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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-5534. A letter from the Acting Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements (RIN: 1506-AB49) received October 4, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5535. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Lysate of Willaertia magna C2c Maky; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0422; FRL-9994-01-OCSPP] received October 7, 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-5536. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; TN; Updates to References to Appendix W Modeling Guideline [EPA-R04-OAR-2021-0569; FRL-10136-02-R4] received October 7, 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-5537. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; Revisions to Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Rules [EPA-R4-OAR-2022-0226; FRL-10161-02-R4] received October 7, 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-5538. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Siloxanes and Silicones, di-Me hydrogen; Tolerance Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP- 2022-0507; FRL-10196-01-OCSPP] received October 7, 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-5539. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Dimethyl Sulfoxide; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP- 2021-0774; FRL-10239-01-OCSPP] received October 7, 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-5540. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-569, ``State Small Business Credit Initiative Venture Capital Program Grant-Making Establishment Temporary Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5541. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-570, ``Anti- SLAPP Temporary Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5542. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-572, ``Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5543. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-573, ``Performing Arts Promotion Tax Rebate Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93- 198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5544. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-574, ``2662 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast Tax Sale Certificate Temporary Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5545. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-586, ``Short- Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Temporary Clarification Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5546. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-575, ``Notice Requirements for Evictions for Nonpayment of Rent Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5547. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-576, ``Back- to-School Safely Temporary Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5548. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-577, ``DCPS Digital Equity Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5549. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-578, ``Omnibus Barry Farm Redevelopment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5550. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-579, ``Non- Public Student Educational Continuity Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5551. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-580, ``Credit for Reinsurance Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5552. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-581, ``Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion Clarification Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5553. A letter from the Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting D.C. Act 24-571, ``Children's National Hospital Research and Innovation Campus Equitable Tax Relief Temporary Amendment Act of 2022'', pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5554. A letter from the Chair, National Transportation Safety Board, transmitting the Board's annual submission regarding agency compliance with the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act and revised Office of Management and Budget Circular A-123; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5555. A letter from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Beaver Island Fireworks, Saint James Harbor, Lake Michigan, MI [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0364] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5556. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Special Local Regulation; East River 4th of July Fireworks, New York, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0186] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5557. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, FL [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0171] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5558. A letter from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Red Bull Flugtag, Milwaukee, WI [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0352] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5559. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; International Special Operations Exercise, Seddon Channel, Tampa, FL [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0245] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5560. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Swim for Alligator Lighthouse, Islamorada, FL [Docket No.: USCG-2022- 0650] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5561. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Apra Outer Harbor, Naval Base Guam [Docket No.: USCG-2020-0458] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5562. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Yaquina Bay, Newport, OR [Docket No.: USCG-2022- 0373] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5563. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0544] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5564. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Parade, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0372] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5565. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0504] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received September 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-5566. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Saint Simons Sound, GA [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0062] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received September 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-5567. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Savannah River 4th of July Fireworks Show, Savannah, GA [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0138] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-10-21-pt1-PgH8407-2	null	5,200
formal	Federal Reserve	null	antisemitic	Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-5603. A letter from the Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter authorizing five officers to wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777(b)(3)(B); Public Law 104-106, Sec. 503(a)(1) (as added by Public Law 108-136, Sec. 509(a)(3)); (117 Stat. 1458); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5604. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's report on the Availability of Credit to Small Businesses, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 252(a)(1); Public Law 104-208, Sec. 2227(a)(1); (110 Stat. 3009-417); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5605. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's Major final priorities -- Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions-School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2021-OESE-0122] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5606. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final priorities -- Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions-Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2022-OESE-0094] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5607. A letter from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a notification of an action on nomination and a discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105- 277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5608. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior, transmitting a legislative proposal that would establish a subaccount within the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources. EC-5609. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting notification that funding under title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, will exceed $5 million for the response to the emergency declared on September 24, 2022 for the State of Florida as a result of Tropical Storm Ian beginning on September 23, 2022 and continuing, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3); Public Law 93-288, Sec. 503(b)(3) (as amended by Public Law 100-707, Sec. 107(a)); (102 Stat. 4707); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5610. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0269] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5611. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Ohio River Mile Marker 317.5 to Mile Marker 318.5, Catlettsburg, KY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0687] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5612. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Homewood Wedding Fireworks Display, Homewood, CA [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0552] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5613. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River Mile 643-652, Knoxville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0596] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5614. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fairport Harbor, Fairport, OH [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0616] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5615. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 94 to 97 Above Head of Passes, New Orleans, LA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0333] (RIN: 1625- AA87) received September 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-5616. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Grand Canal, Indian Harbour Beach, FL [Docket No.: USCG-2022- 0015] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5617. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Henderson Harbor, Henderson Harbor, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0500] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5618. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation and Safety Zone; Back River, Baltimore County, MD [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0374] (RIN: 1625-AA00, 1625-AA08) received September 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-5619. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Thunder on the Niagara Fireworks; Niagara River; North Tonawanda, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0564] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5620. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Erie Canal, Part of the New York State Canal System, in Albion, NY [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0465] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5621. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bayou Sara, Saraland, AL [Docket No.: USCG-2019- 0910] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5622. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mobile River, Hurricane, AL [Docket No.: USCG- 2019-0911] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5623. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0339] (RIN: 1625-AA08) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5624. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River; Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0384] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5625. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; 2022 Horsepower on the Hudson, Hudson River, Castleton, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2021-0904] (RIN: 1625- AA08) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5626. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Graduate Boat Parade, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0184] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5627. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Graduate Boat Parade, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0184] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5628. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, ME [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0525] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5629. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; KE Electric Party Firework Show; Detroit River; Detroit, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0674] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5630. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Black River, South of East Erie Avenue Bridge in Front of Black River [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0273] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5631. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Ironman Michigan, Frankfort Harbor, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022- 0595] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5632. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Steve Hemberger Wedding Fireworks, Bay Harbor, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0671] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5633. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River 255-257, Florence, AL [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0756] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5634. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lake Erie; Sandusky, OH [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0464] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5635. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Jon Cotton Wedding Fireworks, Round Island Channel, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0366] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5636. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC [Docket Number USCG-2022-0467] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5637. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0467] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5638. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, MD [Docket Number USCG-2022-0695 RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5639. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Potomac River, National Harbor, MD [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0733] (RIN: 1625-AA00] received September 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-5640. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Potomac River, Between Charles County, MD and King George County, VA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0330] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5641. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; MM. 190- 192, Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0591] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5642. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0275] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received September 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-5643. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0512] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5644. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -Safety Zone; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0568] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5645. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Military Exercise, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, WA [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0594] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5646. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Spokane Street Bridge, Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, WA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0587] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5647. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Pacific Gas and Electric Radiological Barrier Maintenance, Eureka, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0553] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5648. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 807, Barfield Bend, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0411] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5649. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Sabine River, Orange, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0190] (RIN: 1625- AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5650. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Sunset Point, San Juan Island, WA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0601] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5651. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Swim, Columbia River, Cascade Locks, OR [Docket Number USCG-2022- 0623] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5652. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Kanawha River Mile Marker 58 to Mile Marker 59, Charleston, WV [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0740] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5653. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -Regulated Navigation Area; Oregon Inlet Channel, Marc Basnight Bridge, Dare County, NC [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0466] (RIN: 1625-AA11) received September 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-5654. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0787] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received September 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-5655. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Onset Bay, Onset, MA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0778] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5656. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0638] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5657. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Firework Event, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket Number USCG-2022-0626 RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5658. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Tennessee River, Ohio River and Cumberland River; Paducah and Smithland; Kentucky [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0463] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5659. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0787] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received September 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-5660. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Shipping Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0798] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-10-28-pt1-PgH8415-8	null	5,201
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-5603. A letter from the Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter authorizing five officers to wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777(b)(3)(B); Public Law 104-106, Sec. 503(a)(1) (as added by Public Law 108-136, Sec. 509(a)(3)); (117 Stat. 1458); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5604. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's report on the Availability of Credit to Small Businesses, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 252(a)(1); Public Law 104-208, Sec. 2227(a)(1); (110 Stat. 3009-417); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5605. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's Major final priorities -- Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions-School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2021-OESE-0122] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5606. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final priorities -- Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions-Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2022-OESE-0094] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5607. A letter from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a notification of an action on nomination and a discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105- 277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5608. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior, transmitting a legislative proposal that would establish a subaccount within the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources. EC-5609. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting notification that funding under title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, will exceed $5 million for the response to the emergency declared on September 24, 2022 for the State of Florida as a result of Tropical Storm Ian beginning on September 23, 2022 and continuing, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3); Public Law 93-288, Sec. 503(b)(3) (as amended by Public Law 100-707, Sec. 107(a)); (102 Stat. 4707); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5610. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0269] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5611. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Ohio River Mile Marker 317.5 to Mile Marker 318.5, Catlettsburg, KY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0687] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5612. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Homewood Wedding Fireworks Display, Homewood, CA [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0552] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5613. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River Mile 643-652, Knoxville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0596] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5614. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fairport Harbor, Fairport, OH [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0616] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5615. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 94 to 97 Above Head of Passes, New Orleans, LA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0333] (RIN: 1625- AA87) received September 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-5616. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Grand Canal, Indian Harbour Beach, FL [Docket No.: USCG-2022- 0015] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5617. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Henderson Harbor, Henderson Harbor, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0500] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5618. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation and Safety Zone; Back River, Baltimore County, MD [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0374] (RIN: 1625-AA00, 1625-AA08) received September 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-5619. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Thunder on the Niagara Fireworks; Niagara River; North Tonawanda, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0564] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5620. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Erie Canal, Part of the New York State Canal System, in Albion, NY [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0465] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5621. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bayou Sara, Saraland, AL [Docket No.: USCG-2019- 0910] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5622. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mobile River, Hurricane, AL [Docket No.: USCG- 2019-0911] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5623. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0339] (RIN: 1625-AA08) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5624. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River; Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0384] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5625. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; 2022 Horsepower on the Hudson, Hudson River, Castleton, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2021-0904] (RIN: 1625- AA08) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5626. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Graduate Boat Parade, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0184] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5627. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Graduate Boat Parade, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0184] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5628. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, ME [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0525] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5629. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; KE Electric Party Firework Show; Detroit River; Detroit, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0674] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5630. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Black River, South of East Erie Avenue Bridge in Front of Black River [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0273] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5631. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Ironman Michigan, Frankfort Harbor, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022- 0595] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5632. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Steve Hemberger Wedding Fireworks, Bay Harbor, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0671] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5633. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River 255-257, Florence, AL [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0756] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5634. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lake Erie; Sandusky, OH [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0464] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5635. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Jon Cotton Wedding Fireworks, Round Island Channel, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0366] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5636. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC [Docket Number USCG-2022-0467] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5637. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0467] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5638. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, MD [Docket Number USCG-2022-0695 RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5639. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Potomac River, National Harbor, MD [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0733] (RIN: 1625-AA00] received September 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-5640. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Potomac River, Between Charles County, MD and King George County, VA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0330] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5641. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; MM. 190- 192, Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0591] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5642. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0275] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received September 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-5643. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0512] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5644. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -Safety Zone; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0568] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5645. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Military Exercise, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, WA [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0594] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5646. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Spokane Street Bridge, Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, WA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0587] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5647. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Pacific Gas and Electric Radiological Barrier Maintenance, Eureka, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0553] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5648. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 807, Barfield Bend, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0411] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5649. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Sabine River, Orange, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0190] (RIN: 1625- AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5650. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Sunset Point, San Juan Island, WA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0601] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5651. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Swim, Columbia River, Cascade Locks, OR [Docket Number USCG-2022- 0623] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5652. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Kanawha River Mile Marker 58 to Mile Marker 59, Charleston, WV [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0740] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5653. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -Regulated Navigation Area; Oregon Inlet Channel, Marc Basnight Bridge, Dare County, NC [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0466] (RIN: 1625-AA11) received September 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-5654. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0787] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received September 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-5655. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Onset Bay, Onset, MA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0778] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5656. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0638] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5657. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Firework Event, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket Number USCG-2022-0626 RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5658. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Tennessee River, Ohio River and Cumberland River; Paducah and Smithland; Kentucky [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0463] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5659. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0787] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received September 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-5660. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Shipping Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0798] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-10-28-pt1-PgH8415-8	null	5,202
formal	Detroit	null	racist	Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-5603. A letter from the Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter authorizing five officers to wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777(b)(3)(B); Public Law 104-106, Sec. 503(a)(1) (as added by Public Law 108-136, Sec. 509(a)(3)); (117 Stat. 1458); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5604. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's report on the Availability of Credit to Small Businesses, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 252(a)(1); Public Law 104-208, Sec. 2227(a)(1); (110 Stat. 3009-417); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5605. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's Major final priorities -- Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions-School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2021-OESE-0122] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5606. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final priorities -- Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions-Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2022-OESE-0094] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5607. A letter from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a notification of an action on nomination and a discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105- 277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5608. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior, transmitting a legislative proposal that would establish a subaccount within the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources. EC-5609. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting notification that funding under title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, will exceed $5 million for the response to the emergency declared on September 24, 2022 for the State of Florida as a result of Tropical Storm Ian beginning on September 23, 2022 and continuing, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3); Public Law 93-288, Sec. 503(b)(3) (as amended by Public Law 100-707, Sec. 107(a)); (102 Stat. 4707); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5610. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0269] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5611. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Ohio River Mile Marker 317.5 to Mile Marker 318.5, Catlettsburg, KY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0687] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5612. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Homewood Wedding Fireworks Display, Homewood, CA [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0552] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5613. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River Mile 643-652, Knoxville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0596] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5614. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fairport Harbor, Fairport, OH [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0616] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5615. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 94 to 97 Above Head of Passes, New Orleans, LA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0333] (RIN: 1625- AA87) received September 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-5616. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Grand Canal, Indian Harbour Beach, FL [Docket No.: USCG-2022- 0015] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5617. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Henderson Harbor, Henderson Harbor, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0500] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5618. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation and Safety Zone; Back River, Baltimore County, MD [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0374] (RIN: 1625-AA00, 1625-AA08) received September 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-5619. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Thunder on the Niagara Fireworks; Niagara River; North Tonawanda, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0564] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5620. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Erie Canal, Part of the New York State Canal System, in Albion, NY [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0465] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5621. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bayou Sara, Saraland, AL [Docket No.: USCG-2019- 0910] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5622. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mobile River, Hurricane, AL [Docket No.: USCG- 2019-0911] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5623. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0339] (RIN: 1625-AA08) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5624. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River; Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0384] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5625. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; 2022 Horsepower on the Hudson, Hudson River, Castleton, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2021-0904] (RIN: 1625- AA08) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5626. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Graduate Boat Parade, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0184] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5627. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Graduate Boat Parade, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0184] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5628. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, ME [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0525] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5629. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; KE Electric Party Firework Show; Detroit River; Detroit, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0674] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5630. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Black River, South of East Erie Avenue Bridge in Front of Black River [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0273] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5631. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Ironman Michigan, Frankfort Harbor, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022- 0595] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5632. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Steve Hemberger Wedding Fireworks, Bay Harbor, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0671] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5633. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River 255-257, Florence, AL [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0756] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5634. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lake Erie; Sandusky, OH [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0464] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5635. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Jon Cotton Wedding Fireworks, Round Island Channel, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0366] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5636. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC [Docket Number USCG-2022-0467] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5637. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0467] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5638. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, MD [Docket Number USCG-2022-0695 RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5639. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Potomac River, National Harbor, MD [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0733] (RIN: 1625-AA00] received September 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-5640. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Potomac River, Between Charles County, MD and King George County, VA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0330] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5641. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; MM. 190- 192, Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0591] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5642. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0275] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received September 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-5643. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0512] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5644. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -Safety Zone; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0568] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5645. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Military Exercise, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, WA [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0594] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5646. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Spokane Street Bridge, Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, WA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0587] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5647. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Pacific Gas and Electric Radiological Barrier Maintenance, Eureka, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0553] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5648. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 807, Barfield Bend, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0411] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5649. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Sabine River, Orange, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0190] (RIN: 1625- AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5650. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Sunset Point, San Juan Island, WA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0601] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5651. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Swim, Columbia River, Cascade Locks, OR [Docket Number USCG-2022- 0623] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5652. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Kanawha River Mile Marker 58 to Mile Marker 59, Charleston, WV [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0740] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5653. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -Regulated Navigation Area; Oregon Inlet Channel, Marc Basnight Bridge, Dare County, NC [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0466] (RIN: 1625-AA11) received September 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-5654. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0787] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received September 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-5655. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Onset Bay, Onset, MA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0778] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5656. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0638] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5657. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Firework Event, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket Number USCG-2022-0626 RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5658. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Tennessee River, Ohio River and Cumberland River; Paducah and Smithland; Kentucky [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0463] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5659. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0787] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received September 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-5660. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Shipping Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0798] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-10-28-pt1-PgH8415-8	null	5,203
formal	Baltimore	null	racist	Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-5603. A letter from the Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter authorizing five officers to wear the insignia of the grade of major general or brigadier general, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 777(b)(3)(B); Public Law 104-106, Sec. 503(a)(1) (as added by Public Law 108-136, Sec. 509(a)(3)); (117 Stat. 1458); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5604. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's report on the Availability of Credit to Small Businesses, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 252(a)(1); Public Law 104-208, Sec. 2227(a)(1); (110 Stat. 3009-417); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5605. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's Major final priorities -- Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions-School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2021-OESE-0122] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5606. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final priorities -- Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions-Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program [Docket ID: ED-2022-OESE-0094] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5607. A letter from the Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a notification of an action on nomination and a discontinuation of service in acting role, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105- 277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5608. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior, transmitting a legislative proposal that would establish a subaccount within the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources. EC-5609. A letter from the Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting notification that funding under title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, will exceed $5 million for the response to the emergency declared on September 24, 2022 for the State of Florida as a result of Tropical Storm Ian beginning on September 23, 2022 and continuing, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5193(b)(3); Public Law 93-288, Sec. 503(b)(3) (as amended by Public Law 100-707, Sec. 107(a)); (102 Stat. 4707); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5610. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0269] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5611. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Ohio River Mile Marker 317.5 to Mile Marker 318.5, Catlettsburg, KY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0687] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5612. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Homewood Wedding Fireworks Display, Homewood, CA [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0552] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5613. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River Mile 643-652, Knoxville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0596] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5614. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fairport Harbor, Fairport, OH [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0616] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5615. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 94 to 97 Above Head of Passes, New Orleans, LA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0333] (RIN: 1625- AA87) received September 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-5616. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Grand Canal, Indian Harbour Beach, FL [Docket No.: USCG-2022- 0015] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5617. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Henderson Harbor, Henderson Harbor, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0500] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5618. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation and Safety Zone; Back River, Baltimore County, MD [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0374] (RIN: 1625-AA00, 1625-AA08) received September 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-5619. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Thunder on the Niagara Fireworks; Niagara River; North Tonawanda, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0564] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5620. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Erie Canal, Part of the New York State Canal System, in Albion, NY [Docket No.: USCG-2022-0465] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5621. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bayou Sara, Saraland, AL [Docket No.: USCG-2019- 0910] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5622. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mobile River, Hurricane, AL [Docket No.: USCG- 2019-0911] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received September 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-5623. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0339] (RIN: 1625-AA08) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5624. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River; Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0384] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5625. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; 2022 Horsepower on the Hudson, Hudson River, Castleton, NY [Docket Number: USCG-2021-0904] (RIN: 1625- AA08) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5626. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Graduate Boat Parade, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0184] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5627. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Graduate Boat Parade, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0184] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5628. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, ME [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0525] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5629. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; KE Electric Party Firework Show; Detroit River; Detroit, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0674] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5630. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Black River, South of East Erie Avenue Bridge in Front of Black River [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0273] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5631. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Ironman Michigan, Frankfort Harbor, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022- 0595] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5632. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Steve Hemberger Wedding Fireworks, Bay Harbor, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0671] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5633. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River 255-257, Florence, AL [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0756] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5634. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lake Erie; Sandusky, OH [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0464] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5635. A letter from the Legal Tech, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Jon Cotton Wedding Fireworks, Round Island Channel, MI [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0366] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5636. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC [Docket Number USCG-2022-0467] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5637. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0467] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5638. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, MD [Docket Number USCG-2022-0695 RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5639. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Potomac River, National Harbor, MD [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0733] (RIN: 1625-AA00] received September 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-5640. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, CG-LRA, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Potomac River, Between Charles County, MD and King George County, VA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0330] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5641. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; MM. 190- 192, Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0591] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5642. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0275] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received September 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-5643. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0512] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received September 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-5644. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -Safety Zone; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0568] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5645. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Military Exercise, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, WA [Docket Number: USCG- 2022-0594] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5646. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Spokane Street Bridge, Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, WA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0587] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5647. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Pacific Gas and Electric Radiological Barrier Maintenance, Eureka, CA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0553] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5648. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 807, Barfield Bend, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0411] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5649. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Sabine River, Orange, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0190] (RIN: 1625- AA00) 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. EC-5650. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Sunset Point, San Juan Island, WA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0601] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5651. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Swim, Columbia River, Cascade Locks, OR [Docket Number USCG-2022- 0623] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5652. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Kanawha River Mile Marker 58 to Mile Marker 59, Charleston, WV [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0740] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5653. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -Regulated Navigation Area; Oregon Inlet Channel, Marc Basnight Bridge, Dare County, NC [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0466] (RIN: 1625-AA11) received September 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-5654. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0787] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received September 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-5655. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Onset Bay, Onset, MA [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0778] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5656. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0638] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5657. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Firework Event, Willamette River, Portland, OR [Docket Number USCG-2022-0626 RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5658. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Tennessee River, Ohio River and Cumberland River; Paducah and Smithland; Kentucky [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0463] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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-5659. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0787] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received September 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-5660. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Shipping Channel, Corpus Christi, TX [Docket Number: USCG-2022-0798] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 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.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-10-28-pt1-PgH8415-8	null	5,204
formal	Baltimore	null	racist	Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-5661. A letter from the Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs Office, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) (RIN: 0584-AE72) received September 29, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5662. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Multiple Texas Towns [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0775; Airspace Docket No.: 22-ASW-15] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5663. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revocation of Class E Airspace; Watersmeet, MI [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0766: Airspace Docket No.: 22-AGL-25] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5664. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-369; Bethel, AK [Docket No.: FAA-2021-1163; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AAL-38] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received September 29, 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-5665. 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-235; Atqasuk, AK [Docket No.: FAA- 2021-1100; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AAL-65] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5666. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of Class E Airspace; Dayton, OH [Docket No.: FAA-2021-1080; Airspace Docket No.: 21-AGL-33] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5667. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-382; Hooper Bay, AK [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0857; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AAL-51] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5668. 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-232; Fairbanks, AK [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0026; Airspace Docket No.: 21-AAL-68] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received September 29, 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-5669. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-370; Kenai, AK [Docket No.: FAA-2021-1194; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AAL-39] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received September 29, 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-5670. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-385; Kodiak, AK [Docket No.: FAA-2021-0860; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AAL-54] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received September 29, 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-5671. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-364; Kotzebue, AK [Docket No.: FAA-2021-1156; Airspace Docket No.: 19-AAL-28] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received September 29, 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-5672. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revocation of Class E Airspace; Coalgate, OK [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0715; Airspace Docket No.: 22-ASW-13] (RIN: 2120-AA66] received September 29, 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-5673. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Coldwater and Sturgis, MI [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0758; Airspace Docket No.: 22-AGL-24] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5674. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Mansfield, OH [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0714; Airspace Docket No.: 22-AGL-23] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5675. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Alma, GA [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0568; Airspace Docket No.: 22- ASO-12] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5676. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D Airspace, and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Fort Pierce, FL [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0668; Airspace Docket No.: 22-ASO-13] (RIN: 2120- AA66) received September 29, 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-5677. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revocation of Class E Airspace; Brownsville, PA [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0661; Airspace Docket No.: 22-AEA-10] (RIN: 2120-AA66] received September 29, 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-5678. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Baltimore, MD [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0545; Airspace Docket No.: 22-AEA-9] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received September 29, 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-5679. A letter from the Branch Chief, Legal Processing Division, Publications and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Revenue Procedure: Examination of returns and claims for refund, credit, or abatement; determination of tax liability (Rev. Proc. 2022-36) received September 29, 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. EC-5680. A letter from the Branch Chief, Legal Processing Division, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Updated Lists of Jurisdictions Under Deposit Interest Rules (Rev. Proc. 2022-35) received September 29, 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-2022-10-31-pt1-PgH8421-7	null	5,205
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2159) to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, as the ``Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic'', and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Mr. TAKANO	House	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgH8444-2	null	5,206
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered, or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule XX. The House will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgH8444	null	5,207
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5481) to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Forest City, North Carolina, as the ``Corporal Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic'', as amended.	2020-01-06	Mr. TAKANO	House	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgH8446	null	5,208
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6722) to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as the ``Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic''.	2020-01-06	Mr. TAKANO	House	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgH8447	null	5,209
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7903) to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Canton, Michigan, as the ``Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic,'' as amended.	2020-01-06	Mr. TAKANO	House	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgH8452	null	5,210
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 gentleman from Indiana, the whole number of the House is 433.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER	House	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgH8490-3	null	5,211
