some elements that we support, but it leaves so many others unaddressed that it is not adequate. The Republican White House has rejected compromise. President Trump's Executive orders are partly illegal, partly unworkable, and completely insufficient. It doesn't have to be this way because there are many areas on which we can find agreement. I know many in this body are hearing from their home States' Governors, mayors, local governments, colleges and universities, school boards and housing authorities, food banks, hospitals, and the chambers of commerce. You are hearing the same thing that I am hearing from Virginians. So, as I conclude, it doesn't have to be this way. We can put together a good bipartisan deal, but it can't be a ``White House my way or the highway.'' It has to be a willingness to meet and find compromise between a Democratic proposal and a proposal that is acceptable to at least some on the GOP side and the White House. Any large compromise in a divided government is bound to be imperfect. I am reminded of a quote from FDR during the Depression years. You never really had to use quotes from the Depression because the magnitude of the Depression was different than what I have experienced during most of my life, but now quotes from the Depression, I think, bear some revisiting. Here is what FDR said as the administration and Congress, at the time, were doing everything they could to figure out a way to help out needy Americans: ``Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.'' By now, everybody knows somebody who has gotten COVID-19 or somebody who has gotten sick or even died or somebody who has lost a job or somebody who is worried about rent or food. We all know those people, and many of us have experienced this in our own families. Are we going to help or are we going to be frozen in the ice of our own indifference? Let's surprise the Senate. Let's work together and get this done. With that, I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. KAINE | Senate | CREC-2020-08-12-pt1-PgS5393 | null | 1,207 |
formal | you know who | null | antisemitic | Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, you know, as I sit and listen to my colleague from Virginia, I can't agree more. Now is the time, really, for us to come together to do what the Senate traditionally does best, and that is working on the best interests of the people across this country who are struggling right now. Compromise is not a bad word. It is time for us to get in a room and really do the job that the American public expects us to do, and that is looking out for their best interests at a time when we have a healthcare pandemic. Now, keep in mind that this is a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic--once in a lifetime. So that requires us to come together and really focus on how we help Americans across this country who are struggling right now. They shouldn't be penalized. We have asked them to stay home and shelter in place because we are trying to address how we do the research that is necessary for a vaccine. Hopefully, one day, we will have that vaccine. We need to ramp up the testing that is needed so everybody can feel safe and comfortable knowing whether they have this virus or not or the antibody, but we are not there yet because more work needs to be done, particularly by this Congress. The American public has heard us, and they are sheltering in place, they are staying home, and they have shuttered their businesses. Now, more than ever, this country needs the Senate to act. The House has done its job 2 months ago. They worked a comprehensive package, and I say ``comprehensive'' because we can't just pick and choose winners and losers here. This isn't what this is about. This is about making sure we are bringing relief and helping those across this country. Everybody is impacted. We have promised them: If you do what we say and we help stem the spread of this virus, we are going to have your backs, and we are going to take care of you. I will say that we have failed at that. This administration has failed. We have failed at that promise. I know when we all go to our offices or we go home to our States, we are hearing from our constituents. We get emails, we get calls, and we get letters. I know you all feel the same as I do, and we read them and we listen to them. I don't know of one State in this country right now where somebody is not suffering from this pandemic who needs our help. I know that is why I am here, because we all took the oath. We said we are going to be here to work in the best interests of our States and this country and to make sure that those individuals across this country who pay our salaries--those taxpayers--expect us to do our jobs and work. And that is what I am asking for right now. You know, I have been to the floor of the Senate this week to talk about the struggles that I see in my State. We all get letters, and I do want to focus today on one. There are so many, and that is why a comprehensive package is necessary. Right now, I would love to talk to you about what I am seeing in my home State when it comes to our seniors and those who are in need right now with funding to help nursing homes. Let me just start with letters because I think this is how it starts with all of us--calls into our offices and letters coming from our constituents. There are two calls that I received. One of them was from a daughter who called in for her father, who is in a VA nursing home in Boulder City, NV, and because he isn't showing symptoms, he isn't getting tested. With so many cases there, how is this possible? Where are the tests? This is a daughter who is concerned for her father, knowing that if we just get people tested, there is that comfort in knowing whether or not you have this virus and whether you should be quarantined or how we protect you, particularly those in nursing homes. Then, another call I received was from a mother. She is also a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home, and she is telling me that many there quit because they don't have the proper PPE. They want to work, but they don't want to expose themselves. So what are we doing right now to address all of these needs? And, listen, there is so much. It is overwhelming. I know it. That is why we were sent here for the hard decisions, not the easy ones, to make sure we are all working in the best interests of the people in our States. I know you all feel the same way. I have to tell you this. There are thousands of Nevadans that know the anxiety that comes because there is a spouse, a parent, or a grandparent in a nursing home, and they are unable to visit with them or hug their loved ones for fear of giving COVID-19. You have seen it. You have heard it, and I have heard it. Too many loved ones have lost their loved ones because of this virus, and they were not able to be there. Do you know who was there with them in the nursing home? Those incredible heroes on the frontlines, who are sacrificing their own health to be with them, for those who passed away because of COVID-19. There are so many factors that raise a coronavirus risk for nursing home residents. The majority of the residents, as we all know, are seniors. Many have underlying conditions. They live in closed quarters, and they share common spaces. And we also know this: Residents and staff of these facilities shouldn't be an afterthought. They are a core part of our communities and our healthcare system. They are the elders, and they are the keepers of our stories. We have to do more to protect them. We need to protect the workers in these homes, too, many of whom belong to communities of color and who are struggling to provide care to a population with unique needs. The reason why I bring this up is because there is legislation out there todo just what I am talking about and what we need in our communities. It is not something new. It has already been introduced. My colleague Bob Casey introduced the Nursing Home COVID-19 Protection and Prevention Act to get nursing and long-care facilities in Nevada and across this country more PPE, the testing that they need, and the staffing to help the staff and those who are in those communities. These homes need support to slow the spread of the virus and to respond rapidly when it crops up, using all we have learned from combating this virus so far. The bill funds teams of nurses and other critical staff to lend emergency help at nursing homes with outbreaks and to bring the best practices to bear in helping sick residents. This bill ensures folks in my home State and across the country are being taken care of and that families have peace of mind that there is accountability for providers and protections in place for workers. I am hearing from family members and loved ones with those in nursing homes in my State. I am hearing from caregivers and healthcare workers. I know all of you are as well, and one thing that comes from all these people is a feeling of being forgotten. No one--no one--in America should feel forgotten right now. It is time for us to come together. We need to make sure nursing homes follow guidelines and that, if they fail to do so, they will be held accountable. We also must arm them with the tools they need to face a virus that has been relentless in attacking seniors. We should make sure that the next coronavirus package that we should be negotiating and working on right now does everything it can to support the most fragile in our communities because they are also some of our most precious I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. CORTEZ MASTO | Senate | CREC-2020-08-12-pt1-PgS5395 | null | 1,208 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I rise today to speak to a very important piece of legislation, which quietly passed this Chamber last week. It included several provisions I authored and offered based upon my experience as a physician that specifically provides mental health support to America's veterans. We all agree, we owe the men and women who fought and fight for this country a tremendous debt of gratitude for the sacrifices they made to preserve our freedom. It is dangerous, and our servicemembers answer the call. Many carry scars from injuries sustained during that service. But there are scars that we cannot see. Service can take a physical toll but also a mental one. Too many veterans struggle with mental health issues and suicidal thoughts. About 17 veterans per day from all of our wars put together take their own lives. For comparison, 22 servicemembers were killed in combat in Afghanistan throughout all of 2019. We are losing thousands more veterans at home than we are losing fighting men and women in the field. That is something to ponder. We must do a better job of leading the mental health needs of veterans. Thankfully, this Chamber took a big step forward last week when we passed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. The bill improves outreach to veterans and offers new mental healthcare options in five major ways: First, the bill bolsters the VA's mental health workforce to serve more veterans. It gives the VA direct hiring authority for mental health professionals. The VA can offer scholarships to mental health professionals to work at vet centers, and it provides for at least one suicide prevention coordinator at every Veterans' Administration Hospital. It improves rural veterans' access to mental healthcare by increasing the number of locations where veterans can access VA telehealth services. It also offers grants to non-VA organizations that provide mental health services or alternative treatments to veterans. The bill strengthens support and assistance for servicemembers transitioning out of the military by automatically giving every servicemember a full year of VA healthcare when they leave the military. By the way, this came to my mind: It turns out that most suicides occur within 6 weeks of one of our soldiers or sailors or marines leaving the service; within 6 months of that departure is when they tend to commit suicide. But it is about 6 months before they first access VA services. We have to have this kind of transition point tightened and one that makes sure they all know they have VA benefits for that first year. The Veterans Mental Healthcare Improvement Act also studies and invests in innovative and alternative science-based treatment options. It invests in research on the impact of living at high altitudes, on veterans' suicide risk, and on identifying and treating other risk factors for mental health illness. It holds the VA accountable for its mental healthcare and suicide prevention efforts. It does this by examininghow the VA manages suicide prevention resources and how the VA provides care and information sharing for veterans seeking mental healthcare from both VA and community providers. This bill takes a strong, evidence-based approach to meeting veterans' needs that haven't always been given priority. It is encouraging to me that is bipartisan. At a time when we don't appear to agree on very much, we are able to deliver for our heroes. I am proud to have worked with my Democratic colleagues to write bills that were included in this package. Senator Tester and I partnered on the Promoting Coordination for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act. This bill, this amendment, ensures that a thorough review of veterans who die by suicide within 1 year of separation from the Armed Services is conducted jointly by both the Department of Defense and by the VA. As I mentioned, most suicides occur within 6 months of separating from service. If that is the case, then the Department of Defense can do a review of what are those risk factors and have a warm handoff to the Veterans' Administration Hospital. And because we made automatic that first year of service within the VA, that warm handoff can be taken without any impediments of is there coverage or is there not. There is also going to be a partnership between the mental health and suicide prevention experts in both the VA and DOD that will contribute to improved information sharing and help further close the gap in ensuring high-quality, seamless care between these two Departments, focusing on the serviceperson who has now become a veteran. Senator Tester and I also worked together on the VA Research Approval Efficiency Act. This provision authorizes the Veterans Administration to leverage accredited commercial institutional review boards for use in connection with VA-sponsored clinical research. Getting the VA commercial options for approving clinical trials will add much-needed efficiencies and begin to reduce the disparity with academic and other institutions that, today, lead in clinical trial administration. If we know that our treatments for those with mental illness often need to be improved, we want to give our veterans access to those improved treatments as soon as possible, but we also want to make sure that those treatments suit the needs of the veteran. You can only do this by encouraging that research activity with full consent of the veteran--full consent--by which she or he may participate in these trials for her benefit, his benefit, but also for the benefit of us all. This reform enables the VA to increase the caliber care it delivers to veterans in a variety of clinical areas. Senator Sinema and I introduced the Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act. This provision requires VA and DOD to establish a joint clinical practice guideline for treatment of serious mental illness. This commonsense approach builds on an already robust library of clinical practice guidelines that serve to standardize and reinforce treatment procedures in other areas. Just as a point, if someone is found to be well-controlled in a certain medical regimen but then they transition to another different care with a different formulary, then all the hard work to find just the right clinical pharmaceutical treatment program to keep the person balanced now has to be changed because the second department has a different formulary--a different set of drugs with which they wish to treat--all the good work done here is lost there. We wish to eliminate that possibility by making sure there is a common set of clinical guidelines so that somebody with stress is passed off and it is seamless, both in terms of the clinical care, but also the medicines which they may take. The passage of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act is the culmination of a lot of hard work from both Democratic and Republican Senators. It now goes to the House for consideration. I urge the House to swiftly pass this legislation so that President Trump can sign it into law. This bill will have a direct, positive impact in the care the VA delivers to American veterans. They answered the call to serve our Nation; now, Congress must answer the call to better serve them. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. CASSIDY | Senate | CREC-2020-08-12-pt1-PgS5397 | null | 1,209 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. BOOZMAN. I want to take a second to thank the Presiding Officer for the great work that he is doing on the Veterans' Affairs Committee. As the Senator just spoke earlier, he is working hard to take these bills and improve them. Everyone is working together, and we certainly appreciate the fact that the Senator has so much experience in a variety of different ways and has added so much the committee. We are very thankful for that. I rise today to recognize the significant steps that the Senate recently took to improve the mental healthcare of veterans and save lives with the passage of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. This moves us one step closer to paving a new path forward in suicide prevention and implementing a new strategy that, I believe, will give hope and purpose to the men and women who live with these invisible injuries. More than 50,000 organizations nationwide provide suicide prevention services for veterans. These nonprofits and community organizations play a vital role and have taken the lead to build effective programs. I have heard from veterans how organizations like the one based in Rogers, AR, Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, are encouraging them to live their best life. I have also seen how outdoor therapies like Rivers of Recovery are supporting the mental health needs of veterans and how veteran service organizations are stepping up and addressing mental healthcare in their communities. We have so many organizations in Arkansas and throughout the country that are doing a great job in this capacity. In Mount Home, AR, the Disabled American Veterans chapter changed its approach to outreach after the region experienced the highest veteran suicide rate in the State, one of the highest in the Nation. Members enhanced their contact with veterans in the area. This connection has saved lives and reversed the suicide rate in Northern Arkansas. It makes sense that we harness the ideas and successes of this DAV chapter and other advocates into sound policy. That is why I joined with Senator Mark Warner to champion a new strategy that authorizes the VA to provide grants to nonprofits in their communities, establishing a framework to coordinate these efforts and expand outreach to more veterans. Additionally, this legislation will enable the VA to establish greater partnerships with communities to better measure the effectiveness of ongoing suicide prevention programs. I appreciate the leadership of the VA Committee Chairman Jerry Moran, Ranking Member Jon Tester, and the assistance of them and their staffs in working with me and Senator Warner and our staffs to include our proposal, the IMPROVE Well-Being for Veterans' Act, in the comprehensive mental healthcare package, again, that we just passed in the Senate. I especially want to thank Rosie Heiss, Amanda Want, and Pat McGuigan, members of my staff who spent countless hours and worked with numerous groups to find a solution to help advance this idea. The VA estimates around 20 veterans commit suicide each day. That number has remained roughly unchanged despite a tremendous increase in funding. Interestingly, only 6 of those 20 veterans are receiving healthcare services in the VA. By sharing information and collaborating with veteran-serving nonprofits and other community organizations, we can expand our network and provide the help the veterans need and, ultimately, capture more veterans into our VA system. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie called this approach ``key'' to unlocking theveteran suicide crisis. Hopefully, he is right. I applaud the Senate for advancing this bill and look forward to working with my colleagues in the House of Representatives to quickly approve this legislation so that we can reassure veterans that their best days are ahead of them. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. BOOZMAN | Senate | CREC-2020-08-12-pt1-PgS5398 | null | 1,210 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Senate was supposed to spend this week finalizing another bipartisan rescue package for the American people. Millions of laid-off workers needed more Federal assistance to weather the storm. Small businesses needed more support to make payroll. Schools and families need more funding, tools, and certainty with reopening dates fast approaching. Doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers need more backup as they hold the line against this disease. We all need more gas for the race toward more testing, better treatments, and the vaccine that will finish this fight. So last week I canceled the first week of our August State work period in the hope that the Speaker of the House and the Democratic leader would put aside their ideological demands with no relation to this pandemic and finally let Congress legislate. Unfortunately, the Democrats have continued to let working families down. They are still rejecting any more relief for anyone unless they get a flood of demands with no relationship to COVID-19. It has been more than 2 weeks since Senate Republicans put out a trillion-dollar plan to help America reopen, recover, and stay on offense against this virus. Republicans did the same thing that worked back in March. We set up the same process that built the unanimous CARES Act in a matter of days. We laid out a strong marker built by our chairmen and our committees, fitted to real, fact-based needs of our Nation and then invited the Democrats to negotiate. We want another round of direct cash payments for American families. We want to send $105 billion to help schools and universities safely reopen and billions more to help working parents with childcare. We want to create new incentives for retaining and rehiring America's workers and for businesses to improve workplace safety. We want to create the smart legal protections that small businesses and university presidents are pleading for, so they can reopen safely for students and workers without paying a ransom to the trial lawyers. These are the strong policies we proposed because these are the policies ourNation actually needs. We want to take second runs at the best and most successful parts of the bipartisan CARES Act while adding in bold new steps for this new phase of our Nation's battle. But as I said right from the outset, Republicans had no illusion that our initial marker would become law. That isn't how divided government operates. There was never any question that bipartisan compromise would be needed to get an outcome. So I expected that, just like in March, the Democratic ranking members would sit down with our chairmen, bring some of their own serious ideas to the table, and work together to build a bipartisan bill. That is what happened back then. But, instead, the country got something else entirely. Instead of working with our serious framework, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader spent weeks insisting on a completely--completely--unrealistic, far-left proposal that even their own Democratic Members mocked as a go-nowhere messaging stunt the instant it was first released. Instead of letting their committees and their Members discuss substantive issues across the aisle, they said nobody could negotiate but them. And instead of staying focused on the real needs of our Nation, these two Democratic leaders have held the talks hostage for weeks now--weeks--over nonCOVID-related ideological items, which the political left has wanted since well before this virus hit our shores. You know what I am talking about. By now, the whole country knows what I am talking about: the absurd issues the Democrats have turned into sticking points; the bizarre, parochial leftwing favors that Democrats have put ahead of the help that working families need right now, like the massive tax cuts for the highest earners in the bluest States--an idea that even supposedly progressive economists have said is ``not a good idea''; the trillion-dollar slush fund for State and local governments that have only spent 25 percent--25 percent--of the billions that we sent them back in March, totally out of proportion to any estimate of urgent pandemic shortfalls; the socialist insistence on the Federal Government paying people more not to work--not to work--than essential workers earn when they are on the job. Go to any kitchen table in America, outside of a few skyscraper penthouses, and put these bizarre demands up against the trillion dollars of real, practical relief that Republicans wanted to get out the door weeks ago. No family in Middle America is saying: Thank goodness. Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking cash payments to me, money for my kids' schools, and money for vaccines until Manhattan millionaires get a tax cut. No working people are saying: Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking the next small business rescue plan, money for testing, and rehiring incentives until Malibu, CA, gets Federal money to keep buying more electric cars, which they wrote to the Congress demanding. Families aren't saying this. Outside of Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer, even Washington Democrats aren't saying this. While the press tries its hardest to praise Speaker Pelosi for ``playing hardball,'' her own House Democrats are rebelling. They say they are ``frustrated'' and ``angry'' that relief is being held up over what they themselves acknowledge is a ``political wish list.'' ``[T]he HEROES Act went too far,'' is another quote. These are Democrats talking about the Heroes Act. Even the Speaker's own members are not buying their political spin. They want what Republicans want, what the administration wants, what America's families everywhere want. We need to get an outcome. The Secretary of the Treasury and the White House chief of staff have given ground. They have put new issues on the table that Democrats wanted. They have worked to find commonality. But the Democrats are barely even pretending to negotiate--barely even pretending. The Speaker's latest spin is that it is some heroic sacrifice to lower her demands from a made-up $3.5 trillion marker that was never going to become law to an equally made-up $2.5 trillion marker. She calls this meeting in the middle. That is not negotiating; that is throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. People who have serious policy proposals that are fitted to actual needs cannot breezily knock off a trillion here and add a trillion there. Heck, by the Speaker's logic, they should have just opened with their entire $93 trillion Green New Deal. Then they could have blamed the President for not meeting them halfway at the cut-rate bargain sum of $45 trillion. Come on. In point of fact, the Speaker and the leader have not conceded anything at all. They haven't budged on their absurd demands. They just moved the expiration date a few weeks on the exact same crazy wish list, so the pricetag comes down without moving an inch on the merits. They have refused Republicans' offer to pass everything that we can agree on. The administration has said: Let's pass things we can agree on right now. The Republicans don't think that a disputed issue should hold up the most urgent aid for working families, but the answer so far from the Democratic leadership is no. The partisan games continue, so the Nation's pain continues as well. Laid-off workers and kids and parents and doctors and nurses are waiting for help. Our people are waiting for help. Republicans have been at the table for weeks. We just need seriousness on the other side. American families' livelihoods are at stake. American lives are at stake. Democrats must rerun their political calculations and finally--finally--let Congress act | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5403-8 | null | 1,211 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Senate was supposed to spend this week finalizing another bipartisan rescue package for the American people. Millions of laid-off workers needed more Federal assistance to weather the storm. Small businesses needed more support to make payroll. Schools and families need more funding, tools, and certainty with reopening dates fast approaching. Doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers need more backup as they hold the line against this disease. We all need more gas for the race toward more testing, better treatments, and the vaccine that will finish this fight. So last week I canceled the first week of our August State work period in the hope that the Speaker of the House and the Democratic leader would put aside their ideological demands with no relation to this pandemic and finally let Congress legislate. Unfortunately, the Democrats have continued to let working families down. They are still rejecting any more relief for anyone unless they get a flood of demands with no relationship to COVID-19. It has been more than 2 weeks since Senate Republicans put out a trillion-dollar plan to help America reopen, recover, and stay on offense against this virus. Republicans did the same thing that worked back in March. We set up the same process that built the unanimous CARES Act in a matter of days. We laid out a strong marker built by our chairmen and our committees, fitted to real, fact-based needs of our Nation and then invited the Democrats to negotiate. We want another round of direct cash payments for American families. We want to send $105 billion to help schools and universities safely reopen and billions more to help working parents with childcare. We want to create new incentives for retaining and rehiring America's workers and for businesses to improve workplace safety. We want to create the smart legal protections that small businesses and university presidents are pleading for, so they can reopen safely for students and workers without paying a ransom to the trial lawyers. These are the strong policies we proposed because these are the policies ourNation actually needs. We want to take second runs at the best and most successful parts of the bipartisan CARES Act while adding in bold new steps for this new phase of our Nation's battle. But as I said right from the outset, Republicans had no illusion that our initial marker would become law. That isn't how divided government operates. There was never any question that bipartisan compromise would be needed to get an outcome. So I expected that, just like in March, the Democratic ranking members would sit down with our chairmen, bring some of their own serious ideas to the table, and work together to build a bipartisan bill. That is what happened back then. But, instead, the country got something else entirely. Instead of working with our serious framework, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader spent weeks insisting on a completely--completely--unrealistic, far-left proposal that even their own Democratic Members mocked as a go-nowhere messaging stunt the instant it was first released. Instead of letting their committees and their Members discuss substantive issues across the aisle, they said nobody could negotiate but them. And instead of staying focused on the real needs of our Nation, these two Democratic leaders have held the talks hostage for weeks now--weeks--over nonCOVID-related ideological items, which the political left has wanted since well before this virus hit our shores. You know what I am talking about. By now, the whole country knows what I am talking about: the absurd issues the Democrats have turned into sticking points; the bizarre, parochial leftwing favors that Democrats have put ahead of the help that working families need right now, like the massive tax cuts for the highest earners in the bluest States--an idea that even supposedly progressive economists have said is ``not a good idea''; the trillion-dollar slush fund for State and local governments that have only spent 25 percent--25 percent--of the billions that we sent them back in March, totally out of proportion to any estimate of urgent pandemic shortfalls; the socialist insistence on the Federal Government paying people more not to work--not to work--than essential workers earn when they are on the job. Go to any kitchen table in America, outside of a few skyscraper penthouses, and put these bizarre demands up against the trillion dollars of real, practical relief that Republicans wanted to get out the door weeks ago. No family in Middle America is saying: Thank goodness. Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking cash payments to me, money for my kids' schools, and money for vaccines until Manhattan millionaires get a tax cut. No working people are saying: Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking the next small business rescue plan, money for testing, and rehiring incentives until Malibu, CA, gets Federal money to keep buying more electric cars, which they wrote to the Congress demanding. Families aren't saying this. Outside of Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer, even Washington Democrats aren't saying this. While the press tries its hardest to praise Speaker Pelosi for ``playing hardball,'' her own House Democrats are rebelling. They say they are ``frustrated'' and ``angry'' that relief is being held up over what they themselves acknowledge is a ``political wish list.'' ``[T]he HEROES Act went too far,'' is another quote. These are Democrats talking about the Heroes Act. Even the Speaker's own members are not buying their political spin. They want what Republicans want, what the administration wants, what America's families everywhere want. We need to get an outcome. The Secretary of the Treasury and the White House chief of staff have given ground. They have put new issues on the table that Democrats wanted. They have worked to find commonality. But the Democrats are barely even pretending to negotiate--barely even pretending. The Speaker's latest spin is that it is some heroic sacrifice to lower her demands from a made-up $3.5 trillion marker that was never going to become law to an equally made-up $2.5 trillion marker. She calls this meeting in the middle. That is not negotiating; that is throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. People who have serious policy proposals that are fitted to actual needs cannot breezily knock off a trillion here and add a trillion there. Heck, by the Speaker's logic, they should have just opened with their entire $93 trillion Green New Deal. Then they could have blamed the President for not meeting them halfway at the cut-rate bargain sum of $45 trillion. Come on. In point of fact, the Speaker and the leader have not conceded anything at all. They haven't budged on their absurd demands. They just moved the expiration date a few weeks on the exact same crazy wish list, so the pricetag comes down without moving an inch on the merits. They have refused Republicans' offer to pass everything that we can agree on. The administration has said: Let's pass things we can agree on right now. The Republicans don't think that a disputed issue should hold up the most urgent aid for working families, but the answer so far from the Democratic leadership is no. The partisan games continue, so the Nation's pain continues as well. Laid-off workers and kids and parents and doctors and nurses are waiting for help. Our people are waiting for help. Republicans have been at the table for weeks. We just need seriousness on the other side. American families' livelihoods are at stake. American lives are at stake. Democrats must rerun their political calculations and finally--finally--let Congress act | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5403-8 | null | 1,212 |
formal | tax cuts | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Senate was supposed to spend this week finalizing another bipartisan rescue package for the American people. Millions of laid-off workers needed more Federal assistance to weather the storm. Small businesses needed more support to make payroll. Schools and families need more funding, tools, and certainty with reopening dates fast approaching. Doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers need more backup as they hold the line against this disease. We all need more gas for the race toward more testing, better treatments, and the vaccine that will finish this fight. So last week I canceled the first week of our August State work period in the hope that the Speaker of the House and the Democratic leader would put aside their ideological demands with no relation to this pandemic and finally let Congress legislate. Unfortunately, the Democrats have continued to let working families down. They are still rejecting any more relief for anyone unless they get a flood of demands with no relationship to COVID-19. It has been more than 2 weeks since Senate Republicans put out a trillion-dollar plan to help America reopen, recover, and stay on offense against this virus. Republicans did the same thing that worked back in March. We set up the same process that built the unanimous CARES Act in a matter of days. We laid out a strong marker built by our chairmen and our committees, fitted to real, fact-based needs of our Nation and then invited the Democrats to negotiate. We want another round of direct cash payments for American families. We want to send $105 billion to help schools and universities safely reopen and billions more to help working parents with childcare. We want to create new incentives for retaining and rehiring America's workers and for businesses to improve workplace safety. We want to create the smart legal protections that small businesses and university presidents are pleading for, so they can reopen safely for students and workers without paying a ransom to the trial lawyers. These are the strong policies we proposed because these are the policies ourNation actually needs. We want to take second runs at the best and most successful parts of the bipartisan CARES Act while adding in bold new steps for this new phase of our Nation's battle. But as I said right from the outset, Republicans had no illusion that our initial marker would become law. That isn't how divided government operates. There was never any question that bipartisan compromise would be needed to get an outcome. So I expected that, just like in March, the Democratic ranking members would sit down with our chairmen, bring some of their own serious ideas to the table, and work together to build a bipartisan bill. That is what happened back then. But, instead, the country got something else entirely. Instead of working with our serious framework, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader spent weeks insisting on a completely--completely--unrealistic, far-left proposal that even their own Democratic Members mocked as a go-nowhere messaging stunt the instant it was first released. Instead of letting their committees and their Members discuss substantive issues across the aisle, they said nobody could negotiate but them. And instead of staying focused on the real needs of our Nation, these two Democratic leaders have held the talks hostage for weeks now--weeks--over nonCOVID-related ideological items, which the political left has wanted since well before this virus hit our shores. You know what I am talking about. By now, the whole country knows what I am talking about: the absurd issues the Democrats have turned into sticking points; the bizarre, parochial leftwing favors that Democrats have put ahead of the help that working families need right now, like the massive tax cuts for the highest earners in the bluest States--an idea that even supposedly progressive economists have said is ``not a good idea''; the trillion-dollar slush fund for State and local governments that have only spent 25 percent--25 percent--of the billions that we sent them back in March, totally out of proportion to any estimate of urgent pandemic shortfalls; the socialist insistence on the Federal Government paying people more not to work--not to work--than essential workers earn when they are on the job. Go to any kitchen table in America, outside of a few skyscraper penthouses, and put these bizarre demands up against the trillion dollars of real, practical relief that Republicans wanted to get out the door weeks ago. No family in Middle America is saying: Thank goodness. Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking cash payments to me, money for my kids' schools, and money for vaccines until Manhattan millionaires get a tax cut. No working people are saying: Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking the next small business rescue plan, money for testing, and rehiring incentives until Malibu, CA, gets Federal money to keep buying more electric cars, which they wrote to the Congress demanding. Families aren't saying this. Outside of Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer, even Washington Democrats aren't saying this. While the press tries its hardest to praise Speaker Pelosi for ``playing hardball,'' her own House Democrats are rebelling. They say they are ``frustrated'' and ``angry'' that relief is being held up over what they themselves acknowledge is a ``political wish list.'' ``[T]he HEROES Act went too far,'' is another quote. These are Democrats talking about the Heroes Act. Even the Speaker's own members are not buying their political spin. They want what Republicans want, what the administration wants, what America's families everywhere want. We need to get an outcome. The Secretary of the Treasury and the White House chief of staff have given ground. They have put new issues on the table that Democrats wanted. They have worked to find commonality. But the Democrats are barely even pretending to negotiate--barely even pretending. The Speaker's latest spin is that it is some heroic sacrifice to lower her demands from a made-up $3.5 trillion marker that was never going to become law to an equally made-up $2.5 trillion marker. She calls this meeting in the middle. That is not negotiating; that is throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. People who have serious policy proposals that are fitted to actual needs cannot breezily knock off a trillion here and add a trillion there. Heck, by the Speaker's logic, they should have just opened with their entire $93 trillion Green New Deal. Then they could have blamed the President for not meeting them halfway at the cut-rate bargain sum of $45 trillion. Come on. In point of fact, the Speaker and the leader have not conceded anything at all. They haven't budged on their absurd demands. They just moved the expiration date a few weeks on the exact same crazy wish list, so the pricetag comes down without moving an inch on the merits. They have refused Republicans' offer to pass everything that we can agree on. The administration has said: Let's pass things we can agree on right now. The Republicans don't think that a disputed issue should hold up the most urgent aid for working families, but the answer so far from the Democratic leadership is no. The partisan games continue, so the Nation's pain continues as well. Laid-off workers and kids and parents and doctors and nurses are waiting for help. Our people are waiting for help. Republicans have been at the table for weeks. We just need seriousness on the other side. American families' livelihoods are at stake. American lives are at stake. Democrats must rerun their political calculations and finally--finally--let Congress act | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5403-8 | null | 1,213 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Senate was supposed to spend this week finalizing another bipartisan rescue package for the American people. Millions of laid-off workers needed more Federal assistance to weather the storm. Small businesses needed more support to make payroll. Schools and families need more funding, tools, and certainty with reopening dates fast approaching. Doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers need more backup as they hold the line against this disease. We all need more gas for the race toward more testing, better treatments, and the vaccine that will finish this fight. So last week I canceled the first week of our August State work period in the hope that the Speaker of the House and the Democratic leader would put aside their ideological demands with no relation to this pandemic and finally let Congress legislate. Unfortunately, the Democrats have continued to let working families down. They are still rejecting any more relief for anyone unless they get a flood of demands with no relationship to COVID-19. It has been more than 2 weeks since Senate Republicans put out a trillion-dollar plan to help America reopen, recover, and stay on offense against this virus. Republicans did the same thing that worked back in March. We set up the same process that built the unanimous CARES Act in a matter of days. We laid out a strong marker built by our chairmen and our committees, fitted to real, fact-based needs of our Nation and then invited the Democrats to negotiate. We want another round of direct cash payments for American families. We want to send $105 billion to help schools and universities safely reopen and billions more to help working parents with childcare. We want to create new incentives for retaining and rehiring America's workers and for businesses to improve workplace safety. We want to create the smart legal protections that small businesses and university presidents are pleading for, so they can reopen safely for students and workers without paying a ransom to the trial lawyers. These are the strong policies we proposed because these are the policies ourNation actually needs. We want to take second runs at the best and most successful parts of the bipartisan CARES Act while adding in bold new steps for this new phase of our Nation's battle. But as I said right from the outset, Republicans had no illusion that our initial marker would become law. That isn't how divided government operates. There was never any question that bipartisan compromise would be needed to get an outcome. So I expected that, just like in March, the Democratic ranking members would sit down with our chairmen, bring some of their own serious ideas to the table, and work together to build a bipartisan bill. That is what happened back then. But, instead, the country got something else entirely. Instead of working with our serious framework, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader spent weeks insisting on a completely--completely--unrealistic, far-left proposal that even their own Democratic Members mocked as a go-nowhere messaging stunt the instant it was first released. Instead of letting their committees and their Members discuss substantive issues across the aisle, they said nobody could negotiate but them. And instead of staying focused on the real needs of our Nation, these two Democratic leaders have held the talks hostage for weeks now--weeks--over nonCOVID-related ideological items, which the political left has wanted since well before this virus hit our shores. You know what I am talking about. By now, the whole country knows what I am talking about: the absurd issues the Democrats have turned into sticking points; the bizarre, parochial leftwing favors that Democrats have put ahead of the help that working families need right now, like the massive tax cuts for the highest earners in the bluest States--an idea that even supposedly progressive economists have said is ``not a good idea''; the trillion-dollar slush fund for State and local governments that have only spent 25 percent--25 percent--of the billions that we sent them back in March, totally out of proportion to any estimate of urgent pandemic shortfalls; the socialist insistence on the Federal Government paying people more not to work--not to work--than essential workers earn when they are on the job. Go to any kitchen table in America, outside of a few skyscraper penthouses, and put these bizarre demands up against the trillion dollars of real, practical relief that Republicans wanted to get out the door weeks ago. No family in Middle America is saying: Thank goodness. Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking cash payments to me, money for my kids' schools, and money for vaccines until Manhattan millionaires get a tax cut. No working people are saying: Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking the next small business rescue plan, money for testing, and rehiring incentives until Malibu, CA, gets Federal money to keep buying more electric cars, which they wrote to the Congress demanding. Families aren't saying this. Outside of Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer, even Washington Democrats aren't saying this. While the press tries its hardest to praise Speaker Pelosi for ``playing hardball,'' her own House Democrats are rebelling. They say they are ``frustrated'' and ``angry'' that relief is being held up over what they themselves acknowledge is a ``political wish list.'' ``[T]he HEROES Act went too far,'' is another quote. These are Democrats talking about the Heroes Act. Even the Speaker's own members are not buying their political spin. They want what Republicans want, what the administration wants, what America's families everywhere want. We need to get an outcome. The Secretary of the Treasury and the White House chief of staff have given ground. They have put new issues on the table that Democrats wanted. They have worked to find commonality. But the Democrats are barely even pretending to negotiate--barely even pretending. The Speaker's latest spin is that it is some heroic sacrifice to lower her demands from a made-up $3.5 trillion marker that was never going to become law to an equally made-up $2.5 trillion marker. She calls this meeting in the middle. That is not negotiating; that is throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. People who have serious policy proposals that are fitted to actual needs cannot breezily knock off a trillion here and add a trillion there. Heck, by the Speaker's logic, they should have just opened with their entire $93 trillion Green New Deal. Then they could have blamed the President for not meeting them halfway at the cut-rate bargain sum of $45 trillion. Come on. In point of fact, the Speaker and the leader have not conceded anything at all. They haven't budged on their absurd demands. They just moved the expiration date a few weeks on the exact same crazy wish list, so the pricetag comes down without moving an inch on the merits. They have refused Republicans' offer to pass everything that we can agree on. The administration has said: Let's pass things we can agree on right now. The Republicans don't think that a disputed issue should hold up the most urgent aid for working families, but the answer so far from the Democratic leadership is no. The partisan games continue, so the Nation's pain continues as well. Laid-off workers and kids and parents and doctors and nurses are waiting for help. Our people are waiting for help. Republicans have been at the table for weeks. We just need seriousness on the other side. American families' livelihoods are at stake. American lives are at stake. Democrats must rerun their political calculations and finally--finally--let Congress act | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5403-8 | null | 1,214 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Senate was supposed to spend this week finalizing another bipartisan rescue package for the American people. Millions of laid-off workers needed more Federal assistance to weather the storm. Small businesses needed more support to make payroll. Schools and families need more funding, tools, and certainty with reopening dates fast approaching. Doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers need more backup as they hold the line against this disease. We all need more gas for the race toward more testing, better treatments, and the vaccine that will finish this fight. So last week I canceled the first week of our August State work period in the hope that the Speaker of the House and the Democratic leader would put aside their ideological demands with no relation to this pandemic and finally let Congress legislate. Unfortunately, the Democrats have continued to let working families down. They are still rejecting any more relief for anyone unless they get a flood of demands with no relationship to COVID-19. It has been more than 2 weeks since Senate Republicans put out a trillion-dollar plan to help America reopen, recover, and stay on offense against this virus. Republicans did the same thing that worked back in March. We set up the same process that built the unanimous CARES Act in a matter of days. We laid out a strong marker built by our chairmen and our committees, fitted to real, fact-based needs of our Nation and then invited the Democrats to negotiate. We want another round of direct cash payments for American families. We want to send $105 billion to help schools and universities safely reopen and billions more to help working parents with childcare. We want to create new incentives for retaining and rehiring America's workers and for businesses to improve workplace safety. We want to create the smart legal protections that small businesses and university presidents are pleading for, so they can reopen safely for students and workers without paying a ransom to the trial lawyers. These are the strong policies we proposed because these are the policies ourNation actually needs. We want to take second runs at the best and most successful parts of the bipartisan CARES Act while adding in bold new steps for this new phase of our Nation's battle. But as I said right from the outset, Republicans had no illusion that our initial marker would become law. That isn't how divided government operates. There was never any question that bipartisan compromise would be needed to get an outcome. So I expected that, just like in March, the Democratic ranking members would sit down with our chairmen, bring some of their own serious ideas to the table, and work together to build a bipartisan bill. That is what happened back then. But, instead, the country got something else entirely. Instead of working with our serious framework, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Democratic leader spent weeks insisting on a completely--completely--unrealistic, far-left proposal that even their own Democratic Members mocked as a go-nowhere messaging stunt the instant it was first released. Instead of letting their committees and their Members discuss substantive issues across the aisle, they said nobody could negotiate but them. And instead of staying focused on the real needs of our Nation, these two Democratic leaders have held the talks hostage for weeks now--weeks--over nonCOVID-related ideological items, which the political left has wanted since well before this virus hit our shores. You know what I am talking about. By now, the whole country knows what I am talking about: the absurd issues the Democrats have turned into sticking points; the bizarre, parochial leftwing favors that Democrats have put ahead of the help that working families need right now, like the massive tax cuts for the highest earners in the bluest States--an idea that even supposedly progressive economists have said is ``not a good idea''; the trillion-dollar slush fund for State and local governments that have only spent 25 percent--25 percent--of the billions that we sent them back in March, totally out of proportion to any estimate of urgent pandemic shortfalls; the socialist insistence on the Federal Government paying people more not to work--not to work--than essential workers earn when they are on the job. Go to any kitchen table in America, outside of a few skyscraper penthouses, and put these bizarre demands up against the trillion dollars of real, practical relief that Republicans wanted to get out the door weeks ago. No family in Middle America is saying: Thank goodness. Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking cash payments to me, money for my kids' schools, and money for vaccines until Manhattan millionaires get a tax cut. No working people are saying: Thank goodness the Democrats are blocking the next small business rescue plan, money for testing, and rehiring incentives until Malibu, CA, gets Federal money to keep buying more electric cars, which they wrote to the Congress demanding. Families aren't saying this. Outside of Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer, even Washington Democrats aren't saying this. While the press tries its hardest to praise Speaker Pelosi for ``playing hardball,'' her own House Democrats are rebelling. They say they are ``frustrated'' and ``angry'' that relief is being held up over what they themselves acknowledge is a ``political wish list.'' ``[T]he HEROES Act went too far,'' is another quote. These are Democrats talking about the Heroes Act. Even the Speaker's own members are not buying their political spin. They want what Republicans want, what the administration wants, what America's families everywhere want. We need to get an outcome. The Secretary of the Treasury and the White House chief of staff have given ground. They have put new issues on the table that Democrats wanted. They have worked to find commonality. But the Democrats are barely even pretending to negotiate--barely even pretending. The Speaker's latest spin is that it is some heroic sacrifice to lower her demands from a made-up $3.5 trillion marker that was never going to become law to an equally made-up $2.5 trillion marker. She calls this meeting in the middle. That is not negotiating; that is throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. People who have serious policy proposals that are fitted to actual needs cannot breezily knock off a trillion here and add a trillion there. Heck, by the Speaker's logic, they should have just opened with their entire $93 trillion Green New Deal. Then they could have blamed the President for not meeting them halfway at the cut-rate bargain sum of $45 trillion. Come on. In point of fact, the Speaker and the leader have not conceded anything at all. They haven't budged on their absurd demands. They just moved the expiration date a few weeks on the exact same crazy wish list, so the pricetag comes down without moving an inch on the merits. They have refused Republicans' offer to pass everything that we can agree on. The administration has said: Let's pass things we can agree on right now. The Republicans don't think that a disputed issue should hold up the most urgent aid for working families, but the answer so far from the Democratic leadership is no. The partisan games continue, so the Nation's pain continues as well. Laid-off workers and kids and parents and doctors and nurses are waiting for help. Our people are waiting for help. Republicans have been at the table for weeks. We just need seriousness on the other side. American families' livelihoods are at stake. American lives are at stake. Democrats must rerun their political calculations and finally--finally--let Congress act | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5403-8 | null | 1,215 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, here we go again. Another day has passed. Nothing has happened--no incremental progress, no compromise. To some it might just be one day, but for too many Americans, another day fighting for your health or how you will pay your rent or how you will feed your kids is a brutal and terrifying thing. What is one more day to an average American? It might be a day closer to the rent being due without having money to pay it. It might be another day with insufficient unemployment benefits while bills pile up. It might be another day closer to possibly needing SNAP assistance or help from a food bank. One more day could mean constrained testing supplies don't pick up as many cases of COVID-19, so the carriers can isolate and protect others. One day today means for one of my staffers--it was move-in day for his oldest daughter at college, but because she couldn't get her test result back quickly enough, that experience, which is an exciting one for a young person, could not happen. These are not simple legislative days while we follow a negotiation strategy. These are days when Americans are struggling and suffering, and we are not responding. Democrats are here. We are ready to compromise any day. In fact, we have already offered to meet the White House halfway on the size of the relief effort. Our meet-in-the-middle offer was rebuffed Friday, and it was rejected by the White House again yesterday. I have heard the majority leader today and on other days characterize the Heroes Act in his remarks as a Democratic wish list. So what I would like to do is walk through the Democratic and Republican proposals side by side. At every step I hope listeners will ask themselves: Which of these agendas is oriented to helping Americans through hard times? The Democratic proposal includes this: continuing expanded unemployment benefits for the duration of thiscrisis; cash assistance for struggling families to avoid eviction and foreclosure rather than just delaying bills and piling up debt; sufficient funding and flexibility for State and local governments so that we don't have a second wave of job loss when those governments are forced to cut their budgets, and so they don't have to cut vital programs and lay off first responders during a global health pandemic; sufficient childcare funding both to help working families and to allow childcare providers to reopen so that we can get back to work; providing K-12 schools with the funding they need regardless of how they choose to reopen so that they can effectively educate students; ensuring every American can have access to free treatment for coronavirus; helping families keep food on the table by giving an increase in the SNAP benefit plus additional funding for nutrition programs; continuing support for America's small businesses; protection for the integrity of our elections during a period of uncertainty and fear. Those are the proposals that are contained in the Heroes Act. The Republican proposals, combining both the HEALS Act--the Senate GOP proposal--and President Trump's Executive orders, include this: $1.75 billion to keep the FBI headquarters in DC so as to prevent potential hotel competition for the Trump International Hotel; expanded corporate tax writeoffs for business lunches--another top priority for the White House; sharp cuts to unemployment benefits for workers who are suffering and out of work; broad immunity for large corporations even if they are not taking any actions to protect their workers; the effective elimination of State rules, including a rule in Virginia designed to facilitate the safe reopening of businesses and the economy; undermining important protections and enforcement of longstanding civil rights and disability laws; punishing public schools that choose to follow public health guidance but still want to provide their students with an education by reopening virtually; pushing a tax credit program that would make donations to private school scholarships already deductible as charitable contributions--that would make those now preferred over any other charitable contribution, likely draining money away from other charities and hurting government funding, as well; and finally, stopping payroll tax contributions into the Social Security trust fund, creating huge uncertainty for employers and employees but also threatening to undermine the fiscal future of Social Security retirement benefits. These are elements of the Republican HEALS Act and President Trump's Executive orders. Equally important is what is not in any of the Republican proposals--either that offered in the Senate or implemented by the President's Executive orders. Food aid for hungry kids and families? Nothing. Rental assistance? Nothing. Mortgage assistance? Nothing. Aid to the States and localities where Americans live and work? Nothing. Funding to ensure the integrity of the upcoming elections? Nothing. So I would ask anyone, which of these proposals seems more likely to help Americans who are experiencing hard times? If anyone is in doubt--and I don't think any are--about what kinds of hard times people are in, yesterday I shared some stories from Virginians who have shared them with me, just as they are sharing them with all Senators. Here are a few more of the constituents who have reached out to me. The owner of a small business with 18 employees in Northern Virginia wrote me: ``My business is struggling, my employees are suffering, and we need further assistance.'' He went on to describe how his business was completely shut down in the crisis. Even now that they are open, they will be operating at less than half their normal revenue for the foreseeable future. Their PPP and EIDL loan funds--they were glad to get them--have run out, and they need Congress to act to prevent the business from shuttering and those 18 jobs from disappearing permanently. A woman from Henrico County, which is right outside of Richmond, wrote: As I watch the news, it gets harder and harder. We desperately need help. . . . My son had COVID, he is still struggling with health issues and cannot work. A woman in Springfield, here in Fairfax County, has been waiting for information that she needs mailed to her so she can get access to unemployment benefits, but the delays in the Postal Service have left her without the benefits she earned and is entitled to. She is a single mother of five and said: ``At this point, I am struggling to feed my family.'' A woman from Dumfries in Prince William County said: I'm asking for help with the aid for the unemployed workers like myself that Covid has affected. We are a family of 4 and I have lost my unemployment that we depended on for groceries. My husband's salary covers the bills but I worked for groceries and any extras. As of now I may be able to get $190 a week from the state if they reevaluate my claim. Please, I'm asking for bipartisan support on an unemployment package that will help families like mine to make it through this pandemic. Finally, a woman from Alexandria--just across the Potomac--wrote: I would like to request consideration for more emergency funding for daycare and preschool facilities. My 14 month old little girl attends daycare 5 days per week. Her daycare is wonderful, but it's at risk of closing in the very near future because it only has 1/3 of the minimum number of enrollees that it needs to be able to afford to stay open. I'm an essential worker in healthcare, specifically in pediatric care, and my husband is an essential Department of Defense employee. If I have to stay home with my daughter, I can't take care of the children of others, and I'm honestly very worried about the prospects of eventually finding a new job, as healthcare facilities are also suffering a large reduction of daily patients. I ask this from the bottom of my heart. Please provide funding for our daycare and preschool facilities, so they can be here for us through and after the pandemic, so parents in Virginia will be able to continue work now or return to work when it is safe to do so. It is not about politics. It is not about credit. It is about coming through for Americans when they need it. It is the case that, yesterday, Democratic leaders reached out again to the White House and repeated what they had offered last Friday. Let's meet in the middle. Let's meet halfway between the Republican proposals laid out in the HEALS Act and the President's Executive orders and the Democratic proposal passed by a sizeable majority in the House nearly 3 months ago. That is what Americans want--negotiate, compromise, meet in the middle, and find common ground, just as we did in the CARES Act. The White House response was, no dice. They refused the Democratic proposal to meet halfway. They said that is not going to happen. We need to get serious. Days continue to tick by as families face hard decisions. Democrats are here, and we are ready. The White House must stop its ``no compromise'' position to meet the needs of American families. Let's buckle down, make a deal, and get this done. The American people can't afford to wait any longer. With that, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. KAINE | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5404-3 | null | 1,216 |
