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formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. HICKENLOOPER. Mr. President, I recently introduced the RECHARGE Act, S. 2241, with my friend and colleague, Senator Whitehouse, and we are very pleased that this bill, as amended, is included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as Section 40431. Section 40431 amends section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2621(d) in order to establish a new requirement that all public utilities--investor-owned utilities, customer-owned cooperatives, and public power utilities--must consider establishing EV-specific rates for residential customers, EV drivers, and commercial customers, who operate public and fleet EV charging stations, to promote greater electrification in the transportation sector. Lowering emissions in the transportation sector will hinge upon the electrification of our country's motorized vehicles. Large investments in electric vehicle, or EV, charging infrastructure of the type included in other sections of this legislation will provide a catalyst for mass EV adoption. The successful adoption of EVs will depend not only upon modernizing America's grid and charging infrastructure, but also upon updating our electricity sector rates, so that the infrastructure funded by this act can operate in an economically sustainable manner for decades to come. The commercial rates present today were not designed with the unique electricity load profile of a growing EV fleet in mind. Public EV charging stations, and particularly high-powered DC fast charging stations designed for highway corridors and for heavier-duty EVs like buses and trucks, face a distinct set of hurdles imposed by the current regulatory system and traditional, demand-based electricity rates. Most prominent among barriers to deploying commercial EV charging are demand charges, which are electricity rates set by public utilities on their customers, including EV charging station owners, based on the maximum amount of power, kW, drawn for any given time interval, typically 15 minutes, during the billing period, multiplied by the relevant tariff demand charge. Demand charges are designed to capture the marginal costs imposed on the grid by high-capacity, high-utilization infrastructure such as factories. However, when traditional demand charges are levied upon high-capacity, low-utilization infrastructure such as EV charging stations, they can place a disproportionate cost burden on the station owners. The high-powered, fast-charging stations our Nation needs to serve the EV driving public, public and private fleet vehicle operators, and the trucking industry have different load profiles than most commercial entities, with periods of dormancy punctuated by spikes in activity. And unlike most commercial operations, their demand profile is driven by real-time customer activity. So it is difficult for these stations to optimize their load profiles. The burden of demand charges varies by State and by region and can fail to accurately reflect the marginal costs imposed on the system by EV charging stations. For example, in the Colorado PUC Electric Vehicle Working Group Report published in 2019, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission found that demand charges result in the annual cost to operate a direct current fast charging, DCFC, station in one Colorado utility territory being 35 times higher than the cost in a neighboring service territory. The problem will only worsen for the still higher-demand and lower-utilization application of EV truck charging. Demand charges, if not reformed, may also introduce new issues of inequity as America electrifies transportation. For example, homeowners are able to charge an electric vehicle on very affordable residential utility rates, which currently average $1.16 per gasoline gallon equivalent according to the Department of Energy. But those who live in multiunit housing and rent their abode, a population that is disproportionately low-income and minority, often cannot charge an EV at home. They will charge their EVs at public charging stations, and those public charging stations must pay much higher commercial utility rates, including commercial demand charges, which make up as much as 90 percent of public charging station's utility bills according to RMI. In recent years, some States and utilities have recognized this inequity and taken steps to reform their utility rates, to reduce and reform commercial demand charges and to adopt rates designed for low-load or electric vehicle charging infrastructure. These utilities and regulators should be commended for their forward-leaning approach to a complicated issue. Utilities in Colorado have begun to do this, as have utilities in quite a few other States. Section 40431 requires only those States and utilities which have not already done so to take up the issue of how demand charge rates affect EV charging in order to encourage new private-sector investment in EV charging stations. These States and utilities are allowed 2 years to consider the establishment of new rates that A, promote affordable and equitable EV charging options; B, facilitate deployment of faster charging technology that improves the customer experience; C, accelerate third-party investment in EV charging infrastructure; and D, appropriately recover marginal costs. Our intention is to ensure that alternatives to traditional, demand-based electricity rates are made available to EV charging station owners with appropriate oversight by State public utility commissions. To remove any doubt, section 40431 does not empower, encourage, or allow State public utility commissions to regulate the prices that third-party owned EV charging stations charge their customers for EV charging services. Those prices are set in a competitive marketplace that benefits consumers, and this legislation does not affect that marketplace. Section 40431 should prompt forward-looking change at the State and utility level which appropriately reflects and accommodates the real differences in geographies, electricity markets, and business environments which exist between and within States and utility territories. It ensures that attention will be paid to this problem nationwide, but also that each State and utility can decide how to address the problem its own way. Ultimately, it should lead to new rate designs that enable the private sector to make economically sustainable investments in the high-powered charging stations that will help drivers, fleet operators, and truckers go electric, while more appropriately reflecting the actual marginal costs added to the grid by EV charging stations. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. HICKENLOOPER | Senate | CREC-2021-08-05-pt1-PgS5926-4 | null | 3,000 |
formal | grooming | null | anti-LGBTQ | Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, as ranking member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Kentucky small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize Southcentral Veterinary Services, a family-owned small business in Bowling Green, KY, as the Senate Small Business of the Week. In 2011, Dr. Eddie Grimes and his wife, Nicole Grimes, founded Southcentral Veterinary Services--SVS--in Bowling Green, KY. Growing up in Warren County, Dr. Grimes and Nicole were childhood friends and both attended Western Kentucky University--WKU--where Dr. Grimes majored in animal science and Nicole studied finance. The couple, high school sweethearts, married after graduating from WKU in 2000. Dr. Grimes went on to earn his doctorate of veterinary medicine from Auburn University and worked as a veterinarian for a few years before moving back to Bowling Green. With Nicole, who had experience in the banking industry, by his side, Dr. Grimes established Southcentral Veterinary Services. Today, Southcentral Veterinary Services provides exceptional mixed animal care in Warren County, KY. Initially, Dr. Grimes worked out of his truck and provided ambulatory veterinary services; however, the business grew quickly and expanded to a physical location that provides grooming and boarding services, in addition to veterinary care. Being very hands on with the daily operations at SVS, in addition to being co-owners, Dr. Grimes is one of the veterinarians, and Nicole is the human resource manager. Together, they lead a team of more than 10 employees, including a second veterinarian, to meet the animal needs of the community. Since opening its doors, Southcentral Veterinary Services has been recognized by local and industry publications for its outstanding, high-quality veterinary care. Furthermore, for the last 3 years, Southcentral Veterinary Services was recognized as Bowling Green's Best Veterinarian, and in 2020, SVS earned the title of Bowling Green's Best Pet Groomer. Outside of being business owners, Dr. Grimes and Nicole can be found giving back to their community. Southcentral Veterinary Services has sponsored local youth sports teams and regularly hires local high school and college students, providing training and mentoring to students interested in pursuing a career in veterinary medicine. One of these students is the Grimes' son, Garrett, who works part-time as a veterinary assistant and one day aspires to follow in his father's footsteps becoming a veterinarian himself. Dr. Grimes and Nicole's charitable acts don't stop at mentoring students. Notably, the Grimes established 4AnnieGirl, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of Spinal Muscular Atrophy--SMA--after their second child, Annie, who was born with SMA, passed away from the terminal disease that causes weakness and loss of voluntary muscles. After cherishing 9 precious months with their baby girl, the Grimes sought to help other families affected by this disease by promoting early testing, research, and fundraising to combat SMA through 4AnnieGirl. By hosting speaking engagements and fundraisers, 4AnnieGirl has raised over $30,000 for SMA research and awareness. To honor Annie's memory, the Grimes family remains committed to raising awareness for SMA and to advocating for more research. Southcentral Veterinary Services is a remarkable example of the positive role that family-owned small businesses play in their communities. Local veterinary practices, like Southcentral Veterinary Services, form the heart of towns across Kentucky, regularly stepping up to support their communities. Congratulations to Dr. Grimes, Nicole, and the entire team at Southcentral Veterinary Services. I wish SVS the best of luck, and I look forward to watching this small business' continued growth and success in Kentucky. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. PAUL | Senate | CREC-2021-08-05-pt1-PgS5929-2 | null | 3,001 |
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-1782. A communication from the Director of the Regulations and Disclosure Law Division, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Implementing Regulations Related to the Marking Rules, Tariff-rate Quotas, and Other USMCA Provisions'' (RIN1515- AE56) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1783. A communication from the Senior Regulations Writer, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flexibility in Evaluating `Close Proximity of Time' due to COVID 19-Related Barriers to Healthcare'' (RIN0960-AI64) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 28, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1784. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8656- 01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-1785. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Zeta-Cypermethrin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8623-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-1786. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 107th Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board covering operations for calendar year 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1787. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removing Profile Drawing Requirement for Qualifying Conduit Notices of Intent and Revising Filing Requirements for Major Hydroelectric Projects 10 MW or Less'' ((RIN1902-AF77) (Docket No. RM20-21- 000)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1788. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting a legislative proposal; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1789. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29, Rev 6, Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1790. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Safety Evaluation of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-577, Revised Frequencies for Steam Generator Tube Inspections'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1791. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Draft Guidelines for Characterizing the Safety Impact of Issues, Revision 1'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1792. 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; California; Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 8714-02-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1793. 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 Emissions from Lithographic and Letterpress Printing Operations'' (FRL No. 8706-02-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1794. 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; California; Placer County Air Pollutions Control District; Open Burning Rules'' (FRL No. 8739-02-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1795. 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 Revision; Limited Approval and Limited Disapproval; California; Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 8689-01-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1796. A communication from the Ombudsman, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``2020 Annual Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1797. 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 ``Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements; Delayed Effective Date'' (RIN0910-AI39) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1798. A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Annual Report to Congress on the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Lu National Blue Alert Act of 2015; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1799. A communication from the Attorney Adviser, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Positive Train Control Systems'' (RIN2130- AC75) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 29, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1800. A communication from the Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``COVID-19 Telehealth Program'' ((FCC 21-24) (Docket No. WC20-89)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1801. A communication from the Associate Administrator for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Commercial Driver's License Standards, Requirements and Penalties; Exclusively Electronic Exchange of Driver History Record Information'' (RIN2126- AC36) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 28, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-05-pt1-PgS5929-6 | null | 3,002 |
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-1782. A communication from the Director of the Regulations and Disclosure Law Division, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Implementing Regulations Related to the Marking Rules, Tariff-rate Quotas, and Other USMCA Provisions'' (RIN1515- AE56) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1783. A communication from the Senior Regulations Writer, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flexibility in Evaluating `Close Proximity of Time' due to COVID 19-Related Barriers to Healthcare'' (RIN0960-AI64) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 28, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1784. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fludioxonil; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8656- 01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-1785. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Zeta-Cypermethrin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8623-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-1786. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 107th Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board covering operations for calendar year 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1787. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removing Profile Drawing Requirement for Qualifying Conduit Notices of Intent and Revising Filing Requirements for Major Hydroelectric Projects 10 MW or Less'' ((RIN1902-AF77) (Docket No. RM20-21- 000)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1788. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting a legislative proposal; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1789. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29, Rev 6, Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1790. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Safety Evaluation of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-577, Revised Frequencies for Steam Generator Tube Inspections'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1791. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Draft Guidelines for Characterizing the Safety Impact of Issues, Revision 1'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1792. 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; California; Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 8714-02-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1793. 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 Emissions from Lithographic and Letterpress Printing Operations'' (FRL No. 8706-02-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1794. 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; California; Placer County Air Pollutions Control District; Open Burning Rules'' (FRL No. 8739-02-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1795. 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 Revision; Limited Approval and Limited Disapproval; California; Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 8689-01-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1796. A communication from the Ombudsman, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``2020 Annual Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1797. 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 ``Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements; Delayed Effective Date'' (RIN0910-AI39) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 27, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1798. A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Annual Report to Congress on the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Lu National Blue Alert Act of 2015; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1799. A communication from the Attorney Adviser, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Positive Train Control Systems'' (RIN2130- AC75) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 29, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1800. A communication from the Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``COVID-19 Telehealth Program'' ((FCC 21-24) (Docket No. WC20-89)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 30, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1801. A communication from the Associate Administrator for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Commercial Driver's License Standards, Requirements and Penalties; Exclusively Electronic Exchange of Driver History Record Information'' (RIN2126- AC36) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 28, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-05-pt1-PgS5929-6 | null | 3,003 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The following bills were read the first time: S. 2670. A bill to provide for redistricting reform, and for other purposes. S. 2671. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-05-pt1-PgS5930 | null | 3,004 |
formal | urban | null | racist | SA 2581. Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 1253, strike line 23 and insert the following: (1) in subsection (a)(1)-- (A) by striking ``means a State'' and inserting the following: ``means-- ``(A) a State''; (B) by striking ``Government.'' and inserting ``Government; or''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(B) a State or local governmental entity that operates a public transportation service and receives and administers Federal transit program grant funds for both rural and urban areas.''; (2) in subsection (c)-- On page 1254, line 23, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-05-pt1-PgS5970-3 | null | 3,005 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-1852. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's eleventh Annual Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking for 2019, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 290bb- 25b(c)(1)(F); Public Law 109-422, Sec. 2; (120 Stat. 2892); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-1853. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's following reports: 1) Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking (RTC); 2) State Performance and Best Practices for the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking Report (SPBP); 3) State Underage Drinking Prevention Activities (State Reports); and 4) Evaluation of the National Media Campaign Report ``Talk. They Hear You.'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 290bb-25b(c)(1)(F); Public Law 109-422, Sec. 2; (120 Stat. 2892); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-1854. A letter from the Acting Associate Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through FCC Programs [WC Docket No.: 18-89] received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1855. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Amendment of Section 73.622(i), Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Redding, California) [MB Docket No.: 21-177] [RM- 11904] received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1856. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 29; 2021-22 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Correction [Docket No.: 201204-0325] (RIN: 0648-BJ74) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1857. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's final evaluation of vendor submittal -- Final Safety Evaluation by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation for Boiling Water Reactor Vessel and Internals Program Topical Report BWRVIP-329, ``Updated Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Analyses for BWR RPV Welds to Address Extended Operations'', August 2019 [EPID: L-2019- TOP-0034] received July 15, 2021, 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. EC-1858. A letter from the Senor Regulations Writer, Federal Register Liaison, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary final rule -- Flexibility in Evaluating ``Close Proximity of Time'' due to COVID 19- Related Barriers to Healthcare [Docket No.: SSA-2021-0010] (RIN: 0960-AI64) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1859. A letter from the Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- 911 Fee Diversion [PS Docket No.: 20-291]; New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008 [PS Docket No.: 09- 14] received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1860. A letter from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting three (3) notifications of a nomination, an action on nomination, and discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-1861. A letter from the Officer, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's FY 2020 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. EC-1862. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a notification of a discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-1863. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Removing the Processing Restrictions on Incidentally Caught Squid and Sculpin Species in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries [Docket No.: 210504- 0098] (RIN: 0648-BK18) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1864. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2021-2022 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments [Docket No.: 201204-0325] (RIN: 0648-BK53) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1865. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's interim final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Framework Adjustment 33 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan [Docket No.: 210513-0105] (RIN: 0648-BK51) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1866. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan [Docket No.: 210520-0113] (RIN: 0648-BK42) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1867. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; IFQ Program; Modify Temporary Transfer Provisions [Docket No.: 210319-0060] (RIN: 0648-BK41) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1868. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Recreational Management Measures for the Summer Flounder Fishery; Fishing Year 2021 [Docket No.: 210503-0094] (RIN: 0648-BK32) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1869. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Approval of 2021 and 2022 Sector Operations Plans and Allocation of 2021 Northeast Multispecies Annual Catch Entitlements [Docket No.: 210426-0089] (RIN: 0648-BK26) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1870. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2021 Harvest Specifications for Pacific Whiting, and 2021 Pacific Whiting Tribal Allocation [Docket No.: 210616-0131] (RIN: 0648-BK25) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1871. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's correcting amendment -- Fisheries Off West Coast States; Emergency Action to Temporarily Extend the Primary Sablefish Fishery Season; Correction [Docket No.: 210312-0054] (RIN: 0648-BK15) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1872. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's interim final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring; Framework Adjustment 8 [Docket No.: 210325- 0071] (RIN: 0648-BK11) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1873. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Golden Tilefish Fishery; Extension of Emergency Action [Docket No.: 201214-0337] (RIN: 0648-BJ98) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1874. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2021 Management Measures [Docket No.: 210505-0101] (RIN: 0648-BJ97) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1875. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Pacific Island Fisheries; Mariana Archipelago Bottomfish Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures [Docket No.: 210503-0095] (RIN: 0648-BJ82) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1876. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Salmon Bycatch Minimization [Docket No.: 210205-0012] (RIN: 0648-BJ50) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1877. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Proposed 2021 and 2022 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish [Docket No.: 201125- 0319; RTID 0648-XY116] received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1878. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Rebuilding Coho Salmon Stocks [Docket No.: 210205- 0015] (RIN: 0648-BJ05) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1879. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Salmon Bycatch Minimization [Docket No.: 210423-0087] (RIN: 0648-BJ50) received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1880. A letter from the Fisheries Regulations Specialist, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Revised Management Measures for the 2020 Guided Sport Pacific Halibut Fisheries in International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Areas 2A, 2C, and 3A [Docket No.: 200616-0161] (RIN: 0648-BJ89) received July 20, 2021, 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. EC-1881. A letter from the Fisheries Regulations Specialist, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Omnibus Framework Adjustment To Modify the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Risk Policy [Docket No.: 201209-0334] (RIN: 0648-BK05)received July 28, 2021, 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. EC-1882. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act Report to Congressfor May 2021, pursuant to 34 U.S.C. 50503(f); Public Law 114-12, Sec. 4(f); (129 Stat. 196); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1883. A letter from the Agency Representative, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Removal of Certain Rules of Patent Practice [Docket No.: PTO-C-2017- 0033] (RIN: 0651-AD24) received July 13, 2021, 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. EC-1884. A letter from the Agency Representative, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Mailing Address Changes Related to USPTO Deposit Accounts and Patent Maintenance Fees [Docket No.: PTO-P-2020-0063] (RIN: 0651- AD52) received July 13, 2021, 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. EC-1885. A letter from the Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, transmitting the Department's final rule -- 2021 Adjustment of the Penalty for Violation of Notice Posting Requirements (RIN: 3046-AB17) received July 13, 2021, 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. EC-1886. A letter from the Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations [Docket No.: FMCSA-2020-0135] (RIN: 2126-AC33) received July 16, 2021, 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. EC-1887. A letter from the Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Extension of Compliance Date for Entry-Level Driver Training [Docket No.: FMCSA-2007-27748] (RIN: 2126- AC25) received July 16, 2021, 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. EC-1888. A letter from the Associate Administrator for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Commercial Driver's License Standards, Requirements and Penalties; Exclusively Electronic Exchange of Driver History Record Information [Docket No.: FMCSA-2020- 0198] (RIN: 2126-AC36) received July 28, 2021, 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-2021-08-06-pt1-PgH4316-5 | null | 3,006 |
formal | butterfly | null | homophobic | Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows: ML-72. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 5, urging the U.S. Congress to expand the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program so that it includes farming as an applicable career for loan forgiveness; to the Committee on Agriculture. ML-73. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, relative to House Resolution No. 24, urging the federal government to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill; to the Committee on Financial Services. ML-74. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Missouri, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, requesting the Congress of the United States call a convention of the states to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ML-75. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, relative to Senate Resolution No. 102, urging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act; jointly to the Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-08-06-pt1-PgH4320 | null | 3,007 |
formal | illegal immigrant | null | anti-Latino | Mr. McCONNELL. The Democratic leader is indicating, in a few days, he will thrust the Senate into an ultrapartisan showdown over the staggeringly reckless taxing-and-spending spree that Democrats want to ram through later this year. The size and the scope of Chairman Sanders' socialist shopping list will make every disagreement we had in landing the infrastructure compromise look like a rounding error--new permanent welfare with no work requirements, reams of Green New Deal mandates, massive tax hikes that shrink wages and kill jobs, government meddling in childcare that would privilege certain families' choices over others, amnesty for illegal immigrants in the middle of a border crisis. At a time Democrats' spending already--already--has inflation hammering American families, Republicans could not be more eager to debate our colleagues on all of these subjects. We can't wait to get Democrats on record over many more trillions--trillions--of dollars and reckless borrowing to fund socialist spending on radical policies that families are not asking for. Our philosophy is the polar opposite. Republican policies would create good jobs, strong wage growth, and stable prices for middle-class families, just like our country had just a year and a half ago--the most pro-worker economy in a generation, just a year and a half ago. Republicans want to give working families the tools and the opportunity to build the lives that they want. Democrats want to force them to live the lives the Democrats want. The stakes in this debate could not be higher, and very soon the country will see it aired out here right on the Senate floor. The Democratic leader will be putting the full radicalism of the far left right here on this floor. He is making every one of his Members vote on nothing less--nothing less--than Chairman Sanders' dream shopping list. Every American family will know exactly where their Senator stands | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-08-07-pt1-PgS5994-3 | null | 3,008 |
formal | illegal immigrants | null | anti-Latino | Mr. McCONNELL. The Democratic leader is indicating, in a few days, he will thrust the Senate into an ultrapartisan showdown over the staggeringly reckless taxing-and-spending spree that Democrats want to ram through later this year. The size and the scope of Chairman Sanders' socialist shopping list will make every disagreement we had in landing the infrastructure compromise look like a rounding error--new permanent welfare with no work requirements, reams of Green New Deal mandates, massive tax hikes that shrink wages and kill jobs, government meddling in childcare that would privilege certain families' choices over others, amnesty for illegal immigrants in the middle of a border crisis. At a time Democrats' spending already--already--has inflation hammering American families, Republicans could not be more eager to debate our colleagues on all of these subjects. We can't wait to get Democrats on record over many more trillions--trillions--of dollars and reckless borrowing to fund socialist spending on radical policies that families are not asking for. Our philosophy is the polar opposite. Republican policies would create good jobs, strong wage growth, and stable prices for middle-class families, just like our country had just a year and a half ago--the most pro-worker economy in a generation, just a year and a half ago. Republicans want to give working families the tools and the opportunity to build the lives that they want. Democrats want to force them to live the lives the Democrats want. The stakes in this debate could not be higher, and very soon the country will see it aired out here right on the Senate floor. The Democratic leader will be putting the full radicalism of the far left right here on this floor. He is making every one of his Members vote on nothing less--nothing less--than Chairman Sanders' dream shopping list. Every American family will know exactly where their Senator stands | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-08-07-pt1-PgS5994-3 | null | 3,009 |
formal | welfare | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. The Democratic leader is indicating, in a few days, he will thrust the Senate into an ultrapartisan showdown over the staggeringly reckless taxing-and-spending spree that Democrats want to ram through later this year. The size and the scope of Chairman Sanders' socialist shopping list will make every disagreement we had in landing the infrastructure compromise look like a rounding error--new permanent welfare with no work requirements, reams of Green New Deal mandates, massive tax hikes that shrink wages and kill jobs, government meddling in childcare that would privilege certain families' choices over others, amnesty for illegal immigrants in the middle of a border crisis. At a time Democrats' spending already--already--has inflation hammering American families, Republicans could not be more eager to debate our colleagues on all of these subjects. We can't wait to get Democrats on record over many more trillions--trillions--of dollars and reckless borrowing to fund socialist spending on radical policies that families are not asking for. Our philosophy is the polar opposite. Republican policies would create good jobs, strong wage growth, and stable prices for middle-class families, just like our country had just a year and a half ago--the most pro-worker economy in a generation, just a year and a half ago. Republicans want to give working families the tools and the opportunity to build the lives that they want. Democrats want to force them to live the lives the Democrats want. The stakes in this debate could not be higher, and very soon the country will see it aired out here right on the Senate floor. The Democratic leader will be putting the full radicalism of the far left right here on this floor. He is making every one of his Members vote on nothing less--nothing less--than Chairman Sanders' dream shopping list. Every American family will know exactly where their Senator stands | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-08-07-pt1-PgS5994-3 | null | 3,010 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. The Democratic leader is indicating, in a few days, he will thrust the Senate into an ultrapartisan showdown over the staggeringly reckless taxing-and-spending spree that Democrats want to ram through later this year. The size and the scope of Chairman Sanders' socialist shopping list will make every disagreement we had in landing the infrastructure compromise look like a rounding error--new permanent welfare with no work requirements, reams of Green New Deal mandates, massive tax hikes that shrink wages and kill jobs, government meddling in childcare that would privilege certain families' choices over others, amnesty for illegal immigrants in the middle of a border crisis. At a time Democrats' spending already--already--has inflation hammering American families, Republicans could not be more eager to debate our colleagues on all of these subjects. We can't wait to get Democrats on record over many more trillions--trillions--of dollars and reckless borrowing to fund socialist spending on radical policies that families are not asking for. Our philosophy is the polar opposite. Republican policies would create good jobs, strong wage growth, and stable prices for middle-class families, just like our country had just a year and a half ago--the most pro-worker economy in a generation, just a year and a half ago. Republicans want to give working families the tools and the opportunity to build the lives that they want. Democrats want to force them to live the lives the Democrats want. The stakes in this debate could not be higher, and very soon the country will see it aired out here right on the Senate floor. The Democratic leader will be putting the full radicalism of the far left right here on this floor. He is making every one of his Members vote on nothing less--nothing less--than Chairman Sanders' dream shopping list. Every American family will know exactly where their Senator stands | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-08-07-pt1-PgS5994-3 | null | 3,011 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The following bills were read the second time, and placed on the calendar: S. 2670. A bill to provide for redistricting reform, and for other purposes. S. 2671. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-07-pt1-PgS6012 | null | 3,012 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, on another related matter, as the Senate approaches final passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, I want to shine a spotlight on a part of the legislative process that doesn't see the light often enough: the Office of the Senate Legislative Counsel. There is an old political yarn that the legislative process is like watching sausage get made; you would rather not know. Well, the Office of Legislative Counsel occupies a particularly difficult part of the sausage-making: turning Senators' broad outlines for legislation into specific and precise legislative language. It is a very hard job. For over a century, this group of hidden experts have had a hand in crafting every major piece of legislation introduced in this Chamber. A century ago, many scoffed at the notion of having a team of professionals help the Senate write legislation. It was actually a New Yorker, I am proud to say, Elihu Root, who originally suggested in 1912 that, maybe, this body could use a little help in constructing well-written laws. It took a few years after he made his plea, but the complexity of tax legislation to raise revenue during World War I led to the creation of the original drafting service. During its first 4 years, the Legislative Drafting Service handled 518 requests. By the 114th Congress, however, they were receiving more than 65,000. It is an amazing workload, unglamorous but vital and essential. Over the past few weeks, as we have worked on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the members of the legislative counsel have sacrificed weekends, family gatherings, and many, many hours of sleep to allow the Senate to do its work. I have seen it. We have called them up at 11 p.m. and said: You are needed to get this ready by the morning. And they don't flinch. They just roll up their sleeves and work in their professional way. So we have always asked a lot of the legislative counsel, but they stepped up and did their job with excellence. There are a lot of members of the team who deserve recognition, beginning with the team's laudable and impressive leader on this bill, Deanna Edwards. I also want to thank Diane Nesmeyer and her team of assistants, who have all contributed very long hours, and let me mention them. They each deserve their own acknowledgement: Heather Burnham, Mark Mazzone, Christina Kennelly, Chris Patterson, Patrick Ryan, Karson Katz, Heather Lowell, Matt McGhie, John Goetcheus, Ruth Ernst, Mark McGunagle, Allison Otto, Vince Gaiani, Phil Lynch, John Henderson, James Ollen-Smith, Kim Albrecht-Taylor, Christine Miranda, Rob Silver, Evan Frank, and Molly Dunlop. To every single person I mentioned, thank you, thank you, thank you for your incredible and indispensable work. Your skill and dedication makes it possible for this Chamber to serve the American public. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6031-8 | null | 3,013 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have been listening to criticism from the other side of the aisle about our plan to improve American families' economic security and the long-term strength in our economy. And I have to wonder, why do Republicans never worry about deficits when they are passing trillion-dollar tax cuts that shower nearly all of the benefits on millionaires and wealthy corporations? Why do Republicans only rediscover a concern about the debt when they are asked to support policies to help middle-class, working families, low-incomeindividuals--people struggling to get into the middle class? Or when someone proposes a long-term solution to make America's economy resilient and more prosperous for everyone, they are opposed to that. That is ``big spending.'' Republican welfare for the rich has always been a bad investment. Forty years of trickle-down economics has given America the greatest income inequality since the Gilded Age in our history and the largest national debt in our history. Republicans' devotion to trickle-down tax cuts has given us a shrinking middle class, a hollowed-out industrial base, and crumbling infrastructure. It has made a small sliver of America lavishly wealthy and left the rest behind. The Republican economic agenda has left the majority of Americans asking: How are we supposed to pay for childcare, our kids' college education, medical bills, or for the skilled nurses that mom and dad are going to need? Will we ever be able to retire? Trickle-down economics doesn't have answers for those real-life questions, but our Republican colleagues keep doubling down on them. I predict, without fear of contradiction, now that we have a Democratic President, someone on the Republican side of the aisle will come around again with a balanced budget constitutional amendment. It happens without fail. Republicans always turn to that whenever there is a Democratic President, even though the debt that President inherited was historic. But when their trickle-down tax cuts add trillions to the national debt, are they really worried? They never say a word about deficit and debt until they are in the minority. Donald Trump proposed more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to wealthy corporations and individuals. Did the Republicans complain about the national debt then? No. Did they insist that such an expensive gift must have bipartisan support? No. They passed their trickle-down tax cut through reconciliation without a single Democratic vote. Donald Trump promised that his tax cut would be ``rocket fuel for the economy.'' That may be a rare Trump boast that turned out to be true, although not exactly the way he meant it. We now have a handful of billionaires who have decided to launch their own personal space programs. They are so wealthy they are racing each other into space while regular working people worry about rent, childcare, and getting on here on Earth. The Trump tax cut gave the wealthiest Americans a fat windfall. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the Nation's 651 billionaires saw their net worth spike by more than $1 trillion during the first 9 months of the pandemic while the rest of America worried about how to pay the bills with a smaller paycheck or no paycheck at all. After Donald Trump signed his tax bill, surrounded by quite a few of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, he headed to a Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and like Santa Claus, he announced to the wealthy members at his own private club at Mar-a-Lago: ``You all just got richer.'' That was the real effect of the Trump tax cuts--the real intent. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2018 that Trump tax cuts will add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over 11 years. Where is the Republican outcry over that? The notion of $3 trillion to help working families pay less for the essentials of life, to cut their taxes, and give them an opportunity to be in an economy creating jobs really pales in comparison to the $1.9 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy. Economists at the London School of Economics analyzed the effects of trickle-down tax cuts over 50 years, 1965 to 2015. They found that trickle-down tax cuts consistently benefit the wealthy but had no meaningful effect on employment or economic growth, and they led inevitably to wider economic inequality. The authors of the study were asked why some politicians still continue to push for these tax cuts for wealthy people. They pointed to one reason: the power of wealthy individuals and corporations to set policy agendas through their lobbying and campaign contributions. You know what is going on, the fabulously wealthy people, who are contributing to politicians and causes that support their lifestyle, but they don't want us to know. Is that why no Republican Senator supports President Biden's Build Back Better plan to help American families and our economy, because billionaires have more lobbyists and deeper pockets than struggling kids and families? Two renowned economists from Princeton University--Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Watson--looked at the major economic indicators of America's economy for every President back to Franklin Roosevelt. They found by almost any major indicator--gross domestic product, employment, incomes, productivity, even stock prices--America's economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic Presidents than Republican. On jobs, since 1933, the six Presidents who presided over the fastest job growth have all been Democrats--the four Presidents with the slowest job growth, Republicans. Donald Trump campaigned, promising to be the ``greatest jobs President God ever created.'' There were 3 million fewer jobs when he left office than at the beginning of his term. He is the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs on his watch. The Democrats are once again cleaning up the Republican mess. With the help of the American Rescue Plan, which not a single Republican Senator or Congressman supported, America's economy has added 4 million jobs during the first 6 months of Joe Biden's Presidency. That is the fastest growth for the start of any President ever in American history. Here is another fact from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Between 1953 and 2020, America's economy was in a recession for 23 percent of the time that the Republicans held the White House, compared to just 4 percent of the time that a Democrat sat in the Oval Office. For the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democrats. Let me say that again. In the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democratic Presidents. Donald Trump promised to get rid of the national debt in 8 years through trade policy. Instead, his trade policies were a costly disaster, and the national debt skyrocketed by more than $7 trillion during his tenure. A ProPublica-Washington Post analysis found that growth in annual deficit under Donald Trump is the third-biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any U.S. President, with his tax cuts being the major culprit. I could go on citing facts and figures. Democrats look at human priorities like quality childcare, medical research, renewable energy, and climate resilience, investments that grow the economy and raise wages and living standards for everyone. We should have no apologies as Democrats for the programs that we support, particularly when it comes to climate change. That is a fact of life, sadly, in America, and we see the results reported every night on the news. Whether it is fires or extraordinary weather events, they are happening with increased frequency. It seems that Republicans ignore that reality. We cannot afford as a nation to do that any longer. History shows that our approaches work in responding to many of these challenges. Our solutions produce stronger, more sustainable economic growth that benefits everyone. Stronger economic growth allows us to pay down our debt rather than continuing to add to it with more tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Republicans can refuse to support our plan to Build Back Better; that is their choice. But please spare us lectures about fiscal responsibility. There is nothing responsible about repeating the same trillion-dollar mistake over and over and making small businesses and working families pay for it. I always thought the Laffer curve, which is the inspiration to the Republicans for trickle-down economics, was the most appropriately named economic device in history--it is a ``laugher''--and we see over and over againwhy that is. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy might make for a happy Christmas at Mar-a-Lago but not for the rest of the country. The real test is not whether we put votes on the board--and that is the bottom line in the Senate--but whether the center will hold, whether or not we have a strong enough center in the Senate dedicated to responsible investment and infrastructure and can overcome the forces outside. Former President Trump has been making all these speeches about how bad it is to have an infrastructure program. Well, I would just like to remind the former President: He had no infrastructure program. Talked big. Delivered nothing. Now, we have a chance under President Biden to have one that is bipartisan in nature and truly will help this economy and this country over the long run. In addition, I believe that we have to move further--and we certainly will with the budget resolution--in investing in America. The notion of having childcare--quality childcare--available and affordable to families is something that, unless you are a grandparent or a parent and know the reality, you may overlook and shouldn't. It is a critical factor in family welfare and good outcomes for children. In addition, 2 extra years of education beyond the 12th grade, provided by our quality community colleges across America, is the ticket for better jobs and better training and better workers in the 21st century. As we stand here, our major challenge, I suppose--our nemesis, foe--is China. Some of us can remember something called ping-pong diplomacy, which occurred roughly when I came out of college. That was opening up what we called ``Red China'' then to the world and giving them an opportunity to compete and to be part of the world conversation, and it happened dramatically. I remember visiting China several times and the first time, watching them in their Mao jackets on their bicycles, taking their kids to school. What I found in later visits was a really developed economy. The Chinese have a plan. They are mercantilists first, and they are marketing around the world successfully--successfully--because they have a plan. We don't have a plan, not until this President arrived. President Joe Biden has started this plan by saying: First, we invest in our people and make certain that their lives are easier and successful. I support him completely in that effort. I hope many will. It should be bipartisan. If we have sympathy for the wealthiest in our country, I beg my Republican friends: Have some sympathy for the middle-income families, who are struggling every day to get by. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032-2 | null | 3,014 |