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER. 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. 5441) to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER	House	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgH8490-4	null	5,212
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-5850. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation [Docket ID: DoD-2020-OS-0094] (RIN: 0790-AL17) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5851. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Department of State Rescission of Determination Regarding Sudan (DFARS Case 2021-D027) [Docket: DARS-2021-0019] (RIN: 0750-AL46] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5852. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (DFARS Case 2021-D030) [Docket: DARS-2022-0022] (RIN: 0750-AL52) received October 14, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5853. A letter from the Senior Congressional Liaison, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, transmitting the Bureau's advisory opinion -- Fair Credit Reporting; Facially False Data received October 21, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5854. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation [Release Nos.: 33-11126; 34-96159; IC- 31732; File No. S7-12-15] (RIN: 3235-AK99) November 3, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5855. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements [Release Nos.: 33-11125; 34-96158; IC- 34731; File No. S7-09-20] (RIN: 3235-AM52) received November 3, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5856. A letter from the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's Major final rule -- Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies; Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers [Release Nos.: 33-11131; 34-96206; IC-34745; File No.: S7-11- 21] (RIN: 3235-AK67) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5857. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Office of Secondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final regulations -- Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended; Student Assistance General Provisions; Federal Perkins Loan Program; Federal Family Education Loan Program; and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program [Docket ID: ED-2021-OPE-0077] (RIN: 1840-AD53; 1840-AD59; 1840-AD70; 1840-AD71) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5858. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits received October 4, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5859. A letter from the Assistant General Counsel of Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's final rule -- Change of Address; Technical Amendments (RIN: 1212-AB55) received October 14, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5860. A letter from the Attorney for Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting the Commission's direct final rule -- Safety Standard for Infant Bath Tubs [Docket No.: CPSC- 2015-0019] received October 4, 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-5861. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's regulatory guide -- Guide for Assessing, Monitoring, and Mitigating Aging Effects on Electrical Equipment Used in Production and Utilization Facilities [Regulatory Guide 1.248, Revision 0] received October 7, 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-5862. A letter from the Chief, Direct Investment Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Direct Investment Surveys: BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States [Docket No.: 220922-0196] (RIN: 0691-AA93] received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5863. A letter from the Chief, Direct Investment Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Direct Investment Surveys: BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States [Docket No.: 220923-0197] (RIN: 0691-AA92) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5864. A letter from the Chief, Balance of Payments Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- International Services Surveys: Renewal of and Changes to BE- 120 Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property With Foreign Persons, and Clarifying When BE-140 and BE-180 Benchmark Surveys Are Conducted [Docket No.: 220901-0181] (RIN: 0691-AA91) received October 14, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5865. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment [Docket ID: DOD-2016-OS-0045] (RIN: 0790-AL50) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5866. A letter from the Senior Wildlife Inspector, Office of Law, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Civil Penalties; 2022 Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties [Docket No.: FWS-HQ-LE-2022-0004; FF09L00200-FX-LE12200900000] (RIN: 1018-BF67) received October 4, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5867. A letter from the Division Chief, Regulatory Development, Federal motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations [Docket No.: FMCSA-2022-0149] (RIN: 2126-AC47) received October 14, 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-5868. A letter from the Director, Regulations and Disclosure Law Division, U.S. Customs and Border Control, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Elimination of Customs Broker District Permit Fee [USCBP-2020-0010] (RIN: 1515-AE43) received October 21, 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. EC-5869. A letter from the Director, Regulations and Disclosure Law Division, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Modernization of the Customs Broker Regulations [USCBP-2020-0009] (RIN: 1651-AB16) received October 21, 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. EC-5870. A letter from the Federal Register Liaison Officer, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's temporary rule -- Implementation of Refund Procedures for Craft Beverage Modernization Act Federal Excise Tax Benefits Applicable to Imported Alcohol [Docket No.: TTB-2022-0009; T.D. TTB-186; Re: Notice No.: 186] (RIN: 1513-AC89) received October 4, 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. EC-5871. A letter from the Branch Chief, Publications and Regulations, Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Extension of plan amendment deadlines relating to CARES Act Section 2202 and Relief Act Section 302 [Notice 2022-45] received October 4, 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. EC-5872. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Extension of section 42 relief in Notice 2022-5 [Notice 2022-52] received October 25, 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. EC-5873. A letter from the Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating [CMS-1772-FC; CMS-1774-F; CMS-3419-F; CMS-5531-F; CMS-9912-F] (RIN: 0938-AU82] received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgH8492-5	null	5,213
formal	MAGA	null	white supremacist	Midterm Elections and the 117th Congress Now, Madam President, let me be the first to welcome you and all my colleagues back to the U.S. Senate. There is a lot to do, a lot to say, and I am glad to be back here on the floor with my colleagues to continue serving the American people. I want to thank the voters of New York, who have elected me for a fifth term--the first Senator ever from New York to have five terms--and I promise the people of New York that I will serve you as diligently and work just as hard for you as I have in the previous years. So thank you for the faith that you have shown in me. And, Madam President, last Tuesday, Americans made their voices heard in one of the most remarkable midterm elections in modern history. With our democracy at stake, with our fundamental liberties on the line, and with a clear choice between moving America forward or holding it back, the American people spoke loud and clear. Democrats will retain the majority in the Senate, and House Democrats, under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, defied precedent and remain within striking distance of defending their majority as well. The election was a great win for the Democratic Party but, more importantly, a great win for the American people. And let me say this. Two things happened, Madam President, in the last 2 years. First, this Senate and this Congress passed a huge agenda, the most comprehensive agenda affecting and helping American families that has occurred in decades. Second, Democrats won the elections here in the Senate and many in the House. Those two statements are directly related. Because Democrats had a strong agenda here and did things for the American people, we won. And despite the negativity and divisiveness, the threats of violence and even the violence itself that occurred with MAGA Republicanism dominating the country, the American people stepped back from theprecipice and chose progress and getting things done, rather than the voices of divisiveness, nastiness, and lack of complete truth and honor. So those two things are definitely related. First, let's talk about some of the things we got done. It was an incredible, incredible 2 years. The list is a long one: the most significant bipartisan infrastructure bill in decades, making sure that millions of new, good jobs will occur--with union labor, I am proud to say--employing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people in good working jobs. We reformed the post office for the first time in a very long time. We dealt with the issue of chips that were made overseas, and now we have said to the American people: We are going to make them here, creating thousands and thousands of good-paying jobs, and we are going to not let any country--China or any other, Germany--take away that dominance. We have developed the chips here. We are going to make them here. We dealt with our veterans who were exposed to toxins from burn pits. And when the VA wouldn't help them, we said the VA must. We dealt with climate in the IRA, for the first time ever, and we will reduce the amount of carbon flowing into our atmosphere by 2030 by 40 percent. In the same bill, we took on the prescription drug companies, and we are getting a $35 price for insulin on Medicare and lowering prices of drugs for so many millions of Americans on many other drugs, starting as early as next year, with the cap of $2,000 that anyone must pay. We increased healthcare. We expanded the ACA, making healthcare less expensive for many and dealing with so many other healthcare issues, to the benefit of the American people. So it was a huge agenda, and despite what some of the pundits and prognosticators say, that is what the American people wanted. How did we win the election? Because we stuck to that agenda. And on the other side, what we saw from MAGA Republicans was, first, the Big Lie--the Big Lie--that said that the election was stolen. It was a lie, plain and simple, but MAGA Republicans, so many in this Chamber, repeated that lie over and over again. And, Madam President, if one political party or a large group of people abandon the view that the elections are on the level, that is the beginning of the end of our democracy. Not only did we see the Big Lie, but we saw nastiness, divisiveness, threats of violence, and even violence itself, not only on January 6 but often directed at the people running our elections. These are nice, hard-working people. All they want to do is do their job and make sure the votes are counted properly, and they get threatened. And what bothered the American people even more than this was the fact that too many Republican leaders either condoned the violence or even aided and abetted the threats of violence. It was outrageous, but lots of people saw right through it--and not just Democrats. Large numbers of Republicans said: This new MAGA Republican Party is not the party of Ronald Reagan, not the party of the Bushes; it is a different party, and I can't countenance it. And that is why so many of them voted for Democratic candidates who were paying attention to the specific issues--nondivisive, not incendiary, just helping people. And that is why, I believe, we won the election. So where do we go from here, Madam President? Well, I will say one more thing. The midterms are not over. Obviously, there is an election in Georgia, and once again we have the contrast. Senator Warnock is a man dedicated to service. He first served people in the ministry, and he still is the minister, the pastor, of one of the most famous and revered pulpits in the entire country, in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, the old pulpit of Martin Luther King, Jr. But he became a Senator, and that devotion to service continued. He was one of our leaders in establishing a $35 cap on insulin for tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of Georgians and millions of Americans, the elderly, who needed that insulin. And the drug companies, even though it is not a patented drug, were charging $600, $700, $800 a month. He helped with healthcare. He helped get $4 billion for Black farmers, who had been discriminated against for decades. And so I believe this election--this new election in Georgia--will be like the election that we have had last Tuesday: The candidate who is trying to help people, the candidate who is not being divisive and incendiary, will win: Raphael Warnock. Now, where should we go in the next 2 years? I hope this Chamber, for the good of the American people, will continue on its record of getting bipartisan things done. Of the six major bills we passed in June and July and early August, five were bipartisan. And our hierarchy as Democrats is to work on a bipartisan basis whenever we can, and we showed we were able to. There are times when we can't get our Republicans to join us. None of them wanted to go against Big Pharma, and we had to pass prescription drugs ourselves. None of them wanted to go against Big Oil; so we had to pass climate change by ourselves. But we got a lot of bipartisan things done. And my hope for America, for the sake of America--this is a swirling world, and people are not happy with their circumstances; they want help--is that this Senate in the next 2 years, under the leadership of this caucus, will rise to that occasion. And I say to my Democratic colleagues, let us proceed in the next 2 years by putting them first and getting things done, even if we have to compromise. We may not accomplish everything we want, but if we can get real things done, that will measure how good a Congress we can be. The guns bill that we did under Senator Murphy's leadership last summer is an example. Almost every one of us on this side of the aisle is for universal background checks. I am the author of the Brady law. I care a lot about it. We couldn't get that, but we got some significant changes. We fought the NRA, and young people--18 years old--will not automatically be able to go into a gun store and buy an assault rifle, as the horrible perpetrators of the crimes in Buffalo and Uvalde had done. And once we got this done, even though we didn't get everything we wanted, the American people were elated. They said: They finally broke the logjam and got something done. For our side, that ought to be a motto: Get it done. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. The American people want us to make their lives better and help them. Speeches won't do it. Putting down just a bill that has everything we want that fails won't do it. Getting it done will. I say to my Republican colleagues, including Leader McConnell, work with us. Work with us. We are willing to work with you to get things done, as the past Senate has shown. Let's sit down and talk about how we can come together. That is what we need to do. And I say to my Republican colleagues, embracing the MAGA way of divisiveness, nastiness, negativity, without constructive compromise--that is how Donald Trump wanted it, and some of our colleagues follow him--that will be a disaster. That will be wrong. It will be bad for America, but it will also be bad for the Republican Party because these elections have shown that the MAGA Republican way is not where the American people want to be. The election of 2016 showed it. The election of 2018 showed it. The election of 2020 showed it. And this election, more than ever, shows it because no one thought Democrats would succeed in the election because we were climbing uphill. But the combination of us actually accomplishing things and focusing on those things in our campaigns and the fact of the distaste that a majority of Americans have for the MAGA Republican way of intransigence, divisiveness, nastiness, and tossing incendiary language over the wall, is not going to succeed. So we can have a great, great 2 years if we work together, and I am urging Leader McConnell to work with us. I am urging the hopefully large group of non-MAGA Republicans on the other side to work with us so we can get things done. Now, finally, I want to thank a few people in the aftermath of this election. First, I want to thank President Biden for his leadership, for working with us on climate change to lowering costs for families on drugs, to delivering action on student debt. And, bythe way, I forgot to add that we focused on our younger generation as well. And two issues they cared about most were climate and student debt. We delivered on both. President Biden took great leadership on so many of these issues and delivered on so many. So I want to thank him for his leadership. He helped set this bold agenda that we in the Senate were proud to hone and enact. I want to welcome our two new colleagues to the Senate on our side of the aisle: Peter Welch of Vermont and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. I have had a chance to talk to them over the phone before and after their victories, and they will be excellent Senators. And I want to thank all of those who knocked on doors, who volunteered, who said: This democracy should not be left to others; I must be involved. Thank you. All of that hard work has produced a very good result, at least in my opinion, last Tuesday. So the election of 2022 is approaching the end, but our obligation to serve the American people continues. Let us move forward with the same spirit of cooperation and compromise that made the 117th Congress one of the most successful in recent history. If we do it, it will be good for Democratic Senators, it will be good for Republican Senators, but, most of all, it will be good for this grand experiment in democracy: the United States of America and its people. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6635-9	null	5,214
formal	Reagan	null	white supremacist	Midterm Elections and the 117th Congress Now, Madam President, let me be the first to welcome you and all my colleagues back to the U.S. Senate. There is a lot to do, a lot to say, and I am glad to be back here on the floor with my colleagues to continue serving the American people. I want to thank the voters of New York, who have elected me for a fifth term--the first Senator ever from New York to have five terms--and I promise the people of New York that I will serve you as diligently and work just as hard for you as I have in the previous years. So thank you for the faith that you have shown in me. And, Madam President, last Tuesday, Americans made their voices heard in one of the most remarkable midterm elections in modern history. With our democracy at stake, with our fundamental liberties on the line, and with a clear choice between moving America forward or holding it back, the American people spoke loud and clear. Democrats will retain the majority in the Senate, and House Democrats, under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, defied precedent and remain within striking distance of defending their majority as well. The election was a great win for the Democratic Party but, more importantly, a great win for the American people. And let me say this. Two things happened, Madam President, in the last 2 years. First, this Senate and this Congress passed a huge agenda, the most comprehensive agenda affecting and helping American families that has occurred in decades. Second, Democrats won the elections here in the Senate and many in the House. Those two statements are directly related. Because Democrats had a strong agenda here and did things for the American people, we won. And despite the negativity and divisiveness, the threats of violence and even the violence itself that occurred with MAGA Republicanism dominating the country, the American people stepped back from theprecipice and chose progress and getting things done, rather than the voices of divisiveness, nastiness, and lack of complete truth and honor. So those two things are definitely related. First, let's talk about some of the things we got done. It was an incredible, incredible 2 years. The list is a long one: the most significant bipartisan infrastructure bill in decades, making sure that millions of new, good jobs will occur--with union labor, I am proud to say--employing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people in good working jobs. We reformed the post office for the first time in a very long time. We dealt with the issue of chips that were made overseas, and now we have said to the American people: We are going to make them here, creating thousands and thousands of good-paying jobs, and we are going to not let any country--China or any other, Germany--take away that dominance. We have developed the chips here. We are going to make them here. We dealt with our veterans who were exposed to toxins from burn pits. And when the VA wouldn't help them, we said the VA must. We dealt with climate in the IRA, for the first time ever, and we will reduce the amount of carbon flowing into our atmosphere by 2030 by 40 percent. In the same bill, we took on the prescription drug companies, and we are getting a $35 price for insulin on Medicare and lowering prices of drugs for so many millions of Americans on many other drugs, starting as early as next year, with the cap of $2,000 that anyone must pay. We increased healthcare. We expanded the ACA, making healthcare less expensive for many and dealing with so many other healthcare issues, to the benefit of the American people. So it was a huge agenda, and despite what some of the pundits and prognosticators say, that is what the American people wanted. How did we win the election? Because we stuck to that agenda. And on the other side, what we saw from MAGA Republicans was, first, the Big Lie--the Big Lie--that said that the election was stolen. It was a lie, plain and simple, but MAGA Republicans, so many in this Chamber, repeated that lie over and over again. And, Madam President, if one political party or a large group of people abandon the view that the elections are on the level, that is the beginning of the end of our democracy. Not only did we see the Big Lie, but we saw nastiness, divisiveness, threats of violence, and even violence itself, not only on January 6 but often directed at the people running our elections. These are nice, hard-working people. All they want to do is do their job and make sure the votes are counted properly, and they get threatened. And what bothered the American people even more than this was the fact that too many Republican leaders either condoned the violence or even aided and abetted the threats of violence. It was outrageous, but lots of people saw right through it--and not just Democrats. Large numbers of Republicans said: This new MAGA Republican Party is not the party of Ronald Reagan, not the party of the Bushes; it is a different party, and I can't countenance it. And that is why so many of them voted for Democratic candidates who were paying attention to the specific issues--nondivisive, not incendiary, just helping people. And that is why, I believe, we won the election. So where do we go from here, Madam President? Well, I will say one more thing. The midterms are not over. Obviously, there is an election in Georgia, and once again we have the contrast. Senator Warnock is a man dedicated to service. He first served people in the ministry, and he still is the minister, the pastor, of one of the most famous and revered pulpits in the entire country, in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, the old pulpit of Martin Luther King, Jr. But he became a Senator, and that devotion to service continued. He was one of our leaders in establishing a $35 cap on insulin for tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of Georgians and millions of Americans, the elderly, who needed that insulin. And the drug companies, even though it is not a patented drug, were charging $600, $700, $800 a month. He helped with healthcare. He helped get $4 billion for Black farmers, who had been discriminated against for decades. And so I believe this election--this new election in Georgia--will be like the election that we have had last Tuesday: The candidate who is trying to help people, the candidate who is not being divisive and incendiary, will win: Raphael Warnock. Now, where should we go in the next 2 years? I hope this Chamber, for the good of the American people, will continue on its record of getting bipartisan things done. Of the six major bills we passed in June and July and early August, five were bipartisan. And our hierarchy as Democrats is to work on a bipartisan basis whenever we can, and we showed we were able to. There are times when we can't get our Republicans to join us. None of them wanted to go against Big Pharma, and we had to pass prescription drugs ourselves. None of them wanted to go against Big Oil; so we had to pass climate change by ourselves. But we got a lot of bipartisan things done. And my hope for America, for the sake of America--this is a swirling world, and people are not happy with their circumstances; they want help--is that this Senate in the next 2 years, under the leadership of this caucus, will rise to that occasion. And I say to my Democratic colleagues, let us proceed in the next 2 years by putting them first and getting things done, even if we have to compromise. We may not accomplish everything we want, but if we can get real things done, that will measure how good a Congress we can be. The guns bill that we did under Senator Murphy's leadership last summer is an example. Almost every one of us on this side of the aisle is for universal background checks. I am the author of the Brady law. I care a lot about it. We couldn't get that, but we got some significant changes. We fought the NRA, and young people--18 years old--will not automatically be able to go into a gun store and buy an assault rifle, as the horrible perpetrators of the crimes in Buffalo and Uvalde had done. And once we got this done, even though we didn't get everything we wanted, the American people were elated. They said: They finally broke the logjam and got something done. For our side, that ought to be a motto: Get it done. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. The American people want us to make their lives better and help them. Speeches won't do it. Putting down just a bill that has everything we want that fails won't do it. Getting it done will. I say to my Republican colleagues, including Leader McConnell, work with us. Work with us. We are willing to work with you to get things done, as the past Senate has shown. Let's sit down and talk about how we can come together. That is what we need to do. And I say to my Republican colleagues, embracing the MAGA way of divisiveness, nastiness, negativity, without constructive compromise--that is how Donald Trump wanted it, and some of our colleagues follow him--that will be a disaster. That will be wrong. It will be bad for America, but it will also be bad for the Republican Party because these elections have shown that the MAGA Republican way is not where the American people want to be. The election of 2016 showed it. The election of 2018 showed it. The election of 2020 showed it. And this election, more than ever, shows it because no one thought Democrats would succeed in the election because we were climbing uphill. But the combination of us actually accomplishing things and focusing on those things in our campaigns and the fact of the distaste that a majority of Americans have for the MAGA Republican way of intransigence, divisiveness, nastiness, and tossing incendiary language over the wall, is not going to succeed. So we can have a great, great 2 years if we work together, and I am urging Leader McConnell to work with us. I am urging the hopefully large group of non-MAGA Republicans on the other side to work with us so we can get things done. Now, finally, I want to thank a few people in the aftermath of this election. First, I want to thank President Biden for his leadership, for working with us on climate change to lowering costs for families on drugs, to delivering action on student debt. And, bythe way, I forgot to add that we focused on our younger generation as well. And two issues they cared about most were climate and student debt. We delivered on both. President Biden took great leadership on so many of these issues and delivered on so many. So I want to thank him for his leadership. He helped set this bold agenda that we in the Senate were proud to hone and enact. I want to welcome our two new colleagues to the Senate on our side of the aisle: Peter Welch of Vermont and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. I have had a chance to talk to them over the phone before and after their victories, and they will be excellent Senators. And I want to thank all of those who knocked on doors, who volunteered, who said: This democracy should not be left to others; I must be involved. Thank you. All of that hard work has produced a very good result, at least in my opinion, last Tuesday. So the election of 2022 is approaching the end, but our obligation to serve the American people continues. Let us move forward with the same spirit of cooperation and compromise that made the 117th Congress one of the most successful in recent history. If we do it, it will be good for Democratic Senators, it will be good for Republican Senators, but, most of all, it will be good for this grand experiment in democracy: the United States of America and its people. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6635-9	null	5,215
formal	single	null	homophobic	National Defense Authorization Act Madam President, while we wait for the final ballots to be tallied and runoffs to be held, there is still work to be done here in the Senate. The first item on the agenda should be the National Defense Authorization Act. To be frank, I don't know why this is still outstanding, why we haven't acted as we have, I believe, for 61 years in a row, passing a National Defense Authorization Act, given its importance to the safety and security of our Nation. Thanks to the bipartisan leadership of Senator Reed and Senator Inhofe and our colleagues on the Armed Services Committee, they completed their work in the Senate Armed Services Committee last summer, but the Defense Authorization Act has just lingered on the Senate's agenda without any action by the majority leader, the Senator from New York. Thanks to bipartisan leadership on the Senate Armed Services Committee, they have compiled a strong bill that will strengthen and modernize our national defense. But that bill was filed on July 18, last summer. In the meantime, nothing has happened here on the floor of the Senate, now 4 months later. The majority leader has so far refused to provide floor time for the Defense authorization bill. This isn't a matter of scheduling. The Senate has had plenty of time to work on the Defense bill in September, and there was certainly bipartisan appetite to get that done. But the Senate majority leader, Senator Schumer, the Senator from New York, could not be swayed. He hasn't prioritized our national defense, which I believe is the single most important duty of the Members of Congress. Given our global risks, this should be our No. 1 priority. Day after day, Russia continues its unjustified assault on Ukraine. As it tries to find friends on the global stage, it is cozying up to Iran. At the same time, the Chinese Communist Party has become increasingly hostile to the West, and its threats against the people of Taiwan are as strong as ever. North Korea has declared itself a nuclear weapons state. The global threat landscape is evolving at a pace we haven't seen in a long time. We need a strong National Defense Authorization Act that gives our commanders the predictability they need to plan and to prepare for the future and, hopefully, to deter military conflict--what Ronald Reagan called peace through strength. It is completely baffling to me that the majority leader has put the National Defense Authorization Act at the very bottom of his to-do list. Radical nominees can wait. Our national defense must be the top priority, and I hope he will put this bill on the floor soon. Senators on both sides of the aisle--as I mentioned, the Defense authorization bill is a bipartisan bill that came out of the Senate Armed Services Committee and was filed July 18, last summer, and nothing has happened on the floor of the Senate since then. There is one person who can change that, and that is the Democrat majority leader, Senator Schumer. I hope he will decide, finally, to get this bill on the floor. Once the Defense authorization bill passes the Senate, we still have to keep the lights on. We have a continuing resolution that expires December 16. We have just over a month until the current stopgap spending measure expires, and a government shutdown is the last thing our country needs. Given the fact that this is the end of Democrats' unified government, where they have majorities in the House and the Senate and the White House, I worry that our colleagues will try to weigh this down with tons of partisan freight, sweetheart deals, and earmarks. I am afraid they will include every remaining item from the far left's Christmas wish list and turn a critical funding bill into a Christmas tree. This bill should be as clean of poison pills as much as humanly possible. This is not the place to cash in on political chits; there is far too much on the line. Like all of our colleagues, I am eager to have more clarity on the makeup ofthe 118th Congress, but we have work to do before the end of the 117th Congress, and I, for one, am ready to get to work. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6640	null	5,216
formal	Reagan	null	white supremacist	National Defense Authorization Act Madam President, while we wait for the final ballots to be tallied and runoffs to be held, there is still work to be done here in the Senate. The first item on the agenda should be the National Defense Authorization Act. To be frank, I don't know why this is still outstanding, why we haven't acted as we have, I believe, for 61 years in a row, passing a National Defense Authorization Act, given its importance to the safety and security of our Nation. Thanks to the bipartisan leadership of Senator Reed and Senator Inhofe and our colleagues on the Armed Services Committee, they completed their work in the Senate Armed Services Committee last summer, but the Defense Authorization Act has just lingered on the Senate's agenda without any action by the majority leader, the Senator from New York. Thanks to bipartisan leadership on the Senate Armed Services Committee, they have compiled a strong bill that will strengthen and modernize our national defense. But that bill was filed on July 18, last summer. In the meantime, nothing has happened here on the floor of the Senate, now 4 months later. The majority leader has so far refused to provide floor time for the Defense authorization bill. This isn't a matter of scheduling. The Senate has had plenty of time to work on the Defense bill in September, and there was certainly bipartisan appetite to get that done. But the Senate majority leader, Senator Schumer, the Senator from New York, could not be swayed. He hasn't prioritized our national defense, which I believe is the single most important duty of the Members of Congress. Given our global risks, this should be our No. 1 priority. Day after day, Russia continues its unjustified assault on Ukraine. As it tries to find friends on the global stage, it is cozying up to Iran. At the same time, the Chinese Communist Party has become increasingly hostile to the West, and its threats against the people of Taiwan are as strong as ever. North Korea has declared itself a nuclear weapons state. The global threat landscape is evolving at a pace we haven't seen in a long time. We need a strong National Defense Authorization Act that gives our commanders the predictability they need to plan and to prepare for the future and, hopefully, to deter military conflict--what Ronald Reagan called peace through strength. It is completely baffling to me that the majority leader has put the National Defense Authorization Act at the very bottom of his to-do list. Radical nominees can wait. Our national defense must be the top priority, and I hope he will put this bill on the floor soon. Senators on both sides of the aisle--as I mentioned, the Defense authorization bill is a bipartisan bill that came out of the Senate Armed Services Committee and was filed July 18, last summer, and nothing has happened on the floor of the Senate since then. There is one person who can change that, and that is the Democrat majority leader, Senator Schumer. I hope he will decide, finally, to get this bill on the floor. Once the Defense authorization bill passes the Senate, we still have to keep the lights on. We have a continuing resolution that expires December 16. We have just over a month until the current stopgap spending measure expires, and a government shutdown is the last thing our country needs. Given the fact that this is the end of Democrats' unified government, where they have majorities in the House and the Senate and the White House, I worry that our colleagues will try to weigh this down with tons of partisan freight, sweetheart deals, and earmarks. I am afraid they will include every remaining item from the far left's Christmas wish list and turn a critical funding bill into a Christmas tree. This bill should be as clean of poison pills as much as humanly possible. This is not the place to cash in on political chits; there is far too much on the line. Like all of our colleagues, I am eager to have more clarity on the makeup ofthe 118th Congress, but we have work to do before the end of the 117th Congress, and I, for one, am ready to get to work. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6640	null	5,217
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, last month, Kentucky lost a statesman, a model gentleman, and one of the key mentors of my early career. Former Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Tom Emberton of Edmonton, KY, passed away this October in a tragic house fire, a sudden and devastating loss for the entire Commonwealth. Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Tom's legacy of public service and paying tribute to his extraordinary career. Tom was born and raised in south central Kentucky and prioritized service to that distinctive community from the outset of his career. He served a 4-year tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force then returned to the Commonwealth for an undergraduate degree at Western Kentucky University and a law degree from the University of Louisville School of Law. Not long after, he moved to Metcalfe County to serve as county attorney, beginning his long work on behalf of the region. I first got to know Tom a few years later when, upon returning to Kentucky after a stint in Washington, DC, I got involved with his 1971 gubernatorial campaign. Four years prior, Louie B. Nunn had become the Commonwealth's first Republican Governor in two decades, and Tom bet he could build on his success to bring another four years of conservative leadership to the Commonwealth. Tom's campaign was instructive for me; he traveled all across Kentucky, including to deeply Democratic strongholds, to preach the Republican policies that most Kentuckians agreed with but, historically, did not vote for. Ultimately, Tom couldn't pull out a win that year--my future colleague in the U.S. Senate Wendell Ford was elected--but he earned respect from leaders and voters across Kentucky. Tom was undeterred by his electoral loss and returned to Metcalfe Countyto continue his work on behalf of his neighbors and build his law career. In recognition of Tom's outstanding service to the Commonwealth and ability to breach partisan divides, a Democratic Governor appointed him to a vacancy on the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1987. Voters reelected him to that position twice, and his peers appointed him to serve as chief judge of the court of appeals, a position he held until 2004. By the time of his retirement, the entire Kentucky legal community recognized this once-upstart conservative as a widely revered senior statesman. Throughout the course of his career, Tom made sure to expand the scope of his service beyond the courtroom and the ballot box. He maintained lifelong involvement with the WKU community, serving with distinction on the school's board of regents and as the WKU Alumni Association Board President. He received repeated recognition from community organizations based in and around Metcalfe County, including the local chamber of commerce and area development district. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet even named Thomas D. Emberton Bridge in Metcalfe County in his honor. Along the way, Tom and his wife Julia Lee built an amazing home and family in Metcalfe County. His two children, Laura and Tom Jr., five grandchildren, and recently arrived great-grandchildren were the light of his life. I had the pleasure of visiting the Emberton family over the years and reminiscing with Tom about his campaign days and discussing the current state of politics and policy in the Commonwealth. He and Julia Lee also built a special relationship with my wife, Elaine, that all of us have cherished for many years. I was shocked to hear of Tom's sudden passing last month in a fire, when he heroically saved his wife's life and perished inside his home. Elaine and I are mourning alongside the entire Emberton family and hope they can find some solace in this difficult time. On behalf of the entire Senate, I honor Tom for his service to Kentucky and offer prayers to the Emberton family as they memorialize Tom's incredible life and career.	2020-01-06	Mr. McCONNELL	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6645-2	null	5,218
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. TUBERVILLE. Mr. President, in 1945, a World War II veteran named Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, AL, recognized the need for a day to honor all veterans. He led the petition to then-Army Chief of Staff Dwight Eisenhower for a national veterans day and organized the first veterans day parade in Birmingham on November 11, 1947. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill officially establishing ``Veterans Day.'' President Eisenhower said, ``Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom.'' It is fitting that the ``Father of Veterans Day'' was an Alabamian, symbolizing a longstanding tradition among our residents to recognize and show appreciation for our veterans and servicemembers. Every year, we continue this tradition of pausing to recognize our veterans--past and present. Veterans Day reminds us that freedom is a sacred gift, and it is not free. Some endured unthinkable battles and hardships so that we can live in peace. Most have relinquished their autonomy, moving themselves and their families across the country and around the world, with little to no notice, spending holidays and major life events separated from loved ones. And all joined willing to lay down life and limb for their country. Alabama is home to more than 400,000 of these heroes, and today, I will be recognizing seven of them for their sacrifices to make our country safer. They embody what it means to be a member of our Armed Forces--but also what it means to be an American. Their service did not end when their time in the military did; they are investing in their communities even after taking off their uniforms. Each of them chose to use their experiences to uplift those around them. If you ask them about their heroic actions or how they have contributed to making a difference in others' lives, they will humbly tell you it has been their honor to do so. I am proud to recognize their military service and the unique ways they are investing in our communities, like SGT Chris Amacker of Slapout, AL, agun truck commander in the Army's 465th Transportation Unit, where he moved ammo and equipment during the Iraq war. He faithfully carried out his duty, traveling more miles for his unit than any other driver during his time. His military service was cut short after suffering brain and spinal injuries following an explosive attack on his unit. Sergeant Amacker spent more than a year in an Arkansas rehabilitation facility, relearning how to walk and talk. But you wouldn't guess that Sergeant Amacker had been through so much from his positive outlook and passion for helping others lead meaningful lives. He considers himself blessed to be alive and doesn't regret his decision to join the Army. Today, Sergeant Amacker is actively involved in his community and several veterans' organizations, including the American Legion in Middlebrook. He supports other veterans coping with service-connected issues like PTSD by listening to their struggles and connecting them with other veterans to help break down isolation barriers. He also helps them find jobs to ease their transition to civilian life. Sergeant Amacker is a devoted dad, cheering on his children at soccer games and in the band. He is described by someone in the community as ``a one-in-a-million man who will do anything to help anyone, particularly a fellow service person.'' There is no more commendable action than using skills learned in the military to help others succeed, like Officer Eric Prewitt from Havana, AL, does, day in and day out. A graduate of Hale County High School, Officer Prewitt enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1992, where he served as a yeoman second class. During his time in the military, he served as administrative support for military officers in assignments, with Active-Duty assignments in Guam, Australia, and the Philippines. Officer Prewitt felt led to return to west Alabama after his time in the military and use his skills to assist veterans wishing to use their GI Bill benefits. In 2005, he became the Veterans Affairs officer and diversity training liaison at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, AL. When speaking about his job, Officer Prewitt shared how the military invested in him and that he wants to continue investing in our servicemembers and veterans. His role is a huge benefit to not just west Alabama but our entire State. He helps nearly 400 veterans and their dependents annually to get the assistance they need while attending college. Officer Prewitt's efforts have helped increase the veteran student population retention rate and make it possible for them to achieve their educational goals. Additionally, his office leads his community in making sure veterans do not feel alone or forgotten, including participating in ``Operation We Remember'' to raise awareness about veteran suicide. Some servicemembers were not well received upon their return to American soil. They fought a thankless war without feeling supported, but still fought out of devotion for their country. This was the case for combat LTC Jeff Wishik of Madison, AL. Born in Montgomery, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army through Marion Military Institute's early commissioning program. He deployed to Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, directed to find and engage enemy forces. In one particularly intense engagement with the North Vietnamese, Wishik charged through an onslaught of bullets to take command of the injured front element and order the wounded troops to safety. His quick action and leadership allowed the unit to move the wounded out of the conflict zone. While scouting for a landing zone for a helicopter to evacuate them, Lieutenant Wishik was struck by numerous enemy attacks, including one explosion that blew him into the air, knocked him unconscious, and killed all but three in his scouting group. After he and the two other soldiers realized they were outnumbered and unable to turn back, they spent the night pretending to be dead to avoid being captured by the enemy. He recalls enemy troops walking within inches of them and unknowingly stepping on them as they tried to remain quiet despite their serious injuries. During the night, a North Vietnamese soldier discovered Lieutenant Wishik, looking for his food rations. Lieutenant Wishik used his last bit of strength to take out the enemy before passing out again, saving himself and the remaining two soldiers from his scouting group. He spent time recovering in multiple medical facilities before returning to Vietnam as a pilot for a second combat tour. He received many awards for his courageous actions, including the Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Medal, and a Purple Heart. He went to work for Lockheed Martin for 24 years following his retirement from the military in 1988 and has devoted his time throughout the years volunteering in various organizations, including the Semper Fi Community Task Force of North Alabama and as compliance lead in support of Madison County's Veterans Court. Lieutenant Wishik's wise reminder to Americans based on his experience is that, ``You may not agree with the politics of the country, but you don't take it out on American servicemembers.'' The call to serve may ``run in the family,'' where, for some veterans, the lessons and values learned in military service are worth passing on generation to generation. This is the case for SGT Janet Pray of Geneva, AL, who served in the U.S. Army from 1989-2003. Sergeant Pray grew up in a military family, and after graduating from Alabama State University with a degree in social work, she decided to enlist. Her first assignment was in Germany, driving a 5-ton truck back and forth from the airfield to refuel aircraft. Upon returning to the States, the Army selected Sergeant Pray for a professional leadership development course. For a while, she moved around, serving at Fort Campbell and Fort Hood before being sent to Korea, reaching the rank of staff sergeant. Her final tour of duty was in Germany during the Iraq war, where she prepared her unit for deployment as part of the 19th Support Group. After retiring from the Army, Sergeant Pray continued supporting the Department of Defense in various roles, including as an administrative assistant at Ft. Rucker. Her love for education and empowering the next generation prompted her to become a substitute teacher and aide for the Geneva City Schools System. Her encouragement and tenacious spirit has touched the lives of countless students and teachers. Though she retired from teaching earlier this year, Sergeant Pray's influence lives on in her four grandchildren. One of her grandsons is currently on track to become an officer in the military after he graduates college. Sergeant Pray says the military taught her to lead by example and be responsible for her own actions--lessons she continues to pass on. People like Sergeant Pray keep the American dream alive by inspiring others to take advantage of opportunities our country has to offer and leading by example. For veterans like 100-year-old George Hamilton of Pleasant Grove, the idea of ``service'' has no age limit. The World War II Navy veteran participates in different events around Jefferson County to share his story and is active in his local congregation at Bethel Baptist Church. Mission work is a huge part of his life. He has been on 11 trips to Nicaragua and is planning to go again soon. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, then-19-year-old Mr. Hamilton chose to enlist in the Navy. He served as a radarman second class aboard the USS King, helping protect the west coast and the North Pacific around the Aleutian Islands. Mr. Hamilton says his only regret about his time with the Navy is not signing up sooner. He reflects fondly on his service, but also on how united Americans were during World War II, with a huge desire to do whatever was necessary to defeat our common enemy and defend our way of life. Mr. Hamilton continues to remind us of our country's potential when we are united, saying, ``If we could get that feeling back in our country today, we could get out of this situation we're in without fail.'' Many heroes gave our country some of the best years of their lives so that we could freely enjoy ours. One such hero is SGT Lonnie Phillips of Pell City, AL. The two-time Purple Heart recipient left home when he was just 17years old to join the Marines, serving in the Vietnam war for 1 year and 11 months. During his time in Vietnam, Sergeant Phillips survived two attacks but sustained life-changing injuries. He tearfully recalled losing most of his buddies when his unit came under gunfire while patrolling through a rice field. Sergeant Phillips woke up in the back of a medical vehicle with multiple injuries, including a severe blow to his left leg that required the removal of most of his calf. Decades later, he still has shrapnel in his hip, a painful reminder of the cost of freedom. Sergeant Phillips says he doesn't regret his service because he hopes it will keep today's youth from facing the same hardship. He gives his time in the military credit for teaching him discipline and the sacred value of life. Now, Sergeant Phillips takes pride in raising honeybees and growing fresh produce for the St. Clair County community. But he doesn't see himself as a hero--just a man who did what his country asked of him during a difficult point in history. His humility and devotion are an inspiration to us all. The sacrifices made by our servicemembers are often overlooked or taken for granted by those of us who benefit from them. Even during the Korean war, often referred to as the ``Forgotten War,'' there were men and women who willingly answered the call to serve--not for fame or recognition, but to keep our country safe from evil, like Sergeant Dave Jensen of Foley, who enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at 19 years old. His job was to help assess aerial photography used for enemy surveillance. His first overseas assignment was in North Africa supporting those who flew along the Russian lines before doing stints in Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam. After honorably discharging, Sergeant Jensen made another commendable decision to enter public education, teaching the art of woodworking and mechanics during his 30 years as a shop instructor. Sergeant Jensen is an example of someone who knew the importance of his role to the overall mission and honorably carried out his part. These veterans--Chris Amacker, Eric Prewitt, Jeff Wishik, Janet Pray, George Hamilton, Lonnie Phillips, and Dave Jensen--are all heroes. Our country is safer because of their efforts, and Alabama's communities are better off because of their service and continued service. Their sacrifices--whether loss of mobility, time spent away from family, postwar trauma, or the most vibrant years of their youth--demonstrate America's strength to the world. President Ronald Reagan summed it up best when he said, ``Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they've suffered the scars of war. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what they have won for us.'' I hope we will remember the price of freedom and those who have paid it. To all of our veterans, thank you for your sacrifice and endeavors to ensure America remains the country of freedom and opportunity for generations to come.	2020-01-06	Mr. TUBERVILLE	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6659	null	5,219
formal	Reagan	null	white supremacist	Mr. TUBERVILLE. Mr. President, in 1945, a World War II veteran named Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, AL, recognized the need for a day to honor all veterans. He led the petition to then-Army Chief of Staff Dwight Eisenhower for a national veterans day and organized the first veterans day parade in Birmingham on November 11, 1947. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill officially establishing ``Veterans Day.'' President Eisenhower said, ``Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom.'' It is fitting that the ``Father of Veterans Day'' was an Alabamian, symbolizing a longstanding tradition among our residents to recognize and show appreciation for our veterans and servicemembers. Every year, we continue this tradition of pausing to recognize our veterans--past and present. Veterans Day reminds us that freedom is a sacred gift, and it is not free. Some endured unthinkable battles and hardships so that we can live in peace. Most have relinquished their autonomy, moving themselves and their families across the country and around the world, with little to no notice, spending holidays and major life events separated from loved ones. And all joined willing to lay down life and limb for their country. Alabama is home to more than 400,000 of these heroes, and today, I will be recognizing seven of them for their sacrifices to make our country safer. They embody what it means to be a member of our Armed Forces--but also what it means to be an American. Their service did not end when their time in the military did; they are investing in their communities even after taking off their uniforms. Each of them chose to use their experiences to uplift those around them. If you ask them about their heroic actions or how they have contributed to making a difference in others' lives, they will humbly tell you it has been their honor to do so. I am proud to recognize their military service and the unique ways they are investing in our communities, like SGT Chris Amacker of Slapout, AL, agun truck commander in the Army's 465th Transportation Unit, where he moved ammo and equipment during the Iraq war. He faithfully carried out his duty, traveling more miles for his unit than any other driver during his time. His military service was cut short after suffering brain and spinal injuries following an explosive attack on his unit. Sergeant Amacker spent more than a year in an Arkansas rehabilitation facility, relearning how to walk and talk. But you wouldn't guess that Sergeant Amacker had been through so much from his positive outlook and passion for helping others lead meaningful lives. He considers himself blessed to be alive and doesn't regret his decision to join the Army. Today, Sergeant Amacker is actively involved in his community and several veterans' organizations, including the American Legion in Middlebrook. He supports other veterans coping with service-connected issues like PTSD by listening to their struggles and connecting them with other veterans to help break down isolation barriers. He also helps them find jobs to ease their transition to civilian life. Sergeant Amacker is a devoted dad, cheering on his children at soccer games and in the band. He is described by someone in the community as ``a one-in-a-million man who will do anything to help anyone, particularly a fellow service person.'' There is no more commendable action than using skills learned in the military to help others succeed, like Officer Eric Prewitt from Havana, AL, does, day in and day out. A graduate of Hale County High School, Officer Prewitt enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1992, where he served as a yeoman second class. During his time in the military, he served as administrative support for military officers in assignments, with Active-Duty assignments in Guam, Australia, and the Philippines. Officer Prewitt felt led to return to west Alabama after his time in the military and use his skills to assist veterans wishing to use their GI Bill benefits. In 2005, he became the Veterans Affairs officer and diversity training liaison at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, AL. When speaking about his job, Officer Prewitt shared how the military invested in him and that he wants to continue investing in our servicemembers and veterans. His role is a huge benefit to not just west Alabama but our entire State. He helps nearly 400 veterans and their dependents annually to get the assistance they need while attending college. Officer Prewitt's efforts have helped increase the veteran student population retention rate and make it possible for them to achieve their educational goals. Additionally, his office leads his community in making sure veterans do not feel alone or forgotten, including participating in ``Operation We Remember'' to raise awareness about veteran suicide. Some servicemembers were not well received upon their return to American soil. They fought a thankless war without feeling supported, but still fought out of devotion for their country. This was the case for combat LTC Jeff Wishik of Madison, AL. Born in Montgomery, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army through Marion Military Institute's early commissioning program. He deployed to Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, directed to find and engage enemy forces. In one particularly intense engagement with the North Vietnamese, Wishik charged through an onslaught of bullets to take command of the injured front element and order the wounded troops to safety. His quick action and leadership allowed the unit to move the wounded out of the conflict zone. While scouting for a landing zone for a helicopter to evacuate them, Lieutenant Wishik was struck by numerous enemy attacks, including one explosion that blew him into the air, knocked him unconscious, and killed all but three in his scouting group. After he and the two other soldiers realized they were outnumbered and unable to turn back, they spent the night pretending to be dead to avoid being captured by the enemy. He recalls enemy troops walking within inches of them and unknowingly stepping on them as they tried to remain quiet despite their serious injuries. During the night, a North Vietnamese soldier discovered Lieutenant Wishik, looking for his food rations. Lieutenant Wishik used his last bit of strength to take out the enemy before passing out again, saving himself and the remaining two soldiers from his scouting group. He spent time recovering in multiple medical facilities before returning to Vietnam as a pilot for a second combat tour. He received many awards for his courageous actions, including the Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Medal, and a Purple Heart. He went to work for Lockheed Martin for 24 years following his retirement from the military in 1988 and has devoted his time throughout the years volunteering in various organizations, including the Semper Fi Community Task Force of North Alabama and as compliance lead in support of Madison County's Veterans Court. Lieutenant Wishik's wise reminder to Americans based on his experience is that, ``You may not agree with the politics of the country, but you don't take it out on American servicemembers.'' The call to serve may ``run in the family,'' where, for some veterans, the lessons and values learned in military service are worth passing on generation to generation. This is the case for SGT Janet Pray of Geneva, AL, who served in the U.S. Army from 1989-2003. Sergeant Pray grew up in a military family, and after graduating from Alabama State University with a degree in social work, she decided to enlist. Her first assignment was in Germany, driving a 5-ton truck back and forth from the airfield to refuel aircraft. Upon returning to the States, the Army selected Sergeant Pray for a professional leadership development course. For a while, she moved around, serving at Fort Campbell and Fort Hood before being sent to Korea, reaching the rank of staff sergeant. Her final tour of duty was in Germany during the Iraq war, where she prepared her unit for deployment as part of the 19th Support Group. After retiring from the Army, Sergeant Pray continued supporting the Department of Defense in various roles, including as an administrative assistant at Ft. Rucker. Her love for education and empowering the next generation prompted her to become a substitute teacher and aide for the Geneva City Schools System. Her encouragement and tenacious spirit has touched the lives of countless students and teachers. Though she retired from teaching earlier this year, Sergeant Pray's influence lives on in her four grandchildren. One of her grandsons is currently on track to become an officer in the military after he graduates college. Sergeant Pray says the military taught her to lead by example and be responsible for her own actions--lessons she continues to pass on. People like Sergeant Pray keep the American dream alive by inspiring others to take advantage of opportunities our country has to offer and leading by example. For veterans like 100-year-old George Hamilton of Pleasant Grove, the idea of ``service'' has no age limit. The World War II Navy veteran participates in different events around Jefferson County to share his story and is active in his local congregation at Bethel Baptist Church. Mission work is a huge part of his life. He has been on 11 trips to Nicaragua and is planning to go again soon. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, then-19-year-old Mr. Hamilton chose to enlist in the Navy. He served as a radarman second class aboard the USS King, helping protect the west coast and the North Pacific around the Aleutian Islands. Mr. Hamilton says his only regret about his time with the Navy is not signing up sooner. He reflects fondly on his service, but also on how united Americans were during World War II, with a huge desire to do whatever was necessary to defeat our common enemy and defend our way of life. Mr. Hamilton continues to remind us of our country's potential when we are united, saying, ``If we could get that feeling back in our country today, we could get out of this situation we're in without fail.'' Many heroes gave our country some of the best years of their lives so that we could freely enjoy ours. One such hero is SGT Lonnie Phillips of Pell City, AL. The two-time Purple Heart recipient left home when he was just 17years old to join the Marines, serving in the Vietnam war for 1 year and 11 months. During his time in Vietnam, Sergeant Phillips survived two attacks but sustained life-changing injuries. He tearfully recalled losing most of his buddies when his unit came under gunfire while patrolling through a rice field. Sergeant Phillips woke up in the back of a medical vehicle with multiple injuries, including a severe blow to his left leg that required the removal of most of his calf. Decades later, he still has shrapnel in his hip, a painful reminder of the cost of freedom. Sergeant Phillips says he doesn't regret his service because he hopes it will keep today's youth from facing the same hardship. He gives his time in the military credit for teaching him discipline and the sacred value of life. Now, Sergeant Phillips takes pride in raising honeybees and growing fresh produce for the St. Clair County community. But he doesn't see himself as a hero--just a man who did what his country asked of him during a difficult point in history. His humility and devotion are an inspiration to us all. The sacrifices made by our servicemembers are often overlooked or taken for granted by those of us who benefit from them. Even during the Korean war, often referred to as the ``Forgotten War,'' there were men and women who willingly answered the call to serve--not for fame or recognition, but to keep our country safe from evil, like Sergeant Dave Jensen of Foley, who enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at 19 years old. His job was to help assess aerial photography used for enemy surveillance. His first overseas assignment was in North Africa supporting those who flew along the Russian lines before doing stints in Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam. After honorably discharging, Sergeant Jensen made another commendable decision to enter public education, teaching the art of woodworking and mechanics during his 30 years as a shop instructor. Sergeant Jensen is an example of someone who knew the importance of his role to the overall mission and honorably carried out his part. These veterans--Chris Amacker, Eric Prewitt, Jeff Wishik, Janet Pray, George Hamilton, Lonnie Phillips, and Dave Jensen--are all heroes. Our country is safer because of their efforts, and Alabama's communities are better off because of their service and continued service. Their sacrifices--whether loss of mobility, time spent away from family, postwar trauma, or the most vibrant years of their youth--demonstrate America's strength to the world. President Ronald Reagan summed it up best when he said, ``Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they've suffered the scars of war. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what they have won for us.'' I hope we will remember the price of freedom and those who have paid it. To all of our veterans, thank you for your sacrifice and endeavors to ensure America remains the country of freedom and opportunity for generations to come.	2020-01-06	Mr. TUBERVILLE	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6659	null	5,220
