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formal	extremist	null	Islamophobic	Yemen Mr. President, I come to the floor today to provide remarks in support of Senator Sanders' resolution that we will consider later today. I have come to the floor many times to talk about the war in Yemen. I think I first came to the floor during the Obama administration, when very few people even knew there was a civil war in Yemen that the United States was participating in. But let me just say again what I hope is common knowledge. The war in Yemen has been a national security disaster for the United States. It has now been ongoing for 8 years, and by no metric has this war accrued to the benefit of U.S. national security. Let me just give you a few windows into why this is true. First and foremost, this is a humanitarian nightmare. The world's worst humanitarian disaster is in Yemen today. The U.N. says that 66 percent of the country's population--and, by the way, this is not a small country, right; this is a country of 30-plus million people--right now, survive only because of emergency aid. Twenty-three thousand airstrikes have been launched just from 2015 to 2021, killing or injuring 18,000 civilians. Eighteen thousand civilians--10,000 of them children--have been hit, killed, or maimed by airstrikes. There is a humanitarian nightmare inside Yemen today. That does not accrue to the benefit of the United States' security. Why? Because al-Qaida and ISIS operate inside Yemen; and when there is this kind of misery, when there is this kind of devastation, that is a breeding ground, that is fertile recruitment ground for the terrorist groups that are organizing against the United States and seeking to recruit those who are looking for answers. Al-Qaida, ISIS are growing stronger, and the misery in Yemen is growing deeper. And, at the same time, Iran is growing more influential. This was not, at the outset, a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia supports the old regime in Yemen, and Iran, which has been partners with the rebel group, the Houthis, that controls the capital, Sana'a, has become more embedded, as time goes on, with the Houthis. As the war lingers, as it persists year to year, Iran becomes more influential, has more power inside Yemen. So if our interest in the region is to decrease Iran's power, then every year that this war persists, Iran gets more powerful inside Yemen. So if we care about the growth of Sunni terrorist groups, if we care about the growing influence of Iran, if we care about saving people from misery, destitution, and death, then we have to do everything in our power to wind down this war. What benefit is there to us, to the Yemeni people, to the Middle East region for this war to persist year after year after year? Now, in 2019, we considered a similar resolution. It passed both the House and the Senate, a resolution to end U.S. participation in the Yemen war. It was vetoed by President Trump. We didn't have enough votes to override the veto. Let's be honest. This is a very different moment than 2019. Why? Because President Biden has pursued a very different policy than President Trump. President Trump backed the Saudis. He, for a long time, refueled Saudi planes that were dropping bombs in Yemen. He sold them massive amounts of weapon. He embedded American forces with Saudi forces to help pick targets. President Biden ran on a promise to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen, and, by and large, he made good on that promise. The Biden administration does not sell Saudi Arabia weapons to be used in the Yemen war. They don't refuel the planes midair. They don't help with targeting. They don't help with intelligence. But Senator Sanders has correctly identified some lingering lines of cooperation between the United States and the Saudi-led coalition that do continue to help them perpetuate this war, including the work that we do to help maintain the Saudi Air Force. This is a different moment than 2019, and we should give President Biden credit for pursuing a very different policy. The facts on the ground are different as well. There have been, for long stretches during the Biden administration, ceasefires in Yemen--ceasefires that we did not see during the Trump administration. The Saudis, to their credit, have been more interested in peace during the Biden administration than they ever were during the Trump administration. That is, I believe, in part because they don't have a blank check from the U.S. regime any longer. In fact, as we stand here today, it is the Houthis that are the primary impediment to peace, not the Saudis. Now, the Saudis' interest in peace and deescalation, it comes and it goes. But today, as we speak, it is, in fact, the Houthis who need to make the commitments necessary to sit at the table and find a path to permanently end the fighting in Yemen and find a way for everyone in Yemen--Houthis included--to be able to live in peace, to have a government that everyone can call their own. So why support this resolution if President Biden has pulled most all of our support for the war, if the primary barrier to a peaceful solution today is the Houthis? Well, I think it is pretty simple. I think we have seen the impact that we have when we withdraw our blank check. And, I think, so long as there are any lines of effort that the United States is involved in that continue this war, we are weaker as a nation. Practically, we are weaker because, every day this war persists, Iran gets stronger and the potential for Sunni extremist organizing becomes stronger. But we are also just morally weaker because, for us to be a participant in any way, shape, or form in a war with this kind of misery, it really shapes the way that people think about us in the region and around the world. So I am here to support Senator Sanders' resolution and urge my colleagues to vote for it, not because I believe that this is the same moment as 2019. It is a different moment. But I think it commands the United States to send a very clear message, and our message is that this war has to end. The United States should not be involved in this war--not a little, not a lot. This war, every day it persists, makes us less safe and harms our credibility, and the Senate, I would argue, should pass this resolution. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-13-pt1-PgS7122	null	5,400
formal	terrorist	null	Islamophobic	Yemen Mr. President, I come to the floor today to provide remarks in support of Senator Sanders' resolution that we will consider later today. I have come to the floor many times to talk about the war in Yemen. I think I first came to the floor during the Obama administration, when very few people even knew there was a civil war in Yemen that the United States was participating in. But let me just say again what I hope is common knowledge. The war in Yemen has been a national security disaster for the United States. It has now been ongoing for 8 years, and by no metric has this war accrued to the benefit of U.S. national security. Let me just give you a few windows into why this is true. First and foremost, this is a humanitarian nightmare. The world's worst humanitarian disaster is in Yemen today. The U.N. says that 66 percent of the country's population--and, by the way, this is not a small country, right; this is a country of 30-plus million people--right now, survive only because of emergency aid. Twenty-three thousand airstrikes have been launched just from 2015 to 2021, killing or injuring 18,000 civilians. Eighteen thousand civilians--10,000 of them children--have been hit, killed, or maimed by airstrikes. There is a humanitarian nightmare inside Yemen today. That does not accrue to the benefit of the United States' security. Why? Because al-Qaida and ISIS operate inside Yemen; and when there is this kind of misery, when there is this kind of devastation, that is a breeding ground, that is fertile recruitment ground for the terrorist groups that are organizing against the United States and seeking to recruit those who are looking for answers. Al-Qaida, ISIS are growing stronger, and the misery in Yemen is growing deeper. And, at the same time, Iran is growing more influential. This was not, at the outset, a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia supports the old regime in Yemen, and Iran, which has been partners with the rebel group, the Houthis, that controls the capital, Sana'a, has become more embedded, as time goes on, with the Houthis. As the war lingers, as it persists year to year, Iran becomes more influential, has more power inside Yemen. So if our interest in the region is to decrease Iran's power, then every year that this war persists, Iran gets more powerful inside Yemen. So if we care about the growth of Sunni terrorist groups, if we care about the growing influence of Iran, if we care about saving people from misery, destitution, and death, then we have to do everything in our power to wind down this war. What benefit is there to us, to the Yemeni people, to the Middle East region for this war to persist year after year after year? Now, in 2019, we considered a similar resolution. It passed both the House and the Senate, a resolution to end U.S. participation in the Yemen war. It was vetoed by President Trump. We didn't have enough votes to override the veto. Let's be honest. This is a very different moment than 2019. Why? Because President Biden has pursued a very different policy than President Trump. President Trump backed the Saudis. He, for a long time, refueled Saudi planes that were dropping bombs in Yemen. He sold them massive amounts of weapon. He embedded American forces with Saudi forces to help pick targets. President Biden ran on a promise to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen, and, by and large, he made good on that promise. The Biden administration does not sell Saudi Arabia weapons to be used in the Yemen war. They don't refuel the planes midair. They don't help with targeting. They don't help with intelligence. But Senator Sanders has correctly identified some lingering lines of cooperation between the United States and the Saudi-led coalition that do continue to help them perpetuate this war, including the work that we do to help maintain the Saudi Air Force. This is a different moment than 2019, and we should give President Biden credit for pursuing a very different policy. The facts on the ground are different as well. There have been, for long stretches during the Biden administration, ceasefires in Yemen--ceasefires that we did not see during the Trump administration. The Saudis, to their credit, have been more interested in peace during the Biden administration than they ever were during the Trump administration. That is, I believe, in part because they don't have a blank check from the U.S. regime any longer. In fact, as we stand here today, it is the Houthis that are the primary impediment to peace, not the Saudis. Now, the Saudis' interest in peace and deescalation, it comes and it goes. But today, as we speak, it is, in fact, the Houthis who need to make the commitments necessary to sit at the table and find a path to permanently end the fighting in Yemen and find a way for everyone in Yemen--Houthis included--to be able to live in peace, to have a government that everyone can call their own. So why support this resolution if President Biden has pulled most all of our support for the war, if the primary barrier to a peaceful solution today is the Houthis? Well, I think it is pretty simple. I think we have seen the impact that we have when we withdraw our blank check. And, I think, so long as there are any lines of effort that the United States is involved in that continue this war, we are weaker as a nation. Practically, we are weaker because, every day this war persists, Iran gets stronger and the potential for Sunni extremist organizing becomes stronger. But we are also just morally weaker because, for us to be a participant in any way, shape, or form in a war with this kind of misery, it really shapes the way that people think about us in the region and around the world. So I am here to support Senator Sanders' resolution and urge my colleagues to vote for it, not because I believe that this is the same moment as 2019. It is a different moment. But I think it commands the United States to send a very clear message, and our message is that this war has to end. The United States should not be involved in this war--not a little, not a lot. This war, every day it persists, makes us less safe and harms our credibility, and the Senate, I would argue, should pass this resolution. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-13-pt1-PgS7122	null	5,401
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, in 1986, when much of Central America was embroiled in armed conflicts in which hundreds of thousands of people, overwhelmingly civilians, were killed, a group of parishioners from the Franconia, NH, Congregational Church established Americans Caring Teaching Sharing--ACTS. They traveled to Honduras to support peace and justice through community development, beginning in the small subsistence farming village of El Rosario in the highlands of northwestern Honduras. Since then, ACTS has become a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization involving hundreds of volunteers who have contributed thousands of hours to ACTS' mission of improving the lives of people in rural Honduras through community projects focused on basic healthcare, nutrition, sanitation, education, agriculture, and economic diversification. ACTS is governed and sustained by volunteers. Teams travel to Honduras several times a year, for a week or 2, to help move the projects forward. Over the years, the program has expanded to include about a dozen communities surrounding El Rosario. ACTS has developed a close working relationship with the villagers, who are the visionaries for progress. The villagers set the priorities and perform much of the labor. ACTS volunteers provide the technical skills, guidance, material resources, and hands-on help. The result has been a successful example of sustainable, community development in one of the most neglected, impoverished parts of the country. In addition to the Honduran communities in which ACTS supports projects, it has developed partnerships and associations with many U.S. and Honduran organizations, institutions of higher education, and foundations. I mention this to provide context and to highlight the extraordinary dedication and leadership of Dean Seibert, long-time resident of Norwich, VT, and professor emeritus at the Geisel School of Medicine, who has been affiliated with ACTS for over 20 years and led the organization for most of that time. He has visited El Rosario as team leader over 30 times. This year alone Dean traveled there three times. Some might find that remarkable, since Dean celebrated his 90th birthday in August. To those who know Dean, it wasn't remarkable at all. His enthusiasm and dedication are indefatigable. Dean has long had an interest in community development and the challenges of providing healthcare to people of different cultures and traditions. He has worked with the Tohano O'odum, Navajo, Hopi, and Pueblo tribes in the American southwest, and he provided care to flood victims in the Mosquito Coast area of Honduras after Hurricane Mitch, to war refugees in Albania, Kosovo, and Liberia, to earthquake survivors in Pakistan and Haiti, and to flood victims following the Indonesian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. He received the Albany Medical College Alumni Humanitarian Award and the Geisel School of Medicine John H. Lyons award for humanism in medicine. If that weren't enough, in the past year, Dean has played a central role in creating a new nonprofit, Honduran Tolupan Education Program--Honduran TEP--devoted to building libraries and providing other basic services in half a dozen marginalized Tolupan indigenous communities in the mountainous province of Yoro. Honduran TEP is based on the recognition that literacy and access to educational resources are fundamental to enabling the Tolucan to develop their communities and defend against corrupt entities that threaten their cultural survival. In the Congress, we talk a lot about leadership, about what it means, about its importance. We talk about how the Senate can and should be the conscience of the Nation. When I think of Dean Seibert and what he has done in his life, how he has used his medical training and experience, combined with his commitment to social justice, for the betterment of others born into extreme poverty or victims of tragic losses, I can't think of a better example of leadership and conscience. For much of Honduras' modern history, the U.S. has propped up corrupt, abusive governments and provided their security forces with training and equipment to support poorly conceived strategies to combat drug trafficking and stop migration. The consequences for the Honduran people and Honduras' democratic institutions have been devastating. For the most part, it is not a history to be proud of. But all Vermonters should be proud of Dean Seibert and ACTS' and Honduran TEP's volunteers for showing a different face of America to the people of Honduras--a face of generosity, compassion, opportunity, and hope.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-13-pt1-PgS7131	null	5,402
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I rise today to celebrate the 90th anniversary of World Learning, a nonprofit organization based in Brattleboro, VT, that is dedicated to building stronger human connections through people-to-people exchanges, international education, and global development programs. World Learning is more than Vermont's window to the world; it is its door. Its history is deeply rooted in the Green Mountains of southern Vermont. The organization is guided by our State's values of tolerance and interest in the world, living a purposeful life through serving others, and building communities by welcoming newcomers with empathy and dignity. I am proud that World Learning's impact extends well beyond Vermont. World Learning through its School for International Training--SIT--administers more than 90 development programs in over 30 countries, teaching English to refugees, expanding STEM training opportunities, and increasing job opportunities for young adults from all backgrounds. World Learning's youth, academic, and professional exchanges bring over 2,000 emerging leaders annually to the U.S. from nearly 160 countries for degree and nondegree programs and professional development and networking opportunities. These programs build enduring ties between future leaders and their U.S. host communities and place American culture and values front and center. In 1932, World Learning--at that time known as the Experiment in International Living--established the first program in the country to enable young Americans to study abroad and engage in intercultural communication. Through the Experiment, students first lived in the homes of families from the countries where they studied. The then-radical idea, of the ``home stay,'' as the Experiment's founder Dr. Donald Watt put it, is how people would ``learn to live together by living together.'' In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the Experiment sent young Americans across the Atlantic to Western Europe as peacemakers to assist in rebuilding war-ravaged communities across the continent. These young Americans became our Nation's first generation engaged in international community service and international volunteerism. At the height of the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy asked young Americans to serve their country in the Peace Corps and build human connections and a greater understanding between nations and people. The Experiment was the inspiration behind the vision of international service by Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, the first Peace Corps Director. Shriver was a participant in the Experiment, traveling to Germany and Austria in 1934, and then leading other youth groups for the organization in 1936 and 1939. In 1964, another prominent innovator, Dr. John A. Wallace, founded SIT, an extension of the Experiment, and directed SIT until 1978. Jack was a good friend whose leadership at SIT built on the Experiment platform with programs that sent thousands of young learners around the world. Over time, World Learning has helped design and launch nearly 70 Peace Corps projects and train volunteers for service in more than 30 countries. The Experiment also rose to the challenge of supporting the U.S. State Department in the largest refugee training and resettlement program in history, assisting more than 250,000 South East Asian refugees at processing centers in Thailand and Indonesia. They led skills assessments, English language instruction, and cultural orientation training. They demonstrated once again the organization's steadfast commitment to building human connections, healthy communities, and peace. That commitment continues today, at World Learning's headquarters in the town of Brattleboro, where they welcome refugees and support their integration into communities around southern Vermont. As the first stop in Vermont for newcomers from Afghanistan, Ukraine, and elsewhere, World Learning brings together staff, faculty, alumni, and neighbors to offer language, cultural orientation, and friendship in a program that is a national model for effective refugee integration. I have covered a lot of history in these remarks. That is to be expected when one speaks about World Learning and its many contributions over the past 90 years. This is a time when the world needs what World Learning offers and does best. Many of the challenges we face in my State of Vermont are the same challenges seen in towns and provinces in countries around the world, such as climate change, resettling refugees, combatting infectious diseases, protecting democracy, and the list goes on. I am just one of many Vermonters who takes immense pride in World Learning's history of bringing people together to develop innovative solutions to shared challenges and to recognize our common humanity. I thank World Learning--its staff and faculty, alumni, and participants--for their achievements and important ongoing efforts.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-13-pt1-PgS7132	null	5,403
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	SA 6512. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 7776, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 6513. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Manchin) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 7776, supra. SA 6514. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Risch, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Braun, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Paul, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Hawley, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Graham, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 7776, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 6515. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an amendment to amendment SA 6513 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Mr. Manchin) to the bill H.R. 7776, supra. SA 6516. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 7776, supra. SA 6517. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an amendment to amendment SA 6516 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 7776, supra. SA 6518. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an amendment to amendment SA 6517 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the amendment SA 6516 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 7776, supra. SA 6519. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Cornyn) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 4926, to amend chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-13-pt1-PgS7136-2	null	5,404
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	SA 6519. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Cornyn) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 4926, to amend chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-13-pt1-PgS7146-2	null	5,405
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask the Chair lay before the Senate the message to accompany S. 198. The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives. Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 198) entitled ``An Act to require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps.'', do pass with an amendment. Motion to Concur	2020-01-06	Mr. SCHUMER	Senate	CREC-2022-12-13-pt1-PgS7149-5	null	5,406
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of the bill (H.R. 1948) to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgH9882-2	null	5,407
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 bills of the House of the following titles: H.R. 5943. An act to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic''. H.R. 5973. An act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990, and for other purposes. The message also announced that the Senate has passed with amendments in which the concurrence of the House is requested, bills of the House of the following titles: H.R. 1917. An act to modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5343. An act to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on case management personnel turnover of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested: S. 1143. An act to prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation. S. 2135. An act to amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief Operating Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs, and for other purposes. S. 3429. An act to establish an Alaska Salmon Research Task Force. S. 4460. An act to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to regularly review and update policies and manuals related to inspections at ports of entry. S. 4893. An act to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended. The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1687) entitled ``An Act to amend section 21 of the Sma11 Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors, and for other purposes.''. The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 3846) entitled ``An Act to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes.''.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgH9885-5	null	5,408
formal	based	null	white supremacist	The Speaker announced her signature to enrolled bills of the Senate of the following titles: S. 198.--An act to require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps. S. 231.--An act 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. S. 314.--An act to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act. S. 1617.--An act to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes. S. 2796.--An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide or the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. 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. S. 3115.--An act to remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018. S. 3499.--An act to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes. S. 3662.--An act to temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment, and for other purposes. S. 3825.--An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''. S. 3875.--An act to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, 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. 4052.--An act to reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis and treatment regarding deaf and hard- of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and for other purposes. S. 4834.--An act to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. S. 5060.--An act to designate 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-2022-12-15-pt1-PgH9900-2	null	5,409
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	The Speaker announced her signature to enrolled bills of the Senate of the following titles: S. 198.--An act to require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps. S. 231.--An act 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. S. 314.--An act to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act. S. 1617.--An act to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes. S. 2796.--An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide or the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. 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. S. 3115.--An act to remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018. S. 3499.--An act to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes. S. 3662.--An act to temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment, and for other purposes. S. 3825.--An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''. S. 3875.--An act to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, 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. 4052.--An act to reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis and treatment regarding deaf and hard- of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and for other purposes. S. 4834.--An act to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. S. 5060.--An act to designate 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-2022-12-15-pt1-PgH9900-2	null	5,410
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Cheryl L. Johnson. Clerk of the House, reported and found truly enrolled bills of the House of the following titles, which were thereupon signed by the Speaker: H.R. 228. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building''. H.R. 263. An act to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes. H.R. 310. An act to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation. H.R. 700. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. `Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office''. H.R. 1193. An act to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, and for other purposes. 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. H.R. 2930. An act to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes. H.R. 3175. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi, Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building''. H.R. 3462. An act to require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, 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. 5796. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 6614. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building''. 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. 7077. An act to require the United States Fire Administration to conduct on-site investigations of major fires, and for other purposes. H.R. 7535. An act to encourage the migration of Federal Government information technology systems to quantum- resistant cryptography, and for other purposes. 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	House	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgH9900	null	5,411
formal	Detroit	null	racist	Cheryl L. Johnson. Clerk of the House, reported and found truly enrolled bills of the House of the following titles, which were thereupon signed by the Speaker: H.R. 228. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building''. H.R. 263. An act to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes. H.R. 310. An act to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation. H.R. 700. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. `Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office''. H.R. 1193. An act to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, and for other purposes. 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. H.R. 2930. An act to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes. H.R. 3175. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi, Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building''. H.R. 3462. An act to require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, 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. 5796. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 6614. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building''. 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. 7077. An act to require the United States Fire Administration to conduct on-site investigations of major fires, and for other purposes. H.R. 7535. An act to encourage the migration of Federal Government information technology systems to quantum- resistant cryptography, and for other purposes. 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	House	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgH9900	null	5,412
formal	single	null	homophobic	Business Before the Senate Mr. President, on the CR, the omni, and NDAA, last night, the House of Representatives passed a 1-week continuing resolution that will keep the government open long enough for us to pass a bipartisan yearlong omnibus. Negotiations keep trending in the right direction, but we still have a lot of work left to do and not enough time to do it unless we extend government funding for another week. Let me put it a different way. As of this morning, the Senate will now require consent from both parties if we want to pass a CR before funding runs out tomorrow at midnight. We should move quickly to avert a shutdown today, without any unwelcome brouhaha that has caused shutdowns in years past. Democrats are ready together at a moment's notice, and I hope Republicans will stand ready too. Both sides are going to spend a day to work on an agreement to get the week-long CR done. We should have no drama, no gridlock, and no delay on passing a weeklong CR. Just remember, those who demand something happen and risk shutting down the government almost always lose. Let me say that again: No drama, no gridlock, no delay. That is the recipe right now for avoiding a shutdown within the next 48 hours. I am very hopeful we will get that done with time to spare. For the last 2 years, the 117th Congress hasn't had a single government shutdown, not one, not even for a day. I hope we don't start now just as we approach the finish line. Recent history shows that those who risk shutdowns with hopes of scoring political points ultimately lose in the end. Once we pass the CR, we can make progress toward an omnibus. I have said it time and time again, a yearlong omnibus is the best and most balanced option to fund our government. An omnibus is the best approach because it will ensure that our kids, our veterans, our small businesses, and our military continue to have full access to vital services and programs they depend on. An omnibus is the most balanced approach because it would contain priorities both sides want to see: funding for Ukraine; the ECA, Electoral Count Act; and full implementation of CHIPS and Science; the PACT Act; and more. We worked so hard together on these bills. Let's now work together again to implement them fully. As we continue negotiating to pass a 1-week CR and an omni, both sides will keep working on an agreement to pass the NDAA, hopefully, today. We are trying to do it as soon as today. The NDAA has been a consistently bipartisan effort for every year for more than six decades. I do not expect this year to be any different, and I thank Chairman Reed and all my colleagues for their good work on this bill. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgS7208	null	5,413
formal	single	null	homophobic	Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis Mr. President, while we are on the topic of actions taken by the Department of Defense that don't show adequate, appropriate, and necessary respect for those who stand in harm's way to protect us and defend us, I want to tell you the story of a brave young man, a U.S. Navy lieutenant named Ridge Alkonis. Ridge Alkonis is one of the best and the brightest that our Navy has to offer, that America has to offer: a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a decorated officer who served his country well, who goes above and beyond the call of duty by every account that I can find or that I have access to. Lieutenant Alkonis, who is also the father of three young children and a devoted husband to his wife Brittany, sits today languishing in a Japanese prison. You may ask: What has he done? What put him there? Why is he in prison in Japan? Did he steal something? Did he harm someone? No, none of the above. No, at the end of May--May 29, 2021--Lieutenant Alkonis and his wife Brittany, along with their three children, decided to take a brief road trip to go see Mount Fuji. While descending from Mount Fuji, he suffered a most unfortunate, most unforeseen and unforeseeable medical emergency, one that caused him to lose consciousness while driving. His young daughter, seeing that he had lost consciousness, tried to wake him up. She kicked the seat. She yelled. She did everything she could to wake him up. You see, he wasn't asleep. He lost consciousness. He suffered from a rare medical condition he didn't know he had. He couldn't have known that he had this medical condition that caused him to lose consciousness at that moment. Tragically, while he was unconscious, the car he was driving was involved in an accident, one that took the lives of two Japanese nationals. My heart breaks for them, for the family members of these individuals whose lives were lost on May 29, 2021, in Japan. I know that Lieutenant Alkonis, with whom I have spoken as I visited him in prison in Japan--his heart breaks for them as well. Our entire country extends our thoughts, our prayers, and our well wishes to the family members of those victims. This was not a criminal act. This was a medical emergency, one that resulted in a tragedy--and I am so sad that it did--and no one is more sad about this than Lieutenant Alkonis and his family. You see, in Japan, they have a different system than ours. In the United States, this wouldn't result in someone going to prison. This wouldn't result in criminal charges of any kind. This would be regarded for what it is, which is a tragedy resulting from a medical emergency, an accident that wasn't foreseen or foreseeable. We wouldn't send someone to prison for that here in the United States. We understand that different countries have different systems of law, and we do our very best to respect the laws of other countries. But that is why he is in prison today. My purpose in raising this today is to talk about how our country handled it, not how Japan handled it. We can talk about that perhaps another day, but today I want to talk about how the U.S. military is handling this tragedy. When a U.S. military officer or enlisted person isn't able to be present for duty, he or she will stop getting paid. They stop getting paid if they are absent from their work. It is not surprising. Pretty much any job works that way. Like most jobs, if you are absent from your work, your employer can make a decision about whether the absence was unavoidable and should therefore be excused. An employer in the private sector might, for example, decide to continue to pay someone for a period of time if the circumstances warrant it. They might warrant it particularly if the absence was brought about as a result of the conditions in which the person was working on the job. For example, imagine you were running a business and you had an employee whom you assigned to work somewhere in a foreign country for a period of time and something like this happened. I would imagine that many, if not most, if not all, sane employers would do everything they possibly could to take care of the family and of that particular employee and that employee's family if something like this happened in a country where they were present only as a result of their work assignment. In fact, there is a statute that deals with this very thing for employees of the Department of Defense. That statute is codified at 37 U.S.C. 503. Here is what it says: A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who is absent without leave or over leave, forfeits all pay and allowances for the period of that absence, unless it is excused as unavoidable. ``Unless it is excused as unavoidable.'' That is exactly what the Department of Defense should do right now, is excuse as unavoidable Lieutenant Alkonis's absence. It seems to me that if ever there were an instance perfectly tailored for this statute, if ever there were an absence that needed to be excused as unavoidable, it is that of Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis. So, with that in mind, and with the needs of his wife Brittany and their three young children who are still in Japan, Lieutenant Alkonis filed the paperwork for an exception to the policy with the Department of Defense. Now, that application was filed many, many months ago, and we now find ourselves in a situation in which that application has not been granted. They filed this, I believe, back in June. It was transferred from one office to another in July. It was transferred--sent over to the Office of the Under Secretary of the Department of Defense a few months later. It still hasn't been acted on formally. I have spoken with more officials within the Department of Defense than I can even count at this moment. I have been on this pattern of making phone calls since just a few weeks after this was filed in June. I have spoken with officials within the Office of theSecretary of the Navy, including the Secretary himself. I have spoken to Under Secretary Cisneros. I have spoken to even Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. I appreciate their willingness to take my phone calls, but they still haven't acted. They still haven't granted those. It still hasn't happened. Now, keep in mind this has been in the Office of the Secretary of Defense since September 3. So we are going on 3\1/2\ months since that was forwarded, and they still haven't acted. I finally spoke with Under Secretary Cisneros. He was one of the last people I got through to. It took me 3 weeks to get through to the Under Secretary--3 weeks of calling. I finally got through to him. During that phone call, I appreciated the fact that he finally took it. He assured me that, whatever decision was made, it would be a decision that was made by the appropriate personnel and that it would be whatever was in the best interests of the Department of Defense. I told him at the time I believed that what was best for the Alkonis family would itself be what was in the best interests of the Department of Defense, you see, because there are a lot of problems that our Department of Defense has right now. Recruiting is down. Morale is down. Threats to our national security are up. There are more demands on our military men and women than ever before. Why would you want to take one of your best and your brightest, one of your smartest, one of these people--I have talked to so many people who have worked with him, in his chain of command, who have described him as the kind of guy who will do something that needs to be done even before anyone else realizes it needs to be done. He will go out on his own and proactively take steps to improve himself and to improve others around him. He is exactly what the Navy, what the Department of Defense, and what the United States of America need. So why would you put him in a vulnerable position? You sent him to Japan. Look, I don't understand Japan's laws. They are very different than our own. It is Japan. It is their country. They are their laws. It is what they do. We may not within the U.S. Government be able to solve that particular issue. I wish we could, and I hope we can at some point. Those are conversations for a different day, but for today, we can deal with this. We can take care of this family. So let's go back to November 2. I had that conversation with Under Secretary Cisneros. I told Under Secretary Cisneros that it was imperative that this be acted upon quickly because Ridge Alkonis's leave was going to be running out. You see, since he was actually put in prison in July of this year--between the accident that occurred at the end of May of 2021 to the time the criminal charges were filed and completed, it wasn't until July that he actually reported to prison--Lieutenant Alkonis and Brittany, his wife, and their three children have been relying on the fact that he had accumulated leave--leave accumulated over the years--that has lasted them this long. I told Under Secretary Cisneros on November 2 that it was really important that this be acted upon quickly because the Alkonises need this. They need this right away. They need the certainty of it. They need to be able to plan their lives. I then started seeking a call with Secretary Austin, the Secretary of Defense. It took me 3 weeks to get that one scheduled--3 weeks. I finally spoke to him on November 29. Secretary Austin callously informed me on that day that the request for the exception to policy would not be granted. I asked him why. He believed that it wasn't appropriate for the Department to do that. It was a private conversation, so I am not going to go into all of the details of it. But I asked him at that moment: If that is your decision, will you at least formalize it and put it out so that it is in public; so that we can discuss it; so that its relative merits can be addressed; so that we as a Congress can figure out, once on public notice, what the action was and why it was taken; so we can decide how best to address it beyond my ability to comprehend as a lawyer and as a U.S. Senator? If somehow the statutory text of 37 U.S.C., section 503 contains something saying, ``You may not grant an exception to policy in this circumstance, that of Lieutenant Alkonis's,'' then we could at least be on notice of that so that we as a Congress could figure out how to change the law so that it doesn't take that into account. I have yet to tell this story to a single Member of the U.S. Congress--Democrat or Republican, House or Senate--who isn't moved by this story and who doesn't conclude: Well, of course, this is a no-brainer. Of course, we should take care of him and his family. Of course, they should be granted an exception to policy. But to do that, we have to be able to have the notice of what their decision is, of the actual decision itself, and why it came about. I asked him when that would be coming, and he said: Soon. I said: How soon? I reminded him that we were just weeks away--in fact, we are now less than 2 weeks away before Lieutenant Alkonis's leave runs out and before Brittany, his wife, and his three children, who are still in Japan, will have no source of income. These are three very young children. The older kids are homeschooled by Brittany Alkonis. They are in Japan--not a cheap place to live--and their income stream is about to run out. Now, the calloused, casual observer might respond by saying: OK. Well, then, she can just go back to the United States. OK. And then what? Go back to the United States. Do you know what that means? That would mean that they don't ever get to see their husband and their father. In fact, because of the way the rules work in Japan, they can't even talk to him on the phone. There would be no interaction with Lieutenant Alkonis by his wife and their three children if they just left. So leaving is a problem. It still doesn't solve the problem of income for this very young, stay-at-home mom who homeschools her children. What is she supposed to do? She has got this Hobson's choice, this absolutely awful dilemma. Rather than the prisoner's dilemma, we will call it the prisoner's wife's dilemma. This is inexcusable. The fact that they won't excuse as unavoidable Lieutenant Alkonis's absence is itself inexcusable, and we must act. It is more difficult for us to act because the Department of Defense hasn't even had the decency to issue a public pronouncement for this. I find this reprehensible. Earlier today--in fact, just an hour or two ago--Mrs. Brittany Alkonis sent out a series of tweets, and one of them said the following: In 13 days, our pay and benefits will be turned off. I won't be able to support our children or Ridge-- --who is Lieutenant Alkonis-- and I clearly won't be able to count on the U.S. Navy to do so either. This is not a way to treat those who stand in harm's way so that we can live and be safe and be free. This isn't a way to treat anyone. None of us would treat our employees that way. I don't know anyone who would. On top of everything else, it is not just the fact that they have now stated they are going to deny it; it is that they have waited so long to do so and that they still haven't had the decency to say so in public. Then, on top of all of that, they are going to have her kicked to the curb at Christmastime in a foreign land. This is just disgraceful. Look, I get it. I know the Department of Defense is really big. I know that the burdens faced by Secretary Austin and Under Secretary Cisneros and by so many others I have spoken to and by those I haven't spoken to within the Department of Defense are immense. I am grateful to them and for the service they provide to our great country. I am grateful that they have taken the time to examine this issue. They have reached the wrong conclusion, and they have done it in the wrong way. Fortunately, there is still time. The time is short, but there is still time for them to make right that which is wrong. They can still take care of Brittany Alkonis and the three children of Ridge and Brittany Alkonis. They can still do that. I urge them to do so. If they don't do it, we will have no choice as a Congress but to act. The Department of Defense may or may not like whatever legislation we put in place in order to do it, but it will happen. It is hard for it to happen--perhaps impossible for it to happen--untilthey issue their actual decision so that we know what it is we are correcting. They should at least have the decency to do that. But the United States must not allow this family to be treated this way. In no other circumstance that I can find has anyone--going back many, many decades--serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in Japan or in any other place that I am aware of been placed in prison as a result of a medical emergency. So this truly is exceptional, and that is what makes the exception to policy so meritorious and so worthy. He did nothing wrong. This was not foreseeable. It was not avoidable. He was in Japan only because he was assigned to serve in Japan, where he has served faithfully. We must correct this wrong, and I will be back to the Senate floor as often as it takes. Once we have the actual decision in hand, I will know what legislation to push for. I will know what office to reconfigure and what statutory language to strip out or add. They need to issue that right away. Even better, they need to issue their decision not to deny but to grant the exception to policy for LT Ridge Alkonis. The Alkonis family and the United States itself deserve nothing less.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgS7210	null	5,414
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. KING. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, in consultation with the Republican leader, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar No. 1301, Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of six years. (Reappointment); further, that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, in consultation with the Republican leader, the Senate vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination; further, that if the nomination is confirmed, the Senate consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 1298, 1299, 1300, 1302, and 1297; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate; and that if the nominations are confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session.	2020-01-06	Mr. KING	Senate	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgS7242-4	null	5,415
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Ms. SINEMA. Madam President, I rise today to congratulate and thank Lisa Elijah, who has been serving as a HillVets fellow in my office this year. Lisa, an Air Force veteran, has been an asset to the people of Arizona, to the U.S. Congress, and to my staff. Arizona is home to nearly half a million veterans, making up almost 9 percent of the State. We pride ourselves on our strong connection with the military and take seriously the responsibility to care for our troops after they retire. Serving Arizona veterans is paramount in our office, and handling veterans' affairs issues is one of the most challenging and demanding portfolios for my team. In the year she has worked in my office, Lisa has become an essential member of the staff and a valued liaison with the Arizona veteran community. As part of my policy team, Lisa has participated in dozens of meetings and was the primary point of contact for organizations and government Agencies on veterans' policy. She has assisted in making informed recommendations on veterans' legislation, cosponsorships, and meeting preparation. She has helped us draft thoughtful and influential policy that I know will help the servicemembers and families of Arizona, including legislation designed to improve the VA Family Caregivers Program. Moreover, Lisa has gone above and beyond, taking the helm of our veterans' affairs team for several months, including coordinating with a legislative correspondent, policy adviser, and our State-based veterans outreach team across three geographically distinct offices. In this role, she has engaged with key stakeholders in the veteran's community, including grassroot organizations, government Agencies, and other interested parties. She also took the lead on preparing me for hearings in the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, preparing talking points, background material, and working with committee staff on legislation. I know that Lisa's work for veterans is not yet concluded. Her future position that will allow her to continue her work for veterans in Arizona and throughout the Nation. I am excited to see her continued success. I am incredibly proud of the work Lisa Elijah accomplished throughout this challenging year. She has set an outstanding example for others, and my team and I will miss her.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgS7246-2	null	5,416
formal	based	null	white supremacist	At 10:04 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, without amendment: S. 7. An act to make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. S. 2899. An act to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates. S. 2991. An act to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for other purposes. S. 3905. An act to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, and for other purposes. S. 4003. An act 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. S. 5230. An act to increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. The message also announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 1082. An act to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride-hailing signage and study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives. H.R. 5349. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post Office Building''. H.R. 6218. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office''. H.R. 6220. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''. H.R. 6221. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 6611. An act to authorize the Government of France to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the extraordinary contributions of Jean Monnet to restoring peace between European nations and establishing the European Union, and for other purposes. H.R. 6630. An act to designate of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''. H.R. 6725. An act to change the address of the Marilyn Monroe Post Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 7832. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 396 South California Avenue in West Covina, California, as the ``Esteban E. Torres Post Office Building''. H.R. 8665. An act to amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns from such title that reference the Archivist, and for other purposes. The message further announced that the House has agreed to the following concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H. Con. Res. 123. Concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1437. H. Con. Res. 124. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2617. The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1437) to amend the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide comprehensive and regularly updated Federal precipitation information, and for other purposes, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The message further announced that the House agreed to the amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5 to the bill (H.R. 2617) to amend section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are achieved, and for other purposes, and that the House agreed to the amendment numbered 4 of the Senate, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. Enrolled Bills Signed At 3:24 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bills: S. 1617. An act to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes. S. 2796. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. 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. S. 3115. An act to remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018. S. 3499. An act to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes. S. 3662. An act to temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment, and for other purposes. S. 3825. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''. S. 3875. An act to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, 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. 4052. An act to reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard- of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and for other purposes. S. 4834. An act to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. 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. H.R. 228. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building''. H.R. 263. An act to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes. H.R. 310. An act to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation. H.R. 700. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. 'Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office''. H.R. 1193. An act to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, and for other purposes. 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. H.R. 2930. An act to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes. H.R. 3175. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building''. H.R. 3462. An act to require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, 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. 5796. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 6614. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building''. H.R. 6722. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs communitybased 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. 7077. An act to require the United States Fire Administration to conduct onsite investigations of major fires, and for other purposes. H.R. 7535. An act to encourage the migration of Federal Government information technology systems to quantum- resistant cryptography, and for other purposes. H.R. 7903. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs communitybased 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 communitybased outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan VA Clinic''. The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy).	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgS7248	null	5,417