formal | public school | null | racist | Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, here we go again. Another day has passed. Nothing has happened--no incremental progress, no compromise. To some it might just be one day, but for too many Americans, another day fighting for your health or how you will pay your rent or how you will feed your kids is a brutal and terrifying thing. What is one more day to an average American? It might be a day closer to the rent being due without having money to pay it. It might be another day with insufficient unemployment benefits while bills pile up. It might be another day closer to possibly needing SNAP assistance or help from a food bank. One more day could mean constrained testing supplies don't pick up as many cases of COVID-19, so the carriers can isolate and protect others. One day today means for one of my staffers--it was move-in day for his oldest daughter at college, but because she couldn't get her test result back quickly enough, that experience, which is an exciting one for a young person, could not happen. These are not simple legislative days while we follow a negotiation strategy. These are days when Americans are struggling and suffering, and we are not responding. Democrats are here. We are ready to compromise any day. In fact, we have already offered to meet the White House halfway on the size of the relief effort. Our meet-in-the-middle offer was rebuffed Friday, and it was rejected by the White House again yesterday. I have heard the majority leader today and on other days characterize the Heroes Act in his remarks as a Democratic wish list. So what I would like to do is walk through the Democratic and Republican proposals side by side. At every step I hope listeners will ask themselves: Which of these agendas is oriented to helping Americans through hard times? The Democratic proposal includes this: continuing expanded unemployment benefits for the duration of thiscrisis; cash assistance for struggling families to avoid eviction and foreclosure rather than just delaying bills and piling up debt; sufficient funding and flexibility for State and local governments so that we don't have a second wave of job loss when those governments are forced to cut their budgets, and so they don't have to cut vital programs and lay off first responders during a global health pandemic; sufficient childcare funding both to help working families and to allow childcare providers to reopen so that we can get back to work; providing K-12 schools with the funding they need regardless of how they choose to reopen so that they can effectively educate students; ensuring every American can have access to free treatment for coronavirus; helping families keep food on the table by giving an increase in the SNAP benefit plus additional funding for nutrition programs; continuing support for America's small businesses; protection for the integrity of our elections during a period of uncertainty and fear. Those are the proposals that are contained in the Heroes Act. The Republican proposals, combining both the HEALS Act--the Senate GOP proposal--and President Trump's Executive orders, include this: $1.75 billion to keep the FBI headquarters in DC so as to prevent potential hotel competition for the Trump International Hotel; expanded corporate tax writeoffs for business lunches--another top priority for the White House; sharp cuts to unemployment benefits for workers who are suffering and out of work; broad immunity for large corporations even if they are not taking any actions to protect their workers; the effective elimination of State rules, including a rule in Virginia designed to facilitate the safe reopening of businesses and the economy; undermining important protections and enforcement of longstanding civil rights and disability laws; punishing public schools that choose to follow public health guidance but still want to provide their students with an education by reopening virtually; pushing a tax credit program that would make donations to private school scholarships already deductible as charitable contributions--that would make those now preferred over any other charitable contribution, likely draining money away from other charities and hurting government funding, as well; and finally, stopping payroll tax contributions into the Social Security trust fund, creating huge uncertainty for employers and employees but also threatening to undermine the fiscal future of Social Security retirement benefits. These are elements of the Republican HEALS Act and President Trump's Executive orders. Equally important is what is not in any of the Republican proposals--either that offered in the Senate or implemented by the President's Executive orders. Food aid for hungry kids and families? Nothing. Rental assistance? Nothing. Mortgage assistance? Nothing. Aid to the States and localities where Americans live and work? Nothing. Funding to ensure the integrity of the upcoming elections? Nothing. So I would ask anyone, which of these proposals seems more likely to help Americans who are experiencing hard times? If anyone is in doubt--and I don't think any are--about what kinds of hard times people are in, yesterday I shared some stories from Virginians who have shared them with me, just as they are sharing them with all Senators. Here are a few more of the constituents who have reached out to me. The owner of a small business with 18 employees in Northern Virginia wrote me: ``My business is struggling, my employees are suffering, and we need further assistance.'' He went on to describe how his business was completely shut down in the crisis. Even now that they are open, they will be operating at less than half their normal revenue for the foreseeable future. Their PPP and EIDL loan funds--they were glad to get them--have run out, and they need Congress to act to prevent the business from shuttering and those 18 jobs from disappearing permanently. A woman from Henrico County, which is right outside of Richmond, wrote: As I watch the news, it gets harder and harder. We desperately need help. . . . My son had COVID, he is still struggling with health issues and cannot work. A woman in Springfield, here in Fairfax County, has been waiting for information that she needs mailed to her so she can get access to unemployment benefits, but the delays in the Postal Service have left her without the benefits she earned and is entitled to. She is a single mother of five and said: ``At this point, I am struggling to feed my family.'' A woman from Dumfries in Prince William County said: I'm asking for help with the aid for the unemployed workers like myself that Covid has affected. We are a family of 4 and I have lost my unemployment that we depended on for groceries. My husband's salary covers the bills but I worked for groceries and any extras. As of now I may be able to get $190 a week from the state if they reevaluate my claim. Please, I'm asking for bipartisan support on an unemployment package that will help families like mine to make it through this pandemic. Finally, a woman from Alexandria--just across the Potomac--wrote: I would like to request consideration for more emergency funding for daycare and preschool facilities. My 14 month old little girl attends daycare 5 days per week. Her daycare is wonderful, but it's at risk of closing in the very near future because it only has 1/3 of the minimum number of enrollees that it needs to be able to afford to stay open. I'm an essential worker in healthcare, specifically in pediatric care, and my husband is an essential Department of Defense employee. If I have to stay home with my daughter, I can't take care of the children of others, and I'm honestly very worried about the prospects of eventually finding a new job, as healthcare facilities are also suffering a large reduction of daily patients. I ask this from the bottom of my heart. Please provide funding for our daycare and preschool facilities, so they can be here for us through and after the pandemic, so parents in Virginia will be able to continue work now or return to work when it is safe to do so. It is not about politics. It is not about credit. It is about coming through for Americans when they need it. It is the case that, yesterday, Democratic leaders reached out again to the White House and repeated what they had offered last Friday. Let's meet in the middle. Let's meet halfway between the Republican proposals laid out in the HEALS Act and the President's Executive orders and the Democratic proposal passed by a sizeable majority in the House nearly 3 months ago. That is what Americans want--negotiate, compromise, meet in the middle, and find common ground, just as we did in the CARES Act. The White House response was, no dice. They refused the Democratic proposal to meet halfway. They said that is not going to happen. We need to get serious. Days continue to tick by as families face hard decisions. Democrats are here, and we are ready. The White House must stop its ``no compromise'' position to meet the needs of American families. Let's buckle down, make a deal, and get this done. The American people can't afford to wait any longer. With that, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. KAINE | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5404-3 | null | 1,217 |
formal | public schools | null | racist | Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, here we go again. Another day has passed. Nothing has happened--no incremental progress, no compromise. To some it might just be one day, but for too many Americans, another day fighting for your health or how you will pay your rent or how you will feed your kids is a brutal and terrifying thing. What is one more day to an average American? It might be a day closer to the rent being due without having money to pay it. It might be another day with insufficient unemployment benefits while bills pile up. It might be another day closer to possibly needing SNAP assistance or help from a food bank. One more day could mean constrained testing supplies don't pick up as many cases of COVID-19, so the carriers can isolate and protect others. One day today means for one of my staffers--it was move-in day for his oldest daughter at college, but because she couldn't get her test result back quickly enough, that experience, which is an exciting one for a young person, could not happen. These are not simple legislative days while we follow a negotiation strategy. These are days when Americans are struggling and suffering, and we are not responding. Democrats are here. We are ready to compromise any day. In fact, we have already offered to meet the White House halfway on the size of the relief effort. Our meet-in-the-middle offer was rebuffed Friday, and it was rejected by the White House again yesterday. I have heard the majority leader today and on other days characterize the Heroes Act in his remarks as a Democratic wish list. So what I would like to do is walk through the Democratic and Republican proposals side by side. At every step I hope listeners will ask themselves: Which of these agendas is oriented to helping Americans through hard times? The Democratic proposal includes this: continuing expanded unemployment benefits for the duration of thiscrisis; cash assistance for struggling families to avoid eviction and foreclosure rather than just delaying bills and piling up debt; sufficient funding and flexibility for State and local governments so that we don't have a second wave of job loss when those governments are forced to cut their budgets, and so they don't have to cut vital programs and lay off first responders during a global health pandemic; sufficient childcare funding both to help working families and to allow childcare providers to reopen so that we can get back to work; providing K-12 schools with the funding they need regardless of how they choose to reopen so that they can effectively educate students; ensuring every American can have access to free treatment for coronavirus; helping families keep food on the table by giving an increase in the SNAP benefit plus additional funding for nutrition programs; continuing support for America's small businesses; protection for the integrity of our elections during a period of uncertainty and fear. Those are the proposals that are contained in the Heroes Act. The Republican proposals, combining both the HEALS Act--the Senate GOP proposal--and President Trump's Executive orders, include this: $1.75 billion to keep the FBI headquarters in DC so as to prevent potential hotel competition for the Trump International Hotel; expanded corporate tax writeoffs for business lunches--another top priority for the White House; sharp cuts to unemployment benefits for workers who are suffering and out of work; broad immunity for large corporations even if they are not taking any actions to protect their workers; the effective elimination of State rules, including a rule in Virginia designed to facilitate the safe reopening of businesses and the economy; undermining important protections and enforcement of longstanding civil rights and disability laws; punishing public schools that choose to follow public health guidance but still want to provide their students with an education by reopening virtually; pushing a tax credit program that would make donations to private school scholarships already deductible as charitable contributions--that would make those now preferred over any other charitable contribution, likely draining money away from other charities and hurting government funding, as well; and finally, stopping payroll tax contributions into the Social Security trust fund, creating huge uncertainty for employers and employees but also threatening to undermine the fiscal future of Social Security retirement benefits. These are elements of the Republican HEALS Act and President Trump's Executive orders. Equally important is what is not in any of the Republican proposals--either that offered in the Senate or implemented by the President's Executive orders. Food aid for hungry kids and families? Nothing. Rental assistance? Nothing. Mortgage assistance? Nothing. Aid to the States and localities where Americans live and work? Nothing. Funding to ensure the integrity of the upcoming elections? Nothing. So I would ask anyone, which of these proposals seems more likely to help Americans who are experiencing hard times? If anyone is in doubt--and I don't think any are--about what kinds of hard times people are in, yesterday I shared some stories from Virginians who have shared them with me, just as they are sharing them with all Senators. Here are a few more of the constituents who have reached out to me. The owner of a small business with 18 employees in Northern Virginia wrote me: ``My business is struggling, my employees are suffering, and we need further assistance.'' He went on to describe how his business was completely shut down in the crisis. Even now that they are open, they will be operating at less than half their normal revenue for the foreseeable future. Their PPP and EIDL loan funds--they were glad to get them--have run out, and they need Congress to act to prevent the business from shuttering and those 18 jobs from disappearing permanently. A woman from Henrico County, which is right outside of Richmond, wrote: As I watch the news, it gets harder and harder. We desperately need help. . . . My son had COVID, he is still struggling with health issues and cannot work. A woman in Springfield, here in Fairfax County, has been waiting for information that she needs mailed to her so she can get access to unemployment benefits, but the delays in the Postal Service have left her without the benefits she earned and is entitled to. She is a single mother of five and said: ``At this point, I am struggling to feed my family.'' A woman from Dumfries in Prince William County said: I'm asking for help with the aid for the unemployed workers like myself that Covid has affected. We are a family of 4 and I have lost my unemployment that we depended on for groceries. My husband's salary covers the bills but I worked for groceries and any extras. As of now I may be able to get $190 a week from the state if they reevaluate my claim. Please, I'm asking for bipartisan support on an unemployment package that will help families like mine to make it through this pandemic. Finally, a woman from Alexandria--just across the Potomac--wrote: I would like to request consideration for more emergency funding for daycare and preschool facilities. My 14 month old little girl attends daycare 5 days per week. Her daycare is wonderful, but it's at risk of closing in the very near future because it only has 1/3 of the minimum number of enrollees that it needs to be able to afford to stay open. I'm an essential worker in healthcare, specifically in pediatric care, and my husband is an essential Department of Defense employee. If I have to stay home with my daughter, I can't take care of the children of others, and I'm honestly very worried about the prospects of eventually finding a new job, as healthcare facilities are also suffering a large reduction of daily patients. I ask this from the bottom of my heart. Please provide funding for our daycare and preschool facilities, so they can be here for us through and after the pandemic, so parents in Virginia will be able to continue work now or return to work when it is safe to do so. It is not about politics. It is not about credit. It is about coming through for Americans when they need it. It is the case that, yesterday, Democratic leaders reached out again to the White House and repeated what they had offered last Friday. Let's meet in the middle. Let's meet halfway between the Republican proposals laid out in the HEALS Act and the President's Executive orders and the Democratic proposal passed by a sizeable majority in the House nearly 3 months ago. That is what Americans want--negotiate, compromise, meet in the middle, and find common ground, just as we did in the CARES Act. The White House response was, no dice. They refused the Democratic proposal to meet halfway. They said that is not going to happen. We need to get serious. Days continue to tick by as families face hard decisions. Democrats are here, and we are ready. The White House must stop its ``no compromise'' position to meet the needs of American families. Let's buckle down, make a deal, and get this done. The American people can't afford to wait any longer. With that, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. KAINE | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5404-3 | null | 1,218 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, here we go again. Another day has passed. Nothing has happened--no incremental progress, no compromise. To some it might just be one day, but for too many Americans, another day fighting for your health or how you will pay your rent or how you will feed your kids is a brutal and terrifying thing. What is one more day to an average American? It might be a day closer to the rent being due without having money to pay it. It might be another day with insufficient unemployment benefits while bills pile up. It might be another day closer to possibly needing SNAP assistance or help from a food bank. One more day could mean constrained testing supplies don't pick up as many cases of COVID-19, so the carriers can isolate and protect others. One day today means for one of my staffers--it was move-in day for his oldest daughter at college, but because she couldn't get her test result back quickly enough, that experience, which is an exciting one for a young person, could not happen. These are not simple legislative days while we follow a negotiation strategy. These are days when Americans are struggling and suffering, and we are not responding. Democrats are here. We are ready to compromise any day. In fact, we have already offered to meet the White House halfway on the size of the relief effort. Our meet-in-the-middle offer was rebuffed Friday, and it was rejected by the White House again yesterday. I have heard the majority leader today and on other days characterize the Heroes Act in his remarks as a Democratic wish list. So what I would like to do is walk through the Democratic and Republican proposals side by side. At every step I hope listeners will ask themselves: Which of these agendas is oriented to helping Americans through hard times? The Democratic proposal includes this: continuing expanded unemployment benefits for the duration of thiscrisis; cash assistance for struggling families to avoid eviction and foreclosure rather than just delaying bills and piling up debt; sufficient funding and flexibility for State and local governments so that we don't have a second wave of job loss when those governments are forced to cut their budgets, and so they don't have to cut vital programs and lay off first responders during a global health pandemic; sufficient childcare funding both to help working families and to allow childcare providers to reopen so that we can get back to work; providing K-12 schools with the funding they need regardless of how they choose to reopen so that they can effectively educate students; ensuring every American can have access to free treatment for coronavirus; helping families keep food on the table by giving an increase in the SNAP benefit plus additional funding for nutrition programs; continuing support for America's small businesses; protection for the integrity of our elections during a period of uncertainty and fear. Those are the proposals that are contained in the Heroes Act. The Republican proposals, combining both the HEALS Act--the Senate GOP proposal--and President Trump's Executive orders, include this: $1.75 billion to keep the FBI headquarters in DC so as to prevent potential hotel competition for the Trump International Hotel; expanded corporate tax writeoffs for business lunches--another top priority for the White House; sharp cuts to unemployment benefits for workers who are suffering and out of work; broad immunity for large corporations even if they are not taking any actions to protect their workers; the effective elimination of State rules, including a rule in Virginia designed to facilitate the safe reopening of businesses and the economy; undermining important protections and enforcement of longstanding civil rights and disability laws; punishing public schools that choose to follow public health guidance but still want to provide their students with an education by reopening virtually; pushing a tax credit program that would make donations to private school scholarships already deductible as charitable contributions--that would make those now preferred over any other charitable contribution, likely draining money away from other charities and hurting government funding, as well; and finally, stopping payroll tax contributions into the Social Security trust fund, creating huge uncertainty for employers and employees but also threatening to undermine the fiscal future of Social Security retirement benefits. These are elements of the Republican HEALS Act and President Trump's Executive orders. Equally important is what is not in any of the Republican proposals--either that offered in the Senate or implemented by the President's Executive orders. Food aid for hungry kids and families? Nothing. Rental assistance? Nothing. Mortgage assistance? Nothing. Aid to the States and localities where Americans live and work? Nothing. Funding to ensure the integrity of the upcoming elections? Nothing. So I would ask anyone, which of these proposals seems more likely to help Americans who are experiencing hard times? If anyone is in doubt--and I don't think any are--about what kinds of hard times people are in, yesterday I shared some stories from Virginians who have shared them with me, just as they are sharing them with all Senators. Here are a few more of the constituents who have reached out to me. The owner of a small business with 18 employees in Northern Virginia wrote me: ``My business is struggling, my employees are suffering, and we need further assistance.'' He went on to describe how his business was completely shut down in the crisis. Even now that they are open, they will be operating at less than half their normal revenue for the foreseeable future. Their PPP and EIDL loan funds--they were glad to get them--have run out, and they need Congress to act to prevent the business from shuttering and those 18 jobs from disappearing permanently. A woman from Henrico County, which is right outside of Richmond, wrote: As I watch the news, it gets harder and harder. We desperately need help. . . . My son had COVID, he is still struggling with health issues and cannot work. A woman in Springfield, here in Fairfax County, has been waiting for information that she needs mailed to her so she can get access to unemployment benefits, but the delays in the Postal Service have left her without the benefits she earned and is entitled to. She is a single mother of five and said: ``At this point, I am struggling to feed my family.'' A woman from Dumfries in Prince William County said: I'm asking for help with the aid for the unemployed workers like myself that Covid has affected. We are a family of 4 and I have lost my unemployment that we depended on for groceries. My husband's salary covers the bills but I worked for groceries and any extras. As of now I may be able to get $190 a week from the state if they reevaluate my claim. Please, I'm asking for bipartisan support on an unemployment package that will help families like mine to make it through this pandemic. Finally, a woman from Alexandria--just across the Potomac--wrote: I would like to request consideration for more emergency funding for daycare and preschool facilities. My 14 month old little girl attends daycare 5 days per week. Her daycare is wonderful, but it's at risk of closing in the very near future because it only has 1/3 of the minimum number of enrollees that it needs to be able to afford to stay open. I'm an essential worker in healthcare, specifically in pediatric care, and my husband is an essential Department of Defense employee. If I have to stay home with my daughter, I can't take care of the children of others, and I'm honestly very worried about the prospects of eventually finding a new job, as healthcare facilities are also suffering a large reduction of daily patients. I ask this from the bottom of my heart. Please provide funding for our daycare and preschool facilities, so they can be here for us through and after the pandemic, so parents in Virginia will be able to continue work now or return to work when it is safe to do so. It is not about politics. It is not about credit. It is about coming through for Americans when they need it. It is the case that, yesterday, Democratic leaders reached out again to the White House and repeated what they had offered last Friday. Let's meet in the middle. Let's meet halfway between the Republican proposals laid out in the HEALS Act and the President's Executive orders and the Democratic proposal passed by a sizeable majority in the House nearly 3 months ago. That is what Americans want--negotiate, compromise, meet in the middle, and find common ground, just as we did in the CARES Act. The White House response was, no dice. They refused the Democratic proposal to meet halfway. They said that is not going to happen. We need to get serious. Days continue to tick by as families face hard decisions. Democrats are here, and we are ready. The White House must stop its ``no compromise'' position to meet the needs of American families. Let's buckle down, make a deal, and get this done. The American people can't afford to wait any longer. With that, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. KAINE | Senate | CREC-2020-08-13-pt1-PgS5404-3 | null | 1,219 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: Committee on Homeland Security. H.R. 5822. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an acquisition professional career program, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 116-475). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: Committee on Homeland Security. H.R. 5780. A bill to enhance stakeholder outreach to and operational engagement with owners and operators of critical infrastructure and other relevant stakeholders by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to bolster security against acts of terrorism and other homeland security threats, including by maintaining a clearinghouse of security guidance, best practices, and other voluntary content developed by the Agency or aggregated from trusted sources, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 116-476). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Ms. JOHNSON of Texas: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H.R. 4230. A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to establish a program to incentivize innovation and to enhance the industrial competitiveness of the United States by developing technologies to reduce emissions of nonpower industrial sectors, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 116-477). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-08-14-pt1-PgH4235-8 | null | 1,220 |
formal | Federal Reserve | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 4934. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of the three officers whose names appear on the enclosed list to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower half), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4935. A letter from the Chairman, Appraisal Subcommittee, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, transmitting the Council's 2019 Annual Report, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 3332(a)(5); Public Law 101-73, Sec. 1103 (as amended by Public Law 111-203, Sec. 1473(b)); (124 Stat. 2190); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4936. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's 106th Annual Report covering operations for calendar year 2019, pursuant to section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act; to the Committee on Financial Services. 4937. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export- Import Bank, transmitting the Bank's statement with respect to transactions involving exports to Canada and Singapore, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3); July 31, 1945, ch. 341, Sec. 2 (as added by Public Law 102-266, Sec. 102); (106 Stat. 95); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4938. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export- Import Bank, transmitting the Bank's statement with respect to transactions involving exports to Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3); July 31, 1945, ch. 341, Sec. 2 (as added by Public Law 102-266, Sec. 102); (106 Stat. 95); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4939. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report entitled, ``FY Superfund Five-Year Review Report to Congress'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9621(c); Public Law 96-510, Sec. 121(c); (100 Stat. 1673); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4940. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's interim final rule -- Continuous Emission Monitoring; Quality-Assurance Requirements During the COVID- 19 National Emergency [EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0211; FRL-10008-51- OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU85) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4941. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan Revisions; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Colorado and North Dakota [EPA-R08-OAR-2019-0140; FRL-10006- 29-Region 8] July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4942. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approvals; TN; Prevention of Significant Deterioration Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS [EPA-R04-OAR-2019-0203; FRL-10007-16-Region 4] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4943. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Nebraska; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) [EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0083; FRL-10007-78-Region 7] July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4944. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions From Portland Cement Kilns [EPA- R07-OAR-2020-0011; FRL-10007-59-Region 7] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4945. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions From Batch Process Operations [EPA-R07-OAR-2020- 0040; FRL-10007-44-Region 7] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4946. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Approval of Operating Permit Program for Iowa and Nebraska; Definition of Chemical Process Plants Under State Prevention of Significant Deterioration Regulations and Operating Permit Programs [EPA-R07-OAR-2019- 0532; FRL-10007-72-Region 7] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4947. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; California; Placer County Air Pollution Control District; Stationary Source Permits [EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0381; FRL-10007-01-Region 9] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4948. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approvals; GA and NC; Prevention of Significant Deterioration Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS [EPA-R04-OAR-2019-0503; FRL-10007-45-Region 4] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4949. A letter from the President of the United States, transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to export control regulations, that was declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001, as amended, is to continue in effect for 1 year beyond August 17, 2020, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 116--149); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. 4950. A letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, transmitting the 2019 management report and financial statements of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101- 576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4951. A letter from the Executive Director, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, transmitting the Commission's audited Seventy-Ninth Financial Statement for the period of October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, pursuant to the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act Reporting Requirements and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4952. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's summary presentation of final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06; Introduction [Docket No.: FAR 2020-0051; Sequence No.: 2] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4953. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Revocation of Executive Order on Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers [FAC 2020-06; FAR Case 2020-001; Item I; Docket No.: FAR-2020-0001; Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AO03) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4954. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Applicability of Inflation Adjustments of Acquisition-Related Thresholds [FAC 2020-06; FAR Case 2018-007; Item II; Docket No.: FAR-2018-0007; Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AN67) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4955. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Tax on Certain Foreign Procurement [FAC 2020-06; FAR Case 2016-013; Item III; Docket No.: FAR-2016-0013; Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AN38) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4956. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments [FAC 2020-06; Item IV; Docket No.: FAR-2020-0052; Sequence No.: 1] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4957. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's Small Entity Compliance Guide -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06 [Docket No.: FAR-2020- 0051, Sequence No.: 2] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4958. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's correction -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Applicability of Inflation Adjustments of Acquisition-Related Thresholds [FAC 2020-06; FAR Case 2018-007; Item II; Docket No.: FAR-2018-0007; Sequence No: 1] (RIN: 9000-AN67) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4959. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Department's FY 2019 No FEAR Act report, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public Law 107-174, 203(a) (as amended by Public Law 109-435, Sec. 604(f)); (120 Stat. 3242); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4960. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0099; Product Identifier 2019-NM-169-AD; Amendment 39-19917; AD 2020-11-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4961. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Cirrus Design Corporation Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0546; Project Identifier 2020-CE-001-AD; Amendment 39-21137; AD 2020-03-50] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4962. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2018- 0866; Product Identifier 2018-SW-083-AD; Amendment 39-21145; AD 2020-12-10] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4963. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Propellers [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1008; Project Identifier AD-2019-00110-P; Amendment 39-21142; AD 2020-12-07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4964. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-1060; Product Identifier 2018-CE-020-AD; Amendment 39- 21141; AD 2020-12-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4965. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Embraer S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0466; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-00504-A; Amendment 39-21143; AD 2020-12-08] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4966. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1081; Product Identifier 2019-NM-153-AD; Amendment 39-19918; AD 2020-11-14] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4967. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0683; Project Identifier AD-2020-00149-E; Amendment 39-21149; AD 2020-13-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4968. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-1024; Product Identifier 2019-CE-002-AD; Amendment 39- 21126; AD 2020-11-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4969. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31314; Amdt. No.: 3907] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4970. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31315; Amdt. No.: 3908] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4971. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of Class E Airspace; Gold Beach, OR [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0234; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ANM-90] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4972. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D Airspace; Jacksonville NAS, FL, and Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Mayport, FL [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0085; Airspace Docket No.: 20-ASO-2] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4973. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-18, V-54, V-114, and V-583 in the Vicinity of Quitman, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2019-08; Airspace Docket No.: 18-ASW-13] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4974. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of VOR Federal Airway V- 37 Due to the Planned Decommissioning of Aylmer, Canada, VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Navigation Aid [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-0538; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AEA-4] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4975. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Glens Falls, NY [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0474; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AEA-2] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4976. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Ithaca, NY [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-0473; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AEA-1] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4977. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment and Revocation of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Berlin, NH [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0475; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ANE-2] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4978. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0990; Product Identifier 2019-NM-122-AD; Amendment 39-21156; AD 2020-14-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4979. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.A. Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1020; Product Identifier 2019-SW-076-AD; Amendment 39-21147; AD 2020-13-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4980. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31309; Amdt. No.: 552] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4981. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31311; Amdt. No. 3904] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4982. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.; 31310; Amdt. No.: 3903] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4983. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; ATR-GIE Avions de Transport Regional Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020- 0102; Product Identifier 2019-NM-184-AD; Amendment 39-19912; AD 2020-09-16] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4984. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1072; Product Identifier 2019-NM-181-AD; Amendment 39-19888; AD 2020-06-19] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4985. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Rockwell Collins, Inc. Flight Management Systems [Docket No.: FAA- 2018-0977; Product Identifier 2018-CE-041-AD; Amendment 39- 21123; AD 2020-10-05] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4986. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; 328 Support Services GmbH (Type Certificate Previously Held by AvCraft Aerospace GmbH; Fairchild Dornier GmbH; Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0090; Product Identifier 2019-NM-196-AD; Amendment 39-19909; AD 2020-09-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4987. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Type Certificate Previously Held by Eurocopter France) Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0827; Product Identifier 2019-SW-014-AD; Amendment 39-21120; AD 2020-10-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4988. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D Airspace and Amendment and Revocation of the Class E Airspace; Multiple Texas Towns [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0808; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-12] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4989. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; International Aero Engines LLC, Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0906; Project Identifier 2019-NE-31-AD; Amendment 39-21111; AD 2020-08-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4990. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0469; Project Identifier AD-2020-00258-E; Amendment 39-21122; AD 2020-10-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4991. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Rolls- Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (Type Certificate Previously Held by Rolls-Royce plc) Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-1109; Project Identifier MCAI-2019-00115-E; Amendment 39-21135; AD 2020-12-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4992. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (Type Certificate previously held by C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP); Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0349; Product Identifier 2020-NM-027-AD; Amendment 39-19906; AD 2020-09-10] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4993. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Weatherly Aircraft Company [Docket No.: FAA-2018-0833; Product Identifier 2018-CE-031-AD; Amendment 39-21121; AD 2020-10-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4994. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; AERMACCHI S.p.A. Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0419; Product Identifier 2019-CE-029-AD; Amendment 39-21118; AD 2020-09-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4995. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Yabora Industria Aeronautica S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Embraer S.A.) [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0340; Product Identifier 2019-NM-203-AD; Amendment 39-19903; AD 2020-08-11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4996. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Sweetwater, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0787; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-11] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4997. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revocation of Jet Route J-105 and Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-15, V-63, V-272, and V-583 in the Vicinity of McAlester, OK [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0010; Airspace Docket No.: 17-ASW-18] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4998. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-125, V-178, V-313, and V-429 in the Vicinity of Cape Girardeau, MO [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0002; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ACE-10] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4999. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ely, MN [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1043; Airspace Docket No.: 19- AGL-29] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5000. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-7, V-52, and V-178 in the Vicinity of Central City, KY [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0008; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASO-10] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5001. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D and E Airspace; Dallas-Fort Worth, Fort Worth, and Stephenville, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1030; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-17] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5002. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Shenandoah, IA [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0791; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ACE-13] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5003. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ada, OK [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1040; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW- 18] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5004. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Big Rapids, MI [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0142; Airspace Docket No.: 20-AGL-7] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5005. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Greenville and Madisonville, KY [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0140; Airspace Docket No.: 20-ASO-5] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5006. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Pratt, KS [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0902; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ACE-14] (RIN: 2120-AA66), pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5007. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Rockford, IL [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0349; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AGL-14] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5008. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Alpine, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0034; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-1] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5009. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Updates to NPDES eRule Data Elements To Reflect MS4 General Permit Remand Rule [EPA-HQ-OW-2018- 0293; FRL 10007-14-OW] (RIN: 2040-AF78) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-08-18-pt1-PgH4241-10 | null | 1,221 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 4934. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of the three officers whose names appear on the enclosed list to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower half), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777a(b)(4); Public Law 111-383, Sec. 505(a)(1); (124 Stat. 4208); to the Committee on Armed Services. 4935. A letter from the Chairman, Appraisal Subcommittee, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, transmitting the Council's 2019 Annual Report, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 3332(a)(5); Public Law 101-73, Sec. 1103 (as amended by Public Law 111-203, Sec. 1473(b)); (124 Stat. 2190); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4936. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's 106th Annual Report covering operations for calendar year 2019, pursuant to section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act; to the Committee on Financial Services. 4937. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export- Import Bank, transmitting the Bank's statement with respect to transactions involving exports to Canada and Singapore, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3); July 31, 1945, ch. 341, Sec. 2 (as added by Public Law 102-266, Sec. 102); (106 Stat. 95); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4938. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export- Import Bank, transmitting the Bank's statement with respect to transactions involving exports to Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3); July 31, 1945, ch. 341, Sec. 2 (as added by Public Law 102-266, Sec. 102); (106 Stat. 95); to the Committee on Financial Services. 4939. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting a report entitled, ``FY Superfund Five-Year Review Report to Congress'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9621(c); Public Law 96-510, Sec. 121(c); (100 Stat. 1673); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4940. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's interim final rule -- Continuous Emission Monitoring; Quality-Assurance Requirements During the COVID- 19 National Emergency [EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0211; FRL-10008-51- OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU85) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4941. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan Revisions; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Colorado and North Dakota [EPA-R08-OAR-2019-0140; FRL-10006- 29-Region 8] July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4942. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approvals; TN; Prevention of Significant Deterioration Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS [EPA-R04-OAR-2019-0203; FRL-10007-16-Region 4] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4943. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Nebraska; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) [EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0083; FRL-10007-78-Region 7] July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4944. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions From Portland Cement Kilns [EPA- R07-OAR-2020-0011; FRL-10007-59-Region 7] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4945. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions From Batch Process Operations [EPA-R07-OAR-2020- 0040; FRL-10007-44-Region 7] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4946. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Approval of Operating Permit Program for Iowa and Nebraska; Definition of Chemical Process Plants Under State Prevention of Significant Deterioration Regulations and Operating Permit Programs [EPA-R07-OAR-2019- 0532; FRL-10007-72-Region 7] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4947. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; California; Placer County Air Pollution Control District; Stationary Source Permits [EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0381; FRL-10007-01-Region 9] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4948. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approvals; GA and NC; Prevention of Significant Deterioration Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS [EPA-R04-OAR-2019-0503; FRL-10007-45-Region 4] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4949. A letter from the President of the United States, transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to export control regulations, that was declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001, as amended, is to continue in effect for 1 year beyond August 17, 2020, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 116--149); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. 4950. A letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, transmitting the 2019 management report and financial statements of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by Public Law 101- 576, Sec. 306(a)); (104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4951. A letter from the Executive Director, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, transmitting the Commission's audited Seventy-Ninth Financial Statement for the period of October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, pursuant to the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act Reporting Requirements and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4952. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's summary presentation of final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06; Introduction [Docket No.: FAR 2020-0051; Sequence No.: 2] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4953. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Revocation of Executive Order on Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers [FAC 2020-06; FAR Case 2020-001; Item I; Docket No.: FAR-2020-0001; Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AO03) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4954. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Applicability of Inflation Adjustments of Acquisition-Related Thresholds [FAC 2020-06; FAR Case 2018-007; Item II; Docket No.: FAR-2018-0007; Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AN67) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4955. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Tax on Certain Foreign Procurement [FAC 2020-06; FAR Case 2016-013; Item III; Docket No.: FAR-2016-0013; Sequence No.: 1] (RIN: 9000-AN38) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4956. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments [FAC 2020-06; Item IV; Docket No.: FAR-2020-0052; Sequence No.: 1] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4957. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's Small Entity Compliance Guide -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06 [Docket No.: FAR-2020- 0051, Sequence No.: 2] received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4958. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's correction -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Applicability of Inflation Adjustments of Acquisition-Related Thresholds [FAC 2020-06; FAR Case 2018-007; Item II; Docket No.: FAR-2018-0007; Sequence No: 1] (RIN: 9000-AN67) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4959. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Department's FY 2019 No FEAR Act report, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public Law 107-174, 203(a) (as amended by Public Law 109-435, Sec. 604(f)); (120 Stat. 3242); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 4960. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0099; Product Identifier 2019-NM-169-AD; Amendment 39-19917; AD 2020-11-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4961. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Cirrus Design Corporation Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0546; Project Identifier 2020-CE-001-AD; Amendment 39-21137; AD 2020-03-50] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4962. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.) Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2018- 0866; Product Identifier 2018-SW-083-AD; Amendment 39-21145; AD 2020-12-10] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4963. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Propellers [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1008; Project Identifier AD-2019-00110-P; Amendment 39-21142; AD 2020-12-07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4964. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-1060; Product Identifier 2018-CE-020-AD; Amendment 39- 21141; AD 2020-12-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4965. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Embraer S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0466; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-00504-A; Amendment 39-21143; AD 2020-12-08] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4966. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1081; Product Identifier 2019-NM-153-AD; Amendment 39-19918; AD 2020-11-14] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4967. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0683; Project Identifier AD-2020-00149-E; Amendment 39-21149; AD 2020-13-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4968. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-1024; Product Identifier 2019-CE-002-AD; Amendment 39- 21126; AD 2020-11-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4969. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31314; Amdt. No.: 3907] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4970. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31315; Amdt. No.: 3908] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4971. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of Class E Airspace; Gold Beach, OR [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0234; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ANM-90] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4972. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D Airspace; Jacksonville NAS, FL, and Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Mayport, FL [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0085; Airspace Docket No.: 20-ASO-2] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4973. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-18, V-54, V-114, and V-583 in the Vicinity of Quitman, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2019-08; Airspace Docket No.: 18-ASW-13] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4974. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of VOR Federal Airway V- 37 Due to the Planned Decommissioning of Aylmer, Canada, VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Navigation Aid [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-0538; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AEA-4] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4975. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Glens Falls, NY [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0474; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AEA-2] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4976. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Ithaca, NY [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-0473; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AEA-1] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4977. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment and Revocation of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes in the Vicinity of Berlin, NH [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0475; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ANE-2] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4978. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0990; Product Identifier 2019-NM-122-AD; Amendment 39-21156; AD 2020-14-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4979. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.A. Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1020; Product Identifier 2019-SW-076-AD; Amendment 39-21147; AD 2020-13-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4980. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31309; Amdt. No.: 552] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4981. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31311; Amdt. No. 3904] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4982. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.; 31310; Amdt. No.: 3903] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4983. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; ATR-GIE Avions de Transport Regional Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020- 0102; Product Identifier 2019-NM-184-AD; Amendment 39-19912; AD 2020-09-16] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4984. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1072; Product Identifier 2019-NM-181-AD; Amendment 39-19888; AD 2020-06-19] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4985. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Rockwell Collins, Inc. Flight Management Systems [Docket No.: FAA- 2018-0977; Product Identifier 2018-CE-041-AD; Amendment 39- 21123; AD 2020-10-05] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4986. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; 328 Support Services GmbH (Type Certificate Previously Held by AvCraft Aerospace GmbH; Fairchild Dornier GmbH; Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0090; Product Identifier 2019-NM-196-AD; Amendment 39-19909; AD 2020-09-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4987. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Type Certificate Previously Held by Eurocopter France) Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0827; Product Identifier 2019-SW-014-AD; Amendment 39-21120; AD 2020-10-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4988. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D Airspace and Amendment and Revocation of the Class E Airspace; Multiple Texas Towns [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0808; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-12] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4989. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; International Aero Engines LLC, Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0906; Project Identifier 2019-NE-31-AD; Amendment 39-21111; AD 2020-08-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4990. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0469; Project Identifier AD-2020-00258-E; Amendment 39-21122; AD 2020-10-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4991. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Rolls- Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (Type Certificate Previously Held by Rolls-Royce plc) Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-1109; Project Identifier MCAI-2019-00115-E; Amendment 39-21135; AD 2020-12-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4992. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (Type Certificate previously held by C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP); Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0349; Product Identifier 2020-NM-027-AD; Amendment 39-19906; AD 2020-09-10] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4993. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Weatherly Aircraft Company [Docket No.: FAA-2018-0833; Product Identifier 2018-CE-031-AD; Amendment 39-21121; AD 2020-10-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4994. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; AERMACCHI S.p.A. Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0419; Product Identifier 2019-CE-029-AD; Amendment 39-21118; AD 2020-09-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4995. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Yabora Industria Aeronautica S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Embraer S.A.) [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0340; Product Identifier 2019-NM-203-AD; Amendment 39-19903; AD 2020-08-11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4996. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Sweetwater, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0787; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-11] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4997. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revocation of Jet Route J-105 and Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-15, V-63, V-272, and V-583 in the Vicinity of McAlester, OK [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0010; Airspace Docket No.: 17-ASW-18] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4998. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-125, V-178, V-313, and V-429 in the Vicinity of Cape Girardeau, MO [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0002; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ACE-10] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4999. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ely, MN [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1043; Airspace Docket No.: 19- AGL-29] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5000. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-7, V-52, and V-178 in the Vicinity of Central City, KY [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0008; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASO-10] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5001. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D and E Airspace; Dallas-Fort Worth, Fort Worth, and Stephenville, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1030; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-17] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5002. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Shenandoah, IA [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0791; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ACE-13] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5003. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -Amendment of Class E Airspace; Ada, OK [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1040; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW- 18] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5004. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Big Rapids, MI [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0142; Airspace Docket No.: 20-AGL-7] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5005. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Greenville and Madisonville, KY [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0140; Airspace Docket No.: 20-ASO-5] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5006. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Pratt, KS [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0902; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ACE-14] (RIN: 2120-AA66), pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5007. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Rockford, IL [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0349; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AGL-14] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5008. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Alpine, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0034; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-1] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5009. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Updates to NPDES eRule Data Elements To Reflect MS4 General Permit Remand Rule [EPA-HQ-OW-2018- 0293; FRL 10007-14-OW] (RIN: 2040-AF78) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-08-18-pt1-PgH4241-10 | null | 1,222 |
