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formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, now on another matter, in January 2019, a bipartisan supermajority of the Senate voted for an amendment I authored warning that the ``. . . precipitous withdrawal of United States forces from [Afghanistan] could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national security.'' Two years later, senior experts and advisers repeated the same warning to President Biden. His own experts made it clear that a hasty retreat from counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan would lead to the collapse of the Afghan Government. Those warnings, of course, fell on deaf ears. Thirteen American servicemembers died fulfilling the Biden administration's rush to evacuation. The Taliban now rules again in Kabul, as it did before U.S. forces arrived. Now, 1 year on from last August's disaster, the devastating scale of the fallout from President Biden's decision has come into sharper focus. Afghanistan has become, once again, a global pariah. Its economy has shrunk by nearly a third. Half of its population is now suffering critical levels of food insecurity. Afghan women and girls have had their rights to work, attend school, and live independently torn away under Taliban rule. And just as we feared, just as was predicted, Afghanistan is again becoming a serious haven for terrorists. The recent American strike that took out al-Qaida's leader al-Zawahiri is a credit to decades of work by the professionals of our intelligence community. Ah, but the fact that a terrorist kingpin felt comfortable in Kabul just months after America's withdrawal is a damning condemnation of the Biden administration's unjustified confidence that the Taliban could be trusted not to lay out the welcome mat for our most consequential terrorist enemies. The strike was a success, but the underlying fact that President Biden's policies led this top terrorist to set up shop with impunity right in downtown Kabul is a colossal failure. In fact, just weeks before the strike that killed Zawahiri, when the administration already knew full well that the Taliban government and senior Haqqani terrorists were harboring him, the administration still--still--released another hardened terrorist from Guantanamo and returned him into the Taliban's waiting arms. So al-Qaida is rebuilding under the patronage of the Taliban and the Haqqanis. There is no question that so-called over-the-horizon counterterrorism operations are becoming much more difficult. Senior administration officials have acknowledged that our intelligence about the growing threat is drying up--so is our ability to combat it. And the damage, the fallout, isn't limited just to Afghanistan itself. America's reckless abandonment has done lasting damage to the coalition partnerships that had made our operations there so successful. President Biden showed America's allies we couldn't be trusted or reasoned with, and he showed our adversaries the weakness of our resolve. There is no question in my mind that Russian, Chinese, and Iranian leaders watched us retreat from Afghanistan and, of course, were emboldened. I advised three consecutive Presidents not to withdraw from Afghanistan--three of them. I believed a small residual presence was sustainable, would help us keep pressure on the terrorists, and protect us here at home. Gen. Frank McKenzie, CENTCOM commander during the withdrawal, has said repeatedly that he voiced the very same view to President Biden. But even now, a year after the President's orders were carried out, the Biden administration continues to shirk accountability and responsibility. The fact that their haphazard scramble required an unprecedented airlift was not a success; it was a failure. The fact that over a year later, the administration still cannot really account for who they brought into our country, while both Americans and vulnerable Afghan partners still remain in Afghanistan as we speak, is not a success; it is a failure. President Biden has rejected practically every part of his predecessor's agenda, foreign and domestic, but he pretends he was somehow powerless to alter the previous administration's Doha agreement to pull out of Afghanistan--the one time President Biden decided the previous President had it right. Of course, the truth is that President Biden wanted to withdraw from Afghanistan. He campaigned on it. According to public reports, he spent the entire Obama administration pushing back against the generals' advice not to cut and run. And once in office himself, he pushed ahead. Senate Republicans will continue to press for accountability, will continue to pursue answers to tough questions about why the Biden administrationran headfirst--headfirst--into this national embarrassment. Just as importantly, we will also keep pushing to rebuild America's military, both to meet major threats from Russia and China and to defend the terrorist challenges President Biden has left to fester. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2022-09-08-pt1-PgS4499 | null | 5,000 |
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-4787. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Benoxacor; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9925- 01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4788. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tribenuron Methyl; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9952-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4789. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``IN-11693: Oxirane, 2-methyl-, polymer with oxirane, di-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No. 9983-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 3, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4790. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Streptomyces sp. strain K61; Amendment to an Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9963-01-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4791. A communication from the Chief of the Division of Regulations, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Paleontological Resources Preservation'' (RIN1093- AA25) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry . EC-4792. A communication from the Secretary of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clearing Requirement Determination Under Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act for Interest Rate Swaps to Account for the Transition from LIBOR and Other IBORs to Alternative Reference Rates'' (RIN3038-AF18) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4793. A communication from the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting additional legislative proposals relative to the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023''; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-4794. A communication from the Senior Official performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations, and Environment), transmitting, pursuant to law, an interim response to a reporting requirement relative to World War I and Korean War era superfund facilities; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-4795. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a semiannual report entitled, ``Acceptance of Contributions for Defense Programs, Projects, and Activities; Defense Cooperation Account'' and a semiannual listing of personal property contributed by coalition partners; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-4796. A communication from the Senior Official performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Industrial Base Policy), transmitting, pursuant to law, an interim response to a reporting requirement relative to the total level of expenditures for fiscal year 2021 and the requested level of funding for fiscal year 2022 for all contracts for advertising services; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-4797. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001, in light of the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4798. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to the Congress on the Profitability of Credit Card Operations of Depository Institutions''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4799. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 108th Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board covering operations for calendar year 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4800. A communication from the Senior Legal Advisor for Regulatory Affairs, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; Updated Regulations in Light of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019, and for Other Purposes'' (31 CFR Part 50) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4801. A communication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Final Report on the National Emergency Declared in Executive Order 13953: Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain from Reliance on Critical Minerals from Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic Mining and Processing Industries''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4802. A communication from the Deputy General Counsel for Operations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4803. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Director for Legislative Affairs, Legal Division, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Limited Applicability of Consumer Financial Protection Act's `Time or Space' exception with Respect to Digital Marketing Providers'' (12 CFR Chapter X) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4804. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Direct Expansion--Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems'' (RIN1904-AE46) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-4805. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Agency's Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2022 through 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4806. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department'' (FRL No. 9217-02-R9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4807. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Delaware; Revision of Regulation for Sulfur Content of Fuel Oil'' (FRL No. 9440-02- R3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4808. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Connecticut: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 9580-02-R1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4809. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tennessee: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9794-02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4810. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Alabama; NOx SIP Call'' (FRL No. 9884-02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4811. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Various Fragrance Components; Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9924-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4812. A communication from the Branch of Administrative Support Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of Smooth Coneflower from Endangered to Threatened with a Section 4(d) Rule'' (RIN1018-BD83) received on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4813. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; North Carolina: Inspection and Maintenance Program'' (FRL No. 9935-02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 3, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4814. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Rules for Particulate Emissions from Open Sources'' (FRL No. 9734-02-R1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 3, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4815. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval; Missouri; Construction Permits Required'' (FRL No. 9935-02- R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 3, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4816. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy for the position of Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4817. A communication from the Manager of the Branch of Listing Policy and Support, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat'' (RIN1018-BD84) received during adjournment of the Senate in the office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4818. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to Arkansas'' (FRL No. 9262-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4819. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Eastern Kern County Air Pollution Control District and Imperial County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL No. 10020-01-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4820. A communication from the Wildlife Biologist of the Division of Bird Conservation Permits and Regulations, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird Hunting; Final 2022-23 Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations'' (RIN1018-BF07) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4821. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Deadlines for Submission and Recordation of Allowance Allocations Under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Trading Programs and the Texas SO2 Trading Program'' (FRL No. 8670.1-01-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4822. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removal of the Reformulated Gasoline Program from the Southern Maine Area'' ((FRL No. 9847-01-OAR) (RIN2060- AV75)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4823. 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; Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, New Mexico; Excess Emissions'' (FRL No. 9878-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4824. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; New Mexico; Interstate Transport Requirements for 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9889-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4825. 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 Implementation Plans; New York; Oil and Natural Gas Control Measures'' (FRL No. 9927-02-R2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4826. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 29, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4827. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2023; Changes to the Requirements for the Director of Food and Nutrition Services and Physical Environment Requirements in Long-Term Care Facilities'' ((RIN0938-AU17) (RIN0938-AT36)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4828. 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 ``Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2023 Rates (CMS-1771-F)'' (RIN0938-AU84) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4829. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Border Security Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Vessel Repair Duties for Vessels Entering U.S. Ports'' (RIN1651- AB41) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4830. A communication from the Assistant Director of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Disclosure of Information to State Officials Regarding Tax-Exempt Organizations'' (RIN1545-BI29) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4831. 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 ``Radiation Oncology (RO) Model'' (RIN0938-AT89) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-08-pt1-PgS4511-4 | null | 5,001 |
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-4787. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Benoxacor; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9925- 01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4788. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tribenuron Methyl; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9952-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4789. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``IN-11693: Oxirane, 2-methyl-, polymer with oxirane, di-(9Z)-9-octadecenoate; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No. 9983-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 3, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4790. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Streptomyces sp. strain K61; Amendment to an Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9963-01-OCSPP) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4791. A communication from the Chief of the Division of Regulations, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Paleontological Resources Preservation'' (RIN1093- AA25) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry . EC-4792. A communication from the Secretary of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clearing Requirement Determination Under Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act for Interest Rate Swaps to Account for the Transition from LIBOR and Other IBORs to Alternative Reference Rates'' (RIN3038-AF18) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4793. A communication from the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs), transmitting additional legislative proposals relative to the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023''; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-4794. A communication from the Senior Official performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations, and Environment), transmitting, pursuant to law, an interim response to a reporting requirement relative to World War I and Korean War era superfund facilities; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-4795. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a semiannual report entitled, ``Acceptance of Contributions for Defense Programs, Projects, and Activities; Defense Cooperation Account'' and a semiannual listing of personal property contributed by coalition partners; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-4796. A communication from the Senior Official performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Industrial Base Policy), transmitting, pursuant to law, an interim response to a reporting requirement relative to the total level of expenditures for fiscal year 2021 and the requested level of funding for fiscal year 2022 for all contracts for advertising services; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-4797. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001, in light of the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4798. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to the Congress on the Profitability of Credit Card Operations of Depository Institutions''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4799. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 108th Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board covering operations for calendar year 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4800. A communication from the Senior Legal Advisor for Regulatory Affairs, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; Updated Regulations in Light of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019, and for Other Purposes'' (31 CFR Part 50) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4801. A communication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Final Report on the National Emergency Declared in Executive Order 13953: Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain from Reliance on Critical Minerals from Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic Mining and Processing Industries''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4802. A communication from the Deputy General Counsel for Operations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4803. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Director for Legislative Affairs, Legal Division, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Limited Applicability of Consumer Financial Protection Act's `Time or Space' exception with Respect to Digital Marketing Providers'' (12 CFR Chapter X) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-4804. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Direct Expansion--Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems'' (RIN1904-AE46) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-4805. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Agency's Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2022 through 2026; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4806. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department'' (FRL No. 9217-02-R9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4807. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Delaware; Revision of Regulation for Sulfur Content of Fuel Oil'' (FRL No. 9440-02- R3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4808. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Connecticut: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 9580-02-R1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4809. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tennessee: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9794-02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4810. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Alabama; NOx SIP Call'' (FRL No. 9884-02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4811. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Various Fragrance Components; Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9924-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-4812. A communication from the Branch of Administrative Support Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of Smooth Coneflower from Endangered to Threatened with a Section 4(d) Rule'' (RIN1018-BD83) received on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4813. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; North Carolina: Inspection and Maintenance Program'' (FRL No. 9935-02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 3, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4814. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Rules for Particulate Emissions from Open Sources'' (FRL No. 9734-02-R1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 3, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4815. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval; Missouri; Construction Permits Required'' (FRL No. 9935-02- R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 3, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4816. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy for the position of Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4817. A communication from the Manager of the Branch of Listing Policy and Support, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat'' (RIN1018-BD84) received during adjournment of the Senate in the office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4818. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to Arkansas'' (FRL No. 9262-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4819. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Eastern Kern County Air Pollution Control District and Imperial County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL No. 10020-01-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4820. A communication from the Wildlife Biologist of the Division of Bird Conservation Permits and Regulations, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird Hunting; Final 2022-23 Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations'' (RIN1018-BF07) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4821. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Deadlines for Submission and Recordation of Allowance Allocations Under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Trading Programs and the Texas SO2 Trading Program'' (FRL No. 8670.1-01-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4822. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removal of the Reformulated Gasoline Program from the Southern Maine Area'' ((FRL No. 9847-01-OAR) (RIN2060- AV75)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4823. 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; Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, New Mexico; Excess Emissions'' (FRL No. 9878-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4824. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; New Mexico; Interstate Transport Requirements for 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9889-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4825. 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 Implementation Plans; New York; Oil and Natural Gas Control Measures'' (FRL No. 9927-02-R2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-4826. A communication from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 29, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4827. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2023; Changes to the Requirements for the Director of Food and Nutrition Services and Physical Environment Requirements in Long-Term Care Facilities'' ((RIN0938-AU17) (RIN0938-AT36)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4828. 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 ``Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2023 Rates (CMS-1771-F)'' (RIN0938-AU84) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4829. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Border Security Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Vessel Repair Duties for Vessels Entering U.S. Ports'' (RIN1651- AB41) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4830. A communication from the Assistant Director of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Disclosure of Information to State Officials Regarding Tax-Exempt Organizations'' (RIN1545-BI29) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-4831. 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 ``Radiation Oncology (RO) Model'' (RIN0938-AT89) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-08-pt1-PgS4511-4 | null | 5,002 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Brown) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services: S. Res. 756 Whereas, on August 1, 1907, the Aeronautical Division of the Army Signal Corps, consisting of 1 officer and 2 enlisted men, began operation under the command of Captain Charles deForest Chandler with the responsibility for ``all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred subjects''; Whereas, in 1908, the Department of War contracted with the Wright brothers to build 1 heavier-than-air flying machine for the Army and, in 1909, the Department of War accepted the Wright Military Flyer, the first military airplane in the world; Whereas pilots of the United States, flying with both Allied air forces and with the Army Air Service, performed admirably during the course of World War I, the first air war in history, by participating in pursuit, observation, and day and night bombing missions; Whereas pioneering aviators of the United States, including Mason M. Patrick, William ``Billy'' Mitchell, Benjamin D. Foulois, Frank M. Andrews, Henry H. ``Hap'' Arnold, James H. ``Jimmy'' Doolittle, and Edward ``Eddie'' Rickenbacker, were among the first individuals to recognize the military potential of airpower and, in the decades following World War I, courageously laid the foundation for the creation of an independent arm for the air forces of the United States; Whereas General Henry H. ``Hap'' Arnold drew upon the industrial prowess and human resources of the United States to transform the Army Air Corps from a force of 22,400 men and 2,402 aircraft in 1939, into an entity with a peak wartime strength of 2,400,000 personnel and 79,908 aircraft; Whereas, on June 20, 1941, the Department of War established the Army Air Forces as the aviation element of that Department and, shortly thereafter, the Department made the Army Air Forces co-equal to the Army Ground Forces; Whereas the standard for courage, flexibility, and intrepidity in combat was established for all airmen during the first aerial raid in the Pacific Theater on April 18, 1942, when Lieutenant Colonel James ``Jimmy'' H. Doolittle led 16 North American B-25 Mitchell bombers in a joint operation from the deck of the USS Hornet to strike the Japanese mainland in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; Whereas the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, realigned and reorganized the Armed Forces to establish the Department of the Air Force and the United States Air Force (referred to in this preamble as the ``USAF'') as separate from other military services; Whereas, on September 18, 1947, W. Stuart Symington became the first Secretary of the newly formed and independent Air Force, marking the date on which the USAF was established; Whereas the Air National Guard was also created by the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) and has played a vital role in guarding the United States and defending freedom in nearly every major conflict and contingency since its creation; Whereas, on October 14, 1947, the USAF demonstrated the historic and ongoing commitment of the USAF to technological innovation when Captain Charles ``Chuck'' Yeager piloted the X-1 developmental rocket plane to a speed of Mach 1.07, becoming the first flyer to break the sound barrier in a powered aircraft in level flight; Whereas the Air Force Reserve, created on April 14, 1948, is comprised of citizen airmen who serve as unrivaled wingmen of the active duty USAF during every deployment and on every mission and battlefield around the world in which the USAF is engaged; Whereas the USAF carried out the Berlin Airlift in 1948 and 1949 to provide humanitarian relief to post-war Germany and has established a tradition of offering humanitarian assistance when responding to natural disasters and needs across the world; Whereas the Tuskegee Airmen served the United States with tremendous dignity and honor, overcame segregation and prejudice to become one of the most highly respected fighter groups of World War II, and helped to establish a policy of racial integration within the ranks of the USAF, as, on April 26, 1948, the USAF became the first military branch to integrate, a full 3 months before an executive order integrated all military services; Whereas, in the early years of the Cold War, the arsenal of bombers of the USAF, such as the long-range Convair B-58 Hustler and B-36 Peacemaker, and the Boeing B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress, served as the preeminent deterrent of the United States against the forces of the Soviet Union and were later augmented by the development and deployment of medium range and intercontinental ballistic missiles, such as the Titan and Minuteman, developed by General Bernard A. Schriever; Whereas, on April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation establishing the United States Air Force Academy, the mission of which is to educate, develop, and inspire men and women to become aerospace officers and leaders of impeccable character and knowledge, and which, as of 2022, has graduated 64 classes and commissioned 53,491 officers into the USAF and United States Space Force (referred to in this preamble as the ``USSF''); Whereas, during the Korean War, the USAF employed the first large-scale combat use of jet aircraft, helped to establish air superiority over the Korean Peninsula, protected ground forces of the United Nations with close air support, and interdicted enemy reinforcements and supplies; Whereas, during the Vietnam War, the USAF engaged in a limited campaign of airpower to assist the South Vietnamese government in countering the communist Viet Cong guerillas and fought to disrupt supply lines, halt enemy ground offensives, and protect United States and Allied forces; Whereas, on April 3, 1967, former prisoner of war Paul W. Airey, a career radio operator, aerial gunner, and First Sergeant, became the first Chief Master Sergeant of the USAF; Whereas, in recent decades, the USAF and coalition partners of the United States have supported successful actions in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Kuwait, Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and many other locations around the world; Whereas USAF Special Operations Forces have served with honor and distinction around the world since their activation in 1990, providing the United States with specialized airpower across the broad spectrum of conflicts in any place and at any time; Whereas, for over 3 decades beginning in 1990, airmen engaged in continuous combat operations from Operation Desert Shield to Operation Inherent Resolve, demonstrating an air and space expeditionary force of outstanding capability that is ready to fight and win wars and deter aggression whenever and wherever called upon; Whereas, when terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, fighter and air refueling aircraft of the USAF took to the skies to fly combat air patrols over major cities of the United States and protect the people of the United States from further attack; Whereas, on December 20, 2019, in recognition that space had become a warfighting domain, former President Donald Trump signed legislation establishing the USSF as an independent service to ensure that the space domain remained open to all countries; Whereas, on May 30, 2020, in collaboration and engagement with interagency and commercial partners, the USSF provided unparalleled space launch capabilities in support of the first manned spaceflight from American soil in 9 years; Whereas, in 2021, in a step toward organizing the forces of the USSF to meet the needs of an independent military service devoted to space, the USSF activated Space Operations Command, Space Systems Command, and Space Training and Readiness Command; Whereas, to establish a unique and enduring culture for the USSF, the Department of the Air Force redesignated certain Air Force Bases and Air Force Stations supporting the USSF mission as Space Force Bases and Space Force Stations and graduated its first-ever basic military training course taught completely by USSF training instructors; Whereas space capabilities provide the foundation for everything the United States Armed Forces do, from humanitarian efforts to combat operations; Whereas, in 2022, following a `wings of hope and compassion' tradition dating back more than a century, when airmen provided food and supplies to Texas flood victims in 1919, the USAF and coalition partners airlifted 124,334 people out of Afghanistan in the largest humanitarian evacuation operation in history, spanning 17 days, 9 countries, 8 time zones, and more than 10 temporary safe havens; Whereas, since February 24, 2022, airmen and guardians have responded to Russian aggression against Ukraine by guarding the skies of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (commonly referred to as ``NATO''), transporting essential equipment to the Ukrainian military, and providing critical support from space; Whereas women have played a prominent role in the evolution of the Department of the Air Force, courageously fighting alongside their male counterparts and dedicating their lives to protecting peace, liberty, and freedom around the world as they provide air and space power whenever and wherever needed; Whereas the Department of the Air Force has made tremendous strides in the global warfighting domain of cyberspace by revolutionizing offensive and defensive capabilities and effects with speed, agility, and surgical precision, thereby ensuring the continuous command, control, and execution of operations in contested, degraded, and limited environments; Whereas the Civil Air Patrol, as a Total Force partner and auxiliary of the USAF, has maintained a steadfast commitment to the United States and the communities of the United States through a proud legacy of service, from the earliest days of World War II, when the Civil Air Patrol protected the shorelines of the United States, through 2022, as the Civil Air Patrol executes emergency service missions and aerospace education programs; Whereas the Department of the Air Force is steadfast in the commitment to fielding a world-class air and space expeditionary force by recruiting, training, and educating its officer, enlisted, and civilian corps comprising the active duty, Guard, and Reserve components of the Total Force; Whereas airmen were imprisoned and tortured during several major conflicts, including World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, and the Persian Gulf War, and, in the valiant tradition of airmen held captive, continued serving the United States with honor and dignity under the most inhumane circumstances; Whereas airmen have earned the Medal of Honor 18 times, the Air Force Cross 203 times, the Distinguished Service Cross 42 times, and, since September 11, 2001, the Silver Star 92 times; Whereas the USAF and the USSF are tremendous stewards of resources in developing and applying groundbreaking technology to manage complex acquisition programs for all air and space weapon systems throughout their life cycles; Whereas talented and dedicated airmen and guardians will continue to make the investments necessary to accelerate transformation and modernization to counter the adversaries of the United States and meet the future challenges of an ever-changing world with limitless strength, resolve, and patriotism; Whereas the USAF and the USSF are committed to accelerating change and preparing for the future, because failure is not an option; Whereas, on every continent around the world, airmen and guardians have bravely fought for freedom, liberty, and peace, preserved democracy, and protected the people and interests of the United States; Whereas the future success of the United States Armed Forces depends upon the ability to control the air and space domains; Whereas airmen and guardians will continue to be a tremendous resource for the United States in fights across every domain and at every location, thereby ensuring the safety and security of the United States; and Whereas, for 75 years, the airmen and guardians of the Department of the Air Force, through their exemplary service and sacrifice, have repeatedly proven their value to the United States, the people of the United States, the allies of the United States, and all free people of the world: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) commemorates the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of the Air Force; and (2) remembers, honors, and commends the achievements of the United States Air Force and the United States Space Force in serving and defending the United States. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-08-pt1-PgS4517 | null | 5,003 |
formal | urban | null | racist | Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I have two request 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 Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing. committee on the judiciary The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 9 a.m., to conduct an executive business meeting. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. DURBIN | Senate | CREC-2022-09-08-pt1-PgS4519 | null | 5,004 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-5191. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a notification of an introduction of United States Armed Forces, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1543(a)(3); Public Law 93-148, Sec. 4(a); (87 Stat. 555); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5192. 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, that was declared in Proclamation 7463 on September 14, 2001, is to continue in effect beyond September 14, 2022, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 117--143); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. EC-5193. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to Ethiopia that was declared in Executive Order 14046 of September 17, 2021, is to continue in effect beyond September 17, 2022, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 117--144); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. EC-5194. A letter from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a determination under section 7071 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022, pursuant to Public Law 117-103, div. K, title VII, Sec. 7071; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5195. A letter from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a determination under section 7071 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022, pursuant to Public Law 117-103, div. K, title VII, Sec. 7071; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5196. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0510; Project Identifier MCAI-2022-00158-R; Amendment 39-22139; AD 2022-17-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 30, 2022, 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-5197. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31443; Amdt. No. 4022] received August 30, 2022, 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-5198. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Modification of Class D and Class E Airspace and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Camarillo, CA [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0244; Airspace Docket No.: 20-AWP-9] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5199. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D Airspace and Class E Airspace; Fort Worth and Dallas-Fort Worth, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2021-1047; Airspace Docket No.: 21-ASW-23] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5200. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Modification of Class D Airspace, Removal and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Oxnard Airport, CA [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0243; Airspace Docket No.: 20-AWP-10] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5201. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Removal of Class E Airspace and Modification of Class D and Class E Airspace; Point Mugu NAS (Naval Base Ventura Co) Airport, CA [Docket No.: FAA-2021- 0242; Airspace Docket No.: 20-AWP-8] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5202. 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-2022-0522; Project Identifier MCAI-2022-00340-T; Amendment 39-22135; AD 2022-16-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 30, 2022, 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-5203. 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-2022-0586; Project Identifier MCAI-2021-01262-T; Amendment 39-22136; AD 2022-16-07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 30, 2022, 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-5204. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of the Class D and Class E Airpsace; Victoria, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0693; Airspace Docket No.: 22-ASW-12] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5205. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-233; Kotzebue, AK [Docket No.: FAA- 2021-1097; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AAL-64] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5206. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-229; Point Hope, AK [Docket No.: FAA-2021-1083; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AAL-62] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5207. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Jet Routes J-82 and J-94; Extension of Area Navigation (RNAV) Route Q-122; Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-100, V-138, V-456, and V- 505; Removal of VOR Federal Airway V-462; and Removal of the Fort Dodge, IA, Domestic Low Altitude Reporting Point; in the Vicinity of Fort Dodge, IA [Docket No.: FAA-2021-1043; Airspace Docket No.: 21-ACE-4] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5208. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Route Q-136; MI [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0624; Airspace Docket No.: 22-ACE-3] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received August 30, 2022, 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-5209. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting notification that the national emergency declared 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, 2022, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 202(d); (90 Stat. 1257) (H. Doc. No. 117--142); jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Intelligence (Permanent Select) and ordered to be printed. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2022-09-09-pt1-PgH7739-8 | null | 5,005 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Continuing Resolution Madam President, finally, on the legislative front on the CR, both parties must work together to keep the government open beyond the September 30 deadline. As my colleagues know, negotiations continue on a CR to extend funding through about mid-December, which hopefully will give appropriators enough time to draft an omnibus funding package. I thank Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Shelby, and everyone from both sides working to keep the government open. No one wants to see a shutdown--and I know that includes my Republican colleagues--but in order to avoid a shutdown, Senate Republicans must continue working with us to resolve the issues that remain. 21st Anniversary of September 11 Madam President, finally, on the 21st anniversary of the horrible day, 9/11, everywhere I go, whenever I am wearing a suit or a sport jacket, I wear this flag pin on my lapel, a small but constant reminder of a promise America made 21 years ago: ``Never forget.'' It was on that day, September 12, 2001, that having seen the horror, smelling the death in the air, hearing the horrible stories, and seeing hundreds of people lined up with poignant signs that said: ``Have you seen my son, Bill?'' ``Have you seen my mother, Mary?'' because no one knew who was alive and who wasn't--on that day, I called on Americans to wear the flag, to display it at their homes, out their windows, or at least wear it on their clothing. I have done so ever since, and every day, I look at that flag, and I think of the people who were lost and the vicious evil of those who perpetrated this awful act. Yesterday, I joined with the Vice President, Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams, and others to honor the fallen on September 11, to grieve for those who were taken from us, and to affirm that over three decades later, though scarred and battered, our country and our democracy endure. An eternity can pass, and yet September 11 will always feel like yesterday to me. As clearly as the Presiding Officer sits before me, I still remember what it was like to visit the wreckage a day or 2 later. The destruction, the smell, the noise was nothing like the New York I knew and loved. People, as I mentioned, lined up along the sidewalks hoisting makeshift signs that asked the unthinkable: ``Have you seen my daughter?'' ``Have you seen my father?'' Those images, as well as the people I knew who were lost, will never leave me. Yet in the midst of so much pain on 9/11, America encountered its best self. Ordinary people banded together to do extraordinary things. Taxi drivers, store managers, businessmen, city workers, and everyone in between, abandoned their day jobs and became heroes. They donated blood. They organized prayer vigils. I will never forget the sight of a shoe store owner along the route, as people escaped from the towers, handing out shoes, just depleting his entire stock so people could walk home. People volunteered their time and resources to comfort those in need and rebuild our city to new heights, and the same is true for millions across the country. And to our first responders and volunteers who worked the pile, we owe you such a special and undying measure of thanks. Among all our heroes of that time, they were among the greatest and the most valiant, and many of them have paid for that with their lives because the toxins that were in the air entered their lungs and digestive systems and caused cancers to the extent we have never known in those age groups before. That is why we worked so hard in this Chamber to help provide healthcare and help for those who have lost loved ones. When we say that America will ``never forget'' what happened on 9/11, we mean something far more profound than recalling the memories of that awful day. It is not a passive promise, but it is an active one. It is why, 2 months ago, the Senate worked together to pass the largest expansion of veteran healthcare benefits in decades, to aid the nearly 3 million servicemembers exposed to dangerous toxins while serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places around the world. And it is why we must work to replenish that Ground Zero Fund that helped pay for the healthcare of those who rushed to the towers, and we must replenish that fund in the near future. And it is why all of us, regardless of party, must work together to defend the American way of life, to protect our precious democracy that the terrorists tried to bring down by violent means. The world has changed dramatically since that morning that the towers fell, but the need to protect our Nation from threats, foreign and domestic, remain. Today, 21 years after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, let us stay awake to the things we must do if we are to keep our promise to ``never forget.'' May God bless all those who died on September 11, as well as their families and all our first responders and servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our great Nation. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-12-pt1-PgS4528-2 | null | 5,006 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Continuing Resolution Madam President, finally, on the legislative front on the CR, both parties must work together to keep the government open beyond the September 30 deadline. As my colleagues know, negotiations continue on a CR to extend funding through about mid-December, which hopefully will give appropriators enough time to draft an omnibus funding package. I thank Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Shelby, and everyone from both sides working to keep the government open. No one wants to see a shutdown--and I know that includes my Republican colleagues--but in order to avoid a shutdown, Senate Republicans must continue working with us to resolve the issues that remain. 21st Anniversary of September 11 Madam President, finally, on the 21st anniversary of the horrible day, 9/11, everywhere I go, whenever I am wearing a suit or a sport jacket, I wear this flag pin on my lapel, a small but constant reminder of a promise America made 21 years ago: ``Never forget.'' It was on that day, September 12, 2001, that having seen the horror, smelling the death in the air, hearing the horrible stories, and seeing hundreds of people lined up with poignant signs that said: ``Have you seen my son, Bill?'' ``Have you seen my mother, Mary?'' because no one knew who was alive and who wasn't--on that day, I called on Americans to wear the flag, to display it at their homes, out their windows, or at least wear it on their clothing. I have done so ever since, and every day, I look at that flag, and I think of the people who were lost and the vicious evil of those who perpetrated this awful act. Yesterday, I joined with the Vice President, Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams, and others to honor the fallen on September 11, to grieve for those who were taken from us, and to affirm that over three decades later, though scarred and battered, our country and our democracy endure. An eternity can pass, and yet September 11 will always feel like yesterday to me. As clearly as the Presiding Officer sits before me, I still remember what it was like to visit the wreckage a day or 2 later. The destruction, the smell, the noise was nothing like the New York I knew and loved. People, as I mentioned, lined up along the sidewalks hoisting makeshift signs that asked the unthinkable: ``Have you seen my daughter?'' ``Have you seen my father?'' Those images, as well as the people I knew who were lost, will never leave me. Yet in the midst of so much pain on 9/11, America encountered its best self. Ordinary people banded together to do extraordinary things. Taxi drivers, store managers, businessmen, city workers, and everyone in between, abandoned their day jobs and became heroes. They donated blood. They organized prayer vigils. I will never forget the sight of a shoe store owner along the route, as people escaped from the towers, handing out shoes, just depleting his entire stock so people could walk home. People volunteered their time and resources to comfort those in need and rebuild our city to new heights, and the same is true for millions across the country. And to our first responders and volunteers who worked the pile, we owe you such a special and undying measure of thanks. Among all our heroes of that time, they were among the greatest and the most valiant, and many of them have paid for that with their lives because the toxins that were in the air entered their lungs and digestive systems and caused cancers to the extent we have never known in those age groups before. That is why we worked so hard in this Chamber to help provide healthcare and help for those who have lost loved ones. When we say that America will ``never forget'' what happened on 9/11, we mean something far more profound than recalling the memories of that awful day. It is not a passive promise, but it is an active one. It is why, 2 months ago, the Senate worked together to pass the largest expansion of veteran healthcare benefits in decades, to aid the nearly 3 million servicemembers exposed to dangerous toxins while serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places around the world. And it is why we must work to replenish that Ground Zero Fund that helped pay for the healthcare of those who rushed to the towers, and we must replenish that fund in the near future. And it is why all of us, regardless of party, must work together to defend the American way of life, to protect our precious democracy that the terrorists tried to bring down by violent means. The world has changed dramatically since that morning that the towers fell, but the need to protect our Nation from threats, foreign and domestic, remain. Today, 21 years after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, let us stay awake to the things we must do if we are to keep our promise to ``never forget.'' May God bless all those who died on September 11, as well as their families and all our first responders and servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our great Nation. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-12-pt1-PgS4528-2 | null | 5,007 |