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	At 10:04 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, without amendment: S. 7. An act to make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. S. 2899. An act to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates. S. 2991. An act to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for other purposes. S. 3905. An act to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, and for other purposes. S. 4003. An act 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. S. 5230. An act to increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. The message also announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 1082. An act to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride-hailing signage and study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives. H.R. 5349. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post Office Building''. H.R. 6218. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office''. H.R. 6220. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''. H.R. 6221. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 6611. An act to authorize the Government of France to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the extraordinary contributions of Jean Monnet to restoring peace between European nations and establishing the European Union, and for other purposes. H.R. 6630. An act to designate of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''. H.R. 6725. An act to change the address of the Marilyn Monroe Post Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 7832. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 396 South California Avenue in West Covina, California, as the ``Esteban E. Torres Post Office Building''. H.R. 8665. An act to amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns from such title that reference the Archivist, and for other purposes. The message further announced that the House has agreed to the following concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H. Con. Res. 123. Concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1437. H. Con. Res. 124. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2617. The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1437) to amend the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide comprehensive and regularly updated Federal precipitation information, and for other purposes, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The message further announced that the House agreed to the amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5 to the bill (H.R. 2617) to amend section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are achieved, and for other purposes, and that the House agreed to the amendment numbered 4 of the Senate, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. Enrolled Bills Signed At 3:24 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bills: S. 1617. An act to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes. S. 2796. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. 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. S. 3115. An act to remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018. S. 3499. An act to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes. S. 3662. An act to temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment, and for other purposes. S. 3825. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''. S. 3875. An act to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, 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. 4052. An act to reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard- of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and for other purposes. S. 4834. An act to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. 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. H.R. 228. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building''. H.R. 263. An act to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes. H.R. 310. An act to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation. H.R. 700. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. 'Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office''. H.R. 1193. An act to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, and for other purposes. 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. H.R. 2930. An act to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes. H.R. 3175. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building''. H.R. 3462. An act to require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, 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. 5796. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 6614. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building''. H.R. 6722. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs communitybased 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. 7077. An act to require the United States Fire Administration to conduct onsite investigations of major fires, and for other purposes. H.R. 7535. An act to encourage the migration of Federal Government information technology systems to quantum- resistant cryptography, and for other purposes. H.R. 7903. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs communitybased 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 communitybased outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan VA Clinic''. The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy).	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgS7248	null	5,418
formal	Detroit	null	racist	At 10:04 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the following bills, without amendment: S. 7. An act to make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. S. 2899. An act to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates. S. 2991. An act to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for other purposes. S. 3905. An act to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, and for other purposes. S. 4003. An act 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. S. 5230. An act to increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. The message also announced that the House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 1082. An act to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride-hailing signage and study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives. H.R. 5349. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post Office Building''. H.R. 6218. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office''. H.R. 6220. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''. H.R. 6221. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 6611. An act to authorize the Government of France to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the extraordinary contributions of Jean Monnet to restoring peace between European nations and establishing the European Union, and for other purposes. H.R. 6630. An act to designate of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''. H.R. 6725. An act to change the address of the Marilyn Monroe Post Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 7832. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 396 South California Avenue in West Covina, California, as the ``Esteban E. Torres Post Office Building''. H.R. 8665. An act to amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns from such title that reference the Archivist, and for other purposes. The message further announced that the House has agreed to the following concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H. Con. Res. 123. Concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1437. H. Con. Res. 124. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2617. The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1437) to amend the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide comprehensive and regularly updated Federal precipitation information, and for other purposes, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The message further announced that the House agreed to the amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5 to the bill (H.R. 2617) to amend section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are achieved, and for other purposes, and that the House agreed to the amendment numbered 4 of the Senate, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. Enrolled Bills Signed At 3:24 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has signed the following enrolled bills: S. 1617. An act to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes. S. 2796. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. 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. S. 3115. An act to remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018. S. 3499. An act to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes. S. 3662. An act to temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment, and for other purposes. S. 3825. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''. S. 3875. An act to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, 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. 4052. An act to reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard- of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and for other purposes. S. 4834. An act to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. 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. H.R. 228. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building''. H.R. 263. An act to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes. H.R. 310. An act to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation. H.R. 700. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. 'Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office''. H.R. 1193. An act to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, and for other purposes. 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. H.R. 2930. An act to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes. H.R. 3175. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building''. H.R. 3462. An act to require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, 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. 5796. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 6614. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building''. H.R. 6722. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs communitybased 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. 7077. An act to require the United States Fire Administration to conduct onsite investigations of major fires, and for other purposes. H.R. 7535. An act to encourage the migration of Federal Government information technology systems to quantum- resistant cryptography, and for other purposes. H.R. 7903. An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs communitybased 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 communitybased outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan VA Clinic''. The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy).	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgS7248	null	5,419
formal	single	null	homophobic	The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated: EC-5852. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Department of Defense Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5853. A communication from the President and CEO, Inter-American Foundation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Foundation's Annual Management Report for fiscal year 2022 received in the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5854. A communication from the Deputy Associate Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Administration's Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2022 received in the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5855. A communication from the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department's Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2022 received in the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5856. A communication from the Director, Congressional Affairs, Federal Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2022 received in the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5857. A communication from the Treasurer, National Gallery of Art, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Gallery's Performance and Accountability Report for the year ended September 30, 2022 received in the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5858. A communication from the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's Agency Financial Report for fiscal year 2022 received in the Office of the President pro tempore of the Senate; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5859. 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 April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5860. A communication from the Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3543-EM in the State of Louisiana having exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a single emergency declaration; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5861. A communication from the Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3569-EM in the State of Mississippi having exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a single emergency declaration; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5862. A communication from the Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3568-EM in the State of Louisiana having exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a single emergency declaration; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. EC-5863. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a legislative proposal entitled ``Transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia'' to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-15-pt1-PgS7249-2	null	5,420
formal	single	null	homophobic	Tribute to Richard C. Shelby Madam President, I saved my tribute to the most senior retiring Republican Member for late in the year. But even with mere days remaining until the end of his term, our colleague's calendar has been quite packed, not with fancy farewell parties but with a final chapter of high-stakes negotiations and tireless legislative work on behalf of his State, our Nation, and, in particular, our Armed Forces. It is no surprise that Senator Richard Shelby's final days in the Senate see him running through the tape and burning the literal midnight oil. The State of Alabama has sent some prolific and powerful Senators to this Chamber over its history, but Richard Shelby has surpassed them all. He is not just the longest serving Senator from Alabama. He is the most influential. Our friend is one of the most effective legislators the U.S. Senate has ever seen. Growing up outside Depression-era Birmingham, Richard Shelby was not automatically predestined for the halls of power. But even before our friend had grown into the fullness of his commanding stature, I understand that young Richard Shelby was never afraid to throw his weight around, whether he was fighting for his team on the football field or putting himself between a classmate and a bully on a streetcar. As a young man, there was hardly any academic or athletic test that Richard didn't pass with flying colors. But the way I hear it, the most important test was ensuring that a pretty girl named Annette was delivered back home in time for curfew after their first date. Annette was intrigued by this handsome young man, but she also loved and respected her own family. So she declared that if Richard was late dropping her off, the first date would be the last. Thus, a partnership for the ages was born. And ever since the Shelbys' first campaign victory in 1970, the people of Alabama have had a natural campaigner, a trailblazing problem-solver, and an intellectual giant looking out for their interests. And, in addition to Annette Shelby, they have also gotten Richard in the package deal. Dr. Annette Shelby has charted a historic course of her own here in Washington, including becoming the first woman to hold a tenured professorship at Georgetown's Business School. Meanwhile, across the city, the other half of the Shelby partnership was developing a reputation for visionary leadership here in Congress. Where Richard is concerned, the word ``visionary'' is neither throwaway praise nor exaggeration. It is simply accurate. People around the Senate like to say that Richard Shelby doesn't just see down the road; he sees down the road and also around the corner. Our colleague has not just known how to fight for Alabama and the individual issues and debates that each day has brought. He has also invented creative, new, forward-looking visions and missions that nobody else had dreamed of and then, methodically, set about turning them into reality. Richard has trained his efforts on a small number of core priorities at one time, the places he is most convinced he can make an outsized difference. And once one of those big priorities is identified, he has been like a dog after a bone. Take the city of Huntsville. As the story goes, a few decades ago it was a sleepy town by the Tennessee border. Today, it is a booming technological hub for cutting-edge industries like space exploration and missile defense. Or take the Port of Mobile. The way I understand it, the spark was an overseas trip where Richard saw firsthand the latest international shipping infrastructure that was rapidly taking shape out in Asia. I think the sentiment was more or less this: If Singapore can do this, why not Mobile? So today, what used to be a small inlet on the gulf coast is now a booming hub for shipping, a transformation that is sending ripples of prosperity across the entire region. But even our visionary colleague's prolific foresight occasionally hit its limits. Richard's good friend, our former colleague Phil Gramm, had the good judgment to switch to the Republican Party way back in 1983. He immediately started working on his good buddy to follow suit. But even after a charm offensive that I am told involved multiple White House lunches with President Reagan, even after Robert Byrd had skeptically accused Senator Shelby of harboring ``definite Republican tendencies,'' it still took our friend until after the Republicans' landslide victories in 1994 to finally cross the threshold and join our team. Well, the rest is history. The iconic phrase ``Chairman Shelby'' could refer to our colleague's time steering sensitive oversight at the helm of the Intelligence Committee, or his mastery of the most complex matters as head of the Banking Committee, or his time lending a steady hand to institutional priorities as Rules Committee chair, or, more recently, the years our colleague has spent in the No. 1 or No. 2 slots on top of the Appropriations Committee, directing the American people's money into key national priorities, most especially our constitutional duty to provide for the common defense. But Richard's Washington expertise never came at the expense of his home-State roots--just the opposite. The national renown that Richard Shelby accrued was just a pathway by which his beloved Alabama came to punch more and more above its weight. A long line of Shelby staffers have learned that there is no need for a road map or a GPS when they have got the Senator himself in the car. Our friend knows every single backroad and highway exit. He knows every good ``meat and three.'' And if there is ever time to stop in for lunch or coffee, just pick a spot, and Richard will know a handful of the folks inside. How exactly has our colleague sustained this level of sharpness and influence over such a historic career? Well, for one thing, I understand the seasoned chairman is a frequent visitor to the ``Health Committee.'' That is his moniker for the Senate gym. Likewise, I have it on good authority that, at one point, our friend held the distinction of having more books checked out in his name from the Library of Congress than any other Member in either Chamber. Occasionally, having such a voracious reader for a colleague can lead to trouble. Years ago, shortly after the passing of President Reagan, I was wrapping up a meeting with my Banking Committee colleague when I half-wondered whether we could find a way to honor the Gipper with a place on our currency. With no particular malice toward Alexander Hamilton in mind, I loosely suggested: What about, perhaps, the $10 bill? But, alas, little did I know that I was sitting across from the most recent person in America to finish Ron Chernow's gigantic, newly released biography of Hamilton. This was the book that would go on to inspire the hit musical and spark a big revival of interest in Hamilton. Richard Shelby had spent weeks eating up every single page, admiring Hamilton's genius more and more with every chapter. So let's just say, a few minutes later I was back at the drawing board. It is difficult to imagine the Senate without Richard Shelby, but I am not too concerned that the opposite will hold true. As much as Richard has loved this institution and excelled in it, we know our colleague can imagine life beyond the Senate just fine. There will be even more time to stay a student of history, even more time for duck hunting with good friends. The visionary brainstorming for Alabama and our Nation won't stop--oh, no. But our friend will get to balance it out with a whole lot more time with his beloved Annette, their two sons, and their grandkids--more time to enjoy the home State that has been literally transformed by Richard's passion and vision. Richard, thank you very much for an outstanding career.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-19-pt1-PgS7272-2	null	5,421
formal	Reagan	null	white supremacist	Tribute to Richard C. Shelby Madam President, I saved my tribute to the most senior retiring Republican Member for late in the year. But even with mere days remaining until the end of his term, our colleague's calendar has been quite packed, not with fancy farewell parties but with a final chapter of high-stakes negotiations and tireless legislative work on behalf of his State, our Nation, and, in particular, our Armed Forces. It is no surprise that Senator Richard Shelby's final days in the Senate see him running through the tape and burning the literal midnight oil. The State of Alabama has sent some prolific and powerful Senators to this Chamber over its history, but Richard Shelby has surpassed them all. He is not just the longest serving Senator from Alabama. He is the most influential. Our friend is one of the most effective legislators the U.S. Senate has ever seen. Growing up outside Depression-era Birmingham, Richard Shelby was not automatically predestined for the halls of power. But even before our friend had grown into the fullness of his commanding stature, I understand that young Richard Shelby was never afraid to throw his weight around, whether he was fighting for his team on the football field or putting himself between a classmate and a bully on a streetcar. As a young man, there was hardly any academic or athletic test that Richard didn't pass with flying colors. But the way I hear it, the most important test was ensuring that a pretty girl named Annette was delivered back home in time for curfew after their first date. Annette was intrigued by this handsome young man, but she also loved and respected her own family. So she declared that if Richard was late dropping her off, the first date would be the last. Thus, a partnership for the ages was born. And ever since the Shelbys' first campaign victory in 1970, the people of Alabama have had a natural campaigner, a trailblazing problem-solver, and an intellectual giant looking out for their interests. And, in addition to Annette Shelby, they have also gotten Richard in the package deal. Dr. Annette Shelby has charted a historic course of her own here in Washington, including becoming the first woman to hold a tenured professorship at Georgetown's Business School. Meanwhile, across the city, the other half of the Shelby partnership was developing a reputation for visionary leadership here in Congress. Where Richard is concerned, the word ``visionary'' is neither throwaway praise nor exaggeration. It is simply accurate. People around the Senate like to say that Richard Shelby doesn't just see down the road; he sees down the road and also around the corner. Our colleague has not just known how to fight for Alabama and the individual issues and debates that each day has brought. He has also invented creative, new, forward-looking visions and missions that nobody else had dreamed of and then, methodically, set about turning them into reality. Richard has trained his efforts on a small number of core priorities at one time, the places he is most convinced he can make an outsized difference. And once one of those big priorities is identified, he has been like a dog after a bone. Take the city of Huntsville. As the story goes, a few decades ago it was a sleepy town by the Tennessee border. Today, it is a booming technological hub for cutting-edge industries like space exploration and missile defense. Or take the Port of Mobile. The way I understand it, the spark was an overseas trip where Richard saw firsthand the latest international shipping infrastructure that was rapidly taking shape out in Asia. I think the sentiment was more or less this: If Singapore can do this, why not Mobile? So today, what used to be a small inlet on the gulf coast is now a booming hub for shipping, a transformation that is sending ripples of prosperity across the entire region. But even our visionary colleague's prolific foresight occasionally hit its limits. Richard's good friend, our former colleague Phil Gramm, had the good judgment to switch to the Republican Party way back in 1983. He immediately started working on his good buddy to follow suit. But even after a charm offensive that I am told involved multiple White House lunches with President Reagan, even after Robert Byrd had skeptically accused Senator Shelby of harboring ``definite Republican tendencies,'' it still took our friend until after the Republicans' landslide victories in 1994 to finally cross the threshold and join our team. Well, the rest is history. The iconic phrase ``Chairman Shelby'' could refer to our colleague's time steering sensitive oversight at the helm of the Intelligence Committee, or his mastery of the most complex matters as head of the Banking Committee, or his time lending a steady hand to institutional priorities as Rules Committee chair, or, more recently, the years our colleague has spent in the No. 1 or No. 2 slots on top of the Appropriations Committee, directing the American people's money into key national priorities, most especially our constitutional duty to provide for the common defense. But Richard's Washington expertise never came at the expense of his home-State roots--just the opposite. The national renown that Richard Shelby accrued was just a pathway by which his beloved Alabama came to punch more and more above its weight. A long line of Shelby staffers have learned that there is no need for a road map or a GPS when they have got the Senator himself in the car. Our friend knows every single backroad and highway exit. He knows every good ``meat and three.'' And if there is ever time to stop in for lunch or coffee, just pick a spot, and Richard will know a handful of the folks inside. How exactly has our colleague sustained this level of sharpness and influence over such a historic career? Well, for one thing, I understand the seasoned chairman is a frequent visitor to the ``Health Committee.'' That is his moniker for the Senate gym. Likewise, I have it on good authority that, at one point, our friend held the distinction of having more books checked out in his name from the Library of Congress than any other Member in either Chamber. Occasionally, having such a voracious reader for a colleague can lead to trouble. Years ago, shortly after the passing of President Reagan, I was wrapping up a meeting with my Banking Committee colleague when I half-wondered whether we could find a way to honor the Gipper with a place on our currency. With no particular malice toward Alexander Hamilton in mind, I loosely suggested: What about, perhaps, the $10 bill? But, alas, little did I know that I was sitting across from the most recent person in America to finish Ron Chernow's gigantic, newly released biography of Hamilton. This was the book that would go on to inspire the hit musical and spark a big revival of interest in Hamilton. Richard Shelby had spent weeks eating up every single page, admiring Hamilton's genius more and more with every chapter. So let's just say, a few minutes later I was back at the drawing board. It is difficult to imagine the Senate without Richard Shelby, but I am not too concerned that the opposite will hold true. As much as Richard has loved this institution and excelled in it, we know our colleague can imagine life beyond the Senate just fine. There will be even more time to stay a student of history, even more time for duck hunting with good friends. The visionary brainstorming for Alabama and our Nation won't stop--oh, no. But our friend will get to balance it out with a whole lot more time with his beloved Annette, their two sons, and their grandkids--more time to enjoy the home State that has been literally transformed by Richard's passion and vision. Richard, thank you very much for an outstanding career.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-19-pt1-PgS7272-2	null	5,422
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	For-Profit Colleges and Universities Madam President, in this Congress, the Democrats have shown up for everyday Americans. We passed historic legislation to build infrastructure. We became a global leader in chip manufacturing. We improved gun safety. We protected our climate. These are wins for Americans, and they make headline news. Today, I want to talk about an issue that may not get the headlines, but it is just as important to fixing our broken student loan system and ensuring that Americans can go to school and participate fully in our economy and maintain our Nation's competitive edge. I am talking about holding for-profit colleges accountable. I have been coming to the floor for almost 10 years on this topic. I believe, in my heart of hearts, that what is going on here is unfair to students, their families, and taxpayers. Why is it essential to bring this issue up frequently? Two numbers, and these two will be on the final. So pay close attention. The numbers are 8 and 30. For-profit colleges enroll only 8 percent of America's college students--8 percent--but they account for 30 percent of Federal student loan defaults. How can that be--8 percent of the students and 30 percent of the student loan defaults? The answer is obvious. The schools charge too much. They offer too little. Those who don't drop out end up with worthless diplomas. In a sentence, that is the problem. It is built on a business model, this for-profit college business. It is not built on an educational model. First, for-profit colleges deliberately lure in first-generation and low-income students with slick marketing that the community colleges can't even match. Second, they pressure students to take on as much debt as possible to pay for the courses, and they charge a lot more than community colleges in offering good, quality educational courses. Third, once the students are enrolled and are on the hook for huge amounts of debt, these for-profit colleges provide low-quality education and very little support. If a student graduates from a for-profit college and ends up with a degree that is practically worthless, finding a working job that will pay them any kind of money to pay back the loan is next to impossible.They can barely cover basic living expenses, much less pay back their student debt. I have been calling for greater scrutiny and accountability of the for-profit college industry for years. Despite the well-documented misconduct and fraud of this nefarious industry, the Department of Education continues to provide billions in Federal funds to them each year. Under the Trump administration's former Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, for-profit colleges had just an absolute holiday. We witnessed crucial protections like the gainful employment rule, which put sanctions on the worst performing schools, being rescinded. Early on, Secretary DeVos said she was going to prioritize individual students. Instead, by removing these safeguards and this accountability, she left them even more vulnerable to the unscrupulous for-profit colleges. The DeVos Education Department even refused to provide defrauded borrowers with the loan discharges they deserved under borrower defense. After Secretary DeVos's indefensible borrower defense policies were struck down in Federal court, she continued to refuse to act even after the court ruled against her, allowing a backlog to build up of--listen to this--230,000 student borrowers who languished under mountains of debt that Secretary DeVos would not relieve them of in any way. The Trump-DeVos Education Department left borrowers hopeless and buried in debt while the taxpayers footed the bills. As I said, I have called for more accountability over the for-profit college industry for a long time. Luckily, the Biden administration is listening and is reversing the course taken under the Trump administration. I hope it continues to be the case. Unlike the Trump-DeVos Department of Education, President Biden's Department has processed borrower defense claims as the law requires. This has canceled the student loan debt of nearly 1.1 million borrowers who were defrauded and swindled by predatory for-profit colleges. Legendary names like Corinthian Colleges, ITT Tech, and Westwood turned out to be the worst excuses for higher education in America's history. This has enabled these students to get a chance to start again, to make up for time lost and have a better experience with a for-profit school. The Biden administration has also issued sweeping student debt relief, which disproportionately helps lower income students, which is the way it should be. Borrowers who attend for-profit colleges borrow an average of $40,700--that is the average for each student--and 71 percent do not graduate on time or at all. That is 71 percent of for-profit school students. For those who do graduate, they often have degrees that are worthless and jobs that are worthless as well. If the Supreme Court approves President Biden's student loan relief plan, it will help millions of borrowers climb out from a mountain of debt, pay their bills, and even return to a higher education experience that is worthwhile. To curb future wrongdoings, the Biden administration has also terminated the Federal recognition of a sketchy accrediting agency that long ago failed to meet the mark which, long ago, kept these for-profit schools in business when it shouldn't have. It has taken the steps, too, to close the infamous 90/10 loophole. That is a loophole that basically says: For-profit colleges do not count GI bill and servicemember benefits as part of their revenues from the Federal Government, resulting in some schools generating more than 90 percent of their revenues from Federal tax dollars. Listen to what these schools do. They lure kids into the for-profit college experience. They promise them the Sun, the Moon, and the stars. Many of them are of the first generation of their families to ever get near a college. Their parents can't give them much advice because they don't have any lasting experiences to draw from. The students are told: Add up your debt, and don't worry about it. You will pay it all back with the wonderful job that awaits you in your future. It turns out to be a fraud on them, their families, and the public, and the taxpayers end up holding the bag. This for-profit industry is taking advantage of veterans, too. The GI bill of rights was not designed to be wasted on for-profit schools. In looking ahead, we need to take steps to ensure that students are protected and that there is real supervision and reform. That is why I recently introduced the Proprietary Education Interagency Oversight Coordination Improvement Act, which has got to be the longest title of any bill I have ever introduced. It creates an interagency task force with the Departments of Education, Justice, Labor, Veterans Affairs, and Defense to improve coordination in dealing with the for-profit college industry. This is a serious problem. When I think of the thousands of young people I am aware of who have been defrauded by these for-profit schools, I say shame on us and shame on the Department of Education. Let's do right by these young people. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-19-pt1-PgS7273	null	5,423
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Biodiesel Madam President, on another subject matter, biodiesel producers are a vital part of Iowa's rural economy. In 2021, Iowa produced 340 million gallons of biodiesel, which helps Iowa farmers add value to each bushel of soybeans by producing a much needed transportation fuel in addition to high-protein animal feed. Not only is biodiesel good for Iowa's economy, it is also significantly better for the environment. According to our Department of Energy, greenhouse gas emissions from biodiesel are as much as 74 percent lower as compared to traditional petroleum diesel. Recently, we have seen rapid growth in the renewable diesel production, which also uses soybeans as a feedstock. Currently, the United States has the capacity to produce about 900 million gallons of renewable diesel. However, if all of the planned investments come to be, within 2 years, the United States will have the capacity to produce 5 billion gallons. Despite rapid growth in the biodiesel industry, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a mere 60 million gallon increase in RFS volumes for 2023. The proposed RFS volume is particularly disappointing given that the Energy Information Administration predicts a 500 million gallon increase. So it is very clear. It sounds like the EPA has failed to consult with the executive branch's own Energy Department. This bad policy can be corrected because this is just a proposed rule. The EPA has the ability to correct its mistakes in the final rule. If the EPA fails to account for expected growth in this industry, then the EPA will have failed soybean farmers in the United States--in my State of Iowa as well. This also comes at a time when soybean farmers are making great strides in conservation practices that further reduce carbon emissions and improve soil health. As the Treasury Department begins to look at the sustainable aviation fuel tax credit in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act that passed last August, they need to acknowledge these advances. I did not support the Inflation Reduction Act because it is chock-full of reckless spending and job-killing taxes. However, that act tasks and requires the Treasury Department with determining how to measure carbon emissions for a variety of renewable fuels. What Treasury decides could make or break the renewable fuels industry. Treasury must use the best available science for determining carbon emissions. So I want the Treasury Department to take note: This science is found at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. The National Lab has developed a state-of-the-art model for estimating greenhouse emissions by fuel source. Oddly, for determining the carbon emissions of sustainable aviation fuel, the Inflation Reduction Act directs Treasury to use the International Civil Aviation Organization model or a similar model. If I was involved in writing the bill, I would have made sure that the Treasury Department could not outsource these important modeling decisions to an international organization when we have got a U.S. laboratory that can tell you how you do it in the most environmentally positive way. The international model doesn't reflect advances in conservation practices used by American farmers. American farmers are at the cutting edge of conservation practices, and that should be reflected in any model that Treasury adopts. Farmers across the country stand ready to provide low-cost and low-carbon fuel to consumers on land, air, and sea. However, if the international model is adopted, a sustainable aviation fuel made from homegrown corn and soybeans will be very much shortchanged. As the Treasury Department begins to write these regulations, as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, it must listen to farmers and our own scientists, particularly the scientists at our own Department of Energy. We should not be awarding tax benefits based on an international model that isvery much outdated and very much out of touch and that has shortchanged American innovation as proven by our laboratory in the Department of Energy. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-19-pt1-PgS7278	null	5,424
formal	based	null	white supremacist	The Secretary of the Senate reported that on today, December 16, 2022, she had presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills: S. 198. An act to require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps. S. 231. An act 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. S. 314. An act to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgement Fund Act. S. 1617. An act to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes. S. 2796. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. 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. S. 3115. An act to remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018. S. 3499. An act to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes. S. 3662. An act to temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment, and for other purposes. S. 3825. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''. S. 3875. An act to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, 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. 4052. An act to reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard- of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and for other purposes. S. 4834. An act to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. 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	Senate	CREC-2022-12-19-pt1-PgS7310-3	null	5,425
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	The Secretary of the Senate reported that on today, December 16, 2022, she had presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills: S. 198. An act to require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps. S. 231. An act 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. S. 314. An act to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgement Fund Act. S. 1617. An act to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes. S. 2796. An act to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of rural community response pilot programs for funding under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other purposes. 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. S. 3115. An act to remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018. S. 3499. An act to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes. S. 3662. An act to temporarily increase the cost share authority for aqueous film forming foam input-based testing equipment, and for other purposes. S. 3825. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building''. S. 3875. An act to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, 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. 4052. An act to reauthorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard- of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children, and for other purposes. S. 4834. An act to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. 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	Senate	CREC-2022-12-19-pt1-PgS7310-3	null	5,426
formal	tax cut	null	racist	Fifth Anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mr. President, December 22 will mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It has been5 years since Republicans reformed the Tax Code to allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money, 5 years since we modernized the Tax Code to encourage businesses to invest in America and create good-paying jobs here, and 5 years since our economy started to rebound after years of stagnant wages and growth. Republicans know that government doesn't create jobs and that Washington can't legislate prosperity. But government can certainly get in the way of prosperity, and before tax reform, too often our Tax Code was getting in the way. It was taking too much money from Americans' paychecks. It was making it difficult for businesses--large and small--to create jobs, increase wages, and grow. And it contained perverse incentives for companies to park profits abroad and avoid manufacturing things here in the United States. Republicans knew things needed to change, and so we set to work to reform our Tax Code to put more money in American families' pockets and to help grow our economy. We lowered tax rates across the board and simplified the Tax Code so that hard-working Americans would pay less in taxes and spend less time filling their forms out every April. We lowered tax rates for owners of small- and medium-sized businesses, farms, and ranches, and made it easier for them to recover the cost of investing in their businesses, which in turn freed up cash for them to invest in their operations and their workers. We lowered our Nation's sky-high corporate tax rate--which prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world--to make American businesses more competitive in the global economy and empower them to invest in wages and benefits for their workers. And we modernized our international tax system so that American businesses would no longer be operating at a disadvantage next to their foreign counterparts. And it worked. It worked. In the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, wages and incomes for American workers grew. Unemployment fell to a 50-year low. The poverty rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded. African Americans and Hispanic Americans saw record-low rates of poverty and unemployment. The income gap narrowed. Business investment increased. Companies created new jobs, and they invested in their employees. And they opened new opportunities for American workers by moving production and capital into the United States. Tax reform also spelled an end to the wave of companies moving their headquarters out of the United States. Prior to tax reform, there was a growing trend of corporate inversions, which is tax-speak for companies picking up and moving their legal headquarters offshore. And that was due to our dysfunctional Tax Code. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion. Let me repeat that. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion, which means more jobs and opportunities for workers here at home. Contrary to claims that tax reform mostly benefited the wealthy, it was actually lower and middle-income Americans who saw the greatest benefits. In fact, the top 1 percent of taxpayers are paying a greater share of taxes today than they were before tax reform. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that tax reform has helped result in record-high revenues for the Federal Government. Unfortunately, we were not able to make all of the tax reforms in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, and some provisions have already begun to expire. One important pro-growth provision on its way to phaseout is bonus depreciation. Manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, and several other industries have relied on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's bonus appreciation provision, which allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of investment and short-term assets, such as machinery and equipment. The bonus depreciation will soon begin to phase down, making new investment in productive equipment a more expensive proposition for businesses of all sizes. Extending the bonus depreciation provision--or better yet, making it permanent--would not only provide certainty to American businesses; it would create tens of thousands of new jobs, increase wages, and grow our economy by making it easier for businesses to invest and expand. And it would have even more of an impact in today's high inflation environment, where investment dollars are going a lot less far than they used to. In addition, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this year, businesses lost their ability to fully expense research and development costs in the year they incur them. Full R&D expensing is beneficial to many businesses, but it is especially important for manufacturers and for high-tech industries, where cutting-edge research and development is critical for innovation and continued leadership in these fields. For the sake of American workers and American industry, we should restore full R&D expensing. At the end of 2025, many of the lower tax rates for working families and small businesses will expire. Middle-income families who received a tax cut the year following tax reform will see a tax hike in 2026 if middle-income tax cuts are not extended or made permanent. Also, at the end of 2025, the increased death tax exemption level is set to expire, leaving more family farms and small businesses subject to this punitive tax. I have seen the consequences of the death tax when a family has to sell their farm, ranch, or small business because they don't have enough cash to pay this massive tax on their loved one's life's work. I hope that we will not only extend the increased death tax exemption level but will permanently eliminate this unfair tax. Tax reform worked. It worked for American families. It worked for farmers and ranchers. And it worked for American businesses. Allowing key elements of tax reform to expire would reduce opportunity and raise taxes for hard-working Americans at a time when their pocketbooks are already strained, thanks to the historic inflation crisis the Democrats have helped to create. I hope that my colleagues across the aisle will recognize this and work with Republicans to permanently extend the expired provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and continue efforts to make the tax code simpler, fairer, and more competitive. The President likes to talk about giving families ``a little breathing room.'' There is no better way to give families breathing room than by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money. I hope the President will take an honest look at the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and come out in support of making these pro-growth policies permanent. I am disappointed that my Democrat colleagues recently chose to forgo the chance to extend full R&D expensing and 100 percent bonus depreciation in the year-end funding bill. Extending these should be a no-brainer. Democrats should not be holding these essential business credits hostage to a partisan agenda. Tax reform helped create an economic environment that encouraged growth and set the American people up for new opportunities, higher wages, and a more secure future. It is time to build on these successes and extend the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the long term. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7791-6	null	5,427
formal	tax cuts	null	racist	Fifth Anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mr. President, December 22 will mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It has been5 years since Republicans reformed the Tax Code to allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money, 5 years since we modernized the Tax Code to encourage businesses to invest in America and create good-paying jobs here, and 5 years since our economy started to rebound after years of stagnant wages and growth. Republicans know that government doesn't create jobs and that Washington can't legislate prosperity. But government can certainly get in the way of prosperity, and before tax reform, too often our Tax Code was getting in the way. It was taking too much money from Americans' paychecks. It was making it difficult for businesses--large and small--to create jobs, increase wages, and grow. And it contained perverse incentives for companies to park profits abroad and avoid manufacturing things here in the United States. Republicans knew things needed to change, and so we set to work to reform our Tax Code to put more money in American families' pockets and to help grow our economy. We lowered tax rates across the board and simplified the Tax Code so that hard-working Americans would pay less in taxes and spend less time filling their forms out every April. We lowered tax rates for owners of small- and medium-sized businesses, farms, and ranches, and made it easier for them to recover the cost of investing in their businesses, which in turn freed up cash for them to invest in their operations and their workers. We lowered our Nation's sky-high corporate tax rate--which prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world--to make American businesses more competitive in the global economy and empower them to invest in wages and benefits for their workers. And we modernized our international tax system so that American businesses would no longer be operating at a disadvantage next to their foreign counterparts. And it worked. It worked. In the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, wages and incomes for American workers grew. Unemployment fell to a 50-year low. The poverty rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded. African Americans and Hispanic Americans saw record-low rates of poverty and unemployment. The income gap narrowed. Business investment increased. Companies created new jobs, and they invested in their employees. And they opened new opportunities for American workers by moving production and capital into the United States. Tax reform also spelled an end to the wave of companies moving their headquarters out of the United States. Prior to tax reform, there was a growing trend of corporate inversions, which is tax-speak for companies picking up and moving their legal headquarters offshore. And that was due to our dysfunctional Tax Code. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion. Let me repeat that. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion, which means more jobs and opportunities for workers here at home. Contrary to claims that tax reform mostly benefited the wealthy, it was actually lower and middle-income Americans who saw the greatest benefits. In fact, the top 1 percent of taxpayers are paying a greater share of taxes today than they were before tax reform. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that tax reform has helped result in record-high revenues for the Federal Government. Unfortunately, we were not able to make all of the tax reforms in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, and some provisions have already begun to expire. One important pro-growth provision on its way to phaseout is bonus depreciation. Manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, and several other industries have relied on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's bonus appreciation provision, which allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of investment and short-term assets, such as machinery and equipment. The bonus depreciation will soon begin to phase down, making new investment in productive equipment a more expensive proposition for businesses of all sizes. Extending the bonus depreciation provision--or better yet, making it permanent--would not only provide certainty to American businesses; it would create tens of thousands of new jobs, increase wages, and grow our economy by making it easier for businesses to invest and expand. And it would have even more of an impact in today's high inflation environment, where investment dollars are going a lot less far than they used to. In addition, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this year, businesses lost their ability to fully expense research and development costs in the year they incur them. Full R&D expensing is beneficial to many businesses, but it is especially important for manufacturers and for high-tech industries, where cutting-edge research and development is critical for innovation and continued leadership in these fields. For the sake of American workers and American industry, we should restore full R&D expensing. At the end of 2025, many of the lower tax rates for working families and small businesses will expire. Middle-income families who received a tax cut the year following tax reform will see a tax hike in 2026 if middle-income tax cuts are not extended or made permanent. Also, at the end of 2025, the increased death tax exemption level is set to expire, leaving more family farms and small businesses subject to this punitive tax. I have seen the consequences of the death tax when a family has to sell their farm, ranch, or small business because they don't have enough cash to pay this massive tax on their loved one's life's work. I hope that we will not only extend the increased death tax exemption level but will permanently eliminate this unfair tax. Tax reform worked. It worked for American families. It worked for farmers and ranchers. And it worked for American businesses. Allowing key elements of tax reform to expire would reduce opportunity and raise taxes for hard-working Americans at a time when their pocketbooks are already strained, thanks to the historic inflation crisis the Democrats have helped to create. I hope that my colleagues across the aisle will recognize this and work with Republicans to permanently extend the expired provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and continue efforts to make the tax code simpler, fairer, and more competitive. The President likes to talk about giving families ``a little breathing room.'' There is no better way to give families breathing room than by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money. I hope the President will take an honest look at the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and come out in support of making these pro-growth policies permanent. I am disappointed that my Democrat colleagues recently chose to forgo the chance to extend full R&D expensing and 100 percent bonus depreciation in the year-end funding bill. Extending these should be a no-brainer. Democrats should not be holding these essential business credits hostage to a partisan agenda. Tax reform helped create an economic environment that encouraged growth and set the American people up for new opportunities, higher wages, and a more secure future. It is time to build on these successes and extend the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the long term. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7791-6	null	5,428