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. PADILLA. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr., on a lifetime of service to his community and a career of caring for others. Bishop Blake has served as pastor of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ for 53 years--53 years as a pillar of Crenshaw and South Los Angeles. While it may be hard to believe, there was a time before the name Blake was synonymous with Crenshaw. Charles E. Blake, Sr., was born in Little Rock, AR, into a family of faith. His father was a preacher and well-respected leader in the Pentecostal faith. Both Charles and his brother, J.A., would go on to preach in the Church of God in Christ. After his family moved to California and notably after his first sermon at the age of 16, he attended California Western University and subsequently earned his master's degree at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. It was there--as student body president, surrounded by Black students and faculty, and as a leader of student civil rights marches in Selma and Montgomery--where he began to see the strength of Black community power. In 1969, he became senior pastor of West Angeles Church, where his powerful sermons from a pulpit in South Los Angeles grew his congregation rapidly and brought together the community. By 1999, what had once been a 300-person church on 5th Avenue and Adams Boulevard had grown to require the construction of the ornate, 5,000-seat West Angeles Cathedral. Bishop Blake's unwavering faith and exalted message of devotion earned his election as presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ four times, representing millions of worshippers around the globe. It also led to his appointment by President Obama to the Inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. But to countless families in South Los Angeles, whether attending a Sunday service or watching the Crenshaw corridor grow around them, his commitment to his community is what is most memorable. Over his decades of leadership, he brought to Crenshaw affordable housing, a performing arts theater, and a K-12 school; encouraged economic growth and businesses that provided jobs to Angelenos; created programs to lift up Black men with educational and financial literacy resources; and secured invaluable attention and resources for neighborhoods in South Los Angeles. He invested in the Crenshaw corridor when it needed it most, and we thank him for his faith and service. All of California wishes him and his wife, Lady Mae L. Blake, well in retirement, and we wish his son, Charles E. Blake II, luck in his new role as senior pastor.	2020-01-06	Mr. PADILLA	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6664-2	null	5,221
formal	never married	null	homophobic	Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I rise today to remember a friend and a great North Carolinian, Ada Markita Fisher, who unexpectedly died on October 7, 2022. Ada was 74 years old and only a few weeks away from her 75th birthday. As a young African-American woman, she was a trailblazer. After completing a degree in biology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro--UNCG--she went on to become the first Black female to earn a medical degree at the University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health. She was also the first Black UNCG alumna to complete a medical degree. Additionally, she completed her masters in public health at Johns Hopkins University's School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1981. After completing her medical degree, Ada chose to return to North Carolina to provide medical care to an underserved community and lead programs for victims of substance abuse. She spent some of her career in the private sector, but most of her life was dedicated to helping people who were struggling and ultimately making a positive difference in her community. I met Ada 15 years ago when I began my political service in the North Carolina General Assembly. From the first time I met her, I was inspired by her courage, focus, and plain talk. She was a lifelong Republican. She was dedicated to the party of Abraham Lincoln, and she did not hesitate to challenge anyone from across the political spectrum who threatened the principles of personal liberty, individual responsibility, and social justice. Although I met Ada after she retired, she never seemed to slow down. She traveled across the State advocating for common sense ``prescriptions'' to the challenges we faced. She became the first African-American to be elected Republican National Committee--RNC--committeewoman for North Carolina. Ada was known for her letters. Some were focused on policies she was promoting, and others were focused on challenging policies she did not think were helpful. Whether or not you agreed with her opinion, you had to respect the thoughtfulness and the work she put into them. When Ada wasn't working on public policy, she was focused on her family. Ada never married, but she adopted two sons who blessed her with two grandchildren. She also had three siblings and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins. She adored her family, and they adored her. I attended Ada's funeral last month, and I was honored to speak at her memorial service. While I was considering what I should say, it occurred to me that I had never written a letter to Ada, so I decided to write a letter to her and deliver it at the memorial. I wished that I had sent it long before her passing, but I hope she enjoys it nonetheless as she reads it in heaven. Dear Ada, I'm sorry I am just now sending you this letter, but I hope it finds you well in the Kingdom of Heaven. I regret that I haven't had the opportunity to see you recently, but I am glad that my last memory of you was giving you a hug when we were together. Had I known it was to be the last time I would see you, I would have hugged you a little longer. After I received the sad news of your passing, I reflected on the times we spent together, and it gave me some comfort as I grieved your loss. I knew you as a staunch advocate for people who are struggling, for diversity, for personal responsibility, and for individual freedom. I remember so many times when you challenged a crowd to think differently. You didn't look for applause lines, you looked for opportunities to make a point and to make a difference. You didn't hesitate to get people out of their comfort zone by saying what needed to be said, and you gained many followers and admirers along the way. I am embarrassed to admit that I only knew a small part of your work since the time we met 15 years ago, and I did not fully comprehend your life's work with helping others. I've studied you more since your passing Ada, and you are truly even more remarkable than I imagined. As a young African American woman, you excelled in academics--a medical degree and a master's degree in public health. You could have taken a life-long path to personal enrichment, but you chose to return home to North Carolina to set up a rural health clinic and programs to help people struggling with substance abuse. You helped veterans. You studied education and became a certified teacher in math and science. You served in what I believe is the most difficult political position on earth--a local school board. Man, I wish they were televised in those days. I'm sure it would have been a sight to see! You understood that education is the surest path to freedom, and you worked hard to ensure that every child (including your two sons) had an opportunity to pursue that path. The truth is, Ada, you have done so much for so many, and you've set a high bar for the rest of us. I am saddened that you left this earthy world far too soon because I know you had so many more things you would do to make it a better place. But thank you for everything you did Ada, and thank you for the blessing of your friendship. Now that you've had a few weeks in the Kingdom of Heaven, I hope you've found time to rest. You deserve it, Ada. Know that we are praying for you and that we love you, and we will continue to be inspired by your life's work. With Love and Admiration, Thom T.	2020-01-06	Mr. TILLIS	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6665-3	null	5,222
formal	personal responsibility	null	racist	Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I rise today to remember a friend and a great North Carolinian, Ada Markita Fisher, who unexpectedly died on October 7, 2022. Ada was 74 years old and only a few weeks away from her 75th birthday. As a young African-American woman, she was a trailblazer. After completing a degree in biology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro--UNCG--she went on to become the first Black female to earn a medical degree at the University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health. She was also the first Black UNCG alumna to complete a medical degree. Additionally, she completed her masters in public health at Johns Hopkins University's School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1981. After completing her medical degree, Ada chose to return to North Carolina to provide medical care to an underserved community and lead programs for victims of substance abuse. She spent some of her career in the private sector, but most of her life was dedicated to helping people who were struggling and ultimately making a positive difference in her community. I met Ada 15 years ago when I began my political service in the North Carolina General Assembly. From the first time I met her, I was inspired by her courage, focus, and plain talk. She was a lifelong Republican. She was dedicated to the party of Abraham Lincoln, and she did not hesitate to challenge anyone from across the political spectrum who threatened the principles of personal liberty, individual responsibility, and social justice. Although I met Ada after she retired, she never seemed to slow down. She traveled across the State advocating for common sense ``prescriptions'' to the challenges we faced. She became the first African-American to be elected Republican National Committee--RNC--committeewoman for North Carolina. Ada was known for her letters. Some were focused on policies she was promoting, and others were focused on challenging policies she did not think were helpful. Whether or not you agreed with her opinion, you had to respect the thoughtfulness and the work she put into them. When Ada wasn't working on public policy, she was focused on her family. Ada never married, but she adopted two sons who blessed her with two grandchildren. She also had three siblings and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins. She adored her family, and they adored her. I attended Ada's funeral last month, and I was honored to speak at her memorial service. While I was considering what I should say, it occurred to me that I had never written a letter to Ada, so I decided to write a letter to her and deliver it at the memorial. I wished that I had sent it long before her passing, but I hope she enjoys it nonetheless as she reads it in heaven. Dear Ada, I'm sorry I am just now sending you this letter, but I hope it finds you well in the Kingdom of Heaven. I regret that I haven't had the opportunity to see you recently, but I am glad that my last memory of you was giving you a hug when we were together. Had I known it was to be the last time I would see you, I would have hugged you a little longer. After I received the sad news of your passing, I reflected on the times we spent together, and it gave me some comfort as I grieved your loss. I knew you as a staunch advocate for people who are struggling, for diversity, for personal responsibility, and for individual freedom. I remember so many times when you challenged a crowd to think differently. You didn't look for applause lines, you looked for opportunities to make a point and to make a difference. You didn't hesitate to get people out of their comfort zone by saying what needed to be said, and you gained many followers and admirers along the way. I am embarrassed to admit that I only knew a small part of your work since the time we met 15 years ago, and I did not fully comprehend your life's work with helping others. I've studied you more since your passing Ada, and you are truly even more remarkable than I imagined. As a young African American woman, you excelled in academics--a medical degree and a master's degree in public health. You could have taken a life-long path to personal enrichment, but you chose to return home to North Carolina to set up a rural health clinic and programs to help people struggling with substance abuse. You helped veterans. You studied education and became a certified teacher in math and science. You served in what I believe is the most difficult political position on earth--a local school board. Man, I wish they were televised in those days. I'm sure it would have been a sight to see! You understood that education is the surest path to freedom, and you worked hard to ensure that every child (including your two sons) had an opportunity to pursue that path. The truth is, Ada, you have done so much for so many, and you've set a high bar for the rest of us. I am saddened that you left this earthy world far too soon because I know you had so many more things you would do to make it a better place. But thank you for everything you did Ada, and thank you for the blessing of your friendship. Now that you've had a few weeks in the Kingdom of Heaven, I hope you've found time to rest. You deserve it, Ada. Know that we are praying for you and that we love you, and we will continue to be inspired by your life's work. With Love and Admiration, Thom T.	2020-01-06	Mr. TILLIS	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6665-3	null	5,223
formal	based	null	white supremacist	The Secretary of the Senate reported that on October 17, 2022, she had presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills: S. 169. An act to amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. S. 442. An act to amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of General Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting products and to issue guidance on the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other purposes. S. 516. An act to plan for and coordinate efforts to integrate advanced air mobility aircraft into the national airspace system, and for other purposes. S. 958. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use criteria for new access points grants for community health centers. S. 1198. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and expand the Solid Start program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. S. 2490. An act to establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes. S. 2551. An act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish or otherwise provide an artificial intelligence training program for the acquisition workforce, and for other purposes. S. 2771. An act to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in San Angelo, Texas, as the ``Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''. S. 2794. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase automatic maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes. S. 3157. An act 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. S. 3470. An act to provide for the implementation of certain trafficking in contracting provisions, and for other purposes. S. 4205. An act 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. S. 4791. An act to amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6666-5	null	5,224
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	The Secretary of the Senate reported that on October 17, 2022, she had presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills: S. 169. An act to amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. S. 442. An act to amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of General Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting products and to issue guidance on the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other purposes. S. 516. An act to plan for and coordinate efforts to integrate advanced air mobility aircraft into the national airspace system, and for other purposes. S. 958. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use criteria for new access points grants for community health centers. S. 1198. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and expand the Solid Start program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. S. 2490. An act to establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes. S. 2551. An act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish or otherwise provide an artificial intelligence training program for the acquisition workforce, and for other purposes. S. 2771. An act to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in San Angelo, Texas, as the ``Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''. S. 2794. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase automatic maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes. S. 3157. An act 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. S. 3470. An act to provide for the implementation of certain trafficking in contracting provisions, and for other purposes. S. 4205. An act 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. S. 4791. An act to amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6666-5	null	5,225
formal	Cleveland	null	racist	The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair announced, on behalf of the Republican leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 106-398, as amended by Public Law 108-7, and in consultation with the ranking members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, the re-appointment of the following individual to serve as a member of the United States--China Economic and Security Review Commission: Robin Cleveland of Virginia for a term expiring December 31, 2024.	2020-01-06	The PRESIDING OFFICER	Senate	CREC-2022-11-14-pt1-PgS6673-10	null	5,226
formal	Federal Reserve	null	antisemitic	Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-5874. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation [Docket ID: DoD-2021-OS-0048] (RIN: 0790-AL13) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5875. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Release of Official Information in Litigation and Presentation of Witness Testimony by DoD Personnel (Touhy Regulation) [Docket ID: DOD-2018-OS-0103] (RIN: 0790-AK11) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5876. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Medical Malpractice Claims by Members of the Uniformed Services [Docket ID: DOD-2021-OS- 0047] (RIN: 0790-AL22) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5877. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's direct final rule -- Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation [Docket ID: DOD-2022-OS-0094] (RIN: 0790-AL28) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5878. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final guidance -- Framework for the Supervision of Insurance Organizations [Docket No.: OP-1765] received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5879. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rules, official interpretations, and commentary -- Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Exemption Threshold [Docket No.: R-1785] (RIN: 7100-AG43) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5880. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rules, official interpretations, and commentary -- Truth in Lending (Regulation Z) [Docket No.: R-1784] (RIN: 7100-AG42) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5881. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rules, official interpretations, and commentary -- Consumer Leasing (Regulation M) [Docket No.: R-1783] (RIN: 7100-AG41) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5882. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rule -- Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing [Regulation II; Docket No.: R-1748] (RIN: 7100-AG15) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5883. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report titled ``Substance Use- Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act: Section 1004 Medicaid Drug Review and Utilization'' for FY 2020, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396a(oo)(2); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XIX, Sec. 1902 (as amended by Public Law 115-271, Sec. 1004); (132 Stat. 3911); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-5884. A letter from the Director, Regulation Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Submission of Food and Drug Administration Import Data in the Automated Commercial Environment for Veterinary Devices [Docket No.: FDA-2018-N-4268] (RIN: 0910-AH66) received November 7, 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-5885. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food and Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals; Supply-Chain Programs and Onsite Audits; Announcement of Effective Date [Docket Nos.: FDA-2011-N-0920 and FDA-2011-N-0922] received November 7, 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-5886. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's report titled ``U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Capacity to Implement Certain Provisions of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-5887. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, transmitting a report certifying that the export of the listed item to the People's Republic of China is not detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778 note; Public Law 105-261, Sec. 1512 (as amended by Public Law 105-277, Sec. 146); (112 Stat. 2174); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5888. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report concerning international agreements other than treaties entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case- Zablocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); Public Law 92- 403, Sec. 1(a) (as amended by Public Law 108-458, Sec. 7121(b)); (118 Stat. 3807); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5889. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's Report to Congress on U.S. Persons Expropriation Claims and Certain Other Commercial and Investment Disputes 22 USC 2370a(f): Expropriation of United States Property; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5890. A letter from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Western Balkans Stabilization Regulations received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5891. A letter from the Office of the White House Liaison, Department of Education, transmitting a notification of an action on nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5892. A letter from the Office of the White House Liaison, Department of Education, transmitting a notification of a nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5893. A letter from the General Counsel, National Indian Gamin Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Submission of Gaming Ordinance or Resolution (RIN: 3141-AA73) received October 25, 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-5894. A letter from the Agency Representative, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule and final rule -- Changes to Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020; Delay of Effective Date and Correction [Docket No.: PTO-T-2021-0008] (RIN: 0651-AD55) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5895. A letter from the Chief, Border Security Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Control, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Period of Admission and Extensions of Stay for Representatives of Foreign Information Media Seeking to Enter the United States [CBP Dec.: 22-18] (RIN: 1651-AB49) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5896. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's Legislative Proposal to Strengthen the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, Public Law 113-242; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5897. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's report titled ``Implementing the BEACH Act of 2000: 2022 Report to Congress'', pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1375a(a); Public Law 106- 284, Sec. 7(a); (114 Stat. 876); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgH8506-4	null	5,227
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-5874. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation [Docket ID: DoD-2021-OS-0048] (RIN: 0790-AL13) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5875. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Release of Official Information in Litigation and Presentation of Witness Testimony by DoD Personnel (Touhy Regulation) [Docket ID: DOD-2018-OS-0103] (RIN: 0790-AK11) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5876. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Medical Malpractice Claims by Members of the Uniformed Services [Docket ID: DOD-2021-OS- 0047] (RIN: 0790-AL22) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5877. A letter from the Alternate OSD FRLO, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's direct final rule -- Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation [Docket ID: DOD-2022-OS-0094] (RIN: 0790-AL28) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5878. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final guidance -- Framework for the Supervision of Insurance Organizations [Docket No.: OP-1765] received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5879. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rules, official interpretations, and commentary -- Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Exemption Threshold [Docket No.: R-1785] (RIN: 7100-AG43) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5880. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rules, official interpretations, and commentary -- Truth in Lending (Regulation Z) [Docket No.: R-1784] (RIN: 7100-AG42) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5881. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rules, official interpretations, and commentary -- Consumer Leasing (Regulation M) [Docket No.: R-1783] (RIN: 7100-AG41) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5882. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Board's final rule -- Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing [Regulation II; Docket No.: R-1748] (RIN: 7100-AG15) received November 7, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5883. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report titled ``Substance Use- Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act: Section 1004 Medicaid Drug Review and Utilization'' for FY 2020, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396a(oo)(2); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XIX, Sec. 1902 (as amended by Public Law 115-271, Sec. 1004); (132 Stat. 3911); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-5884. A letter from the Director, Regulation Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Submission of Food and Drug Administration Import Data in the Automated Commercial Environment for Veterinary Devices [Docket No.: FDA-2018-N-4268] (RIN: 0910-AH66) received November 7, 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-5885. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food and Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals; Supply-Chain Programs and Onsite Audits; Announcement of Effective Date [Docket Nos.: FDA-2011-N-0920 and FDA-2011-N-0922] received November 7, 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-5886. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's report titled ``U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Capacity to Implement Certain Provisions of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-5887. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, transmitting a report certifying that the export of the listed item to the People's Republic of China is not detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778 note; Public Law 105-261, Sec. 1512 (as amended by Public Law 105-277, Sec. 146); (112 Stat. 2174); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5888. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report concerning international agreements other than treaties entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case- Zablocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); Public Law 92- 403, Sec. 1(a) (as amended by Public Law 108-458, Sec. 7121(b)); (118 Stat. 3807); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5889. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's Report to Congress on U.S. Persons Expropriation Claims and Certain Other Commercial and Investment Disputes 22 USC 2370a(f): Expropriation of United States Property; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5890. A letter from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Western Balkans Stabilization Regulations received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5891. A letter from the Office of the White House Liaison, Department of Education, transmitting a notification of an action on nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5892. A letter from the Office of the White House Liaison, Department of Education, transmitting a notification of a nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, Sec. 151(b); (112 Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5893. A letter from the General Counsel, National Indian Gamin Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Submission of Gaming Ordinance or Resolution (RIN: 3141-AA73) received October 25, 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-5894. A letter from the Agency Representative, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule and final rule -- Changes to Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020; Delay of Effective Date and Correction [Docket No.: PTO-T-2021-0008] (RIN: 0651-AD55) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5895. A letter from the Chief, Border Security Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Control, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Period of Admission and Extensions of Stay for Representatives of Foreign Information Media Seeking to Enter the United States [CBP Dec.: 22-18] (RIN: 1651-AB49) received October 25, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5896. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's Legislative Proposal to Strengthen the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, Public Law 113-242; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5897. A letter from the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's report titled ``Implementing the BEACH Act of 2000: 2022 Report to Congress'', pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1375a(a); Public Law 106- 284, Sec. 7(a); (114 Stat. 876); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgH8506-4	null	5,228
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows: Mr. NADLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 7946. A bill to provide benefits for noncitizen members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117- 558, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. NEAL: Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 8876. A bill to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-559, Pt. 1). Ordered to be printed. Mr. DeFAZIO: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H.R. 8416. A bill to improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117- 560, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgH8507	null	5,229
formal	extremism	null	Islamophobic	Mr. SCHUMER. Now, Mr. President, on the midterm elections and MAGA Republicanism, over the past week, there has been a lot of discussion here in Washington and across the media about how the results of these midterms defied history and defied conventional wisdom. I remember back in April and May: No way Democrats are going to keep the majority. They are going to lose a whole bunch of seats. People are asking what happened. Well, I think the answer, however, is rather simple. This year, Democrats ran strong candidates. We compiled an extremely strong legislative record, which the candidates could run on. And Republicans, on the other hand, ran with flawed candidates who spent more time talking about MAGA extremism than the things that truly mattered to the American people. After the failures--Republican failures--in elections in 2018 and 2020 and now in 2022, I hope the message is sinking in. If Republicans continue to embrace MAGA radicalism, they are going to keep losing. So for their own sake, but more importantly for the sake of the country, I hope that very soon the GOP rejects the MAGA wing and makes a commitment to work with Democrats in the next Congress. The worst thing Republicans can do right now is to double down on the MAGA platform and embrace gridlock. But, sadly, it seems that is the path that some on the other side still want to take. In fact, Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who notoriously led the unsuccessful Republican Senate campaign efforts, recently suggested that one of the reasons Republicans lost on election day was because they actually worked too much with Democrats to pass bipartisan legislation; that they weren't MAGA enough. That defies all logic. If Republicans want to follow Rick Scott's lead, make our day. Following Senator Scott is like following a blind man right over the cliff. Remember, it was Senator Scott who released a platform calling for tax hikes on working and middle Americans, which our candidates reminded people of in the election over and over again. It was Senator Scott who threatened to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block, which, again, was one of the most powerful arguments for why Republicans were wrong for the country. And it was Senator Scott who embraced Trump and believed that the MAGA wing was the road to success; that denying the elections and spreading the Big Lie, encouraging the MAGA extreme wing was the right thing to do. The American people knew better. American voters ran in the opposite direction and voted for Democrats, including many Republicans, who said: I may be a Reagan Republican, I may be a Bush Republican, but this Republican Party ain't one for me. After three failed elections--three in a row--it should be obvious that embracing MAGA is a total loser for the Republican Party. If anyone thinks otherwise, just look at what happened last night in purple Arizona. Katie Hobbs, the Democratic nominee for Governor, was declared the winner in her race against Kari Lake. Everyone thought Kari Lake would win because of her communication skills, but even she lost--proof positive that MAGA just doesn't work. I earnestly hope that in the next couple of months, Republicans will realize it is better for the country--and even better for their party--to focus instead on working with Democrats over the next 2 years to get things done for the American people. Now, I know this is not going to happen overnight or in the next week or two. Our immediate focus, of course, is the lameduck, where there is a lot of work to be done. But when the dust settles come January and Republicans have, hopefully, resolved some of their own internal fights, we hope that at least some of them will realize that the scorched-earth MAGA policy is a failure not only for America but for them. The usual pundits and skeptics and critics are saying: Oh, this won't happen. But look at the major bills we did this summer, five of them major bills, bipartisan, and before that, the BIF bill, the Postal bill, all done bipartisan--significant legislation. We Democrats are going to work hard to replicate that effort. Americans are tired of the chaos. They are tired of the MAGA insanity. They are tired of the MAGA attack on the very roots of our democracy. They want leaders who will take their problems seriously. Most Americans know that Donald Trump is out for himself and only himself, even if it hurts democracy, even if it hurts the Republican Party. Republicans should learn that lesson or risk even more failure in the future.	2020-01-06	Mr. SCHUMER	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6678-3	null	5,230
formal	MAGA	null	white supremacist	Mr. SCHUMER. Now, Mr. President, on the midterm elections and MAGA Republicanism, over the past week, there has been a lot of discussion here in Washington and across the media about how the results of these midterms defied history and defied conventional wisdom. I remember back in April and May: No way Democrats are going to keep the majority. They are going to lose a whole bunch of seats. People are asking what happened. Well, I think the answer, however, is rather simple. This year, Democrats ran strong candidates. We compiled an extremely strong legislative record, which the candidates could run on. And Republicans, on the other hand, ran with flawed candidates who spent more time talking about MAGA extremism than the things that truly mattered to the American people. After the failures--Republican failures--in elections in 2018 and 2020 and now in 2022, I hope the message is sinking in. If Republicans continue to embrace MAGA radicalism, they are going to keep losing. So for their own sake, but more importantly for the sake of the country, I hope that very soon the GOP rejects the MAGA wing and makes a commitment to work with Democrats in the next Congress. The worst thing Republicans can do right now is to double down on the MAGA platform and embrace gridlock. But, sadly, it seems that is the path that some on the other side still want to take. In fact, Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who notoriously led the unsuccessful Republican Senate campaign efforts, recently suggested that one of the reasons Republicans lost on election day was because they actually worked too much with Democrats to pass bipartisan legislation; that they weren't MAGA enough. That defies all logic. If Republicans want to follow Rick Scott's lead, make our day. Following Senator Scott is like following a blind man right over the cliff. Remember, it was Senator Scott who released a platform calling for tax hikes on working and middle Americans, which our candidates reminded people of in the election over and over again. It was Senator Scott who threatened to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block, which, again, was one of the most powerful arguments for why Republicans were wrong for the country. And it was Senator Scott who embraced Trump and believed that the MAGA wing was the road to success; that denying the elections and spreading the Big Lie, encouraging the MAGA extreme wing was the right thing to do. The American people knew better. American voters ran in the opposite direction and voted for Democrats, including many Republicans, who said: I may be a Reagan Republican, I may be a Bush Republican, but this Republican Party ain't one for me. After three failed elections--three in a row--it should be obvious that embracing MAGA is a total loser for the Republican Party. If anyone thinks otherwise, just look at what happened last night in purple Arizona. Katie Hobbs, the Democratic nominee for Governor, was declared the winner in her race against Kari Lake. Everyone thought Kari Lake would win because of her communication skills, but even she lost--proof positive that MAGA just doesn't work. I earnestly hope that in the next couple of months, Republicans will realize it is better for the country--and even better for their party--to focus instead on working with Democrats over the next 2 years to get things done for the American people. Now, I know this is not going to happen overnight or in the next week or two. Our immediate focus, of course, is the lameduck, where there is a lot of work to be done. But when the dust settles come January and Republicans have, hopefully, resolved some of their own internal fights, we hope that at least some of them will realize that the scorched-earth MAGA policy is a failure not only for America but for them. The usual pundits and skeptics and critics are saying: Oh, this won't happen. But look at the major bills we did this summer, five of them major bills, bipartisan, and before that, the BIF bill, the Postal bill, all done bipartisan--significant legislation. We Democrats are going to work hard to replicate that effort. Americans are tired of the chaos. They are tired of the MAGA insanity. They are tired of the MAGA attack on the very roots of our democracy. They want leaders who will take their problems seriously. Most Americans know that Donald Trump is out for himself and only himself, even if it hurts democracy, even if it hurts the Republican Party. Republicans should learn that lesson or risk even more failure in the future.	2020-01-06	Mr. SCHUMER	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6678-3	null	5,231
formal	Reagan	null	white supremacist	Mr. SCHUMER. Now, Mr. President, on the midterm elections and MAGA Republicanism, over the past week, there has been a lot of discussion here in Washington and across the media about how the results of these midterms defied history and defied conventional wisdom. I remember back in April and May: No way Democrats are going to keep the majority. They are going to lose a whole bunch of seats. People are asking what happened. Well, I think the answer, however, is rather simple. This year, Democrats ran strong candidates. We compiled an extremely strong legislative record, which the candidates could run on. And Republicans, on the other hand, ran with flawed candidates who spent more time talking about MAGA extremism than the things that truly mattered to the American people. After the failures--Republican failures--in elections in 2018 and 2020 and now in 2022, I hope the message is sinking in. If Republicans continue to embrace MAGA radicalism, they are going to keep losing. So for their own sake, but more importantly for the sake of the country, I hope that very soon the GOP rejects the MAGA wing and makes a commitment to work with Democrats in the next Congress. The worst thing Republicans can do right now is to double down on the MAGA platform and embrace gridlock. But, sadly, it seems that is the path that some on the other side still want to take. In fact, Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who notoriously led the unsuccessful Republican Senate campaign efforts, recently suggested that one of the reasons Republicans lost on election day was because they actually worked too much with Democrats to pass bipartisan legislation; that they weren't MAGA enough. That defies all logic. If Republicans want to follow Rick Scott's lead, make our day. Following Senator Scott is like following a blind man right over the cliff. Remember, it was Senator Scott who released a platform calling for tax hikes on working and middle Americans, which our candidates reminded people of in the election over and over again. It was Senator Scott who threatened to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block, which, again, was one of the most powerful arguments for why Republicans were wrong for the country. And it was Senator Scott who embraced Trump and believed that the MAGA wing was the road to success; that denying the elections and spreading the Big Lie, encouraging the MAGA extreme wing was the right thing to do. The American people knew better. American voters ran in the opposite direction and voted for Democrats, including many Republicans, who said: I may be a Reagan Republican, I may be a Bush Republican, but this Republican Party ain't one for me. After three failed elections--three in a row--it should be obvious that embracing MAGA is a total loser for the Republican Party. If anyone thinks otherwise, just look at what happened last night in purple Arizona. Katie Hobbs, the Democratic nominee for Governor, was declared the winner in her race against Kari Lake. Everyone thought Kari Lake would win because of her communication skills, but even she lost--proof positive that MAGA just doesn't work. I earnestly hope that in the next couple of months, Republicans will realize it is better for the country--and even better for their party--to focus instead on working with Democrats over the next 2 years to get things done for the American people. Now, I know this is not going to happen overnight or in the next week or two. Our immediate focus, of course, is the lameduck, where there is a lot of work to be done. But when the dust settles come January and Republicans have, hopefully, resolved some of their own internal fights, we hope that at least some of them will realize that the scorched-earth MAGA policy is a failure not only for America but for them. The usual pundits and skeptics and critics are saying: Oh, this won't happen. But look at the major bills we did this summer, five of them major bills, bipartisan, and before that, the BIF bill, the Postal bill, all done bipartisan--significant legislation. We Democrats are going to work hard to replicate that effort. Americans are tired of the chaos. They are tired of the MAGA insanity. They are tired of the MAGA attack on the very roots of our democracy. They want leaders who will take their problems seriously. Most Americans know that Donald Trump is out for himself and only himself, even if it hurts democracy, even if it hurts the Republican Party. Republicans should learn that lesson or risk even more failure in the future.	2020-01-06	Mr. SCHUMER	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6678-3	null	5,232
formal	every single time	null	white supremacist	Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, last week, our narrowly divided country went to the polls and elected a narrowly divided Congress, including a very narrowly divided U.S. Senate. The next couple of months will see a number of long-serving Senate all-stars taking retirement, but today we are getting to welcome and meet our new soon-to-be colleagues on both sides of the aisle as the new Senators-elect arrive here in the Capitol for orientation. Among their ranks are an all-star lawyer and leader from Alabama, the attorney general from the great State of Missouri, the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, a businessman and best-selling author from Ohio, and three distinguished Members of the House of Representatives. Exactly 25 years ago, in remarks welcoming the new Senate class of 1996, Senator Robert Byrd told them that service in this body is both ``a supreme honor,'' ``a serious responsibility,'' and ``the highest political calling in the land.'' The famous student of the Senate's rules and history, our former colleague from West Virginia concluded that ``as long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure.'' So, Mr. President, it is a high bar to earn the trust of one's neighbors to represent them and fight for their home State here in this Chamber. Each of our soon-to-be colleagues has cleared this high bar. I am proud to welcome members of what will be the 118th Congress freshman class. I hope sincerely that each of our incoming colleagues will embrace the honor of this immense responsibility. Of course, our half of the Chamber hopes that, even after this week, we will be not quite through with welcoming new Senators. Democrats' unforced policy errors over the past several years have hit working families in the State of Georgia especially hard. Under one-party Democratic control in Washington and one-party representation here in the Senate, the Peach State has paid an especially painful price. Since President Biden took the oath of office, Georgia families have watched prices rise nearly 15 percent. They have shelled out hundreds of extra dollars every month just to foot the bill for the massive, reckless spending binge their two Democratic Senators pushed through with deciding votes. Needless to say, this completely avoidable Democratic inflation tax put Georgia workers and small businesses in a heck of a bind. ``It's absolutely murderous,'' one man in Columbus, GA, told reporters. ``Food, gas prices. Inflation is awful.'' Of course, it didn't have to be this way. The people of Georgia's Senators didn't have to vote in lockstep with Washington Democrats to overheat our economy with reckless spending. Georgia's two Democratic Senators didn't have to vote for the $2 trillion in inflationary spending. They didn't have to vote for hundreds of billions of dollars in leftwing climate policies. But every single time that the hard-working people of Georgia have needed a check and balance, their Democratic Senators only gave them a rubberstamp. When Georgians needed their Senators to stand up with independence, they just fell in line.	2020-01-06	Mr. McCONNELL	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6679-2	null	5,233
formal	single	null	homophobic	Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, last week, our narrowly divided country went to the polls and elected a narrowly divided Congress, including a very narrowly divided U.S. Senate. The next couple of months will see a number of long-serving Senate all-stars taking retirement, but today we are getting to welcome and meet our new soon-to-be colleagues on both sides of the aisle as the new Senators-elect arrive here in the Capitol for orientation. Among their ranks are an all-star lawyer and leader from Alabama, the attorney general from the great State of Missouri, the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, a businessman and best-selling author from Ohio, and three distinguished Members of the House of Representatives. Exactly 25 years ago, in remarks welcoming the new Senate class of 1996, Senator Robert Byrd told them that service in this body is both ``a supreme honor,'' ``a serious responsibility,'' and ``the highest political calling in the land.'' The famous student of the Senate's rules and history, our former colleague from West Virginia concluded that ``as long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure.'' So, Mr. President, it is a high bar to earn the trust of one's neighbors to represent them and fight for their home State here in this Chamber. Each of our soon-to-be colleagues has cleared this high bar. I am proud to welcome members of what will be the 118th Congress freshman class. I hope sincerely that each of our incoming colleagues will embrace the honor of this immense responsibility. Of course, our half of the Chamber hopes that, even after this week, we will be not quite through with welcoming new Senators. Democrats' unforced policy errors over the past several years have hit working families in the State of Georgia especially hard. Under one-party Democratic control in Washington and one-party representation here in the Senate, the Peach State has paid an especially painful price. Since President Biden took the oath of office, Georgia families have watched prices rise nearly 15 percent. They have shelled out hundreds of extra dollars every month just to foot the bill for the massive, reckless spending binge their two Democratic Senators pushed through with deciding votes. Needless to say, this completely avoidable Democratic inflation tax put Georgia workers and small businesses in a heck of a bind. ``It's absolutely murderous,'' one man in Columbus, GA, told reporters. ``Food, gas prices. Inflation is awful.'' Of course, it didn't have to be this way. The people of Georgia's Senators didn't have to vote in lockstep with Washington Democrats to overheat our economy with reckless spending. Georgia's two Democratic Senators didn't have to vote for the $2 trillion in inflationary spending. They didn't have to vote for hundreds of billions of dollars in leftwing climate policies. But every single time that the hard-working people of Georgia have needed a check and balance, their Democratic Senators only gave them a rubberstamp. When Georgians needed their Senators to stand up with independence, they just fell in line.	2020-01-06	Mr. McCONNELL	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6679-2	null	5,234
formal	working families	null	racist	Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, last week, our narrowly divided country went to the polls and elected a narrowly divided Congress, including a very narrowly divided U.S. Senate. The next couple of months will see a number of long-serving Senate all-stars taking retirement, but today we are getting to welcome and meet our new soon-to-be colleagues on both sides of the aisle as the new Senators-elect arrive here in the Capitol for orientation. Among their ranks are an all-star lawyer and leader from Alabama, the attorney general from the great State of Missouri, the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, a businessman and best-selling author from Ohio, and three distinguished Members of the House of Representatives. Exactly 25 years ago, in remarks welcoming the new Senate class of 1996, Senator Robert Byrd told them that service in this body is both ``a supreme honor,'' ``a serious responsibility,'' and ``the highest political calling in the land.'' The famous student of the Senate's rules and history, our former colleague from West Virginia concluded that ``as long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure.'' So, Mr. President, it is a high bar to earn the trust of one's neighbors to represent them and fight for their home State here in this Chamber. Each of our soon-to-be colleagues has cleared this high bar. I am proud to welcome members of what will be the 118th Congress freshman class. I hope sincerely that each of our incoming colleagues will embrace the honor of this immense responsibility. Of course, our half of the Chamber hopes that, even after this week, we will be not quite through with welcoming new Senators. Democrats' unforced policy errors over the past several years have hit working families in the State of Georgia especially hard. Under one-party Democratic control in Washington and one-party representation here in the Senate, the Peach State has paid an especially painful price. Since President Biden took the oath of office, Georgia families have watched prices rise nearly 15 percent. They have shelled out hundreds of extra dollars every month just to foot the bill for the massive, reckless spending binge their two Democratic Senators pushed through with deciding votes. Needless to say, this completely avoidable Democratic inflation tax put Georgia workers and small businesses in a heck of a bind. ``It's absolutely murderous,'' one man in Columbus, GA, told reporters. ``Food, gas prices. Inflation is awful.'' Of course, it didn't have to be this way. The people of Georgia's Senators didn't have to vote in lockstep with Washington Democrats to overheat our economy with reckless spending. Georgia's two Democratic Senators didn't have to vote for the $2 trillion in inflationary spending. They didn't have to vote for hundreds of billions of dollars in leftwing climate policies. But every single time that the hard-working people of Georgia have needed a check and balance, their Democratic Senators only gave them a rubberstamp. When Georgians needed their Senators to stand up with independence, they just fell in line.	2020-01-06	Mr. McCONNELL	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6679-2	null	5,235