formal | MAGA | null | white supremacist | Respect for Marriage Act Madam President, now, on marriage, off the Senate floor, my colleagues continue to have good conversations on very important legislation to codify marriage equality into law. Far from being a theoretical exercise, codifying marriage equality would have a dramatic long-term impact on millions of people. At a time when our rights are under siege, it would be a much needed shield for scores of Americans at risk of discrimination simply because of whom they love. For many of us in this Chamber--myself included--passing marriage equality would hit home in a very personal way. I want to thank my colleagues from both sides of the aisle--especially Senators Baldwin, Collins, and Sinema--for all the work they are doing to build support for marriage equality legislation. Over the past several months, I have given them the time and space they have requested to have these talks because I want their efforts to succeed. I know their work is not yet done, and I encourage them to keep going. I truly hope, for the sake of tens of millions of Americans, that there will be at least 10 Republicans who will vote with us to pass this very important bill. We cannot forget that a mere decade ago--a mere decade ago--marriage discrimination was the law in much of the country. While we are happy that America has made a lot of progress since then, we are not naive in thinking we can't go backward. As we saw earlier this year, it took the Supreme Court just a few weeks to unravel decades of vital precedent on women's rights, gun safety, and environmental protection. And, of course, Judge Thomas has opened the door for the Court to go even further backward when he is saying that cases like Obergefell, which protect marriage equality for now, should be revisited. So when some Republicans say: Oh, this is unnecessary; it won't happen, remember that is the same thing they said about Roe, and look at where we are today. We should protect marriage equality now, well before the MAGA-controlled Supreme Court steps in. So I encourage my colleagues to continue these conversations. The American people support protecting marriage rights of same-sex marriages by a large margin so let's get it done. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-12-pt1-PgS4528 | null | 5,008 |
formal | Google | null | racist | Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to Renee Cohen, a member of my staff who is retiring after more than 37 years of service to the people of Maryland. Renee has been with me since I served as speaker of the house in the Maryland General Assembly before I won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. W.H. Auden said, ``We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.'' Certainly, Renee has devoted her life to helping others, and she has made an extraordinary difference in the lives of so many people and families. She is a native Baltimorean and a graduate of Forest Park High School, where she was an officer in her sorority and excelled academically. She grew up surrounded by aunts and uncles, especially the Pollakoffs on her mother's side of the family. She attended Temple University, where she earned an associate's degree that allowed her to work as a dental hygienist. She worked to help support her mother, who was widowed when Renee was a young teenager. Renee married the love of her life, Jonas Cohen, in 1960, and they had three wonderful sons, Mark, Adam, and Ethan. Renee has been a devoted mother and grandmother. When her sonswere old enough, she returned to school, to Notre Dame College of Maryland, now known as Notre Dame of Maryland University, to earn a bachelor's degree in fine arts. She is a gifted artist. Renee and Jonas found many opportunities for volunteer work and leadership roles through the Associate Jewish Charities. Her influence and reach in local civic life and politics continued to expand to the point where I knew I needed her on my staff as a constituent liaison. When I entered the House of Representatives in 1987, Renee became a caseworker, focusing on healthcare and senior citizen issues. She has had a special interest and insight into these issues after caring for her mother, Rose Katz, who lived to be 105, and her husband, who had a progressive illness before he passed away in 2020. Since I joined the Senate, Renee has been an indefatigable field representative for me on health and senior issues and a liaison to the Jewish community. Try as we might, Senators cannot be in two places at once. We depend on staff to represent us. If you were to Google Renee, you would find numerous articles and pictures of her representing me in Baltimore and around the State, at healthcare fairs and other events, where she shared her knowledge, contacts, and other information with constituents who needed Federal assistance of some kind. She particularly relished helping people to understand and navigate the Affordable Care Act. Much of what Senators do can seem ethereal or intangible. Staffers like Renee represent where ``the rubber hits the road.'' Casework and the sort of outreach Renee performed is intensely personal. Renee helped people receive their Social Security retirement, Social Security disability, and supplemental security income payments and Medicare benefits. She excelled because she is empathetic and has a passion for service, for problem-solving, and for strategic thinking. If, for any reason, she was unable to offer assistance--which was exceedingly rare--she had a knack for finding agencies that the rest of us never knew existed for a referral. She would never end a call with, ``I'm sorry, we can't help you.'' She always went the proverbial extra mile. Another keen interest of Renee's has been science, technology, engineering, and mathematics--STEM--education. Renee was instrumental in helping to establish STEM programs for underserved students in schools across Maryland and the annual STEM Expo at Morgan State University. She calls these projects ``my baby,'' and educators affectionately refer to Renee as ``the STEM Queen.'' Renee has worked for me longer than any other member of my staff. It was inevitable that I would consider her as a member of my extended family and vice versa. I have been so fortunate to have her by my side for nearly 40 years. The positive difference she has made in so many people's lives is incalculable. She has run the race and is ready to retire--sort of. Renee is not someone who lets the grass grow under her feet so she will return to the office occasionally as a ``senior intern,'' helping answer the phones and pitching in on casework. I am grateful we will stay connected. But she will have more time to devote to her family and friends and her avocation, which is painting. Renee sees the beauty in the people she has faithfully served and in the natural world, which she captures on canvas. On behalf of my Senate colleagues and the people of Maryland, I want to express my undying gratitude to Renee for nearly four decades of exemplary service, congratulate her on her retirement, and extend my best wishes to her as she turns the page, paint brushes in hand, to a new chapter in a life well-lived. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. CARDIN | Senate | CREC-2022-09-12-pt1-PgS4537-3 | null | 5,009 |
formal | Baltimore | null | racist | Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to Renee Cohen, a member of my staff who is retiring after more than 37 years of service to the people of Maryland. Renee has been with me since I served as speaker of the house in the Maryland General Assembly before I won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. W.H. Auden said, ``We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.'' Certainly, Renee has devoted her life to helping others, and she has made an extraordinary difference in the lives of so many people and families. She is a native Baltimorean and a graduate of Forest Park High School, where she was an officer in her sorority and excelled academically. She grew up surrounded by aunts and uncles, especially the Pollakoffs on her mother's side of the family. She attended Temple University, where she earned an associate's degree that allowed her to work as a dental hygienist. She worked to help support her mother, who was widowed when Renee was a young teenager. Renee married the love of her life, Jonas Cohen, in 1960, and they had three wonderful sons, Mark, Adam, and Ethan. Renee has been a devoted mother and grandmother. When her sonswere old enough, she returned to school, to Notre Dame College of Maryland, now known as Notre Dame of Maryland University, to earn a bachelor's degree in fine arts. She is a gifted artist. Renee and Jonas found many opportunities for volunteer work and leadership roles through the Associate Jewish Charities. Her influence and reach in local civic life and politics continued to expand to the point where I knew I needed her on my staff as a constituent liaison. When I entered the House of Representatives in 1987, Renee became a caseworker, focusing on healthcare and senior citizen issues. She has had a special interest and insight into these issues after caring for her mother, Rose Katz, who lived to be 105, and her husband, who had a progressive illness before he passed away in 2020. Since I joined the Senate, Renee has been an indefatigable field representative for me on health and senior issues and a liaison to the Jewish community. Try as we might, Senators cannot be in two places at once. We depend on staff to represent us. If you were to Google Renee, you would find numerous articles and pictures of her representing me in Baltimore and around the State, at healthcare fairs and other events, where she shared her knowledge, contacts, and other information with constituents who needed Federal assistance of some kind. She particularly relished helping people to understand and navigate the Affordable Care Act. Much of what Senators do can seem ethereal or intangible. Staffers like Renee represent where ``the rubber hits the road.'' Casework and the sort of outreach Renee performed is intensely personal. Renee helped people receive their Social Security retirement, Social Security disability, and supplemental security income payments and Medicare benefits. She excelled because she is empathetic and has a passion for service, for problem-solving, and for strategic thinking. If, for any reason, she was unable to offer assistance--which was exceedingly rare--she had a knack for finding agencies that the rest of us never knew existed for a referral. She would never end a call with, ``I'm sorry, we can't help you.'' She always went the proverbial extra mile. Another keen interest of Renee's has been science, technology, engineering, and mathematics--STEM--education. Renee was instrumental in helping to establish STEM programs for underserved students in schools across Maryland and the annual STEM Expo at Morgan State University. She calls these projects ``my baby,'' and educators affectionately refer to Renee as ``the STEM Queen.'' Renee has worked for me longer than any other member of my staff. It was inevitable that I would consider her as a member of my extended family and vice versa. I have been so fortunate to have her by my side for nearly 40 years. The positive difference she has made in so many people's lives is incalculable. She has run the race and is ready to retire--sort of. Renee is not someone who lets the grass grow under her feet so she will return to the office occasionally as a ``senior intern,'' helping answer the phones and pitching in on casework. I am grateful we will stay connected. But she will have more time to devote to her family and friends and her avocation, which is painting. Renee sees the beauty in the people she has faithfully served and in the natural world, which she captures on canvas. On behalf of my Senate colleagues and the people of Maryland, I want to express my undying gratitude to Renee for nearly four decades of exemplary service, congratulate her on her retirement, and extend my best wishes to her as she turns the page, paint brushes in hand, to a new chapter in a life well-lived. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. CARDIN | Senate | CREC-2022-09-12-pt1-PgS4537-3 | null | 5,010 |
formal | special interest | null | antisemitic | Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to Renee Cohen, a member of my staff who is retiring after more than 37 years of service to the people of Maryland. Renee has been with me since I served as speaker of the house in the Maryland General Assembly before I won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. W.H. Auden said, ``We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.'' Certainly, Renee has devoted her life to helping others, and she has made an extraordinary difference in the lives of so many people and families. She is a native Baltimorean and a graduate of Forest Park High School, where she was an officer in her sorority and excelled academically. She grew up surrounded by aunts and uncles, especially the Pollakoffs on her mother's side of the family. She attended Temple University, where she earned an associate's degree that allowed her to work as a dental hygienist. She worked to help support her mother, who was widowed when Renee was a young teenager. Renee married the love of her life, Jonas Cohen, in 1960, and they had three wonderful sons, Mark, Adam, and Ethan. Renee has been a devoted mother and grandmother. When her sonswere old enough, she returned to school, to Notre Dame College of Maryland, now known as Notre Dame of Maryland University, to earn a bachelor's degree in fine arts. She is a gifted artist. Renee and Jonas found many opportunities for volunteer work and leadership roles through the Associate Jewish Charities. Her influence and reach in local civic life and politics continued to expand to the point where I knew I needed her on my staff as a constituent liaison. When I entered the House of Representatives in 1987, Renee became a caseworker, focusing on healthcare and senior citizen issues. She has had a special interest and insight into these issues after caring for her mother, Rose Katz, who lived to be 105, and her husband, who had a progressive illness before he passed away in 2020. Since I joined the Senate, Renee has been an indefatigable field representative for me on health and senior issues and a liaison to the Jewish community. Try as we might, Senators cannot be in two places at once. We depend on staff to represent us. If you were to Google Renee, you would find numerous articles and pictures of her representing me in Baltimore and around the State, at healthcare fairs and other events, where she shared her knowledge, contacts, and other information with constituents who needed Federal assistance of some kind. She particularly relished helping people to understand and navigate the Affordable Care Act. Much of what Senators do can seem ethereal or intangible. Staffers like Renee represent where ``the rubber hits the road.'' Casework and the sort of outreach Renee performed is intensely personal. Renee helped people receive their Social Security retirement, Social Security disability, and supplemental security income payments and Medicare benefits. She excelled because she is empathetic and has a passion for service, for problem-solving, and for strategic thinking. If, for any reason, she was unable to offer assistance--which was exceedingly rare--she had a knack for finding agencies that the rest of us never knew existed for a referral. She would never end a call with, ``I'm sorry, we can't help you.'' She always went the proverbial extra mile. Another keen interest of Renee's has been science, technology, engineering, and mathematics--STEM--education. Renee was instrumental in helping to establish STEM programs for underserved students in schools across Maryland and the annual STEM Expo at Morgan State University. She calls these projects ``my baby,'' and educators affectionately refer to Renee as ``the STEM Queen.'' Renee has worked for me longer than any other member of my staff. It was inevitable that I would consider her as a member of my extended family and vice versa. I have been so fortunate to have her by my side for nearly 40 years. The positive difference she has made in so many people's lives is incalculable. She has run the race and is ready to retire--sort of. Renee is not someone who lets the grass grow under her feet so she will return to the office occasionally as a ``senior intern,'' helping answer the phones and pitching in on casework. I am grateful we will stay connected. But she will have more time to devote to her family and friends and her avocation, which is painting. Renee sees the beauty in the people she has faithfully served and in the natural world, which she captures on canvas. On behalf of my Senate colleagues and the people of Maryland, I want to express my undying gratitude to Renee for nearly four decades of exemplary service, congratulate her on her retirement, and extend my best wishes to her as she turns the page, paint brushes in hand, to a new chapter in a life well-lived. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. CARDIN | Senate | CREC-2022-09-12-pt1-PgS4537-3 | null | 5,011 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The following bill was read the first time: S. 4822. 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-2022-09-12-pt1-PgS4539-4 | null | 5,012 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered, or if the vote is objected to under clause 6 of rule XX. The House will resume proceedings on the postponed questions at a later time. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgH7747-5 | null | 5,013 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 4205) to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a working group relating to best practices and Federal guidance for animals in emergencies and disasters, and for other purposes. | 2020-01-06 | Ms. NORTON | House | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgH7758 | null | 5,014 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of rule XX, the Chair announces to the House that in light of the administration of the oath to the gentlewoman from Alaska and the gentlemen from New York, the whole number of the House is now 433. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER | House | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgH7777-2 | null | 5,015 |
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. 4785) to extend by 19 days the authorization for the special assessment for the Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgH7777-4 | null | 5,016 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5315) to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish in the Department of Transportation a drone infrastructure inspection grant program and a drone education and training grant program, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgH7778 | null | 5,017 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Kelly of Illinois). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1066) to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assistance, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Kelly of Illinois) | House | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgH7779-3 | null | 5,018 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, shortly after the news leaked that the U.S. Supreme Court was ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, Leader McConnell acknowledged that a Federal ban on abortion was now ``possible''--his words. Well, later today, the senior Senator from South Carolina is going to make good on Leader McConnell's warning by introducing a radical bill to institute a nationwide restriction on abortions. Proposals like the one today send a clear message from MAGA Republicans to women across the country: your body, our choice. Rather than expanding women's rights, MAGA Republicans would curtail them rather than give individuals the freedom to make their own healthcare choices. They hand that power over to radical politicians. And let me add this. Republicans are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to explain why they want nationwide abortion bans when they said they would leave it up to the States. Even the senior Senator from South Carolina said a few months ago that ``if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade,'' it would mean that ``every state will decide if abortion is legal and on what terms.'' And yet here he is, introducing a bill to restrict abortions nationally. For the hard right, this has never been about States' rights. This has never been about letting Texas choose its own path while California takes another. No, for MAGA Republicans this has always been about making abortion illegal everywhere. The contrast has become clear. While Democrats want to protect a woman's freedom to choose, MAGA Republicans want to take that right away with proposals to ban abortions, to punish women and doctors for carrying out abortions, and even to push bans with no exceptions for rape or incest. We are seeing it play out across the country. It is chilling--chilling--to the bone. Every single American should stand in opposition against these radical MAGA Republican views. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4545-7 | null | 5,019 |
formal | MAGA | null | white supremacist | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, shortly after the news leaked that the U.S. Supreme Court was ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, Leader McConnell acknowledged that a Federal ban on abortion was now ``possible''--his words. Well, later today, the senior Senator from South Carolina is going to make good on Leader McConnell's warning by introducing a radical bill to institute a nationwide restriction on abortions. Proposals like the one today send a clear message from MAGA Republicans to women across the country: your body, our choice. Rather than expanding women's rights, MAGA Republicans would curtail them rather than give individuals the freedom to make their own healthcare choices. They hand that power over to radical politicians. And let me add this. Republicans are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to explain why they want nationwide abortion bans when they said they would leave it up to the States. Even the senior Senator from South Carolina said a few months ago that ``if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade,'' it would mean that ``every state will decide if abortion is legal and on what terms.'' And yet here he is, introducing a bill to restrict abortions nationally. For the hard right, this has never been about States' rights. This has never been about letting Texas choose its own path while California takes another. No, for MAGA Republicans this has always been about making abortion illegal everywhere. The contrast has become clear. While Democrats want to protect a woman's freedom to choose, MAGA Republicans want to take that right away with proposals to ban abortions, to punish women and doctors for carrying out abortions, and even to push bans with no exceptions for rape or incest. We are seeing it play out across the country. It is chilling--chilling--to the bone. Every single American should stand in opposition against these radical MAGA Republican views. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4545-7 | null | 5,020 |
formal | extremist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, on the IRA, this afternoon I will join with my Senate Democratic colleagues at the White House to celebrate the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Actof 2022. When this bill passed the Senate a little over a month ago, I expressed confidence that this legislation would signal a turning point in our country's fight to lower costs, to meet our Nation's climate challenges, and to usher in the era of affordable clean energy. A month later, the good news is already pouring in. Companies like Toyota have announced billions in new investments to start manufacturing batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles right here in America. Elsewhere, Honda and LG Energy have also recently announced over $4 billion for EV battery production in the United States. And recently, the CEO of First Solar said it was the Inflation Reduction Act that provided the ``clarity'' needed to make their investments here in America. Had we not done this, many of these plants would have been built but probably overseas. And yet, despite this record of success, despite the fact that Democrats have told Republicans that this is opening a new way for the future for American jobs with good futures here, not one Republican voted in favor of this bill. That is the difference between the two parties in a nutshell: While MAGA Republicans are fixated on their extremist agenda, Democrats are focused on creating jobs, lowering costs, bringing our country together. While Democrats will join today with President Biden to promote our job-creating agenda, Republicans will spend today introducing new, radical legislation to ban abortions on the national level, right here on the Senate floor. That is the contrast between the parties, clear as day, and we know which side the American people are on. And while Democrats want to lower costs, increase prosperity, and strengthen ladders to the middle class, the junior Senator from Florida, who serves as the chief elections architect for Senate Republicans, continues to promote tax hikes--tax hikes--for working families and putting Medicare on the chopping block. This split screen is unmistakable for all Americans to see for themselves. Democrats will spend today focused on the job-creating, inflation-fighting agenda we promised and delivered for the American people, while Republicans continue defending tax hikes for the working class while pushing national abortion bans here in the Senate. And the American people will have no trouble deciding for themselves which party is truly in their corner. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4545-8 | null | 5,021 |
formal | MAGA | null | white supremacist | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, on the IRA, this afternoon I will join with my Senate Democratic colleagues at the White House to celebrate the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Actof 2022. When this bill passed the Senate a little over a month ago, I expressed confidence that this legislation would signal a turning point in our country's fight to lower costs, to meet our Nation's climate challenges, and to usher in the era of affordable clean energy. A month later, the good news is already pouring in. Companies like Toyota have announced billions in new investments to start manufacturing batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles right here in America. Elsewhere, Honda and LG Energy have also recently announced over $4 billion for EV battery production in the United States. And recently, the CEO of First Solar said it was the Inflation Reduction Act that provided the ``clarity'' needed to make their investments here in America. Had we not done this, many of these plants would have been built but probably overseas. And yet, despite this record of success, despite the fact that Democrats have told Republicans that this is opening a new way for the future for American jobs with good futures here, not one Republican voted in favor of this bill. That is the difference between the two parties in a nutshell: While MAGA Republicans are fixated on their extremist agenda, Democrats are focused on creating jobs, lowering costs, bringing our country together. While Democrats will join today with President Biden to promote our job-creating agenda, Republicans will spend today introducing new, radical legislation to ban abortions on the national level, right here on the Senate floor. That is the contrast between the parties, clear as day, and we know which side the American people are on. And while Democrats want to lower costs, increase prosperity, and strengthen ladders to the middle class, the junior Senator from Florida, who serves as the chief elections architect for Senate Republicans, continues to promote tax hikes--tax hikes--for working families and putting Medicare on the chopping block. This split screen is unmistakable for all Americans to see for themselves. Democrats will spend today focused on the job-creating, inflation-fighting agenda we promised and delivered for the American people, while Republicans continue defending tax hikes for the working class while pushing national abortion bans here in the Senate. And the American people will have no trouble deciding for themselves which party is truly in their corner. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4545-8 | null | 5,022 |
formal | middle class | null | racist | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, on the IRA, this afternoon I will join with my Senate Democratic colleagues at the White House to celebrate the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Actof 2022. When this bill passed the Senate a little over a month ago, I expressed confidence that this legislation would signal a turning point in our country's fight to lower costs, to meet our Nation's climate challenges, and to usher in the era of affordable clean energy. A month later, the good news is already pouring in. Companies like Toyota have announced billions in new investments to start manufacturing batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles right here in America. Elsewhere, Honda and LG Energy have also recently announced over $4 billion for EV battery production in the United States. And recently, the CEO of First Solar said it was the Inflation Reduction Act that provided the ``clarity'' needed to make their investments here in America. Had we not done this, many of these plants would have been built but probably overseas. And yet, despite this record of success, despite the fact that Democrats have told Republicans that this is opening a new way for the future for American jobs with good futures here, not one Republican voted in favor of this bill. That is the difference between the two parties in a nutshell: While MAGA Republicans are fixated on their extremist agenda, Democrats are focused on creating jobs, lowering costs, bringing our country together. While Democrats will join today with President Biden to promote our job-creating agenda, Republicans will spend today introducing new, radical legislation to ban abortions on the national level, right here on the Senate floor. That is the contrast between the parties, clear as day, and we know which side the American people are on. And while Democrats want to lower costs, increase prosperity, and strengthen ladders to the middle class, the junior Senator from Florida, who serves as the chief elections architect for Senate Republicans, continues to promote tax hikes--tax hikes--for working families and putting Medicare on the chopping block. This split screen is unmistakable for all Americans to see for themselves. Democrats will spend today focused on the job-creating, inflation-fighting agenda we promised and delivered for the American people, while Republicans continue defending tax hikes for the working class while pushing national abortion bans here in the Senate. And the American people will have no trouble deciding for themselves which party is truly in their corner. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4545-8 | null | 5,023 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, finally, on sepsis, I want to say a few words on a health issue that rarely gets the attention it deserves here on the Senate floor, and that is the issue of sepsis. Every year, roughly 1.7 million Americans are infected with sepsis. That is a population roughly the size of Phoenix, AZ. Of those, 270,000--270,000--are ultimately killed by the disease. For those unfamiliar, sepsis is a terrible, life-threatening condition where the body overreacts to an infection in an extreme way. Most cases are preventable, if they are caught with enough time. Sadly, because of a lack of public awareness, too many cases fly under the radar until it is too late. So today, I am here to introduce a resolution designating September 13 as National Sepsis Day. It would encourage greater public education about this condition, urge Federal entities to streamline treatment guidelines, and marshal our resources to ultimately bring sepsis to an end. The Federal Government has a great model to follow in my home State of New York, which adopted Rory's Regulations to guide health officials when it comes to this illness named in honor of Rory Staunton, a 12-year-old from Queens who died from sepsis 10 years ago. These rules have undoubtedly saved countless lives and should inform Federal policy. I cannot imagine the profound suffering that Rory's parents must feel to this day, but I hope they find strength in knowing that the rules bearing their son's name have gone a long way to help others. It is time we take this disease seriously at the Federal level. For that reason, I am proud to introduce this resolution today. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4546-2 | null | 5,024 |
formal | buck | null | racist | Mr. McCONNELL. Just a few minutes ago, yet again, the American people received a monthly inflation report that was even worse than the expert predictions. The expectation was that Democrats' runaway inflation might finally begin to actually level off. The top-line inflation rate was expected to fall. Instead, yet again, the opposite happened. Overall inflation was up even higher. The prices this past August were still 8.3 percent higher than they were in August of 2021. Just a catastrophically high inflation rate. Food prices went up another 0.8 percent just this past month alone. Overall food prices just logged their biggest 1-year increase since the late 1970s. Groceries in particular are now 13.5 percent more expensive than they were at this time last year. Democrats' policies are sucker-punching American families every time they set foot in the checkout line. Eggs are up 40 percent. Butter, up 25 percent. Baby food, up 13 percent. Chicken, dairy, bread, cereal, and canned fruits and vegetables are all up around 16 percent each. Coffee is up even more than that. Housing and shelter costs were up. Medical costs were up. Furniture, up. New cars, up. Electricity costs were way, way up--a 15.8-percent increase since last year. So let me say that again. Inflation on Americans' electricity bills alone--alone--is 15.8 percent in just the last 12months. This is the largest 1-year increase in electricity prices since 1981, when the statistic was looking back into the final months of Jimmy Carter. Even if you take out energy and food prices--two areas where the administration likes to pass the buck and pretend they are powerless--inflation skyrocketed 0.6 percent in just the month of August alone. Eight-point-three percent inflation--just an astonishing number. And remember, this figure only looks back 12 months, but we are now more than 12 months into the Democrats' inflation spiral. Prices are 8.3 percent higher today than in August of 2021, but remember, in August 2021, the baseline, we were already talking about runaway inflation. Prices were already way up compared to the year before that. So the 12-month number dramatically understates the total damage that Democrats have caused. Here is the comparison that matters most to American families, especially with an election in less than 2 months: How are things today compared to January 2021, when this all-Democratic government was sworn in? How are they compared to January 2021? Here is the answer: Food prices are up a total of 13.9 percent since President Biden was sworn in. Gas prices are up 58.5 percent. Electricity costs are up 21.6 percent. And the overall, across-the-board inflation rate since President Biden took office is a catastrophic--catastrophic--12.5 percent. This very day, President Biden and Democrats are having a big celebration for their latest reckless spending bill, which they pretended would reduce inflation but which nonpartisan experts say will actually make it worse. They could not look more out of touch if they tried. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4546-4 | null | 5,025 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. SCHUMER. On judges, last night I moved to file cloture on the nomination of Sarah Merriam to be U.S. circuit judge for the Second Circuit. She will be the sixth circuit court judge this Chamber has considered since the beginning of this work period--the sixth. She will be in exceedingly good company. Later today, we will vote on the nomination of Arianna Freeman to be U.S. circuit judge for the Third Circuit, followed by cloture on the nomination of Lara Montecalvo to serve on the First Circuit. Altogether, the Senate has now confirmed 80--80--judicial nominations to serve lifetime appointments on the Federal bench. I made clear that confirming more of President Biden's judicial nominees would be a top priority for Senate Democrats, and we are making good on our promise by being on track to vote on six circuit court judges in the first 2 weeks of this work period alone. Among the judges confirmed this month are a number of notable firsts: the first Latino to serve from the State of Washington to the Ninth Circuit, the first Black Tennessean to ever sit on the Sixth Circuit, and the first Asian American from anywhere to sit on the Seventh Circuit. And that is just in the last 2 weeks. The 80 jurists we have confirmed also include the first Native American judge, the first Muslim American district judge, and the first Black woman, of course, in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. I mention these firsts because even though it takes a lot to be a successful jurist, representation is a key part of the equation. There has been a lot of talk lately about the public's trust in our courts--in my judgment, for very good reasons. So if our courts are to long endure--to say nothing of our democracy--they must reflect the rich vibrancy of our country. So as we continue confirming judges, we will make sure that the individuals on the bench meet this important standard. We have come a very long way, but there is much work left to be done. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SCHUMER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4546 | null | 5,026 |
formal | illegal immigrant | null | anti-Latino | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, now on another matter, this past weekend, Vice President Harris made a surprising announcement on ``Meet the Press.'' The Vice President declared--listen to this--``The border is secure.'' We are about to close the fiscal year with more than 2 million illegal immigrant encounters on our southern border, breaking the alltime record that we only just set last year. Seizures of lethal fentanyl are also on pace to exceed last year's total. They are up more than 200 percent in just the latest month on record. These are not the signs of a secure border, and the American people know it. An outright majority of the country disapproves of how President Biden has been handling this issue. The Vice President's claims aren't fooling anyone. For years now, this crisis has stretched border communities to the breaking point and caused ripples throughout the entire country. All the while, Democrats have claimed it would be cruel or uncompassionate to have a functioning southern border or actually enforce our laws. Now, in recent weeks, the country has been treated to one of the more striking displays of irony we have seen in quite a while. For many years, while the citizens and local governments on the border have cried out for help and law enforcement, various Democrat-run cities and States that aren't on the border decided to set themselves up as virtue signaling sanctuary cities, where immigration laws supposedly simply do not apply. For years, much of the political left has suggested there are no legitimate practical reasons why our country would want secure borders or to enforce its immigration laws. Only racism or xenophobia could possibly explain it. Well, for several weeks now, some of these overwhelmed States have decided to try taking some of these Democrat-run jurisdictions at their word. Governor Abbott in Texas and Governor Ducey in Arizona have put a very small proportion of the illegal immigrants pouring into their States onto buses bound for the self-advertised sanctuary cities of New York and Washington. And do you know what? Just this very small taste of chaos, this tiny little sliver of what many places in America have been dealing with for years, has these cities' Democratic leaders outraged, anxious, and scrambling. Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, has only had to receive in 5 weeks roughly the number of people the Border Patrol encounters in 7 or 8 hours. New York has had over a month to handle a fraction--a fraction--of 1 day's share of border crossings. Yet the mayor says having to deal with this is ``horrific.'' New York City officials complain that they are overwhelmed. Here in Washington, the destination for fewer than 8,000 illegal immigrants, the Democrat Mayor has declared a public health emergency. She begged the Pentagon to send in the National Guard for help. The Defense Department, of course, turned her down. It is incredible just how quickly Democrats change their tune when they have to stomach one single spoonful--spoonful--of the policies they have been force-feeding the rest of our country. Oh, it is challenging to have waves of illegal immigrants pouring into your community? This creates challenges for housing and medical care and resource allocation and law enforcement? Who knew all this? As one former mayor from the frontlines of this crisis put it recently, ``The city of McAllen was able to deal with thousands of immigrants a day. I think they can handle a few hundred.'' Maybe this will be the wake-up call the Democrats need to finally understand that functional nations--functional nations--need functional borders. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4547 | null | 5,027 |
formal | illegal immigrants | null | anti-Latino | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, now on another matter, this past weekend, Vice President Harris made a surprising announcement on ``Meet the Press.'' The Vice President declared--listen to this--``The border is secure.'' We are about to close the fiscal year with more than 2 million illegal immigrant encounters on our southern border, breaking the alltime record that we only just set last year. Seizures of lethal fentanyl are also on pace to exceed last year's total. They are up more than 200 percent in just the latest month on record. These are not the signs of a secure border, and the American people know it. An outright majority of the country disapproves of how President Biden has been handling this issue. The Vice President's claims aren't fooling anyone. For years now, this crisis has stretched border communities to the breaking point and caused ripples throughout the entire country. All the while, Democrats have claimed it would be cruel or uncompassionate to have a functioning southern border or actually enforce our laws. Now, in recent weeks, the country has been treated to one of the more striking displays of irony we have seen in quite a while. For many years, while the citizens and local governments on the border have cried out for help and law enforcement, various Democrat-run cities and States that aren't on the border decided to set themselves up as virtue signaling sanctuary cities, where immigration laws supposedly simply do not apply. For years, much of the political left has suggested there are no legitimate practical reasons why our country would want secure borders or to enforce its immigration laws. Only racism or xenophobia could possibly explain it. Well, for several weeks now, some of these overwhelmed States have decided to try taking some of these Democrat-run jurisdictions at their word. Governor Abbott in Texas and Governor Ducey in Arizona have put a very small proportion of the illegal immigrants pouring into their States onto buses bound for the self-advertised sanctuary cities of New York and Washington. And do you know what? Just this very small taste of chaos, this tiny little sliver of what many places in America have been dealing with for years, has these cities' Democratic leaders outraged, anxious, and scrambling. Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, has only had to receive in 5 weeks roughly the number of people the Border Patrol encounters in 7 or 8 hours. New York has had over a month to handle a fraction--a fraction--of 1 day's share of border crossings. Yet the mayor says having to deal with this is ``horrific.'' New York City officials complain that they are overwhelmed. Here in Washington, the destination for fewer than 8,000 illegal immigrants, the Democrat Mayor has declared a public health emergency. She begged the Pentagon to send in the National Guard for help. The Defense Department, of course, turned her down. It is incredible just how quickly Democrats change their tune when they have to stomach one single spoonful--spoonful--of the policies they have been force-feeding the rest of our country. Oh, it is challenging to have waves of illegal immigrants pouring into your community? This creates challenges for housing and medical care and resource allocation and law enforcement? Who knew all this? As one former mayor from the frontlines of this crisis put it recently, ``The city of McAllen was able to deal with thousands of immigrants a day. I think they can handle a few hundred.'' Maybe this will be the wake-up call the Democrats need to finally understand that functional nations--functional nations--need functional borders. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4547 | null | 5,028 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, now on another matter, this past weekend, Vice President Harris made a surprising announcement on ``Meet the Press.'' The Vice President declared--listen to this--``The border is secure.'' We are about to close the fiscal year with more than 2 million illegal immigrant encounters on our southern border, breaking the alltime record that we only just set last year. Seizures of lethal fentanyl are also on pace to exceed last year's total. They are up more than 200 percent in just the latest month on record. These are not the signs of a secure border, and the American people know it. An outright majority of the country disapproves of how President Biden has been handling this issue. The Vice President's claims aren't fooling anyone. For years now, this crisis has stretched border communities to the breaking point and caused ripples throughout the entire country. All the while, Democrats have claimed it would be cruel or uncompassionate to have a functioning southern border or actually enforce our laws. Now, in recent weeks, the country has been treated to one of the more striking displays of irony we have seen in quite a while. For many years, while the citizens and local governments on the border have cried out for help and law enforcement, various Democrat-run cities and States that aren't on the border decided to set themselves up as virtue signaling sanctuary cities, where immigration laws supposedly simply do not apply. For years, much of the political left has suggested there are no legitimate practical reasons why our country would want secure borders or to enforce its immigration laws. Only racism or xenophobia could possibly explain it. Well, for several weeks now, some of these overwhelmed States have decided to try taking some of these Democrat-run jurisdictions at their word. Governor Abbott in Texas and Governor Ducey in Arizona have put a very small proportion of the illegal immigrants pouring into their States onto buses bound for the self-advertised sanctuary cities of New York and Washington. And do you know what? Just this very small taste of chaos, this tiny little sliver of what many places in America have been dealing with for years, has these cities' Democratic leaders outraged, anxious, and scrambling. Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, has only had to receive in 5 weeks roughly the number of people the Border Patrol encounters in 7 or 8 hours. New York has had over a month to handle a fraction--a fraction--of 1 day's share of border crossings. Yet the mayor says having to deal with this is ``horrific.'' New York City officials complain that they are overwhelmed. Here in Washington, the destination for fewer than 8,000 illegal immigrants, the Democrat Mayor has declared a public health emergency. She begged the Pentagon to send in the National Guard for help. The Defense Department, of course, turned her down. It is incredible just how quickly Democrats change their tune when they have to stomach one single spoonful--spoonful--of the policies they have been force-feeding the rest of our country. Oh, it is challenging to have waves of illegal immigrants pouring into your community? This creates challenges for housing and medical care and resource allocation and law enforcement? Who knew all this? As one former mayor from the frontlines of this crisis put it recently, ``The city of McAllen was able to deal with thousands of immigrants a day. I think they can handle a few hundred.'' Maybe this will be the wake-up call the Democrats need to finally understand that functional nations--functional nations--need functional borders. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. McCONNELL | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4547 | null | 5,029 |