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Fifth Anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mr. President, December 22 will mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It has been5 years since Republicans reformed the Tax Code to allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money, 5 years since we modernized the Tax Code to encourage businesses to invest in America and create good-paying jobs here, and 5 years since our economy started to rebound after years of stagnant wages and growth. Republicans know that government doesn't create jobs and that Washington can't legislate prosperity. But government can certainly get in the way of prosperity, and before tax reform, too often our Tax Code was getting in the way. It was taking too much money from Americans' paychecks. It was making it difficult for businesses--large and small--to create jobs, increase wages, and grow. And it contained perverse incentives for companies to park profits abroad and avoid manufacturing things here in the United States. Republicans knew things needed to change, and so we set to work to reform our Tax Code to put more money in American families' pockets and to help grow our economy. We lowered tax rates across the board and simplified the Tax Code so that hard-working Americans would pay less in taxes and spend less time filling their forms out every April. We lowered tax rates for owners of small- and medium-sized businesses, farms, and ranches, and made it easier for them to recover the cost of investing in their businesses, which in turn freed up cash for them to invest in their operations and their workers. We lowered our Nation's sky-high corporate tax rate--which prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world--to make American businesses more competitive in the global economy and empower them to invest in wages and benefits for their workers. And we modernized our international tax system so that American businesses would no longer be operating at a disadvantage next to their foreign counterparts. And it worked. It worked. In the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, wages and incomes for American workers grew. Unemployment fell to a 50-year low. The poverty rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded. African Americans and Hispanic Americans saw record-low rates of poverty and unemployment. The income gap narrowed. Business investment increased. Companies created new jobs, and they invested in their employees. And they opened new opportunities for American workers by moving production and capital into the United States. Tax reform also spelled an end to the wave of companies moving their headquarters out of the United States. Prior to tax reform, there was a growing trend of corporate inversions, which is tax-speak for companies picking up and moving their legal headquarters offshore. And that was due to our dysfunctional Tax Code. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion. Let me repeat that. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion, which means more jobs and opportunities for workers here at home. Contrary to claims that tax reform mostly benefited the wealthy, it was actually lower and middle-income Americans who saw the greatest benefits. In fact, the top 1 percent of taxpayers are paying a greater share of taxes today than they were before tax reform. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that tax reform has helped result in record-high revenues for the Federal Government. Unfortunately, we were not able to make all of the tax reforms in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, and some provisions have already begun to expire. One important pro-growth provision on its way to phaseout is bonus depreciation. Manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, and several other industries have relied on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's bonus appreciation provision, which allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of investment and short-term assets, such as machinery and equipment. The bonus depreciation will soon begin to phase down, making new investment in productive equipment a more expensive proposition for businesses of all sizes. Extending the bonus depreciation provision--or better yet, making it permanent--would not only provide certainty to American businesses; it would create tens of thousands of new jobs, increase wages, and grow our economy by making it easier for businesses to invest and expand. And it would have even more of an impact in today's high inflation environment, where investment dollars are going a lot less far than they used to. In addition, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this year, businesses lost their ability to fully expense research and development costs in the year they incur them. Full R&D expensing is beneficial to many businesses, but it is especially important for manufacturers and for high-tech industries, where cutting-edge research and development is critical for innovation and continued leadership in these fields. For the sake of American workers and American industry, we should restore full R&D expensing. At the end of 2025, many of the lower tax rates for working families and small businesses will expire. Middle-income families who received a tax cut the year following tax reform will see a tax hike in 2026 if middle-income tax cuts are not extended or made permanent. Also, at the end of 2025, the increased death tax exemption level is set to expire, leaving more family farms and small businesses subject to this punitive tax. I have seen the consequences of the death tax when a family has to sell their farm, ranch, or small business because they don't have enough cash to pay this massive tax on their loved one's life's work. I hope that we will not only extend the increased death tax exemption level but will permanently eliminate this unfair tax. Tax reform worked. It worked for American families. It worked for farmers and ranchers. And it worked for American businesses. Allowing key elements of tax reform to expire would reduce opportunity and raise taxes for hard-working Americans at a time when their pocketbooks are already strained, thanks to the historic inflation crisis the Democrats have helped to create. I hope that my colleagues across the aisle will recognize this and work with Republicans to permanently extend the expired provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and continue efforts to make the tax code simpler, fairer, and more competitive. The President likes to talk about giving families ``a little breathing room.'' There is no better way to give families breathing room than by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money. I hope the President will take an honest look at the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and come out in support of making these pro-growth policies permanent. I am disappointed that my Democrat colleagues recently chose to forgo the chance to extend full R&D expensing and 100 percent bonus depreciation in the year-end funding bill. Extending these should be a no-brainer. Democrats should not be holding these essential business credits hostage to a partisan agenda. Tax reform helped create an economic environment that encouraged growth and set the American people up for new opportunities, higher wages, and a more secure future. It is time to build on these successes and extend the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the long term. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7791-6	null	5,429
formal	hard-working Americans	null	racist	Fifth Anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mr. President, December 22 will mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It has been5 years since Republicans reformed the Tax Code to allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money, 5 years since we modernized the Tax Code to encourage businesses to invest in America and create good-paying jobs here, and 5 years since our economy started to rebound after years of stagnant wages and growth. Republicans know that government doesn't create jobs and that Washington can't legislate prosperity. But government can certainly get in the way of prosperity, and before tax reform, too often our Tax Code was getting in the way. It was taking too much money from Americans' paychecks. It was making it difficult for businesses--large and small--to create jobs, increase wages, and grow. And it contained perverse incentives for companies to park profits abroad and avoid manufacturing things here in the United States. Republicans knew things needed to change, and so we set to work to reform our Tax Code to put more money in American families' pockets and to help grow our economy. We lowered tax rates across the board and simplified the Tax Code so that hard-working Americans would pay less in taxes and spend less time filling their forms out every April. We lowered tax rates for owners of small- and medium-sized businesses, farms, and ranches, and made it easier for them to recover the cost of investing in their businesses, which in turn freed up cash for them to invest in their operations and their workers. We lowered our Nation's sky-high corporate tax rate--which prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world--to make American businesses more competitive in the global economy and empower them to invest in wages and benefits for their workers. And we modernized our international tax system so that American businesses would no longer be operating at a disadvantage next to their foreign counterparts. And it worked. It worked. In the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, wages and incomes for American workers grew. Unemployment fell to a 50-year low. The poverty rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded. African Americans and Hispanic Americans saw record-low rates of poverty and unemployment. The income gap narrowed. Business investment increased. Companies created new jobs, and they invested in their employees. And they opened new opportunities for American workers by moving production and capital into the United States. Tax reform also spelled an end to the wave of companies moving their headquarters out of the United States. Prior to tax reform, there was a growing trend of corporate inversions, which is tax-speak for companies picking up and moving their legal headquarters offshore. And that was due to our dysfunctional Tax Code. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion. Let me repeat that. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion, which means more jobs and opportunities for workers here at home. Contrary to claims that tax reform mostly benefited the wealthy, it was actually lower and middle-income Americans who saw the greatest benefits. In fact, the top 1 percent of taxpayers are paying a greater share of taxes today than they were before tax reform. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that tax reform has helped result in record-high revenues for the Federal Government. Unfortunately, we were not able to make all of the tax reforms in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, and some provisions have already begun to expire. One important pro-growth provision on its way to phaseout is bonus depreciation. Manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, and several other industries have relied on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's bonus appreciation provision, which allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of investment and short-term assets, such as machinery and equipment. The bonus depreciation will soon begin to phase down, making new investment in productive equipment a more expensive proposition for businesses of all sizes. Extending the bonus depreciation provision--or better yet, making it permanent--would not only provide certainty to American businesses; it would create tens of thousands of new jobs, increase wages, and grow our economy by making it easier for businesses to invest and expand. And it would have even more of an impact in today's high inflation environment, where investment dollars are going a lot less far than they used to. In addition, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this year, businesses lost their ability to fully expense research and development costs in the year they incur them. Full R&D expensing is beneficial to many businesses, but it is especially important for manufacturers and for high-tech industries, where cutting-edge research and development is critical for innovation and continued leadership in these fields. For the sake of American workers and American industry, we should restore full R&D expensing. At the end of 2025, many of the lower tax rates for working families and small businesses will expire. Middle-income families who received a tax cut the year following tax reform will see a tax hike in 2026 if middle-income tax cuts are not extended or made permanent. Also, at the end of 2025, the increased death tax exemption level is set to expire, leaving more family farms and small businesses subject to this punitive tax. I have seen the consequences of the death tax when a family has to sell their farm, ranch, or small business because they don't have enough cash to pay this massive tax on their loved one's life's work. I hope that we will not only extend the increased death tax exemption level but will permanently eliminate this unfair tax. Tax reform worked. It worked for American families. It worked for farmers and ranchers. And it worked for American businesses. Allowing key elements of tax reform to expire would reduce opportunity and raise taxes for hard-working Americans at a time when their pocketbooks are already strained, thanks to the historic inflation crisis the Democrats have helped to create. I hope that my colleagues across the aisle will recognize this and work with Republicans to permanently extend the expired provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and continue efforts to make the tax code simpler, fairer, and more competitive. The President likes to talk about giving families ``a little breathing room.'' There is no better way to give families breathing room than by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money. I hope the President will take an honest look at the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and come out in support of making these pro-growth policies permanent. I am disappointed that my Democrat colleagues recently chose to forgo the chance to extend full R&D expensing and 100 percent bonus depreciation in the year-end funding bill. Extending these should be a no-brainer. Democrats should not be holding these essential business credits hostage to a partisan agenda. Tax reform helped create an economic environment that encouraged growth and set the American people up for new opportunities, higher wages, and a more secure future. It is time to build on these successes and extend the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the long term. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7791-6	null	5,430
formal	hard-working American	null	racist	Fifth Anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mr. President, December 22 will mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It has been5 years since Republicans reformed the Tax Code to allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money, 5 years since we modernized the Tax Code to encourage businesses to invest in America and create good-paying jobs here, and 5 years since our economy started to rebound after years of stagnant wages and growth. Republicans know that government doesn't create jobs and that Washington can't legislate prosperity. But government can certainly get in the way of prosperity, and before tax reform, too often our Tax Code was getting in the way. It was taking too much money from Americans' paychecks. It was making it difficult for businesses--large and small--to create jobs, increase wages, and grow. And it contained perverse incentives for companies to park profits abroad and avoid manufacturing things here in the United States. Republicans knew things needed to change, and so we set to work to reform our Tax Code to put more money in American families' pockets and to help grow our economy. We lowered tax rates across the board and simplified the Tax Code so that hard-working Americans would pay less in taxes and spend less time filling their forms out every April. We lowered tax rates for owners of small- and medium-sized businesses, farms, and ranches, and made it easier for them to recover the cost of investing in their businesses, which in turn freed up cash for them to invest in their operations and their workers. We lowered our Nation's sky-high corporate tax rate--which prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world--to make American businesses more competitive in the global economy and empower them to invest in wages and benefits for their workers. And we modernized our international tax system so that American businesses would no longer be operating at a disadvantage next to their foreign counterparts. And it worked. It worked. In the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, wages and incomes for American workers grew. Unemployment fell to a 50-year low. The poverty rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded. African Americans and Hispanic Americans saw record-low rates of poverty and unemployment. The income gap narrowed. Business investment increased. Companies created new jobs, and they invested in their employees. And they opened new opportunities for American workers by moving production and capital into the United States. Tax reform also spelled an end to the wave of companies moving their headquarters out of the United States. Prior to tax reform, there was a growing trend of corporate inversions, which is tax-speak for companies picking up and moving their legal headquarters offshore. And that was due to our dysfunctional Tax Code. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion. Let me repeat that. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion, which means more jobs and opportunities for workers here at home. Contrary to claims that tax reform mostly benefited the wealthy, it was actually lower and middle-income Americans who saw the greatest benefits. In fact, the top 1 percent of taxpayers are paying a greater share of taxes today than they were before tax reform. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that tax reform has helped result in record-high revenues for the Federal Government. Unfortunately, we were not able to make all of the tax reforms in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, and some provisions have already begun to expire. One important pro-growth provision on its way to phaseout is bonus depreciation. Manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, and several other industries have relied on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's bonus appreciation provision, which allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of investment and short-term assets, such as machinery and equipment. The bonus depreciation will soon begin to phase down, making new investment in productive equipment a more expensive proposition for businesses of all sizes. Extending the bonus depreciation provision--or better yet, making it permanent--would not only provide certainty to American businesses; it would create tens of thousands of new jobs, increase wages, and grow our economy by making it easier for businesses to invest and expand. And it would have even more of an impact in today's high inflation environment, where investment dollars are going a lot less far than they used to. In addition, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this year, businesses lost their ability to fully expense research and development costs in the year they incur them. Full R&D expensing is beneficial to many businesses, but it is especially important for manufacturers and for high-tech industries, where cutting-edge research and development is critical for innovation and continued leadership in these fields. For the sake of American workers and American industry, we should restore full R&D expensing. At the end of 2025, many of the lower tax rates for working families and small businesses will expire. Middle-income families who received a tax cut the year following tax reform will see a tax hike in 2026 if middle-income tax cuts are not extended or made permanent. Also, at the end of 2025, the increased death tax exemption level is set to expire, leaving more family farms and small businesses subject to this punitive tax. I have seen the consequences of the death tax when a family has to sell their farm, ranch, or small business because they don't have enough cash to pay this massive tax on their loved one's life's work. I hope that we will not only extend the increased death tax exemption level but will permanently eliminate this unfair tax. Tax reform worked. It worked for American families. It worked for farmers and ranchers. And it worked for American businesses. Allowing key elements of tax reform to expire would reduce opportunity and raise taxes for hard-working Americans at a time when their pocketbooks are already strained, thanks to the historic inflation crisis the Democrats have helped to create. I hope that my colleagues across the aisle will recognize this and work with Republicans to permanently extend the expired provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and continue efforts to make the tax code simpler, fairer, and more competitive. The President likes to talk about giving families ``a little breathing room.'' There is no better way to give families breathing room than by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money. I hope the President will take an honest look at the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and come out in support of making these pro-growth policies permanent. I am disappointed that my Democrat colleagues recently chose to forgo the chance to extend full R&D expensing and 100 percent bonus depreciation in the year-end funding bill. Extending these should be a no-brainer. Democrats should not be holding these essential business credits hostage to a partisan agenda. Tax reform helped create an economic environment that encouraged growth and set the American people up for new opportunities, higher wages, and a more secure future. It is time to build on these successes and extend the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the long term. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7791-6	null	5,431
formal	single	null	homophobic	Fifth Anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mr. President, December 22 will mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It has been5 years since Republicans reformed the Tax Code to allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money, 5 years since we modernized the Tax Code to encourage businesses to invest in America and create good-paying jobs here, and 5 years since our economy started to rebound after years of stagnant wages and growth. Republicans know that government doesn't create jobs and that Washington can't legislate prosperity. But government can certainly get in the way of prosperity, and before tax reform, too often our Tax Code was getting in the way. It was taking too much money from Americans' paychecks. It was making it difficult for businesses--large and small--to create jobs, increase wages, and grow. And it contained perverse incentives for companies to park profits abroad and avoid manufacturing things here in the United States. Republicans knew things needed to change, and so we set to work to reform our Tax Code to put more money in American families' pockets and to help grow our economy. We lowered tax rates across the board and simplified the Tax Code so that hard-working Americans would pay less in taxes and spend less time filling their forms out every April. We lowered tax rates for owners of small- and medium-sized businesses, farms, and ranches, and made it easier for them to recover the cost of investing in their businesses, which in turn freed up cash for them to invest in their operations and their workers. We lowered our Nation's sky-high corporate tax rate--which prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world--to make American businesses more competitive in the global economy and empower them to invest in wages and benefits for their workers. And we modernized our international tax system so that American businesses would no longer be operating at a disadvantage next to their foreign counterparts. And it worked. It worked. In the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, wages and incomes for American workers grew. Unemployment fell to a 50-year low. The poverty rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded. African Americans and Hispanic Americans saw record-low rates of poverty and unemployment. The income gap narrowed. Business investment increased. Companies created new jobs, and they invested in their employees. And they opened new opportunities for American workers by moving production and capital into the United States. Tax reform also spelled an end to the wave of companies moving their headquarters out of the United States. Prior to tax reform, there was a growing trend of corporate inversions, which is tax-speak for companies picking up and moving their legal headquarters offshore. And that was due to our dysfunctional Tax Code. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion. Let me repeat that. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion, which means more jobs and opportunities for workers here at home. Contrary to claims that tax reform mostly benefited the wealthy, it was actually lower and middle-income Americans who saw the greatest benefits. In fact, the top 1 percent of taxpayers are paying a greater share of taxes today than they were before tax reform. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that tax reform has helped result in record-high revenues for the Federal Government. Unfortunately, we were not able to make all of the tax reforms in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, and some provisions have already begun to expire. One important pro-growth provision on its way to phaseout is bonus depreciation. Manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, and several other industries have relied on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's bonus appreciation provision, which allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of investment and short-term assets, such as machinery and equipment. The bonus depreciation will soon begin to phase down, making new investment in productive equipment a more expensive proposition for businesses of all sizes. Extending the bonus depreciation provision--or better yet, making it permanent--would not only provide certainty to American businesses; it would create tens of thousands of new jobs, increase wages, and grow our economy by making it easier for businesses to invest and expand. And it would have even more of an impact in today's high inflation environment, where investment dollars are going a lot less far than they used to. In addition, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this year, businesses lost their ability to fully expense research and development costs in the year they incur them. Full R&D expensing is beneficial to many businesses, but it is especially important for manufacturers and for high-tech industries, where cutting-edge research and development is critical for innovation and continued leadership in these fields. For the sake of American workers and American industry, we should restore full R&D expensing. At the end of 2025, many of the lower tax rates for working families and small businesses will expire. Middle-income families who received a tax cut the year following tax reform will see a tax hike in 2026 if middle-income tax cuts are not extended or made permanent. Also, at the end of 2025, the increased death tax exemption level is set to expire, leaving more family farms and small businesses subject to this punitive tax. I have seen the consequences of the death tax when a family has to sell their farm, ranch, or small business because they don't have enough cash to pay this massive tax on their loved one's life's work. I hope that we will not only extend the increased death tax exemption level but will permanently eliminate this unfair tax. Tax reform worked. It worked for American families. It worked for farmers and ranchers. And it worked for American businesses. Allowing key elements of tax reform to expire would reduce opportunity and raise taxes for hard-working Americans at a time when their pocketbooks are already strained, thanks to the historic inflation crisis the Democrats have helped to create. I hope that my colleagues across the aisle will recognize this and work with Republicans to permanently extend the expired provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and continue efforts to make the tax code simpler, fairer, and more competitive. The President likes to talk about giving families ``a little breathing room.'' There is no better way to give families breathing room than by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money. I hope the President will take an honest look at the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and come out in support of making these pro-growth policies permanent. I am disappointed that my Democrat colleagues recently chose to forgo the chance to extend full R&D expensing and 100 percent bonus depreciation in the year-end funding bill. Extending these should be a no-brainer. Democrats should not be holding these essential business credits hostage to a partisan agenda. Tax reform helped create an economic environment that encouraged growth and set the American people up for new opportunities, higher wages, and a more secure future. It is time to build on these successes and extend the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the long term. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7791-6	null	5,432
formal	working families	null	racist	Fifth Anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mr. President, December 22 will mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It has been5 years since Republicans reformed the Tax Code to allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money, 5 years since we modernized the Tax Code to encourage businesses to invest in America and create good-paying jobs here, and 5 years since our economy started to rebound after years of stagnant wages and growth. Republicans know that government doesn't create jobs and that Washington can't legislate prosperity. But government can certainly get in the way of prosperity, and before tax reform, too often our Tax Code was getting in the way. It was taking too much money from Americans' paychecks. It was making it difficult for businesses--large and small--to create jobs, increase wages, and grow. And it contained perverse incentives for companies to park profits abroad and avoid manufacturing things here in the United States. Republicans knew things needed to change, and so we set to work to reform our Tax Code to put more money in American families' pockets and to help grow our economy. We lowered tax rates across the board and simplified the Tax Code so that hard-working Americans would pay less in taxes and spend less time filling their forms out every April. We lowered tax rates for owners of small- and medium-sized businesses, farms, and ranches, and made it easier for them to recover the cost of investing in their businesses, which in turn freed up cash for them to invest in their operations and their workers. We lowered our Nation's sky-high corporate tax rate--which prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world--to make American businesses more competitive in the global economy and empower them to invest in wages and benefits for their workers. And we modernized our international tax system so that American businesses would no longer be operating at a disadvantage next to their foreign counterparts. And it worked. It worked. In the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, wages and incomes for American workers grew. Unemployment fell to a 50-year low. The poverty rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded. African Americans and Hispanic Americans saw record-low rates of poverty and unemployment. The income gap narrowed. Business investment increased. Companies created new jobs, and they invested in their employees. And they opened new opportunities for American workers by moving production and capital into the United States. Tax reform also spelled an end to the wave of companies moving their headquarters out of the United States. Prior to tax reform, there was a growing trend of corporate inversions, which is tax-speak for companies picking up and moving their legal headquarters offshore. And that was due to our dysfunctional Tax Code. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion. Let me repeat that. Since tax reform, there hasn't been a single U.S. corporate inversion, which means more jobs and opportunities for workers here at home. Contrary to claims that tax reform mostly benefited the wealthy, it was actually lower and middle-income Americans who saw the greatest benefits. In fact, the top 1 percent of taxpayers are paying a greater share of taxes today than they were before tax reform. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that tax reform has helped result in record-high revenues for the Federal Government. Unfortunately, we were not able to make all of the tax reforms in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, and some provisions have already begun to expire. One important pro-growth provision on its way to phaseout is bonus depreciation. Manufacturers, farmers and ranchers, and several other industries have relied on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's bonus appreciation provision, which allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of investment and short-term assets, such as machinery and equipment. The bonus depreciation will soon begin to phase down, making new investment in productive equipment a more expensive proposition for businesses of all sizes. Extending the bonus depreciation provision--or better yet, making it permanent--would not only provide certainty to American businesses; it would create tens of thousands of new jobs, increase wages, and grow our economy by making it easier for businesses to invest and expand. And it would have even more of an impact in today's high inflation environment, where investment dollars are going a lot less far than they used to. In addition, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this year, businesses lost their ability to fully expense research and development costs in the year they incur them. Full R&D expensing is beneficial to many businesses, but it is especially important for manufacturers and for high-tech industries, where cutting-edge research and development is critical for innovation and continued leadership in these fields. For the sake of American workers and American industry, we should restore full R&D expensing. At the end of 2025, many of the lower tax rates for working families and small businesses will expire. Middle-income families who received a tax cut the year following tax reform will see a tax hike in 2026 if middle-income tax cuts are not extended or made permanent. Also, at the end of 2025, the increased death tax exemption level is set to expire, leaving more family farms and small businesses subject to this punitive tax. I have seen the consequences of the death tax when a family has to sell their farm, ranch, or small business because they don't have enough cash to pay this massive tax on their loved one's life's work. I hope that we will not only extend the increased death tax exemption level but will permanently eliminate this unfair tax. Tax reform worked. It worked for American families. It worked for farmers and ranchers. And it worked for American businesses. Allowing key elements of tax reform to expire would reduce opportunity and raise taxes for hard-working Americans at a time when their pocketbooks are already strained, thanks to the historic inflation crisis the Democrats have helped to create. I hope that my colleagues across the aisle will recognize this and work with Republicans to permanently extend the expired provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and continue efforts to make the tax code simpler, fairer, and more competitive. The President likes to talk about giving families ``a little breathing room.'' There is no better way to give families breathing room than by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money. I hope the President will take an honest look at the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and come out in support of making these pro-growth policies permanent. I am disappointed that my Democrat colleagues recently chose to forgo the chance to extend full R&D expensing and 100 percent bonus depreciation in the year-end funding bill. Extending these should be a no-brainer. Democrats should not be holding these essential business credits hostage to a partisan agenda. Tax reform helped create an economic environment that encouraged growth and set the American people up for new opportunities, higher wages, and a more secure future. It is time to build on these successes and extend the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the long term. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7791-6	null	5,433
formal	blue	null	antisemitic	Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, I rise today as border communities in Arizona and across our country are in complete crisis. This crisis is not new. It is one that has progressively worsened year after year, administration after administration, due to the Federal Government's repeated failures to address our broken border and immigration system. As a native Arizonan, I have seen firsthand how these failures fall squarely on the shoulders of border States, risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of migrants themselves. Right now, we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. The combination of an insecure border, an overworked and underresourced Border Patrol and protection force, and never-before-seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, and coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined an already broken system. To make matters worse, title 42, the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country, may soon expire, allowing thousands of migrants to enter Arizona, Texas, and other border States without the proper procedures, plans, or infrastructure in place. Let me be clear. This is a humanitarian and security nightmare. Already, our border towns can barely keep up with the demand from the overwhelming levels of immigration. In San Luis, a small community of roughly 37,000 people right on the Arizona-Mexico border, the fire chief recently told us that three of his five ambulances are used solely to care for migrants in need, leaving only two ambulances for the entire local community on any given night. The city of Tucson has already accepted over 15 percent of its total population just in migrant releases since April of this year. In Yuma, the threat of street releases persists every single day, including today. With thousands of migrants coming to our border and seeking asylum, our overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are now additionally tasked with processing asylum seekers, taking the agents away from their important work of patrolling the border, apprehending illegal crossers, and stopping cartels, drugs, and smugglers. The consequences are plain to see. The mayor of San Luis even recently reported seeing migrants traveling along inner-city highways because Border Patrol was too overwhelmed to apprehend them closer to the border. While towns like San Luis, humanitarian organizations across our State, and our brave women and men in blue, green, and brown shoulder the burden of a failed system, Washington continues to politicize solutions. Politicians are retreating to their partisan corners instead of examining the problem for what it is, not what one party or the other party wishes it was, and focusing on finding meaningful solutions. Some refuse to acknowledge the need for increased security measures at all, while others have a singular view of what kind of security is sufficient. Some want to welcome all who come to the border into our country, while others want to keep everyone out, and a few want to defund the very agencies that are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws or underfund the very humanitarian organizations that provide vital services and care for the asylum seekers our country has always pledged to help. As someone who has seen all the challenges at our border my entire life, I know these are all false choices. That is why I rejected the partisan echo chamber and partnered with my good friend Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to help solve some of the real problems our border communities and immigration system continue to face. Just as we have on a number of complex issues--from gun violence to marriage equality and religious freedom--we focused on our shared values and shared goals. Before we could tackle the issue of a backlogged asylum process, employment visas, or the status of undocumented residents, we knew we had to focus first on securing the border. A problem as big as our broken border needs a smart, comprehensive solution, and that solution starts by investing in the brave men and women who keep our border safe. A robust, well-trained, and well-resourced Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, and Air and Marine Operations force are critical to secure the border, to keep our communities safe, and to ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants. Senator Tillis and I focused on boosting pay, increasing force sizes, and providing our agents and officers the equipment and the technology they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Beyond supporting our men and women in blue, green, and brown, we are committed to reasserting control of our border. Senator Tillis and I understand that to secure our border, we need physical barriers where they make sense but that relying only on physical barriers is a 17th-century answer to a 21st-century problem. The fact is, the majority of illegal drugs seized coming into our country arrive through our ports of entry. This past October, our Office of Field Operations officers reported a 73-percent increase in fentanyl seizures compared with just 1 year ago. And just 2 weeks ago, the Office of Field Operations officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized over 1.5 million fentanyl pills in less than 5 days. A wall alone can't stop these drugs from finding a way into our country and killing our friends, our neighbors, and our loved ones. We must supplement security barriers with innovative technology solutions, we must boost our border protection and patrol forces, and we must update the policies governing our border to meet the moment. For years, our asylum system has represented the promise of America--welcoming those fleeing persecution to find freedom and safety. Today, though, our asylum system is broken, our Border Patrol isn't able to do their jobs and catch dangerous criminals, and our border communities cannot keep up. In order to uphold the promise of protection and freedom and ensure that our asylum system works for those who seek to serve, we must acknowledge that the status quo is no longer functional. Our immigration courts and asylum officers remain completely backlogged, with simple cases taking years to resolve, sending a message that America does not take this process seriously and that our system can be manipulated. In Arizona, the impact is clear. Small towns along our border like San Luis, Nogales, Naco, Yuma, and Ajo are overwhelmed daily, struggling to care for their own residents while managing an increasing influx of hundreds of migrants every day. With our asylum system broken, more migrants make the arduous and often devastating journey to our border. When they arrive, they risk not being able to access the care and medical attention they need. Now, Arizona's humanitarian organizations do incredible work. They go above and beyond every day to avoid street releases and to ensure that migrants are treated fairly. But they can only do so much. For example, the main humanitarian organization in Tucson, Casa Alitas, has been operating over capacity for over a month,serving an average of 600 asylum seekers a day. And Yuma's Regional Center for Border Health now is contracting hotel rooms and buses due to the large number of migrants coming to that small city. With the snowbird season and farming season well underway, hotels are increasingly limited, placing even more strain on Yuma's already overwhelmed public health and emergency response system. So Senator Tillis and I understand we cannot address the border without also fixing our asylum system. Our bipartisan plan creates an orderly system for those wishing to claim asylum. By streamlining the asylum process in a manner that respects American values, we will quickly and fairly adjudicate claims and remove those who do not have a valid claim of asylum, sending a message to those in other countries that our asylum system will no longer be manipulated. The crisis at our border represents an immediate threat, but those of us from border States know--and we have seen up close--that strong border security, healthy cross-border trade, and a fair immigration system all go hand in hand. We can--and we must--achieve all three. In 2019, over $2 trillion worth of goods were traded through our ports of entry, and the Nogales port alone handles over $1 billion of produce every year. The goods and services traded between Arizona and Mexico power jobs across our State; and often, immigrant workers are the very ones fueling our cross-border trade and keeping this sector of our economy strong. To ensure that our border States' economies continue to grow and to ensure our Nation's economy continues to thrive for generations to come, we need a robust workforce. And that is why our bipartisan proposal fixes a wasteful loophole in our current employment visa system. For years, hundreds of thousands of visas have gone to waste. By righting this wrong, we will increase our country's competitiveness and make sure America has the workforce it needs to power our economy and compete on the world stage. I believe the future resilience of our country also depends on the full inclusion of millions of young people, often known as Dreamers. In America, we don't punish children for the actions of their parents. And millions of young people have been brought to our country through no fault of their own. These kids have grown up in our neighborhoods, attended our schools, graduated, gotten jobs; they have served in our military; they have contributed to our economies--all while making our communities more vibrant and great places to live. But now, they are stuck in limbo, casualties of Washington's inability to solve our broken immigration system. And that is why Senator Tillis and I have said: Enough is enough. We call on our colleagues to join us in a bipartisan plan to give these young people a chance to be recognized as Americans. Look, our proposal is tough, but it is fair. And I am certain that it will make America a stronger and safer place for all of us. I stand here today disappointed, as we come close to closing out the 117th Congress, that Washington has chosen yet again to retreat to its partisan corners instead of doing the hard and necessary work of finding the lasting solutions when it comes to the crisis at our border. And in Arizona, we will continue to shoulder the burden. Now, part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close. And without seeing it for all of its diversity and its challenges, it can be easy to rely on the partisan talking points instead of focusing on the meaningful, realistic solutions. That is why when we come back to Congress in January, one of the first things I will do, with Senator Tillis, is convene a bipartisan group of Senators who are willing and committed to get something done. We are going to bring them to the border. We are going to see what Arizonans see every single day, because a crisis this big should not and cannot be ignored. And in Arizona, we cannot afford for this crisis to continue much longer. Over the past 4 years, I have been privileged to work with colleagues in this body on both sides of the aisle to solve some of our country's toughest challenges. Through honesty and collaboration, we have shown America there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We have shown America what is possible when we listen to one another, not to respond or debate, but to understand. There is no challenge more intractable, more difficult to bridge, and more dire for us to solve than our border and immigration crisis. And I believe that we can come together and earnestly solve this challenge. I am willing to do this work. And I couldn't be more grateful for partners like Senator Tillis, who is also willing to do this work. And today, I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us. Put down the politics. Let's get this done. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7806-2	null	5,434
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, I rise today as border communities in Arizona and across our country are in complete crisis. This crisis is not new. It is one that has progressively worsened year after year, administration after administration, due to the Federal Government's repeated failures to address our broken border and immigration system. As a native Arizonan, I have seen firsthand how these failures fall squarely on the shoulders of border States, risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of migrants themselves. Right now, we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. The combination of an insecure border, an overworked and underresourced Border Patrol and protection force, and never-before-seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, and coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined an already broken system. To make matters worse, title 42, the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country, may soon expire, allowing thousands of migrants to enter Arizona, Texas, and other border States without the proper procedures, plans, or infrastructure in place. Let me be clear. This is a humanitarian and security nightmare. Already, our border towns can barely keep up with the demand from the overwhelming levels of immigration. In San Luis, a small community of roughly 37,000 people right on the Arizona-Mexico border, the fire chief recently told us that three of his five ambulances are used solely to care for migrants in need, leaving only two ambulances for the entire local community on any given night. The city of Tucson has already accepted over 15 percent of its total population just in migrant releases since April of this year. In Yuma, the threat of street releases persists every single day, including today. With thousands of migrants coming to our border and seeking asylum, our overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are now additionally tasked with processing asylum seekers, taking the agents away from their important work of patrolling the border, apprehending illegal crossers, and stopping cartels, drugs, and smugglers. The consequences are plain to see. The mayor of San Luis even recently reported seeing migrants traveling along inner-city highways because Border Patrol was too overwhelmed to apprehend them closer to the border. While towns like San Luis, humanitarian organizations across our State, and our brave women and men in blue, green, and brown shoulder the burden of a failed system, Washington continues to politicize solutions. Politicians are retreating to their partisan corners instead of examining the problem for what it is, not what one party or the other party wishes it was, and focusing on finding meaningful solutions. Some refuse to acknowledge the need for increased security measures at all, while others have a singular view of what kind of security is sufficient. Some want to welcome all who come to the border into our country, while others want to keep everyone out, and a few want to defund the very agencies that are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws or underfund the very humanitarian organizations that provide vital services and care for the asylum seekers our country has always pledged to help. As someone who has seen all the challenges at our border my entire life, I know these are all false choices. That is why I rejected the partisan echo chamber and partnered with my good friend Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to help solve some of the real problems our border communities and immigration system continue to face. Just as we have on a number of complex issues--from gun violence to marriage equality and religious freedom--we focused on our shared values and shared goals. Before we could tackle the issue of a backlogged asylum process, employment visas, or the status of undocumented residents, we knew we had to focus first on securing the border. A problem as big as our broken border needs a smart, comprehensive solution, and that solution starts by investing in the brave men and women who keep our border safe. A robust, well-trained, and well-resourced Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, and Air and Marine Operations force are critical to secure the border, to keep our communities safe, and to ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants. Senator Tillis and I focused on boosting pay, increasing force sizes, and providing our agents and officers the equipment and the technology they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Beyond supporting our men and women in blue, green, and brown, we are committed to reasserting control of our border. Senator Tillis and I understand that to secure our border, we need physical barriers where they make sense but that relying only on physical barriers is a 17th-century answer to a 21st-century problem. The fact is, the majority of illegal drugs seized coming into our country arrive through our ports of entry. This past October, our Office of Field Operations officers reported a 73-percent increase in fentanyl seizures compared with just 1 year ago. And just 2 weeks ago, the Office of Field Operations officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized over 1.5 million fentanyl pills in less than 5 days. A wall alone can't stop these drugs from finding a way into our country and killing our friends, our neighbors, and our loved ones. We must supplement security barriers with innovative technology solutions, we must boost our border protection and patrol forces, and we must update the policies governing our border to meet the moment. For years, our asylum system has represented the promise of America--welcoming those fleeing persecution to find freedom and safety. Today, though, our asylum system is broken, our Border Patrol isn't able to do their jobs and catch dangerous criminals, and our border communities cannot keep up. In order to uphold the promise of protection and freedom and ensure that our asylum system works for those who seek to serve, we must acknowledge that the status quo is no longer functional. Our immigration courts and asylum officers remain completely backlogged, with simple cases taking years to resolve, sending a message that America does not take this process seriously and that our system can be manipulated. In Arizona, the impact is clear. Small towns along our border like San Luis, Nogales, Naco, Yuma, and Ajo are overwhelmed daily, struggling to care for their own residents while managing an increasing influx of hundreds of migrants every day. With our asylum system broken, more migrants make the arduous and often devastating journey to our border. When they arrive, they risk not being able to access the care and medical attention they need. Now, Arizona's humanitarian organizations do incredible work. They go above and beyond every day to avoid street releases and to ensure that migrants are treated fairly. But they can only do so much. For example, the main humanitarian organization in Tucson, Casa Alitas, has been operating over capacity for over a month,serving an average of 600 asylum seekers a day. And Yuma's Regional Center for Border Health now is contracting hotel rooms and buses due to the large number of migrants coming to that small city. With the snowbird season and farming season well underway, hotels are increasingly limited, placing even more strain on Yuma's already overwhelmed public health and emergency response system. So Senator Tillis and I understand we cannot address the border without also fixing our asylum system. Our bipartisan plan creates an orderly system for those wishing to claim asylum. By streamlining the asylum process in a manner that respects American values, we will quickly and fairly adjudicate claims and remove those who do not have a valid claim of asylum, sending a message to those in other countries that our asylum system will no longer be manipulated. The crisis at our border represents an immediate threat, but those of us from border States know--and we have seen up close--that strong border security, healthy cross-border trade, and a fair immigration system all go hand in hand. We can--and we must--achieve all three. In 2019, over $2 trillion worth of goods were traded through our ports of entry, and the Nogales port alone handles over $1 billion of produce every year. The goods and services traded between Arizona and Mexico power jobs across our State; and often, immigrant workers are the very ones fueling our cross-border trade and keeping this sector of our economy strong. To ensure that our border States' economies continue to grow and to ensure our Nation's economy continues to thrive for generations to come, we need a robust workforce. And that is why our bipartisan proposal fixes a wasteful loophole in our current employment visa system. For years, hundreds of thousands of visas have gone to waste. By righting this wrong, we will increase our country's competitiveness and make sure America has the workforce it needs to power our economy and compete on the world stage. I believe the future resilience of our country also depends on the full inclusion of millions of young people, often known as Dreamers. In America, we don't punish children for the actions of their parents. And millions of young people have been brought to our country through no fault of their own. These kids have grown up in our neighborhoods, attended our schools, graduated, gotten jobs; they have served in our military; they have contributed to our economies--all while making our communities more vibrant and great places to live. But now, they are stuck in limbo, casualties of Washington's inability to solve our broken immigration system. And that is why Senator Tillis and I have said: Enough is enough. We call on our colleagues to join us in a bipartisan plan to give these young people a chance to be recognized as Americans. Look, our proposal is tough, but it is fair. And I am certain that it will make America a stronger and safer place for all of us. I stand here today disappointed, as we come close to closing out the 117th Congress, that Washington has chosen yet again to retreat to its partisan corners instead of doing the hard and necessary work of finding the lasting solutions when it comes to the crisis at our border. And in Arizona, we will continue to shoulder the burden. Now, part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close. And without seeing it for all of its diversity and its challenges, it can be easy to rely on the partisan talking points instead of focusing on the meaningful, realistic solutions. That is why when we come back to Congress in January, one of the first things I will do, with Senator Tillis, is convene a bipartisan group of Senators who are willing and committed to get something done. We are going to bring them to the border. We are going to see what Arizonans see every single day, because a crisis this big should not and cannot be ignored. And in Arizona, we cannot afford for this crisis to continue much longer. Over the past 4 years, I have been privileged to work with colleagues in this body on both sides of the aisle to solve some of our country's toughest challenges. Through honesty and collaboration, we have shown America there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We have shown America what is possible when we listen to one another, not to respond or debate, but to understand. There is no challenge more intractable, more difficult to bridge, and more dire for us to solve than our border and immigration crisis. And I believe that we can come together and earnestly solve this challenge. I am willing to do this work. And I couldn't be more grateful for partners like Senator Tillis, who is also willing to do this work. And today, I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us. Put down the politics. Let's get this done. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7806-2	null	5,435