formal | tax cuts | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have been listening to criticism from the other side of the aisle about our plan to improve American families' economic security and the long-term strength in our economy. And I have to wonder, why do Republicans never worry about deficits when they are passing trillion-dollar tax cuts that shower nearly all of the benefits on millionaires and wealthy corporations? Why do Republicans only rediscover a concern about the debt when they are asked to support policies to help middle-class, working families, low-incomeindividuals--people struggling to get into the middle class? Or when someone proposes a long-term solution to make America's economy resilient and more prosperous for everyone, they are opposed to that. That is ``big spending.'' Republican welfare for the rich has always been a bad investment. Forty years of trickle-down economics has given America the greatest income inequality since the Gilded Age in our history and the largest national debt in our history. Republicans' devotion to trickle-down tax cuts has given us a shrinking middle class, a hollowed-out industrial base, and crumbling infrastructure. It has made a small sliver of America lavishly wealthy and left the rest behind. The Republican economic agenda has left the majority of Americans asking: How are we supposed to pay for childcare, our kids' college education, medical bills, or for the skilled nurses that mom and dad are going to need? Will we ever be able to retire? Trickle-down economics doesn't have answers for those real-life questions, but our Republican colleagues keep doubling down on them. I predict, without fear of contradiction, now that we have a Democratic President, someone on the Republican side of the aisle will come around again with a balanced budget constitutional amendment. It happens without fail. Republicans always turn to that whenever there is a Democratic President, even though the debt that President inherited was historic. But when their trickle-down tax cuts add trillions to the national debt, are they really worried? They never say a word about deficit and debt until they are in the minority. Donald Trump proposed more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to wealthy corporations and individuals. Did the Republicans complain about the national debt then? No. Did they insist that such an expensive gift must have bipartisan support? No. They passed their trickle-down tax cut through reconciliation without a single Democratic vote. Donald Trump promised that his tax cut would be ``rocket fuel for the economy.'' That may be a rare Trump boast that turned out to be true, although not exactly the way he meant it. We now have a handful of billionaires who have decided to launch their own personal space programs. They are so wealthy they are racing each other into space while regular working people worry about rent, childcare, and getting on here on Earth. The Trump tax cut gave the wealthiest Americans a fat windfall. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the Nation's 651 billionaires saw their net worth spike by more than $1 trillion during the first 9 months of the pandemic while the rest of America worried about how to pay the bills with a smaller paycheck or no paycheck at all. After Donald Trump signed his tax bill, surrounded by quite a few of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, he headed to a Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and like Santa Claus, he announced to the wealthy members at his own private club at Mar-a-Lago: ``You all just got richer.'' That was the real effect of the Trump tax cuts--the real intent. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2018 that Trump tax cuts will add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over 11 years. Where is the Republican outcry over that? The notion of $3 trillion to help working families pay less for the essentials of life, to cut their taxes, and give them an opportunity to be in an economy creating jobs really pales in comparison to the $1.9 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy. Economists at the London School of Economics analyzed the effects of trickle-down tax cuts over 50 years, 1965 to 2015. They found that trickle-down tax cuts consistently benefit the wealthy but had no meaningful effect on employment or economic growth, and they led inevitably to wider economic inequality. The authors of the study were asked why some politicians still continue to push for these tax cuts for wealthy people. They pointed to one reason: the power of wealthy individuals and corporations to set policy agendas through their lobbying and campaign contributions. You know what is going on, the fabulously wealthy people, who are contributing to politicians and causes that support their lifestyle, but they don't want us to know. Is that why no Republican Senator supports President Biden's Build Back Better plan to help American families and our economy, because billionaires have more lobbyists and deeper pockets than struggling kids and families? Two renowned economists from Princeton University--Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Watson--looked at the major economic indicators of America's economy for every President back to Franklin Roosevelt. They found by almost any major indicator--gross domestic product, employment, incomes, productivity, even stock prices--America's economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic Presidents than Republican. On jobs, since 1933, the six Presidents who presided over the fastest job growth have all been Democrats--the four Presidents with the slowest job growth, Republicans. Donald Trump campaigned, promising to be the ``greatest jobs President God ever created.'' There were 3 million fewer jobs when he left office than at the beginning of his term. He is the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs on his watch. The Democrats are once again cleaning up the Republican mess. With the help of the American Rescue Plan, which not a single Republican Senator or Congressman supported, America's economy has added 4 million jobs during the first 6 months of Joe Biden's Presidency. That is the fastest growth for the start of any President ever in American history. Here is another fact from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Between 1953 and 2020, America's economy was in a recession for 23 percent of the time that the Republicans held the White House, compared to just 4 percent of the time that a Democrat sat in the Oval Office. For the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democrats. Let me say that again. In the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democratic Presidents. Donald Trump promised to get rid of the national debt in 8 years through trade policy. Instead, his trade policies were a costly disaster, and the national debt skyrocketed by more than $7 trillion during his tenure. A ProPublica-Washington Post analysis found that growth in annual deficit under Donald Trump is the third-biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any U.S. President, with his tax cuts being the major culprit. I could go on citing facts and figures. Democrats look at human priorities like quality childcare, medical research, renewable energy, and climate resilience, investments that grow the economy and raise wages and living standards for everyone. We should have no apologies as Democrats for the programs that we support, particularly when it comes to climate change. That is a fact of life, sadly, in America, and we see the results reported every night on the news. Whether it is fires or extraordinary weather events, they are happening with increased frequency. It seems that Republicans ignore that reality. We cannot afford as a nation to do that any longer. History shows that our approaches work in responding to many of these challenges. Our solutions produce stronger, more sustainable economic growth that benefits everyone. Stronger economic growth allows us to pay down our debt rather than continuing to add to it with more tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Republicans can refuse to support our plan to Build Back Better; that is their choice. But please spare us lectures about fiscal responsibility. There is nothing responsible about repeating the same trillion-dollar mistake over and over and making small businesses and working families pay for it. I always thought the Laffer curve, which is the inspiration to the Republicans for trickle-down economics, was the most appropriately named economic device in history--it is a ``laugher''--and we see over and over againwhy that is. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy might make for a happy Christmas at Mar-a-Lago but not for the rest of the country. The real test is not whether we put votes on the board--and that is the bottom line in the Senate--but whether the center will hold, whether or not we have a strong enough center in the Senate dedicated to responsible investment and infrastructure and can overcome the forces outside. Former President Trump has been making all these speeches about how bad it is to have an infrastructure program. Well, I would just like to remind the former President: He had no infrastructure program. Talked big. Delivered nothing. Now, we have a chance under President Biden to have one that is bipartisan in nature and truly will help this economy and this country over the long run. In addition, I believe that we have to move further--and we certainly will with the budget resolution--in investing in America. The notion of having childcare--quality childcare--available and affordable to families is something that, unless you are a grandparent or a parent and know the reality, you may overlook and shouldn't. It is a critical factor in family welfare and good outcomes for children. In addition, 2 extra years of education beyond the 12th grade, provided by our quality community colleges across America, is the ticket for better jobs and better training and better workers in the 21st century. As we stand here, our major challenge, I suppose--our nemesis, foe--is China. Some of us can remember something called ping-pong diplomacy, which occurred roughly when I came out of college. That was opening up what we called ``Red China'' then to the world and giving them an opportunity to compete and to be part of the world conversation, and it happened dramatically. I remember visiting China several times and the first time, watching them in their Mao jackets on their bicycles, taking their kids to school. What I found in later visits was a really developed economy. The Chinese have a plan. They are mercantilists first, and they are marketing around the world successfully--successfully--because they have a plan. We don't have a plan, not until this President arrived. President Joe Biden has started this plan by saying: First, we invest in our people and make certain that their lives are easier and successful. I support him completely in that effort. I hope many will. It should be bipartisan. If we have sympathy for the wealthiest in our country, I beg my Republican friends: Have some sympathy for the middle-income families, who are struggling every day to get by. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032-2 | null | 3,015 |
formal | Federal Reserve | null | antisemitic | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have been listening to criticism from the other side of the aisle about our plan to improve American families' economic security and the long-term strength in our economy. And I have to wonder, why do Republicans never worry about deficits when they are passing trillion-dollar tax cuts that shower nearly all of the benefits on millionaires and wealthy corporations? Why do Republicans only rediscover a concern about the debt when they are asked to support policies to help middle-class, working families, low-incomeindividuals--people struggling to get into the middle class? Or when someone proposes a long-term solution to make America's economy resilient and more prosperous for everyone, they are opposed to that. That is ``big spending.'' Republican welfare for the rich has always been a bad investment. Forty years of trickle-down economics has given America the greatest income inequality since the Gilded Age in our history and the largest national debt in our history. Republicans' devotion to trickle-down tax cuts has given us a shrinking middle class, a hollowed-out industrial base, and crumbling infrastructure. It has made a small sliver of America lavishly wealthy and left the rest behind. The Republican economic agenda has left the majority of Americans asking: How are we supposed to pay for childcare, our kids' college education, medical bills, or for the skilled nurses that mom and dad are going to need? Will we ever be able to retire? Trickle-down economics doesn't have answers for those real-life questions, but our Republican colleagues keep doubling down on them. I predict, without fear of contradiction, now that we have a Democratic President, someone on the Republican side of the aisle will come around again with a balanced budget constitutional amendment. It happens without fail. Republicans always turn to that whenever there is a Democratic President, even though the debt that President inherited was historic. But when their trickle-down tax cuts add trillions to the national debt, are they really worried? They never say a word about deficit and debt until they are in the minority. Donald Trump proposed more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to wealthy corporations and individuals. Did the Republicans complain about the national debt then? No. Did they insist that such an expensive gift must have bipartisan support? No. They passed their trickle-down tax cut through reconciliation without a single Democratic vote. Donald Trump promised that his tax cut would be ``rocket fuel for the economy.'' That may be a rare Trump boast that turned out to be true, although not exactly the way he meant it. We now have a handful of billionaires who have decided to launch their own personal space programs. They are so wealthy they are racing each other into space while regular working people worry about rent, childcare, and getting on here on Earth. The Trump tax cut gave the wealthiest Americans a fat windfall. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the Nation's 651 billionaires saw their net worth spike by more than $1 trillion during the first 9 months of the pandemic while the rest of America worried about how to pay the bills with a smaller paycheck or no paycheck at all. After Donald Trump signed his tax bill, surrounded by quite a few of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, he headed to a Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and like Santa Claus, he announced to the wealthy members at his own private club at Mar-a-Lago: ``You all just got richer.'' That was the real effect of the Trump tax cuts--the real intent. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2018 that Trump tax cuts will add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over 11 years. Where is the Republican outcry over that? The notion of $3 trillion to help working families pay less for the essentials of life, to cut their taxes, and give them an opportunity to be in an economy creating jobs really pales in comparison to the $1.9 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy. Economists at the London School of Economics analyzed the effects of trickle-down tax cuts over 50 years, 1965 to 2015. They found that trickle-down tax cuts consistently benefit the wealthy but had no meaningful effect on employment or economic growth, and they led inevitably to wider economic inequality. The authors of the study were asked why some politicians still continue to push for these tax cuts for wealthy people. They pointed to one reason: the power of wealthy individuals and corporations to set policy agendas through their lobbying and campaign contributions. You know what is going on, the fabulously wealthy people, who are contributing to politicians and causes that support their lifestyle, but they don't want us to know. Is that why no Republican Senator supports President Biden's Build Back Better plan to help American families and our economy, because billionaires have more lobbyists and deeper pockets than struggling kids and families? Two renowned economists from Princeton University--Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Watson--looked at the major economic indicators of America's economy for every President back to Franklin Roosevelt. They found by almost any major indicator--gross domestic product, employment, incomes, productivity, even stock prices--America's economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic Presidents than Republican. On jobs, since 1933, the six Presidents who presided over the fastest job growth have all been Democrats--the four Presidents with the slowest job growth, Republicans. Donald Trump campaigned, promising to be the ``greatest jobs President God ever created.'' There were 3 million fewer jobs when he left office than at the beginning of his term. He is the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs on his watch. The Democrats are once again cleaning up the Republican mess. With the help of the American Rescue Plan, which not a single Republican Senator or Congressman supported, America's economy has added 4 million jobs during the first 6 months of Joe Biden's Presidency. That is the fastest growth for the start of any President ever in American history. Here is another fact from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Between 1953 and 2020, America's economy was in a recession for 23 percent of the time that the Republicans held the White House, compared to just 4 percent of the time that a Democrat sat in the Oval Office. For the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democrats. Let me say that again. In the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democratic Presidents. Donald Trump promised to get rid of the national debt in 8 years through trade policy. Instead, his trade policies were a costly disaster, and the national debt skyrocketed by more than $7 trillion during his tenure. A ProPublica-Washington Post analysis found that growth in annual deficit under Donald Trump is the third-biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any U.S. President, with his tax cuts being the major culprit. I could go on citing facts and figures. Democrats look at human priorities like quality childcare, medical research, renewable energy, and climate resilience, investments that grow the economy and raise wages and living standards for everyone. We should have no apologies as Democrats for the programs that we support, particularly when it comes to climate change. That is a fact of life, sadly, in America, and we see the results reported every night on the news. Whether it is fires or extraordinary weather events, they are happening with increased frequency. It seems that Republicans ignore that reality. We cannot afford as a nation to do that any longer. History shows that our approaches work in responding to many of these challenges. Our solutions produce stronger, more sustainable economic growth that benefits everyone. Stronger economic growth allows us to pay down our debt rather than continuing to add to it with more tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Republicans can refuse to support our plan to Build Back Better; that is their choice. But please spare us lectures about fiscal responsibility. There is nothing responsible about repeating the same trillion-dollar mistake over and over and making small businesses and working families pay for it. I always thought the Laffer curve, which is the inspiration to the Republicans for trickle-down economics, was the most appropriately named economic device in history--it is a ``laugher''--and we see over and over againwhy that is. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy might make for a happy Christmas at Mar-a-Lago but not for the rest of the country. The real test is not whether we put votes on the board--and that is the bottom line in the Senate--but whether the center will hold, whether or not we have a strong enough center in the Senate dedicated to responsible investment and infrastructure and can overcome the forces outside. Former President Trump has been making all these speeches about how bad it is to have an infrastructure program. Well, I would just like to remind the former President: He had no infrastructure program. Talked big. Delivered nothing. Now, we have a chance under President Biden to have one that is bipartisan in nature and truly will help this economy and this country over the long run. In addition, I believe that we have to move further--and we certainly will with the budget resolution--in investing in America. The notion of having childcare--quality childcare--available and affordable to families is something that, unless you are a grandparent or a parent and know the reality, you may overlook and shouldn't. It is a critical factor in family welfare and good outcomes for children. In addition, 2 extra years of education beyond the 12th grade, provided by our quality community colleges across America, is the ticket for better jobs and better training and better workers in the 21st century. As we stand here, our major challenge, I suppose--our nemesis, foe--is China. Some of us can remember something called ping-pong diplomacy, which occurred roughly when I came out of college. That was opening up what we called ``Red China'' then to the world and giving them an opportunity to compete and to be part of the world conversation, and it happened dramatically. I remember visiting China several times and the first time, watching them in their Mao jackets on their bicycles, taking their kids to school. What I found in later visits was a really developed economy. The Chinese have a plan. They are mercantilists first, and they are marketing around the world successfully--successfully--because they have a plan. We don't have a plan, not until this President arrived. President Joe Biden has started this plan by saying: First, we invest in our people and make certain that their lives are easier and successful. I support him completely in that effort. I hope many will. It should be bipartisan. If we have sympathy for the wealthiest in our country, I beg my Republican friends: Have some sympathy for the middle-income families, who are struggling every day to get by. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032-2 | null | 3,016 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have been listening to criticism from the other side of the aisle about our plan to improve American families' economic security and the long-term strength in our economy. And I have to wonder, why do Republicans never worry about deficits when they are passing trillion-dollar tax cuts that shower nearly all of the benefits on millionaires and wealthy corporations? Why do Republicans only rediscover a concern about the debt when they are asked to support policies to help middle-class, working families, low-incomeindividuals--people struggling to get into the middle class? Or when someone proposes a long-term solution to make America's economy resilient and more prosperous for everyone, they are opposed to that. That is ``big spending.'' Republican welfare for the rich has always been a bad investment. Forty years of trickle-down economics has given America the greatest income inequality since the Gilded Age in our history and the largest national debt in our history. Republicans' devotion to trickle-down tax cuts has given us a shrinking middle class, a hollowed-out industrial base, and crumbling infrastructure. It has made a small sliver of America lavishly wealthy and left the rest behind. The Republican economic agenda has left the majority of Americans asking: How are we supposed to pay for childcare, our kids' college education, medical bills, or for the skilled nurses that mom and dad are going to need? Will we ever be able to retire? Trickle-down economics doesn't have answers for those real-life questions, but our Republican colleagues keep doubling down on them. I predict, without fear of contradiction, now that we have a Democratic President, someone on the Republican side of the aisle will come around again with a balanced budget constitutional amendment. It happens without fail. Republicans always turn to that whenever there is a Democratic President, even though the debt that President inherited was historic. But when their trickle-down tax cuts add trillions to the national debt, are they really worried? They never say a word about deficit and debt until they are in the minority. Donald Trump proposed more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to wealthy corporations and individuals. Did the Republicans complain about the national debt then? No. Did they insist that such an expensive gift must have bipartisan support? No. They passed their trickle-down tax cut through reconciliation without a single Democratic vote. Donald Trump promised that his tax cut would be ``rocket fuel for the economy.'' That may be a rare Trump boast that turned out to be true, although not exactly the way he meant it. We now have a handful of billionaires who have decided to launch their own personal space programs. They are so wealthy they are racing each other into space while regular working people worry about rent, childcare, and getting on here on Earth. The Trump tax cut gave the wealthiest Americans a fat windfall. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the Nation's 651 billionaires saw their net worth spike by more than $1 trillion during the first 9 months of the pandemic while the rest of America worried about how to pay the bills with a smaller paycheck or no paycheck at all. After Donald Trump signed his tax bill, surrounded by quite a few of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, he headed to a Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and like Santa Claus, he announced to the wealthy members at his own private club at Mar-a-Lago: ``You all just got richer.'' That was the real effect of the Trump tax cuts--the real intent. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2018 that Trump tax cuts will add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over 11 years. Where is the Republican outcry over that? The notion of $3 trillion to help working families pay less for the essentials of life, to cut their taxes, and give them an opportunity to be in an economy creating jobs really pales in comparison to the $1.9 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy. Economists at the London School of Economics analyzed the effects of trickle-down tax cuts over 50 years, 1965 to 2015. They found that trickle-down tax cuts consistently benefit the wealthy but had no meaningful effect on employment or economic growth, and they led inevitably to wider economic inequality. The authors of the study were asked why some politicians still continue to push for these tax cuts for wealthy people. They pointed to one reason: the power of wealthy individuals and corporations to set policy agendas through their lobbying and campaign contributions. You know what is going on, the fabulously wealthy people, who are contributing to politicians and causes that support their lifestyle, but they don't want us to know. Is that why no Republican Senator supports President Biden's Build Back Better plan to help American families and our economy, because billionaires have more lobbyists and deeper pockets than struggling kids and families? Two renowned economists from Princeton University--Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Watson--looked at the major economic indicators of America's economy for every President back to Franklin Roosevelt. They found by almost any major indicator--gross domestic product, employment, incomes, productivity, even stock prices--America's economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic Presidents than Republican. On jobs, since 1933, the six Presidents who presided over the fastest job growth have all been Democrats--the four Presidents with the slowest job growth, Republicans. Donald Trump campaigned, promising to be the ``greatest jobs President God ever created.'' There were 3 million fewer jobs when he left office than at the beginning of his term. He is the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs on his watch. The Democrats are once again cleaning up the Republican mess. With the help of the American Rescue Plan, which not a single Republican Senator or Congressman supported, America's economy has added 4 million jobs during the first 6 months of Joe Biden's Presidency. That is the fastest growth for the start of any President ever in American history. Here is another fact from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Between 1953 and 2020, America's economy was in a recession for 23 percent of the time that the Republicans held the White House, compared to just 4 percent of the time that a Democrat sat in the Oval Office. For the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democrats. Let me say that again. In the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democratic Presidents. Donald Trump promised to get rid of the national debt in 8 years through trade policy. Instead, his trade policies were a costly disaster, and the national debt skyrocketed by more than $7 trillion during his tenure. A ProPublica-Washington Post analysis found that growth in annual deficit under Donald Trump is the third-biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any U.S. President, with his tax cuts being the major culprit. I could go on citing facts and figures. Democrats look at human priorities like quality childcare, medical research, renewable energy, and climate resilience, investments that grow the economy and raise wages and living standards for everyone. We should have no apologies as Democrats for the programs that we support, particularly when it comes to climate change. That is a fact of life, sadly, in America, and we see the results reported every night on the news. Whether it is fires or extraordinary weather events, they are happening with increased frequency. It seems that Republicans ignore that reality. We cannot afford as a nation to do that any longer. History shows that our approaches work in responding to many of these challenges. Our solutions produce stronger, more sustainable economic growth that benefits everyone. Stronger economic growth allows us to pay down our debt rather than continuing to add to it with more tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Republicans can refuse to support our plan to Build Back Better; that is their choice. But please spare us lectures about fiscal responsibility. There is nothing responsible about repeating the same trillion-dollar mistake over and over and making small businesses and working families pay for it. I always thought the Laffer curve, which is the inspiration to the Republicans for trickle-down economics, was the most appropriately named economic device in history--it is a ``laugher''--and we see over and over againwhy that is. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy might make for a happy Christmas at Mar-a-Lago but not for the rest of the country. The real test is not whether we put votes on the board--and that is the bottom line in the Senate--but whether the center will hold, whether or not we have a strong enough center in the Senate dedicated to responsible investment and infrastructure and can overcome the forces outside. Former President Trump has been making all these speeches about how bad it is to have an infrastructure program. Well, I would just like to remind the former President: He had no infrastructure program. Talked big. Delivered nothing. Now, we have a chance under President Biden to have one that is bipartisan in nature and truly will help this economy and this country over the long run. In addition, I believe that we have to move further--and we certainly will with the budget resolution--in investing in America. The notion of having childcare--quality childcare--available and affordable to families is something that, unless you are a grandparent or a parent and know the reality, you may overlook and shouldn't. It is a critical factor in family welfare and good outcomes for children. In addition, 2 extra years of education beyond the 12th grade, provided by our quality community colleges across America, is the ticket for better jobs and better training and better workers in the 21st century. As we stand here, our major challenge, I suppose--our nemesis, foe--is China. Some of us can remember something called ping-pong diplomacy, which occurred roughly when I came out of college. That was opening up what we called ``Red China'' then to the world and giving them an opportunity to compete and to be part of the world conversation, and it happened dramatically. I remember visiting China several times and the first time, watching them in their Mao jackets on their bicycles, taking their kids to school. What I found in later visits was a really developed economy. The Chinese have a plan. They are mercantilists first, and they are marketing around the world successfully--successfully--because they have a plan. We don't have a plan, not until this President arrived. President Joe Biden has started this plan by saying: First, we invest in our people and make certain that their lives are easier and successful. I support him completely in that effort. I hope many will. It should be bipartisan. If we have sympathy for the wealthiest in our country, I beg my Republican friends: Have some sympathy for the middle-income families, who are struggling every day to get by. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032-2 | null | 3,017 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have been listening to criticism from the other side of the aisle about our plan to improve American families' economic security and the long-term strength in our economy. And I have to wonder, why do Republicans never worry about deficits when they are passing trillion-dollar tax cuts that shower nearly all of the benefits on millionaires and wealthy corporations? Why do Republicans only rediscover a concern about the debt when they are asked to support policies to help middle-class, working families, low-incomeindividuals--people struggling to get into the middle class? Or when someone proposes a long-term solution to make America's economy resilient and more prosperous for everyone, they are opposed to that. That is ``big spending.'' Republican welfare for the rich has always been a bad investment. Forty years of trickle-down economics has given America the greatest income inequality since the Gilded Age in our history and the largest national debt in our history. Republicans' devotion to trickle-down tax cuts has given us a shrinking middle class, a hollowed-out industrial base, and crumbling infrastructure. It has made a small sliver of America lavishly wealthy and left the rest behind. The Republican economic agenda has left the majority of Americans asking: How are we supposed to pay for childcare, our kids' college education, medical bills, or for the skilled nurses that mom and dad are going to need? Will we ever be able to retire? Trickle-down economics doesn't have answers for those real-life questions, but our Republican colleagues keep doubling down on them. I predict, without fear of contradiction, now that we have a Democratic President, someone on the Republican side of the aisle will come around again with a balanced budget constitutional amendment. It happens without fail. Republicans always turn to that whenever there is a Democratic President, even though the debt that President inherited was historic. But when their trickle-down tax cuts add trillions to the national debt, are they really worried? They never say a word about deficit and debt until they are in the minority. Donald Trump proposed more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to wealthy corporations and individuals. Did the Republicans complain about the national debt then? No. Did they insist that such an expensive gift must have bipartisan support? No. They passed their trickle-down tax cut through reconciliation without a single Democratic vote. Donald Trump promised that his tax cut would be ``rocket fuel for the economy.'' That may be a rare Trump boast that turned out to be true, although not exactly the way he meant it. We now have a handful of billionaires who have decided to launch their own personal space programs. They are so wealthy they are racing each other into space while regular working people worry about rent, childcare, and getting on here on Earth. The Trump tax cut gave the wealthiest Americans a fat windfall. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the Nation's 651 billionaires saw their net worth spike by more than $1 trillion during the first 9 months of the pandemic while the rest of America worried about how to pay the bills with a smaller paycheck or no paycheck at all. After Donald Trump signed his tax bill, surrounded by quite a few of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, he headed to a Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and like Santa Claus, he announced to the wealthy members at his own private club at Mar-a-Lago: ``You all just got richer.'' That was the real effect of the Trump tax cuts--the real intent. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2018 that Trump tax cuts will add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over 11 years. Where is the Republican outcry over that? The notion of $3 trillion to help working families pay less for the essentials of life, to cut their taxes, and give them an opportunity to be in an economy creating jobs really pales in comparison to the $1.9 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy. Economists at the London School of Economics analyzed the effects of trickle-down tax cuts over 50 years, 1965 to 2015. They found that trickle-down tax cuts consistently benefit the wealthy but had no meaningful effect on employment or economic growth, and they led inevitably to wider economic inequality. The authors of the study were asked why some politicians still continue to push for these tax cuts for wealthy people. They pointed to one reason: the power of wealthy individuals and corporations to set policy agendas through their lobbying and campaign contributions. You know what is going on, the fabulously wealthy people, who are contributing to politicians and causes that support their lifestyle, but they don't want us to know. Is that why no Republican Senator supports President Biden's Build Back Better plan to help American families and our economy, because billionaires have more lobbyists and deeper pockets than struggling kids and families? Two renowned economists from Princeton University--Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Watson--looked at the major economic indicators of America's economy for every President back to Franklin Roosevelt. They found by almost any major indicator--gross domestic product, employment, incomes, productivity, even stock prices--America's economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic Presidents than Republican. On jobs, since 1933, the six Presidents who presided over the fastest job growth have all been Democrats--the four Presidents with the slowest job growth, Republicans. Donald Trump campaigned, promising to be the ``greatest jobs President God ever created.'' There were 3 million fewer jobs when he left office than at the beginning of his term. He is the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs on his watch. The Democrats are once again cleaning up the Republican mess. With the help of the American Rescue Plan, which not a single Republican Senator or Congressman supported, America's economy has added 4 million jobs during the first 6 months of Joe Biden's Presidency. That is the fastest growth for the start of any President ever in American history. Here is another fact from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Between 1953 and 2020, America's economy was in a recession for 23 percent of the time that the Republicans held the White House, compared to just 4 percent of the time that a Democrat sat in the Oval Office. For the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democrats. Let me say that again. In the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democratic Presidents. Donald Trump promised to get rid of the national debt in 8 years through trade policy. Instead, his trade policies were a costly disaster, and the national debt skyrocketed by more than $7 trillion during his tenure. A ProPublica-Washington Post analysis found that growth in annual deficit under Donald Trump is the third-biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any U.S. President, with his tax cuts being the major culprit. I could go on citing facts and figures. Democrats look at human priorities like quality childcare, medical research, renewable energy, and climate resilience, investments that grow the economy and raise wages and living standards for everyone. We should have no apologies as Democrats for the programs that we support, particularly when it comes to climate change. That is a fact of life, sadly, in America, and we see the results reported every night on the news. Whether it is fires or extraordinary weather events, they are happening with increased frequency. It seems that Republicans ignore that reality. We cannot afford as a nation to do that any longer. History shows that our approaches work in responding to many of these challenges. Our solutions produce stronger, more sustainable economic growth that benefits everyone. Stronger economic growth allows us to pay down our debt rather than continuing to add to it with more tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Republicans can refuse to support our plan to Build Back Better; that is their choice. But please spare us lectures about fiscal responsibility. There is nothing responsible about repeating the same trillion-dollar mistake over and over and making small businesses and working families pay for it. I always thought the Laffer curve, which is the inspiration to the Republicans for trickle-down economics, was the most appropriately named economic device in history--it is a ``laugher''--and we see over and over againwhy that is. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy might make for a happy Christmas at Mar-a-Lago but not for the rest of the country. The real test is not whether we put votes on the board--and that is the bottom line in the Senate--but whether the center will hold, whether or not we have a strong enough center in the Senate dedicated to responsible investment and infrastructure and can overcome the forces outside. Former President Trump has been making all these speeches about how bad it is to have an infrastructure program. Well, I would just like to remind the former President: He had no infrastructure program. Talked big. Delivered nothing. Now, we have a chance under President Biden to have one that is bipartisan in nature and truly will help this economy and this country over the long run. In addition, I believe that we have to move further--and we certainly will with the budget resolution--in investing in America. The notion of having childcare--quality childcare--available and affordable to families is something that, unless you are a grandparent or a parent and know the reality, you may overlook and shouldn't. It is a critical factor in family welfare and good outcomes for children. In addition, 2 extra years of education beyond the 12th grade, provided by our quality community colleges across America, is the ticket for better jobs and better training and better workers in the 21st century. As we stand here, our major challenge, I suppose--our nemesis, foe--is China. Some of us can remember something called ping-pong diplomacy, which occurred roughly when I came out of college. That was opening up what we called ``Red China'' then to the world and giving them an opportunity to compete and to be part of the world conversation, and it happened dramatically. I remember visiting China several times and the first time, watching them in their Mao jackets on their bicycles, taking their kids to school. What I found in later visits was a really developed economy. The Chinese have a plan. They are mercantilists first, and they are marketing around the world successfully--successfully--because they have a plan. We don't have a plan, not until this President arrived. President Joe Biden has started this plan by saying: First, we invest in our people and make certain that their lives are easier and successful. I support him completely in that effort. I hope many will. It should be bipartisan. If we have sympathy for the wealthiest in our country, I beg my Republican friends: Have some sympathy for the middle-income families, who are struggling every day to get by. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032-2 | null | 3,018 |
formal | middle class | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have been listening to criticism from the other side of the aisle about our plan to improve American families' economic security and the long-term strength in our economy. And I have to wonder, why do Republicans never worry about deficits when they are passing trillion-dollar tax cuts that shower nearly all of the benefits on millionaires and wealthy corporations? Why do Republicans only rediscover a concern about the debt when they are asked to support policies to help middle-class, working families, low-incomeindividuals--people struggling to get into the middle class? Or when someone proposes a long-term solution to make America's economy resilient and more prosperous for everyone, they are opposed to that. That is ``big spending.'' Republican welfare for the rich has always been a bad investment. Forty years of trickle-down economics has given America the greatest income inequality since the Gilded Age in our history and the largest national debt in our history. Republicans' devotion to trickle-down tax cuts has given us a shrinking middle class, a hollowed-out industrial base, and crumbling infrastructure. It has made a small sliver of America lavishly wealthy and left the rest behind. The Republican economic agenda has left the majority of Americans asking: How are we supposed to pay for childcare, our kids' college education, medical bills, or for the skilled nurses that mom and dad are going to need? Will we ever be able to retire? Trickle-down economics doesn't have answers for those real-life questions, but our Republican colleagues keep doubling down on them. I predict, without fear of contradiction, now that we have a Democratic President, someone on the Republican side of the aisle will come around again with a balanced budget constitutional amendment. It happens without fail. Republicans always turn to that whenever there is a Democratic President, even though the debt that President inherited was historic. But when their trickle-down tax cuts add trillions to the national debt, are they really worried? They never say a word about deficit and debt until they are in the minority. Donald Trump proposed more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to wealthy corporations and individuals. Did the Republicans complain about the national debt then? No. Did they insist that such an expensive gift must have bipartisan support? No. They passed their trickle-down tax cut through reconciliation without a single Democratic vote. Donald Trump promised that his tax cut would be ``rocket fuel for the economy.'' That may be a rare Trump boast that turned out to be true, although not exactly the way he meant it. We now have a handful of billionaires who have decided to launch their own personal space programs. They are so wealthy they are racing each other into space while regular working people worry about rent, childcare, and getting on here on Earth. The Trump tax cut gave the wealthiest Americans a fat windfall. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the Nation's 651 billionaires saw their net worth spike by more than $1 trillion during the first 9 months of the pandemic while the rest of America worried about how to pay the bills with a smaller paycheck or no paycheck at all. After Donald Trump signed his tax bill, surrounded by quite a few of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, he headed to a Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and like Santa Claus, he announced to the wealthy members at his own private club at Mar-a-Lago: ``You all just got richer.'' That was the real effect of the Trump tax cuts--the real intent. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2018 that Trump tax cuts will add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over 11 years. Where is the Republican outcry over that? The notion of $3 trillion to help working families pay less for the essentials of life, to cut their taxes, and give them an opportunity to be in an economy creating jobs really pales in comparison to the $1.9 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy. Economists at the London School of Economics analyzed the effects of trickle-down tax cuts over 50 years, 1965 to 2015. They found that trickle-down tax cuts consistently benefit the wealthy but had no meaningful effect on employment or economic growth, and they led inevitably to wider economic inequality. The authors of the study were asked why some politicians still continue to push for these tax cuts for wealthy people. They pointed to one reason: the power of wealthy individuals and corporations to set policy agendas through their lobbying and campaign contributions. You know what is going on, the fabulously wealthy people, who are contributing to politicians and causes that support their lifestyle, but they don't want us to know. Is that why no Republican Senator supports President Biden's Build Back Better plan to help American families and our economy, because billionaires have more lobbyists and deeper pockets than struggling kids and families? Two renowned economists from Princeton University--Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Watson--looked at the major economic indicators of America's economy for every President back to Franklin Roosevelt. They found by almost any major indicator--gross domestic product, employment, incomes, productivity, even stock prices--America's economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic Presidents than Republican. On jobs, since 1933, the six Presidents who presided over the fastest job growth have all been Democrats--the four Presidents with the slowest job growth, Republicans. Donald Trump campaigned, promising to be the ``greatest jobs President God ever created.'' There were 3 million fewer jobs when he left office than at the beginning of his term. He is the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs on his watch. The Democrats are once again cleaning up the Republican mess. With the help of the American Rescue Plan, which not a single Republican Senator or Congressman supported, America's economy has added 4 million jobs during the first 6 months of Joe Biden's Presidency. That is the fastest growth for the start of any President ever in American history. Here is another fact from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Between 1953 and 2020, America's economy was in a recession for 23 percent of the time that the Republicans held the White House, compared to just 4 percent of the time that a Democrat sat in the Oval Office. For the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democrats. Let me say that again. In the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democratic Presidents. Donald Trump promised to get rid of the national debt in 8 years through trade policy. Instead, his trade policies were a costly disaster, and the national debt skyrocketed by more than $7 trillion during his tenure. A ProPublica-Washington Post analysis found that growth in annual deficit under Donald Trump is the third-biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any U.S. President, with his tax cuts being the major culprit. I could go on citing facts and figures. Democrats look at human priorities like quality childcare, medical research, renewable energy, and climate resilience, investments that grow the economy and raise wages and living standards for everyone. We should have no apologies as Democrats for the programs that we support, particularly when it comes to climate change. That is a fact of life, sadly, in America, and we see the results reported every night on the news. Whether it is fires or extraordinary weather events, they are happening with increased frequency. It seems that Republicans ignore that reality. We cannot afford as a nation to do that any longer. History shows that our approaches work in responding to many of these challenges. Our solutions produce stronger, more sustainable economic growth that benefits everyone. Stronger economic growth allows us to pay down our debt rather than continuing to add to it with more tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Republicans can refuse to support our plan to Build Back Better; that is their choice. But please spare us lectures about fiscal responsibility. There is nothing responsible about repeating the same trillion-dollar mistake over and over and making small businesses and working families pay for it. I always thought the Laffer curve, which is the inspiration to the Republicans for trickle-down economics, was the most appropriately named economic device in history--it is a ``laugher''--and we see over and over againwhy that is. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy might make for a happy Christmas at Mar-a-Lago but not for the rest of the country. The real test is not whether we put votes on the board--and that is the bottom line in the Senate--but whether the center will hold, whether or not we have a strong enough center in the Senate dedicated to responsible investment and infrastructure and can overcome the forces outside. Former President Trump has been making all these speeches about how bad it is to have an infrastructure program. Well, I would just like to remind the former President: He had no infrastructure program. Talked big. Delivered nothing. Now, we have a chance under President Biden to have one that is bipartisan in nature and truly will help this economy and this country over the long run. In addition, I believe that we have to move further--and we certainly will with the budget resolution--in investing in America. The notion of having childcare--quality childcare--available and affordable to families is something that, unless you are a grandparent or a parent and know the reality, you may overlook and shouldn't. It is a critical factor in family welfare and good outcomes for children. In addition, 2 extra years of education beyond the 12th grade, provided by our quality community colleges across America, is the ticket for better jobs and better training and better workers in the 21st century. As we stand here, our major challenge, I suppose--our nemesis, foe--is China. Some of us can remember something called ping-pong diplomacy, which occurred roughly when I came out of college. That was opening up what we called ``Red China'' then to the world and giving them an opportunity to compete and to be part of the world conversation, and it happened dramatically. I remember visiting China several times and the first time, watching them in their Mao jackets on their bicycles, taking their kids to school. What I found in later visits was a really developed economy. The Chinese have a plan. They are mercantilists first, and they are marketing around the world successfully--successfully--because they have a plan. We don't have a plan, not until this President arrived. President Joe Biden has started this plan by saying: First, we invest in our people and make certain that their lives are easier and successful. I support him completely in that effort. I hope many will. It should be bipartisan. If we have sympathy for the wealthiest in our country, I beg my Republican friends: Have some sympathy for the middle-income families, who are struggling every day to get by. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032-2 | null | 3,019 |