formal | anointed | null | religious | U.S. Supreme Court Mr. President, I am here on a different subject. I will now turn to that subject. This is the 18th time that I have come to the floor to expose the dark money scheme that has captured and controlled our Supreme Court. Over the last 2 years, I have, over and over, exposed how dark money operatives, working from the shadows, have installed Supreme Court Justices handpicked--handpicked--by the minions of far-right donors. I have exposed the key front groups through which this Court-packing operation is driven and the tactics that the schemers have used to hide the dark money donors who pull its strings. And when you take a close look at the scheme, the little spider that you find at the center of the dark money web behind it is a character named Leonard Leo. From his perch at the dark money-funded Federalist Society, Leo crafted a reputation as the Court-capture scheme's puppet master. The key to his craft is an armada of phony front groups that shuffle dark money back and forth, around and amongst each other, to deploy as spin, as propaganda, as political ads, or as hidden campaign funding. During Donald Trump's time in office, Leonard Leo brokered the scheme to have the Federalist Society or--more accurately--the big secret donors behind the Federalist Society handpick Trump's Supreme Court nominees. Remember that list we all heard about? Leo coordinated the dark money propaganda machine that kept the heat on Senate Republicans to confirm those nominees, and he supported the big donors' doctrine factories where donor-approved fringe legal doctrines are concocted for the anointed judges to weaponize from the Bench. Look no further than the recent West Virginia v. EPA decision weaponizing the doctrine factory-concocted major questions' doctrine. And this was no small scheme. The latest estimate from earlier this year is that these big donors put $580 million, more than half a billion dollars, into Leo's network of Court-capture front groups. Well, little did we know, that was just the beginning. Last month, ProPublica and the New York Times broke the news that a reclusive, far-right billionaire supercharged Leo's dark money operation with a $1.6 billion donation to a Leo front group. You heard that right, $1.6 billion into this dark money operation. The man behind this new slush fund is a billionaire named Barre Seid, and even the way the donation was made was creepy and clandestine. Seid and Leo devised a plan to transfer all the shares in an electronics company to Leo's front group, on the way to selling that company. So when that company sold for $1.6 billion, it all went straight to Leo's group and, by the way, helped Seid avoid what would have been roughly $400 million in taxes. Seid has a long history of funding far-right front groups. Here is how ProPublica characterized what Seid calls his ``attack philanthropy.'' Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. He's also supported efforts to remake the higher education system in a conservative mold, including to turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices. So let's unpack all of that, starting with the climate denialism. The ``climate denialism'' that they are referencing came from a group that he funded called the Heartland Institute. I have talked about the Heartland Institute on the floor before in my ``Web of Denial'' speeches. Heartland is a dark money disinformation mouthpiece for fossil fuel interests. In 2012, Heartland compared climate scientists to the Unabomber. So you can see it is a classy bunch. According to one of Seid's advisers, he was Heartland's major patron, and he even convinced his business's chief financial officer to join Heartland's board of directors. If that isn't creepy enough for you, we move on to the national network of State-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. That is a reference to the State Policy Network, a web of dark money front groups that pump into State legislatures the propaganda and legislation designed by fossil fuel and other corporate interests. The State Policy Network has also received millions from DonorsTrust, which has been called the ``dark money ATM of the right,'' a central node of the rightwing Koch dark money network. The service that DonorsTrust provides is to scrub the identities of actual donors. It creates dark money. Anonymity is key for these donors, many of whom have financial interests behind their political schemes that they really don't want disclosed. If a fossil fuel billionaire, say, wants to run ads against me in Rhode Island--folks will get the joke. So the real donor's identity gets laundered through groups like DonorsTrust and comes out under other groups with names like--I am making this one up, but they sound this way ``Rhode Islanders for Peace and Puppies and Prosperity.'' All of that, of course, leaves citizens in the dark about both the actors and the plot in the politics in which they are supposed to be active participants. And that brings us to Seid's project to ``turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices.'' That is a reference to Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, a central cog in the right-wing doctrine factory. The cog was not always named Antonin Scalia Law School. In 2016, George Mason received $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation, plus another $20 million from an anonymous donor, orchestrated by that same Leonard Leo, and one of the strings attached was that George Mason rename its law school after Scalia. When folks at George Mason University, a public university, pushed for answers about all of this, the university, after a legal battle, had to disclose that renaming the law school wasn't the only string attached to that $20 million donation. Leo and his donor wanted input over faculty hiring. And that legal battle also unearthed the name of the anonymous donor: Barre Seid. And all of that brings us back to Seid's $1.6 billion to the Leonard Leo dark money apparatus. Remember that with $0.6 billion, Leo was able to orchestrate a dark money takeover of our Supreme Court, stacking it with far-right Justices, who have already delivered massive victories for their donors: overturning Roe v. Wade, undermining the government's power to combat climate change, throwing out century-old commonsense gun regulations. If he can do that with $0.6 billion, imagine what kind of damage he will be able to do with $1.6 billion to squirt out as dark money through his armada of phony front groups. Leo's already dispensed $153 million to Rule of Law Trust, which appears to exist solely to funnel money to other dark money groups and another $16.5 million to his own Concord Fund. If you have been watching these ``Scheme'' speeches, you will remember that the last time I addressed the scheme in this Chamber, I laid out how the Concord Fund and its corporate twin, the 85 Fund, are the central nodes in a collection of phony front groups that deploy fictitious names, fictitious names to mask their connections. The coordinated and colocated front groups, Concord Fund and 85 Fund, operate through the fictitious names Judicial Crisis Network and Honest Elections Project, among other fictitious names. So, yes, you have got this right. In this dark money netherworld, the front groups have front groups. With this new billion-dollar slush fund, Leo can take those efforts to entirely new levels: more voter suppression, which is the job of Honest Elections Project; more abortion bans, which was the accomplishment of Dobbs; more climate denial, which was powered by West Virginia v. EPA and the earlier EPA decision by the Supreme Court about the Clean Power Plan; more power for corporations, which is, of course, the constant goal of this dark money operation; more disinformation; and more dirty dark money in politics--sluiced around inside this covert apparatus until it gets squirted out through even more phony front groups. This dark money slime will ooze everywhere. With pivotal elections coming up this fall, this slime will ooze out through your television sets, through your mailboxes, through your telephone, all of it designed to smear and lie to benefit far-right donor interests. The phony front group squirting out the slime will have innocuous-sounding names, but make no mistake, hiding behind many of them will be Leo and his secretive billionaire backers. While this tactic isn't new, it has been perfected by the rightwing. It began with the Koch brothers, who spent the last decade pumping dark money into our politics, producing a decade of successful climate obstruction, until finally we got the Inflation Reduction Act passed with the first real climate measures Congress hasever passed, but because of the Koch brothers' pressure, we had to rely entirely on Democrats to get that bill passed. We did not get one Republican vote in the Senate. We did not get one Republican vote in the House. Constant assaults on workers' rights, endless attacks on the Affordable Care Act, and, of course, the rightwing billionaires own big payoff, big tax cuts for billionaires--it is probable that for all of the money that got thrown into this dark money apparatus by rightwing billionaires, some of them probably made more money than that back from the tax cuts that were delivered for them under the Trump administration. This is a it-pays-to-play dark money operation. And the result is that all this dark money has reduced the once Grand Old Party to the political operation of a handful of extremist megadonors. The dark money assault on our democracy is not over. Right now, Leonard Leo, his rightwing donors, and their dark money apparatus are devising the next phases of the scheme. They have already captured the highest Court in the land, but they will not stop until they have enacted their entire radical agenda. They will turn their sights on State courts, on city councils, on local school boards--anywhere they can find a way to subvert democracy with dark money. So now is the time to fight back, and the first step is to pass the DISCLOSE Act. It is way long past time that we shine the light on the dark money schemers. You may recall that in the Citizens United decision, by a vote of 8 to 1, even that Court said that dark money is corrupting. That is an established principle of the Citizens United decision. Well, if it is corrupting, we ought to get rid of it, because the American people deserve to know who captured their Supreme Court and who keeps flooding our politics with dark money. When you spend that kind of money, there is a motivation, and voters, citizens, deserve to know. To be continued. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4564 | null | 5,030 |
formal | tax cut | null | racist | U.S. Supreme Court Mr. President, I am here on a different subject. I will now turn to that subject. This is the 18th time that I have come to the floor to expose the dark money scheme that has captured and controlled our Supreme Court. Over the last 2 years, I have, over and over, exposed how dark money operatives, working from the shadows, have installed Supreme Court Justices handpicked--handpicked--by the minions of far-right donors. I have exposed the key front groups through which this Court-packing operation is driven and the tactics that the schemers have used to hide the dark money donors who pull its strings. And when you take a close look at the scheme, the little spider that you find at the center of the dark money web behind it is a character named Leonard Leo. From his perch at the dark money-funded Federalist Society, Leo crafted a reputation as the Court-capture scheme's puppet master. The key to his craft is an armada of phony front groups that shuffle dark money back and forth, around and amongst each other, to deploy as spin, as propaganda, as political ads, or as hidden campaign funding. During Donald Trump's time in office, Leonard Leo brokered the scheme to have the Federalist Society or--more accurately--the big secret donors behind the Federalist Society handpick Trump's Supreme Court nominees. Remember that list we all heard about? Leo coordinated the dark money propaganda machine that kept the heat on Senate Republicans to confirm those nominees, and he supported the big donors' doctrine factories where donor-approved fringe legal doctrines are concocted for the anointed judges to weaponize from the Bench. Look no further than the recent West Virginia v. EPA decision weaponizing the doctrine factory-concocted major questions' doctrine. And this was no small scheme. The latest estimate from earlier this year is that these big donors put $580 million, more than half a billion dollars, into Leo's network of Court-capture front groups. Well, little did we know, that was just the beginning. Last month, ProPublica and the New York Times broke the news that a reclusive, far-right billionaire supercharged Leo's dark money operation with a $1.6 billion donation to a Leo front group. You heard that right, $1.6 billion into this dark money operation. The man behind this new slush fund is a billionaire named Barre Seid, and even the way the donation was made was creepy and clandestine. Seid and Leo devised a plan to transfer all the shares in an electronics company to Leo's front group, on the way to selling that company. So when that company sold for $1.6 billion, it all went straight to Leo's group and, by the way, helped Seid avoid what would have been roughly $400 million in taxes. Seid has a long history of funding far-right front groups. Here is how ProPublica characterized what Seid calls his ``attack philanthropy.'' Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. He's also supported efforts to remake the higher education system in a conservative mold, including to turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices. So let's unpack all of that, starting with the climate denialism. The ``climate denialism'' that they are referencing came from a group that he funded called the Heartland Institute. I have talked about the Heartland Institute on the floor before in my ``Web of Denial'' speeches. Heartland is a dark money disinformation mouthpiece for fossil fuel interests. In 2012, Heartland compared climate scientists to the Unabomber. So you can see it is a classy bunch. According to one of Seid's advisers, he was Heartland's major patron, and he even convinced his business's chief financial officer to join Heartland's board of directors. If that isn't creepy enough for you, we move on to the national network of State-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. That is a reference to the State Policy Network, a web of dark money front groups that pump into State legislatures the propaganda and legislation designed by fossil fuel and other corporate interests. The State Policy Network has also received millions from DonorsTrust, which has been called the ``dark money ATM of the right,'' a central node of the rightwing Koch dark money network. The service that DonorsTrust provides is to scrub the identities of actual donors. It creates dark money. Anonymity is key for these donors, many of whom have financial interests behind their political schemes that they really don't want disclosed. If a fossil fuel billionaire, say, wants to run ads against me in Rhode Island--folks will get the joke. So the real donor's identity gets laundered through groups like DonorsTrust and comes out under other groups with names like--I am making this one up, but they sound this way ``Rhode Islanders for Peace and Puppies and Prosperity.'' All of that, of course, leaves citizens in the dark about both the actors and the plot in the politics in which they are supposed to be active participants. And that brings us to Seid's project to ``turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices.'' That is a reference to Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, a central cog in the right-wing doctrine factory. The cog was not always named Antonin Scalia Law School. In 2016, George Mason received $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation, plus another $20 million from an anonymous donor, orchestrated by that same Leonard Leo, and one of the strings attached was that George Mason rename its law school after Scalia. When folks at George Mason University, a public university, pushed for answers about all of this, the university, after a legal battle, had to disclose that renaming the law school wasn't the only string attached to that $20 million donation. Leo and his donor wanted input over faculty hiring. And that legal battle also unearthed the name of the anonymous donor: Barre Seid. And all of that brings us back to Seid's $1.6 billion to the Leonard Leo dark money apparatus. Remember that with $0.6 billion, Leo was able to orchestrate a dark money takeover of our Supreme Court, stacking it with far-right Justices, who have already delivered massive victories for their donors: overturning Roe v. Wade, undermining the government's power to combat climate change, throwing out century-old commonsense gun regulations. If he can do that with $0.6 billion, imagine what kind of damage he will be able to do with $1.6 billion to squirt out as dark money through his armada of phony front groups. Leo's already dispensed $153 million to Rule of Law Trust, which appears to exist solely to funnel money to other dark money groups and another $16.5 million to his own Concord Fund. If you have been watching these ``Scheme'' speeches, you will remember that the last time I addressed the scheme in this Chamber, I laid out how the Concord Fund and its corporate twin, the 85 Fund, are the central nodes in a collection of phony front groups that deploy fictitious names, fictitious names to mask their connections. The coordinated and colocated front groups, Concord Fund and 85 Fund, operate through the fictitious names Judicial Crisis Network and Honest Elections Project, among other fictitious names. So, yes, you have got this right. In this dark money netherworld, the front groups have front groups. With this new billion-dollar slush fund, Leo can take those efforts to entirely new levels: more voter suppression, which is the job of Honest Elections Project; more abortion bans, which was the accomplishment of Dobbs; more climate denial, which was powered by West Virginia v. EPA and the earlier EPA decision by the Supreme Court about the Clean Power Plan; more power for corporations, which is, of course, the constant goal of this dark money operation; more disinformation; and more dirty dark money in politics--sluiced around inside this covert apparatus until it gets squirted out through even more phony front groups. This dark money slime will ooze everywhere. With pivotal elections coming up this fall, this slime will ooze out through your television sets, through your mailboxes, through your telephone, all of it designed to smear and lie to benefit far-right donor interests. The phony front group squirting out the slime will have innocuous-sounding names, but make no mistake, hiding behind many of them will be Leo and his secretive billionaire backers. While this tactic isn't new, it has been perfected by the rightwing. It began with the Koch brothers, who spent the last decade pumping dark money into our politics, producing a decade of successful climate obstruction, until finally we got the Inflation Reduction Act passed with the first real climate measures Congress hasever passed, but because of the Koch brothers' pressure, we had to rely entirely on Democrats to get that bill passed. We did not get one Republican vote in the Senate. We did not get one Republican vote in the House. Constant assaults on workers' rights, endless attacks on the Affordable Care Act, and, of course, the rightwing billionaires own big payoff, big tax cuts for billionaires--it is probable that for all of the money that got thrown into this dark money apparatus by rightwing billionaires, some of them probably made more money than that back from the tax cuts that were delivered for them under the Trump administration. This is a it-pays-to-play dark money operation. And the result is that all this dark money has reduced the once Grand Old Party to the political operation of a handful of extremist megadonors. The dark money assault on our democracy is not over. Right now, Leonard Leo, his rightwing donors, and their dark money apparatus are devising the next phases of the scheme. They have already captured the highest Court in the land, but they will not stop until they have enacted their entire radical agenda. They will turn their sights on State courts, on city councils, on local school boards--anywhere they can find a way to subvert democracy with dark money. So now is the time to fight back, and the first step is to pass the DISCLOSE Act. It is way long past time that we shine the light on the dark money schemers. You may recall that in the Citizens United decision, by a vote of 8 to 1, even that Court said that dark money is corrupting. That is an established principle of the Citizens United decision. Well, if it is corrupting, we ought to get rid of it, because the American people deserve to know who captured their Supreme Court and who keeps flooding our politics with dark money. When you spend that kind of money, there is a motivation, and voters, citizens, deserve to know. To be continued. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4564 | null | 5,031 |
formal | tax cuts | null | racist | U.S. Supreme Court Mr. President, I am here on a different subject. I will now turn to that subject. This is the 18th time that I have come to the floor to expose the dark money scheme that has captured and controlled our Supreme Court. Over the last 2 years, I have, over and over, exposed how dark money operatives, working from the shadows, have installed Supreme Court Justices handpicked--handpicked--by the minions of far-right donors. I have exposed the key front groups through which this Court-packing operation is driven and the tactics that the schemers have used to hide the dark money donors who pull its strings. And when you take a close look at the scheme, the little spider that you find at the center of the dark money web behind it is a character named Leonard Leo. From his perch at the dark money-funded Federalist Society, Leo crafted a reputation as the Court-capture scheme's puppet master. The key to his craft is an armada of phony front groups that shuffle dark money back and forth, around and amongst each other, to deploy as spin, as propaganda, as political ads, or as hidden campaign funding. During Donald Trump's time in office, Leonard Leo brokered the scheme to have the Federalist Society or--more accurately--the big secret donors behind the Federalist Society handpick Trump's Supreme Court nominees. Remember that list we all heard about? Leo coordinated the dark money propaganda machine that kept the heat on Senate Republicans to confirm those nominees, and he supported the big donors' doctrine factories where donor-approved fringe legal doctrines are concocted for the anointed judges to weaponize from the Bench. Look no further than the recent West Virginia v. EPA decision weaponizing the doctrine factory-concocted major questions' doctrine. And this was no small scheme. The latest estimate from earlier this year is that these big donors put $580 million, more than half a billion dollars, into Leo's network of Court-capture front groups. Well, little did we know, that was just the beginning. Last month, ProPublica and the New York Times broke the news that a reclusive, far-right billionaire supercharged Leo's dark money operation with a $1.6 billion donation to a Leo front group. You heard that right, $1.6 billion into this dark money operation. The man behind this new slush fund is a billionaire named Barre Seid, and even the way the donation was made was creepy and clandestine. Seid and Leo devised a plan to transfer all the shares in an electronics company to Leo's front group, on the way to selling that company. So when that company sold for $1.6 billion, it all went straight to Leo's group and, by the way, helped Seid avoid what would have been roughly $400 million in taxes. Seid has a long history of funding far-right front groups. Here is how ProPublica characterized what Seid calls his ``attack philanthropy.'' Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. He's also supported efforts to remake the higher education system in a conservative mold, including to turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices. So let's unpack all of that, starting with the climate denialism. The ``climate denialism'' that they are referencing came from a group that he funded called the Heartland Institute. I have talked about the Heartland Institute on the floor before in my ``Web of Denial'' speeches. Heartland is a dark money disinformation mouthpiece for fossil fuel interests. In 2012, Heartland compared climate scientists to the Unabomber. So you can see it is a classy bunch. According to one of Seid's advisers, he was Heartland's major patron, and he even convinced his business's chief financial officer to join Heartland's board of directors. If that isn't creepy enough for you, we move on to the national network of State-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. That is a reference to the State Policy Network, a web of dark money front groups that pump into State legislatures the propaganda and legislation designed by fossil fuel and other corporate interests. The State Policy Network has also received millions from DonorsTrust, which has been called the ``dark money ATM of the right,'' a central node of the rightwing Koch dark money network. The service that DonorsTrust provides is to scrub the identities of actual donors. It creates dark money. Anonymity is key for these donors, many of whom have financial interests behind their political schemes that they really don't want disclosed. If a fossil fuel billionaire, say, wants to run ads against me in Rhode Island--folks will get the joke. So the real donor's identity gets laundered through groups like DonorsTrust and comes out under other groups with names like--I am making this one up, but they sound this way ``Rhode Islanders for Peace and Puppies and Prosperity.'' All of that, of course, leaves citizens in the dark about both the actors and the plot in the politics in which they are supposed to be active participants. And that brings us to Seid's project to ``turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices.'' That is a reference to Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, a central cog in the right-wing doctrine factory. The cog was not always named Antonin Scalia Law School. In 2016, George Mason received $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation, plus another $20 million from an anonymous donor, orchestrated by that same Leonard Leo, and one of the strings attached was that George Mason rename its law school after Scalia. When folks at George Mason University, a public university, pushed for answers about all of this, the university, after a legal battle, had to disclose that renaming the law school wasn't the only string attached to that $20 million donation. Leo and his donor wanted input over faculty hiring. And that legal battle also unearthed the name of the anonymous donor: Barre Seid. And all of that brings us back to Seid's $1.6 billion to the Leonard Leo dark money apparatus. Remember that with $0.6 billion, Leo was able to orchestrate a dark money takeover of our Supreme Court, stacking it with far-right Justices, who have already delivered massive victories for their donors: overturning Roe v. Wade, undermining the government's power to combat climate change, throwing out century-old commonsense gun regulations. If he can do that with $0.6 billion, imagine what kind of damage he will be able to do with $1.6 billion to squirt out as dark money through his armada of phony front groups. Leo's already dispensed $153 million to Rule of Law Trust, which appears to exist solely to funnel money to other dark money groups and another $16.5 million to his own Concord Fund. If you have been watching these ``Scheme'' speeches, you will remember that the last time I addressed the scheme in this Chamber, I laid out how the Concord Fund and its corporate twin, the 85 Fund, are the central nodes in a collection of phony front groups that deploy fictitious names, fictitious names to mask their connections. The coordinated and colocated front groups, Concord Fund and 85 Fund, operate through the fictitious names Judicial Crisis Network and Honest Elections Project, among other fictitious names. So, yes, you have got this right. In this dark money netherworld, the front groups have front groups. With this new billion-dollar slush fund, Leo can take those efforts to entirely new levels: more voter suppression, which is the job of Honest Elections Project; more abortion bans, which was the accomplishment of Dobbs; more climate denial, which was powered by West Virginia v. EPA and the earlier EPA decision by the Supreme Court about the Clean Power Plan; more power for corporations, which is, of course, the constant goal of this dark money operation; more disinformation; and more dirty dark money in politics--sluiced around inside this covert apparatus until it gets squirted out through even more phony front groups. This dark money slime will ooze everywhere. With pivotal elections coming up this fall, this slime will ooze out through your television sets, through your mailboxes, through your telephone, all of it designed to smear and lie to benefit far-right donor interests. The phony front group squirting out the slime will have innocuous-sounding names, but make no mistake, hiding behind many of them will be Leo and his secretive billionaire backers. While this tactic isn't new, it has been perfected by the rightwing. It began with the Koch brothers, who spent the last decade pumping dark money into our politics, producing a decade of successful climate obstruction, until finally we got the Inflation Reduction Act passed with the first real climate measures Congress hasever passed, but because of the Koch brothers' pressure, we had to rely entirely on Democrats to get that bill passed. We did not get one Republican vote in the Senate. We did not get one Republican vote in the House. Constant assaults on workers' rights, endless attacks on the Affordable Care Act, and, of course, the rightwing billionaires own big payoff, big tax cuts for billionaires--it is probable that for all of the money that got thrown into this dark money apparatus by rightwing billionaires, some of them probably made more money than that back from the tax cuts that were delivered for them under the Trump administration. This is a it-pays-to-play dark money operation. And the result is that all this dark money has reduced the once Grand Old Party to the political operation of a handful of extremist megadonors. The dark money assault on our democracy is not over. Right now, Leonard Leo, his rightwing donors, and their dark money apparatus are devising the next phases of the scheme. They have already captured the highest Court in the land, but they will not stop until they have enacted their entire radical agenda. They will turn their sights on State courts, on city councils, on local school boards--anywhere they can find a way to subvert democracy with dark money. So now is the time to fight back, and the first step is to pass the DISCLOSE Act. It is way long past time that we shine the light on the dark money schemers. You may recall that in the Citizens United decision, by a vote of 8 to 1, even that Court said that dark money is corrupting. That is an established principle of the Citizens United decision. Well, if it is corrupting, we ought to get rid of it, because the American people deserve to know who captured their Supreme Court and who keeps flooding our politics with dark money. When you spend that kind of money, there is a motivation, and voters, citizens, deserve to know. To be continued. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4564 | null | 5,032 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | U.S. Supreme Court Mr. President, I am here on a different subject. I will now turn to that subject. This is the 18th time that I have come to the floor to expose the dark money scheme that has captured and controlled our Supreme Court. Over the last 2 years, I have, over and over, exposed how dark money operatives, working from the shadows, have installed Supreme Court Justices handpicked--handpicked--by the minions of far-right donors. I have exposed the key front groups through which this Court-packing operation is driven and the tactics that the schemers have used to hide the dark money donors who pull its strings. And when you take a close look at the scheme, the little spider that you find at the center of the dark money web behind it is a character named Leonard Leo. From his perch at the dark money-funded Federalist Society, Leo crafted a reputation as the Court-capture scheme's puppet master. The key to his craft is an armada of phony front groups that shuffle dark money back and forth, around and amongst each other, to deploy as spin, as propaganda, as political ads, or as hidden campaign funding. During Donald Trump's time in office, Leonard Leo brokered the scheme to have the Federalist Society or--more accurately--the big secret donors behind the Federalist Society handpick Trump's Supreme Court nominees. Remember that list we all heard about? Leo coordinated the dark money propaganda machine that kept the heat on Senate Republicans to confirm those nominees, and he supported the big donors' doctrine factories where donor-approved fringe legal doctrines are concocted for the anointed judges to weaponize from the Bench. Look no further than the recent West Virginia v. EPA decision weaponizing the doctrine factory-concocted major questions' doctrine. And this was no small scheme. The latest estimate from earlier this year is that these big donors put $580 million, more than half a billion dollars, into Leo's network of Court-capture front groups. Well, little did we know, that was just the beginning. Last month, ProPublica and the New York Times broke the news that a reclusive, far-right billionaire supercharged Leo's dark money operation with a $1.6 billion donation to a Leo front group. You heard that right, $1.6 billion into this dark money operation. The man behind this new slush fund is a billionaire named Barre Seid, and even the way the donation was made was creepy and clandestine. Seid and Leo devised a plan to transfer all the shares in an electronics company to Leo's front group, on the way to selling that company. So when that company sold for $1.6 billion, it all went straight to Leo's group and, by the way, helped Seid avoid what would have been roughly $400 million in taxes. Seid has a long history of funding far-right front groups. Here is how ProPublica characterized what Seid calls his ``attack philanthropy.'' Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. He's also supported efforts to remake the higher education system in a conservative mold, including to turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices. So let's unpack all of that, starting with the climate denialism. The ``climate denialism'' that they are referencing came from a group that he funded called the Heartland Institute. I have talked about the Heartland Institute on the floor before in my ``Web of Denial'' speeches. Heartland is a dark money disinformation mouthpiece for fossil fuel interests. In 2012, Heartland compared climate scientists to the Unabomber. So you can see it is a classy bunch. According to one of Seid's advisers, he was Heartland's major patron, and he even convinced his business's chief financial officer to join Heartland's board of directors. If that isn't creepy enough for you, we move on to the national network of State-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. That is a reference to the State Policy Network, a web of dark money front groups that pump into State legislatures the propaganda and legislation designed by fossil fuel and other corporate interests. The State Policy Network has also received millions from DonorsTrust, which has been called the ``dark money ATM of the right,'' a central node of the rightwing Koch dark money network. The service that DonorsTrust provides is to scrub the identities of actual donors. It creates dark money. Anonymity is key for these donors, many of whom have financial interests behind their political schemes that they really don't want disclosed. If a fossil fuel billionaire, say, wants to run ads against me in Rhode Island--folks will get the joke. So the real donor's identity gets laundered through groups like DonorsTrust and comes out under other groups with names like--I am making this one up, but they sound this way ``Rhode Islanders for Peace and Puppies and Prosperity.'' All of that, of course, leaves citizens in the dark about both the actors and the plot in the politics in which they are supposed to be active participants. And that brings us to Seid's project to ``turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices.'' That is a reference to Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, a central cog in the right-wing doctrine factory. The cog was not always named Antonin Scalia Law School. In 2016, George Mason received $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation, plus another $20 million from an anonymous donor, orchestrated by that same Leonard Leo, and one of the strings attached was that George Mason rename its law school after Scalia. When folks at George Mason University, a public university, pushed for answers about all of this, the university, after a legal battle, had to disclose that renaming the law school wasn't the only string attached to that $20 million donation. Leo and his donor wanted input over faculty hiring. And that legal battle also unearthed the name of the anonymous donor: Barre Seid. And all of that brings us back to Seid's $1.6 billion to the Leonard Leo dark money apparatus. Remember that with $0.6 billion, Leo was able to orchestrate a dark money takeover of our Supreme Court, stacking it with far-right Justices, who have already delivered massive victories for their donors: overturning Roe v. Wade, undermining the government's power to combat climate change, throwing out century-old commonsense gun regulations. If he can do that with $0.6 billion, imagine what kind of damage he will be able to do with $1.6 billion to squirt out as dark money through his armada of phony front groups. Leo's already dispensed $153 million to Rule of Law Trust, which appears to exist solely to funnel money to other dark money groups and another $16.5 million to his own Concord Fund. If you have been watching these ``Scheme'' speeches, you will remember that the last time I addressed the scheme in this Chamber, I laid out how the Concord Fund and its corporate twin, the 85 Fund, are the central nodes in a collection of phony front groups that deploy fictitious names, fictitious names to mask their connections. The coordinated and colocated front groups, Concord Fund and 85 Fund, operate through the fictitious names Judicial Crisis Network and Honest Elections Project, among other fictitious names. So, yes, you have got this right. In this dark money netherworld, the front groups have front groups. With this new billion-dollar slush fund, Leo can take those efforts to entirely new levels: more voter suppression, which is the job of Honest Elections Project; more abortion bans, which was the accomplishment of Dobbs; more climate denial, which was powered by West Virginia v. EPA and the earlier EPA decision by the Supreme Court about the Clean Power Plan; more power for corporations, which is, of course, the constant goal of this dark money operation; more disinformation; and more dirty dark money in politics--sluiced around inside this covert apparatus until it gets squirted out through even more phony front groups. This dark money slime will ooze everywhere. With pivotal elections coming up this fall, this slime will ooze out through your television sets, through your mailboxes, through your telephone, all of it designed to smear and lie to benefit far-right donor interests. The phony front group squirting out the slime will have innocuous-sounding names, but make no mistake, hiding behind many of them will be Leo and his secretive billionaire backers. While this tactic isn't new, it has been perfected by the rightwing. It began with the Koch brothers, who spent the last decade pumping dark money into our politics, producing a decade of successful climate obstruction, until finally we got the Inflation Reduction Act passed with the first real climate measures Congress hasever passed, but because of the Koch brothers' pressure, we had to rely entirely on Democrats to get that bill passed. We did not get one Republican vote in the Senate. We did not get one Republican vote in the House. Constant assaults on workers' rights, endless attacks on the Affordable Care Act, and, of course, the rightwing billionaires own big payoff, big tax cuts for billionaires--it is probable that for all of the money that got thrown into this dark money apparatus by rightwing billionaires, some of them probably made more money than that back from the tax cuts that were delivered for them under the Trump administration. This is a it-pays-to-play dark money operation. And the result is that all this dark money has reduced the once Grand Old Party to the political operation of a handful of extremist megadonors. The dark money assault on our democracy is not over. Right now, Leonard Leo, his rightwing donors, and their dark money apparatus are devising the next phases of the scheme. They have already captured the highest Court in the land, but they will not stop until they have enacted their entire radical agenda. They will turn their sights on State courts, on city councils, on local school boards--anywhere they can find a way to subvert democracy with dark money. So now is the time to fight back, and the first step is to pass the DISCLOSE Act. It is way long past time that we shine the light on the dark money schemers. You may recall that in the Citizens United decision, by a vote of 8 to 1, even that Court said that dark money is corrupting. That is an established principle of the Citizens United decision. Well, if it is corrupting, we ought to get rid of it, because the American people deserve to know who captured their Supreme Court and who keeps flooding our politics with dark money. When you spend that kind of money, there is a motivation, and voters, citizens, deserve to know. To be continued. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4564 | null | 5,033 |
formal | extremist | null | Islamophobic | U.S. Supreme Court Mr. President, I am here on a different subject. I will now turn to that subject. This is the 18th time that I have come to the floor to expose the dark money scheme that has captured and controlled our Supreme Court. Over the last 2 years, I have, over and over, exposed how dark money operatives, working from the shadows, have installed Supreme Court Justices handpicked--handpicked--by the minions of far-right donors. I have exposed the key front groups through which this Court-packing operation is driven and the tactics that the schemers have used to hide the dark money donors who pull its strings. And when you take a close look at the scheme, the little spider that you find at the center of the dark money web behind it is a character named Leonard Leo. From his perch at the dark money-funded Federalist Society, Leo crafted a reputation as the Court-capture scheme's puppet master. The key to his craft is an armada of phony front groups that shuffle dark money back and forth, around and amongst each other, to deploy as spin, as propaganda, as political ads, or as hidden campaign funding. During Donald Trump's time in office, Leonard Leo brokered the scheme to have the Federalist Society or--more accurately--the big secret donors behind the Federalist Society handpick Trump's Supreme Court nominees. Remember that list we all heard about? Leo coordinated the dark money propaganda machine that kept the heat on Senate Republicans to confirm those nominees, and he supported the big donors' doctrine factories where donor-approved fringe legal doctrines are concocted for the anointed judges to weaponize from the Bench. Look no further than the recent West Virginia v. EPA decision weaponizing the doctrine factory-concocted major questions' doctrine. And this was no small scheme. The latest estimate from earlier this year is that these big donors put $580 million, more than half a billion dollars, into Leo's network of Court-capture front groups. Well, little did we know, that was just the beginning. Last month, ProPublica and the New York Times broke the news that a reclusive, far-right billionaire supercharged Leo's dark money operation with a $1.6 billion donation to a Leo front group. You heard that right, $1.6 billion into this dark money operation. The man behind this new slush fund is a billionaire named Barre Seid, and even the way the donation was made was creepy and clandestine. Seid and Leo devised a plan to transfer all the shares in an electronics company to Leo's front group, on the way to selling that company. So when that company sold for $1.6 billion, it all went straight to Leo's group and, by the way, helped Seid avoid what would have been roughly $400 million in taxes. Seid has a long history of funding far-right front groups. Here is how ProPublica characterized what Seid calls his ``attack philanthropy.'' Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. He's also supported efforts to remake the higher education system in a conservative mold, including to turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices. So let's unpack all of that, starting with the climate denialism. The ``climate denialism'' that they are referencing came from a group that he funded called the Heartland Institute. I have talked about the Heartland Institute on the floor before in my ``Web of Denial'' speeches. Heartland is a dark money disinformation mouthpiece for fossil fuel interests. In 2012, Heartland compared climate scientists to the Unabomber. So you can see it is a classy bunch. According to one of Seid's advisers, he was Heartland's major patron, and he even convinced his business's chief financial officer to join Heartland's board of directors. If that isn't creepy enough for you, we move on to the national network of State-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. That is a reference to the State Policy Network, a web of dark money front groups that pump into State legislatures the propaganda and legislation designed by fossil fuel and other corporate interests. The State Policy Network has also received millions from DonorsTrust, which has been called the ``dark money ATM of the right,'' a central node of the rightwing Koch dark money network. The service that DonorsTrust provides is to scrub the identities of actual donors. It creates dark money. Anonymity is key for these donors, many of whom have financial interests behind their political schemes that they really don't want disclosed. If a fossil fuel billionaire, say, wants to run ads against me in Rhode Island--folks will get the joke. So the real donor's identity gets laundered through groups like DonorsTrust and comes out under other groups with names like--I am making this one up, but they sound this way ``Rhode Islanders for Peace and Puppies and Prosperity.'' All of that, of course, leaves citizens in the dark about both the actors and the plot in the politics in which they are supposed to be active participants. And that brings us to Seid's project to ``turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices.'' That is a reference to Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, a central cog in the right-wing doctrine factory. The cog was not always named Antonin Scalia Law School. In 2016, George Mason received $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation, plus another $20 million from an anonymous donor, orchestrated by that same Leonard Leo, and one of the strings attached was that George Mason rename its law school after Scalia. When folks at George Mason University, a public university, pushed for answers about all of this, the university, after a legal battle, had to disclose that renaming the law school wasn't the only string attached to that $20 million donation. Leo and his donor wanted input over faculty hiring. And that legal battle also unearthed the name of the anonymous donor: Barre Seid. And all of that brings us back to Seid's $1.6 billion to the Leonard Leo dark money apparatus. Remember that with $0.6 billion, Leo was able to orchestrate a dark money takeover of our Supreme Court, stacking it with far-right Justices, who have already delivered massive victories for their donors: overturning Roe v. Wade, undermining the government's power to combat climate change, throwing out century-old commonsense gun regulations. If he can do that with $0.6 billion, imagine what kind of damage he will be able to do with $1.6 billion to squirt out as dark money through his armada of phony front groups. Leo's already dispensed $153 million to Rule of Law Trust, which appears to exist solely to funnel money to other dark money groups and another $16.5 million to his own Concord Fund. If you have been watching these ``Scheme'' speeches, you will remember that the last time I addressed the scheme in this Chamber, I laid out how the Concord Fund and its corporate twin, the 85 Fund, are the central nodes in a collection of phony front groups that deploy fictitious names, fictitious names to mask their connections. The coordinated and colocated front groups, Concord Fund and 85 Fund, operate through the fictitious names Judicial Crisis Network and Honest Elections Project, among other fictitious names. So, yes, you have got this right. In this dark money netherworld, the front groups have front groups. With this new billion-dollar slush fund, Leo can take those efforts to entirely new levels: more voter suppression, which is the job of Honest Elections Project; more abortion bans, which was the accomplishment of Dobbs; more climate denial, which was powered by West Virginia v. EPA and the earlier EPA decision by the Supreme Court about the Clean Power Plan; more power for corporations, which is, of course, the constant goal of this dark money operation; more disinformation; and more dirty dark money in politics--sluiced around inside this covert apparatus until it gets squirted out through even more phony front groups. This dark money slime will ooze everywhere. With pivotal elections coming up this fall, this slime will ooze out through your television sets, through your mailboxes, through your telephone, all of it designed to smear and lie to benefit far-right donor interests. The phony front group squirting out the slime will have innocuous-sounding names, but make no mistake, hiding behind many of them will be Leo and his secretive billionaire backers. While this tactic isn't new, it has been perfected by the rightwing. It began with the Koch brothers, who spent the last decade pumping dark money into our politics, producing a decade of successful climate obstruction, until finally we got the Inflation Reduction Act passed with the first real climate measures Congress hasever passed, but because of the Koch brothers' pressure, we had to rely entirely on Democrats to get that bill passed. We did not get one Republican vote in the Senate. We did not get one Republican vote in the House. Constant assaults on workers' rights, endless attacks on the Affordable Care Act, and, of course, the rightwing billionaires own big payoff, big tax cuts for billionaires--it is probable that for all of the money that got thrown into this dark money apparatus by rightwing billionaires, some of them probably made more money than that back from the tax cuts that were delivered for them under the Trump administration. This is a it-pays-to-play dark money operation. And the result is that all this dark money has reduced the once Grand Old Party to the political operation of a handful of extremist megadonors. The dark money assault on our democracy is not over. Right now, Leonard Leo, his rightwing donors, and their dark money apparatus are devising the next phases of the scheme. They have already captured the highest Court in the land, but they will not stop until they have enacted their entire radical agenda. They will turn their sights on State courts, on city councils, on local school boards--anywhere they can find a way to subvert democracy with dark money. So now is the time to fight back, and the first step is to pass the DISCLOSE Act. It is way long past time that we shine the light on the dark money schemers. You may recall that in the Citizens United decision, by a vote of 8 to 1, even that Court said that dark money is corrupting. That is an established principle of the Citizens United decision. Well, if it is corrupting, we ought to get rid of it, because the American people deserve to know who captured their Supreme Court and who keeps flooding our politics with dark money. When you spend that kind of money, there is a motivation, and voters, citizens, deserve to know. To be continued. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4564 | null | 5,034 |