formal	single	null	homophobic	Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, I rise today as border communities in Arizona and across our country are in complete crisis. This crisis is not new. It is one that has progressively worsened year after year, administration after administration, due to the Federal Government's repeated failures to address our broken border and immigration system. As a native Arizonan, I have seen firsthand how these failures fall squarely on the shoulders of border States, risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of migrants themselves. Right now, we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. The combination of an insecure border, an overworked and underresourced Border Patrol and protection force, and never-before-seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, and coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined an already broken system. To make matters worse, title 42, the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country, may soon expire, allowing thousands of migrants to enter Arizona, Texas, and other border States without the proper procedures, plans, or infrastructure in place. Let me be clear. This is a humanitarian and security nightmare. Already, our border towns can barely keep up with the demand from the overwhelming levels of immigration. In San Luis, a small community of roughly 37,000 people right on the Arizona-Mexico border, the fire chief recently told us that three of his five ambulances are used solely to care for migrants in need, leaving only two ambulances for the entire local community on any given night. The city of Tucson has already accepted over 15 percent of its total population just in migrant releases since April of this year. In Yuma, the threat of street releases persists every single day, including today. With thousands of migrants coming to our border and seeking asylum, our overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are now additionally tasked with processing asylum seekers, taking the agents away from their important work of patrolling the border, apprehending illegal crossers, and stopping cartels, drugs, and smugglers. The consequences are plain to see. The mayor of San Luis even recently reported seeing migrants traveling along inner-city highways because Border Patrol was too overwhelmed to apprehend them closer to the border. While towns like San Luis, humanitarian organizations across our State, and our brave women and men in blue, green, and brown shoulder the burden of a failed system, Washington continues to politicize solutions. Politicians are retreating to their partisan corners instead of examining the problem for what it is, not what one party or the other party wishes it was, and focusing on finding meaningful solutions. Some refuse to acknowledge the need for increased security measures at all, while others have a singular view of what kind of security is sufficient. Some want to welcome all who come to the border into our country, while others want to keep everyone out, and a few want to defund the very agencies that are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws or underfund the very humanitarian organizations that provide vital services and care for the asylum seekers our country has always pledged to help. As someone who has seen all the challenges at our border my entire life, I know these are all false choices. That is why I rejected the partisan echo chamber and partnered with my good friend Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to help solve some of the real problems our border communities and immigration system continue to face. Just as we have on a number of complex issues--from gun violence to marriage equality and religious freedom--we focused on our shared values and shared goals. Before we could tackle the issue of a backlogged asylum process, employment visas, or the status of undocumented residents, we knew we had to focus first on securing the border. A problem as big as our broken border needs a smart, comprehensive solution, and that solution starts by investing in the brave men and women who keep our border safe. A robust, well-trained, and well-resourced Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, and Air and Marine Operations force are critical to secure the border, to keep our communities safe, and to ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants. Senator Tillis and I focused on boosting pay, increasing force sizes, and providing our agents and officers the equipment and the technology they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Beyond supporting our men and women in blue, green, and brown, we are committed to reasserting control of our border. Senator Tillis and I understand that to secure our border, we need physical barriers where they make sense but that relying only on physical barriers is a 17th-century answer to a 21st-century problem. The fact is, the majority of illegal drugs seized coming into our country arrive through our ports of entry. This past October, our Office of Field Operations officers reported a 73-percent increase in fentanyl seizures compared with just 1 year ago. And just 2 weeks ago, the Office of Field Operations officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized over 1.5 million fentanyl pills in less than 5 days. A wall alone can't stop these drugs from finding a way into our country and killing our friends, our neighbors, and our loved ones. We must supplement security barriers with innovative technology solutions, we must boost our border protection and patrol forces, and we must update the policies governing our border to meet the moment. For years, our asylum system has represented the promise of America--welcoming those fleeing persecution to find freedom and safety. Today, though, our asylum system is broken, our Border Patrol isn't able to do their jobs and catch dangerous criminals, and our border communities cannot keep up. In order to uphold the promise of protection and freedom and ensure that our asylum system works for those who seek to serve, we must acknowledge that the status quo is no longer functional. Our immigration courts and asylum officers remain completely backlogged, with simple cases taking years to resolve, sending a message that America does not take this process seriously and that our system can be manipulated. In Arizona, the impact is clear. Small towns along our border like San Luis, Nogales, Naco, Yuma, and Ajo are overwhelmed daily, struggling to care for their own residents while managing an increasing influx of hundreds of migrants every day. With our asylum system broken, more migrants make the arduous and often devastating journey to our border. When they arrive, they risk not being able to access the care and medical attention they need. Now, Arizona's humanitarian organizations do incredible work. They go above and beyond every day to avoid street releases and to ensure that migrants are treated fairly. But they can only do so much. For example, the main humanitarian organization in Tucson, Casa Alitas, has been operating over capacity for over a month,serving an average of 600 asylum seekers a day. And Yuma's Regional Center for Border Health now is contracting hotel rooms and buses due to the large number of migrants coming to that small city. With the snowbird season and farming season well underway, hotels are increasingly limited, placing even more strain on Yuma's already overwhelmed public health and emergency response system. So Senator Tillis and I understand we cannot address the border without also fixing our asylum system. Our bipartisan plan creates an orderly system for those wishing to claim asylum. By streamlining the asylum process in a manner that respects American values, we will quickly and fairly adjudicate claims and remove those who do not have a valid claim of asylum, sending a message to those in other countries that our asylum system will no longer be manipulated. The crisis at our border represents an immediate threat, but those of us from border States know--and we have seen up close--that strong border security, healthy cross-border trade, and a fair immigration system all go hand in hand. We can--and we must--achieve all three. In 2019, over $2 trillion worth of goods were traded through our ports of entry, and the Nogales port alone handles over $1 billion of produce every year. The goods and services traded between Arizona and Mexico power jobs across our State; and often, immigrant workers are the very ones fueling our cross-border trade and keeping this sector of our economy strong. To ensure that our border States' economies continue to grow and to ensure our Nation's economy continues to thrive for generations to come, we need a robust workforce. And that is why our bipartisan proposal fixes a wasteful loophole in our current employment visa system. For years, hundreds of thousands of visas have gone to waste. By righting this wrong, we will increase our country's competitiveness and make sure America has the workforce it needs to power our economy and compete on the world stage. I believe the future resilience of our country also depends on the full inclusion of millions of young people, often known as Dreamers. In America, we don't punish children for the actions of their parents. And millions of young people have been brought to our country through no fault of their own. These kids have grown up in our neighborhoods, attended our schools, graduated, gotten jobs; they have served in our military; they have contributed to our economies--all while making our communities more vibrant and great places to live. But now, they are stuck in limbo, casualties of Washington's inability to solve our broken immigration system. And that is why Senator Tillis and I have said: Enough is enough. We call on our colleagues to join us in a bipartisan plan to give these young people a chance to be recognized as Americans. Look, our proposal is tough, but it is fair. And I am certain that it will make America a stronger and safer place for all of us. I stand here today disappointed, as we come close to closing out the 117th Congress, that Washington has chosen yet again to retreat to its partisan corners instead of doing the hard and necessary work of finding the lasting solutions when it comes to the crisis at our border. And in Arizona, we will continue to shoulder the burden. Now, part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close. And without seeing it for all of its diversity and its challenges, it can be easy to rely on the partisan talking points instead of focusing on the meaningful, realistic solutions. That is why when we come back to Congress in January, one of the first things I will do, with Senator Tillis, is convene a bipartisan group of Senators who are willing and committed to get something done. We are going to bring them to the border. We are going to see what Arizonans see every single day, because a crisis this big should not and cannot be ignored. And in Arizona, we cannot afford for this crisis to continue much longer. Over the past 4 years, I have been privileged to work with colleagues in this body on both sides of the aisle to solve some of our country's toughest challenges. Through honesty and collaboration, we have shown America there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We have shown America what is possible when we listen to one another, not to respond or debate, but to understand. There is no challenge more intractable, more difficult to bridge, and more dire for us to solve than our border and immigration crisis. And I believe that we can come together and earnestly solve this challenge. I am willing to do this work. And I couldn't be more grateful for partners like Senator Tillis, who is also willing to do this work. And today, I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us. Put down the politics. Let's get this done. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7806-2	null	5,436
formal	religious freedom	null	homophobic	Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, I rise today as border communities in Arizona and across our country are in complete crisis. This crisis is not new. It is one that has progressively worsened year after year, administration after administration, due to the Federal Government's repeated failures to address our broken border and immigration system. As a native Arizonan, I have seen firsthand how these failures fall squarely on the shoulders of border States, risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of migrants themselves. Right now, we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. The combination of an insecure border, an overworked and underresourced Border Patrol and protection force, and never-before-seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, and coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined an already broken system. To make matters worse, title 42, the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country, may soon expire, allowing thousands of migrants to enter Arizona, Texas, and other border States without the proper procedures, plans, or infrastructure in place. Let me be clear. This is a humanitarian and security nightmare. Already, our border towns can barely keep up with the demand from the overwhelming levels of immigration. In San Luis, a small community of roughly 37,000 people right on the Arizona-Mexico border, the fire chief recently told us that three of his five ambulances are used solely to care for migrants in need, leaving only two ambulances for the entire local community on any given night. The city of Tucson has already accepted over 15 percent of its total population just in migrant releases since April of this year. In Yuma, the threat of street releases persists every single day, including today. With thousands of migrants coming to our border and seeking asylum, our overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are now additionally tasked with processing asylum seekers, taking the agents away from their important work of patrolling the border, apprehending illegal crossers, and stopping cartels, drugs, and smugglers. The consequences are plain to see. The mayor of San Luis even recently reported seeing migrants traveling along inner-city highways because Border Patrol was too overwhelmed to apprehend them closer to the border. While towns like San Luis, humanitarian organizations across our State, and our brave women and men in blue, green, and brown shoulder the burden of a failed system, Washington continues to politicize solutions. Politicians are retreating to their partisan corners instead of examining the problem for what it is, not what one party or the other party wishes it was, and focusing on finding meaningful solutions. Some refuse to acknowledge the need for increased security measures at all, while others have a singular view of what kind of security is sufficient. Some want to welcome all who come to the border into our country, while others want to keep everyone out, and a few want to defund the very agencies that are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws or underfund the very humanitarian organizations that provide vital services and care for the asylum seekers our country has always pledged to help. As someone who has seen all the challenges at our border my entire life, I know these are all false choices. That is why I rejected the partisan echo chamber and partnered with my good friend Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to help solve some of the real problems our border communities and immigration system continue to face. Just as we have on a number of complex issues--from gun violence to marriage equality and religious freedom--we focused on our shared values and shared goals. Before we could tackle the issue of a backlogged asylum process, employment visas, or the status of undocumented residents, we knew we had to focus first on securing the border. A problem as big as our broken border needs a smart, comprehensive solution, and that solution starts by investing in the brave men and women who keep our border safe. A robust, well-trained, and well-resourced Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, and Air and Marine Operations force are critical to secure the border, to keep our communities safe, and to ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants. Senator Tillis and I focused on boosting pay, increasing force sizes, and providing our agents and officers the equipment and the technology they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Beyond supporting our men and women in blue, green, and brown, we are committed to reasserting control of our border. Senator Tillis and I understand that to secure our border, we need physical barriers where they make sense but that relying only on physical barriers is a 17th-century answer to a 21st-century problem. The fact is, the majority of illegal drugs seized coming into our country arrive through our ports of entry. This past October, our Office of Field Operations officers reported a 73-percent increase in fentanyl seizures compared with just 1 year ago. And just 2 weeks ago, the Office of Field Operations officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized over 1.5 million fentanyl pills in less than 5 days. A wall alone can't stop these drugs from finding a way into our country and killing our friends, our neighbors, and our loved ones. We must supplement security barriers with innovative technology solutions, we must boost our border protection and patrol forces, and we must update the policies governing our border to meet the moment. For years, our asylum system has represented the promise of America--welcoming those fleeing persecution to find freedom and safety. Today, though, our asylum system is broken, our Border Patrol isn't able to do their jobs and catch dangerous criminals, and our border communities cannot keep up. In order to uphold the promise of protection and freedom and ensure that our asylum system works for those who seek to serve, we must acknowledge that the status quo is no longer functional. Our immigration courts and asylum officers remain completely backlogged, with simple cases taking years to resolve, sending a message that America does not take this process seriously and that our system can be manipulated. In Arizona, the impact is clear. Small towns along our border like San Luis, Nogales, Naco, Yuma, and Ajo are overwhelmed daily, struggling to care for their own residents while managing an increasing influx of hundreds of migrants every day. With our asylum system broken, more migrants make the arduous and often devastating journey to our border. When they arrive, they risk not being able to access the care and medical attention they need. Now, Arizona's humanitarian organizations do incredible work. They go above and beyond every day to avoid street releases and to ensure that migrants are treated fairly. But they can only do so much. For example, the main humanitarian organization in Tucson, Casa Alitas, has been operating over capacity for over a month,serving an average of 600 asylum seekers a day. And Yuma's Regional Center for Border Health now is contracting hotel rooms and buses due to the large number of migrants coming to that small city. With the snowbird season and farming season well underway, hotels are increasingly limited, placing even more strain on Yuma's already overwhelmed public health and emergency response system. So Senator Tillis and I understand we cannot address the border without also fixing our asylum system. Our bipartisan plan creates an orderly system for those wishing to claim asylum. By streamlining the asylum process in a manner that respects American values, we will quickly and fairly adjudicate claims and remove those who do not have a valid claim of asylum, sending a message to those in other countries that our asylum system will no longer be manipulated. The crisis at our border represents an immediate threat, but those of us from border States know--and we have seen up close--that strong border security, healthy cross-border trade, and a fair immigration system all go hand in hand. We can--and we must--achieve all three. In 2019, over $2 trillion worth of goods were traded through our ports of entry, and the Nogales port alone handles over $1 billion of produce every year. The goods and services traded between Arizona and Mexico power jobs across our State; and often, immigrant workers are the very ones fueling our cross-border trade and keeping this sector of our economy strong. To ensure that our border States' economies continue to grow and to ensure our Nation's economy continues to thrive for generations to come, we need a robust workforce. And that is why our bipartisan proposal fixes a wasteful loophole in our current employment visa system. For years, hundreds of thousands of visas have gone to waste. By righting this wrong, we will increase our country's competitiveness and make sure America has the workforce it needs to power our economy and compete on the world stage. I believe the future resilience of our country also depends on the full inclusion of millions of young people, often known as Dreamers. In America, we don't punish children for the actions of their parents. And millions of young people have been brought to our country through no fault of their own. These kids have grown up in our neighborhoods, attended our schools, graduated, gotten jobs; they have served in our military; they have contributed to our economies--all while making our communities more vibrant and great places to live. But now, they are stuck in limbo, casualties of Washington's inability to solve our broken immigration system. And that is why Senator Tillis and I have said: Enough is enough. We call on our colleagues to join us in a bipartisan plan to give these young people a chance to be recognized as Americans. Look, our proposal is tough, but it is fair. And I am certain that it will make America a stronger and safer place for all of us. I stand here today disappointed, as we come close to closing out the 117th Congress, that Washington has chosen yet again to retreat to its partisan corners instead of doing the hard and necessary work of finding the lasting solutions when it comes to the crisis at our border. And in Arizona, we will continue to shoulder the burden. Now, part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close. And without seeing it for all of its diversity and its challenges, it can be easy to rely on the partisan talking points instead of focusing on the meaningful, realistic solutions. That is why when we come back to Congress in January, one of the first things I will do, with Senator Tillis, is convene a bipartisan group of Senators who are willing and committed to get something done. We are going to bring them to the border. We are going to see what Arizonans see every single day, because a crisis this big should not and cannot be ignored. And in Arizona, we cannot afford for this crisis to continue much longer. Over the past 4 years, I have been privileged to work with colleagues in this body on both sides of the aisle to solve some of our country's toughest challenges. Through honesty and collaboration, we have shown America there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We have shown America what is possible when we listen to one another, not to respond or debate, but to understand. There is no challenge more intractable, more difficult to bridge, and more dire for us to solve than our border and immigration crisis. And I believe that we can come together and earnestly solve this challenge. I am willing to do this work. And I couldn't be more grateful for partners like Senator Tillis, who is also willing to do this work. And today, I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us. Put down the politics. Let's get this done. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7806-2	null	5,437
formal	secure the border	null	anti-Latino	Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, I rise today as border communities in Arizona and across our country are in complete crisis. This crisis is not new. It is one that has progressively worsened year after year, administration after administration, due to the Federal Government's repeated failures to address our broken border and immigration system. As a native Arizonan, I have seen firsthand how these failures fall squarely on the shoulders of border States, risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of migrants themselves. Right now, we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. The combination of an insecure border, an overworked and underresourced Border Patrol and protection force, and never-before-seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, and coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined an already broken system. To make matters worse, title 42, the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country, may soon expire, allowing thousands of migrants to enter Arizona, Texas, and other border States without the proper procedures, plans, or infrastructure in place. Let me be clear. This is a humanitarian and security nightmare. Already, our border towns can barely keep up with the demand from the overwhelming levels of immigration. In San Luis, a small community of roughly 37,000 people right on the Arizona-Mexico border, the fire chief recently told us that three of his five ambulances are used solely to care for migrants in need, leaving only two ambulances for the entire local community on any given night. The city of Tucson has already accepted over 15 percent of its total population just in migrant releases since April of this year. In Yuma, the threat of street releases persists every single day, including today. With thousands of migrants coming to our border and seeking asylum, our overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are now additionally tasked with processing asylum seekers, taking the agents away from their important work of patrolling the border, apprehending illegal crossers, and stopping cartels, drugs, and smugglers. The consequences are plain to see. The mayor of San Luis even recently reported seeing migrants traveling along inner-city highways because Border Patrol was too overwhelmed to apprehend them closer to the border. While towns like San Luis, humanitarian organizations across our State, and our brave women and men in blue, green, and brown shoulder the burden of a failed system, Washington continues to politicize solutions. Politicians are retreating to their partisan corners instead of examining the problem for what it is, not what one party or the other party wishes it was, and focusing on finding meaningful solutions. Some refuse to acknowledge the need for increased security measures at all, while others have a singular view of what kind of security is sufficient. Some want to welcome all who come to the border into our country, while others want to keep everyone out, and a few want to defund the very agencies that are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws or underfund the very humanitarian organizations that provide vital services and care for the asylum seekers our country has always pledged to help. As someone who has seen all the challenges at our border my entire life, I know these are all false choices. That is why I rejected the partisan echo chamber and partnered with my good friend Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to help solve some of the real problems our border communities and immigration system continue to face. Just as we have on a number of complex issues--from gun violence to marriage equality and religious freedom--we focused on our shared values and shared goals. Before we could tackle the issue of a backlogged asylum process, employment visas, or the status of undocumented residents, we knew we had to focus first on securing the border. A problem as big as our broken border needs a smart, comprehensive solution, and that solution starts by investing in the brave men and women who keep our border safe. A robust, well-trained, and well-resourced Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, and Air and Marine Operations force are critical to secure the border, to keep our communities safe, and to ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants. Senator Tillis and I focused on boosting pay, increasing force sizes, and providing our agents and officers the equipment and the technology they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Beyond supporting our men and women in blue, green, and brown, we are committed to reasserting control of our border. Senator Tillis and I understand that to secure our border, we need physical barriers where they make sense but that relying only on physical barriers is a 17th-century answer to a 21st-century problem. The fact is, the majority of illegal drugs seized coming into our country arrive through our ports of entry. This past October, our Office of Field Operations officers reported a 73-percent increase in fentanyl seizures compared with just 1 year ago. And just 2 weeks ago, the Office of Field Operations officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized over 1.5 million fentanyl pills in less than 5 days. A wall alone can't stop these drugs from finding a way into our country and killing our friends, our neighbors, and our loved ones. We must supplement security barriers with innovative technology solutions, we must boost our border protection and patrol forces, and we must update the policies governing our border to meet the moment. For years, our asylum system has represented the promise of America--welcoming those fleeing persecution to find freedom and safety. Today, though, our asylum system is broken, our Border Patrol isn't able to do their jobs and catch dangerous criminals, and our border communities cannot keep up. In order to uphold the promise of protection and freedom and ensure that our asylum system works for those who seek to serve, we must acknowledge that the status quo is no longer functional. Our immigration courts and asylum officers remain completely backlogged, with simple cases taking years to resolve, sending a message that America does not take this process seriously and that our system can be manipulated. In Arizona, the impact is clear. Small towns along our border like San Luis, Nogales, Naco, Yuma, and Ajo are overwhelmed daily, struggling to care for their own residents while managing an increasing influx of hundreds of migrants every day. With our asylum system broken, more migrants make the arduous and often devastating journey to our border. When they arrive, they risk not being able to access the care and medical attention they need. Now, Arizona's humanitarian organizations do incredible work. They go above and beyond every day to avoid street releases and to ensure that migrants are treated fairly. But they can only do so much. For example, the main humanitarian organization in Tucson, Casa Alitas, has been operating over capacity for over a month,serving an average of 600 asylum seekers a day. And Yuma's Regional Center for Border Health now is contracting hotel rooms and buses due to the large number of migrants coming to that small city. With the snowbird season and farming season well underway, hotels are increasingly limited, placing even more strain on Yuma's already overwhelmed public health and emergency response system. So Senator Tillis and I understand we cannot address the border without also fixing our asylum system. Our bipartisan plan creates an orderly system for those wishing to claim asylum. By streamlining the asylum process in a manner that respects American values, we will quickly and fairly adjudicate claims and remove those who do not have a valid claim of asylum, sending a message to those in other countries that our asylum system will no longer be manipulated. The crisis at our border represents an immediate threat, but those of us from border States know--and we have seen up close--that strong border security, healthy cross-border trade, and a fair immigration system all go hand in hand. We can--and we must--achieve all three. In 2019, over $2 trillion worth of goods were traded through our ports of entry, and the Nogales port alone handles over $1 billion of produce every year. The goods and services traded between Arizona and Mexico power jobs across our State; and often, immigrant workers are the very ones fueling our cross-border trade and keeping this sector of our economy strong. To ensure that our border States' economies continue to grow and to ensure our Nation's economy continues to thrive for generations to come, we need a robust workforce. And that is why our bipartisan proposal fixes a wasteful loophole in our current employment visa system. For years, hundreds of thousands of visas have gone to waste. By righting this wrong, we will increase our country's competitiveness and make sure America has the workforce it needs to power our economy and compete on the world stage. I believe the future resilience of our country also depends on the full inclusion of millions of young people, often known as Dreamers. In America, we don't punish children for the actions of their parents. And millions of young people have been brought to our country through no fault of their own. These kids have grown up in our neighborhoods, attended our schools, graduated, gotten jobs; they have served in our military; they have contributed to our economies--all while making our communities more vibrant and great places to live. But now, they are stuck in limbo, casualties of Washington's inability to solve our broken immigration system. And that is why Senator Tillis and I have said: Enough is enough. We call on our colleagues to join us in a bipartisan plan to give these young people a chance to be recognized as Americans. Look, our proposal is tough, but it is fair. And I am certain that it will make America a stronger and safer place for all of us. I stand here today disappointed, as we come close to closing out the 117th Congress, that Washington has chosen yet again to retreat to its partisan corners instead of doing the hard and necessary work of finding the lasting solutions when it comes to the crisis at our border. And in Arizona, we will continue to shoulder the burden. Now, part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close. And without seeing it for all of its diversity and its challenges, it can be easy to rely on the partisan talking points instead of focusing on the meaningful, realistic solutions. That is why when we come back to Congress in January, one of the first things I will do, with Senator Tillis, is convene a bipartisan group of Senators who are willing and committed to get something done. We are going to bring them to the border. We are going to see what Arizonans see every single day, because a crisis this big should not and cannot be ignored. And in Arizona, we cannot afford for this crisis to continue much longer. Over the past 4 years, I have been privileged to work with colleagues in this body on both sides of the aisle to solve some of our country's toughest challenges. Through honesty and collaboration, we have shown America there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We have shown America what is possible when we listen to one another, not to respond or debate, but to understand. There is no challenge more intractable, more difficult to bridge, and more dire for us to solve than our border and immigration crisis. And I believe that we can come together and earnestly solve this challenge. I am willing to do this work. And I couldn't be more grateful for partners like Senator Tillis, who is also willing to do this work. And today, I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us. Put down the politics. Let's get this done. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7806-2	null	5,438
formal	securing the border	null	anti-Latino	Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, I rise today as border communities in Arizona and across our country are in complete crisis. This crisis is not new. It is one that has progressively worsened year after year, administration after administration, due to the Federal Government's repeated failures to address our broken border and immigration system. As a native Arizonan, I have seen firsthand how these failures fall squarely on the shoulders of border States, risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of migrants themselves. Right now, we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. The combination of an insecure border, an overworked and underresourced Border Patrol and protection force, and never-before-seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, and coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined an already broken system. To make matters worse, title 42, the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country, may soon expire, allowing thousands of migrants to enter Arizona, Texas, and other border States without the proper procedures, plans, or infrastructure in place. Let me be clear. This is a humanitarian and security nightmare. Already, our border towns can barely keep up with the demand from the overwhelming levels of immigration. In San Luis, a small community of roughly 37,000 people right on the Arizona-Mexico border, the fire chief recently told us that three of his five ambulances are used solely to care for migrants in need, leaving only two ambulances for the entire local community on any given night. The city of Tucson has already accepted over 15 percent of its total population just in migrant releases since April of this year. In Yuma, the threat of street releases persists every single day, including today. With thousands of migrants coming to our border and seeking asylum, our overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are now additionally tasked with processing asylum seekers, taking the agents away from their important work of patrolling the border, apprehending illegal crossers, and stopping cartels, drugs, and smugglers. The consequences are plain to see. The mayor of San Luis even recently reported seeing migrants traveling along inner-city highways because Border Patrol was too overwhelmed to apprehend them closer to the border. While towns like San Luis, humanitarian organizations across our State, and our brave women and men in blue, green, and brown shoulder the burden of a failed system, Washington continues to politicize solutions. Politicians are retreating to their partisan corners instead of examining the problem for what it is, not what one party or the other party wishes it was, and focusing on finding meaningful solutions. Some refuse to acknowledge the need for increased security measures at all, while others have a singular view of what kind of security is sufficient. Some want to welcome all who come to the border into our country, while others want to keep everyone out, and a few want to defund the very agencies that are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws or underfund the very humanitarian organizations that provide vital services and care for the asylum seekers our country has always pledged to help. As someone who has seen all the challenges at our border my entire life, I know these are all false choices. That is why I rejected the partisan echo chamber and partnered with my good friend Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to help solve some of the real problems our border communities and immigration system continue to face. Just as we have on a number of complex issues--from gun violence to marriage equality and religious freedom--we focused on our shared values and shared goals. Before we could tackle the issue of a backlogged asylum process, employment visas, or the status of undocumented residents, we knew we had to focus first on securing the border. A problem as big as our broken border needs a smart, comprehensive solution, and that solution starts by investing in the brave men and women who keep our border safe. A robust, well-trained, and well-resourced Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, and Air and Marine Operations force are critical to secure the border, to keep our communities safe, and to ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants. Senator Tillis and I focused on boosting pay, increasing force sizes, and providing our agents and officers the equipment and the technology they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Beyond supporting our men and women in blue, green, and brown, we are committed to reasserting control of our border. Senator Tillis and I understand that to secure our border, we need physical barriers where they make sense but that relying only on physical barriers is a 17th-century answer to a 21st-century problem. The fact is, the majority of illegal drugs seized coming into our country arrive through our ports of entry. This past October, our Office of Field Operations officers reported a 73-percent increase in fentanyl seizures compared with just 1 year ago. And just 2 weeks ago, the Office of Field Operations officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized over 1.5 million fentanyl pills in less than 5 days. A wall alone can't stop these drugs from finding a way into our country and killing our friends, our neighbors, and our loved ones. We must supplement security barriers with innovative technology solutions, we must boost our border protection and patrol forces, and we must update the policies governing our border to meet the moment. For years, our asylum system has represented the promise of America--welcoming those fleeing persecution to find freedom and safety. Today, though, our asylum system is broken, our Border Patrol isn't able to do their jobs and catch dangerous criminals, and our border communities cannot keep up. In order to uphold the promise of protection and freedom and ensure that our asylum system works for those who seek to serve, we must acknowledge that the status quo is no longer functional. Our immigration courts and asylum officers remain completely backlogged, with simple cases taking years to resolve, sending a message that America does not take this process seriously and that our system can be manipulated. In Arizona, the impact is clear. Small towns along our border like San Luis, Nogales, Naco, Yuma, and Ajo are overwhelmed daily, struggling to care for their own residents while managing an increasing influx of hundreds of migrants every day. With our asylum system broken, more migrants make the arduous and often devastating journey to our border. When they arrive, they risk not being able to access the care and medical attention they need. Now, Arizona's humanitarian organizations do incredible work. They go above and beyond every day to avoid street releases and to ensure that migrants are treated fairly. But they can only do so much. For example, the main humanitarian organization in Tucson, Casa Alitas, has been operating over capacity for over a month,serving an average of 600 asylum seekers a day. And Yuma's Regional Center for Border Health now is contracting hotel rooms and buses due to the large number of migrants coming to that small city. With the snowbird season and farming season well underway, hotels are increasingly limited, placing even more strain on Yuma's already overwhelmed public health and emergency response system. So Senator Tillis and I understand we cannot address the border without also fixing our asylum system. Our bipartisan plan creates an orderly system for those wishing to claim asylum. By streamlining the asylum process in a manner that respects American values, we will quickly and fairly adjudicate claims and remove those who do not have a valid claim of asylum, sending a message to those in other countries that our asylum system will no longer be manipulated. The crisis at our border represents an immediate threat, but those of us from border States know--and we have seen up close--that strong border security, healthy cross-border trade, and a fair immigration system all go hand in hand. We can--and we must--achieve all three. In 2019, over $2 trillion worth of goods were traded through our ports of entry, and the Nogales port alone handles over $1 billion of produce every year. The goods and services traded between Arizona and Mexico power jobs across our State; and often, immigrant workers are the very ones fueling our cross-border trade and keeping this sector of our economy strong. To ensure that our border States' economies continue to grow and to ensure our Nation's economy continues to thrive for generations to come, we need a robust workforce. And that is why our bipartisan proposal fixes a wasteful loophole in our current employment visa system. For years, hundreds of thousands of visas have gone to waste. By righting this wrong, we will increase our country's competitiveness and make sure America has the workforce it needs to power our economy and compete on the world stage. I believe the future resilience of our country also depends on the full inclusion of millions of young people, often known as Dreamers. In America, we don't punish children for the actions of their parents. And millions of young people have been brought to our country through no fault of their own. These kids have grown up in our neighborhoods, attended our schools, graduated, gotten jobs; they have served in our military; they have contributed to our economies--all while making our communities more vibrant and great places to live. But now, they are stuck in limbo, casualties of Washington's inability to solve our broken immigration system. And that is why Senator Tillis and I have said: Enough is enough. We call on our colleagues to join us in a bipartisan plan to give these young people a chance to be recognized as Americans. Look, our proposal is tough, but it is fair. And I am certain that it will make America a stronger and safer place for all of us. I stand here today disappointed, as we come close to closing out the 117th Congress, that Washington has chosen yet again to retreat to its partisan corners instead of doing the hard and necessary work of finding the lasting solutions when it comes to the crisis at our border. And in Arizona, we will continue to shoulder the burden. Now, part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close. And without seeing it for all of its diversity and its challenges, it can be easy to rely on the partisan talking points instead of focusing on the meaningful, realistic solutions. That is why when we come back to Congress in January, one of the first things I will do, with Senator Tillis, is convene a bipartisan group of Senators who are willing and committed to get something done. We are going to bring them to the border. We are going to see what Arizonans see every single day, because a crisis this big should not and cannot be ignored. And in Arizona, we cannot afford for this crisis to continue much longer. Over the past 4 years, I have been privileged to work with colleagues in this body on both sides of the aisle to solve some of our country's toughest challenges. Through honesty and collaboration, we have shown America there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We have shown America what is possible when we listen to one another, not to respond or debate, but to understand. There is no challenge more intractable, more difficult to bridge, and more dire for us to solve than our border and immigration crisis. And I believe that we can come together and earnestly solve this challenge. I am willing to do this work. And I couldn't be more grateful for partners like Senator Tillis, who is also willing to do this work. And today, I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us. Put down the politics. Let's get this done. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7806-2	null	5,439