formal | safeguard | null | transphobic | Under clause 3 of rule XII, 194. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the State of West Virginia, relative to Senate Resolution 72, urging Congress to take steps to safeguard pharmaceutical supply chains in a global economy and revitalize pharmaceutical manufacturing in the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-08-18-pt1-PgH4245-3 | null | 1,223 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 5010. A letter from the Management Analyst, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Land Uses; Special Uses; Procedures for Operating Plans and Agreements for Powerline Facility Maintenance and Vegetation Management Within and Abutting the Linear Boundary of a Special Use Authorization for a Powerline Facility (RIN: 0596-AD36) received July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. 5011. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export- Import Bank, transmitting the Bank's statement with respect to transactions involving exports to Iraq, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(3); July 31, 1945, ch. 341, Sec. 2 (as added by Public Law 102-266, Sec. 102); (106 Stat. 95); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5012. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's Fiscal Year 2019 report on activities to preserve and promote minority depository institutions, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1463 note; Public Law 101-73, Sec. 308 (as amended by Public Law 111-203, Sec. 367(4)(B)); (124 Stat. 1556); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5013. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final regulations -- Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth Program [Docket ID: ED-2019- OESE-0126] (RIN: 1810-AB54) received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5014. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final regulations -- Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Professional Development Program [Docket ID: ED-2019-OESE-0068] (RIN: 1810-AB54) received July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5015. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the FY 2019 Report to Congress on the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5016. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; California; Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District [EPA-R09-OAR-2019- 0564; FRL-10006-63-Region 9] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5017. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Florida; 2010 1- Hour SO2 Transport Infrastructure [EPA-R04-OAR-2019-0008; FRL-10007-99-Region 4] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5018. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Removal of Control of Emissions From the Application of Automotive Underbody Deadeners [EPA-R07-OAR-2020-0039; FRL- 10008-22-Region 7] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5019. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency' final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Nebraska; Approval of State Implementation Plan and Operating Permits Program [EPA-R07-OAR-2020-0036; FRL-10008-54-Region 7] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5020. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; New Mexico; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS [EPA-R06-OAR-2018-0705; FRL-10007-85-Region 6] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5021. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Washington; Wallula Second 10-Year Maintenance Plan [EPA-R10-OAR-2019-0669, FRL- 10007-28-Region 10] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5022. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Infrastructure SIP for Interstate Transport Requirements for the Requirements for the 2006 PM10, 2008 Lead, 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide, and the 2011 Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA- R02-OAR-2018-0681; FRL-10007-39-Region 2] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5023. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Washington; Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Regulation I [EPA-R10-OAR-2019-0710, FRL-10007-31- Region 10] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5024. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone Standard and Revisions to Modeling Requirements [EPA-R03-OAR-2019-0663; FRL-10007-98- Region 3] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5025. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units-Reconsideration of Supplemental Finding and Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0794; FRL-10008-60-OAR] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5026. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Attainment Plan for the Allegheny Pennsylvania Nonattainment Area for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard [EPA-R03-OAR-2017-0730; FRL-10008-40-Region 3] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5027. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-2.B) [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0263; FRL- 10005-57] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5028. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- SIP Call Withdrawal and Air Plan Approval; NC: Large Internal Combustion Engines NOX Rule Changes [EPA-R04-OAR-2019-0303; FRL-10007-76-Region 4] received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5029. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Connecticut: Infrastructure State Implementation Requirements for the 2015 Ozone Standard [EPA-R01-OAR-2020-0223; FRL-10012-75-Region 1] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5030. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Plan Elements for the Chicago Nonattainment Area for the 2008 Ozone Standard [EPA-R05-OAR-2019-0031; FRL-10011-75-Region 5] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5031. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Attainment Plan for the Southwest Indiana Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area [EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0700; FRL-10012-09-Region 5] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5032. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Revisions to NOX SIP Call and CAIR Rules [EPA-R05-OAR-2018-0634; FRL- 10012-07-Region 5] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5033. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Sulfur Emissions From Stationary Boilers [EPA-R07-OAR- 2020-0277; FRL-10012-77-Region 7] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5034. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Ethalfluralin; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0135; FRL-10008-20] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5035. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request for th Ajo PM10 Planning Area; Arizona [EPA-R09-OAR- 2019-0609; FRL-10012-54-Region 9] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5036. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants Electronic Reporting Revisions [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018- 0794; FRL-10011-53-OAR] (RIN: 2070-AJ70) received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5037. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Lime Manufacturing Plants Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0015; FRL-10009- 60-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AT08) received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5038. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Rubber Tire Manufacturing Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0392; FRL-10008- 48-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AT07) received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5039. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- New Mexico; Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference [EPA-R06-UST-2018-0703; FRL-10011-49-Region 6] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5040. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a notice of intent to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 5041. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice [Docket No.: FR 6228-F-01] (RIN: 2501-AD95) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. 5042. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D Airspace, Jacksonville NAS, FL; and, Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace, Mayport, FL [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0085; Airspace Docket No.: 20-ASO-2] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5043. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Dillon, MT [Docket No.: FAA- 2019-0874; Airspace Docket No.: 18-ANM-6] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5044. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Tahlequah, OK [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0790; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASW-10] (RIN: 2120-AA66] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5045. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0461; Product Identifier 2020-NM-065-AD; Amendment 39-19915; AD 2020-11-11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5046. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Rolls- Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (Type Certificate Previously Held by Rolls-Royce plc) Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA- 2020-0547; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-00270-E; Amendment 39-21138; AD 2020-12-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5047. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0238; Product Identifier 2018-SW-072-AD; Amendment 39-21144; AD 2020-12-09] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5048. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; XtremeAir GmbH Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0568; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-00505-A; Amendment 39-21148; AD 2020-13- 03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5049. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0091; Product Identifier 2020-NM-012-AD; Amendment 39-19916; AD 2020-11-12] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5050. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Learjet Inc. Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0204; Project Identifier 2018-CE-042-AD; Amendment 39-21129; AD 2020-11-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5051. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0026; Product Identifier 2018-SW-052-AD; Amendment 39-21127; AD 2020-11-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5052. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Relief for Certain Persons and Operations During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0446 Amdt. No(s).: Amendment numbers 21-102, 61-145, 63-43, 65-60, 91-357, 107-3, 125-69, and 141-21] (RIN: 2120-AL63) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5053. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31307; Amdt. No.: 3901] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5054. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31313; Amdt. No.: 3906] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5055. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of the Class D and Class E Airspace; Meridian, MS [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0598; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASO-16] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5056. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revocation and Amendment of Class E Airspace; Williston, ND [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1061; Airspace Docket No.: 20-AGL-06] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5057. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revocation and Amendment of Class E Airspace; Williston, ND [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1061; Airspace Docket No. 20-AGL-06] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5058. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Siren, WI [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1042; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AGL-28] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5059. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revocation of VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-61 and Amendment of Area Navigation Route T-286 Due to the Decommissioning of the Robinson, KS, VOR [Docket No.: FAA-2019-0677; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ACE-5] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5060. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Coffeyville, KS [Docket No.: FAA-2019-1039; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ACE-15] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5061. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment and Removal of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Eastern United States [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0039; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ASO-18] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5062. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Route T-333; Western United States [Docket No.: FAA- 2018-0986; Airspace Docket No.: 18-AWP-20] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5063. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Multiple Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Western United States [Docket No.: FAA- 2018-0850; Airspace Docket No.: 18-AWP-17] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5064. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of Class E Airspace; Harlowton, MT [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0023; Airspace Docket No.: 19-ANM-7] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5065. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31308; Amdt. No.: 3902] received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5066. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0096; Product Identifier 2019-NM-211- AD; Amendment 39-19913; AD 2020-10-10] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5067. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Withdrawal of Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria Applicable to Washington [EPA-HQ-OW-2015- 0174; FRL-10008-24-OW] (RIN: 2040-AF94) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5068. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Ocean Dumping: Modification of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site Offshore of Mobile, Alabama [EPA-R04-OW-2016-0354; FRL-10012-27-Region 4] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5069. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's action taken to extend and amend the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from the Pre-Hispanic Cultures of the Republic of Nicaragua, which was entered into force on October 26, 2000, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2602(g)(1); Public Law 97-446, Sec. 303(g)(1); (96 Stat. 2354); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5070. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Carryback of Consolidated Net Operating Losses [TD 9900] (RIN: 1545-BP84) July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5071. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report entitled Abuse Deterrent Opioid Formulations and Access Barriers Under Medicare, pursuant to Public Law 115-271, Sec. 6012(a); (132 Stat. 3977); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-08-21-pt1-PgH4247-7 | null | 1,224 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 5105. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a report; to the Committee on Armed Services. 5106. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors few the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major final rule -- Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds [Docket No.: R-1694] (RIN: 7100-AF70) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5107. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major interim final rule -- Regulatory Capital Rule: Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility [Regulation Q; Docket No.: R-1705] (RIN: 7100-AF79) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5108. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major interim final rule -- Regulatory Capital Rule: Paycheck Protection Program Lending Facility and Paycheck Protection Program Loans [Regulations Q; Docket No.: R-1712] (RIN: 7100-AF86) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5109. A letter from the Program Specialist, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Collective Investment Funds: Prior Notice Period for Withdrawals [Docket ID: OCC-2020-0031] (RIN: 1557-AE99) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5110. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Federal Interest Rate Authority (RIN: 3064-AF21) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5111. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's Major final rule -- Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds (RIN: 3064-AF17) August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5112. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's interim final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (RIN: 3064-AF55) received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5113. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (RIN: 3064-AF08) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5114. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Covered Broker-Dealer Provisions under Title II of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act [Release No.: 34-89394; File No.: S7-02-16] (RIN: 3235-AL51) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5115. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Voting Advice [Release No.: 34-89372] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5116. A letter from the Deputy Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final action -- Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines [Docket No.: MSHA-2013-0032] (RIN: 1219-AB84) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5117. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Division, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's direct final rule -- Safety Standard for Hand-Held Infant Carriers [Docket No.: CPSC-2012-0068] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5118. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Division, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's direct final rule -- Revisions to Safety Standard for Sling Carriers [Docket No.: CPSC-2014-0018] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5119. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 [CMS- 1729-F] (RIN: 0938-AU05) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 5120. A letter from the Executive Director, Federal Retirement Investment Board, transmitting the Board's final rule -- Automatic Enrollment Program received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5121. A letter from the Director, Office Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's summary presentation of an interim rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08; Introduction [Docket No.: FAR-2020-0051, Sequence No. 5] received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5122. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's small entity compliance guide -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08; Introduction [Docket No. FAR-2020-0051, Sequence No. 4] received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5123. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition Regulations: Self Plus One and Contract Matrix Update (RIN: 3206-AN56) received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5124. A letter from the Program Manager, Federal Duck Stamp Office, Migratory Bird Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revision of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) Contest Regulations [Docket No.: FWS-HQ-MB-2019-0105; FXMB 12330900000//201//FF09M13200] (RIN: 1018-BE20) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Resources. 5125. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Home Visits in Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers During COVID-19 National Emergency (RIN: 2900-AQ96) received July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5126. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Informed Consent and Advance Directives (RIN: 2900-AQ97) received July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5127. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Health Professional Scholarship Program (RIN: 2900-AQ62) received July 29, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5128. A letter from the Supervisor, Regulations and Dissemination Team, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers [Docket No.: ETA- 2019-0009] (RIN: 1205-AB78) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5129. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's Major final rule -- Guidance under Sections 951A and 954 Regarding Income Subject to a High Rate of Foreign Tax [TD 9902] (RIN: 1545-BP15) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5130. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds and Investors Affected by Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic [Notice 2020- 39] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5131. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Adjusted Applicable Dollar Amount for Fee Imposed by Sections 4375 and 4376 [Notice 2020-44] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5132. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Treatment of amounts paid to section 170(c) organizations under employer leave-based donation programs to aid victims of the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 [Notice 2020-46] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5133. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; FY 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) and Special Requirements for Psychiatric Hospitals for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2020 (FY 2021) [CMS-1731-F and CMS-1744- F] (RIN: 0938-AU07; 0938-AU31) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 5134. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 [CMS-1737-F] (RIN: 0938-AU13) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-08-28-pt1-PgH4309-7 | null | 1,225 |
formal | Federal Reserve | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 5105. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a report; to the Committee on Armed Services. 5106. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors few the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major final rule -- Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds [Docket No.: R-1694] (RIN: 7100-AF70) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5107. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major interim final rule -- Regulatory Capital Rule: Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility [Regulation Q; Docket No.: R-1705] (RIN: 7100-AF79) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5108. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major interim final rule -- Regulatory Capital Rule: Paycheck Protection Program Lending Facility and Paycheck Protection Program Loans [Regulations Q; Docket No.: R-1712] (RIN: 7100-AF86) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5109. A letter from the Program Specialist, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Collective Investment Funds: Prior Notice Period for Withdrawals [Docket ID: OCC-2020-0031] (RIN: 1557-AE99) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5110. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Federal Interest Rate Authority (RIN: 3064-AF21) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5111. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's Major final rule -- Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds (RIN: 3064-AF17) August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5112. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's interim final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (RIN: 3064-AF55) received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5113. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (RIN: 3064-AF08) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5114. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Covered Broker-Dealer Provisions under Title II of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act [Release No.: 34-89394; File No.: S7-02-16] (RIN: 3235-AL51) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5115. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Voting Advice [Release No.: 34-89372] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5116. A letter from the Deputy Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final action -- Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines [Docket No.: MSHA-2013-0032] (RIN: 1219-AB84) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5117. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Division, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's direct final rule -- Safety Standard for Hand-Held Infant Carriers [Docket No.: CPSC-2012-0068] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5118. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Division, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's direct final rule -- Revisions to Safety Standard for Sling Carriers [Docket No.: CPSC-2014-0018] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5119. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 [CMS- 1729-F] (RIN: 0938-AU05) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 5120. A letter from the Executive Director, Federal Retirement Investment Board, transmitting the Board's final rule -- Automatic Enrollment Program received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5121. A letter from the Director, Office Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's summary presentation of an interim rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08; Introduction [Docket No.: FAR-2020-0051, Sequence No. 5] received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5122. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's small entity compliance guide -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08; Introduction [Docket No. FAR-2020-0051, Sequence No. 4] received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5123. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition Regulations: Self Plus One and Contract Matrix Update (RIN: 3206-AN56) received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5124. A letter from the Program Manager, Federal Duck Stamp Office, Migratory Bird Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revision of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) Contest Regulations [Docket No.: FWS-HQ-MB-2019-0105; FXMB 12330900000//201//FF09M13200] (RIN: 1018-BE20) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Resources. 5125. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Home Visits in Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers During COVID-19 National Emergency (RIN: 2900-AQ96) received July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5126. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Informed Consent and Advance Directives (RIN: 2900-AQ97) received July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5127. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Health Professional Scholarship Program (RIN: 2900-AQ62) received July 29, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5128. A letter from the Supervisor, Regulations and Dissemination Team, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers [Docket No.: ETA- 2019-0009] (RIN: 1205-AB78) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5129. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's Major final rule -- Guidance under Sections 951A and 954 Regarding Income Subject to a High Rate of Foreign Tax [TD 9902] (RIN: 1545-BP15) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5130. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds and Investors Affected by Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic [Notice 2020- 39] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5131. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Adjusted Applicable Dollar Amount for Fee Imposed by Sections 4375 and 4376 [Notice 2020-44] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5132. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Treatment of amounts paid to section 170(c) organizations under employer leave-based donation programs to aid victims of the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 [Notice 2020-46] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5133. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; FY 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) and Special Requirements for Psychiatric Hospitals for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2020 (FY 2021) [CMS-1731-F and CMS-1744- F] (RIN: 0938-AU07; 0938-AU31) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 5134. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 [CMS-1737-F] (RIN: 0938-AU13) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-08-28-pt1-PgH4309-7 | null | 1,226 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 5105. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a report; to the Committee on Armed Services. 5106. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors few the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major final rule -- Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds [Docket No.: R-1694] (RIN: 7100-AF70) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5107. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major interim final rule -- Regulatory Capital Rule: Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility [Regulation Q; Docket No.: R-1705] (RIN: 7100-AF79) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5108. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's Major interim final rule -- Regulatory Capital Rule: Paycheck Protection Program Lending Facility and Paycheck Protection Program Loans [Regulations Q; Docket No.: R-1712] (RIN: 7100-AF86) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5109. A letter from the Program Specialist, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Collective Investment Funds: Prior Notice Period for Withdrawals [Docket ID: OCC-2020-0031] (RIN: 1557-AE99) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5110. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Federal Interest Rate Authority (RIN: 3064-AF21) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5111. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's Major final rule -- Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds (RIN: 3064-AF17) August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5112. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's interim final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (RIN: 3064-AF55) received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5113. A letter from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (RIN: 3064-AF08) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5114. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Covered Broker-Dealer Provisions under Title II of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act [Release No.: 34-89394; File No.: S7-02-16] (RIN: 3235-AL51) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5115. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Voting Advice [Release No.: 34-89372] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5116. A letter from the Deputy Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final action -- Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines [Docket No.: MSHA-2013-0032] (RIN: 1219-AB84) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5117. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Division, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's direct final rule -- Safety Standard for Hand-Held Infant Carriers [Docket No.: CPSC-2012-0068] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5118. A letter from the Acting Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Division, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's direct final rule -- Revisions to Safety Standard for Sling Carriers [Docket No.: CPSC-2014-0018] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5119. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 [CMS- 1729-F] (RIN: 0938-AU05) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 5120. A letter from the Executive Director, Federal Retirement Investment Board, transmitting the Board's final rule -- Automatic Enrollment Program received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5121. A letter from the Director, Office Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's summary presentation of an interim rule -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08; Introduction [Docket No.: FAR-2020-0051, Sequence No. 5] received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5122. A letter from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting the Administration's small entity compliance guide -- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-08; Introduction [Docket No. FAR-2020-0051, Sequence No. 4] received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5123. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's final rule -- Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition Regulations: Self Plus One and Contract Matrix Update (RIN: 3206-AN56) received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5124. A letter from the Program Manager, Federal Duck Stamp Office, Migratory Bird Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revision of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) Contest Regulations [Docket No.: FWS-HQ-MB-2019-0105; FXMB 12330900000//201//FF09M13200] (RIN: 1018-BE20) received July 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Resources. 5125. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Home Visits in Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers During COVID-19 National Emergency (RIN: 2900-AQ96) received July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5126. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Informed Consent and Advance Directives (RIN: 2900-AQ97) received July 23, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5127. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Health Professional Scholarship Program (RIN: 2900-AQ62) received July 29, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5128. A letter from the Supervisor, Regulations and Dissemination Team, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers [Docket No.: ETA- 2019-0009] (RIN: 1205-AB78) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5129. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's Major final rule -- Guidance under Sections 951A and 954 Regarding Income Subject to a High Rate of Foreign Tax [TD 9902] (RIN: 1545-BP15) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5130. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds and Investors Affected by Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic [Notice 2020- 39] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5131. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Adjusted Applicable Dollar Amount for Fee Imposed by Sections 4375 and 4376 [Notice 2020-44] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5132. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Treatment of amounts paid to section 170(c) organizations under employer leave-based donation programs to aid victims of the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 [Notice 2020-46] received July 22, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5133. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; FY 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) and Special Requirements for Psychiatric Hospitals for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2020 (FY 2021) [CMS-1731-F and CMS-1744- F] (RIN: 0938-AU07; 0938-AU31) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. 5134. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 [CMS-1737-F] (RIN: 0938-AU13) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-08-28-pt1-PgH4309-7 | null | 1,227 |
formal | Federal Reserve | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 5168. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rule -- Rules Regarding Availability of Information [Docket No.: R-1665] (RIN: 7100 AF-51) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5169. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Suspension of Community Eligibility [Docket ID: FEMA-2020- 0005; Internal Agency Docket No.: FEMA-8635] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5170. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Housing Counseling Program: Revision of the Certification Timeline [Docket No.: FR-6215-I-02] (RIN: 2502-ZA34) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5171. A letter from the Program Specialist, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Assessment of Fees [Docket ID: OCC-2020-0024] (RIN: 1557-AE95) received August 3, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5172. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor for Regulatory Affairs, Office of Investment Security, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Definition of ``Principal Place of Business''; Filing Fees for Notices of Certain Investments in the United States by Foreign Persons and Certain Transactions by Foreign Persons Involving Real Estate in the United States (RIN: 1505-AC63, 1505-AC64, 1505-AC65) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5173. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final regulations -- Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Professional Development Program [Docket ID ED-2019-OESE-0068] (RIN: 1810-AB54) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5174. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria -- Indian Education Discretionary Grants Programs-Native American Language (NAL@ED) Program [Docket ID: ED-2019-OESE-0142] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5175. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final regulations -- Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth Program [Docket ID: ED-2019-OESE-0126] (RIN: 1810-AB54) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5176. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's interim final rule -- Revisions to 2 CFR Part 1500 [EPA-HQ-OMS-2020-0018; 10010-32-OMS] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5177. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Flupyradifurone; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0460; FRL-10010-98] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5178. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR); Open Source Software [EPA-HQ- OARM-2018-0743; FRL-10011-94-OMS] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5179. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0659; FRL-10012-03] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5180. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board [EPA-R06-OAR-2019-0615; FRL- 10013-04-Region 6] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5181. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water [EPA-HQ-OW- 2015-0680; FRL-10012-43-OW] (RIN: 2040-AF55) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5182. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities; A Holistic Approach to Closure Part A: Deadline to Initiate Closure [EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0172 and EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018- 0524; FRL-10013-20-OLEM] (RIN: 2050-AH10) received August18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5183. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Final Determination to Approve Site Specific Flexibility for the Cocopah Landfill [EPA-R09-RCRA- 2018-0568; FRL-10011-63-Region 9] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5184. A letter from the Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements [PS Docket No.: 07-114] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5185. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Postmarketing Safety Reports for Approved New Animal Drugs; Electronic Submission Requirements [Docket No.: FDA-2017-N-6381] (RIN: 0910-AH51) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5186. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Chromium Propionate [Docket No.: FDA-2018- F-3347] received August 21,2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5187. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's issuance of regulatory guide -- Standard Format and Content of License Applications for Receipt and Storage of Unirradiated Power Reactor Fuel and Associated Radioactive Material at a Nuclear Power Plant [Regulatory Guide 3.15, Revision 2] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5188. A letter from the Acting General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Filing Requirement for Electric Utility Service Agreements, Electricity Market Transparency Provisions of Section 220 of the Federal Power Act, Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing Process, Electric Quarterly Reports [Docket Nos.: RM01-8-000, RM10-12-000, RM12-3-000, ER02-2001-000] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5189. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services [WC Docket No.: 12-375] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5190. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-350, ``New Hospital at St. Elizabeths Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5191. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-389, ``Pregnancy as a Qualifying Event Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93- 198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5192. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-388, ``Hearing Aid Sales Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5193. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-387, ``Access to Biosimilars Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5194. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-390, ``Postpartum Coverage Expansion Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5195. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-386, ``Window Blind and Drape Cord Safety Notification Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5196. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-391, ``Black Lives Matter Plaza Designation Temporary Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5197. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-392, ``Appraisal Management Company Regulation Temporary Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5198. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-394, ``Investigating Maternal Mortalities Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5199. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-395, ``Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board Membership Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5200. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-396, ``Commercial Insurance Claim Tolling Temporary Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5201. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-397, ``Adams Morgan BID Tax Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5202. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-398, ``Standby Guardian Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93- 198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5203. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-400, ``Reunion Square Tax Increment Financing Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5204. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-401, ``Business Support Grants Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5205. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-402, ``Performing Arts Promotion Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5206. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-349, ``Connected Transportation Network Temporary Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5207. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-408, ``Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5208. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-393, ``Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Information Sharing Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5209. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-407, ``Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5210. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Pier 45 Fire Cleanup and Potential Marine Debris, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2020-0283] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5211. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Chelsea River, Chelsea, MA [Docket No.: USCG-2019-0809] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5212. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission, transmitting the Commission's Policy Statement -- Policy Statement on Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility [Docket No.: 20-13] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5213. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Extension of Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) Application Period in Response to the COVID- 19 Public Health Emergency (RIN: 2900-AQ98) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5214. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance-Definition of Member's Stillborn Child for Purposes of Coverage (RIN: 2900-AQ49) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5215. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- VA Acquisition Regulation: Administrative and Information Matters; Publicizing Contract Actions; and Termination of Contracts (RIN: 2900-AQ77) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5216. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Veterans Employment Pay for Success Grant Program (RIN: 2900-AP72) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5217. A letter from the Program Specialist, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Other Real Estate Owned and Technical Amendments [Docket ID: OCC-2019-0004] (RIN: 1557-AE91) received August 3, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5218. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Guidance on Reporting Qualified Sick Leave Wages and Qualified Family Leave Wages Paid Pursuant to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act [Notice 2020-54] received August 4, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5219. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Indexing adjustments for certain provisions under Sec. 36B of the Internal Revenue Service Code (Rev. Proc. 2020-36) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5220. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Additional Relief with Respect to Deadlines under Section 501(r)(3) Applicable to Hospital Organizations Affected by the Ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic [Notice 2020-56] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5221. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Bank, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final regulations -- Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) User Fee Update [TD 9903] (RIN: 1545-BP43) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5222. A letter from the Regulations Writer, Federal Register Liaison, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Extension of Expiration Dates for Three Body System Listings [Docket No.: SSA-2020-0016] (RIN: 0960-AI48) received August 3, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-09-04-pt1-PgH4322-2 | null | 1,228 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 5168. A letter from the Congressional Assistant II, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rule -- Rules Regarding Availability of Information [Docket No.: R-1665] (RIN: 7100 AF-51) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5169. A letter from the Chief Counsel, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Suspension of Community Eligibility [Docket ID: FEMA-2020- 0005; Internal Agency Docket No.: FEMA-8635] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5170. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Housing Counseling Program: Revision of the Certification Timeline [Docket No.: FR-6215-I-02] (RIN: 2502-ZA34) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5171. A letter from the Program Specialist, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Assessment of Fees [Docket ID: OCC-2020-0024] (RIN: 1557-AE95) received August 3, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5172. A letter from the Senior Legal Advisor for Regulatory Affairs, Office of Investment Security, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Definition of ``Principal Place of Business''; Filing Fees for Notices of Certain Investments in the United States by Foreign Persons and Certain Transactions by Foreign Persons Involving Real Estate in the United States (RIN: 1505-AC63, 1505-AC64, 1505-AC65) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5173. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final regulations -- Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Professional Development Program [Docket ID ED-2019-OESE-0068] (RIN: 1810-AB54) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5174. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria -- Indian Education Discretionary Grants Programs-Native American Language (NAL@ED) Program [Docket ID: ED-2019-OESE-0142] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5175. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final regulations -- Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth Program [Docket ID: ED-2019-OESE-0126] (RIN: 1810-AB54) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5176. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's interim final rule -- Revisions to 2 CFR Part 1500 [EPA-HQ-OMS-2020-0018; 10010-32-OMS] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5177. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Flupyradifurone; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0460; FRL-10010-98] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5178. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR); Open Source Software [EPA-HQ- OARM-2018-0743; FRL-10011-94-OMS] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5179. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0659; FRL-10012-03] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5180. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board [EPA-R06-OAR-2019-0615; FRL- 10013-04-Region 6] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5181. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water [EPA-HQ-OW- 2015-0680; FRL-10012-43-OW] (RIN: 2040-AF55) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5182. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities; A Holistic Approach to Closure Part A: Deadline to Initiate Closure [EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0172 and EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018- 0524; FRL-10013-20-OLEM] (RIN: 2050-AH10) received August18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5183. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Final Determination to Approve Site Specific Flexibility for the Cocopah Landfill [EPA-R09-RCRA- 2018-0568; FRL-10011-63-Region 9] received July 30, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5184. A letter from the Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements [PS Docket No.: 07-114] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5185. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Postmarketing Safety Reports for Approved New Animal Drugs; Electronic Submission Requirements [Docket No.: FDA-2017-N-6381] (RIN: 0910-AH51) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5186. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Chromium Propionate [Docket No.: FDA-2018- F-3347] received August 21,2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5187. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's issuance of regulatory guide -- Standard Format and Content of License Applications for Receipt and Storage of Unirradiated Power Reactor Fuel and Associated Radioactive Material at a Nuclear Power Plant [Regulatory Guide 3.15, Revision 2] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5188. A letter from the Acting General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Filing Requirement for Electric Utility Service Agreements, Electricity Market Transparency Provisions of Section 220 of the Federal Power Act, Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing Process, Electric Quarterly Reports [Docket Nos.: RM01-8-000, RM10-12-000, RM12-3-000, ER02-2001-000] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5189. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services [WC Docket No.: 12-375] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5190. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-350, ``New Hospital at St. Elizabeths Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5191. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-389, ``Pregnancy as a Qualifying Event Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93- 198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5192. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-388, ``Hearing Aid Sales Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5193. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-387, ``Access to Biosimilars Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5194. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-390, ``Postpartum Coverage Expansion Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5195. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-386, ``Window Blind and Drape Cord Safety Notification Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5196. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-391, ``Black Lives Matter Plaza Designation Temporary Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5197. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-392, ``Appraisal Management Company Regulation Temporary Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5198. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-394, ``Investigating Maternal Mortalities Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5199. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-395, ``Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board Membership Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5200. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-396, ``Commercial Insurance Claim Tolling Temporary Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5201. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-397, ``Adams Morgan BID Tax Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5202. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-398, ``Standby Guardian Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93- 198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5203. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-400, ``Reunion Square Tax Increment Financing Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5204. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-401, ``Business Support Grants Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5205. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-402, ``Performing Arts Promotion Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5206. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-349, ``Connected Transportation Network Temporary Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5207. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-408, ``Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5208. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-393, ``Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Information Sharing Temporary Amendment Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5209. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 23-407, ``Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Act of 2020'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 5210. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Pier 45 Fire Cleanup and Potential Marine Debris, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2020-0283] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5211. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Chelsea River, Chelsea, MA [Docket No.: USCG-2019-0809] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5212. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission, transmitting the Commission's Policy Statement -- Policy Statement on Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility [Docket No.: 20-13] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 5213. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- Extension of Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) Application Period in Response to the COVID- 19 Public Health Emergency (RIN: 2900-AQ98) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5214. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance-Definition of Member's Stillborn Child for Purposes of Coverage (RIN: 2900-AQ49) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5215. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- VA Acquisition Regulation: Administrative and Information Matters; Publicizing Contract Actions; and Termination of Contracts (RIN: 2900-AQ77) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5216. A letter from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Veterans Employment Pay for Success Grant Program (RIN: 2900-AP72) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5217. A letter from the Program Specialist, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Other Real Estate Owned and Technical Amendments [Docket ID: OCC-2019-0004] (RIN: 1557-AE91) received August 3, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. 5218. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Guidance on Reporting Qualified Sick Leave Wages and Qualified Family Leave Wages Paid Pursuant to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act [Notice 2020-54] received August 4, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5219. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Indexing adjustments for certain provisions under Sec. 36B of the Internal Revenue Service Code (Rev. Proc. 2020-36) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5220. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Additional Relief with Respect to Deadlines under Section 501(r)(3) Applicable to Hospital Organizations Affected by the Ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic [Notice 2020-56] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5221. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Bank, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final regulations -- Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) User Fee Update [TD 9903] (RIN: 1545-BP43) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5222. A letter from the Regulations Writer, Federal Register Liaison, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Extension of Expiration Dates for Three Body System Listings [Docket No.: SSA-2020-0016] (RIN: 0960-AI48) received August 3, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-09-04-pt1-PgH4322-2 | null | 1,229 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows: Mr. DeFAZIO: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Concurrent Resolution 90. A resolution authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (Rept. 116-483). Referred to the House Calendar. Mr. DeFAZIO: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H.R. 1497. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain water pollution control programs, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 116-484). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. DeFAZIO: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H.R. 2242. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include certain services in the definition of critical services, and for other purposes; with amendments (Rept. 116- 485). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. DeFAZIO: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H.R. 3779. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide capitalization grants to eligible entities to establish revolving funds to provide assistance to reduce disaster risks, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 116-486). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. DeFAZIO: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H.R. 4470. A bill to rename the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (Rept. 116-387). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. DeFAZIO: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Concurrent Resolution 37. A resolution expressing support for designation of October 28 as ``Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day'' (Rept. 116- 488). Referred to the House Calendar. Ms. JOHNSON of Texas: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H.R. 5760. A bill to provide for a comprehensive interdisciplinary research, development, and demonstration initiative to strengthen the capacity of the energy sector to prepare for and withstand cyber and physical attacks, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 116-489, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. discharge of committee Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the Committee on Homeland Security discharged from further consideration. H.R. 5760 referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-09-04-pt1-PgH4324 | null | 1,230 |
formal | blue | null | antisemitic | Mr. McCONNELL. Our Nation has spent the last 6 months fighting the medical, economic, and social effects of this pandemic. The Senate's historic rescue package from back in March, the CARES Act, has gone a long way to help American workers and families endure these incredible challenges. It delivered the extra Federal unemployment benefits that helped laid-off workers make ends meet. It created the Paycheck Protection Program, which has helped millions of small businesses keep their lights on and keep employees on the payroll; it sent resources to the frontlines of the healthcare fight; and it invested billions in the race for treatments and for vaccines. But this relief was never going to last forever. Today, enhanced Federal unemployment benefits are only still available because of action by President Trump. The Paycheck Protection Program has closed to new applications, and the funds it has delivered are being exhausted. This last month has brought a whole new challenge: how to get teachers and students safely into a new school year. These are the challenges that people I represent are facing every single day. Kentuckians and all Americans know this unprecedented crisis is not through with us yet, and so they expect that Congress isn't through helping yet either. Senate Republicans have been fighting for months to deliver another round of COVID-19 relief. In July, we proposed the HEALS Act, a sweeping package totaling more than $1 trillion that would have led right to bipartisan talks, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader said no. They said they would block our trillion dollars for kids, jobs, and healthcare unless we doubled the cost to accommodate an endless wish list of non-COVID-related liberal priorities such as tax cuts for blue-State millionaires. So Republicans tried another way to break the logjam. In August, we proposed narrowing discussions to some of the most urgent, most bipartisan subjects that seemed especially ripe for agreement, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader blocked that as well. Now they claimed it was too ``piecemeal''--too piecemeal, they said--to get any help out the door until Democrats and Republicans had settled every disagreement on every front. The Democratic leaders have spent months playing these ``Goldilocks'' games. They have complained about every single thing we put forward but produced nothing of their own with any chance whatsoever of becoming law.Meanwhile, after all their blustering that Congress should never do anything ``piecemeal,'' Speaker Pelosi came rushing back to Washington to pass the most piecemeal bill you could possibly imagine--legislation that solely helped out the U.S. Postal Service and did nothing at all for American families. When Republicans tried to help American workers keep their jobs, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer said it was ``piecemeal,'' but when House Democrats' fears about mail-in voting made them think maybe their own jobs would be in jeopardy, that argument suddenly disappeared. That is the score. Democrats are all for piecemeal bills when they concern their own reelections, but when it comes to bipartisan aid for kids, jobs, and schools, Democrats say it is either their entire wish list--all of it--or nobody gets a dime. Well, Republicans see this quite differently. We don't think this crisis cares about partisan politics. We think people are hurting and Congress should do its job. We want to agree where a bipartisan agreement is possible, get more help out the door, and then keep arguing over the rest later. That is how you legislate. That is how you make law. You find agreement where agreement is possible and keep arguing over the rest later. So Republicans are making yet another overture. Today, we are releasing a targeted proposal that focuses on several of the most urgent aspects of this crisis--issues where bipartisanship should be especially possible. I am talking about policies such as extending the additional Federal unemployment benefit for jobless workers; providing a second round of the job-saving Paycheck Protection Program for the hardest hit small businesses to prevent layoffs; sending more than $100 billion to help K-12 schools and universities open safely and educate our kids; dedicating billions more for testing, contact tracing, treatments, and vaccines; on-shoring manufacturing capacity for critical medical supplies and rebuilding our national stockpile; giving all kinds of families more choice and flexibility to navigate education and childcare during the crisis; providing legal protections for schools, churches, charities, nonprofits, and employers so they can reopen; providing more help for the Postal Service. Our proposal would do all this and more. Now, here is what our bill is not. It is not a sweeping, multitrillion-dollar plan to rebuild the entire country in Republicans' image. It does not even contain every single relief policy that Republicans ourselves think would help in the short term. I am confident the Democrats would feel the same way. But the American people don't need us to keep arguing over what might be perfect. They need us to actually make law. So Democratic leaders are perfectly free to come out here and keep up their playbook from these past months. Just blast away--blast away--in bad faith, call names, and complain about the infinite number of things this proposal does not do. Maybe they will bring back their ``Goldilocks'' act and say our multihundred-billion-dollar proposal is too small or too skinny, even though Democrats just passed a piecemeal bill for the Postal Service that ignored everything else--a piecemeal bill for the Postal Service that ignored everything else. Democrats can do all that if they want to. I understand they have already been criticizing this bill today before they even read it, before it had even been put out. More of this would just reinforce that only one side of the aisle seems to want any bipartisan outcome at all. It is easy to tell in Washington whether somebody's end goal is political posturing or getting an outcome. One way or another, what Democrats do will be revealing. The Senate is going to vote on this targeted proposal. We are going to get the stonewalling of Democratic leaders out from behind closed doors and put this to a vote out here on the floor. It is going to happen this week. Senators will not be voting on whether this targeted package satisfies every one of their legislative hopes and dreams. That is not what we will do in this Chamber. We vote on whether to make laws, whether to forge a compromise, whether to do a lot of good for the country and keep arguing over the remaining differences later. A few weeks ago, more than 100 House Democrats spoke out publicly. They asked Speaker Pelosi to stop stonewalling and let the House vote on targeted COVID relief short of--short of--her entire wish list. The Speaker ignored them--ignored her rank and file, just like her piecemeal postal bill ignored American families. Over here I will make sure our Democratic colleagues get a chance to walk the walk. Every Senator who has said they want a bipartisan outcome for the country will have a chance to vote for everyone to see. Senators will vote this week, and the American people will be watching | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-08-pt1-PgS5429-6 | null | 1,231 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Our Nation has spent the last 6 months fighting the medical, economic, and social effects of this pandemic. The Senate's historic rescue package from back in March, the CARES Act, has gone a long way to help American workers and families endure these incredible challenges. It delivered the extra Federal unemployment benefits that helped laid-off workers make ends meet. It created the Paycheck Protection Program, which has helped millions of small businesses keep their lights on and keep employees on the payroll; it sent resources to the frontlines of the healthcare fight; and it invested billions in the race for treatments and for vaccines. But this relief was never going to last forever. Today, enhanced Federal unemployment benefits are only still available because of action by President Trump. The Paycheck Protection Program has closed to new applications, and the funds it has delivered are being exhausted. This last month has brought a whole new challenge: how to get teachers and students safely into a new school year. These are the challenges that people I represent are facing every single day. Kentuckians and all Americans know this unprecedented crisis is not through with us yet, and so they expect that Congress isn't through helping yet either. Senate Republicans have been fighting for months to deliver another round of COVID-19 relief. In July, we proposed the HEALS Act, a sweeping package totaling more than $1 trillion that would have led right to bipartisan talks, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader said no. They said they would block our trillion dollars for kids, jobs, and healthcare unless we doubled the cost to accommodate an endless wish list of non-COVID-related liberal priorities such as tax cuts for blue-State millionaires. So Republicans tried another way to break the logjam. In August, we proposed narrowing discussions to some of the most urgent, most bipartisan subjects that seemed especially ripe for agreement, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader blocked that as well. Now they claimed it was too ``piecemeal''--too piecemeal, they said--to get any help out the door until Democrats and Republicans had settled every disagreement on every front. The Democratic leaders have spent months playing these ``Goldilocks'' games. They have complained about every single thing we put forward but produced nothing of their own with any chance whatsoever of becoming law.Meanwhile, after all their blustering that Congress should never do anything ``piecemeal,'' Speaker Pelosi came rushing back to Washington to pass the most piecemeal bill you could possibly imagine--legislation that solely helped out the U.S. Postal Service and did nothing at all for American families. When Republicans tried to help American workers keep their jobs, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer said it was ``piecemeal,'' but when House Democrats' fears about mail-in voting made them think maybe their own jobs would be in jeopardy, that argument suddenly disappeared. That is the score. Democrats are all for piecemeal bills when they concern their own reelections, but when it comes to bipartisan aid for kids, jobs, and schools, Democrats say it is either their entire wish list--all of it--or nobody gets a dime. Well, Republicans see this quite differently. We don't think this crisis cares about partisan politics. We think people are hurting and Congress should do its job. We want to agree where a bipartisan agreement is possible, get more help out the door, and then keep arguing over the rest later. That is how you legislate. That is how you make law. You find agreement where agreement is possible and keep arguing over the rest later. So Republicans are making yet another overture. Today, we are releasing a targeted proposal that focuses on several of the most urgent aspects of this crisis--issues where bipartisanship should be especially possible. I am talking about policies such as extending the additional Federal unemployment benefit for jobless workers; providing a second round of the job-saving Paycheck Protection Program for the hardest hit small businesses to prevent layoffs; sending more than $100 billion to help K-12 schools and universities open safely and educate our kids; dedicating billions more for testing, contact tracing, treatments, and vaccines; on-shoring manufacturing capacity for critical medical supplies and rebuilding our national stockpile; giving all kinds of families more choice and flexibility to navigate education and childcare during the crisis; providing legal protections for schools, churches, charities, nonprofits, and employers so they can reopen; providing more help for the Postal Service. Our proposal would do all this and more. Now, here is what our bill is not. It is not a sweeping, multitrillion-dollar plan to rebuild the entire country in Republicans' image. It does not even contain every single relief policy that Republicans ourselves think would help in the short term. I am confident the Democrats would feel the same way. But the American people don't need us to keep arguing over what might be perfect. They need us to actually make law. So Democratic leaders are perfectly free to come out here and keep up their playbook from these past months. Just blast away--blast away--in bad faith, call names, and complain about the infinite number of things this proposal does not do. Maybe they will bring back their ``Goldilocks'' act and say our multihundred-billion-dollar proposal is too small or too skinny, even though Democrats just passed a piecemeal bill for the Postal Service that ignored everything else--a piecemeal bill for the Postal Service that ignored everything else. Democrats can do all that if they want to. I understand they have already been criticizing this bill today before they even read it, before it had even been put out. More of this would just reinforce that only one side of the aisle seems to want any bipartisan outcome at all. It is easy to tell in Washington whether somebody's end goal is political posturing or getting an outcome. One way or another, what Democrats do will be revealing. The Senate is going to vote on this targeted proposal. We are going to get the stonewalling of Democratic leaders out from behind closed doors and put this to a vote out here on the floor. It is going to happen this week. Senators will not be voting on whether this targeted package satisfies every one of their legislative hopes and dreams. That is not what we will do in this Chamber. We vote on whether to make laws, whether to forge a compromise, whether to do a lot of good for the country and keep arguing over the remaining differences later. A few weeks ago, more than 100 House Democrats spoke out publicly. They asked Speaker Pelosi to stop stonewalling and let the House vote on targeted COVID relief short of--short of--her entire wish list. The Speaker ignored them--ignored her rank and file, just like her piecemeal postal bill ignored American families. Over here I will make sure our Democratic colleagues get a chance to walk the walk. Every Senator who has said they want a bipartisan outcome for the country will have a chance to vote for everyone to see. Senators will vote this week, and the American people will be watching | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-08-pt1-PgS5429-6 | null | 1,232 |