formal | welfare | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have been listening to criticism from the other side of the aisle about our plan to improve American families' economic security and the long-term strength in our economy. And I have to wonder, why do Republicans never worry about deficits when they are passing trillion-dollar tax cuts that shower nearly all of the benefits on millionaires and wealthy corporations? Why do Republicans only rediscover a concern about the debt when they are asked to support policies to help middle-class, working families, low-incomeindividuals--people struggling to get into the middle class? Or when someone proposes a long-term solution to make America's economy resilient and more prosperous for everyone, they are opposed to that. That is ``big spending.'' Republican welfare for the rich has always been a bad investment. Forty years of trickle-down economics has given America the greatest income inequality since the Gilded Age in our history and the largest national debt in our history. Republicans' devotion to trickle-down tax cuts has given us a shrinking middle class, a hollowed-out industrial base, and crumbling infrastructure. It has made a small sliver of America lavishly wealthy and left the rest behind. The Republican economic agenda has left the majority of Americans asking: How are we supposed to pay for childcare, our kids' college education, medical bills, or for the skilled nurses that mom and dad are going to need? Will we ever be able to retire? Trickle-down economics doesn't have answers for those real-life questions, but our Republican colleagues keep doubling down on them. I predict, without fear of contradiction, now that we have a Democratic President, someone on the Republican side of the aisle will come around again with a balanced budget constitutional amendment. It happens without fail. Republicans always turn to that whenever there is a Democratic President, even though the debt that President inherited was historic. But when their trickle-down tax cuts add trillions to the national debt, are they really worried? They never say a word about deficit and debt until they are in the minority. Donald Trump proposed more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to wealthy corporations and individuals. Did the Republicans complain about the national debt then? No. Did they insist that such an expensive gift must have bipartisan support? No. They passed their trickle-down tax cut through reconciliation without a single Democratic vote. Donald Trump promised that his tax cut would be ``rocket fuel for the economy.'' That may be a rare Trump boast that turned out to be true, although not exactly the way he meant it. We now have a handful of billionaires who have decided to launch their own personal space programs. They are so wealthy they are racing each other into space while regular working people worry about rent, childcare, and getting on here on Earth. The Trump tax cut gave the wealthiest Americans a fat windfall. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the Nation's 651 billionaires saw their net worth spike by more than $1 trillion during the first 9 months of the pandemic while the rest of America worried about how to pay the bills with a smaller paycheck or no paycheck at all. After Donald Trump signed his tax bill, surrounded by quite a few of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, he headed to a Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and like Santa Claus, he announced to the wealthy members at his own private club at Mar-a-Lago: ``You all just got richer.'' That was the real effect of the Trump tax cuts--the real intent. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2018 that Trump tax cuts will add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over 11 years. Where is the Republican outcry over that? The notion of $3 trillion to help working families pay less for the essentials of life, to cut their taxes, and give them an opportunity to be in an economy creating jobs really pales in comparison to the $1.9 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy. Economists at the London School of Economics analyzed the effects of trickle-down tax cuts over 50 years, 1965 to 2015. They found that trickle-down tax cuts consistently benefit the wealthy but had no meaningful effect on employment or economic growth, and they led inevitably to wider economic inequality. The authors of the study were asked why some politicians still continue to push for these tax cuts for wealthy people. They pointed to one reason: the power of wealthy individuals and corporations to set policy agendas through their lobbying and campaign contributions. You know what is going on, the fabulously wealthy people, who are contributing to politicians and causes that support their lifestyle, but they don't want us to know. Is that why no Republican Senator supports President Biden's Build Back Better plan to help American families and our economy, because billionaires have more lobbyists and deeper pockets than struggling kids and families? Two renowned economists from Princeton University--Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Watson--looked at the major economic indicators of America's economy for every President back to Franklin Roosevelt. They found by almost any major indicator--gross domestic product, employment, incomes, productivity, even stock prices--America's economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic Presidents than Republican. On jobs, since 1933, the six Presidents who presided over the fastest job growth have all been Democrats--the four Presidents with the slowest job growth, Republicans. Donald Trump campaigned, promising to be the ``greatest jobs President God ever created.'' There were 3 million fewer jobs when he left office than at the beginning of his term. He is the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs on his watch. The Democrats are once again cleaning up the Republican mess. With the help of the American Rescue Plan, which not a single Republican Senator or Congressman supported, America's economy has added 4 million jobs during the first 6 months of Joe Biden's Presidency. That is the fastest growth for the start of any President ever in American history. Here is another fact from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Between 1953 and 2020, America's economy was in a recession for 23 percent of the time that the Republicans held the White House, compared to just 4 percent of the time that a Democrat sat in the Oval Office. For the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democrats. Let me say that again. In the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democratic Presidents. Donald Trump promised to get rid of the national debt in 8 years through trade policy. Instead, his trade policies were a costly disaster, and the national debt skyrocketed by more than $7 trillion during his tenure. A ProPublica-Washington Post analysis found that growth in annual deficit under Donald Trump is the third-biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any U.S. President, with his tax cuts being the major culprit. I could go on citing facts and figures. Democrats look at human priorities like quality childcare, medical research, renewable energy, and climate resilience, investments that grow the economy and raise wages and living standards for everyone. We should have no apologies as Democrats for the programs that we support, particularly when it comes to climate change. That is a fact of life, sadly, in America, and we see the results reported every night on the news. Whether it is fires or extraordinary weather events, they are happening with increased frequency. It seems that Republicans ignore that reality. We cannot afford as a nation to do that any longer. History shows that our approaches work in responding to many of these challenges. Our solutions produce stronger, more sustainable economic growth that benefits everyone. Stronger economic growth allows us to pay down our debt rather than continuing to add to it with more tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Republicans can refuse to support our plan to Build Back Better; that is their choice. But please spare us lectures about fiscal responsibility. There is nothing responsible about repeating the same trillion-dollar mistake over and over and making small businesses and working families pay for it. I always thought the Laffer curve, which is the inspiration to the Republicans for trickle-down economics, was the most appropriately named economic device in history--it is a ``laugher''--and we see over and over againwhy that is. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy might make for a happy Christmas at Mar-a-Lago but not for the rest of the country. The real test is not whether we put votes on the board--and that is the bottom line in the Senate--but whether the center will hold, whether or not we have a strong enough center in the Senate dedicated to responsible investment and infrastructure and can overcome the forces outside. Former President Trump has been making all these speeches about how bad it is to have an infrastructure program. Well, I would just like to remind the former President: He had no infrastructure program. Talked big. Delivered nothing. Now, we have a chance under President Biden to have one that is bipartisan in nature and truly will help this economy and this country over the long run. In addition, I believe that we have to move further--and we certainly will with the budget resolution--in investing in America. The notion of having childcare--quality childcare--available and affordable to families is something that, unless you are a grandparent or a parent and know the reality, you may overlook and shouldn't. It is a critical factor in family welfare and good outcomes for children. In addition, 2 extra years of education beyond the 12th grade, provided by our quality community colleges across America, is the ticket for better jobs and better training and better workers in the 21st century. As we stand here, our major challenge, I suppose--our nemesis, foe--is China. Some of us can remember something called ping-pong diplomacy, which occurred roughly when I came out of college. That was opening up what we called ``Red China'' then to the world and giving them an opportunity to compete and to be part of the world conversation, and it happened dramatically. I remember visiting China several times and the first time, watching them in their Mao jackets on their bicycles, taking their kids to school. What I found in later visits was a really developed economy. The Chinese have a plan. They are mercantilists first, and they are marketing around the world successfully--successfully--because they have a plan. We don't have a plan, not until this President arrived. President Joe Biden has started this plan by saying: First, we invest in our people and make certain that their lives are easier and successful. I support him completely in that effort. I hope many will. It should be bipartisan. If we have sympathy for the wealthiest in our country, I beg my Republican friends: Have some sympathy for the middle-income families, who are struggling every day to get by. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032-2 | null | 3,020 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have been listening to criticism from the other side of the aisle about our plan to improve American families' economic security and the long-term strength in our economy. And I have to wonder, why do Republicans never worry about deficits when they are passing trillion-dollar tax cuts that shower nearly all of the benefits on millionaires and wealthy corporations? Why do Republicans only rediscover a concern about the debt when they are asked to support policies to help middle-class, working families, low-incomeindividuals--people struggling to get into the middle class? Or when someone proposes a long-term solution to make America's economy resilient and more prosperous for everyone, they are opposed to that. That is ``big spending.'' Republican welfare for the rich has always been a bad investment. Forty years of trickle-down economics has given America the greatest income inequality since the Gilded Age in our history and the largest national debt in our history. Republicans' devotion to trickle-down tax cuts has given us a shrinking middle class, a hollowed-out industrial base, and crumbling infrastructure. It has made a small sliver of America lavishly wealthy and left the rest behind. The Republican economic agenda has left the majority of Americans asking: How are we supposed to pay for childcare, our kids' college education, medical bills, or for the skilled nurses that mom and dad are going to need? Will we ever be able to retire? Trickle-down economics doesn't have answers for those real-life questions, but our Republican colleagues keep doubling down on them. I predict, without fear of contradiction, now that we have a Democratic President, someone on the Republican side of the aisle will come around again with a balanced budget constitutional amendment. It happens without fail. Republicans always turn to that whenever there is a Democratic President, even though the debt that President inherited was historic. But when their trickle-down tax cuts add trillions to the national debt, are they really worried? They never say a word about deficit and debt until they are in the minority. Donald Trump proposed more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, with most of the benefits going to wealthy corporations and individuals. Did the Republicans complain about the national debt then? No. Did they insist that such an expensive gift must have bipartisan support? No. They passed their trickle-down tax cut through reconciliation without a single Democratic vote. Donald Trump promised that his tax cut would be ``rocket fuel for the economy.'' That may be a rare Trump boast that turned out to be true, although not exactly the way he meant it. We now have a handful of billionaires who have decided to launch their own personal space programs. They are so wealthy they are racing each other into space while regular working people worry about rent, childcare, and getting on here on Earth. The Trump tax cut gave the wealthiest Americans a fat windfall. According to Americans for Tax Fairness, the Nation's 651 billionaires saw their net worth spike by more than $1 trillion during the first 9 months of the pandemic while the rest of America worried about how to pay the bills with a smaller paycheck or no paycheck at all. After Donald Trump signed his tax bill, surrounded by quite a few of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, he headed to a Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and like Santa Claus, he announced to the wealthy members at his own private club at Mar-a-Lago: ``You all just got richer.'' That was the real effect of the Trump tax cuts--the real intent. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2018 that Trump tax cuts will add $1.9 trillion to the national debt over 11 years. Where is the Republican outcry over that? The notion of $3 trillion to help working families pay less for the essentials of life, to cut their taxes, and give them an opportunity to be in an economy creating jobs really pales in comparison to the $1.9 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy. Economists at the London School of Economics analyzed the effects of trickle-down tax cuts over 50 years, 1965 to 2015. They found that trickle-down tax cuts consistently benefit the wealthy but had no meaningful effect on employment or economic growth, and they led inevitably to wider economic inequality. The authors of the study were asked why some politicians still continue to push for these tax cuts for wealthy people. They pointed to one reason: the power of wealthy individuals and corporations to set policy agendas through their lobbying and campaign contributions. You know what is going on, the fabulously wealthy people, who are contributing to politicians and causes that support their lifestyle, but they don't want us to know. Is that why no Republican Senator supports President Biden's Build Back Better plan to help American families and our economy, because billionaires have more lobbyists and deeper pockets than struggling kids and families? Two renowned economists from Princeton University--Alan Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Watson--looked at the major economic indicators of America's economy for every President back to Franklin Roosevelt. They found by almost any major indicator--gross domestic product, employment, incomes, productivity, even stock prices--America's economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic Presidents than Republican. On jobs, since 1933, the six Presidents who presided over the fastest job growth have all been Democrats--the four Presidents with the slowest job growth, Republicans. Donald Trump campaigned, promising to be the ``greatest jobs President God ever created.'' There were 3 million fewer jobs when he left office than at the beginning of his term. He is the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs on his watch. The Democrats are once again cleaning up the Republican mess. With the help of the American Rescue Plan, which not a single Republican Senator or Congressman supported, America's economy has added 4 million jobs during the first 6 months of Joe Biden's Presidency. That is the fastest growth for the start of any President ever in American history. Here is another fact from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Between 1953 and 2020, America's economy was in a recession for 23 percent of the time that the Republicans held the White House, compared to just 4 percent of the time that a Democrat sat in the Oval Office. For the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democrats. Let me say that again. In the past 40 years, Republican Presidents have run up larger deficits than Democratic Presidents. Donald Trump promised to get rid of the national debt in 8 years through trade policy. Instead, his trade policies were a costly disaster, and the national debt skyrocketed by more than $7 trillion during his tenure. A ProPublica-Washington Post analysis found that growth in annual deficit under Donald Trump is the third-biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any U.S. President, with his tax cuts being the major culprit. I could go on citing facts and figures. Democrats look at human priorities like quality childcare, medical research, renewable energy, and climate resilience, investments that grow the economy and raise wages and living standards for everyone. We should have no apologies as Democrats for the programs that we support, particularly when it comes to climate change. That is a fact of life, sadly, in America, and we see the results reported every night on the news. Whether it is fires or extraordinary weather events, they are happening with increased frequency. It seems that Republicans ignore that reality. We cannot afford as a nation to do that any longer. History shows that our approaches work in responding to many of these challenges. Our solutions produce stronger, more sustainable economic growth that benefits everyone. Stronger economic growth allows us to pay down our debt rather than continuing to add to it with more tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Republicans can refuse to support our plan to Build Back Better; that is their choice. But please spare us lectures about fiscal responsibility. There is nothing responsible about repeating the same trillion-dollar mistake over and over and making small businesses and working families pay for it. I always thought the Laffer curve, which is the inspiration to the Republicans for trickle-down economics, was the most appropriately named economic device in history--it is a ``laugher''--and we see over and over againwhy that is. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy might make for a happy Christmas at Mar-a-Lago but not for the rest of the country. The real test is not whether we put votes on the board--and that is the bottom line in the Senate--but whether the center will hold, whether or not we have a strong enough center in the Senate dedicated to responsible investment and infrastructure and can overcome the forces outside. Former President Trump has been making all these speeches about how bad it is to have an infrastructure program. Well, I would just like to remind the former President: He had no infrastructure program. Talked big. Delivered nothing. Now, we have a chance under President Biden to have one that is bipartisan in nature and truly will help this economy and this country over the long run. In addition, I believe that we have to move further--and we certainly will with the budget resolution--in investing in America. The notion of having childcare--quality childcare--available and affordable to families is something that, unless you are a grandparent or a parent and know the reality, you may overlook and shouldn't. It is a critical factor in family welfare and good outcomes for children. In addition, 2 extra years of education beyond the 12th grade, provided by our quality community colleges across America, is the ticket for better jobs and better training and better workers in the 21st century. As we stand here, our major challenge, I suppose--our nemesis, foe--is China. Some of us can remember something called ping-pong diplomacy, which occurred roughly when I came out of college. That was opening up what we called ``Red China'' then to the world and giving them an opportunity to compete and to be part of the world conversation, and it happened dramatically. I remember visiting China several times and the first time, watching them in their Mao jackets on their bicycles, taking their kids to school. What I found in later visits was a really developed economy. The Chinese have a plan. They are mercantilists first, and they are marketing around the world successfully--successfully--because they have a plan. We don't have a plan, not until this President arrived. President Joe Biden has started this plan by saying: First, we invest in our people and make certain that their lives are easier and successful. I support him completely in that effort. I hope many will. It should be bipartisan. If we have sympathy for the wealthiest in our country, I beg my Republican friends: Have some sympathy for the middle-income families, who are struggling every day to get by. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032-2 | null | 3,021 |
formal | gangbangers | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, the random violence on the streets of Chicago results in Monday morning reports that break your heart: 100 people shot on the Fourth of July weekend; the following weekend, 50; the weekend after that, 70. It never stops. These mass shootings have become part of life in many cities across America, and it is a heartbreaking reality. There are many ways to look at it. I have tried my best to understand it and to respond from a legislative point of view, but as we kind of play the possibilities and debate the opportunities we have to change things, the killing just goes on and on. The city of Chicago, like many cities in the United States, is awash in guns--awash in guns. Police--I believe the statistic is--have confiscated 16,000 so far this year and still counting; thousands and thousands and thousands of guns. In the roughest parts of Chicago, you wave a couple of $20 bills and you have a handgun in a matter of minutes. And there really is no age check involved; and young kids, as much as older folks, buy these guns right and left, claiming they are for self-defense and many times just putting them into the machinery of crime and death that has become such a predictable part of life in that great city. Chicagoans across every possible demographic this morning are shocked and grieving to learn that another Chicago police officer was killed in the early morning hours. The slain officer was just 29 years old--29. She was assigned to the Community Safety Team, a special unit of officers from various districts who are pooled and sent to the meanest, most dangerous ``hot spots'' in the city. Her name has not been released. She and another Chicago police officer were shot last night when they pulled over a car in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago South Side. The second officer is hospitalized as well and fighting for his life. Two suspects have been arrested, and a third is being sought. Gun violence and gun deaths are daily threats in many neighborhoods, neighborhoods where it is easier to find a gun than to find a job. Sadly, it is increasingly a mortal threat to the Chicago police officers who work in these neighborhoods. Several months ago, I had an impromptu, unreported meeting with the Chicago police force and invited anyone in who wanted to sit with a Senator and try to explain what is going on. Eight of them showed up and were pretty well representative of the Chicago police department--Black, White, Brown; male, female; Hispanic, African American; young and old--and they talked about the world they lived in and how the odds were against them on the streets of Chicago. The bad guys just have too damn many guns, and that is a reality. They don't buy those guns in the city of Chicago, incidentally. They buy them outside of Chicago--northwest Indiana, at gun shows, with no background checks. The gangbangers just take a 15-, 20-minute trip over the Indiana-Illinois border to a gun show and load up their truck with more guns, bring them back in, and sell them on the streets of Chicago. That is a reality. Guns come from unlikely places. Too many guns come from States like Louisiana and Mississippi, where they have gun standards that are weaker than some other places. But they also come from downstate Illinois. I am not going to try to sugarcoat that. Those are the reports. It troubles me, too, because when I talk to the police, they say: We need Federal help. What they would like to be able to do is try to track these guns, try to determine their sources and cut them off. The Agency that does it is the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Agency. We are trying now--desperately trying now to get the approval in the Senate for a person to head that Agency, and, no surprise, the ranks are closed against this person on the other side of the aisle. Those who are listening closely to the gun lobby are trying their best to make sure ATF, this Federal Agency, doesn't have strong leadership, doesn't exercise all its authority under the law to make us safer. That doesn't make it any easier for the Chicago police, and they end up paying the price. The latest fallen hero is the first Chicago police officer killed by gunfire in more than 2\1/2\ years. But nearly 40 Chicago police officers have been shot, or shot at, in the line of duty this year. That is part of the duty, the responsibility they face as they prowl the streets and alleys of the great city. Chicagoans mourn for the police officer who lost her life. We are going to pray desperately for recovery of the wounded officer. Thoughts and prayers are not enough to end gun violence in Chicago and nearly every community in America. We all know that. We need better laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and also out of the hands of people with serious mental illness and others who shouldn't have them either. America's families and police officers deserve our best effort to make the streets safer in Chicago and many other American cities. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032 | null | 3,022 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, the random violence on the streets of Chicago results in Monday morning reports that break your heart: 100 people shot on the Fourth of July weekend; the following weekend, 50; the weekend after that, 70. It never stops. These mass shootings have become part of life in many cities across America, and it is a heartbreaking reality. There are many ways to look at it. I have tried my best to understand it and to respond from a legislative point of view, but as we kind of play the possibilities and debate the opportunities we have to change things, the killing just goes on and on. The city of Chicago, like many cities in the United States, is awash in guns--awash in guns. Police--I believe the statistic is--have confiscated 16,000 so far this year and still counting; thousands and thousands and thousands of guns. In the roughest parts of Chicago, you wave a couple of $20 bills and you have a handgun in a matter of minutes. And there really is no age check involved; and young kids, as much as older folks, buy these guns right and left, claiming they are for self-defense and many times just putting them into the machinery of crime and death that has become such a predictable part of life in that great city. Chicagoans across every possible demographic this morning are shocked and grieving to learn that another Chicago police officer was killed in the early morning hours. The slain officer was just 29 years old--29. She was assigned to the Community Safety Team, a special unit of officers from various districts who are pooled and sent to the meanest, most dangerous ``hot spots'' in the city. Her name has not been released. She and another Chicago police officer were shot last night when they pulled over a car in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago South Side. The second officer is hospitalized as well and fighting for his life. Two suspects have been arrested, and a third is being sought. Gun violence and gun deaths are daily threats in many neighborhoods, neighborhoods where it is easier to find a gun than to find a job. Sadly, it is increasingly a mortal threat to the Chicago police officers who work in these neighborhoods. Several months ago, I had an impromptu, unreported meeting with the Chicago police force and invited anyone in who wanted to sit with a Senator and try to explain what is going on. Eight of them showed up and were pretty well representative of the Chicago police department--Black, White, Brown; male, female; Hispanic, African American; young and old--and they talked about the world they lived in and how the odds were against them on the streets of Chicago. The bad guys just have too damn many guns, and that is a reality. They don't buy those guns in the city of Chicago, incidentally. They buy them outside of Chicago--northwest Indiana, at gun shows, with no background checks. The gangbangers just take a 15-, 20-minute trip over the Indiana-Illinois border to a gun show and load up their truck with more guns, bring them back in, and sell them on the streets of Chicago. That is a reality. Guns come from unlikely places. Too many guns come from States like Louisiana and Mississippi, where they have gun standards that are weaker than some other places. But they also come from downstate Illinois. I am not going to try to sugarcoat that. Those are the reports. It troubles me, too, because when I talk to the police, they say: We need Federal help. What they would like to be able to do is try to track these guns, try to determine their sources and cut them off. The Agency that does it is the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Agency. We are trying now--desperately trying now to get the approval in the Senate for a person to head that Agency, and, no surprise, the ranks are closed against this person on the other side of the aisle. Those who are listening closely to the gun lobby are trying their best to make sure ATF, this Federal Agency, doesn't have strong leadership, doesn't exercise all its authority under the law to make us safer. That doesn't make it any easier for the Chicago police, and they end up paying the price. The latest fallen hero is the first Chicago police officer killed by gunfire in more than 2\1/2\ years. But nearly 40 Chicago police officers have been shot, or shot at, in the line of duty this year. That is part of the duty, the responsibility they face as they prowl the streets and alleys of the great city. Chicagoans mourn for the police officer who lost her life. We are going to pray desperately for recovery of the wounded officer. Thoughts and prayers are not enough to end gun violence in Chicago and nearly every community in America. We all know that. We need better laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and also out of the hands of people with serious mental illness and others who shouldn't have them either. America's families and police officers deserve our best effort to make the streets safer in Chicago and many other American cities. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-08-pt1-PgS6032 | null | 3,023 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. MORAN. Madam President, 10 years ago I attended the memorial service for CW2 Bryan J. Nichols. I vividly remember the outpouring of support from the Hays community as hundreds of people lined the streets with American flags to honor their hometown hero. On Friday, August 6, 2021, a memorilization ceremony was held in New Century, KS, by the Army Reserve Center and Aviation Support Center to once again honor the bravery and sacrifice of Chief Nichols. I have been told that Bryan knew his life's purpose was to become a soldier, a calling he pursued to defend our freedom. He took his oath of enlistment in 1996, swearing to protect our country from enemies foreign and domestic. After 9/11, he answered our country's call to defend our homeland, serving onmultiple tours abroad, including in Iraq. As we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the way Americans like Bryan dedicated themselves to their country following the attacks continues to move and inspire me. After graduating flight school in 2008, he was assigned as a pilot to the Army Reserve's 7th Battalion of the 158th Aviation Regiment in New Century, KS. He deployed in May 2011 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a CH-47 Chinook pilot. On August 6, 2011, he gave his life for his country alongside 29 of his brothers in arms when his helicopter was shot down by enemy fire. It remains the single deadliest loss of U.S. forces during the war in Afghanistan. The ultimate sacrifice he made a decade ago is a painful reminder that freedom is not free. And that it is the solemn duty of our Nation to make certain his sacrifice--and those of all American heroes--are never forgotten. On Friday, that duty was fulfilled in a particularly special way with the Memorialization Ceremony remembering Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nichols as a fallen hero and beloved member of this community. As Kansans so naturally do, we have also seen the Hays community continue to keep his legacy at the forefront of our minds, from creating the annual Memorial Ride in his honor to dedicating the new flag pole outside Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in his name. Shortly after his passing, I was also pleased to support efforts to designate the junction of I-70 and US 183 as the ``CW2 Bryan J. Nichols fallen veterans memorial interchange.'' This designation serves as a reminder to all those who drive by of the heroes who have safeguarded our opportunity to live in the strongest, freest, and greatest Nation in the world. While Bryan was an American hero to all of us, he was also a son, brother, husband, and dad to those who loved him most. Military service is family service, and I want to recognize his family's sacrifice to this country as well. Thank you. Our nation is forever indebted to Bryan for his service. May God bless our servicemembers and their loved ones. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. MORAN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-09-pt1-PgS6107 | null | 3,024 |
formal | Detroit | null | racist | Mr. PETERS. Madam President, I rise today to honor the memory and legacy of a trailblazer, the Honorable Isidore B. Torres, one of the first Hispanic judges in the State of Michigan and a prominent figure within the Michigan Latino community, who passed earlier this year. Born in 1947 in Texas to Chicano migrant workers, Judge Torres began his life traveling between Texas and Michigan, following whatever work was available, until later in his childhood when his parents settled in Bay City, MI, so their children could receive an education. Once settled, Judge Torres and his siblings were still expected to contribute to the family's well-being and would come home from school to help their mother work in sugar beet fields outside of Bay City. Upon graduation from Bay City Central High School in 1966, a guidance counselor advised Judge Torres not to pursue a legal education and instead suggested other careers, particularly those that were attached to Hispanic stereotypes and influenced by prejudice. Ignoring other's doubts and racial biases, Judge Torres graduated with his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Michigan State University in 1973 and later earned his law degree from Wayne State University in 1976. Beginning his career with Neighborhood Legal Services in Detroit, in 1978, Judge Torres was hired by the city of Detroit as senior assistant corporation counsel and later cofounded the law firm of Torres & Horvath. In 1983, he was appointed by Governor Blanchard to the 36th District Court, where he became the first Hispanic magistrate and later judge in the Wayne County court system. Eventually, Judge Torres rose to the Wayne County Circuit Court and handled first criminal and then civil cases until he retired in 2010. He was also appointed to serve on numerous commissions including the Michigan Supreme Court Racial/Ethnic Task Force, Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Commission and State Bar of Michigan Open Justice Commission. Throughout his successful career and during his well-earned retirement, Judge Torres remained humble and spent a large amount of time within the community helping people navigate whatever legal troubles they had. He stayed strongly tied to and felt passionately about his Chicano roots and never lost sight of what was most important to him: working to ensure equal access to justice for all. I ask you and my fellow colleagues to join me in celebrating the life of the Honorable Isidore B. Torres. As we remember Judge Torres' life, I hope his family--including spouse Goharik Karian Torres, children Felipe Torres, Laura Torres, Marissa Savitskie, and five grandchildren--finds comfort in the precious moments and memories they shared with him, in the lessons he taught them, and in the love he showed them. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. PETERS | Senate | CREC-2021-08-09-pt1-PgS6108-3 | null | 3,025 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Young, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Braun, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Daines, Ms. Smith, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Peters, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Ernst) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 346 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 jobs that 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, as of summer 2021 in the United States-- (1) nearly 10,000,000 individuals are unemployed; (2) unemployment rates for Black and Hispanic adults are well above the unemployment rates for White adults; (3) workers without a bachelor's degree are nearly 2 times more likely to be unemployed; (4) more than \1/2\ of the jobs lost due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic were by workers earning less than $40,000 per year; and (5) according to a recent poll, nearly \1/2\ of workers said they will need to learn new skills in the next year to do their jobs, while more than \1/2\ said they would retrain for a career in a different field or industry if they had the opportunity; Whereas, as of June 2021, employment rates among workers with lower levels of educational attainment remained far below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, including 7.2 percent below those levels for workers with a high school diploma and 10.1 percent below those levels for workers without a high school diploma, even as workers with higher levels of educational attainment have nearly returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic employment levels; 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 earn low incomes; (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 2,400 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, quality 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 2019, programs authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.)-- (1) served nearly 6,300,000 young people and adults; and (2) exceeded employment targets across all programs; Whereas State programs established under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.)-- (1) ensured that more than 3,400,000 workers, including more than 212,000 veterans, had access to career services through American Job Centers in 2019; and (2) are a foundational part of the workforce development system; Whereas workforce development programs will play a critical role in addressing the 500,000 additional jobs that remain open in manufacturing industries compared to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels; 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 600,000 registered apprentices in the United States, and there is growing and bipartisan support for expanding quality 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 2021 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-2021-08-09-pt1-PgS6113 | null | 3,026 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Ossoff, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Ernst, Mr. King, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Peters) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 347 Whereas the members of the airborne forces of the Armed Forces of the United States have a long and honorable history as bold and fierce warriors who, for the national security of the United States and the defense of freedom and peace, project the ground combat power of the United States by air transport to the far reaches of the battle area and to the far corners of the world; Whereas, on June 25, 1940, experiments with airborne operations by the United States began when the Army Parachute Test Platoon was first authorized by the Department of War; Whereas, in July 1940, 48 volunteers began training for the Army Parachute Test Platoon; Whereas the first official Army parachute jump took place on August 16, 1940, to test the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by means of a parachute; Whereas the success of the Army Parachute Test Platoon before the entry of the United States into World War II validated the airborne operational concept and led to the creation of a formidable force of airborne formations that included the 11th, 13th, 17th, 82nd, and 101st Airborne Divisions; Whereas, included in those divisions, and among other separate formations, were many airborne combat, combat support, and combat service support units that served with distinction and achieved repeated success in armed hostilities during World War II; Whereas the achievements of the airborne units during World War II prompted the evolution of those units into a diversified force of parachute and air-assault units that, over the years, have fought in Korea, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf region, and Somalia, and have engaged in peacekeeping operations in Lebanon, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo; Whereas, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the members of the United States airborne forces, including members of the XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) of the 25th Infantry Division, the 75th Ranger Regiment, special operations forces of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force, and other units of the Armed Forces, have demonstrated bravery and honor in combat, stability, and training operations in Afghanistan and Iraq; Whereas the modern-day airborne forces also include other elite forces composed of airborne trained and qualified special operations warriors, including Army Special Forces, Marine Corps Reconnaissance units, Navy SEALs, and Air Force combat control and pararescue teams; Whereas, of the members and former members of the United States airborne forces, thousands have achieved the distinction of making combat jumps, dozens have earned the Medal of Honor, and hundreds have earned the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, or other decorations and awards for displays of heroism, gallantry, intrepidity, and valor; Whereas the members and former members of the United States airborne forces are all members of a proud and honorable tradition that, together with the special skills and achievements of those members, distinguishes the members as intrepid combat parachutists, air assault forces, special operation forces, and, in the past, glider infantry; Whereas individuals from every State of the United States have served gallantly in the airborne forces, and each State is proud of the contributions of its paratrooper veterans during the many conflicts faced by the United States; Whereas the history and achievements of the members and former members of the United States airborne forces warrant special expressions of the gratitude of the people of the United States; and Whereas, since the airborne forces, past and present, celebrate August 16 as the anniversary of the first official jump by the Army Parachute Test Platoon, August 16 is an appropriate day to recognize as National Airborne Day: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) designates August 16, 2021, as ``National Airborne Day''; and (2) calls on the people of the United States to observe National Airborne Day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-09-pt1-PgS6114 | null | 3,027 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 349 Whereas, in 1942, the Federal Government ordered that a Maryland National Guard Training Ground be turned into a War Department Military Intelligence Training Center, which was named Camp Ritchie after the late Governor, Albert C. Ritchie; Whereas, starting in 1942, more than 19,000 men trained at Camp Ritchie in Maryland and became known as the Ritchie Boys; Whereas, while the approximately 2,800 refugees who had fled Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria and had come to the United States as ``enemy aliens'' prior to the entry of the United States into World War II only constituted approximately 14 percent of the total number of Ritchie Boys, they had the strongest motivation to return to Europe and fight for their newly adopted country; Whereas the Ritchie Boys included-- (1) soldiers of many faiths (including Protestant, Jewish, and Catholic soldiers); (2) both soldiers born in the United States and foreign- born soldiers from more than 70 countries; (3) soldiers with German, Japanese (Nisei), and other language skills; and (4) more importantly, soldiers with general intelligence skills suitable for being trained as order-of-battle specialists, counterintelligence operatives, photo interpreters, psychological warfare experts, and other specialists; Whereas, during World War II, Ritchie Boys were assigned to every unit of the Army and the Marines as well as to the Office of Strategic Services and the Counter Intelligence Corps; Whereas, starting in 1942, the Ritchie Boys were sent as individual specialists to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (``SHAEF'') in small elite teams to join combat units in the North African, Mediterranean, European, and Pacific theaters and to military camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and interrogation centers (such as Fort Hunt, VA) in the United States; Whereas the Ritchie Boys accompanied the Army on D-Day in Europe as foot soldiers with all Army divisions and as paratroopers with all airborne divisions and were often selected to be the second soldier to land after the commander in order to provide needed immediate interpretation in languages such as French, German, and Italian; Whereas the Ritchie Boys served as personal interpreters for General George Patton and other military leaders; Whereas the Ritchie Boys served honorably in the Pacific in the assaults on Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines, including 2 Marine Corps Ritchie Boys who died in the initial landing on Iwo Jima and a Ritchie Boy who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for bravery; Whereas about 140 Ritchie Boys lost their lives during World War II; Whereas the Ritchie Boys garnered more than 65 Silver Star Medals and numerous Bronze Star Medals as well as at least 5 Legion of Honor and many Croix de Guerre Medals; Whereas, among the 150-man Second Mobile Radio Broadcast Company of the Ritchie Boys, 6 members received the Croix de Guerre Medal and at least 15 received Bronze Star Medals for service and bravery; Whereas the Ritchie Boys made significant contributions to the success of the Allied Forces on the Western Front through their knowledge and their skills, as demonstrated by a classified postwar report by the Army finding that the Ritchie Boys were the source of nearly 60 percent of the credible intelligence gathered in Europe during World War II; Whereas many of the Ritchie Boys continued to serve their country following the conclusion of World War II, including through service as translators or interrogators prosecuting war criminals with the Judge Advocate General's Office during trials at Dachau and Nuremberg; Whereas the Ritchie Boys include such notable figures as David Rockefeller, Archibald Roosevelt Jr, William Sloane Coffin, Philip Johnson, J.D. Salinger, and William Warfield, as well as Senators John Chafee of Rhode Island and Frank Church of Idaho, and the father of the current senior Senator from Oregon, Ron Wyden; Whereas the Ritchie Boys also contributed outside of the military through careers as writers, artists, architects, academics, diplomats, economists, financiers, philanthropists, and psychologists; Whereas, because the roles of the Ritchie Boys remained classified for decades, the public generally lacks awareness of their contributions; Whereas Camp Ritchie closed in 1998, and a museum and educational center is now being planned for the location; and Whereas, approximately 200 Ritchie Boys are still living, ranging in age between 95 and 107: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) honors the bravery and dedication of the Ritchie Boys; (2) recognizes the importance of their contributions to the success of the Allied Forces during World War II; and (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to Mr. Landon Grove of the Ritchie History Museum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-09-pt1-PgS6115 | null | 3,028 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | SA 2725. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Menendez) proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 285, honoring the lives and legacies of the ``Radium Girls''; as follows: Strike the preamble and insert the following: Whereas Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898, sparking a craze for radium-infused consumer goods in the early 20th century; Whereas many entrepreneurs touted radium's supposedly limitless curative properties, even as some scientists began to report serious health hazards associated with the element; Whereas the ``Radium Girls'' were teenaged girls and young women who, starting in 1917, worked in United States factories painting watch dials and airplane instruments using glow-in-the-dark, radium-infused paint; Whereas the early Radium Girls painted watches and instruments that United States troops relied on during World War I; Whereas the majority of the Radium Girls worked for corporations located in Orange, New Jersey, Ottawa, Illinois, and Waterbury, Connecticut; Whereas the Radium Girls primarily came from working-class backgrounds and some were first- and second-generation Americans; Whereas, in several instances, the radium corporations' leadership knew that the element could be harmful to human health, but they did not inform the Radium Girls of the risks or implement basic safety standards; Whereas, in many cases, the radium corporations' management encouraged the Radium Girls to keep their paintbrush tips moist and as fine as possible by putting the paint-covered brushes between their lips, a technique known as ``lip- pointing''; Whereas, due to lip-pointing, many of the early Radium Girls ingested extremely harmful quantities of radium; Whereas the Radium Girls breathed in radium-infused dust and touched radium-infused paint, and they often glowed by the end of the workday due to the radioactive paint on their clothes and skin; Whereas many of the Radium Girls began to experience mysterious health problems, including necrosis (rotting) of the jaw, cancer, anemia, bone fractures, and infertility; Whereas many of the Radium Girls were eventually plagued by debilitating physical pain and severe disabilities; Whereas an unknown number of the approximately 4,000 Radium Girls died prematurely or experienced the devastating health effects of radium poisoning; Whereas some physicians and dentists initially dismissed the Radium Girls' hypothesis that their illnesses were linked to their occupations; Whereas, in some cases, the radium corporations conspired with members of the medical community to conceal the origins of the Radium Girls' illnesses and smear their reputations; Whereas a number of the Radium Girls, in different States, fought to secure justice for themselves, their families, and their colleagues by suing the radium corporations; Whereas the Radium Girls' difficult and prolonged legal battles and often horrific medical conditions drew national attention; Whereas some of the Radium Girls who challenged the radium corporations were shunned by their communities for harming the reputation of a prominent local employer; Whereas many of the surviving Radium Girls volunteered to participate in scientific studies on the effects of radium on the human body; Whereas investigations of the Radium Girls' illnesses led to the creation of the new scientific field of human radiobiology; Whereas the Federal Government relied on data from the Radium Girls' cases to develop safety standards for radium and other radioactive materials for factory workers, medical personnel, and scientists, including the workers and scientists of the Manhattan Project; Whereas some of the Radium Girls and their families received either no compensation or only meager compensation related to their harmful exposure to radium and their contributions to science; Whereas the Radium Girls' highly publicized case was among the first in which the courts held an employer responsible for the safety and health of its workers; Whereas the Radium Girls' struggle was a turning point in the movement to promote workers' safety and occupational health reforms; and Whereas many workers in the United States today are still fighting for a safe and equitable workplace: Now, therefore, be it | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-09-pt1-PgS6141-8 | null | 3,029 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the accelerating political crisis in Nicaragua and the Ortega regime's anti-democratic efforts to hold illegitimate elections in November. On November 7, Daniel Ortega will attempt to deny the Nicaraguan people their most basic right: the right to choose their country's leaders in free and fair elections. This grave restriction on basic democratic freedoms confirms that the Ortega regime is consolidating the Western Hemisphere's third dictatorship. In the lead up to these elections and in response to unrestrained assaults against democracy, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed my legislation entitled the ``Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform (RENACER) Act.'' This bipartisan legislation, taken together with the Biden administration's additional imposition of visa restrictions against individuals affiliated with the regime, demonstrates the United States is firmly committed to the restoration of democracy to Nicaragua. The legislation is also consistent with our commitments to promote and defend democracy in the Americas. As the 20th anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter approaches next month, we must recognize that a growing trend of deeply flawed and fraudulent electoral processes jeopardizes regional consensus in support of free, fair, and transparent elections across the Americas. Whether in Nicaragua in 2016, Honduras in 2017, Bolivia in 2019, Guyana in 2020, or Venezuela in 2017, 2018, and 2020, democratic elections are under attack by autocrats and populists alike. Regretfully, the Ortega regime is taking steps to continue this trend. Today, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo hold more than 140 political prisoners, including eight opposition candidates for President and Vice President. These individuals represent a broad political spectrum and include Arturo Cruz, Felix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastian Chamorro, Medardo Mairena, and Miguel Mora. Three more contenders, Berenice Quezada, Cristiana Chamorro, and Noel Vidaurre, are under house arrest. On July 27, the regime incarcerated the country's 76-year-old former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Aguirre Sacasa, under bogus charges of treason and without regard for his health or well-being. The regime is holding Sacasa and many others at El Chipote detention center: a facility infamous for acts of torture and ill-treatment, according to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The regime continues to deny prisoners due process, access to family contact, and legal counsel. Essentially, many of them have been disappeared. On Friday, Ortega cancelled the registration of the last remaining opposition political party that was positioned to participate in the November elections, Ciudadanos por la Libertad--Citizens for Freedom. The regime went as far as to strip the head of that party of her Nicaraguan citizenship. These are not actions that would be tolerated in any democratic system in the world; these are the actions of a tin-pot dictator. The events since June are the culmination of the Ortega regime's years-long process to dismantle democracy in Nicaragua. When Nicaraguans took to the streets to protest their living conditions in 2018, the regime responded with a brutal campaign of violence. Over 330 protesters were killed. Today, the number of Nicaraguans fleeing the country is on the rise, increasing the complexity and reach of the challenge. The Ortega-Murillo regime's authoritarian power grab poses a direct challenge to U.S. national security and regional stability. I am proud to have authored the RENACER Act and to lead the bipartisan, bicameral effort to send a clear message to Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo: Reverse course now and the international community stands ready to support the restoration of democracy; or continue down the current path and face consequences. The RENACER Act requires the United States, working with our partners in the European Union, Canada, and Latin America and the Caribbean, to align our diplomatic efforts and sanctions tools to push for one goal, democratic elections. The bill requires increased intelligence reporting on the regime's corruption and its malign partnership with Russia. This legislation will provide for better documentation of human rights violations and guarantee that the regime and its enablers are held accountable. The law further calls for the President to review Nicaragua's participation in the Central America Free Trade Agreement--CAFTA. The United States would never sign a free trade agreement with Belarus given the authoritarian conditions that exist in the country. And the United States should not turn a blind eye if one of our free trade partners becomes the Belarus of Central America. In closing, let there be no doubts--the United States will continue to support defenders of democracy in Nicaragua, condemn violence and intimidation, and hold accountable the Ortega regime and those who support it. If Daniel Ortega assumes a fourth consecutive term via sham elections, he will rule without a shred of legitimacy. I urge my colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass the RENACER Act so that we can speak with a single voice and make it clear that Daniel Ortega's paranoia of losing at the ballot box is no excuse for his systematicdismantling of Nicaragua's democratic system. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. MENENDEZ | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6267 | null | 3,030 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the bravery and selfless service of the individuals who responded to the building collapse in Surfside, FL, on June 24, 2021. I want to thank the FL-1 Urban Search and Rescue Task Force--FL-TF1--for responding when the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, FL, suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night. They swiftly heeded the call of duty to provide search, rescue, and recovery efforts following the collapse. In the face of tremendous tragedy, they ran into danger. They are heroes. FL-TF1 is one of 28 Federal search and rescue task forces overseen by FEMA, and its capabilities include search and rescue, emergency care, engineering expertise, and logistics. When they are not being dispatched to countries in crisis, many of them work for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue as local firefighters. FL-TF1 has responded to some of the world's most notable disasters, including earthquakes, terrorist attacks, and plane crashes, among others. They responded once before in their own community, when Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida in 1992. Their expertise and range of skills has made them invaluable in disasters and well-known internationally. These brave men and women dropped everything to selflessly assist in Surfside, a particular challenge since the tragedy affected their own community, and some had missing friends or loved ones. FL-TF1 worked nonstop and with heavy hearts following the collapse in Surfside to provide comfort and closure for the families. They worked tirelessly, even when smoke and heat from a fire inside the building's standing portion hampered their efforts. They persisted when the temperatures escalated so much that some needed IVs to replenish fluids. They continued on when Tropical Storm Elsa passed nearby and dumped torrential rain. They left the pile only when they absolutely had to. They braved conditions the likes of which we could never imagine. I also want to thank FL-TF1 dogs for their hard work to support search, rescue, and recovery efforts. We cannot thank these brave men and women of the FL-TF1 enough. They are heroes who stepped up to serve the community in the wake of an unprecedented and unimaginable disaster. Not only did they help lead the search, rescue, and recovery operation, they also provided endless care and compassion to the families of Surfside and did everything they could to bring closure to those who lost loved ones. We are incredibly grateful to these heroes and their families for their bravery, self-sacrifice, and determination in the face of this terrible tragedy. Ann and I are praying for the Surfside community, our Jewish community, the families and loved ones of the lost, and all of those who worked tirelessly to serve the Surfside community. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCOTT of Florida | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6268-2 | null | 3,031 |
formal | urban | null | racist | Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the bravery and selfless service of the individuals who responded to the building collapse in Surfside, FL, on June 24, 2021. I want to thank all eight of Florida's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams from Miami-Dade County, the city of Miami, Hillsborough County, Central Florida, Northeast Florida, Southwest Florida, North Florida, and North Central Florida for responding when the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, FL, suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night. They swiftly heeded the call of duty to assist in search, rescue, and recovery efforts following the collapse. In the face of tremendous tragedy, they ran into danger. They are heroes. Florida's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams are deployed to aid communities following a natural or manmade disaster, and all eight deployed to Surfside to aid in the search, rescue, and recovery efforts. Nearly 370 urban search and rescue members worked on-site, making this the largest nonhurricane deployment in Florida's history. Some of these responders lost family in the collapse; yet they still answered the call. Rescue crews worked tirelessly, even when smoke and heat from a fire inside the building's standing portion hampered their efforts. They persisted when the temperatures escalated so much that some needed IVs to replenish fluids. They continued on when Tropical Storm Elsa passed nearby and dumped torrential rain. They left their families and faced dangerous and life-threatening conditions, and they never gave up hope. Their work to recover victims gave closure to so many families, and I am so proud of these Florida heroes. I also want to thank Florida's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams dogs for their hard work to support search, rescue, and recovery efforts. Florida's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams are heroes who stepped up to serve the community in the wake of unprecedented and unimaginable disaster. Not only did they help lead the search, rescue, and recovery operation, they provided endless care and compassion to the families of Surfside and did everything they could to bring closure to those who lost loved ones. We can never thank them and their families enough for their bravery, self-sacrifice, and determination in the face of this terrible tragedy. Ann and I are praying for the Surfside community, our Jewish community, the families and loved ones of the lost, and all of those who worked tirelessly to serve the Surfside community. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCOTT of Florida | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6269 | null | 3,032 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the bravery and selfless service of the first responders who responded to horrific tragedy in Surfside, FL, on June 24, 2021, when the Champlain Towers South condo building suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night. We are incredibly grateful to Mexico for sending its search and rescue specialists to aid in the response, including the ``Go Team'' of Cadena International, a Jewish nonprofit which has responded to more than 1,000 natural disasters and humanitarian crises since 2005. The Mexico-based team worked tirelessly in Surfside with search, rescue, and recovery efforts. We cannot thank them enough for their willingness to risk their lives for others in this incredibly dangerous work. They are heroes. Their commitment and willingness to serve will never be forgotten. In the face of tremendous loss, the Cadena International team heeded the call to action, and for that, we will be eternally grateful. We are incredibly grateful to these heroes and their families for their bravery and determination in the face of this terrible tragedy. Ann and I continue to pray for the Surfside community, our Jewish community, the families and loved ones of the lost, and all of those who worked tirelessly to serve the Surfside community. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCOTT of Florida | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6270 | null | 3,033 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the bravery and selfless service of the individuals who responded to horrific tragedy in Surfside, FL, on June 24, 2021, when the Champlain Towers South condo building suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night. Our Jewish Community, particularly Orthodox Jews, have been especially affected by this tragedy. We are incredibly grateful to United Hatzalah for rushing in to respond following the building collapse. They swiftly heeded the call of duty to help provide emergency medical services. In the face of tremendous tragedy, they ran into danger. They are heroes, and we can never thank them enough for their bravery and determination in the face of this terrible tragedy. International rescue crews and emergency support organizations from Israel responded to the site to aid in the search, rescue, and recovery efforts. United Hatzalah is an Israeli volunteer-based emergency medical services organization based in Jerusalem. Its mission is to provide immediate medical intervention during the critical window between the onset of an emergency and the arrival of traditional ambulance assistance. It is one of many Hatzalah organizations in various parts of the world. United Hatzalah of Israel sent a team to Surfside to assist the community and provide psychological support and stabilization to all those affected by the tragedy. Ann and I continue to pray for the Surfside community, our Jewish community, the families and loved ones of the lost, and all of those who worked tirelessly to serve the Surfside community. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCOTT of Florida | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6271-2 | null | 3,034 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the bravery and selfless service of the first responders who responded to the horrific tragedy on June 24, 2021, when the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, FL, suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night. Our Jewish Community, particularly Orthodox Jews, have been especially affected by this tragedy. We are incredibly grateful to ZAKA for immediately rushing in to respond following the building collapse. They swiftly heeded the call of duty to aid in rescue and recovery efforts. In the face of tremendous tragedy, they ran into danger. They are heroes. International rescue crews and emergency support organizations from Israel responded to the site to aid in the search, rescue, and recovery efforts. ZAKA Search and Rescue, a nonprofit based in Israel, specializes in search and rescue and recovering remains for proper burial under Jewish law. ZAKA sent rescue workers to Surfside to provide critical support and assist with identifications and burial preparation. They worked tirelessly and relentlessly to make sure that the needs of the community were met. ZAKA offered resources, support, and comfort to the survivors and community in Surfside. In the face of tremendous loss, ZAKA heeded the call to action, and for that, we will be eternally grateful. We can never thank them enough for their bravery and determination in the face of this terrible tragedy. Ann and I continue to pray for the Surfside community, our Jewish community, the families and lovedones of the lost, and all of those who worked tirelessly to serve the Surfside community. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCOTT of Florida | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6271-3 | null | 3,035 |