formal	secure our border	null	anti-Latino	Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, I rise today as border communities in Arizona and across our country are in complete crisis. This crisis is not new. It is one that has progressively worsened year after year, administration after administration, due to the Federal Government's repeated failures to address our broken border and immigration system. As a native Arizonan, I have seen firsthand how these failures fall squarely on the shoulders of border States, risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of migrants themselves. Right now, we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. The combination of an insecure border, an overworked and underresourced Border Patrol and protection force, and never-before-seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, and coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined an already broken system. To make matters worse, title 42, the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country, may soon expire, allowing thousands of migrants to enter Arizona, Texas, and other border States without the proper procedures, plans, or infrastructure in place. Let me be clear. This is a humanitarian and security nightmare. Already, our border towns can barely keep up with the demand from the overwhelming levels of immigration. In San Luis, a small community of roughly 37,000 people right on the Arizona-Mexico border, the fire chief recently told us that three of his five ambulances are used solely to care for migrants in need, leaving only two ambulances for the entire local community on any given night. The city of Tucson has already accepted over 15 percent of its total population just in migrant releases since April of this year. In Yuma, the threat of street releases persists every single day, including today. With thousands of migrants coming to our border and seeking asylum, our overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are now additionally tasked with processing asylum seekers, taking the agents away from their important work of patrolling the border, apprehending illegal crossers, and stopping cartels, drugs, and smugglers. The consequences are plain to see. The mayor of San Luis even recently reported seeing migrants traveling along inner-city highways because Border Patrol was too overwhelmed to apprehend them closer to the border. While towns like San Luis, humanitarian organizations across our State, and our brave women and men in blue, green, and brown shoulder the burden of a failed system, Washington continues to politicize solutions. Politicians are retreating to their partisan corners instead of examining the problem for what it is, not what one party or the other party wishes it was, and focusing on finding meaningful solutions. Some refuse to acknowledge the need for increased security measures at all, while others have a singular view of what kind of security is sufficient. Some want to welcome all who come to the border into our country, while others want to keep everyone out, and a few want to defund the very agencies that are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws or underfund the very humanitarian organizations that provide vital services and care for the asylum seekers our country has always pledged to help. As someone who has seen all the challenges at our border my entire life, I know these are all false choices. That is why I rejected the partisan echo chamber and partnered with my good friend Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to help solve some of the real problems our border communities and immigration system continue to face. Just as we have on a number of complex issues--from gun violence to marriage equality and religious freedom--we focused on our shared values and shared goals. Before we could tackle the issue of a backlogged asylum process, employment visas, or the status of undocumented residents, we knew we had to focus first on securing the border. A problem as big as our broken border needs a smart, comprehensive solution, and that solution starts by investing in the brave men and women who keep our border safe. A robust, well-trained, and well-resourced Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, and Air and Marine Operations force are critical to secure the border, to keep our communities safe, and to ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants. Senator Tillis and I focused on boosting pay, increasing force sizes, and providing our agents and officers the equipment and the technology they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Beyond supporting our men and women in blue, green, and brown, we are committed to reasserting control of our border. Senator Tillis and I understand that to secure our border, we need physical barriers where they make sense but that relying only on physical barriers is a 17th-century answer to a 21st-century problem. The fact is, the majority of illegal drugs seized coming into our country arrive through our ports of entry. This past October, our Office of Field Operations officers reported a 73-percent increase in fentanyl seizures compared with just 1 year ago. And just 2 weeks ago, the Office of Field Operations officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized over 1.5 million fentanyl pills in less than 5 days. A wall alone can't stop these drugs from finding a way into our country and killing our friends, our neighbors, and our loved ones. We must supplement security barriers with innovative technology solutions, we must boost our border protection and patrol forces, and we must update the policies governing our border to meet the moment. For years, our asylum system has represented the promise of America--welcoming those fleeing persecution to find freedom and safety. Today, though, our asylum system is broken, our Border Patrol isn't able to do their jobs and catch dangerous criminals, and our border communities cannot keep up. In order to uphold the promise of protection and freedom and ensure that our asylum system works for those who seek to serve, we must acknowledge that the status quo is no longer functional. Our immigration courts and asylum officers remain completely backlogged, with simple cases taking years to resolve, sending a message that America does not take this process seriously and that our system can be manipulated. In Arizona, the impact is clear. Small towns along our border like San Luis, Nogales, Naco, Yuma, and Ajo are overwhelmed daily, struggling to care for their own residents while managing an increasing influx of hundreds of migrants every day. With our asylum system broken, more migrants make the arduous and often devastating journey to our border. When they arrive, they risk not being able to access the care and medical attention they need. Now, Arizona's humanitarian organizations do incredible work. They go above and beyond every day to avoid street releases and to ensure that migrants are treated fairly. But they can only do so much. For example, the main humanitarian organization in Tucson, Casa Alitas, has been operating over capacity for over a month,serving an average of 600 asylum seekers a day. And Yuma's Regional Center for Border Health now is contracting hotel rooms and buses due to the large number of migrants coming to that small city. With the snowbird season and farming season well underway, hotels are increasingly limited, placing even more strain on Yuma's already overwhelmed public health and emergency response system. So Senator Tillis and I understand we cannot address the border without also fixing our asylum system. Our bipartisan plan creates an orderly system for those wishing to claim asylum. By streamlining the asylum process in a manner that respects American values, we will quickly and fairly adjudicate claims and remove those who do not have a valid claim of asylum, sending a message to those in other countries that our asylum system will no longer be manipulated. The crisis at our border represents an immediate threat, but those of us from border States know--and we have seen up close--that strong border security, healthy cross-border trade, and a fair immigration system all go hand in hand. We can--and we must--achieve all three. In 2019, over $2 trillion worth of goods were traded through our ports of entry, and the Nogales port alone handles over $1 billion of produce every year. The goods and services traded between Arizona and Mexico power jobs across our State; and often, immigrant workers are the very ones fueling our cross-border trade and keeping this sector of our economy strong. To ensure that our border States' economies continue to grow and to ensure our Nation's economy continues to thrive for generations to come, we need a robust workforce. And that is why our bipartisan proposal fixes a wasteful loophole in our current employment visa system. For years, hundreds of thousands of visas have gone to waste. By righting this wrong, we will increase our country's competitiveness and make sure America has the workforce it needs to power our economy and compete on the world stage. I believe the future resilience of our country also depends on the full inclusion of millions of young people, often known as Dreamers. In America, we don't punish children for the actions of their parents. And millions of young people have been brought to our country through no fault of their own. These kids have grown up in our neighborhoods, attended our schools, graduated, gotten jobs; they have served in our military; they have contributed to our economies--all while making our communities more vibrant and great places to live. But now, they are stuck in limbo, casualties of Washington's inability to solve our broken immigration system. And that is why Senator Tillis and I have said: Enough is enough. We call on our colleagues to join us in a bipartisan plan to give these young people a chance to be recognized as Americans. Look, our proposal is tough, but it is fair. And I am certain that it will make America a stronger and safer place for all of us. I stand here today disappointed, as we come close to closing out the 117th Congress, that Washington has chosen yet again to retreat to its partisan corners instead of doing the hard and necessary work of finding the lasting solutions when it comes to the crisis at our border. And in Arizona, we will continue to shoulder the burden. Now, part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close. And without seeing it for all of its diversity and its challenges, it can be easy to rely on the partisan talking points instead of focusing on the meaningful, realistic solutions. That is why when we come back to Congress in January, one of the first things I will do, with Senator Tillis, is convene a bipartisan group of Senators who are willing and committed to get something done. We are going to bring them to the border. We are going to see what Arizonans see every single day, because a crisis this big should not and cannot be ignored. And in Arizona, we cannot afford for this crisis to continue much longer. Over the past 4 years, I have been privileged to work with colleagues in this body on both sides of the aisle to solve some of our country's toughest challenges. Through honesty and collaboration, we have shown America there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We have shown America what is possible when we listen to one another, not to respond or debate, but to understand. There is no challenge more intractable, more difficult to bridge, and more dire for us to solve than our border and immigration crisis. And I believe that we can come together and earnestly solve this challenge. I am willing to do this work. And I couldn't be more grateful for partners like Senator Tillis, who is also willing to do this work. And today, I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us. Put down the politics. Let's get this done. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7806-2	null	5,440
formal	echo	null	antisemitic	Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, I rise today as border communities in Arizona and across our country are in complete crisis. This crisis is not new. It is one that has progressively worsened year after year, administration after administration, due to the Federal Government's repeated failures to address our broken border and immigration system. As a native Arizonan, I have seen firsthand how these failures fall squarely on the shoulders of border States, risking the safety of our communities and endangering the lives of migrants themselves. Right now, we are experiencing a dangerous tipping point. The combination of an insecure border, an overworked and underresourced Border Patrol and protection force, and never-before-seen levels of illegal immigration, asylum seekers, and coordinated smuggling efforts have completely ruined an already broken system. To make matters worse, title 42, the public health order that stops some migrants from entering our country, may soon expire, allowing thousands of migrants to enter Arizona, Texas, and other border States without the proper procedures, plans, or infrastructure in place. Let me be clear. This is a humanitarian and security nightmare. Already, our border towns can barely keep up with the demand from the overwhelming levels of immigration. In San Luis, a small community of roughly 37,000 people right on the Arizona-Mexico border, the fire chief recently told us that three of his five ambulances are used solely to care for migrants in need, leaving only two ambulances for the entire local community on any given night. The city of Tucson has already accepted over 15 percent of its total population just in migrant releases since April of this year. In Yuma, the threat of street releases persists every single day, including today. With thousands of migrants coming to our border and seeking asylum, our overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are now additionally tasked with processing asylum seekers, taking the agents away from their important work of patrolling the border, apprehending illegal crossers, and stopping cartels, drugs, and smugglers. The consequences are plain to see. The mayor of San Luis even recently reported seeing migrants traveling along inner-city highways because Border Patrol was too overwhelmed to apprehend them closer to the border. While towns like San Luis, humanitarian organizations across our State, and our brave women and men in blue, green, and brown shoulder the burden of a failed system, Washington continues to politicize solutions. Politicians are retreating to their partisan corners instead of examining the problem for what it is, not what one party or the other party wishes it was, and focusing on finding meaningful solutions. Some refuse to acknowledge the need for increased security measures at all, while others have a singular view of what kind of security is sufficient. Some want to welcome all who come to the border into our country, while others want to keep everyone out, and a few want to defund the very agencies that are tasked with enforcing our immigration laws or underfund the very humanitarian organizations that provide vital services and care for the asylum seekers our country has always pledged to help. As someone who has seen all the challenges at our border my entire life, I know these are all false choices. That is why I rejected the partisan echo chamber and partnered with my good friend Senator Thom Tillis on a bipartisan proposal to help solve some of the real problems our border communities and immigration system continue to face. Just as we have on a number of complex issues--from gun violence to marriage equality and religious freedom--we focused on our shared values and shared goals. Before we could tackle the issue of a backlogged asylum process, employment visas, or the status of undocumented residents, we knew we had to focus first on securing the border. A problem as big as our broken border needs a smart, comprehensive solution, and that solution starts by investing in the brave men and women who keep our border safe. A robust, well-trained, and well-resourced Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, and Air and Marine Operations force are critical to secure the border, to keep our communities safe, and to ensure the fair and humane treatment of migrants. Senator Tillis and I focused on boosting pay, increasing force sizes, and providing our agents and officers the equipment and the technology they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Beyond supporting our men and women in blue, green, and brown, we are committed to reasserting control of our border. Senator Tillis and I understand that to secure our border, we need physical barriers where they make sense but that relying only on physical barriers is a 17th-century answer to a 21st-century problem. The fact is, the majority of illegal drugs seized coming into our country arrive through our ports of entry. This past October, our Office of Field Operations officers reported a 73-percent increase in fentanyl seizures compared with just 1 year ago. And just 2 weeks ago, the Office of Field Operations officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized over 1.5 million fentanyl pills in less than 5 days. A wall alone can't stop these drugs from finding a way into our country and killing our friends, our neighbors, and our loved ones. We must supplement security barriers with innovative technology solutions, we must boost our border protection and patrol forces, and we must update the policies governing our border to meet the moment. For years, our asylum system has represented the promise of America--welcoming those fleeing persecution to find freedom and safety. Today, though, our asylum system is broken, our Border Patrol isn't able to do their jobs and catch dangerous criminals, and our border communities cannot keep up. In order to uphold the promise of protection and freedom and ensure that our asylum system works for those who seek to serve, we must acknowledge that the status quo is no longer functional. Our immigration courts and asylum officers remain completely backlogged, with simple cases taking years to resolve, sending a message that America does not take this process seriously and that our system can be manipulated. In Arizona, the impact is clear. Small towns along our border like San Luis, Nogales, Naco, Yuma, and Ajo are overwhelmed daily, struggling to care for their own residents while managing an increasing influx of hundreds of migrants every day. With our asylum system broken, more migrants make the arduous and often devastating journey to our border. When they arrive, they risk not being able to access the care and medical attention they need. Now, Arizona's humanitarian organizations do incredible work. They go above and beyond every day to avoid street releases and to ensure that migrants are treated fairly. But they can only do so much. For example, the main humanitarian organization in Tucson, Casa Alitas, has been operating over capacity for over a month,serving an average of 600 asylum seekers a day. And Yuma's Regional Center for Border Health now is contracting hotel rooms and buses due to the large number of migrants coming to that small city. With the snowbird season and farming season well underway, hotels are increasingly limited, placing even more strain on Yuma's already overwhelmed public health and emergency response system. So Senator Tillis and I understand we cannot address the border without also fixing our asylum system. Our bipartisan plan creates an orderly system for those wishing to claim asylum. By streamlining the asylum process in a manner that respects American values, we will quickly and fairly adjudicate claims and remove those who do not have a valid claim of asylum, sending a message to those in other countries that our asylum system will no longer be manipulated. The crisis at our border represents an immediate threat, but those of us from border States know--and we have seen up close--that strong border security, healthy cross-border trade, and a fair immigration system all go hand in hand. We can--and we must--achieve all three. In 2019, over $2 trillion worth of goods were traded through our ports of entry, and the Nogales port alone handles over $1 billion of produce every year. The goods and services traded between Arizona and Mexico power jobs across our State; and often, immigrant workers are the very ones fueling our cross-border trade and keeping this sector of our economy strong. To ensure that our border States' economies continue to grow and to ensure our Nation's economy continues to thrive for generations to come, we need a robust workforce. And that is why our bipartisan proposal fixes a wasteful loophole in our current employment visa system. For years, hundreds of thousands of visas have gone to waste. By righting this wrong, we will increase our country's competitiveness and make sure America has the workforce it needs to power our economy and compete on the world stage. I believe the future resilience of our country also depends on the full inclusion of millions of young people, often known as Dreamers. In America, we don't punish children for the actions of their parents. And millions of young people have been brought to our country through no fault of their own. These kids have grown up in our neighborhoods, attended our schools, graduated, gotten jobs; they have served in our military; they have contributed to our economies--all while making our communities more vibrant and great places to live. But now, they are stuck in limbo, casualties of Washington's inability to solve our broken immigration system. And that is why Senator Tillis and I have said: Enough is enough. We call on our colleagues to join us in a bipartisan plan to give these young people a chance to be recognized as Americans. Look, our proposal is tough, but it is fair. And I am certain that it will make America a stronger and safer place for all of us. I stand here today disappointed, as we come close to closing out the 117th Congress, that Washington has chosen yet again to retreat to its partisan corners instead of doing the hard and necessary work of finding the lasting solutions when it comes to the crisis at our border. And in Arizona, we will continue to shoulder the burden. Now, part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close. And without seeing it for all of its diversity and its challenges, it can be easy to rely on the partisan talking points instead of focusing on the meaningful, realistic solutions. That is why when we come back to Congress in January, one of the first things I will do, with Senator Tillis, is convene a bipartisan group of Senators who are willing and committed to get something done. We are going to bring them to the border. We are going to see what Arizonans see every single day, because a crisis this big should not and cannot be ignored. And in Arizona, we cannot afford for this crisis to continue much longer. Over the past 4 years, I have been privileged to work with colleagues in this body on both sides of the aisle to solve some of our country's toughest challenges. Through honesty and collaboration, we have shown America there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We have shown America what is possible when we listen to one another, not to respond or debate, but to understand. There is no challenge more intractable, more difficult to bridge, and more dire for us to solve than our border and immigration crisis. And I believe that we can come together and earnestly solve this challenge. I am willing to do this work. And I couldn't be more grateful for partners like Senator Tillis, who is also willing to do this work. And today, I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us. Put down the politics. Let's get this done. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Ms. SINEMA	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7806-2	null	5,441
formal	quota	null	racist	Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I want to thank my colleagues, Senator Sinema and Senator Tillis, for their statements earlier on the floor on the issue of immigration. A number of us are coming to the floor to discuss it today. It is a sad day--sad because there are many people who are counting on this Congress to do something, who understood that we have an immigration system that is terribly broken and we are paying a heavy price for it, and there are many who are watching this proceeding today who are paying an even heavier price. If we do nothing to help those who are protected by DACA, if we do nothing to help the Dreamers, court decisions may preempt us and may force some of these people to face the reality that they can no longer legally work in America and they are subject to deportation. Many of these young people--and I will tell the story of one in just a moment--have spent their whole lives here in the United States. They have gone to our schools. They go to our churches. We see them at the high school football games. They work in the Dairy Queens. They are all over America because they are part of America--at least they think they are, but they are not. They are undocumented. Their parents brought them to this country when they were infants and toddlers and little kids. They grew up in this Nation thinking they were part of it, and then there was a day of awakening when the parents sat down and said: We have to tell you the truth. You are not here legally. These are the Dreamers, people I have been trying to help for over 20 years. It is over 20 years since I first introduced the DREAM Act. I wanted to help them. I thought perhaps we could get something done. We haven't been able to. Unfortunately, today, it looks very, very unlikely that we will. I hear in the comments from the Senator from Arizona and the Senator from North Carolina the bottom-line truth: Any reasonable, factual discussion or debate on immigration has to not only deal with the Dreamers and those who are here on undocumented status but also has to deal with what is going on at our southern border. The Senator from Arizona is correct. It is a humanitarian and security nightmare that is only getting worse. We are being flooded at the border by people who want to be safely in the United States. I had an opportunity to meet some of those migrants who were bused to Chicago a few weeks ago and sit down across the table from them and hear their stories. I tell you, I recommend that to all who are interested in this issue. Hear the real stories of desperation and danger they faced in the countries they came from, and realize that their sentiments to be part of America, protected in America, have an opportunity in America, are the same sentiments that brought my grandmother to this country with my 2-year-old mother and her sister and brother. I recall the stories. These are not people setting out to cheat some political system; these are people fighting for survival--Carlos, with his 4-year-old daughter and his nursing infant and his wife, who spent 4 months in a journey from Venezuela to our border. In addition to that, there is an individual named Maria who is a college-educated individual in Caracas who left because of fear for her life. She came to the United States. During her trek to this country, she went through violent personal assault in Mexico. She broke down in front of us when she told us the story. These are real people, real human beings. One of the bottom-line principles that should guide us--I think there are at least three, maybe more, but the ones that come to my mind are these: We have to have an orderly process at our border. There has to be some system that monitors the number of people coming in and the circumstances that bring them here. That is No. 1. No. 2, we should never knowingly allow anyone dangerous to come into this country. That is unequivocal. I hope everyone agrees on that. Third, and this is the hardest part, we cannot accept at any given moment all of the people who want to come to America at that moment. We have to have an orderly, timely process that makes sense for America, that makes sense for our reputation as a humane nation and moves us forward along the right track. I think of these Dreamers because I come to this floor so many times--five different times I have called up the DREAM Act for passage. Five different times I got a majority vote on the floor, but in the Senate, as most people know, it takes 60 out of 100, and I couldn't get the 60-vote margin five different times. Years ago, 10 years ago, we had a Saturday morning vote. This Gallery was filled with these young people. They were wearing caps and gowns to tell the story that they want to be graduates of schools--high schools and colleges--and be part of America's future. When we lost that vote and didn't get our 60 votes, I joined with them at a church nearby, a Lutheran church, and there were a lot of tears being shed at that moment from me and from all the others. I said to them at the time: I am not going to give up on you. Don't give up on me. We can do this. That has driven me ever since. I reached out in every direction that I can think of to try to find allies in this conversation who will sit down on a bipartisan basis and fix this broken immigration system. I want to thank the Senator from Arizona for taking the initiative on this issue along with Senator Tillis. I believe that their proposal, while I don't agree with it all, is the right starting point for the conversation and debate on a bipartisan basis. The real starting point has to be the true stories of the people who are going to be affected by this. Let me tell you one, as I have before. This is the 132nd time I have taken to the floor of the Senate to tell the story of a Dreamer. This young man's name is Jose Flores Valor. Jose arrived in this country from Mexico when he was only 11 months old. He grew up in my home State of Illinois, in DeKalb, IL. At a young age, he served as the interpreter for his family at their medical appointments. It was through these experiences, watching the doctors care for and provide support for his family, that his passion for healthcare bloomed. In high school, Jose enrolled in a certified nursing assistant course, and his goal was to eventually become a doctor. It was not until he was 16 and his classmates were getting driver's licenses and making their decisions about colleges that Jose realized he was undocumented. Even though he was accepted into the University of Illinois in Chicago, his legal status meant he did not qualify for any Federal Government assistance or scholarships, and he could not afford to stay beyond the first semester. He didn't let that obstacle stop him. Jose sought other avenues for pursuing a career in healthcare and recently earned an associate of science degree from Kishwaukee College in Illinois. On top of a busy academic schedule, Jose worked with a travel nursing agency as a certified nursing assistant. In this role, he traveled to six different States, working in rehab centers, nursing homes, and hospitals and provided care to our most vulnerable citizens. When the pandemic hit, Jose was deployed across the country to meet urgent healthcare needs. His work took him far from home, which meant he was unable to be by his grandfather's side when his grandfather passed away from COVID. It was one of the many sacrifices Jose made to pursue his passion serving our Nation. Today, Jose has earned a full scholarship at Loyola University in Chicago to complete his premedical studies and obtain a bachelor's degree. Let me take a moment to say a kind word about Loyola University in Chicago. There are many great higher education institutions in my State and in our Nation, but they have gone out of their way to really show that they care for people like Jose. It was their Stritch College of Medicine which opened competition for the first time to DACA students all over the United States. They didn't give them a quota or say there was a certain number to be accepted but said: You can compete with everybody else for admission. For many of these DACA students in Illinois and outside, it was the first chance they ever had to apply to a medical school. As a result, more than 25 students were accepted by Loyola Stritch College of Medicine, and here, they have accepted, with full scholarship, Jose Valor to complete his premed studies on the way to a bachelor's degree. He wants to attend medical school and begin his journey towards being a doctor. He plans one day to open a clinic to help the uninsured and low-income people. He considered DACA his ``opportunity to become a contributing member of society.'' A simple question: Is America better or worse for having Jose living among us? Would we be better off if we just deported him back to Mexico? He came here before he was 1 year old. He didn't know a thing about the journey or where his parents were taking him. He has done everything right since--volunteering to help with healthcare, risking his own life during the COVID-19 crisis to help other people, doing the hard work that many people would turn away from, and now trying to finish college with a premed degree so that he can become a medical professional in America. Do we need him? I need him in Chicago. I can think of places around our State where we are waiting for people with nursing backgrounds and medical backgrounds to step up and to treat American people. One of the hospitals in Chicago came to see me last week. It struggles. It is in a tough neighborhood. The administrator of the hospital said to me: We almost closed down one of our departments, but luckily--luckily--we were able to bring in 30 Filipino nurses to augment our staff to keep that department open. Thirty immigrant Filipino nurses are keeping a department open in a major hospital in the city of Chicago. That story is repeated everywhere. For people saying that we need no more immigrants, that we just don't need them, they are wrong. We need Jose. We need those nurses. We need people who will make this a better nation. We have to do our work here. We have to deal not only with their situation, the undocumented situation, but also with border security. The Senator from Arizona was correct. It is a humanitarian and security challenge, and now it may have to wait for another day. We can't finish it this week. But when we do return to it, let's do it with an open mind and an open heart. Let's understand that we can make this a better and safer nation, a nation of immigrants who make us a better place, and we can have order at the border as well. That is the only thing that gives us any chance to thrive as an American nation into the future. I look forward to working with the Senators. I thank them for their initiative and will do all I can to help them. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Mr. DURBIN	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7808-2	null	5,442
formal	Chicago	null	racist	Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I want to thank my colleagues, Senator Sinema and Senator Tillis, for their statements earlier on the floor on the issue of immigration. A number of us are coming to the floor to discuss it today. It is a sad day--sad because there are many people who are counting on this Congress to do something, who understood that we have an immigration system that is terribly broken and we are paying a heavy price for it, and there are many who are watching this proceeding today who are paying an even heavier price. If we do nothing to help those who are protected by DACA, if we do nothing to help the Dreamers, court decisions may preempt us and may force some of these people to face the reality that they can no longer legally work in America and they are subject to deportation. Many of these young people--and I will tell the story of one in just a moment--have spent their whole lives here in the United States. They have gone to our schools. They go to our churches. We see them at the high school football games. They work in the Dairy Queens. They are all over America because they are part of America--at least they think they are, but they are not. They are undocumented. Their parents brought them to this country when they were infants and toddlers and little kids. They grew up in this Nation thinking they were part of it, and then there was a day of awakening when the parents sat down and said: We have to tell you the truth. You are not here legally. These are the Dreamers, people I have been trying to help for over 20 years. It is over 20 years since I first introduced the DREAM Act. I wanted to help them. I thought perhaps we could get something done. We haven't been able to. Unfortunately, today, it looks very, very unlikely that we will. I hear in the comments from the Senator from Arizona and the Senator from North Carolina the bottom-line truth: Any reasonable, factual discussion or debate on immigration has to not only deal with the Dreamers and those who are here on undocumented status but also has to deal with what is going on at our southern border. The Senator from Arizona is correct. It is a humanitarian and security nightmare that is only getting worse. We are being flooded at the border by people who want to be safely in the United States. I had an opportunity to meet some of those migrants who were bused to Chicago a few weeks ago and sit down across the table from them and hear their stories. I tell you, I recommend that to all who are interested in this issue. Hear the real stories of desperation and danger they faced in the countries they came from, and realize that their sentiments to be part of America, protected in America, have an opportunity in America, are the same sentiments that brought my grandmother to this country with my 2-year-old mother and her sister and brother. I recall the stories. These are not people setting out to cheat some political system; these are people fighting for survival--Carlos, with his 4-year-old daughter and his nursing infant and his wife, who spent 4 months in a journey from Venezuela to our border. In addition to that, there is an individual named Maria who is a college-educated individual in Caracas who left because of fear for her life. She came to the United States. During her trek to this country, she went through violent personal assault in Mexico. She broke down in front of us when she told us the story. These are real people, real human beings. One of the bottom-line principles that should guide us--I think there are at least three, maybe more, but the ones that come to my mind are these: We have to have an orderly process at our border. There has to be some system that monitors the number of people coming in and the circumstances that bring them here. That is No. 1. No. 2, we should never knowingly allow anyone dangerous to come into this country. That is unequivocal. I hope everyone agrees on that. Third, and this is the hardest part, we cannot accept at any given moment all of the people who want to come to America at that moment. We have to have an orderly, timely process that makes sense for America, that makes sense for our reputation as a humane nation and moves us forward along the right track. I think of these Dreamers because I come to this floor so many times--five different times I have called up the DREAM Act for passage. Five different times I got a majority vote on the floor, but in the Senate, as most people know, it takes 60 out of 100, and I couldn't get the 60-vote margin five different times. Years ago, 10 years ago, we had a Saturday morning vote. This Gallery was filled with these young people. They were wearing caps and gowns to tell the story that they want to be graduates of schools--high schools and colleges--and be part of America's future. When we lost that vote and didn't get our 60 votes, I joined with them at a church nearby, a Lutheran church, and there were a lot of tears being shed at that moment from me and from all the others. I said to them at the time: I am not going to give up on you. Don't give up on me. We can do this. That has driven me ever since. I reached out in every direction that I can think of to try to find allies in this conversation who will sit down on a bipartisan basis and fix this broken immigration system. I want to thank the Senator from Arizona for taking the initiative on this issue along with Senator Tillis. I believe that their proposal, while I don't agree with it all, is the right starting point for the conversation and debate on a bipartisan basis. The real starting point has to be the true stories of the people who are going to be affected by this. Let me tell you one, as I have before. This is the 132nd time I have taken to the floor of the Senate to tell the story of a Dreamer. This young man's name is Jose Flores Valor. Jose arrived in this country from Mexico when he was only 11 months old. He grew up in my home State of Illinois, in DeKalb, IL. At a young age, he served as the interpreter for his family at their medical appointments. It was through these experiences, watching the doctors care for and provide support for his family, that his passion for healthcare bloomed. In high school, Jose enrolled in a certified nursing assistant course, and his goal was to eventually become a doctor. It was not until he was 16 and his classmates were getting driver's licenses and making their decisions about colleges that Jose realized he was undocumented. Even though he was accepted into the University of Illinois in Chicago, his legal status meant he did not qualify for any Federal Government assistance or scholarships, and he could not afford to stay beyond the first semester. He didn't let that obstacle stop him. Jose sought other avenues for pursuing a career in healthcare and recently earned an associate of science degree from Kishwaukee College in Illinois. On top of a busy academic schedule, Jose worked with a travel nursing agency as a certified nursing assistant. In this role, he traveled to six different States, working in rehab centers, nursing homes, and hospitals and provided care to our most vulnerable citizens. When the pandemic hit, Jose was deployed across the country to meet urgent healthcare needs. His work took him far from home, which meant he was unable to be by his grandfather's side when his grandfather passed away from COVID. It was one of the many sacrifices Jose made to pursue his passion serving our Nation. Today, Jose has earned a full scholarship at Loyola University in Chicago to complete his premedical studies and obtain a bachelor's degree. Let me take a moment to say a kind word about Loyola University in Chicago. There are many great higher education institutions in my State and in our Nation, but they have gone out of their way to really show that they care for people like Jose. It was their Stritch College of Medicine which opened competition for the first time to DACA students all over the United States. They didn't give them a quota or say there was a certain number to be accepted but said: You can compete with everybody else for admission. For many of these DACA students in Illinois and outside, it was the first chance they ever had to apply to a medical school. As a result, more than 25 students were accepted by Loyola Stritch College of Medicine, and here, they have accepted, with full scholarship, Jose Valor to complete his premed studies on the way to a bachelor's degree. He wants to attend medical school and begin his journey towards being a doctor. He plans one day to open a clinic to help the uninsured and low-income people. He considered DACA his ``opportunity to become a contributing member of society.'' A simple question: Is America better or worse for having Jose living among us? Would we be better off if we just deported him back to Mexico? He came here before he was 1 year old. He didn't know a thing about the journey or where his parents were taking him. He has done everything right since--volunteering to help with healthcare, risking his own life during the COVID-19 crisis to help other people, doing the hard work that many people would turn away from, and now trying to finish college with a premed degree so that he can become a medical professional in America. Do we need him? I need him in Chicago. I can think of places around our State where we are waiting for people with nursing backgrounds and medical backgrounds to step up and to treat American people. One of the hospitals in Chicago came to see me last week. It struggles. It is in a tough neighborhood. The administrator of the hospital said to me: We almost closed down one of our departments, but luckily--luckily--we were able to bring in 30 Filipino nurses to augment our staff to keep that department open. Thirty immigrant Filipino nurses are keeping a department open in a major hospital in the city of Chicago. That story is repeated everywhere. For people saying that we need no more immigrants, that we just don't need them, they are wrong. We need Jose. We need those nurses. We need people who will make this a better nation. We have to do our work here. We have to deal not only with their situation, the undocumented situation, but also with border security. The Senator from Arizona was correct. It is a humanitarian and security challenge, and now it may have to wait for another day. We can't finish it this week. But when we do return to it, let's do it with an open mind and an open heart. Let's understand that we can make this a better and safer nation, a nation of immigrants who make us a better place, and we can have order at the border as well. That is the only thing that gives us any chance to thrive as an American nation into the future. I look forward to working with the Senators. I thank them for their initiative and will do all I can to help them. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Mr. DURBIN	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7808-2	null	5,443
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. TUBERVILLE. Madam President, I rise today to call attention to a very serious issue and potential crisis that seems to be unfolding right under our eyes and under the radar. Right now, many, many communities across our country are facing a huge shortage of children's painkillers, like Children's Tylenol, and antibiotics, like amoxicillin. We are in the middle of flu season and in an unusually bad year for RSV, a virus that can be especially tough on young children. As parents head to pharmacies to get medicines to help their sick kids and to make them feel better, they are seeing very empty shelves across our country. My staff is hearing from folks daily about the problems that they are seeing trying to find these medicines, both over-the-counter and prescription. David, a pharmacist from Andalusia, AL, told that ``currently [they] cannot order multiple antibiotics commonly used for pediatric patients, including amoxicillin.'' He is also unable to order pain medicine like Tylenol and Advil. It is not available. You can't even order it, much less get it. David was told by his wholesaler that the supply of medication simply does not exist, as we speak--and this is in the middle of a very serious flu and cold season all throughout our country. Another pharmacist, Dennis from Opelika, AL, faces the same problem and described the potentially dire nature of the shortage. He told me: ``This can rapidly''--and is rapidly--``turning into a serious situation among the most vulnerable population,'' which is ``our children.'' Worse is what some desperate but well-meaning parents are turning to in order to provide their children some help. Moms and dads who can't find kids' medicines are choosing to give their children smaller doses of adult medicine instead. Doctors are warning constantly against this in the strongest possible terms--a warning we should be sharing far and wide: Children's medicine is specifically designed for the developing of young bodies. But parents with sick children don't have time to drive from town to town to search for these medicines. This crisis is developing across the country, and we should not wait for it to get worse before doing something about it. We cannot allow this situation to turn into the baby formula crisis. While this medication shortage will, no doubt, require a short-term solution, I want to take a minute to highlight an important long-term solution to these supply chain problems. We need to produce pharmaceuticals in the United States. Very little of that happens today. The United States has every capability to be able to produce essential goods right here at home. The pandemic showed us the very serious consequences of depending on imports for things that we need tosurvive, especially from adversaries like China. Congress and the rest of the Federal Government should do what we can do to boost domestic production in medicine and medical supplies. It has to be done. We can't wait. Along with essential goods like fuel and critical minerals, pharmaceuticals are vital to national security. We cannot allow our adversaries to hold their supplies over our heads as a bargaining tool, and that is exactly what they are doing as we speak. I hope my time on the floor today has opened some eyes to the children's medical shortage. The dangers of foreign independence are getting worse every day. To every parent in Alabama and across our country, we are listening, and we want you to listen to the advice of your doctors. Always check with medical professionals before giving your children any medicine, and hopefully, in the near future, this body can help solve this problem and move our suppliers from international to domestic. I yield the floor.	2020-01-06	Mr. TUBERVILLE	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7812	null	5,444
formal	hard-working Americans	null	racist	Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, in a moment, I will ask unanimous consent to confirm Executive Calendar No. 1204, the nomination of Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor. Ms. Looman's nomination was favorably reported out of the Senate HELP Committee on November 29 with a strong bipartisan vote of 13 to 9. Jessica Looman has very capably served as the Principal Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division since January of 2021. In recognition of her excellent service, Ms. Looman was nominated to permanently lead the Division at the Department of Labor, and I can't think of a better candidate. I have had the opportunity to know and to work with Jessica since 2011. Jessica is from St. Paul, MN. She is a longtime labor leader, attorney, and lifelong champion of workers. In addition to being a strong advocate for working people, she is also thoughtful and innovative and fair. She has led executive agencies and has wide experience working with diverse stakeholders. I am confident that she will be a fair and pragmatic Administrator as she enforces some of our Nation's most important labor laws, including laws governing minimum wage, overtime, and child labor. This role that she will serve in has a direct impact on working people, like the waitress who should be protected from a boss who steals her tips, like the building trades carpenter or laborer who has the right to earn the prevailing wage that can support their families when they work on a Federal project, and like the worker who has the right to earn overtime and isn't being paid for the hours they work. At a time when we have seen child labor abuses at meatpacking plants in Minnesota and auto suppliers in Alabama, it is critical that we have strong oversight and enforcement to protect children from abuse. Ms. Looman's values are rooted in upholding the dignity of work and supporting hard-working Americans. In all of the time I have known her, she has approached issues with a keen desire to understand both sides of an argument and to find fair solutions that both sides can accept. This is why she is respected by both labor and employers, first in Minnesota and now in her work at the U.S. Department of Labor. Ms. Looman has built this reputation because she is reasonable and builds consensus even when it is difficult and there are real differences to bridge. Ms. Looman will be a strong, fair Wage and Hour Administrator for workers and for employers across the country. For this reason, I urge my colleagues to support her nomination and to allow this request to move forward. So, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, as in executive session, the Senate consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 1204, Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor; that the Senatevote on the nomination without intervening action or debate; and that, if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.	2020-01-06	Ms. SMITH	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7817	null	5,445
formal	hard-working American	null	racist	Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, in a moment, I will ask unanimous consent to confirm Executive Calendar No. 1204, the nomination of Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor. Ms. Looman's nomination was favorably reported out of the Senate HELP Committee on November 29 with a strong bipartisan vote of 13 to 9. Jessica Looman has very capably served as the Principal Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division since January of 2021. In recognition of her excellent service, Ms. Looman was nominated to permanently lead the Division at the Department of Labor, and I can't think of a better candidate. I have had the opportunity to know and to work with Jessica since 2011. Jessica is from St. Paul, MN. She is a longtime labor leader, attorney, and lifelong champion of workers. In addition to being a strong advocate for working people, she is also thoughtful and innovative and fair. She has led executive agencies and has wide experience working with diverse stakeholders. I am confident that she will be a fair and pragmatic Administrator as she enforces some of our Nation's most important labor laws, including laws governing minimum wage, overtime, and child labor. This role that she will serve in has a direct impact on working people, like the waitress who should be protected from a boss who steals her tips, like the building trades carpenter or laborer who has the right to earn the prevailing wage that can support their families when they work on a Federal project, and like the worker who has the right to earn overtime and isn't being paid for the hours they work. At a time when we have seen child labor abuses at meatpacking plants in Minnesota and auto suppliers in Alabama, it is critical that we have strong oversight and enforcement to protect children from abuse. Ms. Looman's values are rooted in upholding the dignity of work and supporting hard-working Americans. In all of the time I have known her, she has approached issues with a keen desire to understand both sides of an argument and to find fair solutions that both sides can accept. This is why she is respected by both labor and employers, first in Minnesota and now in her work at the U.S. Department of Labor. Ms. Looman has built this reputation because she is reasonable and builds consensus even when it is difficult and there are real differences to bridge. Ms. Looman will be a strong, fair Wage and Hour Administrator for workers and for employers across the country. For this reason, I urge my colleagues to support her nomination and to allow this request to move forward. So, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, as in executive session, the Senate consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 1204, Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor; that the Senatevote on the nomination without intervening action or debate; and that, if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.	2020-01-06	Ms. SMITH	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7817	null	5,446
formal	government spending	null	racist	Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, if this is winning, I am getting tired of winning. GOP leadership declared that this bill is a victory--but not unless you define victory as adding over a trillion dollars in new deficit spending. So really, there is a debate--a big debate--within the Republican Party. Which is more important? Is it more important to add $45 billion to military spending, or is it more important not to add $1 trillion in deficit to our overall debt? We now have a $31 trillion debt. We are adding over a trillion dollars a year, and yet Republican leadership says this is a victory because we are getting more military spending. But it is a victory at what expense? Are we actually more secure? Are we more safe? Is our national security more protected by spending more on the military, or is our national security actually more threatened by incurring more debt? I would argue the latter, that $31 trillion dollars in debt is the No. 1 threat to our national security. It is the week before Christmas, and, predictably, Congress is considering yet another $1.7 trillion spending bill that we haven't had a chance to see or even read. Last night, at 1:30 in the morning, the text of this 4,155-page spending spree was released. If you thought Congress couldn't possibly spend more money than it did last year, you would be wrong. The omnibus increases spending by 10 percent compared to last year's budget. You would think that nearly 2 years of 40-year-high inflation would create some hesitation. You would think that a looming recession, spurred largely by exorbitant government spending, would give this Congress pause. But instead of taking a minute to consider what a responsible Federal Government budget looks like, we are, instead, placed behind the barrel of a gun, forcing us to choose between letting government expire or blindly passing a $1.7 trillion spending package that not only does not balance, but, in fact, spends over 10 percent more than last year. How does Congress spend taxpayers' money? Well, here are just a few examples of how your government currently spends money. We found that they spent, last year, $2.3 million injecting beagles with cocaine. It seems that their researchers were curious--despite the pain they inflicted on these dogs--they were curious to know if cocaine causes adverse effects. Guess what. Read the newspaper. Read the news. Look at the addicts across our country. You think you need to inject beagles with cocaine to know that cocaine is a bad deal? And $700,000 was spent to study how male parrots attract their mate. Really? We have got people who go hungry in our country. We have people that are trying to get out from behind poverty, and we are spending $700,000 studying how male parrots attract a female. We spent $187,000 to study whether or not dogs help kids cope. Of course they do. Ask any pet owner. Any pet owner could have told you, and we would have saved the taxpayer $187,000. We spent $118,000 to study if a metal replica, a robot, of Marvel Comics' evil warlord Thanos could snap his fingers--$118,000. Really? They apparently hired some dude to wear metal gloves and then try to snap his fingers. You know what? They found out that it is impossible to make a snapping sound with metal fingers. So robots of the world, be warned: It is hard to snap your fingers. While we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, almost every single European nation is working to shrink their deficit. We routinely look to Europe, and we say: Look how liberal, look how Big Government, look how socialized--and yet, most of Europe actually balances their annual budget. In 2019, 15 of 26 European countries ran budget surpluses. Another eight European countries ran deficits of less than 3 percent of their GDP. While here in the U.S., in that same year, our deficit exceeded 6 percent of GDP. Europe is a glaring example that fiscal responsibility is possible. It is not a pipe dream. In fact, if we just cut our spending to what we spent in 2019--just 3 years ago--we would actually have a balanced budget today. Instead, we have jumped from a deficit that was 6 percent of our GDP to a deficit that is 12 percent of our GDP. We are adding debt at an alarming rate. We are adding debt at a greater pace than we ever have in the history of our country. Thankfully, some of our predecessors in Congress anticipated this lack of restraint, and they gave us some guideposts. They gave us some rules. They established guardrails and tools to keep our budget in check. For example, there is a rule called the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act--or PAYGO, for short. It requires that if you have new spending, it has to be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget or elsewhere in the spending bill. Despite equipping our government with this necessary tool, though, Congress, with almost every budget in recent history, abuses its power, spends like drunken sailors, and ignores the fact that a day of reckoning is coming. Unfortunately, Congress has, virtually 100 percent of the time, voted to waive the PAYGO requirements. The American people demand accountability for the damage the Big Government spenders are doing to our families and to our Nation's economic well-being. I will not allow my colleagues to escape accountability by hiding behind 4,000 pages of legislative text. I, therefore, will raise a budget point of order as this bill comes to the floor that will put every Member of the Senate on record as to where they stand on fiscal responsibility. Unfortunately, most of the Senators--even if they share my sentiments--they know thatthis point of order will be waived. They think they can quietly vote this way and no one will notice. Well, when American voters finally notice that people here are saying one thing at home and doing another, are promising balancing budgets and promising that deficits do matter and then come up here and vote the opposite way--one day, the American electorate will wake up and vote these hypocrites out. There are many other points of order that can be raised on this. The budget rules are actually of some value if we would actually obey the rules. Some of the people, you see them. You see them in their States, they are at campaign rallies, they will tell you at townhalls, they will tell you on the Senate floor that we absolutely must get spending under control. They will tell you that the debt is a problem. They will tell you that it is a terrible way to run government to have omnibuses. It is terrible to put $6 trillion together in one bill, release it at 1:30 in the morning, and pass it; and you can read about it and find out what is in it later. I suspect you will find a lot of promises, though, that will be violated as we vote on these PAYGO restrictions. Realize that this is the law. The law of the land says you can't do this. Congress, in passing this omnibus, is breaking the law. The statute says very clearly they cannot do this. The only way they actually can evade responsibility is they change the law. They say: Oh, well, it would be embarrassing to get rid of the law; we will waive the law. So we have laws for decades that could actually right our fiscal house and put us on a course towards balancing our budget, and the rules are waived. They disobey their own rules. Congress does a disservice to the economy every time it waives these points of orders. What good are these procedures if they are never upheld? What started as formal guardrails to keep fiscal health of this Nation strong is now merely just a messaging tool with no real significance that allows Senators to get away with making promises they never intended to keep. That is why, in addition to raising this point of order, I am introducing an amendment to reform our budget procedures by raising the threshold. Let's make it less easy for them to break the rules. Currently, 60 Senators can break the rules. Let's make it two-thirds. Let's make it 67 Senators necessary to break the rules. Why? Because they are bankrupting this country, both sides of the aisle. There is an unholy alliance between both parties. One party wants more welfare; one wants more warfare. It is either the military industrial complex or the welfare industrial complex. But what happens inevitably every year is spending goes up. People come and the journalists question: What will happen? What will happen with Christmas here? The only thing that is known to happen is this body--both parties--will continue to add to the debt. And there is a day--there is a day when you wake up and the dollar is worthless. Right now, the dollar is losing nearly 10 percent of its value on an annual basis, but there is a day when it is 10 percent a day or 10 percent an hour. Great countries have succumbed to the destruction of currency, and it happens through debt, through deficit financing. And it is coming to us. There is a day of reckoning, unless we wake up and say: Enough is enough. We are going to do the prudent and rational thing: We are going to balance our budget. It is time that we take our Nation's health seriously, and it is time that we show concern for those who are being damaged and devastated by inflation. The inflation at the grocery store, at the gas pump, who does it hurt the worst? It hurts those on fixed incomes, senior citizens. It hurts the working class and the poor. Those who have most of their expenditures that go towards consumption, towards their food and groceries and gas, people who spend 90 percent of what they earn on buying the stuff that allows them to live are the people that are decimated by inflation. So if there are people in this body who do care, who do really care about those who are struggling with the burden of inflation, the best way is to quit digging the hole deeper, quit adding to the debt, and do what even European countries can do; and that is, begin to balance our budget.	2020-01-06	Mr. PAUL	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7818	null	5,447