formal | puppet master | null | antisemitic | U.S. Supreme Court Mr. President, I am here on a different subject. I will now turn to that subject. This is the 18th time that I have come to the floor to expose the dark money scheme that has captured and controlled our Supreme Court. Over the last 2 years, I have, over and over, exposed how dark money operatives, working from the shadows, have installed Supreme Court Justices handpicked--handpicked--by the minions of far-right donors. I have exposed the key front groups through which this Court-packing operation is driven and the tactics that the schemers have used to hide the dark money donors who pull its strings. And when you take a close look at the scheme, the little spider that you find at the center of the dark money web behind it is a character named Leonard Leo. From his perch at the dark money-funded Federalist Society, Leo crafted a reputation as the Court-capture scheme's puppet master. The key to his craft is an armada of phony front groups that shuffle dark money back and forth, around and amongst each other, to deploy as spin, as propaganda, as political ads, or as hidden campaign funding. During Donald Trump's time in office, Leonard Leo brokered the scheme to have the Federalist Society or--more accurately--the big secret donors behind the Federalist Society handpick Trump's Supreme Court nominees. Remember that list we all heard about? Leo coordinated the dark money propaganda machine that kept the heat on Senate Republicans to confirm those nominees, and he supported the big donors' doctrine factories where donor-approved fringe legal doctrines are concocted for the anointed judges to weaponize from the Bench. Look no further than the recent West Virginia v. EPA decision weaponizing the doctrine factory-concocted major questions' doctrine. And this was no small scheme. The latest estimate from earlier this year is that these big donors put $580 million, more than half a billion dollars, into Leo's network of Court-capture front groups. Well, little did we know, that was just the beginning. Last month, ProPublica and the New York Times broke the news that a reclusive, far-right billionaire supercharged Leo's dark money operation with a $1.6 billion donation to a Leo front group. You heard that right, $1.6 billion into this dark money operation. The man behind this new slush fund is a billionaire named Barre Seid, and even the way the donation was made was creepy and clandestine. Seid and Leo devised a plan to transfer all the shares in an electronics company to Leo's front group, on the way to selling that company. So when that company sold for $1.6 billion, it all went straight to Leo's group and, by the way, helped Seid avoid what would have been roughly $400 million in taxes. Seid has a long history of funding far-right front groups. Here is how ProPublica characterized what Seid calls his ``attack philanthropy.'' Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. He's also supported efforts to remake the higher education system in a conservative mold, including to turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices. So let's unpack all of that, starting with the climate denialism. The ``climate denialism'' that they are referencing came from a group that he funded called the Heartland Institute. I have talked about the Heartland Institute on the floor before in my ``Web of Denial'' speeches. Heartland is a dark money disinformation mouthpiece for fossil fuel interests. In 2012, Heartland compared climate scientists to the Unabomber. So you can see it is a classy bunch. According to one of Seid's advisers, he was Heartland's major patron, and he even convinced his business's chief financial officer to join Heartland's board of directors. If that isn't creepy enough for you, we move on to the national network of State-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion. That is a reference to the State Policy Network, a web of dark money front groups that pump into State legislatures the propaganda and legislation designed by fossil fuel and other corporate interests. The State Policy Network has also received millions from DonorsTrust, which has been called the ``dark money ATM of the right,'' a central node of the rightwing Koch dark money network. The service that DonorsTrust provides is to scrub the identities of actual donors. It creates dark money. Anonymity is key for these donors, many of whom have financial interests behind their political schemes that they really don't want disclosed. If a fossil fuel billionaire, say, wants to run ads against me in Rhode Island--folks will get the joke. So the real donor's identity gets laundered through groups like DonorsTrust and comes out under other groups with names like--I am making this one up, but they sound this way ``Rhode Islanders for Peace and Puppies and Prosperity.'' All of that, of course, leaves citizens in the dark about both the actors and the plot in the politics in which they are supposed to be active participants. And that brings us to Seid's project to ``turn one of the nation's most politically influential law schools into a training ground for future generations of right-wing judges and justices.'' That is a reference to Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, a central cog in the right-wing doctrine factory. The cog was not always named Antonin Scalia Law School. In 2016, George Mason received $10 million from the Charles Koch Foundation, plus another $20 million from an anonymous donor, orchestrated by that same Leonard Leo, and one of the strings attached was that George Mason rename its law school after Scalia. When folks at George Mason University, a public university, pushed for answers about all of this, the university, after a legal battle, had to disclose that renaming the law school wasn't the only string attached to that $20 million donation. Leo and his donor wanted input over faculty hiring. And that legal battle also unearthed the name of the anonymous donor: Barre Seid. And all of that brings us back to Seid's $1.6 billion to the Leonard Leo dark money apparatus. Remember that with $0.6 billion, Leo was able to orchestrate a dark money takeover of our Supreme Court, stacking it with far-right Justices, who have already delivered massive victories for their donors: overturning Roe v. Wade, undermining the government's power to combat climate change, throwing out century-old commonsense gun regulations. If he can do that with $0.6 billion, imagine what kind of damage he will be able to do with $1.6 billion to squirt out as dark money through his armada of phony front groups. Leo's already dispensed $153 million to Rule of Law Trust, which appears to exist solely to funnel money to other dark money groups and another $16.5 million to his own Concord Fund. If you have been watching these ``Scheme'' speeches, you will remember that the last time I addressed the scheme in this Chamber, I laid out how the Concord Fund and its corporate twin, the 85 Fund, are the central nodes in a collection of phony front groups that deploy fictitious names, fictitious names to mask their connections. The coordinated and colocated front groups, Concord Fund and 85 Fund, operate through the fictitious names Judicial Crisis Network and Honest Elections Project, among other fictitious names. So, yes, you have got this right. In this dark money netherworld, the front groups have front groups. With this new billion-dollar slush fund, Leo can take those efforts to entirely new levels: more voter suppression, which is the job of Honest Elections Project; more abortion bans, which was the accomplishment of Dobbs; more climate denial, which was powered by West Virginia v. EPA and the earlier EPA decision by the Supreme Court about the Clean Power Plan; more power for corporations, which is, of course, the constant goal of this dark money operation; more disinformation; and more dirty dark money in politics--sluiced around inside this covert apparatus until it gets squirted out through even more phony front groups. This dark money slime will ooze everywhere. With pivotal elections coming up this fall, this slime will ooze out through your television sets, through your mailboxes, through your telephone, all of it designed to smear and lie to benefit far-right donor interests. The phony front group squirting out the slime will have innocuous-sounding names, but make no mistake, hiding behind many of them will be Leo and his secretive billionaire backers. While this tactic isn't new, it has been perfected by the rightwing. It began with the Koch brothers, who spent the last decade pumping dark money into our politics, producing a decade of successful climate obstruction, until finally we got the Inflation Reduction Act passed with the first real climate measures Congress hasever passed, but because of the Koch brothers' pressure, we had to rely entirely on Democrats to get that bill passed. We did not get one Republican vote in the Senate. We did not get one Republican vote in the House. Constant assaults on workers' rights, endless attacks on the Affordable Care Act, and, of course, the rightwing billionaires own big payoff, big tax cuts for billionaires--it is probable that for all of the money that got thrown into this dark money apparatus by rightwing billionaires, some of them probably made more money than that back from the tax cuts that were delivered for them under the Trump administration. This is a it-pays-to-play dark money operation. And the result is that all this dark money has reduced the once Grand Old Party to the political operation of a handful of extremist megadonors. The dark money assault on our democracy is not over. Right now, Leonard Leo, his rightwing donors, and their dark money apparatus are devising the next phases of the scheme. They have already captured the highest Court in the land, but they will not stop until they have enacted their entire radical agenda. They will turn their sights on State courts, on city councils, on local school boards--anywhere they can find a way to subvert democracy with dark money. So now is the time to fight back, and the first step is to pass the DISCLOSE Act. It is way long past time that we shine the light on the dark money schemers. You may recall that in the Citizens United decision, by a vote of 8 to 1, even that Court said that dark money is corrupting. That is an established principle of the Citizens United decision. Well, if it is corrupting, we ought to get rid of it, because the American people deserve to know who captured their Supreme Court and who keeps flooding our politics with dark money. When you spend that kind of money, there is a motivation, and voters, citizens, deserve to know. To be continued. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4564 | null | 5,035 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, the attacks of September 11, 2001, exposed the American people to a level of vulnerability we had not encountered since the Second World War. While the terrorists failed in their objective of breaking us, they were successful in forcing the rest of the world to decide if they would give in to fear and remain silent or take a stand against the violent hatred that motivated the murders of almost 3,000 innocents. For me, the memory of 9/11 is and always will be dominated by fear for the safety of my own children. The hours that passed without hearing from them were among the loneliest of my life, and indeed, that loneliness was shared by every American who spent the next few terrible days waiting for the phone to ring. Our sense of isolation was compounded by a growing chorus of voices that blamed Americans for the bloodshed in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II broke with centuries of tradition and directed the band of the Coldstream Guards to play the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' outside Buckingham Palace just 2 days after the attacks, she did much more than make a political statement. Her small act of rebellion confirmed that the special kinship between our nations will unite us forever under a common cause of freedom. While some chose cowardice in the wake of the attacks, she recognized the anguish of a friend and offered a gesture meant only to assure us that we were not, and never would be, alone. For more than 70 years, the Queen ruled with the same grace and dignity she afforded the American people in our darkest hour. On behalf of all Tennesseans, I offer my gratitude for her long life of service, my condolences to the royal family, and my assurances to the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth that, should great need arise, there will be no need to ask for our help, for we are already standing beside you. | 2020-01-06 | Mrs. BLACKBURN | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4567-5 | null | 5,036 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The following bill was read the second time, and placed on the calendar: S. 4822. 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-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4567-8 | null | 5,037 |
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-4861. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-487, ``Medically Necessary Foods Coverage Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4862. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-488, ``Procurement Agencies Alignment Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4863. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-489, ``HIV/AIDS Data Privacy Protection and Health Occupation Revision Clarification Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4864. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-490, ``Sexual Harassment Data Collection and Reporting Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4865. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-491, ``Human Rights Enhancement Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4866. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-524, ``Clean Hands Certification Equity Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4867. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-525, ``Rebecca Coder Park Designation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4868. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-526, ``Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4869. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-527, ``Climate Commitment Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4870. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-528, ``Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4871. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-524, ``Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4872. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-530, ``Juneteenth History and Planning Commission Establishment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4873. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to an alternative plan for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems in January 2023; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4874. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Public Assistance Program's Simplified Procedures Large Project Threshold'' (RIN1660-AB10) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4875. A communication from the Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Administration's fiscal year 2022 Commercial Activities Inventory and Inherently Governmental Activities Inventory and the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the report; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4876. A communication from the Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on the Physicians' Comparability Allowance Program''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4877. A communication from the Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting a legislative proposal relative to amending Title V to appoint and pay highly qualified experts; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4878. A communication from the Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Program Fraud Civil Remedies: Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment'' (RIN3206-AN39) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-4879. A communication from the Section Chief of the Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of cyclopentyl fentanyl, isobutyryl fentanyl, para-methoxybutyryl fentanyl, and valeryl fentanyl in Schedule I; Correction'' ((21 CFR Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA-565)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4880. A communication from the Section Chief of the Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Placement of 10 Specific Fentanyl- Related Substances in Schedule I'' ((21 CFR Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA-476)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4881. A communication from the Section Chief of the Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of para-Methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) in Schedule I'' ((21 CFR Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA-509)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4882. A communication from the Section Chief of the Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Designation of 3,4-MDP-2-P methyl glycidate (PMK glycidate), 3,4-MDP-2-P methyl glycidic acid (PMK glycidic acid), and alpha-phenylacetoacetamide (APAA) as List I Chemicals'' ((21 CFR Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA-542)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4883. A communication from the Section Chief of the Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Specific Listing for 4F-MDMB- VINACA, a Currently Controlled Schedule I Substance'' ((21 CFR Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA-819)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4884. A communication from the Section Chief of the Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Registration Requirements for Narcotic Treatment Programs With Mobile Components'' ((RIN1117-AB43) (Docket No. DEA-459)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4885. A communication from the Section Chief of the Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of N-Ethylpentylone in Schedule I'' ((21 CFR Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA-482)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 2, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4886. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a legislative proposal entitled ``Authority to Permit Continued Presence in the United States''; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4887. A communication from the Chief Financial Officer of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to an audit of the Garden for the period from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4888. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Justice Management Division, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Streamlining DOJ Acquisition Regulations (JAR)'' (RIN1105-AB54) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4889. A communication from the Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Victims Compensation Fund established by the Witness Security Reform Act of 1984; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4890. A communication from the Chief of the Regulatory Coordination Division, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals'' (RIN1615-AC64) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-4891. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4892. A communication from the General Counsel, National Transportation Safety Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Definition of Unmanned Aircraft Accident'' (RIN3147-AA20) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4893. A communication from the National Listing Coordinator of the Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Species; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat'' (RIN0648-BJ44) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 1, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4894. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Reinstating Class D FM Exemption to Section 73.3527(e)(8)'' (MB Docket No. 22-240) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4895. A communication from the Senior Attorney of the Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Partitioning, Disaggregation, and Leasing of Spectrum'' ((WT Docket No. 19- 38) (FCC 22-53)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4896. A communication from the Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Wireline Competition Bureau released a Second Report and Order entitled Affordable Connectivity Program'' ((RIN3060- AL16) (WC Docket No. 21-450)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4897. A communication from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations; Update of Parts 74 of the Commission's rules Related to Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations'' ((MB Docket Nos. 03-185 and 22-261) (FCC 22-58)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4898. A communication from the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Wireline Competition Bureau released a Third Report and Order entitled Affordable Connectivity Program Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program'' ((RIN3060-AL16) (WC Docket No. 21-450) (FCC 22-65)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4899. A communication from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Transportation, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4900. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment to Incorporation by Reference in Safety Standard for High Chairs'' (Docket No. CPSC-2015-0031) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4901. A communication from the Federal Register Liaison Officer, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of the Gabilan Mountains Viticultural Area'' (RIN1513-AC72) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 25, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4902. A communication from the Acting Deputy Program Director and Acting Director for Privacy Act Compliance, Office of Privacy and Open Government, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records'' (RIN0605- AA46) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4903. A communication from the Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Procedures of the Transportation Security Oversight Board Review Panel Concerning Federal Aviation Administration Airman Certificates'' (RIN1601-AB09) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 19, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4904. 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 ``URCS Data Reporting'' ((RIN2140-AB59) (Docket No. EP 769)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4905. A communication from the Senior Attorney Advisor/ Regulations Officer, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Standards for Traffic Control Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Maintaining Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity'' (RIN2125-AF34) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4906. 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 VOR Federal Airway V-44 and Revocation of VOR Federal Airway V-446 in the Vicinity of Samsville, IL'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0971)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4907. 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 and Removal of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1082)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4908. 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 and Removal of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1082)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4909. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 4015'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31436)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4910. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 4016'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31437)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4911. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 4018'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31439)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4912. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-417; Tok Junction, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0865)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4913. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-390; St. Paul Island, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0859)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4914. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-222; Bethel, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0803)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4915. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-375; Bettles, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0853)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4916. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-308; Anik, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0817)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4917. 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 United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-275; Bethel, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0813)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4918. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-435; Sand Point, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0867)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4919. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-366; Point Hope, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0818)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4920. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-381; Big Lake, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0856)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4921. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-372; Guikana, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0848)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4922. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-396; Nome, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0863)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4923. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-373; Bethel, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0851)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4924. 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 and Removal of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes; South Central Florida Metroplex Project'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0626)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4925. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment and Amendment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes; Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0625)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4926. 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 Area Navigation (RNAV) Route Q75; Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA- 2022-0456)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4927. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``CORRECTION Establishment of Class E Airspace; Wiggins, MS'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020- 0155)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4928. 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; Mexia, TX'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0346)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4929. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``CORRECTION Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; South Florida'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA- 2021-0169)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4930. 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; Mosinee, WI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0308)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4931. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation of Colored Federal Airway Blue 5 (B-5); Point Hope, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022- 0108)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4932. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Requirement for Helicopters to Use the New York North Shore Helicopter Route'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1029)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4933. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation of Colored Federal Airway Blue 25 (B-25); Gulkana, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA- 2021-0854)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 18, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4934. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation of United States Area Navigation Routes Q-162 and Q-166; Bishop, CA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0741)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4935. 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; Continental Aerospace Technologies, inc., Lycoming Engines, and Textron Lycoming/Subsidiary of Textron, Inc. Reciprocating Engines; Amendment 39-22132'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022- 0983)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4936. 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 39-22077'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1075)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4937. 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; Amendment 39-22124'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0878)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4938. 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; CFM International S.A. Turbofan Engines; Amendment 39-22123'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0877)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4939. 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; The Boeing Company Airplanes; Amendment 39-22120'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0010)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4940. 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; Cameron Balloons Ltd Burner Assemblies; Amendment 39-22121'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0469)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4941. 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; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Airplanes; Amendment 39-22118'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0508)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4942. 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; Alexander Schleicher GmbH and Co. Segelflugzeugbau Gliders; Amendment 39-22119'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0288)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4943. 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; MHI RJ Aviation ULC (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes; Amendment 39-22088'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0388)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4944. 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 39-22125'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0457)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4945. 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; Embraer S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Yabora Industria Aeronautica S.A.; Embraer S.A) Airplanes; Amendment 39- 22083'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0399)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4946. 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; Various Transport Airplanes; Amendment 39-22128'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0883)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4947. 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; Dassault Aviation Airplanes; Amendment 39-22082'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0390)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4948. 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; Embraer S.A. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Yabora Industria Aeronautica S.A.; Embraer S.A) Airplanes; Amendment 39- 22130'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0976)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4949. 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; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines; Amendment 39-22098'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0691)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4950. 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; CFM International, S.A. Turbofan Engines; Amendment 39-22107'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0803)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4951. 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; Williams International Co., L.L.C. Turbofan Engines; Amendment 39- 22101'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0511)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4952. 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 39-22095'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0147)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4953. 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 39-22097'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0464)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4954. 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 39-22099'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0982)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4955. 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; De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes; Amendment 39-22094'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0394)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4956. 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; Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22092'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0450)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4957. 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; Bombardier, inc. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22091'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0453)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4958. 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; The Boeing Company Airplanes; Amendment 39-22090'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1073)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4959. 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; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (Type Certificate Previously Held by Rolls-Royce plc) Turbofan Engines; Amendment 39-22103'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0296)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4960. 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; Stemme AG (Type Certificate Previously Held by Stemme GmbH & Co. KG) Gliders; Amendment 39-22116'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022- 0809)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4961. 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; Amendment 39-22100'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0295)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4962. 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; Saab AB, Support and Services (Formerly Known as Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics) Airplanes; Amendment 39-22114'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0507)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4963. 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; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters; Amendment 39-22108'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0806)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4964. 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; GE Aviation Czech s.r.o. (Type Certificate Previously Held by WALTER Engines a.s., Walter a.s., and MOTORLET a.s.) Turboprop Engines; Amendment 39-22117'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022- 0385)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4965. 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; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Airplanes; Amendment 39-22113'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0461)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4966. 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 39-22106'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0454)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4967. 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; Pratt & Whitney Turbofan Engines; Amendment 39-22122'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0384)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4968. 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; Bombardier, inc., Airplanes; Amendment 39-22112'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0470)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4969. 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 39-22111'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0505)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4970. 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; The Boeing Company Airplanes; Amendment 39-22063'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0788)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4971. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Modification of Class D and Class E Airspace and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Camarillo, CA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0244)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4972. 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 D Airspace and Class E Airspace; Fort Worth and Dallas-Fort Worth, TX'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1047)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4973. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Modification of Class D Airspace, Removal and Establishment of Class E Airspace; Oxnard Airport, CA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0243)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4974. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Removal of Class E Airspace and Modification of Class D and Class E Airspace; Point Mugu NAS (Naval Base Ventura Cp) Airport, CA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0242)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4975. 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 D and Class E Airspace; Victoria, TX'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0693)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4976. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation of Class E Airspace; Milford, PA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0523)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4977. 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; Independence, IA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0474)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4978. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revocation of Class E Airspace; Rocksprings Four Square Ranch Airport and Sonora Canyon Ranch, TX'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0473)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4979. 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 D and Class E Airspace and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Poughkeepsie, NY'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0524)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4980. 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 R Airspace; Greenwood, SC'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0432)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4981. 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 R Airspace; Fort Dodge, IA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1006)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4982. 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 D and Class E Airspace; Columbia, MO'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0694)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4983. 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; Sturgeon Bay, WI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1005)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4984. 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; Raleigh, NC'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0525)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4985. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 567'' ((RIN2120-AA63) (Docket No. 31444)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4986. 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 United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-229; Hope, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1083)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4987. 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 United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-233; Kotzebue, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1097)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4988. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-367; St. Mary's, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1157)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4989. 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 Area Navigation (RNAV) Route Q-136; MI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0624)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4990. 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 Jet Routes J-82 and J-94; Extension of Area Navigation (RNAV) Route Q-122; Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-100, V-138, V-456, and V-505; Removal of the Fort Dodge, IA, Domestic Low Altitude Reporting Point; In the Vicinity of Fort Dodge, IA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1043)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4991. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-267; Nome, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0812)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4992. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-368; Salmon, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0819)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4993. 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 United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-227; Fairbanks, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0811)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4994. 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 Multiple Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes and Establishment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes in the Vicinity of Liberal, KS'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0918)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4995. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-768; Northcentral United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1189)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4996. 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 VOR Federal Airways V-7, V- 341, and V-493, in the Vicinity of Menominee'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0994)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4997. 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 VOR Federal Airway V-175, in the Vicinity of Malden, MO'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA- 2021-1029)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4998. 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 VOR Federal Airways V-26, V- 193, and V-285, and Revocation of White Cloud, MI, Domestic Low Altitude Reporting Point in the Vicinity of White Cloud, MI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0972)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-4999. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 4021'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31442)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5000. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 4022'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31443)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5001. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 4020'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31441)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5002. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments; Amendment No. 4019'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31440)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5003. 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 (AHD) Helicopters; Amendment 39- 22139'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA-2022-0510)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5004. 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 39-22136'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA-2022- 0586)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5005. 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 39-22135'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA-2022- 0522)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5006. 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; MHI RJ Aviation ULC (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.); Amendment 39-22134'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA-2022-0590)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5007. 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; The Boeing Company Airplanes; Amendment 39-22096'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA- 2021-1177)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5008. 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 Canada Limited Partnership (Type Certificate Previously Held by C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP); Bombardier, inc.) Airplanes; Amendment 39-22137'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA- 2022-0990)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5009. 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; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes; Amendment 39-22133'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA-2021-0958)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5010. 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; The Boeing Company Airplanes; Amendment 39-22104'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA- 2022-0462)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5011. 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; The Boeing Company Airplanes; Amendment 39-22127'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA- 2021-1005)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5012. 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; The Boeing Company Airplanes; Amendment 39-22129'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (FAA- 2022-0884)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4568 | null | 5,038 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Daines): S. 4826. A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to modify the definition of the term ``at-risk community'' ; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of the Community Wildfire Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that Senator Daines and I are introducing today. This bill would ensure that those communities that are deemed to be under the greatest threat from wildfire are eligible to receive existing Federal wildfire grants. This sounds obvious but unfortunately is not the case under existing law. This will help more communities in our home States of California and Montana and others throughout the West access Federal grants to reduce hazardous fuels around their communities and reduce the threat posed by wildfire. In particular, it would protect areas at risk of a large-scale wildfire that would significantly threaten human life and property. Aligning the definition in law for at-risk communities to today's environmental realities is more important than ever given the increased spread, frequency, and destructiveness of wildfires, especially in the West. The current definition of an ``at-risk community'' was codified in the 2003 Healthy Forest Restoration Act. That law requires that, other than experiencing significant wildfire risk, an eligible community must either be adjacent to Federal land or included on a list generated in 2001 consisting of voluntary input from States and Tribes. To be clear, including a town on this list was not based on an objective evaluation of wildfire risk or threat to life and property, only whether an individual Governor or Tribal leader decided to add it. There are obvious omissions from the list that show its inadequacy, and in fact, 19 States and territories never submitted a single community. For example, in California, big cities like Fresno, Fairfield, and Napa are not included, all of which have experienced major wildfires in recent years, nor are countless small towns that are at great risk of wildfire. The town of Grizzly Flats, CA, which was devastated by the 2021 Caldor Fire, is also notably absent from the list. The exclusion of these communities means that they are not eligible for Federal grant funding that would help them develop and implement wildfire resiliency plans, such as hazardous fuels reduction, nor can they utilize critical authorities to expedite wildfire mitigation projects on nearby Federal lands. Our bill would simply end the practice of making Federal grants contingent on being this outdated, incomplete list. Instead, our legislation would allow communities to be included based on the most up-to-date quantitative wildfire risk data for the entire United States--data that are already maintained by the U.S. Forest Service. Our bill would also allow communities not immediately within or adjacent to Federal lands to qualify as ``at risk'' of wildfire. This is important given a recent survey of more than 22,000 fires that indicated that wildfires are more likely to start on private lands and burn into Federal forestlands than the reverse. Federal policies must adapt to recognize this fact, not prevent funding from going to where it would be most effective. Better tailoring Federal grants to the areas at greatest risk of wildfire is particularly essential given congressional funding of wildfire resilience projects, including $1.8 billion that passed as part the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act. I am proud that our bill has received the support of the National Association of Counties, Rural County Representatives of California, the National Association of State Foresters, the Pacific Forest Trust, and the California Fire Safe Council. I am pleased to work with Senator Daines on this commonsense bill that will save lives, save communities, and ensure that Federal dollars are spent as effectively as possible. Mr. President, my bill is simple--just three lines long--but it would ensure that our Federal policies enable billions in wildfire resiliency funding to be applied where it is needed most. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this legislation. | 2020-01-06 | The RECORDER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4577-3 | null | 5,039 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Daines): S. 4826. A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to modify the definition of the term ``at-risk community'' ; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of the Community Wildfire Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that Senator Daines and I are introducing today. This bill would ensure that those communities that are deemed to be under the greatest threat from wildfire are eligible to receive existing Federal wildfire grants. This sounds obvious but unfortunately is not the case under existing law. This will help more communities in our home States of California and Montana and others throughout the West access Federal grants to reduce hazardous fuels around their communities and reduce the threat posed by wildfire. In particular, it would protect areas at risk of a large-scale wildfire that would significantly threaten human life and property. Aligning the definition in law for at-risk communities to today's environmental realities is more important than ever given the increased spread, frequency, and destructiveness of wildfires, especially in the West. The current definition of an ``at-risk community'' was codified in the 2003 Healthy Forest Restoration Act. That law requires that, other than experiencing significant wildfire risk, an eligible community must either be adjacent to Federal land or included on a list generated in 2001 consisting of voluntary input from States and Tribes. To be clear, including a town on this list was not based on an objective evaluation of wildfire risk or threat to life and property, only whether an individual Governor or Tribal leader decided to add it. There are obvious omissions from the list that show its inadequacy, and in fact, 19 States and territories never submitted a single community. For example, in California, big cities like Fresno, Fairfield, and Napa are not included, all of which have experienced major wildfires in recent years, nor are countless small towns that are at great risk of wildfire. The town of Grizzly Flats, CA, which was devastated by the 2021 Caldor Fire, is also notably absent from the list. The exclusion of these communities means that they are not eligible for Federal grant funding that would help them develop and implement wildfire resiliency plans, such as hazardous fuels reduction, nor can they utilize critical authorities to expedite wildfire mitigation projects on nearby Federal lands. Our bill would simply end the practice of making Federal grants contingent on being this outdated, incomplete list. Instead, our legislation would allow communities to be included based on the most up-to-date quantitative wildfire risk data for the entire United States--data that are already maintained by the U.S. Forest Service. Our bill would also allow communities not immediately within or adjacent to Federal lands to qualify as ``at risk'' of wildfire. This is important given a recent survey of more than 22,000 fires that indicated that wildfires are more likely to start on private lands and burn into Federal forestlands than the reverse. Federal policies must adapt to recognize this fact, not prevent funding from going to where it would be most effective. Better tailoring Federal grants to the areas at greatest risk of wildfire is particularly essential given congressional funding of wildfire resilience projects, including $1.8 billion that passed as part the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act. I am proud that our bill has received the support of the National Association of Counties, Rural County Representatives of California, the National Association of State Foresters, the Pacific Forest Trust, and the California Fire Safe Council. I am pleased to work with Senator Daines on this commonsense bill that will save lives, save communities, and ensure that Federal dollars are spent as effectively as possible. Mr. President, my bill is simple--just three lines long--but it would ensure that our Federal policies enable billions in wildfire resiliency funding to be applied where it is needed most. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this legislation. | 2020-01-06 | The RECORDER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4577-3 | null | 5,040 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 760 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-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4581 | null | 5,041 |