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. KING. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. I want to talk about essentially three big issues: the importance of the bill, what is in the bill, and the cost of the bill. The first question is--and when I used to appear before the Maine Legislature, the first question always was: Why are you here? What is the problem? Why is this bill so important? It is important because the essence of our defense policy since World War II has been deterrence, and deterrence means maintaining the capacity to inflict unacceptable costs on any potential adversary and the will to impose those costs if necessary. What we are really talking about in the Defense Authorization Act is the capacity; that is, what is it that we have at our disposal that can impose costs on our potential adversaries such that they will refrain from aggression and initiating a conflict--a conflict which, in this day and age, would be catastrophic. Why do we have a defense bill? Why do we have a defense establishment? Why do we have ships and airplanes and space capability? In order to deter possible aggression. Why is this important? I am just finishing a book by William L. Shirer called ``The Collapse of the Third Republic.'' Everyone knows Shirer's great book ``The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.'' This is a subsequent book that he wrote in the late sixties about the French Republic and the relationship between France and England to Germany in the early days leading up to World War II. The central message or rather one of the central messages of the book was that the failure of France and Germany to deter and meet the aggression of Hitler early in the period leading up to World War II, as early as 1936, led to the conflagration of World War II. I would urge anyone who questions this assumption to Google: Rhineland, 1936; Sudetenland, 1938. Those were places where Hitler could have been stopped, and not with an enormous expenditure or investment of troops or materiel, but by an almost token resistance from the Western European powers, which they utterly failed to do. Then we had the rearmament of the Rhineland; the takeover of the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia; and, ofcourse, in September of 1939, the invasion of Poland, leading to World War II, where 55 million people were lost. Shirer makes the point and most historians make the point that this was avoidable. Had Hitler been confronted early, before he completely rebuilt the Nazi war machine, World War II could have been avoided, and all of those tremendous losses in this country and around the world would have never happened. Deterrence is also a key to nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons haven't been used in a confrontation or a conflict since 1945. Why? Because of the concept of deterrence. That those other countries--and there are other countries that have nuclear weapons--realize that if nuclear weapons are used, they will pay an enormous and unacceptable price. That has been the policy of this country for over 70 years, and it has worked. It has worked. But it only works as long as the adversary believes that we do, in fact, have the capacity to inflict that kind of punishment. Deterrence is a matter of credibility. You have to have a credible deterrent in terms of the actual capacity, and you also have to be credible in terms of your will to use it. Indeed, at this point in our history, we are talking about deterring the potential use of nuclear weapons in regard to the Ukraine conflict by Vladimir Putin. Deterrence means that capacity has to be credible. And the problem is, here in this country, we have allowed our nuclear deterrent to deteriorate and age to the point where we are having to, in effect, rebuild it, not from scratch but rebuild it substantially. And all at the same time, the triad: bombers, missiles, and submarines. We have to rebuild them, and it is happening at the same time, and it is expensive. It is because this work was deferred for the prior 25 or 30 years that we are now having to do all three legs of the triad at one time, which adds substantially to the defense budget, but it is necessary in order to maintain the deterrent that keeps the peace. I have many friends in Maine who come up to me and say: ``Why are we spending so much? Why are we building nuclear weapons? Let's get rid of them.'' The problem is, aggression and evil exist in the world--always have, as far as we can see; always will. The best war is the one that doesn't happen, and the most likely way to prevent war is for the potential adversary to know that the costs imposed upon them will be unacceptable. People also come up to me and say: Why are we providing this money to Ukraine? I don't get a lot of this, but occasionally people say: Why send money to Ukraine? We need that money here at home. That is when I always say: Google Rhineland, 1936; Sudetenland, 1938. Because Putin has told us who he is. He has told us that he feels the greatest tragedy of the 20th century was the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. Ukraine is the first piece. I don't think there is any doubt that, if he was allowed to just march in and take over Ukraine in a matter of weeks without any significant resistance, the next irritant for him would be the Baltics and then Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, and Poland. Maya Angelou said if someone tells you who they are, you should believe them. Putin has told us who he is. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. That is why Ukraine is so important. That is why what we have done, what we have provided, and the leadership this administration and our country has provided to other countries in the world in order to resist that aggression is so important and critical--critical to avoiding a much worse conflagration involving all of our countries down the road. That is why it is so important. When a dictator takes property, they are going to keep going, and that is why what we have done in Ukraine has been so critical and important. Well, Putin has told us what he wants to do, and we have joined with the rest of the world and the incredibly brave and resourceful people of Ukraine to stop it. That has to be continued. I am going to talk about cost in a few minutes, but one quick note on cost is that the only thing more expensive than maintaining a credible deterrent is war. Occasionally, you see a bumper sticker that says: You cannot prepare for war and avoid war at the same time. I believe that is actually wrong. The only way to avoid war is to be prepared. History is full of examples that that is the case, that aggressors look for weakness. They look for an opening. If they find none, they are going to pull back. That is the entire theory of our defense posture and the expenditures that we are making on behalf of the defense of this country and the free world. So what is in the bill? It is a long bill. There is a lot in it, but a couple of highlights. First, there is a raise for the troops. There is more money for the people who are defending our country, which they deserve. In a time of inflation, they deserve a significant raise, and that is in the bill. Another piece that is in the bill that I think is very important in terms of our veterans--and, of course, we are just coming out of the Veterans Day observance last weekend--is funding and attention in the Defense Department to the transition from Active-Duty service to veteran status. I believe that we should be spending as much or the Defense Department should be spending as much time, money, and effort on the transition out of the service as they spend on recruiting to bring people into the service. The data is that the tragedy of suicide among our veterans is most acute in the first 2 or 3 years after separation, and that tells me that is where we should focus some additional attention. In fact, that is in this bill. There is an enormous commitment to technology in this bill, to artificial intelligence, to quantum computing, to hypersonics, to cyber, which is the sort of frontline of the potential for aggression that is going on right now. There is a low-level cyber war going on right now. Just ask any business in America. I talked to a utility executive recently whose company is being attacked 3 million times a day, sometimes by State actors, sometimes by ordinary criminals or ransomware. But cyber is one of the most serious challenges we face, and, again, that is addressed in this bill. Another thing that is addressed, as I mentioned, is upgrading the nuclear triad, not because we like building submarines or missiles but because we must have a credible deterrent, so that, particularly so those dictators in North Korea or other countries that have nuclear weapons will not be tempted to use them. They have to know that the price to be paid is unacceptable. There is also counter drug policy in the bill. All of those things are an important part of what this bill does for the country. I want to digress for a moment on process. This bill is a prime example of the bipartisan process that ought to govern all of our proceedings here in this body and in the other body of government. And, indeed, over the last year, that has been the norm. Five of the six major bills passed in the last year in this body have been bipartisan, and that is the way it ought to be. And that is the way it is in the Armed Services Committee. This bill was reported out of the Armed Services Committee with a 23 to 3 bipartisan vote. I keep a little running tally in the Armed Services Committee when it comes to amendments. And this year we had 433 amendments proposed going into the markup of the Defense Authorization Act. They were negotiated. They were withdrawn. They were modified. But we ended up with 44 amendment votes. Six were on a party-line basis--6 out of 44 were on a party-line basis. All the rest were bipartisan, either voice votes or rollcall votes that were bipartisan. That is the way this process works, and that is the way this bill has come to this body. Now, let me talk a minute about cost. You often hear--and I hear it sometimes at home, sometimes down here--that we spend more on defense than the next 10 countries in the world combined. Yes, but no other country in the world has the global responsibility that we have. No other country in the world has the global role that we have; that has to look in all directions, not just one direction to one neighbor but in all directions. We have an enormous responsibility, whether we like it or not, as the most powerful country in the free world. And that means we have to support and defend freedom, democracy, the values that we have basedthis country on. We have to be the first line of defense. So the fact that we spend more than other countries, I don't think that is really the question. I think the real question should be: How much are we spending with regard to our overall economy and our Federal budget? I think that is a fair question. And the answer is pretty surprising to many people. This is the percentage of national defense of Federal spending, in relation to total Federal spending, going back to 1952, 70 years ago. In 1952, during the Korean war--and by the way, it was as even higher during World War II, but in 1952, about 70 percent of the Federal budget was for defense. As you can see, it trends down through the fifties and sixties and seventies. In 1987, it was 28 percent of the Federal budget. Today, it is 13 percent. It is at the lowest level it has been in 70 years as a percentage of the Federal budget. I think that surprises most people. They think all we are doing is spending money on defense. As a percentage of the Federal budget, it is actually the lowest it has been in 70 years. The other way to look at this, that I think is perhaps even more important, is the percentage of national defense spending of GDP, of our gross domestic product. That is really a fair measure. In other words, what part of our economy is devoted to defense spending? Again, going back to 1952, it was around 14 percent--14 percent of our gross national product was spent on defense; 1987, 6 percent; today, 3 percent. So people who argue that we are spending way too much on defense and why do you spend--they are looking at the raw dollars, but they really ought to be looking at how big a part of our economy are we devoting to defending this country and the freedom and values of the rest of the free world: 3 percent. Now, should other countries be paying a reasonable share? Absolutely. And many of them are stepping up. We are seeing significant increases in defense expenditures on behalf of many of our NATO allies and other countries around the world because they realize they have a responsibility too. But I think this is really an enlightening way to look at this in terms of what does this bill really mean? How expensive is it? The answer to that question is, it is half as expensive as it was 35 years ago. And it is about 20 percent of where it was 70 years ago. Is it a lot of money? Absolutely. The question is, What is it for? What it is for is, preventing war. As I think I said earlier, the only thing more expensive than maintaining an adequate deterrence is war itself. And that is what this bill is all about. We have passed the National Defense Authorization Act every year for the past 62 years. I deeply hope and believe in the interest of this country, of our citizens, and of the entire free world we are going to do so again in the next month. There is no more solemn responsibility we have. To go back to some of the first words of the Constitution, in order to ``provide for the common defense'' is one of the major functions--that is in the preamble, that is the overarching--``insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense.'' Those are part of the essential function of any government. It is our responsibility. I deeply hope in the next several weeks in this body we will meet that responsibility. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Mr. KING	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6679-3	null	5,236
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. KING. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. I want to talk about essentially three big issues: the importance of the bill, what is in the bill, and the cost of the bill. The first question is--and when I used to appear before the Maine Legislature, the first question always was: Why are you here? What is the problem? Why is this bill so important? It is important because the essence of our defense policy since World War II has been deterrence, and deterrence means maintaining the capacity to inflict unacceptable costs on any potential adversary and the will to impose those costs if necessary. What we are really talking about in the Defense Authorization Act is the capacity; that is, what is it that we have at our disposal that can impose costs on our potential adversaries such that they will refrain from aggression and initiating a conflict--a conflict which, in this day and age, would be catastrophic. Why do we have a defense bill? Why do we have a defense establishment? Why do we have ships and airplanes and space capability? In order to deter possible aggression. Why is this important? I am just finishing a book by William L. Shirer called ``The Collapse of the Third Republic.'' Everyone knows Shirer's great book ``The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.'' This is a subsequent book that he wrote in the late sixties about the French Republic and the relationship between France and England to Germany in the early days leading up to World War II. The central message or rather one of the central messages of the book was that the failure of France and Germany to deter and meet the aggression of Hitler early in the period leading up to World War II, as early as 1936, led to the conflagration of World War II. I would urge anyone who questions this assumption to Google: Rhineland, 1936; Sudetenland, 1938. Those were places where Hitler could have been stopped, and not with an enormous expenditure or investment of troops or materiel, but by an almost token resistance from the Western European powers, which they utterly failed to do. Then we had the rearmament of the Rhineland; the takeover of the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia; and, ofcourse, in September of 1939, the invasion of Poland, leading to World War II, where 55 million people were lost. Shirer makes the point and most historians make the point that this was avoidable. Had Hitler been confronted early, before he completely rebuilt the Nazi war machine, World War II could have been avoided, and all of those tremendous losses in this country and around the world would have never happened. Deterrence is also a key to nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons haven't been used in a confrontation or a conflict since 1945. Why? Because of the concept of deterrence. That those other countries--and there are other countries that have nuclear weapons--realize that if nuclear weapons are used, they will pay an enormous and unacceptable price. That has been the policy of this country for over 70 years, and it has worked. It has worked. But it only works as long as the adversary believes that we do, in fact, have the capacity to inflict that kind of punishment. Deterrence is a matter of credibility. You have to have a credible deterrent in terms of the actual capacity, and you also have to be credible in terms of your will to use it. Indeed, at this point in our history, we are talking about deterring the potential use of nuclear weapons in regard to the Ukraine conflict by Vladimir Putin. Deterrence means that capacity has to be credible. And the problem is, here in this country, we have allowed our nuclear deterrent to deteriorate and age to the point where we are having to, in effect, rebuild it, not from scratch but rebuild it substantially. And all at the same time, the triad: bombers, missiles, and submarines. We have to rebuild them, and it is happening at the same time, and it is expensive. It is because this work was deferred for the prior 25 or 30 years that we are now having to do all three legs of the triad at one time, which adds substantially to the defense budget, but it is necessary in order to maintain the deterrent that keeps the peace. I have many friends in Maine who come up to me and say: ``Why are we spending so much? Why are we building nuclear weapons? Let's get rid of them.'' The problem is, aggression and evil exist in the world--always have, as far as we can see; always will. The best war is the one that doesn't happen, and the most likely way to prevent war is for the potential adversary to know that the costs imposed upon them will be unacceptable. People also come up to me and say: Why are we providing this money to Ukraine? I don't get a lot of this, but occasionally people say: Why send money to Ukraine? We need that money here at home. That is when I always say: Google Rhineland, 1936; Sudetenland, 1938. Because Putin has told us who he is. He has told us that he feels the greatest tragedy of the 20th century was the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. Ukraine is the first piece. I don't think there is any doubt that, if he was allowed to just march in and take over Ukraine in a matter of weeks without any significant resistance, the next irritant for him would be the Baltics and then Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, and Poland. Maya Angelou said if someone tells you who they are, you should believe them. Putin has told us who he is. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. That is why Ukraine is so important. That is why what we have done, what we have provided, and the leadership this administration and our country has provided to other countries in the world in order to resist that aggression is so important and critical--critical to avoiding a much worse conflagration involving all of our countries down the road. That is why it is so important. When a dictator takes property, they are going to keep going, and that is why what we have done in Ukraine has been so critical and important. Well, Putin has told us what he wants to do, and we have joined with the rest of the world and the incredibly brave and resourceful people of Ukraine to stop it. That has to be continued. I am going to talk about cost in a few minutes, but one quick note on cost is that the only thing more expensive than maintaining a credible deterrent is war. Occasionally, you see a bumper sticker that says: You cannot prepare for war and avoid war at the same time. I believe that is actually wrong. The only way to avoid war is to be prepared. History is full of examples that that is the case, that aggressors look for weakness. They look for an opening. If they find none, they are going to pull back. That is the entire theory of our defense posture and the expenditures that we are making on behalf of the defense of this country and the free world. So what is in the bill? It is a long bill. There is a lot in it, but a couple of highlights. First, there is a raise for the troops. There is more money for the people who are defending our country, which they deserve. In a time of inflation, they deserve a significant raise, and that is in the bill. Another piece that is in the bill that I think is very important in terms of our veterans--and, of course, we are just coming out of the Veterans Day observance last weekend--is funding and attention in the Defense Department to the transition from Active-Duty service to veteran status. I believe that we should be spending as much or the Defense Department should be spending as much time, money, and effort on the transition out of the service as they spend on recruiting to bring people into the service. The data is that the tragedy of suicide among our veterans is most acute in the first 2 or 3 years after separation, and that tells me that is where we should focus some additional attention. In fact, that is in this bill. There is an enormous commitment to technology in this bill, to artificial intelligence, to quantum computing, to hypersonics, to cyber, which is the sort of frontline of the potential for aggression that is going on right now. There is a low-level cyber war going on right now. Just ask any business in America. I talked to a utility executive recently whose company is being attacked 3 million times a day, sometimes by State actors, sometimes by ordinary criminals or ransomware. But cyber is one of the most serious challenges we face, and, again, that is addressed in this bill. Another thing that is addressed, as I mentioned, is upgrading the nuclear triad, not because we like building submarines or missiles but because we must have a credible deterrent, so that, particularly so those dictators in North Korea or other countries that have nuclear weapons will not be tempted to use them. They have to know that the price to be paid is unacceptable. There is also counter drug policy in the bill. All of those things are an important part of what this bill does for the country. I want to digress for a moment on process. This bill is a prime example of the bipartisan process that ought to govern all of our proceedings here in this body and in the other body of government. And, indeed, over the last year, that has been the norm. Five of the six major bills passed in the last year in this body have been bipartisan, and that is the way it ought to be. And that is the way it is in the Armed Services Committee. This bill was reported out of the Armed Services Committee with a 23 to 3 bipartisan vote. I keep a little running tally in the Armed Services Committee when it comes to amendments. And this year we had 433 amendments proposed going into the markup of the Defense Authorization Act. They were negotiated. They were withdrawn. They were modified. But we ended up with 44 amendment votes. Six were on a party-line basis--6 out of 44 were on a party-line basis. All the rest were bipartisan, either voice votes or rollcall votes that were bipartisan. That is the way this process works, and that is the way this bill has come to this body. Now, let me talk a minute about cost. You often hear--and I hear it sometimes at home, sometimes down here--that we spend more on defense than the next 10 countries in the world combined. Yes, but no other country in the world has the global responsibility that we have. No other country in the world has the global role that we have; that has to look in all directions, not just one direction to one neighbor but in all directions. We have an enormous responsibility, whether we like it or not, as the most powerful country in the free world. And that means we have to support and defend freedom, democracy, the values that we have basedthis country on. We have to be the first line of defense. So the fact that we spend more than other countries, I don't think that is really the question. I think the real question should be: How much are we spending with regard to our overall economy and our Federal budget? I think that is a fair question. And the answer is pretty surprising to many people. This is the percentage of national defense of Federal spending, in relation to total Federal spending, going back to 1952, 70 years ago. In 1952, during the Korean war--and by the way, it was as even higher during World War II, but in 1952, about 70 percent of the Federal budget was for defense. As you can see, it trends down through the fifties and sixties and seventies. In 1987, it was 28 percent of the Federal budget. Today, it is 13 percent. It is at the lowest level it has been in 70 years as a percentage of the Federal budget. I think that surprises most people. They think all we are doing is spending money on defense. As a percentage of the Federal budget, it is actually the lowest it has been in 70 years. The other way to look at this, that I think is perhaps even more important, is the percentage of national defense spending of GDP, of our gross domestic product. That is really a fair measure. In other words, what part of our economy is devoted to defense spending? Again, going back to 1952, it was around 14 percent--14 percent of our gross national product was spent on defense; 1987, 6 percent; today, 3 percent. So people who argue that we are spending way too much on defense and why do you spend--they are looking at the raw dollars, but they really ought to be looking at how big a part of our economy are we devoting to defending this country and the freedom and values of the rest of the free world: 3 percent. Now, should other countries be paying a reasonable share? Absolutely. And many of them are stepping up. We are seeing significant increases in defense expenditures on behalf of many of our NATO allies and other countries around the world because they realize they have a responsibility too. But I think this is really an enlightening way to look at this in terms of what does this bill really mean? How expensive is it? The answer to that question is, it is half as expensive as it was 35 years ago. And it is about 20 percent of where it was 70 years ago. Is it a lot of money? Absolutely. The question is, What is it for? What it is for is, preventing war. As I think I said earlier, the only thing more expensive than maintaining an adequate deterrence is war itself. And that is what this bill is all about. We have passed the National Defense Authorization Act every year for the past 62 years. I deeply hope and believe in the interest of this country, of our citizens, and of the entire free world we are going to do so again in the next month. There is no more solemn responsibility we have. To go back to some of the first words of the Constitution, in order to ``provide for the common defense'' is one of the major functions--that is in the preamble, that is the overarching--``insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense.'' Those are part of the essential function of any government. It is our responsibility. I deeply hope in the next several weeks in this body we will meet that responsibility. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Mr. KING	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6679-3	null	5,237
formal	Google	null	racist	Mr. KING. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. I want to talk about essentially three big issues: the importance of the bill, what is in the bill, and the cost of the bill. The first question is--and when I used to appear before the Maine Legislature, the first question always was: Why are you here? What is the problem? Why is this bill so important? It is important because the essence of our defense policy since World War II has been deterrence, and deterrence means maintaining the capacity to inflict unacceptable costs on any potential adversary and the will to impose those costs if necessary. What we are really talking about in the Defense Authorization Act is the capacity; that is, what is it that we have at our disposal that can impose costs on our potential adversaries such that they will refrain from aggression and initiating a conflict--a conflict which, in this day and age, would be catastrophic. Why do we have a defense bill? Why do we have a defense establishment? Why do we have ships and airplanes and space capability? In order to deter possible aggression. Why is this important? I am just finishing a book by William L. Shirer called ``The Collapse of the Third Republic.'' Everyone knows Shirer's great book ``The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.'' This is a subsequent book that he wrote in the late sixties about the French Republic and the relationship between France and England to Germany in the early days leading up to World War II. The central message or rather one of the central messages of the book was that the failure of France and Germany to deter and meet the aggression of Hitler early in the period leading up to World War II, as early as 1936, led to the conflagration of World War II. I would urge anyone who questions this assumption to Google: Rhineland, 1936; Sudetenland, 1938. Those were places where Hitler could have been stopped, and not with an enormous expenditure or investment of troops or materiel, but by an almost token resistance from the Western European powers, which they utterly failed to do. Then we had the rearmament of the Rhineland; the takeover of the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia; and, ofcourse, in September of 1939, the invasion of Poland, leading to World War II, where 55 million people were lost. Shirer makes the point and most historians make the point that this was avoidable. Had Hitler been confronted early, before he completely rebuilt the Nazi war machine, World War II could have been avoided, and all of those tremendous losses in this country and around the world would have never happened. Deterrence is also a key to nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons haven't been used in a confrontation or a conflict since 1945. Why? Because of the concept of deterrence. That those other countries--and there are other countries that have nuclear weapons--realize that if nuclear weapons are used, they will pay an enormous and unacceptable price. That has been the policy of this country for over 70 years, and it has worked. It has worked. But it only works as long as the adversary believes that we do, in fact, have the capacity to inflict that kind of punishment. Deterrence is a matter of credibility. You have to have a credible deterrent in terms of the actual capacity, and you also have to be credible in terms of your will to use it. Indeed, at this point in our history, we are talking about deterring the potential use of nuclear weapons in regard to the Ukraine conflict by Vladimir Putin. Deterrence means that capacity has to be credible. And the problem is, here in this country, we have allowed our nuclear deterrent to deteriorate and age to the point where we are having to, in effect, rebuild it, not from scratch but rebuild it substantially. And all at the same time, the triad: bombers, missiles, and submarines. We have to rebuild them, and it is happening at the same time, and it is expensive. It is because this work was deferred for the prior 25 or 30 years that we are now having to do all three legs of the triad at one time, which adds substantially to the defense budget, but it is necessary in order to maintain the deterrent that keeps the peace. I have many friends in Maine who come up to me and say: ``Why are we spending so much? Why are we building nuclear weapons? Let's get rid of them.'' The problem is, aggression and evil exist in the world--always have, as far as we can see; always will. The best war is the one that doesn't happen, and the most likely way to prevent war is for the potential adversary to know that the costs imposed upon them will be unacceptable. People also come up to me and say: Why are we providing this money to Ukraine? I don't get a lot of this, but occasionally people say: Why send money to Ukraine? We need that money here at home. That is when I always say: Google Rhineland, 1936; Sudetenland, 1938. Because Putin has told us who he is. He has told us that he feels the greatest tragedy of the 20th century was the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. Ukraine is the first piece. I don't think there is any doubt that, if he was allowed to just march in and take over Ukraine in a matter of weeks without any significant resistance, the next irritant for him would be the Baltics and then Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, and Poland. Maya Angelou said if someone tells you who they are, you should believe them. Putin has told us who he is. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. That is why Ukraine is so important. That is why what we have done, what we have provided, and the leadership this administration and our country has provided to other countries in the world in order to resist that aggression is so important and critical--critical to avoiding a much worse conflagration involving all of our countries down the road. That is why it is so important. When a dictator takes property, they are going to keep going, and that is why what we have done in Ukraine has been so critical and important. Well, Putin has told us what he wants to do, and we have joined with the rest of the world and the incredibly brave and resourceful people of Ukraine to stop it. That has to be continued. I am going to talk about cost in a few minutes, but one quick note on cost is that the only thing more expensive than maintaining a credible deterrent is war. Occasionally, you see a bumper sticker that says: You cannot prepare for war and avoid war at the same time. I believe that is actually wrong. The only way to avoid war is to be prepared. History is full of examples that that is the case, that aggressors look for weakness. They look for an opening. If they find none, they are going to pull back. That is the entire theory of our defense posture and the expenditures that we are making on behalf of the defense of this country and the free world. So what is in the bill? It is a long bill. There is a lot in it, but a couple of highlights. First, there is a raise for the troops. There is more money for the people who are defending our country, which they deserve. In a time of inflation, they deserve a significant raise, and that is in the bill. Another piece that is in the bill that I think is very important in terms of our veterans--and, of course, we are just coming out of the Veterans Day observance last weekend--is funding and attention in the Defense Department to the transition from Active-Duty service to veteran status. I believe that we should be spending as much or the Defense Department should be spending as much time, money, and effort on the transition out of the service as they spend on recruiting to bring people into the service. The data is that the tragedy of suicide among our veterans is most acute in the first 2 or 3 years after separation, and that tells me that is where we should focus some additional attention. In fact, that is in this bill. There is an enormous commitment to technology in this bill, to artificial intelligence, to quantum computing, to hypersonics, to cyber, which is the sort of frontline of the potential for aggression that is going on right now. There is a low-level cyber war going on right now. Just ask any business in America. I talked to a utility executive recently whose company is being attacked 3 million times a day, sometimes by State actors, sometimes by ordinary criminals or ransomware. But cyber is one of the most serious challenges we face, and, again, that is addressed in this bill. Another thing that is addressed, as I mentioned, is upgrading the nuclear triad, not because we like building submarines or missiles but because we must have a credible deterrent, so that, particularly so those dictators in North Korea or other countries that have nuclear weapons will not be tempted to use them. They have to know that the price to be paid is unacceptable. There is also counter drug policy in the bill. All of those things are an important part of what this bill does for the country. I want to digress for a moment on process. This bill is a prime example of the bipartisan process that ought to govern all of our proceedings here in this body and in the other body of government. And, indeed, over the last year, that has been the norm. Five of the six major bills passed in the last year in this body have been bipartisan, and that is the way it ought to be. And that is the way it is in the Armed Services Committee. This bill was reported out of the Armed Services Committee with a 23 to 3 bipartisan vote. I keep a little running tally in the Armed Services Committee when it comes to amendments. And this year we had 433 amendments proposed going into the markup of the Defense Authorization Act. They were negotiated. They were withdrawn. They were modified. But we ended up with 44 amendment votes. Six were on a party-line basis--6 out of 44 were on a party-line basis. All the rest were bipartisan, either voice votes or rollcall votes that were bipartisan. That is the way this process works, and that is the way this bill has come to this body. Now, let me talk a minute about cost. You often hear--and I hear it sometimes at home, sometimes down here--that we spend more on defense than the next 10 countries in the world combined. Yes, but no other country in the world has the global responsibility that we have. No other country in the world has the global role that we have; that has to look in all directions, not just one direction to one neighbor but in all directions. We have an enormous responsibility, whether we like it or not, as the most powerful country in the free world. And that means we have to support and defend freedom, democracy, the values that we have basedthis country on. We have to be the first line of defense. So the fact that we spend more than other countries, I don't think that is really the question. I think the real question should be: How much are we spending with regard to our overall economy and our Federal budget? I think that is a fair question. And the answer is pretty surprising to many people. This is the percentage of national defense of Federal spending, in relation to total Federal spending, going back to 1952, 70 years ago. In 1952, during the Korean war--and by the way, it was as even higher during World War II, but in 1952, about 70 percent of the Federal budget was for defense. As you can see, it trends down through the fifties and sixties and seventies. In 1987, it was 28 percent of the Federal budget. Today, it is 13 percent. It is at the lowest level it has been in 70 years as a percentage of the Federal budget. I think that surprises most people. They think all we are doing is spending money on defense. As a percentage of the Federal budget, it is actually the lowest it has been in 70 years. The other way to look at this, that I think is perhaps even more important, is the percentage of national defense spending of GDP, of our gross domestic product. That is really a fair measure. In other words, what part of our economy is devoted to defense spending? Again, going back to 1952, it was around 14 percent--14 percent of our gross national product was spent on defense; 1987, 6 percent; today, 3 percent. So people who argue that we are spending way too much on defense and why do you spend--they are looking at the raw dollars, but they really ought to be looking at how big a part of our economy are we devoting to defending this country and the freedom and values of the rest of the free world: 3 percent. Now, should other countries be paying a reasonable share? Absolutely. And many of them are stepping up. We are seeing significant increases in defense expenditures on behalf of many of our NATO allies and other countries around the world because they realize they have a responsibility too. But I think this is really an enlightening way to look at this in terms of what does this bill really mean? How expensive is it? The answer to that question is, it is half as expensive as it was 35 years ago. And it is about 20 percent of where it was 70 years ago. Is it a lot of money? Absolutely. The question is, What is it for? What it is for is, preventing war. As I think I said earlier, the only thing more expensive than maintaining an adequate deterrence is war itself. And that is what this bill is all about. We have passed the National Defense Authorization Act every year for the past 62 years. I deeply hope and believe in the interest of this country, of our citizens, and of the entire free world we are going to do so again in the next month. There is no more solemn responsibility we have. To go back to some of the first words of the Constitution, in order to ``provide for the common defense'' is one of the major functions--that is in the preamble, that is the overarching--``insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense.'' Those are part of the essential function of any government. It is our responsibility. I deeply hope in the next several weeks in this body we will meet that responsibility. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Mr. KING	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6679-3	null	5,238
formal	Reagan	null	white supremacist	Mr. REED. Madam President, I rise today to honor a great American and an exceptional member of the U.S. Air Force. Lt. Col. Nathan ``Nate'' Kitzke has distinguished himself through his professional character and dedication by serving this Nation in uniform. A leader and expert communicator, he has provided distinguished service to our country while assigned to the Air Force Senate Liaison Office. He is an outstanding leader and a great airman to represent the Air Force on CapitolHill. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Nate has served in the Air Force for over 18 years. As a deployed squadron commander and C-130 pilot, Nate has led thousands of airmen in support of U.S. Air Force missions worldwide. Throughout his career, Nate has demonstrated exceptional, unrivaled officership. He is a senior pilot with over 2,150 flying hours in the C-130E/H and has flown more than 1,000 combat hours over five deployments in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, and Inherent Resolve. Prior to his current assignment, Nate had the privilege of being a deployed squadron commander at the 407th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, where he led two teams of airmen and civilians in managing two strategically essential Kuwaiti airfields. As a legislative liaison in the Air Force Senate Liaison Office from June 2020 to June 2022, Lieutenant Colonel Kitzke performed his duties well and without reservation supporting the 116th and 117th U.S. Congresses. His strategic thinking and foresight helped to strengthen and improve our national security. Nate accomplished this utilizing his in-depth Air Force knowledge with numerous engagements between Congress and the Department of the Air Force. Nate expertly conveyed Department of the Air Force positions on the Air Force Future Design that included the future bomber, tanker, and fighter force. Nate's direct support provided the U.S. Senate critical information necessary for three National Defense Authorization Acts. His efforts helped establish the U.S. Space Force, ensure the confirmation of the 26th Air Force Secretary, the 22nd Air Force Chief of Staff, and ensured the Department of the Air Force support of the National Defense Strategy in our return to great power competition. Lieutenant Colonel Kitzke planned and led delegations for Members of Congress on visits all over the world to include the bicameral Reagan National Defense Forum. Nate's significant efforts led to successful engagements between this governing body and senior Department of Defense Officials including the Secretary of the Air Force. All of these engagements helped U.S. Senators understand defense equities and their impact on national security. Due to his direct involvement and stewardship, Members of Congress were able to make informed decisions and ensure the Department of the Air Force was properly resourced and funded. After serving in this crucial role for the past 2 years and becoming a fixture on Capitol Hill, Lieutenant Colonel Kitzke will move to his next assignment, attending Air War College at Maxwell AFB, AL, a selection reserved only for the top echelon of Air Force leaders. Nate, his wife Gileanne, and their son Diego have sacrificed much as a family in service to our Nation. I am thankful for Nate's service and his work with my office and the Senate over the past 2 years on issues of vital importance to this great Nation. I salute this American patriot whose selfless service has kept our country safe and strong.	2020-01-06	Mr. REED	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6687-2	null	5,239
formal	based	null	white supremacist	At 11:02 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Alli, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, without amendment: S. 1941. An act to direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to standardize the use of core-based statistical area designations across Federal programs, to allow between 120 and 180 days for public comment on any proposed change to such designations, and to report on the scientific basis and estimated impact to Federal programs for any proposed change to such designations, and for other purposes. S. 2159. An act to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, as the ``Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic'', and for other purposes. S. 3510. An act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance with respect to natural disaster resilience, and for other purposes. S. 3655. An act to amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to extend the termination date of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board. S. 3826. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the ``Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building''. S. 3884. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. Highway 41 North in Baraga, Michigan, as the ``Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office''. The message also announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 2473. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the ``Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office''. H.R. 5441. An act to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 5481. An act to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Forest City, North Carolina, as the ``Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic''. H.R. 6722. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as the ``Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic''. H.R. 6863. An act to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Memphis, Tennessee, as the ``Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center''. H.R. 6917. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake, Illinois, as the ``Ryan J. Cummings Post Office Building''. H.R. 7518. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, Michigan, as the ``Roy E. Dickens Post Office''. H.R. 7899. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 75 Commerce Drive in Grayslake, Illinois, as the ``Army Specialist Joseph `Joey' W. Dimock II Post Office Building''. H.R. 7903. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan, as the ``Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic''. H.R. 7925. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan VA Clinic''.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6689-6	null	5,240
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-5239. A communication from the Chief of the Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the Summer Food Service Program'' (RIN0584-AE72) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 23, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5240. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Benzovindiflupyr; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10088-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5241. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Propamocarb; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10174-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5242. A communication from the Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Employment Transparency Regarding Individuals Who Perform Work in the People's Republic of China (DFARS Case 2022-D010)'' (RIN0750-AL61) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 2022; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5243. A communication from the Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (DFARS Case 2021-D030)'' (RIN0750-AL52) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5244. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fair Housing Rule, Consumer Protection in Sales of Insurance Rule; Technical Correction'' (RIN3064-AF84) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5245. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to operation of the Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) for fiscal year 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5246. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 594) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5247. A communication from the Federal Register Liaison Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2022 Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments for Oil, Gas, and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf'' (RIN1010-AE10) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5248. 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 Circulator Pumps'' (RIN1904-AD77) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 2022; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. EC-5249. 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; Boyd and Christian County Limited Maintenance Plans for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS'' (FRL No. 10150-02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5250. 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; Emissions Inventory Requirements for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 10017-02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5251. 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 and Operating Permit Program Approval; TN; Electronic Notice (e-notice) Provisions'' (FRL No. 10016- 02-R4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5252. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Maine: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 10012-02-R1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5253. 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; Louisiana; Repeal of Excess Emissions Related Provisions'' (FRL No. 9955-02-R6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5254. 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 Disapproval; California; Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District and Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 9873-02-R9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5255. 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; Pennsylvania; 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards Nonattainment New Source Review Certification SIP'' (FRL No. 9823-02-R3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5256. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Limited Approval, Limited Disapproval of California Air Plan Revisions; California Air Resources Board'' (FRL No. 9820-02-R9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5257. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Finding of Failure to Attain the Primary 2010 One- Hour Sulfur Dioxide Standard for the St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana Nonattainment ARea'' (FRL No. 9308-02-R6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5258. 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; Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Solvent Cleaning and Drying'' (FRL No. 9174-02-R3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5259. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Revisions to Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings'' (FRL No. 9158-02-R2) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5260. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (21-2.5e)'' ((RIN2070-AB27)(FRL No. 8805-02- 0CSPP)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5261. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19-4.F); Correction'' (FRL No. 7584-03-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5262. 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; Texas; Clean Air Requirements for Nonattainment New Source Review'' (FRL No. 10200-01-R6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5263. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Finding of Failure to Submit Contingency Measures for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS; Coachella Valley, California, and West Mojave Desert, California'' (FRL No. 10218-01-R9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5264. 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; Medicare Part B Monthly Actuarial Rates, Premium Rates, and Annual Deductible Beginning January 1, 2023'' (RIN0938-AU48) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5265. 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; CY 2023 Part A Premiums for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement'' (RIN0938- AU71) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5266. 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; CY 2023 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts'' (RIN0938-AU71) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5267. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Updated Lists of Jurisdictions Under Deposit Interest Rules'' (Rev. Proc. 2022-35) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5268. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The Medicare Secondary Payer Commercial Repayment Center in Fiscal Year 2021''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5269. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revenue Procedure: Examination of returns and claims for refund, credit, or abatement; determination of correct tax liability'' (Rev. Proc. 2022-36) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5270. A communication from the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA): Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Drug Crop Eradication and Crop Substitution, 2021''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5271. A communication from the Attorney, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord with Presidential Proclamation 10414'' (RIN0625-AB21) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 20, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5272. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``2022 Report to Congress--Annual Update: Identification of Quality Measurement Priorities and Associated Funding for the Consensus-Based Entity (currently the National Quality Forum) and Other Entities''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5273. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report on Unobligated Balances for Appropriations Relating to Quality Measurement''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5274. A communication from the Acting Chief of the Trade and Commercial Regulations Branch, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Import Restrictions on Archaeological and Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material From Guatemala'' ((RIN1515-AE76)(CBP Dec. 22-24)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5275. A communication from the Acting Chief of the Trade and Commercial Regulations Branch, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension and Amendment of Import Restrictions on Archaeological and Ethnological Material from Mali'' ((RIN1515-AE75)(CBP Dec. 22-23)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5276. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits'' (29 CFR Part 4044) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5277. A communication from the Supervisory Workforce Analyst, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration'' (RIN1205-AC06) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5278. A communication from the Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Office of Inspector General's budget request for fiscal year 2024; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5279. A communication from the Board Members, Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Board's budget request for fiscal year 2024; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5280. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Annual Summary Reporting Requirements Under the Right to Try Act'' (RIN0910-Al36) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5281. A communication from the Director of Regulations and Policy Management Staff, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Calcium Carbonate'' (FDA-2017-C-6238) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5282. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Change of Address; Technical Amendments'' (RIN1212-AB55) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5283. A communication from Associate General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Procedures for Disclosure of Records under the Freedom of Information Act'' (RIN3045-AA59) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5284. A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a determination concerning a petition to add members to the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5285. 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 ``Asylum Application, and Employment Authorization for Applicants; Implementation of Vacatur'' (RIN1615-AC66) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6690-4	null	5,241
formal	based	null	white supremacist	The following bills were read the first and the second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: H.R. 2473. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the ``Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. H.R. 5441. An act to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. H.R. 5481. An act to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Forest City, North Carolina, as the ``Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 6722. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as the ``Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 6863. An act to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Memphis, Tennessee, as the ``Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 6917. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake, Illinois, as the ``Ryan J. Cummings Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. H.R. 7518. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, Michigan, as the ``Roy E. Dickens Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. H.R. 7899. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 75 Commerce Drive in Grayslake, Illinois, as the ``Army Specialist Joseph `Joey' W. Dimock II Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. H.R. 7903. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Canton, Michigan, as the ``Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 7925. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan VA clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6690	null	5,242
formal	special interest	null	antisemitic	Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask my colleagues to join me today in honoring journalists. A free, independent media is vital to our democracy. It is enshrined in our Constitution. We depend on reporters around the world to both tell the stories that have an impact on our day-to-day lives and dig for those stories that might not be told otherwise. Journalists are generally tenacious and dedicated. They ask the tough questions. They challenge special interests. They connect us with our communities and our world. They put themselves in harm's way to tell the unvarnished truth, unfiltered by government propaganda, at a time when the world needs it more than ever, and too often, that comes at a cost. Increasingly, journalists find themselves under attack, arrested, or targeted for simply reporting facts. Some even make the ultimate sacrifice to reveal the truth. In March, I spoke on this floor about three talented, brave journalists who were killed while reporting on Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine. Since then, at least nine other journalists have been killed in Ukraine, journalists who were covering this war. In May, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while reporting on an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the West Bank. This danger is not something American journalists are immune from. In September, Jeff German, a reporter with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was murdered--was murdered--for his investigative reporting here in the United States of America. These are only a few of the journalists who lost their lives this year while trying to uncover the truth. Since Mahsa Amini's death on September 16, Reporters Without Borders has found that ``at least 42 journalists have been arrested throughout Iran.'' The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that since the beginning of 2022--fewer than 11 months--60 journalists--6-0 journalists--have been killed. Politicians in this country throw around all kinds of incendiary language describing journalists, making fun of them, demeaning them, contributing to this view too often that could lead to the injury or attacks or even murders of journalists. We remember those who lost their lives. We recognize their unwavering commitment to the democratic ideals of truth and accuracy and transparency, a commitment so strong that they put their lives on the line--often putting truth before personal safety--to cover floods and hurricanes and the important stories from global war zones. We have a better understanding of what is happening in the world today because of journalists, because of journalism. Our thoughts are with the families and the friends and the colleagues whose loved ones were killed in search of truth, but thoughts and prayers aren't enough. We need to support efforts here and abroad to hold those who kill or even threaten journalists accountable. That is why the work of organizations like Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists--why organizations like that areintegral to ensuring our basic right to freedom of the press. Earlier this month, we commemorated the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Attacks and threats against journalists are attacks and threats against all of us, attacks and threats to freedom of speech and expression itself. I have called for the release of journalists unjustly detained in Egypt, Morocco, and elsewhere. I will keep calling for justice. We honor the memories and the work of journalists best by defending the freedom of the press, defending the right to free speech, protecting journalists in their pursuit of the truth, and holding the regimes--no matter where they are--that attack journalists accountable. Today, we recommit ourselves to that fight.	2020-01-06	Mr. BROWN	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6700-3	null	5,243