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-1847. A communication from the Congressional Affairs Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy in the position of First Vice President, Export-Import Bank of the United States, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1848. A communication from the Congressional Affairs Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy in the position of President, Export-Import Bank of the United States, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1849. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the implementation of Executive Order 12938 concerning the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1850. A communication from the Senior Congressional Liaison, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Impact of the 2021 Juneteenth Holiday on Certain Closed-End Mortgage Requirements'' (12 CFR Part 1026) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1851. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979 that was declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1852. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12170 of November 14, 1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1853. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Belarus that was declared in Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1854. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the situation in and in relation to Syria that was declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1855. A communication from the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of the Comptroller's 2020 Annual Report on Preservation and Promotion of Minority-Owned National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1856. 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 ``Treatment of Payments to Charitable Entities in Return for Consideration'' (RIN1545-BP40) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1857. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to six (6) vacancies in the Department of Health and Human Services, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1858. A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1859. A communication from the Senior Regulations Writer, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Expiration Date for Neurological Disorders Body System Listings'' (RIN0960-AI57) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1860. 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 ``Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I'' (RIN1545-BQ04) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 20, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1861. 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 ``Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I'' (RIN0938-AU63) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 28, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1862. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting a legislative proposal; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1863. A communication from the Analyst, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Maximum Daily Civil Penalty Amounts for Violations of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act'' (RIN1010-AE08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1864. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines'' ((RIN1902-AF80) (Docket No. RM96-1-042)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1865. A communication from the Supervisor, Human Resources Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, six (6) reports relative to vacancies in the Environmental Protection Agency, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1866. 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; Illinois; Removal of Variance for Illinois Power Holdings and AmerenEnergy Medina Valley Cogen Facilities'' (FRL No. 10020-52-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1867. 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; KY; Updates to Attainment Status Designations'' (FRL No. 10019-18-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1868. 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; North Carolina; Revisions to Annual Emissions Reporting'' (FRL No. 10019-20-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1869. 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; North Carolina; Revisions to Construction and Operation Permits'' (FRL No. 10019-56-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1870. 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; Tennessee; Emissions Inventory and Nonattainment New Source Review Plan for Sullivan County SO2 Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10017-45-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1871. 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; TN; Nitrogen Oxides SIP Call Plan'' (FRL No. 10018-05-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1872. 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; West Virginia; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the West Virginia Portion of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY Area Comprising Cabell and Wayne Counties'' (FRL No. 10020-45-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1873. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of the Southwest Indiana Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10020-70-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1874. 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; North Carolina; Permits Requiring Public Participation'' (FRL No. 10018-03-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1875. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Virginia: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 10018-06-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1876. 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; District of Columbia; Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements for 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 8691-02-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1877. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on the Prohibition of Export of Certain Mercury Compounds''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1878. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to fourteen (14) vacancies in the Department of Health and Human Services, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1879. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Department of Health and Human Services Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement Actions'' (RIN0991-AC18) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1880. 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 ``Electronic Import Entries; Technical Amendments'' (Docket No. FDA-2016- N-1487) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1881. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Mexico in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-072); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1882. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-074); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1883. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and (d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the Republic of Korea in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-080); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1884. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Spain and France in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-003); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1885. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Japan in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-008); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1886. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Canada in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-009); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1887. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Denmark and the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-022); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1888. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Italy in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-025); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1889. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to France in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-027); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1890. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Israel in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-015); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1891. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-019); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1892. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1893. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Federal Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector General for the period from October 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1894. A communication from the Associate General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to ten (10) vacancies in the Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1895. A communication from the Director of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Change of Address; Office of Indian Gaming for Submission of Tribal- State Class III Gaming Compacts'' (RIN1076-AF54) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2021; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-1896. A communication from the Agency Representative, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removal of Certain Rules of Patent Practice'' (RIN0651- AD24) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 4, 2021; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1897. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Implementation of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018'' (RIN1125-AA95) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1898. A communication from the Deputy 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 2021''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-1899. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific Island Fisheries; Interim Measures for American Samoa Bottomfish'' (RIN0648-BK62) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1900. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #8 Through #15'' (RIN0648-XA378) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1901. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #1 through #9'' (RIN0648-XA944) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1902. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Correcting Amendment to the Regulations for 2021-2022 Pacific Coast Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures'' (RIN0648- BK60) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1903. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA714) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1904. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA772) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1905. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/ Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XA778) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1906. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels using Pot Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA779) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1907. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Greater Than or Equal to 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA781) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1908. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA782) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1909. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/ Processors Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA787) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1910. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Framework Adjustment 59 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Correction'' (RIN0648-XA803) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1911. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA819) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1912. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2021 Commercial Longline Closure for South Atlantic Golden Tilefish'' (RIN0648-XA849) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1913. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2020-2021 Commercial Hook-and-Line Closure for King Mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico Southern Zone'' (RIN0648-XA879) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1914. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA882) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1915. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks in the Western Gulf of Mexico Sub- Region; Closure'' (RIN0648-XA895) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1916. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters; Amendment 39- 21571'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0196)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1917. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands'' (RIN0648-XA986) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1918. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XB018) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1919. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XB042) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1920. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Shark and Hammerhead Shark Management Group in the Atlantic Region; Retention Limit Adjustment'' (RIN0648-XA935) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1921. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA795) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1922. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA780) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1923. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XA769) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1924. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA774) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1925. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Ohio River, New Richmond'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG- 2021-0438)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1926. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Caruso Affiliated Holdings Fireworks Event, Newport Beach, California'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0439)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1927. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Delaware Bay, Lewes, DE'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0324)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1928. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Lake Charles, Lake Charles, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0379)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1929. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Back River, Baltimore County, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0266)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1930. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Sabine River, Orange, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG- 2021-0416)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1931. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0331)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1932. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0248)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1933. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Tennessee River mile 643 to 652, Knoxville, TN'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0433)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1934. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Christina River, Newport, DE'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0131)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1935. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Lake of the Ozarks, Mile Markers 7,10.5, 13, 16, 22, 26, 34, and 42 Lake of the Ozarks, MO'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0480)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1936. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; South Timbalier Block 22, Gulf of Mexico, Port Fourchon, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0607)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1937. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Chicago River , Chicago, IL'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0034)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1938. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Delano, CA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0046)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1939. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes; Amendment 39-21635'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0540)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1940. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XB054) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1941. 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 ``Demurrage Billing Requirements'' ((RIN2140- AB47) (Docket No. EP 759) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1942. 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 ``Montana Rail Link, Inc. - Petition for Rulemaking - Classification of Carriers'' ((RIN2140-AB50) (Docket No. EP 763) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6273-5 | null | 3,036 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-1847. A communication from the Congressional Affairs Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy in the position of First Vice President, Export-Import Bank of the United States, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1848. A communication from the Congressional Affairs Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy in the position of President, Export-Import Bank of the United States, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1849. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the implementation of Executive Order 12938 concerning the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1850. A communication from the Senior Congressional Liaison, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Impact of the 2021 Juneteenth Holiday on Certain Closed-End Mortgage Requirements'' (12 CFR Part 1026) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1851. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979 that was declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1852. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12170 of November 14, 1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1853. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Belarus that was declared in Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1854. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the situation in and in relation to Syria that was declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1855. A communication from the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of the Comptroller's 2020 Annual Report on Preservation and Promotion of Minority-Owned National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1856. 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 ``Treatment of Payments to Charitable Entities in Return for Consideration'' (RIN1545-BP40) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1857. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to six (6) vacancies in the Department of Health and Human Services, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1858. A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1859. A communication from the Senior Regulations Writer, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Expiration Date for Neurological Disorders Body System Listings'' (RIN0960-AI57) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1860. 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 ``Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I'' (RIN1545-BQ04) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 20, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1861. 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 ``Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I'' (RIN0938-AU63) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 28, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1862. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting a legislative proposal; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1863. A communication from the Analyst, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Maximum Daily Civil Penalty Amounts for Violations of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act'' (RIN1010-AE08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1864. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines'' ((RIN1902-AF80) (Docket No. RM96-1-042)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1865. A communication from the Supervisor, Human Resources Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, six (6) reports relative to vacancies in the Environmental Protection Agency, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1866. 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; Illinois; Removal of Variance for Illinois Power Holdings and AmerenEnergy Medina Valley Cogen Facilities'' (FRL No. 10020-52-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1867. 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; KY; Updates to Attainment Status Designations'' (FRL No. 10019-18-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1868. 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; North Carolina; Revisions to Annual Emissions Reporting'' (FRL No. 10019-20-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1869. 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; North Carolina; Revisions to Construction and Operation Permits'' (FRL No. 10019-56-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1870. 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; Tennessee; Emissions Inventory and Nonattainment New Source Review Plan for Sullivan County SO2 Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10017-45-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1871. 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; TN; Nitrogen Oxides SIP Call Plan'' (FRL No. 10018-05-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1872. 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; West Virginia; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the West Virginia Portion of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY Area Comprising Cabell and Wayne Counties'' (FRL No. 10020-45-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1873. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of the Southwest Indiana Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10020-70-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1874. 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; North Carolina; Permits Requiring Public Participation'' (FRL No. 10018-03-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1875. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Virginia: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 10018-06-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1876. 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; District of Columbia; Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements for 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 8691-02-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1877. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on the Prohibition of Export of Certain Mercury Compounds''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1878. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to fourteen (14) vacancies in the Department of Health and Human Services, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1879. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Department of Health and Human Services Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement Actions'' (RIN0991-AC18) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1880. 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 ``Electronic Import Entries; Technical Amendments'' (Docket No. FDA-2016- N-1487) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1881. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Mexico in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-072); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1882. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-074); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1883. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and (d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the Republic of Korea in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-080); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1884. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Spain and France in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-003); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1885. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Japan in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-008); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1886. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Canada in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-009); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1887. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Denmark and the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-022); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1888. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Italy in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-025); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1889. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to France in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-027); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1890. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Israel in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-015); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1891. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-019); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1892. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1893. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Federal Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector General for the period from October 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1894. A communication from the Associate General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to ten (10) vacancies in the Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1895. A communication from the Director of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Change of Address; Office of Indian Gaming for Submission of Tribal- State Class III Gaming Compacts'' (RIN1076-AF54) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2021; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-1896. A communication from the Agency Representative, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removal of Certain Rules of Patent Practice'' (RIN0651- AD24) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 4, 2021; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1897. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Implementation of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018'' (RIN1125-AA95) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1898. A communication from the Deputy 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 2021''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-1899. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific Island Fisheries; Interim Measures for American Samoa Bottomfish'' (RIN0648-BK62) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1900. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #8 Through #15'' (RIN0648-XA378) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1901. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #1 through #9'' (RIN0648-XA944) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1902. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Correcting Amendment to the Regulations for 2021-2022 Pacific Coast Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures'' (RIN0648- BK60) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1903. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA714) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1904. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA772) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1905. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/ Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XA778) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1906. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels using Pot Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA779) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1907. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Greater Than or Equal to 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA781) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1908. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA782) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1909. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/ Processors Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA787) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1910. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Framework Adjustment 59 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Correction'' (RIN0648-XA803) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1911. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA819) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1912. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2021 Commercial Longline Closure for South Atlantic Golden Tilefish'' (RIN0648-XA849) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1913. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2020-2021 Commercial Hook-and-Line Closure for King Mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico Southern Zone'' (RIN0648-XA879) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1914. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA882) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1915. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks in the Western Gulf of Mexico Sub- Region; Closure'' (RIN0648-XA895) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1916. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters; Amendment 39- 21571'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0196)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1917. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands'' (RIN0648-XA986) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1918. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XB018) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1919. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XB042) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1920. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Shark and Hammerhead Shark Management Group in the Atlantic Region; Retention Limit Adjustment'' (RIN0648-XA935) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1921. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA795) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1922. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA780) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1923. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XA769) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1924. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA774) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1925. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Ohio River, New Richmond'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG- 2021-0438)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1926. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Caruso Affiliated Holdings Fireworks Event, Newport Beach, California'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0439)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1927. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Delaware Bay, Lewes, DE'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0324)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1928. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Lake Charles, Lake Charles, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0379)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1929. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Back River, Baltimore County, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0266)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1930. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Sabine River, Orange, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG- 2021-0416)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1931. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0331)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1932. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0248)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1933. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Tennessee River mile 643 to 652, Knoxville, TN'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0433)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1934. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Christina River, Newport, DE'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0131)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1935. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Lake of the Ozarks, Mile Markers 7,10.5, 13, 16, 22, 26, 34, and 42 Lake of the Ozarks, MO'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0480)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1936. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; South Timbalier Block 22, Gulf of Mexico, Port Fourchon, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0607)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1937. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Chicago River , Chicago, IL'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0034)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1938. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Delano, CA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0046)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1939. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes; Amendment 39-21635'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0540)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1940. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XB054) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1941. 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 ``Demurrage Billing Requirements'' ((RIN2140- AB47) (Docket No. EP 759) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1942. 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 ``Montana Rail Link, Inc. - Petition for Rulemaking - Classification of Carriers'' ((RIN2140-AB50) (Docket No. EP 763) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6273-5 | null | 3,037 |
formal | Baltimore | null | racist | The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-1847. A communication from the Congressional Affairs Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy in the position of First Vice President, Export-Import Bank of the United States, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1848. A communication from the Congressional Affairs Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy in the position of President, Export-Import Bank of the United States, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1849. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the implementation of Executive Order 12938 concerning the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1850. A communication from the Senior Congressional Liaison, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Impact of the 2021 Juneteenth Holiday on Certain Closed-End Mortgage Requirements'' (12 CFR Part 1026) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1851. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979 that was declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1852. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12170 of November 14, 1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1853. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Belarus that was declared in Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1854. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to the situation in and in relation to Syria that was declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1855. A communication from the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of the Comptroller's 2020 Annual Report on Preservation and Promotion of Minority-Owned National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-1856. 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 ``Treatment of Payments to Charitable Entities in Return for Consideration'' (RIN1545-BP40) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1857. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to six (6) vacancies in the Department of Health and Human Services, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1858. A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation 2020 Report to Congress''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1859. A communication from the Senior Regulations Writer, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Expiration Date for Neurological Disorders Body System Listings'' (RIN0960-AI57) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1860. 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 ``Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I'' (RIN1545-BQ04) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 20, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1861. 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 ``Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I'' (RIN0938-AU63) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 28, 2021; to the Committee on Finance. EC-1862. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting a legislative proposal; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1863. A communication from the Analyst, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Maximum Daily Civil Penalty Amounts for Violations of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act'' (RIN1010-AE08) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1864. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines'' ((RIN1902-AF80) (Docket No. RM96-1-042)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-1865. A communication from the Supervisor, Human Resources Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, six (6) reports relative to vacancies in the Environmental Protection Agency, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1866. 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; Illinois; Removal of Variance for Illinois Power Holdings and AmerenEnergy Medina Valley Cogen Facilities'' (FRL No. 10020-52-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1867. 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; KY; Updates to Attainment Status Designations'' (FRL No. 10019-18-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1868. 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; North Carolina; Revisions to Annual Emissions Reporting'' (FRL No. 10019-20-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1869. 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; North Carolina; Revisions to Construction and Operation Permits'' (FRL No. 10019-56-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1870. 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; Tennessee; Emissions Inventory and Nonattainment New Source Review Plan for Sullivan County SO2 Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10017-45-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1871. 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; TN; Nitrogen Oxides SIP Call Plan'' (FRL No. 10018-05-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1872. 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; West Virginia; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the West Virginia Portion of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY Area Comprising Cabell and Wayne Counties'' (FRL No. 10020-45-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1873. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of the Southwest Indiana Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10020-70-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1874. 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; North Carolina; Permits Requiring Public Participation'' (FRL No. 10018-03-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1875. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Virginia: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 10018-06-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1876. 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; District of Columbia; Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements for 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 8691-02-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1877. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on the Prohibition of Export of Certain Mercury Compounds''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-1878. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to fourteen (14) vacancies in the Department of Health and Human Services, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1879. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Department of Health and Human Services Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement Actions'' (RIN0991-AC18) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1880. 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 ``Electronic Import Entries; Technical Amendments'' (Docket No. FDA-2016- N-1487) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-1881. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Mexico in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-072); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1882. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-074); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1883. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and (d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the Republic of Korea in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 20-080); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1884. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Spain and France in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-003); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1885. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Japan in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-008); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1886. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Canada in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-009); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1887. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Denmark and the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-022); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1888. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Italy in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-025); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1889. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to France in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-027); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1890. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Israel in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-015); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1891. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the UK in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 21-019); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-1892. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1893. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Federal Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector General for the period from October 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1894. A communication from the Associate General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to ten (10) vacancies in the Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-1895. A communication from the Director of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Change of Address; Office of Indian Gaming for Submission of Tribal- State Class III Gaming Compacts'' (RIN1076-AF54) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 22, 2021; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-1896. A communication from the Agency Representative, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removal of Certain Rules of Patent Practice'' (RIN0651- AD24) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 4, 2021; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1897. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Implementation of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018'' (RIN1125-AA95) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 26, 2021; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-1898. A communication from the Deputy 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 2021''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-1899. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pacific Island Fisheries; Interim Measures for American Samoa Bottomfish'' (RIN0648-BK62) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1900. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #8 Through #15'' (RIN0648-XA378) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1901. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #1 through #9'' (RIN0648-XA944) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1902. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Correcting Amendment to the Regulations for 2021-2022 Pacific Coast Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures'' (RIN0648- BK60) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1903. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA714) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1904. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA772) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1905. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/ Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XA778) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1906. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels using Pot Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA779) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1907. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Greater Than or Equal to 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA781) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1908. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA782) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1909. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/ Processors Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA787) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1910. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to Framework Adjustment 59 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Correction'' (RIN0648-XA803) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1911. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA819) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1912. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2021 Commercial Longline Closure for South Atlantic Golden Tilefish'' (RIN0648-XA849) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1913. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2020-2021 Commercial Hook-and-Line Closure for King Mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico Southern Zone'' (RIN0648-XA879) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1914. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA882) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1915. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks in the Western Gulf of Mexico Sub- Region; Closure'' (RIN0648-XA895) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1916. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters; Amendment 39- 21571'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0196)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1917. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands'' (RIN0648-XA986) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1918. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XB018) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1919. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XB042) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1920. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Shark and Hammerhead Shark Management Group in the Atlantic Region; Retention Limit Adjustment'' (RIN0648-XA935) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1921. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XA795) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1922. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA780) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1923. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XA769) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1924. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XA774) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1925. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Ohio River, New Richmond'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG- 2021-0438)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1926. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Caruso Affiliated Holdings Fireworks Event, Newport Beach, California'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0439)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1927. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Delaware Bay, Lewes, DE'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0324)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1928. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Lake Charles, Lake Charles, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0379)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1929. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Back River, Baltimore County, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0266)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1930. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Sabine River, Orange, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG- 2021-0416)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1931. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0331)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1932. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0248)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1933. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Tennessee River mile 643 to 652, Knoxville, TN'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0433)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1934. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Christina River, Newport, DE'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0131)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1935. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Lake of the Ozarks, Mile Markers 7,10.5, 13, 16, 22, 26, 34, and 42 Lake of the Ozarks, MO'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0480)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1936. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; South Timbalier Block 22, Gulf of Mexico, Port Fourchon, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2021-0607)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1937. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Chicago River , Chicago, IL'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2020-0034)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1938. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Class E Airspace; Delano, CA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0046)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1939. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes; Amendment 39-21635'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0540)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1940. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries'' (RIN0648-XB054) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1941. 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 ``Demurrage Billing Requirements'' ((RIN2140- AB47) (Docket No. EP 759) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-1942. 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 ``Montana Rail Link, Inc. - Petition for Rulemaking - Classification of Carriers'' ((RIN2140-AB50) (Docket No. EP 763) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 5, 2021; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6273-5 | null | 3,038 |
formal | Baltimore | null | racist | Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to a beloved pastor, an inspirational leader, and a lion for justice: Bishop Douglas Miles. He passed away on August 3 of this year at the age of 72, and I would like to take this time to honor his life and his legacy. Bishop Miles was a lifelong Marylander, born in Baltimore City and raised in Lafayette Courts in East Baltimore. By the time he entered Johns Hopkins University as an undergraduate, he had determined that he would become a doctor and set out to earn his medical degree. He wanted to serve the weak and heal the sick. It was an auspicious career choice because, while he eventually switched majors and earned his degree in humanistic studies, Bishop Miles would commit five decades of his life to serving and to healing communities across Baltimore. He first embarked on that mission by helping to found the organization Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development, or BUILD, where he served as cochair. In this role, Bishop Miles fought to build a better and stronger Baltimore for all by expanding job opportunities, supporting schools, strengthening neighborhoods, and improving housing. His efforts to force real action on housing at BUILD resulted in the construction of at least 767 affordable homes throughout the city over a 14-year span, and his leadership was pivotal in revitalizing the Oliver neighborhood in East Baltimore after a tragic fire that claimed seven lives. When he wasn't pushing for progress with BUILD and the many other organizations he helped lead, including the Industrial Areas Foundation, the College Bound Foundation, and the Johns Hopkins BLocal initiative, he was running his beloved Koinonia Baptist Church, which he founded in 1992. As pastor, he used his gift for oratory and his deep religious faith to guide his congregation with spirit and grace. He was a titanic force, who could command an audience with equal vigor at the pulpit, the podium, and the policy table. But regardless of whether he was delivering a sermon on the scriptures or leading a rally for social change, Bishop Miles always spoke his mind and lived his values fully. Just a few weeks ago, I met with him and a group of advocates about how to close the racial homeownership gap in this country and help every American achieve their full potential. He dedicated his life to holding the powerful to account and raising the voices of those who had too often been left out and left behind. I was honored to work with him over the years to strengthen our healthcare system, expand access to affordable housing, and prevent teen tobacco use, and I am forever grateful for his leadership on a host of other issues from gun violence to education to public safety to immigration. His dedication to the causes he held dear left an indelible mark on our communities, and you can find proof of his lifelong service in the countless lives he changed for the better throughout Baltimore City. He is gone too soon, but his legacy and his spirit live on in all the Marylanders he helped shape and inspire, both as a faith leader and as an advocate for justice. Bishop Miles taught all of us what it means to live a life dedicated to serving your community, and it is a lesson we must never forget. In living, he inspired a generation to fight harder for those in need. In passing, his memory will continue to push future generations to serve and to heal, as he did. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. VAN HOLLEN | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6273 | null | 3,039 |