formal	single	null	homophobic	Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, if this is winning, I am getting tired of winning. GOP leadership declared that this bill is a victory--but not unless you define victory as adding over a trillion dollars in new deficit spending. So really, there is a debate--a big debate--within the Republican Party. Which is more important? Is it more important to add $45 billion to military spending, or is it more important not to add $1 trillion in deficit to our overall debt? We now have a $31 trillion debt. We are adding over a trillion dollars a year, and yet Republican leadership says this is a victory because we are getting more military spending. But it is a victory at what expense? Are we actually more secure? Are we more safe? Is our national security more protected by spending more on the military, or is our national security actually more threatened by incurring more debt? I would argue the latter, that $31 trillion dollars in debt is the No. 1 threat to our national security. It is the week before Christmas, and, predictably, Congress is considering yet another $1.7 trillion spending bill that we haven't had a chance to see or even read. Last night, at 1:30 in the morning, the text of this 4,155-page spending spree was released. If you thought Congress couldn't possibly spend more money than it did last year, you would be wrong. The omnibus increases spending by 10 percent compared to last year's budget. You would think that nearly 2 years of 40-year-high inflation would create some hesitation. You would think that a looming recession, spurred largely by exorbitant government spending, would give this Congress pause. But instead of taking a minute to consider what a responsible Federal Government budget looks like, we are, instead, placed behind the barrel of a gun, forcing us to choose between letting government expire or blindly passing a $1.7 trillion spending package that not only does not balance, but, in fact, spends over 10 percent more than last year. How does Congress spend taxpayers' money? Well, here are just a few examples of how your government currently spends money. We found that they spent, last year, $2.3 million injecting beagles with cocaine. It seems that their researchers were curious--despite the pain they inflicted on these dogs--they were curious to know if cocaine causes adverse effects. Guess what. Read the newspaper. Read the news. Look at the addicts across our country. You think you need to inject beagles with cocaine to know that cocaine is a bad deal? And $700,000 was spent to study how male parrots attract their mate. Really? We have got people who go hungry in our country. We have people that are trying to get out from behind poverty, and we are spending $700,000 studying how male parrots attract a female. We spent $187,000 to study whether or not dogs help kids cope. Of course they do. Ask any pet owner. Any pet owner could have told you, and we would have saved the taxpayer $187,000. We spent $118,000 to study if a metal replica, a robot, of Marvel Comics' evil warlord Thanos could snap his fingers--$118,000. Really? They apparently hired some dude to wear metal gloves and then try to snap his fingers. You know what? They found out that it is impossible to make a snapping sound with metal fingers. So robots of the world, be warned: It is hard to snap your fingers. While we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, almost every single European nation is working to shrink their deficit. We routinely look to Europe, and we say: Look how liberal, look how Big Government, look how socialized--and yet, most of Europe actually balances their annual budget. In 2019, 15 of 26 European countries ran budget surpluses. Another eight European countries ran deficits of less than 3 percent of their GDP. While here in the U.S., in that same year, our deficit exceeded 6 percent of GDP. Europe is a glaring example that fiscal responsibility is possible. It is not a pipe dream. In fact, if we just cut our spending to what we spent in 2019--just 3 years ago--we would actually have a balanced budget today. Instead, we have jumped from a deficit that was 6 percent of our GDP to a deficit that is 12 percent of our GDP. We are adding debt at an alarming rate. We are adding debt at a greater pace than we ever have in the history of our country. Thankfully, some of our predecessors in Congress anticipated this lack of restraint, and they gave us some guideposts. They gave us some rules. They established guardrails and tools to keep our budget in check. For example, there is a rule called the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act--or PAYGO, for short. It requires that if you have new spending, it has to be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget or elsewhere in the spending bill. Despite equipping our government with this necessary tool, though, Congress, with almost every budget in recent history, abuses its power, spends like drunken sailors, and ignores the fact that a day of reckoning is coming. Unfortunately, Congress has, virtually 100 percent of the time, voted to waive the PAYGO requirements. The American people demand accountability for the damage the Big Government spenders are doing to our families and to our Nation's economic well-being. I will not allow my colleagues to escape accountability by hiding behind 4,000 pages of legislative text. I, therefore, will raise a budget point of order as this bill comes to the floor that will put every Member of the Senate on record as to where they stand on fiscal responsibility. Unfortunately, most of the Senators--even if they share my sentiments--they know thatthis point of order will be waived. They think they can quietly vote this way and no one will notice. Well, when American voters finally notice that people here are saying one thing at home and doing another, are promising balancing budgets and promising that deficits do matter and then come up here and vote the opposite way--one day, the American electorate will wake up and vote these hypocrites out. There are many other points of order that can be raised on this. The budget rules are actually of some value if we would actually obey the rules. Some of the people, you see them. You see them in their States, they are at campaign rallies, they will tell you at townhalls, they will tell you on the Senate floor that we absolutely must get spending under control. They will tell you that the debt is a problem. They will tell you that it is a terrible way to run government to have omnibuses. It is terrible to put $6 trillion together in one bill, release it at 1:30 in the morning, and pass it; and you can read about it and find out what is in it later. I suspect you will find a lot of promises, though, that will be violated as we vote on these PAYGO restrictions. Realize that this is the law. The law of the land says you can't do this. Congress, in passing this omnibus, is breaking the law. The statute says very clearly they cannot do this. The only way they actually can evade responsibility is they change the law. They say: Oh, well, it would be embarrassing to get rid of the law; we will waive the law. So we have laws for decades that could actually right our fiscal house and put us on a course towards balancing our budget, and the rules are waived. They disobey their own rules. Congress does a disservice to the economy every time it waives these points of orders. What good are these procedures if they are never upheld? What started as formal guardrails to keep fiscal health of this Nation strong is now merely just a messaging tool with no real significance that allows Senators to get away with making promises they never intended to keep. That is why, in addition to raising this point of order, I am introducing an amendment to reform our budget procedures by raising the threshold. Let's make it less easy for them to break the rules. Currently, 60 Senators can break the rules. Let's make it two-thirds. Let's make it 67 Senators necessary to break the rules. Why? Because they are bankrupting this country, both sides of the aisle. There is an unholy alliance between both parties. One party wants more welfare; one wants more warfare. It is either the military industrial complex or the welfare industrial complex. But what happens inevitably every year is spending goes up. People come and the journalists question: What will happen? What will happen with Christmas here? The only thing that is known to happen is this body--both parties--will continue to add to the debt. And there is a day--there is a day when you wake up and the dollar is worthless. Right now, the dollar is losing nearly 10 percent of its value on an annual basis, but there is a day when it is 10 percent a day or 10 percent an hour. Great countries have succumbed to the destruction of currency, and it happens through debt, through deficit financing. And it is coming to us. There is a day of reckoning, unless we wake up and say: Enough is enough. We are going to do the prudent and rational thing: We are going to balance our budget. It is time that we take our Nation's health seriously, and it is time that we show concern for those who are being damaged and devastated by inflation. The inflation at the grocery store, at the gas pump, who does it hurt the worst? It hurts those on fixed incomes, senior citizens. It hurts the working class and the poor. Those who have most of their expenditures that go towards consumption, towards their food and groceries and gas, people who spend 90 percent of what they earn on buying the stuff that allows them to live are the people that are decimated by inflation. So if there are people in this body who do care, who do really care about those who are struggling with the burden of inflation, the best way is to quit digging the hole deeper, quit adding to the debt, and do what even European countries can do; and that is, begin to balance our budget.	2020-01-06	Mr. PAUL	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7818	null	5,448
formal	welfare	null	racist	Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, if this is winning, I am getting tired of winning. GOP leadership declared that this bill is a victory--but not unless you define victory as adding over a trillion dollars in new deficit spending. So really, there is a debate--a big debate--within the Republican Party. Which is more important? Is it more important to add $45 billion to military spending, or is it more important not to add $1 trillion in deficit to our overall debt? We now have a $31 trillion debt. We are adding over a trillion dollars a year, and yet Republican leadership says this is a victory because we are getting more military spending. But it is a victory at what expense? Are we actually more secure? Are we more safe? Is our national security more protected by spending more on the military, or is our national security actually more threatened by incurring more debt? I would argue the latter, that $31 trillion dollars in debt is the No. 1 threat to our national security. It is the week before Christmas, and, predictably, Congress is considering yet another $1.7 trillion spending bill that we haven't had a chance to see or even read. Last night, at 1:30 in the morning, the text of this 4,155-page spending spree was released. If you thought Congress couldn't possibly spend more money than it did last year, you would be wrong. The omnibus increases spending by 10 percent compared to last year's budget. You would think that nearly 2 years of 40-year-high inflation would create some hesitation. You would think that a looming recession, spurred largely by exorbitant government spending, would give this Congress pause. But instead of taking a minute to consider what a responsible Federal Government budget looks like, we are, instead, placed behind the barrel of a gun, forcing us to choose between letting government expire or blindly passing a $1.7 trillion spending package that not only does not balance, but, in fact, spends over 10 percent more than last year. How does Congress spend taxpayers' money? Well, here are just a few examples of how your government currently spends money. We found that they spent, last year, $2.3 million injecting beagles with cocaine. It seems that their researchers were curious--despite the pain they inflicted on these dogs--they were curious to know if cocaine causes adverse effects. Guess what. Read the newspaper. Read the news. Look at the addicts across our country. You think you need to inject beagles with cocaine to know that cocaine is a bad deal? And $700,000 was spent to study how male parrots attract their mate. Really? We have got people who go hungry in our country. We have people that are trying to get out from behind poverty, and we are spending $700,000 studying how male parrots attract a female. We spent $187,000 to study whether or not dogs help kids cope. Of course they do. Ask any pet owner. Any pet owner could have told you, and we would have saved the taxpayer $187,000. We spent $118,000 to study if a metal replica, a robot, of Marvel Comics' evil warlord Thanos could snap his fingers--$118,000. Really? They apparently hired some dude to wear metal gloves and then try to snap his fingers. You know what? They found out that it is impossible to make a snapping sound with metal fingers. So robots of the world, be warned: It is hard to snap your fingers. While we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, almost every single European nation is working to shrink their deficit. We routinely look to Europe, and we say: Look how liberal, look how Big Government, look how socialized--and yet, most of Europe actually balances their annual budget. In 2019, 15 of 26 European countries ran budget surpluses. Another eight European countries ran deficits of less than 3 percent of their GDP. While here in the U.S., in that same year, our deficit exceeded 6 percent of GDP. Europe is a glaring example that fiscal responsibility is possible. It is not a pipe dream. In fact, if we just cut our spending to what we spent in 2019--just 3 years ago--we would actually have a balanced budget today. Instead, we have jumped from a deficit that was 6 percent of our GDP to a deficit that is 12 percent of our GDP. We are adding debt at an alarming rate. We are adding debt at a greater pace than we ever have in the history of our country. Thankfully, some of our predecessors in Congress anticipated this lack of restraint, and they gave us some guideposts. They gave us some rules. They established guardrails and tools to keep our budget in check. For example, there is a rule called the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act--or PAYGO, for short. It requires that if you have new spending, it has to be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget or elsewhere in the spending bill. Despite equipping our government with this necessary tool, though, Congress, with almost every budget in recent history, abuses its power, spends like drunken sailors, and ignores the fact that a day of reckoning is coming. Unfortunately, Congress has, virtually 100 percent of the time, voted to waive the PAYGO requirements. The American people demand accountability for the damage the Big Government spenders are doing to our families and to our Nation's economic well-being. I will not allow my colleagues to escape accountability by hiding behind 4,000 pages of legislative text. I, therefore, will raise a budget point of order as this bill comes to the floor that will put every Member of the Senate on record as to where they stand on fiscal responsibility. Unfortunately, most of the Senators--even if they share my sentiments--they know thatthis point of order will be waived. They think they can quietly vote this way and no one will notice. Well, when American voters finally notice that people here are saying one thing at home and doing another, are promising balancing budgets and promising that deficits do matter and then come up here and vote the opposite way--one day, the American electorate will wake up and vote these hypocrites out. There are many other points of order that can be raised on this. The budget rules are actually of some value if we would actually obey the rules. Some of the people, you see them. You see them in their States, they are at campaign rallies, they will tell you at townhalls, they will tell you on the Senate floor that we absolutely must get spending under control. They will tell you that the debt is a problem. They will tell you that it is a terrible way to run government to have omnibuses. It is terrible to put $6 trillion together in one bill, release it at 1:30 in the morning, and pass it; and you can read about it and find out what is in it later. I suspect you will find a lot of promises, though, that will be violated as we vote on these PAYGO restrictions. Realize that this is the law. The law of the land says you can't do this. Congress, in passing this omnibus, is breaking the law. The statute says very clearly they cannot do this. The only way they actually can evade responsibility is they change the law. They say: Oh, well, it would be embarrassing to get rid of the law; we will waive the law. So we have laws for decades that could actually right our fiscal house and put us on a course towards balancing our budget, and the rules are waived. They disobey their own rules. Congress does a disservice to the economy every time it waives these points of orders. What good are these procedures if they are never upheld? What started as formal guardrails to keep fiscal health of this Nation strong is now merely just a messaging tool with no real significance that allows Senators to get away with making promises they never intended to keep. That is why, in addition to raising this point of order, I am introducing an amendment to reform our budget procedures by raising the threshold. Let's make it less easy for them to break the rules. Currently, 60 Senators can break the rules. Let's make it two-thirds. Let's make it 67 Senators necessary to break the rules. Why? Because they are bankrupting this country, both sides of the aisle. There is an unholy alliance between both parties. One party wants more welfare; one wants more warfare. It is either the military industrial complex or the welfare industrial complex. But what happens inevitably every year is spending goes up. People come and the journalists question: What will happen? What will happen with Christmas here? The only thing that is known to happen is this body--both parties--will continue to add to the debt. And there is a day--there is a day when you wake up and the dollar is worthless. Right now, the dollar is losing nearly 10 percent of its value on an annual basis, but there is a day when it is 10 percent a day or 10 percent an hour. Great countries have succumbed to the destruction of currency, and it happens through debt, through deficit financing. And it is coming to us. There is a day of reckoning, unless we wake up and say: Enough is enough. We are going to do the prudent and rational thing: We are going to balance our budget. It is time that we take our Nation's health seriously, and it is time that we show concern for those who are being damaged and devastated by inflation. The inflation at the grocery store, at the gas pump, who does it hurt the worst? It hurts those on fixed incomes, senior citizens. It hurts the working class and the poor. Those who have most of their expenditures that go towards consumption, towards their food and groceries and gas, people who spend 90 percent of what they earn on buying the stuff that allows them to live are the people that are decimated by inflation. So if there are people in this body who do care, who do really care about those who are struggling with the burden of inflation, the best way is to quit digging the hole deeper, quit adding to the debt, and do what even European countries can do; and that is, begin to balance our budget.	2020-01-06	Mr. PAUL	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7818	null	5,449
formal	working class	null	racist	Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, if this is winning, I am getting tired of winning. GOP leadership declared that this bill is a victory--but not unless you define victory as adding over a trillion dollars in new deficit spending. So really, there is a debate--a big debate--within the Republican Party. Which is more important? Is it more important to add $45 billion to military spending, or is it more important not to add $1 trillion in deficit to our overall debt? We now have a $31 trillion debt. We are adding over a trillion dollars a year, and yet Republican leadership says this is a victory because we are getting more military spending. But it is a victory at what expense? Are we actually more secure? Are we more safe? Is our national security more protected by spending more on the military, or is our national security actually more threatened by incurring more debt? I would argue the latter, that $31 trillion dollars in debt is the No. 1 threat to our national security. It is the week before Christmas, and, predictably, Congress is considering yet another $1.7 trillion spending bill that we haven't had a chance to see or even read. Last night, at 1:30 in the morning, the text of this 4,155-page spending spree was released. If you thought Congress couldn't possibly spend more money than it did last year, you would be wrong. The omnibus increases spending by 10 percent compared to last year's budget. You would think that nearly 2 years of 40-year-high inflation would create some hesitation. You would think that a looming recession, spurred largely by exorbitant government spending, would give this Congress pause. But instead of taking a minute to consider what a responsible Federal Government budget looks like, we are, instead, placed behind the barrel of a gun, forcing us to choose between letting government expire or blindly passing a $1.7 trillion spending package that not only does not balance, but, in fact, spends over 10 percent more than last year. How does Congress spend taxpayers' money? Well, here are just a few examples of how your government currently spends money. We found that they spent, last year, $2.3 million injecting beagles with cocaine. It seems that their researchers were curious--despite the pain they inflicted on these dogs--they were curious to know if cocaine causes adverse effects. Guess what. Read the newspaper. Read the news. Look at the addicts across our country. You think you need to inject beagles with cocaine to know that cocaine is a bad deal? And $700,000 was spent to study how male parrots attract their mate. Really? We have got people who go hungry in our country. We have people that are trying to get out from behind poverty, and we are spending $700,000 studying how male parrots attract a female. We spent $187,000 to study whether or not dogs help kids cope. Of course they do. Ask any pet owner. Any pet owner could have told you, and we would have saved the taxpayer $187,000. We spent $118,000 to study if a metal replica, a robot, of Marvel Comics' evil warlord Thanos could snap his fingers--$118,000. Really? They apparently hired some dude to wear metal gloves and then try to snap his fingers. You know what? They found out that it is impossible to make a snapping sound with metal fingers. So robots of the world, be warned: It is hard to snap your fingers. While we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, almost every single European nation is working to shrink their deficit. We routinely look to Europe, and we say: Look how liberal, look how Big Government, look how socialized--and yet, most of Europe actually balances their annual budget. In 2019, 15 of 26 European countries ran budget surpluses. Another eight European countries ran deficits of less than 3 percent of their GDP. While here in the U.S., in that same year, our deficit exceeded 6 percent of GDP. Europe is a glaring example that fiscal responsibility is possible. It is not a pipe dream. In fact, if we just cut our spending to what we spent in 2019--just 3 years ago--we would actually have a balanced budget today. Instead, we have jumped from a deficit that was 6 percent of our GDP to a deficit that is 12 percent of our GDP. We are adding debt at an alarming rate. We are adding debt at a greater pace than we ever have in the history of our country. Thankfully, some of our predecessors in Congress anticipated this lack of restraint, and they gave us some guideposts. They gave us some rules. They established guardrails and tools to keep our budget in check. For example, there is a rule called the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act--or PAYGO, for short. It requires that if you have new spending, it has to be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget or elsewhere in the spending bill. Despite equipping our government with this necessary tool, though, Congress, with almost every budget in recent history, abuses its power, spends like drunken sailors, and ignores the fact that a day of reckoning is coming. Unfortunately, Congress has, virtually 100 percent of the time, voted to waive the PAYGO requirements. The American people demand accountability for the damage the Big Government spenders are doing to our families and to our Nation's economic well-being. I will not allow my colleagues to escape accountability by hiding behind 4,000 pages of legislative text. I, therefore, will raise a budget point of order as this bill comes to the floor that will put every Member of the Senate on record as to where they stand on fiscal responsibility. Unfortunately, most of the Senators--even if they share my sentiments--they know thatthis point of order will be waived. They think they can quietly vote this way and no one will notice. Well, when American voters finally notice that people here are saying one thing at home and doing another, are promising balancing budgets and promising that deficits do matter and then come up here and vote the opposite way--one day, the American electorate will wake up and vote these hypocrites out. There are many other points of order that can be raised on this. The budget rules are actually of some value if we would actually obey the rules. Some of the people, you see them. You see them in their States, they are at campaign rallies, they will tell you at townhalls, they will tell you on the Senate floor that we absolutely must get spending under control. They will tell you that the debt is a problem. They will tell you that it is a terrible way to run government to have omnibuses. It is terrible to put $6 trillion together in one bill, release it at 1:30 in the morning, and pass it; and you can read about it and find out what is in it later. I suspect you will find a lot of promises, though, that will be violated as we vote on these PAYGO restrictions. Realize that this is the law. The law of the land says you can't do this. Congress, in passing this omnibus, is breaking the law. The statute says very clearly they cannot do this. The only way they actually can evade responsibility is they change the law. They say: Oh, well, it would be embarrassing to get rid of the law; we will waive the law. So we have laws for decades that could actually right our fiscal house and put us on a course towards balancing our budget, and the rules are waived. They disobey their own rules. Congress does a disservice to the economy every time it waives these points of orders. What good are these procedures if they are never upheld? What started as formal guardrails to keep fiscal health of this Nation strong is now merely just a messaging tool with no real significance that allows Senators to get away with making promises they never intended to keep. That is why, in addition to raising this point of order, I am introducing an amendment to reform our budget procedures by raising the threshold. Let's make it less easy for them to break the rules. Currently, 60 Senators can break the rules. Let's make it two-thirds. Let's make it 67 Senators necessary to break the rules. Why? Because they are bankrupting this country, both sides of the aisle. There is an unholy alliance between both parties. One party wants more welfare; one wants more warfare. It is either the military industrial complex or the welfare industrial complex. But what happens inevitably every year is spending goes up. People come and the journalists question: What will happen? What will happen with Christmas here? The only thing that is known to happen is this body--both parties--will continue to add to the debt. And there is a day--there is a day when you wake up and the dollar is worthless. Right now, the dollar is losing nearly 10 percent of its value on an annual basis, but there is a day when it is 10 percent a day or 10 percent an hour. Great countries have succumbed to the destruction of currency, and it happens through debt, through deficit financing. And it is coming to us. There is a day of reckoning, unless we wake up and say: Enough is enough. We are going to do the prudent and rational thing: We are going to balance our budget. It is time that we take our Nation's health seriously, and it is time that we show concern for those who are being damaged and devastated by inflation. The inflation at the grocery store, at the gas pump, who does it hurt the worst? It hurts those on fixed incomes, senior citizens. It hurts the working class and the poor. Those who have most of their expenditures that go towards consumption, towards their food and groceries and gas, people who spend 90 percent of what they earn on buying the stuff that allows them to live are the people that are decimated by inflation. So if there are people in this body who do care, who do really care about those who are struggling with the burden of inflation, the best way is to quit digging the hole deeper, quit adding to the debt, and do what even European countries can do; and that is, begin to balance our budget.	2020-01-06	Mr. PAUL	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7818	null	5,450
formal	HH	null	white supremacist	The following is an explanation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. This Act includes the 12 regular appropriations bills for fiscal year 2023, supplemental appropriations providing for emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine and for providing disaster relief, and other matter. The divisions contained in the Act are as follows: Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 Division C--Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023 Division D--Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 Division E--Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 Division F--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023 Division G--Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 Division H--Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 Division I--Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023 Division J--Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 Division K--Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 Division L--Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 Division M--Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 Division N--Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 Division O--Extenders and Technical Corrections Division P--Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Division Q--Aviation Related Matters Division R--No TikTok on Government Devices Division S--Oceans Related Matters Division T--SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 Division U--Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022 Division V--STRONG Veterans Act of 2022 Division W--Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 Division X--Extension of Authorization for Special Assessment for Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund Division Y--CONTRACT Act of 2022 Division Z--COVS Act Division AA--Financial Services Matters Division BB--Consumer Protection and Commerce Division CC--Water Related Matters Division DD--Public Land Management Division EE--Post Office Designation Division FF--Health and Human Services Division GG--Merger Filing Fee Modernization Division HH--Agriculture Division JJ--North Atlantic Right Whales Section 1 of the Act is the short title of the bill. Section 2 of the Act displays a table of contents. Section 3 of the Act states that, unless expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' contained in any division shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. Section 4 of the Act states that this explanatory statement shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this legislation as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. Section 5 of the Act provides a statement of appropriations. Section 6 of the Act relates to the cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7819-2	null	5,451
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I am pleased to announce that late last night, I introduced the bipartisan, bicameral, fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. This bill invests $772.5 billion in nondefense discretionary programs, including $118.7 billion--a 22-percent increase--for VA medical care, and $858 billion in defense funding. It provides $44.9 billion in emergency assistance to Ukraine and our NATO allies and $40.6 billion in emergency funding to assist communities across the country recovering from drought, hurricanes, flooding, wildfire, natural disasters, and other matters. The pain of inflation is real, and it is being felt across the Federal Government and by American families right now. Our bill offers relief, certainty for the operations of the Federal Government through the fiscal year, and the resources necessary to secure the national defense. From funding for nutrition programs and housing assistance, to home energy costs and college affordability, this is a strong bill that directly invests in the American people. It is the product of bipartisan negotiations in line with the framework announced by Vice Chairman Shelby, Chair DeLauro, and myself last week, and I strongly urge my colleagues to support it. It fulfills the promise of bipartisan, landmark legislation that we passed this year, and it fulfills our promise to the American people. If you voted for the PACT Act to care for our veterans, you should vote for this bill. If you voted for the CHIPS Act, you should vote for this bill. If you voted for the infrastructure law, you should vote for this bill. If you want to help families deal with the cost of heating, childcare, college, and housing, you should vote for this bill. If you actually want to fund the troops and their families at the levels of the NDAA, you should vote for this bill. If you want to help the victims of domestic violence, you should vote for this bill. If you want to support law enforcement, you should vote for this bill. I will have more to say about our bill tomorrow, but our choice is clear. The alternative, a continuing resolution into the New Year, is short-sighted and wholly unnecessary. It imperils our national security, and it ignores the real pain and consequences of inflation. Without a clear path forward based on a bipartisan framework, punting on our responsibility to fund the Federal Government risks a full-year continuing resolution. Under a continuing resolution, America gets left behind. This is unacceptable. We have a bipartisan bill. We have a path forward now. I look forward to continuing to work with my friend, Vice Chairman Shelby, to pass this bill out of the Senate as soon as possible. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 be printed in the Congressional Record.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7819	null	5,452
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I am pleased to announce that late last night, I introduced the bipartisan, bicameral, fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. This bill invests $772.5 billion in nondefense discretionary programs, including $118.7 billion--a 22-percent increase--for VA medical care, and $858 billion in defense funding. It provides $44.9 billion in emergency assistance to Ukraine and our NATO allies and $40.6 billion in emergency funding to assist communities across the country recovering from drought, hurricanes, flooding, wildfire, natural disasters, and other matters. The pain of inflation is real, and it is being felt across the Federal Government and by American families right now. Our bill offers relief, certainty for the operations of the Federal Government through the fiscal year, and the resources necessary to secure the national defense. From funding for nutrition programs and housing assistance, to home energy costs and college affordability, this is a strong bill that directly invests in the American people. It is the product of bipartisan negotiations in line with the framework announced by Vice Chairman Shelby, Chair DeLauro, and myself last week, and I strongly urge my colleagues to support it. It fulfills the promise of bipartisan, landmark legislation that we passed this year, and it fulfills our promise to the American people. If you voted for the PACT Act to care for our veterans, you should vote for this bill. If you voted for the CHIPS Act, you should vote for this bill. If you voted for the infrastructure law, you should vote for this bill. If you want to help families deal with the cost of heating, childcare, college, and housing, you should vote for this bill. If you actually want to fund the troops and their families at the levels of the NDAA, you should vote for this bill. If you want to help the victims of domestic violence, you should vote for this bill. If you want to support law enforcement, you should vote for this bill. I will have more to say about our bill tomorrow, but our choice is clear. The alternative, a continuing resolution into the New Year, is short-sighted and wholly unnecessary. It imperils our national security, and it ignores the real pain and consequences of inflation. Without a clear path forward based on a bipartisan framework, punting on our responsibility to fund the Federal Government risks a full-year continuing resolution. Under a continuing resolution, America gets left behind. This is unacceptable. We have a bipartisan bill. We have a path forward now. I look forward to continuing to work with my friend, Vice Chairman Shelby, to pass this bill out of the Senate as soon as possible. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 be printed in the Congressional Record.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt1-PgS7819	null	5,453
formal	extremism	null	Islamophobic	Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, the end of every Congress brings with it the reality that fellow colleagues in the Senate will no longer serve with us when the new Congress convenes in January. As we rush to complete the work of this Congress and in our eagerness to return home to spend time with our families for the holidays, it is important that we pause to thank departing Members for their years of public service to their constituents and to the country. On December 15, I spoke on the floor to commend the Senate service of my fellow Pennsylvanian, Senator Pat Toomey. Senator Pat Leahy of Vermont has served nearly 48 years in the Senate, and his list of accomplishments is as long as his tenure. I first got to know Senator Leahy when I was a new Senator and a junior member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Foresty, a committee that Senator Leahy once chaired. I was able to work with him and learn from him about all issues related to the dairy farming, which is of particular importance to both Vermont and my home State of Pennsylvania. Senator Leahy is also known, among other things, for his fierce commitment to human rights around the world, his long-time work advancing the cause of justice on the Judiciary Committee, his outstanding work on the Appropriations Committee, his fierce defense of the Senate as an institution, and, most of all, as the greatest advocate for the people of Vermont that the State has ever known. He has also found time for his personal passion of photography and to appear in five Batman movies. The Senate as an institution and I personally will miss serving with Pat. Mywife Terese and I have been blessed by our friendship with Pat and his wife Marcelle. The end of this Congress also marks the end of Senator Richard Burr's time in the Senate. I have worked with Senator Burr on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, on which we both sit. We have found common ground on a number of issues, most notably our shared interest in bio-defense and pandemic preparedness, upon which we have worked jointly for years. We led the effort in the Senate to pass the ABLE bill in 2014, which allows people with disabilities and their families to save for care and accommodations related to their disabilities. We also worked to advance out of committee a bipartisan pregnancy discrimination bill, which I still hope to get over the finish line this week. We have also disagreed at times, for example, when we both advocated for our respective States to receive critical title I education funding. I also served with Senator Burr on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence where, as the senior Republican on the committee, he helped to steer the committee through the treacherous waters of the Russia report detailing Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 election and to aid Donald Trump's candidacy. Even when the elements of his own party pressured him to do otherwise, Senator Burr stood up for American democracy and put country before party. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri is also retiring. In agreement or disagreement, Senator Blunt has been an honest broker, one who worked to try and find common ground and who was honest when he could not. In the past year, he and I have worked successfully to sort through some challenging issues related to pregnancy discrimination and the Congressional Accountability Act. The details of the legislation here are not as pertinent here as the manner in which he engaged in the issue--respectfully, substantively, and productively. He and I have also worked together on adoption issues for many years and together lead a bill to make the Adoption Tax Credit refundable, which allows many more low-income families to benefit. He has been an excellent partner in that effort. I regret that we have not been able to enact that bill into law prior to his retirement, but I will continue to seek its passage in the coming Congress. Finally, Roy and I have worked for years to build and repair bridges in smaller, rural areas of our respective States by allocating additional funds to so-called off-system bridges. I did not have the privilege of working with Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama when he was a member of the Democratic Caucus in the 1980s, before my time in the Senate. Regardless, Senator Shelby and I have been neighbors on the third floor of the Russell Senate Office Building, which means that we often find ourselves walking to vote on the Senate floor at around the same time. Early in my career, I found myself delivering to Senator Shelby's office a box of ice cream from the legendary Creamery at Penn State, the result of lost bet between Penn State and the top-ranked Alabama football team in 2010. Most recently, Senator Shelby was critical to bringing back the ability of Senators to advocate for community projects in their home State through the appropriations process. As the senior Republican on the Appropriations Committee, Senator Shelby has been unwavering in his belief that Senators understand the critical needs of their communities and should have the opportunity to advocate for them. Due to Senator Shelby's efforts to bring back congressionally directed spending and my advocacy for worthy projects throughout Pennsylvania, communities large and small are addressing critical local needs, from early childhood to infrastructure to healthcare, among others. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio is also retiring from the Senate this year. Ohio shares a border with Pennsylvania, and, not surprisingly, we share many of the same concerns. For example, we both believe in the critical importance of our manufacturing base to the American economy and the need to support the workers upon whom our manufacturing might is built. We have both been critical of China and its efforts to undermine the American manufacturers and workers, especially in the case of steel production. Senator Portman and I have partnered to protect some of the last American manufacturers of electrical steel from deliberate Chinese market distortion. I have also worked with Senator Portman and his fellow Ohioan Senator Sherrod Brown on several iterations of legislation called Leveling the Playing Field to help manufacturers respond to unfair market competition from China and Chinese enterprises operating under the protection of the Chinese Government. I also want to note that Senator Portman and I have a shared interest in children's mental health and teamed up recently on S. 4757, the Investing in Kids' Mental Health Now Act, a bill to increase the availability of mental health resources for children. Finally, I wish to note the departure of Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma from the Senate. A member of the Senate since 1994, Senator Inhofe is known first and foremost as a champion of our military and the men and women who serve our nation. He has served on the Senate Armed Services Committee capably for decades, most recently as the senior Republican on the panel. This year, we honored Senator Inhofe by naming the annual defense authorization bill after him. I am especially grateful to Senator Inhofe and the Armed Services Committee for including the Global Food Security Act in the FY23 Defense authorization bill, which will strengthen our country's effort to promote food security around the world and also fight extremism and political unrest around the world. This good national security bill is one of many ways in which Senator Inhofe's leadership on issues related to the continent of Africa will continue far after his retirement, as 16 of the 20 countries targeted by the Global Food Security Act's development program are in Africa. Senator Inhofe and I also share a deep concern for the brave Afghans seeking freedom from the Taliban and recently joined together to write to the Biden administration urging it to do all that it could to assist with the evacuation of the students and guardians of the Marefat School, the first coeducational school in Afghanistan and a leading beacon of efforts to promote the education and equity of girls in Afghanistan. Our efforts helped the successful evacuation of hundreds of children and their families who were at risk under the Taliban's brutal regime. As each of these retiring members leave the Senate for the last time and go home to their families for the holidays, I want to wish them my heartfelt thanks for their years of service to the Senate and to the country.	2020-01-06	Mr. CASEY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-20-pt3-PgS9623	null	5,454
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 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-2022-12-21-pt1-PgH9923-5	null	5,455
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 4926) to amend chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.	2020-01-06	Mr. NADLER	House	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgH9927	null	5,456
formal	Volodymyr Zelensky	null	antisemitic	The SPEAKER pro tempore. After consultation among the Speaker and the majority and minority leaders, and with their consent, the Chair announces that, when the two Houses meet in joint meeting to hear an address by His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, only the doors immediately opposite the Speaker and those immediately to her left and right will be open. No one will be allowed on the floor of the House who does not have the privilege of the floor of the House. Due to the large attendance that is anticipated, the rule regarding the privilege of the floor must be strictly enforced. Children of Members will not be permitted on the floor. The cooperation of all Members is requested. The practice of reserving seats prior to the joint meeting by placard will not be allowed. Members may reserve their seats by physical presence only following the security sweep of the Chamber.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgH9969	null	5,457
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore. Proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order: Adoption of House Resolution 1529; and Motions to suspend the rules with respect to the following: S. 2333, S. 5168, S. 4926, S. 2834, Senate amendment to H.R. 1917, S. 3168, S. 3308, S. 3773, S. 4104, S. 5087, S. 989, S. 1402, Senate amendment to H.R. 7939. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgH9972	null	5,458
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. 2333) to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment of athletes, and for other purposes on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgH9974	null	5,459
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Panetta). 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. 5168) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Panetta)	House	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgH9975	null	5,460
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. 4926) to amend chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	None	House	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgH9976	null	5,461
formal	based	null	white supremacist	SA 6614. Mr. DURBIN (for Mr. Menendez) proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 472, reaffirming the partnership between the United States and the Dominican Republic and advancing opportunities to deepen diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation between the two nations; as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: ``That the Senate-- (1) reaffirms its commitment to strengthening the historic partnership between the United States and the Dominican Republic based on shared democratic values and efforts to advance economic prosperity and national security; (2) encourages continued actions by the Government of the Dominican Republic to assume a regional leadership role in promoting human rights, democratic values, and humanitarian assistance; (3) calls for further steps to strengthen cooperation between the Governments of the United States and the Dominican Republic on issues of shared strategic interest, including-- (A) by assisting the Dominican Republic in its post-COVID- 19 economic recovery, including through support for United States and global initiatives that help developing countries recover financial sustainability and attain equitable access to international financial markets; (B) by developing and implementing nearshoring initiatives in the Caribbean Basin to realign international supply chains and strengthen the Dominican Republic's standing as a significant industrial, manufacturing, and logistical hub, including through cooperation on infrastructure development such as ports, power grids, and at free trade zones; (C) facilitating the expansion of economic and commercial ties, including by prioritizing bilateral development project financing and the formation of a United States-Dominican Republic Business Council; (D) by improving security cooperation between the two countries, including in addressing narcotics and human trafficking, dismantling money laundering networks, and strengthening professional law enforcement and criminal justice institutions; and (E) by increasing cooperation with the Dominican Republic and other international partners to promote stability in Haiti, address Haiti's humanitarian crisis, and facilitate political solutions supported by the Haitian people; (4) encourages the Government of the Dominican Republic to partner with the United States to catalyze the creation of the Organization of American States (OAS) Parliamentary Assembly to facilitate legislative cooperation; (5) urges the Government of the Dominican Republic to continue taking steps to address the inherent human rights, security, and data privacy risks posed by reliance on technology from the People's Republic of China, including Huawei components, in telecommunication networks; (6) commends efforts by President Abinader to strengthen the political independence of the Attorney General's Office and institutionalize anti-corruption reforms; and (7) calls on the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to continue to support the efforts of the Government of the Dominican Republic to respond to the humanitarian needs of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgS10021	null	5,462