formal	special interests	null	antisemitic	Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask my colleagues to join me today in honoring journalists. A free, independent media is vital to our democracy. It is enshrined in our Constitution. We depend on reporters around the world to both tell the stories that have an impact on our day-to-day lives and dig for those stories that might not be told otherwise. Journalists are generally tenacious and dedicated. They ask the tough questions. They challenge special interests. They connect us with our communities and our world. They put themselves in harm's way to tell the unvarnished truth, unfiltered by government propaganda, at a time when the world needs it more than ever, and too often, that comes at a cost. Increasingly, journalists find themselves under attack, arrested, or targeted for simply reporting facts. Some even make the ultimate sacrifice to reveal the truth. In March, I spoke on this floor about three talented, brave journalists who were killed while reporting on Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine. Since then, at least nine other journalists have been killed in Ukraine, journalists who were covering this war. In May, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while reporting on an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the West Bank. This danger is not something American journalists are immune from. In September, Jeff German, a reporter with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was murdered--was murdered--for his investigative reporting here in the United States of America. These are only a few of the journalists who lost their lives this year while trying to uncover the truth. Since Mahsa Amini's death on September 16, Reporters Without Borders has found that ``at least 42 journalists have been arrested throughout Iran.'' The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that since the beginning of 2022--fewer than 11 months--60 journalists--6-0 journalists--have been killed. Politicians in this country throw around all kinds of incendiary language describing journalists, making fun of them, demeaning them, contributing to this view too often that could lead to the injury or attacks or even murders of journalists. We remember those who lost their lives. We recognize their unwavering commitment to the democratic ideals of truth and accuracy and transparency, a commitment so strong that they put their lives on the line--often putting truth before personal safety--to cover floods and hurricanes and the important stories from global war zones. We have a better understanding of what is happening in the world today because of journalists, because of journalism. Our thoughts are with the families and the friends and the colleagues whose loved ones were killed in search of truth, but thoughts and prayers aren't enough. We need to support efforts here and abroad to hold those who kill or even threaten journalists accountable. That is why the work of organizations like Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists--why organizations like that areintegral to ensuring our basic right to freedom of the press. Earlier this month, we commemorated the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Attacks and threats against journalists are attacks and threats against all of us, attacks and threats to freedom of speech and expression itself. I have called for the release of journalists unjustly detained in Egypt, Morocco, and elsewhere. I will keep calling for justice. We honor the memories and the work of journalists best by defending the freedom of the press, defending the right to free speech, protecting journalists in their pursuit of the truth, and holding the regimes--no matter where they are--that attack journalists accountable. Today, we recommit ourselves to that fight.	2020-01-06	Mr. BROWN	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6700-3	null	5,244
formal	Volodymyr Zelensky	null	antisemitic	Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I come to the floor of the Senate tonight for the 25th consecutive week while the Senate has been in session to talk about the brutal and illegal and unprovoked war on Ukraine by Russia--Ukraine, a democratic nation, an ally of ours who only wants to live in peace with its neighbors. A lot has happened in the last 6 weeks since we have been in session; however, I want to start by addressing some very serious news out of Poland this afternoon. Today, Russia launched another barbaric salvo of missile strikes against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, including hitting civilian residences and power facilities. According to reports, during this bombardment today, two missiles went into Poland and struck a Polish village 5 miles from the Ukrainian border, killing two people. Several officials, including a senior U.S. intelligence official and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine himself, have stated that these missiles were Russian missiles. Now, remember, Poland is a NATO ally. There are U.S. troops in Poland. The Pols have been beside us in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are strong allies. If this is true that Russia launched missiles that, intentionally or unintentionally, struck NATO territory and killed civilians, then NATO's response must be strong and unequivocal. And it must be swift, as soon as we get the proper intelligence from what happened. At the very least, I believe this is an opportunity for the administration to remove what were already misguided restrictions on U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine needs better aircraft, as an example, to be able to clear its skies of these Russian missiles and the Russian drones, many of which are now being procured from Iran. And if Russian missiles are now striking NATO territory, then it is clearly in NATO's interest to provide these aircraft to Ukraine. The planes don't have to come from the United States. They may well come from other allies. But the F-16s or F-15s that would be especially useful in this situation would probably have to be approved by the United States before any conveyance could occur. We should provide that approval. Ukraine also needs longer range missiles. They have been asking for what are called ATACMS missiles that enable them to strike Russian missile launchers in enemy territory, many in Ukraine, in places like the Donbas or the southern part of Ukraine or Crimea. The Ukrainian missiles currently cannot reach those missile launchers that the Russians are using. So the Russians have these long-range missiles, and they don't. This is to avoid more destruction, more tragic circumstances like we saw today, more destruction of civilian targets, and more death. And, lastly, Ukraine needs other help too. They need more air defense systems. They need more armored vehicles like Abrams main battle tanks, which have the ability to push Russian forces out of its territory and end the Kremlin threat to the free world. We should be patient and let the experts determine exactly what happened today in Poland, but if these initial reports prove true that Russian missiles struck NATO territory today, then our response must make it very clear to Vladimir Putin through our actions that this aggression will not be tolerated. I think the reason we are seeing these barrages of missiles, by the way, and drone attacks from Russia on these civilian targets is precisely because Ukraine is winning on the battlefield. So military to military, against all odds, and with the help of the United States and 50 other countries around the world that have provided military assistance to Ukraine, they are making steady progress in this crucial battle for the very survival of Ukraine. I think that is why President Putin is responding as he is. Two weeks ago, I traveled to Ukraine with my colleague from across the aisle Senator Chris Coons. It was my 10th visit to Ukraine since the first Russian invasion in 2014 when they took Crimea and parts of the Donbas. It is my fourth visit since Russia's war on Ukraine, which started in February of this year. While we were there, we were able to see how the U.S. and allied help is making a huge difference in Ukraine's stunning battlefield successes since my last visit just a couple of months ago. However, we also heard and saw firsthand the clear evidence of horrific crimes that Russia continues to commit against the people of Ukraine. Across the frontline, Russia has suffered major setbacks at the hands of Ukrainian soldiers, particularly here in the northeast, where the Ukrainians have taken over important strategic areas, and also down here in the southern part of Ukraine, southeast, where the Ukrainian troops have recently taken over almost all of this blue area, right up to the Nepa River, and actually taken the city of Kherson. Kherson--or Cherson, as it is called in Ukrainian--is a really important city. Unfortunately, Vladimir Putin, because of these successes, again, has vented his frustration against the innocent civilians of Ukraine. He loses on the battlefield, and he is striking with more missiles and more drones behind the frontlines. In particular, over the past month or so, his military has been striking infrastructure--energy infrastructure, water infrastructure--in various cities of Ukraine. This is a cruel attempt to leave innocent Ukrainian civilians without access to water and in the cold and dark ahead of the upcoming winter. President Putin cannot defeat the military of Ukraine on the battlefield so now he is turning to barbaric and cowardly tactics to try to terrorize and defeat the civilians of Ukraine. In Kyiv, Senator Coons and I saw the tragic evidence of these cowardly acts. We went to the headquarters of the Ukrainian state-owned power company called Ukrenergo. Ukrenergo is the place where the Russian missiles and drone attacks have focused in the city of Kyiv to try to take out their power but also power in the surrounding area, and we saw that damage that had been done just 2 weeks prior to our arrival. This example is a situation where there was a control center here, a command center, that was attacked by Russian missiles--again, just a couple of weeks before this photo was taken. What we were told by the CEO of the company, Volodymyr Kudrytsky, is that Russia is trying to break the morale of the Ukrainian people but also literally break Ukraine's energy infrastructure in half. The bottom line is what they are trying to do is create an unpowered eastern part of Ukraine that is not able to access the power that is being generated here in the western part of Ukraine. We saw this when we were in Kyiv. We saw rolling blackouts. We went to a dinner that night with Ukrainian Parliamentarians, and as we came up to the restaurant, of course, it was entirely dark. We had our dinner meeting by flashlight. Tonight, much of Kyiv is without electricity. Ukraine needs to be able to defend itself from these barbaric tactics. In our meeting with him, President Zelenskyy passionately asked the United States to help more to obtain these air defense systems they need to avoid these kinds of attacks. Current Ukrainian air defenses are able to shoot down an impressive number of Russian missiles and Iranian drones, stopping maybe 60 percent, on average, of these weapons. But those that get through are causing enormous damage to civilian targets, including infrastructure, and they are killingemployees of these powerplants. They are killing civilians in residential structures. Ukraine needs more air defense systems from the West in order to close its skies to protect its people ahead of this winter and defeat Russia's latest campaign against innocent civilians. High-cost conventional systems like the German IRIS system have made a big impact, but they are not enough. More cost-effective options like drone-jamming electronic warfare platforms would make an immense impact to defend the skies at a relatively low cost. The United States, Israel, and other countries could provide those. We have already provided some crucial systems to Ukraine, but, again, these recent bombardments should give us the sense of urgency to do more. President Putin and his supporters must also be held accountable for the crimes they are committing. This is why, while we were in Ukraine, we spoke with the Prosecutor General, Andriy Kostin. With funding generously provided by this Congress and others, the United States is supporting the Prosecutor General's office and other law enforcement entities across Ukraine to investigate, document, and prosecute Russian war crimes. However, true justice requires not just Ukrainian courts to be involved here but also international courts. This is particularly true when we are talking about prosecuting Russian senior leadership for condoning and ordering these crimes. That is why, after our visit to Ukraine, Senator Coons and I also joined several of our colleagues in the Senate in The Hague, in the Netherlands, to meet with officials from the International Criminal Court, or ICC, which is headquartered there. We discussed the potential for the United States to support the ICC's efforts to deliver justice for the people of Ukraine and do so in a way that creates a disincentive for future attacks like these. Like many Members of the Senate, I have been critical of the ICC in the past. I have criticized it for its biased investigations into U.S. servicemembers in Afghanistan, as an example, and into Israel. Under previous leadership, I believe it was a seriously flawed institution that had lost sight of its core mission to prosecute real war crimes and achieve results that could act as a deterrent for future war crimes. However, I believe the new leadership, including prosecutor Kareem Khan, is very promising and has ``righted the ship'' in many ways at the ICC. On a very limited basis, regarding war crimes in Ukraine, I believe there is an important window of opportunity for the United States and other allies to work more closely with the ICC. We spoke frankly and openly with officials about past differences and the possibility of our support for their efforts in Ukraine. I now look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to ensure that we are providing them assistance to ensure that these war crimes are prosecuted. While in the Netherlands, we also met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and commended his government for its leadership in the role for justice. The Dutch have sent dozens of law enforcement experts to Ukraine, forensic experts to assist in the collection of evidence of Russian war crimes. And the evidence is everywhere you look. Every time that Ukraine takes over an occupied part of its country, the war crimes are very evident. We will talk about that in a moment as it relates to what is happening in Kherson. On all these things regarding support to Ukraine, the Netherlands has been a critical voice in Europe, strongly supporting Ukraine. I am grateful to Prime Minister Rutte and the Dutch people for their steadfast support. We have to come together as a global community to hold Vladimir Putin and his regime accountable, just as we have come together to support Ukraine's fight to defend itself. Senator Coons and I had a very productive visit to Ukraine and the Netherlands. We saw firsthand how the United States has helped and the urgency of us to continue to help in this fight for freedom. Since our visit, Ukraine has continued to achieve stunning successes on the battlefield. Last week, Russia announced its troops were going to retreat to the west side of Dnipro River here and leave the city of Kherson. This is a really big deal. Kherson is a provincial capital of this oblast. And, you may remember, it was the first major city to fall to Russia's initial onslaught after the February 24 invasion. In fact, it was the only provincial capital that the Russians had been able to capture. Now it is back in Ukrainian hands, as Ukrainians continue their successful fight for their freedom against this unprovoked assault. This is a huge victory for Ukraine and equally big defeat for Russia. This was crucial, partly because the horrors on display in Kherson, which are now being uncovered, needed to be stopped. As one Ukrainian who lived under the occupation said: If there is a hell on Earth, it was here. Reports go on and on and tell the world of Kherson residents being arrested because they were accused of fighting for Ukraine's freedom, being a part of the freedom fighters to liberate Ukraine. The Washington Post reported: [L]ocals were locked up and tortured because they had Ukrainian tattoos, wore traditional clothing, took selfies standing near Russian troops, or simply dared to say, ``Slava Ukraini''--or ``Glory to Ukraine.'' A mother was arrested in front of her teenage son and held for two months on a suspicion of helping Ukrainian forces. A 64-year-old man was detained and beaten with a hammer for fighting--eight years ago. A priest was arrested and sent to Crimea, according to a congregate. That priest has not been heard from. Even the mayor was arrested. Still, no one knows where he is. This is why the liberation of Kherson meant so much to the Ukrainians. To the ones who had to live this hell on Earth, seeing their liberators and greeting soldiers meant a new kind of freedom. This photograph, I think, demonstrates well what is happening. Here is a Ukrainian soldier, a liberator, coming into Kherson, and this is a woman who is feeling this sense of freedom, finally, and liberation and comfort. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a videotape addressed to the Nation: Today is a historic day. . . . We are regaining Kherson. . . . the people of Kherson are waiting. They never gave up on Ukraine. And the Ukrainian Government never gave up on their people, as this next photo shows. The people never gave up in their fight for freedom because they knew what it was like to have their freedom stripped from them. They had experienced freedom in Ukraine after 2014, and then they experienced the Russian occupation. This is a joyful crowd, taking photos as the flag of Ukraine was raised over this community building. The abandonment of Kherson was clearly a blow to the 9-month Russian invasion, a great loss for Moscow, a win for freedom, and a sign of what is to come as the tide in this war turns, if we can continue to support Ukraine. This victory was the result of a long, patient, and successful counteroffensive conducted by Ukrainian forces. Over the course of many months, the Ukrainians slowly whittled away at Russian forces with precision artillery strikes, using the HIMARS, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, that we provided them and others have as well. They struck logistics hubs, command and control outposts, and bridges along the Dnipro River here. So they are able to strike into the occupied areas and essentially keep the Russian troops in Kherson from being resupplied. That is why the Russian troops had to leave, because they couldn't get the supplies because of the successful and patient onslaught by the weapons that we had provided Ukraine. Ukrainians did it in a way that avoided civilian casualties and avoided the destruction of the beautiful city of Kherson but pushed the Russians out. What happened this week is that Russia finally realized that its position was totally untenable when they had to pull back. Ukrainian strikes made it possible for Ukraine to win here. We need to continue to provide them the help--the missiles, the HIMARS--so they can continue to engage in massive frontal assaults against these fortified Russian defenses, all along this area. Once again, Ukrainian soldiers have proven that they have the will; theyhave the bravery; they have the smarts to win this war. All they need from us and other allies--again, 50 other countries around the world have provided help--is the tools to be able to succeed. This is not a time for us to let up in our support for Ukraine. I hope the government funding bill that we will vote on next month will include robust amounts of assistance to Ukraine. This victory, in addition to Ukraine's many other gains over the past several months, is a clear indication that this is a cause that is worth supporting. And it is one we can win. We have to continue to provide the HIMARS but other weapons as well. We talked about the airplanes earlier. We talked about tanks and infantry-fighting vehicles to bolster its current and future counter offenses to liberate sovereign territory. Two weeks ago, President Zelenskyy asked Senator Coons and me for the United States to provide these important armored vehicles to Ukraine. And yet the administration has still not acted on this request. We make the world's most lethal and most survivable tanks in the world. We make them in the State of Ohio, my home State. They can be used in Ukraine today to outmatch the vehicles used by Russia. Let's provide them. For months, Ukraine has specifically asked for these longer range missiles we talked about, the ATACMS, that can be launched from HIMARS launchers already in Ukraine and be able to reach these Russian positions to stop some of the missiles from being fired in the first place. And yet the administration has not acted on this request. We cannot deter ourselves from providing these weapons to Ukraine out of a misguided fear that somehow that would provoke Russia. Russia is already escalating the war themselves. What the past 9 months have shown is that they will escalate regardless of what we do. So we need to equip Ukraine to be able to defeat the escalation as it occurs, as it is right now with the barrage of missiles on civilian targets. I know some of my colleagues have questions about oversight of our assistance to Ukraine. I do, too. We need to be sure that there are significant oversight mechanisms in place. We need to ensure that our aid is going exactly where it belongs and being spent wisely. When we were in Ukraine, we had the opportunity to talk about this with the embassy, with Ukrainian officials, and also when we were in Poland going into Ukraine at the 101st Airborne, where much of the materiel, the military materiel, comes into Ukraine. No one is advocating we give Ukraine a blank check. I believe there have to be safeguards in place for how the funding is being spent. By the way, President Zelenskyy totally agrees with that. And we saw in place some of the things that they have. They have an accounting firm from the United States involved in following the state aid. In other words, the humanitarian aid and the aid to the government. We have put in place unprecedented policies to be able to end use monitoring for the military equipment going to Ukraine. I can confirm that we are engaged in a very ambitious and very successful effort on this end-use monitoring. There have been literally no documented instances of diversion of U.S. supplied weapons, which is incredible to me--not diversions to the Russians, not diversions to third parties. That may happen at some point. But because of this end-use monitoring and because Ukrainians agree that they need to be accountable for what we are providing them, we have had very good success. And I think the Ukrainian Government, it is fair to say, has been a very eager and willing partner in all these endeavors. They have stepped up to provide oversight for our equipment and funding because they know that is incredibly important for them to continue to receive it. They hear the questions about oversight coming from Members of Congress and our constituents, and they are happy to provide the transparency to answer these questions. That is important. And that must continue. The war in Ukraine is not just measured by the days that flip by on the calendar, although it has been a long time since February. Just ask the Ukrainian mothers and wives who watch the men in their family fight off their country's invaders. In Kyiv, we met with internally displaced Ukrainian women--mothers, grandmothers, sisters. We were at a World Food Programme site in Ukraine where some of the 7\1/2\ million internally displaced people in Ukraine are coming for their basic needs. By the way, there are about 7 million people outside of Ukraine, also displaced people. This refugee flow is probably unprecedented when you add it up, over 14 million people. We heard some heart-wrenching stories. A couple of women sat down with us and told us a story about their cousin who was captured by Russian soldiers in the occupied area up here in the northeast that has now been liberated. This young man was taken into the town square, and in front of his mother and his family, he was tortured. Then he was taken underground and tortured for weeks. They told us that his mother died of grief 10 days after he was captured. Their tears and those of many others whom we met are confirmed by the stories we are hearing from these prosecutors who are patiently and carefully investigating these war crimes so that people can be held to account. War is much more than dollars spent, land captured, and the strategic gains made. The war is about innocent children who die, about their loving parents who are worried about how they will keep their homes warm and how they will keep their kids fed as Russia intentionally tries to make Ukraine uninhabitable this winter. The war in Ukraine is about the schools and the hospitals and the infrastructure that is being attacked, war crimes that will affect the most vulnerable of Ukrainians. The war is about unprovoked Russian aggression toward a nation that only wants to live in peace with its neighbors. The war in Ukraine is about a freedom-loving people fighting for the right for basic self-governance and dignity and democracy. Russia's war against Ukraine is, indeed, horrific; but allowing Russia to win would only embolden other dictators to start equally horrific conflicts in the future. We have the means to help ensure a Ukrainian victory, along with our allies. And we must ensure that we are doing what we can. That is how we win, and that is how we deter future conflicts. The United States of America and our allies must stand up in the face of Russian aggression and demand that freedom be preserved. The United States has stood as the shining city on the hill for about two and a half centuries. In the Revolution of Dignity, as they call it, in 2014, when the Ukrainian people decided to rid themselves of a Russian-backed corrupt government, they saw that shining city on a hill. And they strove to be like it. They said they wanted to be like us and like their European neighbors. They are strong. They are resolved. They know what they are up against. They are determined to push back against the threat of Russian aggression and win. As Americans, it is our duty to stand up for what we know is true: that in a fight between authoritarianism and freedom, freedom must win. American aid to the war effort is working. We are providing tools to these strong and resilient people. In the face of ruthless aggression and unprovoked violence, Ukraine has liberated cities and restored hope to millions. The will of the Ukrainian people is so strong. Likewise, the will of the United States and our allies must be clear. We must stand with them and their worthy cause. As I heard from Members of Ukraine's Parliament when I was in Ukraine and also we have heard from them here in Washington as they come, freedom must be armed. It is not enough just for the Ukrainian people to seek freedom. They have to have the arms to back it up. That is what we are doing, along with 50 of our allies around the world. Supporting Ukraine during this pivotal moment is critical. At this juncture, we have to provide them with what they need to defend themselves and retake their sovereign territory from their Russian invaders. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Mr. PORTMAN	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6701	null	5,245
formal	blue	null	antisemitic	Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I come to the floor of the Senate tonight for the 25th consecutive week while the Senate has been in session to talk about the brutal and illegal and unprovoked war on Ukraine by Russia--Ukraine, a democratic nation, an ally of ours who only wants to live in peace with its neighbors. A lot has happened in the last 6 weeks since we have been in session; however, I want to start by addressing some very serious news out of Poland this afternoon. Today, Russia launched another barbaric salvo of missile strikes against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, including hitting civilian residences and power facilities. According to reports, during this bombardment today, two missiles went into Poland and struck a Polish village 5 miles from the Ukrainian border, killing two people. Several officials, including a senior U.S. intelligence official and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine himself, have stated that these missiles were Russian missiles. Now, remember, Poland is a NATO ally. There are U.S. troops in Poland. The Pols have been beside us in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are strong allies. If this is true that Russia launched missiles that, intentionally or unintentionally, struck NATO territory and killed civilians, then NATO's response must be strong and unequivocal. And it must be swift, as soon as we get the proper intelligence from what happened. At the very least, I believe this is an opportunity for the administration to remove what were already misguided restrictions on U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine needs better aircraft, as an example, to be able to clear its skies of these Russian missiles and the Russian drones, many of which are now being procured from Iran. And if Russian missiles are now striking NATO territory, then it is clearly in NATO's interest to provide these aircraft to Ukraine. The planes don't have to come from the United States. They may well come from other allies. But the F-16s or F-15s that would be especially useful in this situation would probably have to be approved by the United States before any conveyance could occur. We should provide that approval. Ukraine also needs longer range missiles. They have been asking for what are called ATACMS missiles that enable them to strike Russian missile launchers in enemy territory, many in Ukraine, in places like the Donbas or the southern part of Ukraine or Crimea. The Ukrainian missiles currently cannot reach those missile launchers that the Russians are using. So the Russians have these long-range missiles, and they don't. This is to avoid more destruction, more tragic circumstances like we saw today, more destruction of civilian targets, and more death. And, lastly, Ukraine needs other help too. They need more air defense systems. They need more armored vehicles like Abrams main battle tanks, which have the ability to push Russian forces out of its territory and end the Kremlin threat to the free world. We should be patient and let the experts determine exactly what happened today in Poland, but if these initial reports prove true that Russian missiles struck NATO territory today, then our response must make it very clear to Vladimir Putin through our actions that this aggression will not be tolerated. I think the reason we are seeing these barrages of missiles, by the way, and drone attacks from Russia on these civilian targets is precisely because Ukraine is winning on the battlefield. So military to military, against all odds, and with the help of the United States and 50 other countries around the world that have provided military assistance to Ukraine, they are making steady progress in this crucial battle for the very survival of Ukraine. I think that is why President Putin is responding as he is. Two weeks ago, I traveled to Ukraine with my colleague from across the aisle Senator Chris Coons. It was my 10th visit to Ukraine since the first Russian invasion in 2014 when they took Crimea and parts of the Donbas. It is my fourth visit since Russia's war on Ukraine, which started in February of this year. While we were there, we were able to see how the U.S. and allied help is making a huge difference in Ukraine's stunning battlefield successes since my last visit just a couple of months ago. However, we also heard and saw firsthand the clear evidence of horrific crimes that Russia continues to commit against the people of Ukraine. Across the frontline, Russia has suffered major setbacks at the hands of Ukrainian soldiers, particularly here in the northeast, where the Ukrainians have taken over important strategic areas, and also down here in the southern part of Ukraine, southeast, where the Ukrainian troops have recently taken over almost all of this blue area, right up to the Nepa River, and actually taken the city of Kherson. Kherson--or Cherson, as it is called in Ukrainian--is a really important city. Unfortunately, Vladimir Putin, because of these successes, again, has vented his frustration against the innocent civilians of Ukraine. He loses on the battlefield, and he is striking with more missiles and more drones behind the frontlines. In particular, over the past month or so, his military has been striking infrastructure--energy infrastructure, water infrastructure--in various cities of Ukraine. This is a cruel attempt to leave innocent Ukrainian civilians without access to water and in the cold and dark ahead of the upcoming winter. President Putin cannot defeat the military of Ukraine on the battlefield so now he is turning to barbaric and cowardly tactics to try to terrorize and defeat the civilians of Ukraine. In Kyiv, Senator Coons and I saw the tragic evidence of these cowardly acts. We went to the headquarters of the Ukrainian state-owned power company called Ukrenergo. Ukrenergo is the place where the Russian missiles and drone attacks have focused in the city of Kyiv to try to take out their power but also power in the surrounding area, and we saw that damage that had been done just 2 weeks prior to our arrival. This example is a situation where there was a control center here, a command center, that was attacked by Russian missiles--again, just a couple of weeks before this photo was taken. What we were told by the CEO of the company, Volodymyr Kudrytsky, is that Russia is trying to break the morale of the Ukrainian people but also literally break Ukraine's energy infrastructure in half. The bottom line is what they are trying to do is create an unpowered eastern part of Ukraine that is not able to access the power that is being generated here in the western part of Ukraine. We saw this when we were in Kyiv. We saw rolling blackouts. We went to a dinner that night with Ukrainian Parliamentarians, and as we came up to the restaurant, of course, it was entirely dark. We had our dinner meeting by flashlight. Tonight, much of Kyiv is without electricity. Ukraine needs to be able to defend itself from these barbaric tactics. In our meeting with him, President Zelenskyy passionately asked the United States to help more to obtain these air defense systems they need to avoid these kinds of attacks. Current Ukrainian air defenses are able to shoot down an impressive number of Russian missiles and Iranian drones, stopping maybe 60 percent, on average, of these weapons. But those that get through are causing enormous damage to civilian targets, including infrastructure, and they are killingemployees of these powerplants. They are killing civilians in residential structures. Ukraine needs more air defense systems from the West in order to close its skies to protect its people ahead of this winter and defeat Russia's latest campaign against innocent civilians. High-cost conventional systems like the German IRIS system have made a big impact, but they are not enough. More cost-effective options like drone-jamming electronic warfare platforms would make an immense impact to defend the skies at a relatively low cost. The United States, Israel, and other countries could provide those. We have already provided some crucial systems to Ukraine, but, again, these recent bombardments should give us the sense of urgency to do more. President Putin and his supporters must also be held accountable for the crimes they are committing. This is why, while we were in Ukraine, we spoke with the Prosecutor General, Andriy Kostin. With funding generously provided by this Congress and others, the United States is supporting the Prosecutor General's office and other law enforcement entities across Ukraine to investigate, document, and prosecute Russian war crimes. However, true justice requires not just Ukrainian courts to be involved here but also international courts. This is particularly true when we are talking about prosecuting Russian senior leadership for condoning and ordering these crimes. That is why, after our visit to Ukraine, Senator Coons and I also joined several of our colleagues in the Senate in The Hague, in the Netherlands, to meet with officials from the International Criminal Court, or ICC, which is headquartered there. We discussed the potential for the United States to support the ICC's efforts to deliver justice for the people of Ukraine and do so in a way that creates a disincentive for future attacks like these. Like many Members of the Senate, I have been critical of the ICC in the past. I have criticized it for its biased investigations into U.S. servicemembers in Afghanistan, as an example, and into Israel. Under previous leadership, I believe it was a seriously flawed institution that had lost sight of its core mission to prosecute real war crimes and achieve results that could act as a deterrent for future war crimes. However, I believe the new leadership, including prosecutor Kareem Khan, is very promising and has ``righted the ship'' in many ways at the ICC. On a very limited basis, regarding war crimes in Ukraine, I believe there is an important window of opportunity for the United States and other allies to work more closely with the ICC. We spoke frankly and openly with officials about past differences and the possibility of our support for their efforts in Ukraine. I now look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to ensure that we are providing them assistance to ensure that these war crimes are prosecuted. While in the Netherlands, we also met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and commended his government for its leadership in the role for justice. The Dutch have sent dozens of law enforcement experts to Ukraine, forensic experts to assist in the collection of evidence of Russian war crimes. And the evidence is everywhere you look. Every time that Ukraine takes over an occupied part of its country, the war crimes are very evident. We will talk about that in a moment as it relates to what is happening in Kherson. On all these things regarding support to Ukraine, the Netherlands has been a critical voice in Europe, strongly supporting Ukraine. I am grateful to Prime Minister Rutte and the Dutch people for their steadfast support. We have to come together as a global community to hold Vladimir Putin and his regime accountable, just as we have come together to support Ukraine's fight to defend itself. Senator Coons and I had a very productive visit to Ukraine and the Netherlands. We saw firsthand how the United States has helped and the urgency of us to continue to help in this fight for freedom. Since our visit, Ukraine has continued to achieve stunning successes on the battlefield. Last week, Russia announced its troops were going to retreat to the west side of Dnipro River here and leave the city of Kherson. This is a really big deal. Kherson is a provincial capital of this oblast. And, you may remember, it was the first major city to fall to Russia's initial onslaught after the February 24 invasion. In fact, it was the only provincial capital that the Russians had been able to capture. Now it is back in Ukrainian hands, as Ukrainians continue their successful fight for their freedom against this unprovoked assault. This is a huge victory for Ukraine and equally big defeat for Russia. This was crucial, partly because the horrors on display in Kherson, which are now being uncovered, needed to be stopped. As one Ukrainian who lived under the occupation said: If there is a hell on Earth, it was here. Reports go on and on and tell the world of Kherson residents being arrested because they were accused of fighting for Ukraine's freedom, being a part of the freedom fighters to liberate Ukraine. The Washington Post reported: [L]ocals were locked up and tortured because they had Ukrainian tattoos, wore traditional clothing, took selfies standing near Russian troops, or simply dared to say, ``Slava Ukraini''--or ``Glory to Ukraine.'' A mother was arrested in front of her teenage son and held for two months on a suspicion of helping Ukrainian forces. A 64-year-old man was detained and beaten with a hammer for fighting--eight years ago. A priest was arrested and sent to Crimea, according to a congregate. That priest has not been heard from. Even the mayor was arrested. Still, no one knows where he is. This is why the liberation of Kherson meant so much to the Ukrainians. To the ones who had to live this hell on Earth, seeing their liberators and greeting soldiers meant a new kind of freedom. This photograph, I think, demonstrates well what is happening. Here is a Ukrainian soldier, a liberator, coming into Kherson, and this is a woman who is feeling this sense of freedom, finally, and liberation and comfort. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a videotape addressed to the Nation: Today is a historic day. . . . We are regaining Kherson. . . . the people of Kherson are waiting. They never gave up on Ukraine. And the Ukrainian Government never gave up on their people, as this next photo shows. The people never gave up in their fight for freedom because they knew what it was like to have their freedom stripped from them. They had experienced freedom in Ukraine after 2014, and then they experienced the Russian occupation. This is a joyful crowd, taking photos as the flag of Ukraine was raised over this community building. The abandonment of Kherson was clearly a blow to the 9-month Russian invasion, a great loss for Moscow, a win for freedom, and a sign of what is to come as the tide in this war turns, if we can continue to support Ukraine. This victory was the result of a long, patient, and successful counteroffensive conducted by Ukrainian forces. Over the course of many months, the Ukrainians slowly whittled away at Russian forces with precision artillery strikes, using the HIMARS, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, that we provided them and others have as well. They struck logistics hubs, command and control outposts, and bridges along the Dnipro River here. So they are able to strike into the occupied areas and essentially keep the Russian troops in Kherson from being resupplied. That is why the Russian troops had to leave, because they couldn't get the supplies because of the successful and patient onslaught by the weapons that we had provided Ukraine. Ukrainians did it in a way that avoided civilian casualties and avoided the destruction of the beautiful city of Kherson but pushed the Russians out. What happened this week is that Russia finally realized that its position was totally untenable when they had to pull back. Ukrainian strikes made it possible for Ukraine to win here. We need to continue to provide them the help--the missiles, the HIMARS--so they can continue to engage in massive frontal assaults against these fortified Russian defenses, all along this area. Once again, Ukrainian soldiers have proven that they have the will; theyhave the bravery; they have the smarts to win this war. All they need from us and other allies--again, 50 other countries around the world have provided help--is the tools to be able to succeed. This is not a time for us to let up in our support for Ukraine. I hope the government funding bill that we will vote on next month will include robust amounts of assistance to Ukraine. This victory, in addition to Ukraine's many other gains over the past several months, is a clear indication that this is a cause that is worth supporting. And it is one we can win. We have to continue to provide the HIMARS but other weapons as well. We talked about the airplanes earlier. We talked about tanks and infantry-fighting vehicles to bolster its current and future counter offenses to liberate sovereign territory. Two weeks ago, President Zelenskyy asked Senator Coons and me for the United States to provide these important armored vehicles to Ukraine. And yet the administration has still not acted on this request. We make the world's most lethal and most survivable tanks in the world. We make them in the State of Ohio, my home State. They can be used in Ukraine today to outmatch the vehicles used by Russia. Let's provide them. For months, Ukraine has specifically asked for these longer range missiles we talked about, the ATACMS, that can be launched from HIMARS launchers already in Ukraine and be able to reach these Russian positions to stop some of the missiles from being fired in the first place. And yet the administration has not acted on this request. We cannot deter ourselves from providing these weapons to Ukraine out of a misguided fear that somehow that would provoke Russia. Russia is already escalating the war themselves. What the past 9 months have shown is that they will escalate regardless of what we do. So we need to equip Ukraine to be able to defeat the escalation as it occurs, as it is right now with the barrage of missiles on civilian targets. I know some of my colleagues have questions about oversight of our assistance to Ukraine. I do, too. We need to be sure that there are significant oversight mechanisms in place. We need to ensure that our aid is going exactly where it belongs and being spent wisely. When we were in Ukraine, we had the opportunity to talk about this with the embassy, with Ukrainian officials, and also when we were in Poland going into Ukraine at the 101st Airborne, where much of the materiel, the military materiel, comes into Ukraine. No one is advocating we give Ukraine a blank check. I believe there have to be safeguards in place for how the funding is being spent. By the way, President Zelenskyy totally agrees with that. And we saw in place some of the things that they have. They have an accounting firm from the United States involved in following the state aid. In other words, the humanitarian aid and the aid to the government. We have put in place unprecedented policies to be able to end use monitoring for the military equipment going to Ukraine. I can confirm that we are engaged in a very ambitious and very successful effort on this end-use monitoring. There have been literally no documented instances of diversion of U.S. supplied weapons, which is incredible to me--not diversions to the Russians, not diversions to third parties. That may happen at some point. But because of this end-use monitoring and because Ukrainians agree that they need to be accountable for what we are providing them, we have had very good success. And I think the Ukrainian Government, it is fair to say, has been a very eager and willing partner in all these endeavors. They have stepped up to provide oversight for our equipment and funding because they know that is incredibly important for them to continue to receive it. They hear the questions about oversight coming from Members of Congress and our constituents, and they are happy to provide the transparency to answer these questions. That is important. And that must continue. The war in Ukraine is not just measured by the days that flip by on the calendar, although it has been a long time since February. Just ask the Ukrainian mothers and wives who watch the men in their family fight off their country's invaders. In Kyiv, we met with internally displaced Ukrainian women--mothers, grandmothers, sisters. We were at a World Food Programme site in Ukraine where some of the 7\1/2\ million internally displaced people in Ukraine are coming for their basic needs. By the way, there are about 7 million people outside of Ukraine, also displaced people. This refugee flow is probably unprecedented when you add it up, over 14 million people. We heard some heart-wrenching stories. A couple of women sat down with us and told us a story about their cousin who was captured by Russian soldiers in the occupied area up here in the northeast that has now been liberated. This young man was taken into the town square, and in front of his mother and his family, he was tortured. Then he was taken underground and tortured for weeks. They told us that his mother died of grief 10 days after he was captured. Their tears and those of many others whom we met are confirmed by the stories we are hearing from these prosecutors who are patiently and carefully investigating these war crimes so that people can be held to account. War is much more than dollars spent, land captured, and the strategic gains made. The war is about innocent children who die, about their loving parents who are worried about how they will keep their homes warm and how they will keep their kids fed as Russia intentionally tries to make Ukraine uninhabitable this winter. The war in Ukraine is about the schools and the hospitals and the infrastructure that is being attacked, war crimes that will affect the most vulnerable of Ukrainians. The war is about unprovoked Russian aggression toward a nation that only wants to live in peace with its neighbors. The war in Ukraine is about a freedom-loving people fighting for the right for basic self-governance and dignity and democracy. Russia's war against Ukraine is, indeed, horrific; but allowing Russia to win would only embolden other dictators to start equally horrific conflicts in the future. We have the means to help ensure a Ukrainian victory, along with our allies. And we must ensure that we are doing what we can. That is how we win, and that is how we deter future conflicts. The United States of America and our allies must stand up in the face of Russian aggression and demand that freedom be preserved. The United States has stood as the shining city on the hill for about two and a half centuries. In the Revolution of Dignity, as they call it, in 2014, when the Ukrainian people decided to rid themselves of a Russian-backed corrupt government, they saw that shining city on a hill. And they strove to be like it. They said they wanted to be like us and like their European neighbors. They are strong. They are resolved. They know what they are up against. They are determined to push back against the threat of Russian aggression and win. As Americans, it is our duty to stand up for what we know is true: that in a fight between authoritarianism and freedom, freedom must win. American aid to the war effort is working. We are providing tools to these strong and resilient people. In the face of ruthless aggression and unprovoked violence, Ukraine has liberated cities and restored hope to millions. The will of the Ukrainian people is so strong. Likewise, the will of the United States and our allies must be clear. We must stand with them and their worthy cause. As I heard from Members of Ukraine's Parliament when I was in Ukraine and also we have heard from them here in Washington as they come, freedom must be armed. It is not enough just for the Ukrainian people to seek freedom. They have to have the arms to back it up. That is what we are doing, along with 50 of our allies around the world. Supporting Ukraine during this pivotal moment is critical. At this juncture, we have to provide them with what they need to defend themselves and retake their sovereign territory from their Russian invaders. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Mr. PORTMAN	Senate	CREC-2022-11-15-pt1-PgS6701	null	5,246
formal	Baltimore	null	racist	Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-5898. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Pesticides; Addition of Chitosan (Including Chitosan Salts) to the List of Active Ingredients Permitted in Exempted Minimum Risk Pesticide Products [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0701; FRL-7542-05-OCSPP] (RIN: 2070-AK56) received November 3, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. EC-5899. 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EC-5901. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Nitric Acid; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OAR- 2022-0363; FRL-10247-01-OCSPP] received November 3, 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-5902. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Acetic Acid, 2- Ethylhexyl Ester; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0084; FRL-10295-01-OCSPP] received November 3, 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-5903. 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A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Maryland; Clean Data Determination and Approval of Select Attainment Plan Elements for the Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County, MD Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area [EPA- R03-OAR-2020-0325; FRL-10364-02-R3] received November 3, 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-5905. A letter from the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's policy statement -- Standard Applied to Complaints Against Oil Pipeline Index Rate Changes [Docket No.: AD20-10-000] received November 3, 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-5906. 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A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's Issuance of Regulatory Guide -- Dedication of Commercial- Grade Digital Instrumentation and Control Items for Use in Nuclear Power Plants, Regulatory Guide RG 1.250, Revision 0 received November 3, 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-5909. A letter from the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting the Commission's Issuance of Regulatory Guide -- Acceptability of ASME Code, Section XI, Division 2, ``Requirements for Reliability and Integrity Management (RIM) Programs for Nuclear Power Plants'', for Non-Light Water Reactors, Regulatory Guide 1.246, Revision 0 received October 31, 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-5910. A letter from the Acting Chief, Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Snail Darter From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife [Docket No.: FWS-R4-ES-2020-0152; FF09E22000 FXES11130900000 212] (RIN: 1018-BE62) received November 3, 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-5911. A letter from the Administrative Assistant, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Emperor Penguin With Section 4(d) Rule [Docket No.: FWS-HQ-	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-16-pt1-PgH8539-2	null	5,247
formal	Chicago	null	racist	Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as follows: ML-238. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 4, memorializing the 117th Congress of the United States and the President of the United States to enact legislation, S. 3213, known as the IDEA Full Funding Act, which would fully fund the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. ML-239. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 5, urging the United states Congress to amend the United States Social Security Administration's index of earnings to ensure that a decline in aggregate wages due to COVID-19 does not result in decreased benefits; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. ML-240. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 8, urging the President and Congress of the United States to amend Section 402(d)(1) of Title 42 of the United State Codes and any other necessary statutes to allow recipients of DAC benefits to continue to receive those benefits upon marriage; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. ML-241. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 15, urging the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to take action to restore honor to the sailors unjustly blamed for, and the sailors convicted of mutiny following the Port Chicago disaster, and to rectify any mistreatment by the military of those sailors; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and the Judiciary. ML-242. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 9, recognizing October 12, 2021, as the 20-year anniversary of the enactment of the exemption from nonresident tuition during the 2001-02 Regular Session; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Education and Labor and the Judiciary.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-16-pt1-PgH8542	null	5,248
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Under clause 3 of rule XII, PT-153. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, CA, relative to Resolution No. 379-22, urging the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco to instruct the City's state and federal lobbyists to work in support of decriminalizing all Entheogenic Plants and plant-based compounds that are listed on the Federal Controlled Substances Schedule 1; the Judiciary.; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Judiciary.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-16-pt1-PgH8543	null	5,249
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Under clause 3 of rule XII, PT-153. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, CA, relative to Resolution No. 379-22, urging the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco to instruct the City's state and federal lobbyists to work in support of decriminalizing all Entheogenic Plants and plant-based compounds that are listed on the Federal Controlled Substances Schedule 1; the Judiciary.; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Judiciary.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-16-pt1-PgH8543	null	5,250
formal	single	null	homophobic	Mr. KELLY. Mr. President, today I wish to honor Lieutenant Colonel Asa Herring, an American patriot and hero who served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen before going on to complete a 22-year military career in the U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel Herring was born on October 3, 1926, in Dunn, NC. Despite being born during a time in American history when rights and opportunities for African-Americans were few, he persevered. At a time when high school graduation rates amongst African-Americans were in the single digits, Lieutenant Colonel Herring graduated at age 16 and then had to wait nearly 2 years before he could enter the military. After passing the Army Air Corps written examination, he entered Active Duty as an aviation cadet on December 27, 1944. However, World War II ended before he finished his training. On April 26, 1945, the Tuskegee Airmen flew their last combat mission, and less than 2 weeks later, on May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered. Lieutenant Colonel Herring did not wish to serve in a segregated military, so he decided to request an honorable discharge in 1946. On July 26, 1948, President Truman issued Executive Order No. 9981, ending the policy of racial segregation in the military. Less than a year later, Lieutenant Colonel Herring volunteered for service in the newly established U.S. Air Force and served until 1970. Throughout his service, Lieutenant Colonel Herring fought in both the Korean and Vietnam war, flew more than 350 combat missions, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Bronze Star, and an Air Medal with 13 oakleaf clusters. He was also the first African-American squadron commander at Luke Air Force Base, where he trained pilots from several European countries in the F-104G Jet Fighter Gunnery Program. After retiring from military service, Lieutenant Colonel Herring joined Western Electric in Phoenix, AZ, where he served in several management positions until 1989. Personifying the Air Force core values, he also dedicated much of his time and talent to community service organizations across Phoenix and to educating others on the history and incredible legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen. I join Arizonans in mourning Lieutenant Colonel Herring's passing on May 22, 2022, at the age of 95. He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Honor Herring, and is survived by his two sons, Asa D. Herring, III, and Mark Alan Herring; his seven grandchildren; and his 15 great-grandchildren--to whom we extend our gratitude for Lieutenant Colonel Herring's honorable service to his community and to his Nation.	2020-01-06	Mr. KELLY	Senate	CREC-2022-11-16-pt1-PgS6737	null	5,251
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-5286. 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 Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-5287. 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 Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2022-23 Season'' (RIN1018-BF07) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-5288. A communication from the Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Eligibility for Legacy Participants and Legacy Applicants'' (RIN2900- AR28) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2022; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5289. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; 2022 Horsepower on the Hudson, Hudson River, Castleton, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2021- 0904)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5290. 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, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 23, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5291. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5292. A communication from the Division Chief for Regulatory Development, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations'' (RIN2126-AC47) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5293. 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 Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5294. A communication from the Attorney for Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Standard for Infant Bath Tubs'' (16 CFR Part 1234) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5295. 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-369; Bethel, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1163)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 29, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5296. 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-370; Kenai, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1194)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5297. 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-385; Kodiak, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0860)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5298. 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-364; Kotzebue, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1156)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5299. 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-235; Atqasuk, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1100)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5300. 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-232; Fairbanks, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0026)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5301. 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-382; Hooper Bay, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0857)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5302. 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; Coalgate, OK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0715)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5303. 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; Coldwater and Sturgis, MI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0758)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5304. 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; Mansfield, OH'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0714)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5305. 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; Alma, GA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0568)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5306. 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 Revocation of Class E Airspace; Fort Pierce, FL'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0668)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5307. 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; Brownsville, PA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0661)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5308. 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; Baltimore, MD'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0545)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5309. 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; Multiple Texas Towns'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0775)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5310. 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; Watersmeet, MI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0766)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5311. 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 Class E Airspace; Dayton, OH'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1080)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5312. 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 39-22167'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0690)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5313. 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 39-22169'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1067)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5314. 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; Honda Aircraft Company LLC Airplanes; Amendment 39-22154'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1057)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5315. 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 39-22150'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0160)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5316. 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; MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH Propellers; Amendment 39-22153'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1056)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5317. 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 39-22109'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0290)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5318. 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) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0953)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5319. 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; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc. and de Havilland) Airplanes; Amendment 39-22143'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0602)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5320. 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 Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes; Amendment 39-22144'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0595)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5321. 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 ``Drug Offender's Driver's License Suspension'' (RIN2125-AF93) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5322. A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Audit Standards'' (RIN3141-AA68) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-5323. A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Submission of Gaming Ordinance or Resolution'' (RIN3141-AA73) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-5324. A communication from the Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment'' (RIN0790-AL50) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5325. A communication from the Chief Innovation Officer, Rural Development Innovation Center, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Rural eConnectivity Program'' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5326. A communication from the Chief of the Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Civil Rights Update to the Federal-State Agreement'' (RIN0584-AE75) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5327. A communication from the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Administration's 2022 compensation program adjustments; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5328. A communication from the Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2020 annual report of the Farm Credit Administration Regulator of the Farm Credit System; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5329. 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 13959 with respect to the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5330. 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 12170 with respect to Iran; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5331. 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 13536 with respect to Somalia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5332. 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 14024 with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5333. A communication from the Senior Congressional Liaison, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fair Credit Reporting; Facially False Data'' (12 CFR Part 1022) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-16-pt1-PgS6737-3	null	5,252