formal | public school | null | racist | Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 760 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-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4581 | null | 5,042 |
formal | public schools | null | racist | Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 760 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-2022-09-13-pt1-PgS4581 | null | 5,043 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered, or if the vote is objected to under clause 6 of rule XX. Any recorded votes on postponed questions will be taken later. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgH7796-5 | null | 5,044 |
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 (H.R. 884) to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a national aviation preparedness plan for communicable disease outbreaks, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgH7822-2 | null | 5,045 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5774) to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that unmet needs after a major disaster are met, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgH7823 | null | 5,046 |
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. 442) to amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of General Services to procure the most lifecycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting products andto issue guidance on the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgH7824-2 | null | 5,047 |
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. 2293) to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgH7824 | null | 5,048 |
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. 2293) to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgH7824 | null | 5,049 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows: Ms. JOHNSON of Texas: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H.R. 4819. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to revitalize existing university infrastructure relating to nuclear science and engineering and establish new university-based nuclear science and engineering facilities, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-466). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgH7840-4 | null | 5,050 |
formal | MAGA | null | white supremacist | Respect for Marriage Act Mr. President, on marriage equality, over the past few months, both sides have engaged in good-faith conversations about how to pass marriage equality into law. I truly hope, for the sake of tens of millions of Americans, that there will be at least 10 Republicans who will vote with us to pass this important bill soon. Democrats are ready to make it happen and willing to debate reasonable compromises on the specifics, so I urge my colleagues on the other side to join us. Around the country, the feeling is sinking in that this is a dark time for individual rights, so codifying marriage equality is one of the best things we can do to provide peace of mind to millions of Americans who are gay Americans, LGBTQ Americans who are married, and to their families, to their friends. It extends way beyond the individual couple who is married. It is an issue that hits home for many of us in this Chamber, including me. If we ever find ourselves in the awful situation of having marriage equality overturned by the Supreme Court, I dare say the vast majority of us wouldsee impacts in our own personal lives or the personal lives of our close family and friends in one way or another. It would be risky and perhaps foolish to think that such a day could never come. Maybe a few months ago people would think that, no more. Justice Thomas put his cards on the table. He said that he is very open that the Supreme Court's decision protecting same-sex marriage should, in fact, be reconsidered. And often when Justice Thomas says it, his other four MAGA Republican Supreme Court colleague Justices are thinking the same thing. To anyone who says that the High Court would never be so reckless as to overturn a decision that has protected this fundamental right of millions of people, all I say to this is: Wake up. Look what they did in the Dobbs decision. Passing marriage equality in the Senate is all about making sure such a danger never--never--materializes. Millions of Americans, tens of millions of Americans will breathe a huge sigh of relief if we do this. And it is the right thing to do. We know that America has trod on the long path towards greater equality. We know that when the Constitution was written, millions of Americans were enslaved. In many States, you had to be a White male Protestant property owner to vote, that would leave the presiding officer and me out. They know that, and they know that most Americans are proud that we have made progress. There are some dark forces encapsulated, embodied in the MAGA Republicans, so many of whom are in this Chamber, who want to take steps backward. We are not going to let it happen. We shouldn't let it happen. So I truly hope, for the sake of tens of millions of Americans, that there will be at least 10 Republicans who will vote with us to pass this very, very important bill. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4586 | null | 5,051 |
formal | law and order | null | racist | Crime Mr. President, now on an entirely different matter, when you combine the border crisis and the violent crime crisis, law and order ranks as the American people's No. 2 priority, second only to the inflation crisis. While Democrats' economic policies have waged war on working families' financial security, their soft-on-crime policies have eroded America's physical security. Cities, towns, and neighborhoods across the country are reeling from a wave of violent crime. Just last weekend my State, Kentucky, experienced a spate of murders and attempted murders that rattled residents and literally overwhelmed the police. Lexington saw four separate shooting incidents on Saturday night alone, leaving nine hurt, some with life-threatening injuries. A Lexington Police Department veteran described it as ``a pretty much unprecedented night in my 20 years.'' Officers were so tied up that they were unable to respond to other crimes and disorder. Louisville also saw a flurry of violence: the second highest number of homicides in one weekend this year; six people murdered in just 3 days. Both cities documented record homicide numbers last year, and Lexington is on track to do so again. For Louisville, this is the third consecutive year of triple-digit killings. Now, of course, this crisis isn't just hitting Kentucky. These trends are nationwide. For years, the far left has impugned the motives and honor of police officers and taken aim at their funding. For years, top liberal donors have poured money into campaigns of radical district attorneys from big cities whose whole stated agenda is to not prosecute crimes. For years, Democratic elites have pushed for letting violent criminals out of prison. Democrats just nominated and confirmed a Supreme Court Justice who argued as a DC district judge that COVID justified--listen to this--letting every single prisoner in Washington, DC, custody out of jail and back on the streets. This has been an intentional, strategic campaign from the far left, and now Americans are being robbed, carjacked, assaulted, and murdered. Their families are being poisoned with illegal drugs. Just weeks ago, Senator Rubio gave the Senate a vote to increase funding for fighting crime and keeping dangerous criminals locked up. Every Senate Republican supported this; every Democrat joined on party lines to block it. Later today, our colleagues from Tennessee will hold a press conference to discuss the horrifying case of Eliza Fletcher, a 34-year-old mom and teacher in Memphis, whom a career criminal forced into an SUV and murdered while she was out for her morning run. The suspect had multiple violent crimes on his rap sheet dating back to age 14 and had just been let out of prison early for a prior kidnapping. So there are far too many tragic stories like Eliza Fletcher's being written every day and every week all across our country. Entire neighborhoods have become unwalkable. In many places, public transit has become nearly unusable. A few months ago, the Washington Post profiled 1 day in the life of a female immigrant busdriver in Denver who gets screamed at and threatened by lunatics on a daily basis. Just yesterday, a 49-year-old was stabbed in the back while riding the subway in New York City after he asked another passenger to just quiet down. Our Democratic friends like to talk about fairness and compassion. There is nothing fair or compassionate about letting cities descend into violence and chaos. There is nothing fair or compassionate about legislating like career criminals deserve fifth and sixth chances more than young mothers deserve the right to go out for a morning jog and come home alive. Stable prices, reliable energy, secure borders, and basic public safety are four of the most basic duties that any government in a civilized country owes its citizens. These things are the absolute minimum that American families ought to be able to count on--the bare minimum--and the Democrats' one-party government cannot deliver it. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4587-3 | null | 5,052 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Crime Mr. President, now on an entirely different matter, when you combine the border crisis and the violent crime crisis, law and order ranks as the American people's No. 2 priority, second only to the inflation crisis. While Democrats' economic policies have waged war on working families' financial security, their soft-on-crime policies have eroded America's physical security. Cities, towns, and neighborhoods across the country are reeling from a wave of violent crime. Just last weekend my State, Kentucky, experienced a spate of murders and attempted murders that rattled residents and literally overwhelmed the police. Lexington saw four separate shooting incidents on Saturday night alone, leaving nine hurt, some with life-threatening injuries. A Lexington Police Department veteran described it as ``a pretty much unprecedented night in my 20 years.'' Officers were so tied up that they were unable to respond to other crimes and disorder. Louisville also saw a flurry of violence: the second highest number of homicides in one weekend this year; six people murdered in just 3 days. Both cities documented record homicide numbers last year, and Lexington is on track to do so again. For Louisville, this is the third consecutive year of triple-digit killings. Now, of course, this crisis isn't just hitting Kentucky. These trends are nationwide. For years, the far left has impugned the motives and honor of police officers and taken aim at their funding. For years, top liberal donors have poured money into campaigns of radical district attorneys from big cities whose whole stated agenda is to not prosecute crimes. For years, Democratic elites have pushed for letting violent criminals out of prison. Democrats just nominated and confirmed a Supreme Court Justice who argued as a DC district judge that COVID justified--listen to this--letting every single prisoner in Washington, DC, custody out of jail and back on the streets. This has been an intentional, strategic campaign from the far left, and now Americans are being robbed, carjacked, assaulted, and murdered. Their families are being poisoned with illegal drugs. Just weeks ago, Senator Rubio gave the Senate a vote to increase funding for fighting crime and keeping dangerous criminals locked up. Every Senate Republican supported this; every Democrat joined on party lines to block it. Later today, our colleagues from Tennessee will hold a press conference to discuss the horrifying case of Eliza Fletcher, a 34-year-old mom and teacher in Memphis, whom a career criminal forced into an SUV and murdered while she was out for her morning run. The suspect had multiple violent crimes on his rap sheet dating back to age 14 and had just been let out of prison early for a prior kidnapping. So there are far too many tragic stories like Eliza Fletcher's being written every day and every week all across our country. Entire neighborhoods have become unwalkable. In many places, public transit has become nearly unusable. A few months ago, the Washington Post profiled 1 day in the life of a female immigrant busdriver in Denver who gets screamed at and threatened by lunatics on a daily basis. Just yesterday, a 49-year-old was stabbed in the back while riding the subway in New York City after he asked another passenger to just quiet down. Our Democratic friends like to talk about fairness and compassion. There is nothing fair or compassionate about letting cities descend into violence and chaos. There is nothing fair or compassionate about legislating like career criminals deserve fifth and sixth chances more than young mothers deserve the right to go out for a morning jog and come home alive. Stable prices, reliable energy, secure borders, and basic public safety are four of the most basic duties that any government in a civilized country owes its citizens. These things are the absolute minimum that American families ought to be able to count on--the bare minimum--and the Democrats' one-party government cannot deliver it. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4587-3 | null | 5,053 |
formal | thugs | null | racist | Ukraine Mr. President, on another matter, it has been encouraging to see good news regarding the Ukrainian people's fight to defend or reclaim their sovereignty. Latest reports indicate that Ukraine has recently liberated 2,400 square miles of their own territory from Russian hands. The sight of a democratic nation beating back totalitarian aggression continues to inspire the free world. It should make other thugs think twice about following in Putin's footsteps. But, obviously, it is not nearly time to ease up. An axis of authoritarians is still pushing hard for Ukraine to fail. Iran is equipping the Russian military with armed drones like the ones they and their proxies have used against American forces in Syria and Iraq and against our Israeli, Emirati, and Saudi partners. North Korea is reportedly refilling Russia's artillery stockpiles, and the PRC has publicly supported Moscow's narrative through every Russian atrocity. So our Ukrainian friends may still face a long, hard struggle to achieve victory as they define it, but Western countries can help by stepping up the pace of our collective assistance. Ukraine's hard-won successes on the battlefield could have come actually even earlier if the Biden administration and European allies that take their cues from Washington had been quicker and more proactive to deliver the capabilities Ukraine actually needed. Ukrainian forces are working wonders with Western equipment. They have quickly integrated cutting-edge systems like HIMARS and Javelin and Stinger missiles. The West's hesitance to put these capabilities in the right hands has cost lives. Horrors could have been avoided if the Biden administration and our European partners hadn't been self-deterred from providing these tools sooner. The Ukrainians need more of the weapons we have been giving them; they need to start getting them faster; and they also need new capabilities like longer range, ATACMS, larger drones, and tanks. Not all of these weapons need to come from America. Make no mistake, our allies are looking to us for signals. President Biden should be clear with Western Europe about the need for them to make meaningful, specific contributions to Ukraine and to do it quickly. He should be clear with our allies that our defense holiday is over. It is time for all of us to rebuild our militaries and defense industrial bases. This will take urgent investments, regulatory reform, and prioritization to expand our capacity to produce critical munitions and systems. These short- and long-term steps alike are in Europe's vital interests, America's vital interests, and the entire free world's. Beijing, Tehran, and other authoritarian regimes cannot think for 1 minute that trampling free people's sovereignty will go unpunished. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4587-4 | null | 5,054 |
formal | Bernie Sanders | null | antisemitic | Railway Labor Management Dispute Madam President, well, unfortunately, we are also told that there is a looming rail strike that will have a tremendously negative impact on our economy. Our economy, as we all know, depends on a network of tractor-trailers, planes, trains, and cargo ships to transport products around the United States and beyond. These are the very same transportation modes that make sure that your grocery store is fully stocked, that the manufacturing plants have inventory they need in order to make their products, and that, yes, our packages that we order show up on our front door step on time. But a massive disruption in rail transportation is likely to occur in less than 2 days' time. The unions that represent more than 115,000 rail workers have not been able to reach a contract agreement with railroad companies. Unless they reach a breakthrough soon, rail workers will go on strike this Friday, causing a national rail shutdown. If you don't think that will have a negative impact on our economy on top of what we have already mentioned, think again. The rail system carries nearly 30 percent of America's freight, everything from agriculture to retail products, heavy equipment, automobiles, coal, lumber. We are talking about the critical products that impact virtually every sector of the economy. It is tough to overstate the negative impact this will have. Just look at agriculture. On the front end of production, farmers and ranchers need fertilizer, seed, animal feed, and heavy equipment, all of which are likely to travel by rail at some point. Then, at harvest time, our producers rely ontimely rail service to transport their products to processing plants and then communities across the country. If this strike goes into effect, all of those shipments will be stalled, and this comes right as we are heading into the fall harvest. Farmers and ranchers will be left with huge amounts of products they can't even transport or sell, many of these perishable products, which will simply spoil. The consequence for consumers is we will continue to see empty shelves at the grocery stores, along with higher prices due to inflation and short supply. But this won't just impact us in the United States. Railroads move roughly a third of U.S. grain exports, which are desperately needed in global markets, particularly with what is happening in Ukraine, with Russia impeding the growing and transportation of grain to places like Africa, where people are literally starving for lack of food. The war in Ukraine has exacerbated this food insecurity. If this shutdown here in America goes into effect, the squeeze will be compounded and will be even tighter. Of course, this is just a snapshot of the impact a shutdown will have on one sector of the economy, but the same struggles will play out when it comes to energy, rail, manufacturing, automotive, and literally just about every other sector of the economy. This massive logjam will take a serious toll on our economy on top of inflation and the recessionary pressures we are already feeling. The freight industry estimates that a rail shutdown could cost the U.S. economy more than $2 billion a day--$2 billion a day. Our country is hurtling toward a logistical nightmare, and unfortunately the Biden administration appears to be frozen and undecided about what to do. For years, our Democratic colleagues who depend on organized labor for a major part of their political support have put the demands of labor unions ahead of the needs of consumers and the rest of the American people. They have romanced the powerful labor lobby at every turn, and one of the fiercest union defenders now occupies the Oval Office. Now, I am not opposed to people joining unions. They are entitled to collectively bargain and try to advance their livelihood and their family's way of life. But to let one special interest group basically create a logistical nightmare with this looming rail strike is just indefensible. Well, we are seeing the consequences of this kowtowing to organized labor above the interests of any and all other Americans. To hopefully prevent this looming crisis, President Biden has established an emergency Board to help reach a resolution and prevent this strike, if possible. The Board released its recommendations to resolve this dispute nearly a month ago, but a deal is still nowhere in sight. In recent weeks, a number of administration officials have joined the unions and freight companies at the negotiating table. The Secretaries of Labor, Transportation, and Agriculture have all tried to help resolve the impasse, but they have not moved the needle at all. I don't know how much havoc is in store, but it is not looking good. Many shipments have already stopped out of fear that the operations will stop midjourney. I read that even commuter trains like Amtrak have already canceled some of their routes because they know what sort of impact this strike will have if no deal is reached by Friday. Inflation has already sent prices to an untenable high. The supply chain breakdown is sure to send those prices even higher. Families can anticipate product shortages across the board from grocery stores to car lots. Shoppers can expect packages that they have ordered to be delayed for days or even weeks on end. And drivers should expect to see more trucks on the highway to fill the gap when the railroad shuts down. This is just another example of the failure of the Biden administration to anticipate and to address the problems that the American people are facing. It seems there is a huge disconnect between what is happening here in Washington among our Democratic friends and the Biden administration and what I hear from my constituents back home. And I think that is true largely across the Nation; that the elites in Washington have become completely decoupled from the rest of the country. What that produces is special interest legislation that pleases some constituents: labor unions, climate activists, and open borders advocates. The Biden administration and our Democratic majority have used their power in Washington to spend trillions of dollars on things that the American people don't want while compounding the problems that they are facing day in and day out: inflation, a recession, a paralyzing supply chain shutdown on the horizon, a spike in crime, and then, of course, an open border, which has allowed enough illegal drugs to be imported into the United States that it took 108,000 American lives last year. And 71,000 of those 108,000 lives were as a result of synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Synthetic opioids are raging like a brush fire across the entire country, and we are seeing, for example, at middle schools and high schools in places like Hays County, right outside of Austin, TX, where I live, that young people, unbeknownst to themselves, ingest small amounts of this fentanyl and ultimately end up overdosing and dying from it. So there are huge challenges facing our country. We need to do our job. We need to work together. No one is suggesting that we give up our principles. Republicans are Republicans and Democrats are Democrats for a reason--because they view the role and the size of the government differently. Our Democratic colleagues seem to think that Washington and government is the answer to every problem. Republicans and conservatives, on the other hand, tend to favor individual initiative and entrepreneurship and investment to create jobs and an opportunity for people to get jobs and provide for their family and pursue their dream. But there is plenty of overlap where we can agree, but we have to fight inflation. We have to deal with things like the paralyzing supply chain and the threat from a rail strike that appears now to be imminent. We have got to do more to support our men and women in uniform--the police--as they battle crime in our neighborhoods and our communities, which seems to have gone up exponentially in recent years. And then, of course, there is the one big, gaping, open sore that our Democratic colleagues have ignored completely, and that is our open border. I mentioned the drugs, but in addition to the drugs, we have seen 2.3 million migrants show up at the border just since President Biden became President because they know they are going to be able to get into the country. And they are probably going to be able to stay because the Biden administration simply does not have any plan in place to decide asylum claims--who has legitimate claims and who does not--so they engage in a program of catch-and-release. With the litigation backlogs in our immigration courts, it is no surprise that when years go by and your ticket comes up and you are told to show up in immigration court, that people simply fade into the great American landscape and avoid detection. The only people benefiting from this, beyond the occasional migrant, are the drug cartels and the transnational criminal organizations that network people from around the world. I know of many people who aren't from a border State like I am who think that these migrants are just from Mexico or Central America. But if you talk to the Border Patrol sector chiefs in Del Rio or the Rio Grande Valley, they will tell you they are detaining people from as many as 150 different countries. Now, surely, the majority are from Mexico and Central America, but it ought to cause us a lot of concern when somebody can get to our back door from another country and then falsely claim asylum only to be released into the interior of the United States and never heard from again. These are all fixable problems if we will work together, but so far, while the American people may have thought they elected Joe Biden, a moderate, they basically have seen Bernie Sanders' agenda. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4596-2 | null | 5,055 |
formal | special interest | null | antisemitic | Railway Labor Management Dispute Madam President, well, unfortunately, we are also told that there is a looming rail strike that will have a tremendously negative impact on our economy. Our economy, as we all know, depends on a network of tractor-trailers, planes, trains, and cargo ships to transport products around the United States and beyond. These are the very same transportation modes that make sure that your grocery store is fully stocked, that the manufacturing plants have inventory they need in order to make their products, and that, yes, our packages that we order show up on our front door step on time. But a massive disruption in rail transportation is likely to occur in less than 2 days' time. The unions that represent more than 115,000 rail workers have not been able to reach a contract agreement with railroad companies. Unless they reach a breakthrough soon, rail workers will go on strike this Friday, causing a national rail shutdown. If you don't think that will have a negative impact on our economy on top of what we have already mentioned, think again. The rail system carries nearly 30 percent of America's freight, everything from agriculture to retail products, heavy equipment, automobiles, coal, lumber. We are talking about the critical products that impact virtually every sector of the economy. It is tough to overstate the negative impact this will have. Just look at agriculture. On the front end of production, farmers and ranchers need fertilizer, seed, animal feed, and heavy equipment, all of which are likely to travel by rail at some point. Then, at harvest time, our producers rely ontimely rail service to transport their products to processing plants and then communities across the country. If this strike goes into effect, all of those shipments will be stalled, and this comes right as we are heading into the fall harvest. Farmers and ranchers will be left with huge amounts of products they can't even transport or sell, many of these perishable products, which will simply spoil. The consequence for consumers is we will continue to see empty shelves at the grocery stores, along with higher prices due to inflation and short supply. But this won't just impact us in the United States. Railroads move roughly a third of U.S. grain exports, which are desperately needed in global markets, particularly with what is happening in Ukraine, with Russia impeding the growing and transportation of grain to places like Africa, where people are literally starving for lack of food. The war in Ukraine has exacerbated this food insecurity. If this shutdown here in America goes into effect, the squeeze will be compounded and will be even tighter. Of course, this is just a snapshot of the impact a shutdown will have on one sector of the economy, but the same struggles will play out when it comes to energy, rail, manufacturing, automotive, and literally just about every other sector of the economy. This massive logjam will take a serious toll on our economy on top of inflation and the recessionary pressures we are already feeling. The freight industry estimates that a rail shutdown could cost the U.S. economy more than $2 billion a day--$2 billion a day. Our country is hurtling toward a logistical nightmare, and unfortunately the Biden administration appears to be frozen and undecided about what to do. For years, our Democratic colleagues who depend on organized labor for a major part of their political support have put the demands of labor unions ahead of the needs of consumers and the rest of the American people. They have romanced the powerful labor lobby at every turn, and one of the fiercest union defenders now occupies the Oval Office. Now, I am not opposed to people joining unions. They are entitled to collectively bargain and try to advance their livelihood and their family's way of life. But to let one special interest group basically create a logistical nightmare with this looming rail strike is just indefensible. Well, we are seeing the consequences of this kowtowing to organized labor above the interests of any and all other Americans. To hopefully prevent this looming crisis, President Biden has established an emergency Board to help reach a resolution and prevent this strike, if possible. The Board released its recommendations to resolve this dispute nearly a month ago, but a deal is still nowhere in sight. In recent weeks, a number of administration officials have joined the unions and freight companies at the negotiating table. The Secretaries of Labor, Transportation, and Agriculture have all tried to help resolve the impasse, but they have not moved the needle at all. I don't know how much havoc is in store, but it is not looking good. Many shipments have already stopped out of fear that the operations will stop midjourney. I read that even commuter trains like Amtrak have already canceled some of their routes because they know what sort of impact this strike will have if no deal is reached by Friday. Inflation has already sent prices to an untenable high. The supply chain breakdown is sure to send those prices even higher. Families can anticipate product shortages across the board from grocery stores to car lots. Shoppers can expect packages that they have ordered to be delayed for days or even weeks on end. And drivers should expect to see more trucks on the highway to fill the gap when the railroad shuts down. This is just another example of the failure of the Biden administration to anticipate and to address the problems that the American people are facing. It seems there is a huge disconnect between what is happening here in Washington among our Democratic friends and the Biden administration and what I hear from my constituents back home. And I think that is true largely across the Nation; that the elites in Washington have become completely decoupled from the rest of the country. What that produces is special interest legislation that pleases some constituents: labor unions, climate activists, and open borders advocates. The Biden administration and our Democratic majority have used their power in Washington to spend trillions of dollars on things that the American people don't want while compounding the problems that they are facing day in and day out: inflation, a recession, a paralyzing supply chain shutdown on the horizon, a spike in crime, and then, of course, an open border, which has allowed enough illegal drugs to be imported into the United States that it took 108,000 American lives last year. And 71,000 of those 108,000 lives were as a result of synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Synthetic opioids are raging like a brush fire across the entire country, and we are seeing, for example, at middle schools and high schools in places like Hays County, right outside of Austin, TX, where I live, that young people, unbeknownst to themselves, ingest small amounts of this fentanyl and ultimately end up overdosing and dying from it. So there are huge challenges facing our country. We need to do our job. We need to work together. No one is suggesting that we give up our principles. Republicans are Republicans and Democrats are Democrats for a reason--because they view the role and the size of the government differently. Our Democratic colleagues seem to think that Washington and government is the answer to every problem. Republicans and conservatives, on the other hand, tend to favor individual initiative and entrepreneurship and investment to create jobs and an opportunity for people to get jobs and provide for their family and pursue their dream. But there is plenty of overlap where we can agree, but we have to fight inflation. We have to deal with things like the paralyzing supply chain and the threat from a rail strike that appears now to be imminent. We have got to do more to support our men and women in uniform--the police--as they battle crime in our neighborhoods and our communities, which seems to have gone up exponentially in recent years. And then, of course, there is the one big, gaping, open sore that our Democratic colleagues have ignored completely, and that is our open border. I mentioned the drugs, but in addition to the drugs, we have seen 2.3 million migrants show up at the border just since President Biden became President because they know they are going to be able to get into the country. And they are probably going to be able to stay because the Biden administration simply does not have any plan in place to decide asylum claims--who has legitimate claims and who does not--so they engage in a program of catch-and-release. With the litigation backlogs in our immigration courts, it is no surprise that when years go by and your ticket comes up and you are told to show up in immigration court, that people simply fade into the great American landscape and avoid detection. The only people benefiting from this, beyond the occasional migrant, are the drug cartels and the transnational criminal organizations that network people from around the world. I know of many people who aren't from a border State like I am who think that these migrants are just from Mexico or Central America. But if you talk to the Border Patrol sector chiefs in Del Rio or the Rio Grande Valley, they will tell you they are detaining people from as many as 150 different countries. Now, surely, the majority are from Mexico and Central America, but it ought to cause us a lot of concern when somebody can get to our back door from another country and then falsely claim asylum only to be released into the interior of the United States and never heard from again. These are all fixable problems if we will work together, but so far, while the American people may have thought they elected Joe Biden, a moderate, they basically have seen Bernie Sanders' agenda. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4596-2 | null | 5,056 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated: POM-207. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana urging the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to review and reform the National Flood Insurance Program's pricing methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. House Concurrent Resolution No. 84 Whereas, various scientific studies have reported climate change as having an impact on the current increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters; and Whereas, various scientific studies predict continued increases in the frequency and severity of natural disasters; and Whereas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported that flooding is the most common and most expensive type of natural disaster in the United States; and Whereas, FEMA has reported that one inch of water pooled in a single-story, one thousand square foot home can cause approximately eleven thousand dollars worth of damage; and Whereas, a home is the most valuable asset owned by many families; and Whereas, flood insurance is a product designed to mitigate the cost of repairs needed due to flood damage by offering coverage at a rate based on certain risk factors; and Whereas, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers a maximum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars of flood insurance coverage for residential structures for families of one to four; and Whereas, beginning October 1, 2021, new flood insurance policies issued by NFIP are subject to the rating methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, all flood insurance policies issued by NFIP that are renewed on or after April 1, 2022 are subject to Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, the flood insurance rates for certain families are increasing up to eighteen percent per year; and Whereas, citizens of the town of Jean Lafitte have elevated their homes but will nevertheless pay higher flood insurance rates under Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, the language used to explain Risk Rating 2.0 in correspondence with policyholders is unclear to laypersons and difficult to understand; and Whereas, policyholders should receive correspondence explaining Risk Rating 2.0 that utilizes language a policyholder can understand without the assistance of legal counsel; and Whereas, increased residential flood insurance rates may discourage people from purchasing homes in south Louisiana; and Whereas, a decrease in demand, as a result of increased flood insurance rates, may discourage individuals and property developers from building new homes in south Louisiana; and Whereas, increased flood insurance rates may result in homeowners opting to not purchase flood insurance, which would expose them to bearing the full expense of repairing their home if it is damaged by a flood; and Whereas, many homeowners would be unable to afford to repair their home if it were damaged by a flood and they did not receive flood insurance proceeds; and Whereas, flood insurance should be affordable to all citizens of Louisiana, including residents of coastal communities in south Louisiana; and Whereas, congress has oversight authority over federal administrative agencies, including FEMA and NFIP; and Whereas, the members of the Louisiana congressional delegation have an obligation to effectuate federal legislative changes for the benefit of the citizens of Louisiana. Therefore, be it Resolved, that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to review and reform NFIP's pricing methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4612-4 | null | 5,057 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated: POM-207. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana urging the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to review and reform the National Flood Insurance Program's pricing methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. House Concurrent Resolution No. 84 Whereas, various scientific studies have reported climate change as having an impact on the current increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters; and Whereas, various scientific studies predict continued increases in the frequency and severity of natural disasters; and Whereas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported that flooding is the most common and most expensive type of natural disaster in the United States; and Whereas, FEMA has reported that one inch of water pooled in a single-story, one thousand square foot home can cause approximately eleven thousand dollars worth of damage; and Whereas, a home is the most valuable asset owned by many families; and Whereas, flood insurance is a product designed to mitigate the cost of repairs needed due to flood damage by offering coverage at a rate based on certain risk factors; and Whereas, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers a maximum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars of flood insurance coverage for residential structures for families of one to four; and Whereas, beginning October 1, 2021, new flood insurance policies issued by NFIP are subject to the rating methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, all flood insurance policies issued by NFIP that are renewed on or after April 1, 2022 are subject to Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, the flood insurance rates for certain families are increasing up to eighteen percent per year; and Whereas, citizens of the town of Jean Lafitte have elevated their homes but will nevertheless pay higher flood insurance rates under Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, the language used to explain Risk Rating 2.0 in correspondence with policyholders is unclear to laypersons and difficult to understand; and Whereas, policyholders should receive correspondence explaining Risk Rating 2.0 that utilizes language a policyholder can understand without the assistance of legal counsel; and Whereas, increased residential flood insurance rates may discourage people from purchasing homes in south Louisiana; and Whereas, a decrease in demand, as a result of increased flood insurance rates, may discourage individuals and property developers from building new homes in south Louisiana; and Whereas, increased flood insurance rates may result in homeowners opting to not purchase flood insurance, which would expose them to bearing the full expense of repairing their home if it is damaged by a flood; and Whereas, many homeowners would be unable to afford to repair their home if it were damaged by a flood and they did not receive flood insurance proceeds; and Whereas, flood insurance should be affordable to all citizens of Louisiana, including residents of coastal communities in south Louisiana; and Whereas, congress has oversight authority over federal administrative agencies, including FEMA and NFIP; and Whereas, the members of the Louisiana congressional delegation have an obligation to effectuate federal legislative changes for the benefit of the citizens of Louisiana. Therefore, be it Resolved, that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to review and reform NFIP's pricing methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4612-4 | null | 5,058 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated: POM-207. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana urging the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to review and reform the National Flood Insurance Program's pricing methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. House Concurrent Resolution No. 84 Whereas, various scientific studies have reported climate change as having an impact on the current increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters; and Whereas, various scientific studies predict continued increases in the frequency and severity of natural disasters; and Whereas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported that flooding is the most common and most expensive type of natural disaster in the United States; and Whereas, FEMA has reported that one inch of water pooled in a single-story, one thousand square foot home can cause approximately eleven thousand dollars worth of damage; and Whereas, a home is the most valuable asset owned by many families; and Whereas, flood insurance is a product designed to mitigate the cost of repairs needed due to flood damage by offering coverage at a rate based on certain risk factors; and Whereas, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers a maximum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars of flood insurance coverage for residential structures for families of one to four; and Whereas, beginning October 1, 2021, new flood insurance policies issued by NFIP are subject to the rating methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, all flood insurance policies issued by NFIP that are renewed on or after April 1, 2022 are subject to Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, the flood insurance rates for certain families are increasing up to eighteen percent per year; and Whereas, citizens of the town of Jean Lafitte have elevated their homes but will nevertheless pay higher flood insurance rates under Risk Rating 2.0; and Whereas, the language used to explain Risk Rating 2.0 in correspondence with policyholders is unclear to laypersons and difficult to understand; and Whereas, policyholders should receive correspondence explaining Risk Rating 2.0 that utilizes language a policyholder can understand without the assistance of legal counsel; and Whereas, increased residential flood insurance rates may discourage people from purchasing homes in south Louisiana; and Whereas, a decrease in demand, as a result of increased flood insurance rates, may discourage individuals and property developers from building new homes in south Louisiana; and Whereas, increased flood insurance rates may result in homeowners opting to not purchase flood insurance, which would expose them to bearing the full expense of repairing their home if it is damaged by a flood; and Whereas, many homeowners would be unable to afford to repair their home if it were damaged by a flood and they did not receive flood insurance proceeds; and Whereas, flood insurance should be affordable to all citizens of Louisiana, including residents of coastal communities in south Louisiana; and Whereas, congress has oversight authority over federal administrative agencies, including FEMA and NFIP; and Whereas, the members of the Louisiana congressional delegation have an obligation to effectuate federal legislative changes for the benefit of the citizens of Louisiana. Therefore, be it Resolved, that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to review and reform NFIP's pricing methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-14-pt1-PgS4612-4 | null | 5,059 |