formal | political correctness | null | racist | The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated: POM-70. A resolution adopted by the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois urging the federal government to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the 20 dollar bill; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. House Resolution No. 54 Whereas, Harriet Tubman was born Araminta ``Minty'' Ross in the early 1820s in Dorchester County, Maryland; she was enslaved at a young age and began working the field by harvesting flax at age 13; and Whereas, Harriet Tubman escaped when she was around 27 years old; she walked the nearly 90 miles to Philadelphia, where she took jobs as a domestic and cook and spent summers working in Cape May, New Jersey; and Whereas, Harriet Tubman returned to Maryland approximately 13 times to rescue as many as 70 enslaved people through the Underground Railroad, which was a network of escape routes and safe houses organized by Black and white abolitionists; she claimed she never lost a passenger; she gave instructions to 70 others who found their own way to freedom; and Whereas, If Harriet Tubman had been caught, she would have faced physical punishment and been sold back into slavery in the Deep South due to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law; and Whereas, During the Civil War, Harriet Tubman worked for the Union Army as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse; this makes her one of the first Black women to serve in the military; and Whereas, After the war, Harriet Tubman became involved in the campaign for women's suffrage along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; in 1859, she purchased a home in Auburn, New York and established it as a home for the elderly; and Whereas, Harriet Tubman died in 1913 and was buried with military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery; and Whereas, In 2014, President Barack Obama launched the effort to get Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill after receiving a letter from a girl from Massachusetts saying women should appear on currency; and Whereas, In April of 2016, President Obama announced that Harriet Tubman would be replacing President Andrew Jackson on the $20 and that Jackson would be moved into a scene of the White House on the reverse side; and Whereas, For years, critics have called for Jackson to be removed from the $20 bill because of his legacy of supporting the institution of slavery, having owned 95 enslaved people months before he became president and bringing 14 of them to the White House, and for his role in the forced, violent transfer of tens of thousands of Native Americans from the South on what became known as the Trail of Tears; and Whereas, The new design was initially scheduled for 2020 but stalled under President Trump who called the move ``pure political correctness'' and said that Jackson ``had a great history''; and Whereas, No women or people of color have ever been pictured on a denomination of currency still in circulation; therefore, be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Second General Assembly of the State of Illinois, that we urge the federal government to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill; and be it further Resolved, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent to President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, and all members of the Illinois Congressional delegation. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6277 | null | 3,040 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as cosponsors of S. 1425, a bill to enable the Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to raise legitimate public health concerns, and for other purposes. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6280-2 | null | 3,041 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | SA 3149. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Portman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 52, line 15, strike the period and insert ``, and further provided that such legislation does not contain changes to the Federal tax deduction for State and local taxes that reduce revenue.''. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-08-10-pt1-PgS6311-2 | null | 3,042 |
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. 325) to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2021-08-23-pt1-PgH4350-6 | null | 3,043 |
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 (S. 272) 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, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2021-08-23-pt1-PgH4351 | null | 3,044 |
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. 272) 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, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2021-08-23-pt1-PgH4351 | null | 3,045 |
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: PT-47. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the State of Alabama Attorney General, Montgomery, Alabama, relative to a letter expressing disappointment of the omission of the Hyde Amendment in the budget proposal that President Biden delivered to Congress in early July from 22 state attorney generals; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. PT-48. Also, a petition of the City and County of San Francisco, California, relative to Resolution No. 240-21, supporting the protesters and activists in Colombia and joins the international condemnation of the repression and violence being perpetrated by the Colombian government against civilians and protesters; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. PT-49. Also, a petition of Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, relative to Resolution 21.052, urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to carefully consider the negative impacts and unintended consequences and oppose CLEAN Future Act and any substantially similar legislation or policies; to the Committee on Natural Resources. PT-50. Also, a petition of Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, relative to Resolution 21.051, urging the Federal Government to work with states in the spirit of cooperative federalism during review of the Federal Fossil Fuel Program; to the Committee on Natural Resources. PT-51. Also, a petition of Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, relative to Resolution 21.054, urging the Federal agencies including the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Congress, and the President of the United States of America to adopt, administer, and/or enforce laws and rules regulating Environmental, Social, and Governance investments in a manner that does not adversely affect nor discriminate against investment in the oil and gas sector; to the Committee on Natural Resources. PT-52. Also, a petition of Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, relative to Resolution 21.055, urging the President of the United States of America and the United States Congress to act in a bipartisan manner to prioritize the deployment of technological innovation, like CCUS, to improve environmental outcomes; to the Committee on Natural Resources. PT-53. Also, a petition of Bosque County Sheriff's Office, Meridian, Texas, relative to a resolution proclaiming Bosque County as a second amendment sanctuary county; to the Committee on the Judiciary. PT-54. Also, a petition of Town of Westford, Massachusetts, relative to calling upon the United States Congress to pass and send to the States for ratification a amendment to the Constitution of the United States that would firmly establish two principals: 1) Only human beings, not artificial entities such as corporations, are entitled to the rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, and 2) election spending is not free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment, and is therefore subject to regulation by federal and state governments; to the Committee on the Judiciary. PT-55. Also, a petition of State of New York Attorney General, Albany, New York, relative to a letter expressing strong support for the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, H.R. 2668, from 29 state attorney generals; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary. PT-56. Also, a petition of Lakewood City Council, Lakewood, Ohio, relative to Resolution No. 2021-31,urging the Congress to enact emergency legislation to provide universal, comprehensive health coverage with zero cost-sharing for patients during this crisis and enthusiastically supports Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-08-23-pt1-PgH4355 | null | 3,046 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 601, I submit the following materials into the Congressional Record as Explanatory Materials for H.R. 4. Taken together, these materials help explain the reasons why H.R. 4 is necessary as well as the reasons for the particular provisions in the bill. The materials are as follows: 1. A section-by-section analysis of H.R. 4, as perfected by the Manager's Amendment; 2. A memorandum explaining the inclusion of key provisions in the bill in light of the records developed in hearings before the House Judiciary Committee and the Committee on House Administration; 3. Testimony of Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, explaining ongoing voting discrimination in certain states; 4. Testimony of Peyton McCrary of George Washington University Law School, explaining the data that supports the coverage formula in H.R. 4; 5. Testimony of Sophia Lin Lakin, Deputy Director of the Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, explaining the need for a revised preliminary injunction standard, a Purcell fix, and a burden-shifting test for section 2 vote denial claims; 6. Testimony of Wendy Weiser, Vice President, Democracy, the Brennan Center for Justice, explaining the constitutionality of H.R. 4's geographic coverage formula; 7. Testimony of Jon Greenbaum, Chief Counsel of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, explaining the need for the incorporation of a retrogression standard in section 2 and the need for a prescriptive approach to assessing vote denial claims under section 2; 8. Testimony of Bernard Fraga of Emory University regarding evidence in support of the practice-based coverage formula and its demographic thresholds; 9. Letter from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and other civil rights groups in support of H.R. 4 and outlining the need for the bill; 10. Statement of Administration Policy in support of H.R. 4 from the Executive Office of the President; 11. Brennan Center--Racial Voter Suppression in 2020 Executive Summary, outlining the contemporary nature of voting discrimination; 12. Brennan Center--Representation for Some Executive Summary; 13. Brennan Center--Racial Turnout Gap Grew in Jurisdictions Previously Covered by the Voting Rights Act, outlining the reasons why focusing on increases in minority turnout, alone, masks a continuing racial disparity in voter turnout; 14. Brennan Center--Large Racial Turnout Gap Persisted in 2020 Election; and 15. A report prepared by the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration, outlining ongoing voter suppression efforts in various states. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. NADLER | House | CREC-2021-08-24-pt1-PgH4417 | null | 3,047 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-2018. A letter from the Senior Congressional Liaison, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting the Bureau's interpretive rule -- Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Impact of the 2021 Juneteenth Holiday on Certain Closed- End Mortgage Requirements received August 6, 2021, 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. EC-2019. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: 180117042-8884-02; RTID 0648- XB018] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2020. A letter from the Speaker, National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, transmitting a letter extending felicitations to the United States of America on the auspicious occasion of the Independence Day of the United States of America; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-2021. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks in the Western Gulf of Mexico Sub-Region; Closure [Docket No.: 191125-0090; RTID 0648-XA895] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2022. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Shark and Hammerhead Shark Management Group in the Atlantic Region; Retention Limit Adjustment [Docket No.: 191125-0090; RTID 0648-XA935] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2023. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's inseason modification of 2021 management measures -- Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #1 through #9 [Docket No.: 200505-0127; RTID 0648-XA944] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2024. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No.: 210217-0022; RTID 0648-XA0022] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2025. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No.: 210217-0022; RTID 0648-XB042] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2026. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: 180117042-8884-02; RTID 0648- XB054] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2027. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 200221-0062; RTID 0648-XA782] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2028. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processors Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 210210-0018; RTID 0648-XA787] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2029. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: 180117042-8884-02; RTID 0648- XA795] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2030. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Revisions to Framework Adjustment 59 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Correction [Docket No.: 210323-0063; RTID 0648- XA803] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2031. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: 180117042-8884-02; RTID 0648- XA819] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2032. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2021 Commercial Longline Closure for South Atlantic Golden Tilefish [Docket No.: 120404257-3325-02] (RTID: 0648- XA849) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2033. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region; 2020-2021 Commercial Hook-and- Line Closure for King Mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico Southern Zone [Docket No.: 160426363-7275-02] (RTID: 0648-XA879) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2034. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 210210-0018] (RTID: 0648-XA882) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2035. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fishery; 2021 Monkfish Specifications [Docket No.: 210308- 0050; RTID 0648-XX070] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2036. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Fishery; Revised 2021 and Projected 2022 Specifications [Docket No.: 210427-0092; RTID 0648-XX069] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2037. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish Managed Under the Individual Fishing Quota Program [Docket No.: 210210-0018 and 210217-0141] (RTID: 0648-XA883) received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2038. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 210210-0018; RTID 0648-XA999] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2039. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No.: 210217- 0022; RTID 0648-XA961] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2040. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery; Final 2021 Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Specifications [Docket No.: 210322-0061; RTID 0648- XX067] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2041. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final specifications -- Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries; 2021 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits [Docket No.: 210106-0003; RTID 0648-XP014] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2042. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Final 2021 and Projected 2022-2026 Fishing Quotas [Docket No.: 210505-0100; RTID 0648- XX065] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2043. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; MHI RJ Aviation ULC (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0264; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-01416-T; Amendment 39-21616; AD 2021-13- 11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2044. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0303; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-01367-T; Amendment 39-21611; AD 2021-13-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2045. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0193; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-01612-T; Amendment 39-21585; AD 2021-11-23] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2046. 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 BMW Rolls-Royce GmbH and BMW Rolls-Royce Aero Engines) Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2020-1025; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-00757-E; Amendment 39-21630; AD 2021-14-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2047. 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-2021-0340; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-01638-R; Amendment 39-21634; AD 2021-14- 07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2048. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0125; Project Identifier MCAI-2020-01366-T; Amendment 39-21644; AD 2021-14-17] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2049. 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-2021-0561; Project Identifier AD-2021-00623-T; Amendment 39-21647; AD 2021-14- 20] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2050. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of Class E Airspace; Monhegan Island, ME [Docket No.: FAA-2020-1156; Airspace Docket No.: 20-ANE-7] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2051. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Sioux City, IA [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0176; Airspace Docket No.: 21-ACE-8] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2052. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment to Federal Airways Amber 15 (A-15), V-444, J-502, J-511, and Extension of Canadian Area Navigation Routes Q-902 and Q-811; Alaska [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0567; Airspace Docket No.: 20-AAL-15] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2053. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of V-25, V-27, V-494,V- 108, V-301, and T-257 in the Vicinity of Santa Rosa, CA [Docket No.: FAA-2020-0642; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AWP-98] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2054. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment and Modification of Class E Airspace; Williston Basin, ND [Docket No.: FAA-2021- 0292; Airspace Docket No.: 21-AGL-22] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2055. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of Class E Airspace; Missoula, MT [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0207; Airspace Docket No.: 21-ANM-6] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2056. A letter from the Director, Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) (Rev. Proc. 2021-30) received July 30, 2021, 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-2021-08-27-pt1-PgH4491-7 | null | 3,048 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: Holy and eternal God, in whose care time finds its meaning and life its boundaries, we pray for this moment in time when our adversaries have proven callous in their understanding of the sanctity of human life and their actions have betrayed their hubris by inciting violence and inflaming fear and panic. We pray Your intercession on behalf of all those who face the harsh cruelty of terrorism, who cling desperately for a chance at freedom, and those who can but only watch their friends and family fall prey to the inhumanity that threatens to extinguish all hope of reunion. We pray Your protection over those who, this day, give selflessly of their efforts and even their lives that this kind of savagery would not win, who believe that an act of kindness, a commitment to service, and a resolute purpose, can hold back the tides of hatred and heartlessness. And to those who grieve of loss of precious life and longed-for liberty, we pray Your tender mercies. Because of Your great love, which transcends all measure of malice, may they not be consumed. May Your compassion never fail them. Be their portion as they await Your salvation. We offer these prayers in Your merciful name. Amen. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-08-31-pt1-PgH4497-3 | null | 3,049 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair asks all Members in the Chamber, as well as Members and staff throughout the Capitol, to rise for a moment of silence in remembrance of the 13 servicemembers who were killed during the terrorist bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2021-08-31-pt1-PgH4497-6 | null | 3,050 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-2057. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the United States Coast Guard, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2058. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2059. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the Department of Homeland Security involving a negative cash balance with Treasury, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2060. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the Citizenship and Assimilation Grant program, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); Public Law 110-161, Sec. 1517(b); (121 Stat. 2285); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2061. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2062. A letter from the Acting President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a statement with respect to a transaction involving exports to various countries, 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. EC-2063. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Regulations Regarding ``Intended Uses'' [Docket No.: FDA- 2015-N-2002] (RIN: 0910-AI47) received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2064. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's Report to Congress on the Prohibition of Export of Certain Mercury Compounds, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 2611(c)(7)(E); Public Law 94-469, Sec. 12 (as amended by Public Law 114-182, Sec. 10(b)(2)); (130 Stat. 478); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-2065. 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; District of Columbia; Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements for 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard [EPA-R03-OAR-2020-0489; FRL-8691- 02-R3] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2066. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Pyrrolo[3,4- c]pyrrole-1,4-dione, 3,6-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,5-dihydro-; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP- 2020-0450; FRL-8672-01-OCSPP] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2067. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Illinois; 2008 Ozone Moderate VOC RACT for Chicago [EPA-R05-OAR-2019-0031; FRL-8822-02-R5] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2068. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Interstate Transport Prongs 1 and 2 for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Standard for Kansas and Nebraska [EPA-R07-OAR-2021-0365; FRL-8705-02-R7] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2069. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; OR; Updates to Adoption by Reference of Federal Provisions [EPA-R10-OAR- 2021-0212; FRL-8738-02-R10] received August 17, 20201, 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. EC-2070. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS [EPA-R05-OAR-2018-0694; FRL-8823-02-R5] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2071. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Nebraska; Revisions to Title 129 of the Nebraska Administrative Code; General Conformity [EPA-R07-OAR-2021-0298; FRL-8709-02-R7] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2072. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Arizona; Pinal County Air Quality Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0134; FRL-8760-02-R9] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2073. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA- HQ-OPP-2020-0050; FRL-8560-01-OCSPP] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2074. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Florasulam; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA- HQ-OPP-2020-0113; FRL-8751-01-OCSPP] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2075. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York; Ozone Season NOx Controls for Simple Cycle and Regenerative Combustion Turbines [EPA-R02- OAR-2020-0324, FRL-8832-02-R2] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2076. A letter from the President, transmitting an alternative plan for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and other pay systems in January 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5303(b)(1)(A); Public Law 89-554, Sec. 5303(b)(1)(A) (as amended by Public Law 101-509, Sec. 529); (104 Stat 1430) and 5 U.S.C. 5304a(a); Public Law 101-509, title I, Sec. 101(a)(1); (104 Stat. 1436) (H. Doc. No. 117--57); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform and ordered to be printed. EC-2077. A letter from the Congressional Affairs Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting two (2) notifications of a designation of an acting officer and a nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-2078. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: 180117042-8884-02; RTID 0648- XB082] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2079. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; 2021 Closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area to the Limited Access General Category Fishery [Docket No.: 200325-0088; RTID 0648-XB071] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2080. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Blueline Tilefish Fishery; 2021 Specifications [Docket No.: 210520- 0112] (RTID: 0648-XX071) received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2081. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Resources of the South Atlantic; 2021 Red Snapper Commercial and Recreational Fishing Seasons [Docket No.: 1710319998630-02] (RTID: 0648-XB091) received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2082. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Final 2021 and 2022 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish [Docket No.: 210210-0018] (RTID 0648-XY115) received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2083. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2021-2022 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Correction [Docket No.: 210518-0108] (RIN: 0648-BK60) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2084. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Pacific Island Fisheries; Interim Measures for American Samoa Bottomfish [Docket No.: 020614-0129] (RIN: 0648-BK62) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2085. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's inseason modification of 2020 management measures -- Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #8 Through #15 [Docket No.: 200505-0127; RTID 0648-XA378] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2086. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: 180117042-8884-02; RTID 0648- XA714] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2087. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No.: 200227-0066] (RTID: 0648-XA769) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2088. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 200221-0062; RTID 0648-XA772] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2089. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No.: 200227-0066] (RTID: 0648-XA778) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2090. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 210210-0018; RTID 0648-XA774] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2091. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 200221- 0062] (RTID: 0648-XA779) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2092. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Greater Than or Equal to 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 210210-0018; RTID 0648-XA781] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2093. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 200221- 0062; RTID 0648-XA780] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2094. A letter from the Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the General Counsel (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Government-Furnished Headstones, Markers, and Medallions; Unmarked Graves (RIN: 2900-AQ28) received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2095. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's Major interim final rules -- Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I (RIN: 1210-AB99) received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2096. A letter from the Senior Regulation Writer -- Federal Register Liaison, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Extension of Expiration Date for Neurological Disorders Body System Listings [Docket No.: SSA-2021-0019] (RIN: 0960-AI57) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2097. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the 2020 report to Congress on the activities of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1315a(g); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1115A(g) (as amended by Public Law 111-148, Sec. 3021(a)); (124 Stat. 394); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-08-31-pt1-PgH4497-8 | null | 3,051 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-2057. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the United States Coast Guard, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2058. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2059. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the Department of Homeland Security involving a negative cash balance with Treasury, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2060. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the Citizenship and Assimilation Grant program, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); Public Law 110-161, Sec. 1517(b); (121 Stat. 2285); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2061. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a letter reporting violations of the Antideficiency Act, by the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351; Public Law 97-258; (96 Stat. 926); to the Committee on Appropriations. EC-2062. A letter from the Acting President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a statement with respect to a transaction involving exports to various countries, 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. EC-2063. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Regulations Regarding ``Intended Uses'' [Docket No.: FDA- 2015-N-2002] (RIN: 0910-AI47) received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2064. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's Report to Congress on the Prohibition of Export of Certain Mercury Compounds, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 2611(c)(7)(E); Public Law 94-469, Sec. 12 (as amended by Public Law 114-182, Sec. 10(b)(2)); (130 Stat. 478); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-2065. 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; District of Columbia; Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements for 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard [EPA-R03-OAR-2020-0489; FRL-8691- 02-R3] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2066. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Pyrrolo[3,4- c]pyrrole-1,4-dione, 3,6-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,5-dihydro-; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP- 2020-0450; FRL-8672-01-OCSPP] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2067. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Illinois; 2008 Ozone Moderate VOC RACT for Chicago [EPA-R05-OAR-2019-0031; FRL-8822-02-R5] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2068. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Interstate Transport Prongs 1 and 2 for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Standard for Kansas and Nebraska [EPA-R07-OAR-2021-0365; FRL-8705-02-R7] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2069. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; OR; Updates to Adoption by Reference of Federal Provisions [EPA-R10-OAR- 2021-0212; FRL-8738-02-R10] received August 17, 20201, 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. EC-2070. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS [EPA-R05-OAR-2018-0694; FRL-8823-02-R5] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2071. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Nebraska; Revisions to Title 129 of the Nebraska Administrative Code; General Conformity [EPA-R07-OAR-2021-0298; FRL-8709-02-R7] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2072. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Arizona; Pinal County Air Quality Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0134; FRL-8760-02-R9] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2073. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA- HQ-OPP-2020-0050; FRL-8560-01-OCSPP] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2074. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Florasulam; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA- HQ-OPP-2020-0113; FRL-8751-01-OCSPP] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2075. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York; Ozone Season NOx Controls for Simple Cycle and Regenerative Combustion Turbines [EPA-R02- OAR-2020-0324, FRL-8832-02-R2] received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2076. A letter from the President, transmitting an alternative plan for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and other pay systems in January 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5303(b)(1)(A); Public Law 89-554, Sec. 5303(b)(1)(A) (as amended by Public Law 101-509, Sec. 529); (104 Stat 1430) and 5 U.S.C. 5304a(a); Public Law 101-509, title I, Sec. 101(a)(1); (104 Stat. 1436) (H. Doc. No. 117--57); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform and ordered to be printed. EC-2077. A letter from the Congressional Affairs Director, Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting two (2) notifications of a designation of an acting officer and a nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-2078. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: 180117042-8884-02; RTID 0648- XB082] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2079. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; 2021 Closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area to the Limited Access General Category Fishery [Docket No.: 200325-0088; RTID 0648-XB071] received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2080. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Blueline Tilefish Fishery; 2021 Specifications [Docket No.: 210520- 0112] (RTID: 0648-XX071) received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2081. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Resources of the South Atlantic; 2021 Red Snapper Commercial and Recreational Fishing Seasons [Docket No.: 1710319998630-02] (RTID: 0648-XB091) received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2082. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Final 2021 and 2022 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish [Docket No.: 210210-0018] (RTID 0648-XY115) received August 13, 2021, 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. EC-2083. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2021-2022 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Correction [Docket No.: 210518-0108] (RIN: 0648-BK60) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2084. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Pacific Island Fisheries; Interim Measures for American Samoa Bottomfish [Docket No.: 020614-0129] (RIN: 0648-BK62) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2085. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's inseason modification of 2020 management measures -- Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #8 Through #15 [Docket No.: 200505-0127; RTID 0648-XA378] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2086. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries [Docket No.: 180117042-8884-02; RTID 0648- XA714] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2087. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No.: 200227-0066] (RTID: 0648-XA769) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2088. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 200221-0062; RTID 0648-XA772] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2089. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket No.: 200227-0066] (RTID: 0648-XA778) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2090. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 210210-0018; RTID 0648-XA774] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2091. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 200221- 0062] (RTID: 0648-XA779) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2092. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Greater Than or Equal to 50 Feet (15.2 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 210210-0018; RTID 0648-XA781] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2093. A letter from the Branch Chief, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's temporary rule -- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska [Docket No.: 200221- 0062; RTID 0648-XA780] received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2094. A letter from the Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the General Counsel (00REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Government-Furnished Headstones, Markers, and Medallions; Unmarked Graves (RIN: 2900-AQ28) received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2095. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's Major interim final rules -- Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I (RIN: 1210-AB99) received August 17, 2021, 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. EC-2096. A letter from the Senior Regulation Writer -- Federal Register Liaison, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Extension of Expiration Date for Neurological Disorders Body System Listings [Docket No.: SSA-2021-0019] (RIN: 0960-AI57) received August 10, 2021, 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. EC-2097. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the 2020 report to Congress on the activities of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1315a(g); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1115A(g) (as amended by Public Law 111-148, Sec. 3021(a)); (124 Stat. 394); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-08-31-pt1-PgH4497-8 | null | 3,052 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Under clause 3 of rule XII, PT-57. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the City Commission of Miami, FL, relative to Resolution R-21-0300, urging President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and the 117th Congress of the United States to take any and all actions necessary to assist the Cuban people in their call for freedom and relief from Cuba's Socialist and Communist regime; further urging the Federal Government to provide medical equipment and treatment to combat the latest surge of the Novel Coronavirus on the island; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-08-31-pt1-PgH4502 | null | 3,053 |
formal | Federal Reserve | null | antisemitic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-2098. A letter from the Chairman, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, transmitting the 2020 Annual Report of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, pursuant to Sec. 5.64 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971; to the Committee on Agriculture. EC-2099. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Francis M. Beaudette, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-2100. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General John K. Love, United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-2101. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Brian D. Beaudreault, United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-2102. A letter from the Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's 107th Annual Report covering operations for calendar year 2020; to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-2103. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a letter informing Congress that the Treasury will suspend the sale of State and Local Government Series securities at 12 p.m. on July 30, 2021 until the debt limit is suspended or raised; to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-2104. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting a Seven-Day-After report for the Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 117-31), pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 901(a)(7)(B); Public Law 99- 177, Sec. 251(a)(7)(B) (as amended by Public Law 114-113, Sec. 1003); (129 Stat. 3035); to the Committee on the Budget. EC-2105. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting a report containing information on the centralized suspicious orders reporting database established under Sec. 312 of the Controlled Substances Act, pursuant to Public Law 115-271, Sec. 3292(c)(2); (132 Stat. 3957); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-2106. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the second report to Congress on the National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy, as mandated in the Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, Public Law 111-353; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-2107. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report concerning international agreements other than treaties entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case- Zablocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); Public Law 92- 403, Sec. 1(a) (as amended by Public Law 108-458, Sec. 7121(b)); (118 Stat. 3807); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-2108. A letter from the Solicitor, National Labor Relations Board, transmitting a notification of a nomination, an action on nomination and discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105- 277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-2109. A letter from the Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress, transmitting the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for FY 2020; to the Committee on House Administration. EC-2110. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's report on Payments in Lieu of Taxes for Fiscal Year 2021; to the Committee on Natural Resources. EC-2111. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting a proposal to update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. 1030, to add penalties for the crime of conspiracy; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-2112. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting a legislative proposal for Congress' consideration to mitigate cybercrime; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-2113. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, transmitting a report advising that the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3560-EM in the State of Florida has exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a single emergency declaration, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3); Public Law 93-288, Sec. 503(b)(3) (as amended by Public Law 100-707, Sec. 107(a)); (102 Stat. 4707); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-2114. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's legislative proposal, Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-2115. A letter from the Component Regulatory Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards: Technical Amendments [Docket No.: CISA-2021-0007] received August 17, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Homeland Security. EC-2116. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a legislative proposal ``To repeal section 3516(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, and for other purposes.''; to the Committee on Homeland Security. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-09-03-pt1-PgH4504-2 | null | 3,054 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-2098. A letter from the Chairman, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, transmitting the 2020 Annual Report of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, pursuant to Sec. 5.64 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971; to the Committee on Agriculture. EC-2099. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Francis M. Beaudette, United States Army, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-2100. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General John K. Love, United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-2101. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Lieutenant General Brian D. Beaudreault, United States Marine Corps, and his advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-2102. A letter from the Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's 107th Annual Report covering operations for calendar year 2020; to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-2103. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a letter informing Congress that the Treasury will suspend the sale of State and Local Government Series securities at 12 p.m. on July 30, 2021 until the debt limit is suspended or raised; to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-2104. A letter from the Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting a Seven-Day-After report for the Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 117-31), pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 901(a)(7)(B); Public Law 99- 177, Sec. 251(a)(7)(B) (as amended by Public Law 114-113, Sec. 1003); (129 Stat. 3035); to the Committee on the Budget. EC-2105. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting a report containing information on the centralized suspicious orders reporting database established under Sec. 312 of the Controlled Substances Act, pursuant to Public Law 115-271, Sec. 3292(c)(2); (132 Stat. 3957); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-2106. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the second report to Congress on the National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy, as mandated in the Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, Public Law 111-353; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-2107. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report concerning international agreements other than treaties entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case- Zablocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); Public Law 92- 403, Sec. 1(a) (as amended by Public Law 108-458, Sec. 7121(b)); (118 Stat. 3807); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-2108. A letter from the Solicitor, National Labor Relations Board, transmitting a notification of a nomination, an action on nomination and discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105- 277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-2109. A letter from the Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress, transmitting the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for FY 2020; to the Committee on House Administration. EC-2110. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's report on Payments in Lieu of Taxes for Fiscal Year 2021; to the Committee on Natural Resources. EC-2111. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting a proposal to update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. 1030, to add penalties for the crime of conspiracy; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-2112. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting a legislative proposal for Congress' consideration to mitigate cybercrime; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-2113. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, transmitting a report advising that the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3560-EM in the State of Florida has exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a single emergency declaration, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3); Public Law 93-288, Sec. 503(b)(3) (as amended by Public Law 100-707, Sec. 107(a)); (102 Stat. 4707); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-2114. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's legislative proposal, Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-2115. A letter from the Component Regulatory Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards: Technical Amendments [Docket No.: CISA-2021-0007] received August 17, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Homeland Security. EC-2116. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a legislative proposal ``To repeal section 3516(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, and for other purposes.''; to the Committee on Homeland Security. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-09-03-pt1-PgH4504-2 | null | 3,055 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | 2001, ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT DATE THE SPEAKER. Without objection, the Chair lays before the House the following resolution (H. Res. 626) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001, on the 20th anniversary of that date. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-09-10-pt1-PgH4513-6 | null | 3,056 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-2117. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, declared in Proclamation 7463, is to continue in effect for an additional year, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 117--58); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. EC-2118. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the threat of foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in United States elections declared in Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 2018, is to continue in effect beyond September 12, 2021, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 117--59); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-09-10-pt1-PgH4514-2 | null | 3,057 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | The SPEAKER. Pursuant to section 11(b) of House Resolution 188 and House Resolution 626, the House stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, as a further mark of respect for the victims of the terrorist attack. Thereupon (at 11 o'clock and 35 minutes a.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 11 a.m. as a further mark of respect for the victims of the terrorist attack. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER | House | CREC-2021-09-10-pt1-PgH4514 | null | 3,058 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, first, I want to welcome back all of my colleagues from the August work period. As we return to Washington, as everyone knows, the Senate has a very busy schedule ahead of it. On the nominations front, we will begin this week by holding a cloture vote on James Kvaal to be the Under Secretary of Education. Tomorrow, we will move the nominations of David Estudillo to be district judge of the Western District of Washington, Angel Kelly to serve as district judge for the District of Massachusetts, and the Senate will also begin consideration of Veronica Rossman to be the circuit judge for the Tenth Circuit. On the legislative front, the Senate will pick up exactly where we left off last month. We will continue our fight to preserve voting rights for millions of Americans, and, of course, we will continue working to pass President Biden's Build Back Better agenda and set our country on a path to prosperity for decades to come. At the end of last work period, the Senate took two important steps to achieving that goal. First, we passed the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill that will make historic investments in our Nation's physical infrastructure. Second, Senate Democrats came together to pass a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions that will clear the way to pass a reconciliation bill with historic and transformative investments in American jobs, American families, and the fight against climate change. Over the August State work period, I remained in constant communication with the chairs of the Senate's relevant committees, as well as with the Speaker and the White House, including the President. I am pleased to say we have made substantial progress in translating provisions of the budget resolution into policies we can pass into law. As we continue our work over the next few weeks, I want to take a step back and explain why this legislation is so important. For far too long, millions of American families have worried that the American dream has increasingly fallen out of reach. Too many in the middle class are just struggling to stay there. Too many who are trying to get to the middle class find the ladder up steeper and steeper. Today, the cost of raising a family, saving for college and retirement, getting a good-paying job and affording healthcare have become very, very hard. As a result, that sunny American optimism, so key to our national identity, has been replaced by a growing sourness and divisiveness in the land. We have to do better, and we will do better. With this legislation, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild our economy and rekindle faith in America's future. It will include the largest tax cut for the middle class in a generation. It will include provisions that are both critically important and overwhelmingly popular with the American people, from strengthening childcare and education to making healthcare more affordable for millions. And, crucially, it will include unprecedented steps to fight the climate crisis and preserve our planet for the next generation. After yet another summer marked by hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, we cannot hold off on taking action any longer. The world is looking to us for leadership on climate change. By achieving the emissions goals Democrats are laying out, we can reassert America's leadership. And through it all, we are going to make sure that this bill is paid for and that those at the very top finally pay their fair share. When this Senate majority began its work many months ago, our original task was to pass legislation that would get our country out of the depths of the COVID pandemic. Now, the legislation we will work on over the next 2 weeks will lay a new foundation for the future of our economy. It will restore the middle class in the 21st century and give many more Americans the opportunity to get there. Building ladders to middle class--that is what this is about, and that is what we are going to do. The next few weeks will be crucial to achieving this goal, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to continue to deliver on our promise of big, bold change for the American people. Of course, even as we work to deliver on our Build Back Better agenda, the House and Senate will also work on other important priorities that demand immediate attention, including passing a continuing resolution before the September 30 expiration of government funding, providing emergency funding to help those devastated by recent natural disasters, and helping resettle our Afghan allies and partners. I expect all of this to be done in a bipartisan and timely way. Of course, over the next few weeks, the House and Senate must also come together to address the debt ceiling. In America, when it is time to pay the bills, we follow through on our obligations, without exception. For a long time, addressing the debt ceiling was considered a routine and responsible step that both sides worked together to achieve. Even when President Trump was in office, Democrats worked three times with Republicans to suspend the debt ceiling because it was the right and obvious thing to do. We didn't pick excuses and say: Here is why we don't want to do it. We knew it was important and it was time to lay aside differences and move it forward. But now, unfortunately, some of our Republican colleagues--even though they were eager to have Democrats support them when President Trump was President--now some of our Republican colleagues are reportedly contemplating a reckless idea, spearheaded by the Republican Senator from Wisconsin, to oppose any effort to raise the debt ceiling whatsoever. And, unfortunately and sadly, the Republican leader seems to be going along. Let me be clear: taking the debt hostage and playing games with the full faith and credit of the United States is reckless, irresponsible, and will harm every single American. It is a complete nonstarter. This is not just another political debate. It is about honoring our unbroken commitment to pay our debts and avoid another financial crisis at a crucial moment for our country. Now it is important to remember that this is not about green-lighting future spending. This is about paying debt from past spending, which was incurred during the Trump administration and which received favorable votes from the majority of Republicans and Democrats. Indeed, it is a new study that came out. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, the Trump administration incurred $5.4 trillion in new debt after the debt ceiling was raised in 2019, up through his last day of office. So all of the new $5 trillion in debt, bottom line, was caused under the Trump administration, not by Democratic spending--under the Trump administration, $5.4 trillion from the last day the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 to the last day of Trump being in office. Another report by the Treasury Department further states that, over the entirety of the Trump administration, that figure rose to as high as $8 trillion. Again, let me repeat this so my Republican colleagues hear it loud and clear. This is not about the Democrats incurring debt. Between the last time that the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 and the final day of the Trump administration--nothing to do with Biden or Democrats or anything in 2021--his administration added more than $5 trillion to the national debt; and over the 4 years of Donald Trump, new debt totaled as much as $8 trillion. So both sides--both sides--have a responsibility to pay our bills. Both sides, led by the Republican Senate, incurred much of this new debt. Senators from both parties voted overwhelmingly in support of the many laws that contributed to this obligation. In the middle of the COVID pandemic, the Congress came together under Donald Trump, when Donald Trump was President, to pass successive COVID relief laws, like the CARES Act, the PPP extension, and the ``908 COVID deal'' in December. Democrats and Republicans voted in huge numbers in support of these laws. Republicans voted to make these expenditures. Now we must come together to do the responsible thing and pay those bills. Leader McConnell assured the country in 2019, when Donald Trump was President, that we would ``no doubt [raise the debt ceiling] on a bipartisan basis.'' Again, that is what McConnell said when Trump was President: We will ``no doubt [raise the debt ceiling] on a bipartisan basis.'' He said, when Trump was President, failure to do so would be a ``disaster.'' Failure to do so now, Leader McConnell, is an equal disaster. It doesn't matter who is President. We still incurred the bills. So I believe it should be no different this time around. The United States has never, ever, defaulted on its debt. I can't imagine Republicans would want to be responsible for the first-ever default. We need to work together to raise the debt ceiling and avoid causing irreparable harm to our economy, still recovering from the devastation of the pandemic. I would say to the business community and the financial community, let Leader McConnell know, stop playing games with the debt ceiling. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6439-7 | null | 3,059 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, first, I want to welcome back all of my colleagues from the August work period. As we return to Washington, as everyone knows, the Senate has a very busy schedule ahead of it. On the nominations front, we will begin this week by holding a cloture vote on James Kvaal to be the Under Secretary of Education. Tomorrow, we will move the nominations of David Estudillo to be district judge of the Western District of Washington, Angel Kelly to serve as district judge for the District of Massachusetts, and the Senate will also begin consideration of Veronica Rossman to be the circuit judge for the Tenth Circuit. On the legislative front, the Senate will pick up exactly where we left off last month. We will continue our fight to preserve voting rights for millions of Americans, and, of course, we will continue working to pass President Biden's Build Back Better agenda and set our country on a path to prosperity for decades to come. At the end of last work period, the Senate took two important steps to achieving that goal. First, we passed the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill that will make historic investments in our Nation's physical infrastructure. Second, Senate Democrats came together to pass a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions that will clear the way to pass a reconciliation bill with historic and transformative investments in American jobs, American families, and the fight against climate change. Over the August State work period, I remained in constant communication with the chairs of the Senate's relevant committees, as well as with the Speaker and the White House, including the President. I am pleased to say we have made substantial progress in translating provisions of the budget resolution into policies we can pass into law. As we continue our work over the next few weeks, I want to take a step back and explain why this legislation is so important. For far too long, millions of American families have worried that the American dream has increasingly fallen out of reach. Too many in the middle class are just struggling to stay there. Too many who are trying to get to the middle class find the ladder up steeper and steeper. Today, the cost of raising a family, saving for college and retirement, getting a good-paying job and affording healthcare have become very, very hard. As a result, that sunny American optimism, so key to our national identity, has been replaced by a growing sourness and divisiveness in the land. We have to do better, and we will do better. With this legislation, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild our economy and rekindle faith in America's future. It will include the largest tax cut for the middle class in a generation. It will include provisions that are both critically important and overwhelmingly popular with the American people, from strengthening childcare and education to making healthcare more affordable for millions. And, crucially, it will include unprecedented steps to fight the climate crisis and preserve our planet for the next generation. After yet another summer marked by hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, we cannot hold off on taking action any longer. The world is looking to us for leadership on climate change. By achieving the emissions goals Democrats are laying out, we can reassert America's leadership. And through it all, we are going to make sure that this bill is paid for and that those at the very top finally pay their fair share. When this Senate majority began its work many months ago, our original task was to pass legislation that would get our country out of the depths of the COVID pandemic. Now, the legislation we will work on over the next 2 weeks will lay a new foundation for the future of our economy. It will restore the middle class in the 21st century and give many more Americans the opportunity to get there. Building ladders to middle class--that is what this is about, and that is what we are going to do. The next few weeks will be crucial to achieving this goal, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to continue to deliver on our promise of big, bold change for the American people. Of course, even as we work to deliver on our Build Back Better agenda, the House and Senate will also work on other important priorities that demand immediate attention, including passing a continuing resolution before the September 30 expiration of government funding, providing emergency funding to help those devastated by recent natural disasters, and helping resettle our Afghan allies and partners. I expect all of this to be done in a bipartisan and timely way. Of course, over the next few weeks, the House and Senate must also come together to address the debt ceiling. In America, when it is time to pay the bills, we follow through on our obligations, without exception. For a long time, addressing the debt ceiling was considered a routine and responsible step that both sides worked together to achieve. Even when President Trump was in office, Democrats worked three times with Republicans to suspend the debt ceiling because it was the right and obvious thing to do. We didn't pick excuses and say: Here is why we don't want to do it. We knew it was important and it was time to lay aside differences and move it forward. But now, unfortunately, some of our Republican colleagues--even though they were eager to have Democrats support them when President Trump was President--now some of our Republican colleagues are reportedly contemplating a reckless idea, spearheaded by the Republican Senator from Wisconsin, to oppose any effort to raise the debt ceiling whatsoever. And, unfortunately and sadly, the Republican leader seems to be going along. Let me be clear: taking the debt hostage and playing games with the full faith and credit of the United States is reckless, irresponsible, and will harm every single American. It is a complete nonstarter. This is not just another political debate. It is about honoring our unbroken commitment to pay our debts and avoid another financial crisis at a crucial moment for our country. Now it is important to remember that this is not about green-lighting future spending. This is about paying debt from past spending, which was incurred during the Trump administration and which received favorable votes from the majority of Republicans and Democrats. Indeed, it is a new study that came out. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, the Trump administration incurred $5.4 trillion in new debt after the debt ceiling was raised in 2019, up through his last day of office. So all of the new $5 trillion in debt, bottom line, was caused under the Trump administration, not by Democratic spending--under the Trump administration, $5.4 trillion from the last day the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 to the last day of Trump being in office. Another report by the Treasury Department further states that, over the entirety of the Trump administration, that figure rose to as high as $8 trillion. Again, let me repeat this so my Republican colleagues hear it loud and clear. This is not about the Democrats incurring debt. Between the last time that the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 and the final day of the Trump administration--nothing to do with Biden or Democrats or anything in 2021--his administration added more than $5 trillion to the national debt; and over the 4 years of Donald Trump, new debt totaled as much as $8 trillion. So both sides--both sides--have a responsibility to pay our bills. Both sides, led by the Republican Senate, incurred much of this new debt. Senators from both parties voted overwhelmingly in support of the many laws that contributed to this obligation. In the middle of the COVID pandemic, the Congress came together under Donald Trump, when Donald Trump was President, to pass successive COVID relief laws, like the CARES Act, the PPP extension, and the ``908 COVID deal'' in December. Democrats and Republicans voted in huge numbers in support of these laws. Republicans voted to make these expenditures. Now we must come together to do the responsible thing and pay those bills. Leader McConnell assured the country in 2019, when Donald Trump was President, that we would ``no doubt [raise the debt ceiling] on a bipartisan basis.'' Again, that is what McConnell said when Trump was President: We will ``no doubt [raise the debt ceiling] on a bipartisan basis.'' He said, when Trump was President, failure to do so would be a ``disaster.'' Failure to do so now, Leader McConnell, is an equal disaster. It doesn't matter who is President. We still incurred the bills. So I believe it should be no different this time around. The United States has never, ever, defaulted on its debt. I can't imagine Republicans would want to be responsible for the first-ever default. We need to work together to raise the debt ceiling and avoid causing irreparable harm to our economy, still recovering from the devastation of the pandemic. I would say to the business community and the financial community, let Leader McConnell know, stop playing games with the debt ceiling. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6439-7 | null | 3,060 |
formal | middle class | null | racist | Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, first, I want to welcome back all of my colleagues from the August work period. As we return to Washington, as everyone knows, the Senate has a very busy schedule ahead of it. On the nominations front, we will begin this week by holding a cloture vote on James Kvaal to be the Under Secretary of Education. Tomorrow, we will move the nominations of David Estudillo to be district judge of the Western District of Washington, Angel Kelly to serve as district judge for the District of Massachusetts, and the Senate will also begin consideration of Veronica Rossman to be the circuit judge for the Tenth Circuit. On the legislative front, the Senate will pick up exactly where we left off last month. We will continue our fight to preserve voting rights for millions of Americans, and, of course, we will continue working to pass President Biden's Build Back Better agenda and set our country on a path to prosperity for decades to come. At the end of last work period, the Senate took two important steps to achieving that goal. First, we passed the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill that will make historic investments in our Nation's physical infrastructure. Second, Senate Democrats came together to pass a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions that will clear the way to pass a reconciliation bill with historic and transformative investments in American jobs, American families, and the fight against climate change. Over the August State work period, I remained in constant communication with the chairs of the Senate's relevant committees, as well as with the Speaker and the White House, including the President. I am pleased to say we have made substantial progress in translating provisions of the budget resolution into policies we can pass into law. As we continue our work over the next few weeks, I want to take a step back and explain why this legislation is so important. For far too long, millions of American families have worried that the American dream has increasingly fallen out of reach. Too many in the middle class are just struggling to stay there. Too many who are trying to get to the middle class find the ladder up steeper and steeper. Today, the cost of raising a family, saving for college and retirement, getting a good-paying job and affording healthcare have become very, very hard. As a result, that sunny American optimism, so key to our national identity, has been replaced by a growing sourness and divisiveness in the land. We have to do better, and we will do better. With this legislation, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild our economy and rekindle faith in America's future. It will include the largest tax cut for the middle class in a generation. It will include provisions that are both critically important and overwhelmingly popular with the American people, from strengthening childcare and education to making healthcare more affordable for millions. And, crucially, it will include unprecedented steps to fight the climate crisis and preserve our planet for the next generation. After yet another summer marked by hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, we cannot hold off on taking action any longer. The world is looking to us for leadership on climate change. By achieving the emissions goals Democrats are laying out, we can reassert America's leadership. And through it all, we are going to make sure that this bill is paid for and that those at the very top finally pay their fair share. When this Senate majority began its work many months ago, our original task was to pass legislation that would get our country out of the depths of the COVID pandemic. Now, the legislation we will work on over the next 2 weeks will lay a new foundation for the future of our economy. It will restore the middle class in the 21st century and give many more Americans the opportunity to get there. Building ladders to middle class--that is what this is about, and that is what we are going to do. The next few weeks will be crucial to achieving this goal, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to continue to deliver on our promise of big, bold change for the American people. Of course, even as we work to deliver on our Build Back Better agenda, the House and Senate will also work on other important priorities that demand immediate attention, including passing a continuing resolution before the September 30 expiration of government funding, providing emergency funding to help those devastated by recent natural disasters, and helping resettle our Afghan allies and partners. I expect all of this to be done in a bipartisan and timely way. Of course, over the next few weeks, the House and Senate must also come together to address the debt ceiling. In America, when it is time to pay the bills, we follow through on our obligations, without exception. For a long time, addressing the debt ceiling was considered a routine and responsible step that both sides worked together to achieve. Even when President Trump was in office, Democrats worked three times with Republicans to suspend the debt ceiling because it was the right and obvious thing to do. We didn't pick excuses and say: Here is why we don't want to do it. We knew it was important and it was time to lay aside differences and move it forward. But now, unfortunately, some of our Republican colleagues--even though they were eager to have Democrats support them when President Trump was President--now some of our Republican colleagues are reportedly contemplating a reckless idea, spearheaded by the Republican Senator from Wisconsin, to oppose any effort to raise the debt ceiling whatsoever. And, unfortunately and sadly, the Republican leader seems to be going along. Let me be clear: taking the debt hostage and playing games with the full faith and credit of the United States is reckless, irresponsible, and will harm every single American. It is a complete nonstarter. This is not just another political debate. It is about honoring our unbroken commitment to pay our debts and avoid another financial crisis at a crucial moment for our country. Now it is important to remember that this is not about green-lighting future spending. This is about paying debt from past spending, which was incurred during the Trump administration and which received favorable votes from the majority of Republicans and Democrats. Indeed, it is a new study that came out. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, the Trump administration incurred $5.4 trillion in new debt after the debt ceiling was raised in 2019, up through his last day of office. So all of the new $5 trillion in debt, bottom line, was caused under the Trump administration, not by Democratic spending--under the Trump administration, $5.4 trillion from the last day the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 to the last day of Trump being in office. Another report by the Treasury Department further states that, over the entirety of the Trump administration, that figure rose to as high as $8 trillion. Again, let me repeat this so my Republican colleagues hear it loud and clear. This is not about the Democrats incurring debt. Between the last time that the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 and the final day of the Trump administration--nothing to do with Biden or Democrats or anything in 2021--his administration added more than $5 trillion to the national debt; and over the 4 years of Donald Trump, new debt totaled as much as $8 trillion. So both sides--both sides--have a responsibility to pay our bills. Both sides, led by the Republican Senate, incurred much of this new debt. Senators from both parties voted overwhelmingly in support of the many laws that contributed to this obligation. In the middle of the COVID pandemic, the Congress came together under Donald Trump, when Donald Trump was President, to pass successive COVID relief laws, like the CARES Act, the PPP extension, and the ``908 COVID deal'' in December. Democrats and Republicans voted in huge numbers in support of these laws. Republicans voted to make these expenditures. Now we must come together to do the responsible thing and pay those bills. Leader McConnell assured the country in 2019, when Donald Trump was President, that we would ``no doubt [raise the debt ceiling] on a bipartisan basis.'' Again, that is what McConnell said when Trump was President: We will ``no doubt [raise the debt ceiling] on a bipartisan basis.'' He said, when Trump was President, failure to do so would be a ``disaster.'' Failure to do so now, Leader McConnell, is an equal disaster. It doesn't matter who is President. We still incurred the bills. So I believe it should be no different this time around. The United States has never, ever, defaulted on its debt. I can't imagine Republicans would want to be responsible for the first-ever default. We need to work together to raise the debt ceiling and avoid causing irreparable harm to our economy, still recovering from the devastation of the pandemic. I would say to the business community and the financial community, let Leader McConnell know, stop playing games with the debt ceiling. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6439-7 | null | 3,061 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, over the State work period, as Senators attended business back home, the Biden administration's reckless decision to retreat from Afghanistan was carried through to a damaging and deadly end. The consequences of its hasty retreat were not just foreseeable; they were actually foreseen. And yet, against the advice of Members from both parties and even its own national security experts, the administration plowed right ahead. Just weeks after abandoning our strategic airbase in the dead of night, the Biden administration told Americans and vulnerable Afghan partners they were largely on their own to make it to the commercial airport in Kabul if they wanted out of Afghanistan. And by the White House's own admission, some of the Americans who wanted to come home were left behind. So let's let that sink in. President Biden left Americans who wanted to escape behind, in the clutches of the Taliban. Of course, Americans aren't the only people we left behind. In order to meet an arbitrary political deadline, the Biden administration also pulled out before we helped all the brave Afghans who stuck their necks out to assist American servicemembers and build a better future for their country. Our Nation made a promise of aid and safety in exchange for their service; and on this President's watch, we actually failed to keep the promise. We left Americans and vulnerable Afghans behind. The administration naively expected the Taliban to behave like any law-abiding member of the so-called international community, supposedly subject to tremendous leverage for recognition and for funding. Well, our adversaries are sending emissaries to the Taliban, and the terrorists in Kabul seem unconcerned with diplomacy. Trust in the Taliban to ensure safe passage to the airport for evacuees was fatally misplaced. Anyone who expected the group to become ``inclusive'' should now rightly expect to literally be laughed out of the room. The administration confidently insisted it would own the consequences of its withdrawal efforts; but as soon as their lack of planning bore real, deadly consequences, it pointed the blame at everyone but the reflection in the mirror. Now, in a bizarre twist of narcissism, the White House is now holding up its belated and frantic evacuations as worthy of praise and credit. So where are we now? A wall outside the compound that, until recently, housed the U.S. Embassy in Kabul now bears a mural of the Taliban flag. Four terrorists once detained at Guantanamo Bay now hold senior positions in the Taliban regime. And in the void left by our coalition's withdrawal, we are less able to collect intelligence and fight terrorists on their own soil. This failure was entirely avoidable; the consequences were totally foreseeable; and the stain on our retreat has left America more endangered, less credible, and with fewer capabilities in the face of real and growing terrorist threats. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6441-2 | null | 3,062 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, over the State work period, as Senators attended business back home, the Biden administration's reckless decision to retreat from Afghanistan was carried through to a damaging and deadly end. The consequences of its hasty retreat were not just foreseeable; they were actually foreseen. And yet, against the advice of Members from both parties and even its own national security experts, the administration plowed right ahead. Just weeks after abandoning our strategic airbase in the dead of night, the Biden administration told Americans and vulnerable Afghan partners they were largely on their own to make it to the commercial airport in Kabul if they wanted out of Afghanistan. And by the White House's own admission, some of the Americans who wanted to come home were left behind. So let's let that sink in. President Biden left Americans who wanted to escape behind, in the clutches of the Taliban. Of course, Americans aren't the only people we left behind. In order to meet an arbitrary political deadline, the Biden administration also pulled out before we helped all the brave Afghans who stuck their necks out to assist American servicemembers and build a better future for their country. Our Nation made a promise of aid and safety in exchange for their service; and on this President's watch, we actually failed to keep the promise. We left Americans and vulnerable Afghans behind. The administration naively expected the Taliban to behave like any law-abiding member of the so-called international community, supposedly subject to tremendous leverage for recognition and for funding. Well, our adversaries are sending emissaries to the Taliban, and the terrorists in Kabul seem unconcerned with diplomacy. Trust in the Taliban to ensure safe passage to the airport for evacuees was fatally misplaced. Anyone who expected the group to become ``inclusive'' should now rightly expect to literally be laughed out of the room. The administration confidently insisted it would own the consequences of its withdrawal efforts; but as soon as their lack of planning bore real, deadly consequences, it pointed the blame at everyone but the reflection in the mirror. Now, in a bizarre twist of narcissism, the White House is now holding up its belated and frantic evacuations as worthy of praise and credit. So where are we now? A wall outside the compound that, until recently, housed the U.S. Embassy in Kabul now bears a mural of the Taliban flag. Four terrorists once detained at Guantanamo Bay now hold senior positions in the Taliban regime. And in the void left by our coalition's withdrawal, we are less able to collect intelligence and fight terrorists on their own soil. This failure was entirely avoidable; the consequences were totally foreseeable; and the stain on our retreat has left America more endangered, less credible, and with fewer capabilities in the face of real and growing terrorist threats. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6441-2 | null | 3,063 |
formal | welfare | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, on another matter, the international stage isn't the only area where the Biden administration's policies have caused damage that was both foreseeable and foreseen. Back in the springtime, Washington Democrats dumped trillions of dollars in liberal borrowing and spending onto the American people. They pretended it was a COVID relief bill. What it was, was a recipe for rampant inflation, a silent tax hike on American families. It was clear what would happen. Even liberal economists warned this was a bad idea that would cause inflation. But just like in Afghanistan, Democrats had made up their minds long ago and were certainly not going to be deterred. Now working Americans are paying the price. Annual inflation is up 5.4 percent, tied for the worst inflation in over a decade. It has more than swamped American workers' wage gains over the last year. The Democrats' inflation is turning American workers' pay raises into effective pay cuts, essentially pick-pocketing American families. You might think this would give our Democratic friends some pause and encourage them to deal in reality; but, alas, that is not what is happening. Instead, they are eager to jam through yet another massive multitrillion-dollar reckless taxing-and-spending spree in an effort to move our country to the left, literally, forever. Massive new government intrusion into Americans' childcare arrangements, into Americans' medical prescriptions, into the power grid; new welfare spending that hands out cash with zero--zero--work requirements; socialist price setting that would leave our medical system with fewer new cures; and a thousand more awful, far-left policies just like these, all accompanied by a suite of staggering--literally staggering--tax hikes that would kill jobs, hurt families, and crush our competitiveness with the Chinese. Details are already emerging about the seismic tax hikes that Democrats are cooking up: more higher taxes on employers and job creators, targeted tax hikes to hit small businesses and family farms, pulling more Americans into the death tax. This tax-hiking wish list would add up to one of the biggest tax hikes in American history at exactly the time their liberal policies already have our economy sputtering. So it is the very last thing American workers need. It is the last thing American families can afford, and Republicans are going to fight these terrible, painful policies tooth and nail. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6441-3 | null | 3,064 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Afghanistan Madam President, now I want to talk about the fall of Afghanistan. It is the thing that people in Wyoming want to talk about. They want to talk about Rylee, and they want to talk about what happened in Afghanistan. Over the last 20 years, nearly 2,500 Americans gave their lives in Afghanistan. Our mission in Afghanistan was twofold: first, to kill the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11/2001, and, second, to take away the safe haven where terrorists planned attacks on America. For the last 20 years, both missions were a success. Yet, in a matter of just weeks, everything changed, and they changed because of the complete incompetence of President Joe Biden. Because of that incompetence, the Taliban are stronger today than they were 20 years ago. They are stronger than ever. Afghanistan is now a safe haven for terrorists, and America is more at risk to terrorists today than it has been in two decades. Afghanistan fell because President Biden paid exclusive attention to the calendar on the wall instead of the conditions on the ground. Joe Biden set an arbitrary political deadline of August 31. The President wanted symbolism for September 11. Well, he got symbolism, but it wasn't what he wanted. It was the kind of symbolism that terrorists wanted. Now, in April, when President Biden announced his deadline, I warned this would happen. I said, if we pulled out, the Taliban would take over. Leader McConnell and other Senate Republicans came and warned the President as well. Some of the top generals in our military warned the President also. Yet President Biden stubbornly refused to listen. He refused to listen to his military and refused to listen to his national security advisers. Our enemies knew we were leaving, and so they were on the offense. In a matter of weeks, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. It was predictable, and it was preventable. When Kabul fell, President Biden was on vacation. So were the Secretary of State and the White House Press Secretary. When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to reach President Biden, he had to wait 36 hours. When the Canadian Prime Minister wanted to discuss Afghanistan, he couldn't get through to President Biden, but he got through to Hillary Clinton. The White House was asleep at the switch, and the White House switchboard was turned off to our closest allies. Even after Kabul fell, President Biden stuck with his reckless and dangerous deadline, and as a result, President Biden has abandoned hundreds of Americans behind enemy lines. Many are still trapped there right now. I can't imagine any other President in the history of our country doing that, abandoning Americans behind enemy lines. He also abandoned thousands of Afghan people who have helped us over the years. They helped our troops. That even includes an interpreter who helped save the President's life when he visited Afghanistan as a Senator. Many of these people are going to be killed by terrorists. President Biden signed their death warrants. This is worse than Benghazi. This is worse than the Iranian hostage crisis. This is worse than the withdrawal from Vietnam. To me, this is America's worst national humiliation in more than 50 years. Simply stated, the fall of Afghanistan is a dereliction of duty--a dereliction of duty--by the Commander in Chief. Joe Biden ran for President on two things. One, he raced on competence, and on foreign policy expertise. He has failed this entire Nation on both. Nearly every prediction that President Biden made about Afghanistan has proven to be wrong. On July 8, President Biden said there would be ``no circumstance''--no circumstance--``where you [would] see people being lifted off the roof of the embassy of the United States from Afghanistan.'' Just 5 weeks later, that is exactly the video of what the world saw. President Biden claimed al-Qaida is gone from Afghanistan. Just hours later, the Pentagon had to admit that what the President said was not true. The President had lied to the American people. ISIS fighters are also in Afghanistan. They are the ones who killed the 13 servicemembers. Russians and Iranians are also in Afghanistan. The President's hasty withdrawal left behind billions of dollars' worth of American weapons. Now it is all property of the terrorists. Joe Biden armed the terrorists beyond their wildest dreams. In total, the Taliban has seized more than 600,000 American weapons; 2,000 armored vehicles--humvees, American tanks; and 40 aircraft, including Black Hawk helicopters. Because of the incompetence of President Biden, the Taliban is now the best armed terrorist group in history. President Biden surrendered to the terrorists, and now the terrorists will be coming for us. I join with my fellow Republicans in demanding a full accounting of American military equipment in Afghanistan. President Biden has absolutely no plan to either get the weapons back or to destroy them where they are. Instead, President Biden is making excuses. He claims he had to follow President Trump's withdrawal agreement. Well, that is not true, and we know it. President Trump's plan was conditioned on successful peace talks with the Afghan Government. Those talks are still unsuccessful. President Biden has overturned dozens of policies from the previous administration. Let's look at a few of the Trump policies that President Biden reversed. Well, he reversed the very successful ``Remain in Mexico'' policy, which has resulted in a complete collapse of our border security. He tried to bring back the Iran deal. He put us back in the Paris accord. He rejoined the World Health Organization. So why didn't, then, President Biden either enforce the original withdrawal agreement from Afghanistan or renegotiate that agreement? He never even tried. President Biden even chose to give up Bagram Air Force Base, north of Kabul. It is a strategic military location that military leaders will tell you should never have been abandoned under any circumstances. It is probably the only facility big enough to get every American out quickly. We left there in the middle of the night without even telling our allies on the ground. The U.S. Senate must investigate why the President ordered the military to abandon it. The United States, I believe, has a sacred duty to finish the job of safely evacuating every American civilian in Afghanistan. The President said on national television just a few weeks before the collapse that he would not leave Afghanistan and would not follow the directive that he had placed, the August 31 deadline, until every American was out. Yet, on August 30, he had every American servicemember out, and his own Secretary of State said there were still up to 200 American citizens trapped behind enemy lines. I believe we also have to evacuate the Afghans who risked their lives by providing us with assistance. I believe the United States must never recognize the Taliban as a legitimate government. The Biden administration claimed they would not recognize any government which came to power by force in Afghanistan. I find it very hard to trust anything that President Biden says anymore. Let me conclude with a word about our heroes who served our country in Afghanistan. Over my time in the Senate, I visited Afghanistan nine times. Each time I go, it is to say ``thank you'' to the men and women in uniform who are there. I visit with Wyoming National Guard. I visit with Wyoming regular military. Our National Guard, our Cowboy Cannoneers, have been deployed to Bagram Air Force Base, and I visited with them numerous times over a number of years. To them and to all Americans, I say, no matter how disgraceful this withdrawal, no matter how incompetent our Commander in Chief, no matter the failures of this administration, the truth remains: Our soldiers served with honor, they fought with valor, and they have kept us safe and free for the last 20 years. They are all heroes. We will always--always--hold them in high honor. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6445 | null | 3,065 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Afghanistan Madam President, now I want to talk about the fall of Afghanistan. It is the thing that people in Wyoming want to talk about. They want to talk about Rylee, and they want to talk about what happened in Afghanistan. Over the last 20 years, nearly 2,500 Americans gave their lives in Afghanistan. Our mission in Afghanistan was twofold: first, to kill the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11/2001, and, second, to take away the safe haven where terrorists planned attacks on America. For the last 20 years, both missions were a success. Yet, in a matter of just weeks, everything changed, and they changed because of the complete incompetence of President Joe Biden. Because of that incompetence, the Taliban are stronger today than they were 20 years ago. They are stronger than ever. Afghanistan is now a safe haven for terrorists, and America is more at risk to terrorists today than it has been in two decades. Afghanistan fell because President Biden paid exclusive attention to the calendar on the wall instead of the conditions on the ground. Joe Biden set an arbitrary political deadline of August 31. The President wanted symbolism for September 11. Well, he got symbolism, but it wasn't what he wanted. It was the kind of symbolism that terrorists wanted. Now, in April, when President Biden announced his deadline, I warned this would happen. I said, if we pulled out, the Taliban would take over. Leader McConnell and other Senate Republicans came and warned the President as well. Some of the top generals in our military warned the President also. Yet President Biden stubbornly refused to listen. He refused to listen to his military and refused to listen to his national security advisers. Our enemies knew we were leaving, and so they were on the offense. In a matter of weeks, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. It was predictable, and it was preventable. When Kabul fell, President Biden was on vacation. So were the Secretary of State and the White House Press Secretary. When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to reach President Biden, he had to wait 36 hours. When the Canadian Prime Minister wanted to discuss Afghanistan, he couldn't get through to President Biden, but he got through to Hillary Clinton. The White House was asleep at the switch, and the White House switchboard was turned off to our closest allies. Even after Kabul fell, President Biden stuck with his reckless and dangerous deadline, and as a result, President Biden has abandoned hundreds of Americans behind enemy lines. Many are still trapped there right now. I can't imagine any other President in the history of our country doing that, abandoning Americans behind enemy lines. He also abandoned thousands of Afghan people who have helped us over the years. They helped our troops. That even includes an interpreter who helped save the President's life when he visited Afghanistan as a Senator. Many of these people are going to be killed by terrorists. President Biden signed their death warrants. This is worse than Benghazi. This is worse than the Iranian hostage crisis. This is worse than the withdrawal from Vietnam. To me, this is America's worst national humiliation in more than 50 years. Simply stated, the fall of Afghanistan is a dereliction of duty--a dereliction of duty--by the Commander in Chief. Joe Biden ran for President on two things. One, he raced on competence, and on foreign policy expertise. He has failed this entire Nation on both. Nearly every prediction that President Biden made about Afghanistan has proven to be wrong. On July 8, President Biden said there would be ``no circumstance''--no circumstance--``where you [would] see people being lifted off the roof of the embassy of the United States from Afghanistan.'' Just 5 weeks later, that is exactly the video of what the world saw. President Biden claimed al-Qaida is gone from Afghanistan. Just hours later, the Pentagon had to admit that what the President said was not true. The President had lied to the American people. ISIS fighters are also in Afghanistan. They are the ones who killed the 13 servicemembers. Russians and Iranians are also in Afghanistan. The President's hasty withdrawal left behind billions of dollars' worth of American weapons. Now it is all property of the terrorists. Joe Biden armed the terrorists beyond their wildest dreams. In total, the Taliban has seized more than 600,000 American weapons; 2,000 armored vehicles--humvees, American tanks; and 40 aircraft, including Black Hawk helicopters. Because of the incompetence of President Biden, the Taliban is now the best armed terrorist group in history. President Biden surrendered to the terrorists, and now the terrorists will be coming for us. I join with my fellow Republicans in demanding a full accounting of American military equipment in Afghanistan. President Biden has absolutely no plan to either get the weapons back or to destroy them where they are. Instead, President Biden is making excuses. He claims he had to follow President Trump's withdrawal agreement. Well, that is not true, and we know it. President Trump's plan was conditioned on successful peace talks with the Afghan Government. Those talks are still unsuccessful. President Biden has overturned dozens of policies from the previous administration. Let's look at a few of the Trump policies that President Biden reversed. Well, he reversed the very successful ``Remain in Mexico'' policy, which has resulted in a complete collapse of our border security. He tried to bring back the Iran deal. He put us back in the Paris accord. He rejoined the World Health Organization. So why didn't, then, President Biden either enforce the original withdrawal agreement from Afghanistan or renegotiate that agreement? He never even tried. President Biden even chose to give up Bagram Air Force Base, north of Kabul. It is a strategic military location that military leaders will tell you should never have been abandoned under any circumstances. It is probably the only facility big enough to get every American out quickly. We left there in the middle of the night without even telling our allies on the ground. The U.S. Senate must investigate why the President ordered the military to abandon it. The United States, I believe, has a sacred duty to finish the job of safely evacuating every American civilian in Afghanistan. The President said on national television just a few weeks before the collapse that he would not leave Afghanistan and would not follow the directive that he had placed, the August 31 deadline, until every American was out. Yet, on August 30, he had every American servicemember out, and his own Secretary of State said there were still up to 200 American citizens trapped behind enemy lines. I believe we also have to evacuate the Afghans who risked their lives by providing us with assistance. I believe the United States must never recognize the Taliban as a legitimate government. The Biden administration claimed they would not recognize any government which came to power by force in Afghanistan. I find it very hard to trust anything that President Biden says anymore. Let me conclude with a word about our heroes who served our country in Afghanistan. Over my time in the Senate, I visited Afghanistan nine times. Each time I go, it is to say ``thank you'' to the men and women in uniform who are there. I visit with Wyoming National Guard. I visit with Wyoming regular military. Our National Guard, our Cowboy Cannoneers, have been deployed to Bagram Air Force Base, and I visited with them numerous times over a number of years. To them and to all Americans, I say, no matter how disgraceful this withdrawal, no matter how incompetent our Commander in Chief, no matter the failures of this administration, the truth remains: Our soldiers served with honor, they fought with valor, and they have kept us safe and free for the last 20 years. They are all heroes. We will always--always--hold them in high honor. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6445 | null | 3,066 |
formal | urban | null | racist | Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, I rise to thank my constituent, Congressional Research Service analyst Eugene P. Boyd, on his four decades of service to the U.S. Congress. Mr. Boyd retired in January 2020, but, as with many other milestones, recognition of his retirement was disrupted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Boyd, a resident of Clinton, MD, began his CRS career in 1979 as an analyst focusing on urban policy and federalism. Throughout his career, he provided expert advice to the House and Senate on topics that included economic development, empowerment zones, gentrification, and intergovernmental relations. Mr. Boyd began his career as a relocation specialist for the Prince George's County Housing Authority. He earned a bachelor's degree in urban planning from Virginia Commonwealth University and a master's degree in urban planning from Howard University. Mr. Boyd is noted especially for his commitment to and expertise on the District of Columbia, including detailed knowledge of the city's policies and politics that helped Congress understand the effects of its lawmaking on the Nation's Capital. He coordinated a CRS team that supported congressional consideration of the 1997 Capital Revitalization and Government Reorganization Act. He advised Congress throughout its oversight of D.C. revitalization during the 1990s. More recently, his work focused on the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board--FOMB--and the Community Development Block Grant--CDBG--Program's role in disaster recovery. He also aided Congress in understanding challenges facing local governments that drew national attention, such as the Flint, MI, water system. Mr. Boyd's colleagues regard him as a leader, mentor, and friend. In addition to guiding his colleagues in their official duties, Mr. Boyd served in his personal capacity as an active member of the Congressional Research Employees Association--CREA--and as a director and vice chairman of the Library of Congress Federal Credit Union. His colleagues always appreciated his kindness, humor, impeccable sartorial style, and expert culinary contributions. Above all, they treasured him as a gentleman and a professional who made CRS a better place to work. Some of Mr. Boyd's most important life's work occurred outside of the office. He was a member of only the second class to integrate the public high schools in Newport News, VA. He knew well the realities of segregation, which inspired his lifelong belief in the importance of democratic participation. He is a committed mentor, especially to young Black men, individually and through the Concerned Black Men organization. And in a true act of selflessness, in 1992 Mr. Boyd helped save the life of a 13-year-old boy in Oklahoma, whom he had never met, by serving as a bone marrow donor. Mr. Boyd is so humble that many of his longtime colleagues did not know about his personal sacrifice until after he retired. The U.S. Congress and our Nation are better informed because of Eugene Boyd's service to the legislative branch. I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing Mr. Boyd and his beloved wife Sharon Butts, also a CRS retiree, and daughter Lauren, all the best as Mr. Boyd begins the next chapter of his life of service to his community and his country. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. VAN HOLLEN | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6453-2 | null | 3,067 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Enrolled Bill Signed Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the Secretary of the Senate, on August 17, 2021, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Beyer) had signed the following enrolled bill: H.R. 1448. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy, and to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments. Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the enrolled bill was signed on August 20, 2021, during the adjournment of the Senate, by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr. Bennet). Enrolled Bill Signed Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the following enrolled bill was signed on August 24, 2021, during the adjournment of the Senate, by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr. Murphy): H.R. 3642. An act to award a Congressional gold medal to the 369th Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the ``Harlem Hellfighters'', in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during World War I. Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the Secretary of the Senate, on August 24, 2021, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the Speaker signed the enrolled bill, previously signed by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr. Murphy). Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the Secretary of the Senate, on August 27, 2021, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the House had passed the following bills, without amendment: S. 272. 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. S. 325. An act to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes. Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the Secretary of the Senate, on August 27, 2021, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the House had agreed to the following concurrent resolution, without amendment: S. Con. Res. 14. Concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031. Enrolled Bill Signed Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the Secretary of the Senate, on August 31, 2021, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Raskin) had signed the following enrolled bill: H.R. 5085. An act to amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority for increase payments for temporary assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign countries, and for other purposes. Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the enrolled bill was signed on August 31, 2021, during the adjournment of the Senate, by the Vice President. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-13-pt1-PgS6454-3 | null | 3,068 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: Holy God, deal with us according to Your love, and by Your grace transform all that we set forth to do this day. Reveal Your loving kindness to us. Direct our steps; give us evidence of Your mercy that we would be compelled to follow Your commands and live according to Your law. It is clearly time, O Lord, for You to act. We are beholden to Your faithful promises to step in on our behalf. Your law is being broken. Your gracious design for peace in our land is being overwhelmed by acts of terrorism. And Your desire for unity is being undermined by seeds of spite and doubt. When all around us threatens to subvert even our most noble efforts, may we appreciate that as Your servants we must yield our whole selves to the way You would have us go. When our own eyes fail and we long for Your salvation, may we have faith enough in Your mercy to know that You will give us Your vision. And when we are depleted of energy and ideas, may we trust that You will grant us discernment and embolden our efforts. We commit this day, and all it throws in our way, to the redemption of Your hands. And we pray this prayer trusting in Your sovereign name. Amen. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgH4521-3 | null | 3,069 |
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. 4089. A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and disseminate best practices for rental companies and dealers to report suspicious behavior to law enforcement agencies at the point of sale of a covered rental vehicle to prevent and mitigate acts of terrorism using motor vehicles, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-119). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state the Union. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: Committee on Homeland Security. H.R. 4611. A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue guidance with respect to certain information and communications technology or services contracts, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-120). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: Committee on Homeland Security. H.R. 4363. A bill to establish a daily reporting requirement for covered contract awards of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-121). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Committee on Homeland Security. H.R. 4691. A bill to establish a K-12 education cybersecurity initiative, and for other purposes; (Rept. 117- 122). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgH4522 | null | 3,070 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, we have a busy day in store for the Senate as we aim to hold a number of important votes before the start of Yom Kippur. Today, we will vote to advance four Presidential nominations. First, we will confirm James Kvaal to be Under Secretary of Education, and we will also confirm both David Estudillo and Angel Kelley to serve as district judges in Washington and Massachusetts, respectively. This afternoon, we will also advance the nomination of Ms. Veronica Rossman of Colorado, who has been nominated by President Biden to sit on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Rossman has spent practically her entire legal career in public service as a Federal defender, giving a voice in the courtroom to those who often cannot afford legal representation. She is also an immigrant, who fled Russia with her parents as a child after her family endured anti-Semitic persecution in their home country. She understands personally the damage faced by those who endure discrimination. If confirmed, Ms. Rossman would be the only Federal defender to sit on the Tenth Circuit, and one of the few in the entire country. I am proud to have nominated Eunice Lee to the Second Circuit Court of New York. She, too, has been a Federal defender. We also have plenty of prosecutors and corporate lawyers wearing black robes. Like so many other of President Biden's judicial nominees, Ms. Rossman is going to bring a sorely needed perspective to our courts. The more we work to make our courts reflective of the diversity of this country, both demographic and professionally, the more we will strengthen the public's trust in our judicial system. Now, secondly, today, the Senate Democrats will also continue work to turn President Biden's Build Back Better agenda into law. It bears repeating: This is a historic effort. This is not just another simple piece of legislation. We are laying a foundation for another century of American prosperity. Just like the Great Society and the New Deal before it, our legislation will bring transformational change to help build ladders so that those can climb up into the middle class, while making it easier for those already in the middle class to enjoy that middle class life and stay there. Too many in the middle class worry they are going to slip out with all the changes occurring in our society. We strengthen their ability to stay. And too many who are trying to climb those ladders find the ladders steep and unavailable. We are providing those ladders so they can get there, too. It is strong, bold, important legislation, and it is really a privilege to be here in the Senate and consider something as strong and bold as this. Later today, our caucus will discuss the latest elements of the reconciliation bill. Working with our colleagues in the House, we will have met the target date of September 15 set in thebudget resolution for producing text to review. I expect our committee chairs will provide an overview of all the work that each of their committees have done over the last 4 weeks in drafting legislative text, and the entire caucus will have the chance to offer feedback so we can continue to move this process forward. This will continue to be a collaborative process. Everyone--everyone--is going to have input into this legislation. But, of course, our unity is our strength, and if we are not unified with 50 votes, we can't get anything done. So we all must come together. Now, I am pleased to say, after working for weeks over the summer on our reconciliation bill, we are making great progress toward bringing the bill to the floor. Now, while Democrats are fighting to strengthen the middle class, our Republican colleagues, unfortunately, are resorting to the same, tired, predictable objections they raise about practically any Democratic proposal. Rather than explain why they oppose supporting families or expanding healthcare or taking action on climate change, they spent the last several months recycling old accusations about ``liberal wish lists.'' And rather than engage our policies on the merits and have a real debate, too often they raised unwarranted and incorrect points about how these programs will impact inflation. I remind my colleagues of a report released not long ago by the chief economist at Moody's Analytics, Mr. Mark Zandi. When Mr. Zandi examined the Democrats' two main legislative proposals, our infrastructure bill and our Build Back Better legislation, he concluded these packages would provide a massive boost to our economy. Specifically, he said our program would ``lift the economy's longer-term growth potential'' and would ``lift productivity and labor force growth''; that is, our proposal will do exactly what we said it would do, according to this impartial arbiter, Mark Zandi. And as for the Republicans' overheated rhetoric on inflation, Mr. Zandi dismisses such concerns as ``overdone'' and said our two infrastructure bills are designed to ``ease''--his words--inflation pressures. Let me repeat that. According to Moody's top economist--hardly a fervent liberal--the Democratic proposals would actually ease inflation pressures, not raise them. When you strengthen worker productivity, when you increase supply chains, the push to inflation decreases--decreases. And he also said that, in the long term, it would help grow our economy so that more Americans can get to and stay in the middle class. Compare that to the signature accomplishments that Senate Republicans forced when they were in charge: a massive tax break for corporations and the wealthy that did little to help everyday Americans. That is the difference between a Democratic majority and a Republican one. We are fighting to strengthen American workers and American families. Republicans seem only worried about protecting those at the very top. And, in addition, to those with inflationary concerns, we are going to pay for our proposal. The Trump tax cuts, which every Republican voted for, created a $2 trillion deficit. So let's be realistic here. Let's be honest here. The charges of runaway inflation are just wrong, especially when you consider we are paying for it, when Republicans were so willing to give tax cuts to the rich without paying for them at all. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6463-7 | null | 3,071 |