formal | tax cuts | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Our Nation has spent the last 6 months fighting the medical, economic, and social effects of this pandemic. The Senate's historic rescue package from back in March, the CARES Act, has gone a long way to help American workers and families endure these incredible challenges. It delivered the extra Federal unemployment benefits that helped laid-off workers make ends meet. It created the Paycheck Protection Program, which has helped millions of small businesses keep their lights on and keep employees on the payroll; it sent resources to the frontlines of the healthcare fight; and it invested billions in the race for treatments and for vaccines. But this relief was never going to last forever. Today, enhanced Federal unemployment benefits are only still available because of action by President Trump. The Paycheck Protection Program has closed to new applications, and the funds it has delivered are being exhausted. This last month has brought a whole new challenge: how to get teachers and students safely into a new school year. These are the challenges that people I represent are facing every single day. Kentuckians and all Americans know this unprecedented crisis is not through with us yet, and so they expect that Congress isn't through helping yet either. Senate Republicans have been fighting for months to deliver another round of COVID-19 relief. In July, we proposed the HEALS Act, a sweeping package totaling more than $1 trillion that would have led right to bipartisan talks, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader said no. They said they would block our trillion dollars for kids, jobs, and healthcare unless we doubled the cost to accommodate an endless wish list of non-COVID-related liberal priorities such as tax cuts for blue-State millionaires. So Republicans tried another way to break the logjam. In August, we proposed narrowing discussions to some of the most urgent, most bipartisan subjects that seemed especially ripe for agreement, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader blocked that as well. Now they claimed it was too ``piecemeal''--too piecemeal, they said--to get any help out the door until Democrats and Republicans had settled every disagreement on every front. The Democratic leaders have spent months playing these ``Goldilocks'' games. They have complained about every single thing we put forward but produced nothing of their own with any chance whatsoever of becoming law.Meanwhile, after all their blustering that Congress should never do anything ``piecemeal,'' Speaker Pelosi came rushing back to Washington to pass the most piecemeal bill you could possibly imagine--legislation that solely helped out the U.S. Postal Service and did nothing at all for American families. When Republicans tried to help American workers keep their jobs, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer said it was ``piecemeal,'' but when House Democrats' fears about mail-in voting made them think maybe their own jobs would be in jeopardy, that argument suddenly disappeared. That is the score. Democrats are all for piecemeal bills when they concern their own reelections, but when it comes to bipartisan aid for kids, jobs, and schools, Democrats say it is either their entire wish list--all of it--or nobody gets a dime. Well, Republicans see this quite differently. We don't think this crisis cares about partisan politics. We think people are hurting and Congress should do its job. We want to agree where a bipartisan agreement is possible, get more help out the door, and then keep arguing over the rest later. That is how you legislate. That is how you make law. You find agreement where agreement is possible and keep arguing over the rest later. So Republicans are making yet another overture. Today, we are releasing a targeted proposal that focuses on several of the most urgent aspects of this crisis--issues where bipartisanship should be especially possible. I am talking about policies such as extending the additional Federal unemployment benefit for jobless workers; providing a second round of the job-saving Paycheck Protection Program for the hardest hit small businesses to prevent layoffs; sending more than $100 billion to help K-12 schools and universities open safely and educate our kids; dedicating billions more for testing, contact tracing, treatments, and vaccines; on-shoring manufacturing capacity for critical medical supplies and rebuilding our national stockpile; giving all kinds of families more choice and flexibility to navigate education and childcare during the crisis; providing legal protections for schools, churches, charities, nonprofits, and employers so they can reopen; providing more help for the Postal Service. Our proposal would do all this and more. Now, here is what our bill is not. It is not a sweeping, multitrillion-dollar plan to rebuild the entire country in Republicans' image. It does not even contain every single relief policy that Republicans ourselves think would help in the short term. I am confident the Democrats would feel the same way. But the American people don't need us to keep arguing over what might be perfect. They need us to actually make law. So Democratic leaders are perfectly free to come out here and keep up their playbook from these past months. Just blast away--blast away--in bad faith, call names, and complain about the infinite number of things this proposal does not do. Maybe they will bring back their ``Goldilocks'' act and say our multihundred-billion-dollar proposal is too small or too skinny, even though Democrats just passed a piecemeal bill for the Postal Service that ignored everything else--a piecemeal bill for the Postal Service that ignored everything else. Democrats can do all that if they want to. I understand they have already been criticizing this bill today before they even read it, before it had even been put out. More of this would just reinforce that only one side of the aisle seems to want any bipartisan outcome at all. It is easy to tell in Washington whether somebody's end goal is political posturing or getting an outcome. One way or another, what Democrats do will be revealing. The Senate is going to vote on this targeted proposal. We are going to get the stonewalling of Democratic leaders out from behind closed doors and put this to a vote out here on the floor. It is going to happen this week. Senators will not be voting on whether this targeted package satisfies every one of their legislative hopes and dreams. That is not what we will do in this Chamber. We vote on whether to make laws, whether to forge a compromise, whether to do a lot of good for the country and keep arguing over the remaining differences later. A few weeks ago, more than 100 House Democrats spoke out publicly. They asked Speaker Pelosi to stop stonewalling and let the House vote on targeted COVID relief short of--short of--her entire wish list. The Speaker ignored them--ignored her rank and file, just like her piecemeal postal bill ignored American families. Over here I will make sure our Democratic colleagues get a chance to walk the walk. Every Senator who has said they want a bipartisan outcome for the country will have a chance to vote for everyone to see. Senators will vote this week, and the American people will be watching | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-08-pt1-PgS5429-6 | null | 1,233 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Our Nation has spent the last 6 months fighting the medical, economic, and social effects of this pandemic. The Senate's historic rescue package from back in March, the CARES Act, has gone a long way to help American workers and families endure these incredible challenges. It delivered the extra Federal unemployment benefits that helped laid-off workers make ends meet. It created the Paycheck Protection Program, which has helped millions of small businesses keep their lights on and keep employees on the payroll; it sent resources to the frontlines of the healthcare fight; and it invested billions in the race for treatments and for vaccines. But this relief was never going to last forever. Today, enhanced Federal unemployment benefits are only still available because of action by President Trump. The Paycheck Protection Program has closed to new applications, and the funds it has delivered are being exhausted. This last month has brought a whole new challenge: how to get teachers and students safely into a new school year. These are the challenges that people I represent are facing every single day. Kentuckians and all Americans know this unprecedented crisis is not through with us yet, and so they expect that Congress isn't through helping yet either. Senate Republicans have been fighting for months to deliver another round of COVID-19 relief. In July, we proposed the HEALS Act, a sweeping package totaling more than $1 trillion that would have led right to bipartisan talks, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader said no. They said they would block our trillion dollars for kids, jobs, and healthcare unless we doubled the cost to accommodate an endless wish list of non-COVID-related liberal priorities such as tax cuts for blue-State millionaires. So Republicans tried another way to break the logjam. In August, we proposed narrowing discussions to some of the most urgent, most bipartisan subjects that seemed especially ripe for agreement, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader blocked that as well. Now they claimed it was too ``piecemeal''--too piecemeal, they said--to get any help out the door until Democrats and Republicans had settled every disagreement on every front. The Democratic leaders have spent months playing these ``Goldilocks'' games. They have complained about every single thing we put forward but produced nothing of their own with any chance whatsoever of becoming law.Meanwhile, after all their blustering that Congress should never do anything ``piecemeal,'' Speaker Pelosi came rushing back to Washington to pass the most piecemeal bill you could possibly imagine--legislation that solely helped out the U.S. Postal Service and did nothing at all for American families. When Republicans tried to help American workers keep their jobs, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer said it was ``piecemeal,'' but when House Democrats' fears about mail-in voting made them think maybe their own jobs would be in jeopardy, that argument suddenly disappeared. That is the score. Democrats are all for piecemeal bills when they concern their own reelections, but when it comes to bipartisan aid for kids, jobs, and schools, Democrats say it is either their entire wish list--all of it--or nobody gets a dime. Well, Republicans see this quite differently. We don't think this crisis cares about partisan politics. We think people are hurting and Congress should do its job. We want to agree where a bipartisan agreement is possible, get more help out the door, and then keep arguing over the rest later. That is how you legislate. That is how you make law. You find agreement where agreement is possible and keep arguing over the rest later. So Republicans are making yet another overture. Today, we are releasing a targeted proposal that focuses on several of the most urgent aspects of this crisis--issues where bipartisanship should be especially possible. I am talking about policies such as extending the additional Federal unemployment benefit for jobless workers; providing a second round of the job-saving Paycheck Protection Program for the hardest hit small businesses to prevent layoffs; sending more than $100 billion to help K-12 schools and universities open safely and educate our kids; dedicating billions more for testing, contact tracing, treatments, and vaccines; on-shoring manufacturing capacity for critical medical supplies and rebuilding our national stockpile; giving all kinds of families more choice and flexibility to navigate education and childcare during the crisis; providing legal protections for schools, churches, charities, nonprofits, and employers so they can reopen; providing more help for the Postal Service. Our proposal would do all this and more. Now, here is what our bill is not. It is not a sweeping, multitrillion-dollar plan to rebuild the entire country in Republicans' image. It does not even contain every single relief policy that Republicans ourselves think would help in the short term. I am confident the Democrats would feel the same way. But the American people don't need us to keep arguing over what might be perfect. They need us to actually make law. So Democratic leaders are perfectly free to come out here and keep up their playbook from these past months. Just blast away--blast away--in bad faith, call names, and complain about the infinite number of things this proposal does not do. Maybe they will bring back their ``Goldilocks'' act and say our multihundred-billion-dollar proposal is too small or too skinny, even though Democrats just passed a piecemeal bill for the Postal Service that ignored everything else--a piecemeal bill for the Postal Service that ignored everything else. Democrats can do all that if they want to. I understand they have already been criticizing this bill today before they even read it, before it had even been put out. More of this would just reinforce that only one side of the aisle seems to want any bipartisan outcome at all. It is easy to tell in Washington whether somebody's end goal is political posturing or getting an outcome. One way or another, what Democrats do will be revealing. The Senate is going to vote on this targeted proposal. We are going to get the stonewalling of Democratic leaders out from behind closed doors and put this to a vote out here on the floor. It is going to happen this week. Senators will not be voting on whether this targeted package satisfies every one of their legislative hopes and dreams. That is not what we will do in this Chamber. We vote on whether to make laws, whether to forge a compromise, whether to do a lot of good for the country and keep arguing over the remaining differences later. A few weeks ago, more than 100 House Democrats spoke out publicly. They asked Speaker Pelosi to stop stonewalling and let the House vote on targeted COVID relief short of--short of--her entire wish list. The Speaker ignored them--ignored her rank and file, just like her piecemeal postal bill ignored American families. Over here I will make sure our Democratic colleagues get a chance to walk the walk. Every Senator who has said they want a bipartisan outcome for the country will have a chance to vote for everyone to see. Senators will vote this week, and the American people will be watching | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-08-pt1-PgS5429-6 | null | 1,234 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Ms. WARREN. Madam President, I would like to offer my congratulations to Donna Kelly-Williams as she retires as president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association where she has represented our nurses and the patients they serve since 2009. Beginning her professional career in 1974, she aided nurses in the newborn nursery at the Cambridge Hospital, cementing her passion for the caregiving profession. Following nursing school, she served as a medical-surgical nurse and then as a pediatric nurse before eventually coming full circle and returning to the maternity unit. She has spent her entire nursing career serving her community at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, MA. Throughout her career, she has always been committed to creating environments where every nurse is respected and valued for their contributions. This commitment and passion for advocacy led her to become involved in the Massachusetts Nurses Association, first joining the bargaining unit at Cambridge Hospital and serving in this capacity for two decades. She then served as vice president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association and on the board of directors before she was elected president in 2009. As president, Donna led the union as they became a part of National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in history. She understood this participation in a new national nurses' union enabled members to have an even greater impact on national pushes for legislation, including healthcare andlabor reforms, supporting nurses serving in all of America's hospitals. Donna worked tirelessly to advocate for nurses' workers rights during strikes; I remember trading calls and texts with Donna late into the night to settle contracts during the Tufts Medical Center strike. I am deeply grateful to Donna Kelly-Williams for her lifelong commitment to America's working families, for all she has done for nurses across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for her tireless fight to improve patient care. We have all benefited from Donna's passion, resilience, and empathy throughout her entire career and her lasting impact on our Massachusetts nurses will be felt for years to come. I once again congratulate her on her retirement and wish her the best of luck in the next chapter. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. WARREN | Senate | CREC-2020-09-08-pt1-PgS5440-2 | null | 1,235 |
formal | blue | null | antisemitic | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, anyone watching the Senate yesterday saw another installment in an ongoing series that has become somewhat familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and Democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, and schools, and Democrats just point fingers, call names, and keep blocking American families from getting any more help before the November election. In July, Republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd $3.4 trillion far-left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In August, with those talks stalled, Republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families, unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too ``piecemeal''--too ``piecemeal''--and not worth doing. If Democrats didn't get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and tax cuts for blue State millionaires, they would make sure millions of Americans would lose their unemployment benefits and PPP would close. That is what they threatened, and that is what they did. So here we are in September. Schools and colleges have gone without the $105 billion that Republicans wanted to give them back in July. That is more money than Speaker Pelosi put in her bill. American workers have gone without the second round of the PPP that Republicans proposed weeks and weeks ago. Speaker Pelosi had no money for PPP in her $3.4 trillion bill. The race for treatments and vaccines has gone without the additional funding that Republicans wanted to deliver. Families have gone without the economic relief that Republicans wanted to put in their pockets. And Washington Democrats have just kept trying to run out the clock--run out the clock--until November. But here is one thing: The Senate majority works for the American people. We fight for American families. We are not going to let Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader kill and bury coronavirus relief behind closed doors without putting every Senator on the record. So we have put together a new, targeted proposal containing several of the most urgent and most popular policies that would help Americans right now. Tomorrow, the whole Senate will vote on it. It will be a procedural vote. It is not a vote to pass our bill tomorrow, precisely as written. It is a vote for Senators to say whether they want to move forward toward huge amounts of relief for kids, for jobs, for healthcare, or whether they are happier doing absolutely nothing. That is what every single Senator will decide tomorrow. Do you want to do something--something--or do you want to do nothing? Democratic leaders know this simple choice will put the spotlight on their partisan antics. They know this vote will expose their obstruction. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer were attacking our new proposal yesterday before they even read it, before it had even come out. I would normally make fun of that, but in this case it makes perfect sense because their position clearly is that they do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever. They do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever to reach American families prior to the election. They didn't even need to see what we were proposing. If it helped working families in any way--in any way--between now and November 3, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer knew for sure they opposed it. Their red herrings and cherry-picked arguments have now given way to total dishonesty. Yesterday, our colleague from New York railed against a provision pertaining to critical supply chains, calling it some sinister giveaway to big business. A provision pertaining to critical supply chains he called a sinister giveaway to big business? That provision is cosponsored by his own Democratic ranking member on the committee. So either the Democratic leader is impugning his own ranking member right along with Republicans or else he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Likewise, the junior Senator from Vermont attacked this provision as ``corporate welfare,'' but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. They are so desperate to keep working families from getting any help before the election that some Democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. At this point it is just silly season on the Democratic side. They have run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. So tomorrow--tomorrow--the Senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. Every Senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, make a law to help people, and keep arguing over our differences later or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. Every Senator will vote on this significant package, which secures Federal unemployment benefits, reopens the PPP for a second draw, sends more than $100 billion to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with childcare, helps families afford expenses or homeschooling, and rebuilds our strategic medical stockpile. This is not a simplistic argument over big versus small. Republicans want more money for K-12 and college than was in the Democratic bill. We want more money for PPP, which their bill forgot to fund. These are bipartisan priorities that Democrats left behind and Republicans want to take care of. So tomorrow--tomorrow--American families will learn who wants to make a law for them and who is happiest if they get nothing. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5479-8 | null | 1,236 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, anyone watching the Senate yesterday saw another installment in an ongoing series that has become somewhat familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and Democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, and schools, and Democrats just point fingers, call names, and keep blocking American families from getting any more help before the November election. In July, Republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd $3.4 trillion far-left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In August, with those talks stalled, Republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families, unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too ``piecemeal''--too ``piecemeal''--and not worth doing. If Democrats didn't get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and tax cuts for blue State millionaires, they would make sure millions of Americans would lose their unemployment benefits and PPP would close. That is what they threatened, and that is what they did. So here we are in September. Schools and colleges have gone without the $105 billion that Republicans wanted to give them back in July. That is more money than Speaker Pelosi put in her bill. American workers have gone without the second round of the PPP that Republicans proposed weeks and weeks ago. Speaker Pelosi had no money for PPP in her $3.4 trillion bill. The race for treatments and vaccines has gone without the additional funding that Republicans wanted to deliver. Families have gone without the economic relief that Republicans wanted to put in their pockets. And Washington Democrats have just kept trying to run out the clock--run out the clock--until November. But here is one thing: The Senate majority works for the American people. We fight for American families. We are not going to let Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader kill and bury coronavirus relief behind closed doors without putting every Senator on the record. So we have put together a new, targeted proposal containing several of the most urgent and most popular policies that would help Americans right now. Tomorrow, the whole Senate will vote on it. It will be a procedural vote. It is not a vote to pass our bill tomorrow, precisely as written. It is a vote for Senators to say whether they want to move forward toward huge amounts of relief for kids, for jobs, for healthcare, or whether they are happier doing absolutely nothing. That is what every single Senator will decide tomorrow. Do you want to do something--something--or do you want to do nothing? Democratic leaders know this simple choice will put the spotlight on their partisan antics. They know this vote will expose their obstruction. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer were attacking our new proposal yesterday before they even read it, before it had even come out. I would normally make fun of that, but in this case it makes perfect sense because their position clearly is that they do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever. They do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever to reach American families prior to the election. They didn't even need to see what we were proposing. If it helped working families in any way--in any way--between now and November 3, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer knew for sure they opposed it. Their red herrings and cherry-picked arguments have now given way to total dishonesty. Yesterday, our colleague from New York railed against a provision pertaining to critical supply chains, calling it some sinister giveaway to big business. A provision pertaining to critical supply chains he called a sinister giveaway to big business? That provision is cosponsored by his own Democratic ranking member on the committee. So either the Democratic leader is impugning his own ranking member right along with Republicans or else he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Likewise, the junior Senator from Vermont attacked this provision as ``corporate welfare,'' but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. They are so desperate to keep working families from getting any help before the election that some Democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. At this point it is just silly season on the Democratic side. They have run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. So tomorrow--tomorrow--the Senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. Every Senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, make a law to help people, and keep arguing over our differences later or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. Every Senator will vote on this significant package, which secures Federal unemployment benefits, reopens the PPP for a second draw, sends more than $100 billion to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with childcare, helps families afford expenses or homeschooling, and rebuilds our strategic medical stockpile. This is not a simplistic argument over big versus small. Republicans want more money for K-12 and college than was in the Democratic bill. We want more money for PPP, which their bill forgot to fund. These are bipartisan priorities that Democrats left behind and Republicans want to take care of. So tomorrow--tomorrow--American families will learn who wants to make a law for them and who is happiest if they get nothing. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5479-8 | null | 1,237 |
formal | tax cuts | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, anyone watching the Senate yesterday saw another installment in an ongoing series that has become somewhat familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and Democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, and schools, and Democrats just point fingers, call names, and keep blocking American families from getting any more help before the November election. In July, Republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd $3.4 trillion far-left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In August, with those talks stalled, Republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families, unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too ``piecemeal''--too ``piecemeal''--and not worth doing. If Democrats didn't get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and tax cuts for blue State millionaires, they would make sure millions of Americans would lose their unemployment benefits and PPP would close. That is what they threatened, and that is what they did. So here we are in September. Schools and colleges have gone without the $105 billion that Republicans wanted to give them back in July. That is more money than Speaker Pelosi put in her bill. American workers have gone without the second round of the PPP that Republicans proposed weeks and weeks ago. Speaker Pelosi had no money for PPP in her $3.4 trillion bill. The race for treatments and vaccines has gone without the additional funding that Republicans wanted to deliver. Families have gone without the economic relief that Republicans wanted to put in their pockets. And Washington Democrats have just kept trying to run out the clock--run out the clock--until November. But here is one thing: The Senate majority works for the American people. We fight for American families. We are not going to let Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader kill and bury coronavirus relief behind closed doors without putting every Senator on the record. So we have put together a new, targeted proposal containing several of the most urgent and most popular policies that would help Americans right now. Tomorrow, the whole Senate will vote on it. It will be a procedural vote. It is not a vote to pass our bill tomorrow, precisely as written. It is a vote for Senators to say whether they want to move forward toward huge amounts of relief for kids, for jobs, for healthcare, or whether they are happier doing absolutely nothing. That is what every single Senator will decide tomorrow. Do you want to do something--something--or do you want to do nothing? Democratic leaders know this simple choice will put the spotlight on their partisan antics. They know this vote will expose their obstruction. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer were attacking our new proposal yesterday before they even read it, before it had even come out. I would normally make fun of that, but in this case it makes perfect sense because their position clearly is that they do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever. They do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever to reach American families prior to the election. They didn't even need to see what we were proposing. If it helped working families in any way--in any way--between now and November 3, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer knew for sure they opposed it. Their red herrings and cherry-picked arguments have now given way to total dishonesty. Yesterday, our colleague from New York railed against a provision pertaining to critical supply chains, calling it some sinister giveaway to big business. A provision pertaining to critical supply chains he called a sinister giveaway to big business? That provision is cosponsored by his own Democratic ranking member on the committee. So either the Democratic leader is impugning his own ranking member right along with Republicans or else he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Likewise, the junior Senator from Vermont attacked this provision as ``corporate welfare,'' but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. They are so desperate to keep working families from getting any help before the election that some Democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. At this point it is just silly season on the Democratic side. They have run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. So tomorrow--tomorrow--the Senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. Every Senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, make a law to help people, and keep arguing over our differences later or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. Every Senator will vote on this significant package, which secures Federal unemployment benefits, reopens the PPP for a second draw, sends more than $100 billion to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with childcare, helps families afford expenses or homeschooling, and rebuilds our strategic medical stockpile. This is not a simplistic argument over big versus small. Republicans want more money for K-12 and college than was in the Democratic bill. We want more money for PPP, which their bill forgot to fund. These are bipartisan priorities that Democrats left behind and Republicans want to take care of. So tomorrow--tomorrow--American families will learn who wants to make a law for them and who is happiest if they get nothing. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5479-8 | null | 1,238 |
formal | illegal immigrant | null | anti-Latino | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, anyone watching the Senate yesterday saw another installment in an ongoing series that has become somewhat familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and Democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, and schools, and Democrats just point fingers, call names, and keep blocking American families from getting any more help before the November election. In July, Republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd $3.4 trillion far-left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In August, with those talks stalled, Republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families, unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too ``piecemeal''--too ``piecemeal''--and not worth doing. If Democrats didn't get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and tax cuts for blue State millionaires, they would make sure millions of Americans would lose their unemployment benefits and PPP would close. That is what they threatened, and that is what they did. So here we are in September. Schools and colleges have gone without the $105 billion that Republicans wanted to give them back in July. That is more money than Speaker Pelosi put in her bill. American workers have gone without the second round of the PPP that Republicans proposed weeks and weeks ago. Speaker Pelosi had no money for PPP in her $3.4 trillion bill. The race for treatments and vaccines has gone without the additional funding that Republicans wanted to deliver. Families have gone without the economic relief that Republicans wanted to put in their pockets. And Washington Democrats have just kept trying to run out the clock--run out the clock--until November. But here is one thing: The Senate majority works for the American people. We fight for American families. We are not going to let Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader kill and bury coronavirus relief behind closed doors without putting every Senator on the record. So we have put together a new, targeted proposal containing several of the most urgent and most popular policies that would help Americans right now. Tomorrow, the whole Senate will vote on it. It will be a procedural vote. It is not a vote to pass our bill tomorrow, precisely as written. It is a vote for Senators to say whether they want to move forward toward huge amounts of relief for kids, for jobs, for healthcare, or whether they are happier doing absolutely nothing. That is what every single Senator will decide tomorrow. Do you want to do something--something--or do you want to do nothing? Democratic leaders know this simple choice will put the spotlight on their partisan antics. They know this vote will expose their obstruction. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer were attacking our new proposal yesterday before they even read it, before it had even come out. I would normally make fun of that, but in this case it makes perfect sense because their position clearly is that they do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever. They do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever to reach American families prior to the election. They didn't even need to see what we were proposing. If it helped working families in any way--in any way--between now and November 3, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer knew for sure they opposed it. Their red herrings and cherry-picked arguments have now given way to total dishonesty. Yesterday, our colleague from New York railed against a provision pertaining to critical supply chains, calling it some sinister giveaway to big business. A provision pertaining to critical supply chains he called a sinister giveaway to big business? That provision is cosponsored by his own Democratic ranking member on the committee. So either the Democratic leader is impugning his own ranking member right along with Republicans or else he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Likewise, the junior Senator from Vermont attacked this provision as ``corporate welfare,'' but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. They are so desperate to keep working families from getting any help before the election that some Democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. At this point it is just silly season on the Democratic side. They have run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. So tomorrow--tomorrow--the Senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. Every Senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, make a law to help people, and keep arguing over our differences later or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. Every Senator will vote on this significant package, which secures Federal unemployment benefits, reopens the PPP for a second draw, sends more than $100 billion to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with childcare, helps families afford expenses or homeschooling, and rebuilds our strategic medical stockpile. This is not a simplistic argument over big versus small. Republicans want more money for K-12 and college than was in the Democratic bill. We want more money for PPP, which their bill forgot to fund. These are bipartisan priorities that Democrats left behind and Republicans want to take care of. So tomorrow--tomorrow--American families will learn who wants to make a law for them and who is happiest if they get nothing. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5479-8 | null | 1,239 |
formal | illegal immigrants | null | anti-Latino | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, anyone watching the Senate yesterday saw another installment in an ongoing series that has become somewhat familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and Democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, and schools, and Democrats just point fingers, call names, and keep blocking American families from getting any more help before the November election. In July, Republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd $3.4 trillion far-left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In August, with those talks stalled, Republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families, unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too ``piecemeal''--too ``piecemeal''--and not worth doing. If Democrats didn't get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and tax cuts for blue State millionaires, they would make sure millions of Americans would lose their unemployment benefits and PPP would close. That is what they threatened, and that is what they did. So here we are in September. Schools and colleges have gone without the $105 billion that Republicans wanted to give them back in July. That is more money than Speaker Pelosi put in her bill. American workers have gone without the second round of the PPP that Republicans proposed weeks and weeks ago. Speaker Pelosi had no money for PPP in her $3.4 trillion bill. The race for treatments and vaccines has gone without the additional funding that Republicans wanted to deliver. Families have gone without the economic relief that Republicans wanted to put in their pockets. And Washington Democrats have just kept trying to run out the clock--run out the clock--until November. But here is one thing: The Senate majority works for the American people. We fight for American families. We are not going to let Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader kill and bury coronavirus relief behind closed doors without putting every Senator on the record. So we have put together a new, targeted proposal containing several of the most urgent and most popular policies that would help Americans right now. Tomorrow, the whole Senate will vote on it. It will be a procedural vote. It is not a vote to pass our bill tomorrow, precisely as written. It is a vote for Senators to say whether they want to move forward toward huge amounts of relief for kids, for jobs, for healthcare, or whether they are happier doing absolutely nothing. That is what every single Senator will decide tomorrow. Do you want to do something--something--or do you want to do nothing? Democratic leaders know this simple choice will put the spotlight on their partisan antics. They know this vote will expose their obstruction. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer were attacking our new proposal yesterday before they even read it, before it had even come out. I would normally make fun of that, but in this case it makes perfect sense because their position clearly is that they do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever. They do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever to reach American families prior to the election. They didn't even need to see what we were proposing. If it helped working families in any way--in any way--between now and November 3, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer knew for sure they opposed it. Their red herrings and cherry-picked arguments have now given way to total dishonesty. Yesterday, our colleague from New York railed against a provision pertaining to critical supply chains, calling it some sinister giveaway to big business. A provision pertaining to critical supply chains he called a sinister giveaway to big business? That provision is cosponsored by his own Democratic ranking member on the committee. So either the Democratic leader is impugning his own ranking member right along with Republicans or else he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Likewise, the junior Senator from Vermont attacked this provision as ``corporate welfare,'' but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. They are so desperate to keep working families from getting any help before the election that some Democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. At this point it is just silly season on the Democratic side. They have run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. So tomorrow--tomorrow--the Senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. Every Senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, make a law to help people, and keep arguing over our differences later or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. Every Senator will vote on this significant package, which secures Federal unemployment benefits, reopens the PPP for a second draw, sends more than $100 billion to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with childcare, helps families afford expenses or homeschooling, and rebuilds our strategic medical stockpile. This is not a simplistic argument over big versus small. Republicans want more money for K-12 and college than was in the Democratic bill. We want more money for PPP, which their bill forgot to fund. These are bipartisan priorities that Democrats left behind and Republicans want to take care of. So tomorrow--tomorrow--American families will learn who wants to make a law for them and who is happiest if they get nothing. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5479-8 | null | 1,240 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, anyone watching the Senate yesterday saw another installment in an ongoing series that has become somewhat familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and Democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, and schools, and Democrats just point fingers, call names, and keep blocking American families from getting any more help before the November election. In July, Republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd $3.4 trillion far-left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In August, with those talks stalled, Republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families, unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too ``piecemeal''--too ``piecemeal''--and not worth doing. If Democrats didn't get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and tax cuts for blue State millionaires, they would make sure millions of Americans would lose their unemployment benefits and PPP would close. That is what they threatened, and that is what they did. So here we are in September. Schools and colleges have gone without the $105 billion that Republicans wanted to give them back in July. That is more money than Speaker Pelosi put in her bill. American workers have gone without the second round of the PPP that Republicans proposed weeks and weeks ago. Speaker Pelosi had no money for PPP in her $3.4 trillion bill. The race for treatments and vaccines has gone without the additional funding that Republicans wanted to deliver. Families have gone without the economic relief that Republicans wanted to put in their pockets. And Washington Democrats have just kept trying to run out the clock--run out the clock--until November. But here is one thing: The Senate majority works for the American people. We fight for American families. We are not going to let Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader kill and bury coronavirus relief behind closed doors without putting every Senator on the record. So we have put together a new, targeted proposal containing several of the most urgent and most popular policies that would help Americans right now. Tomorrow, the whole Senate will vote on it. It will be a procedural vote. It is not a vote to pass our bill tomorrow, precisely as written. It is a vote for Senators to say whether they want to move forward toward huge amounts of relief for kids, for jobs, for healthcare, or whether they are happier doing absolutely nothing. That is what every single Senator will decide tomorrow. Do you want to do something--something--or do you want to do nothing? Democratic leaders know this simple choice will put the spotlight on their partisan antics. They know this vote will expose their obstruction. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer were attacking our new proposal yesterday before they even read it, before it had even come out. I would normally make fun of that, but in this case it makes perfect sense because their position clearly is that they do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever. They do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever to reach American families prior to the election. They didn't even need to see what we were proposing. If it helped working families in any way--in any way--between now and November 3, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer knew for sure they opposed it. Their red herrings and cherry-picked arguments have now given way to total dishonesty. Yesterday, our colleague from New York railed against a provision pertaining to critical supply chains, calling it some sinister giveaway to big business. A provision pertaining to critical supply chains he called a sinister giveaway to big business? That provision is cosponsored by his own Democratic ranking member on the committee. So either the Democratic leader is impugning his own ranking member right along with Republicans or else he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Likewise, the junior Senator from Vermont attacked this provision as ``corporate welfare,'' but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. They are so desperate to keep working families from getting any help before the election that some Democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. At this point it is just silly season on the Democratic side. They have run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. So tomorrow--tomorrow--the Senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. Every Senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, make a law to help people, and keep arguing over our differences later or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. Every Senator will vote on this significant package, which secures Federal unemployment benefits, reopens the PPP for a second draw, sends more than $100 billion to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with childcare, helps families afford expenses or homeschooling, and rebuilds our strategic medical stockpile. This is not a simplistic argument over big versus small. Republicans want more money for K-12 and college than was in the Democratic bill. We want more money for PPP, which their bill forgot to fund. These are bipartisan priorities that Democrats left behind and Republicans want to take care of. So tomorrow--tomorrow--American families will learn who wants to make a law for them and who is happiest if they get nothing. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5479-8 | null | 1,241 |
formal | welfare | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, anyone watching the Senate yesterday saw another installment in an ongoing series that has become somewhat familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and Democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, and schools, and Democrats just point fingers, call names, and keep blocking American families from getting any more help before the November election. In July, Republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd $3.4 trillion far-left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In August, with those talks stalled, Republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families, unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too ``piecemeal''--too ``piecemeal''--and not worth doing. If Democrats didn't get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and tax cuts for blue State millionaires, they would make sure millions of Americans would lose their unemployment benefits and PPP would close. That is what they threatened, and that is what they did. So here we are in September. Schools and colleges have gone without the $105 billion that Republicans wanted to give them back in July. That is more money than Speaker Pelosi put in her bill. American workers have gone without the second round of the PPP that Republicans proposed weeks and weeks ago. Speaker Pelosi had no money for PPP in her $3.4 trillion bill. The race for treatments and vaccines has gone without the additional funding that Republicans wanted to deliver. Families have gone without the economic relief that Republicans wanted to put in their pockets. And Washington Democrats have just kept trying to run out the clock--run out the clock--until November. But here is one thing: The Senate majority works for the American people. We fight for American families. We are not going to let Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader kill and bury coronavirus relief behind closed doors without putting every Senator on the record. So we have put together a new, targeted proposal containing several of the most urgent and most popular policies that would help Americans right now. Tomorrow, the whole Senate will vote on it. It will be a procedural vote. It is not a vote to pass our bill tomorrow, precisely as written. It is a vote for Senators to say whether they want to move forward toward huge amounts of relief for kids, for jobs, for healthcare, or whether they are happier doing absolutely nothing. That is what every single Senator will decide tomorrow. Do you want to do something--something--or do you want to do nothing? Democratic leaders know this simple choice will put the spotlight on their partisan antics. They know this vote will expose their obstruction. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer were attacking our new proposal yesterday before they even read it, before it had even come out. I would normally make fun of that, but in this case it makes perfect sense because their position clearly is that they do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever. They do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever to reach American families prior to the election. They didn't even need to see what we were proposing. If it helped working families in any way--in any way--between now and November 3, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer knew for sure they opposed it. Their red herrings and cherry-picked arguments have now given way to total dishonesty. Yesterday, our colleague from New York railed against a provision pertaining to critical supply chains, calling it some sinister giveaway to big business. A provision pertaining to critical supply chains he called a sinister giveaway to big business? That provision is cosponsored by his own Democratic ranking member on the committee. So either the Democratic leader is impugning his own ranking member right along with Republicans or else he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Likewise, the junior Senator from Vermont attacked this provision as ``corporate welfare,'' but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. They are so desperate to keep working families from getting any help before the election that some Democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. At this point it is just silly season on the Democratic side. They have run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. So tomorrow--tomorrow--the Senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. Every Senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, make a law to help people, and keep arguing over our differences later or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. Every Senator will vote on this significant package, which secures Federal unemployment benefits, reopens the PPP for a second draw, sends more than $100 billion to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with childcare, helps families afford expenses or homeschooling, and rebuilds our strategic medical stockpile. This is not a simplistic argument over big versus small. Republicans want more money for K-12 and college than was in the Democratic bill. We want more money for PPP, which their bill forgot to fund. These are bipartisan priorities that Democrats left behind and Republicans want to take care of. So tomorrow--tomorrow--American families will learn who wants to make a law for them and who is happiest if they get nothing. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5479-8 | null | 1,242 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, anyone watching the Senate yesterday saw another installment in an ongoing series that has become somewhat familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and Democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, and schools, and Democrats just point fingers, call names, and keep blocking American families from getting any more help before the November election. In July, Republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd $3.4 trillion far-left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In August, with those talks stalled, Republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families, unemployment benefits, the Paycheck Protection Program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too ``piecemeal''--too ``piecemeal''--and not worth doing. If Democrats didn't get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and tax cuts for blue State millionaires, they would make sure millions of Americans would lose their unemployment benefits and PPP would close. That is what they threatened, and that is what they did. So here we are in September. Schools and colleges have gone without the $105 billion that Republicans wanted to give them back in July. That is more money than Speaker Pelosi put in her bill. American workers have gone without the second round of the PPP that Republicans proposed weeks and weeks ago. Speaker Pelosi had no money for PPP in her $3.4 trillion bill. The race for treatments and vaccines has gone without the additional funding that Republicans wanted to deliver. Families have gone without the economic relief that Republicans wanted to put in their pockets. And Washington Democrats have just kept trying to run out the clock--run out the clock--until November. But here is one thing: The Senate majority works for the American people. We fight for American families. We are not going to let Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader kill and bury coronavirus relief behind closed doors without putting every Senator on the record. So we have put together a new, targeted proposal containing several of the most urgent and most popular policies that would help Americans right now. Tomorrow, the whole Senate will vote on it. It will be a procedural vote. It is not a vote to pass our bill tomorrow, precisely as written. It is a vote for Senators to say whether they want to move forward toward huge amounts of relief for kids, for jobs, for healthcare, or whether they are happier doing absolutely nothing. That is what every single Senator will decide tomorrow. Do you want to do something--something--or do you want to do nothing? Democratic leaders know this simple choice will put the spotlight on their partisan antics. They know this vote will expose their obstruction. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer were attacking our new proposal yesterday before they even read it, before it had even come out. I would normally make fun of that, but in this case it makes perfect sense because their position clearly is that they do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever. They do not want any bipartisan relief whatsoever to reach American families prior to the election. They didn't even need to see what we were proposing. If it helped working families in any way--in any way--between now and November 3, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer knew for sure they opposed it. Their red herrings and cherry-picked arguments have now given way to total dishonesty. Yesterday, our colleague from New York railed against a provision pertaining to critical supply chains, calling it some sinister giveaway to big business. A provision pertaining to critical supply chains he called a sinister giveaway to big business? That provision is cosponsored by his own Democratic ranking member on the committee. So either the Democratic leader is impugning his own ranking member right along with Republicans or else he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Likewise, the junior Senator from Vermont attacked this provision as ``corporate welfare,'' but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. They are so desperate to keep working families from getting any help before the election that some Democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. At this point it is just silly season on the Democratic side. They have run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. So tomorrow--tomorrow--the Senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. Every Senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, make a law to help people, and keep arguing over our differences later or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. Every Senator will vote on this significant package, which secures Federal unemployment benefits, reopens the PPP for a second draw, sends more than $100 billion to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with childcare, helps families afford expenses or homeschooling, and rebuilds our strategic medical stockpile. This is not a simplistic argument over big versus small. Republicans want more money for K-12 and college than was in the Democratic bill. We want more money for PPP, which their bill forgot to fund. These are bipartisan priorities that Democrats left behind and Republicans want to take care of. So tomorrow--tomorrow--American families will learn who wants to make a law for them and who is happiest if they get nothing. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5479-8 | null | 1,243 |
formal | urban | null | racist | Save our Stages Act Madam President, now a final matter. The new Republican bill is silent on a whole host of crucial issues, including a number of items that affect small businesses. Over the State work period, I visited several independent music and theater venues that have struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Live venues were some of the first to close, and they will be the last to open up. Many of them are already on the brink of collapse. There is the rent, the utilities, and an entire year without revenue. Live venues--by definition, people are close together, so they couldn't continue during COVID, and they have to wait until the very end. But they are so important to so many communities--urban, suburban, and rural. Unfortunately, according to one survey, 90 percent of independent venues will have to close permanently without Federal funding. What an incredible shame that would be. These are indie music venues, jazz clubs, symphony orchestra halls, comedy clubs, and even Broadway, which is made up of dozens of small theaters that employ thousands of workers, from the box office to the backstage. These independent venues provide 75 percent of all artists' income, and they drive economic activity within our communities at restaurants, hotels, stores, and other establishments. But what we risk if these venues close permanently isn't purely economic, although it is so important. I was in Albany and Syracuse yesterday. It is estimated that the arts are one of the top five employers in both of those cities. We can't afford to let this happen. Economically, we will lose thousands and thousands of jobs. Cities will lose city downtowns, and rural areas, as well, will lose their vitality. The risk, if these venues close permanently, is not just economic. They are the very fabric of our society, which has been stretched to the breaking point by this crisis. Once this is all over, we will need these venues and the passionate, inspiring, artistic work that they help make possible as we come together again and try to make sense of this incredibly difficult moment in our history. We have a bipartisan bill--Save Our Stages Act--that would create a new$10-billion SBA program to provide Federal grants to live-venue operators so that when, God willing, these live stages can reopen safely, these venues can come back bigger and better than ever. Those grants would go for 6 months, giving the venues enough time and breathing room to recuperate, and, God willing, if there is a vaccine in 6 months, they will be able, God willing, to open again. One of the most difficult parts of this pandemic has been the effect on American society, arts, and culture. These are the things we live for: sports, comedy, theater, and music. When the day finally comes that the pandemic is behind us, we will want to celebrate once again with friends and family at these venues now in danger of closing. I hope we can come together in the future to pass the Save Our Stages Act and save this essential part of American culture. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5481 | null | 1,244 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, today I wish to honor the life of Dr. Gabriel Lopez-Plascencia--Dr. Lopez--a well-known physician from metro-Phoenix who practiced medicine for over six decades. Dr. Lopez was the primary physician for many low-income families living in Phoenix's underserved communities. Born in Jalisco, Mexico, Dr. Lopez attended the University of Guadalajara before eventually moving to the United States and enlisting in the Arizona National Guard as a medical officer. He served the Arizona Guard for 20 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Even the he continued to support and collaborate with the Guard through additional activations until the mid 1990s. In addition to his military service, Dr. Lopez made a point to make his services available to indigent populations in South Phoenix, where poverty has affected predominantly Latino communities for decades. As an active Mexican American, he was also one of the founding members of the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce in Phoenix. Dr. Lopez's community-oriented spirit, expertise, and dedication to service contributed to the health of many Arizona working families and allowed them to seek the American dream just as he did many years ago. Please join me in honoring the life of Dr. Gabriel Lopez-Plascencia, a passionate doctor, surgeon, and servant to Arizonans, who will be dearly missed. The impact Dr. Lopez has left in our hearts, his community, and our State will be felt eternally. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. SINEMA | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5509-3 | null | 1,245 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to Allen Nicholas who is retiring as forest supervisor forthe National Forests in North Carolina. Mr. Nicholas has served for over 30 years and has been a living embodiment of the National Forest Service's motto, ``Caring for the Land and Serving People.'' Mr. Nicholas was born in Magnolia, MS, and graduated from Mississippi State University with a bachelor's degree in forest resource management and then with a master's degree in business administration. He began his career as a silvicultural technician in the Daniel Boone National Forest and went on to serve in numerous natural resource and leadership positions throughout the southern and eastern United States. When he arrived to his first forest supervisor position on the Shawnee National Forest, equestrian use across the forest was rampant. Mr. Nicholas led a multiyear effort to reduce the impact of trail use on natural resources while also supporting an equestrian-based tourism economy. As forest supervisor, Mr. Nicholas oversaw North Carolina's four National Forests. The Croatan, the Nantahala, the Pisgah, and the Uwharrie National Forests contain more than 1.25 million acres of land that stretches from the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic Coast. All together, the forests welcome more than 7 million visitors each year. Mr. Nicholas led a team to reduce the number of accidental visitor deaths in National Forests in the southern region. Under his leadership, the team recommended a set of actions that are now being implemented to track data, improve communication to visitors, and provide more official presence through volunteers and partners. Mr. Nicholas demonstrates an impressive talent for balancing the safety of visitors with responsible stewardship of our Nation's natural resources. All who interact with Allen Nicholas--and countless more past, present, and future visitors--benefit greatly from his service. His commitment to the betterment of others is reflected in his lasting relationships with Forest Service employees and the public. His words inspire and empower, and he leads by example with his actions. Quite simply, he is a natural mentor to others and a wonderful example of a public servant. Please join me in congratulating Allen Nicholas, his wife Debra, daughters and sons-in-law, Anna Lisa and Taylor Roberts, and Kelsey and Garrett Dismukes, and his grandchildren Gracie and Charlie on his distinguished public service career and retirement. I wish him and his family the best in his future endeavors. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. TILLIS | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5509-4 | null | 1,246 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | By Ms. COLLINS: S. 4554. A bill to provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan state sponsored terrorism, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. | 2020-01-06 | The RECORDER | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5521-2 | null | 1,247 |
formal | Federal Reserve | null | antisemitic | Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I have 8 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committees are authorized to meet during today's session of the Senate: committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. in open session for a hearing entitled ``The Status of the Federal Reserve Emergency Lending Facilities.'' committee on environment and public works The Committee on Environment and Public Works is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 10 a.m., in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Successful State Stewardship: A legislative hearing to examine S. 614, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.'' committee on foreign relations The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 11 a.m., to hold a classified briefing titled ``Update on Eastern Europe.'' Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``Vaccines: Saving Lives, Ensuring Confidence, and Protecting Public Health.'' committee on homeland security and governmental affairs The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, at 3:30 p.m. in order to conduct a hearing on the nominations of John Gibbs to be Director, Office of Personnel Management, and the Honorable John M. Barger, the Honorable Christopher B. Burnham, and Frank Dunlevy to be Members, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. Committee on the Judiciary The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Nominations.'' committee on veterans' affairs The Committee on Veterans' Affairs is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. in SD-106 to conduct a hearing titled ``S. 785: Leading the Way to Comprehensive Mental Health Care and Suicide Prevention for Veterans.'' select committee on intelligence The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room SD-G50 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building to hold an open hearing on ``Declassification Policy and Prospects for Reform.'' | 2020-01-06 | Mr. LANKFORD | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5523 | null | 1,248 |