formal | identify as | null | transphobic | Respect for Marriage Act Madam President, now I have a few short remarks to say on marriage equality. Negotiators have been meeting practically every single day. Senate negotiators, Democrat and Republican, have been meeting practically every single day this week to find a path forward. There will be a meeting later today between both sides, and I look forward to seeing what progress Republicans make to reach the magic number of 10. The onus is right now on our Republican colleagues to demonstrate they are serious about passing marriage equality into law. Every single Democrat is for it, but, of course, we need 60 votes. Let me be clear. My No. 1 priority is to pass legislation. It is an issue that will have profound consequences for millions of Americans in same-sex marriages and who identify as LGBTQ. To downplay this issue, to let it pass by or to act as if we can put it off for another time is not the right thing todo. We should do it now. That is why we are so eager to get 10 Republicans to support the bill. And across the street from here, we have all heard Justice Clarence Thomas and his fellow MAGA Republican Justices are surely waiting for the chance to one day follow through on his threat--Justice Thomas's threat to drag same-sex marriage rights back under the spotlight of the Supreme Court. That thought should send a shiver down all of our spines. So I want to thank my colleagues, from Senators Baldwin to Sinema to Collins and others, for continuing their talks. I am glad to give them the space to lead these negotiations because this needs to be done and done right. But for the sake of tens of millions of Americans, we need to get this done, and I hope we have 10 Republicans who are willing to raise their hands and push this process forward. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4627-10 | null | 5,060 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Respect for Marriage Act Madam President, now I have a few short remarks to say on marriage equality. Negotiators have been meeting practically every single day. Senate negotiators, Democrat and Republican, have been meeting practically every single day this week to find a path forward. There will be a meeting later today between both sides, and I look forward to seeing what progress Republicans make to reach the magic number of 10. The onus is right now on our Republican colleagues to demonstrate they are serious about passing marriage equality into law. Every single Democrat is for it, but, of course, we need 60 votes. Let me be clear. My No. 1 priority is to pass legislation. It is an issue that will have profound consequences for millions of Americans in same-sex marriages and who identify as LGBTQ. To downplay this issue, to let it pass by or to act as if we can put it off for another time is not the right thing todo. We should do it now. That is why we are so eager to get 10 Republicans to support the bill. And across the street from here, we have all heard Justice Clarence Thomas and his fellow MAGA Republican Justices are surely waiting for the chance to one day follow through on his threat--Justice Thomas's threat to drag same-sex marriage rights back under the spotlight of the Supreme Court. That thought should send a shiver down all of our spines. So I want to thank my colleagues, from Senators Baldwin to Sinema to Collins and others, for continuing their talks. I am glad to give them the space to lead these negotiations because this needs to be done and done right. But for the sake of tens of millions of Americans, we need to get this done, and I hope we have 10 Republicans who are willing to raise their hands and push this process forward. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4627-10 | null | 5,061 |
formal | MAGA | null | white supremacist | Respect for Marriage Act Madam President, now I have a few short remarks to say on marriage equality. Negotiators have been meeting practically every single day. Senate negotiators, Democrat and Republican, have been meeting practically every single day this week to find a path forward. There will be a meeting later today between both sides, and I look forward to seeing what progress Republicans make to reach the magic number of 10. The onus is right now on our Republican colleagues to demonstrate they are serious about passing marriage equality into law. Every single Democrat is for it, but, of course, we need 60 votes. Let me be clear. My No. 1 priority is to pass legislation. It is an issue that will have profound consequences for millions of Americans in same-sex marriages and who identify as LGBTQ. To downplay this issue, to let it pass by or to act as if we can put it off for another time is not the right thing todo. We should do it now. That is why we are so eager to get 10 Republicans to support the bill. And across the street from here, we have all heard Justice Clarence Thomas and his fellow MAGA Republican Justices are surely waiting for the chance to one day follow through on his threat--Justice Thomas's threat to drag same-sex marriage rights back under the spotlight of the Supreme Court. That thought should send a shiver down all of our spines. So I want to thank my colleagues, from Senators Baldwin to Sinema to Collins and others, for continuing their talks. I am glad to give them the space to lead these negotiations because this needs to be done and done right. But for the sake of tens of millions of Americans, we need to get this done, and I hope we have 10 Republicans who are willing to raise their hands and push this process forward. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4627-10 | null | 5,062 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Judicial Nominations Madam President, finally on judges, it was another productive week here on the Senate floor when it comes to confirming more judicial nominees. On Monday, we completed the confirmation process for Salvador Mendoza to sit on the Ninth Circuit. Then we confirmed Lara Montecalvo to sit on the First Circuit. And later this morning, we will vote to confirm Sarah Merriam to be on the Second Circuit. We also will return to the nomination of Arianna Freeman to the Third Circuit as soon as possible. That brings our total for the month of September to five circuit court judges, and we now have confirmed more than 80 judicial nominees to the Federal bench. On numerous occasions, it has been with bipartisan votes, and I want to thank my Republican colleague who joined us in voting for these fine nominees. To the Committee on the Judiciary, Senator Durbin, and all of my colleagues, I say great work. Let's keep going. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4628 | null | 5,063 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Dietary Supplements Mr. President, on a related matter, Congress has a big decision to make in the next few weeks. Every 5 years, Congress must reauthorize FDA user fee programs. These programs authorize FDA to collect user fees from companies they oversee: prescription drug companies, medical device companies. These fees help provide the funding that FDA needs for staff. In fact, almost half of their funding comes from user fees. But we shouldn't settle for a clean authorization of FDA user fees. We should give FDA the authority to collect user fees from e-cigarette companies, and we should provide FDA with new authority to protect America's health by better regulating the dietary supplement industry. I want to thank the members of the Senate HELP Committee, especially its chairman, Senator Patty Murray, for including my proposal for better regulation of dietary supplements in the committee-passed bill. But I fear this commonsense proposal may be lost in the sauce in the closing days of this fiscal year. Many people are surprised to learn that today dietary supplement companies are not even required to register their products with the FDA. They aren't required to tell the FDA even the ingredients of their products. If you are going to put a product on the shelf in America, most Americans walking into that drugstore or that vitamin shop believe that there has beensome government review of the product, some inspection, some standards. Not the case. When it comes to prescription drugs, they have to be proven to be safe and effective. Not so for dietary supplements. These products can hit the shelves and make outrageous claims and not be regulated in any way, like prescription drugs. What our bill says is that each of the companies selling these products has to register with the FDA the name of the product and the ingredients in the product. So if something goes wrong and people start getting sick, we at least have the most basic information to protect Americans. The FDA is one of the most important Agencies in the Federal Government. It has fallen on hard times. It is there to protect the health of families across the country, especially our children. Whether it is dietary supplements or tobacco or e-cigarettes, we need to make sure the FDA not only has the tools for the job but uses them. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4630-2 | null | 5,064 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Confirmation of Sarah A.L. Merriam Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Sarah Merriam to serve on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Merriam was confirmed last year as a U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Connecticut. She received a bipartisan vote on the Senate floor, which reflects not only her qualifications, but her impartiality as well. Prior to her appointment to the district court, Judge Merriam served as a U.S. magistrate judge for the District of Connecticut from 2015 to 2021. Throughout her time on the Federal bench, Judge Merriam has presided over hundreds of matters, including five trials that proceeded to final judgment. This significant judicial experience has undoubtedly prepared Judge Merriam to serve on the Second Circuit. Judge Merriam also has extensive experience in Federal court as an advocate. For the bulk of her career as a practicing attorney, she served as an assistant Federal defender, representing clients who could not otherwise afford adequate legal representation. Notably, 24 former Federal prosecutors in Connecticut--including three former U.S. attorneys appointed by Presidents of both political parties--support Judge Merriam's nomination to the Second Circuit. This broad, bipartisan support is a testament to her fairness and evenhandedness, both as a jurist and as an advocate. The American Bar Association unanimously rated Judge Merriam ``well qualified'' to serve on the Second Circuit, and she has the strong support of Senators Blumenthal and Murphy. Judge Merriam has shown that she has the qualifications, experience, and fidelity to the rule of law needed to administer justice on the Second Circuit. I will be supporting her confirmation and urge my colleagues to do the same. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4631 | null | 5,065 |
formal | based | null | white supremacist | 2022, AS ``NATIONAL DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS RECOGNITION WEEK'' Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Warren) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 767 Whereas direct care workers, including direct support professionals, personal assistants, personal attendants, in- home support workers, and paraprofessionals, are key to providing publicly funded, long-term support and services for millions of individuals with disabilities; Whereas direct support professionals provide essential services that ensure all individuals with disabilities are-- (1) included as a valued part of the communities in which those individuals live; (2) supported at home, at work, and in the communities of the United States; and (3) empowered to live with the dignity that all people of the United States deserve; Whereas, by fostering connections between individuals with disabilities and their families, friends, and communities, direct support professionals ensure that individuals with disabilities thrive, thereby avoiding more costly institutional care; Whereas direct support professionals build close, respectful, and trusting relationships with individuals with disabilities and provide a broad range of personalized support to those individuals, including-- (1) helping individuals make person-centered choices; (2) assisting with personal care, meal preparation, medication management, and other aspects of daily living; (3) assisting individuals in accessing the community and securing competitive, integrated employment; (4) providing transportation to school, work, religious, and recreational activities; (5) helping with general daily affairs, such as assisting with financial matters, medical appointments, and personal interests; (6) assisting individuals in the transition from isolated or congregate settings or services to living in the communities of their choice; and (7) helping to keep individuals with disabilities safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic; Whereas there is a critical and increasing shortage of direct support professionals throughout the United States, a crisis which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing uncertainty and risk to individuals with disabilities; Whereas direct support professionals do not have their own Standard Occupational Classification for the purposes of federal data collection, which includes data produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor; Whereas the direct care workforce, including direct support professionals, is expected to grow more than any other occupation in the United States; Whereas many direct support professionals-- (1) are the primary financial providers for their families; (2) are hardworking, taxpaying citizens who provide a critical service in the United States; and (3) continue to earn low wages, receive inadequate benefits, and have limited opportunities for advancement, resulting in high turnover and vacancy rates that adversely affect the quality of support, safety, and health of individuals with disabilities; and Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States, in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999)-- (1) recognized the importance of the deinstitutionalization of, and community-based services for, individuals with disabilities; and (2) held that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S. 12101 et seq.), a State must provide person- centered, community-based service options to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) designates the week beginning September 11, 2022, as ``National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week''; (2) recognizes the dedication and vital role of direct support professionals in enhancing the lives of individuals with disabilities; (3) appreciates the contribution of direct support professionals in supporting individuals with disabilities and their families in the United States; (4) commends direct support professionals for being integral to the provision of long-term support and services for individuals with disabilities; (5) encourages the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to collect data specific to direct support professionals; and (6) finds that the successful implementation of public policies affecting individuals with disabilities in the United States can depend on the dedication of direct support professionals. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4643 | null | 5,066 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | ``CONSTITUTION DAY'' AND CELEBRATING THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 770 Whereas the Constitution of the United States (referred to in this preamble as the ``Constitution'') is the supreme law of the United States; Whereas the Constitution enshrines the freedom of the people of the United States; Whereas the Constitution forms a more perfect Union; Whereas the fundamental principles of the Constitution are limited government, separation of powers, individual liberty, and rule of law; Whereas the Constitution establishes justice, ensures domestic tranquility, provides for the common defense, promotes the general welfare, and secures the blessings of liberty, now and for future generations; Whereas the Constitution guarantees that no one can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, including unborn children; Whereas the Constitution protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority; Whereas the Constitution affirms that the Government of the United States exists to serve its citizens; Whereas the Constitution grants power to a national, Federal Government while preserving fundamental, individual rights; Whereas the Constitution separates the power of the Federal government into 3 branches: executive, judicial, and legislative; Whereas the powers of each branch of the Federal Government are delegated in the Constitution, with powers not assigned to the branches reserved to the States; Whereas the Constitution grants the executive power to the President; Whereas the Constitution does not allow the President to enact national policies in areas that are reserved solely to Congress under the Constitution; Whereas the Constitution grants judicial power to the Supreme Court and inferior courts that Congress may ordain and establish; Whereas justices and judges have constitutional limits on their power; Whereas an activist judiciary that usurps powers reserved to the people through other branches of government is a threat to the United States; Whereas the judiciary should interpret laws as written by Congress rather than allowing executive agencies to rewrite those laws to suit a political agenda; Whereas the Constitution grants all legislative powers to Congress, which consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives; Whereas the Constitution assigns to Congress the responsibility for organizing the executive and judicial branches, raising revenue, declaring war, and making all laws necessary for executing these powers; Whereas it is a breach of trust for Congress to delegate excessive legislative authority to executive departments, agencies, and commissions, thus empowering the administrative state instead of the elected representatives of the people of the United States; Whereas the Constitution protects the democracy of the United States; Whereas elections are a vital component of democracy; Whereas the Constitution states that the times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature of that State; Whereas article I, section 5 of the Constitution-- (1) provides that ``Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its Proceedings''; and (2) authorizes the Senate to make procedural rules, including the length of debate; Whereas no one may unilaterally rewrite or otherwise impugn the validity of the text of the Constitution; Whereas the Constitution can only be changed by amendment; Whereas an amendment to the Constitution may be proposed by a \2/3\ vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if \2/3\ of the States request an amendment, by a convention called for that purpose; Whereas an amendment to the Constitution must be ratified by \3/4\ of the State legislatures or \3/4\ of conventions called in each State for ratification; Whereas, according to the First Amendment to the Constitution-- (1) Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting free exercise of religion; and (2) Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; Whereas, according to the Second Amendment to the Constitution, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; Whereas Congress may not pass laws that deny or abridge any constitutional rights; Whereas it is unconstitutional for the Federal Government to wield its authority beyond the scope of power delegated to it or to use that authority as a political weapon against the rights of States to pass voter identification laws, oversee the health care of their citizens, draft curricula, and craft other laws and policies consistent with the Constitution; Whereas constitutional rights are not negotiable; Whereas all legislation, regulations, and official actions should conform to the original meaning of the Constitution as understood at the time the language was adopted; Whereas the Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention, now known as the Constitutional Convention, which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787; and Whereas Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the Constitution by 39 courageous men on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) celebrates the signing of the Constitution of the United States by recognizing Constitution Day on September 17, 2022; and (2) affirms that the Constitution of the United States is not a flexible document, but an enduring covenant. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4644-2 | null | 5,067 |
formal | welfare | null | racist | ``CONSTITUTION DAY'' AND CELEBRATING THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 770 Whereas the Constitution of the United States (referred to in this preamble as the ``Constitution'') is the supreme law of the United States; Whereas the Constitution enshrines the freedom of the people of the United States; Whereas the Constitution forms a more perfect Union; Whereas the fundamental principles of the Constitution are limited government, separation of powers, individual liberty, and rule of law; Whereas the Constitution establishes justice, ensures domestic tranquility, provides for the common defense, promotes the general welfare, and secures the blessings of liberty, now and for future generations; Whereas the Constitution guarantees that no one can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, including unborn children; Whereas the Constitution protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority; Whereas the Constitution affirms that the Government of the United States exists to serve its citizens; Whereas the Constitution grants power to a national, Federal Government while preserving fundamental, individual rights; Whereas the Constitution separates the power of the Federal government into 3 branches: executive, judicial, and legislative; Whereas the powers of each branch of the Federal Government are delegated in the Constitution, with powers not assigned to the branches reserved to the States; Whereas the Constitution grants the executive power to the President; Whereas the Constitution does not allow the President to enact national policies in areas that are reserved solely to Congress under the Constitution; Whereas the Constitution grants judicial power to the Supreme Court and inferior courts that Congress may ordain and establish; Whereas justices and judges have constitutional limits on their power; Whereas an activist judiciary that usurps powers reserved to the people through other branches of government is a threat to the United States; Whereas the judiciary should interpret laws as written by Congress rather than allowing executive agencies to rewrite those laws to suit a political agenda; Whereas the Constitution grants all legislative powers to Congress, which consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives; Whereas the Constitution assigns to Congress the responsibility for organizing the executive and judicial branches, raising revenue, declaring war, and making all laws necessary for executing these powers; Whereas it is a breach of trust for Congress to delegate excessive legislative authority to executive departments, agencies, and commissions, thus empowering the administrative state instead of the elected representatives of the people of the United States; Whereas the Constitution protects the democracy of the United States; Whereas elections are a vital component of democracy; Whereas the Constitution states that the times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature of that State; Whereas article I, section 5 of the Constitution-- (1) provides that ``Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its Proceedings''; and (2) authorizes the Senate to make procedural rules, including the length of debate; Whereas no one may unilaterally rewrite or otherwise impugn the validity of the text of the Constitution; Whereas the Constitution can only be changed by amendment; Whereas an amendment to the Constitution may be proposed by a \2/3\ vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if \2/3\ of the States request an amendment, by a convention called for that purpose; Whereas an amendment to the Constitution must be ratified by \3/4\ of the State legislatures or \3/4\ of conventions called in each State for ratification; Whereas, according to the First Amendment to the Constitution-- (1) Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting free exercise of religion; and (2) Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; Whereas, according to the Second Amendment to the Constitution, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; Whereas Congress may not pass laws that deny or abridge any constitutional rights; Whereas it is unconstitutional for the Federal Government to wield its authority beyond the scope of power delegated to it or to use that authority as a political weapon against the rights of States to pass voter identification laws, oversee the health care of their citizens, draft curricula, and craft other laws and policies consistent with the Constitution; Whereas constitutional rights are not negotiable; Whereas all legislation, regulations, and official actions should conform to the original meaning of the Constitution as understood at the time the language was adopted; Whereas the Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention, now known as the Constitutional Convention, which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787; and Whereas Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the Constitution by 39 courageous men on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) celebrates the signing of the Constitution of the United States by recognizing Constitution Day on September 17, 2022; and (2) affirms that the Constitution of the United States is not a flexible document, but an enduring covenant. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4644-2 | null | 5,068 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Mr. LANKFORD. Madam President, 2 years ago, almost to the exact moment, I was sitting on the south lawn of the White House in the blazing Sun, where a redhead should never sit, getting a sunburn, on a hot September day in DC, watching leadership of the UAE, Bahrain, Israel, and the United States all shake hands and sign an agreement called the Abraham Accords. It was a remarkable moment in American history. We have become so accustomed in the last 2 years to this conversation about the Abraham Accords, we lose track that it was just 2 years ago that we had one of the greatest breakthroughs in Middle East peace that we have had in decades. In 1979, Egypt and Israel came together for a peace agreement under President Jimmy Carter and the Camp David Accords. In 1994, Jordan and Israel normalized relationships under President Clinton. But for 26 years, there were no additional peace agreements and, quite frankly, very few conversations even. It stopped. All the conversation among foreign affairs was that you had to resolve the Palestinian conflict before anything else could be resolved in the Middle East, and for 26 years, all the focus was on that. The Trump administration came in and put the whole thing on its head and said: What if? What if we work towards peace agreements outside of the Palestinian conversation? If we set that aside, could we still normalize agreements? Again, most people said: No, that is not possible--until 2 years ago today. Two years ago today, when the leaders of UAE, Bahrain, Israel, and the United States met together and signed an agreement, they started not just a process, they started a conversation and a dialogue. They shook hands and signed an agreement that had remarkable statements in it about religious liberty that we look at and think: The Arab world would not sign that, but they did, quite frankly, because people hadn't asked them to. There were conversations and agreements made about energy policy, about economic development in a region of the world that many would say that no one will ever meet and this will never get better. President Reagan once said: Our involvement in the search for Middle East peace is not a matter of preference; it is a moral imperative. We are a people of peace. We are a people, as a nation, passionate about religious liberty. We are a people who want to see a nation joining other nations in economic development. It is who we are. It is who we have been from the beginning, and we are at our best when we are expanding that. Since the signing of that document, several things have happened in that 2-year time period. The first thing that happened, really, was that in October of 2020, Sudan raised their hand and said: I want to join that agreement. Then, in December of 2020, Morocco raised their hand and said: I want to be in that agreement. It quickly went from four nations to five, to six, all in this ongoing dialogue about peace in the region. The countries have exchanged Ambassadors since then. Again, that may not sound revolutionary, but it is in that region. The UAE, Morocco, and Bahrain all opened up Embassies in Israel--again, revolutionary. Israel opened up its Embassy--the first ever in the Gulf nations--in Abu Dhabi in January of 2021. It opens up its next Embassy in Bahrain in September of 2021. The UAE and Israel have signed comprehensive free-trade agreements. There is now $10 billion worth of trade in the next 5 years that has been set up between those nations. Trade has begun between Israel and Morocco. In fact, it has increased 94 percent in a year. Trade between the UAE and Israel has increased 88 percent in 1 year. Trade between Israel and Egypt, even, has increased 41 percent in the last year and between Israel and Jordan, with a longstanding agreement, has increased 55 percent. The UAE and Morocco now have university students who are studying in Israeli universities--something we thought we would never see. The UAE has overhauled its school curriculum to increase tolerance and understanding of other faiths and other religious groups. Dozens of daily flights are now moving in those Abraham Accord countries, bringing business and tourism. There are even real conversations about water, about energy sharing and development and large economic infrastructure projects. There are other countries, even, in the region that have started to take notice of this. Countries like Saudi Arabia are now allowing Israeli-bound flights to fly through Saudi airspace. Now, again, that may not seem revolutionary to some, that planes get to fly over them, but, you understand, 2 years ago, that didn't happen. The Saudis made every Israeli-bound flight go around their airspace. Israel and Saudi Arabia have also participated in multilateral naval and air drills, alongside UAE, Bahrain, and other countries. It is an enormous shift. If I can even say this in the region, Israel and Lebanon are very close right now to forming an agreement on what they call the Blue Line, the border between Israel and Lebanon, including the maritime areas. What does that matter? It is a tremendous development for Lebanon, for their economic development, because there is a large natural gas field just off of Lebanon's coast, but the border has been unresolved for years. In the conflict between nations and the trust that has collapsed, the Abraham Accords have provided an opportunity and a moment for the nations in the region to say: If peace can begin with UAE and Bahrain and Sudan and Morocco and Israel and recognition and economic development and Ambassadors can be exchanged, who else can engage in economic development? Let's start with their neighbor Lebanon. To build trust is to also build clear borders. This is real progress in 2 years. My challenge to the administration and to our State Department is, fan the flame. Keep going on this. We have seen nations begin to do economic development, families meeting other families, school curriculum changing to taking out anti-Semitic tropes, basically, out of their curriculum. We have seen real progress in this area. Keep going. Other nations should be welcomed to be able to join in the Abraham Accords. It is not closed. Other nations can join in that economic development. There are four of us who began the Abraham Accords Caucus: myself, Senator Rosen, Senator Ernst, and Senator Booker. We launched out the four of us and invited all of our colleagues to be able to join into it. Our focus is to be able to work with the Ambassadors of those nations to say: How can we partner together to bless what has already occurred, and how can we expand into other nations? How can we encourage increased economic development? Now, there are still very real challenges. The work is not done by any means, but it has at least begun, and progress is taking off--this simple principle of economic engagement, going past all of the government noise and saying: What if we allowed infrastructure to be able to work together? What if we allowed tourism to be able to happen? What if we allowed businesses to work with other businesses in other nations that used to be hostile? How can we engage in such a way that would help? The four of us in the Abraham Accords Caucus brought to the floor today a resolution to recognize this 2-year anniversary. It sat before all 100 Senators, and I don't know a single Senator who is opposed to that because we all want to see peace in the Middle East. We all want to see that kind of progress, and we all want to see this increase. So, to our State Department, keep the work going. Keep the conversation going. To nations around the world that used to be hostile to Israel and the region, why don't we set down the past and prepare our families for the future? I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. LANKFORD | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4805-4 | null | 5,069 |
formal | Reagan | null | white supremacist | Mr. LANKFORD. Madam President, 2 years ago, almost to the exact moment, I was sitting on the south lawn of the White House in the blazing Sun, where a redhead should never sit, getting a sunburn, on a hot September day in DC, watching leadership of the UAE, Bahrain, Israel, and the United States all shake hands and sign an agreement called the Abraham Accords. It was a remarkable moment in American history. We have become so accustomed in the last 2 years to this conversation about the Abraham Accords, we lose track that it was just 2 years ago that we had one of the greatest breakthroughs in Middle East peace that we have had in decades. In 1979, Egypt and Israel came together for a peace agreement under President Jimmy Carter and the Camp David Accords. In 1994, Jordan and Israel normalized relationships under President Clinton. But for 26 years, there were no additional peace agreements and, quite frankly, very few conversations even. It stopped. All the conversation among foreign affairs was that you had to resolve the Palestinian conflict before anything else could be resolved in the Middle East, and for 26 years, all the focus was on that. The Trump administration came in and put the whole thing on its head and said: What if? What if we work towards peace agreements outside of the Palestinian conversation? If we set that aside, could we still normalize agreements? Again, most people said: No, that is not possible--until 2 years ago today. Two years ago today, when the leaders of UAE, Bahrain, Israel, and the United States met together and signed an agreement, they started not just a process, they started a conversation and a dialogue. They shook hands and signed an agreement that had remarkable statements in it about religious liberty that we look at and think: The Arab world would not sign that, but they did, quite frankly, because people hadn't asked them to. There were conversations and agreements made about energy policy, about economic development in a region of the world that many would say that no one will ever meet and this will never get better. President Reagan once said: Our involvement in the search for Middle East peace is not a matter of preference; it is a moral imperative. We are a people of peace. We are a people, as a nation, passionate about religious liberty. We are a people who want to see a nation joining other nations in economic development. It is who we are. It is who we have been from the beginning, and we are at our best when we are expanding that. Since the signing of that document, several things have happened in that 2-year time period. The first thing that happened, really, was that in October of 2020, Sudan raised their hand and said: I want to join that agreement. Then, in December of 2020, Morocco raised their hand and said: I want to be in that agreement. It quickly went from four nations to five, to six, all in this ongoing dialogue about peace in the region. The countries have exchanged Ambassadors since then. Again, that may not sound revolutionary, but it is in that region. The UAE, Morocco, and Bahrain all opened up Embassies in Israel--again, revolutionary. Israel opened up its Embassy--the first ever in the Gulf nations--in Abu Dhabi in January of 2021. It opens up its next Embassy in Bahrain in September of 2021. The UAE and Israel have signed comprehensive free-trade agreements. There is now $10 billion worth of trade in the next 5 years that has been set up between those nations. Trade has begun between Israel and Morocco. In fact, it has increased 94 percent in a year. Trade between the UAE and Israel has increased 88 percent in 1 year. Trade between Israel and Egypt, even, has increased 41 percent in the last year and between Israel and Jordan, with a longstanding agreement, has increased 55 percent. The UAE and Morocco now have university students who are studying in Israeli universities--something we thought we would never see. The UAE has overhauled its school curriculum to increase tolerance and understanding of other faiths and other religious groups. Dozens of daily flights are now moving in those Abraham Accord countries, bringing business and tourism. There are even real conversations about water, about energy sharing and development and large economic infrastructure projects. There are other countries, even, in the region that have started to take notice of this. Countries like Saudi Arabia are now allowing Israeli-bound flights to fly through Saudi airspace. Now, again, that may not seem revolutionary to some, that planes get to fly over them, but, you understand, 2 years ago, that didn't happen. The Saudis made every Israeli-bound flight go around their airspace. Israel and Saudi Arabia have also participated in multilateral naval and air drills, alongside UAE, Bahrain, and other countries. It is an enormous shift. If I can even say this in the region, Israel and Lebanon are very close right now to forming an agreement on what they call the Blue Line, the border between Israel and Lebanon, including the maritime areas. What does that matter? It is a tremendous development for Lebanon, for their economic development, because there is a large natural gas field just off of Lebanon's coast, but the border has been unresolved for years. In the conflict between nations and the trust that has collapsed, the Abraham Accords have provided an opportunity and a moment for the nations in the region to say: If peace can begin with UAE and Bahrain and Sudan and Morocco and Israel and recognition and economic development and Ambassadors can be exchanged, who else can engage in economic development? Let's start with their neighbor Lebanon. To build trust is to also build clear borders. This is real progress in 2 years. My challenge to the administration and to our State Department is, fan the flame. Keep going on this. We have seen nations begin to do economic development, families meeting other families, school curriculum changing to taking out anti-Semitic tropes, basically, out of their curriculum. We have seen real progress in this area. Keep going. Other nations should be welcomed to be able to join in the Abraham Accords. It is not closed. Other nations can join in that economic development. There are four of us who began the Abraham Accords Caucus: myself, Senator Rosen, Senator Ernst, and Senator Booker. We launched out the four of us and invited all of our colleagues to be able to join into it. Our focus is to be able to work with the Ambassadors of those nations to say: How can we partner together to bless what has already occurred, and how can we expand into other nations? How can we encourage increased economic development? Now, there are still very real challenges. The work is not done by any means, but it has at least begun, and progress is taking off--this simple principle of economic engagement, going past all of the government noise and saying: What if we allowed infrastructure to be able to work together? What if we allowed tourism to be able to happen? What if we allowed businesses to work with other businesses in other nations that used to be hostile? How can we engage in such a way that would help? The four of us in the Abraham Accords Caucus brought to the floor today a resolution to recognize this 2-year anniversary. It sat before all 100 Senators, and I don't know a single Senator who is opposed to that because we all want to see peace in the Middle East. We all want to see that kind of progress, and we all want to see this increase. So, to our State Department, keep the work going. Keep the conversation going. To nations around the world that used to be hostile to Israel and the region, why don't we set down the past and prepare our families for the future? I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. LANKFORD | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4805-4 | null | 5,070 |
formal | religious liberty | null | homophobic | Mr. LANKFORD. Madam President, 2 years ago, almost to the exact moment, I was sitting on the south lawn of the White House in the blazing Sun, where a redhead should never sit, getting a sunburn, on a hot September day in DC, watching leadership of the UAE, Bahrain, Israel, and the United States all shake hands and sign an agreement called the Abraham Accords. It was a remarkable moment in American history. We have become so accustomed in the last 2 years to this conversation about the Abraham Accords, we lose track that it was just 2 years ago that we had one of the greatest breakthroughs in Middle East peace that we have had in decades. In 1979, Egypt and Israel came together for a peace agreement under President Jimmy Carter and the Camp David Accords. In 1994, Jordan and Israel normalized relationships under President Clinton. But for 26 years, there were no additional peace agreements and, quite frankly, very few conversations even. It stopped. All the conversation among foreign affairs was that you had to resolve the Palestinian conflict before anything else could be resolved in the Middle East, and for 26 years, all the focus was on that. The Trump administration came in and put the whole thing on its head and said: What if? What if we work towards peace agreements outside of the Palestinian conversation? If we set that aside, could we still normalize agreements? Again, most people said: No, that is not possible--until 2 years ago today. Two years ago today, when the leaders of UAE, Bahrain, Israel, and the United States met together and signed an agreement, they started not just a process, they started a conversation and a dialogue. They shook hands and signed an agreement that had remarkable statements in it about religious liberty that we look at and think: The Arab world would not sign that, but they did, quite frankly, because people hadn't asked them to. There were conversations and agreements made about energy policy, about economic development in a region of the world that many would say that no one will ever meet and this will never get better. President Reagan once said: Our involvement in the search for Middle East peace is not a matter of preference; it is a moral imperative. We are a people of peace. We are a people, as a nation, passionate about religious liberty. We are a people who want to see a nation joining other nations in economic development. It is who we are. It is who we have been from the beginning, and we are at our best when we are expanding that. Since the signing of that document, several things have happened in that 2-year time period. The first thing that happened, really, was that in October of 2020, Sudan raised their hand and said: I want to join that agreement. Then, in December of 2020, Morocco raised their hand and said: I want to be in that agreement. It quickly went from four nations to five, to six, all in this ongoing dialogue about peace in the region. The countries have exchanged Ambassadors since then. Again, that may not sound revolutionary, but it is in that region. The UAE, Morocco, and Bahrain all opened up Embassies in Israel--again, revolutionary. Israel opened up its Embassy--the first ever in the Gulf nations--in Abu Dhabi in January of 2021. It opens up its next Embassy in Bahrain in September of 2021. The UAE and Israel have signed comprehensive free-trade agreements. There is now $10 billion worth of trade in the next 5 years that has been set up between those nations. Trade has begun between Israel and Morocco. In fact, it has increased 94 percent in a year. Trade between the UAE and Israel has increased 88 percent in 1 year. Trade between Israel and Egypt, even, has increased 41 percent in the last year and between Israel and Jordan, with a longstanding agreement, has increased 55 percent. The UAE and Morocco now have university students who are studying in Israeli universities--something we thought we would never see. The UAE has overhauled its school curriculum to increase tolerance and understanding of other faiths and other religious groups. Dozens of daily flights are now moving in those Abraham Accord countries, bringing business and tourism. There are even real conversations about water, about energy sharing and development and large economic infrastructure projects. There are other countries, even, in the region that have started to take notice of this. Countries like Saudi Arabia are now allowing Israeli-bound flights to fly through Saudi airspace. Now, again, that may not seem revolutionary to some, that planes get to fly over them, but, you understand, 2 years ago, that didn't happen. The Saudis made every Israeli-bound flight go around their airspace. Israel and Saudi Arabia have also participated in multilateral naval and air drills, alongside UAE, Bahrain, and other countries. It is an enormous shift. If I can even say this in the region, Israel and Lebanon are very close right now to forming an agreement on what they call the Blue Line, the border between Israel and Lebanon, including the maritime areas. What does that matter? It is a tremendous development for Lebanon, for their economic development, because there is a large natural gas field just off of Lebanon's coast, but the border has been unresolved for years. In the conflict between nations and the trust that has collapsed, the Abraham Accords have provided an opportunity and a moment for the nations in the region to say: If peace can begin with UAE and Bahrain and Sudan and Morocco and Israel and recognition and economic development and Ambassadors can be exchanged, who else can engage in economic development? Let's start with their neighbor Lebanon. To build trust is to also build clear borders. This is real progress in 2 years. My challenge to the administration and to our State Department is, fan the flame. Keep going on this. We have seen nations begin to do economic development, families meeting other families, school curriculum changing to taking out anti-Semitic tropes, basically, out of their curriculum. We have seen real progress in this area. Keep going. Other nations should be welcomed to be able to join in the Abraham Accords. It is not closed. Other nations can join in that economic development. There are four of us who began the Abraham Accords Caucus: myself, Senator Rosen, Senator Ernst, and Senator Booker. We launched out the four of us and invited all of our colleagues to be able to join into it. Our focus is to be able to work with the Ambassadors of those nations to say: How can we partner together to bless what has already occurred, and how can we expand into other nations? How can we encourage increased economic development? Now, there are still very real challenges. The work is not done by any means, but it has at least begun, and progress is taking off--this simple principle of economic engagement, going past all of the government noise and saying: What if we allowed infrastructure to be able to work together? What if we allowed tourism to be able to happen? What if we allowed businesses to work with other businesses in other nations that used to be hostile? How can we engage in such a way that would help? The four of us in the Abraham Accords Caucus brought to the floor today a resolution to recognize this 2-year anniversary. It sat before all 100 Senators, and I don't know a single Senator who is opposed to that because we all want to see peace in the Middle East. We all want to see that kind of progress, and we all want to see this increase. So, to our State Department, keep the work going. Keep the conversation going. To nations around the world that used to be hostile to Israel and the region, why don't we set down the past and prepare our families for the future? I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. LANKFORD | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4805-4 | null | 5,071 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Mr. SASSE. Madam President, first, I would like to associate myself with the comments of the Senator from Oklahoma and thank him for all of the work he has done on this. The Abraham Accords are really something to celebrate, something that we should be building on. And there is not a lot of good news right now on a whole bunch of scores, and this is worth celebrating. So commendations on your resolution. Something we shouldn't be celebrating is inflation, and I wasn't invited, but it looks like there was one heck of a party this week at the White House. In case folks missed it, President Biden, Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and others gathered on the south lawn of the White House on Tuesday afternoon to clink champagne glasses and celebrate the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, passed along straight party lines last month. James Taylor even flew in for the festivities. But at the same time that Washington politicians were patting themselves on the back, here is actual reality--not Orwellian rhetoric, not sort of made-up names for legislation to spend hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars--here is actual reality: Americans are getting slapped in the face with yet another month of bad news. Core inflation grew another six-tenths of a percent just in the month of August, defying even the most pessimistic estimations and analyses heading into those reporting numbers. Both the Dow and the S&P had their worst day since the very arrival of COVID. Consumer prices are now up 8.3 percent for the year, but it is worse than that for median-income households in America. Grocery prices are 13 percent more expensive this middle of September than they were the last middle of September. How do you think about what 13 percent inflation looks like? Here is the way I explained it to my kids: You know, if a year ago today, you went to the grocery store checkout line and you had $100 in your pocket and you had a cart full of groceries and you paid your $100 for the $100 of groceries, if you showed up today at the checkout line at the grocery store with the exact same cart and the exact same hundred bucks, you would then have to awkwardly and in an embarrassed way, in front of the people behind you in line, say: I have to figure out how to take $13 of stuff off this checkout line because the $100 that I had last year that bought $100 of food only buys $87 of food right now. That is what 13 percent inflation means. Even CNN had to admit that the White House's timing was awkward, calling the event ``a bizarre split-screen moment,'' with President Biden taking a victory lap with a so-called Inflation Reduction Act while in the real world, inflation was tanking markets. That was actually what was happening on Tuesday. On air, the CNN anchor suggested it ``feels a little hard to be celebratory.'' That is a kind of awkward, timid way to tell the truth. Lots of Americans have become used to this split-screen reality where Washington says one thing, but reality is completely different. It often feels like officials in Washington are living alternate realities and then trying to convince the American people: You don't know what you are talking about. What you are actually experiencing at the checkout line when you had to put back $13 of groceries--it is not really true. The great news is, we have wine glasses in our hands; let's clink them together. Washington, DC, is obviously in a bubble--and not for the first time. The same folks who threw that party are the types who order lots of their food from DoorDash and therefore might actually not know what the price of eggs, milk, and meat is. They are the kind of folks who see inflation as something that happens on paper, but seeing it on paper is different than feeling it. DC sees many problems on paper but doesn't really connect with what the American people are living. DC saw the housing crisis of 2008, 2009 as something on paper, not as reality. Why? Well, because five of the seven richest counties in America are the five suburban counties of Northern Virginia and Maryland that ring Washington, DC. Think about that. Of 3,000 counties in America, 5 of the 7 richest ones are the places