formal	Baltimore	null	racist	The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5286. 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 Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-5287. 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 Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2022-23 Season'' (RIN1018-BF07) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-5288. A communication from the Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Eligibility for Legacy Participants and Legacy Applicants'' (RIN2900- AR28) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2022; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EC-5289. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; 2022 Horsepower on the Hudson, Hudson River, Castleton, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2021- 0904)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5290. 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, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 23, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5291. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5292. A communication from the Division Chief for Regulatory Development, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations'' (RIN2126-AC47) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5293. 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 Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5294. A communication from the Attorney for Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Standard for Infant Bath Tubs'' (16 CFR Part 1234) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5295. 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-369; Bethel, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1163)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 29, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5296. 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-370; Kenai, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1194)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5297. 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-385; Kodiak, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0860)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5298. 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-364; Kotzebue, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1156)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5299. 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-235; Atqasuk, AK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1100)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5300. 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-232; Fairbanks, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0026)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5301. 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-382; Hooper Bay, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-0857)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5302. 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; Coalgate, OK'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0715)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5303. 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; Coldwater and Sturgis, MI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0758)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5304. 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; Mansfield, OH'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0714)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5305. 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; Alma, GA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0568)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5306. 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 Revocation of Class E Airspace; Fort Pierce, FL'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0668)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5307. 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; Brownsville, PA'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0661)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5308. 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; Baltimore, MD'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0545)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5309. 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; Multiple Texas Towns'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0775)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5310. 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; Watersmeet, MI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0766)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5311. 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 Class E Airspace; Dayton, OH'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2021-1080)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5312. 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 39-22167'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0690)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5313. 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 39-22169'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1067)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5314. 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; Honda Aircraft Company LLC Airplanes; Amendment 39-22154'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1057)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5315. 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 39-22150'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0160)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5316. 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; MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH Propellers; Amendment 39-22153'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1056)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5317. 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 39-22109'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0290)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5318. 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) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0953)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5319. 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; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc. and de Havilland) Airplanes; Amendment 39-22143'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0602)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5320. 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 Defense and Space S.A. (Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.) Airplanes; Amendment 39-22144'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0595)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5321. 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 ``Drug Offender's Driver's License Suspension'' (RIN2125-AF93) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5322. A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Audit Standards'' (RIN3141-AA68) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-5323. A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Submission of Gaming Ordinance or Resolution'' (RIN3141-AA73) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. EC-5324. A communication from the Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment'' (RIN0790-AL50) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-5325. A communication from the Chief Innovation Officer, Rural Development Innovation Center, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Rural eConnectivity Program'' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5326. A communication from the Chief of the Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Civil Rights Update to the Federal-State Agreement'' (RIN0584-AE75) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5327. A communication from the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Administration's 2022 compensation program adjustments; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5328. A communication from the Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2020 annual report of the Farm Credit Administration Regulator of the Farm Credit System; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC-5329. 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 13959 with respect to the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5330. 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 12170 with respect to Iran; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5331. 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 13536 with respect to Somalia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5332. 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 14024 with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5333. A communication from the Senior Congressional Liaison, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Fair Credit Reporting; Facially False Data'' (12 CFR Part 1022) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-16-pt1-PgS6737-3	null	5,253
formal	welfare	null	racist	The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: Today, O God, we lay before You our petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving. We request that You bestow upon us the joy of Your presence among us, that when we look upon the faces of those who labor in these Halls, known and unknown, elected or employed, we may see Your image. We pray for the health and welfare of this illustrious body, that as the scenery changes and the actors move on, around, or off the stage, You will uphold each one. Guide them in the roles You have called them to fulfill and grant them wisdom to discern the way You would have them go. Lord, may our prayers serve as an intercession for those who do not have enough courage or strength to speak their own needs, for those who haven't enough faith to trust what lies ahead, and for those who do not know how to receive the mercy You offer us. Then accept our offerings of thanksgiving to You for the bounty You lay before us--the gift to labor, to serve, and to contribute our energies wherever You call us, but especially here in this, our Nation's Capital. May our words be good and pleasing to You as we pray them in Your most holy name. Amen.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgH8554-3	null	5,254
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. CARTER of Louisiana. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8416) to improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes, as amended.	2020-01-06	Mr. CARTER of Louisiana	House	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgH8560	null	5,255
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. 3369) to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, as the ``Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center'', on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgH8574	null	5,256
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. 4359) to designate the regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta as the ``Senator Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office'', and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgH8575	null	5,257
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. 3630) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items under the Medicare program, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgH8576	null	5,258
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President. I rise today to honor the career of Gaye Olivia Brown, a dedicated public servant with more than three decades of government service, on the occasion of her retirement. Maryland is home to a robust Federal workforce that serves our country with pride. Federal employees work day-in and day-out to provide crucial services to the American people. I have the honor of representing many of these dedicated individuals in the U.S. Senate. For many years, Mrs. Brown has been part of that group, committing herself to government service locally and on the Federal level, for the Metropolitan Police Department, the Department of Defense, Andrews Air Force Base, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and finally, at the National Institutes of Health. At these Agencies and beyond, Federal workers help keep our country running, both in normal times and in times of crisis. I am honored to support this workforce as they fulfill their mission, just as Mrs. Brown has done with distinction. I commend Mrs. Brown for 34 years of dedicated and faithful public service. I congratulate her on her well-deserved retirement.	2020-01-06	Mr. VAN HOLLEN	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6773-2	null	5,259
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	At 4:48 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, without amendment: S. 3369. An act to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, as the ``Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''. S. 4359. An act to designate the regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta as the ``Senator Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office'', and for other purposes. S. 4524. An act to limit the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagment contract clauses relating to disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment. The message also announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 2250. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the management of information technology projects and investments of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 3630. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items under the Medicare program. H.R. 4275. An act to provide for certain reports on enrollment in the Lifeline program, and for other purposes. H.R. 5502. An act to require online marketplaces to verify certain information regarding high-volume third party sellers of consumer products on such online marketplaces and to disclose to consumers certain contact and other information regarding such high-volume third party sellers. H.R. 5721. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve research conducted within the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 6290. An act to provide for the establishment of a section of the website of the Department of Commerce that shall serve as the primary hub for information relating to Federal manufacturing programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 7277. An act to improve the methods by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs identifies health care providers that are not eligible to participate in the Veterans Community Care Program. H.R. 7299. An act to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 8416. An act to improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. The message further announced that the House passed the following bill, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: S. 3092. An act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to improve the provision of certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6774-3	null	5,260
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	The following bills were read the first and the second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: H.R. 3630. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance. H.R. 4275. An act to provide for certain reports on enrollment in the Lifeline program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. H.R. 5502. An act to require online marketplaces to verify certain information regarding high-volume third party sellers of consumer products on such online marketplaces and to disclose to consumers certain contact and other information regarding such high-volume third party sellers; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. H.R. 5721. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve research conducted within the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 7277. An act to improve the methods by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs identifies health care providers that are not eligible to participate in the Veterans Community Care Program; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 7299. An act to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 8416. An act to improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6774-4	null	5,261
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-5334. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation'' (RIN3235-AK99) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5335. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers'' (RIN3235-AK67) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs . EC-5336. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Central African Republic Sanctions Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 553) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5337. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements'' (RIN3235- AM52) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5338. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program Commitment Requirement'' (RIN2501-AD69) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5339. 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 13413 with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5340. 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 13664 with respect to South Sudan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5341. 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 13067 with respect to Sudan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5342. A communication from the Acting Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements'' (RIN1506-AB49) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5343. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a report relative to the issuance of an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to blocking property of certain persons contributing to the situation in Nicaragua, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5344. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to Ethiopia that was declared in Executive Order 14046 of September 17, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5345. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001 that was declared in Proclamation 7463 of September 14, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5346. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo that was declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5347. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to Syria that was declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5348. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect Sudan that was declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5349. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the situation in Nicaragua that was declared in Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5350. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5351. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12170 of November 14, 1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5352. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China (PRC) that was declared in Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5353. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements for Broker-Dealers, Security-Based Swap Dealers, and Major Security-Based Swap Participants'' (RIN3235-AM76) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5354. 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) 1.248 Rev 0, 'Guide for Assessing, Monitoring, and Mitigating Aging Effects on Electrical Equipment Used in Nuclear Power Generating Stations''' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5355. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2019-2020 Code Editions'' (RIN3150-AK22) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5356. 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) 1.246, `Acceptability of ASME Code Section XI, Division 2, ``Requirements for Reliability and Integrity Management (RIM) Programs for Nuclear Power Plants for Non-Light Water Reactors'' ' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5357. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Delaware: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9951-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5358. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Virginia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9947-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5359. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``North Dakota: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision'' (FRL No. 9896- 02-R8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5360. 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; Miscellaneous Emission Control Standards Rule Revisions'' (FRL No. 9187-02- R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5361. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Parent Company Definition for Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting'' ((RIN2070-AK42) (FRL No. 6004-02- OCSPP)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5362. 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; South Carolina; Revisions to Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Rules'' (FRL No. 10161-02- R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5363. 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; TN; Updates to References to Appendix W Modeling Guideline'' (FRL No. 10136-02-R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5364. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of his intent to terminate the designation of Burkina Faso as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5365. 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 Financial Resources, Department of Health and Human Services, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5366. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Additional Permitted Election Changes for Health Coverage under Section 125 Cafeteria Plans'' (Notice 2022-41) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5367. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Section 42, Low- Income Housing Credit Average Income Test Regulations'' (RIN1545-BO92) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5368. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Affordability of Employer Coverage for Family Members of Employees'' (RIN1545- BQ19) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5369. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``User Fees Relating to Enrolled Agents and Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents'' (RIN1545-BQ17) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 4, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5370. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of plan amendment deadlines relating to CARES Act Section 2202 and Relief Act Section 302'' (Notice 2022-45) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 4, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5371. 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: End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals with Acute Kidney Injury, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program, and End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model'' (RIN0938-AU79) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5372. 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: Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model Requirements; and Home Infusion Therapy Services Requirements'' (RIN0938- AU77) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5373. 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: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals; Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating: COVID-19'' (RIN0938-AU82) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5374. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act: Section 1004 Medicaid Drug Review and Utilization''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5375. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2022 Calendar Year Resident Population Figures'' (Notice 2022-12) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5376. A communication from the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Medicare Telehealth Services During the First Year of the Pandemic: Program Integrity Risks''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5377. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Western Balkans Stabilization Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 588) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5378. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Libyan Sanctions Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 570) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5379. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The Attorney General's 2021 Annual Report to Congress on Fair Lending Enforcement'' ; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5380. A communication from the Chair of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to credit availability for small businesses; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5381. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Report to Congress and the President for Fiscal Year 2019''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5382. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Review of Light-Water Power Reactor Construction Permit Applications'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5383. A communication from the Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2022-2023 Station-specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations'' (RIN1018-BF66) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5384. 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 Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: California; San Diego County Air Pollution Control District; Permits; Correcting Amendments'' (FRL No. 9713-04-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5385. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clean Air Plans; Base Year Emissions Inventories for the 2015 Ozone Standards; Nevada; Clark County, Las Vegas Valley'' (FRL No. 9739-02-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5386. 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; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS and References to the Code of Federal Regulations'' (FRL No. 9879-02-R5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5387. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Implementation Plan for Managing Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Sources on Indian Country Lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah'' (FRL No. 5872.1-01-R8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5388. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Consistency Update for Massachusetts'' (FRL No. 9265-02-R1) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5389. 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 Mexico; Clean Air Act Requirements for Nonattainment New Source Review Permitting for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10029-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5390. 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; Ameren Sioux Sulfur Dioxide Consent Agreement'' (FRL No. 10156-02-R7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5391. 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; Michigan; Revisions to Part 1 and 2 Rules; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL No. 10162-03-R5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5392. 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; West Virginia; 2021 Amendments to West Virginia's Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10357-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5393. 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; Connecticut; Plan Submittals for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Correction'' (FRL No. 10414-01-R1) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5394. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, changes that occurred from March 3, 2022 through August 8, 2022, and an additional report on departure of ambassadors; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5395. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, enclosed agreements between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office and between the American Institute in Taiwan and United States Government Agencies; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5396. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Denmark in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-047); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5397. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad, including technical data, and defense services controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Jordan in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-027); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5398. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the Australia, Japan, and Singapore in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22- 012); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5399. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the UK and Canada in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-038); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5400. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services, abroad controlled under Category I of the US Munitions List to Italy and Qatar in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-021); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5401. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Australia and the Republic of Korea in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-029); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5402. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Australia and New Zealand in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-023); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5403. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-033); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5404. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Germany and the Netherlands in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-037); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5405. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Australia in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-040); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5406. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Austria in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-042); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5407. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Qatar in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-030); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5408. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Australia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Italy in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22- 032); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5409. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination under Section 3(d)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5410. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the intent to exercise the authorities under section 506(a) (1) of the FAA to provide military assistance to Ukraine, including for self- defense and border security operations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5411. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the intent to exercise the authorities under section 506(a)(1) of the FAA to provide military assistance to Ukraine, including for self-defense and border security operations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5412. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination Under Sections 506(a) (1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to Provide Military Assistance to Ukraine''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5413. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination Under Sections 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to Provide Military Assistance to Ukraine''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5414. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination Under Sections 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to Provide Military Assistance to Ukraine''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5415. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5416. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5417. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5418. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5419. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5420. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0145 - 2022-0155); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5421. A communication from Associate General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Employee Indemnification Regulations'' (RIN3045-AA77) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5422. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research'' (RIN0985- AA16) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5423. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Annual Report on the Use of Mandatory Recall Authority, FY 2021''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6774-6	null	5,262
formal	terrorist	null	Islamophobic	The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5334. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation'' (RIN3235-AK99) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5335. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers'' (RIN3235-AK67) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs . EC-5336. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Central African Republic Sanctions Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 553) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5337. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements'' (RIN3235- AM52) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5338. A communication from the Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program Commitment Requirement'' (RIN2501-AD69) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5339. 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 13413 with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5340. 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 13664 with respect to South Sudan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5341. 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 13067 with respect to Sudan; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5342. A communication from the Acting Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements'' (RIN1506-AB49) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5343. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a report relative to the issuance of an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to blocking property of certain persons contributing to the situation in Nicaragua, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5344. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to Ethiopia that was declared in Executive Order 14046 of September 17, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5345. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001 that was declared in Proclamation 7463 of September 14, 2001; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5346. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo that was declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5347. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to Syria that was declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5348. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect Sudan that was declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5349. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the situation in Nicaragua that was declared in Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5350. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5351. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12170 of November 14, 1979; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5352. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China (PRC) that was declared in Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5353. A communication from the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements for Broker-Dealers, Security-Based Swap Dealers, and Major Security-Based Swap Participants'' (RIN3235-AM76) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5354. 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) 1.248 Rev 0, 'Guide for Assessing, Monitoring, and Mitigating Aging Effects on Electrical Equipment Used in Nuclear Power Generating Stations''' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5355. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2019-2020 Code Editions'' (RIN3150-AK22) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5356. 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) 1.246, `Acceptability of ASME Code Section XI, Division 2, ``Requirements for Reliability and Integrity Management (RIM) Programs for Nuclear Power Plants for Non-Light Water Reactors'' ' '' received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5357. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Delaware: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9951-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5358. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Virginia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9947-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5359. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``North Dakota: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision'' (FRL No. 9896- 02-R8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5360. 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; Miscellaneous Emission Control Standards Rule Revisions'' (FRL No. 9187-02- R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5361. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Parent Company Definition for Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting'' ((RIN2070-AK42) (FRL No. 6004-02- OCSPP)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5362. 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; South Carolina; Revisions to Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Rules'' (FRL No. 10161-02- R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5363. 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; TN; Updates to References to Appendix W Modeling Guideline'' (FRL No. 10136-02-R4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5364. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of his intent to terminate the designation of Burkina Faso as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5365. 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 Financial Resources, Department of Health and Human Services, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5366. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Additional Permitted Election Changes for Health Coverage under Section 125 Cafeteria Plans'' (Notice 2022-41) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5367. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Section 42, Low- Income Housing Credit Average Income Test Regulations'' (RIN1545-BO92) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5368. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Affordability of Employer Coverage for Family Members of Employees'' (RIN1545- BQ19) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5369. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``User Fees Relating to Enrolled Agents and Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents'' (RIN1545-BQ17) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 4, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5370. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of plan amendment deadlines relating to CARES Act Section 2202 and Relief Act Section 302'' (Notice 2022-45) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 4, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5371. 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: End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals with Acute Kidney Injury, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program, and End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model'' (RIN0938-AU79) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5372. 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: Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model Requirements; and Home Infusion Therapy Services Requirements'' (RIN0938- AU77) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5373. 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: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals; Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating: COVID-19'' (RIN0938-AU82) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5374. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act: Section 1004 Medicaid Drug Review and Utilization''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5375. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2022 Calendar Year Resident Population Figures'' (Notice 2022-12) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5376. A communication from the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Medicare Telehealth Services During the First Year of the Pandemic: Program Integrity Risks''; to the Committee on Finance. EC-5377. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Western Balkans Stabilization Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 588) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5378. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Libyan Sanctions Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 570) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5379. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The Attorney General's 2021 Annual Report to Congress on Fair Lending Enforcement'' ; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5380. A communication from the Chair of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to credit availability for small businesses; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC-5381. A communication from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Report to Congress and the President for Fiscal Year 2019''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5382. A communication from the Director of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Review of Light-Water Power Reactor Construction Permit Applications'' received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5383. A communication from the Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``2022-2023 Station-specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations'' (RIN1018-BF66) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5384. 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 Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: California; San Diego County Air Pollution Control District; Permits; Correcting Amendments'' (FRL No. 9713-04-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5385. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clean Air Plans; Base Year Emissions Inventories for the 2015 Ozone Standards; Nevada; Clark County, Las Vegas Valley'' (FRL No. 9739-02-R9) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5386. 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; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS and References to the Code of Federal Regulations'' (FRL No. 9879-02-R5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5387. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Implementation Plan for Managing Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Sources on Indian Country Lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah'' (FRL No. 5872.1-01-R8) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5388. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Consistency Update for Massachusetts'' (FRL No. 9265-02-R1) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5389. 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 Mexico; Clean Air Act Requirements for Nonattainment New Source Review Permitting for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10029-02-R6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5390. 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; Ameren Sioux Sulfur Dioxide Consent Agreement'' (FRL No. 10156-02-R7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5391. 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; Michigan; Revisions to Part 1 and 2 Rules; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL No. 10162-03-R5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5392. 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; West Virginia; 2021 Amendments to West Virginia's Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10357-02-R3) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5393. 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; Connecticut; Plan Submittals for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Correction'' (FRL No. 10414-01-R1) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. EC-5394. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, changes that occurred from March 3, 2022 through August 8, 2022, and an additional report on departure of ambassadors; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5395. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, enclosed agreements between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office and between the American Institute in Taiwan and United States Government Agencies; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5396. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Denmark in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-047); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5397. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of firearms, parts, and components abroad, including technical data, and defense services controlled under Category I of the U.S. Munitions List to Jordan in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-027); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5398. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the Australia, Japan, and Singapore in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22- 012); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5399. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to the UK and Canada in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-038); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5400. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) and 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed amendment for the manufacture of significant military equipment abroad and the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services, abroad controlled under Category I of the US Munitions List to Italy and Qatar in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-021); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5401. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Australia and the Republic of Korea in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-029); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5402. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Australia and New Zealand in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-023); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5403. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-033); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5404. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Germany and the Netherlands in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-037); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5405. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Australia in the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-040); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5406. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Austria in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-042); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5407. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Qatar in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22-030); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5408. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, the certification of a proposed license amendment for the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services to Australia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Italy in the amount of $50,000,000 or more (Transmittal No. DDTC 22- 032); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5409. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination under Section 3(d)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5410. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the intent to exercise the authorities under section 506(a) (1) of the FAA to provide military assistance to Ukraine, including for self- defense and border security operations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5411. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the intent to exercise the authorities under section 506(a)(1) of the FAA to provide military assistance to Ukraine, including for self-defense and border security operations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5412. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination Under Sections 506(a) (1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to Provide Military Assistance to Ukraine''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5413. A communication from the Senior Bureau Official, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination Under Sections 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to Provide Military Assistance to Ukraine''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5414. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Determination Under Sections 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to Provide Military Assistance to Ukraine''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5415. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5416. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5417. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5418. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5419. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0140 - 2022-0144); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5420. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, the report of the texts and background statements of international agreements, other than treaties (List 2022-0145 - 2022-0155); to the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC-5421. A communication from Associate General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Employee Indemnification Regulations'' (RIN3045-AA77) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5422. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research'' (RIN0985- AA16) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC-5423. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Annual Report on the Use of Mandatory Recall Authority, FY 2021''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6774-6	null	5,263
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Booker, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Heinrich) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 838 Whereas the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States protects freedom of speech and the freedom to read and write; Whereas article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ``[e]veryone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers''; Whereas PEN America has identified more than 1,600 unique books by 1,261 different authors, 290 illustrators, and 18 translators that have been banned in the United States during the 2021-2022 school year; Whereas an increasing number of books bans have departed from best practice guidelines outlined by the National Coalition Against Censorship, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the American Library Association for responding to demands to censor books; Whereas the sharing of all ideas and the freedom to read are essential to a strong democracy; Whereas books do not require readers to agree with topics or themes but instead allow readers to explore and engage with differing perspectives to form and inform their own views; Whereas suppressing the freedom to read and denying access to literature, history, and knowledge are inherently illiberal and anti-democratic tactics used by authoritarian regimes against their people; Whereas book bans often seek to impose restrictions on all students and families based on the political, ideological, or cultural preferences of the individuals calling for book bans; Whereas book bans have multifaceted, harmful consequences on-- (1) students, who have a right to access a diverse range of stories and perspectives, including students from historically marginalized backgrounds whose communities are often are underrepresented in literature; (2) educators and librarians, who are operating in some States in an increasingly punitive and surveillance-oriented environment with a chilling effect on teaching and learning; (3) authors whose works are targeted; and (4) parents who want students to attend public schools that remain open to curiosity, discovery, and the freedom to read; Whereas classic and award-winning literature and books that have been part of school curricula for decades have been challenged, removed from libraries pending review, or outright banned from schools, including-- (1) ``Brave New World'' by Aldous Huxley; (2) ``The Handmaid's Tale'' by Margaret Atwood; (3) ``Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation'', adapted by Ari Folman; (4) ``Their Eyes Were Watching God'' by Zora Neal Hurston; (5) ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' by Harper Lee; and (6) ``Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain; Whereas books face a heightened risk of being banned, particularly when written by and about outsiders, newcomers, and individuals from marginalized backgrounds; Whereas 674 books referring to LGBTQ+ themes or with LGBTQ+ characters, including books that recognize the equal humanity and dignity of all individuals despite differences, have been banned or otherwise restricted in the United States this year, including-- (1) ``Families, Families, Families!'' by Suzanne Lang; and (2) ``All Are Welcome'' by Alexandria Penfold; Whereas 659 books, both fiction and nonfiction, with protagonists of color or prominent secondary characters of color have been banned or otherwise restricted in the United States this year, including-- (1) ``Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story'' by Ruby Bridges; (2) ``Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington'' by Francis E. Ruffin; (3) ``Thank You, Jackie Robinson'' by Barbara Cohen; (4) ``Malala: A Hero For All'' by Shana Corey; (5) ``Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story'' by Kevin Noble Maillard; (6) ``Hair Love'' by Matthew A. Cherry; (7) ``Good Trouble: Lessons From the Civil Rights Playbook'' by Christopher Noxon; and (8) ``We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures''; Whereas the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has reported a dramatic surge in challenges at libraries and schools to the inclusion of graphic novels that depict the vital diversity of civic life in the United States and the painful historical realities of the human experience, including-- (1) ``New Kid'' by Jerry Craft; (2) ``Drama'' by Raina Telgemeier; (3) ``American Born Chinese'' by Gene Luen Yang; and (4) ``Maus'' by Art Spiegelman; Whereas books addressing death, grief, mental illness, and suicide are targeted alongside nonfiction books that discuss feelings and emotions written for teenage and young adult audiences that frequently confront these topics; Whereas the Secretary of Education of Oklahoma is seeking to revoke the teaching certificate of an educator who merely provided to her students a link to the Books Unbanned initiative of the Brooklyn Public Library, which provides young people across the country access to books that may be banned or otherwise restricted in schools; Whereas, during congressional hearings on April 7, 2022, and May 19, 2022, students, parents, teachers, librarians, and school administrators testified to the chilling and fear- inducing effects that book bans have on education and the school environment; Whereas, according to PEN America, during the 2021-2022 school year, approximately 140 school districts in 32 States issued more than 2,500 book bans or other restrictions, including repeated titles, affecting more than 5,000 individual schools and approximately 4,000,000 students, limiting access to certain books for limited or indefinite periods of time, including-- (1) Florida, where at least 566 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 21 school districts; (2) Georgia, where at least 23 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 2 school districts; (3) Indiana, where at least 18 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; (4) Kansas, where at least 30 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 2 school districts; (5) Michigan, where at least 41 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 4 school districts; (6) Missouri, where at least 27 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 8 school districts; (7) New York, where at least 123 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 34 school districts; (8) Oklahoma, where at least 43 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; (9) Pennsylvania, where at least 457 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 11 school districts; (10) Tennessee, where at least 349 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 6 school districts; (11) Texas, where at least 801 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 22 school districts; (12) Utah, where at least 1,211 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; and (13) Virginia, where at least 169 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 79 school districts; Whereas the overwhelming majority of voters in the United States oppose book bans; Whereas an overwhelming majority of voters in the United States support educators teaching about the Civil Rights Movement, the history and experiences of Native Americans, enslaved Africans, immigrants facing discrimination, and the ongoing effects of racism; Whereas, in 1969, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), that students do not ``shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate''; and Whereas, while library collections may be curated based on a variety of factors, including pedagogical value, student interest, and the age-appropriateness of the material, in 1982, a plurality of the Supreme Court of the United States held in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982), that schools may not remove books based on ``narrowly partisan or political grounds'', as this kind of censorship will result in ``official suppression of ideas'': Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) expresses concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States; (2) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to supporting the freedom of expression of writers and the freedom of all individuals in the United States to read books without government censorship; (3) calls on local governments and educational institutions to follow best practice guidelines when addressing challenges to books; and (4) calls on local governments and educational institutions to protect the rights of students to learn and the ability of educators and librarians to teach students, including by providing students with the opportunity to read a wide array of books reflecting a multitude of viewpoints and perspectives.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6781-4	null	5,264