formal | tax cuts | null | racist | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, we have a busy day in store for the Senate as we aim to hold a number of important votes before the start of Yom Kippur. Today, we will vote to advance four Presidential nominations. First, we will confirm James Kvaal to be Under Secretary of Education, and we will also confirm both David Estudillo and Angel Kelley to serve as district judges in Washington and Massachusetts, respectively. This afternoon, we will also advance the nomination of Ms. Veronica Rossman of Colorado, who has been nominated by President Biden to sit on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Rossman has spent practically her entire legal career in public service as a Federal defender, giving a voice in the courtroom to those who often cannot afford legal representation. She is also an immigrant, who fled Russia with her parents as a child after her family endured anti-Semitic persecution in their home country. She understands personally the damage faced by those who endure discrimination. If confirmed, Ms. Rossman would be the only Federal defender to sit on the Tenth Circuit, and one of the few in the entire country. I am proud to have nominated Eunice Lee to the Second Circuit Court of New York. She, too, has been a Federal defender. We also have plenty of prosecutors and corporate lawyers wearing black robes. Like so many other of President Biden's judicial nominees, Ms. Rossman is going to bring a sorely needed perspective to our courts. The more we work to make our courts reflective of the diversity of this country, both demographic and professionally, the more we will strengthen the public's trust in our judicial system. Now, secondly, today, the Senate Democrats will also continue work to turn President Biden's Build Back Better agenda into law. It bears repeating: This is a historic effort. This is not just another simple piece of legislation. We are laying a foundation for another century of American prosperity. Just like the Great Society and the New Deal before it, our legislation will bring transformational change to help build ladders so that those can climb up into the middle class, while making it easier for those already in the middle class to enjoy that middle class life and stay there. Too many in the middle class worry they are going to slip out with all the changes occurring in our society. We strengthen their ability to stay. And too many who are trying to climb those ladders find the ladders steep and unavailable. We are providing those ladders so they can get there, too. It is strong, bold, important legislation, and it is really a privilege to be here in the Senate and consider something as strong and bold as this. Later today, our caucus will discuss the latest elements of the reconciliation bill. Working with our colleagues in the House, we will have met the target date of September 15 set in thebudget resolution for producing text to review. I expect our committee chairs will provide an overview of all the work that each of their committees have done over the last 4 weeks in drafting legislative text, and the entire caucus will have the chance to offer feedback so we can continue to move this process forward. This will continue to be a collaborative process. Everyone--everyone--is going to have input into this legislation. But, of course, our unity is our strength, and if we are not unified with 50 votes, we can't get anything done. So we all must come together. Now, I am pleased to say, after working for weeks over the summer on our reconciliation bill, we are making great progress toward bringing the bill to the floor. Now, while Democrats are fighting to strengthen the middle class, our Republican colleagues, unfortunately, are resorting to the same, tired, predictable objections they raise about practically any Democratic proposal. Rather than explain why they oppose supporting families or expanding healthcare or taking action on climate change, they spent the last several months recycling old accusations about ``liberal wish lists.'' And rather than engage our policies on the merits and have a real debate, too often they raised unwarranted and incorrect points about how these programs will impact inflation. I remind my colleagues of a report released not long ago by the chief economist at Moody's Analytics, Mr. Mark Zandi. When Mr. Zandi examined the Democrats' two main legislative proposals, our infrastructure bill and our Build Back Better legislation, he concluded these packages would provide a massive boost to our economy. Specifically, he said our program would ``lift the economy's longer-term growth potential'' and would ``lift productivity and labor force growth''; that is, our proposal will do exactly what we said it would do, according to this impartial arbiter, Mark Zandi. And as for the Republicans' overheated rhetoric on inflation, Mr. Zandi dismisses such concerns as ``overdone'' and said our two infrastructure bills are designed to ``ease''--his words--inflation pressures. Let me repeat that. According to Moody's top economist--hardly a fervent liberal--the Democratic proposals would actually ease inflation pressures, not raise them. When you strengthen worker productivity, when you increase supply chains, the push to inflation decreases--decreases. And he also said that, in the long term, it would help grow our economy so that more Americans can get to and stay in the middle class. Compare that to the signature accomplishments that Senate Republicans forced when they were in charge: a massive tax break for corporations and the wealthy that did little to help everyday Americans. That is the difference between a Democratic majority and a Republican one. We are fighting to strengthen American workers and American families. Republicans seem only worried about protecting those at the very top. And, in addition, to those with inflationary concerns, we are going to pay for our proposal. The Trump tax cuts, which every Republican voted for, created a $2 trillion deficit. So let's be realistic here. Let's be honest here. The charges of runaway inflation are just wrong, especially when you consider we are paying for it, when Republicans were so willing to give tax cuts to the rich without paying for them at all. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6463-7 | null | 3,072 |
formal | middle class | null | racist | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, we have a busy day in store for the Senate as we aim to hold a number of important votes before the start of Yom Kippur. Today, we will vote to advance four Presidential nominations. First, we will confirm James Kvaal to be Under Secretary of Education, and we will also confirm both David Estudillo and Angel Kelley to serve as district judges in Washington and Massachusetts, respectively. This afternoon, we will also advance the nomination of Ms. Veronica Rossman of Colorado, who has been nominated by President Biden to sit on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Rossman has spent practically her entire legal career in public service as a Federal defender, giving a voice in the courtroom to those who often cannot afford legal representation. She is also an immigrant, who fled Russia with her parents as a child after her family endured anti-Semitic persecution in their home country. She understands personally the damage faced by those who endure discrimination. If confirmed, Ms. Rossman would be the only Federal defender to sit on the Tenth Circuit, and one of the few in the entire country. I am proud to have nominated Eunice Lee to the Second Circuit Court of New York. She, too, has been a Federal defender. We also have plenty of prosecutors and corporate lawyers wearing black robes. Like so many other of President Biden's judicial nominees, Ms. Rossman is going to bring a sorely needed perspective to our courts. The more we work to make our courts reflective of the diversity of this country, both demographic and professionally, the more we will strengthen the public's trust in our judicial system. Now, secondly, today, the Senate Democrats will also continue work to turn President Biden's Build Back Better agenda into law. It bears repeating: This is a historic effort. This is not just another simple piece of legislation. We are laying a foundation for another century of American prosperity. Just like the Great Society and the New Deal before it, our legislation will bring transformational change to help build ladders so that those can climb up into the middle class, while making it easier for those already in the middle class to enjoy that middle class life and stay there. Too many in the middle class worry they are going to slip out with all the changes occurring in our society. We strengthen their ability to stay. And too many who are trying to climb those ladders find the ladders steep and unavailable. We are providing those ladders so they can get there, too. It is strong, bold, important legislation, and it is really a privilege to be here in the Senate and consider something as strong and bold as this. Later today, our caucus will discuss the latest elements of the reconciliation bill. Working with our colleagues in the House, we will have met the target date of September 15 set in thebudget resolution for producing text to review. I expect our committee chairs will provide an overview of all the work that each of their committees have done over the last 4 weeks in drafting legislative text, and the entire caucus will have the chance to offer feedback so we can continue to move this process forward. This will continue to be a collaborative process. Everyone--everyone--is going to have input into this legislation. But, of course, our unity is our strength, and if we are not unified with 50 votes, we can't get anything done. So we all must come together. Now, I am pleased to say, after working for weeks over the summer on our reconciliation bill, we are making great progress toward bringing the bill to the floor. Now, while Democrats are fighting to strengthen the middle class, our Republican colleagues, unfortunately, are resorting to the same, tired, predictable objections they raise about practically any Democratic proposal. Rather than explain why they oppose supporting families or expanding healthcare or taking action on climate change, they spent the last several months recycling old accusations about ``liberal wish lists.'' And rather than engage our policies on the merits and have a real debate, too often they raised unwarranted and incorrect points about how these programs will impact inflation. I remind my colleagues of a report released not long ago by the chief economist at Moody's Analytics, Mr. Mark Zandi. When Mr. Zandi examined the Democrats' two main legislative proposals, our infrastructure bill and our Build Back Better legislation, he concluded these packages would provide a massive boost to our economy. Specifically, he said our program would ``lift the economy's longer-term growth potential'' and would ``lift productivity and labor force growth''; that is, our proposal will do exactly what we said it would do, according to this impartial arbiter, Mark Zandi. And as for the Republicans' overheated rhetoric on inflation, Mr. Zandi dismisses such concerns as ``overdone'' and said our two infrastructure bills are designed to ``ease''--his words--inflation pressures. Let me repeat that. According to Moody's top economist--hardly a fervent liberal--the Democratic proposals would actually ease inflation pressures, not raise them. When you strengthen worker productivity, when you increase supply chains, the push to inflation decreases--decreases. And he also said that, in the long term, it would help grow our economy so that more Americans can get to and stay in the middle class. Compare that to the signature accomplishments that Senate Republicans forced when they were in charge: a massive tax break for corporations and the wealthy that did little to help everyday Americans. That is the difference between a Democratic majority and a Republican one. We are fighting to strengthen American workers and American families. Republicans seem only worried about protecting those at the very top. And, in addition, to those with inflationary concerns, we are going to pay for our proposal. The Trump tax cuts, which every Republican voted for, created a $2 trillion deficit. So let's be realistic here. Let's be honest here. The charges of runaway inflation are just wrong, especially when you consider we are paying for it, when Republicans were so willing to give tax cuts to the rich without paying for them at all. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6463-7 | null | 3,073 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, finally, on debt ceiling. In the long history of our country--the long, long history--the United States has never defaulted on its obligations to pay its debt. The full faith and credit of the United States has been the bedrock of our country's economic prosperity--a spotless record that both parties have, for years, worked together to preserve. No matter who was President, Democrat or Republican, in the past, the other party always stepped up to the plate and said: We can't let the country default. Until most recently, when President Trump was in office, Democrats stepped up on three separate occasions to work with Republicans to suspend the debt ceiling and continue to ensure that the U.S. was able to pay its bills, even when there was a Democratic majority in the House. We did not resort to hostage-taking or proclaim that it was the other side's responsibility. We simply knew that when it came to the debt ceiling, it was important to put aside political differences and act responsibly, no matter who sits in the Oval Office. We know that failing to raise the debt ceiling would be--as the Republican leader has said in the past whenTrump was President and he was arguing that Democrats should join him, would be a disaster. Well, if anything, that is an understatement. Just yesterday, one top forecaster said that ``a failure to raise the debt limit will have serious negative consequences.'' So in the immediate future, we need to raise the debt ceiling again. As in previous instances, it must, must, be a bipartisan endeavor, and the reason is simple: We have to get this done. But much of the recent debt we need to pay for was incurred during the Trump administration. In fact, President Trump added nearly $8 trillion to the national debt, $5\1/2\ trillion of which was since the last time the debt limit was suspended until Trump's final day in office. So, in other words, $5\1/2\ trillion of this debt is totally under Republican management, in a sense, because Trump was the President and Leader McConnell was the majority leader. Democrats think that we got that. That is when the debt was created, with Republican votes--lots of Republican votes. Both sides, led by a Republican Senate, as I said, incurred much of this debt. Senators from both parties overwhelmingly voted in support of the many laws that contributed to this obligation. So neither party can wash its hands of responsibility to pay the bills. Leader McConnell keeps talking about the new spending the Democrats have done. That is not this debt. This debt, $5\1/2\ trillion, was all under Trump and when McConnell was the majority leader. Leader McConnell was the majority leader. Some Republicans recklessly, irresponsibly, so overwhelmingly politically seem eager to push our economy to the brink of total catastrophe by suggesting they will oppose any effort to raise the debt ceiling. And rather than urging their colleagues to immediately drop this reckless idea, the Republican leader--shame on him--seems to be giving it his blessing, if not promoting it. If the United States defaults on its debt, it will harm every single American in this country, including potentially those who rely on Social Security and the members of our military. The consequences will reverberate around the world and will cause irreparable harm to the global economy at a time when we are all working to lift ourselves out of a once-in-a-century pandemic. So any efforts to play nasty, political games with the full faith and credit of the United States is reckless, irresponsible, and despicable. It could pose permanent damage to the U.S. economy and is a complete nonstarter. In America, when it is time to pay the bills, we do it without exception. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6464-2 | null | 3,074 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, now, on a completely different matter, providing for the common defense and protecting the American people is one of the fundamental responsibilities our Founders entrusted to the Federal Government. It is a core obligation of the Commander in Chief. Yet, to a deadly degree, a parade of mistakes in Afghanistan tells us President Biden and his team have failed this most basic test of competence. For 20 years, the United States has successfully kept terrorists from staging another major attack on our homeland. Over the years, we have reduced our own military presence in Afghanistan, secured greater assistance in foreign partners, and supported local Afghan forces who did the vast majority of the fighting. This strategy kept al-Qaida on the run. It kept the Taliban from taking control, and it kept Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terror. In only a matter of months, President Biden and his team have squandered all of that--squandered it. The collapse we witnessed wasn't inevitable. It didn't happen on its own. It happened because President Biden pulled the plug on our Afghan partners and pulled the rug out from under our allies who were with us in this shared fight. Everyone seemed to realize this is a historic disaster for the United States, except maybe the President and his loyal retainers. Secretary Blinken points to the frantic evacuation of 100,000 desperate people as a huge success. Seriously? They initially didn't envision having to evacuate anyone. The number of people evacuated is not a metric of success forthis administration; it is a measure of their failure. Back in April, my colleague the Democratic leader heaped praise on what he called President Biden's ``careful and thought-out plan with a real timetable and a firm end date.'' Does he stand by this lavish praise for a careful and thought-out plan? Crickets. Was it wise to conduct our retreat during the height of the fighting season? Was it sound strategy to preemptively abandon the strategic Bagram Air Base in the middle of the night without telling our partners? Was it careful and prudent to tie our departure to the 20th anniversary of September 11? Our botched retreat from a so-called endless war cost more American lives than nearly the prior 2 years combined. And make no mistake, the war against terror hasn't ended--far, far from it. In a rare moment of candor, the Biden administration's own experts have admitted explicitly that we will face new terrorist threats from inside Afghanistan sooner rather than later. We will have to face a more entrenched and emboldened enemy with fewer resources, fewer friends, and more constraints. So virtually every reason and advantage that President Biden said this policy would bring about has already proven absolutely false. The administration said leaving Afghanistan would let us focus more resources on China, but its catastrophic retreat has tied up even more resources, including strategic naval assets from the Indo-Pacific. And while the administration's officials are consumed--consumed--with this catastrophe, China is cultivating deeper ties with the Taliban. The administration told us our military and intelligence community could keep terrorists at bay with over-the-horizon capabilities, but longer distances, fewer assets, and less intelligence are already taking their toll, and innocent civilians appear to be paying the price. Even still, the White House continues to peddle misleading comparisons with operations in other theaters, ignoring the unique challenges of keeping close eyes on a landlocked country with a hostile government thousands of miles from U.S. bases. Administration officials like to say there is no imminent threat posed by al-Qaida emanating from Afghanistan. But their abandonment of Afghanistan has already allowed that threat to grow, and we will have fewer resources with which to confront the gathering threat. According to press reporting, just this very morning, the Deputy Director of the CIA has acknowledged they are seeing al-Qaida terrorists flowing back--back--into Afghanistan, and our intelligence capabilities are already diminished. But there is a larger pattern of broken promises. The President said that everyone who wanted to get out would be able to do so, that we would leave no one behind. Instead, we left Americans and vulnerable Afghans behind. Secretary Blinken said the Taliban committed to allow Americans and vulnerable Afghans safe passage to the airport. Instead, we know Americans and Afghans were prevented from getting to the airport. Many still cannot leave. The administration said that we would have tremendous leverage over the Taliban, that they would need international recognition and funding. Yet the Taliban doesn't seem to be terribly concerned with global PR. The administration said they would hold the Taliban accountable. They haven't. The administration seems to believe the Taliban would establish an inclusive and representational government. Look, we are talking about a government of medieval theocrats--medieval theocrats--the same killers, kidnappers, and hostage-takers who aided and abetted the terrorist architects of 9/11. Well, their government is, however, inclusive in one way. It is inclusive in one way. Listen to this. It includes four--four--of the Guantanamo Bay terrorists released by President Obama in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl; four people who were at GTMO, exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl. And that is only part of the government. It also includes a senior Haqqani terrorist with a $5 million bounty on his head and American blood on his hands--another top official in the government. This is not a government that cares about staying in the good graces of the so-called international community. Enough fluff. Enough spin. It is time for hard truths and accountability. The Biden administration's conduct over the past several months demands thorough instigation by the Senate. That will begin with Secretary Blinken's hearing at the Foreign Relations Committee today. I hope the Secretary and the administration he represents are prepared to answer some tough questions about past decisions, as well as future plans. The American people and the vulnerable partners we have left behind deserve nothing less. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6465-3 | null | 3,075 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, now, on a completely different matter, providing for the common defense and protecting the American people is one of the fundamental responsibilities our Founders entrusted to the Federal Government. It is a core obligation of the Commander in Chief. Yet, to a deadly degree, a parade of mistakes in Afghanistan tells us President Biden and his team have failed this most basic test of competence. For 20 years, the United States has successfully kept terrorists from staging another major attack on our homeland. Over the years, we have reduced our own military presence in Afghanistan, secured greater assistance in foreign partners, and supported local Afghan forces who did the vast majority of the fighting. This strategy kept al-Qaida on the run. It kept the Taliban from taking control, and it kept Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terror. In only a matter of months, President Biden and his team have squandered all of that--squandered it. The collapse we witnessed wasn't inevitable. It didn't happen on its own. It happened because President Biden pulled the plug on our Afghan partners and pulled the rug out from under our allies who were with us in this shared fight. Everyone seemed to realize this is a historic disaster for the United States, except maybe the President and his loyal retainers. Secretary Blinken points to the frantic evacuation of 100,000 desperate people as a huge success. Seriously? They initially didn't envision having to evacuate anyone. The number of people evacuated is not a metric of success forthis administration; it is a measure of their failure. Back in April, my colleague the Democratic leader heaped praise on what he called President Biden's ``careful and thought-out plan with a real timetable and a firm end date.'' Does he stand by this lavish praise for a careful and thought-out plan? Crickets. Was it wise to conduct our retreat during the height of the fighting season? Was it sound strategy to preemptively abandon the strategic Bagram Air Base in the middle of the night without telling our partners? Was it careful and prudent to tie our departure to the 20th anniversary of September 11? Our botched retreat from a so-called endless war cost more American lives than nearly the prior 2 years combined. And make no mistake, the war against terror hasn't ended--far, far from it. In a rare moment of candor, the Biden administration's own experts have admitted explicitly that we will face new terrorist threats from inside Afghanistan sooner rather than later. We will have to face a more entrenched and emboldened enemy with fewer resources, fewer friends, and more constraints. So virtually every reason and advantage that President Biden said this policy would bring about has already proven absolutely false. The administration said leaving Afghanistan would let us focus more resources on China, but its catastrophic retreat has tied up even more resources, including strategic naval assets from the Indo-Pacific. And while the administration's officials are consumed--consumed--with this catastrophe, China is cultivating deeper ties with the Taliban. The administration told us our military and intelligence community could keep terrorists at bay with over-the-horizon capabilities, but longer distances, fewer assets, and less intelligence are already taking their toll, and innocent civilians appear to be paying the price. Even still, the White House continues to peddle misleading comparisons with operations in other theaters, ignoring the unique challenges of keeping close eyes on a landlocked country with a hostile government thousands of miles from U.S. bases. Administration officials like to say there is no imminent threat posed by al-Qaida emanating from Afghanistan. But their abandonment of Afghanistan has already allowed that threat to grow, and we will have fewer resources with which to confront the gathering threat. According to press reporting, just this very morning, the Deputy Director of the CIA has acknowledged they are seeing al-Qaida terrorists flowing back--back--into Afghanistan, and our intelligence capabilities are already diminished. But there is a larger pattern of broken promises. The President said that everyone who wanted to get out would be able to do so, that we would leave no one behind. Instead, we left Americans and vulnerable Afghans behind. Secretary Blinken said the Taliban committed to allow Americans and vulnerable Afghans safe passage to the airport. Instead, we know Americans and Afghans were prevented from getting to the airport. Many still cannot leave. The administration said that we would have tremendous leverage over the Taliban, that they would need international recognition and funding. Yet the Taliban doesn't seem to be terribly concerned with global PR. The administration said they would hold the Taliban accountable. They haven't. The administration seems to believe the Taliban would establish an inclusive and representational government. Look, we are talking about a government of medieval theocrats--medieval theocrats--the same killers, kidnappers, and hostage-takers who aided and abetted the terrorist architects of 9/11. Well, their government is, however, inclusive in one way. It is inclusive in one way. Listen to this. It includes four--four--of the Guantanamo Bay terrorists released by President Obama in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl; four people who were at GTMO, exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl. And that is only part of the government. It also includes a senior Haqqani terrorist with a $5 million bounty on his head and American blood on his hands--another top official in the government. This is not a government that cares about staying in the good graces of the so-called international community. Enough fluff. Enough spin. It is time for hard truths and accountability. The Biden administration's conduct over the past several months demands thorough instigation by the Senate. That will begin with Secretary Blinken's hearing at the Foreign Relations Committee today. I hope the Secretary and the administration he represents are prepared to answer some tough questions about past decisions, as well as future plans. The American people and the vulnerable partners we have left behind deserve nothing less. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6465-3 | null | 3,076 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | Afghanistan Mr. President, 20 years ago, on a clear September morning, the unthinkable happened: an attack on our Nation here at home on our own soil. Almost 3,000 Americans died that day, and our Nation reeled. But in the midst of grief and fear, there was also hope. We saw evil on September 11, but in the days and weeks that followed, we saw good as well: the first responders who raced to the scene and spent the weeks after combing through the rubble, the heroic Americans who fought back against the terrorists on United Flight No. 93, the hours-long lines for blood donations as Americans scrambled to do anything they could to help. And out of the ashes of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the field near Shanksville, PA, came a new birth of patriotism and resolve. America might be bloodied, but she would not break. Evil and terror would not win. The 9/11 generation of warriors and intelligence personnel took the fight to the terrorists in the Middle East and around the world. Our men and women in uniform dismantled terrorist safe havens, disrupted terrorist groups, thwarted attacks, and hunted down and delivered justice to Osama bin Laden. In Afghanistan, the downfall of the Taliban at the hands of our soldiers and our NATO allies allowed a generation of Afghans to grow up in freedom. I was honored to get to spend part of September 11 with members of the South Dakota Air National Guard, many of whom served overseas in the fight against terrorism. As we marked the 20th anniversary of September 11 on Saturday, our soldiers and our veterans should have been able to reflect on their successes in the fight against terrorism over the past two decades, but I know that today many of them are struggling with the recent events in Afghanistan. The U.S. disastrous, hasty withdrawal is a stain on our Nation's history and a betrayal of the men and women who fought there. But I hope they know that their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their comrades were not in vain. As I said, their actions enabled a generation of Afghans to grow up free from the oppressive hand of theTaliban and kept the country from being a haven for al-Qaida and other terrorists. Despite the grim current situation in Afghanistan, I am convinced that the seeds of freedom sown by our military men and women will yet bear fruit on Afghan soil. I and many others warned that a total troop withdrawal in Afghanistan that ignored conditions on the ground was going to be a strategic disaster, and it has been. The United States has historically maintained a limited military presence in foreign countries when it is in our national security interest to do so. And with the presence of just 2,500 to 3,000 troops, we were maintaining stability for a country that was fighting to find its way toward freedom and democracy and simultaneously protecting the interests of our own country. All of that, of course, is now at an end. President Biden's disastrous decision to completely withdraw U.S. troops on a timeline he announced to our enemies allowed the Taliban to bide their time until our ultimate departure. American citizens are still trapped in Afghanistan, and thousands of Afghans who worked with U.S. troops and U.S. intelligence are in great danger. And Afghanistan is well on its way to once again becoming a terrorist haven. In fact, the Taliban has already appointed terrorists to top posts in its new government. There is also every reason to fear that government oppression will once again become the norm in Afghanistan, particularly--particularly--for women and girls. We heard over and over again that President Biden was going to restore America's standing in the world and repair our relationships with our allies, particularly our NATO allies. In fact, he has done the opposite. His Afghanistan disaster is a national embarrassment. He failed our troops; he failed the American people; he failed our allies; and he failed the Afghans who risked their lives with and for us. The Parliament of a key U.S. ally, the United Kingdom, condemned President Biden in the strongest terms for his dishonorable withdrawal from Afghanistan. The fact that we have left behind thousands of Afghans who worked with our country and whom we promised to protect is unconscionable. It is a stain on our country's record that will not easily be wiped away. I hope--I really hope--that the President does everything within his power to get Afghans who worked with us and any remaining U.S. citizens out of the country as soon as humanly possible. In the coming weeks, the relevant committees in the House and Senate need to conduct thorough oversight and investigations to understand why this withdrawal was done in a manner that further empowered and strengthened the Taliban and their al-Qaida allies. We also need to discover why there was no effective plan to get our citizens and our Afghan allies to safety. The scenes of chaos at Hamid Karzai Airport should never have happened, and we need to find out why they did. Thirteen brave Americans died protecting our withdrawal: 11 marines, 1 soldier, and 1 sailor. It is hard not to wonder if their deaths could have been avoided had there been a better plan in place for evacuation. The families of these men and women and the American people deserve answers, and the Biden administration must provide it. The weeks of August 2021 will live in infamy. The President's ill-considered, untimely withdrawal and complete lack of an effective plan to evacuate Americans and our Afghan allies created a humanitarian crisis and the conditions that allowed the Taliban to swiftly take over the country. The President's actions have helped condemn women and girls and the entire Afghan people to once again live under pre-9/11 oppression, and he has emboldened terrorists and increased the security risk facing our Nation. It is tragic that all the good we have done in Afghanistan has come to this. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6467 | null | 3,077 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Afghanistan Mr. President, 20 years ago, on a clear September morning, the unthinkable happened: an attack on our Nation here at home on our own soil. Almost 3,000 Americans died that day, and our Nation reeled. But in the midst of grief and fear, there was also hope. We saw evil on September 11, but in the days and weeks that followed, we saw good as well: the first responders who raced to the scene and spent the weeks after combing through the rubble, the heroic Americans who fought back against the terrorists on United Flight No. 93, the hours-long lines for blood donations as Americans scrambled to do anything they could to help. And out of the ashes of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the field near Shanksville, PA, came a new birth of patriotism and resolve. America might be bloodied, but she would not break. Evil and terror would not win. The 9/11 generation of warriors and intelligence personnel took the fight to the terrorists in the Middle East and around the world. Our men and women in uniform dismantled terrorist safe havens, disrupted terrorist groups, thwarted attacks, and hunted down and delivered justice to Osama bin Laden. In Afghanistan, the downfall of the Taliban at the hands of our soldiers and our NATO allies allowed a generation of Afghans to grow up in freedom. I was honored to get to spend part of September 11 with members of the South Dakota Air National Guard, many of whom served overseas in the fight against terrorism. As we marked the 20th anniversary of September 11 on Saturday, our soldiers and our veterans should have been able to reflect on their successes in the fight against terrorism over the past two decades, but I know that today many of them are struggling with the recent events in Afghanistan. The U.S. disastrous, hasty withdrawal is a stain on our Nation's history and a betrayal of the men and women who fought there. But I hope they know that their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their comrades were not in vain. As I said, their actions enabled a generation of Afghans to grow up free from the oppressive hand of theTaliban and kept the country from being a haven for al-Qaida and other terrorists. Despite the grim current situation in Afghanistan, I am convinced that the seeds of freedom sown by our military men and women will yet bear fruit on Afghan soil. I and many others warned that a total troop withdrawal in Afghanistan that ignored conditions on the ground was going to be a strategic disaster, and it has been. The United States has historically maintained a limited military presence in foreign countries when it is in our national security interest to do so. And with the presence of just 2,500 to 3,000 troops, we were maintaining stability for a country that was fighting to find its way toward freedom and democracy and simultaneously protecting the interests of our own country. All of that, of course, is now at an end. President Biden's disastrous decision to completely withdraw U.S. troops on a timeline he announced to our enemies allowed the Taliban to bide their time until our ultimate departure. American citizens are still trapped in Afghanistan, and thousands of Afghans who worked with U.S. troops and U.S. intelligence are in great danger. And Afghanistan is well on its way to once again becoming a terrorist haven. In fact, the Taliban has already appointed terrorists to top posts in its new government. There is also every reason to fear that government oppression will once again become the norm in Afghanistan, particularly--particularly--for women and girls. We heard over and over again that President Biden was going to restore America's standing in the world and repair our relationships with our allies, particularly our NATO allies. In fact, he has done the opposite. His Afghanistan disaster is a national embarrassment. He failed our troops; he failed the American people; he failed our allies; and he failed the Afghans who risked their lives with and for us. The Parliament of a key U.S. ally, the United Kingdom, condemned President Biden in the strongest terms for his dishonorable withdrawal from Afghanistan. The fact that we have left behind thousands of Afghans who worked with our country and whom we promised to protect is unconscionable. It is a stain on our country's record that will not easily be wiped away. I hope--I really hope--that the President does everything within his power to get Afghans who worked with us and any remaining U.S. citizens out of the country as soon as humanly possible. In the coming weeks, the relevant committees in the House and Senate need to conduct thorough oversight and investigations to understand why this withdrawal was done in a manner that further empowered and strengthened the Taliban and their al-Qaida allies. We also need to discover why there was no effective plan to get our citizens and our Afghan allies to safety. The scenes of chaos at Hamid Karzai Airport should never have happened, and we need to find out why they did. Thirteen brave Americans died protecting our withdrawal: 11 marines, 1 soldier, and 1 sailor. It is hard not to wonder if their deaths could have been avoided had there been a better plan in place for evacuation. The families of these men and women and the American people deserve answers, and the Biden administration must provide it. The weeks of August 2021 will live in infamy. The President's ill-considered, untimely withdrawal and complete lack of an effective plan to evacuate Americans and our Afghan allies created a humanitarian crisis and the conditions that allowed the Taliban to swiftly take over the country. The President's actions have helped condemn women and girls and the entire Afghan people to once again live under pre-9/11 oppression, and he has emboldened terrorists and increased the security risk facing our Nation. It is tragic that all the good we have done in Afghanistan has come to this. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6467 | null | 3,078 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Afghanistan Mr. President, 20 years ago, on a clear September morning, the unthinkable happened: an attack on our Nation here at home on our own soil. Almost 3,000 Americans died that day, and our Nation reeled. But in the midst of grief and fear, there was also hope. We saw evil on September 11, but in the days and weeks that followed, we saw good as well: the first responders who raced to the scene and spent the weeks after combing through the rubble, the heroic Americans who fought back against the terrorists on United Flight No. 93, the hours-long lines for blood donations as Americans scrambled to do anything they could to help. And out of the ashes of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the field near Shanksville, PA, came a new birth of patriotism and resolve. America might be bloodied, but she would not break. Evil and terror would not win. The 9/11 generation of warriors and intelligence personnel took the fight to the terrorists in the Middle East and around the world. Our men and women in uniform dismantled terrorist safe havens, disrupted terrorist groups, thwarted attacks, and hunted down and delivered justice to Osama bin Laden. In Afghanistan, the downfall of the Taliban at the hands of our soldiers and our NATO allies allowed a generation of Afghans to grow up in freedom. I was honored to get to spend part of September 11 with members of the South Dakota Air National Guard, many of whom served overseas in the fight against terrorism. As we marked the 20th anniversary of September 11 on Saturday, our soldiers and our veterans should have been able to reflect on their successes in the fight against terrorism over the past two decades, but I know that today many of them are struggling with the recent events in Afghanistan. The U.S. disastrous, hasty withdrawal is a stain on our Nation's history and a betrayal of the men and women who fought there. But I hope they know that their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their comrades were not in vain. As I said, their actions enabled a generation of Afghans to grow up free from the oppressive hand of theTaliban and kept the country from being a haven for al-Qaida and other terrorists. Despite the grim current situation in Afghanistan, I am convinced that the seeds of freedom sown by our military men and women will yet bear fruit on Afghan soil. I and many others warned that a total troop withdrawal in Afghanistan that ignored conditions on the ground was going to be a strategic disaster, and it has been. The United States has historically maintained a limited military presence in foreign countries when it is in our national security interest to do so. And with the presence of just 2,500 to 3,000 troops, we were maintaining stability for a country that was fighting to find its way toward freedom and democracy and simultaneously protecting the interests of our own country. All of that, of course, is now at an end. President Biden's disastrous decision to completely withdraw U.S. troops on a timeline he announced to our enemies allowed the Taliban to bide their time until our ultimate departure. American citizens are still trapped in Afghanistan, and thousands of Afghans who worked with U.S. troops and U.S. intelligence are in great danger. And Afghanistan is well on its way to once again becoming a terrorist haven. In fact, the Taliban has already appointed terrorists to top posts in its new government. There is also every reason to fear that government oppression will once again become the norm in Afghanistan, particularly--particularly--for women and girls. We heard over and over again that President Biden was going to restore America's standing in the world and repair our relationships with our allies, particularly our NATO allies. In fact, he has done the opposite. His Afghanistan disaster is a national embarrassment. He failed our troops; he failed the American people; he failed our allies; and he failed the Afghans who risked their lives with and for us. The Parliament of a key U.S. ally, the United Kingdom, condemned President Biden in the strongest terms for his dishonorable withdrawal from Afghanistan. The fact that we have left behind thousands of Afghans who worked with our country and whom we promised to protect is unconscionable. It is a stain on our country's record that will not easily be wiped away. I hope--I really hope--that the President does everything within his power to get Afghans who worked with us and any remaining U.S. citizens out of the country as soon as humanly possible. In the coming weeks, the relevant committees in the House and Senate need to conduct thorough oversight and investigations to understand why this withdrawal was done in a manner that further empowered and strengthened the Taliban and their al-Qaida allies. We also need to discover why there was no effective plan to get our citizens and our Afghan allies to safety. The scenes of chaos at Hamid Karzai Airport should never have happened, and we need to find out why they did. Thirteen brave Americans died protecting our withdrawal: 11 marines, 1 soldier, and 1 sailor. It is hard not to wonder if their deaths could have been avoided had there been a better plan in place for evacuation. The families of these men and women and the American people deserve answers, and the Biden administration must provide it. The weeks of August 2021 will live in infamy. The President's ill-considered, untimely withdrawal and complete lack of an effective plan to evacuate Americans and our Afghan allies created a humanitarian crisis and the conditions that allowed the Taliban to swiftly take over the country. The President's actions have helped condemn women and girls and the entire Afghan people to once again live under pre-9/11 oppression, and he has emboldened terrorists and increased the security risk facing our Nation. It is tragic that all the good we have done in Afghanistan has come to this. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6467 | null | 3,079 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Nomination of David G. Estudillo Mr. President, the second vote we will take is on Judge Estudillo's confirmation, and I rise today in support of the nomination of Judge David Estudillo to serve as U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Washington in the Tacoma courthouse. I had the honor of recommending that President Biden nominate Judge Estudillo for this position, and I am so glad he did. Judge Estudillo is tremendously qualified for this job, currently serving in his third term as a Grant County Superior Court judge, and he is someone who will bring a powerful and important perspective to the Federal bench. Let me tell you a little bit about him and the kind of person he is. He was born and raised in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. Judge Estudillo is the son of immigrants--the 9th child of 10--his parents coming here from Mexico through the Bracero Program. His mother and father were farmworkers until they were able to open up a small grocery store, where Judge Estudillo worked while growing up and through college. He is someone who worked hard to give back to his community in working as an immigration lawyer. He represented clients in tough removal proceedings, successfully presenting and trying claims for asylum, cancelations of removal, and other forms of relief from deportation. He also consistently provided pro bono services at immigration legal clinics to help immigrants applying for citizenship and often presented information in Spanish about immigration policy and procedure all around the community. That work as an immigration attorney is important to me because it means, when Judge Estudillo is in the Tacoma courthouse and Washington State families look up to the judge's bench--who maybe don't speak English or just aren't familiar with our court system--Judge Estudillo is someone who will make sure that every person who walks into his courtroom feels heard and that every person who walks out believes equal justice under the law is real in America. Don't just take my word for it. The judge is endorsed by both the Republican and Democratic Parties of Grant County, where he first ran for his current post, and he was recommended to me by my Judicial Merit Selection Committee, which has both Republican and Democratic members. He has earned an outstanding reputation for leading a courtroom where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. If we want people in this country to have faith in our Federal courts--an absolutely vital part of our democracy's checks and balance system--then we need to appoint judges who will serve with integrity and independence and who will reflect the communities they serve. I know Judge Estudillo will do exactly that. He will be an exceptional Federal district court judge for the Western District of Washington, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting his nomination. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6472-2 | null | 3,080 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this week, the Senate will continue the important work of confirming President Biden's judicial nominees. From the moment President Biden entered office, Senate Democrats have worked closely with his administration to identify nominees with impeccable credentials and extensive experience. Together, we have worked to restore balance to our Nation's Federal courts by confirming nominees with diverse professional and demographic backgrounds. Today, I would like to speak in support of three such nominees: David Estudillo, nominated to the WesternDistrict of Washington; Angel Kelley, nominated to the District of Massachusetts; and Veronica Rossman, nominated to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge David Estudillo is a native son of Washington State who has devoted his entire legal career to serving his community. He was born in Sunnyside, WA, where his parents run a small grocery store bearing the family's name. His mom and dad first arrived in the United States in the 1960s as agricultural workers through the Bracero program. Inspired by his family's determination and tenacious work ethic, Judge Estudillo decided to pursue a career in law. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Washington and has since practiced law in the State where he is now nominated to serve. Since 2015, Judge Estudillo has served as a Grant County Superior judge. When he ran for reelection in 2016, his record as a litigator and a judge earned him broad support within Grant County and throughout the State. He received endorsements from the Grant County Democratic and Republican Parties, as well as all nine State supreme court justices. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Estudillo served as a litigator for 16 years. He spent much of that time as an immigration attorney, a role in which he assisted his neighbors with asylum applications and helped explain the complexities of immigration law at a host of community forums. Over the course of his judicial career, Judge Estudillo has presided over nearly 50 jury and bench trials that have gone to final verdict or judgment. He will be more than prepared to take on the demanding work of the district court from day one. Judge Estudillo has the strong support of his home State Senators, Senators Murray and Cantwell, and received a ``Qualified'' rating from the American Bar Association. He also received a strong, 15-7 bipartisan vote in the Judiciary Committee. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting his nomination to the Western District of Washington. Today, the Senate will also vote on Judge Angel Kelley's nomination to the Federal District Court of Massachusetts. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Judge Kelley has the credentials, experience, and temperament needed to effectively serve the people of Massachusetts. Prior to her appointment to the Massachusetts State court in 2009, Judge Kelley was a prolific litigator who devoted her practice to public service. She worked as a Federal prosecutor, an attorney for indigent juvenile defendants, and as a senior litigator for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where she helped represent the families of the 87 Port Authority employees who tragically lost their lives on 9/11. With 13 years of judicial experience, Judge Kelley has handled both civil and criminal cases and presided over more than 100 trials. At every turn, Judge Kelley has demonstrated the qualities we expect from the best of jurists: thoughtfulness, evenhandedness, and impartiality. Judge Kelley has the strong support of her home State Senators, Senators Warren and Markey, and received a unanimous ``Well Qualified'' rating from the American Bar Association. Like Judge Estudillo, Judge Kelley received a bipartisan 15-7 vote in committee, a testament to her qualifications and commitment to the rule of law. I urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting Judge Kelley's nomination. Finally, the Senate will also consider today the nomination of Veronica Rossman to a Colorado seat on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. With her extensive appellate experience in both private practice and as a Federal public defender, Ms. Rossman will be an outstanding addition to the Tenth Circuit. She has spent the majority of her career at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, where she has handled and supervised over 100 criminal appellate matters arising out of every judicial district in the Tenth Circuit. As I have said many times, former public defenders, like Ms. Rossman, offer a crucial perspective that is often underrepresented within our Federal judiciary. And I applaud President Biden and Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper for supporting her nomination. In private practice, Ms. Rossman specialized in complex civil litigation, including appellate cases and matters involving antitrust law and intellectual property law. She has received a ``Qualified'' rating from the American Bar Association and earned bipartisan support in the Judiciary Committee. Ms. Rossman is a seasoned practitioner in Federal courts, and she is well prepared to serve on the Tenth Circuit. I look forward to supporting her nomination, and I encourage my colleagues to join me. During the first 8 months of the Biden administration, this Senate has made tremendous progress in confirming to the bench individuals who have dedicated their careers to defending the rule of law. With the three nominees before the Senate today, we can continue building on that progress and bring our Federal judiciary closer to reflecting the full diversity of the American experience. Vote on Kelley Nomination | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6478-3 | null | 3,081 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Moran) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 362 Whereas student parents are individuals with children who attend postsecondary educational institutions; Whereas student parents make up roughly a quarter of the student population, totaling nearly 4,000,000 individuals; Whereas 70 percent of student parents are women and 43 percent of student parents are single mothers, with nearly half of such student parents being first-generation college students; Whereas 51 percent of student parents are students of color; Whereas 47 percent of student parents are military- connected students; Whereas nearly \2/3\ of student parents have incomes at, below, or near the Federal poverty line; Whereas 42 percent of student parents attend community colleges and 30 percent attend public or private nonprofit 4- year institutions of higher education; Whereas 1 in 3 college students enrolled in a health care program is a student parent; Whereas, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 53 percent of student parents reported food insecurity and 68 percent reported housing insecurity; Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional burdens on student parents, including the closure of child care centers, the delay or cancellation of college plans, and increased workloads for the 64 percent of employed student parents who are essential workers; Whereas, on average, student parents have higher grade point averages than their non-parenting peers, but student parents are 10 times less likely to complete a bachelor's degree within 5 years than students without children; Whereas a low-income student parent who earns a degree or credential boosts their income, and the earning potential of their children when they become adults, by 17 percent; Whereas student parents are uniquely motivated to excel in their course of study while often facing challenges, including lack of affordable child care and balancing work responsibilities while attending postsecondary education: Now, therefore be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) expresses support for the contributions and achievements of student parents in seeking and completing a postsecondary education; and (2) designates September 2021 as ``National Student Parent Month''. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6505-2 | null | 3,082 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Moran) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 362 Whereas student parents are individuals with children who attend postsecondary educational institutions; Whereas student parents make up roughly a quarter of the student population, totaling nearly 4,000,000 individuals; Whereas 70 percent of student parents are women and 43 percent of student parents are single mothers, with nearly half of such student parents being first-generation college students; Whereas 51 percent of student parents are students of color; Whereas 47 percent of student parents are military- connected students; Whereas nearly \2/3\ of student parents have incomes at, below, or near the Federal poverty line; Whereas 42 percent of student parents attend community colleges and 30 percent attend public or private nonprofit 4- year institutions of higher education; Whereas 1 in 3 college students enrolled in a health care program is a student parent; Whereas, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 53 percent of student parents reported food insecurity and 68 percent reported housing insecurity; Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional burdens on student parents, including the closure of child care centers, the delay or cancellation of college plans, and increased workloads for the 64 percent of employed student parents who are essential workers; Whereas, on average, student parents have higher grade point averages than their non-parenting peers, but student parents are 10 times less likely to complete a bachelor's degree within 5 years than students without children; Whereas a low-income student parent who earns a degree or credential boosts their income, and the earning potential of their children when they become adults, by 17 percent; Whereas student parents are uniquely motivated to excel in their course of study while often facing challenges, including lack of affordable child care and balancing work responsibilities while attending postsecondary education: Now, therefore be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) expresses support for the contributions and achievements of student parents in seeking and completing a postsecondary education; and (2) designates September 2021 as ``National Student Parent Month''. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6505-2 | null | 3,083 |