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	EXECUTIVE CALENDAR--Continued Tribute to Cheri Bustos Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, early in my political career, I learned an important lesson: If you want to succeed, you don't go it alone. For every major decision, you need a trusted friend to turn to, someone who will be honest with you and steer you in the right direction. In my life, I have been lucky to have many friends who pass that test, including my mentors: Paul Douglas, the United States Senator from Illinois, who introduced me to this world when I was a college senior; and my predecessor in the United States Senate, Paul Simon. Another Illinois legend who joins that rank is Gene Callahan. Paul Simon and Gene Callahan were two of the hardest working and most grounded people I have ever known. They were public servants in every sense of the word. The two of them pioneered an approach to politics that I have tried to live up to: return every phone call; respond to every constituent; always, always, always remain true to your values. Sadly, both Paul Simon and Gene Callahan have been gone for many years, but their legacy lives on in a public servant who has perfected their model for leadership. That public servant's name is Congresswoman Cheri Bustos. For the past 10 years, she has represented Northwest and Central Illinois in the House, and she happens to be Gene Callahan's daughter. Since Cheri was first elected in 2012, she has lived, breathed, and fought for every family in the 17th district. From providing the best constituent service in the House to securing more funding for her district than any other Democrat in the House, Cheri quickly set herself apart as one of the brightest leaders in our State's history. She will be retiring at the end of this Congress, but before she heads home, I want to take a moment to share how proud I have been to watch our MVP from East Moline emerge as the All-Star champion of the United States Congress. Cheri grew up in a family that stressed the importance of public service. Her grandfather, Joe Callahan, was a hog farmer and a New Deal Democrat who represented one of Illinois's most rural counties in the State general assembly. He instilled in Cheri a deep appreciation for rural America and the family farms that feed our Nation. Whenever the State legislature was in session, Grandfather Joe would stay with Cheri, Gene, and the rest of the family in Springfield. It was during that same period that I first met Gene Callahan. The two of us were working for then-Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon. Gene would invite me, Paul, and sometimes even Senator Alan Dixon over to the House for a spirited conversation about the news of the day. It was truly a ``kitchen cabinet.'' Oftentimes, when we sat at the dinner table dishing about politics, we were joined by another youngster, a participant. A young Cheri Callahan was around, listening carefully. It is where she learned her first lessons in politics. Growing up, Cheri was passionate about a lot more than politics. In high school, she was a force to be reckoned with on the basketball court. Just as importantly, she understood the value of being a team player--so much so that in college, she was picked as the MVP on both the basketball and volleyball teams. That is a quality that really defines Cheri Bustos--from the basketball court to the floor of the House, she is a team player who is in it to win it--not just for herself but, more importantly, for the people who were counting on her. Throughout her life, Cheri's passion for victory has been surpassed only by a capacity for empathy. She always listens. It is another lesson she learned from her dad, Gene, and her mom, Ann, and Paul Simon. All of whom, like Cheri, had something to do with public service, either by participating in journalism, public service, or supporting those who do. In Cheri's case, she was a reporter with the Quad-City Times for 17 years. She started on the night shift as a police reporter. It was a tough job and doesn't pay a lot, but Cheri struck gold. While working for the Quad-City Times, she met a young sheriff named Gerry Bustos. And all these years later, they are happily married with three children and two grandkids. Cheri won her first election in 2007 for a seat on East Moline City Council. I know that she won it because I knocked on doors for her. A few years later, she called me and said: I am moving on up. I want to run for Congress. I will admit, my wife and I were surprised. Making a leap from city council to Congress is not for the faint of heart, but Cheri was an obvious natural. That first campaign began in the kitchen with one staffer: her nephew Brad. The two of them traveled all over northwest and central Illinois in his car, which had no working air conditioning and was pretty much held together with duct tape. But like Gene had taught her, Cheri showed up to every event, every townhall, every fundraiser, every phone bank. It was a heartfelt campaign that started off on a shoestring. That November, Cheri won that tough district by eight points. A couple of months after her victory, Cheri and Gerry made their nearly 15-hour drive to Washington with a U-Haul hitched to their Jeep Wrangler. It was the beginning of an amazing congressional career. During the first term, Cheri launched ``Cheri-on-Shift,'' her practice of working alongside constituents at their jobs. In Cheri's words, the Cheri-on-Shift experiment gave her ``a feel for what people do for a living, how they support their families, their struggles, why they take pride in their jobs.'' Over the past decade, Cheri has served drinks at the Golden Hen Cafe in Galena, planted soybeans with a farmer in Galesburg, and taken care of senior citizens at the Lifescape facility in Rockford. She has done everything from cleaning an ice rink with a Zamboni to trying her hand at beekeeping. And with every Cheri-on- Shift, she would ask her constituents: What do you need from me in Washington? Just ask her staff. The answers to those questions made all the difference in Cheri's office. Consider the case of a nurse in Galesburg who told Cheri she was so concerned about the lead pipes in her home that she was planning on dropping out of nursing school to cover the cost for replacing them. Cheri told her: We are going to do this right. And soon, she learned it wasn't just one nurse who was suffering from lead pipes, but the entire community. So Cheri kept her promise to that nurse. She found the Federal and State dollars to help make things right in Galesburg. If you want to see the difference that can be made, look at what Cheri has done for the Rock Island Arsenal. When I entered the Senate, the Rock Island Arsenal was on its last leg. I'm sorry to say, there were people at the Pentagon determined to close it. I was not going to let that happen, but I needed the right partner--and that partner was Cheri. Today, the Rock Island Arsenal's future is bright. We worked together with Tammy Duckworth to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and projects to upgrade that facility. In fact, the Rock Island Arsenal will soon be home to the largest 3-D printer in the world, which will build lighter, cheaper, and safer frames for military combat vehicles. It is one of the many ways that Cheri has helped position Illinois to lead in the future of manufacturing with union workers at the helm. Justice and opportunity for all--that has been Cheri's passion since she was the little girl that I first saw at the Callahan dinner table. It is the passion that has defined her years in public service and her decade in Congress. One of her final acts in Congress is one that will have impact across America for decades to come. She passed a law to end forced arbitration for sexual assault survivors. After she steered that bill through the House, I had the honor of working on it successfully as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This law will ensure that every survivor can have their day in court. And it wouldn't have happened without Cheri Bustos. So it is sad for me that Cheri is leaving at the end of this term. It is worth noting that in returning home, she has remained true to those who sent her here. You see, Cheri is a strong believer in stepping out of your comfort zone. She says it is ``where the magic happens.'' And it is a theme throughout her career. Every 10 years or so, Cheri switches gears--from journalism to healthcare to city council to Congress; and, now, I don't know what the next step will be. I think I speak for every resident in Illinois's 17th district in saying: Cheri, we can't wait to see what you achieve next. My wife Loretta and I are amazed, but not one bit surprised, to see how far you have come. You see, we have trusted you for a long time--when you were a babysitter for our kids, the graduate of Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership, the IWIL Training Academy, to one of the most accomplished legislators and constituent advocates in the House of Representatives. Somewhere out there, both Gene and Ann Callahan are beaming with pride with what their daughter has achieved. I want to wish a wonderful holiday season to Cheri, her husband Gerry, her sister Lynn and her husband Al, her three kids, Tony, Nick, and Joey, and their daughters-in-law, as well as the grandkids. Now that you are retiring, I am sure you will have plenty of time for dancing to Stevie Wonder around the Christmas tree.	2020-01-06	None	Senate	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgS9714	null	5,463
formal	public school	null	racist	TRIBUTE TO KORNISHA McGILL BROWN Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I rise to honor and commend a great champion for families in Georgia and nationwide. Kornisha McGill Brown, an esteemed member of the Columbus, GA, community, serves as the 27th national president of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, an organization committed to nurturing future leaders in the Black community. Born and raised in Georgia, Ms. McGill Brown has dedicated her personal and professional life to supporting children and families across the State, working as a public school educator, philanthropist, and youth professional development leader over the course of her career. She also dedicates her time to several service organizations in her community, including serving on the Board of for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley and as a member of the Columbus chapter of The Links, Incorporated. Ms. McGill Brown is a graduate of Spelman College and the University of Georgia, where she earned her bachelor of arts in political science and masters of education degrees, respectively. As Georgia's U.S. Senator, it is my honor to recognize Kornisha McGill Brown for her steadfast commitment to our Nation's youth and her lifetime of service.	2020-01-06	None	Senate	CREC-2022-12-21-pt1-PgS9775-2	null	5,464
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	A message from the Senate by Ms. Lasky, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate has passed without amendment bills of the House of the following titles: H.R. 680. An act for the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar. H.R. 897. An act to take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes. H.R. 1154. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area, 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. 82. Concurrent resolution authorizing the printing of a revised and updated version of the House document entitled ``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989''. The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested: S. 1541. An act to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities. S. 3405. An act to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue a rule providing that certain low power television stations may be accorded primary status as Class A television licenses, and for other purposes. S. 4439. An act to take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other purposes. S. 4814. An act to establish a demonstration program for the active remediation of orbital debris and to require the development of uniform orbital debris standard practices in order to support a safe and sustainable orbital environment, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10002	null	5,465
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 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-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10009	null	5,466
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3405) to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue a rule providing that certain low power television stations may be accorded primary status as Class A television licensees, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Mr. PALLONE	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10028	null	5,467
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of the bill (H.R. 9640) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for examination and disclosure with respect to Presidential income tax returns, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10029-3	null	5,468
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Lamb). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of the bill (S. 1942) to standardize the designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Lamb)	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10030	null	5,469
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. 3773) to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10032	null	5,470
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. 4104) to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10033	null	5,471
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Jackson Lee). 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. 5087) to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Jackson Lee)	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10034	null	5,472
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. 989) to establish a Native American language resource center in furtherance of the policy set forth in the Native American Languages Act on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10035	null	5,473
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. 1402) to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10036	null	5,474
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Casten). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7939) to make permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of changes to courses of education by reason of emergency situations, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Casten)	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10037	null	5,475
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	The Speaker announced her signature to enrolled bills of the Senate of the following titles: S. 7.--An act to make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. S. 558.--An act to establish a national integrated flood information system within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. S. 789.--An act to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians. S. 1446.--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. 1687.--An act to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors, and for other purposes. S. 2607.--An act to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the former hostages of the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981, highlighting their resilience throughout the unprecedented ordeal that they lived through and the national unity it produced, marking 4 decades since their 444 days in captivity, and recognizing their sacrifice to the United States. S. 2899.--An act to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates. S. 2991. An act to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for other purposes. S. 3846.--An act to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes. S. 3905.--An act to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, and for other purposes. S. 4003.--An act 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. S. 5230.--An act to increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10051	null	5,476
formal	single	null	homophobic	Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-6172. A letter from the Under Secretary, Comptroller, Department of Defense, 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 Armed Services. EC-6173. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Zipeprol in Schedule I [Docket No.: DEA-477] received December 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 Energy and Commerce. EC-6174. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Mesocarb in Schedule I [Docket No.: DEA-397] received December 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 Energy and Commerce. EC-6175. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Schedules of Controlled Substances: Removal of [18F]FP-CIT From Control [Docket No. DEA-837] received December 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 Energy and Commerce. EC-6176. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Department Notification Number: DDTC 22-049, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6177. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Department Notification Number: DDTC 22-039, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6178. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Department Notification Number: DDTC 22-044, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, 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-6179. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Department Notification Number: DDTC 22-041, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6180. A letter from the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Department Notification Number: DDTC 22-056, pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6181. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Election Commission, transmitting 15 legislative recommendations approved unanimously by the Commission; to the Committee on House Administration. EC-6182. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a report advising that the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3568-EM in the State of Louisiana has exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a single emergency declaration, 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-6183. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a report advising that the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3569-EM in the State of Mississippi has exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a single emergency declaration, 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-6184. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a report advising that the cost of response and recovery efforts for FEMA-3543-EM in the State of Louisiana has exceeded the $5,000,000 limit for a single emergency declaration, 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-6185. A letter from the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, transmitting the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) 2022-2031 Strategic Plan, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 2932(e)(7); Public Law 101-606, Sec. 102(e)(7); (104 Stat. 3098); to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. EC-6186. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Computation of Annual Liability Insurance (Including Self-Insurance), No- Fault Insurance, and Workers' Compensation Settlement Recovery Threshold'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(9)(D); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, Sec. 1862(b)(9)(D) (as added by Public Law 112-242, Sec. 202(a)(2)); (126 Stat. 2379); jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. EC-6187. A letter from the Supervisory Regulations Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Basic Health Program; Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2023 and Changes to the Basic Health Program Payment Notice Process [CMS-2441- F] (RIN: 0938-AU89) received December 16, 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-2022-12-22-pt1-PgH10054-2	null	5,477
formal	single	null	homophobic	The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer: Let us pray. Eternal God, to whom a thousand years are but a moment, help us to maximize today's possibilities with humble and grateful hearts. Lord, please bring peace on Earth and goodwill to humanity. Lord, have mercy upon the Ukrainian people as they seek to survive warfare during a freezing and fearful Christmas. Remind us all that humanity is wrapped up in a blanket of mutuality and tied to a single garment of destiny. Continue to use our lawmakers as instruments of Your peace, empowering them to make the rough places smooth and the crooked places straight. We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgS10061-2	null	5,478
formal	terrorist	null	Islamophobic	Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the 11th of December marked the 6-month anniversary of the violent death of widely respected Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. On May 19, I echoed Secretary of State Blinken's call for an ``independent, credible investigation'' of her killing. At that time, several Members of Congress called for the FBI to be involved, as did I. That would be appropriate after a tragedy like this involving an American citizen killed overseas under questionable circumstances. Secretary Blinken later said, and I agree, that ``[w]hen that investigation happens, we will follow the facts, wherever they lead. It's as straightforward as that.'' Unfortunately, there has been no independent, credible investigation, at least not yet. Three months ago, the Israeli Government, after first blaming the Palestinians for Ms. Abu Akleh's death, stated that she was likely shot, by mistake, by an unnamed Israeli soldier. The U.S. Security Coordinator--USSC--also stated, at the time, that gunfire from Israeli Defense Force--IDF--positions was likely responsible, but that there was ``no evidence to indicate her killing was intentional.'' The State Department acknowledges that conclusion was not the result of an investigation, but rather a review of information they were provided by the IDF and the Palestinian Authority. We were told that ``the Administration continues to believe that cooperation among Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the USSC is the best path to support a thorough, transparent, and impartial investigation.'' Neither the Palestinian Authority nor the IDF can be relied on to objectively determine and make public all the facts of what happened in this case--nor have they. For the State Department to assert, prematurely, that fatally shooting an unarmed person, and in this case one with ``PRESS'' written in bold letters on her clothing, was not intentional, without providing any facts to support that conclusion, calls into question the Department's commitment to an independent, credible investigation and to ``follow the facts, wherever they lead.'' Before I was elected to the Senate, I was a prosecutor. I know a thing or two about homicide investigations, having participated in many. There are intentional, reckless, negligent, and justifiable or excusable homicides. Six months after Ms. Abu Akleh's death, key questions remain unanswered, including: What specific evidence was the basis for the conclusion that ``there is no reason to believe that this was intentional but rather the result of tragic circumstances?'' Has everyone--the IDF personnel, Al Jazeera employees, and any others--who were in the proximity at the time of her death been questioned, and if so by whom? What, specifically, were the ``tragic circumstances'' the State Department referred to? Was the soldier who likely fired the fatal shot a trained marksman? Was he looking through a scope? Was there anything obstructing his vision? If he did not intend to kill Ms. Abu Akleh, what did he intend? Did he have reason to believe that the shot would injure or kill her? Were the rifle and ammunition he used, or the armored personnel vehicle he was reportedly inside or shielded behind when he fired the fatal shot, supplied by the United States? What IDF unit was he a member of? Is he still a member of the IDF? If so, is he on active duty? If, as the Israeli authorities may be implying, the IDF soldier missed, who or what he was aiming at and killed Ms. Abu Akleh by mistake, who or what was he aiming at? There are reports of earlier exchanges of gunfire, although not in the immediate vicinity where Ms. Abu Akleh was standing and not at the time she was shot. Is there any evidence that the shots that killed her and injured Ali Sammoudi, another unarmed Al Jazeera journalist, were fired as a legitimate act of self-defense? How many shots were fired, and were they all fired by the same soldier? Have any other bullets been recovered, including the one that injured Mr. Sammoudi? On July 5, the State Department spokesperson said, ``We would want to see accountability in any case of a wrongful death. That would especially--and is especially the case in the wrongful death of an American citizen, as was Shireen Abu Akleh.'' Has anyone been held accountable, and if so, in what manner? What steps does the Department plan to take to ensure such accountability? What steps has the Department taken to determine whether the Leahy Law applies in this case? Imagine if Shireen Abu Akleh were your sister--or your aunt--or your daughter. Wouldn't you be asking these questions and expect answers? Six months after her death, shouldn't we already know the answers? Recently, it was reported that the FBI has opened an investigation in this case. I welcome that decision. The Israeli authorities immediately announced they would not cooperate with the FBI. I hope they reconsider, especially given that this involves the untimely death of an American citizen by the actions of a soldier of a country that receives by far the largest amount of U.S. military training and equipment. I have voted for that aid because I believe we should help Israel defend itself, especially with Iran financing anti-Israel terrorist groups and regularly calling for Israel's annihilation. But that does not prevent me from asking relevant questions and calling for a thorough, independent investigation of the violent death of an American journalist, likely by an IDF soldier. In fact, it compels me to do so. There is an increasing foreboding that, as in so many other cases and like the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, there will never be the independent,thorough investigation and accountability that Ms. Abu Akleh's family, the Secretary of State, I, and others have called for. That would further jeopardize the safety of journalists everywhere who courageously risk their lives to gather facts and inform the public. This year alone, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 38 journalists have been killed, 294 have been imprisoned, and 64 are missing. Whether Shireen Abu Akleh's killing was a tragic mistake or the result of a reckless or intentional act, there must be a full accounting. And if it was intentional and if those responsible are not brought to justice, then the Leahy Law must be applied.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgS10077-2	null	5,479
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, throughout my 48 years in the Senate, I worked to uphold the American tradition of a humane immigration policy and fought to advance comprehensive immigration reform. As an advocate for refugees and asylum seekers fleeing violence and persecution around the world, I have been committed to allocating resources to help welcome these vulnerable individuals and families to my home State. And I did my best to directly support the Vermont communities that do so much to help resettle and embrace them. My office also has directly assisted thousands of Vermonters with visas, refugee resettlement, asylum, and other immigration casework. Over the past 48 years, this work has helped children and adults receive lifesaving medical treatment by enabling nurses, doctors, and dentists to join our short-staffed hospitals and clinics. It has also helped H-2A farmworkers to arrive in Vermont in time for harvest, work that is critical to our food supply and the success of our farms. My office has assisted students, scholars, engineers, musicians, athletes, and so many others to participate in and help grow our educational institutions and workforce, in the process often reuniting families separated for years. My staff and I have had the honor of witnessing Vermonters of all ages and from all walks of life realize their dreams to become citizens of the United States of America. Working with Vermonters with diverse backgrounds from all across the globe, I have come to know their struggles and hardships as well as their successes and achievements. Some were fleeing war and persecution, others pursuing their own dreams and seeking a better life for their children. With great courage and determination and the assistance of so many caring and generous Vermonters, these New Americans have not only improved their own lives, they have also brought a great and lasting benefit to our State. Vermont, like the rest of this great Nation, is built on the contributions of immigrants. The stories I hear from Vermonters who call my office has helped to inform my work in Washington. After countless concerned Vermonters contacted my office as tens of thousands of Afghans fled persecution, I used my position as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee to ensure adequate resources were available for resettlement in Vermont and elsewhere in the U.S. And when Ukrainians fled Russian attacks on their country to find safety in Vermont and elsewhere in the U.S., we appropriated funds to help them. As former chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I played a central role in shaping Federal immigration policy. At the forefront of my immigration priorities was passing legislation that incorporated the needs of Vermont agriculture and industry because I have long recognized the value immigration reform can have on state and local economies. I also sponsored the H-2A Improvement Act, a bill to include dairy workers in the agricultural work visa program. And I have been a lead sponsor of the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act to legalize the existing undocumented agricultural workforce in order to help America's farmers stay a productive and a vital part of the American economy. While the reforms I believe are needed across our entire immigration system have not yet been completed, I am proud that during the 113th Congress, the Senate made significant progress toward this goal by passing S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. This legislation sought to enhance border security, create a workable and accurate electronic workplace verification system, reform some of the legal immigration system, and provide a tough but achievable pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. It contained important long-standing initiatives that would directly benefit Vermont agriculture and industry, including important improvements to the agricultural temporary worker visa program, and reforms that both streamlined and strengthened oversight of the job-creating immigrant investor EB-5 Regional Center Program. Nearly a decade ago, I re-introduced the Refugee Protection Act. This bill would improve protections for refugees and asylum seekers and fulfill the U.S. obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. And I was a leading voice to demand an end to the expanded use of family detention for mothers and children fleeing violence in Central America. Beginning in 2003, I fought to end discrimination based on sexual orientation in our immigration laws through the Uniting American Families Act, legislation that would allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to petition for their foreign same-sex partners to come to the United States through the family immigration system. In June 2013, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Windsor, which held that the Federal Government cannot discriminate against married same-sex couples for the purpose of Federal benefits and responsibilities. The result was the fulfillment of my goal to ensure that married same-sex couples have full immigration rights. Thirty years ago, I visited a refugee camp. I brought my camera, as I do everywhere, so that I could show people back in Washington the human toll of an issue. A man there encouraged me to take his picture. I looked at his worn and weary face through the range finder. We sat and talked afterward, and he said simply: ``Don't forget people like me.'' The black and white photo hung above my desk for 30 years; every day I came to work, he looked at me, saying, ``You don't know my name, you don't speak my language, there's nothing I can do to help you--but what are you doing for people like me?'' That photo and the question it provokes helped guide my approach to immigration legislation and other policy areas over the years. So much more needs to be done, but we must also remember our accomplishments and always honor the immigrants who have made this country a great nation.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgS10078	null	5,480
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, throughout my 48 years in the Senate, I worked to uphold the American tradition of a humane immigration policy and fought to advance comprehensive immigration reform. As an advocate for refugees and asylum seekers fleeing violence and persecution around the world, I have been committed to allocating resources to help welcome these vulnerable individuals and families to my home State. And I did my best to directly support the Vermont communities that do so much to help resettle and embrace them. My office also has directly assisted thousands of Vermonters with visas, refugee resettlement, asylum, and other immigration casework. Over the past 48 years, this work has helped children and adults receive lifesaving medical treatment by enabling nurses, doctors, and dentists to join our short-staffed hospitals and clinics. It has also helped H-2A farmworkers to arrive in Vermont in time for harvest, work that is critical to our food supply and the success of our farms. My office has assisted students, scholars, engineers, musicians, athletes, and so many others to participate in and help grow our educational institutions and workforce, in the process often reuniting families separated for years. My staff and I have had the honor of witnessing Vermonters of all ages and from all walks of life realize their dreams to become citizens of the United States of America. Working with Vermonters with diverse backgrounds from all across the globe, I have come to know their struggles and hardships as well as their successes and achievements. Some were fleeing war and persecution, others pursuing their own dreams and seeking a better life for their children. With great courage and determination and the assistance of so many caring and generous Vermonters, these New Americans have not only improved their own lives, they have also brought a great and lasting benefit to our State. Vermont, like the rest of this great Nation, is built on the contributions of immigrants. The stories I hear from Vermonters who call my office has helped to inform my work in Washington. After countless concerned Vermonters contacted my office as tens of thousands of Afghans fled persecution, I used my position as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee to ensure adequate resources were available for resettlement in Vermont and elsewhere in the U.S. And when Ukrainians fled Russian attacks on their country to find safety in Vermont and elsewhere in the U.S., we appropriated funds to help them. As former chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I played a central role in shaping Federal immigration policy. At the forefront of my immigration priorities was passing legislation that incorporated the needs of Vermont agriculture and industry because I have long recognized the value immigration reform can have on state and local economies. I also sponsored the H-2A Improvement Act, a bill to include dairy workers in the agricultural work visa program. And I have been a lead sponsor of the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act to legalize the existing undocumented agricultural workforce in order to help America's farmers stay a productive and a vital part of the American economy. While the reforms I believe are needed across our entire immigration system have not yet been completed, I am proud that during the 113th Congress, the Senate made significant progress toward this goal by passing S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. This legislation sought to enhance border security, create a workable and accurate electronic workplace verification system, reform some of the legal immigration system, and provide a tough but achievable pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. It contained important long-standing initiatives that would directly benefit Vermont agriculture and industry, including important improvements to the agricultural temporary worker visa program, and reforms that both streamlined and strengthened oversight of the job-creating immigrant investor EB-5 Regional Center Program. Nearly a decade ago, I re-introduced the Refugee Protection Act. This bill would improve protections for refugees and asylum seekers and fulfill the U.S. obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. And I was a leading voice to demand an end to the expanded use of family detention for mothers and children fleeing violence in Central America. Beginning in 2003, I fought to end discrimination based on sexual orientation in our immigration laws through the Uniting American Families Act, legislation that would allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to petition for their foreign same-sex partners to come to the United States through the family immigration system. In June 2013, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Windsor, which held that the Federal Government cannot discriminate against married same-sex couples for the purpose of Federal benefits and responsibilities. The result was the fulfillment of my goal to ensure that married same-sex couples have full immigration rights. Thirty years ago, I visited a refugee camp. I brought my camera, as I do everywhere, so that I could show people back in Washington the human toll of an issue. A man there encouraged me to take his picture. I looked at his worn and weary face through the range finder. We sat and talked afterward, and he said simply: ``Don't forget people like me.'' The black and white photo hung above my desk for 30 years; every day I came to work, he looked at me, saying, ``You don't know my name, you don't speak my language, there's nothing I can do to help you--but what are you doing for people like me?'' That photo and the question it provokes helped guide my approach to immigration legislation and other policy areas over the years. So much more needs to be done, but we must also remember our accomplishments and always honor the immigrants who have made this country a great nation.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgS10078	null	5,481
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the most important technology connections are ones between people. Vermont is a place where people connecting is not only important to life, but is the very fabric of it. It was natural, I think, for me to see cyberspace as a continuation of connections like in Vermont. It is why I created one of the first websites in the Senate. It is why I have done hundreds of video chats with Vermont schoolchildren. And it is why I have ensured that among the billions of dollars of the Federal budget appropriated for cyberspace programs the executive agencies pay attention to the special perspective we have in Vermont. For all the machines connected to each other that make up cyberspace, the real connectivity is between the people using them, coding their software, and fabricating their hardware. Any cyber specialist will tell you the weakest link in security is the humans who use or create the programs and hardware. But they will also tell you that humans have the potential to be the most powerful part of the network. Much of my work has been about improving the way the human connections strengthen the technological ones. I created the Trusted Foundry Program and have supported its evolution, so people in the U.S. Government and critical industries know that the chips they put in their equipment come from a fab that has the highest level of security against meddling by bad actors. The men and women in Essex Junction, VT, at GlobalFoundries work at such a fab, and the IBMers there administer the program nation-wide. At Champlain College, I established the Leahy Center for Digital Investigation, so there would be a place where protecting and serving people in the physical world benefits from the online one. Their recent work to educate on collection of data from crime scenes that meets evidentiary standards for the Internet of Things--all the connected devices that now exist in our lives--has set a standard for the Nation, and their work with the U.S. Secret Service has improved the work at their premier cyber school for law enforcement in Alabama. This summer, I am proud that Norwich University announced at Vermont's first annual Cyber Symposium that their School of Cybersecurity and Advanced Computing would bear my name. I am proud because, for years, their students and faculty have been a national treasure. Among many, many achievements, Norwich created and I secured funds for the wildly successful DECIDE program for command and control cyber exercises with the Department of Homeland Security, now in its fourth expansion in this year's omnibus. Norwich's expertise in helping local governments prepare for and respond to cyber events, their education opportunities for undergrads, secondary degrees, guardsmen and reservists, and their upcoming expansion of their cybersecurity discipline to fully embrace the roles of information operations, machine learning, and AI-assisted decision-making in security, are all ways they are showing national leadership. The important connections between people go back to the earliest days of Vermont. We have always had to rely on each other. That has made us strong and resilient. Everyone here shows that we have continued that tradition into the digital age, using technology to reinforce and create new bonds between us. It has been an honor to support and strengthen that during my Senate career, and I look forward to seeing how Vermonters continue to grow in connection with each other and the world.	2020-01-06	Mr. LEAHY	Senate	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgS10079	null	5,482
formal	safeguard	null	transphobic	Mr. REED. Mr. President, as the 117th Congress winds down, I would like to offer some reflections on some of our departing colleagues: Roy Blunt, Richard Burr, Rob Portman, Ben Sasse, Richard Shelby, and Patrick Toomey. Too often, the Senate is viewed through a partisan lens, but the truth is that we all work together to serve the American people. We all swore the same oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. Although we may have differing views, we certainly have common values. It has been my honor to serve with these outstanding senators, as well as my good friends, Senator Jim Inhofe and Senator Patrick Leahy, whose service I spoke about earlier. Tribute to Roy Blunt Roy Blunt knows how to get things done. Because of his efforts as the top Republican on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education, we have been able to make extraordinary investments in healthcare research at the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control. I am grateful for the role he has played in helping to raise funding for key programs like the Pell grant, adult education, the Library Services and Technology Act, and the Childhood Cancer STAR Act. Additionally, I have had the privilege of teaming up with Senator Blunt for many years on legislation to increase our healthcare workforce with the Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act, which would help incentivize people to go into the primary care field. He has been a champion for children. We have worked together on the Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act, to improve access to pediatric subspecialists, including children's mental health workers. I greatly admire his advocacy and success when it comes to strengthening mental health services and access to care. That was reflected in the nationwide expansion of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics program, which he worked so hard to accomplish. Finally, as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Rules, Senator Blunt has worked to safeguard the Senate community, and in partnership with Senator Klobuchar, he has worked to craft the bipartisan Electoral Count Act to eliminate any doubts about the process for tabulating electoral votes in Congress. This legislation will help eliminate the perceived ambiguities in current law that President Trump sought to exploit on January 6, 2021. And it is yet another example of Senator Blunt's principled, bipartisan leadership. We will miss him in the Senate and wish his wife Abigail and their children and grandchildren all the best. Tribute to Richard Burr I thought I drove the most beat up car in the Senate until I saw Senator Burr's 1973 Volkswagen Thing, which I can't believe didn't fully retire before he did. As a Member of the House and the Senate, Richard Burr has become an expert on healthcare policy, helping shepherd countless public health and research bills into law. This includes important reauthorizations of the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. I have appreciated his help in clearing important legislation I have introduced, including measures to address childhood cancer, mental health, and suicide prevention. In the Senate, Senator Burr became an ardent and outspoken leader in preserving our public lands, parks, refuges, and recreational areas. His quest to permanently reauthorize and fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund--LWCF--ultimately led to the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act, which permanently funds the LWCF at $900 million per year and provides dedicated funding to address maintenance backlogs at our major land management agencies. This was a huge accomplishment that will benefit future generations of Americans. Finally, as the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Burr was unflappable and even-handed in investigating and assessing the threats against this country posed by Russia and other malicious actors. After a career of landmark legislative achievements, I wish Richard well as he drives his signature Volkswagen Thing back home to North Carolina. Tribute to Rob Portman Senator Rob Portman is one of the most prolific public servants in the Republican party, serving in the Senate, the House, and senior posts as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and as the U.S. Trade Representative. He certainly has had a varied and distinguished career. Early in his Senate tenure, as the U.S. economy struggled in the wake of the Great Recession, Senator Portman and I teamed up to try to extend enhanced unemployment benefits for the millions of Americans who had been forced out of work. We made great progress in the Senate, bringing together a core group of 10 Senators to shape a package of assistance. While that package passed the Senate with a strong bipartisan vote, we could not overcome opposition in the House. Nonetheless, that pattern of working with bipartisan groups of like-minded Senators became the hallmark of Senator Portman's legislative career, paying off in this Congress with the enactment of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and the Respect for Marriage Act. On issues like addiction treatment, retirement security, and marriage equality, he became the maestro of orchestrating bipartisan agreement. Senator Portman has also become a leading voice in supporting U.S. efforts to assist Ukraine, helping to ensure that we bring the resources that President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people need in order to secure their freedom. While Senator Portman will be leaving this Chamber, I expect he will remain engaged in policy debates and serving the community. And I hope that his bipartisan leadership and efforts to bring people together to find common ground will endure. Tribute to Richard C. Shelby Richard Shelby has been at the center of addressing some of the most consequential events that have faced the country during his tenure. He was the top Republican on the Select Committee on Intelligence in the immediate aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001. He served as the chairman and later ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee during the Wall Street financial collapse and Great Recession. And as chair and vice chair of the Appropriations Committee, he helped guide us through the challenges of the Budget Control Act and the COVID-19 pandemic. Always faithful to his conservative views, Richard has never been a partisan firebrand. He has been a person committed to getting things done on behalf of all Americans and particularly the people of Alabama. When I was ranking member of the Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, I was privileged to work closely with Chairman Shelby to reauthorize our Nation's transit programs under the SAFETEA Act. In the midst of the Great Recession, we worked together on the Banking Committee to pass the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, which helped homeowners with subprime mortgages avoid foreclosure. Important for today's supply constrained housing market, that law created the Housing Trust Fund to increase and preserve the supply of housing for people with the lowest incomes, including families experiencing homelessness. And during his tenure at the top of the Appropriations Committee and the Subcommittee on Defense, Richard has worked with Chairman Leahy and Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski to fund our national defense, invest wisely in public infrastructure, and address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is fitting that Senator Shelby, working with Senator Leahy, is capping his career by passing an omnibus appropriations bill, which bears the mark of his work. Finally, let me add this, Richard, in a very understated way, has been a true champion in promoting women to positions of authority in the Senate, including naming the first woman to serve as staff director of the Senate Appropriations Committee. And it is fitting now that his former chief of staff, Senator-elect Katie Britt, will be his successor in the Senate. In wishing him well in his retirement, I also want to pay tribute to his wife Annette, who has been a partner in his service to the country. Tribute to Ben Sasse During his tenure in the Senate, Ben Sasse has been a leader in addressing the threat of cyber attacks. With my House colleague, Congressman Jim Langevin, Senator Sasse worked to create the Cybersecurity Solarium Commission in 2019. The goal of the commission was to develop a strategic approach to defending the United States against cyber attacks of significant consequences. As a member of the commission, Senator Sasse helped craft a thoughtful report and important legislative recommendations that will guide our policy on cybersecurity for years to come. Tribute to Patrick J. Toomey Most States have two Senators, but for the last 12 years, there have been three Rhode Islanders serving in the Senate: Senator Whitehouse, myself, and Senator Pat Toomey--Republican from East Providence. Growing up in a large working-class family with parents of Irish and Portuguese ancestry, Senator Toomey's background is familiar and shared by many Rhode Islanders, but his success has been uncommon and evident almost from the start. In fact, Senator Toomey and I went to the same high school--the legendary LaSalle Academy. We were a few years--actually several years--apart. I was a good student. Pat was the valedictorian. He went on to Harvard and Wall Street and served in the House before coming to the Senate. As a member of the Senate Banking Committee and eventually serving as the top Republican on the panel, he was well-versed and well-prepared to debate the issues. As we worked to craft the CARES Act and other COVID-19 pandemic legislation, Pat was rigorous and relentless in asking tough questions as we worked to develop this legislation to keep the economy moving. Closer to home and his Portuguese roots, Pat was a champion for improving U.S. relations with Portugal. Working with my colleagues Sheldon Whitehouse and David Cicilline, he pushed for the passage of the AMIGOS Act--a bill to improve trade and investment ties between the U.S. and Portugal. I am pleased that thanks to Pat's efforts we were able to include this legislation in this year's National Defense Authorization Act. With Pat's retirement, Rhode Island will have to make do with just two Senators, but I hope that we will continue to see him and his wife Kris and their children from time to time both in Washington and in the Ocean State. Again I want to thank these extraordinary colleagues for their hard work over the years and for their service to the American people and the people of their States.	2020-01-06	Mr. REED	Senate	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgS10087	null	5,483
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	At 10:44 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. 450. An act to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. S. 2333. An act to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment of athletes, and for other purposes. S. 2834. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program. S. 3168. An act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes. S. 3308. An act to authorize the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into lease or exchange agreements and storage agreements relating to water of the Colorado River allocated to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. S. 4411. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the ``Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building''. S. 4926. An act to amend chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. S. 5016. An act to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, as the ``Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System'', and for other purposes. S. 5066. An act to designate Mount Young in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. S. 5168. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes. S. 5329. An act to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes. The message also announced that the House agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1917) to modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs, and for other purposes. Enrolled Bills Signed At 1:40 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker had signed the following enrolled bills: S. 7. An act to make a technical amendment to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. S. 558. An act to establish a national integrated flood information system within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. S. 789. An act to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians. 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. 1687. An act to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors, and for other purposes. S. 2607. An act to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the former hostages of the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981, highlighting their resilience throughout the unprecedented ordeal that they lived through and the national unity it produced, marking 4 decades since their 444 days in captivity, and recognizing their sacrifice to the United States. S. 2899. An act to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates. S. 2991. An act to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for other purposes. S. 3846. An act to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes. S. 3905. An act to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, and for other purposes. S. 4003. An act 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. S. 5230. An act to increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. H.R. 441. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and the conveyance of certain property to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium located in Anchorage, Alaska, and for other purposes. H.R. 478. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes. H.R. 681. An act for the relief of Rebecca Trimble. H.R. 785. An act for the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso. H.R. 2724. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma, and for other purposes. H.R. 3285. An act to amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President's spouse. H.R. 4250. An act to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes, and for other purposes. H.R. 4881. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes. H.R. 5943. An act to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic''. H.R. 5961. An act to make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code. H.R. 5973. An act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990, and for other purposes. H.R. 6064. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma. H.R. 6427. An act to amend the Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act to modify the boundary of the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes. H.R. 6604. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines the effects of a closure or disapproval of an educational institution on individuals who do not transfer credits from such institution. H.R. 6961. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma. H.R. 7181. An act to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the United States, and for other purposes. 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. 7335. An act to improve coordination between the Veterans Health Administration and the Veterans Benefits Administration with respect to claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma, and for other purposes. H.R. 7735. An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the appraisal requirements for certain loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 8260. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to shorten the timeframe for designation of benefits under Department of Veterans Affairs life insurance programs, to improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. The enrolled bills were subsequently signed by the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy). Enrolled Bills Signed The message also announced that the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Beyer) had signed the following enrolled bills: H.R. 203. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the ``Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building''. H.R. 1095. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building''. H.R. 2472. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, Ohio, as the ``John Armor Bingham Post Office''. 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. 4622. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 226 North Main Street in Roseville, Ohio, as the ``Ronald E. Rosser Post Office''. H.R. 4899. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''. H.R. 5271. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Thelma Harper Post Office Building''. H.R. 5349. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post Office Building''. H.R. 5650. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building''. H.R. 5659. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, California, as the ``John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building''. H.R. 5794. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 850 Walnut Street in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as the ``First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr. Post Office Building''. H.R. 5865. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the ``Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building''. H.R. 5900. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office''. H.R. 5952. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street, in Vergas, Minnesota, as the ``Jon Glawe Post Office''. H.R. 6042. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the ``Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building''. H.R. 6080. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Ronald A. Robinson Post Office''. H.R. 6218. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office''. H.R. 6220. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''. H.R. 6221. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 6267. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in Suffern, New York, as the ``Sergeant Gerald T. `Jerry' Donnellan Post Office''. H.R. 6386. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building''. H.R. 6630. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''. 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. 7514. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, Pennsylvania, as the ``Andrew Gomer Williams 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. 7519. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, as the ``Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office Building''. H.R. 7638. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 8025. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post Office''. H.R. 8026. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post Office''. H.R. 8203. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the ``Bob Krueger Post Office''. H.R. 8226. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building''. H.R. 9308. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, California, as the ``Susan A. Davis Post Office''. The bills were subsequently signed by the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy). Enrolled Bill Signed At 4:19 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Alli, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker had signed the following bill: H.R. 7776. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. The enrolled bill was subsequently signed by the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy).	2020-01-06	Unknown	Senate	CREC-2022-12-22-pt1-PgS10090	null	5,484