formal	public school	null	racist	Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Booker, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Heinrich) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 838 Whereas the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States protects freedom of speech and the freedom to read and write; Whereas article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ``[e]veryone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers''; Whereas PEN America has identified more than 1,600 unique books by 1,261 different authors, 290 illustrators, and 18 translators that have been banned in the United States during the 2021-2022 school year; Whereas an increasing number of books bans have departed from best practice guidelines outlined by the National Coalition Against Censorship, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the American Library Association for responding to demands to censor books; Whereas the sharing of all ideas and the freedom to read are essential to a strong democracy; Whereas books do not require readers to agree with topics or themes but instead allow readers to explore and engage with differing perspectives to form and inform their own views; Whereas suppressing the freedom to read and denying access to literature, history, and knowledge are inherently illiberal and anti-democratic tactics used by authoritarian regimes against their people; Whereas book bans often seek to impose restrictions on all students and families based on the political, ideological, or cultural preferences of the individuals calling for book bans; Whereas book bans have multifaceted, harmful consequences on-- (1) students, who have a right to access a diverse range of stories and perspectives, including students from historically marginalized backgrounds whose communities are often are underrepresented in literature; (2) educators and librarians, who are operating in some States in an increasingly punitive and surveillance-oriented environment with a chilling effect on teaching and learning; (3) authors whose works are targeted; and (4) parents who want students to attend public schools that remain open to curiosity, discovery, and the freedom to read; Whereas classic and award-winning literature and books that have been part of school curricula for decades have been challenged, removed from libraries pending review, or outright banned from schools, including-- (1) ``Brave New World'' by Aldous Huxley; (2) ``The Handmaid's Tale'' by Margaret Atwood; (3) ``Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation'', adapted by Ari Folman; (4) ``Their Eyes Were Watching God'' by Zora Neal Hurston; (5) ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' by Harper Lee; and (6) ``Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain; Whereas books face a heightened risk of being banned, particularly when written by and about outsiders, newcomers, and individuals from marginalized backgrounds; Whereas 674 books referring to LGBTQ+ themes or with LGBTQ+ characters, including books that recognize the equal humanity and dignity of all individuals despite differences, have been banned or otherwise restricted in the United States this year, including-- (1) ``Families, Families, Families!'' by Suzanne Lang; and (2) ``All Are Welcome'' by Alexandria Penfold; Whereas 659 books, both fiction and nonfiction, with protagonists of color or prominent secondary characters of color have been banned or otherwise restricted in the United States this year, including-- (1) ``Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story'' by Ruby Bridges; (2) ``Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington'' by Francis E. Ruffin; (3) ``Thank You, Jackie Robinson'' by Barbara Cohen; (4) ``Malala: A Hero For All'' by Shana Corey; (5) ``Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story'' by Kevin Noble Maillard; (6) ``Hair Love'' by Matthew A. Cherry; (7) ``Good Trouble: Lessons From the Civil Rights Playbook'' by Christopher Noxon; and (8) ``We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures''; Whereas the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has reported a dramatic surge in challenges at libraries and schools to the inclusion of graphic novels that depict the vital diversity of civic life in the United States and the painful historical realities of the human experience, including-- (1) ``New Kid'' by Jerry Craft; (2) ``Drama'' by Raina Telgemeier; (3) ``American Born Chinese'' by Gene Luen Yang; and (4) ``Maus'' by Art Spiegelman; Whereas books addressing death, grief, mental illness, and suicide are targeted alongside nonfiction books that discuss feelings and emotions written for teenage and young adult audiences that frequently confront these topics; Whereas the Secretary of Education of Oklahoma is seeking to revoke the teaching certificate of an educator who merely provided to her students a link to the Books Unbanned initiative of the Brooklyn Public Library, which provides young people across the country access to books that may be banned or otherwise restricted in schools; Whereas, during congressional hearings on April 7, 2022, and May 19, 2022, students, parents, teachers, librarians, and school administrators testified to the chilling and fear- inducing effects that book bans have on education and the school environment; Whereas, according to PEN America, during the 2021-2022 school year, approximately 140 school districts in 32 States issued more than 2,500 book bans or other restrictions, including repeated titles, affecting more than 5,000 individual schools and approximately 4,000,000 students, limiting access to certain books for limited or indefinite periods of time, including-- (1) Florida, where at least 566 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 21 school districts; (2) Georgia, where at least 23 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 2 school districts; (3) Indiana, where at least 18 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; (4) Kansas, where at least 30 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 2 school districts; (5) Michigan, where at least 41 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 4 school districts; (6) Missouri, where at least 27 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 8 school districts; (7) New York, where at least 123 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 34 school districts; (8) Oklahoma, where at least 43 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; (9) Pennsylvania, where at least 457 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 11 school districts; (10) Tennessee, where at least 349 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 6 school districts; (11) Texas, where at least 801 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 22 school districts; (12) Utah, where at least 1,211 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; and (13) Virginia, where at least 169 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 79 school districts; Whereas the overwhelming majority of voters in the United States oppose book bans; Whereas an overwhelming majority of voters in the United States support educators teaching about the Civil Rights Movement, the history and experiences of Native Americans, enslaved Africans, immigrants facing discrimination, and the ongoing effects of racism; Whereas, in 1969, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), that students do not ``shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate''; and Whereas, while library collections may be curated based on a variety of factors, including pedagogical value, student interest, and the age-appropriateness of the material, in 1982, a plurality of the Supreme Court of the United States held in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982), that schools may not remove books based on ``narrowly partisan or political grounds'', as this kind of censorship will result in ``official suppression of ideas'': Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) expresses concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States; (2) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to supporting the freedom of expression of writers and the freedom of all individuals in the United States to read books without government censorship; (3) calls on local governments and educational institutions to follow best practice guidelines when addressing challenges to books; and (4) calls on local governments and educational institutions to protect the rights of students to learn and the ability of educators and librarians to teach students, including by providing students with the opportunity to read a wide array of books reflecting a multitude of viewpoints and perspectives.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6781-4	null	5,265
formal	public schools	null	racist	Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Booker, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Heinrich) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: S. Res. 838 Whereas the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States protects freedom of speech and the freedom to read and write; Whereas article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ``[e]veryone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers''; Whereas PEN America has identified more than 1,600 unique books by 1,261 different authors, 290 illustrators, and 18 translators that have been banned in the United States during the 2021-2022 school year; Whereas an increasing number of books bans have departed from best practice guidelines outlined by the National Coalition Against Censorship, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the American Library Association for responding to demands to censor books; Whereas the sharing of all ideas and the freedom to read are essential to a strong democracy; Whereas books do not require readers to agree with topics or themes but instead allow readers to explore and engage with differing perspectives to form and inform their own views; Whereas suppressing the freedom to read and denying access to literature, history, and knowledge are inherently illiberal and anti-democratic tactics used by authoritarian regimes against their people; Whereas book bans often seek to impose restrictions on all students and families based on the political, ideological, or cultural preferences of the individuals calling for book bans; Whereas book bans have multifaceted, harmful consequences on-- (1) students, who have a right to access a diverse range of stories and perspectives, including students from historically marginalized backgrounds whose communities are often are underrepresented in literature; (2) educators and librarians, who are operating in some States in an increasingly punitive and surveillance-oriented environment with a chilling effect on teaching and learning; (3) authors whose works are targeted; and (4) parents who want students to attend public schools that remain open to curiosity, discovery, and the freedom to read; Whereas classic and award-winning literature and books that have been part of school curricula for decades have been challenged, removed from libraries pending review, or outright banned from schools, including-- (1) ``Brave New World'' by Aldous Huxley; (2) ``The Handmaid's Tale'' by Margaret Atwood; (3) ``Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation'', adapted by Ari Folman; (4) ``Their Eyes Were Watching God'' by Zora Neal Hurston; (5) ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' by Harper Lee; and (6) ``Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain; Whereas books face a heightened risk of being banned, particularly when written by and about outsiders, newcomers, and individuals from marginalized backgrounds; Whereas 674 books referring to LGBTQ+ themes or with LGBTQ+ characters, including books that recognize the equal humanity and dignity of all individuals despite differences, have been banned or otherwise restricted in the United States this year, including-- (1) ``Families, Families, Families!'' by Suzanne Lang; and (2) ``All Are Welcome'' by Alexandria Penfold; Whereas 659 books, both fiction and nonfiction, with protagonists of color or prominent secondary characters of color have been banned or otherwise restricted in the United States this year, including-- (1) ``Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story'' by Ruby Bridges; (2) ``Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington'' by Francis E. Ruffin; (3) ``Thank You, Jackie Robinson'' by Barbara Cohen; (4) ``Malala: A Hero For All'' by Shana Corey; (5) ``Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story'' by Kevin Noble Maillard; (6) ``Hair Love'' by Matthew A. Cherry; (7) ``Good Trouble: Lessons From the Civil Rights Playbook'' by Christopher Noxon; and (8) ``We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures''; Whereas the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has reported a dramatic surge in challenges at libraries and schools to the inclusion of graphic novels that depict the vital diversity of civic life in the United States and the painful historical realities of the human experience, including-- (1) ``New Kid'' by Jerry Craft; (2) ``Drama'' by Raina Telgemeier; (3) ``American Born Chinese'' by Gene Luen Yang; and (4) ``Maus'' by Art Spiegelman; Whereas books addressing death, grief, mental illness, and suicide are targeted alongside nonfiction books that discuss feelings and emotions written for teenage and young adult audiences that frequently confront these topics; Whereas the Secretary of Education of Oklahoma is seeking to revoke the teaching certificate of an educator who merely provided to her students a link to the Books Unbanned initiative of the Brooklyn Public Library, which provides young people across the country access to books that may be banned or otherwise restricted in schools; Whereas, during congressional hearings on April 7, 2022, and May 19, 2022, students, parents, teachers, librarians, and school administrators testified to the chilling and fear- inducing effects that book bans have on education and the school environment; Whereas, according to PEN America, during the 2021-2022 school year, approximately 140 school districts in 32 States issued more than 2,500 book bans or other restrictions, including repeated titles, affecting more than 5,000 individual schools and approximately 4,000,000 students, limiting access to certain books for limited or indefinite periods of time, including-- (1) Florida, where at least 566 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 21 school districts; (2) Georgia, where at least 23 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 2 school districts; (3) Indiana, where at least 18 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; (4) Kansas, where at least 30 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 2 school districts; (5) Michigan, where at least 41 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 4 school districts; (6) Missouri, where at least 27 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 8 school districts; (7) New York, where at least 123 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 34 school districts; (8) Oklahoma, where at least 43 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; (9) Pennsylvania, where at least 457 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 11 school districts; (10) Tennessee, where at least 349 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 6 school districts; (11) Texas, where at least 801 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 22 school districts; (12) Utah, where at least 1,211 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 3 school districts; and (13) Virginia, where at least 169 books in total have been banned or otherwise restricted in 79 school districts; Whereas the overwhelming majority of voters in the United States oppose book bans; Whereas an overwhelming majority of voters in the United States support educators teaching about the Civil Rights Movement, the history and experiences of Native Americans, enslaved Africans, immigrants facing discrimination, and the ongoing effects of racism; Whereas, in 1969, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), that students do not ``shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate''; and Whereas, while library collections may be curated based on a variety of factors, including pedagogical value, student interest, and the age-appropriateness of the material, in 1982, a plurality of the Supreme Court of the United States held in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982), that schools may not remove books based on ``narrowly partisan or political grounds'', as this kind of censorship will result in ``official suppression of ideas'': Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) expresses concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States; (2) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to supporting the freedom of expression of writers and the freedom of all individuals in the United States to read books without government censorship; (3) calls on local governments and educational institutions to follow best practice guidelines when addressing challenges to books; and (4) calls on local governments and educational institutions to protect the rights of students to learn and the ability of educators and librarians to teach students, including by providing students with the opportunity to read a wide array of books reflecting a multitude of viewpoints and perspectives.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6781-4	null	5,266
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, and Ms. Smith) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 843 Whereas all children and youth learn best when they are healthy, supported, and receive an education that meets their individual needs; Whereas schools can more effectively ensure that all students are ready and able to learn if schools meet all the needs of each student; Whereas learning and development are directly linked to the mental health of children, and a supportive learning environment is an optimal place to promote mental health; Whereas sound psychological principles are critical to proper instruction and learning, social and emotional development, prevention and early intervention, and support for a culturally diverse student population; Whereas school psychologists are specially trained to deliver mental health services and academic support that lower barriers to learning and allow teachers to teach more effectively; Whereas school psychologists facilitate collaboration that helps parents and educators to identify and reduce risk factors, promote protective factors, create safe schools, and access community resources; Whereas school psychologists are trained to assess barriers to learning, utilize data-based decision making, implement research-driven prevention and intervention strategies, evaluate outcomes, and improve accountability; Whereas State educational agencies and other State entities credential more than 35,000 school psychologists who practice in schools in the United States as key professionals that promote the learning and mental health of all children; Whereas professional organizations, such as the National Association of School Psychologists and the American Psychological Association, help establish standards for the training and practice of school psychologists; Whereas the people of the United States should recognize the vital role school psychologists play in the personal and academic development of children in the United States; and Whereas the week beginning on November 7, 2022 would be an appropriate week to designate as National School Psychology Week: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) supports the designation of National School Psychology Week; (2) honors and recognizes the contributions of school psychologists to the success of students in schools across the United States; and (3) encourages the people of the United States to observe the week with appropriate ceremonies and activities that promote awareness of the vital role school psychologists play in schools, in the community, and in helping students develop into successful and productive members of society.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6783-4	null	5,267
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Warren, Mr. Braun, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Casey) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 840 Whereas more than 30,000,000 children in the United States have parents who work outside the home; Whereas high-quality programs that expand learning opportunities for children, such as afterschool, before- school, summer, and expanded learning opportunities, provide safe, challenging, engaging, and fun learning experiences, including experiences that encourage the study of science, technology, engineering, and math that help children and youth develop social, emotional, physical, cultural, and academic skills; Whereas, during the COVID-19 crisis, afterschool programs have risen to the moment to support children by-- (1) innovating to provide virtual programming to keep children engaged; (2) caring for children of essential workers; (3) providing meals and learning supports; (4) supporting the well-being of children and families; and (5) helping students recover and accelerating learning; Whereas high-quality afterschool programs and high-quality expanded learning opportunities provide students with hands- on, engaging lessons that are aligned with the school day; Whereas high-quality afterschool programs complement regular and expanded school days and support working families by ensuring that the children of those families are safe and productive during the hours parents are working; Whereas high-quality afterschool programs engage families, schools, and diverse community partners in advancing the well-being of children and youth in the United States; Whereas high-quality afterschool programs that partner with high-quality community-based organizations build stronger communities by integrating schools with the larger community; and Whereas Lights On Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool, before-school, summer, and expanded learning opportunities programs was held on October 20, 2022, to highlight the critical importance of those high-quality programs to children and the families and communities of those children: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate supports Lights On Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool programs held on October 20, 2022.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6783	null	5,268
formal	working families	null	racist	Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Warren, Mr. Braun, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Casey) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 840 Whereas more than 30,000,000 children in the United States have parents who work outside the home; Whereas high-quality programs that expand learning opportunities for children, such as afterschool, before- school, summer, and expanded learning opportunities, provide safe, challenging, engaging, and fun learning experiences, including experiences that encourage the study of science, technology, engineering, and math that help children and youth develop social, emotional, physical, cultural, and academic skills; Whereas, during the COVID-19 crisis, afterschool programs have risen to the moment to support children by-- (1) innovating to provide virtual programming to keep children engaged; (2) caring for children of essential workers; (3) providing meals and learning supports; (4) supporting the well-being of children and families; and (5) helping students recover and accelerating learning; Whereas high-quality afterschool programs and high-quality expanded learning opportunities provide students with hands- on, engaging lessons that are aligned with the school day; Whereas high-quality afterschool programs complement regular and expanded school days and support working families by ensuring that the children of those families are safe and productive during the hours parents are working; Whereas high-quality afterschool programs engage families, schools, and diverse community partners in advancing the well-being of children and youth in the United States; Whereas high-quality afterschool programs that partner with high-quality community-based organizations build stronger communities by integrating schools with the larger community; and Whereas Lights On Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool, before-school, summer, and expanded learning opportunities programs was held on October 20, 2022, to highlight the critical importance of those high-quality programs to children and the families and communities of those children: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate supports Lights On Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool programs held on October 20, 2022.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6783	null	5,269
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Mr. Tester, Ms. Warren, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Sullivan) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: S. Res. 845 Whereas, from November 1, 2022, through November 30, 2022, the United States celebrates National Native American Heritage Month; Whereas National Native American Heritage Month is an opportunity to consider and recognize the contributions of Native Americans to the history of the United States; Whereas Native Americans are descendants of the original, Indigenous inhabitants of what is now the United States; Whereas the Bureau of the Census estimates that-- (1) in 2020, there were 9,666,058 individuals of American Indian and Alaska Native descent in the United States; and (2) in 2020, there were 619,855 individuals of Native Hawaiian descent in the United States; Whereas Native Americans maintain vibrant cultures and traditions and hold a deeply rooted sense of community; Whereas Native Americans have moving stories of tragedy, triumph, and perseverance that need to be shared with future generations; Whereas Native Americans speak and write in their Indigenous languages, which have influenced and contributed in a variety of ways to the United States, including the naming of places and sites throughout the United States; Whereas Congress has consistently reaffirmed support for self-governance and self-determination policies for Native American communities and the commitment of the United States to improving the lives of all Native Americans; Whereas the United States is committed to-- (1) strengthening the government-to-government relationship with Indian Tribes; and (2) upholding the Federal trust responsibility to Native American communities; Whereas Congress has recognized the contributions of the Iroquois Confederacy and the influence of the Iroquois Confederacy on the Founding Fathers in the drafting of the Constitution of the United States with the concepts of-- (1) freedom of speech; (2) the separation of governmental powers; and (3) the system of checks and balances between the branches of government; Whereas, with the enactment of the Native American Heritage Day Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-33; 123 Stat. 1922), Congress-- (1) reaffirmed the government-to-government relationship between the United States and Native American governments; and (2) recognized the important contributions of Native Americans to the culture of the United States; Whereas Native Americans have made distinct and important contributions to the United States and the world in many fields, including agriculture, environmental stewardship, wayfinding, medicine, music, dance, language, and art; Whereas contemporary applications of traditional knowledge systems of Native Americans have expanded scientific, environmental, and intercultural understanding; Whereas Native Americans have distinguished themselves as inventors, entrepreneurs, spiritual leaders, and scholars; Whereas Native Americans have served with honor and distinction in the Armed Forces of the United States for centuries and have the highest per capita involvement of any population currently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States; Whereas the United States has recognized the contribution of the Native American code talkers in World War I and World War II, who used Indigenous languages to communicate an unbreakable military code, saving countless lives in both conflicts; and Whereas the people of the United States have reason to honor the great achievements and contributions of Native Americans and their ancestors: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) recognizes the month of November 2022 as ``National Native American Heritage Month''; (2) recognizes the Friday after Thanksgiving as ``Native American Heritage Day'' in accordance with section 2(10) of the Native American Heritage Day Act of 2009 (Public Law 111- 33; 123 Stat. 1923); and (3) encourages the people of the United States to observe National Native American Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Day with appropriate programs and activities.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6784-2	null	5,270
formal	based	null	white supremacist	SA 6486. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 6480 submitted by Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Portman, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Tillis) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 8404, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 3, beginning on line 3, strike ``No person acting under color of State law'' and insert ``No State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe'' On page 3, line 17, strike ``person'' and insert ``State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe''. On page 3, strike lines 19 through 23. On page 5, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 6, line 3, and insert the following: (a) No Impact on Benefits, Status, or Rights.--Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to deny or alter any benefit, status, or right of any entity or person, including tax-exempt status, tax treatment, educational funding, or a grant, contract, agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, claim, or defense, provided such benefit, status, or right does not arise from a marriage, or based in whole or in part on the belief, practice, or observance, of the entity or person about marriage. On page 6, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following: (c) No Impact From Partnerships.--For purposes of this Act, and any amendment made by this Act, no faith-based organization shall be considered to be a government actor because the organization entered into a partnership with a government.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-17-pt1-PgS6788	null	5,271
formal	based	null	white supremacist	The Speaker pro tempore, Mr. McGovern, announced his signature to enrolled bills of the Senate of the following titles: S. 1943.--An Act to direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to standardize the use of core-based statistical area designations across Federal programs, to allow between 120 and 180 days for public comment on any proposed change to such designations, and to report on the scientific basis and estimated impact to Federal programs for any proposed change to such designations, and for other purposes. S. 2159.--An Act to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, as the ``Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic'', and for other purposes. S. 3510.--An Act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance with respect to natural disaster resilience, and for other purposes. S. 3655.--An Act to amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to extend the termination date of the Civil Right Cold Case Records Review Board. S. 3826.--An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the ``Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building''. S. 3884.--An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. Highway 41 North in Baraga, Michigan, as the ``Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office''.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-22-pt1-PgH8593-8	null	5,272
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-5936. A letter from the Administrator, National Organic Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances per October 2020 and April 2021 NOSB Recommendations (Handling, Crops) [Doc. No.: AMS-NOP-21-0060] (RIN: 0581-AE11) received November 18, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. EC-5937. A letter from the Administrator, Cotton and Tobacco -- Research and Promotion, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's direct final rule -- Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2022 Amendments) [Doc. No.: AMS-CN-22-0003] received November 16, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. EC-5938. A letter from the Administrator, Livestock and Poultry Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order- Decrease in Assessment Rate and Importer Assessments [Doc. No.: AMS-LP-22-0032] received November 16, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. EC-5939. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's final regulations -- Pell Grants for Prison Education Programs; Determining the Amount of Federal Education Assistance Funds received by Institutions of Higher Education (90/10); Change in Ownership and Change in Control [Docket ID: ED-2022-OPE-0062] (RIN: 1840-AD54, 1840-AD55, 1840-AD66, 1840-AD69) received November 16, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor. EC-5940. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Spirulina Extract [Docket No.: FDA-2020-C-1309] received November 16, 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-5941. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Plan Submittals for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Correction [EPA-R01-OAR-2016- 0166; FRL-10414-01-R1] received November 8, 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-5942. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; West Virginia; 2021 Amendments to West Virginia's Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA-R03-OAR-2022-0528; FRL-10357-02-R3] received November 8, 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-5943. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Ameren Sioux Sulfur Dioxide Consent Agreement [EPA- R07-OAR-2022-0722; FRL-10156-02-R7] received November 8, 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-5944. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; New Mexico; Clean Air Act Requirements for Nonattainment New Source Review Permitting for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA-R06-OAR-2021-0837; FRL- 10029-02-R6] received November 8, 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-5945. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Consistency Update for Massachusetts [EPA-R01-OAR-2021-0790; FRL-9265-02-R1] received November 8, 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-5946. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Federal Implementation Plan for Managing Emissions From Oil and Natural Gas Sources on Indian Country Lands Within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah [EPA-R08-OAR-2015-0709; FRL-5872.1-01-Region 8] (RIN: 2008-AA03) received November 8, 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-5947. A letter from the Associate Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's withdrawal of direct final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Revisions to Part 1 and 2 Rules [EPA-R05-OAR-2022-0295; FRL-10162-03-R5] received November 8, 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-5948. A letter from the Assistant Division Chief, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services [WC Docket No.: 12-375] received November 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-5949. A letter from the Program Manager, Strategic Management Division, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Protected Communications; Prohibition of Retaliatory Personnel Actions [Docket No.: 220927-0201] (RIN: 0648-BL23) received October 25, 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-5950. A letter from the Agency Representative, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Date of Receipt of Electronic Submissions of Patent Correspondence [Docket No.: PTO-P-2017-0011] (RIN: 0651-AD21) received November 18, 2022, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5951. A letter from the Staff Director, United States Commission on Civil Rights, transmitting the Commission's annual statutory enforcement report, Civil Rights and Protections During the Federal Response to Hurricanes Harvey and Maria, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1975a(c)(1); Public Law 98- 183, Sec. 3 (as amended by Public Law 103-419, Sec. 2); (108 Stat. 4339); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5952. A letter from the Senior Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Safety Glazing Standards; Codifying Existing Waivers and Adding Test Flexibility [Docket No.: FRA-2020-0058; Notice No.: 2] (RIN: 2130-AC76) received November 18, 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.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-22-pt1-PgH8594	null	5,273
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-5953. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Attorney General's 2021 Annual Report pursuant to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1691f; Public Law 90- 321, Sec. 707 (as added by Public Law 94-239, Sec. 7); (90 Stat. 255); to the Committee on Financial Services. EC-5954. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to international illicit drug trafficking that was declared in Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 2021, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95-223, Sec 204(c); (91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5955. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report concerning international agreements other than treaties entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case- Zablocki Act, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(a); Public Law 92- 403, Sec. 1(a) (as amended by Public Law 108-458, Sec. 7121(b)); (118 Stat. 3807); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5956. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's Report to Congress on Certain Iran-Related Multilateral Sanctions Regime Efforts for the Period of February 7, 2022 to August 6, 2022; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-5957. A letter from the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's FY 2022 Annual Report, including: Annual Performance Report, Financial Statements and Notes, Report of Independent Auditor, and other documentation in conformance with OMB Circulars A-11 and A- 136, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1308; Public Law 93-406, Sec. 4008 (as amended by Public Law 109-280, Sec. 412); (120 Stat. 936) and 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law 101-576, Sec. 303(a)(1) (as amended by Public Law 107-289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5958. A letter from the Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy, transmitting the 2022 Annual Report of the Bonneville Power Administration, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9105(a)(4)(B); Public Law 97-258, Sec. 9105(a)(4)(B) (as amended by Public Law 101-576, Sec. 305); (104 Stat. 2853); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5959. A letter from the Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2022, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law 101-576, Sec. 303(a)(1) (as amended by Public Law 107-289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5960. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's FY 2022 Agency Financial Report, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law 101-576, Sec. 303(a)(1) (as amended by Public Law 107-289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5961. A letter from the Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting the Administration's Performance and Accountability Report for FY 2022, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law 101-576, Sec. 303(a)(1) (as amended by Public Law 107-289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5962. A letter from the Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting the Administration's Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress covering the period of April 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5963. A letter from the Chairman of the Board, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's report to the President addressing the requirements of the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act and the Inspector General Act of 1978; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5964. A letter from the Chairman and General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, transmitting the Semiannual Report of the Office of the Inspector General for the period April 1, 2022-September 30, 2022; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5965. A letter from the Director, National Science Foundation, transmitting the Foundation's Fiscal Year 2022 Agency Financial Report and the FY 2022 Annual Performance Report, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law 101-576, Sec. 303(a)(1) (as amended by Public Law 107-289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5966. A letter from the Chair, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, transmitting the Board's Fiscal Year 2022 Agency Financial Report, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law 101-576, Sec. 303(a)(1) (as amended by Public Law 107-289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5967. A letter from the Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2022, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3515(a)(1); Public Law 101-576, Sec. 303(a)(1) (as amended by Public Law 107-289, Sec. 2(a)); (116 Stat. 2049); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5968. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors, United States Postal Service, transmitting the Service's Office of Inspector General's Semiannual Report to Congress, covering the period April 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-5969. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting the 2021 Annual Report on the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 529(a); Public Law 95-521, Sec. 603(a); (92 Stat. 187); ; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5970. A letter from the Secretary, Judicial Conference of the United States, transmitting a Report on the Adequacy of the Rules Prescribed under the E-Government Act of 2002, pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107-347, Sec. 205(c)(3)(C) (as amended by Public Law 108-281, Sec. 1); (118 Stat. 890); to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5971. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Commerce, transmitting the Economic Development Administration's Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3213; Public Law 89-136, Sec. 603 (as added by Public Law 105-393, Sec. 102(a)); (112 Stat. 3614); jointly to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Financial Services.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-25-pt1-PgH8597-8	null	5,274
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: Mr. NADLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 3372. A bill to authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers (Rept. 117- 584). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-25-pt1-PgH8598	null	5,275
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Enrolled Bills Signed Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the Secretary of the Senate, on November 22, 2022, during the adjournment of the Senate, received a message from the House of Representatives announcing that the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. McGovern) had signed the following enrolled bills: S. 1941. An act to direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to standardize the use of core-based statistical area designations across Federal programs, to allow between 120 and 180 days for public comment on any proposed change to such designations, and to report on the scientific basis and estimated impact to Federal programs for any proposed change to such designations, and for other purposes. S. 2159. An act to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, as the ``Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic'', and for other purposes. S. 3510. An act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance with respect to natural disaster resilience, and for other purposes. S. 3655. An act to amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to extend the termination date of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board. S. 3826. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the ``Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building''. S. 3884. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. Highway 41 North in Baraga, Michigan, as the ``Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office''. H.R. 8454. An act to expand research on cannabidiol and marijuana, and for other purposes. Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2021, the enrolled bills were signed on November 22, 2022, during the adjournment of the Senate by the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy).	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-28-pt1-PgS6821-2	null	5,276
formal	based	null	white supremacist	The Secretary of the Senate reported that on today, November 28, 2022, she had presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills: S. 1941. An act to direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to standardize the use of core-based statistical area designations across Federal programs, to allow between 120 and 180 days for public comment on any proposed change to such designations, and to report on the scientific basis and estimated impact to Federal programs for any proposed change to such designations, and for other purposes. S. 2159. An act to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, as the ``Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic'', and for other purposes. S. 3510. An act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance with respect to natural disaster resilience, and other purposes. S. 3655. Act to amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to extend the termination date of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board. S. 3826. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the ``Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building''. S. 3884. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. Highway 41 North in Baraga, Michigan, as the ``Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office''.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-28-pt1-PgS6821-3	null	5,277
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-5424. A communication from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-08, Introduction'' (FAC 2022-08) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 4, 2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5425. A communication from the Chair, National Transportation Safety Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Board's annual submission regarding agency compliance with the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act and revised Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5426. A communication from the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Semiannual Report of the Inspector General and the Semiannual Management Report for the period from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5427. A communication from the Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Inspector General Act of 1978 for fiscal year 2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5428. A communication from the Treasurer of the National Gallery of Art, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Gallery's Inspector General Report for fiscal year 2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5429. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-604, ``Players Lounge Tax Exemption Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5430. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-605, ``Torres Strait Way Designation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5431. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-606, ``Kenilworth Courts Official Street Designation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5432. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-607, ``District Government Paid Leave Enhancement Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5433. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-603, ``Wiltberger East Alleys Designation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5434. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-602, ``Willie J. Hardy Memorial Bridge Designation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5435. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-601, ``Navy Place Redesignation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5436. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-588, ``Medical Marijuana Patient Access Extension Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5437. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-587, ``Tax Abatements For Affordable Housing in High-Need Areas Temportary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5438. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-611, ``Ghost Gun Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5439. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-612, ``Perinatal Mental Health Task Force Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5440. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-609, ``Department of Health Functions Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5441. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-610, ``Metropolitan Police Department Overtime Spending Accountability Temporary Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5442. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-608, ``Swampoodle Terrace Designation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5443. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-621, ``Inspector General Oversight Consistency Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5444. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-623, ``Safer Streets Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5445. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-620, ``Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Delinquent Debt Recovery Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5446. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-619, ``Equal Access to Changing Tables Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5447. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-617, ``Council Vaccination Policy Enforcement Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5448. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-618, ``Migrant Services and Supports Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5449. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-616, ``Department of For Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5450. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-615, ``Post-Public Health Emergency Protections Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5451. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-614, ``Child Wealth Building Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5452. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-613, ``Battery and Electronic Stewardship Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5453. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-631, ``Constituent Unemployment Compensation Information Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5454. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-630, ``Fair Meals Delivery Temporary Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5455. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-624, ``Emergency Rental Assistance Reform Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5456. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-632, ``Advisory Neighborhood Commission Allotment Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5457. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-633, ``River Rock Court Designation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5458. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-634, ``Overbeck Alley Designation Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5459. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a legislative proposal entitled ``To provide for certain costs associated with an electric passenger carrier for transportation, and for other purposes''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5460. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-569, ``State Small Business Credit Initiative Venture Capital Program Grant-Making Establishment Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5461. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-570, ``Anti-SLAPP Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5462. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-571, ``Children's National Hospital Research and Innovation Campus Equitable Tax Relief Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5463. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-572, ``Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5464. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-573, ``Performing Arts Promotion Tax Rebate Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5465. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-574, ``2662 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast Tax Sale Certificate Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5466. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-575, ``Notice Requirements for Evictions for Nonpayment of Rent Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5467. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-576, ``Back-to-School Safely Temporary Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5468. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-586, ``Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Temporary Clarification Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5469. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-577, ``DCPS Digital Equity Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5470. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-578, ``Omnibus Barry Farm Redevelopment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5471. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-579, ``Non-Public Student Educational Continuity Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5472. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-580, ``Credit for Reinsurance Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5473. A communication from the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on D.C. Act 24-581, ``Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion Clarification Amendment Act of 2022''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-28-pt1-PgS6821-4	null	5,278
formal	based	null	white supremacist	SA 6494. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 6487 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Portman, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. Lummis)) to the bill H.R. 8404, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 3, beginning on line 3, strike ``No person acting under color of State law'' and insert ``No State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe'' On page 3, line 17, strike ``person'' and insert ``State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe''. On page 3, strike lines 19 through 23. On page 5, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 6, line 3, and insert the following: (a) No Impact on Benefits, Status, or Rights.--Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to deny or alter any benefit, status, or right (including tax-exempt status, tax treatment, educational funding, or a grant, contract, agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, claim, or defense) of any entity or person-- (1) if such benefit, status, or right does not arise from a marriage; or (2) if such potential denial or alteration would be based in whole or in part on the belief, practice, or observance, of the entity or person about marriage.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-28-pt1-PgS6825-4	null	5,279
formal	based	null	white supremacist	SA 6495. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 6487 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Portman, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. Lummis)) to the bill H.R. 8404, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 3, beginning on line 3, strike ``No person acting under color of State law'' and insert ``No State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe'' On page 3, line 17, strike ``person'' and insert ``State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe''. On page 3, strike lines 19 through 23. On page 5, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 6, line 3, and insert the following: (a) No Impact on Benefits, Status, or Rights.--Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to deny or alter any benefit, status, or right (including tax-exempt status, tax treatment, educational funding, or a grant, contract, agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, claim, or defense) of any entity or person-- (1) if such benefit, status, or right does not arise from a marriage; or (2) if such potential denial or alteration would be based in whole or in part on the belief, practice, or observance, of the entity or person about marriage. On page 6, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following: (c) No Impact From Partnerships.--For purposes of this Act, and any amendment made by this Act, no faith-based organization shall be deemed to be a State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe on the basis of any partnership the organization entered into with the State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-28-pt1-PgS6825-5	null	5,280
formal	based	null	white supremacist	SA 6496. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 6487 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Portman, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. Lummis)) to the bill H.R. 8404, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 3, beginning on line 3, strike ``No person acting under color of State law'' and insert ``No State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe'' On page 3, line 17, strike ``person'' and insert ``State, territory or possession of the United States, or Indian Tribe''. On page 3, strike lines 19 through 23. On page 5, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 6, line 3, and insert the following: (a) No Impact on Benefits, Status, or Rights.--Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to deny or alter any benefit, status, or right (including tax- exempt status, tax treatment, educational funding, or a grant, contract, agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, claim, or defense) of any entity or person-- (1) if such benefit, status, or right does not arise from a marriage; or (2) if such potential denial or alteration would be based in whole or in part on the belief, practice, or observance, of the entity or person about marriage. On page 6, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following: (c) No Impact From Partnerships.--For purposes of this Act, and any amendment made by this Act, no faith-based organization shall be considered to be acting under color of State law on the basis of any partnership the organization entered into with a government.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-28-pt1-PgS6825-6	null	5,281
formal	anointing	null	religious	The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: O Lord, You give and You take away. Blessed be Your name. By Your grace, You have given us Your noble and humble servant, Representative Donald McEachin, and we have been privileged to enjoy this, Your generous gift, and we are witnesses to his response to Your claim on his life. Representative McEachin lived into Your anointing, committing himself to bringing good news to the poor, proclaiming freedom for those imprisoned by the inequities that constrain, and working diligently to set the oppressed free. His compassionate manner and trusted counsel, so eagerly shared with all those graced to be in his sphere, are truly a blessing that we will cherish dearly. O Lord, You give and You take away. Blessed be Your name. For even in the worst of his brave and valiant fight for his life, Representative McEachin held firm in his convictions that You gave him the strength to endure his sufferings. May this, his legacy of character and devotion, reveal the hope he found in You. Then may all who grieve this day, his wife Colette, his dear family, his colleagues, and friends, find blessing in this same hope, that in his life and his death, Representative Donald McEachin will always bring glory to You. It is in Your sacred name we pray. Amen.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgH8599-2	null	5,282
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of rule XX, the Chair announces to the House that, in light of the passing of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. McEachin), the whole number of the House is 432.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER	House	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgH8599-5	null	5,283
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 on which the vote is objected to under clause 6 of rule XX. The House will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgH8600-6	null	5,284
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 231) to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop guidance for firefighters and other emergency response personnel on best practices to protect them from exposure to PFAS and to limit and prevent the release of PFAS into the environment, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Ms. STEVENS	House	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgH8609	null	5,285