formal | urban | null | racist | Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I have 8 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committees are authorized to meet during today's session of the Senate: committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. in open session for a hearing entitled ``The Status of the Federal Reserve Emergency Lending Facilities.'' committee on environment and public works The Committee on Environment and Public Works is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 10 a.m., in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Successful State Stewardship: A legislative hearing to examine S. 614, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.'' committee on foreign relations The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 11 a.m., to hold a classified briefing titled ``Update on Eastern Europe.'' Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``Vaccines: Saving Lives, Ensuring Confidence, and Protecting Public Health.'' committee on homeland security and governmental affairs The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, at 3:30 p.m. in order to conduct a hearing on the nominations of John Gibbs to be Director, Office of Personnel Management, and the Honorable John M. Barger, the Honorable Christopher B. Burnham, and Frank Dunlevy to be Members, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. Committee on the Judiciary The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 9, 2020, at 10 a.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Nominations.'' committee on veterans' affairs The Committee on Veterans' Affairs is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. in SD-106 to conduct a hearing titled ``S. 785: Leading the Way to Comprehensive Mental Health Care and Suicide Prevention for Veterans.'' select committee on intelligence The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room SD-G50 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building to hold an open hearing on ``Declassification Policy and Prospects for Reform.'' | 2020-01-06 | Mr. LANKFORD | Senate | CREC-2020-09-09-pt1-PgS5523 | null | 1,249 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. McCONNELL. Nineteen years ago tomorrow, thousands of our fellow Americans were murdered by terrorists. National landmarks were burning. Brave first responders in New York City, Arlington, and Pennsylvania rushed into mortal danger, putting their lives on the line to save strangers. As the dust settled and 3,000 American families grieved their loved ones far before their time, we quickly saw there was no going back. The old world we had woken up to that Tuesday morning was gone. We had not gone overseas in search of these monsters. These monsters came to us. These enemies would not leave our Nation alone if we declined to confront them, so as we reflect on this anniversary tomorrow, we will remember the thousands of innocent Americans who died that day and the brave servicemen and women who went on to pay the ultimate sacrifice to do justice and to prevent more attacks. My fellow Kentuckians and I cannot be prouder of the heroes stationed onour soil who have deployed throughout the War on Terror. The special operators of the 160th, the Night Stalkers, based at Fort Campbell, KY, handled the very first airborne insertion of Army troops in mid-October--a dangerous fight over the Hindu Kush mountains. The soldiers they carried were from the famed 5th Special Forces Group, also based at Fort Campbell, who formed the tip of the spear to unleash the might of America on the terrorists and their Taliban hosts. The famous 101st Airborne, also at Fort Campbell, became the first conventional unit on the ground just days later. Fast-forward a decade, and the Night Stalkers were helicoptering over Afghanistan yet again. They inserted and extracted SEAL Team Six the night we took Osama bin Laden off the battlefield. Thousands more servicemembers deployed from Kentucky's Fort Knox and Fort Campbell during the War on Terror, and more than 18,000 soldiers and airmen from the Kentucky National Guard had been mobilized to defend our Nation. Fighting by our side for nearly 20 years now have been our friends and NATO allies. America's friends invoked article 5 right away and have fought alongside us to defeat this global threat. That dark day occasioned brave contributions from so many--from the firefighters who sprinted through the smoke to the citizens who donated blood and flew our flag, to the young men and women who are stationed thousands of miles from home right now to help our Nation project power and protect our homeland. We did what Americans do. We stayed strong. We stuck together. We rolled up our sleeves, and we rebuilt. Some rebuilt their lives. Others rebuilt buildings. Some put on the uniform and rebuilt peace and security with their own hands. May we never fail to honor them, and may we never tire of the toughness, vigilance, and persistence it has taken--and will continue to take--to make our pledge, ``Never Again,'' a reality. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5525-8 | null | 1,250 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Nineteen years ago tomorrow, thousands of our fellow Americans were murdered by terrorists. National landmarks were burning. Brave first responders in New York City, Arlington, and Pennsylvania rushed into mortal danger, putting their lives on the line to save strangers. As the dust settled and 3,000 American families grieved their loved ones far before their time, we quickly saw there was no going back. The old world we had woken up to that Tuesday morning was gone. We had not gone overseas in search of these monsters. These monsters came to us. These enemies would not leave our Nation alone if we declined to confront them, so as we reflect on this anniversary tomorrow, we will remember the thousands of innocent Americans who died that day and the brave servicemen and women who went on to pay the ultimate sacrifice to do justice and to prevent more attacks. My fellow Kentuckians and I cannot be prouder of the heroes stationed onour soil who have deployed throughout the War on Terror. The special operators of the 160th, the Night Stalkers, based at Fort Campbell, KY, handled the very first airborne insertion of Army troops in mid-October--a dangerous fight over the Hindu Kush mountains. The soldiers they carried were from the famed 5th Special Forces Group, also based at Fort Campbell, who formed the tip of the spear to unleash the might of America on the terrorists and their Taliban hosts. The famous 101st Airborne, also at Fort Campbell, became the first conventional unit on the ground just days later. Fast-forward a decade, and the Night Stalkers were helicoptering over Afghanistan yet again. They inserted and extracted SEAL Team Six the night we took Osama bin Laden off the battlefield. Thousands more servicemembers deployed from Kentucky's Fort Knox and Fort Campbell during the War on Terror, and more than 18,000 soldiers and airmen from the Kentucky National Guard had been mobilized to defend our Nation. Fighting by our side for nearly 20 years now have been our friends and NATO allies. America's friends invoked article 5 right away and have fought alongside us to defeat this global threat. That dark day occasioned brave contributions from so many--from the firefighters who sprinted through the smoke to the citizens who donated blood and flew our flag, to the young men and women who are stationed thousands of miles from home right now to help our Nation project power and protect our homeland. We did what Americans do. We stayed strong. We stuck together. We rolled up our sleeves, and we rebuilt. Some rebuilt their lives. Others rebuilt buildings. Some put on the uniform and rebuilt peace and security with their own hands. May we never fail to honor them, and may we never tire of the toughness, vigilance, and persistence it has taken--and will continue to take--to make our pledge, ``Never Again,'' a reality. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5525-8 | null | 1,251 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, on an entirely different matter, Congress has spent months talking--talking--about whether to give the American people more relief as they continue grappling with this pandemic. Today we are going to vote. Today we are going to vote. Every Senator will be counted. Should we move forward with the floor process to deliver hundreds of billions of dollars more for kids, jobs, and healthcare? Should we at least vote to move forward and have this debate out in the open? Or do our Democratic colleagues prefer to hide behind closed doors and refuse to help families before the election? Well, we will find out in a couple of hours. Republicans have tried repeatedly to build on the CARES Act and get more help out the door to American families. Democrats have blocked us at every turn. They have invented different excuses each time. A few months ago, Speaker Pelosi wrote a massive multitrillion-dollar liberal wish list that even her own House Democratic Members said would never become law. ``The HEROES Act went too far.'' A ``political wish list.'' These are quotes from House Democrats. But in July, when the Senate Republicans put forward a serious offer, Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader said they would not even talk--not even talk--unless we started with that unserious bill. No help for families unless they got to pass the absurd bill their own Democratic Members have ridiculed. So, in August, Republicans tried something else. We proposed breaking off some of the most urgent, most bipartisan policies and agreeing wherever we could: unemployment insurance, the Paycheck Protection Program. But Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader blocked that too. They said they didn't want to do anything ``piecemeal.'' ``Piecemeal,'' they said. Then, just a few weeks later, Speaker Pelosi completely contradicted herself and rushed back to Washington to pass a total piecemeal bill that only helped the Postal Service and did nothing for working families--contradiction after contradiction, excuse after excuse, while working families have suffered and waited and wondered whether Washington Democrats really care more about hurting President Trump than helping them through this crisis. My Democratic colleagues should stand up and tell the American people which elements of our multihundred-billion-dollar proposal they actually oppose. Let me say that again. They should stand up and tell the American people which parts of the proposal we will vote on later today that they are actually against. Today, we are going to vote to extend the Federal unemployment insurance. Will Democrats vote against that? Thanks to Senator Collins and Chairman Rubio, we are going to vote on a whole second round of the PPP for hard-hit businesses. Are the Democrats against that? Thanks to colleagues such as Senators Ernst, Daines, Gardner, and Sullivan, we will be voting on help for small businesses like farms and fisheries. Thanks to Senator Cornyn, we will be voting on commonsense legal protections that universities and nonprofits have been asking for. Who are the Democrats excited to vote against--the farmers or the university presidents? Thanks to Chairman Alexander and Senator Blunt, we are going to vote on an incredibly robust package for education and healthcare to get kids back in school safely and then defeat this virus through science. We will be voting on $105 billion for education, more than House Democrats put on their bill; billions on testing and tracing; and even more support for vaccines. Thanks to a number of our colleagues, including Senators Ernst and Loeffler, there is new support for childcare, plus other arrangements like homeschooling, thanks to Senator Cruz. Are Democrats going to vote against childcare and education during a pandemic because they are afraid the Republicans might get some credit? Really? They are going to vote against finding and distributing vaccines because they are afraid the breakthrough that our Nation is praying for might possibly help President Trump? These are the policies that every one of us will be voting on in a couple of hours--these and many more. Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader can keep up their frantic political spin. They can keep trying to make this an abstract argument over leverage or an infinite set of things that aren't in the bill or whether the White House Chief of Staff has been polite to them or whatever new excuse they will settle on today. But none of that is what we are going to vote on. We are going to vote on policy. Today, every Senator will either say they want to send families the relief we can agree to or they can send families nothing--nothing. Reporters asked the Democratic leader yesterday if his stonewalling was making the perfect the enemy of the good. He replied--listen to this--``Republicans are the enemy of the good.'' ``Republicans are the enemy.'' That is what he said. We have all heard the saying that a gaffe is when a politician accidentally says what he really thinks. That is a Washington gaffe, when a politician actually says what he really thinks. Well, the Democratic leader just told us how poisonous his thinking has become. The Americans we represent, however they vote, know that Republicans aren't our enemies and Democrats aren't our enemies. The coronavirus is the enemy. The coronavirus is the enemy. My home State just passed a sad milestone yesterday. More than 1,000 Kentuckians have lost their lives to COVID-19. These families I represent are not burying their loved ones because Republicans or Democrats are the enemy. They are burying their loved ones because of this virus. That is what we are fighting. That is what families are dealing with. We are not each other's enemies. We are all in this together, just like we were back in March and April. So, today, every Senator is going to vote. Every Senator is going to vote. Senators who share the Democratic leader's toxic attitude, who think thereal enemies are their political opponents, I assume, will follow his lead and vote no. They can tell American families they care more about politics than helping them. But Senators who want to move forward will vote yes. They will vote to advance this process so we can shape it into a bipartisan product and make a law for the American people. That is what working families need. They need us to act. They need us to legislate. Today, they will see exactly who has their backs. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5526 | null | 1,252 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, on an entirely different matter, Congress has spent months talking--talking--about whether to give the American people more relief as they continue grappling with this pandemic. Today we are going to vote. Today we are going to vote. Every Senator will be counted. Should we move forward with the floor process to deliver hundreds of billions of dollars more for kids, jobs, and healthcare? Should we at least vote to move forward and have this debate out in the open? Or do our Democratic colleagues prefer to hide behind closed doors and refuse to help families before the election? Well, we will find out in a couple of hours. Republicans have tried repeatedly to build on the CARES Act and get more help out the door to American families. Democrats have blocked us at every turn. They have invented different excuses each time. A few months ago, Speaker Pelosi wrote a massive multitrillion-dollar liberal wish list that even her own House Democratic Members said would never become law. ``The HEROES Act went too far.'' A ``political wish list.'' These are quotes from House Democrats. But in July, when the Senate Republicans put forward a serious offer, Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader said they would not even talk--not even talk--unless we started with that unserious bill. No help for families unless they got to pass the absurd bill their own Democratic Members have ridiculed. So, in August, Republicans tried something else. We proposed breaking off some of the most urgent, most bipartisan policies and agreeing wherever we could: unemployment insurance, the Paycheck Protection Program. But Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader blocked that too. They said they didn't want to do anything ``piecemeal.'' ``Piecemeal,'' they said. Then, just a few weeks later, Speaker Pelosi completely contradicted herself and rushed back to Washington to pass a total piecemeal bill that only helped the Postal Service and did nothing for working families--contradiction after contradiction, excuse after excuse, while working families have suffered and waited and wondered whether Washington Democrats really care more about hurting President Trump than helping them through this crisis. My Democratic colleagues should stand up and tell the American people which elements of our multihundred-billion-dollar proposal they actually oppose. Let me say that again. They should stand up and tell the American people which parts of the proposal we will vote on later today that they are actually against. Today, we are going to vote to extend the Federal unemployment insurance. Will Democrats vote against that? Thanks to Senator Collins and Chairman Rubio, we are going to vote on a whole second round of the PPP for hard-hit businesses. Are the Democrats against that? Thanks to colleagues such as Senators Ernst, Daines, Gardner, and Sullivan, we will be voting on help for small businesses like farms and fisheries. Thanks to Senator Cornyn, we will be voting on commonsense legal protections that universities and nonprofits have been asking for. Who are the Democrats excited to vote against--the farmers or the university presidents? Thanks to Chairman Alexander and Senator Blunt, we are going to vote on an incredibly robust package for education and healthcare to get kids back in school safely and then defeat this virus through science. We will be voting on $105 billion for education, more than House Democrats put on their bill; billions on testing and tracing; and even more support for vaccines. Thanks to a number of our colleagues, including Senators Ernst and Loeffler, there is new support for childcare, plus other arrangements like homeschooling, thanks to Senator Cruz. Are Democrats going to vote against childcare and education during a pandemic because they are afraid the Republicans might get some credit? Really? They are going to vote against finding and distributing vaccines because they are afraid the breakthrough that our Nation is praying for might possibly help President Trump? These are the policies that every one of us will be voting on in a couple of hours--these and many more. Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader can keep up their frantic political spin. They can keep trying to make this an abstract argument over leverage or an infinite set of things that aren't in the bill or whether the White House Chief of Staff has been polite to them or whatever new excuse they will settle on today. But none of that is what we are going to vote on. We are going to vote on policy. Today, every Senator will either say they want to send families the relief we can agree to or they can send families nothing--nothing. Reporters asked the Democratic leader yesterday if his stonewalling was making the perfect the enemy of the good. He replied--listen to this--``Republicans are the enemy of the good.'' ``Republicans are the enemy.'' That is what he said. We have all heard the saying that a gaffe is when a politician accidentally says what he really thinks. That is a Washington gaffe, when a politician actually says what he really thinks. Well, the Democratic leader just told us how poisonous his thinking has become. The Americans we represent, however they vote, know that Republicans aren't our enemies and Democrats aren't our enemies. The coronavirus is the enemy. The coronavirus is the enemy. My home State just passed a sad milestone yesterday. More than 1,000 Kentuckians have lost their lives to COVID-19. These families I represent are not burying their loved ones because Republicans or Democrats are the enemy. They are burying their loved ones because of this virus. That is what we are fighting. That is what families are dealing with. We are not each other's enemies. We are all in this together, just like we were back in March and April. So, today, every Senator is going to vote. Every Senator is going to vote. Senators who share the Democratic leader's toxic attitude, who think thereal enemies are their political opponents, I assume, will follow his lead and vote no. They can tell American families they care more about politics than helping them. But Senators who want to move forward will vote yes. They will vote to advance this process so we can shape it into a bipartisan product and make a law for the American people. That is what working families need. They need us to act. They need us to legislate. Today, they will see exactly who has their backs. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5526 | null | 1,253 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Transit Mr. President, finally, on transit, COVID-19 has changed nearly every aspect of American life, but Senate Republicans and the White House only want to address the barest sliver of the problems in our country, so this week I have been pointing out many of the things that the Republican proposal leaves out. Yesterday, I spoke about the plight of live venues and the need to save that essential part of our culture and our economy. Today I want to address another topic that has received far too little attention from the Senate Republicans: transit. Public transportation systems are the lifeblood of great American cities. Regional networks connect workers to jobs and consumers and businesses. As anyone can imagine, during the pandemic, while transit authorities like the MTA have continued round-the-clock operations to serve the people, ridership on public transportation has plummeted, leaving them in a state of crisis. God forbid if public transportation were forced to shutter or drastically reduce operations, like on Long Island, where they rely on the Long Island Rail Road. The damage to regional economies and to the national economy would be severe. But there is not a penny--not one single penny--in the Republican bill to help public transit systems or even help State and local governments, which fund a lot of the transit systems--not a penny. My Republican friends seem to look at this crisis through a narrow lens. Some of my colleagues have criticized Democrats for the outrageous idea of wanting to help our State governments and the essential public services they provide. I have news for our colleagues. These regional transit systems are mission critical to the national economy. It is not just a New York problem or a New Jersey problem or an Illinois problem, it is a national crisis. The Metropolitan Transit Authority alone carries about 40 percent of the Nation's transit riders and drives as much as 10 percent of the national GDP--10 percent. The facts argue for heavy investment in public transportation systems to stanch the bleeding and jump-start the economy when the pandemic wanes. The lack of investment in transit systems in the Republican legislation is unacceptable. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5529-2 | null | 1,254 |
formal | blue | null | antisemitic | Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I have two items I would like to speak for a few moments on today, but first I want to rise to say how pleased I am that the Senate voted to confirm Judge Hala Jarbou to serve as the Federal judge in the U.S. District Circuit for the Western District of Michigan. Both Senator Peters and I supported her, returned our blue slips, and were very pleased to support her confirmation. I think she will do an excellent job. Her story, Judge Jarbou's story, is really an American story. She was born in Iraq and came to this country as a young girl. She was the first person in her family to earn her college degree from the University of Michigan andher law degree from Wayne State University. She is the first Chaldean judge to serve at the circuit court level in Oakland County, MI, and she is now the first Chaldean-American to serve on the Federal bench. So I am very, very pleased that she was confirmed today. Judge Jarbou greatly values the opportunity she has been given, I know, and has worked to extend those opportunities to others during her career. She is active in the Michigan legal community and in the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce and other cultural organizations. She served as a mentor and has worked to increase the diversity of clerks in her own courtroom. Again, I am just very pleased that she was overwhelmingly confirmed by the U.S. Senate today. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. STABENOW | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5533-3 | null | 1,255 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I have two items I would like to speak for a few moments on today, but first I want to rise to say how pleased I am that the Senate voted to confirm Judge Hala Jarbou to serve as the Federal judge in the U.S. District Circuit for the Western District of Michigan. Both Senator Peters and I supported her, returned our blue slips, and were very pleased to support her confirmation. I think she will do an excellent job. Her story, Judge Jarbou's story, is really an American story. She was born in Iraq and came to this country as a young girl. She was the first person in her family to earn her college degree from the University of Michigan andher law degree from Wayne State University. She is the first Chaldean judge to serve at the circuit court level in Oakland County, MI, and she is now the first Chaldean-American to serve on the Federal bench. So I am very, very pleased that she was confirmed today. Judge Jarbou greatly values the opportunity she has been given, I know, and has worked to extend those opportunities to others during her career. She is active in the Michigan legal community and in the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce and other cultural organizations. She served as a mentor and has worked to increase the diversity of clerks in her own courtroom. Again, I am just very pleased that she was overwhelmingly confirmed by the U.S. Senate today. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. STABENOW | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5533-3 | null | 1,256 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, thank you. I am on the floor today to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and what we can and should do here in the U.S. Senate and in Congress as a whole to actually address the ongoing problem. We are not out of the woods yet. We still have a healthcare crisis and, of course, an economic crisis that is a consequence of that. We have done some good bipartisan work over the past 6 months. In fact, not many people realize that we have actually passed five or six bills with strong bipartisan majorities. The one people know about most is the biggest one, the CARES Act. I think it got 97 votes here on the floor of the Senate--97 to nothing. We have in the past been able to figure out a way to come together as Republicans and Democrats and as Americans to be able to address this crisis. We need to do it again because we still do have a crisis. We still do have unacceptably high levels of people getting infected, hospitalized, being in the ICU, fatalities, and, of course, our economy is not where any of us would like to see it although it has improved significantly, in part because of the legislation we passed here. I am convinced that we would be at over 10 percent unemployment still if not for the legislation we passed here. Instead, we are beginning to come down--8.4 percent last month. That is faster than anybody thought it could. Still, of course, it is unacceptably high. So more help is needed, and we can't let the upcoming election and the politics around that keep us from getting together and continuing to do the work that we have to do. We haven't been able, in the last 5 or 6 weeks, to do that. Instead, we have been working kind of on opposite sides of the aisle on our own projects. Today we voted on a bill that had a majority of the U.S. Senators supporting it. That is not how you pass something around here; there has to be a supermajority--60 votes. But a majority of the Senators in this Chamber just voted for legislation that has strong bipartisan appeal I would think because, as we will talk about in a second, almost every element is supported by the Democrats, Republicans, and, most importantly, by the American people. What we have done is we have kind of fallen into camps. So the Democrats passed a bill in the House called the Heroes Act. It is a $3.5 trillion bill. Remember, we have already spent about $3.5 trillion, making this the largest deficit in the history of our country and making our debt now, for the first time since World War II, the size of our entire economy. That concerns all of us, and it should. I hope it concerns all of us because our fiscal situation going forward for our kids and grandkids is something we should be concerned about too. Anyway, the $3.5 trillion bill is a grab bag, to be honest. Some of it is related to COVID-19, but some of it is not. As an example, there is a provision in there that I hope would be a nonstarter that changes our tax laws and repeals the State and local tax deduction cap that was put in place just recently. This gives a huge break to wealthy Americans. In fact, 40 percent of this benefit, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, goes to the top 1 percent of wage earners. What does that have to do with the coronavirus? It will help millionaireson both coasts a lot, but it really does not affect the crisis that we are in. They also want to use this $3.5 trillion package as a way to make changes in our immigration policy. Now, that is pretty controversial stuff as it stands, and that is going to make, of course, that bill hard to pass because of the immigration policy. People have strong views on it. It has no place in a COVID-19 bill. One that also concerns those of us who are concerned about the election coming up is it puts Federal mandates in place on the States that are unprecedented with regard to their election system. Now, that is something we have always left to the province of the States, but, instead, it puts mandates in place on the electoral system. That is not, again, something that is going to help us in terms of the coronavirus. So my hope is that those House Democrats who passed that bill can now see what we passed over here. This is a targeted bill that focuses on the coronavirus. It is less than $500 billion, which used to be a lot of money around here, but as compared to the $3.5 trillion. So it is obviously a lot less money, but it is also more targeted and more focused. Again, I think so much of it is policy that can be supported by both sides of the aisle. It will really help to continue the efforts we started here to help address the healthcare crisis but also help with regard to the weak economic performance as a result of people being isolated from the economy. I heard someone this week say we have a K-shaped recovery. What does that mean? Well, think of the letter ``K.'' A lot of people say you want to have a V-shaped recovery, where you go down steeply through a recession and you come back up just as steeply. That is where I think a lot of America is. In other words, a lot of families and a lot of businesses have seen a pretty rapid recovery here in the past few months, but there are others who have not. So the top part of the K is true for a lot of people and a lot of businesses--think of the businesses that provide food, the grocery stores; the businesses that are involved in construction, businesses like Home Depot or Lowe's that provide building products. They are doing well. They are at the top of the K. They are in the V. But there are others that are in the bottom. That would include travel and hospitality. It would certainly include the airlines and bus companies. They are having a tough time. Many of our smaller retail businesses--certainly our bars, movie theaters, and bowling alleys--they are having a tough time. So there is a bottom end to that. This is an uneven recovery, and we have to acknowledge that. Therefore, to my colleagues on my side of the aisle who might say, you know, we have done enough; the recovery is on; everything is good, unfortunately, that is not true. I wish it were. I wish we had turned the corner on the economy and also begun to turn the corner on the virus. We can't say that yet. We have made progress. No question about it. I think we are on the right track, but we are in a K-shaped recovery, I believe. By the way, it is the same thing with individuals. Think about it. If you own your own home, the value of your home has probably gone up. You are probably in pretty good shape, particularly if you are trying to sell your home right now. It is a good time to sell, I guess. If you invest it in the stock market, which a lot of the people who own their homes are, it has been darn good. The market increase has been substantial. I was on a program this morning where they were talking about how the Nasdaq was back up again, and the tech stocks, if you are in the tech world, are doing great. But let's say you don't own your own home. Let's say you are a renter. Your rent is likely to start going up if it hasn't already, and then, you are not invested in the markets, so you are not taking advantage of that, and yet your job is at risk and may be gone. So, again, K-shaped isn't it. Some people are doing quite well, and others are still having a rough time and need help to be able to deal with the issue of the coronavirus and the economic fallout from that. By the way, this K-shaped recovery, I believe, has increased inequality in terms of our income in this country, and income inequality was something we were making progress on. In February, we had the 19th straight month of wages increasing over 3 percent in this country just in February, not long ago. And, by the way, most of that increase was among lower and middle-income workers. Now, that was positive. That was where we wanted to head as a country. That is why so many of us pushed for tax reform and regulatory relief thinking that would get this economy moving and help those workers who are in the lower and middle-income bracket the most, and, guess what, it did. That has changed now so we have to, here in Congress, in my view, continue to help, continue to do things that will help with the healthcare crisis and with regard to the underlying economic situation that is affected by it. One thing that I think was very positive about today is that we were able to pass legislation that has many, many bipartisan elements to it. I think the vote we just had--again, where a majority of Senators in this Chamber voted for a targeted COVID-19 approach--I think this gives us a chance to reset, a chance to get back to the bargaining table, and a chance to say: OK. Now the Republicans have put forward a proposal that has a lot of very reasonable provisions in it. The Presiding Officer here today was part of that. He put provisions into the bill that has to do with our schools. It is widely popular. There are other provisions in there that I think there is very little disagreement on. Let me highlight a few of them One is on the healthcare response, particularly on our testing capacity. Republicans and Democrats alike know that testing is critical. We need it. In Ohio, we are looking for more funding for testing because we know that is how you stop the spread of the disease--testing, contact tracing, getting to the hotspots and trying to contain it. That way people will feel more comfortable returning to work, returning to shop, and returning to school. This is something that is in this legislation, $16 billion alone for testing. The legislation that was voted on this afternoon in this Chamber was voted positively by a majority of the Senators. Just last week, in Ohio, I visited The Health Collaborative, which is a multiagency coalition approach to dealing with COVID-19. It includes hospitals, county commissioners, health commissioners, and even nursing homes. They are utilizing the $19 million they have received through the CARES Act to fund and design and execute a testing strategy for people in the Southwest Ohio area. I am really pleased to see them take the funding and using it in this way because now more and more people are getting the opportunity to be tested, and, by the way, they are doing it on a no-needs basis. There is no need to pay for this testing with your insurance. If you don't have it, everybody is welcome to get a test. These kinds of initiatives are a big help, and I am glad that in this legislation we voted on this afternoon, we added another $45 billion in total to HHS to go toward testing and vaccine development to get this vaccine as quickly as possible, and distribution of the vaccine, helping on the antiviral medications. This ``Shark Tank'' concept that the Presiding Officer and others are involved in is brilliant because it sort of tells the private sector: Look, we are going to provide you the basic funding to go out there and compete to come up with a safe way to develop a vaccine or antiviral therapy, and that has encouraged competition in it, and in unprecedented speed, we are developing these alternatives--thank goodness--and we need them. Hopefully, by the end of this year, we will have them. Second, I think we agree that Congress should double down on any COVID-19 policies in previous legislations that have worked well, and, one, of course, is what is called the Paycheck Protection Program. That is in this legislation we voted on today too. Back on August 8, it ended. So if you are a small business out there and you have not already taken advantage of the PPP program that many of your peers have and you have seen them be able to keep their doors open because of it, you are out of luck right now because the program is not accepting new applicants. So we need to extend that program. I think everybody agrees with that. I don't know a Senator inthis Chamber who doesn't have an experience back home of a small business saying: I couldn't have stayed open without this. I visited three or four businesses just in the past few weeks in Ohio, and all of them had the same story. Different timing, different businesses, some in construction, some in the restaurant business, some in manufacturing, but what they all tell me is they needed that influx badly. It provided them a low interest loan--1 percent. They converted it into a grant, effectively, because the loan was forgiven if they used it for their salaries or for their utilities or for their mortgage or rent. They would have had to close their doors and let a lot of people go. They were able to hang on. For some of these businesses, like the manufacturer I visited, thank goodness, because they would have let go 30 percent of their workforce. They didn't have to do that. They kept everybody on. Now they are going great guns. They are looking for people. By the way, they are having a tough time hiring people. They are looking for people. That is a good sign that you have businesses out there trying to pull people into the workforce. That is in this legislation. My hope is that we are going to see Republicans and Democrats agree on this. I think they do agree. Reinstating the PPP for the foreseeable future so that more small businesses can take advantage of this smart loan program is a smart thing to do. It is more targeted, and it does require you to show a loss of revenue. That is OK. That is good. We want this to be targeted and focused. We don't want to waste money. Third, the bill reflects that Members on both sides of the aisle recognize that Congress should give additional support to our schools. I mentioned this earlier, but $105 billion in this bill goes to education--about $70 billion to K-12, our primary and secondary schools and high schools, and that is needed right now. We are trying to reopen around the country, and many of these schools are telling me: Rob, I have got additional costs. I have got these Plexiglass shields I have to put up. I have to reconfigure the classroom. I have to hire more teachers because I want smaller classrooms so that if someone gets sick, it will be infecting a smaller group. There is funding that is needed for remote learning. So this is good for us to provide funding for these schools because that will enable them to reopen and reopen safely and stay open. That is in this legislation. There is also funding in here for colleges and universities. I think there is about $30 billion for that. Again, it is the same thing I am hearing back home from our colleges and universities, some of which are having a tough time staying open. They do need more help, more testing, more PPE, personal protective gear, so this is important too. Again, that is all in this legislation. Interestingly, I mentioned the Heroes Act earlier, the $3.5 trillion bill that the House Democrats passed not too long ago as kind of their alternative, that had funding for schools also. Guess what. This bill that was passed--well, not passed but voted on by a majority of Senators today in the U.S. Senate--actually has slightly more money than the Heroes Act has for education. What is the big issue here? Why can't we get together and figure this out? There are so many opportunities here. Finally, I would just say that one thing that this bill does and one reason it is called a targeted bill is it repurposes funding that we have already appropriated here in the first four or five bills but that has not been used and is not likely to be needed. So isn't that smart? I mean, as taxpayers, don't you want to be sure that we are not just throwing money at this problem if is not needed? The Treasury Department, in particular, has been helpful in working with us, saying they have a bunch of money that they could use for a loan program that they haven't had much takeup on because, frankly, the commercial lending is going pretty well right now. People are able get the money from their bank. They don't need to come to Treasury or the Fed as much as we thought they might, so there is money left over. We are talking hundreds of billions of dollars. So that should certainly be used to offset the cost of any new program. I think that is just a commonsense idea. I can't imagine anybody in this Chamber, if they think through this, would be against us repurposing the funds we have already appropriated toward new uses that are more targeted. That is in this legislation too. I think those things all have bipartisan appeal, and it seems to me, again, this is a reset. Let's face it, the Democrats have been saying over the past several weeks: Well, fine, we have got our bill we passed, the Heroes Act. What have you guys put out showing that at least a majority of the Senate and pretty much every Republican can support? Now we have done that. So we have our stake in the ground, and they have their stake in the ground. There is a lot of overlap. I just talked about four areas where there is considerable overlap, but there are many others as well. We should be able to figure this out on behalf of the American people. We have a campaign ongoing for President, for Senators, and for Members of Congress. We have to look out for the interests of the American people here. We can do both. We can campaign and also be working on our legislation that is absolutely needed right now for the healthcare and economic future of our country. By the way, only about one-third of the Senate is up for reelection, so for two-thirds of us, we don't even have an election to worry about, and yet it seems like this place has become way too political too quickly. Let's focus on taking this bill that was voted on today where the majority of Senators supported it and figure out ways to work with Democrats to come up with a new approach that enables us to continue the effort to help with regard to this K-shaped recovery and to help with regard to the ongoing healthcare crisis we are facing. I want to mention, if I could, three or four other things I would love to see in the final bill that did not make it into the so-called targeted bill. I understand why they didn't, and, in part, because we weren't looking to put a lot of tax provisions in there because it is not a tax vehicle, but I do think there are other things that have broad bipartisan support that we ought to include. First, I think we would all agree it is important that the taxpayer-funded research that is supported by this legislation, research into antiviral medications and research into vaccines, is protected from other countries, in particular, China coming into our country and taking that research. This is taxpayer-funded research, and we know, from what the FBI has told us and what the Department of Justice has told us, that this is currently at risk. It is currently at risk. With that in mind, we need to include legislation that safeguards our American innovation. This was actually in the legislation that was introduced by Senator McConnell a few weeks ago called the Heals legislation, and the legislation that I am talking about is called the Safeguarding American Innovation Act. It stops this kind of theft of research and innovation at our research institutions, our colleges and our universities. That is one where Republicans and Democrats have come together. It is a bipartisan bill. It is the result of a committee process. It is the result of an investigation that took over a year. It is the result of a lot of hearings and a lot of work. It is solid legislation to encourage us to be able to protect the research we are doing, including on the coronavirus. Second, for a while now, there has been a bipartisan consensus that a smart coronavirus response should include tax incentives to help our economy to not just open and reopen but to do so safely and effectively. Small business owners I have spoken to during this pandemic, especially in recent weeks, have told me they are eager to reopen, but they want to do it in a safe manner. And we want them to do in a safe manner. Let's provide some incentives for that. One example of how that process can be helped along is an expanded tax credit for new hiring called the work opportunity tax credit. It is already out there. It is legislation that passed years ago. It helps, let's say, veterans, returning citizens, who are looking for a second chance. It gives them thechance to get a job because the employer gets a tax credit for a while, and then almost always that person ends up getting a job. Let's include the COVID-19 unemployed in that--people who have lost their jobs because of COVID-19. That makes all the sense in the world to get people back to work. There is also something that is in law now based on the CARES legislation called the employee retention tax credit. I think this is very important. Companies that couldn't access the PPP because they didn't qualify or didn't want to will have access to this program kind of as an alternative. It gives companies a tax credit against their payroll taxes--the employer side of the payroll taxes--if they keep people on or bring people on. Again, this makes all the sense in the world right now to encourage more hiring to ensure we can get this economy moving again and do so safely. Speaking of safety, I have also introduced a new tax credit that was part of the HEALS legislation that was introduced a few weeks ago. It is called the healthy workplaces tax credit, which helps businesses pay for this protective equipment, like the plexiglass shields and like the PPE that they now need, which is expensive. Just the gowns and the masks and the gloves--those expenses add up, particularly for businesses that are having a tough time because of the weakening economy out there. These credits will help them not just reopen again but reopen safely. I think getting these kinds of tax credits into the coronavirus legislation would be very smart. Again, these should be bipartisan efforts. Third, while I am pleased we are revitalizing the successful PPP program, I think there are steps to improve it that we ought to take up in whatever our final package is. For example, one oversight in the original PPP legislation is that people who have been convicted of a felony going back 5 years are not able to accept a PPP loan. One day, I get a call from a guy back home. Troy Parker is his name. Troy said: I can't get a PPP loan. I am a guy who had a financial issue, a financial fraud issue. I had a felony conviction. I got out of incarceration, and I started my own business. I took my second chance. He said: I did everything that you are always talking about, Portman, which is that you want to encourage people to take that second chance. You want to give them that opportunity to get the training to be able to do that. Then he went out and hired a bunch of other second-chance folks, and he started a cleaning business. It is quite successful. But obviously, with coronavirus, a lot of the offices he cleaned and others said: We can't have you come in. He lost his businesses. He was about to shut his doors. He couldn't get a PPP loan. Why? Because within the last 5 years, he had a felony conviction. That is not what we should be doing here. We shouldn't be penalizing people who have turned their lives around and have done all the right things and are hiring other second-chance individuals. We should be helping them to stay on their feet and to continue to do what they are doing for themselves, the community, and the workforce. So we worked with the Treasury Department, and to their credit, we got them to put forward a temporary solution, which was a change in the rule so that Troy could get his PPP loan and others like him around the country. We now need to make that permanent. That is an example of something we should do--totally bipartisan. I worked with colleagues on the other side of the aisle on this issue, and I will continue to because this is one where, again, Republicans and Democrats alike, as Americans, would want this to be part of the legislation. Fourth, while I am glad this bill reflects the bipartisan support for educational funding, I had hoped it would also reflect that Republicans and Democrats alike have come out for additional support and flexibility for State and local governments. Ohio has been particularly hard hit here because our cities in Ohio, unlike your city--wherever you are in America, probably--can use income taxes as a revenue source. I think 90 percent of cities can't do that, but in Ohio, we can, and we do. Obviously, income taxes went down with this coronavirus, and the economy fell short, so they suddenly find themselves with less revenue coming in and then additional expenses: fire, police, EMS, coronavirus expenses for public health. It has been tough for a lot of our cities in Ohio, so I have been pushing for not just more funding on a targeted basis, showing need, but also more flexibility to be able to use the funding for closing that revenue gap, which is caused by the weak economy, which is caused by the coronavirus. So it is related. Certainly, we ought to be able to do that on a bipartisan basis. That is what a lot of Democrats have said they would like to do. I am not the only Republican who wants to work with Democrats on that. We could get that into a final bill, and that would help all of our cities. Let's move forward on this. Finally, I think all of us agree that we need to have better access to telehealth. Telehealth medicine has been one of the few silver linings in this dark cloud. A lot more of my constituents are using telehealth. One way they are using it is for behavioral health, mental health services, and another is for addiction services, but also, just generally, telehealth has been something that has been very helpful. A lot of people say that in the last few months, we have gone 5 years ahead of where we would have been in terms of telehealth. I think the same is true with regard to teleworking and with regard to telelearning. But with regard to telehealth, based on a poll I recently saw--a survey by Morning Consult--one in every four adults--25 percent--has used telehealth recently during the pandemic. It has been a lifeline for so many people, particularly for some people who are fighting addiction and can't get in-person care to help their recovery or people who have mental health challenges and are able to access telehealth to help them. I have worked with the Trump administration to expand telehealth and delivery options, which in some instances has, for instance, allowed addiction specialists to reach new patients they hadn't been able to reach before. There have been some positives here, but these reforms are only temporary. We need to make these permanent as well. We don't want to lose ground on this issue, so Senator Whitehouse, on the other side of the aisle, and I have introduced legislation called the TREATS Act. We want that to be part of the final legislation as well. We have an opportunity to help with telehealth by expanding broadband access as well so that more Americans can access these services from home. This also relates, of course, to education when schools are telling us they are going to go to partly in-person classrooms, partly remote, and some altogether remote. If you live in a rural area of America, you may not have access to broadband, and you are at a disadvantage. Also, in a lot of our urban school districts, there may be the infrastructure for broadband, but it is not in the home. We need to help more in terms of broadband. I am the Senate sponsor of a bipartisan, bicameral bill called the Rural Broadband Acceleration Act, which basically speeds up the FCC's distribution they were going to make anyway of $20 billion in rural digital funds to go toward the building of broadband networks. This will help spread high-speed internet over more than 400,000 miles of internet fiber cables, bringing about 3 million new households online immediately if we can get this done. By the way, it employs thousands of workers as well. I think it is a great investment in infrastructure that is needed right now. So people talking about infrastructure--this is one we could do right now that helps with regard to telehealth, telemedicine, telelearning, and teleworking. The Nation will be looking to Congress in the coming weeks to work together to make sure that we can improve our response to the coronavirus and to help get this economy through a tough time. Now more than ever, we cannot revert to the norm, which is partisanship these days. We cannot do that with regard to this issue. Using this new targeted bill as a base--the one that, again, got a majority of Senators in this Chamber to voteon today--and voting on some of the areas of agreement I have outlined today, we need to come up with an appropriate and effective bill that responds to the challenge. I am going to continue to work with Republicans and Democrats alike to insist we put the partisanship aside and work on behalf of our constituents to take the necessary steps to get us through this unprecedented healthcare crisis and to get us on the other side of the economic crisis. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work together to do the same. Thank you. I yield back. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. PORTMAN | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5534-2 | null | 1,257 |
formal | urban | null | racist | Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, thank you. I am on the floor today to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and what we can and should do here in the U.S. Senate and in Congress as a whole to actually address the ongoing problem. We are not out of the woods yet. We still have a healthcare crisis and, of course, an economic crisis that is a consequence of that. We have done some good bipartisan work over the past 6 months. In fact, not many people realize that we have actually passed five or six bills with strong bipartisan majorities. The one people know about most is the biggest one, the CARES Act. I think it got 97 votes here on the floor of the Senate--97 to nothing. We have in the past been able to figure out a way to come together as Republicans and Democrats and as Americans to be able to address this crisis. We need to do it again because we still do have a crisis. We still do have unacceptably high levels of people getting infected, hospitalized, being in the ICU, fatalities, and, of course, our economy is not where any of us would like to see it although it has improved significantly, in part because of the legislation we passed here. I am convinced that we would be at over 10 percent unemployment still if not for the legislation we passed here. Instead, we are beginning to come down--8.4 percent last month. That is faster than anybody thought it could. Still, of course, it is unacceptably high. So more help is needed, and we can't let the upcoming election and the politics around that keep us from getting together and continuing to do the work that we have to do. We haven't been able, in the last 5 or 6 weeks, to do that. Instead, we have been working kind of on opposite sides of the aisle on our own projects. Today we voted on a bill that had a majority of the U.S. Senators supporting it. That is not how you pass something around here; there has to be a supermajority--60 votes. But a majority of the Senators in this Chamber just voted for legislation that has strong bipartisan appeal I would think because, as we will talk about in a second, almost every element is supported by the Democrats, Republicans, and, most importantly, by the American people. What we have done is we have kind of fallen into camps. So the Democrats passed a bill in the House called the Heroes Act. It is a $3.5 trillion bill. Remember, we have already spent about $3.5 trillion, making this the largest deficit in the history of our country and making our debt now, for the first time since World War II, the size of our entire economy. That concerns all of us, and it should. I hope it concerns all of us because our fiscal situation going forward for our kids and grandkids is something we should be concerned about too. Anyway, the $3.5 trillion bill is a grab bag, to be honest. Some of it is related to COVID-19, but some of it is not. As an example, there is a provision in there that I hope would be a nonstarter that changes our tax laws and repeals the State and local tax deduction cap that was put in place just recently. This gives a huge break to wealthy Americans. In fact, 40 percent of this benefit, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, goes to the top 1 percent of wage earners. What does that have to do with the coronavirus? It will help millionaireson both coasts a lot, but it really does not affect the crisis that we are in. They also want to use this $3.5 trillion package as a way to make changes in our immigration policy. Now, that is pretty controversial stuff as it stands, and that is going to make, of course, that bill hard to pass because of the immigration policy. People have strong views on it. It has no place in a COVID-19 bill. One that also concerns those of us who are concerned about the election coming up is it puts Federal mandates in place on the States that are unprecedented with regard to their election system. Now, that is something we have always left to the province of the States, but, instead, it puts mandates in place on the electoral system. That is not, again, something that is going to help us in terms of the coronavirus. So my hope is that those House Democrats who passed that bill can now see what we passed over here. This is a targeted bill that focuses on the coronavirus. It is less than $500 billion, which used to be a lot of money around here, but as compared to the $3.5 trillion. So it is obviously a lot less money, but it is also more targeted and more focused. Again, I think so much of it is policy that can be supported by both sides of the aisle. It will really help to continue the efforts we started here to help address the healthcare crisis but also help with regard to the weak economic performance as a result of people being isolated from the economy. I heard someone this week say we have a K-shaped recovery. What does that mean? Well, think of the letter ``K.'' A lot of people say you want to have a V-shaped recovery, where you go down steeply through a recession and you come back up just as steeply. That is where I think a lot of America is. In other words, a lot of families and a lot of businesses have seen a pretty rapid recovery here in the past few months, but there are others who have not. So the top part of the K is true for a lot of people and a lot of businesses--think of the businesses that provide food, the grocery stores; the businesses that are involved in construction, businesses like Home Depot or Lowe's that provide building products. They are doing well. They are at the top of the K. They are in the V. But there are others that are in the bottom. That would include travel and hospitality. It would certainly include the airlines and bus companies. They are having a tough time. Many of our smaller retail businesses--certainly our bars, movie theaters, and bowling alleys--they are having a tough time. So there is a bottom end to that. This is an uneven recovery, and we have to acknowledge that. Therefore, to my colleagues on my side of the aisle who might say, you know, we have done enough; the recovery is on; everything is good, unfortunately, that is not true. I wish it were. I wish we had turned the corner on the economy and also begun to turn the corner on the virus. We can't say that yet. We have made progress. No question about it. I think we are on the right track, but we are in a K-shaped recovery, I believe. By the way, it is the same thing with individuals. Think about it. If you own your own home, the value of your home has probably gone up. You are probably in pretty good shape, particularly if you are trying to sell your home right now. It is a good time to sell, I guess. If you invest it in the stock market, which a lot of the people who own their homes are, it has been darn good. The market increase has been substantial. I was on a program this morning where they were talking about how the Nasdaq was back up again, and the tech stocks, if you are in the tech world, are doing great. But let's say you don't own your own home. Let's say you are a renter. Your rent is likely to start going up if it hasn't already, and then, you are not invested in the markets, so you are not taking advantage of that, and yet your job is at risk and may be gone. So, again, K-shaped isn't it. Some people are doing quite well, and others are still having a rough time and need help to be able to deal with the issue of the coronavirus and the economic fallout from that. By the way, this K-shaped recovery, I believe, has increased inequality in terms of our income in this country, and income inequality was something we were making progress on. In February, we had the 19th straight month of wages increasing over 3 percent in this country just in February, not long ago. And, by the way, most of that increase was among lower and middle-income workers. Now, that was positive. That was where we wanted to head as a country. That is why so many of us pushed for tax reform and regulatory relief thinking that would get this economy moving and help those workers who are in the lower and middle-income bracket the most, and, guess what, it did. That has changed now so we have to, here in Congress, in my view, continue to help, continue to do things that will help with the healthcare crisis and with regard to the underlying economic situation that is affected by it. One thing that I think was very positive about today is that we were able to pass legislation that has many, many bipartisan elements to it. I think the vote we just had--again, where a majority of Senators in this Chamber voted for a targeted COVID-19 approach--I think this gives us a chance to reset, a chance to get back to the bargaining table, and a chance to say: OK. Now the Republicans have put forward a proposal that has a lot of very reasonable provisions in it. The Presiding Officer here today was part of that. He put provisions into the bill that has to do with our schools. It is widely popular. There are other provisions in there that I think there is very little disagreement on. Let me highlight a few of them One is on the healthcare response, particularly on our testing capacity. Republicans and Democrats alike know that testing is critical. We need it. In Ohio, we are looking for more funding for testing because we know that is how you stop the spread of the disease--testing, contact tracing, getting to the hotspots and trying to contain it. That way people will feel more comfortable returning to work, returning to shop, and returning to school. This is something that is in this legislation, $16 billion alone for testing. The legislation that was voted on this afternoon in this Chamber was voted positively by a majority of the Senators. Just last week, in Ohio, I visited The Health Collaborative, which is a multiagency coalition approach to dealing with COVID-19. It includes hospitals, county commissioners, health commissioners, and even nursing homes. They are utilizing the $19 million they have received through the CARES Act to fund and design and execute a testing strategy for people in the Southwest Ohio area. I am really pleased to see them take the funding and using it in this way because now more and more people are getting the opportunity to be tested, and, by the way, they are doing it on a no-needs basis. There is no need to pay for this testing with your insurance. If you don't have it, everybody is welcome to get a test. These kinds of initiatives are a big help, and I am glad that in this legislation we voted on this afternoon, we added another $45 billion in total to HHS to go toward testing and vaccine development to get this vaccine as quickly as possible, and distribution of the vaccine, helping on the antiviral medications. This ``Shark Tank'' concept that the Presiding Officer and others are involved in is brilliant because it sort of tells the private sector: Look, we are going to provide you the basic funding to go out there and compete to come up with a safe way to develop a vaccine or antiviral therapy, and that has encouraged competition in it, and in unprecedented speed, we are developing these alternatives--thank goodness--and we need them. Hopefully, by the end of this year, we will have them. Second, I think we agree that Congress should double down on any COVID-19 policies in previous legislations that have worked well, and, one, of course, is what is called the Paycheck Protection Program. That is in this legislation we voted on today too. Back on August 8, it ended. So if you are a small business out there and you have not already taken advantage of the PPP program that many of your peers have and you have seen them be able to keep their doors open because of it, you are out of luck right now because the program is not accepting new applicants. So we need to extend that program. I think everybody agrees with that. I don't know a Senator inthis Chamber who doesn't have an experience back home of a small business saying: I couldn't have stayed open without this. I visited three or four businesses just in the past few weeks in Ohio, and all of them had the same story. Different timing, different businesses, some in construction, some in the restaurant business, some in manufacturing, but what they all tell me is they needed that influx badly. It provided them a low interest loan--1 percent. They converted it into a grant, effectively, because the loan was forgiven if they used it for their salaries or for their utilities or for their mortgage or rent. They would have had to close their doors and let a lot of people go. They were able to hang on. For some of these businesses, like the manufacturer I visited, thank goodness, because they would have let go 30 percent of their workforce. They didn't have to do that. They kept everybody on. Now they are going great guns. They are looking for people. By the way, they are having a tough time hiring people. They are looking for people. That is a good sign that you have businesses out there trying to pull people into the workforce. That is in this legislation. My hope is that we are going to see Republicans and Democrats agree on this. I think they do agree. Reinstating the PPP for the foreseeable future so that more small businesses can take advantage of this smart loan program is a smart thing to do. It is more targeted, and it does require you to show a loss of revenue. That is OK. That is good. We want this to be targeted and focused. We don't want to waste money. Third, the bill reflects that Members on both sides of the aisle recognize that Congress should give additional support to our schools. I mentioned this earlier, but $105 billion in this bill goes to education--about $70 billion to K-12, our primary and secondary schools and high schools, and that is needed right now. We are trying to reopen around the country, and many of these schools are telling me: Rob, I have got additional costs. I have got these Plexiglass shields I have to put up. I have to reconfigure the classroom. I have to hire more teachers because I want smaller classrooms so that if someone gets sick, it will be infecting a smaller group. There is funding that is needed for remote learning. So this is good for us to provide funding for these schools because that will enable them to reopen and reopen safely and stay open. That is in this legislation. There is also funding in here for colleges and universities. I think there is about $30 billion for that. Again, it is the same thing I am hearing back home from our colleges and universities, some of which are having a tough time staying open. They do need more help, more testing, more PPE, personal protective gear, so this is important too. Again, that is all in this legislation. Interestingly, I mentioned the Heroes Act earlier, the $3.5 trillion bill that the House Democrats passed not too long ago as kind of their alternative, that had funding for schools also. Guess what. This bill that was passed--well, not passed but voted on by a majority of Senators today in the U.S. Senate--actually has slightly more money than the Heroes Act has for education. What is the big issue here? Why can't we get together and figure this out? There are so many opportunities here. Finally, I would just say that one thing that this bill does and one reason it is called a targeted bill is it repurposes funding that we have already appropriated here in the first four or five bills but that has not been used and is not likely to be needed. So isn't that smart? I mean, as taxpayers, don't you want to be sure that we are not just throwing money at this problem if is not needed? The Treasury Department, in particular, has been helpful in working with us, saying they have a bunch of money that they could use for a loan program that they haven't had much takeup on because, frankly, the commercial lending is going pretty well right now. People are able get the money from their bank. They don't need to come to Treasury or the Fed as much as we thought they might, so there is money left over. We are talking hundreds of billions of dollars. So that should certainly be used to offset the cost of any new program. I think that is just a commonsense idea. I can't imagine anybody in this Chamber, if they think through this, would be against us repurposing the funds we have already appropriated toward new uses that are more targeted. That is in this legislation too. I think those things all have bipartisan appeal, and it seems to me, again, this is a reset. Let's face it, the Democrats have been saying over the past several weeks: Well, fine, we have got our bill we passed, the Heroes Act. What have you guys put out showing that at least a majority of the Senate and pretty much every Republican can support? Now we have done that. So we have our stake in the ground, and they have their stake in the ground. There is a lot of overlap. I just talked about four areas where there is considerable overlap, but there are many others as well. We should be able to figure this out on behalf of the American people. We have a campaign ongoing for President, for Senators, and for Members of Congress. We have to look out for the interests of the American people here. We can do both. We can campaign and also be working on our legislation that is absolutely needed right now for the healthcare and economic future of our country. By the way, only about one-third of the Senate is up for reelection, so for two-thirds of us, we don't even have an election to worry about, and yet it seems like this place has become way too political too quickly. Let's focus on taking this bill that was voted on today where the majority of Senators supported it and figure out ways to work with Democrats to come up with a new approach that enables us to continue the effort to help with regard to this K-shaped recovery and to help with regard to the ongoing healthcare crisis we are facing. I want to mention, if I could, three or four other things I would love to see in the final bill that did not make it into the so-called targeted bill. I understand why they didn't, and, in part, because we weren't looking to put a lot of tax provisions in there because it is not a tax vehicle, but I do think there are other things that have broad bipartisan support that we ought to include. First, I think we would all agree it is important that the taxpayer-funded research that is supported by this legislation, research into antiviral medications and research into vaccines, is protected from other countries, in particular, China coming into our country and taking that research. This is taxpayer-funded research, and we know, from what the FBI has told us and what the Department of Justice has told us, that this is currently at risk. It is currently at risk. With that in mind, we need to include legislation that safeguards our American innovation. This was actually in the legislation that was introduced by Senator McConnell a few weeks ago called the Heals legislation, and the legislation that I am talking about is called the Safeguarding American Innovation Act. It stops this kind of theft of research and innovation at our research institutions, our colleges and our universities. That is one where Republicans and Democrats have come together. It is a bipartisan bill. It is the result of a committee process. It is the result of an investigation that took over a year. It is the result of a lot of hearings and a lot of work. It is solid legislation to encourage us to be able to protect the research we are doing, including on the coronavirus. Second, for a while now, there has been a bipartisan consensus that a smart coronavirus response should include tax incentives to help our economy to not just open and reopen but to do so safely and effectively. Small business owners I have spoken to during this pandemic, especially in recent weeks, have told me they are eager to reopen, but they want to do it in a safe manner. And we want them to do in a safe manner. Let's provide some incentives for that. One example of how that process can be helped along is an expanded tax credit for new hiring called the work opportunity tax credit. It is already out there. It is legislation that passed years ago. It helps, let's say, veterans, returning citizens, who are looking for a second chance. It gives them thechance to get a job because the employer gets a tax credit for a while, and then almost always that person ends up getting a job. Let's include the COVID-19 unemployed in that--people who have lost their jobs because of COVID-19. That makes all the sense in the world to get people back to work. There is also something that is in law now based on the CARES legislation called the employee retention tax credit. I think this is very important. Companies that couldn't access the PPP because they didn't qualify or didn't want to will have access to this program kind of as an alternative. It gives companies a tax credit against their payroll taxes--the employer side of the payroll taxes--if they keep people on or bring people on. Again, this makes all the sense in the world right now to encourage more hiring to ensure we can get this economy moving again and do so safely. Speaking of safety, I have also introduced a new tax credit that was part of the HEALS legislation that was introduced a few weeks ago. It is called the healthy workplaces tax credit, which helps businesses pay for this protective equipment, like the plexiglass shields and like the PPE that they now need, which is expensive. Just the gowns and the masks and the gloves--those expenses add up, particularly for businesses that are having a tough time because of the weakening economy out there. These credits will help them not just reopen again but reopen safely. I think getting these kinds of tax credits into the coronavirus legislation would be very smart. Again, these should be bipartisan efforts. Third, while I am pleased we are revitalizing the successful PPP program, I think there are steps to improve it that we ought to take up in whatever our final package is. For example, one oversight in the original PPP legislation is that people who have been convicted of a felony going back 5 years are not able to accept a PPP loan. One day, I get a call from a guy back home. Troy Parker is his name. Troy said: I can't get a PPP loan. I am a guy who had a financial issue, a financial fraud issue. I had a felony conviction. I got out of incarceration, and I started my own business. I took my second chance. He said: I did everything that you are always talking about, Portman, which is that you want to encourage people to take that second chance. You want to give them that opportunity to get the training to be able to do that. Then he went out and hired a bunch of other second-chance folks, and he started a cleaning business. It is quite successful. But obviously, with coronavirus, a lot of the offices he cleaned and others said: We can't have you come in. He lost his businesses. He was about to shut his doors. He couldn't get a PPP loan. Why? Because within the last 5 years, he had a felony conviction. That is not what we should be doing here. We shouldn't be penalizing people who have turned their lives around and have done all the right things and are hiring other second-chance individuals. We should be helping them to stay on their feet and to continue to do what they are doing for themselves, the community, and the workforce. So we worked with the Treasury Department, and to their credit, we got them to put forward a temporary solution, which was a change in the rule so that Troy could get his PPP loan and others like him around the country. We now need to make that permanent. That is an example of something we should do--totally bipartisan. I worked with colleagues on the other side of the aisle on this issue, and I will continue to because this is one where, again, Republicans and Democrats alike, as Americans, would want this to be part of the legislation. Fourth, while I am glad this bill reflects the bipartisan support for educational funding, I had hoped it would also reflect that Republicans and Democrats alike have come out for additional support and flexibility for State and local governments. Ohio has been particularly hard hit here because our cities in Ohio, unlike your city--wherever you are in America, probably--can use income taxes as a revenue source. I think 90 percent of cities can't do that, but in Ohio, we can, and we do. Obviously, income taxes went down with this coronavirus, and the economy fell short, so they suddenly find themselves with less revenue coming in and then additional expenses: fire, police, EMS, coronavirus expenses for public health. It has been tough for a lot of our cities in Ohio, so I have been pushing for not just more funding on a targeted basis, showing need, but also more flexibility to be able to use the funding for closing that revenue gap, which is caused by the weak economy, which is caused by the coronavirus. So it is related. Certainly, we ought to be able to do that on a bipartisan basis. That is what a lot of Democrats have said they would like to do. I am not the only Republican who wants to work with Democrats on that. We could get that into a final bill, and that would help all of our cities. Let's move forward on this. Finally, I think all of us agree that we need to have better access to telehealth. Telehealth medicine has been one of the few silver linings in this dark cloud. A lot more of my constituents are using telehealth. One way they are using it is for behavioral health, mental health services, and another is for addiction services, but also, just generally, telehealth has been something that has been very helpful. A lot of people say that in the last few months, we have gone 5 years ahead of where we would have been in terms of telehealth. I think the same is true with regard to teleworking and with regard to telelearning. But with regard to telehealth, based on a poll I recently saw--a survey by Morning Consult--one in every four adults--25 percent--has used telehealth recently during the pandemic. It has been a lifeline for so many people, particularly for some people who are fighting addiction and can't get in-person care to help their recovery or people who have mental health challenges and are able to access telehealth to help them. I have worked with the Trump administration to expand telehealth and delivery options, which in some instances has, for instance, allowed addiction specialists to reach new patients they hadn't been able to reach before. There have been some positives here, but these reforms are only temporary. We need to make these permanent as well. We don't want to lose ground on this issue, so Senator Whitehouse, on the other side of the aisle, and I have introduced legislation called the TREATS Act. We want that to be part of the final legislation as well. We have an opportunity to help with telehealth by expanding broadband access as well so that more Americans can access these services from home. This also relates, of course, to education when schools are telling us they are going to go to partly in-person classrooms, partly remote, and some altogether remote. If you live in a rural area of America, you may not have access to broadband, and you are at a disadvantage. Also, in a lot of our urban school districts, there may be the infrastructure for broadband, but it is not in the home. We need to help more in terms of broadband. I am the Senate sponsor of a bipartisan, bicameral bill called the Rural Broadband Acceleration Act, which basically speeds up the FCC's distribution they were going to make anyway of $20 billion in rural digital funds to go toward the building of broadband networks. This will help spread high-speed internet over more than 400,000 miles of internet fiber cables, bringing about 3 million new households online immediately if we can get this done. By the way, it employs thousands of workers as well. I think it is a great investment in infrastructure that is needed right now. So people talking about infrastructure--this is one we could do right now that helps with regard to telehealth, telemedicine, telelearning, and teleworking. The Nation will be looking to Congress in the coming weeks to work together to make sure that we can improve our response to the coronavirus and to help get this economy through a tough time. Now more than ever, we cannot revert to the norm, which is partisanship these days. We cannot do that with regard to this issue. Using this new targeted bill as a base--the one that, again, got a majority of Senators in this Chamber to voteon today--and voting on some of the areas of agreement I have outlined today, we need to come up with an appropriate and effective bill that responds to the challenge. I am going to continue to work with Republicans and Democrats alike to insist we put the partisanship aside and work on behalf of our constituents to take the necessary steps to get us through this unprecedented healthcare crisis and to get us on the other side of the economic crisis. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work together to do the same. Thank you. I yield back. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. PORTMAN | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5534-2 | null | 1,258 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I rise now on behalf of the more than 19 million people in our Nation and half a million people in Michigan who show us every day what service and sacrifice and love of country is really all about. These patriots landed on beaches in Normandy and the Pacific theater, crept through jungles in Korea, shed blood in Vietnam, survived attacks in Iraq, and fought terrorists in Afghanistan. These people are heroes. They love our Nation so much. They are willing to put their lives on the line for our democracy, our people, and our way of life. That is why it is so incredibly shocking and infuriating to hear the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, disparage our veterans. President Trump called them losers and suckers--losers and suckers. He said he couldn't understand why anyone would join the military because ``What is in it for them?'' He said veterans who had lost limbs shouldn't be in parades. Why? Because he couldn't handle seeing them. He didn't think people would want to see them. People in Michigan want to see them and thank them and do so every day. We all remember what he said about our former colleague and friend, the late Senator John McCain. President Trump said that he prefers veterans who didn't get captured. My own dad served in the Navy during World War II. He signed up because he believed in a cause bigger than himself. Perhaps President Trump doesn't understand, but my dad was a sailor, not a sucker. About one in four people who have served in our armed services now live with a service-connected disability. President Trump, these veterans are leaders; they aren't losers. President Trump wonders what is in it for them. Well, maybe he should ask them because we all know what they would say. We all know what they would say: pride, duty, honor, the feeling that comes from putting something or someone above yourself. It is becoming increasingly clear that these aren't feelings that the current occupant of the Oval Office understands. My dad once told me something I have never forgotten. In fact, it has influenced my whole life as an elected official. He said that a veteran should never stand at the back of any line for a job, for healthcare, for education, or for the military recognitions they earned. My dad came home after World War II and went to school on the GI bill, and I don't know what would have happened to our family if he had not had that opportunity. So my dad said over and over again that a veteran should not stand at the back of any line. They certainly shouldn't be put at the end of the line by their own President. It is appalling that this even needs to be said, actually. When I heard these comments and heard them verified over and over again in every media outlet from right to left, verifying that, in fact, these were his comments, it was stunning. It was appalling. It made me very angry. Our veterans deserve a place of honor at the front of the line--at the front of the line. They deserve a Commander in Chief who respects them, who honors their service, and, frankly, who gets it. Thank goodness we have people who believe in things beyond themselves. Thank goodness we have people who are willing to stand up for all of us, to keep us safe and stand up for our values and our country. So on behalf of the people of Michigan, I want to say thank you to everyone who has served and everyone who is currently serving our country in our armed services. We are truly grateful for your sacrifice and service and your willingness to stand up and support and defend our country. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. STABENOW | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5534 | null | 1,259 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, in 1978, I was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, running with Michael Bakalis, the Democratic nominee for governor. We squared off against a ticket headed by six-foot-six Governor Big Jim Thompson. Big Jim was 40 years old and a relatively new Governor, only elected 2 years earlier. Bakalis and I were underdogs, but we were hopeful. We shouldn't have been. Our fate was sealed when Jim and Jayne were joined by their beautiful daughter Samantha right after Labor Day. Election day came, and we were clobbered. We found out what many Democrats would learn over the years. Big Jim was hard as hell to beat. Why? He may have campaigned as a partisan, but he governed in bipartisanship. His talent for working to get things done helped make him the longest serving Governor in Illinois history. Last month, Jim passed away. I was honored to call him a friend and, today, I would like to pay tribute to his life. James Robert Thompson, Jr. was born on the West Side of Chicago in 1936. Jim was known to be shy but ambitious. He listed his ambition as ``President-Politician'' in his yearbook. In one classmate's yearbook, he wrote ``Jim Thompson, Pres. of U.S. 1984-1992.'' Jim attended the University of Illinois at its campus on Navy Pier in Chicago. He transferred to Washington University in St. Louis in his junior year and attended law school at Northwestern in 1959. In 1961, Jim worked for the Cook County State's attorney and argued two cases before the United States Supreme Court. He also joined Northwestern University Law School as an assistant professor. For 5 years, Jim taught at Northwestern, inspiring many students to pursue criminal law. In 1969, he became the head of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's office. As fate would have it, he was the lecturer on criminal procedure in my bar review course. In 1971, President Richard Nixon appointed him to be the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. At the age of 35, Jim was a crusader against corruption in both parties, leading investigations against Chicago aldermen and Vice President Spiro Agnew. His efforts made him look like a political outsider--just what Illinoiswas looking for in a Governor. Jim decided to run for Governor in the 1976 election. During that campaign, he married his wife Jayne. He won the gubernatorial race as the first candidate in the State ever to garner 3 million votes. Though he would have a close election in 1982, Big Jim never lost a race. As Governor, he accomplished a lot of good for the State of Illinois. He spurred the construction of more highways than any other Governor. His ``Build Illinois'' plan launched a $2.3 billion infrastructure effort that helped turn the State into a national leader in economic development, historic preservation, and environmental protection. There are too many projects to name that Jim championed through the State legislature. He helped bring about Navy Pier's renovation, making it the State's top tourist destination. When the Chicago White Sox were on the verge of leaving Chicago for Florida, he fought hard to keep them. Jim was working the votes well into the night, and the White Sox got their new stadium. He supported the legislation that paved the way for the Chicago Bulls' arena, the United Center. When Republicans in the Illinois House sought to make Illinois a right-to-work State, Jim called local beer distributors in Springfield and had them set up on the lawn of the Governor's mansion, where he invited protesting labor members to have a drink. The right-to-work legislation never passed. In 1989, Jim decided against running for a fifth term. He had guided the State through a recession and helped rebuild it. He made countless deals with people of both parties. Jim could have coasted on the reputation he had built, but he didn't. He joined the law firm Winston & Strawn, and within 2 years, he was chairman and had made the firm a powerhouse. Jim also continued to serve his country as he was part of the 9/11 Commission, he chaired the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, and he argued several cases before the Illinois Supreme Court. He retired in 2015. Jim Thompson never hesitated to work with the other side for a greater good. We were political adversaries, yet we also were personal friends. Sure, we disagreed on quite a bit, but we always worked together for the State of Illinois. Loretta and I send our thoughts and prayers to Jayne and their daughter Samantha. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5542-2 | null | 1,260 |
formal | Federal Reserve | null | antisemitic | The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5304. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Citrus tristeza virus expressing spinach defensin proteins 2, 7, and 8; Temporary Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 1011-47-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5305. A communication from the Chairman, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2019 annual report on the Farm Credit System; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5306. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Evaluation of the TRICARE Program; Fiscal Year 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5307. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Bradford J. Shwedo, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5308. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of three (3) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5309. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Giovanni K. Tuck, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5310. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Timothy J. White, United States Navy, and his advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5311. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Luke M. McCollum, United States Navy Reserve, and his advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5312. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of vice admiral in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777a; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5313. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Michael A. Bills, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5314. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777a, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5315. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5316. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of four (4) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5317. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Jay B. Silveria, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5318. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting, a report relative to the completion of the Department's Army Watercraft Requirements Review; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5319. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Department of Transportation, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5320. A communication from the Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to Mexico; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5321. A communication from the Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to Iraq; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5322. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule - Incorporation of Existing Statement of Policy Regarding Requests for Participation in the Affairs of an Insured Depository Institution by Convicted Individuals'' (RIN3064- AF19) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5323. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Capital Rule: Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility'' (RIN7100-AF79) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5324. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce and Critical Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use'' (RIN1660-AB01) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5325. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism that was declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5326. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Libya that was originally declared in Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5327. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds'' (RIN7100-AF70) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5328. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Qualifying Facility Rates and Requirements; Implementation Issues Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978'' ((RIN1902- AF67) (Docket Nos. RM19-15-000, AD16-16-000) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2020; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5329. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Filing Requirements for Electric Utility Service Agreements, et al.'' ((RIN1902- AF27) (Docket Nos. RM01-8-000, RM10-12-000, RM12-3-000, and ER02-2001-000)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5330. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.15, `Standard Format and Content of License Applications for Receipt and Storage of Unirradiated Power Reactor Fuel and Associated Radioactive Material at a Nuclear Power Plant' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5331. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Safety Evaluation of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-582, `RPV [Reactor Pressure Vessel] WIC [Water Inventory Control] Enhancements' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5332. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flexibility to Use Armed Responders for Security Events, SFAQ 20-01'' ((10 CFR 73.55b) (NEI 05-10)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5333. A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act: 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5334. A communication from the Deputy Director, Office of Documents and Regulations Management, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``FY 2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update (CMS-1733-F)'' (RIN0938-AU09) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5335. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Third Six-Year Cycle Pre-Approved Defined Contribution Plans; Issuance of Opinion Letters; Plan Adoption Deadline; and Opening of Determination Letter Program'' (ANN 2020-7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5336. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Election of Alternative Minimum Funding Standards for Community Newspaper Plans'' (Notice 2020-60) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5337. A communication from the Director of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Notice: Update to Notice 2020-18, Additional Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic'' (Notice 2020-23) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5338. A communication from the Director of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to User Fees for Certain Letter Ruling and Determination Letter Requests Submitted to Employee Plans Rulings and Agreements, Effective January 4, 2021'' (Announcement 2020-14) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5339. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Guidance on Excess Deferred Taxes Under the TCJA'' (Rev. Proc. 2020-39) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5340. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Recapture of Excess Employment Tax Credits under the Families First Act and the CARES Act'' ((RIN1545-BP89) (TD 9904)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5341. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term-Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals'' (RIN0938-AU11) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5342. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Fermented or Hydrolyzed Foods'' (RIN0910-AH00) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5343. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Head Start Designation Renewal System'' (RIN0970-AC77) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5344. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards of Care for Chimpanzees Held in the Federally Supported Sanctuary System'' (RIN0925-AA66) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5345. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Office of Regulatory Affairs Division Director; Technical Amendments'' (Docket No. FDA-2019-N-0011) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5346. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur'' (RIN1210-AB96) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5547-5 | null | 1,261 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5304. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Citrus tristeza virus expressing spinach defensin proteins 2, 7, and 8; Temporary Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 1011-47-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5305. A communication from the Chairman, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2019 annual report on the Farm Credit System; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5306. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Evaluation of the TRICARE Program; Fiscal Year 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5307. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Bradford J. Shwedo, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5308. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of three (3) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5309. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Giovanni K. Tuck, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5310. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Timothy J. White, United States Navy, and his advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5311. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Luke M. McCollum, United States Navy Reserve, and his advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5312. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of vice admiral in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777a; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5313. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Michael A. Bills, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5314. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777a, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5315. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5316. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of four (4) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5317. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Jay B. Silveria, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5318. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting, a report relative to the completion of the Department's Army Watercraft Requirements Review; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5319. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Department of Transportation, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5320. A communication from the Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to Mexico; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5321. A communication from the Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to Iraq; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5322. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule - Incorporation of Existing Statement of Policy Regarding Requests for Participation in the Affairs of an Insured Depository Institution by Convicted Individuals'' (RIN3064- AF19) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5323. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Capital Rule: Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility'' (RIN7100-AF79) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5324. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce and Critical Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use'' (RIN1660-AB01) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5325. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism that was declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5326. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Libya that was originally declared in Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5327. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds'' (RIN7100-AF70) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5328. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Qualifying Facility Rates and Requirements; Implementation Issues Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978'' ((RIN1902- AF67) (Docket Nos. RM19-15-000, AD16-16-000) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2020; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5329. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Filing Requirements for Electric Utility Service Agreements, et al.'' ((RIN1902- AF27) (Docket Nos. RM01-8-000, RM10-12-000, RM12-3-000, and ER02-2001-000)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5330. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.15, `Standard Format and Content of License Applications for Receipt and Storage of Unirradiated Power Reactor Fuel and Associated Radioactive Material at a Nuclear Power Plant' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5331. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Safety Evaluation of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-582, `RPV [Reactor Pressure Vessel] WIC [Water Inventory Control] Enhancements' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5332. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flexibility to Use Armed Responders for Security Events, SFAQ 20-01'' ((10 CFR 73.55b) (NEI 05-10)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5333. A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act: 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5334. A communication from the Deputy Director, Office of Documents and Regulations Management, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``FY 2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update (CMS-1733-F)'' (RIN0938-AU09) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5335. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Third Six-Year Cycle Pre-Approved Defined Contribution Plans; Issuance of Opinion Letters; Plan Adoption Deadline; and Opening of Determination Letter Program'' (ANN 2020-7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5336. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Election of Alternative Minimum Funding Standards for Community Newspaper Plans'' (Notice 2020-60) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5337. A communication from the Director of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Notice: Update to Notice 2020-18, Additional Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic'' (Notice 2020-23) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5338. A communication from the Director of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to User Fees for Certain Letter Ruling and Determination Letter Requests Submitted to Employee Plans Rulings and Agreements, Effective January 4, 2021'' (Announcement 2020-14) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5339. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Guidance on Excess Deferred Taxes Under the TCJA'' (Rev. Proc. 2020-39) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5340. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Recapture of Excess Employment Tax Credits under the Families First Act and the CARES Act'' ((RIN1545-BP89) (TD 9904)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5341. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term-Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals'' (RIN0938-AU11) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5342. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Fermented or Hydrolyzed Foods'' (RIN0910-AH00) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5343. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Head Start Designation Renewal System'' (RIN0970-AC77) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5344. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards of Care for Chimpanzees Held in the Federally Supported Sanctuary System'' (RIN0925-AA66) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5345. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Office of Regulatory Affairs Division Director; Technical Amendments'' (Docket No. FDA-2019-N-0011) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5346. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur'' (RIN1210-AB96) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5547-5 | null | 1,262 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5304. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Citrus tristeza virus expressing spinach defensin proteins 2, 7, and 8; Temporary Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 1011-47-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5305. A communication from the Chairman, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2019 annual report on the Farm Credit System; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5306. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Evaluation of the TRICARE Program; Fiscal Year 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5307. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Bradford J. Shwedo, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5308. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of three (3) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5309. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Giovanni K. Tuck, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5310. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Timothy J. White, United States Navy, and his advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5311. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Luke M. McCollum, United States Navy Reserve, and his advancement to the grade of vice admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5312. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of vice admiral in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777a; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5313. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Michael A. Bills, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5314. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777a, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5315. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5316. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of four (4) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5317. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Jay B. Silveria, United States Air Force, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5318. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting, a report relative to the completion of the Department's Army Watercraft Requirements Review; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5319. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Department of Transportation, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5320. A communication from the Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to Mexico; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5321. A communication from the Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to transactions involving U.S. exports to Iraq; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5322. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule - Incorporation of Existing Statement of Policy Regarding Requests for Participation in the Affairs of an Insured Depository Institution by Convicted Individuals'' (RIN3064- AF19) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5323. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Capital Rule: Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility'' (RIN7100-AF79) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5324. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce and Critical Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use'' (RIN1660-AB01) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5325. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism that was declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5326. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Libya that was originally declared in Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5327. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds'' (RIN7100-AF70) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5328. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Qualifying Facility Rates and Requirements; Implementation Issues Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978'' ((RIN1902- AF67) (Docket Nos. RM19-15-000, AD16-16-000) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2020; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5329. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Filing Requirements for Electric Utility Service Agreements, et al.'' ((RIN1902- AF27) (Docket Nos. RM01-8-000, RM10-12-000, RM12-3-000, and ER02-2001-000)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5330. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.15, `Standard Format and Content of License Applications for Receipt and Storage of Unirradiated Power Reactor Fuel and Associated Radioactive Material at a Nuclear Power Plant' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5331. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Safety Evaluation of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-582, `RPV [Reactor Pressure Vessel] WIC [Water Inventory Control] Enhancements' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5332. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flexibility to Use Armed Responders for Security Events, SFAQ 20-01'' ((10 CFR 73.55b) (NEI 05-10)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5333. A communication from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act: 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5334. A communication from the Deputy Director, Office of Documents and Regulations Management, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``FY 2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update (CMS-1733-F)'' (RIN0938-AU09) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5335. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Third Six-Year Cycle Pre-Approved Defined Contribution Plans; Issuance of Opinion Letters; Plan Adoption Deadline; and Opening of Determination Letter Program'' (ANN 2020-7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5336. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Election of Alternative Minimum Funding Standards for Community Newspaper Plans'' (Notice 2020-60) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5337. A communication from the Director of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Notice: Update to Notice 2020-18, Additional Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic'' (Notice 2020-23) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5338. A communication from the Director of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to User Fees for Certain Letter Ruling and Determination Letter Requests Submitted to Employee Plans Rulings and Agreements, Effective January 4, 2021'' (Announcement 2020-14) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5339. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Guidance on Excess Deferred Taxes Under the TCJA'' (Rev. Proc. 2020-39) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5340. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Recapture of Excess Employment Tax Credits under the Families First Act and the CARES Act'' ((RIN1545-BP89) (TD 9904)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5341. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term-Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals'' (RIN0938-AU11) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5342. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Fermented or Hydrolyzed Foods'' (RIN0910-AH00) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5343. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Head Start Designation Renewal System'' (RIN0970-AC77) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5344. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards of Care for Chimpanzees Held in the Federally Supported Sanctuary System'' (RIN0925-AA66) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5345. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Office of Regulatory Affairs Division Director; Technical Amendments'' (Docket No. FDA-2019-N-0011) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5346. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur'' (RIN1210-AB96) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5547-5 | null | 1,263 |
formal | public school | null | racist | SA 2653. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Alexander, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2652 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Beginning on page 260, line 18, strike ``as follows'' and all that follows through page 262, line 24, and insert the following: ``not more than 15 days after receiving an award from the Secretary under this section.''. Beginning on page 262, strike line 25 and all that follows through ``(f)'' on page 268, line 9, and insert the following: (d) Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency or non- public school that receives funds under subsection (c) or section 105 may use funds for any of the following: (1) Activities to support returning to in-person instruction, including purchasing personal protective equipment, implementing flexible schedules to keep children in isolated groups, purchasing box lunches so that children can eat in their classroom, purchasing physical barriers, providing additional transportation services, repurposing existing school rooms and space, and improving ventilation systems. (2) Developing and implementing procedures and systems to improve the preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies or non-public schools including coordination with State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments, and other relevant agencies, to improve coordinated responses among such entities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. (3) Providing principals and other school leaders with the resources necessary to address the needs of their individual schools directly related to coronavirus. (4) Providing additional services to address the unique needs of low-income children or students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and foster care youth, including how outreach and service delivery will meet the needs of each population. (5) Training and professional development for staff of the local educational agency or non-public school on sanitation and minimizing the spread of infectious diseases. (6) Purchasing supplies to sanitize, clean, and disinfect the facilities of a local educational agency or non-public school, including buildings operated by such agency. (7) Planning for and coordinating during long-term closures, including for how to provide meals to eligible students, how to provide technology for online learning to all students, how to provide guidance for carrying out requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) and how to ensure other educational services can continue to be provided consistent with all Federal, State, and local requirements. (8) Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, software, and connectivity) for students who are served by the local educational agency or non-public school that aids in regular and substantive educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low- income students and students with disabilities, which may include assistive technology or adaptive equipment. (9) Expanding healthcare and other health services (including mental health services and supports), including for children at risk of abuse or neglect. (10) Planning and implementing activities related to summer learning and supplemental afterschool programs, including providing classroom instruction or online learning during the summer months and addressing the needs of low-income students, students with disabilities, English learners, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care. (e) On page 268, line 16, strike ``(g)'' and insert ``(f)''. On page 269, line 13, strike ``(h)'' and insert ``(g)''. On page 269, line 19, strike ``(i)'' and insert ``(h)''. On page 269, line 24, strike ``(j)'' and insert ``(i)''. On page 270, line 22, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(d)''. On page 270, line 25, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(d)''. Beginning on page 278, line 7, strike the comma at the end and all that follows through page 279, line 3, and insert a period. On page 279, line 4, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(b)''. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5553-3 | null | 1,264 |
formal | public schools | null | racist | SA 2653. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Alexander, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2652 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Beginning on page 260, line 18, strike ``as follows'' and all that follows through page 262, line 24, and insert the following: ``not more than 15 days after receiving an award from the Secretary under this section.''. Beginning on page 262, strike line 25 and all that follows through ``(f)'' on page 268, line 9, and insert the following: (d) Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency or non- public school that receives funds under subsection (c) or section 105 may use funds for any of the following: (1) Activities to support returning to in-person instruction, including purchasing personal protective equipment, implementing flexible schedules to keep children in isolated groups, purchasing box lunches so that children can eat in their classroom, purchasing physical barriers, providing additional transportation services, repurposing existing school rooms and space, and improving ventilation systems. (2) Developing and implementing procedures and systems to improve the preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies or non-public schools including coordination with State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments, and other relevant agencies, to improve coordinated responses among such entities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. (3) Providing principals and other school leaders with the resources necessary to address the needs of their individual schools directly related to coronavirus. (4) Providing additional services to address the unique needs of low-income children or students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and foster care youth, including how outreach and service delivery will meet the needs of each population. (5) Training and professional development for staff of the local educational agency or non-public school on sanitation and minimizing the spread of infectious diseases. (6) Purchasing supplies to sanitize, clean, and disinfect the facilities of a local educational agency or non-public school, including buildings operated by such agency. (7) Planning for and coordinating during long-term closures, including for how to provide meals to eligible students, how to provide technology for online learning to all students, how to provide guidance for carrying out requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) and how to ensure other educational services can continue to be provided consistent with all Federal, State, and local requirements. (8) Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, software, and connectivity) for students who are served by the local educational agency or non-public school that aids in regular and substantive educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low- income students and students with disabilities, which may include assistive technology or adaptive equipment. (9) Expanding healthcare and other health services (including mental health services and supports), including for children at risk of abuse or neglect. (10) Planning and implementing activities related to summer learning and supplemental afterschool programs, including providing classroom instruction or online learning during the summer months and addressing the needs of low-income students, students with disabilities, English learners, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care. (e) On page 268, line 16, strike ``(g)'' and insert ``(f)''. On page 269, line 13, strike ``(h)'' and insert ``(g)''. On page 269, line 19, strike ``(i)'' and insert ``(h)''. On page 269, line 24, strike ``(j)'' and insert ``(i)''. On page 270, line 22, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(d)''. On page 270, line 25, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(d)''. Beginning on page 278, line 7, strike the comma at the end and all that follows through page 279, line 3, and insert a period. On page 279, line 4, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(b)''. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5553-3 | null | 1,265 |
formal | welfare | null | racist | Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, today as a result of the horrific pandemic and economic meltdown, the American working class is hurting in a way that they have not been hurting since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens have lost their jobs. They have lost their incomes. They have lost their health insurance. They have depleted their life savings. They cannot afford to pay rent. They cannot afford to put food on the table. And they are scared to death that any day now they are going to get a knock on the door from a sheriff, evicting them from their homes and throwing them and their belongings out on the street. This is the United States of America, the richest country in the history of the world. None of us--no man, woman, or child--should go hungry. None of us should have to live in fear of becoming homeless, and no one should be denied the healthcare that they need--especially during the worst public health crisis in 100 years. But that is precisely what is going on all over our country as we speak this evening. Just the other day, National Public Radio, NPR, released a survey on the unprecedented economic suffering facing the American people. That should shock everyone in the U.S. Senate and in our Nation. And here is what that survey found: 46 percent of Americans--over 150 million people--are now experiencing serious financial problems. Forty-one percent of Americans--over 134 million people--have used up all or most of their savings. Their savings accounts are now depleted. Thirty-three percent of American families have had someone in their household who has either lost a job, lost a business, or has been furloughed during the pandemic. This is an unprecedented moment in American history, and the Senate needs to take unprecedented action to improve the lives of the American people. Yet in the midst of all of this pain and suffering, what has the Republican-led Senate done over the last 5 months to address the economic concerns of the American people? The answer is nothing except pass a $740 billion budget for the bloated Pentagon and take an extended vacation. That is not something that anybody in the Senate should be proud of. The Senate is now back in session. Senate Republicans have introduced a so-called skinny relief bill that is totally inadequate in terms of addressing the crisis we are facing today. The Senate Republican bill provides nothing for rent, nothing for mortgages, nothing for food, nothing for hazard pay, nothing for healthcare, nothing for public transportation, and nothing to prevent the mass layoffs of teachers, nurses, firefighters, and construction workers that will take place in cities and States as cities and States struggle economically. In other words, the same Republicans who had no problem voting for a trillion-dollar tax break for the top 1 percent large corporations 2 years ago are now telling 40 million Americans who are struggling to pay for housing that we cannot afford to help them pay their rent or mortgage. The same Republicans who just voted to provide $740 billion for the Pentagon and the military industrial complex to wage endless wars are now telling 30 million workers who lost their jobs that we cannot afford to continue the $600-a-week supplement they were receiving in unemployment benefits. The same Republicans who slipped $135 billion tax breaks for multimillionaires and billionaires in the last coronavirus relief package are now telling 29 million Americans who do not have enough food to eat that we cannot afford to help them feed their families. But if you are an executive in the coal industry, you are in luck. The Republican Senate bill provides your industry with $161 million in corporate welfare. That is right. The Republican Senate bill provides no money for working families to feed their kids, no money to house the homeless, no money to insure the uninsured--no money for them--but it does provide $161 million in corporate welfare for the coal industry during a climate emergency. That may make sense for the CEOs in the fossil fuel industry who are destroying the planet with their product, but it makes zero sense to me. Further, under the Senate Republican bill, if you are a wealthy business owner who forces employees to work in an unsafe and unhealthy workplace, you are rewarded. The Republican bill will provide you with the immunity you need from lawsuits if your workers get sick or die from the coronavirus,but if you are an essential worker during this pandemic, you get nothing. The Republican bill does not provide a nickel more for hazard pay or the personal protective equipment that you need and deserve. Needless to say, I am strongly opposed to the Senate Republican bill and am glad it was defeated earlier today. Instead of listening to the needs of fossil fuel CEOs, we need to listen to the needs of working-class Americans, the people who are hurting. Instead of providing more corporate welfare to billionaires and large corporations, we need to provide more economic relief to the tens of millions of Americans who are hurting economically. Nearly 4 months ago, the House of Representatives did its job by passing the Heroes Act, a $3.5 trillion bill. In my view, the Senate has to stand up and do its job and pass the Heroes Act or a bill that is even better than that legislation I received many, many thousands of letters, emails, and social media from constituents in the State of Vermont and, in fact, all over this country about how the economic crisis has negatively impacted their lives and what that $600 a week in unemployment benefits that expired in July meant to them. Let me read you just a few of the many thousands of stories my office has received. A constituent from North Chittenden, VT, wrote: I was laid off in March. Since the end of the extra $600 I've been able to eat because of the food bank. I wasn't able to get one of my prescriptions because even with insurance it was $88. I saved as much as I could during the extra $600 period, but I'm almost out of money now. Literally enough to make it about 10 days. Then what? I'm 65 [years of age]. An unemployed worker wrote: We can't pay our rent including car payment and car insurance, bills, feed our four kids, or buy necessities. We desperately need the extra $600 to stay afloat. If we don't get our money soon, we could lose EVERYTHING! Another unemployed worker recently wrote: My State benefit was $127 a week (I exhausted my available State funds last week). My rent is $1,200 a month. Without further congressional action, I will be unhoused within a month or two. A constituent from Danville, VT, wrote: That moment the government stopped the $600 a week they closed my benefits. I never saw anything other than that $600 and it went to bills and rent. Now I am behind on everything again. And on and on it goes. For millions of people, that $600-a-week check was life and death. Clearly, in the midst of this unprecedented crisis, the Senate must act and act now, not with a skinny relief bill that does virtually nothing to help working families in their time of need, but with legislation that responds to the unprecedented economic pain and suffering that the American working class is experiencing. We need to extend the extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits for the 30 million Americans who have lost their jobs--like the House passed over 3 months ago. This is absolutely essential. During this crisis, it would give families the income they need to live with it. We need to make sure that every working-class person in America receives $2,000 a month until this crisis is over so they can pay the rent and put food on the table. We need to expand Medicare to all the 92 million Americans who are uninsured or underinsured. Nobody should be unable to go to a doctor during this crisis because they don't have health insurance. In other words, we need a coronavirus relief bill that benefits the working families of this country and low-income people, not just the wealthy and well-connected. I know what my Republican colleagues will say--that it is too expensive, and we can't afford it. Maybe, just maybe, our Republican colleagues are so concerned about the deficit they might want to ask their billionaire campaign contributors to pay their fair share of taxes instead of giving them massive tax breaks. In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the worst public health crisis in more than 100 years, I think most Americans would be shocked to learn that 467 billionaires in our country have seen their wealth go up by $800 billion during the pandemic. Let me repeat that: 467 billionaires have seen their wealth go up by $800 billion during the pandemic. In my view, at a time of massive wealth and income inequality and when so many of our people are hurting, it is morally obscene for billionaires to use a global pandemic as an opportunity to make outrageous profits. Instead of more austerity for the working class of this country, we need to impose austerity on the billionaire class and on Wall Street. That is why I have introduced legislation to tax the obscene wealth gains billionaires have made during the public health crisis. According to the Americans for Tax Fairness, if we taxed 60 percent of the windfall gains billionaires made during the pandemic, we could raise over $420 billion. That is enough revenue to allow Medicare to pay all of the out-of-pocket healthcare expenses for everyone in America in the next 12 months. Yes, by taxing 60 percent of the wealth gains made by just 467 people during this horrific pandemic, we could guarantee healthcare as a right for an entire year for every man, woman, and child in this country. Billionaires would still be able to pocket over $300 billion in wealth gains during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. At a time of enormous economic pain and suffering, we have a choice to make. We can continue to allow the very rich to get much richer while everyone else gets poorer and poorer or we can tax the winnings a handful of billionaires made during the pandemic to improve the health and well-being of tens of millions of Americans. It is time for the Senate to act on behalf of the working families of this country who are hurting like they have never hurt before and not just the billionaire class who are doing phenomenally well and have never had it so good. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SANDERS | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5560-5 | null | 1,266 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, today as a result of the horrific pandemic and economic meltdown, the American working class is hurting in a way that they have not been hurting since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens have lost their jobs. They have lost their incomes. They have lost their health insurance. They have depleted their life savings. They cannot afford to pay rent. They cannot afford to put food on the table. And they are scared to death that any day now they are going to get a knock on the door from a sheriff, evicting them from their homes and throwing them and their belongings out on the street. This is the United States of America, the richest country in the history of the world. None of us--no man, woman, or child--should go hungry. None of us should have to live in fear of becoming homeless, and no one should be denied the healthcare that they need--especially during the worst public health crisis in 100 years. But that is precisely what is going on all over our country as we speak this evening. Just the other day, National Public Radio, NPR, released a survey on the unprecedented economic suffering facing the American people. That should shock everyone in the U.S. Senate and in our Nation. And here is what that survey found: 46 percent of Americans--over 150 million people--are now experiencing serious financial problems. Forty-one percent of Americans--over 134 million people--have used up all or most of their savings. Their savings accounts are now depleted. Thirty-three percent of American families have had someone in their household who has either lost a job, lost a business, or has been furloughed during the pandemic. This is an unprecedented moment in American history, and the Senate needs to take unprecedented action to improve the lives of the American people. Yet in the midst of all of this pain and suffering, what has the Republican-led Senate done over the last 5 months to address the economic concerns of the American people? The answer is nothing except pass a $740 billion budget for the bloated Pentagon and take an extended vacation. That is not something that anybody in the Senate should be proud of. The Senate is now back in session. Senate Republicans have introduced a so-called skinny relief bill that is totally inadequate in terms of addressing the crisis we are facing today. The Senate Republican bill provides nothing for rent, nothing for mortgages, nothing for food, nothing for hazard pay, nothing for healthcare, nothing for public transportation, and nothing to prevent the mass layoffs of teachers, nurses, firefighters, and construction workers that will take place in cities and States as cities and States struggle economically. In other words, the same Republicans who had no problem voting for a trillion-dollar tax break for the top 1 percent large corporations 2 years ago are now telling 40 million Americans who are struggling to pay for housing that we cannot afford to help them pay their rent or mortgage. The same Republicans who just voted to provide $740 billion for the Pentagon and the military industrial complex to wage endless wars are now telling 30 million workers who lost their jobs that we cannot afford to continue the $600-a-week supplement they were receiving in unemployment benefits. The same Republicans who slipped $135 billion tax breaks for multimillionaires and billionaires in the last coronavirus relief package are now telling 29 million Americans who do not have enough food to eat that we cannot afford to help them feed their families. But if you are an executive in the coal industry, you are in luck. The Republican Senate bill provides your industry with $161 million in corporate welfare. That is right. The Republican Senate bill provides no money for working families to feed their kids, no money to house the homeless, no money to insure the uninsured--no money for them--but it does provide $161 million in corporate welfare for the coal industry during a climate emergency. That may make sense for the CEOs in the fossil fuel industry who are destroying the planet with their product, but it makes zero sense to me. Further, under the Senate Republican bill, if you are a wealthy business owner who forces employees to work in an unsafe and unhealthy workplace, you are rewarded. The Republican bill will provide you with the immunity you need from lawsuits if your workers get sick or die from the coronavirus,but if you are an essential worker during this pandemic, you get nothing. The Republican bill does not provide a nickel more for hazard pay or the personal protective equipment that you need and deserve. Needless to say, I am strongly opposed to the Senate Republican bill and am glad it was defeated earlier today. Instead of listening to the needs of fossil fuel CEOs, we need to listen to the needs of working-class Americans, the people who are hurting. Instead of providing more corporate welfare to billionaires and large corporations, we need to provide more economic relief to the tens of millions of Americans who are hurting economically. Nearly 4 months ago, the House of Representatives did its job by passing the Heroes Act, a $3.5 trillion bill. In my view, the Senate has to stand up and do its job and pass the Heroes Act or a bill that is even better than that legislation I received many, many thousands of letters, emails, and social media from constituents in the State of Vermont and, in fact, all over this country about how the economic crisis has negatively impacted their lives and what that $600 a week in unemployment benefits that expired in July meant to them. Let me read you just a few of the many thousands of stories my office has received. A constituent from North Chittenden, VT, wrote: I was laid off in March. Since the end of the extra $600 I've been able to eat because of the food bank. I wasn't able to get one of my prescriptions because even with insurance it was $88. I saved as much as I could during the extra $600 period, but I'm almost out of money now. Literally enough to make it about 10 days. Then what? I'm 65 [years of age]. An unemployed worker wrote: We can't pay our rent including car payment and car insurance, bills, feed our four kids, or buy necessities. We desperately need the extra $600 to stay afloat. If we don't get our money soon, we could lose EVERYTHING! Another unemployed worker recently wrote: My State benefit was $127 a week (I exhausted my available State funds last week). My rent is $1,200 a month. Without further congressional action, I will be unhoused within a month or two. A constituent from Danville, VT, wrote: That moment the government stopped the $600 a week they closed my benefits. I never saw anything other than that $600 and it went to bills and rent. Now I am behind on everything again. And on and on it goes. For millions of people, that $600-a-week check was life and death. Clearly, in the midst of this unprecedented crisis, the Senate must act and act now, not with a skinny relief bill that does virtually nothing to help working families in their time of need, but with legislation that responds to the unprecedented economic pain and suffering that the American working class is experiencing. We need to extend the extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits for the 30 million Americans who have lost their jobs--like the House passed over 3 months ago. This is absolutely essential. During this crisis, it would give families the income they need to live with it. We need to make sure that every working-class person in America receives $2,000 a month until this crisis is over so they can pay the rent and put food on the table. We need to expand Medicare to all the 92 million Americans who are uninsured or underinsured. Nobody should be unable to go to a doctor during this crisis because they don't have health insurance. In other words, we need a coronavirus relief bill that benefits the working families of this country and low-income people, not just the wealthy and well-connected. I know what my Republican colleagues will say--that it is too expensive, and we can't afford it. Maybe, just maybe, our Republican colleagues are so concerned about the deficit they might want to ask their billionaire campaign contributors to pay their fair share of taxes instead of giving them massive tax breaks. In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the worst public health crisis in more than 100 years, I think most Americans would be shocked to learn that 467 billionaires in our country have seen their wealth go up by $800 billion during the pandemic. Let me repeat that: 467 billionaires have seen their wealth go up by $800 billion during the pandemic. In my view, at a time of massive wealth and income inequality and when so many of our people are hurting, it is morally obscene for billionaires to use a global pandemic as an opportunity to make outrageous profits. Instead of more austerity for the working class of this country, we need to impose austerity on the billionaire class and on Wall Street. That is why I have introduced legislation to tax the obscene wealth gains billionaires have made during the public health crisis. According to the Americans for Tax Fairness, if we taxed 60 percent of the windfall gains billionaires made during the pandemic, we could raise over $420 billion. That is enough revenue to allow Medicare to pay all of the out-of-pocket healthcare expenses for everyone in America in the next 12 months. Yes, by taxing 60 percent of the wealth gains made by just 467 people during this horrific pandemic, we could guarantee healthcare as a right for an entire year for every man, woman, and child in this country. Billionaires would still be able to pocket over $300 billion in wealth gains during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. At a time of enormous economic pain and suffering, we have a choice to make. We can continue to allow the very rich to get much richer while everyone else gets poorer and poorer or we can tax the winnings a handful of billionaires made during the pandemic to improve the health and well-being of tens of millions of Americans. It is time for the Senate to act on behalf of the working families of this country who are hurting like they have never hurt before and not just the billionaire class who are doing phenomenally well and have never had it so good. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SANDERS | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5560-5 | null | 1,267 |