that surround the city. So in 2008, 2009, when housing was collapsing everywhere, when lots of people were going bankrupt in the country, people in this city said: I don't know what the heck you are talking about. We have massive demand. Houses sell with escalation clauses. There are way more buyers than there are sellers, so housing prices in Washington, DC, in Northern Virginia, and in suburban Maryland went up even as the country was living that collapse. Opioids are a crisis that a lot of people in Washington, DC, know only on paper because they don't see it around the yuppified neighborhoods of Washington, DC. Inflation is now that kind of crisis. It is a very real thing, and yet people in this city host white wine parties to talk about how great it is passing legislation that spent hundreds of billions of dollars more, accelerating inflation, and they decided they would name it the ``Inflation Reduction Act.'' Let's review a little bit of history about what we have learned about inflation over the last 15 months. More than a year ago, last summer, when Americans were already feeling their prices creep higher, the President dismissed long-term worries about inflation with this quote: There's nobody suggesting there's any unchecked inflation on the way--no serious economist. What? That was an incredibly bizarre, dishonest statement, and everyone knew. When it was spoken and when speechwriters wrote it, they knew that that wasn't true. Why did they know? Well, because inflation had gone from 1.4 to 5.5 percent in the 3 months before that statement was uttered. Larry Summers, a longtime Democratic economist across multiple administrations and who is well respected by folks in academia and in government and in both parties, was screaming at the White House not just in private but in public that this was nonsense, that they were delusional about what was happening with inflation numbers. Yet our President said that there was nobody suggesting that unchecked inflation was on the way--no serious economist. Here is what was actually happening in White House meeting rooms at that time. Half of the Obama economic team was coming in and telling the Biden economic team: Hey, you guys are going to get caught with your pants down. That isn't true. That spin isn't reality. Inflation is big, it is bad, and it is growing. Yet the speechwriters said: Let's have the President go out to the podium and say there is no serious economist who believes inflation is coming. That was in July of 2021. In February of this year, when inflation had hit 7.8 percent, our President predicted that ``inflation ought to be able to start to taper off as we go through this year.'' He had predicted in December that inflation had already peaked. Every one of these comments was detached from reality, and the people writing the speeches knew they were detached from reality. The President is obviously not the only offender. Last October, with high prices already eating away at families' savings accounts, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain applauded a tweet describing inflation and supply chain snarls as ``high-class problems.'' That is some white wine-drunk commentary for you. This is a middle-class American problem that families in all 50 States are suffering. A week later, the White House Press Secretary shrugged off the same problem when asked about inflation as being ``the tragedy of the treadmill that's delayed.'' ``The tragedy of the treadmill that's delayed''--ouch. Do these people know anyone in America who has ever had to put stuff back at the checkout line at the grocery store? Because that is what I have experienced and see at Walmart and Hy-Vee right now in Fremont, NE. Have they ever sat down with people to compare their receipts week over week or month over month--those people who are looking at their receipts, knowing that they have to put stuff back? They are not wrong, and they are not talking about a 3-month delay on a Peloton delivery. Just 2 months later, another White House Press Secretary declared that the United States is ``stronger economically than we have ever been in our history.'' That is what was said at the White House podium: ``stronger economically than we have ever been in our history''--totally drunk stuff. According to a Gallup poll, 56 percent of Americans now say price increases are causing financial hardships for their families. That is up from 49 percent a couple of months ago and 45 percent the previous fall. According to a Monmouth poll, nearly 9 out of 10 Americans say the country is on the wrong track, but the White House is throwing wine and cheese parties to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act. Americans have watched the President announce that he plans to force noncollege graduates in Scottsbluff, NE, and Beckley, WV, to pay for the debt burden of people with masters and Ph.D.s who live in Berkeley and Bethesda. Let's be clear. Fifty-six percent of all of the student loan debt in America is held by people with graduate degrees. The majority of college loan debt in America is held by people with graduate degrees, and about a third of Americans go to college. But what we should do, Washington says, is take money from noncollege graduates and give it to folks with graduate degrees. Then let's claim it is somehow going to reduce the deficit. Drunk stuff. Americans have watched as every basic household necessity has become more expensive, from groceries to gas. Then they hear politicians change the name of their bill to the Inflation Reduction Act and applaud themselves for spending hundreds of billions of inflationary dollars. This was on the steps of the White House on Tuesday afternoon. Folks, this isn't just offensive; it is the kind of behavior and the kind of dishonesty that poisons democracy. Politicians are saying things here that are 180 degrees reversed from reality, and that cuts to the issue of public trust. It doesn't just matter economically; it matters civically. The relationship between the American people and their leaders is a relationship built on trust--a trust that, when elected officials are at their desks in Washington, takes seriously the needs and desires of their constituents. We have a bunch of people in Washington, DC, who mistake the Washington, DC, elite experience, where the income of folks who work for the Federal Government is substantially higher than that of the median American. It attacks public trust. Elected officials are not special. Elected officials, quite frankly, are oftennot that impressive. Elected officials are not demagogues. Public servants are supposed to be serving the public. It is in our job description to trust that the people we represent actually know something about their struggles and their challenges and their day-to-day difficulties of making ends meet. It is in our job description to listen to them, to look at their experiences, and to take them to heart. It is in our job description to think carefully about the challenges they face and the ways we can address those challenges, always with a mindful eye to the direction established by our constitutional order and the best of our democratic traditions. That relationship is destroyed when Washington, DC, breaks faith with the American people, when it declares: You don't know what you are talking about. You don't know what your experience is at the grocery store checkout line. There is no serious inflation, and no serious economist thinks inflation is coming. The actual numbers are 13 percent grocery and 8\1/2\ percent overall. These are late 1970s kinds of numbers. Politicians know best. No, we don't. The relationship is destroyed when self-satisfied appointees and smug bureaucrats in Washington bustle up and down Pennsylvania Avenue and decide that division is more efficient politics than competent governance. Lectures about the soul of America ring pretty hollow from practitioners of this craven kind of politics of contempt. Americans deserve better. Starting with honesty is a pretty good start. Here is honesty: We have an inflationary crisis on our hands, and the reality is that inflation is making life a lot more difficult and a lot more precarious for millions and millions of our neighbors. Our families and friends are feeling pain at the pump and at the checkout lines. They are watching their savings accounts and pensions be nibbled away. They haven't imagined a hardship. This is reality--experiential and economic reality. The only thing that is misaligned is the rhetoric of this place, and Americans won't be bludgeoned into believing that they are actually thriving when they are experiencing 13 percent grocery inflation. Things are hard, and the barest minimum this White House could do is to admit it, to tell the truth, and to put away the party hats. The American people are resilient. We are tough. We are not ready to accept this as the new normal. We are going to work our way through this, but we need less condescension and less spin. We need a lot more truth-telling from those in power. We need fewer tone-deaf, wine-glass-clinking parties from folks who have escalated inflation with reckless spending and then claimed that the American people are wrong and that this new spending will somehow reduce inflation. Nobody really believes that. The folks who are writing those press releases and those speeches and inviting people to parties at the White House should reconsider. They should tell the truth. It is hogwash, and they know it. More importantly, the American people know it, and we should tell them the truth. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. SASSE | Senate | CREC-2022-09-15-pt1-PgS4806 | null | 5,072 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered, or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule XX. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania) | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7886-5 | null | 5,073 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | Mr. MALINOWSKI. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 558) urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization, as amended. | 2020-01-06 | Mr. MALINOWSKI | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7908 | null | 5,074 |
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. 3895) to extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2024, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7944-2 | null | 5,075 |
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. 3157) to require the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study of the factors affecting employment opportunities for immigrants and refugees with professional credentials obtained in foreign countries, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7945 | null | 5,076 |
formal | XX | null | transphobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1456) to amend the Peace Corps Act to reauthorize the Peace Corps, better support current and returned volunteers, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7946 | null | 5,077 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Strickland) laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States; which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:To the Congress of the United States: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, as amended, is to continue in effect beyond September 23, 2022. The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York and Pennsylvania and against the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on United States nationals or the United States that led to the declaration of a national emergency on September 23, 2001, has not been resolved. This crisis continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13224, as amended, with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White House, September 19, 2022. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7947 | null | 5,078 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Strickland) laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States; which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:To the Congress of the United States: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, as amended, is to continue in effect beyond September 23, 2022. The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York and Pennsylvania and against the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on United States nationals or the United States that led to the declaration of a national emergency on September 23, 2001, has not been resolved. This crisis continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13224, as amended, with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White House, September 19, 2022. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7947 | null | 5,079 |
formal | terrorist | null | Islamophobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Strickland) laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States; which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:To the Congress of the United States: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, as amended, is to continue in effect beyond September 23, 2022. The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York and Pennsylvania and against the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on United States nationals or the United States that led to the declaration of a national emergency on September 23, 2001, has not been resolved. This crisis continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13224, as amended, with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White House, September 19, 2022. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7947 | null | 5,080 |
formal | terrorists | null | Islamophobic | The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Strickland) laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States; which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:To the Congress of the United States: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, as amended, is to continue in effect beyond September 23, 2022. The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York and Pennsylvania and against the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on United States nationals or the United States that led to the declaration of a national emergency on September 23, 2001, has not been resolved. This crisis continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13224, as amended, with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White House, September 19, 2022. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgH7947 | null | 5,081 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Immigration The last point I want to make is this. Madam President, there was a decision made by the Governor of Texas, Governor Abbott, several weeks ago to start transporting people who were legally in the United States but had just arrived from foreign countries on buses to various places around the country. Thousands of them were brought to Washington; thousands were brought to New York; and hundreds were brought to my city of Chicago that I represent. These were people who came to our borders and asked if they could be admitted as legal immigrants to the United States, and they passed the threshold test. But let me quickly add, it is a threshold test as to whether they have credible fear for their own personal safety. They still have to face an adjudication, and the majority of them are not likely to win that adjudication. The problem we face is very obvious: It is a long time before that adjudication takes place. What are these families supposed to do when they are here waiting? I went over to the Salvation Army rescue shelter on the West Side of Chicago to meet with some of these families and individuals who had been bused to Chicago by the Governor of Texas. I met one man, Carlos, and his family--his wife, his 5-year-old daughter, and his 8-month-old daughter as well. Through the translators, they told me their story. They are from Venezuela. Venezuela is in a disaster situation. It is so dangerous that the United States warns travelers not to go to Venezuela, and the economy is so weak that the cost of living has gone up dramatically. Inflation there is even dramatically larger than the United States. Carlos reached a point that, even working as hard as he could, he couldn't feed his family. So on May 15, he and his wife decided to pick up their children and try to make it to the border of the United States to try to find work. It took them 5 months, and they went through everything you can imagine; much of it on foot, and what travel they could find, they took advantage of. They were robbed, beaten up. They were pushed into a jungle situation in Panama where Carlos said, ``I didn't think we were going to live through the night.'' It was that dangerous. They did survive, and they finally made it, and now they are here in Chicago. I asked him what he wanted. He said, ``I just want to go to work. I will take any job.'' What we are finding--and the front page story in the New York Times confirmed it--is that many of these people are needed. Yes, we have unemployment of 5 million in America, but we have 11 million jobs that need to be filled. Many of them are entry-level jobs, and it is hard to get anyone to take them. Last week, as well, I had the Illinois Farm Bureau come and see me. They started talking about their need for immigrant labor on the farms of America. Madam President, you probably know this from your own home State, but currently half of the agricultural workers in America who are working on the dairy farms, picking crops, doing things that are pretty hard work, half of them are undocumented. We don't think twice about eating the fruits and vegetables that are the bounty of their work, but that is the reality. Our immigration system, at this point in time, is badly broken. We need to have legal immigration into the United States--controlled legal immigration into the United States for work purposes. Many of these people who are arriving are desperately needed for jobs that Americans won't fill. They don't want to work picking crops, for example, or on a dairy farm. A friend of mine who is a restaurateur in Chicago told me, if you removed all of the undocumented workers from the restaurants of Chicago, you would just start closing them right and left. Behind that screen door in your favorite restaurant are people working hard every single day who are undocumented. We have to reach the point where we sit down in a bipartisan basis and do something about it. It was 8 years ago when we put together a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Democrats, Durbin, Schumer--and I want to salute Michael Bennet, who time and again has been able to come up with a good bipartisan approach to ag workers--and Bob Menendez of New Jersey, we were on the Democratic part of the team of 8. On the Republican part, we had Senator McCain, Senator Graham, Senator Rubio, and then Senator Flake. We worked for months, put together a comprehensive bill, brought it to the floor of the Senate, and passed it with 14 Republicans joining us. There were 68 votes on the floor of the U.S. Senate for a bill that would have addressed the very issues we are facing today. The bill was then sent over, after it passed the Senate, to the House of Representatives, and the Republican leader refused to take up it or even call it. We had a chance, and we have to create that chance again--comprehensive immigration reform. We shouldn't do it at the expense of a poor family like Carlos's family who came from Venezuela. I would say what the Governors of Arizona and Texas and Florida are doing now is to jeopardize the safety and the health of these families. That is not fair to them. It is not American. Putting them on buses and promising them, at the end of the journey, that there are going to be jobs waiting for them, for example, is just to mislead them. In addition, if these Governors were transporting these people in good faith to Chicago or New York or Washington, they would have the decency to tell us who is coming and when. They don't. They put the buses on the road, and they stop at a train station and turn them all loose. Many of these people know no one in those cities. We found recent evidence that some of them are in a position where they are taken away from where they are supposed to report--legally report--in this country and sent hundreds and thousands of miles away by these Governors for political reasons I can't explain. That is not who we are. I do want to commend the Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, many of the charities in our area. WBEZ is our public radio station in Chicago. This was on their website: Chicago agencies and local groups tell migrants ``We are so glad you are here.'' They are getting an American welcome. They are being treated decently. They are being treated with respect. Now, as we debate the politics of why they are here and whether they can stay, we shouldn't do it at the expense of demonstrating clear American values of humanity and caring. That is who we are. We are not going to allow these kids to reach a situation like they have before and be the victims of our political debate. We don't want kids in cages. We don't want kids forcibly removed from their parents. We don't want them to suffer on these bus rides, not knowing where they are going to end up and what is going to happen to them next. We are better than that as Americans, and we are better than that as a nation of immigrants. I have said it on the floor many times, and I am proud to say it again: I am the son of an immigrant to this country. My mother came here at the age of 2 from Lithuania, brought with her the good luck that I could live my life and be part of the U.S. Senate and the governance of this Nation. We shouldn't look beyond that. I will say the Presiding Officer holds a special place in the history of the Senate with her immigration status as well. If you look in any direction, you are going to find immigrants, sons and daughters of immigrants, who really have made America what it is today. Let's get this right on a bipartisan basis. Let's not waste any time. In the meantime, let us treat these people who are coming to our country and are now legally in the country with dignity and respect. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4811 | null | 5,082 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | Immigration The last point I want to make is this. Madam President, there was a decision made by the Governor of Texas, Governor Abbott, several weeks ago to start transporting people who were legally in the United States but had just arrived from foreign countries on buses to various places around the country. Thousands of them were brought to Washington; thousands were brought to New York; and hundreds were brought to my city of Chicago that I represent. These were people who came to our borders and asked if they could be admitted as legal immigrants to the United States, and they passed the threshold test. But let me quickly add, it is a threshold test as to whether they have credible fear for their own personal safety. They still have to face an adjudication, and the majority of them are not likely to win that adjudication. The problem we face is very obvious: It is a long time before that adjudication takes place. What are these families supposed to do when they are here waiting? I went over to the Salvation Army rescue shelter on the West Side of Chicago to meet with some of these families and individuals who had been bused to Chicago by the Governor of Texas. I met one man, Carlos, and his family--his wife, his 5-year-old daughter, and his 8-month-old daughter as well. Through the translators, they told me their story. They are from Venezuela. Venezuela is in a disaster situation. It is so dangerous that the United States warns travelers not to go to Venezuela, and the economy is so weak that the cost of living has gone up dramatically. Inflation there is even dramatically larger than the United States. Carlos reached a point that, even working as hard as he could, he couldn't feed his family. So on May 15, he and his wife decided to pick up their children and try to make it to the border of the United States to try to find work. It took them 5 months, and they went through everything you can imagine; much of it on foot, and what travel they could find, they took advantage of. They were robbed, beaten up. They were pushed into a jungle situation in Panama where Carlos said, ``I didn't think we were going to live through the night.'' It was that dangerous. They did survive, and they finally made it, and now they are here in Chicago. I asked him what he wanted. He said, ``I just want to go to work. I will take any job.'' What we are finding--and the front page story in the New York Times confirmed it--is that many of these people are needed. Yes, we have unemployment of 5 million in America, but we have 11 million jobs that need to be filled. Many of them are entry-level jobs, and it is hard to get anyone to take them. Last week, as well, I had the Illinois Farm Bureau come and see me. They started talking about their need for immigrant labor on the farms of America. Madam President, you probably know this from your own home State, but currently half of the agricultural workers in America who are working on the dairy farms, picking crops, doing things that are pretty hard work, half of them are undocumented. We don't think twice about eating the fruits and vegetables that are the bounty of their work, but that is the reality. Our immigration system, at this point in time, is badly broken. We need to have legal immigration into the United States--controlled legal immigration into the United States for work purposes. Many of these people who are arriving are desperately needed for jobs that Americans won't fill. They don't want to work picking crops, for example, or on a dairy farm. A friend of mine who is a restaurateur in Chicago told me, if you removed all of the undocumented workers from the restaurants of Chicago, you would just start closing them right and left. Behind that screen door in your favorite restaurant are people working hard every single day who are undocumented. We have to reach the point where we sit down in a bipartisan basis and do something about it. It was 8 years ago when we put together a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Democrats, Durbin, Schumer--and I want to salute Michael Bennet, who time and again has been able to come up with a good bipartisan approach to ag workers--and Bob Menendez of New Jersey, we were on the Democratic part of the team of 8. On the Republican part, we had Senator McCain, Senator Graham, Senator Rubio, and then Senator Flake. We worked for months, put together a comprehensive bill, brought it to the floor of the Senate, and passed it with 14 Republicans joining us. There were 68 votes on the floor of the U.S. Senate for a bill that would have addressed the very issues we are facing today. The bill was then sent over, after it passed the Senate, to the House of Representatives, and the Republican leader refused to take up it or even call it. We had a chance, and we have to create that chance again--comprehensive immigration reform. We shouldn't do it at the expense of a poor family like Carlos's family who came from Venezuela. I would say what the Governors of Arizona and Texas and Florida are doing now is to jeopardize the safety and the health of these families. That is not fair to them. It is not American. Putting them on buses and promising them, at the end of the journey, that there are going to be jobs waiting for them, for example, is just to mislead them. In addition, if these Governors were transporting these people in good faith to Chicago or New York or Washington, they would have the decency to tell us who is coming and when. They don't. They put the buses on the road, and they stop at a train station and turn them all loose. Many of these people know no one in those cities. We found recent evidence that some of them are in a position where they are taken away from where they are supposed to report--legally report--in this country and sent hundreds and thousands of miles away by these Governors for political reasons I can't explain. That is not who we are. I do want to commend the Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, many of the charities in our area. WBEZ is our public radio station in Chicago. This was on their website: Chicago agencies and local groups tell migrants ``We are so glad you are here.'' They are getting an American welcome. They are being treated decently. They are being treated with respect. Now, as we debate the politics of why they are here and whether they can stay, we shouldn't do it at the expense of demonstrating clear American values of humanity and caring. That is who we are. We are not going to allow these kids to reach a situation like they have before and be the victims of our political debate. We don't want kids in cages. We don't want kids forcibly removed from their parents. We don't want them to suffer on these bus rides, not knowing where they are going to end up and what is going to happen to them next. We are better than that as Americans, and we are better than that as a nation of immigrants. I have said it on the floor many times, and I am proud to say it again: I am the son of an immigrant to this country. My mother came here at the age of 2 from Lithuania, brought with her the good luck that I could live my life and be part of the U.S. Senate and the governance of this Nation. We shouldn't look beyond that. I will say the Presiding Officer holds a special place in the history of the Senate with her immigration status as well. If you look in any direction, you are going to find immigrants, sons and daughters of immigrants, who really have made America what it is today. Let's get this right on a bipartisan basis. Let's not waste any time. In the meantime, let us treat these people who are coming to our country and are now legally in the country with dignity and respect. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4811 | null | 5,083 |
formal | special interest | null | antisemitic | DISCLOSE Act Madam President, finally on the DISCLOSE Act, today, I am announcing the Senate will vote this week to take up a measure critical to fighting the cancer of dark money in our elections: the DISCLOSE Act. I have long promised to bring this bill to the floor, and I want to thank all my colleagues and in particular Senator Whitehouse. He has done an amazing job documenting and pressing forward on trying to eliminate the evil scourge of dark money. He has been an amazing leader in championing this legislation. The DISCLOSE Act is premised on a simple idea: Americans deserve to know who is trying to influence their elections. Sadly, most Americans today are largely in the dark, thanks to the abominable decision in Citizens United handed down by the Supreme Court's conservative majority. Their ruling has paved the way for billions in unlimited campaign contributions by Super PACs and other dark money groups over the last decade. Ordinary citizens, meanwhile, have had their voices drowned out by elites who have millions to spare for political donations. And the worst part? Much of this spending happens entirely in secret. That is not like a democracy. It is a veil cast over our democracy that must be ripped away once and for all. The DISCLOSE Act is simple. It would require Super PACs and other dark money groups to report anyone contributing $10,000 or more during an election. It would likewise require groups spending money on judicial nominees to disclose their donors too. There is no justification under Heaven for keeping such massive contributions hidden from the public. This week, Republicans are going to have to take a stand on whether they want to fight the power of dark money or allow this cancer to grow even worse. Limiting the power of dark money shouldn't be a Democratic or Republican view; it should be bipartisan through and through. I hope Republicans will join us, because Americans intuitively understand that right now, there is a stench taking over our campaign finance law. After all, when was the last time any of us heard voters cheer on the spread of dark money? When was the last time any of us heard voters say it is better for billionaires and special interests to buy elections in secret rather than be held accountable to the public? Of course, they don't think that unless they themselves are the ones cutting the multimillion-dollar checks. So this week, all of us will go on record on whether or not we think Americans deserve to know who is spending billions to sway our democracy. It will be our chance to put into practice the famous saying by Judge Louis D. Brandeis that ``sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant.'' I once again commend Senator Whitehouse for his years of leadership in fighting this wave of dark money, and I urge all my colleagues to support this measure this week. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4813 | null | 5,084 |
formal | special interests | null | antisemitic | DISCLOSE Act Madam President, finally on the DISCLOSE Act, today, I am announcing the Senate will vote this week to take up a measure critical to fighting the cancer of dark money in our elections: the DISCLOSE Act. I have long promised to bring this bill to the floor, and I want to thank all my colleagues and in particular Senator Whitehouse. He has done an amazing job documenting and pressing forward on trying to eliminate the evil scourge of dark money. He has been an amazing leader in championing this legislation. The DISCLOSE Act is premised on a simple idea: Americans deserve to know who is trying to influence their elections. Sadly, most Americans today are largely in the dark, thanks to the abominable decision in Citizens United handed down by the Supreme Court's conservative majority. Their ruling has paved the way for billions in unlimited campaign contributions by Super PACs and other dark money groups over the last decade. Ordinary citizens, meanwhile, have had their voices drowned out by elites who have millions to spare for political donations. And the worst part? Much of this spending happens entirely in secret. That is not like a democracy. It is a veil cast over our democracy that must be ripped away once and for all. The DISCLOSE Act is simple. It would require Super PACs and other dark money groups to report anyone contributing $10,000 or more during an election. It would likewise require groups spending money on judicial nominees to disclose their donors too. There is no justification under Heaven for keeping such massive contributions hidden from the public. This week, Republicans are going to have to take a stand on whether they want to fight the power of dark money or allow this cancer to grow even worse. Limiting the power of dark money shouldn't be a Democratic or Republican view; it should be bipartisan through and through. I hope Republicans will join us, because Americans intuitively understand that right now, there is a stench taking over our campaign finance law. After all, when was the last time any of us heard voters cheer on the spread of dark money? When was the last time any of us heard voters say it is better for billionaires and special interests to buy elections in secret rather than be held accountable to the public? Of course, they don't think that unless they themselves are the ones cutting the multimillion-dollar checks. So this week, all of us will go on record on whether or not we think Americans deserve to know who is spending billions to sway our democracy. It will be our chance to put into practice the famous saying by Judge Louis D. Brandeis that ``sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant.'' I once again commend Senator Whitehouse for his years of leadership in fighting this wave of dark money, and I urge all my colleagues to support this measure this week. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4813 | null | 5,085 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Immigration Madam President, on another matter, the migration surge at the southern border has been at a crisis level for a year and a half now. Coming from a border State with 1,200 miles of common border with Mexico, we have experienced a disproportionate impact of that humanitarian surge, as well as the drugs that have found their way into the United States as a result. This, after all, is part of a business model or plan by the cartels, which get rich smuggling people and drugs into the United States. But just in terms of the volume of migrants coming across, we have logged more than 150,000 border crossings every month for each of the last 17 consecutive months. That is unprecedented and shocking. Alarm bells used to sound when illegal border crossings topped 100,000 a month, but we haven't dipped below that level since President Biden took office. In the last year, Customs and Border Protection has logged nearly 2.3 million--2.3 million--border crossings across the southern border. Now, these records come with serious consequences for everyone involved. Our Democratic colleagues and members of the news media focus their attention on how this surge impacts the migrants themselves, and there is no question that migrants endure a brutal journey to reach our country. They typically pay thousands of dollars to travel with human traffickers--or coyotes, as they are sometimes called--who are known to rape, rob, abuse, and abandon for dead their customers. Those who survive the perilous journey to our border still face serious dangers. These are people who come not through our legal immigration process but who want to jump ahead of the line of the people who are waiting, even though we naturalize about a million people a year in the United States. In June of this year, 53 migrants, including 3 children, passed away after being locked in a tractor-trailer rig on a 100-degree day in Texas--a horrible way to die. The Washington Post described it as the ``deadliest smuggling incident of its kind in U.S. history.'' Last month, two children died attempting to cross the Rio Grande and drowned in that river attempting to make their way into the United States. One was a 5-year-old girl from Guatemala who was swept from her mother's arms into the river. And just 2 weeks ago, Customs and Border Protection confirmed that another nine migrants had died trying to cross the Rio Grande. Since last October, more than 750,000 migrants have died at our border. That does not include the ones we have not yet discovered but will eventually discover as a rancher comes across the bleached bones of a migrant who has been left behind by the heartless coyotes. Migrants are suffering every day, and we can't lose sight of the humanitarian crisis, but the migrants aren't the only victims of the border crisis. They have chosen to try to enter the United States irregularly, other than through legal means, and turn their lives over to people who care nothing for them but care only about them as a human commodity and how much money they can make smuggling them into the United States. But migration surges have a devastating impact on border communities like the border communities in my State and Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Over the last year and a half, I have visited our border communities several times and repeatedly have heard of the strain of this crisis. Nonprofits that try to assist, in a humanitarian way, the migrants lack the space or resources to care for the thousands of people entering our country every day. Local businesses try to stay afloat amid safety concerns and significant financial losses. Morgues have reached capacity due to the influx of deceased migrants. As we have discussed during a Judiciary Committee hearing last week, local health systems and emergency response services are stretched to the breaking. Last year alone, in a small town called Del Rio, TX, 15,000 Haitian migrants showed up under a bridge. Can you imagine a town of 35,000 people having to deal with trying to address the needs and treat these migrants in a humane way? Well, during the 2019 surge, Customs and Border Protection reported that it was on track to refer more than 31,000 migrants for medical treatment, compared with only 12,000 the previous year. Of course, the surge in 2019 pales in comparison to what is happening now as a result of President Biden's failed border policies. The number of migrants needing medical care today is much, much higher. The strain this places on local hospitals and public health systems not only impacts the migrants but also the American citizens who live and work in these border communities. We all remember the strain on our healthcare systems during the height of the pandemic. Hospitals inundated with COVID cases made it more difficult to get care in the event you were experiencing some other health emergency. As Brooks County Sheriff Martinez wrote in his testimony in the hearing we had last week, ambulances that ordinarily would respond to emergency calls from local citizens are now diverted to answer calls in remote areas to answer the needs of the migrants who are experiencing a health emergency, reducing the medical services available for the local residents who actually pay the taxes that support those services. The impact of this crisis on border communities in Texas is not a consideration for the Biden administration. They simply don't care--or, frankly, most of my Democratic colleagues here in the Senate. We heard from the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the senior Senator from Illinois, complaining about the terrible state of our broken immigration system and what is happening now as migrants are being bused to places all across the country, including Chicago. But he is the only one who can convene a markup of legislation. Our Democratic colleagues have a Democrat in the White House, a Democratic Speaker, and a Democratic majority leader in the U.S. Senate, yet we have not seen a single piece of legislation offered or passed to try to deal with the crisis. It is always somebody else's problem or it is just a political issue that you flail in the runup to the coming election. Migrants are arriving in someone else's backyard--what do you care?--inundating someone else's public health system along the U.S.-Texas border and filling up somebody else's morgue. Apparently, the Biden administration doesn't care. And I haven't mentioned the 108,000 Americans who have died of drug overdoses last year alone. Virtually all of those drugs, including for the 71,000 Americans who died from synthetic opioid or fentanyl overdoses, come from the southern border. The precursors come from China. They come to Mexico, where the cartels get rich shipping their poison into the United States. And then it is distributed by criminal street gangs, like the same gangs that are responsible for the dozens and dozens of shootings that seem to occur in a lot of our major cities on a weekly basis, including places like Chicago. These gangs that distribute the drugs that kill Americans fight for market share. They fight for territory. Yet our Senate Democratic colleagues who have been in the majority now--who control both the Senate, the House, and the White House--have not offered a single piece of legislation or a single response. In Texas, because of our proximity to the border, we don't have the luxury of ignoring this problem. Our communities are somehow expected to absorb and care for this vast humanitarian crisis, even though they don't have the resources to do so, even though it is the Federal Government's responsibility. International borders and immigration enforcement is a Federal responsibility. Yet the State of Texas and taxpayers in the State have spent billions of dollars to do the job that the Federal Government simply refuses to do and even then are overwhelmed. It simply is unacceptable for our Senate colleagues or our Members of the House who haven't lifted a finger to deal with these problems to say this isn't our problem because it is not happening to us. Well, that is why maybe--just maybe--the fact that migrants who are showing up in Washington, DC, in New York, and Chicago seem to be getting the attention of others who previously have not lifted a finger or expressed any concerns whatsoever. By the way, the Biden administration has been shipping and flying migrants into the interior of the United States for the last year and a half. I mean, you haven't heard a single peep. But when they start showing up in relatively small numbers compared to what is coming across the border, the Mayor of Washington, DC, declares a crisis. She asked for the activation of the National Guard. Since April, roughly 9,400 migrants have arrived in Washington, DC. I mentioned 2.3 million have showed up at the border. But now, when 9,400 migrants arrive in Washington, DC--a self-described sanctuary city--the Mayor cries out for help from the Federal Government. She declared a public health emergency. Well, I mentioned the total number, but an average of 6,000 migrants cross the southern border every day. And yet the Mayor of Washington, DC--a self-described sanctuary city--is in a panic when 9,400 come to her city. The Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector alone sees almost an average of almost 1,400 migrants a day. Over the last 5 months, DC has absorbed the same number of migrants that the Rio Grande Valley Sector sees in a single week, and the city is crying out for help. The way the Mayor really could help is to pick up the phone and call her friends in the Biden administration and say: We need to do something about what is happening at the border. That would be a constructive thing to do. We are more than happy to work with our Democratic colleagues to come up with some solutions like the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act that I introduced last year with a Democrat, a border State Senator, Senator Sinema; Tony Gonzales, a Republican from the 23rd Congressional District; and Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo, TX. We offered this bill as a bipartisan, bicameral beginning to come up with a solution. Yet we have not heard a single peep out of the Biden administration. You would think with the President's poll numbers plummeting as a result of his failure to deal with this border crisis, they would be looking for some way out, somewhere to land that plane. But they have not reached out at all. They have not responded. And Democratic leadership in the White House, House, and the Senate have taken zero action. I would just like my Democratic colleagues to pause for a moment and think about the communities in my State that have been operating at crisis levels since President Biden took office more than a year and a half ago. We are the ones and they are the ones picking up the Federal Government's slack and managing a crisis--or trying to--that our Democratic colleagues refuse to even acknowledge. My constituents and border communities in Texas and beyond are exhausting resources paid for by their tax dollars to serve their own communities--spending them on the Federal Government's responsibility. And it shouldn't be any surprise if they are exhausted; they are overwhelmed; and they are desperate for the Biden administration and the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate to do something. Maybe, just maybe, now that this crisis has caught the attention of the Mayors of Washington, DC, and New York, and Chicago--maybe the administration will pay attention to those Mayors when they have ignored this problem so far. Maybe, just maybe, they will see that what is happening along our border every day is dangerous, unsustainable, and a problem that we need to work on together to address. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4814 | null | 5,086 |