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. 4003) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and mental and behavioral health and suicidal crises on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgH8642-2	null	5,286
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Tonko). 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. 3846) to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Tonko)	House	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgH8643-2	null	5,287
formal	single	null	homophobic	Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I rise today to ask the Senate to send H.R. 2930, the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act, to the President's desk for his signature. The need for this legislation is pretty straightforward. In 2016, the Governor of the Pueblo of Acoma learned that a sacred ceremonial shield had been stolen and was about to be sold to the highest bidder in Paris. When Governor Riley informed me about this robbery of the Pueblo's cultural patrimony, I called on the State Department to take all possible action to halt the auction. Thankfully, intense public outcry and diplomatic pressure were enough to halt the illegal sale of a Tribe's cultural patrimony. Finally, in November 2019, more than 3 years after the shield was put on the auction block, it was voluntarily returned to the Pueblo. However, this only happened because of intense public outcry and notoriety. In most cases like this, the item has been sold or simply disappears into a private collection. Under current Federal law, it is a crime to sell certain protected Native American cultural objects, things like the Acoma shield, here in the United States. But there is still no Federal law prohibiting the export of stolen cultural items and requiring the cooperation of foreign governments in recovering them. In many cases, Tribes in New Mexico and across our Nation have been forced to effectively pay a ransom to recover their sacred items or had to stand by and watch the sale of their priceless religious and cultural items in international markets. The lack of an explicit ban on trafficking these items to foreign countries was actually cited by the French Government when they initially declined to stop the auction of the Acoma shield. Grave robbing is illegal in every single State in the United States, and yet we allow Tribal religious objects, many of which were stolen literally from grave sites, to be exported and sold in foreign auction houses. We cannot let this loophole that allows foreign trade in Native religious heritage to go on for even one more day, and I would urge my colleagues to pass this bill today and end this awful practice. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2930, which was received from the House and is at the desk; further, that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.	2020-01-06	Mr. HEINRICH	Senate	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgS6847-2	null	5,288
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, on behalf of Vermonters, today I was proud to vote for the final passage of the Respect for Marriage Act. Today, we became a slightly more perfect union by recognizing the sanctity of marriage between two individuals, regardless of gender or race. In August of this year, Marcelle and I celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary. Marrying each other was the most important decision of our lives--not a decision taken lightly, but a deeply personal commitment. A decision such as who to spend your life with should not be determined by a State, local, or Federal government. It is regrettable that throughout our history, too many Americans have been denied the right to marry who they love based on their gender or race. In 2012, I was proud to cosponsor an earlier version of the Respect for Marriage Act to codify the right for all Americans to marry who they love. As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, I also convened the first ever hearing to examine the harmful consequences the Defense of Marriage Act had, and still has, on American families. I am a proud cosponsor of this version of the Respect for Marriage Act. This bill--as most bills are--is far from perfect, but is a product of a bipartisan compromise. I want to acknowledge my friend from Wisconsin, Senator Baldwin, whose steadfast resolve is the reason why this bill passed the Senate today. In the face of Supreme Court Justices determined to turn back the clock on basic rights, a group of bipartisan Senators remained committed to the principle that all legally valid marriages between two people who love and care for each other deserve equal treatment under the law everywhere in our country. My home State of Vermont is no stranger to making history. Vermont has been a pioneer in the movement for LGBTQ rights. In 2000, Vermont became the first State to introduce civil unions and the first to offer a civil union status encompassing the same legal rights and responsibilities as marriage. The State again made history in 2009 when it was the first State to allow same-sex marriage without being required to do so through a courtdecision. Just last year, I was so proud when former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson became the first openly gay woman to ascend to our Federal circuit courts, on the Second Circuit. Over the years, I have heard from Vermonters, colleagues, my staff, friends, and family on this issue. They have told me what I already know from my marriage to Marcelle. The right to marriage--the right to love someone and build a life with them--should be equally available to all Americans. As I have said before, when common ground is fertile, we must plant the seeds of progress. And I believe that the Senate did that today by passing the Respect for Marriage Act.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgS6848-2	null	5,289
formal	single	null	homophobic	Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam President, every year, Music City luminaries gather to celebrate entertainers and other giants in the arts with the Cecil Scaife Visionary Award. While statuettes do have their charms, this award highlights true champions of creativity whose life and work have made it possible for future generations to realize careers in the music industry. This year, I have the privilege of congratulating the oft imitated, never duplicated, positively incomparable Brenda Lee as she accepts this special honor. Even in today's strange world of social media sensations and cross-discipline collaborations, success in the entertainment industry is hard to come by. And if mainstream popularity is a pipe dream, it is safe to consider crossover success on a global scale almost impossible to achieve. Still, for many of Nashville's rising stars, this pinnacle of artistic achievement is the only measure of professional success worth striving for. But who is to mentor these dreamers? Who sets the standard? If you ask them, they will surely point to Brenda Lee. Brenda Lee's stunning vocal talent put her on stage at 6, in the studio at 12, and on the international tour circuit by her early teens. Her third single climbed both the pop and country charts, and over the next 20 years, she achieved pop stardom, pop-to-country crossover success, and international fame. That she did this at all is remarkable; but how she did it is what makes Brenda Lee a phenomenon. Her career was not the product of clever gimmicks, but the manifestation of her own personal tastes, desires, and instincts in song. In a world of mimics, Brenda Lee dismissed convention and created something new. I have always believed that there is no secret sauce that separates the successful from the legendary, but if there is, its main ingredient is surely the spark of captivating individualism that Brenda embraced over the course of her more than 60 years in the spotlight. And while young artists could never hope to replicate her career, her legacy serves as a reminder that, yes, you can conquer this industry, if only you have the courage to do it on your own terms.	2020-01-06	Mrs. BLACKBURN	Senate	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgS6850	null	5,290
formal	Detroit	null	racist	The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5474. A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting legislative proposals relative to combating human trafficking, assisting its victims, and prosecuting its perpetrators; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5475. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section for 2021''; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5476. A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a legislative proposal relative to the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5477. A communication from the Supervisory Workforce Analyst, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States'' (RIN1205-AB89) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5478. A communication from the Acting Chief of the Immigration Law Division, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Professional Conduct for Practitioners - Rules and Procedures, and Representation and Appearances'' (RIN1125-AA83) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5479. A communication from the Agency Representative, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``International Trademark Classification Changes'' (RIN0651- AD61) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5480. A communication from the Agency Representative, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020; Delay of Effective Date and Correction'' (RIN0651-AD55) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5481. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's fiscal year 2022 and 2023 cost estimate for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5482. A communication from the Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Part 11 of the Commission's Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert Systems'' ((PS Docket No. 15-94) (FCC 22-75)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5483. A communication from the Chief of Staff, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 of the Commission's Rules to Enable GSO Fixed-Satellite Service (Space-to-Earth) Operations in the 17.3-17.8 GHz Band, to Modernize Certain Rules Applicable to 17/24 GHz BSS Space Stations, and to Establish Off-Axis Uplink Power Limits for Extended Ka-Band FSS Operations'' ((IB Docket Nos. 20-330, 22-273) (FCC 22-63)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5484. A communication from the Acting Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Administration's annual Aeronautics and Space Report of the President; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5485. A communication from the Chief of Direct Investment Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Direct Investment Surveys: BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States'' (RIN0691-AA92) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5486. A communication from the Chief of Direct Investment Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Direct Investment Surveys: BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States'' (RIN0691-AA93) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5487. A communication from the Supervisory Fishery Managment Specialist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Modification of Deadlines Under the Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act'' (RIN0648-BK06) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5488. A communication from the Chief of the Balance of Payments Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``International Services Surveys: Renewal of and Changes to BE-120 Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons, and Clarifying When BE-140 and BE-180 Benchmark Surveys are Conducted'' (RIN0691-AA91) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 4, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5489. A communication from the Program Manager of the Strategic Management Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Protected Communications; Prohibition of Retaliatory Personnel Actions'' (RIN0648-BL23) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5490. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 94 to 97 Above Head of Passes, New Orleans, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0333)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5491. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulated Navigation Area; Oregon Inlet Channel, Marc Basnight Bridge, Dare County, NC'' ((RIN1625-AA11) (Docket No. USCG-2022- 0466)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5492. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation and Safety Zone; Back River, Baltimore County, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0374)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5493. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0787)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5494. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0787)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5495. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River Mile 643-652, Knoxville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0596)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5496. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0512)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5497. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0467)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5498. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0467)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5499. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River 255 - 257, Florence, AL'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0756)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5500. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Grand Canal, Indian Harbour Beach, FL'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0015)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5501. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Erie Canal, Part of the New York State Canal System, Albion, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG- 2022-0465)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5502. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bayou Sara, Saraland, AL'' ((RIN1625- AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0910)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5503. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mobile River, Hurricane, AL'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2019-0911)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5504. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Potomac River. National Harbor, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0733)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5505. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Swim, Columbia River, Cascade Locks, OR'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0623)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5506. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Kanawha River Mile Marker 58 to Mile Marker 59, Charleston, WV'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0740)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5507. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Ohio River Mile Marker 317.5 to Mile Marker 318.5, Catlettsburg, KY'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022- 0687)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5508. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Homewood Wedding Fireworks Display, Homewood, CA'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0552)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5509. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; MM. 190-192, Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0591)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5510. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0275)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5511. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Corpus Christi, TX'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0568)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5512. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Military Exercise, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, W'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0594)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5513. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Spokane Street Bridge; Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, WA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0587)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5514. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Pacific Gas and Electric Radiological Barrier Maintenance, Eureka, CA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0553)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5515. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0695)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5516. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0638)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5517. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, ONset Bay, Onset, MA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0778)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5518. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Firework Event, Willamette River, Portland, OR'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0626)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5519. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Tennessee River, Ohio River and Cumberland River; Paducah and Smithland; Kentucky'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022- 0463)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5520. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Shipping Channel, Corpus Christi, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0798)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5521. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, ME'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0525)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5522. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; KE Electric Party Firework Show; Detroit River; Detroit, MI'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0674)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5523. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Black River, South of East Erie Avenue Bridge in Front of Black River'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0273)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5524. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Ironman Michigan, Frankfort Harbor, MI'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0595)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5525. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Steve Hamburger Wedding Fireworks , Bay Harbor, MI'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0671)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5526. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Lake Erie; Sandusky, OH'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG- 2022-0464)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5527. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Thunder on the Niagara Fireworks; Niagara River; North Tonawanda, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0564)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5528. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Henderson Harbor, Henderson Harbor, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0500)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5529. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fairport Harbor, Fairport, OH'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0616)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5530. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Jon Cotton Wedding Firworks, Round Island Channel, MI'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0366)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5531. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flight Attendant Duty Period Limitations and Rest Requirements; Amdt. No. 121-386'' ((RIN2120-AL41) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0770)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5532. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airspace Designations; Incorporation by Reference'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1022)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5533. 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 the Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Tehran Flight Information Region (FIR) (OIIX)'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0874)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5534. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Recognition of Pilot in Command Experience in the Military and Air Carrier Operations'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2017-1106)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5535. 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 Revocation of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0827)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5536. 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 VOR Federal Airways in the Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0646)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5537. 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 VOR Federal Airways in the Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022- 0823)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5538. 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 Restricted Areas R-6501A and R-6501B; Underhill, VT'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA- 2022-1116)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5539. 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; La Crosse, WI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0774)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5540. 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 United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-232; Fairbanks, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0026)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5541. 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) Routes; Northeastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0475)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5542. 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 Revocation of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes; Southeastern and Northeastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0824)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5543. 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. 4026'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31448)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5544. 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. 4025'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31447)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5545. 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 39-22157'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0516)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5546. 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; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22172'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0153)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5547. 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 39-22170'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0587)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5548. 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 39-22175'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1156)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5549. 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 39-22177'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1157)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5550. 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 39-22163'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0391)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5551. 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 39-22165'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0591)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5552. 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 39-22160'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0689)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5553. 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 39-22161'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0687)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5554. 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 39-22140'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0515)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5555. 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; Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam S.P.A. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22180'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1162)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5556. 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; Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters; Amendment 39-22181'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0872)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5557. 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 39-22138'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1168)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5558. 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 39-22141'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0520)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5559. 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 39-22085'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0398)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5560. 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 39-22159'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0801)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5561. 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 39-22158'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0804)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5562. 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 39-22156'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0675)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5563. 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 39-22146'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0680)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5564. 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 39-22145'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0686)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5565. 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 39-22174'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1069)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5566. 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 39-22155'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0514)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5567. 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 39-22110'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0148)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5568. 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 39-22152'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0601)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5569. 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 39-22168'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0592)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5570. 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; Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22151'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0397)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5571. 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 39-22075'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0155)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5572. 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; Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22176'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0452)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5573. 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 39-22142'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0287)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5574. 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 39-22110'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0148)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5575. 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 39-22148'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0604)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5576. 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 39-22173'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1153)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5577. 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 39-22164'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0093)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5578. 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 39-22162'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0154)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5579. 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 39-22178'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022- 1076)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5580. 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 39-22182'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0805)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5581. 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 39-22190'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1169)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5582. 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 39-22149'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0681)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgS6851-7	null	5,291
formal	Baltimore	null	racist	The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5474. A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting legislative proposals relative to combating human trafficking, assisting its victims, and prosecuting its perpetrators; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5475. A communication from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress on the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section for 2021''; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5476. A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a legislative proposal relative to the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5477. A communication from the Supervisory Workforce Analyst, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States'' (RIN1205-AB89) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5478. A communication from the Acting Chief of the Immigration Law Division, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Professional Conduct for Practitioners - Rules and Procedures, and Representation and Appearances'' (RIN1125-AA83) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5479. A communication from the Agency Representative, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``International Trademark Classification Changes'' (RIN0651- AD61) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5480. A communication from the Agency Representative, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020; Delay of Effective Date and Correction'' (RIN0651-AD55) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC-5481. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's fiscal year 2022 and 2023 cost estimate for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5482. A communication from the Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Amendment of Part 11 of the Commission's Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert Systems'' ((PS Docket No. 15-94) (FCC 22-75)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5483. A communication from the Chief of Staff, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 of the Commission's Rules to Enable GSO Fixed-Satellite Service (Space-to-Earth) Operations in the 17.3-17.8 GHz Band, to Modernize Certain Rules Applicable to 17/24 GHz BSS Space Stations, and to Establish Off-Axis Uplink Power Limits for Extended Ka-Band FSS Operations'' ((IB Docket Nos. 20-330, 22-273) (FCC 22-63)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 7, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5484. A communication from the Acting Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Administration's annual Aeronautics and Space Report of the President; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5485. A communication from the Chief of Direct Investment Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Direct Investment Surveys: BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States'' (RIN0691-AA92) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5486. A communication from the Chief of Direct Investment Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Direct Investment Surveys: BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States'' (RIN0691-AA93) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5487. A communication from the Supervisory Fishery Managment Specialist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Modification of Deadlines Under the Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act'' (RIN0648-BK06) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5488. A communication from the Chief of the Balance of Payments Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``International Services Surveys: Renewal of and Changes to BE-120 Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons, and Clarifying When BE-140 and BE-180 Benchmark Surveys are Conducted'' (RIN0691-AA91) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 4, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5489. A communication from the Program Manager of the Strategic Management Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Protected Communications; Prohibition of Retaliatory Personnel Actions'' (RIN0648-BL23) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5490. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 94 to 97 Above Head of Passes, New Orleans, LA'' ((RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0333)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5491. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulated Navigation Area; Oregon Inlet Channel, Marc Basnight Bridge, Dare County, NC'' ((RIN1625-AA11) (Docket No. USCG-2022- 0466)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5492. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation and Safety Zone; Back River, Baltimore County, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0374)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5493. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0787)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5494. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zones; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA87) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0787)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5495. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River Mile 643-652, Knoxville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0596)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5496. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0512)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5497. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0467)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5498. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morehead City, NC'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0467)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5499. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Special Local Regulation; Tennessee River 255 - 257, Florence, AL'' ((RIN1625-AA08) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0756)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5500. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Grand Canal, Indian Harbour Beach, FL'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0015)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5501. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Erie Canal, Part of the New York State Canal System, Albion, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG- 2022-0465)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5502. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bayou Sara, Saraland, AL'' ((RIN1625- AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0910)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5503. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mobile River, Hurricane, AL'' ((RIN1625-AA09) (Docket No. USCG-2019-0911)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5504. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Potomac River. National Harbor, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0733)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5505. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Swim, Columbia River, Cascade Locks, OR'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0623)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5506. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Kanawha River Mile Marker 58 to Mile Marker 59, Charleston, WV'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0740)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5507. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Ohio River Mile Marker 317.5 to Mile Marker 318.5, Catlettsburg, KY'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022- 0687)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5508. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Homewood Wedding Fireworks Display, Homewood, CA'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0552)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5509. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; MM. 190-192, Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0591)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5510. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0275)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5511. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Corpus Christi, TX'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0568)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5512. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Military Exercise, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, W'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0594)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5513. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Spokane Street Bridge; Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, WA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0587)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5514. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Pacific Gas and Electric Radiological Barrier Maintenance, Eureka, CA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0553)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5515. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, MD'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0695)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5516. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Nashville, TN'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0638)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5517. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, ONset Bay, Onset, MA'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0778)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5518. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Firework Event, Willamette River, Portland, OR'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0626)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5519. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Tennessee River, Ohio River and Cumberland River; Paducah and Smithland; Kentucky'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022- 0463)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5520. A communication from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Shipping Channel, Corpus Christi, TX'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0798)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5521. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, ME'' ((RIN1625- AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0525)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5522. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; KE Electric Party Firework Show; Detroit River; Detroit, MI'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0674)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5523. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Black River, South of East Erie Avenue Bridge in Front of Black River'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0273)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5524. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Ironman Michigan, Frankfort Harbor, MI'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0595)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5525. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Steve Hamburger Wedding Fireworks , Bay Harbor, MI'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0671)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5526. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Lake Erie; Sandusky, OH'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG- 2022-0464)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5527. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Thunder on the Niagara Fireworks; Niagara River; North Tonawanda, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0564)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5528. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Henderson Harbor, Henderson Harbor, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0500)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5529. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Fairport Harbor, Fairport, OH'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0616)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5530. A communication from the Legal Tech, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone; Jon Cotton Wedding Firworks, Round Island Channel, MI'' ((RIN1625-AA00) (Docket No. USCG-2022-0366)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5531. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Flight Attendant Duty Period Limitations and Rest Requirements; Amdt. No. 121-386'' ((RIN2120-AL41) (Docket No. FAA-2019-0770)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5532. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Airspace Designations; Incorporation by Reference'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1022)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5533. 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 the Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Tehran Flight Information Region (FIR) (OIIX)'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0874)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5534. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Recognition of Pilot in Command Experience in the Military and Air Carrier Operations'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2017-1106)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5535. 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 Revocation of Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes; Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0827)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5536. 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 VOR Federal Airways in the Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0646)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5537. 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 VOR Federal Airways in the Eastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022- 0823)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5538. 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 Restricted Areas R-6501A and R-6501B; Underhill, VT'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA- 2022-1116)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5539. 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; La Crosse, WI'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0774)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5540. 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 United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-232; Fairbanks, AK'' ((RIN2120- AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0026)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5541. 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) Routes; Northeastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0475)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5542. 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 Revocation of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes; Southeastern and Northeastern United States'' ((RIN2120-AA66) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0824)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5543. 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. 4026'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31448)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5544. 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. 4025'' ((RIN2120- AA65) (Docket No. 31447)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5545. 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 39-22157'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0516)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5546. 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; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22172'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0153)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5547. 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 39-22170'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0587)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5548. 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 39-22175'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1156)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5549. 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 39-22177'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1157)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5550. 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 39-22163'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0391)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5551. 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 39-22165'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0591)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5552. 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 39-22160'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0689)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5553. 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 39-22161'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0687)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5554. 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 39-22140'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0515)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5555. 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; Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam S.P.A. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22180'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1162)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5556. 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; Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters; Amendment 39-22181'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0872)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5557. 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 39-22138'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1168)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5558. 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 39-22141'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0520)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5559. 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 39-22085'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0398)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5560. 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 39-22159'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0801)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5561. 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 39-22158'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0804)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5562. 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 39-22156'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0675)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5563. 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 39-22146'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0680)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5564. 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 39-22145'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0686)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5565. 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 39-22174'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1069)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5566. 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 39-22155'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0514)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5567. 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 39-22110'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0148)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5568. 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 39-22152'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0601)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5569. 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 39-22168'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0592)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5570. 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; Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22151'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0397)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5571. 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 39-22075'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0155)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5572. 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; Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A. Airplanes; Amendment 39-22176'' ((RIN2120- AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0452)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5573. 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 39-22142'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0287)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5574. 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 39-22110'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0148)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5575. 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 39-22148'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0604)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5576. 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 39-22173'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1153)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5577. 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 39-22164'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0093)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5578. 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 39-22162'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0154)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5579. 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 39-22178'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022- 1076)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5580. 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 39-22182'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0805)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5581. 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 39-22190'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-1169)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC-5582. 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 39-22149'' ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2022-0681)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgS6851-7	null	5,292
formal	urban	null	racist	Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam President, I rise today to honor an important advocate for environmental preservation and addressing climate change, Greg Gerritt. Mr. Gerritt has worked for the past 20 years for the Environmental Council of Rhode Island, retiring in January of this year. He served as the coordinator for the Compost Initiative, which earned a 2012 EPA Region 1 Merit Award, and founded the Rhode Island Compost Conference. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded him an Environmental Merit for Lifetime Achievement. Mr. Gerritt grew up in New York City before earning a bachelor's degree in anthropology from University of Maine. He organized his high school's first Earth Day and has since continuously engaged across communities to support a sustainable green economy in Rhode Island. He founded and served on the board of the Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island, began the Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange, which has occurred on the day after Thanksgiving for over 20 years, and ran for mayor of Providence as a Green Party candidate. Mr. Gerritt also founded and is the watershed steward for Friends of the Moshassuck, an organization dedicated to preservation, restoration, and revitalization of the Moshassuck River. He created a wetland habitat by restoring a small stormwater drain in the North Burial Ground in Providence and, for over a decade, has produced about 1,500 videos documenting wildlife in this urban landscape and at locations around the Seekonk River. I am pleased to recognize Mr. Gerritt's accomplishments in environmental advocacy, justice, and preservation of natural resources and extend my appreciation for his work for our State and environment.	2020-01-06	Mr. WHITEHOUSE	Senate	CREC-2022-11-29-pt1-PgS6851	null	5,293
formal	single	null	homophobic	______ speech of HON. PETER A. DeFAZIO of oregon in the house of representatives Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, we're here today to end three years of contract negotiations between the freight railroads and their workforce. For three years, more than 115,000 essential railroad employees have worked without a new contract or a pay raise, all the while enduring a global pandemic and new work rules that further erode their quality of life. We shouldn't be here today. But the freight railroads brought us here, and now we have to act. This all could have been avoided had the railroads been willing to provide their employees with a basic protection and what so many Americans already have: paid sick time. While 75 percent of private industry workers have paid sick time, more than 100,000 railroad employees who work 24/7 operations in all types of weather don't have a single day of paid sick time. And, let's be clear, it's not because the Class I railroads can't afford it. In the last three years, five of the Class I railroad CEOs were paid more than $200 million. One of the CEOs made 144 times what the average railroad worker makes. Since 2010, the seven Class I railroads spent $230 billion to line the pockets of their owners and shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends. That includes the $26 billion they sent to shareholders in 2021, on top of $29 billion they reported in profits. The railroad CEOs--who I'm sure have paid sick leave--are watching their record profits soar, while worrying that their stock prices may drop slightly if they give their workers paid sick leave. Why? Thanks to the vultures on Wall Street, the seven Class I railroads have all implemented so-called precision scheduled railroading--or PSR--an operating strategy that focuses on cutting costs in order to increase profits, which are returned to shareholders. In implementing PSR, the seven Class I railroads have cut their workforces so deeply--by nearly one-third--that it has significantly impacted service. While the railroads were dithering on their contract negotiations, railroad shippers, including the agricultural, energy, and construction industries--have all attested to how these workforce impacts have contributed to delayed shipments, disruptions to business, and extra shipping costs that get passed on to consumers. And what has been the railroads' solution to these self-imposed wounds? To force their remaining employees to work harder and longer, and unilaterally impose harsh attendance policies that penalize workers if they have the audacity to call in sick. This is an industry where an inch in the wrong direction can cost you your life or limb--yet the railroads are incentivizing people to come to work sick. It's as dangerous as it is unconscionable. The railroads argued to the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) that their record profits were not due to ``any contributions by labor.'' Despite a 75 percent decrease in worker-hours and a 602 percent increase in worker-hour productivity, the railroads argued that productivity was not the result of labor and they claimed that their employees are not overworked or fatigued. However, hour-of-service violations have increased by 60 percent over the last decade. It's 2022, but the robber barons are back. We're here today because we recognize what makes this country run. It's frontline workers. Without them, just under one third of our country's freight would sit idle. We know the current conditions cannot continue--because without improvements to their ability to reliably spend time with family, be sick without punishment, schedule a doctor appointment, or plan a vacation, railroad workers will continue to leave this industry. And when the best of our essential workers leave, we all suffer. I believe it's well past time that these workers have paid sick leave and it's something the railroads can easily afford. In 2021 the seven Class I railroads could have paid for their workers to have seven days of paid sick leave by spending just 6/10 of a penny for every dollar they reported in profit and shareholder returns. These highly compensated railroad CEOs should not be opposed to paid sick days for their front-line employees--employees who are responsible for their very success. The reality is that the robber barons are nothing without the labor of their employees, who deserve better. But recognizing that the parties are no closer to a solution today than they were three years ago, and that railroad workers make this country run, the House will consider this joint resolution to bring an end to this fight in its current form, lock in the tentative agreements that provide historic pay increases, guarantee reimbursement for work expenses, and prevent a massive disruption to our economy that would hurt millions of working people and their families. I will proudly vote to lock in the tentative agreements and provide railroaders seven paid sick days. The CEOs can take a shift in the rail yard to cover them.	2020-01-06	None	House	CREC-2022-12-01-pt1-PgE1193-2	null	5,294
formal	entitlement	null	racist	The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: Loving God, You long to be gracious to us. When our wishes and hopes rush at us like wild animals, when our personal agendas and self-serving desires threaten to determine the course of our day, we ask that You would interrupt the cacophony of chaos and speak Your grace to us. Envelop us in the wideness of Your mercy and show us Your compassion. You, O Lord, are a God of justice. When our understanding of equity is dimmed by our sense of entitlement and our urge to be right blinds us from pursuing what is moral, repair our relationships with Your righteous judgment. Then, as You envelop us in the wideness of Your mercy, show us how to show compassion. God, You do not spare us the bread of adversity nor the water of affliction. Open our eyes to that which You reveal to us in these moments, open our ears that we would hear the assurance of Your voice, and open our hearts to receive Your salvation. For by Your grace, You envelop us in the wideness of Your mercy and in You we will find compassion. In Your loving name we pray. Amen.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-01-pt1-PgH8675-2	null	5,295
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	A message from the Senate by Ms. Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate has passed without amendment a bill of the House of the following title: H.R. 2220. An act to amend title 40, United States Code, to modify the treatment of certain bargain-price options to purchase at less than fair market value, and for other purposes. The message also announced that the Senate has agreed to without amendment a concurrent resolution of the House of the following title: H. Con. Res. 118. Concurrent Resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the United States Capitol Police and others who protected the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested: S. 1466. An act to authorize the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish a regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife dependent on those habitats, and for other purposes. S. 4017. An act to designate the United States courthouse located at 111 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee, as the ``James D. Todd United States Courthouse'', and for other purposes. S. 4337. An act to amend title 5, United States code, to authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely. S. 5060. An act to redesignate the Federal building located at 212 Third Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building'', and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-01-pt1-PgH8676-5	null	5,296
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1499, I call up the bill (H.R. 3372) to authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.	2020-01-06	Ms. JACKSON LEE	House	CREC-2022-12-01-pt1-PgH8679-6	null	5,297
formal	based	null	white supremacist	ONE STOP SHOP COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM ACT OF 2021 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of the bill (H.R. 3372) to authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-01-pt1-PgH8693-4	null	5,298
formal	XX	null	transphobic	ONE STOP SHOP COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM ACT OF 2021 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of the bill (H.R. 3372) to authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-01-pt1-PgH8693-4	null	5,299

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