formal | working class | null | racist | Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, today as a result of the horrific pandemic and economic meltdown, the American working class is hurting in a way that they have not been hurting since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens have lost their jobs. They have lost their incomes. They have lost their health insurance. They have depleted their life savings. They cannot afford to pay rent. They cannot afford to put food on the table. And they are scared to death that any day now they are going to get a knock on the door from a sheriff, evicting them from their homes and throwing them and their belongings out on the street. This is the United States of America, the richest country in the history of the world. None of us--no man, woman, or child--should go hungry. None of us should have to live in fear of becoming homeless, and no one should be denied the healthcare that they need--especially during the worst public health crisis in 100 years. But that is precisely what is going on all over our country as we speak this evening. Just the other day, National Public Radio, NPR, released a survey on the unprecedented economic suffering facing the American people. That should shock everyone in the U.S. Senate and in our Nation. And here is what that survey found: 46 percent of Americans--over 150 million people--are now experiencing serious financial problems. Forty-one percent of Americans--over 134 million people--have used up all or most of their savings. Their savings accounts are now depleted. Thirty-three percent of American families have had someone in their household who has either lost a job, lost a business, or has been furloughed during the pandemic. This is an unprecedented moment in American history, and the Senate needs to take unprecedented action to improve the lives of the American people. Yet in the midst of all of this pain and suffering, what has the Republican-led Senate done over the last 5 months to address the economic concerns of the American people? The answer is nothing except pass a $740 billion budget for the bloated Pentagon and take an extended vacation. That is not something that anybody in the Senate should be proud of. The Senate is now back in session. Senate Republicans have introduced a so-called skinny relief bill that is totally inadequate in terms of addressing the crisis we are facing today. The Senate Republican bill provides nothing for rent, nothing for mortgages, nothing for food, nothing for hazard pay, nothing for healthcare, nothing for public transportation, and nothing to prevent the mass layoffs of teachers, nurses, firefighters, and construction workers that will take place in cities and States as cities and States struggle economically. In other words, the same Republicans who had no problem voting for a trillion-dollar tax break for the top 1 percent large corporations 2 years ago are now telling 40 million Americans who are struggling to pay for housing that we cannot afford to help them pay their rent or mortgage. The same Republicans who just voted to provide $740 billion for the Pentagon and the military industrial complex to wage endless wars are now telling 30 million workers who lost their jobs that we cannot afford to continue the $600-a-week supplement they were receiving in unemployment benefits. The same Republicans who slipped $135 billion tax breaks for multimillionaires and billionaires in the last coronavirus relief package are now telling 29 million Americans who do not have enough food to eat that we cannot afford to help them feed their families. But if you are an executive in the coal industry, you are in luck. The Republican Senate bill provides your industry with $161 million in corporate welfare. That is right. The Republican Senate bill provides no money for working families to feed their kids, no money to house the homeless, no money to insure the uninsured--no money for them--but it does provide $161 million in corporate welfare for the coal industry during a climate emergency. That may make sense for the CEOs in the fossil fuel industry who are destroying the planet with their product, but it makes zero sense to me. Further, under the Senate Republican bill, if you are a wealthy business owner who forces employees to work in an unsafe and unhealthy workplace, you are rewarded. The Republican bill will provide you with the immunity you need from lawsuits if your workers get sick or die from the coronavirus,but if you are an essential worker during this pandemic, you get nothing. The Republican bill does not provide a nickel more for hazard pay or the personal protective equipment that you need and deserve. Needless to say, I am strongly opposed to the Senate Republican bill and am glad it was defeated earlier today. Instead of listening to the needs of fossil fuel CEOs, we need to listen to the needs of working-class Americans, the people who are hurting. Instead of providing more corporate welfare to billionaires and large corporations, we need to provide more economic relief to the tens of millions of Americans who are hurting economically. Nearly 4 months ago, the House of Representatives did its job by passing the Heroes Act, a $3.5 trillion bill. In my view, the Senate has to stand up and do its job and pass the Heroes Act or a bill that is even better than that legislation I received many, many thousands of letters, emails, and social media from constituents in the State of Vermont and, in fact, all over this country about how the economic crisis has negatively impacted their lives and what that $600 a week in unemployment benefits that expired in July meant to them. Let me read you just a few of the many thousands of stories my office has received. A constituent from North Chittenden, VT, wrote: I was laid off in March. Since the end of the extra $600 I've been able to eat because of the food bank. I wasn't able to get one of my prescriptions because even with insurance it was $88. I saved as much as I could during the extra $600 period, but I'm almost out of money now. Literally enough to make it about 10 days. Then what? I'm 65 [years of age]. An unemployed worker wrote: We can't pay our rent including car payment and car insurance, bills, feed our four kids, or buy necessities. We desperately need the extra $600 to stay afloat. If we don't get our money soon, we could lose EVERYTHING! Another unemployed worker recently wrote: My State benefit was $127 a week (I exhausted my available State funds last week). My rent is $1,200 a month. Without further congressional action, I will be unhoused within a month or two. A constituent from Danville, VT, wrote: That moment the government stopped the $600 a week they closed my benefits. I never saw anything other than that $600 and it went to bills and rent. Now I am behind on everything again. And on and on it goes. For millions of people, that $600-a-week check was life and death. Clearly, in the midst of this unprecedented crisis, the Senate must act and act now, not with a skinny relief bill that does virtually nothing to help working families in their time of need, but with legislation that responds to the unprecedented economic pain and suffering that the American working class is experiencing. We need to extend the extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits for the 30 million Americans who have lost their jobs--like the House passed over 3 months ago. This is absolutely essential. During this crisis, it would give families the income they need to live with it. We need to make sure that every working-class person in America receives $2,000 a month until this crisis is over so they can pay the rent and put food on the table. We need to expand Medicare to all the 92 million Americans who are uninsured or underinsured. Nobody should be unable to go to a doctor during this crisis because they don't have health insurance. In other words, we need a coronavirus relief bill that benefits the working families of this country and low-income people, not just the wealthy and well-connected. I know what my Republican colleagues will say--that it is too expensive, and we can't afford it. Maybe, just maybe, our Republican colleagues are so concerned about the deficit they might want to ask their billionaire campaign contributors to pay their fair share of taxes instead of giving them massive tax breaks. In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the worst public health crisis in more than 100 years, I think most Americans would be shocked to learn that 467 billionaires in our country have seen their wealth go up by $800 billion during the pandemic. Let me repeat that: 467 billionaires have seen their wealth go up by $800 billion during the pandemic. In my view, at a time of massive wealth and income inequality and when so many of our people are hurting, it is morally obscene for billionaires to use a global pandemic as an opportunity to make outrageous profits. Instead of more austerity for the working class of this country, we need to impose austerity on the billionaire class and on Wall Street. That is why I have introduced legislation to tax the obscene wealth gains billionaires have made during the public health crisis. According to the Americans for Tax Fairness, if we taxed 60 percent of the windfall gains billionaires made during the pandemic, we could raise over $420 billion. That is enough revenue to allow Medicare to pay all of the out-of-pocket healthcare expenses for everyone in America in the next 12 months. Yes, by taxing 60 percent of the wealth gains made by just 467 people during this horrific pandemic, we could guarantee healthcare as a right for an entire year for every man, woman, and child in this country. Billionaires would still be able to pocket over $300 billion in wealth gains during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. At a time of enormous economic pain and suffering, we have a choice to make. We can continue to allow the very rich to get much richer while everyone else gets poorer and poorer or we can tax the winnings a handful of billionaires made during the pandemic to improve the health and well-being of tens of millions of Americans. It is time for the Senate to act on behalf of the working families of this country who are hurting like they have never hurt before and not just the billionaire class who are doing phenomenally well and have never had it so good. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SANDERS | Senate | CREC-2020-09-10-pt1-PgS5560-5 | null | 1,268 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 5233. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur (RIN: 1210-AB96) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5234. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Office of Regulatory Affairs Division Director; Technical Amendments [Docket No.: FDA-2019-N-0011] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5235. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Fermented or Hydrolyzed Foods [Docket No.: FDA-2014-N-1021] (RIN: 0910-AH00) received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5236. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Colorado; Revisions to Air Pollution Emission Notice Rules [EPA-R08- OAR-2020-0110; FRL-10013-30-Region 8] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5237. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions from Industrial Surface Coating Operations [EPA-R07-OAR-2020-0289; FRL-10013-51- Region 7] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5238. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Pydiflumetofen; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0273; FRL-10012-18] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5239. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ- OAR-2018-0746; FRL-10010-27-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AT85) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5240. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; California; San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and Feather River Air Quality Management District [EPA-R09-OAR- 2019-0655; FRL-10012-28-Region 9] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5241. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Massachusetts; Negative Declaration for the Oil and Gas Industry [EPA-R01- OAR-2019-0220; FRL-10012-83-Region 1] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5242. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- Technical Correction to the Flex-Fuel Vehicle Provisions in CAFE Regulations [EPA-HQ-OAR- 2020-0314; FRL-10012-25-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU89) received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5243. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's direct final rule -- West Virginia: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference [EPA-R03-UST- 2020-0205; FRL-10012-34-Region 3] received August 18, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5244. A letter from the Program Analyst, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Use of Common Antenna Site -- Section 73.239 and 73.635 [MB Docket No.: 19-282]; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative [MB Docket No.: 17-105] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5245. A letter from the Program Analyst, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities [Docket No.: 03-123] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5246. A letter from the Attorney Advisor (Legal Advisor), Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection [WC Docket No.: 19-195]; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program [WC Docket No.: 11-10] received August 21, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5247. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting continuation of the national emergency with respect to certain terrorist attacks, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 116--151); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. 5248. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting continuation of the national emergency with respect to foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in the United States elections, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 116--150); jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), House Administration, and the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-09-11-pt1-PgH4333-8 | null | 1,269 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The House will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgH4341-7 | null | 1,270 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4894) to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available, as amended. | 2020-01-06 | Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York | House | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgH4348 | null | 1,271 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4894) to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgH4369-3 | null | 1,272 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4894) to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgH4369-3 | null | 1,273 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2193) to require the Administrator of General Services to issue guidance to clarify that Federal agencies may pay by charge card for the charging of Federal electric motor vehicles, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgH4370-3 | null | 1,274 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, when I address the situation in the Middle East, it is often to discuss instability, terror, or other threats to the United States and its partners, like Israel. Those threats still exist, but I am very glad to be speaking today about peace breaking out, and it is breaking out more quickly than we can even stage the official ceremonies to memorialize the diplomatic achievements. A few weeks ago, with major help from the United States and the Trump administration, Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached the first Arab-Israel peace deal in 26 years. The Abraham Accord is named for the shared religious roots that Christians, Jews, and Muslims all hold in common. It will make the UAE just the third Arab nation, and the very first in the gulf, to normalize relations with Israel. In the words of Prime Minister Netanyahu, ``full and official peace, full diplomatic agreement, with embassies, investment, commerce, tourism, and direct flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai and Abu Dhabi.'' We have come a long way--a long way indeed. What a moment. Farsighted leaders in both countries made sacrifices to make this deal possible. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayid understand that both Arabs and Israelis will benefit from the peace and prosperity that tearing down barriers can bring. America will also benefit from these two regional friends working more closely together and reducing tensions across the challenging region. Now, to be sure, work is not finished, and no single step like this should be confused for an overnight miracle. In this case, we in Congress have an obligation to review any U.S. arms sales package linked to the deal. As we help our Arab partners defend against growing threats, we must continue ensuring that Israel's qualitative military edgeremains unchallenged. But the winds of change are blowing, and they are bringing good news for peace all across the region. Of course, a few extreme voices, perhaps correctly sensing that their moment is slipping away, are not at all happy. A predictable cast of characters wasted no time condemning the agreement and branding the UAE as traitors to the Arab or Muslim world. Unlike Iranian clerics or al-Qaida terrorists, everyone who is actually living in the 21st century is celebrating this major progress. This major step forward is being documented in a signing ceremony at the White House tomorrow. But in just the couple of weeks that have elapsed between the announcement of the Abraham Accord and the official ceremony tomorrow, another Arab state has joined the parade toward peace. On Friday, September 11, Israel and Bahrain announced their agreement to open formal diplomatic relations. After Egypt, Jordan, and the UAE, this makes the fourth historic step toward normalization by Israel's Arab neighbors. Along with President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu and King Hamad of Bahrain called the agreement ``a historic breakthrough to further peace in the Middle East.'' Indeed, reports suggest that still more Arab states may not be far behind. This is a new course with the potential to fundamentally--fundamentally--change the Middle East. Dennis Ross, former senior diplomatic adviser to President Obama and a longtime practitioner of the peace process, wrote just yesterday that these agreements are bona fide ``breakthroughs'' that are changing ``the political landscape of the Middle East'' and the Israel-Palestine stalemate for the better. That is Dennis Ross, from the Obama administration. That is how former Obama administration officials are praising the Trump administration's successes. I am grateful for this administration's work to encourage peace. I am proud of this historic opportunity that American leadership and diplomacy has made possible. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgS5563-6 | null | 1,275 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, when I address the situation in the Middle East, it is often to discuss instability, terror, or other threats to the United States and its partners, like Israel. Those threats still exist, but I am very glad to be speaking today about peace breaking out, and it is breaking out more quickly than we can even stage the official ceremonies to memorialize the diplomatic achievements. A few weeks ago, with major help from the United States and the Trump administration, Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached the first Arab-Israel peace deal in 26 years. The Abraham Accord is named for the shared religious roots that Christians, Jews, and Muslims all hold in common. It will make the UAE just the third Arab nation, and the very first in the gulf, to normalize relations with Israel. In the words of Prime Minister Netanyahu, ``full and official peace, full diplomatic agreement, with embassies, investment, commerce, tourism, and direct flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai and Abu Dhabi.'' We have come a long way--a long way indeed. What a moment. Farsighted leaders in both countries made sacrifices to make this deal possible. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayid understand that both Arabs and Israelis will benefit from the peace and prosperity that tearing down barriers can bring. America will also benefit from these two regional friends working more closely together and reducing tensions across the challenging region. Now, to be sure, work is not finished, and no single step like this should be confused for an overnight miracle. In this case, we in Congress have an obligation to review any U.S. arms sales package linked to the deal. As we help our Arab partners defend against growing threats, we must continue ensuring that Israel's qualitative military edgeremains unchallenged. But the winds of change are blowing, and they are bringing good news for peace all across the region. Of course, a few extreme voices, perhaps correctly sensing that their moment is slipping away, are not at all happy. A predictable cast of characters wasted no time condemning the agreement and branding the UAE as traitors to the Arab or Muslim world. Unlike Iranian clerics or al-Qaida terrorists, everyone who is actually living in the 21st century is celebrating this major progress. This major step forward is being documented in a signing ceremony at the White House tomorrow. But in just the couple of weeks that have elapsed between the announcement of the Abraham Accord and the official ceremony tomorrow, another Arab state has joined the parade toward peace. On Friday, September 11, Israel and Bahrain announced their agreement to open formal diplomatic relations. After Egypt, Jordan, and the UAE, this makes the fourth historic step toward normalization by Israel's Arab neighbors. Along with President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu and King Hamad of Bahrain called the agreement ``a historic breakthrough to further peace in the Middle East.'' Indeed, reports suggest that still more Arab states may not be far behind. This is a new course with the potential to fundamentally--fundamentally--change the Middle East. Dennis Ross, former senior diplomatic adviser to President Obama and a longtime practitioner of the peace process, wrote just yesterday that these agreements are bona fide ``breakthroughs'' that are changing ``the political landscape of the Middle East'' and the Israel-Palestine stalemate for the better. That is Dennis Ross, from the Obama administration. That is how former Obama administration officials are praising the Trump administration's successes. I am grateful for this administration's work to encourage peace. I am proud of this historic opportunity that American leadership and diplomacy has made possible. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgS5563-6 | null | 1,276 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Now, Mr. President, on a totally different message, I had hoped, Republicans had hoped, and the American people had hoped that the Senate would be spending this week finishing up another bipartisan agreement on coronavirus relief. We want to get hundreds of billions more dollars into the pipeline for kids, for jobs, for healthcare. Unfortunately, Senate Democrats chose to block it all. Our Democratic colleagues voted against hundreds of billions of dollars to help Americans fight the virus. This wasn't even a vote on final passage, just a procedural vote to break the Democratic leader's filibuster and move forward with something. Senate Democrats, nevertheless, filibustered the aid. Then, just a few short days later, they went right back to signaling that a Democratic Senate majority paired with a President Joe Biden would abolish the filibuster and permanently vandalize this institution to more easily force radical change on the country. This threat to permanently disfigure the Senate has been the latest growing drumbeat in the modern Democratic Party's war against our governing institutions. There was former Senator Reid starting the ``nuclear'' exchange back in 2013. There have been years of unprecedented tactics to try and deny President Trump the government the people elected. There has been the least fair, least thorough, and most rushed impeachment inquiry in modern history. Now, the most shameless--the most shameless--hypocrisy: Senate Democrats happily use the filibuster to block coronavirus relief and Senator Tim Scott's police reform bill at the very same time they are conspiring to destroy that very tool so they can ram through their radical agenda if they ever win power. Grade A hypocrisy and nothing more. We have had former President Obama call for ``eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic,'' about 1 month after his own party used it to kill Senator Tim Scott's police reform bill. We have some of former Vice President Biden's allies in the Senate daydreaming about ending the filibuster even as they themselves use the filibuster to kill pandemic relief for working families. Democrats want completely different sets of rules depending on whether they hold power--different sets of rules depending upon whether they hold power. They want to assert minority rights when they have the minority and steamroll them if they get a majority. Here is NBC News: Democratic insiders are assembling a coalition behind the scenes to wage an all-out war on the Senate filibuster. . . . Veteran party operatives, activist groups and supportive Senators are coordinating message and strategy. This takes measuring the drapes to a new level. The Democratic leader and his colleagues aren't just measuring the drapes; they are calculating how much kerosene it would take to burn the drapes down. They aren't just threatening to pass radical policies like Medicare for none or the Green New Deal--no, no, no. The far left wants to hot-wire democracy itself--things like packing the Supreme Court with new seats or packing the Senate by handing out new statehood to one individual city. I said it a few months ago. Today's Democrats have lost patience with playing by the rules and want to wage war on the rule book itself. They are saying as much out loud. Perhaps our colleagues think promising a shameless power grab is the only way to energize their radical, far-left base, but the real effect--the real effect--is to make the stakes in these issues completely and totally clear to the American people. The Framers designed the Senate to be the country's firewall against ill-considered and radical change. That is what the Senate was all about in the beginning. If our Democratic friends have concluded their worst ideas could never clear the high bar--if they think their ideas could never clear the high bar, it is their bad ideas that need to be scrapped, not the core checks and balances of our government. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgS5564 | null | 1,277 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Government Funding Madam President, as if that isn't enough--and with the challenges we face with having close to 200,000 of our fellow citizens dead from coronavirus and there still being no national plan on PPE or testing or, my fear, that we could see a repeat of the mistakes that were made on testing and PPE happen on vaccinations if we are not careful--what I actually came to talk about and to remind my colleagues about is something that the Senator from Oregon will also be very, very involved in. I express my grave concern that we are only 16 days away from a potential lapse in government funding. It is encouraging that Secretary Mnuchin and Speaker Pelosi seem to have reached at least an agreement in principle on this must-pass stopgap funding, but I have been around here long enough to know that when negotiations between and within two Chambers on supposedly must-pass coronavirus relief legislation breaks down and stalls--and when that breakdown lasts for months--that we cannot let the funding of our government get mired in the same complacency and lack of urgency. I hope and pray that the devastating impact of the 2018-2019 government shutdown is still in the front minds of all of my colleagues here in the Senate. I acknowledge it has been a long year, so here is a little recap for those who need it. The government shutdown over the holiday of 2018 and into the beginning of the new year of 2019 was the longest shutdown of the Federal Government in history--not of this Congress's and not under this administration but in our country's history. For 35 days, the Federal Government did not hold up its end of the bargain with taxpayers or the public servants who have dedicated their lives to delivering services to them. The economic impact and human toll were devastating. More than 380,000 Federal workers were furloughed, and another 450,000 were forced to work without pay. While Federal employees eventually received backpay, furloughed workers who happened to be contractors still have not been made whole. To put that in context, contractors, including those who had served the Federal Government as custodians, cafeteria workers, and security guards, had to figure out how to pay rent and buy medicine and put food on the table after two entire paychecks just evaporated. The economic effects were not just personal either. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the 2018-2019 government shutdown cost taxpayers--cost all of us--about $3 billion. It actually registered as a decrease in 2019's gross domestic product of about two-tenths of a percent. Those will be losses that we will never recover. As bad as that all sounds, that was only a partial government shutdown. There were 9 out of 15 Departments and several Agencies that were closed. What we are facing in a couple of weeks would affect the entire Federal Government. To state the obvious, that was when we were not in a global pandemic and an economic recession. Virginians and people across the country continue relying on services from the Federal Government to help keep their families and businesses afloat. I am sure the administration will take steps to ensure people continue to receive their most essential things, like SNAP benefits to keep their families fed and PPP loans to keep their businesses afloat. Shutting down the entire Federal Government will inevitably lead to disruptions and bare-bone contingency matters. The American people need and, frankly, deserve better. With food insecurity, housing instability, and job loss all on the rise, now is the time for the Federal Government to do more to help everyday people--not by turning the lights out. Shutting down the government just as we are expecting a surge in COVID-19 cases post-Labor Day and as the flu season is starting and as we are needing to work double time to secure the November election and as the Postal Service needs relief and, as Senator Wyden just indicated, as the entire west coast is burning--boy oh boy. Calling it a self-inflicted injury doesn't even cut it. If we were to shut down, it would be more like kicking ourselves. Failing to reach an agreement on funding the government would be absolutely disastrous. I can only hope that there will be bipartisan agreement on this point and that we will be able to put aside any of the unrelated policy differences to fulfill one of our most basic obligations as lawmakers--that of funding the government and keeping our commitments to both our constituents and the Federal workforce that works so tirelessly to serve them. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgS5568 | null | 1,278 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Young, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Carper, Mr. Braun, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Daines) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 690 Whereas investment in the education, training, and career advancement of the workforce in the United States, known as ``workforce development'', is crucial to the ability of the United States to compete in the global economy; Whereas collaboration among Governors, local governments, State and local education, workforce, and human services agencies, community colleges, local businesses, employment service providers, community-based organizations, and workforce development boards provides for long-term, sustainable, and successful workforce development across traditional sectors and emerging industries; Whereas middle-skill jobs, which require more than a high school diploma but not a 4-year degree, comprise 52 percent of the labor market, but only 42 percent of workers in the United States have been able to access training at that level, creating a discrepancy that may limit growth in changing industries such as health care, manufacturing, and information technology; Whereas 76 percent of business leaders say greater investment in skills training would help their businesses; Whereas, during the first 6 months of 2020 in the United States-- (1) tens of millions of individuals filed for unemployment benefits; (2) more than 50 percent of job losses were concentrated among workers earning less than $40,000 per year; and (3) workers with a high school diploma or a lower level of educational attainment were displaced from jobs at nearly 3 times the rate of workers with a bachelor's degree; Whereas, in 2014, Congress reauthorized the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) with overwhelming bipartisan support in recognition of the need to strengthen the focus of the United States on the skills necessary to fill jobs in local and regional industries; Whereas the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) supports employment, training, and support services for individuals with barriers to employment, including-- (1) individuals who are low-income; (2) individuals who are out of work, including the long- term unemployed; (3) individuals displaced by outsourcing; (4) individuals living in rural areas or areas with persistently high unemployment; (5) individuals looking to learn new skills; and (6) individuals with disabilities; Whereas the more than 550 workforce development boards and 2,500 American Job Centers are a driving force behind growing regional economies by providing training, resources, and assistance to workers who aim to compete in the 21st century economy; Whereas ongoing State and local implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) provides unprecedented opportunities to develop the skills of workers in the United States through access to effective workforce education and training, including the development and delivery of proven strategies such as sector partnerships, career pathways, integrated education and training, work-based learning models, and paid internships; Whereas, in 2018, programs authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.)-- (1) served nearly 6,000,000 young people and adults; (2) exceeded employment targets across all programs; and (3) helped more than 1,500,000 individuals, including English language learners, gain skills and credentials to help the individuals succeed in the labor market; Whereas State programs established under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.)-- (1) ensured that more than 5,400,000 unemployed workers, including more than 500,000 veterans, had access to career services through American Job Centers in 2018; and (2) are a foundational part of the workforce development system; Whereas workforce development programs will play a critical role in addressing the expected 2,400,000 unfilled manufacturing jobs over the next decade; Whereas community colleges and other workforce development training providers across the United States are well situated-- (1) to train the next generation of workers in the United States; and (2) to address the educational challenges created by emerging industries and technological advancements; Whereas participation in a career and technical education (referred to in this preamble as ``CTE'') program decreases the risk of students dropping out of high school, and all 50 States and the District of Columbia report higher graduation rates for CTE students, as compared to other students; Whereas community and technical colleges operate as open access institutions serving millions of students annually at a comparatively low cost; Whereas the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Public Law 115-224; 132 Stat. 1563) supports the development and implementation of high-quality CTE programs that-- (1) combine rigorous academic content with occupational skills; and (2) served approximately 12,500,000 high school and college students between 2018 and 2019; Whereas there are more than 500,000 registered apprentices in the United States, and there is growing and bipartisan support for expanding earn-and-learn strategies to help current and future workers gain skills and work experience; Whereas the federally supported workforce system and partner programs-- (1) have helped rebuild the economy of the United States and provide increased economic opportunities; and (2) provide a pathway into 21st century jobs that support families while ensuring that businesses in the United States find the skilled workforce needed to compete in the global economy; and Whereas workforce development is crucial to sustaining economic security for workers in the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) designates September 2020 as ``National Workforce Development Month''; (2) supports Federal initiatives to promote workforce development; and (3) acknowledges that workforce development plays a crucial role in supporting workers and growing the economy. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgS5574 | null | 1,279 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. King) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: S. Res. 691 Whereas a positive school culture is important for students, teachers, and staff to feel safe, valued, engaged, included, and respected; Whereas students face intense academic and social pressures in school, including stress, bullying, and social isolation; Whereas students face increasing anxiety as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, as a result of-- (1) social distancing requirements and increasing social isolation; (2) fear of illness for themselves and peers; (3) uncertainty of the future for themselves and schooling; and (4) financial insecurity that results in hunger or stress at home; Whereas, when these concerns or childhood trauma are not addressed appropriately, anxiety, depression, social withdrawal, disruptive behavior, drug and alcohol abuse, and violence can result; Whereas skills developed through social and emotional learning equip young people to handle the challenges they face and help them succeed not just as students, but as healthy and caring adults, productive workers, and engaged citizens; Whereas social and emotional learning is defined as the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills associated with social and emotional competency, including the ability to-- (1) identify, understand, and manage emotions; (2) set and achieve positive goals; (3) feel and show empathy for others; (4) establish and maintain positive relationships; and (5) make responsible decisions; Whereas social and emotional learning programs can be effectively integrated into schools through classroom instruction, both in-person and virtually, and other schoolwide activities that-- (1) provide instruction for school leaders, educators, and staff on social and emotional learning, so they can both model these skills for students and benefit from them personally and professionally; (2) integrate social and emotional learning through family engagement and in the school curriculum, through instruction and, in some cases, playful learning; (3) provide systematic instruction in which skills are taught, modeled, practiced, and applied in daily behavior; and (4) establish safe and caring learning environments that foster student participation, engagement, and connection to their school community; Whereas social and emotional skills are both teachable and measurable, and evidence-based social and emotional learning programs have already been successfully implemented in schools across the country for students in preschool through high school; Whereas students exposed to social and emotional learning programs have improved academic outcomes, including greater motivation to learn and commitment to school, increased time devoted to schoolwork and mastery of subject matter, and improved attendance, graduation rates, grades, and test scores; Whereas these positive outcomes increase in students who are involved in social and emotional learning programs by an average of 11 percentage points over students who are not involved in such programs; Whereas social and emotional learning programs can mitigate the impact of childhood trauma and also result in reduced problem behavior, improved health outcomes, a lower rate of violent delinquency, and a lower rate of heavy alcohol use; Whereas programs that increase student connectedness and raise awareness about social isolation have been shown to reduce bullying and improve school climate; and Whereas social and emotional learning programs help young people appreciate the importance of developing and sustaining positive interpersonal relationships and inclusive communities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) supports the goals of evidence-based social and emotional learning programs; (2) encourages schools and communities to implement programs to facilitate social and emotional learning in both in-person curriculum and virtual curriculum; and (3) encourages schools to conduct regular in-person and virtual training of their staff to ensure social and emotional learning programs can evolve, grow, and build capacity as needed. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-14-pt1-PgS5575 | null | 1,280 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 5273. A letter from the Principal Deputy, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in Construction and Shipyard Sectors [Docket No.: OSHA-H005C-2006-0870] (RIN: 1218-AD29) received September 8, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. 5274. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standards of Care of Chimpanzees Held in the Federally Supported Sanctuary System [Docket No.: NIH-2019-0001] (RIN: 0925-AA66) received September 8, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5275. A letter from the Program Analyst, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls; Alarm Industry Communications Committee Petition for Clarifications or Reconsideration; American Dental Association Petition for Clarification or Reconsideration [CG Docket No.: 17-59] received September 8, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5276. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final methodology -- Basic Health Program; Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2021 [CMS-2432-FN] (RIN: 0938- ZB56) received September 8, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgH4427-2 | null | 1,281 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the clerk's desk and referred as follows: 133. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, California, relative to Resolution No. 182-20, urging the United States Congress and the Federal Executive Branch to expeditiously pass and enact subsequent interim emergency coronavirus release stimulus packages in addition to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) with at least $500 billion more in economic aid and $250 billion more in investments for small business loans, specifically targeting women, people of color, veteran-owned businesses, and nonprofits, bolstering community-based lenders and smaller financial institutions; to the Committee on Small Business. 134. Also, a petition of Mr. Gregory D. Watson, a citizen of Austin, Texas, relative to respectfully requesting Federal legislation which would require recipients of public financial assistance, consisting at least partial of Federal funds, to undergo quarterly drug-testing -- with negative results for illegal substances -- in order to continue receiving such public financial assistance with a lifetime limit of five years of receipt of such public financial assistance as long as the recipient remains able-bodied; to the Committee on Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgH4429 | null | 1,282 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the clerk's desk and referred as follows: 133. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, California, relative to Resolution No. 182-20, urging the United States Congress and the Federal Executive Branch to expeditiously pass and enact subsequent interim emergency coronavirus release stimulus packages in addition to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) with at least $500 billion more in economic aid and $250 billion more in investments for small business loans, specifically targeting women, people of color, veteran-owned businesses, and nonprofits, bolstering community-based lenders and smaller financial institutions; to the Committee on Small Business. 134. Also, a petition of Mr. Gregory D. Watson, a citizen of Austin, Texas, relative to respectfully requesting Federal legislation which would require recipients of public financial assistance, consisting at least partial of Federal funds, to undergo quarterly drug-testing -- with negative results for illegal substances -- in order to continue receiving such public financial assistance with a lifetime limit of five years of receipt of such public financial assistance as long as the recipient remains able-bodied; to the Committee on Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgH4429 | null | 1,283 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, yesterday, I discussed a tide of good news flowing out of the Middle East. Peace agreements between Israel and the UAE and Israel and Bahrain will be documented at the White House later today. Even more Arab countries are reportedly considering following suit. The winds of change are blowing across the Middle East. Thanks, in large part, to the hard work of the Trump administration, they are blowing toward peace. I also mentioned yesterday that not everyone is happy. Not everyone in the Middle East is living in the 21st century. Some are too vested in the old fights and enmities and are afraid to let them go. President Abbas, who is now in the 16th year of a 4-year term at the head of the Palestinian Authority, predictably, tried to dismiss the compromise as nonsense. But, as the Obama administration's Middle East expert Dennis Ross wrote a few days ago, continuing this failed approach would just guarantee Palestinians will be left behind while the rest of the Arab world builds a better future. And then there is the theocratic basket case that is Iran. Last weekend, as if perfectly scripted to contrast with the hopeful news of optimism and peace coming from the Arab world, the mullahs reminded the whole world of their flagrant disdain for human dignity and basic human rights. They carried out a hurried execution in the face of international condemnation. Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old Iranian wrestler arrested during a government protest in 2018, was tortured into confessing to the murder of a security guard. He was hanged on Saturday. According to his mother, who was barred from visiting her son before his execution, Navid and his two brothers arrested alongside him were forced to testify against one another. As they mourn their brother, these two young men themselves face decades in prisonfor standing up to the brutal injustices of the Iranian regime. Stories like this are tragic, but they aren't shocking--not in a country where dissent and free expression are denied and not from rulers who regularly use both domestic and international terrorism. This regime has its fingerprints on destabilizing campaigns, assassinations, and violence against civilians in every single corner of the Middle East--from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Aden. The Obama-Biden administration's Iran deal, the JCPOA, did not improve any of this bad behavior. It ignored Iran's nonnuclear aggression. It let Tehran continue R&D on enriched uranium. If anything, Iran's behavior has only gotten worse, and that bad deal is still doing damage. This year, it will sunset a prudent U.N. Security Council resolution that had kept Iran from buying conventional weapons. This summer, the U.N. Security Council, with the votes of Russia and China, refused to extend this 13-year-old embargo. Returning to the JCPOA has become a sort of mantra for our political left here in the United States. But really, the reflex to oppose everything President Trump does can be a gift to our adversaries. Former Vice President Biden promises to rush back into a bad deal without securing any improvements. He proposes we would be able to renegotiate the bad deal from the inside of it after tossing away any leverage in advance. There is one right way to deal with regimes like Iran--toughness and resolve. That is why President Trump successfully restored an important measure of deterrence when he removed Iran's top terrorist, Soleimani, from the battlefield forever. Even though Tehran is weakened by sanctions, political unrest, and economic unease, they are also emboldened by our internal divisions and eager to exploit rifts among our allies. We know from publicly released intelligence that Iran seeks to interfere in our own politics. We know that Iranian-backed groups continue to threaten our forces in Iraq and Syria. We know that Iranian proxies like Hezbollah pose a growing threat to our ally Israel. Unity, strength and resolve are the way to defend our security and our interests--not capitulation. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5577-6 | null | 1,284 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, yesterday, I discussed a tide of good news flowing out of the Middle East. Peace agreements between Israel and the UAE and Israel and Bahrain will be documented at the White House later today. Even more Arab countries are reportedly considering following suit. The winds of change are blowing across the Middle East. Thanks, in large part, to the hard work of the Trump administration, they are blowing toward peace. I also mentioned yesterday that not everyone is happy. Not everyone in the Middle East is living in the 21st century. Some are too vested in the old fights and enmities and are afraid to let them go. President Abbas, who is now in the 16th year of a 4-year term at the head of the Palestinian Authority, predictably, tried to dismiss the compromise as nonsense. But, as the Obama administration's Middle East expert Dennis Ross wrote a few days ago, continuing this failed approach would just guarantee Palestinians will be left behind while the rest of the Arab world builds a better future. And then there is the theocratic basket case that is Iran. Last weekend, as if perfectly scripted to contrast with the hopeful news of optimism and peace coming from the Arab world, the mullahs reminded the whole world of their flagrant disdain for human dignity and basic human rights. They carried out a hurried execution in the face of international condemnation. Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old Iranian wrestler arrested during a government protest in 2018, was tortured into confessing to the murder of a security guard. He was hanged on Saturday. According to his mother, who was barred from visiting her son before his execution, Navid and his two brothers arrested alongside him were forced to testify against one another. As they mourn their brother, these two young men themselves face decades in prisonfor standing up to the brutal injustices of the Iranian regime. Stories like this are tragic, but they aren't shocking--not in a country where dissent and free expression are denied and not from rulers who regularly use both domestic and international terrorism. This regime has its fingerprints on destabilizing campaigns, assassinations, and violence against civilians in every single corner of the Middle East--from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Aden. The Obama-Biden administration's Iran deal, the JCPOA, did not improve any of this bad behavior. It ignored Iran's nonnuclear aggression. It let Tehran continue R&D on enriched uranium. If anything, Iran's behavior has only gotten worse, and that bad deal is still doing damage. This year, it will sunset a prudent U.N. Security Council resolution that had kept Iran from buying conventional weapons. This summer, the U.N. Security Council, with the votes of Russia and China, refused to extend this 13-year-old embargo. Returning to the JCPOA has become a sort of mantra for our political left here in the United States. But really, the reflex to oppose everything President Trump does can be a gift to our adversaries. Former Vice President Biden promises to rush back into a bad deal without securing any improvements. He proposes we would be able to renegotiate the bad deal from the inside of it after tossing away any leverage in advance. There is one right way to deal with regimes like Iran--toughness and resolve. That is why President Trump successfully restored an important measure of deterrence when he removed Iran's top terrorist, Soleimani, from the battlefield forever. Even though Tehran is weakened by sanctions, political unrest, and economic unease, they are also emboldened by our internal divisions and eager to exploit rifts among our allies. We know from publicly released intelligence that Iran seeks to interfere in our own politics. We know that Iranian-backed groups continue to threaten our forces in Iraq and Syria. We know that Iranian proxies like Hezbollah pose a growing threat to our ally Israel. Unity, strength and resolve are the way to defend our security and our interests--not capitulation. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5577-6 | null | 1,285 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, yesterday, I discussed a tide of good news flowing out of the Middle East. Peace agreements between Israel and the UAE and Israel and Bahrain will be documented at the White House later today. Even more Arab countries are reportedly considering following suit. The winds of change are blowing across the Middle East. Thanks, in large part, to the hard work of the Trump administration, they are blowing toward peace. I also mentioned yesterday that not everyone is happy. Not everyone in the Middle East is living in the 21st century. Some are too vested in the old fights and enmities and are afraid to let them go. President Abbas, who is now in the 16th year of a 4-year term at the head of the Palestinian Authority, predictably, tried to dismiss the compromise as nonsense. But, as the Obama administration's Middle East expert Dennis Ross wrote a few days ago, continuing this failed approach would just guarantee Palestinians will be left behind while the rest of the Arab world builds a better future. And then there is the theocratic basket case that is Iran. Last weekend, as if perfectly scripted to contrast with the hopeful news of optimism and peace coming from the Arab world, the mullahs reminded the whole world of their flagrant disdain for human dignity and basic human rights. They carried out a hurried execution in the face of international condemnation. Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old Iranian wrestler arrested during a government protest in 2018, was tortured into confessing to the murder of a security guard. He was hanged on Saturday. According to his mother, who was barred from visiting her son before his execution, Navid and his two brothers arrested alongside him were forced to testify against one another. As they mourn their brother, these two young men themselves face decades in prisonfor standing up to the brutal injustices of the Iranian regime. Stories like this are tragic, but they aren't shocking--not in a country where dissent and free expression are denied and not from rulers who regularly use both domestic and international terrorism. This regime has its fingerprints on destabilizing campaigns, assassinations, and violence against civilians in every single corner of the Middle East--from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Aden. The Obama-Biden administration's Iran deal, the JCPOA, did not improve any of this bad behavior. It ignored Iran's nonnuclear aggression. It let Tehran continue R&D on enriched uranium. If anything, Iran's behavior has only gotten worse, and that bad deal is still doing damage. This year, it will sunset a prudent U.N. Security Council resolution that had kept Iran from buying conventional weapons. This summer, the U.N. Security Council, with the votes of Russia and China, refused to extend this 13-year-old embargo. Returning to the JCPOA has become a sort of mantra for our political left here in the United States. But really, the reflex to oppose everything President Trump does can be a gift to our adversaries. Former Vice President Biden promises to rush back into a bad deal without securing any improvements. He proposes we would be able to renegotiate the bad deal from the inside of it after tossing away any leverage in advance. There is one right way to deal with regimes like Iran--toughness and resolve. That is why President Trump successfully restored an important measure of deterrence when he removed Iran's top terrorist, Soleimani, from the battlefield forever. Even though Tehran is weakened by sanctions, political unrest, and economic unease, they are also emboldened by our internal divisions and eager to exploit rifts among our allies. We know from publicly released intelligence that Iran seeks to interfere in our own politics. We know that Iranian-backed groups continue to threaten our forces in Iraq and Syria. We know that Iranian proxies like Hezbollah pose a growing threat to our ally Israel. Unity, strength and resolve are the way to defend our security and our interests--not capitulation. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5577-6 | null | 1,286 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. President, to date, we have lost nearly 200,000 Americans to the coronavirus, and we are quickly approaching 7 million cases in the United States. This virus has changed life as we know it, and Americans are in need of help from Congress. However, despitethe urgent needs of families, businesses, workers, and unemployed Americans across the country, Senate Republicans have dragged their feet and offered up only a few weak measures that barely address the needs of the Nation. The majority leader knows what needs to be done. The playbook is right in front of us. We did it back in March with the CARES Act, which passed 96-0. To negotiate a real package with real solutions for the American people, he needs to show up at the negotiating table and give up these rogue attempts to pass empty, half-hearted measures. In the meantime, more data is coming in every day, giving us a clearer picture of just how devastating this pandemic has been to so many Americans. A new report from the Robert John Wood Foundation found some troubling outcomes that COVID has had on Chicago residents. Half of Chicago households reported facing serious financial problems during the pandemic and troubles caring for children, with 35 percent reporting that they used up all or most of their savings. As we know, the pandemic has disproportionately affected our minority communities, with nearly 70 percent of Black and 63 percent of Latinx households in Chicago reported having serious financial problems. And I am sad to say that this study found half of Chicago households report having lost their jobs, been furloughed, or seen reductions in wages or work hours since the start of the pandemic. We all know how important an internet connection is during this pandemic. According to the report, 40 percent of Chicago households are either struggling with their internet connection or lack access to high-speed internet in their home needed to complete schoolwork or their jobs. While these statistics reflect the reality of many in Chicago, there is little doubt that this is also the story in so many cities and States across the Nation. This is why we need a substantial federal response. We need to do what is necessary to help struggling families, businesses, cities, and States get back on their feet. Last week, Senate Republicans proposed another inadequate, partisan coronavirus response bill that failed to prioritize the needs of struggling Americans. The bill failed to provide another round of economic impact payments for families or hazard pay for essential workers. It failed to provide relief to States and local governments so they can continue to pay teachers, EMTs, and firefighters. And it failed to provide any housing assistance or nutrition assistance so struggling families can keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. It has been 4 months since the House passed the HEROES Act, and week after week Senate Republicans refuse to make a good faith, bipartisan effort to pass a relief measure that meets the severity of this crisis. History will judge us on how we responded to the worst pandemic in a century and the deepest recession in 75 years. In response to this crisis, did we help prevent millions from slipping into poverty through another round of economic impact payments and extending enhanced unemployment benefits? Did we give schools and teachers the appropriate resources so they can help our children learn in a safe environment? What steps did we take to preserve one of our country's greatest assets: the health and safety of our workforce? Did we throw caution to the wind by prematurely reopening simply because it's an election year? Our country needs help, and the proposal that we voted on last week offered little help to struggling Americans. Our Nation is suffering right now, and there is a long road to recovery ahead of us. Unfortunately, Leader McConnell wasted precious time by pitching a half-baked proposal that prioritized the needs of corporations over the needs of American families. Let's pass a bill that matches the gravity of this crisis, and let's pass it now. I will close with a brief comment on substance. On March 26 we shocked America in the Senate. I know it. I went home, and they told me so. Do you know how we shocked them? By a vote of 96 to 0, we passed the CARES Act--96 to 0--with not a single dissenting vote in the Senate--$3 trillion to address our economic problems and the coronavirus epidemic we were facing. We did it on March 26--yes, in this calendar year--and we did it knowing that the measures we were taking had a life expectancy of just a few months because we thought that would be the end of our challenge. It is not. The challenges that we faced in passing the CARES Act in March still are challenges America faces. When it comes to COVID-19, the numbers are sobering. The infection rate of COVID-19 in the United States is double the infection rate of the same virus in Canada--Canada. How can the United States be in a position where twice as many Americans are getting sick as those living just on the other side of the border? When you look at the overall numbers, you have to shake your head. We have 4\1/2\ percent of the world's population living in the United States--4\1/2\ percent--and over 20 percent of the COVID-19 deaths in the world--4\1/2\ percent and 20 percent. What is going on here? In this Nation, this great Nation, with all of its wealth and all of its resources and all of its talent and all of its great hospitals and doctors and pharmaceutical companies, we have a rate of COVID-19 deaths that is just indefensible. So I would say to my colleagues: When Senator McConnell came to the floor and said ``Here is our package; take it or leave it,'' that is not how this can possibly end. That is not the way the debate ended on March 26. It ended when Senator McConnell and his House Republican counterpart, Congressman McCarthy, met with Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin in a room and worked it out. That is what it takes. We need to return to that now and get it done before we leave for any reason--election or whatever it may be. There is no excuse. There are too many unemployed people desperate to get by. There are too many businesses desperate to survive. There are too many tests that we cannot take in America because we haven't invested in the resources. There are too many school districts telling me: Senator, reopening safely for these kids and teachers is going to take some money. Can you help? There is an election coming up November 3, where election authorities--because people want to vote in the safety of their homes--will receive a dramatic increase in paper ballots cast, and they need a helping hand in processing them in an orderly, honest way. The demands are out there. State and local governments are in trouble. Small towns in Southern Illinois--I speak to their mayors, and I hear the same things that I hear from the mayor of Chicago: We have had a downturn in revenues; we are going to have to lay off policemen and firefighters and healthcare workers if you don't give us a helping hand. We cannot walk away from this. Senator McConnell can't take the position of ``my way or the highway.'' We have to work on a bipartisan basis to negotiate an answer to this, and I hope we do soon. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5584 | null | 1,287 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | Mr. President, to date, we have lost nearly 200,000 Americans to the coronavirus, and we are quickly approaching 7 million cases in the United States. This virus has changed life as we know it, and Americans are in need of help from Congress. However, despitethe urgent needs of families, businesses, workers, and unemployed Americans across the country, Senate Republicans have dragged their feet and offered up only a few weak measures that barely address the needs of the Nation. The majority leader knows what needs to be done. The playbook is right in front of us. We did it back in March with the CARES Act, which passed 96-0. To negotiate a real package with real solutions for the American people, he needs to show up at the negotiating table and give up these rogue attempts to pass empty, half-hearted measures. In the meantime, more data is coming in every day, giving us a clearer picture of just how devastating this pandemic has been to so many Americans. A new report from the Robert John Wood Foundation found some troubling outcomes that COVID has had on Chicago residents. Half of Chicago households reported facing serious financial problems during the pandemic and troubles caring for children, with 35 percent reporting that they used up all or most of their savings. As we know, the pandemic has disproportionately affected our minority communities, with nearly 70 percent of Black and 63 percent of Latinx households in Chicago reported having serious financial problems. And I am sad to say that this study found half of Chicago households report having lost their jobs, been furloughed, or seen reductions in wages or work hours since the start of the pandemic. We all know how important an internet connection is during this pandemic. According to the report, 40 percent of Chicago households are either struggling with their internet connection or lack access to high-speed internet in their home needed to complete schoolwork or their jobs. While these statistics reflect the reality of many in Chicago, there is little doubt that this is also the story in so many cities and States across the Nation. This is why we need a substantial federal response. We need to do what is necessary to help struggling families, businesses, cities, and States get back on their feet. Last week, Senate Republicans proposed another inadequate, partisan coronavirus response bill that failed to prioritize the needs of struggling Americans. The bill failed to provide another round of economic impact payments for families or hazard pay for essential workers. It failed to provide relief to States and local governments so they can continue to pay teachers, EMTs, and firefighters. And it failed to provide any housing assistance or nutrition assistance so struggling families can keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. It has been 4 months since the House passed the HEROES Act, and week after week Senate Republicans refuse to make a good faith, bipartisan effort to pass a relief measure that meets the severity of this crisis. History will judge us on how we responded to the worst pandemic in a century and the deepest recession in 75 years. In response to this crisis, did we help prevent millions from slipping into poverty through another round of economic impact payments and extending enhanced unemployment benefits? Did we give schools and teachers the appropriate resources so they can help our children learn in a safe environment? What steps did we take to preserve one of our country's greatest assets: the health and safety of our workforce? Did we throw caution to the wind by prematurely reopening simply because it's an election year? Our country needs help, and the proposal that we voted on last week offered little help to struggling Americans. Our Nation is suffering right now, and there is a long road to recovery ahead of us. Unfortunately, Leader McConnell wasted precious time by pitching a half-baked proposal that prioritized the needs of corporations over the needs of American families. Let's pass a bill that matches the gravity of this crisis, and let's pass it now. I will close with a brief comment on substance. On March 26 we shocked America in the Senate. I know it. I went home, and they told me so. Do you know how we shocked them? By a vote of 96 to 0, we passed the CARES Act--96 to 0--with not a single dissenting vote in the Senate--$3 trillion to address our economic problems and the coronavirus epidemic we were facing. We did it on March 26--yes, in this calendar year--and we did it knowing that the measures we were taking had a life expectancy of just a few months because we thought that would be the end of our challenge. It is not. The challenges that we faced in passing the CARES Act in March still are challenges America faces. When it comes to COVID-19, the numbers are sobering. The infection rate of COVID-19 in the United States is double the infection rate of the same virus in Canada--Canada. How can the United States be in a position where twice as many Americans are getting sick as those living just on the other side of the border? When you look at the overall numbers, you have to shake your head. We have 4\1/2\ percent of the world's population living in the United States--4\1/2\ percent--and over 20 percent of the COVID-19 deaths in the world--4\1/2\ percent and 20 percent. What is going on here? In this Nation, this great Nation, with all of its wealth and all of its resources and all of its talent and all of its great hospitals and doctors and pharmaceutical companies, we have a rate of COVID-19 deaths that is just indefensible. So I would say to my colleagues: When Senator McConnell came to the floor and said ``Here is our package; take it or leave it,'' that is not how this can possibly end. That is not the way the debate ended on March 26. It ended when Senator McConnell and his House Republican counterpart, Congressman McCarthy, met with Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin in a room and worked it out. That is what it takes. We need to return to that now and get it done before we leave for any reason--election or whatever it may be. There is no excuse. There are too many unemployed people desperate to get by. There are too many businesses desperate to survive. There are too many tests that we cannot take in America because we haven't invested in the resources. There are too many school districts telling me: Senator, reopening safely for these kids and teachers is going to take some money. Can you help? There is an election coming up November 3, where election authorities--because people want to vote in the safety of their homes--will receive a dramatic increase in paper ballots cast, and they need a helping hand in processing them in an orderly, honest way. The demands are out there. State and local governments are in trouble. Small towns in Southern Illinois--I speak to their mayors, and I hear the same things that I hear from the mayor of Chicago: We have had a downturn in revenues; we are going to have to lay off policemen and firefighters and healthcare workers if you don't give us a helping hand. We cannot walk away from this. Senator McConnell can't take the position of ``my way or the highway.'' We have to work on a bipartisan basis to negotiate an answer to this, and I hope we do soon. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5584 | null | 1,288 |