formal | single | null | homophobic | Immigration Madam President, on another matter, the migration surge at the southern border has been at a crisis level for a year and a half now. Coming from a border State with 1,200 miles of common border with Mexico, we have experienced a disproportionate impact of that humanitarian surge, as well as the drugs that have found their way into the United States as a result. This, after all, is part of a business model or plan by the cartels, which get rich smuggling people and drugs into the United States. But just in terms of the volume of migrants coming across, we have logged more than 150,000 border crossings every month for each of the last 17 consecutive months. That is unprecedented and shocking. Alarm bells used to sound when illegal border crossings topped 100,000 a month, but we haven't dipped below that level since President Biden took office. In the last year, Customs and Border Protection has logged nearly 2.3 million--2.3 million--border crossings across the southern border. Now, these records come with serious consequences for everyone involved. Our Democratic colleagues and members of the news media focus their attention on how this surge impacts the migrants themselves, and there is no question that migrants endure a brutal journey to reach our country. They typically pay thousands of dollars to travel with human traffickers--or coyotes, as they are sometimes called--who are known to rape, rob, abuse, and abandon for dead their customers. Those who survive the perilous journey to our border still face serious dangers. These are people who come not through our legal immigration process but who want to jump ahead of the line of the people who are waiting, even though we naturalize about a million people a year in the United States. In June of this year, 53 migrants, including 3 children, passed away after being locked in a tractor-trailer rig on a 100-degree day in Texas--a horrible way to die. The Washington Post described it as the ``deadliest smuggling incident of its kind in U.S. history.'' Last month, two children died attempting to cross the Rio Grande and drowned in that river attempting to make their way into the United States. One was a 5-year-old girl from Guatemala who was swept from her mother's arms into the river. And just 2 weeks ago, Customs and Border Protection confirmed that another nine migrants had died trying to cross the Rio Grande. Since last October, more than 750,000 migrants have died at our border. That does not include the ones we have not yet discovered but will eventually discover as a rancher comes across the bleached bones of a migrant who has been left behind by the heartless coyotes. Migrants are suffering every day, and we can't lose sight of the humanitarian crisis, but the migrants aren't the only victims of the border crisis. They have chosen to try to enter the United States irregularly, other than through legal means, and turn their lives over to people who care nothing for them but care only about them as a human commodity and how much money they can make smuggling them into the United States. But migration surges have a devastating impact on border communities like the border communities in my State and Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Over the last year and a half, I have visited our border communities several times and repeatedly have heard of the strain of this crisis. Nonprofits that try to assist, in a humanitarian way, the migrants lack the space or resources to care for the thousands of people entering our country every day. Local businesses try to stay afloat amid safety concerns and significant financial losses. Morgues have reached capacity due to the influx of deceased migrants. As we have discussed during a Judiciary Committee hearing last week, local health systems and emergency response services are stretched to the breaking. Last year alone, in a small town called Del Rio, TX, 15,000 Haitian migrants showed up under a bridge. Can you imagine a town of 35,000 people having to deal with trying to address the needs and treat these migrants in a humane way? Well, during the 2019 surge, Customs and Border Protection reported that it was on track to refer more than 31,000 migrants for medical treatment, compared with only 12,000 the previous year. Of course, the surge in 2019 pales in comparison to what is happening now as a result of President Biden's failed border policies. The number of migrants needing medical care today is much, much higher. The strain this places on local hospitals and public health systems not only impacts the migrants but also the American citizens who live and work in these border communities. We all remember the strain on our healthcare systems during the height of the pandemic. Hospitals inundated with COVID cases made it more difficult to get care in the event you were experiencing some other health emergency. As Brooks County Sheriff Martinez wrote in his testimony in the hearing we had last week, ambulances that ordinarily would respond to emergency calls from local citizens are now diverted to answer calls in remote areas to answer the needs of the migrants who are experiencing a health emergency, reducing the medical services available for the local residents who actually pay the taxes that support those services. The impact of this crisis on border communities in Texas is not a consideration for the Biden administration. They simply don't care--or, frankly, most of my Democratic colleagues here in the Senate. We heard from the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the senior Senator from Illinois, complaining about the terrible state of our broken immigration system and what is happening now as migrants are being bused to places all across the country, including Chicago. But he is the only one who can convene a markup of legislation. Our Democratic colleagues have a Democrat in the White House, a Democratic Speaker, and a Democratic majority leader in the U.S. Senate, yet we have not seen a single piece of legislation offered or passed to try to deal with the crisis. It is always somebody else's problem or it is just a political issue that you flail in the runup to the coming election. Migrants are arriving in someone else's backyard--what do you care?--inundating someone else's public health system along the U.S.-Texas border and filling up somebody else's morgue. Apparently, the Biden administration doesn't care. And I haven't mentioned the 108,000 Americans who have died of drug overdoses last year alone. Virtually all of those drugs, including for the 71,000 Americans who died from synthetic opioid or fentanyl overdoses, come from the southern border. The precursors come from China. They come to Mexico, where the cartels get rich shipping their poison into the United States. And then it is distributed by criminal street gangs, like the same gangs that are responsible for the dozens and dozens of shootings that seem to occur in a lot of our major cities on a weekly basis, including places like Chicago. These gangs that distribute the drugs that kill Americans fight for market share. They fight for territory. Yet our Senate Democratic colleagues who have been in the majority now--who control both the Senate, the House, and the White House--have not offered a single piece of legislation or a single response. In Texas, because of our proximity to the border, we don't have the luxury of ignoring this problem. Our communities are somehow expected to absorb and care for this vast humanitarian crisis, even though they don't have the resources to do so, even though it is the Federal Government's responsibility. International borders and immigration enforcement is a Federal responsibility. Yet the State of Texas and taxpayers in the State have spent billions of dollars to do the job that the Federal Government simply refuses to do and even then are overwhelmed. It simply is unacceptable for our Senate colleagues or our Members of the House who haven't lifted a finger to deal with these problems to say this isn't our problem because it is not happening to us. Well, that is why maybe--just maybe--the fact that migrants who are showing up in Washington, DC, in New York, and Chicago seem to be getting the attention of others who previously have not lifted a finger or expressed any concerns whatsoever. By the way, the Biden administration has been shipping and flying migrants into the interior of the United States for the last year and a half. I mean, you haven't heard a single peep. But when they start showing up in relatively small numbers compared to what is coming across the border, the Mayor of Washington, DC, declares a crisis. She asked for the activation of the National Guard. Since April, roughly 9,400 migrants have arrived in Washington, DC. I mentioned 2.3 million have showed up at the border. But now, when 9,400 migrants arrive in Washington, DC--a self-described sanctuary city--the Mayor cries out for help from the Federal Government. She declared a public health emergency. Well, I mentioned the total number, but an average of 6,000 migrants cross the southern border every day. And yet the Mayor of Washington, DC--a self-described sanctuary city--is in a panic when 9,400 come to her city. The Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector alone sees almost an average of almost 1,400 migrants a day. Over the last 5 months, DC has absorbed the same number of migrants that the Rio Grande Valley Sector sees in a single week, and the city is crying out for help. The way the Mayor really could help is to pick up the phone and call her friends in the Biden administration and say: We need to do something about what is happening at the border. That would be a constructive thing to do. We are more than happy to work with our Democratic colleagues to come up with some solutions like the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act that I introduced last year with a Democrat, a border State Senator, Senator Sinema; Tony Gonzales, a Republican from the 23rd Congressional District; and Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo, TX. We offered this bill as a bipartisan, bicameral beginning to come up with a solution. Yet we have not heard a single peep out of the Biden administration. You would think with the President's poll numbers plummeting as a result of his failure to deal with this border crisis, they would be looking for some way out, somewhere to land that plane. But they have not reached out at all. They have not responded. And Democratic leadership in the White House, House, and the Senate have taken zero action. I would just like my Democratic colleagues to pause for a moment and think about the communities in my State that have been operating at crisis levels since President Biden took office more than a year and a half ago. We are the ones and they are the ones picking up the Federal Government's slack and managing a crisis--or trying to--that our Democratic colleagues refuse to even acknowledge. My constituents and border communities in Texas and beyond are exhausting resources paid for by their tax dollars to serve their own communities--spending them on the Federal Government's responsibility. And it shouldn't be any surprise if they are exhausted; they are overwhelmed; and they are desperate for the Biden administration and the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate to do something. Maybe, just maybe, now that this crisis has caught the attention of the Mayors of Washington, DC, and New York, and Chicago--maybe the administration will pay attention to those Mayors when they have ignored this problem so far. Maybe, just maybe, they will see that what is happening along our border every day is dangerous, unsustainable, and a problem that we need to work on together to address. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4814 | null | 5,087 |
formal | Chicago | null | racist | Immigration Madam President, on another matter, the migration surge at the southern border has been at a crisis level for a year and a half now. Coming from a border State with 1,200 miles of common border with Mexico, we have experienced a disproportionate impact of that humanitarian surge, as well as the drugs that have found their way into the United States as a result. This, after all, is part of a business model or plan by the cartels, which get rich smuggling people and drugs into the United States. But just in terms of the volume of migrants coming across, we have logged more than 150,000 border crossings every month for each of the last 17 consecutive months. That is unprecedented and shocking. Alarm bells used to sound when illegal border crossings topped 100,000 a month, but we haven't dipped below that level since President Biden took office. In the last year, Customs and Border Protection has logged nearly 2.3 million--2.3 million--border crossings across the southern border. Now, these records come with serious consequences for everyone involved. Our Democratic colleagues and members of the news media focus their attention on how this surge impacts the migrants themselves, and there is no question that migrants endure a brutal journey to reach our country. They typically pay thousands of dollars to travel with human traffickers--or coyotes, as they are sometimes called--who are known to rape, rob, abuse, and abandon for dead their customers. Those who survive the perilous journey to our border still face serious dangers. These are people who come not through our legal immigration process but who want to jump ahead of the line of the people who are waiting, even though we naturalize about a million people a year in the United States. In June of this year, 53 migrants, including 3 children, passed away after being locked in a tractor-trailer rig on a 100-degree day in Texas--a horrible way to die. The Washington Post described it as the ``deadliest smuggling incident of its kind in U.S. history.'' Last month, two children died attempting to cross the Rio Grande and drowned in that river attempting to make their way into the United States. One was a 5-year-old girl from Guatemala who was swept from her mother's arms into the river. And just 2 weeks ago, Customs and Border Protection confirmed that another nine migrants had died trying to cross the Rio Grande. Since last October, more than 750,000 migrants have died at our border. That does not include the ones we have not yet discovered but will eventually discover as a rancher comes across the bleached bones of a migrant who has been left behind by the heartless coyotes. Migrants are suffering every day, and we can't lose sight of the humanitarian crisis, but the migrants aren't the only victims of the border crisis. They have chosen to try to enter the United States irregularly, other than through legal means, and turn their lives over to people who care nothing for them but care only about them as a human commodity and how much money they can make smuggling them into the United States. But migration surges have a devastating impact on border communities like the border communities in my State and Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Over the last year and a half, I have visited our border communities several times and repeatedly have heard of the strain of this crisis. Nonprofits that try to assist, in a humanitarian way, the migrants lack the space or resources to care for the thousands of people entering our country every day. Local businesses try to stay afloat amid safety concerns and significant financial losses. Morgues have reached capacity due to the influx of deceased migrants. As we have discussed during a Judiciary Committee hearing last week, local health systems and emergency response services are stretched to the breaking. Last year alone, in a small town called Del Rio, TX, 15,000 Haitian migrants showed up under a bridge. Can you imagine a town of 35,000 people having to deal with trying to address the needs and treat these migrants in a humane way? Well, during the 2019 surge, Customs and Border Protection reported that it was on track to refer more than 31,000 migrants for medical treatment, compared with only 12,000 the previous year. Of course, the surge in 2019 pales in comparison to what is happening now as a result of President Biden's failed border policies. The number of migrants needing medical care today is much, much higher. The strain this places on local hospitals and public health systems not only impacts the migrants but also the American citizens who live and work in these border communities. We all remember the strain on our healthcare systems during the height of the pandemic. Hospitals inundated with COVID cases made it more difficult to get care in the event you were experiencing some other health emergency. As Brooks County Sheriff Martinez wrote in his testimony in the hearing we had last week, ambulances that ordinarily would respond to emergency calls from local citizens are now diverted to answer calls in remote areas to answer the needs of the migrants who are experiencing a health emergency, reducing the medical services available for the local residents who actually pay the taxes that support those services. The impact of this crisis on border communities in Texas is not a consideration for the Biden administration. They simply don't care--or, frankly, most of my Democratic colleagues here in the Senate. We heard from the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the senior Senator from Illinois, complaining about the terrible state of our broken immigration system and what is happening now as migrants are being bused to places all across the country, including Chicago. But he is the only one who can convene a markup of legislation. Our Democratic colleagues have a Democrat in the White House, a Democratic Speaker, and a Democratic majority leader in the U.S. Senate, yet we have not seen a single piece of legislation offered or passed to try to deal with the crisis. It is always somebody else's problem or it is just a political issue that you flail in the runup to the coming election. Migrants are arriving in someone else's backyard--what do you care?--inundating someone else's public health system along the U.S.-Texas border and filling up somebody else's morgue. Apparently, the Biden administration doesn't care. And I haven't mentioned the 108,000 Americans who have died of drug overdoses last year alone. Virtually all of those drugs, including for the 71,000 Americans who died from synthetic opioid or fentanyl overdoses, come from the southern border. The precursors come from China. They come to Mexico, where the cartels get rich shipping their poison into the United States. And then it is distributed by criminal street gangs, like the same gangs that are responsible for the dozens and dozens of shootings that seem to occur in a lot of our major cities on a weekly basis, including places like Chicago. These gangs that distribute the drugs that kill Americans fight for market share. They fight for territory. Yet our Senate Democratic colleagues who have been in the majority now--who control both the Senate, the House, and the White House--have not offered a single piece of legislation or a single response. In Texas, because of our proximity to the border, we don't have the luxury of ignoring this problem. Our communities are somehow expected to absorb and care for this vast humanitarian crisis, even though they don't have the resources to do so, even though it is the Federal Government's responsibility. International borders and immigration enforcement is a Federal responsibility. Yet the State of Texas and taxpayers in the State have spent billions of dollars to do the job that the Federal Government simply refuses to do and even then are overwhelmed. It simply is unacceptable for our Senate colleagues or our Members of the House who haven't lifted a finger to deal with these problems to say this isn't our problem because it is not happening to us. Well, that is why maybe--just maybe--the fact that migrants who are showing up in Washington, DC, in New York, and Chicago seem to be getting the attention of others who previously have not lifted a finger or expressed any concerns whatsoever. By the way, the Biden administration has been shipping and flying migrants into the interior of the United States for the last year and a half. I mean, you haven't heard a single peep. But when they start showing up in relatively small numbers compared to what is coming across the border, the Mayor of Washington, DC, declares a crisis. She asked for the activation of the National Guard. Since April, roughly 9,400 migrants have arrived in Washington, DC. I mentioned 2.3 million have showed up at the border. But now, when 9,400 migrants arrive in Washington, DC--a self-described sanctuary city--the Mayor cries out for help from the Federal Government. She declared a public health emergency. Well, I mentioned the total number, but an average of 6,000 migrants cross the southern border every day. And yet the Mayor of Washington, DC--a self-described sanctuary city--is in a panic when 9,400 come to her city. The Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector alone sees almost an average of almost 1,400 migrants a day. Over the last 5 months, DC has absorbed the same number of migrants that the Rio Grande Valley Sector sees in a single week, and the city is crying out for help. The way the Mayor really could help is to pick up the phone and call her friends in the Biden administration and say: We need to do something about what is happening at the border. That would be a constructive thing to do. We are more than happy to work with our Democratic colleagues to come up with some solutions like the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act that I introduced last year with a Democrat, a border State Senator, Senator Sinema; Tony Gonzales, a Republican from the 23rd Congressional District; and Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo, TX. We offered this bill as a bipartisan, bicameral beginning to come up with a solution. Yet we have not heard a single peep out of the Biden administration. You would think with the President's poll numbers plummeting as a result of his failure to deal with this border crisis, they would be looking for some way out, somewhere to land that plane. But they have not reached out at all. They have not responded. And Democratic leadership in the White House, House, and the Senate have taken zero action. I would just like my Democratic colleagues to pause for a moment and think about the communities in my State that have been operating at crisis levels since President Biden took office more than a year and a half ago. We are the ones and they are the ones picking up the Federal Government's slack and managing a crisis--or trying to--that our Democratic colleagues refuse to even acknowledge. My constituents and border communities in Texas and beyond are exhausting resources paid for by their tax dollars to serve their own communities--spending them on the Federal Government's responsibility. And it shouldn't be any surprise if they are exhausted; they are overwhelmed; and they are desperate for the Biden administration and the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate to do something. Maybe, just maybe, now that this crisis has caught the attention of the Mayors of Washington, DC, and New York, and Chicago--maybe the administration will pay attention to those Mayors when they have ignored this problem so far. Maybe, just maybe, they will see that what is happening along our border every day is dangerous, unsustainable, and a problem that we need to work on together to address. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4814 | null | 5,088 |
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-5020. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5021. A communication from the Senior Official performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations, and Environment), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Cleanup: Schedule, Status, and Cost Estimates; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5022. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of sixteen (16) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of major general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5023. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 14064 with respect to certain property of Da Afghanistan Bank; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5024. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13848 with respect to the threat of foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in United States elections; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5025. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 14014 with respect to the situation in and in relation to Burma; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5026. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 14046 with respect to Ethiopia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5027. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13224 with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5028. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13566 with respect to Libya; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5029. A communication from the Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2020 Annual Report of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC); to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5030. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Whistleblower Program Rules'' (RIN3235-AN03) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5031. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pay Versus Performance'' (RIN3235-AL00) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5032. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Ceiling Fans'' (RIN1904-AC11) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5033. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines; New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Internal Combustion Engines; Court Vacatur'' ((RIN2060-AV76) (FRL No. 5300.3-01-OAR)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5034. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the General SIP and Incorporation by Reference Provisions'' (FRL No. 9085-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5035. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Florida; Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills'' (FRL No. 9092-02-R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5036. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request; Nogales PM2.5 Planning Area; Arizona'' (FRL No. 9503-02-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5037. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota; Revised Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Provisions'' (FRL No. 9649-02-R5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5038. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Kentucky; Removal of Excess Emissions Provisions'' (FRL No. 9912-02-R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5039. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Alternative RIN Retirement Schedule for Small Refineries'' ((RIN2060- AV72) (FRL No. 9821-02-OAR)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5040. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plans; Arizona; Revised Format for Materials Incorporated by Reference; Correcting Amendment'' (FRL No. 9602-02-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5041. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Finding of Failure to Submit Regional Haze State Implementation Plans for the Second Planning Period'' (FRL No. 9731-01-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5042. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; OR; Oakridge PM2.5 Redesignation to Attainment and Maintenance Plan'' (FRL No. 9488-02-R10) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5043. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; OR; Oakridge PM10 Redesignation to Attainment and Maintenance Plan'' (FRL No. 9489-02-R10) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5044. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Partial Disapproval and Partial Approval; Pennsylvania; Attainment Plan for the Indiana, Pennsylvania Nonattainment Area for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 9607-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5045. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Construction Permit Exemptions'' (FRL No. 9838-02-R7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5046. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Partial Disapproval; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Reasonably Available Control Technology Regulations for the 1997 and 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10115-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5047. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Expedited Approval of Alternative Test Procedures for the analysis of Contaminants under the Safe Drinking Water Act; Analysis and Sampling Procedures'' (FRL No. 9834- 01-OW) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5048. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; General Conformity Rescission'' (FRL No. 9906-02-R7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5049. A communication from the Wildlife Biologist, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska; Harvest Regulations for Migratory Birds in Alaska During the 2022 Season'' (RIN1018-BF65) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5050. A communication from the Branch of Administrative Support Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing Adiantum vivesii From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants'' (RIN1018-BE41) received during adjournment of the Senate in the office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5051. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.82 Rev 5, `Water Sources for Long-Term Recirculation Cooling Following a Loss-of-Coolant Accident' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5052. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Guide (RG) 8.34 Rev 1, `Monitoring Criteria and Methods to Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5053. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Technical Cybersecurity Support Plan for Public Water Systems''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5054. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) Report to Congress - Study on Intractable Public Water Systems Serving Fewer Than 1,000 People: Compliance with National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, Barriers, and Case Studies''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5055. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Fifth Report to Congress: Highlights of the DERA Program''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4820-4 | null | 5,089 |
formal | terrorism | null | Islamophobic | The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5020. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of an officer authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5021. A communication from the Senior Official performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations, and Environment), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Cleanup: Schedule, Status, and Cost Estimates; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5022. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting the report of sixteen (16) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the grade of major general in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5023. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 14064 with respect to certain property of Da Afghanistan Bank; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5024. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13848 with respect to the threat of foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in United States elections; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5025. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 14014 with respect to the situation in and in relation to Burma; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5026. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 14046 with respect to Ethiopia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5027. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13224 with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5028. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13566 with respect to Libya; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5029. A communication from the Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2020 Annual Report of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC); to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5030. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Whistleblower Program Rules'' (RIN3235-AN03) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5031. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Pay Versus Performance'' (RIN3235-AL00) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5032. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Ceiling Fans'' (RIN1904-AC11) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5033. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines; New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Internal Combustion Engines; Court Vacatur'' ((RIN2060-AV76) (FRL No. 5300.3-01-OAR)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5034. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the General SIP and Incorporation by Reference Provisions'' (FRL No. 9085-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5035. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Florida; Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills'' (FRL No. 9092-02-R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5036. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request; Nogales PM2.5 Planning Area; Arizona'' (FRL No. 9503-02-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5037. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota; Revised Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Provisions'' (FRL No. 9649-02-R5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5038. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Kentucky; Removal of Excess Emissions Provisions'' (FRL No. 9912-02-R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5039. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Alternative RIN Retirement Schedule for Small Refineries'' ((RIN2060- AV72) (FRL No. 9821-02-OAR)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5040. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plans; Arizona; Revised Format for Materials Incorporated by Reference; Correcting Amendment'' (FRL No. 9602-02-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5041. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Finding of Failure to Submit Regional Haze State Implementation Plans for the Second Planning Period'' (FRL No. 9731-01-OAR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5042. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; OR; Oakridge PM2.5 Redesignation to Attainment and Maintenance Plan'' (FRL No. 9488-02-R10) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5043. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; OR; Oakridge PM10 Redesignation to Attainment and Maintenance Plan'' (FRL No. 9489-02-R10) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5044. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Partial Disapproval and Partial Approval; Pennsylvania; Attainment Plan for the Indiana, Pennsylvania Nonattainment Area for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 9607-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5045. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Construction Permit Exemptions'' (FRL No. 9838-02-R7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5046. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Partial Disapproval; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Reasonably Available Control Technology Regulations for the 1997 and 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10115-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5047. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Expedited Approval of Alternative Test Procedures for the analysis of Contaminants under the Safe Drinking Water Act; Analysis and Sampling Procedures'' (FRL No. 9834- 01-OW) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5048. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Missouri; General Conformity Rescission'' (FRL No. 9906-02-R7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 16, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5049. A communication from the Wildlife Biologist, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska; Harvest Regulations for Migratory Birds in Alaska During the 2022 Season'' (RIN1018-BF65) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5050. A communication from the Branch of Administrative Support Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing Adiantum vivesii From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants'' (RIN1018-BE41) received during adjournment of the Senate in the office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5051. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.82 Rev 5, `Water Sources for Long-Term Recirculation Cooling Following a Loss-of-Coolant Accident' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 9, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5052. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulatory Guide (RG) 8.34 Rev 1, `Monitoring Criteria and Methods to Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5053. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Technical Cybersecurity Support Plan for Public Water Systems''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5054. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) Report to Congress - Study on Intractable Public Water Systems Serving Fewer Than 1,000 People: Compliance with National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, Barriers, and Case Studies''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5055. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Fifth Report to Congress: Highlights of the DERA Program''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4820-4 | null | 5,090 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | By Mr. PADILLA: S. 4879. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to permit credit unions to serve certain underserved areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | 2020-01-06 | The RECORDER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4823-2 | null | 5,091 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | By Mr. PADILLA: S. 4879. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to permit credit unions to serve certain underserved areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | 2020-01-06 | The RECORDER | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4823 | null | 5,092 |
formal | religious freedom | null | homophobic | Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Booker) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: S. Res. 773 Whereas, on September 15, 2020, the United States, Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain signed the historic Abraham Accords; Whereas, on December 22, 2020, Morocco signed the Abraham Accords; Whereas, on January 6, 2021, Sudan signed the Abraham Accords; Whereas the Abraham Accords created formal diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco increasing the number of Arab states with formal diplomatic ties with Israel to six; Whereas the Abraham Accords marked the first instance of normalized relations between Israel and Arab countries in more than two decades; Whereas the leadership and success of prior normalization agreements between Israel and Egypt in 1979 and between Israel and Jordan in 1994 paved the way for creating formal diplomatic ties with other Arab and Muslim-majority countries; Whereas the Abraham Accords have reduced the likelihood of armed conflict, improved ties between Israel and neighboring countries, and advanced the cause of achieving lasting peace in the Middle East, including through a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that ensures mutual recognition and guarantees that Israelis and Palestinians live side-by-side with freedom, security, and prosperity; Whereas the Abraham Accords provide an opportunity to make tangible improvements in the lives of Palestinians, including increased multilateral investment in the Palestinian economy among signatory countries of the Abraham Accords; Whereas continued political, economic, and security cooperation between the United States, Israel, and Arab states remains vital to the prosperity and security of the Middle East; Whereas the relationship between the United States and Israel is rooted in shared values and interests; Whereas the Abraham Accords demonstrably have advanced religious freedom in the Middle East, including through interfaith and intercultural dialogue between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain; Whereas new opportunities for multilateral cooperation generated by the Abraham Accords may improve the ability of the United States to meet nascent threats and emerging challenges; Whereas the Embassy of Israel in Abu Dhabi was opened on January 24, 2021, and the United Arab Emirates became the first Gulf country to open an embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 30, 2021; Whereas Israel opened a resident embassy in Manama, Bahrain, in September 2021, and the first ambassador to Israel from Bahrain assumed his post in August 2021; Whereas the Foreign Ministers of Israel, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and the United States convened at the Negev Summit in Sde Boker, Israel, resulting in the establishment of the Negev Forum and six working groups tasked with furthering multilateral cooperation in the areas of energy, education and coexistence, food and water security, health, regional security, and tourism; Whereas the Abraham Accords have catalyzed increases in trade, tourism, and investment in the Middle East, benefitting the people of those countries; Whereas, at the 2022 World Economic Forum, the Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates indicated that bilateral trade with Israel has surpassed $2,500,000,000 since the signing of the Abraham Accords; Whereas, on May 31, 2022, Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a comprehensive free-trade agreement to cover 96 percent of bilateral trade, amounting to approximately $1,000,000,000; Whereas trade between the United Arab Emirates and Israel is expected to surpass $10,000,000,000 within 5 years, economic conditions that were made possible by the Abraham Accords; Whereas trade between Israel and Bahrain increased to $1,200,000 in May 2022, up from $0 in May 2021; Whereas trade between Israel and Morocco increased to $3,100,000 in May 2022, an increase of 94 percent since May 2021; Whereas the Abraham Accords have facilitated direct commercial airline flights, improving people-to-people ties in spite of obstacles created by the COVID-19 pandemic; Whereas, on July 14, 2022, the United States and Israel signed the Jerusalem U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration, which calls for a deepening and broadening of the Abraham Accords; and Whereas destabilizing developments in the Middle East continue to demonstrate the importance of the Abraham Accords: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) commemorates the second anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords; (2) reaffirms the enduring and ironclad alliance between the United States and Israel; (3) believes that the United States should-- (A) prioritize the expansion and strengthening of the Abraham Accords to encourage other countries to normalize relations with Israel and ensure that existing agreements reap tangible security and economic benefits for the citizens of those countries; (B) with other signatory countries of the Abraham Accords, promote and develop new areas of regional collaboration including maritime security, defense cooperation, clean energy initiatives, water security initiatives, and direct flights; and (C) build on the Abraham Accords to help advance prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, make tangible improvements in the lives of the Palestinian people, and make progress toward a negotiated solution that ensures mutual recognition; (4) supports efforts to increase security and prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa via continued security and defense cooperation in furtherance of the Abraham Accords; (5) encourages the expansion of the Abraham Accords to include countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel, and urges the President to take the necessary steps to secure comparable agreements with other Arab and Muslim- majority countries; and (6) supports opportunities to expand economic ties between the United States, Israel, and Arab states through comprehensive economic partnerships and other trade initiatives. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-19-pt1-PgS4825 | null | 5,093 |
formal | welfare | null | racist | The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: God our Savior, break into our world which is rife with bad news, and make known the redeeming proclamation of Your love for us and Your plans for our good and not our harm. Preserve the welfare of countries and communities around the world from the disasters threatening them. Particularly on this day, we pray for the people of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean as once again they battle the devastation inflicted on them by damaging winds and raging seas. Grant us redemption from all that seeks to distance us from Your love and distract us from faith in You. Restore our relationship with You that by Your mercy, we would all be welcomed once again into Your embrace. Lord, You are the ruler of the universe. We appeal to You this day that Your saving hand would hold and protect Your people. Renewed in Your name, we pray. Amen. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | House | CREC-2022-09-20-pt1-PgH7977-3 | null | 5,094 |
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. 2490) to establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. | 2020-01-06 | The SPEAKER pro tempore | House | CREC-2022-09-20-pt1-PgH7992 | null | 5,095 |
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-5255. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; General Conformity Rescission [EPA-R07-OAR-2022- 0482; FRL-9906-02-R7] received August 17, 2022, 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-5256. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Construction Permit Exemptions [EPA-R07-OAR-2022- 0422; FRL-9838-02-R7] received August 17, 2022, 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-5257. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Partial Disapproval and Partial Approval; Pennsylvania; Attainment Plan for the Indiana, Pennsylvania Nonattainment Area for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard [EPA-R03-OAR-2017-0615; FRL-9607-02-R3] received August 17, 2022, 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-5258. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; OR; Oakridge PM10 Redesignation to Attainment and Maintenance Plan [EPA-R10-OAR-2022-0125 FRL-9489-02-R10] received August 17, 2022, 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-5259. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; OR; Oakridge PM2.5 Redesignation to Attainment and Maintenance Plan [EPA-R10-OAR-2022-0124 FRL-9488-02-R10] received August 17, 2022, 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-5260. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Thymol; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0520; FRL-10188-01-OCSPP] received September 2, 2022, 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-5261. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final action -- Florida: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions [EPA-R04- RCRA-2022-0259; FRL-10134-02-R4] received September 2, 2022, 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-5262. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- IN-11645: Oxirane, 2-(phenoxymethyl)-- , polymer with oxirane, monobutyl ether, block. Tolerance Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0390; FRL-10122-01- OCSPP] received September 2, 2022, 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-5263. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- IN-11470: Styrene, Copolymers With Acrylic Acid and/or Methacrylic Acid, With None and/or One or More Monomers or Polymers; Tolerance Exemption Amendment [EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0183; FRL-10099-01-OCSPP] received September 2, 2022, 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-5264. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Utah; Revisions to Utah Administrative Code: Environmental Quality; Title R307; Air Quality [EPA-R08-OAR-2022-0186; FRL-9930-02-R8] received September 2, 2022, 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-5265. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Iowa; State Implementation Plan and State Operating Permits Program [EPA- R07-OAR-2022-0483 FRL-9913-02-R7] received September 2, 2022, 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-5266. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Pesticides; Expansion of Crop Grouping Program VI [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0766; FRL-5031-13-OCSPP] (RIN: 2070-AJ28) received September 2, 2022, 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-5267. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Department Notification Number: DDTC 22-008, pursuant to Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5268. A letter from the Branch of Administrative Support Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing Adiantum vivesii From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants [Docket No.: FWS-R4-ES-2020-0125; FF09E22000 FXES1113090FEDR 223] (RIN: 1018-BE41) received September 9, 2022, 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-5269. A letter from the Branch of Administrative Support Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Braken Bat Cave Meshweaver From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife [Docket No.: FWS-R2-ES-2021-0054; FF09E22000 FXES1113090FEDR 223] (RIN: 1018-BE43) received September 9, 2022, 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-5270. A letter from the Branch Chief, Legal Processing Division, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's Major final rule -- Requirements Related to Surprise Billing [TD 9965] (RIN: 1545-BQ01; 1545-BQ02] received September 6, 2022, 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-2022-09-20-pt1-PgH8008-3 | null | 5,096 |
formal | working families | null | racist | Inflation Mr. President, now on another matter, Washington Democrats' runaway inflation has caused a nationwide crisis. It has put working families and small businesses in a bind from coast to coast. Since President Biden took office, inflation has shot up a staggering 13.2 percent. For the average American household, this translates to hundreds and hundreds of extra dollars every month, working overtime just to barely--barely--tread water. In my home State of Kentucky, for example, the Democrats' inflation has forced proud, hard-working families to ask for help putting food on the table; in some cases, for the first time in their lives. The director of the Jessamine County Food Pantry in Nicholasville says: Our numbers here are going up like crazy. . . . We have problems actually getting food now. We're actually not giving away as much as we were just a couple months ago because I can't find it, and I can't afford it sometimes when I can find it. And, of course, these challenges aren't limited to the Commonwealth. In Clifton, CO, the director of one local food bank reports that she had served 1,000 more families in the first half of this year than in the first half of last year. Here is her quote: They cannot short their rent bill, but they can short their grocery bill. And so they come here so I can fill the gap. In coastal Georgia, the director of a network of food banks says distribution at her facilities had increased 38 percent from July to August. Meeting the increased demand has meant stomaching steep spikes in meat and dairy prices. In Concord, NH, the director of the Friendly Kitchen says no one is ever turned away, but more and more people keep showing up for dinner. I'm nervous it's going to get worse. I think it's going to get worse before it gets better. Washington Democrats' inflation is absolutely hammering States like Colorado, Georgia, and New Hampshire. And Senate Republicans--we tried to stop it. We warned against inflation. We tried to block their $2 trillion inflationary bill. We offered amendments. But all three of those States have two Senators who both voted in lockstep on party lines to ram through trillions--trillions--of dollars. One hundred percent of the U.S. Senators from those States voted to bring this on. This is what happens when Washington Democrats put their own priorities ahead of our people. I suggest the absence of a quorum. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-20-pt1-PgS4830 | null | 5,097 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Nomination of Florence Y. Pan Mr. President, in other matters, today, the Senate will vote to confirm our sixth circuit court judge in the month of September--Judge Florence Pan--to sit on the all-important DC Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed, Judge Pan will make history as the first Taiwanese American ever to serve on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, joining in the proud company of so many other Biden nominees who have expanded the diversity and experience of the Federal bench. As we all know, the DC Circuit Court is the second-most important Federal court in the country after the Supreme Court. Before this court comes disputes that involve Congress and much of the Federal Government, so many of its decisions involve constitutional or administrative law. It goes without saying that nominees to this court must be individuals of the highest caliber. They need to be experienced, balanced, and above all, committed to the rule of law. That is exactly what we have in Judge Pan. She has had over a decade of experience as a judge in the District of Columbia and has seen practically every legal dispute under the Sun. She is already well-known to this Chamber, having been confirmed as a district judge with 68 votes. She should be similarly confirmed with bipartisan support. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-20-pt1-PgS4831-2 | null | 5,098 |
formal | the Fed | null | antisemitic | Puerto Rico Mr. President, last, but certainty not least: Puerto Rico. As our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico continue to feel the wrath of Hurricane Fiona, we continue to monitor the situation here in Congress. Over the weekend, President Biden issued an emergency disaster declaration for Puerto Rico with 75 percent of the costs of emergency medical care, disaster response, and food distribution to be covered by the Federal Government. Yesterday, I got on the phone with the FEMA Administrator and urged FEMA to approve Puerto Rico's request to increase that figure to 100 percent and to stand ready to approve a major disaster declaration request to unlock not just response money but funding needed to recover and rebuild. On the call were my colleagues Representatives Velazquez and Espaillat, and I echoed the calls from my colleagues to ensure maximum flexibility for those applying for FEMA assistance and to get Federal funding out of the door ASAP. Puerto Rico desperately needs it. Later this morning, I will join with the Hispanic Federation and a number of my colleagues to talk about additional steps we are calling on the Federal Government to take, including steps to strengthen Puerto Rico's electric grid. The electric grid is almost 50 years out-of-date. It is particularly susceptible to hurricanes. It hasn't even been repaired since the damage Hurricane Maria, 5 years ago, put upon it. Yet, we have given lots of Federal money for the reestablishment or the rebuilding of the grid, and very little has happened. So we need to focus on that issue as well as others. Five years to the day after the arrival of Maria, Puerto Rico needs help to recover from Fiona. We need to make sure, this time, Puerto Rico has absolutely everything it needs as soon as possible for as long as they need it. I yield the floor. | 2020-01-06 | Unknown | Senate | CREC-2022-09-20-pt1-PgS4831-3 | null | 5,099 |
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