formal | single mother | null | racist | Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Moran) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 362 Whereas student parents are individuals with children who attend postsecondary educational institutions; Whereas student parents make up roughly a quarter of the student population, totaling nearly 4,000,000 individuals; Whereas 70 percent of student parents are women and 43 percent of student parents are single mothers, with nearly half of such student parents being first-generation college students; Whereas 51 percent of student parents are students of color; Whereas 47 percent of student parents are military- connected students; Whereas nearly \2/3\ of student parents have incomes at, below, or near the Federal poverty line; Whereas 42 percent of student parents attend community colleges and 30 percent attend public or private nonprofit 4- year institutions of higher education; Whereas 1 in 3 college students enrolled in a health care program is a student parent; Whereas, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 53 percent of student parents reported food insecurity and 68 percent reported housing insecurity; Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional burdens on student parents, including the closure of child care centers, the delay or cancellation of college plans, and increased workloads for the 64 percent of employed student parents who are essential workers; Whereas, on average, student parents have higher grade point averages than their non-parenting peers, but student parents are 10 times less likely to complete a bachelor's degree within 5 years than students without children; Whereas a low-income student parent who earns a degree or credential boosts their income, and the earning potential of their children when they become adults, by 17 percent; Whereas student parents are uniquely motivated to excel in their course of study while often facing challenges, including lack of affordable child care and balancing work responsibilities while attending postsecondary education: Now, therefore be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) expresses support for the contributions and achievements of student parents in seeking and completing a postsecondary education; and (2) designates September 2021 as ``National Student Parent Month''. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6505-2 | null | 3,084 |
formal | safeguard | null | transphobic | Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Peters) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 363 Whereas, in an average year, on every school day in the United States, approximately 500,000 public and private school buses carry more than 26,000,000 K-12 students to and from school; Whereas school buses comprise the largest mass transportation fleet in the United States; Whereas, in an average year, 48 percent of all K-12 students ride a school bus for each of the 180 school days in a year, and school bus operators drive school buses a total of nearly 4,400,000,000 miles; Whereas the Child Safety Network (referred to in this preamble as the ``CSN''), which is celebrating 32 years of public service in the United States, supports the CSN Safe Bus campaign, which is designed to provide the school bus industry with driver training, the latest technology, and free safety and security resources; Whereas the designation of School Bus Safety Month will allow broadcast and digital media and social networking industries to commit to disseminating public service announcements that are produced to-- (1) provide free resources designed to safeguard children; (2) recognize school bus operators and professionals; and (3) encourage the driving public to engage in safer driving behavior near school buses when students board and disembark from school buses; Whereas key leaders who deserve recognition during School Bus Safety Month and beyond have-- (1) provided security awareness training materials to more than 14,000 public and private schools; (2) trained more than 116,800 school bus operators; and (3) provided more than 163,120 counterterrorism guides to individuals who are key to providing both safety and security for children in the United States; and Whereas School Bus Safety Month offers the Senate and the people of the United States an opportunity to recognize and thank the school bus operators and the professionals focused on school bus safety and security in the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate designates September 2021 as ``School Bus Safety Month''. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6505-3 | null | 3,085 |
formal | urban | null | racist | Mrs. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I have 5 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 Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing. Committee on foreign relations The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing. 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 Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing on nominations. committee on the judiciary The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on nominations. select committee on intelligence The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing. | 2020-01-06 | Mrs. CANTWELL | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6506-6 | null | 3,086 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, you are very aware because in the committee that we both sit on, we have worked through a process of trying to form an answer to a problem that is coming at us again in 2 weeks. Two weeks from now, we will hit the end of the fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, according to the Budget Act of 1974, we should have already passed 12 appropriations bills out of this body, 12 appropriations bills out of the House, have conferenced those two bills, sent it to the White House for a signature. That is the instructions that should be done by the end of the fiscal year. The problem with that is the Senate has not passed a single one of those appropriations bills even out of committee--not one. So our government is not funded 2 weeks from now, which means the countdown clock will begin again toward when we are headed to another government shutdown, and the conversation will be: Are we going to have another government shutdown? Are we going to be open? What is going to happen to Federal workers? Agencies across Washington, DC, and across the country will shortly get instructions for here is what to do in case of a shutdown in your Agency. Here is who, of employees, would be nonessential, what needs to happen to them; essential, what needs to happen to them. And the chaos will begin in all these Agencies because 2 weeks from now we are headed toward the end of the fiscal year and not a single appropriations bill, of the 12, has been taken up in committee. Not one of them is even scheduled even to be debated on the floor of the Senate. We will not have appropriations bills done 2 weeks from now. It is not going to happen. So here are the alternatives: There will be what is called a short-term continuing resolution of some length or we will have a shutdown 2 weeks from now. For the past 3 years, Senator Maggie Hassan and I have proposed a very straightforward solution to end the threat of government shutdowns. Our straightforward proposal to stop government shutdowns is a simple way to be able to solve this issue. If we get to the end of the fiscal year, September 30, midnight, and we have not finished the work that needs to be done on those 12 appropriations bills, automatically a continuing resolution will kick in to prevent a government shutdown. But starting the very next day, October 1, the Senate and the House have mandatory quorum calls every single day until we finish the 12 appropriations bills. We stay here to be able to finish our work. But the work has to be done. Why is that important? Because Federal Agencies shouldn't constantly be worried about another government shutdown, and the American people should be able to interact with their own government. Now, all of us know the government actually doesn't shut down, but it moves into shutdown mode. Some people have to show up for work; some people do not. But everyone is paid. Some people can get access to a permit when they contact theirFederal Agency; some people cannot. Some people can get licensing; some people cannot. Some people can work through the process with the Corps of Engineers; some people cannot. And this chaos for the American people and for people who work for the Federal workforce happens all over the country simply because Congress did not get its job done. Well, the solution is simple. Hold the American people and the Federal workers harmless and push Members of Congress to actually finish the work. This is not a partisan solution. It is just a solution. That is why Republicans and Democrats alike have agreed to the simple solution that Maggie Hassan and I have come to, to be able to end government shutdowns and to say let's continue the conversation that needs to be done, but let's not have yet another shutdown. This body knows, in the past 40 years, we have had 21 government shutdowns--21. The last one needs to be our last, but I don't know if it will be because 2 weeks from now we are headed to the end of the year, and there is no solution on the table for how to avoid a government shutdown again. Senator Hassan and I and multiple others again filed our bill today and said: We know how to stop government shutdowns. Keep us at work. Hold the American people harmless, and let's get the task done. Honestly, I have had people say: That is such a creative solution, and it is such a simple process to get done. I have smiled at them and said: Actually, it is not all that creative. It is the same thing that my mom did when my brother and I were growing up at the house. When my brother and I were in an argument, she would put the two of us in our room and would say: You guys work it out. When you work it out, then you can come out of the room. It is really no different than that to say Members of Congress should stay at the task until we solve the budget work and we should not leave with the budget work undone and leave the American people experiencing another government shutdown. Let's not have shutdown 22. Let's end government shutdowns, and let's get our actual budget work done, on time, as is expected by the American people. With that, I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. LANKFORD | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6507-2 | null | 3,087 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, you are very aware because in the committee that we both sit on, we have worked through a process of trying to form an answer to a problem that is coming at us again in 2 weeks. Two weeks from now, we will hit the end of the fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, according to the Budget Act of 1974, we should have already passed 12 appropriations bills out of this body, 12 appropriations bills out of the House, have conferenced those two bills, sent it to the White House for a signature. That is the instructions that should be done by the end of the fiscal year. The problem with that is the Senate has not passed a single one of those appropriations bills even out of committee--not one. So our government is not funded 2 weeks from now, which means the countdown clock will begin again toward when we are headed to another government shutdown, and the conversation will be: Are we going to have another government shutdown? Are we going to be open? What is going to happen to Federal workers? Agencies across Washington, DC, and across the country will shortly get instructions for here is what to do in case of a shutdown in your Agency. Here is who, of employees, would be nonessential, what needs to happen to them; essential, what needs to happen to them. And the chaos will begin in all these Agencies because 2 weeks from now we are headed toward the end of the fiscal year and not a single appropriations bill, of the 12, has been taken up in committee. Not one of them is even scheduled even to be debated on the floor of the Senate. We will not have appropriations bills done 2 weeks from now. It is not going to happen. So here are the alternatives: There will be what is called a short-term continuing resolution of some length or we will have a shutdown 2 weeks from now. For the past 3 years, Senator Maggie Hassan and I have proposed a very straightforward solution to end the threat of government shutdowns. Our straightforward proposal to stop government shutdowns is a simple way to be able to solve this issue. If we get to the end of the fiscal year, September 30, midnight, and we have not finished the work that needs to be done on those 12 appropriations bills, automatically a continuing resolution will kick in to prevent a government shutdown. But starting the very next day, October 1, the Senate and the House have mandatory quorum calls every single day until we finish the 12 appropriations bills. We stay here to be able to finish our work. But the work has to be done. Why is that important? Because Federal Agencies shouldn't constantly be worried about another government shutdown, and the American people should be able to interact with their own government. Now, all of us know the government actually doesn't shut down, but it moves into shutdown mode. Some people have to show up for work; some people do not. But everyone is paid. Some people can get access to a permit when they contact theirFederal Agency; some people cannot. Some people can get licensing; some people cannot. Some people can work through the process with the Corps of Engineers; some people cannot. And this chaos for the American people and for people who work for the Federal workforce happens all over the country simply because Congress did not get its job done. Well, the solution is simple. Hold the American people and the Federal workers harmless and push Members of Congress to actually finish the work. This is not a partisan solution. It is just a solution. That is why Republicans and Democrats alike have agreed to the simple solution that Maggie Hassan and I have come to, to be able to end government shutdowns and to say let's continue the conversation that needs to be done, but let's not have yet another shutdown. This body knows, in the past 40 years, we have had 21 government shutdowns--21. The last one needs to be our last, but I don't know if it will be because 2 weeks from now we are headed to the end of the year, and there is no solution on the table for how to avoid a government shutdown again. Senator Hassan and I and multiple others again filed our bill today and said: We know how to stop government shutdowns. Keep us at work. Hold the American people harmless, and let's get the task done. Honestly, I have had people say: That is such a creative solution, and it is such a simple process to get done. I have smiled at them and said: Actually, it is not all that creative. It is the same thing that my mom did when my brother and I were growing up at the house. When my brother and I were in an argument, she would put the two of us in our room and would say: You guys work it out. When you work it out, then you can come out of the room. It is really no different than that to say Members of Congress should stay at the task until we solve the budget work and we should not leave with the budget work undone and leave the American people experiencing another government shutdown. Let's not have shutdown 22. Let's end government shutdowns, and let's get our actual budget work done, on time, as is expected by the American people. With that, I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. LANKFORD | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6507-2 | null | 3,088 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, last week, President Biden announced that he had lost patience with the American people and that he was demanding people get a vaccination. Now, I have had the vaccine. I am grateful for the vaccine. But it is an entirely different issue for the President of the United States to wag his finger at the American people and to say: I know what you have chosen, but I choose something different, and you are going to follow me. To literally instruct every employer with 100 employees or more, every Federal contractor, every Federal employee to bend to the will of the President and take this injection, that is a very different thing. There are over 39 million Americans right now, that we know of, that have already had COVID-19, have survived it, and have natural immunity. The President's demand for a vaccine ignored those almost 40 million Americans that already have natural immunity. His demand was: I know you have natural immunity. I want you to get this vaccine as well. It ignores cancer survivors who are very, very careful about what goes into their system. It ignores people with religious objections, and there are millions who have religious objections. It ignores individuals who just don't want to do it because they are an American and they don't have to and they do not like to have a Federal Government instructing them what they are going to actually put in their body. Now, ironically, this was a random selection of companies that have 100 employees and up, so I assume that if you have 99 employees, you are all fine, but if you have 100 employees, it is totally different. There seems to be no accounting for where your employees work. Are your employees all tightly packed, all 100 in one small room, or are your employees all working outside? Do you have 100 employees, but they are in 19 different locations? There seems to be no accommodation for any of those. It is just the President saying: I have lost patience. You need to go get the vaccine immediately. So, by Thanksgiving, he is planning on laying this vaccine mandate down on the country. There are multiple problems there, as I have already outlined: the 40 million people who have already survived COVID and don't want to do the vaccine, the individuals in different medical treatments, the individuals with different other religious issues that they have. But it is also an issue of trying to have a mandate come down from the Federal Government with an Executive order. That is not how our system works. The President of the United States does not have the ability to be able to just demand behavior from the American people. That is not their role. It has been interesting to me. I have had several people who have reached out to me and said: I found out that the President's order exempts Congress. So how come you get an exemption and I don't? I quickly responded back to them: Because we are a coequal branch of government, and the President is trying to find everybody under his purview to be able to do this. But the judicial branch and the legislative branch aren't under his purview. Neither should be the American people because the American people do not work for the President of the United States. And companies of 100 people or more, their chief executive, their leadership does not work for the President of the United States. So now what? There are lawsuits that are pending, but those lawsuits can't move forward until the actual paperwork comes out from the White House. When the actual paperwork comes out in the next couple of weeks, we assume--we have not been told--then they will have what is called standing in the courts, and litigation from across the country will be able to speak into and Federal judges across the country will be able to move on an injunction on this out-of-control mandate and to be able to say they cannot just compel people to be able to go take a shot because the President wants them to get it. So that will be the first big step. There will be legislative challenges that will come through this body. They are slower, so the Federal courts are the fastest response to this. But there will be multiple other groups that will push back on this, myself included. Listen, why would we not respect those individuals who have already had COVID-19? According to an article that is in the Wall Street Journal just today, there was a study out of Israel that shows that the immunity from natural immunity is 27 times more effective than the shot--27 times, according to the study that has just recently come out. To ignore that and to say that is not enough is absurd--or to compel Americans, whether they have had COVID or not, to be able to have a behavior just because the President has ``lost patience'' is not who we are as Americans. It is not constitutional. It will not stand in the courts and should not stand. We should push back on this. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. LANKFORD | Senate | CREC-2021-09-14-pt1-PgS6507 | null | 3,089 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a fallen Marine, Cpl Daegan William-Tyeler Page. Corporal Page was a son of the heartland, originally from Red Oak, IA, and raised in Omaha, NE. He is one of 13 brave servicemembers who gave his life in service to our country during the evacuation of Afghanistan. Just 23 years old when he was killed at the attack at the Kabul airport, he gave his life defending our citizens and our allies as they tried to escape from Afghanistan. Right after graduating from Millard South High School, Corporal Page joined the Marines and was part of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. He enjoyed playing hockey, and was an avid sports fan, especially of the Chicago Blackhawks. Corporal Page loved spending time outdoors, hunting, and being in the water. He was a Boy Scout, a good friend to many, and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. My prayers are with his parents, Wendy and Craig Adelson and Greg and Jenni Page, as well as his brothers and sister, his grandparents, his girlfriend Jessica Ellison, and his other family members and many friends. We all owe Corporal Page and his fellow marines a debt of gratitude. He and those he served with rescued countless Americans and allies. They went into the chaos of the withdrawal from Afghanistan to help strangers that they never met--to save lives. There is no doubt in my mind that many lives were saved because of Corporal Page's service, and his sacrifice will not be forgotten. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. GRASSLEY | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6524-2 | null | 3,090 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 366 Whereas the events that led to the signing of the Constitution of the United States by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, have significance for every citizen of the United States and are honored in public schools across the United States on Constitution Day, which is September 17 of each year; Whereas the rule of law, the social compact, democracy, liberty, equality, and unalienable human rights are the essential values upon which the United States flourishes; Whereas diversity is one of the greatest strengths of the United States, and the motto inscribed on the Great Seal of the United States, ``E pluribus unum'', Latin for ``out of many, one'', symbolizes that individuals in the United States from all walks of life are unified by shared values; Whereas exceptional, visionary, and indispensable individuals such as Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Adams, John Marshall, George Washington, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison founded or advanced the United States; Whereas the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions signed in Seneca Falls, New York, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the ``I Have a Dream'' speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr., express sentiments that have advanced liberty in the United States; and Whereas the Bennington flag (commonly known as the ``'76 flag''), the Betsy Ross flag, the current flag of the United States, the flag of the women's suffrage movement, the Union flag (commonly known as the ``Fort Sumter flag''), the Gadsden flag, and the flags of the States are physical symbols of the history of the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) supports the designation of the week of September 11 through September 17 as ``Patriot Week''; (2) recognizes that understanding the history of the United States and the first principles of the United States is indispensable to the survival of the United States as a free people; (3) acknowledges, in great reverence to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks, that citizens of the United States should take time to honor the first principles, founders, documents, and symbols of their history; (4) recognizes that each generation should renew the spirit of the United States based on the first principles, historical figures, founding documents, and symbols of the United States; and (5) encourages citizens, schools and other educational institutions, and Federal, State, and local governments and their agencies to recognize and participate in Patriot Week by honoring, celebrating, and promoting the study of the history of the United States so that all people of the United States may offer the reverence that is due to the free republic. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6527-2 | null | 3,091 |
formal | public school | null | racist | Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 366 Whereas the events that led to the signing of the Constitution of the United States by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, have significance for every citizen of the United States and are honored in public schools across the United States on Constitution Day, which is September 17 of each year; Whereas the rule of law, the social compact, democracy, liberty, equality, and unalienable human rights are the essential values upon which the United States flourishes; Whereas diversity is one of the greatest strengths of the United States, and the motto inscribed on the Great Seal of the United States, ``E pluribus unum'', Latin for ``out of many, one'', symbolizes that individuals in the United States from all walks of life are unified by shared values; Whereas exceptional, visionary, and indispensable individuals such as Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Adams, John Marshall, George Washington, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison founded or advanced the United States; Whereas the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions signed in Seneca Falls, New York, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the ``I Have a Dream'' speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr., express sentiments that have advanced liberty in the United States; and Whereas the Bennington flag (commonly known as the ``'76 flag''), the Betsy Ross flag, the current flag of the United States, the flag of the women's suffrage movement, the Union flag (commonly known as the ``Fort Sumter flag''), the Gadsden flag, and the flags of the States are physical symbols of the history of the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) supports the designation of the week of September 11 through September 17 as ``Patriot Week''; (2) recognizes that understanding the history of the United States and the first principles of the United States is indispensable to the survival of the United States as a free people; (3) acknowledges, in great reverence to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks, that citizens of the United States should take time to honor the first principles, founders, documents, and symbols of their history; (4) recognizes that each generation should renew the spirit of the United States based on the first principles, historical figures, founding documents, and symbols of the United States; and (5) encourages citizens, schools and other educational institutions, and Federal, State, and local governments and their agencies to recognize and participate in Patriot Week by honoring, celebrating, and promoting the study of the history of the United States so that all people of the United States may offer the reverence that is due to the free republic. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6527-2 | null | 3,092 |
formal | public schools | null | racist | Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 366 Whereas the events that led to the signing of the Constitution of the United States by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, have significance for every citizen of the United States and are honored in public schools across the United States on Constitution Day, which is September 17 of each year; Whereas the rule of law, the social compact, democracy, liberty, equality, and unalienable human rights are the essential values upon which the United States flourishes; Whereas diversity is one of the greatest strengths of the United States, and the motto inscribed on the Great Seal of the United States, ``E pluribus unum'', Latin for ``out of many, one'', symbolizes that individuals in the United States from all walks of life are unified by shared values; Whereas exceptional, visionary, and indispensable individuals such as Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Adams, John Marshall, George Washington, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison founded or advanced the United States; Whereas the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions signed in Seneca Falls, New York, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the ``I Have a Dream'' speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr., express sentiments that have advanced liberty in the United States; and Whereas the Bennington flag (commonly known as the ``'76 flag''), the Betsy Ross flag, the current flag of the United States, the flag of the women's suffrage movement, the Union flag (commonly known as the ``Fort Sumter flag''), the Gadsden flag, and the flags of the States are physical symbols of the history of the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) supports the designation of the week of September 11 through September 17 as ``Patriot Week''; (2) recognizes that understanding the history of the United States and the first principles of the United States is indispensable to the survival of the United States as a free people; (3) acknowledges, in great reverence to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks, that citizens of the United States should take time to honor the first principles, founders, documents, and symbols of their history; (4) recognizes that each generation should renew the spirit of the United States based on the first principles, historical figures, founding documents, and symbols of the United States; and (5) encourages citizens, schools and other educational institutions, and Federal, State, and local governments and their agencies to recognize and participate in Patriot Week by honoring, celebrating, and promoting the study of the history of the United States so that all people of the United States may offer the reverence that is due to the free republic. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6527-2 | null | 3,093 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Ms. ERNST. Mr. President, words can't describe the emotions I felt watching the ruthless Taliban once again seize control of Afghanistan, the very same country from where terrorists plotted the attacks on America two decades earlier. The world watched hopelessly as tens of thousands of people, including American citizens and our Afghan allies,desperately attempted to escape the terror and bleak future certain to return under the rule of the Taliban. Through the chaos and the panic, the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, who once freed the Nation from the terrorist regime, stood as protectors at the Kabul airport for those who were desperately seeking a way out. Then, on August 26, a terrorist attack at the airport claimed the lives of 13 of these brave servicemembers who were assisting with the evacuation, marking one of the deadliest days for U.S. forces during the 20-year conflict. Marine Corporal Daegan William-Tyeler Page was one of those killed in action on that day. Daegan was a young man from Red Oak, IA, who truly represents the greatness of our State, our country, and the U.S. Marine Corps in which he proudly served. Daegan may have been just 23 years old, but he died a hero who lived a life of service to his community and to his Nation. Our hearts go out to those to whom he meant the most: his girlfriend, Jessica; his parents, Wendy and Craig Adelson and Greg and Jenni Page; his grandparents; and his four siblings, Corey, Garrett, Mason, and Emerson, to whom Daegan has always been a hero, even before he became a U.S. marine. The wounds of war obviously aren't just borne by the warrior. It is the family of the fallen who will carry the scars for a lifetime. The hole left in their lives by the loss of Daegan can never, ever be filled. So let's also keep Daegan's family in our prayers. Being from Red Oak, IA, I know Daegan's family. I have grown up with Daegan's family. It was my best friend in Red Oak that texted me after that explosion at the Kabul airport. She is the one who told me that Wendy Tye's son Daegan had been killed in this explosion. So I gave the family time to come together, and that next morning I called Wendy's mother, Peggy. I love Peggy very much. I love their entire family very much, and I told her I was so sorry about the loss of Daegan. And she told me: Joni, just please let everybody know what an amazing young man that Daegan was. And he was an extraordinary young man. Before we ended our conversation, she said: Joni, give that precious Libby of yours a hug for me, like I used to so many years ago when she was a little girl. And she said: You never know when you will get that last hug from someone you love. And, Peggy, I did. I gave my daughter Libby a hug. So while Daegan was a tough marine--he really was--again, an amazing young man. He was fun, loving, and he had a giant heart and a soft spot for animals. He had three dogs--Shyia, Gracie, and Finn. Growing up in Red Oak, and then in Omaha, Daegan's commitment to service began at a young age as a longtime member of the Boy Scouts. While he was just a child when the terrorists attacked America on September 11, 2001, after graduating from Millard South High School, he answered the call to serve his country by joining the U.S. Marine Corps. Daegan's family says that he loved the brotherhood of the Marines and was proud to serve as a member of the 2d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA. Daegan was always a dedicated team member. It didn't matter what it was, but he was dedicated, according to his former hockey teammates who, together, won the Nebraska State championship tournament. Omaha's hockey community has fittingly paid tribute to Daegan by placing hockey sticks on their porches in his memory. A memorial service to celebrate Daegan's life is being held this Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Omaha. Like his family, teammates, and fellow servicemembers, we mourn the loss of Daegan, but also honor his heroism and his valor. He has been awarded the Purple Heart for making that ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. His life in Red Oak, IA, and Omaha, NE, and his death, remind us that this world is a very dangerous place with many wishing to do the United States harm. Our protection here at home depends upon the sacrifice and the service of many heroes, those like Daegan. Let it not be forgotten that thousands of other lives were rescued from pending doom because of the bravery of Daegan and the 12 other servicemembers who lost their lives that day while standing guard to ensure the safe passage of others out of Afghanistan. While it is heartbreaking that he was taken from this world too soon, Daegan will forever have the gratitude of our Nation. So Wendy and Greg, and to your families, please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your beautiful son, Daegan. The American people will never forget him, nor will they ever forget his life of service. Semper Fidelis, Daegan, and godspeed. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. ERNST | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6528-7 | null | 3,094 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Ms. ERNST. Mr. President, words can't describe the emotions I felt watching the ruthless Taliban once again seize control of Afghanistan, the very same country from where terrorists plotted the attacks on America two decades earlier. The world watched hopelessly as tens of thousands of people, including American citizens and our Afghan allies,desperately attempted to escape the terror and bleak future certain to return under the rule of the Taliban. Through the chaos and the panic, the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, who once freed the Nation from the terrorist regime, stood as protectors at the Kabul airport for those who were desperately seeking a way out. Then, on August 26, a terrorist attack at the airport claimed the lives of 13 of these brave servicemembers who were assisting with the evacuation, marking one of the deadliest days for U.S. forces during the 20-year conflict. Marine Corporal Daegan William-Tyeler Page was one of those killed in action on that day. Daegan was a young man from Red Oak, IA, who truly represents the greatness of our State, our country, and the U.S. Marine Corps in which he proudly served. Daegan may have been just 23 years old, but he died a hero who lived a life of service to his community and to his Nation. Our hearts go out to those to whom he meant the most: his girlfriend, Jessica; his parents, Wendy and Craig Adelson and Greg and Jenni Page; his grandparents; and his four siblings, Corey, Garrett, Mason, and Emerson, to whom Daegan has always been a hero, even before he became a U.S. marine. The wounds of war obviously aren't just borne by the warrior. It is the family of the fallen who will carry the scars for a lifetime. The hole left in their lives by the loss of Daegan can never, ever be filled. So let's also keep Daegan's family in our prayers. Being from Red Oak, IA, I know Daegan's family. I have grown up with Daegan's family. It was my best friend in Red Oak that texted me after that explosion at the Kabul airport. She is the one who told me that Wendy Tye's son Daegan had been killed in this explosion. So I gave the family time to come together, and that next morning I called Wendy's mother, Peggy. I love Peggy very much. I love their entire family very much, and I told her I was so sorry about the loss of Daegan. And she told me: Joni, just please let everybody know what an amazing young man that Daegan was. And he was an extraordinary young man. Before we ended our conversation, she said: Joni, give that precious Libby of yours a hug for me, like I used to so many years ago when she was a little girl. And she said: You never know when you will get that last hug from someone you love. And, Peggy, I did. I gave my daughter Libby a hug. So while Daegan was a tough marine--he really was--again, an amazing young man. He was fun, loving, and he had a giant heart and a soft spot for animals. He had three dogs--Shyia, Gracie, and Finn. Growing up in Red Oak, and then in Omaha, Daegan's commitment to service began at a young age as a longtime member of the Boy Scouts. While he was just a child when the terrorists attacked America on September 11, 2001, after graduating from Millard South High School, he answered the call to serve his country by joining the U.S. Marine Corps. Daegan's family says that he loved the brotherhood of the Marines and was proud to serve as a member of the 2d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA. Daegan was always a dedicated team member. It didn't matter what it was, but he was dedicated, according to his former hockey teammates who, together, won the Nebraska State championship tournament. Omaha's hockey community has fittingly paid tribute to Daegan by placing hockey sticks on their porches in his memory. A memorial service to celebrate Daegan's life is being held this Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Omaha. Like his family, teammates, and fellow servicemembers, we mourn the loss of Daegan, but also honor his heroism and his valor. He has been awarded the Purple Heart for making that ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. His life in Red Oak, IA, and Omaha, NE, and his death, remind us that this world is a very dangerous place with many wishing to do the United States harm. Our protection here at home depends upon the sacrifice and the service of many heroes, those like Daegan. Let it not be forgotten that thousands of other lives were rescued from pending doom because of the bravery of Daegan and the 12 other servicemembers who lost their lives that day while standing guard to ensure the safe passage of others out of Afghanistan. While it is heartbreaking that he was taken from this world too soon, Daegan will forever have the gratitude of our Nation. So Wendy and Greg, and to your families, please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your beautiful son, Daegan. The American people will never forget him, nor will they ever forget his life of service. Semper Fidelis, Daegan, and godspeed. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. ERNST | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6528-7 | null | 3,095 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, we are back in session after a busy August, and we are hitting the ground running in the U.S. Senate. This week, congressional committees have heard from top Biden administration officials about the disastrous withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan. In the months to come, there will be more questions about the decisions that led to the collapse of that country and how the administration plans to protect the American people from terrorist threats moving forward. You know, the whole premise of our going to Afghanistan in the first place was to deny vacuums that could be filled by terrorist organizations like al-Qaida and ISIS and thus represent a threat to the homeland not only of people in Europe and in the region but alsoto the people here in the United States. Some called 9/11/2001 a failure of imagination because we never imagined that terrorists overseas would plan and execute a terrorist attack that would kill 3,000 Americans using 2 airplanes to fly into the World Trade Center. So now, with the embarrassing and disastrous withdrawal by the Biden administration of our troops from Afghanistan, the question is, How long will it take the terrorists to reconstitute themselves and present a clear and present danger to not only the region but also the continent of Europe and the United States? But for right now, we deserve and the American people deserve answers and accountability. And it is not just these 13 marines who lost their lives in Afghanistan; other American servicemembers have lost their lives and literally their limbs to try to deny a safe haven to terrorist organizations like al-Qaida and ISIS. I worry that they may worry that their sacrifices may have been in vain if, in fact, these terrorists occupy this vacuum which has now been created with a very hospitable Taliban, which was responsible for hosting al-Qaida in the first place. I worry that these troops feel like their sacrifice has been in vain. But I want to assure them that they did what they were asked to do by their Commander in Chief with honor and respect and great personal sacrifice. And no matter what happens going forward, nothing will ever change the respect and the honor that we have for them and their service. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. CORNYN | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6529-2 | null | 3,096 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, we are back in session after a busy August, and we are hitting the ground running in the U.S. Senate. This week, congressional committees have heard from top Biden administration officials about the disastrous withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan. In the months to come, there will be more questions about the decisions that led to the collapse of that country and how the administration plans to protect the American people from terrorist threats moving forward. You know, the whole premise of our going to Afghanistan in the first place was to deny vacuums that could be filled by terrorist organizations like al-Qaida and ISIS and thus represent a threat to the homeland not only of people in Europe and in the region but alsoto the people here in the United States. Some called 9/11/2001 a failure of imagination because we never imagined that terrorists overseas would plan and execute a terrorist attack that would kill 3,000 Americans using 2 airplanes to fly into the World Trade Center. So now, with the embarrassing and disastrous withdrawal by the Biden administration of our troops from Afghanistan, the question is, How long will it take the terrorists to reconstitute themselves and present a clear and present danger to not only the region but also the continent of Europe and the United States? But for right now, we deserve and the American people deserve answers and accountability. And it is not just these 13 marines who lost their lives in Afghanistan; other American servicemembers have lost their lives and literally their limbs to try to deny a safe haven to terrorist organizations like al-Qaida and ISIS. I worry that they may worry that their sacrifices may have been in vain if, in fact, these terrorists occupy this vacuum which has now been created with a very hospitable Taliban, which was responsible for hosting al-Qaida in the first place. I worry that these troops feel like their sacrifice has been in vain. But I want to assure them that they did what they were asked to do by their Commander in Chief with honor and respect and great personal sacrifice. And no matter what happens going forward, nothing will ever change the respect and the honor that we have for them and their service. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. CORNYN | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6529-2 | null | 3,097 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, in the final days of the U.S. military's presence in Afghanistan, our country suffered a devastating loss. Thirteen servicemembers were killed in a terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, marking the deadliest day for the U.S. military in more than a decade in that country. These young men and women, all between the ages of 20 and 31, were taken from loving families--parents, siblings, spouses, fiancees--even a baby on the way. In Laredo, TX, on Monday, I had the solemn honor of attending the funeral for one of these heroes and offering my condolences to his family. U.S. Marine Corps LCpl David Lee Espinoza was only 20 years old when he lost his life last month, but he represented the very best of the Marine Corps, the U.S. military, and the very best of America. From childhood, he dreamed of serving in the military. He joined the Marines right after high school to serve his country and to protect our freedom. And last month, he made the ultimate sacrifice in service to that mission. The pride in this young marine and the gratitude for his service and sacrifice was visible throughout the Laredo community. Driving through Laredo from the airport, the streets were lined with folks, including schoolchildren holding up American flags in honor of LCpl Espinoza. Veterans from across the State proudly stood outside the entrance to St. Patrick Catholic Church to pay tribute to their fallen brother. And across the street, a giant American flag hung from the ladder of two fire trucks. I attended the mass, officiated by Bishop James Tamayo, and paid my respects to David Espinoza's family and other members of his family. There is nothing we can do to bring back LCpl Espinoza, but we can ensure that his service and sacrifice, and that of the other servicemembers killed that day, will never be forgotten. I join those across the country who are mourning the loss of their heroes and honoring the sacrifices they have made for our freedoms. To me, one of the most unique things about the U.S. military--this is not just about our freedom. They were protecting the rights and the freedom and the dignity of people on the other side of the planet. Our Nation is forever grateful to these young men and women and their loved ones who made unfathomable sacrifices for our freedoms. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. CORNYN | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6529 | null | 3,098 |
formal | government spending | null | racist | Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, we also have a fast-approaching government funding deadline. To be specific, we have about 16 days before we will be knee deep in a government shutdown unless Congress appropriates money to keep the lights on. Following a year and a half of economic instability, there is no justification to unleash even more uncertainty on our economy and on hard-working American families. Then, on top of that, we are told that our Democratic colleagues intend to pass a $3\1/2\ trillion--probably closer to $5 trillion--reckless tax-and-spending-spree bill, otherwise known as reconciliation. You know, during the last year, during the COVID-19 crisis, we worked very well together because we knew this was a national emergency that did not respect political parties or ideology or persons, and we had to do everything we could on an emergency basis to help. But that emergency is quickly getting in our rearview mirror, and our Democratic colleagues seem to be determined to continue to recklessly spend borrowed money that will have to be repaid by the next generation of Americans and to raise taxes to the highest level in recent memory, thus compounding the risk not only of inflation, which is a regressive tax on working families when the food they put on the table, the gasoline they buy, and the appliances they buy all are seeing prices going up at very quickly escalating levels. There is a real danger that this sort of reckless tax-and-spending spree will have a very negative effect not only on them but also on our economy more generally. For months, we know our Democratic colleagues have been debating back and forth about how much they are willing to spend on a liberal wish list. The chairman of the Budget Committee initially floated a staggering figure of $6 trillion. Now, I never dreamed that in my lifetime--certainly in my service here in the U.S. Senate--I would ever vote for a trillion-dollar bill, but I did during the emergency called COVID-19 because I thought it was necessary. But this kind of reckless spending is not necessary. This is an ideological juggernaut to try to achieve things to transform this country into some western European social democracy--social welfare state. Well, after months of negotiating amongst themselves, our Democratic colleagues have now settled not on a $6 trillion figure but on $3\1/2\ trillion. It is still a shocking number. Nonpartisan budget experts, as I indicated, said the actual cost would end up closer to $5\1/2\ trillion, so don't be fooled by this so-called appearance of self-restraint. This plan is chock full of damaging tax hikes, permanent welfare with no work requirements, Green New Deal climate mandates, and a laundry list of socialist policies. A party-line vote just before the recess laid the groundwork for the biggest government spending bonanza in American history, but now some of our Democratic colleagues are experiencing a little buyer's remorse, perhaps given the rapidly approaching date for the 2022 elections, and they are expressing some remorse or hesitation before swiping the taxpayers' credit card once more. Senators Manchin and Sinema have both voiced their opposition to the extreme $3\1/2\ trillion figure. Earlier this month, Senator Manchin wrote an op-ed explaining why he won't support such irresponsible spending. Our colleagues ought to read it and to consider his arguments. He said Democratic leaders in Congress have proposed passing ``the largest single spending bill in history with no regard to rising inflation, crippling debt, or the inevitability of future crises.'' The fractures in the reckless tax-and-spending spree aren't just deepening in the Senate; House Democrats are beginning to wring their hands, trying to figure out if they can justify such extreme spending and taxing. And I must say it certainly will require some creative thinking. Trillions more in borrowing when American families are already being pummeled by inflation; a sweeping amnesty with no effort to control the growing immigration crisis at the southern border; tax hikes on American families and small businesses--our Democratic colleagues are proposing the most extreme policy proposals that one might imagine in this one massive bill. So getting their Members on board is half the battle, but we are now seeing the internal debates and discussions among Democrats wondering if this is the wisest course of conduct, because there is no doubt about it--this is a massive amount of money, and Democrats are going to have to raise the debt ceiling by themselves if they want to write a check that big. This is where things get a little kooky. Even though this is a partisan spending spree, our friends across the aisle expect Republicans to join them in raising the debt ceiling, claiming that this should be a bipartisan effort. But it is clear Democrats don't require Republican support. They can attach this credit increase to the tax-and-spending-spree bill and pass it with only Democratic support. The only problem is, they don't really want to own it. They want political cover. They want us to help them pull the pin out of the economic grenade that they are about to toss in the laps of the American people. When this reckless tax-and-spending spree inevitably blows up, they want to be able to blame someone else. They want plausible deniability. But it is not going to work that way. Senator McConnell, the Republican leader, and folks on our side of the aisle have made it crystal clear on that point for months. If they want to spend alone, they are going to have to address the debt ceiling alone. Our Democratic colleagues can't cut Republicans out of the process when it is convenient and then beg cooperation when they need someone else to blame. I have no doubt that our colleagues across the aisle will come up with a host of gimmicks to try to get Republicans on board. Some have suggested threatening to shut down the government or withholding critical disaster relief. To be absolutely clear, folks on our side of the aisle do not want a government shutdown. The American people and our economy are already experiencing enough pain. In my State of Texas, we suffered enough natural disasters for me to understand how critical it is to get disaster relief out the door as quickly as possible. Communities impacted by hurricanes and wildfires do not deserve to be treated as political pawns on a chessboard. If Democrats want to charge $5\1/2\ trillion to the taxpayers' credit card, they will have to increase the credit limit themselves, and they can do it by themselves with the $3\1/2\ trillion social welfare bill, and they can't treat disaster victims and government funding as hostages. Our Democratic colleagues already went on one partisan spending spree earlier this year--an additional $1.9 trillion under the guise of providing COVID relief, when only about 10 percent of it actually addressed COVID.That has fueled, in the opinion of people like former Democratic economists, office holders--Larry Summers, for example, who said that we are risking a growth of inflation, which will raise prices on commodities and things that people need in their daily lives in order to live and thus form an invisible tax. As it stands today, our debt is roughly 107 percent of our gross domestic product--$28.7 trillion and counting. Most of us can't imagine what a trillion dollars is, much less a billion dollars, but it is roughly $28.7 trillion. And the sad news is, somebody is going to have to pay that back--somebody. I believe it is simply immoral for us to continue spending, borrow money, raise the debt, and expect future generations to pick up the tab. We know, at the same time, families are being hammered by inflation, as I said, and small businesses are still trying to lure employees back to work. So we are not going to assist with an encore performance of the partisan spending spree that we saw earlier this year. If our Democratic colleagues believe this partisan tax-and-spending spree is a wise investment for the American people, they are going to have to sell it to the American people and up the credit limit on their own. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. CORNYN | Senate | CREC-2021-09-15-pt1-PgS6530 | null | 3,099 |
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