formal | bankers | null | antisemitic | Climate Change Madam President, I am here for the 271st time to call this Chamber's attention to climate change and to two of the reports on this defining issue of our generation. As I speak, wildfires are devouring the American West and consuming American lives: east of Salem, OR, two people dead in a scorched vehicle; in Butte County, CA, three dead, overrun by a fast-moving fire; in Ashland, a 1-year-old boy; in Malden, WA, almost the entire town burned down; half a million Oregonians evacuated due to fire. That is 1 out of 10 people in the entire State. Over the weekend, Oregon's emergency management director said they are preparing for a ``mass fatality event.'' Paradise, CA, suffered apocalyptic destruction in the 2018 Camp Fire. It is, once again, under fire warnings, this time the North Complex fire, which has stunned firefighters with its rapid growth and ferocity. We cannot avoid it. Climate change is here. Plenty of factors contribute to individual wildfires, but climate change is now always among them. Last fall, I went out to the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado and met leading wildfire researcher Daniel Swain. As Dr. Swain puts it: Climate change has not just made the extreme heat waves that coincide with fires worse. The bigger effect is the more subtle, long-term warming. That couple of degrees of (average) warming over decades . . . it's lurking in the background, sucking extra moisture out of the vegetation and the soil. The new normal is smoke, ash, orange skies, and constant nerve-fraying vigilance. Climate change's impacts through the West land crushing economic blows. The 2018 Camp Fire that burned Paradise cost $16.7 billion. NOAA says natural disasters--mostly hurricanes and wildfires, both highly climate-related--inflicted $91 billion worth of damage that year, 2018; and over the past 40 years, 241 climate- and weather-related disasters have cost Americans $1.6 trillion. The first report I want to talk about warns that it is not just what is lost in floods and flames. As climate risk worsens, the harder it is for communities to rebuild, for bankers to write mortgages, for owners to find insurers willing to continue to write policies and pay out claims. That risk spreads beyond burned or flooded land and runs through the rest of the economy. Climate risk becomes what economists call systemic risk. So one of our leading regulatory agencies, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has done a report on risk. Think of the 2008 financial crisis. That home mortgage problem spread far beyond mortgage lenders into a brutal global recession. Millions of people who had no connection to a bad mortgage lost their jobs, lost their homes, or lost their retirement savings. Many are still recovering from that collapse. Now think even worse. The Stanford Business School's Corporations and Society Initiative believes ``the financial risks from climate change are systemic''--there is that economic word again--that these risks are ``singular in nature''; and that ``[g]lobal economic losses from climate change could reach $23 trillion--three or four times the scale of the 2008 Financial Crisis.'' Those of us who were here for the 2008 financial crisis don't want to see that happen again, and we certainly don't want to see it happen at a three- or four-times scale. Senator Schatz and I have been calling for financial regulators to do a better job accounting for these risks. In May, we wrote to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Subcommittee on Climate-Related Market Risk. We had two simple requests: One, recommend a carbon price, and, two, urge our financial regulators to include climate risks in their core market risk assessments and supervisory practices. The CFTC Subcommittee report is out, and I am happy to report that they did both. They write: ``Financial markets will only be able to channel resources efficiently to activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions if an economy-wide price on carbon is in place at a level that reflects the true social cost of those emissions.'' That is actually kind of economics 101, but it is good to hear them say it. They went on to say: Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy. . . . U.S. financial regulators must recognize that climate change poses serious emerging risks to the U.S. financial system, and they should move urgently and decisively to measure, understand, and address these risks. And what if we don't? Well, the CFTC report goes on: Failing to act would lead to what they called ``disorderly repricing of assets''--that is commonly known as a crash--``with cascading effects'' through the economy. Put simply, do nothing and trigger financial chaos far and wide, just like 2008, except probably worse. The CFTC report calls for corporate America to tell the truth about climate-related risks to their business models. Investors need to know the truth for the free market to operate. The subcommittee writes that we must require ``disclosure by corporations of information on material, climate-related financial risks . . . to ensure that climate risks are measured and managed effectively.'' That is a key point. We have seen Exxon, for instance, downplay climate risks to investors, shareholders, and the general public. That mischief will stop if financial regulators require an honest accounting of climate-related risks. The CFTC report is a big deal, but it requires Congress to act. America is among the few industrialized nations worst prepared for wide-ranging reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Regulators will not be enough; Congress must act. That is where another report comes in, the Senate Democrats' Special Report on the Climate Crisis. Under Chairman Schatz's leadership, we recently released a roadmap for fixing that problem. We propose a plan to cut emissions across our economy, to get on course to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, to create a host of well-paying jobs in clean energy and other emerging technologies, and to remedy the burdens of pollution across all sectors of the economy, including those usually overlooked. We know we have a battle ahead. The fossil fuel industry runs a covert operation that has blocked progress in Congress. This covert op is extremely well funded and has reached its roots deeply into our politics. We need to tear up those roots. This is how. First, our report tells the dark story of that covert op: the story of the fossil fuel industry apparatus built to obscure the industry's hands behind phony front groups, the story of capture and control of corporate trade associations, the story of lives marketed by flashy PR firms, and the story of brute-force political spending and threats to blockade climate progress. Those tactics were a test run for the fossil fuel industry by Big Tobacco: Manufacture false doubt in science and flex your political muscle against anyone who dares to challenge you. That bullying worked pretty well, and then when the Supreme Court handed down Citizens United, the fossil fuel industry supercharged its covert campaign with dark money, almost immediately turning the ability to spend unlimited money in politics into spending unlimited dark money in politics. Then the bullying worked really well. Citizens United was a climate watershed. After that decision unleashed its fearful weaponry, not one Republican in this body joined any comprehensive bill to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Senate heartbeat of bipartisan climate activity before Citizens United, which I remember and experienced in 2007, 2008, and 2009, all flat-lined under the supercharged political pressure unleashed by fossil fuel interests with Citizens United behind them. Our Senate report tells the full rotten story because that is step 1 in fighting covert influence. Follow the money. Show the American people how corporate interests pay to block progress on climate. Show the co-opted trade associations and the phony front groups. Let the American people see the scheme, and they are less likely to fall for it. Second is cleaning it up. Fully exposing and ending Citizens United dark money and the fossil fuel scheme will take reform. Bold transparency measures like the DISCLOSE Act are needed, and our report calls for that. Then, we need to wake up the so-called good guys in corporate America. They need to see the mischief a few bad actors have perpetrated right under their noses. They need to see how the fossil fuel industry commandeered their corporate trade associations, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is one of the two most obstructive organizations against climate action. Why would the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with its wide corporate membership, be one of the two most obstructive organizations against climate action unless the fossil fuel industry had co-opted it right under their noses? The so-called good guys need to examine how their own lobbyists and their own trade associations and their own political operatives are doing on climate because with very few and very rare exceptions, the answer is that they are doing nothing on climate, not lifting a finger in Congress. Just last week, the giant tech companies came in through their trade group TechNet, with a 13-page list of all of their lobbying priorities--13 pages and not a mention of climate. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook--the Big Tech barons--a lot of big talk, and they never even mentioned climate in their shopping list for Congress. Everyone needs to understand the two faces of corporate America and to imagine how quickly Congress would act if powerful trade associations like the chamber became actual advocates for serious climate policies or if the big interests in Congress, like Big Ag, or Big Tech, or Wall Street, or the insurance industry actually took an interest in something more than their own special interest programs and tax benefits. What if climate had been on Big Tech's list of priorities, perhaps even on page 1 of 13? That would change the game. A 16th century alchemist by the name of Paracelsus is credited with the phrase ``sola dosis facit venenum,'' Latin for ``the dose makes the poison.'' The dose makes the poison. The idea is that everything from a nerve agent to the water we need to drink to survive can be lethal if delivered in sufficient dosage. Right now, in the American West, toxins in the climate wildfire smoke waft in such high concentrations that our typical measurement systems fail. The dosage is literally off the charts. In our Earth's atmosphere, the dosage of carbon dioxide is way outside the range of human experience, putting all of mankind into uncharted territory, to face unprecedented dangers. Citizens United unleashed toxic doses of money, unprecedented doses of virulent dark money, into our Americanpolitical atmosphere. So our democracy is poisoned, stunned by secret fossil fuel money and threats, and, consequently, failing to listen to plain warnings like those of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. We had better act before the poison has overpowered us, and we had better get the dosages back to safe and normal levels. One good start would be to wake up to the reality of climate change. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5599 | null | 1,289 |
formal | Google | null | racist | Climate Change Madam President, I am here for the 271st time to call this Chamber's attention to climate change and to two of the reports on this defining issue of our generation. As I speak, wildfires are devouring the American West and consuming American lives: east of Salem, OR, two people dead in a scorched vehicle; in Butte County, CA, three dead, overrun by a fast-moving fire; in Ashland, a 1-year-old boy; in Malden, WA, almost the entire town burned down; half a million Oregonians evacuated due to fire. That is 1 out of 10 people in the entire State. Over the weekend, Oregon's emergency management director said they are preparing for a ``mass fatality event.'' Paradise, CA, suffered apocalyptic destruction in the 2018 Camp Fire. It is, once again, under fire warnings, this time the North Complex fire, which has stunned firefighters with its rapid growth and ferocity. We cannot avoid it. Climate change is here. Plenty of factors contribute to individual wildfires, but climate change is now always among them. Last fall, I went out to the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado and met leading wildfire researcher Daniel Swain. As Dr. Swain puts it: Climate change has not just made the extreme heat waves that coincide with fires worse. The bigger effect is the more subtle, long-term warming. That couple of degrees of (average) warming over decades . . . it's lurking in the background, sucking extra moisture out of the vegetation and the soil. The new normal is smoke, ash, orange skies, and constant nerve-fraying vigilance. Climate change's impacts through the West land crushing economic blows. The 2018 Camp Fire that burned Paradise cost $16.7 billion. NOAA says natural disasters--mostly hurricanes and wildfires, both highly climate-related--inflicted $91 billion worth of damage that year, 2018; and over the past 40 years, 241 climate- and weather-related disasters have cost Americans $1.6 trillion. The first report I want to talk about warns that it is not just what is lost in floods and flames. As climate risk worsens, the harder it is for communities to rebuild, for bankers to write mortgages, for owners to find insurers willing to continue to write policies and pay out claims. That risk spreads beyond burned or flooded land and runs through the rest of the economy. Climate risk becomes what economists call systemic risk. So one of our leading regulatory agencies, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has done a report on risk. Think of the 2008 financial crisis. That home mortgage problem spread far beyond mortgage lenders into a brutal global recession. Millions of people who had no connection to a bad mortgage lost their jobs, lost their homes, or lost their retirement savings. Many are still recovering from that collapse. Now think even worse. The Stanford Business School's Corporations and Society Initiative believes ``the financial risks from climate change are systemic''--there is that economic word again--that these risks are ``singular in nature''; and that ``[g]lobal economic losses from climate change could reach $23 trillion--three or four times the scale of the 2008 Financial Crisis.'' Those of us who were here for the 2008 financial crisis don't want to see that happen again, and we certainly don't want to see it happen at a three- or four-times scale. Senator Schatz and I have been calling for financial regulators to do a better job accounting for these risks. In May, we wrote to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Subcommittee on Climate-Related Market Risk. We had two simple requests: One, recommend a carbon price, and, two, urge our financial regulators to include climate risks in their core market risk assessments and supervisory practices. The CFTC Subcommittee report is out, and I am happy to report that they did both. They write: ``Financial markets will only be able to channel resources efficiently to activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions if an economy-wide price on carbon is in place at a level that reflects the true social cost of those emissions.'' That is actually kind of economics 101, but it is good to hear them say it. They went on to say: Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy. . . . U.S. financial regulators must recognize that climate change poses serious emerging risks to the U.S. financial system, and they should move urgently and decisively to measure, understand, and address these risks. And what if we don't? Well, the CFTC report goes on: Failing to act would lead to what they called ``disorderly repricing of assets''--that is commonly known as a crash--``with cascading effects'' through the economy. Put simply, do nothing and trigger financial chaos far and wide, just like 2008, except probably worse. The CFTC report calls for corporate America to tell the truth about climate-related risks to their business models. Investors need to know the truth for the free market to operate. The subcommittee writes that we must require ``disclosure by corporations of information on material, climate-related financial risks . . . to ensure that climate risks are measured and managed effectively.'' That is a key point. We have seen Exxon, for instance, downplay climate risks to investors, shareholders, and the general public. That mischief will stop if financial regulators require an honest accounting of climate-related risks. The CFTC report is a big deal, but it requires Congress to act. America is among the few industrialized nations worst prepared for wide-ranging reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Regulators will not be enough; Congress must act. That is where another report comes in, the Senate Democrats' Special Report on the Climate Crisis. Under Chairman Schatz's leadership, we recently released a roadmap for fixing that problem. We propose a plan to cut emissions across our economy, to get on course to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, to create a host of well-paying jobs in clean energy and other emerging technologies, and to remedy the burdens of pollution across all sectors of the economy, including those usually overlooked. We know we have a battle ahead. The fossil fuel industry runs a covert operation that has blocked progress in Congress. This covert op is extremely well funded and has reached its roots deeply into our politics. We need to tear up those roots. This is how. First, our report tells the dark story of that covert op: the story of the fossil fuel industry apparatus built to obscure the industry's hands behind phony front groups, the story of capture and control of corporate trade associations, the story of lives marketed by flashy PR firms, and the story of brute-force political spending and threats to blockade climate progress. Those tactics were a test run for the fossil fuel industry by Big Tobacco: Manufacture false doubt in science and flex your political muscle against anyone who dares to challenge you. That bullying worked pretty well, and then when the Supreme Court handed down Citizens United, the fossil fuel industry supercharged its covert campaign with dark money, almost immediately turning the ability to spend unlimited money in politics into spending unlimited dark money in politics. Then the bullying worked really well. Citizens United was a climate watershed. After that decision unleashed its fearful weaponry, not one Republican in this body joined any comprehensive bill to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Senate heartbeat of bipartisan climate activity before Citizens United, which I remember and experienced in 2007, 2008, and 2009, all flat-lined under the supercharged political pressure unleashed by fossil fuel interests with Citizens United behind them. Our Senate report tells the full rotten story because that is step 1 in fighting covert influence. Follow the money. Show the American people how corporate interests pay to block progress on climate. Show the co-opted trade associations and the phony front groups. Let the American people see the scheme, and they are less likely to fall for it. Second is cleaning it up. Fully exposing and ending Citizens United dark money and the fossil fuel scheme will take reform. Bold transparency measures like the DISCLOSE Act are needed, and our report calls for that. Then, we need to wake up the so-called good guys in corporate America. They need to see the mischief a few bad actors have perpetrated right under their noses. They need to see how the fossil fuel industry commandeered their corporate trade associations, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is one of the two most obstructive organizations against climate action. Why would the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with its wide corporate membership, be one of the two most obstructive organizations against climate action unless the fossil fuel industry had co-opted it right under their noses? The so-called good guys need to examine how their own lobbyists and their own trade associations and their own political operatives are doing on climate because with very few and very rare exceptions, the answer is that they are doing nothing on climate, not lifting a finger in Congress. Just last week, the giant tech companies came in through their trade group TechNet, with a 13-page list of all of their lobbying priorities--13 pages and not a mention of climate. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook--the Big Tech barons--a lot of big talk, and they never even mentioned climate in their shopping list for Congress. Everyone needs to understand the two faces of corporate America and to imagine how quickly Congress would act if powerful trade associations like the chamber became actual advocates for serious climate policies or if the big interests in Congress, like Big Ag, or Big Tech, or Wall Street, or the insurance industry actually took an interest in something more than their own special interest programs and tax benefits. What if climate had been on Big Tech's list of priorities, perhaps even on page 1 of 13? That would change the game. A 16th century alchemist by the name of Paracelsus is credited with the phrase ``sola dosis facit venenum,'' Latin for ``the dose makes the poison.'' The dose makes the poison. The idea is that everything from a nerve agent to the water we need to drink to survive can be lethal if delivered in sufficient dosage. Right now, in the American West, toxins in the climate wildfire smoke waft in such high concentrations that our typical measurement systems fail. The dosage is literally off the charts. In our Earth's atmosphere, the dosage of carbon dioxide is way outside the range of human experience, putting all of mankind into uncharted territory, to face unprecedented dangers. Citizens United unleashed toxic doses of money, unprecedented doses of virulent dark money, into our Americanpolitical atmosphere. So our democracy is poisoned, stunned by secret fossil fuel money and threats, and, consequently, failing to listen to plain warnings like those of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. We had better act before the poison has overpowered us, and we had better get the dosages back to safe and normal levels. One good start would be to wake up to the reality of climate change. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5599 | null | 1,290 |
formal | special interest | null | antisemitic | Climate Change Madam President, I am here for the 271st time to call this Chamber's attention to climate change and to two of the reports on this defining issue of our generation. As I speak, wildfires are devouring the American West and consuming American lives: east of Salem, OR, two people dead in a scorched vehicle; in Butte County, CA, three dead, overrun by a fast-moving fire; in Ashland, a 1-year-old boy; in Malden, WA, almost the entire town burned down; half a million Oregonians evacuated due to fire. That is 1 out of 10 people in the entire State. Over the weekend, Oregon's emergency management director said they are preparing for a ``mass fatality event.'' Paradise, CA, suffered apocalyptic destruction in the 2018 Camp Fire. It is, once again, under fire warnings, this time the North Complex fire, which has stunned firefighters with its rapid growth and ferocity. We cannot avoid it. Climate change is here. Plenty of factors contribute to individual wildfires, but climate change is now always among them. Last fall, I went out to the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado and met leading wildfire researcher Daniel Swain. As Dr. Swain puts it: Climate change has not just made the extreme heat waves that coincide with fires worse. The bigger effect is the more subtle, long-term warming. That couple of degrees of (average) warming over decades . . . it's lurking in the background, sucking extra moisture out of the vegetation and the soil. The new normal is smoke, ash, orange skies, and constant nerve-fraying vigilance. Climate change's impacts through the West land crushing economic blows. The 2018 Camp Fire that burned Paradise cost $16.7 billion. NOAA says natural disasters--mostly hurricanes and wildfires, both highly climate-related--inflicted $91 billion worth of damage that year, 2018; and over the past 40 years, 241 climate- and weather-related disasters have cost Americans $1.6 trillion. The first report I want to talk about warns that it is not just what is lost in floods and flames. As climate risk worsens, the harder it is for communities to rebuild, for bankers to write mortgages, for owners to find insurers willing to continue to write policies and pay out claims. That risk spreads beyond burned or flooded land and runs through the rest of the economy. Climate risk becomes what economists call systemic risk. So one of our leading regulatory agencies, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has done a report on risk. Think of the 2008 financial crisis. That home mortgage problem spread far beyond mortgage lenders into a brutal global recession. Millions of people who had no connection to a bad mortgage lost their jobs, lost their homes, or lost their retirement savings. Many are still recovering from that collapse. Now think even worse. The Stanford Business School's Corporations and Society Initiative believes ``the financial risks from climate change are systemic''--there is that economic word again--that these risks are ``singular in nature''; and that ``[g]lobal economic losses from climate change could reach $23 trillion--three or four times the scale of the 2008 Financial Crisis.'' Those of us who were here for the 2008 financial crisis don't want to see that happen again, and we certainly don't want to see it happen at a three- or four-times scale. Senator Schatz and I have been calling for financial regulators to do a better job accounting for these risks. In May, we wrote to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Subcommittee on Climate-Related Market Risk. We had two simple requests: One, recommend a carbon price, and, two, urge our financial regulators to include climate risks in their core market risk assessments and supervisory practices. The CFTC Subcommittee report is out, and I am happy to report that they did both. They write: ``Financial markets will only be able to channel resources efficiently to activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions if an economy-wide price on carbon is in place at a level that reflects the true social cost of those emissions.'' That is actually kind of economics 101, but it is good to hear them say it. They went on to say: Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy. . . . U.S. financial regulators must recognize that climate change poses serious emerging risks to the U.S. financial system, and they should move urgently and decisively to measure, understand, and address these risks. And what if we don't? Well, the CFTC report goes on: Failing to act would lead to what they called ``disorderly repricing of assets''--that is commonly known as a crash--``with cascading effects'' through the economy. Put simply, do nothing and trigger financial chaos far and wide, just like 2008, except probably worse. The CFTC report calls for corporate America to tell the truth about climate-related risks to their business models. Investors need to know the truth for the free market to operate. The subcommittee writes that we must require ``disclosure by corporations of information on material, climate-related financial risks . . . to ensure that climate risks are measured and managed effectively.'' That is a key point. We have seen Exxon, for instance, downplay climate risks to investors, shareholders, and the general public. That mischief will stop if financial regulators require an honest accounting of climate-related risks. The CFTC report is a big deal, but it requires Congress to act. America is among the few industrialized nations worst prepared for wide-ranging reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Regulators will not be enough; Congress must act. That is where another report comes in, the Senate Democrats' Special Report on the Climate Crisis. Under Chairman Schatz's leadership, we recently released a roadmap for fixing that problem. We propose a plan to cut emissions across our economy, to get on course to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, to create a host of well-paying jobs in clean energy and other emerging technologies, and to remedy the burdens of pollution across all sectors of the economy, including those usually overlooked. We know we have a battle ahead. The fossil fuel industry runs a covert operation that has blocked progress in Congress. This covert op is extremely well funded and has reached its roots deeply into our politics. We need to tear up those roots. This is how. First, our report tells the dark story of that covert op: the story of the fossil fuel industry apparatus built to obscure the industry's hands behind phony front groups, the story of capture and control of corporate trade associations, the story of lives marketed by flashy PR firms, and the story of brute-force political spending and threats to blockade climate progress. Those tactics were a test run for the fossil fuel industry by Big Tobacco: Manufacture false doubt in science and flex your political muscle against anyone who dares to challenge you. That bullying worked pretty well, and then when the Supreme Court handed down Citizens United, the fossil fuel industry supercharged its covert campaign with dark money, almost immediately turning the ability to spend unlimited money in politics into spending unlimited dark money in politics. Then the bullying worked really well. Citizens United was a climate watershed. After that decision unleashed its fearful weaponry, not one Republican in this body joined any comprehensive bill to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Senate heartbeat of bipartisan climate activity before Citizens United, which I remember and experienced in 2007, 2008, and 2009, all flat-lined under the supercharged political pressure unleashed by fossil fuel interests with Citizens United behind them. Our Senate report tells the full rotten story because that is step 1 in fighting covert influence. Follow the money. Show the American people how corporate interests pay to block progress on climate. Show the co-opted trade associations and the phony front groups. Let the American people see the scheme, and they are less likely to fall for it. Second is cleaning it up. Fully exposing and ending Citizens United dark money and the fossil fuel scheme will take reform. Bold transparency measures like the DISCLOSE Act are needed, and our report calls for that. Then, we need to wake up the so-called good guys in corporate America. They need to see the mischief a few bad actors have perpetrated right under their noses. They need to see how the fossil fuel industry commandeered their corporate trade associations, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is one of the two most obstructive organizations against climate action. Why would the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with its wide corporate membership, be one of the two most obstructive organizations against climate action unless the fossil fuel industry had co-opted it right under their noses? The so-called good guys need to examine how their own lobbyists and their own trade associations and their own political operatives are doing on climate because with very few and very rare exceptions, the answer is that they are doing nothing on climate, not lifting a finger in Congress. Just last week, the giant tech companies came in through their trade group TechNet, with a 13-page list of all of their lobbying priorities--13 pages and not a mention of climate. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook--the Big Tech barons--a lot of big talk, and they never even mentioned climate in their shopping list for Congress. Everyone needs to understand the two faces of corporate America and to imagine how quickly Congress would act if powerful trade associations like the chamber became actual advocates for serious climate policies or if the big interests in Congress, like Big Ag, or Big Tech, or Wall Street, or the insurance industry actually took an interest in something more than their own special interest programs and tax benefits. What if climate had been on Big Tech's list of priorities, perhaps even on page 1 of 13? That would change the game. A 16th century alchemist by the name of Paracelsus is credited with the phrase ``sola dosis facit venenum,'' Latin for ``the dose makes the poison.'' The dose makes the poison. The idea is that everything from a nerve agent to the water we need to drink to survive can be lethal if delivered in sufficient dosage. Right now, in the American West, toxins in the climate wildfire smoke waft in such high concentrations that our typical measurement systems fail. The dosage is literally off the charts. In our Earth's atmosphere, the dosage of carbon dioxide is way outside the range of human experience, putting all of mankind into uncharted territory, to face unprecedented dangers. Citizens United unleashed toxic doses of money, unprecedented doses of virulent dark money, into our Americanpolitical atmosphere. So our democracy is poisoned, stunned by secret fossil fuel money and threats, and, consequently, failing to listen to plain warnings like those of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. We had better act before the poison has overpowered us, and we had better get the dosages back to safe and normal levels. One good start would be to wake up to the reality of climate change. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5599 | null | 1,291 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | At 11:27 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, without amendment: S. 2193. An act to require the Administrator of General Services to issue guidance to clarify that Federal agencies may pay by charge card for the charging of Federal electric motor vehicles, and for other purposes. S. 3105. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Richard G. Lugar Post Office''. The message also announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 1668. An act to establish minimum security standards for Internet of Things devices owned or controlled by the Federal Government, and for other purposes. H.R. 2246. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Cherokee Street in Brookhaven, Mississippi, as the ``Deputy Donald William Durr, Corporal Zach Moak, and Patrolman James White Memorial Post Office Building''. H.R. 2575. An act to authorize an AI Center of Excellence within the General Services Administration, and for other purposes. H.R. 2969. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1401 1st Street North in Winter Haven, Florida, as the ``Althea Margaret Daily Mills Post Office Building''. H.R. 3275. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 Wetmore Avenue in Grand River, Ohio, as the ``Lance Corporal Andy `Ace' Nowacki Post Office''. H.R. 3847. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Poythress Street in Hopewell, Virginia, as the ``Reverend Curtis West Harris Post Office Building''. H.R. 3870. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 511 West 165th Street in New York, New York, as the ``Normandia Maldonado Post Office Building''. H.R. 4034. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 602 Pacific Avenue in Bremerton, Washington, as the ``John Henry Turpin Post Office Building''. H.R. 4200. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 321 South 1st Street in Montrose, Colorado, as the ``Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post Office''. H.R. 4672. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 21701 Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino, California, as the ``Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson Post Office Building''. H.R. 4734. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the ``Ernest `Ernie' T. Pyle Post Office''. H.R. 4785. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1305 U.S. Highway 90 West in Castroville, Texas, as the ``Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office''. H.R. 4894. An act to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available. H.R. 4975. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1201 Sycamore Square Drive in Midlothian, Virginia, as the ``Dorothy Braden Bruce Post Office Building''. H.R. 5062. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9930 Conroy Windermere Road in Windermere, Florida, as the ``Officer Robert German Post Office Building''. H.R. 5317. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, as the ``Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building''. H.R. 5384. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Crosby Street in Mansfield, Louisiana, as the ``Dr. C.O. Simpkins, Sr., Post Office''. H.R. 5597. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the ``Clara Luper Post Office Building''. H.R. 6021. An act to amend the Small Business Act to ensure that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is eligible for certain Small Business Administration programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 6078. An act to amend the Small Business Act to increase transparency and to enhance the use of microloans in rural areas, and for other purposes. H.R. 6079. An act to amend the Small Business Act to optimize the operations of the microloan program, lower costs for small business concerns and intermediary participants in the program, and for other purposes. H.R. 6133. An act to reauthorize the State Trade Expansion Program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5604 | null | 1,292 |
formal | Federal Reserve | null | antisemitic | The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5347. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule for Petition IN-11062, Deoxyribonucleic Acids (CAS Reg. No. 9007-49-2) for an Exemption Under 40 CFR 180.910'' (FRL No. 1013-43-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5348. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pydiflumetofen; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 1012-18-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5349. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tiafenacil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10013- 02-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5350. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``1-Octanamine, N, N-dimethyl-, N-oxide; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10003-75- OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5351. A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of the President's intent to exempt all military personnel accounts from sequestration for fiscal year 2021, if a sequestration is necessary; to the Committees on Appropriations; Armed Services; and the Budget. EC-5352. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to Antideficiency Act (ADA) Violations; to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-5353. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of lieutenant general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777a, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5354. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Capital Rule: Paycheck Protection Program Lending Facility and Paycheck Protection Program Loans'' (RIN7100-AF86) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5355. A communication from the Program Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Collective Investment Funds: Prior Notice Period for Withdrawals'' (RIN1557-AE99) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5356. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Rules Regarding Availability of Information'' (RIN7100- AF51) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5357. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for Regulations and Legislation, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Housing Counseling Program: Revision of the Certification Timeline'' (RIN2502-ZA34) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5358. A communication from the Program Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Joint Statement on Enforcement of Bank Secrecy Act / Anti Money Laundering Requirements'' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5359. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Joint Statement on Enforcement of Bank Secrecy Act / Anti Money Laundering Requirements'' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5360. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule - Covered Broker-Dealer Provisions Under Title II of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act'' (RIN3064-AE39) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5361. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Ukraine that was originally declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5362. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe that was declared in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5363. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Venezuela that was declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5364. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a legislative proposal entitled ``National Flood Insurance Program Affordability Proposal''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5365. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions from Industrial Surface Coating Operations'' (FRL No. 10014- 32-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5366. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Restriction of Emission of Lead From Specific Lead Smelter-Refinery Installations'' (FRL No. 10014-22-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5367. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Finding of Failure to Attain the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Standards; California; Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin'' (FRL No. 10014-44-Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5368. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; South Carolina and Tennessee: Minimum Reporting Requirements in SIPs'' (FRL No. 10014-35- Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5369. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Definition of Chemical Process Plants Under State Prevention of Significant Deterioration Regulations'' (FRL No. 10014-28-Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5370. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of the Morgan County Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10014-25-Region 5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5371. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; Coachella Valley; 2008 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Requirements'' (FRL No. 10014-24-Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5372. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Under the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)'' (FRL No. 10014-11-Region 3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5373. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; New Mexico; Repeal of State Regulations for Particulate Matter for Lime Manufacturing Plants'' (FRL No. 10014-08-Region 6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5374. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Emission Reduction Credits'' (FRL No. 10013-73-Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5375. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Final Action on Petitions for Reconsideration'' (FRL No. 10013-31-OLEM) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5376. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Priorities List - List Sites'' (FRL No. 10012-71-OLEM) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5377. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Idaho; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10014-32-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5378. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions from Industrial Surface Coating Operations'' (FRL No. 10013- 51-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5379. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Oregon Department of Environmental Quality; Control of Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills'' (FRL No. 10011-40-Region 10) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5380. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category - Reconsideration'' (FRL No. 10014-41-OW) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5381. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Saflufenacil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10013-77-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5382. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Kasugamycin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions'' (FRL No. 10013-94-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5383. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Colorado; Revisions to Air Pollution Emission Notice Rules'' (FRL No. 10013-30-Region 8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5384. A communication from the Supervisor of the Regulations and Dissemination Team, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers'' (RIN1205-AB78) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5385. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress: State Submission of Annual Progress and Services Reports, Health Care Oversight and Coordination Plans Following Enactment of Pub. L. 115-123, the Family First Prevention Services Act''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5386. A communication from the Regulation Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021'' ((RIN0938-AU13) (CMS-1737-F)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 20, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5387. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fiscal Year 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System - Rate Update (CMS-1731-F and CMS-1744-IFC)'' (RIN0938-AU07) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 20, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5388. A communication from the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA): Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Drug Crop Eradication and Crop Substitution, 2019''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5389. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, a report relative to extending and amending the agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from the Pre-Hispanic Cultures of the Republic of Nicaragua; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5390. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (CMS-3401-IFC)'' (RIN0938-AU33) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5391. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Postmarketing Safety Reports for Approved New Animal Drugs; Electronic Submission Requirements'' (RIN0910-AH51) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5392. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Chromium Propionate'' (Docket No. FDA-2018-F-3347) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5393. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Basic Health Program; Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2021'' (RIN0938-ZB56) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5394. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Petition for an Administrative Stay of Action: Electrical Stimulation Devices for Self-Injurious or Aggressive Behavior'' (Docket No. FDA-2016-N-1111) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5395. A communication from the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief FOIA Officer, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the implementation of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission for the period from October 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020; to the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Select Committee on Intelligence; and the Judiciary. EC-5396. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Scheduling of Annual Leave for Employees Necessary to Respond to Certain National Emergencies'' (RIN3206-AO04) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5397. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-350, ``New Hospital at St. Elizabeths Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5398. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-386, ``Window Blind and Drape Cord Safety Notification Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5399. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-387, ``Access to Biosimilars Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5400. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-388, ``Hearing Aid Sales Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5401. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-389, ``Pregnancy as a Qualifying Event Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5402. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-390, ``Postpartum Coverage Expansion Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5403. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-349, ``Connected Transport Network Temporary Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5404. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-391, ``Black Lives Matter Plaza Designation Temporary Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5405. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-392, ``Appraisal Management Company Regulation Temporary Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5406. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-394, ``Investigating Maternal Mortalities Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5407. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-395, ``Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board Membership Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5408. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-396, ``Commercial Insurance Claim Tolling Temporary Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5409. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-397, ``Adams Morgan BID Tax Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5410. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-398, ``Standby Guardian Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5411. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-400, ``Reunion Square Tax Increment Financing Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5412. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-401, ``Business Support Grants Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5413. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-402, ``Performing Arts Promotion Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5414. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-393, ``Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Information Sharing Temporary Amendment Act 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5415. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-399, ``Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5416. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-408, ``Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5417. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-407, ``Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5418. A communication from the Chief of the Regulatory Coordination Division, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants due to the COVID-19 National Emergency Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities'' (RIN1615-AC55) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5419. A communication from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Provider-Based Requirements'' (RIN2900-AQ68) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5420. A communication from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program'' (RIN2900-AQ63) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5421. A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) Quarterly Report to Congress; Third Quarter of fiscal year 2020''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5422. A communication from the Program Analyst, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report and Order'' ((CG Docket No. 03-123) (FCC 20-105)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5423. A communication from the Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements 9.10, 911 Service'' ((FCC 20-98) (PS Docket No. 07-114)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5424. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection, Second Report and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking'' ((WC Docket No. 19-195) (FCC 20-94)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5425. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Rates for Inmate Calling Services'' ((WC Docket No. 12-375) (FCC 20-111)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5426. A communication from the Chairman of the Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection with Licensing and Related Services - 2020 Update'' (Docket No. EP 542) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5427. A communication from the Chairman of the Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Market Dominance Streamlined Approach'' (Docket No. EP 756) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5605-3 | null | 1,293 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5347. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule for Petition IN-11062, Deoxyribonucleic Acids (CAS Reg. No. 9007-49-2) for an Exemption Under 40 CFR 180.910'' (FRL No. 1013-43-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5348. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pydiflumetofen; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 1012-18-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5349. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tiafenacil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10013- 02-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5350. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``1-Octanamine, N, N-dimethyl-, N-oxide; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10003-75- OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5351. A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of the President's intent to exempt all military personnel accounts from sequestration for fiscal year 2021, if a sequestration is necessary; to the Committees on Appropriations; Armed Services; and the Budget. EC-5352. A communication from the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to Antideficiency Act (ADA) Violations; to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-5353. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of lieutenant general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777a, this will not cause the Department to exceed the number of frocked officers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5354. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Capital Rule: Paycheck Protection Program Lending Facility and Paycheck Protection Program Loans'' (RIN7100-AF86) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5355. A communication from the Program Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Collective Investment Funds: Prior Notice Period for Withdrawals'' (RIN1557-AE99) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5356. A communication from the Congressional Assistant, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Rules Regarding Availability of Information'' (RIN7100- AF51) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5357. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for Regulations and Legislation, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Housing Counseling Program: Revision of the Certification Timeline'' (RIN2502-ZA34) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5358. A communication from the Program Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Joint Statement on Enforcement of Bank Secrecy Act / Anti Money Laundering Requirements'' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5359. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Joint Statement on Enforcement of Bank Secrecy Act / Anti Money Laundering Requirements'' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 28, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5360. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule - Covered Broker-Dealer Provisions Under Title II of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act'' (RIN3064-AE39) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5361. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Ukraine that was originally declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5362. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe that was declared in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5363. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Venezuela that was declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5364. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a legislative proposal entitled ``National Flood Insurance Program Affordability Proposal''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5365. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions from Industrial Surface Coating Operations'' (FRL No. 10014- 32-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5366. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Restriction of Emission of Lead From Specific Lead Smelter-Refinery Installations'' (FRL No. 10014-22-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5367. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Finding of Failure to Attain the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Standards; California; Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin'' (FRL No. 10014-44-Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5368. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; South Carolina and Tennessee: Minimum Reporting Requirements in SIPs'' (FRL No. 10014-35- Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5369. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Definition of Chemical Process Plants Under State Prevention of Significant Deterioration Regulations'' (FRL No. 10014-28-Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5370. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of the Morgan County Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10014-25-Region 5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5371. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; Coachella Valley; 2008 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Requirements'' (FRL No. 10014-24-Region 9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5372. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Under the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)'' (FRL No. 10014-11-Region 3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5373. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; New Mexico; Repeal of State Regulations for Particulate Matter for Lime Manufacturing Plants'' (FRL No. 10014-08-Region 6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5374. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Emission Reduction Credits'' (FRL No. 10013-73-Region 4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5375. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Final Action on Petitions for Reconsideration'' (FRL No. 10013-31-OLEM) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5376. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Priorities List - List Sites'' (FRL No. 10012-71-OLEM) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5377. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Idaho; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10014-32-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 4, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5378. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Control of Emissions from Industrial Surface Coating Operations'' (FRL No. 10013- 51-Region 7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5379. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Oregon Department of Environmental Quality; Control of Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills'' (FRL No. 10011-40-Region 10) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5380. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category - Reconsideration'' (FRL No. 10014-41-OW) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5381. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Saflufenacil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10013-77-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5382. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Kasugamycin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions'' (FRL No. 10013-94-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 9, 2020; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5383. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Colorado; Revisions to Air Pollution Emission Notice Rules'' (FRL No. 10013-30-Region 8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5384. A communication from the Supervisor of the Regulations and Dissemination Team, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers'' (RIN1205-AB78) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 26, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5385. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress: State Submission of Annual Progress and Services Reports, Health Care Oversight and Coordination Plans Following Enactment of Pub. L. 115-123, the Family First Prevention Services Act''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5386. A communication from the Regulation Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021'' ((RIN0938-AU13) (CMS-1737-F)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 20, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5387. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fiscal Year 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System - Rate Update (CMS-1731-F and CMS-1744-IFC)'' (RIN0938-AU07) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 20, 2020; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5388. A communication from the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA): Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Drug Crop Eradication and Crop Substitution, 2019''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5389. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, a report relative to extending and amending the agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from the Pre-Hispanic Cultures of the Republic of Nicaragua; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5390. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (CMS-3401-IFC)'' (RIN0938-AU33) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5391. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Postmarketing Safety Reports for Approved New Animal Drugs; Electronic Submission Requirements'' (RIN0910-AH51) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5392. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Chromium Propionate'' (Docket No. FDA-2018-F-3347) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5393. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Basic Health Program; Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2021'' (RIN0938-ZB56) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 2, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5394. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medical Devices; Petition for an Administrative Stay of Action: Electrical Stimulation Devices for Self-Injurious or Aggressive Behavior'' (Docket No. FDA-2016-N-1111) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5395. A communication from the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief FOIA Officer, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the implementation of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission for the period from October 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020; to the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Select Committee on Intelligence; and the Judiciary. EC-5396. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Scheduling of Annual Leave for Employees Necessary to Respond to Certain National Emergencies'' (RIN3206-AO04) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5397. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-350, ``New Hospital at St. Elizabeths Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5398. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-386, ``Window Blind and Drape Cord Safety Notification Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5399. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-387, ``Access to Biosimilars Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5400. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-388, ``Hearing Aid Sales Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5401. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-389, ``Pregnancy as a Qualifying Event Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5402. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-390, ``Postpartum Coverage Expansion Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5403. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-349, ``Connected Transport Network Temporary Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5404. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-391, ``Black Lives Matter Plaza Designation Temporary Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5405. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-392, ``Appraisal Management Company Regulation Temporary Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5406. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-394, ``Investigating Maternal Mortalities Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5407. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-395, ``Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board Membership Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5408. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-396, ``Commercial Insurance Claim Tolling Temporary Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5409. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-397, ``Adams Morgan BID Tax Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5410. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-398, ``Standby Guardian Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5411. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-400, ``Reunion Square Tax Increment Financing Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5412. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-401, ``Business Support Grants Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5413. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-402, ``Performing Arts Promotion Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5414. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-393, ``Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Information Sharing Temporary Amendment Act 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5415. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-399, ``Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5416. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-408, ``Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5417. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 23-407, ``Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Act of 2020''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5418. A communication from the Chief of the Regulatory Coordination Division, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants due to the COVID-19 National Emergency Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities'' (RIN1615-AC55) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5419. A communication from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Provider-Based Requirements'' (RIN2900-AQ68) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5420. A communication from the Director, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program'' (RIN2900-AQ63) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 3, 2020; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5421. A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) Quarterly Report to Congress; Third Quarter of fiscal year 2020''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5422. A communication from the Program Analyst, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report and Order'' ((CG Docket No. 03-123) (FCC 20-105)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5423. A communication from the Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements 9.10, 911 Service'' ((FCC 20-98) (PS Docket No. 07-114)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5424. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection, Second Report and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking'' ((WC Docket No. 19-195) (FCC 20-94)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5425. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Rates for Inmate Calling Services'' ((WC Docket No. 12-375) (FCC 20-111)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5426. A communication from the Chairman of the Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection with Licensing and Related Services - 2020 Update'' (Docket No. EP 542) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5427. A communication from the Chairman of the Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Market Dominance Streamlined Approach'' (Docket No. EP 756) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 24, 2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5605-3 | null | 1,294 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The following bills were read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and placed on the calendar: H.R. 2575. An act to authorize an AI Center of Excellence within the General Services Administration, and for other purposes. H.R. 4734. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the ``Ernest `Ernie' T. Pyle Post Office''. H.R. 4894. An act to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available. H.R. 5384. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Crosby Street in Mansfield, Louisiana, as the ``Dr. C.O. Simpkins, Sr., Post Office'' | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5605 | null | 1,295 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | ``NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE'' Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Jones, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Reed, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Carper, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Young, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Booker, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Harris, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mrs. Murray)) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Con. Res. 44 Whereas, on September 11, 2001, the United States endured violent terrorist attacks and events (referred to in this preamble as the ``attacks'') in New York City, Washington, DC, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, leading to the tragic deaths and injuries of thousands of innocent United States citizens and others from more than 90 different countries and territories; Whereas, in response to the attacks, firefighters, uniformed officers, emergency medical technicians, physicians, nurses, military personnel, and other first responders immediately rose to service in the heroic attempt to save the lives of the individuals in danger; Whereas, in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, thousands of recovery workers, including trades personnel, iron workers, equipment operators, and many others, joined with uniformed officers and military personnel to help search for and recover victims lost in the attacks; Whereas, in the days, weeks, and months following the attacks, thousands of individuals in the United States spontaneously volunteered to help support rescue and recovery efforts, braving both physical and emotional hardship; Whereas many first responders, rescue and recovery workers, volunteers, and survivors of the attacks continue to suffer from serious medical illnesses and emotional distress related to the physical and mental trauma of the attacks; Whereas hundreds of thousands of brave individuals continue to serve every day, answering the call to duty as members of the Armed Forces, with some having given their lives or suffered injury-- (1) to defend the security of the United States; and (2) to prevent further terrorist attacks; Whereas people of the United States witnessed and endured the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and, in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, became unified under a remarkable spirit of service and compassion that inspired the people of the United States; Whereas, in the years immediately following the attacks, there was a marked increase in volunteerism and national service among the people of the United States, which continues to this day; Whereas, in 2009, Congress passed, and President Barack Obama signed, the bipartisan Serve America Act (Public Law 111-13; 123 Stat. 1460), which-- (1) established, at the request of the 9/11 community, Federal recognition of September 11 as a ``National Day of Service and Remembrance'' (commonly referred to as ``9/ 11 Day''); and (2) charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with leading that annual day of service; Whereas, during the period beginning on the date of establishment of September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, millions of individuals in the United States observe that date by engaging in a wide range of service activities and private forms of prayer and remembrance; Whereas, during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) national emergency-- (1) Americans have once again rallied together to rise to the challenge by caring for the sick, providing essential services, and volunteering in their communities; and (2) there have been robust calls to strengthen, expand, and participate in all forms of national and community service; and Whereas the trends described in the preceding clause are the continuation of an American tradition of individuals and communities coming together to serve each other in times of need: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Congress-- (1) recognizes, commends, and honors the selfless dedication to fellow citizens displayed through the heroic actions of first responders and other citizens in New York City, Washington, DC, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania; (2) calls on the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and all people of the United States, to observe September 11, 2020, as a ``National Day of Service and Remembrance'', with appropriate and personal expressions of service and reflection, which may include performing good deeds, displaying the United States flag, participating in memorial and remembrance services, and safely engaging in volunteer service or other charitable activities-- (A) in honor of the individuals who lost their lives or were injured in the attacks of September 11, 2001; and (B) in tribute to the individuals who rose to service-- (i) to come to the aid of those individuals in need; and (ii) in defense of the United States; and (3) urges all people of the United States to continue to live their lives throughout the year with the same spirit of unity, service, and compassion that was exhibited throughout the United States following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2020-09-15-pt1-PgS5615-2 | null | 1,296 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The House will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2020-09-16-pt1-PgH4444 | null | 1,297 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Crist). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7909) to facilitate access to child care services safely and securely during the COVID-19 pandemic, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Crist) | House | CREC-2020-09-16-pt1-PgH4472 | null | 1,298 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to recommit on the bill (H.R. 2574) to amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore the right to individual civil actions in cases involving disparate impact, and for other purposes, offered by the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The Clerk will redesignate the motion. The Clerk redesignated the motion. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2020-09-16-pt1-PgH4473-3 | null | 1,299 |
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