formal	based	null	white supremacist	______ HON. BETTY McCOLLUM of minnesota in the house of representatives Friday, December 23, 2022 Ms. McCollum. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023. I want to thank Chair DeLauro for her tireless work to finish this legislation--she deserves great credit. As Chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, I marked up the House Defense bill to President Biden's original request of $761.7 billion. I felt his number was an appropriate level of funding for our national security. While I agree that we must make adjustments based on inflation and other global events, I am disappointed in the Senate's insistence on increasing defense spending at the expense of domestic priorities. We must realize that our national security is not defined by defense dollars alone--we damage our national security when we don't adequately address the needs of the American people: in education, health care, and other critical investments here at home. Turning to the Defense bill--for Fiscal Year 2023 we provide $797.7 billion, $69.3 billion above the 2022 enacted level. We know that all Americans are struggling with higher prices--and that includes our men and women in uniform--so we have prioritized investing in our most important national security asset, our service members and their families. This Defense bill puts people first--by including: A 4.6 percent pay raise for our service members; And an increase of 11 percent to the Basic Allowance for Housing, and the Basic Allowance for Subsistence--which will help offset the cost of rising rent and food prices. I am very proud that this bill also invests in: Confronting the climate crisis--with more than $2 billion in clean energy programs and funding to add resilience to DoD installations from the impacts of climate change. Over $39 billion for Defense Health and medical research, including over $582 million for cancer research. And $1.6 billion in Environmental Restoration programs, including over $250 million for PFOS remediation and disposal research. This bill also continues our commitment to helping the Ukrainian people defend their democracy against Russian aggression by providing robust funding for the Ukraine Security Initiative and other NATO allies and partners in Europe. The time has come for Congress to finish our work, pass this omnibus, and fund the entire federal government.	2020-01-06	None	House	CREC-2022-12-23-pt1-PgE1354	null	5,485
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	A message from the Senate by Ms. Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate has passed with amendments in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the following title: H.R. 1082. An act to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride-hailing signage and study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives. The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested: S. 2524. An act to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes. S. 2708. An act to provide for greater consultation between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land grant-mercedes, and for other purposes. S. 3046. An act to codify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects, and for other purposes. S. 3428. An act to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, and submit a report on a civil nuclear credit program, and for other purposes. S. 3873. An act to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater''. S. 4105. An act to treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. S. 4321. An act to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. S. 5357. An act to provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, and for other purposes. The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 110-315, the Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, announces the re-appointment of the following member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: Michael Poliakoff of Virginia.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-23-pt1-PgH10063	null	5,486
formal	terrorism	null	Islamophobic	A message from the Senate by Ms. Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate has passed with amendments in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the following title: H.R. 1082. An act to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride-hailing signage and study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives. The message also announced that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested: S. 2524. An act to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes. S. 2708. An act to provide for greater consultation between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land grant-mercedes, and for other purposes. S. 3046. An act to codify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects, and for other purposes. S. 3428. An act to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, and submit a report on a civil nuclear credit program, and for other purposes. S. 3873. An act to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater''. S. 4105. An act to treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. S. 4321. An act to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. S. 5357. An act to provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, and for other purposes. The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 110-315, the Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, announces the re-appointment of the following member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: Michael Poliakoff of Virginia.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-23-pt1-PgH10063	null	5,487
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-6209. A letter from the Chairman, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's annual report for calendar year 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture. EC-6210. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting the Evaluation of the TRICARE Program: Fiscal Year 2022 Report to Congress; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-6211. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``Health Profession Opportunity Grants; Third Report to Congress'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1397g(a)(3)(C); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, Sec. 2008 (as amended by Public Law 111-148, Sec. 5507(a)); (124 Stat. 663); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-6212. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: 2022 Update'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 11225(g); Public Law 111-375, Sec. 2(g); (124 Stat. 4102); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-6213. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``Report on the Affordability of Insulin'', pursuant to Public Law 116-283, Sec. 10004(2); (134 Stat. 4865); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-6214. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule--Default Provisions for Hearing Proceedings Relating to the Revocation, Suspension, or Denial of a Registration [Docket No.: DEA-438] (RIN: 1117-AB36) received December 20, 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-6215. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report titled ``Implementation of Executive Order 12938 Concerning the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction'', pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94- 412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6216. 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-6217. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a Memorandum of Justification; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6218. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a Determination under Sec. 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6219. A letter from the Federal Co-Chair, Denali Commission, transmitting the Commission's Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, Sec. 5(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-6220. A letter from the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report to Congress, pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 345(b); Public Law 107-296, Sec. 705; (116 Stat. 2219); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-6221. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting an update on the steps the Treasury has been required to effectively implement the American Rescue Plan; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-6222. A letter from the Inspector General, U.S. House of Representatives, transmitting the results of the audit of the United States House of Representatives' annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021; to the Committee on House Administration. EC-6223. A letter from the Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Boundary Description and Final Map South Fork Clackamas Wild and Scenic River, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1274(b); Public Law 90- 542, Sec. 3(b) (as amended by Public Law 100-534, Sec. 501); (102 Stat. 2708); to the Committee on Natural Resources. EC-6224. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2022- 1053; Project Identifier MCAI-2022-00200-T; Amendment 39- 22234; AD 2022-23-07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received December 20, 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-6225. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0156; Project Identifier AD-2021-01474-T; Amendment 39-22237; AD 2022-23- 10] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received December 20, 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-6226. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0103; Project Identifier AD-2021-00977-T; Amendment 39-22238; AD 2022-23- 11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received December 20, 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-6227. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2022-1059; Project Identifier AD-2022-00204-T; Amendment 39-22239; AD 2022-23- 12] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received December 20, 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-6228. A letter from the Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``Medicare Part B Spending on Lab Tests Increased in 2021, Driven By Higher Volume of COVID-19 Tests, Genetic Tests, and Chemistry Tests'', pursuant to Public Law 113-93; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. EC-6229. A letter from the Executive Director, Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, transmitting the Biennial Report of the Board of Directors, pursuant by Sec. 102(b) of the Congressional Accountability Act; jointly to the Committees on House Administration and Education and Labor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-27-pt1-PgH10533-10	null	5,488
formal	XX	null	transphobic	Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: EC-6209. A letter from the Chairman, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's annual report for calendar year 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture. EC-6210. A letter from the Under Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting the Evaluation of the TRICARE Program: Fiscal Year 2022 Report to Congress; to the Committee on Armed Services. EC-6211. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``Health Profession Opportunity Grants; Third Report to Congress'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1397g(a)(3)(C); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, Sec. 2008 (as amended by Public Law 111-148, Sec. 5507(a)); (124 Stat. 663); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-6212. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: 2022 Update'', pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 11225(g); Public Law 111-375, Sec. 2(g); (124 Stat. 4102); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-6213. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``Report on the Affordability of Insulin'', pursuant to Public Law 116-283, Sec. 10004(2); (134 Stat. 4865); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. EC-6214. A letter from the Section Chief, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's final rule--Default Provisions for Hearing Proceedings Relating to the Revocation, Suspension, or Denial of a Registration [Docket No.: DEA-438] (RIN: 1117-AB36) received December 20, 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-6215. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report titled ``Implementation of Executive Order 12938 Concerning the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction'', pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94- 412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6216. 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-6217. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a Memorandum of Justification; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6218. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a Determination under Sec. 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. EC-6219. A letter from the Federal Co-Chair, Denali Commission, transmitting the Commission's Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, Sec. 5(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-6220. A letter from the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report to Congress, pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 345(b); Public Law 107-296, Sec. 705; (116 Stat. 2219); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-6221. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting an update on the steps the Treasury has been required to effectively implement the American Rescue Plan; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. EC-6222. A letter from the Inspector General, U.S. House of Representatives, transmitting the results of the audit of the United States House of Representatives' annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021; to the Committee on House Administration. EC-6223. A letter from the Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Boundary Description and Final Map South Fork Clackamas Wild and Scenic River, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1274(b); Public Law 90- 542, Sec. 3(b) (as amended by Public Law 100-534, Sec. 501); (102 Stat. 2708); to the Committee on Natural Resources. EC-6224. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2022- 1053; Project Identifier MCAI-2022-00200-T; Amendment 39- 22234; AD 2022-23-07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received December 20, 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-6225. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0156; Project Identifier AD-2021-01474-T; Amendment 39-22237; AD 2022-23- 10] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received December 20, 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-6226. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0103; Project Identifier AD-2021-00977-T; Amendment 39-22238; AD 2022-23- 11] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received December 20, 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-6227. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule--Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2022-1059; Project Identifier AD-2022-00204-T; Amendment 39-22239; AD 2022-23- 12] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received December 20, 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-6228. A letter from the Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report titled ``Medicare Part B Spending on Lab Tests Increased in 2021, Driven By Higher Volume of COVID-19 Tests, Genetic Tests, and Chemistry Tests'', pursuant to Public Law 113-93; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. EC-6229. A letter from the Executive Director, Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, transmitting the Biennial Report of the Board of Directors, pursuant by Sec. 102(b) of the Congressional Accountability Act; jointly to the Committees on House Administration and Education and Labor.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-27-pt1-PgH10533-10	null	5,489
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 4 of rule I, the following enrolled bills were signed by Speaker pro tempore DeLauro on Wednesday, December 28, 2022: H.R. 680, for the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar; H.R. 897, to take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes; H.R. 1154, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands as the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; H.R. 2617, making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes; S. 450, to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley; S. 989, to establish a Native American language resource center in furtherance of the policy set forth in the Native American Languages Act; S. 1294, to authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have engaged in significant theft of trade secrets of United States persons, and for other purposes; S. 1402, to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes; S. 1541, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities; S. 1942, to standardize the designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes; S. 2333, to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment of athletes, and for other purposes; S. 2834, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program; S. 3168, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes; S. 3308, to authorize the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into lease or exchange agreements and storage agreements relating to water of the Colorado River allocated to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and for the other purposes; S. 3405, to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue a rule providing that certain low power television stations may be accorded primary status as Class A television licensees, and for other purposes; S. 3519, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, and for other purposes; S. 3773, to authorize the leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation; S. 3946, to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, and for other purposes; S. 3949, to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes; S. 4104, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes; S. 4120, to maximize discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes; S. 4240, to amend section 2441 of title 18, United States Code, to broaden the scope of individuals subject to prosecution for war crimes; S. 4411, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the ``Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building''; S. 4439, to take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other purposes; S. 4926, to amend chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; S. 4949, to amend title 38, United States Code, to address green burial sections in national cemeteries, and for other purposes; S. 4978, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the State offices of rural health program; S. 5016, to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, as the ``Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System'', and for other purposes; S. 5066, to designate Mount Young in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes; S. 5087, to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes; S. 5168, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes; S. 5328, to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend terminal lakes assistance; S. 5329, to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2022-12-30-pt1-PgH10535-7	null	5,490
formal	based	null	white supremacist	The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following dates he had approved and signed bills and a joint resolution of the following titles: September 30, 2022: H.R. 6833. An Act making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes. H.R. 8656. An Act to designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the ``Jackie Walorski VA Clinic''. October 4, 2022: H.R. 5577. An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the ``John R. Lewis Post Office Building''. H.R. 6899. An Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from engaging in transactions involving the exchange of Special Drawing Rights issued by the International Monetary Fund that are held by the Russian Federation or Belarus. October 10, 2022: R.R. 468. An Act to amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the use of incentive payments to expedite certain federally financed airport development projects. H.R. 1766. An Act to enhance cooperation between the Federal Trade Commission and State Attorneys General to combat unfair and deceptive practices, and for other purposes. H.R. 4877. An Act to amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides, and for other purposes. H.R. 5641. An Act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to increase the threshold for eligibility for assistance under sections 403, 406, 407, and 502 of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 7500. An Act to authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes. H.R. 7846. An Act to increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, the rates of compensation for veterans with service- connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes. H.R. 8982. An Act to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula base powder used in the manufacturing of infant formula in the United States, and for other purposes. October 11, 2022: H.R. 91. An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the ``Private First Class Barrett Lyle Austin Post Office Building''. H.R. 92. An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South Carolina, as the ``Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post Office''. H.R. 2142. An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the ``Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building''. H.R. 3508. An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 39 West Main Street, in Honeoye Falls, New York, as the ``CW4 Christian J. Koch Memorial Post Office''. H.R. 3539. An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 223 West Chalan Santo Papa in Hagatna, Guam, as the ``Atanasio Taitano Perez Post Office''. H.R. 5809. An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1801 Town and Country Drive in Norco, California, as the ``Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui Memorial Post Office Building''. H.R. 7698. An Act to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ventura, California, as the ``Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner Outpatient Clinic''. October 19, 2022: H.R. 4693. An Act to advance targeted and evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of global malnutrition and to improve the coordination of such programs, and for other purposes. December 2, 2022: H.J. Res. 100. A joint resolution to provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees. H.R. 8454. An Act to expand research on cannabidiol and marijuana, and for other purposes. December 7, 2022: H.R. 7132. An Act to preserve safe access to communications services for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes, and for other purposes. December 9, 2022: H.R. 521. An Act to permit disabled law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, members of the Capitol Police, members of the Supreme Court Police, employees of the Central Intelligence Agency performing intelligence activities abroad or having specialized security requirements, and diplomatic security special agents of the Department of State to receive retirement benefits in the same manner as if they had not been disabled. December 13, 2022: H.R. 8404. An Act to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-30-pt1-PgH10536-2	null	5,491
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	The Speaker pro tempore, Ms. DeLauro, on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, announced her signature to enrolled bills of the Senate of the following titles: S. 450--An Act to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. S. 989--An Act to establish a Native American language resource center in furtherance of the policy set forth in the Native American Languages Act. S. 1294--An Act to authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have engaged in significant theft of trade secrets of United States persons, and for other purposes. S. 1402--An Act to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes. S. 1541--An Act to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications, services in correctional and detention facilities. S. 1942--At Act to standardize the designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes. S. 2333--An Act to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment of athletes, and for other purposes. S. 2834--An Act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program. S. 3168--An Act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes. S. 3308--An Act to authorize the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into lease or exchange agreements and storage agreements relating to water of the Colorado River allocated to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. S. 3405--An Act to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue a rule providing that certain low power television stations may be accorded primary status as Class A television licensees, and for other purposes. S. 3519--An Act to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. S. 3773--An Act to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. S. 3946--An Act to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, and for other purposes. S. 3949--An Act to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. S. 4104--An Act to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes. S. 4120--An Act to maximize discovery, and accelerate development an availability, of promising childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes. S. 4240--An Act to amend section 2441 of title 18, United States Code, to broaden the scope of individuals subject to prosecution for war crimes. S. 4411--An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the ``Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building''. S. 4439--An Act to take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other purposes. S. 4926--An Act to amend chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, to require appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. S. 4949--An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to address green burial sections in national cemeteries, and for other purposes. S. 4978--An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the State offices of rural health program. S. 5016--An Act to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, as the ``Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System'', and for other purposes. S. 5066--An Act to designate Mount Young in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. S. 5087--An Act to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes. S. 5168--An Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes. S. 5328--An Act to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend terminal lakes assistance. S. 5329--An Act to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-30-pt1-PgH10537-3	null	5,492
formal	based	null	white supremacist	The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following dates he had approved and signed bills of the Senate of the following titles: September 29, 2022: S. 2293. An Act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. September 30, 2022: S. 3895. An Act to extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2024. S. 3969. An Act to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other purposes. S. 4900. An Act to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs and pilot programs, and for other purposes. October 11, 2022: S. 1098. An Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize borrowers to separate joint consolidation loans. October 17, 2022: 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 lifecycle 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. December 2, 2022: 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''. December 5, 2022: 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. December 7, 2022: S. 4524. An Act to limit the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating to disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment. December 9, 2022: 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.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-30-pt1-PgH10537	null	5,493
formal	the Fed	null	antisemitic	The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following dates he had approved and signed bills of the Senate of the following titles: September 29, 2022: S. 2293. An Act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. September 30, 2022: S. 3895. An Act to extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2024. S. 3969. An Act to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other purposes. S. 4900. An Act to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs and pilot programs, and for other purposes. October 11, 2022: S. 1098. An Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize borrowers to separate joint consolidation loans. October 17, 2022: 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 lifecycle 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. December 2, 2022: 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''. December 5, 2022: 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. December 7, 2022: S. 4524. An Act to limit the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating to disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment. December 9, 2022: 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.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-30-pt1-PgH10537	null	5,494
formal	based	null	white supremacist	Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, reported that on October 4, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills: H.R. 7500. To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes. H.R. 7698. To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ventura, California, as the ``Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner Outpatient Clinic''. H.R. 7846. To increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on October 14, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bill: H.R. 4693. To advance targeted and evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of global malnutrition and to improve the coordination of such programs, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on November 29, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bill: H.R. 8454. To expand research on cannabidiol and marijuana, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 2, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills and joint resolution: H.R. 521. To permit disabled law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, members of the Capitol Police, members of the Supreme Court Police, employees of the Central Intelligence Agency performing intelligence activities abroad or having specialized security requirements, and diplomatic security special agents of the Department of State to receive retirement benefits in the same manner as if they had not been disabled. H.R. 7132. To preserve safe access to communications services for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes, and for other purposes. H.J. Res. 100. To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 9, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bill: H.R. 8404. To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 16, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills: H.R. 228. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building''. H.R. 263. To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes. H.R. 310. To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation. H.R. 700. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. `Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office''. H.R. 1193. To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, and for other purposes. H.R. 1437. Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. H.R. 2220. 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. H.R. 2930. To enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes. H.R. 3175. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi, Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building''. H.R. 3462. To require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. H.R. 5481. 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. 5796. To amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 6614. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building''. 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''. H.R. 6863. 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. 7077. To require the United States Fire Administration to conduct on-site investigations of major fires, and for other purposes. H.R. 7535. To encourage the migration of Federal Government information technology systems to quantum-resistant cryptography, and for other purposes. H.R. 7903. 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. To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan VA Clinic''. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 22, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bill: H.R. 7776. To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 23, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills: H.R. 203. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the ``Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building''. H.R. 441. To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and the conveyance of certain property to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium located in Anchorage, Alaska, and for other purposes. H.R. 478. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes. H.R. 681. For the relief of Rebecca Trimble. H.R. 785. For the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso. H.R. 1095. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building''. H.R. 2472. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, Ohio, as the ``John Armor Bingham Post Office''. H.R. 2473. 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. 2724. To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma, and for other purposes, H.R. 3285. To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President's spouse. H.R. 4250. To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes, and for other purposes. H.R. 4373. Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. H.R. 4622. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 226 North Main Street in Roseville, Ohio, as the ``Ronald E. Rosser Post Office''. H.R. 4881. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes. H.R. 4899. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''. H.R. 5271. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Thelma Harper Post Office Building''. H.R. 5349. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post Office Building''. H.R. 5650. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building''. H.R. 5659. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building''. H.R. 5794. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 850 Walnut Street in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as the ``First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr. Post Office Building''. H.R. 5865. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the ``Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building''. H.R. 5900. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office''. H.R. 5943. To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic''. H.R. 5952. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street, in Vergas, Minnesota, as the ``Jon Glawe Post Office''. H.R. 5961. To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code. H.R. 5973. To reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990, and for other purposes. H.R. 6042. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the ``Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building''. H.R. 6064. To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma. H.R. 6080. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Ronald A. Robinson Post Office''. H.R. 6218. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office''. H.R. 6220. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''. H.R. 6221. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 6267. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in Suffern, New York, as the ``Sergeant Gerald T. `Jerry' Donnellan Post Office''. H.R. 6386. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building''. H.R. 6427. To amend the Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act to modify the boundary of the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes. H.R. 6604. To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines the effects of a closure or disapproval of an educational institution on individuals who do not transfer credits from such institution. H.R. 6630. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''. H.R. 6917. 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. 6961. To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma. H.R. 7181. To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 7299. 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. 7335. To improve coordination between the Veterans Health Administration and the Veterans Benefits Administration with respect to claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma, and for other purposes. H.R. 7514. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, Pennsylvania, as the ``Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building''. H.R. 7518. 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. 7519. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, as the ``Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office Building''. H.R. 7638. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 7735. To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the appraisal requirements for certain loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 8025. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post Office''. H.R. 8026. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post Office''. H.R. 8226. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building''. H.R. 8260. To amend title 38, United States Code, to shorten the timeframe for designation of benefits under Department of Veterans Affairs life insurance programs, to improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 9308. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, California, as the ``Susan A. Davis Post Office''. H.R. 8203. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the ``Bob Krueger Post Office''. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 28, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills: H.R. 680. For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar. H.R. 897. To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes. H.R. 1082. To study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives. H.R. 1154. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. H.R. 1917. To modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2617. Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes. H.R. 7939. To make permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of changes to courses of education by reason of emergency situations, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-30-pt1-PgH10538	null	5,495
formal	Detroit	null	racist	Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, reported that on October 4, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills: H.R. 7500. To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes. H.R. 7698. To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ventura, California, as the ``Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner Outpatient Clinic''. H.R. 7846. To increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on October 14, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bill: H.R. 4693. To advance targeted and evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of global malnutrition and to improve the coordination of such programs, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on November 29, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bill: H.R. 8454. To expand research on cannabidiol and marijuana, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 2, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills and joint resolution: H.R. 521. To permit disabled law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, members of the Capitol Police, members of the Supreme Court Police, employees of the Central Intelligence Agency performing intelligence activities abroad or having specialized security requirements, and diplomatic security special agents of the Department of State to receive retirement benefits in the same manner as if they had not been disabled. H.R. 7132. To preserve safe access to communications services for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes, and for other purposes. H.J. Res. 100. To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 9, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bill: H.R. 8404. To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 16, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills: H.R. 228. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building''. H.R. 263. To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes. H.R. 310. To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation. H.R. 700. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. `Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office''. H.R. 1193. To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, and for other purposes. H.R. 1437. Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. H.R. 2220. 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. H.R. 2930. To enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes. H.R. 3175. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi, Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building''. H.R. 3462. To require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. H.R. 5481. 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. 5796. To amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. H.R. 6614. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building''. 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''. H.R. 6863. 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. 7077. To require the United States Fire Administration to conduct on-site investigations of major fires, and for other purposes. H.R. 7535. To encourage the migration of Federal Government information technology systems to quantum-resistant cryptography, and for other purposes. H.R. 7903. 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. To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan VA Clinic''. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 22, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bill: H.R. 7776. To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 23, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills: H.R. 203. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the ``Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building''. H.R. 441. To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and the conveyance of certain property to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium located in Anchorage, Alaska, and for other purposes. H.R. 478. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes. H.R. 681. For the relief of Rebecca Trimble. H.R. 785. For the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso. H.R. 1095. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building''. H.R. 2472. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, Ohio, as the ``John Armor Bingham Post Office''. H.R. 2473. 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. 2724. To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma, and for other purposes, H.R. 3285. To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the President and the President's spouse. H.R. 4250. To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes, and for other purposes. H.R. 4373. Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. H.R. 4622. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 226 North Main Street in Roseville, Ohio, as the ``Ronald E. Rosser Post Office''. H.R. 4881. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes. H.R. 4899. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''. H.R. 5271. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Thelma Harper Post Office Building''. H.R. 5349. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post Office Building''. H.R. 5650. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building''. H.R. 5659. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building''. H.R. 5794. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 850 Walnut Street in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as the ``First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr. Post Office Building''. H.R. 5865. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the ``Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building''. H.R. 5900. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office''. H.R. 5943. To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic''. H.R. 5952. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street, in Vergas, Minnesota, as the ``Jon Glawe Post Office''. H.R. 5961. To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code. H.R. 5973. To reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990, and for other purposes. H.R. 6042. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the ``Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building''. H.R. 6064. To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma. H.R. 6080. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Ronald A. Robinson Post Office''. H.R. 6218. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post Office''. H.R. 6220. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''. H.R. 6221. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 6267. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in Suffern, New York, as the ``Sergeant Gerald T. `Jerry' Donnellan Post Office''. H.R. 6386. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building''. H.R. 6427. To amend the Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act to modify the boundary of the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes. H.R. 6604. To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines the effects of a closure or disapproval of an educational institution on individuals who do not transfer credits from such institution. H.R. 6630. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''. H.R. 6917. 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. 6961. To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma. H.R. 7181. To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 7299. 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. 7335. To improve coordination between the Veterans Health Administration and the Veterans Benefits Administration with respect to claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma, and for other purposes. H.R. 7514. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, Pennsylvania, as the ``Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building''. H.R. 7518. 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. 7519. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, as the ``Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office Building''. H.R. 7638. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office''. H.R. 7735. To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the appraisal requirements for certain loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 8025. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post Office''. H.R. 8026. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post Office''. H.R. 8226. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building''. H.R. 8260. To amend title 38, United States Code, to shorten the timeframe for designation of benefits under Department of Veterans Affairs life insurance programs, to improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 9308. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, California, as the ``Susan A. Davis Post Office''. H.R. 8203. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the ``Bob Krueger Post Office''. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on December 28, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his approval, the following bills: H.R. 680. For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar. H.R. 897. To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes. H.R. 1082. To study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives. H.R. 1154. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. H.R. 1917. To modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2617. Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes. H.R. 7939. To make permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of changes to courses of education by reason of emergency situations, and for other purposes.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-30-pt1-PgH10538	null	5,496
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. MEEKS: Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 3524. A bill to revitalize and reassert United States leadership, investment, and engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and globally; with an amendment (Rept. 117-667, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. PALLONE: Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 4046. A bill to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-668). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. PALLONE: Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 8152. A bill to provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights, create strong oversight mechanisms, and establish meaningful enforcement; with an amendment (Rept. 117-669). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 442. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and for other purposes (Rept. 117-670, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 443. A bill to convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and for other purposes (Rept. 117-671, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 1492. A bill to prevent methane waste and pollution from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes (Rept. 117-672, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 2348. A bill to maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, and for other purposes (Rept. 117-673). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 3075. A bill to address seafood slavery and combat illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, and for other purposes, with an amendment (Rept. 117-674, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 1546. A bill to amend the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016 to direct the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking to develop recommendations to address wildlife trafficking on the internet and on social media, and to direct the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to develop a strategy to address wildlife trafficking on the internet and on social media, and for other purposes (Rept. 117-675, Pt. 1). Ordered to be printed. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. House Resolution 641. Resolution recognizing and celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Association of Conservation Districts and their commitment to our lands (Rept. 117-676). Referred to the House Calendar. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 3681. A bill to direct the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish a program to map zones that are at greater risk of sinkhole formation, and for other purposes (Rept. 117-677). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 5522. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of Federal real property (Rept. 117-678). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 6032. A bill to take certain Federal lands located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-679). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 6720. A bill to authorize the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes (Rept. 117-680). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 6964. A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (Rept. 117-681). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 7615. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into partnerships to develop housing, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-682). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 7918. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program; with an amendment (Rept. 117-683). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 8115. A bill to amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes (Rept. 117-684). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 4690. A bill to reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-685, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 2780. A bill to provide for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in the United States Territories and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-686, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 2021. A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-687, Pt. 1). Ordered to be printed. Mr. TAKANO: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Activities Report (Rept. 117-688). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. NEAL: Committee on Ways and Means. Submission to the U.S. House of Representatives of Materials Related to the Investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's Mandatory Audit Program Under the Prior Administration (2017-2020) (Rept. 117-689). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. YARMUTH: Committee on the Budget. Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the Budget (Rept. 117- 690). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: Committee on Homeland Security. Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Homeland Security (Rept. 117-691). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Report on the Activities of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Rept. 117-692). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. NADLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 4130. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-693). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Ms. JOHNSON of Texas: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Report of Activities of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology U.S. House of Representatives for the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (Rept. 117-694). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. GRIJALVA: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 3764. A bill to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide for ocean-based climate solutions to reduce carbon emissions and global warming; to make coastal communities more resilient; and to provide for the conservation and restoration of ocean and coastal habitats, biodiversity, and marine mammal and fish populations; and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-695, 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. 8487. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117-696, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. MEEKS: Committee on Foreign Affairs. Activities Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 117th Congress (Rept. 117-697). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Ms. LOFGREN: Committee on House Administration. The Report on the Activities of the Committee on House Administration During the 117th Congress (Rept. 117-698). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.	2020-01-06	Unknown	House	CREC-2022-12-30-pt1-PgH10545	null	5,497
formal	handouts	null	racist	The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair customarily takes this occasion at the outset of a Congress to announce policies with respect to particular aspects of the legislative process. The Chair will insert in the Record announcements concerning: first, privileges of the floor; second, introduction of bills and resolutions; third, unanimous consent requests for the consideration of legislation; fourth, recognition for 1-minute speeches; fifth, recognition for Special Order speeches; sixth, decorum in debate; seventh, conduct of votes by electronic device; eighth, use of handouts on the House floor; ninth, use of electronic equipment on the House floor; and tenth, use of the Chamber. These announcements, where appropriate, will reiterate the origins of the stated policies. The Chair intends to continue in the 118th Congress the policies reflected in these statements. The policy announced in the 102nd Congress with respect to jurisdictional concepts related to clauses 5(a) of rule XXI--tax and tariff measures--will continue to govern, but need not be reiterated, as it is adequately documented as precedent in the House Rules and Manual. Without objection, the announcements will be printed in the Record.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2023-01-09-pt1-PgH74-6	null	5,498
formal	XX	null	transphobic	The SPEAKER pro tempore. Proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order: Motion to recommit on H.R. 23; and Passage of H.R. 23, if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the remaining electronic vote will be conducted as a 5-minute vote.	2020-01-06	The SPEAKER pro tempore	House	CREC-2023-01-09-pt1-PgH94-3	null	5,499

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